The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1040 The Illuminati Will Never Lose Out

Meanwhile, in the adult world...

Although many superheroes have joined the effort to persuade them, quite a few people are still causing trouble in front of Star Labs.

Under normal circumstances, superheroes cannot attack ordinary people, so they can only watch as the military or police appease and warn the public.

However, they cannot leave, precisely to prevent super criminals from taking advantage of the chaos. And you know what? Quite a few people do commit crimes during this time.

On the contrary, the Star Lab, guarded by the Guardians, was surrounded by only a group of ordinary people. Supervillains did not choose to go there, probably because they were afraid that the guards here would be the heaviest.

However, apart from one guard, there was only a bunch of police officers on the perimeter calming the crowd. But because the Star Labs is located in the city center, it would receive immediate support should an attack occur.

The guardian stood in the center of the first floor of the Star Labs building. From this position, he could see almost the entire first-floor lobby. Moreover, the elevators and stairs leading upstairs were not far behind him, so anyone who wanted to go upstairs had to find a way to get around him.

The guard was convinced that his position was foolproof, and indeed it was. When a blonde woman in a white coat walked in through the door, he spotted her immediately.

"Halt!" The guard raised his hand to stop the other person from advancing. "These are extraordinary times. If you want to enter the STAR Labs, you need to show valid credentials."

The woman in the white coat stopped upon hearing this, reached into her coat pocket with her right hand, took out an identification tag, and waved it in the direction of the guard.

The distance was too far for the guards to see the details of the identity tag, and therefore they could not confirm whether it was genuine or not, so they had to ask the other party to come closer.

However, the guardian remained vigilant throughout, his right hand, which was strapped with a shield, slightly raised, ready to be raised quickly to deal with any attacks launched by the opponent.

However, the woman in the white coat did not do anything strange. Not only did she walk slowly, but she also placed her hands where the guards could see them, making her appear very harmless.

After the woman had walked a certain distance, the guard once again ordered her to stop and to hold up her identification tag for him to see.

The woman remained obedient, stopping and slowly raising her identity card in front of the guard.

"Break the shield."

Before the guards could even see the woman's identification card, the woman who had been silent all along suddenly spoke.

The guard was taken aback by what he heard, and then felt a little dazed. When he came to his senses, he was the only one left in the hall.

However, the guardian didn't seem surprised at all. He simply tapped his head through the helmet and said something.

"I suddenly feel a little dizzy. Is this a side effect of mind control? It seems I haven't fully recovered yet."

Meanwhile, outside, a woman carrying a briefcase that she wasn't originally holding walked past the police and the protesting crowd, heading towards a car at the street corner.

"Let's go."

The woman opened the car door and got into the passenger seat. The blond, muscular man in the driver's seat didn't waste any words and started the car, driving off into the neighborhood.

"Did you get the goods?" the blond, muscular man asked.

Upon hearing this, the woman first pulled off her blonde wig, revealing her natural black hair, before opening the suitcase resting on her lap. The blond man smiled with satisfaction upon seeing the contents of the suitcase.

“You’re a wonderful daughter. I’m so proud of you.”

The woman rolled her eyes at her words, then took off her white coat, revealing a Japanese ninja-style uniform hidden underneath, and put on the cat-face mask that had been lying on the ground.

"It's mission time now. Call me Cheshire Cat, the athletic champion."

The athlete wasn't angry at his daughter's unfamiliar reply. He simply drove the car with one hand and took out his mask from his shirt pocket with the other, putting it on his face.

“It’s a pity Artemis isn’t like you. If she had chosen to help me as well, our status in the Illuminati would have been further elevated.”

"What difference could there be?" The Cheshire Cat, masked, scoffed at his father's opinion. "Aren't we all just being someone else's dogs?"

Thinking of his sister with a different hair color, Cheshire Cat didn't want to dwell on the topic with his father for too long, so he took the initiative to change the subject.

"Speaking of which, how should we deal with those aliens? Are those big shots just going to hand over Earth like this?"

“How could that be?” The athlete scoffed. “The Krolots are a bunch of cosmic thieves. They don’t even have their own technological systems; they’ve stolen everything from others.”

"Although they are not unintelligent, they have not integrated what they stole at all. The adults have said that if a normal war breaks out, even if the superheroes do not intervene, these aliens do not have a 100% chance of winning."

"Otherwise, those short, stout guys wouldn't have offered so many benefits to cooperate with us. They thought it was a mutually beneficial relationship with the Illuminati, but they were actually being used by us."

"The Illuminati's goal is to use the Krolots to draw the Justice League's attention. Otherwise, how could we have gotten what we wanted so easily?"

The athlete patted his suitcase and smiled smugly.

"The Krolots are useless now. Once Master Witch is done playing with them and the magic is dispelled, the Justice League will be out in full force. Then we'll release the news that the Krolots have infiltrated Earth, hehe~"

"At that time, the Justice League will no longer have time to attend to the actions of our Illuminati."

With the villain's signature athletic smile, the two drove off, just as he had said, the Justice League now knew about the Crorot from Shazam.

The alien invasion has always been one of the highest threat levels assessed by the Justice League, which is why Batman gathered a large number of people and went directly to Roanoke Island.

If those aliens really do capture the children as hostages, the Justice League's actions will definitely be hampered, and they will be at a disadvantage with no way to use their strength.

Although Robin and others act as a defensive line in another world, the Young Justice League's fighting power is well-known; they are absolutely adept at dealing with supervillains. However, when faced with an attack from an alien fleet…

Batman could only say that the results of his previous virtual training were still fresh in his mind.

However, there is good news: Yang Le has used some unknown method to transform into a child, thus deceiving the magic and reaching Robin's side. Batman believes that Yang Le will be able to buy them enough time to break the spell.

(End of this chapter)