The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1277

Black Manta called Sea Warrior over to conduct a physical examination.

However, it wasn't just his body; Black Manta also checked Aquaman's equipment, and the latter immediately understood that the check was actually to see if he was carrying any listening or surveillance devices.

In fact, Aquaman was not carrying anything he shouldn't have, so Black Manta couldn't find anything.

However, Black Manta discovered something that surprised him: a green, cone-shaped crystal.

"What is this? Kryptonite?"

Black Manta was somewhat surprised; he never expected to find such a thing on Sea Boy.

"Why do you have this thing?"

"As someone who has spent half my life dealing with the sea, I think you should know that it's not surprising to find all sorts of strange and unusual things in the ocean."

Hai Shaoxia revealed an excuse he had prepared long ago.

"This is something I found when I infiltrated Aquaman's palace. I think it might be because Atlantis is also wary of Kryptonians."

"I thought I might need this sooner or later, so I carried it with me. If you guys had arrived a little later in the cave, I might have actually used it on Superboy."

When Hai Shaoxia said those words, a barely perceptible hint of reluctance flashed in his eyes, clearly indicating that he still couldn't bring himself to kill his former comrade.

Black Manta keenly noticed this, and at the same time, he felt that it was normal for Sea Warrior to show this expression; it was human nature, and even he couldn't completely eliminate it.

If Aquaman could use this on his former comrades without hesitation, then Black Manta would suspect that this was just a charade staged by the Young Justice League to deceive him.

Black Manta is not stupid. Although he is not like those capable people with a bunch of degrees, he is still a very smart person. Otherwise, he would not have been able to build such a large team by himself and be absorbed into the Illuminati.

Although he wasn't the Illuminati's first choice at the beginning, being second in the list speaks volumes about his abilities.

When working as a spy for someone like that, you can't do things that defy common sense.

Hai Shaoxia was truly proceeding cautiously, as if walking on thin ice.

“Although you are my son, there is something I need to tell you first.”

During a break from his inspection, Black Manta said to Sea Hero, "I don't keep idlers on my ship, and you should know very well what I do. If you still have that heroic mentality, I advise you to sneak off the ship when I'm not looking."

"Otherwise, I will kill you with my own hands sooner or later."

Black Manta glared coldly at Young Hero Hai, who had no doubt that what the former said was true; the killing intent honed by the former through years of bloodshed was no joke.

Hai Shaoxia understood that this was because he had not yet fully gained the other party's trust. Before gaining the other party's trust, his identity as a blood relative was merely a ticket to board the ship.

After saying this, Black Manta ignored the young hero and went off to conduct a physical examination.

The others on the Black Manta ship didn't give Hai Shaoxia a friendly look either. After all, it was normal for them to have some resentment in a submarine where they couldn't see the sunlight.

Looking at the cold white light above his head, Hai Shaoxia began to wonder what the other members of the Young Justice League were doing.

...

"Robin and the others will probably be going to be withdrawn for a while." Yang Le sighed. When he left the Young Justice League's base, almost everyone had a long face.

The last time I saw Robin and the others like this was when my mutant clone died.

Hmm? Thinking about it this way, it seems like I'm the one who caused these kids to become withdrawn. I'm such a bad person.

"Robin and the others aren't that fragile; they'll be fine soon."

Batman's tone remained calm, making it difficult to discern his true state of mind from his words.

"I've noticed that you always seem to have something to do."

Yang Le was right. In his memory, almost every time he saw Batman, he was never idle, as if the word "busy" was synonymous with him.

“It was just a coincidence.” Batman put down his work. “Has Aquaman contacted you?”

"No, the magic didn't react at all." Yang Le waved his hand.

As a spy, one naturally needs to maintain regular contact with one's superiors. However, Jackson was working under the command of the enemy's big boss, so he naturally had little opportunity to come and report to him in person.

So after discussing it, they chose to use a communication device to contact each other. However, in order to prevent the Black Manta from detecting the communication device, Yang Le pulled in Mr. Zatara and together they invented a new communication magic.

Of course, Zatara didn't know that this magic was meant for Aquaman to use as a spy; Yang Le's explanation was that it was to facilitate communication within the Justice League.

Zatala had no doubts and gave Yang Le a test subject a few days later.

Yang Le then made further modifications to this, using the original magic of the young hero Hai as a cover.

In this way, even a wizard skilled in magic would be unable to detect this communication spell without Hai Shaoxia activating his magic.

However, this magic is still like a communicator, requiring the caster to speak, so Hai Shaoxia still cannot contact Yang Le and the others anytime and anywhere.

“Don’t worry, I’ve already told Hai Shaoxia that he must remain silent at the beginning of the mission. The most important thing at this stage is to gain Black Manta’s trust.”

“Your idea is correct,” Batman nodded. “Let’s reduce the Young Justice League’s workload for a while, and also have Black Canary keep an eye on their mental state.”

Clearly, Batman doesn't genuinely care about the children's mental state; he's just used to keeping a poker face.

"How is Damian doing?" Yang Le asked.

“The Illuminati held a meeting not long ago,” Batman said, handing a report to Yang Le as he explained.

“The Illuminati seems to be recruiting recently. They may attack a superhuman prison soon, but Vandal Savage did not specify the exact location.”

“It seems he doesn’t truly trust Damian yet,” Yang Le said.

Batman nodded, then continued, "So I just secretly increased my surveillance of the various prisons, without rushing to set up defenses, as that would expose Damian's identity."

"Oh, and one more thing, LexCorp has recently been secretly gathering intelligence on superhuman children."

(End of this chapter)