Martin Variety in American Comics.

Chapter 429: Turbulent Situation (Please subscribe, read, vote and comment)

Although the clues were found, the following things were difficult to investigate.

Although the combined liquidity of these factories is huge, it is scattered across several countries. If the Justice League wants to conduct an in-depth investigation into the situation behind it, they need to establish contact with the local authorities.

"This is not a simple matter. Without a proper reason, we cannot interfere with normal local business exchanges."

Superman wants to investigate the matter through the Wayne Group's channels. The channels are there anyway, so it might as well be used.

Martin shook his head: "No, this is an opportunity. We can not only pass on the news of Apocalypse through this method, but also establish our own image to the outside world."

"Let's leave this matter to Batman!"

Superman knew Martin's plan and quickly refused the job: "Once our plan begins, I don't know how to face Sam. I racked my brains to get along well with this old soldier."

"From a business perspective, you can't say a word to General Sam until the plan succeeds. From a personal perspective, I don't think you should break up."

Martin spoke calmly, soothing Superman's nervousness: "Strictly speaking, we are a spontaneous civil organization. Most of the people in it are outside the society. The US government has no jurisdiction over us."

"I know I know!"

After Superman looked through the intelligence gathered by the Justice League, he realized that leaving was the best option: "But these soldiers are very stubborn. If you tell them this, they won't accept it. They will only regard us as traitors."

"A British person once said: There are no eternal friends or eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Therefore, what we should consider is not to make up with each other morally and emotionally, but to win over the powerful factions in the United States."

Although the military is a powerful force in the United States, in modern society, due to the advancement of warfare, it is difficult for the military to independently initiate a war without the support of the government.

So no matter what the military's attitude towards the Justice League is, as long as they can capture some congressmen and consortiums, things will not develop to the point of war.

It’s actually not difficult to catch a group of such people.

As the head of the Wayne family, Bruce's decisions can affect a considerable number of people.

Secondly, the United States uses the current international order to play financial games and easily reap large amounts of assets from other regions.

But a major characteristic of financial groups is that the winner takes all. Through continuous bankruptcies and acquisitions, they form a de facto monopoly, and in the end only a few winners remain.

This is not something that has only occurred in modern times. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the monopoly in the banking industry had already begun to emerge, and even contributed to the outbreak of World War I.

Therefore, as long as the Justice League has a whole new set of technologies and launches a series of projects, it will be able to attract those consortiums that have lost in the financial game.

Maybe those losers don't have much power individually, but once they unite, they can at least hold back some people.

Of course, although Martin is willing to share some of the benefits with the Americans, he does not intend to give them any say.

American financial groups are used to being the overlords and have formed the habit of getting things for free. It is impossible to expect them to be responsible for anything.

"Compared to the people in the upper echelons of the government, I am more worried about those young superhumans. Although the people in the government are all bastards, they can at least think rationally when it comes to interests. On the other hand, those young people are easily instigated by illusions. If they are taken advantage of, they will probably start making trouble before we reach an agreement with the government."

Martin was indeed speaking from his heart, mainly in response to what had happened to Dick.

But Superman looked a little strange, thinking that Martin was criticizing more than just those young people.

However, although Superman was kind, he quickly understood Martin's concerns when the core members of the alliance supported this plan.

"Your concerns are not without reason. Most of those who are willing to actively join the alliance are children who awakened after the Battle of Los Angeles. They were greatly disappointed by the government's inaction in this war, but even so, many people still believe that the United States can bring about change.

Those who are truly willing to follow the Alliance’s path are either homeless bankrupts or foreign immigrants. Only a very small number of members who grew up in the United States are willing to accept the Alliance’s judgment on the United States.

In this case, if the alliance's relocation plan is announced hastily, it is likely to cause division within the alliance."

No detail can escape Superman's eyes as long as he is willing to observe.

Martin nodded in approval of Superman's analysis, and then said, "So the plan to build a new city must be carried out together with the action. We need to send the alliance members there in batches and in turns, and use real actions to screen out truly reliable people. Are you willing to lead this work?"

"Should I come? Building a city requires raising a large amount of funds, and also requires negotiations with local Africans. From all angles, Bruce should be more suitable for this project."

Superman was a little surprised. He knew very well what building a new city meant to the Justice League, and he also knew that the person responsible for this work would be forever recorded in the history of the league.

But he didn't care about these, he just felt that his identity and personality were not suitable for leading the entire plan.

Martin shook his head: "Bruce has to contact people from all sides to make sure that the Justice League will not be excluded from the international order after it moves away.

Even if these issues are resolved, he has no way to directly manage the specific issues of new city construction.”

"Batman's identity has always given people a sense of mystery, making it difficult for most superhumans to get close to him. But your identity as Superman is easy to resonate with, which can better arrange for young people to participate in this work and make local people less wary."

