Martin Variety in American Comics.

Chapter 532 Bait (Please subscribe and read, monthly ticket recommendation!)

In the eyes of many people, interest seems to be a word that naturally carries a stance, prompting them to slide step by step into the abyss of selfishness.

But in fact, interest is an illusory word. Only when it touches the reality can interest become real.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, Savage, who has surrendered to Apocalypse, is the enemy of all mankind. Even an imperialist country like the United States should not cooperate with Savage.

After all, Darkseid of Apokolips doesn't have the time to distinguish between different humans.

But for people in the White House and Congress, they can't see the possible coming Apocalypse, so they can't care so much.

So these people are likely to bring Savage into the United States in order to fight the Justice League.

Bruce frowned and said, "Although the Wayne family has been based in this land since the colonial period, I still have to say that the rulers of this country have no knowledge of human history.

For their own personal gain, they will certainly invite the wolf into the house and use Savage as an ally against the Justice League."

"Since you're telling the truth, I'm not shy about it either."

Martin spread his hands and was ready to go all out, complaining about every aspect of the United States.

"I already know what you're going to say, so please take back all those complaints. I don't want to hear any of them."

Martin smiled slightly and changed the topic to dealing with Savage: "So you continue to stay in the Batcave and kill those who cooperate with Savage one by one. If Savage, the original, does not show up after these people are finished one by one, he will not be able to move his power into the United States."

The only reason the United States would accept Savage is to hedge against the influence of the Positive Alliance on the world order.

If Savage sits back and watches the consortium he cooperates with being wiped out by Bruce, it will prove that he is unable to defeat the consortium that has shrunk its influence to the United States.

No businessman would invest in a losing stock. Savage naturally cannot survive under the shell of the United States and can only fight the Justice League head-on.

Although Martin and Bruce will restore order to the Justice League in the morning, they are still confident that they can eradicate Savage's forces on the front battlefield.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Bruce thought this was a good entry point, and he was doing that anyway.

"I'll go around and help those peripheral talents land safely, and see if this can attract some idiots who can't wait to jump out and want to kill me."

Now that Martin's identity has spread, there will definitely be some self-righteous idiots who will take direct action against him.

"Is it too much to use yourself as bait?"

What Bruce actually wanted to say was that Martin's behavior was no different from being crazy.

"It's fine for others to use these words to persuade me, but it's a bit laughable for you, a bat-freak who has been fighting Gotham for ten years with your life, to say such things."

Martin knew what Bruce wanted to say, but he didn't want to hear it at all.

"So, we are back to the topic of commenting on the United States. The superhuman organizations in this country are really terrible. They want to take my head, but they are just dreaming!"

Bruce thought of the Dongda people he had met in Myanmar, and had to admit that the United States was indeed very bad at superhuman organizations.

In fact, the religious atmosphere in the United States is even stronger, with churches of all sizes springing up everywhere. The only problem is that although God's family is entangled with the earth and loves humans very much, they do not like churches, no matter what kind of churches they are.

Therefore, Protestantism, a religion that is completely adapted to capitalism, summons more demons.

This kind of demon is not like Lucifer who doesn't care about anything. They come to the human world just to cause trouble. Superhumans will only die faster when they encounter such things.

"Then I can only wish you a good time. I'll let you know immediately if I have any news."

Bruce knew how stubborn Martin could be because he was stubborn.

"I don't care whether I'm happy or not, I just want Savage's matter to end quickly. This guy has wasted too much of our energy."

When Martin mentioned Savage, he frowned. "If it weren't for Savage and his gang colluding with Apokolips, I would have set up a base in outer orbit and set up a defense system throughout the solar system."

"Whoa, whoa!"

Bruce raised his right hand, looked at Martin in surprise, and said, "Even I think what you said is too radical. Do you really think we have the ability to set up a defense system in space to resist Apocalypse?"

"We have people in the Green Lantern Corps. Not long ago, I saved the Interstellar Court from the invasion of Apokolips. With their support, it won't be a big problem to build a defense system covering the entire solar system."

Martin pointed his finger and introduced the situation of the Interstellar Court to Bruce, and then said: "Anyway, I don't expect this universal defense system to be able to stop the New God of Apocalypse. It will be enough as long as it can stop their demon-like troops."

"You did describe it in great detail, but even if this system is built, things will probably be very difficult to handle."

Bruce's ideas have always been more realistic.

"I understand what you mean, so the current situation may not be a bad thing. But that hypothetical situation is meaningless, and we don't need to face that reality."

Martin knew what he was worried about, a huge solar system spread across the solar system, could cause war within the Earth.

Although, in his opinion, there were already enough wars on Earth without that system.

They did not continue the conversation on this subject.

Martin stood up and left, opened the sonic boom channel, and was about to go in, but he turned around and said to Bruce, "You should deal with your emotional problems. I don't mean to interfere with your private life, but your romantic affairs have begun to spread among those young people."

Bruce was helpless: "Those young people need more education and work. With their surging hormones, they should just date a girlfriend or work hard instead of spreading gossip about me."

"Who makes your billionaire status more legendary than others?"

Martin was not a man who believed in asceticism, but he believed that a serious organization should have a minimum of ascetic background.

In other words, people in a normal organization should be able to control their own crotches and not get too hung up on matters between men and women.

This is also an important reason why he wants to raise the age limit for joining the Justice League. Those kids who haven't even finished college are too immature.

"I'm just reminding you that you need to change your image in the eyes of others. There's no need to keep doing the two-point thing that tortures you."

"It seems a bit ironic that this sentence comes from someone like you who does things without any scruples!"

"I always think carefully before I act. The word reckless is more suitable for a bat madman like you."

"Your so-called careful consideration is just to achieve a crazier goal. You know this better than anyone else."

"I can't hear you?"

Martin covered his ears with his hands and walked directly into the sonic explosion channel.

"Your behavior is really mature!"

Bruce yelled after him, but Martin was doomed to hear nothing.

"Mr. Wayne, shall we continue?"

Gideon had been working here, but didn't speak until the two of them had finished their chat.

"You heard Martin's order. Shrink our forces and attack those guys' assets in the United States. Let those bastards keep an eye on me and see how powerful I am."

……

Central City!
Martin came to the city again and deliberately set the entrance to the sonic boom channel at the Central City Railway Station. Then he took a taxi from the station and went to the Star Laboratory.

Although he took the initiative to expose his whereabouts, various assassinations and attacks will not come to him soon.

Apart from the so-called bureaucratic system, even the most stupid and impulsive fool would not just find a team of killers to kill him. There must be some preparation.

"I estimate that the first group of people will arrive after they come out of the Star Lab!"

Martin looked at the information about the current situation of international killers that Brewster specially forwarded to him. Since the emergence of the superhuman craze, this increasingly declining industry seemed to have regained new vitality.

It's a pity that this shady industry can only abide by some kind of ancient apprenticeship system. Even if many brainless superhumans rush to be killers, it is impossible to turn this industry into a modern factory that can turn people into qualified killers in batches through some kind of tough rules.

So Bruce relied on his years of experience dealing with various lunatics and perverts to summarize the general patterns of action of killers active in the United States. If nothing unexpected happened, the first batch of killers should arrive after Martin left the Star Lab.

"Welcome to the Star Lab, Mr. Martin! However, I believe that this is not the first time that the one in your library has been here."

The person who opened the car door for Martin was Oliver Queen. Martin was a little surprised by the appearance of this handsome blond man.

"I didn't expect to see you here, Mr. Quinn."

Martin said bluntly: "You should have stayed in the new city and received re-education from Ron. Why did you come to this central city?"

"Barry has to take over the management of the new city's scientific research department and has no time to deal with the work of the Star Lab, so he had to send Cisco and Caitlin back. But they really lack experience in this area, so Barry asked me to help."

Oliver was wearing a suit, which was the epitome of white elite, even more stereotypical than Bruce.

Maybe it's because Bruce doesn't have blonde hair.

Martin made a small comparison between Oliver and Bruce in front of him, and said, "I've seen your file. Frankly speaking, you don't seem to have any experience in dealing with business groups, right?"

In the original timeline, people often compare Batman and Green Arrow together due to their similar backgrounds.

They both came from wealthy families, had unfortunate family experiences, met an Asian master, and then embarked on the path of fighting criminals...

However, those who know both of them know that Green Arrow's background is more of an American elite.

Oliver spent the first twenty years of his life carefree, a complete playboy. He had just broken up with his girlfriend and he went to bed with his ex-girlfriend's sister.

Secondly, his family relationships were quite chaotic. Both of his parents had cheated on their spouses, but they pretended nothing had happened and continued to live together as husband and wife for decades.

To put it simply, Bruce knew what he wanted after his parents died, but he didn't get any answers in Gotham, so he left his hometown to travel.

Oliver's heroic career was somewhat passive. His first half of life was a mess. It was not until his father no longer wanted to carry out the plan to destroy Star City and was framed and killed at sea that Oliver's life changed.