Martin talked about Superman's strengths, but also warned him about what he shouldn't do: "Of course, one of the purposes of doing this is to better train the young people in the league. You have to set reasonable standards and not be too relaxed, which would give some people unrealistic fantasies."

He was worried that some people would regard this action as an adventure, as if they would be able to win some major victory as long as they completed the plan.

But in fact, building a new city is only the first step in the alliance's many plans.

"I won't make any decision on my own. I will discuss such an important matter with everyone. Don't worry!"

Superman accepted the task after a brief thought. Firstly, he felt that the task was indeed meaningful, and secondly, he did not want to face his friends in the United States.

He really didn't have the strong will like Martin and Bruce, and he couldn't eliminate the influence of close friends for the sake of his career.

Leaving aside other things, before Arthur held the press conference tonight, he did not inform Louise and Iris of what was going to be announced.

So much so that these two big reporters frequently called their lovers, wanting to find out what was going on?

But Superman and the Flash also accepted the internal discipline of the league. Although they felt it was difficult, they did not leak any information to their loved ones.

This is also the reason why Superman did not go home to rest late at night, but instead stayed here to watch a group of people collecting information.

Martin looked at his watch. It was already very late and he couldn't go anywhere else, so he discussed with Superman how to lead people to do the work.

The key to this matter lies in how Superman semi-disciplines those who participate in the project and cultivates their loyalty to a group.

Why semi-discipline? Because before the core of the Justice League moved to a new city, they could not publicly promote their political ideas.

Without a complete and reliable set of political ideas, it will be impossible to make members voluntarily abide by the various disciplines set by the alliance.

As for the personnel issue, there is actually no need to consider it.

The reason why Ma Liying was so cautious was that, on the one hand, she did not want to kill the entire US government, and on the other hand, she did not want the members who had already joined the alliance to suffer the pain of leaving their homes and breaking up with their friends and relatives.

Just because he and Bruce can do this doesn't mean that others have to do the same and have the mental capacity to take on such a task.

As for how to attract enough science and engineering talents, it is actually not a problem.

Even a country like the United States is filled with a large number of ordinary students struggling in the university system. As long as the salary and benefits are sufficient, there is no problem in letting them take on unrelated work.

Moreover, Martin plans to build a city entirely with new technologies, and it is still uncertain whether those who struggle in the academic system can play a role.

In short, in most cases, Martin is talking and Superman is listening.

Superman took every word Martin said and prepared to think it over in preparation for his first large-scale management mission.

Anyone who knew the true power of the Justice League could not sleep that night.

Although everyone who has some understanding of the logic behind how society works knows that it is only a matter of time before the Justice League makes its own voice.

But none of them expected that this day would come so soon and so suddenly.

Everyone agrees with Martin about the Justice League, that Batman is the only person with real power in this organization.

The Flash is too ordinary and doesn't have the courage to decide the future of a group.

Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman carry alien symbols on their bodies, and their political actions can easily be seen as a provocation by the public.

Although Batman lacks ideas and the courage and resources to turn them into reality, his personality is too extreme and he unites others. Therefore, countries have always suspected that the Justice League has not experienced civil strife after so many adjustments. There must be a mysterious person behind it, who, as the core of the Justice League, can eliminate all kinds of contradictions.

It’s just that Martin’s characteristics are too difficult to understand, so no matter how all parties investigate, you can only find some minor details, but cannot analyze more specific things.

It is precisely based on any information that all parties feel that it will take time for the Justice League to make its own voice.

The most important thing is that, apart from the University of Tokyo, which can unite the superhumans with ideals, the remaining countries are actually unable to deal with the superhuman problems that have begun to emerge.

Because these countries themselves rely on the international order established after World War II, the top governments are also accustomed to using neoliberalism to divert social problems.

To put it bluntly, it is to let the new generation think that they are doing something, but in fact what they are doing cannot touch the core of the problem at all.

In such a situation, all social problems will be eliminated in protests and debates, and neither the public nor the government will be able to organize forces to solve the real problems.

However, the big bosses who have the support of the international financial system are able to take advantage of the market to monopolize and form an invisible force.

Of course, the problem with this way of playing is that those young people who have been fooled will become more and more brainless, but the result of being brainless is the random use of violence.

Neoliberalism, which emerged in the late 21s, showed a populist tendency in the early st century.

When the US politics also ran into big problems, the country that had allowed neoliberalism to run rampant once again faced the situation where the petty bourgeoisie began to use violence at will, trying to shift the cost of failed speculation onto others.

This is also the fundamental reason for the rise of De San.

Any society without superhumans will have this risk, and a society with superhumans will only be even crazier.

Every human being will awaken superpowers, and the size of the powers is completely unpredictable.

This means that those in power cannot control ordinary people's awakening of superpowers by controlling resources.