If we follow the development of the original timeline, it is actually difficult to tell Batman and Green Arrow apart. The similarities between the two make them a relationship of successor and candidate.

But in this timeline, Bruce has become the leader of the Justice League, and Oliver obviously does not have the prestige to make the entire Justice League recognize that he can succeed Bruce.

Even so, Oliver remains an outstanding fighter and hero.

However, this does not mean that he has experience in handling the operations of a large business group.

"You're right."

Oliver admitted this frankly, and then said, "But thanks to Barry, he helped me solve Malcolm's plan to destroy Star City, which saved my mother from prison. So I was able to draw people from the group to transfer the things in Star Labs."

Martin was silent for a while, actually thinking that Oliver had missed the point of the matter.

"I don't care how much the Star Lab is worth. The valuable experimental data is under the control of the artificial intelligence Gideon. The Research Department can reproduce all the instruments within a week..."

"The key is people. This is what I have always emphasized to Barry. As long as the reliable people are screened out, it doesn't matter if the rest are left here."

"We understand what you mean, and we understand why Barry insisted that I come back with Caitlin and Cisco!"

After listening to Martin's explanation, Oliver suddenly understood.

It was obvious that Barry hadn't explained it clearly to him, or that Barry himself hadn't figured out what to do.

"Sisko, Caitlin. They are good scientists and friends, but not suitable for this kind of thing."

Martin patted Oliver on the shoulder, not meaning to blame the two members of Team Flash.

"We need to hurry up and quickly go through the people on Barry's list. Once we understand these things, we can shut down Star Labs."

"Are you serious? Star Labs has a long-standing reputation in the United States. If you shut it down like this, it will probably cause a lot of trouble. More importantly, shouldn't people like you be responsible for more important work in the new city?"

Oliver had only heard of Martin's name in the past but had never seen the real him. Now that he saw him in person, he felt something was not right.

"You should know that Dr. Harrison, who founded STAR Labs, is the speedster who killed Barry's mother. The entire lab is a place to train Barry to be a tool for traveling through time, right?"

Martin tilted his head to look at Oliver and told him the origin of Star Labs.

"what?"

Oliver was shocked: "Barry never told me this. He did talk about his experience, but not in such detail."

"It's really sad to think about it. I thought Barry trusted me very much. I didn't expect that he would hide such a thing from me."

"Even if you two were close, it would be a bit too much to ask Barry to reminisce about his mother."

Martin suddenly discovered another difference between Oliver and Bruce.

Bruce is always so serious, as if he is always carrying a mountain on his back, forcing him to forever fight against the pressure on his shoulders.

But Oliver is more optimistic. Although his family life is also a mess, at least his parents grew up with him and his mother is still alive.

Although the little sister is a half-sister, they have a very good relationship.

Oliver can switch his identities in life and release some of the stress.

And Bruce can only serve as a father figure forever, bearing the dark pressure for the Bat Family, the Gotham police, and the people of Gotham.

"You're right, my request is indeed too much."

Oliver nodded, then put these things aside and took Martin into the Star Laboratory.

"Martin, I really didn't expect you to come to the lab?"

Caitlin and Cisco were both surprised to see Martin, but they didn't know what they were thinking about, their surprise soon turned into joy, and they gave Martin a warm hug.

"I'm used to traveling around, so this isn't surprising. Secondly, I'm going to travel all over the United States to help those peripheral organizations that cooperate with the Justice League pass the scrutiny of the US government smoothly."

Martin told the two men this reassuring news, and then said, "This is your first stop."

"Since you are going to help us pass the review, does that mean we don't have to leave Star Labs?"

Cisco's eyes widened instantly, as if he had encountered some great joy.

"Ugh!"

Martin sighed, put his hand on his forehead to block Cisco's sight, tilted his eyes to the right and looked at Oliver, all his helplessness was unspoken.

"Strictly speaking, I never gave the order to move into Star Labs. I just asked Barry to select the reliable personnel in the lab and transfer them to the new city."

"As for this lab, as long as it doesn't involve confidential information or items of the Justice League, I don't care where they go."

"Oh, this..."

Cisco's joy was fleeting, and he hesitated for a long time without saying anything.

"Perhaps it would be better if you stayed in the new city and helped Barry with some professional matters."

Martin comforted Cisco and ordered him to return to the new city.

But Caitlin insisted on staying.

"This laboratory once belonged to us. If it were to close today, I should stay and witness its final moment."

Martin didn't care about the mental laboratory at all, and naturally he didn't have any special feelings for it.

Since Caitlin insisted, he no longer forced it.

PS: I can only write 10,000 words today, I’ll make up for it tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)