It just so happens that people in the Western world are not well educated and have been brainwashed by neoliberalism.

If the Justice League had not been formed, the metahumans awakened in Los Angeles would have already caused trouble.

Even the superhumans in the entire United States did not cause large-scale riots because of the emergence of superheroes, who felt that they could join the Justice League in the future and change society.

So, the White House and Congress just want to limit the scope of the Justice League's activities, and they don't really want to shut down any organization.

It can be said that those officials were still clear-headed. If Martin had not intervened, the Justice League would definitely have accepted this fact.

According to the direction of development of the original timeline, the Justice League is just a loose club, not even a community of interests, let alone a common ideal.

But now, with Martin's approval, the Justice League has brought in the people of Paradise Island and the underwater world, and has taken charge of the superhumans in the United States.

This greatly increases the importance of this group.

It can be said that even if Apokolips did not invade the Earth and there were no Amazons and Atlanteans, the Justice League still represented the interests of the superhumans in the United States.

This changed the mindset of Superman and his colleagues, and they began to examine the public issues they faced based on the ideas that the alliance had already agreed upon, rather than based on personal emotions or preferences.

……

"After all, this world belongs to the young! We have done so much, but it is still not as good as a press conference for the Justice League."

Lars al Ghul sat in his palace, watching the constantly jumping news and sighed.

"Lars, this is not like you normally. I am dozens of times older than you, and I still feel that I haven't lived enough and there are still many things I can do! How can you be so self-deprecating?"

Sitting next to Lars was a tall figure, shrouded in darkness, making it difficult to see any part of his body even under the bright lights.

Standing next to this mysterious man is Lex Luthor, who has been missing for many days.

Lars looked at the uninvited guests and said in a deep voice, "First, I lost my grandson who I had carefully raised, and today even my daughter was captured by someone. Even though I can still survive, I can't help but feel sad when I think about my heirs leaving one by one."

"Choosing a suitable heir is of course important for people like us, but don't you have a second daughter? As long as you train her carefully, these won't be a problem."

The mysterious man spoke with a hearty and heroic tone.

But this temperament irritated Lars.

Although the leader of the Assassin's League treated his subordinates very harshly and portrayed himself as a god.

But Lars was not as cruel to his offspring as a traditional monarch. Instead, he was not much different from an ordinary father.

Many times, Talia would not do something wrong because of her own personality, but Lars never really triggered her.

He took great care of his only grandson and designated him as his heir when he was young.

How could Lars not be angry with the other party's attitude?

Therefore, Martin's prediction was indeed correct. It was indeed an accident that the Assassin's League cooperated with others.

Although Lars is arrogant, he still respects his benefactor, Sangongmo.

Even if the other party is cruel, as long as the Lazarus Pool does not disappear, Lars' respect for the Three Palaces Demon will exist.

Therefore, if it weren't for this mysterious man who suddenly came to his door and bewitched Talia first, Lars would never cooperate with the people from Apocalypse.

"How I treat my heir is my own business, so you don't need to worry about it."

Lars had a gloomy face and suppressed his anger and said, "Why did you come to see me tonight? What on earth do you want to do?"

The mysterious man knew that Lars was angry, but he didn't care at all. He said directly: "These people in the Justice League are naive and pedantic. It is not possible to rely on them to fight against Apokolips. I will not let these people do whatever they want, so I want to teach them a lesson. I hope you can help me."

Lars didn't believe a word of what this person said.

The core strength of the Justice League can be said to be the highest combat power on Earth, Kryptonians, Amazons, Atlanteans...

Not to mention, the other side also has a mysterious figure who can defeat the Three Palaces Demon.

If such an alliance can't fight against Apocalypse, can this hidden man in front of him win?

"It is absolutely impossible to defeat Apocalypse head-on, so we need to learn from Apocalypse and turn the Earth into Apocalypse, so that we can win the final victory."

The mysterious man really wanted to win over Lars, and his words came from the heart.

"You've seen the weapons of the International Gang, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. If we can delay for a while longer, we can accumulate more strength."

"Just tell me what you want to do!"

Lars was impatient.

He is a man of strong character. If Apocalypse really invades the Earth, he would rather die on the battlefield than surrender to the aliens.

"I want to strike at the Justice League. Mr. Luthor will sneak back to the United States to take charge of this matter. I hope you can hand over the insider you have arranged in the United States to him."

Lars ignored the other party, but thinking of his second daughter who was a step behind Talia, he finally reported a few names.

"America is not the territory of the League of Assassins. There is not much help I can give you."

"It doesn't matter. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

The mysterious man waved his hand generously and then led his people away from the place.

Lars also called his confidants to investigate the other party's whereabouts.

　Please invest, read, collect, vote, and recommend! Please leave more comments, thank you for your support!

(End of this chapter)