The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 977 Giant Plants (3) Cunning Bats

The plant that Poison Ivy relies on is very thick, and it is estimated that it would take ten people to hug it. Its appearance is also very strange, with patterns like circuit boards all over it, just like a modern art piece made of electronic devices.

The roots that absorb nutrients are intertwined in the small room, covering almost all the ground. It looks chaotic but is actually orderly. These roots are all around a disk that is large enough for a person to stand on.

Standing on top of the disc was a man wearing a yellow jumpsuit that looked like a protective suit, but the strangest thing was the man's face, which looked like a skeleton covered with only a layer of grayish-white skin.

Not far from the skeleton, there was a white-haired gorilla who was checking around with a tablet device. Above the gorilla's head was a blue-skinned man wearing a black cape and a strange hairstyle.

"Everything looks normal." The well-dressed Count Dizziness stood on a high platform at the edge of the room, checking everything. Behind him stood the Mind Pirate and the Joker.

Although the Mind Pirate hated the clown, he had no choice but to endure it because there were limited places to stand in the room.

"Not really." Poison Ivy said coldly. "My child needs more energy, otherwise he won't be able to remotely control those plants anymore."

"Indeed." The Gorilla Extremist raised his head. "The instruments show that the plant's activity is declining. It's time to provide energy."

Wotan nodded and shouted to the skeleton standing on the disc, "Atomic Skeleton! Send the same amount of energy as last time."

The atomic skull did not reply, but yellow-green energy like flames still ignited on his body. This rising energy passed through the disc under the atomic skull's feet and along the connected roots, finally flowing to the plant itself.

As energy entered bit by bit, the circuit board patterns on the surface of the plant began to glow with a yellow-green light, instantly illuminating the room with incredible brightness.

"What a wonderful sight." The clown, who had already put on sunglasses, said with his hands under his head.

"The power of magic and technology has merged to create this powerful plant before our eyes." Wotan said as he shot out two spells from his hands. With the help of the magic, the giant plant even grew a lot of branches and leaves.

"Even if the Justice League comes now, we can still fight."

"Well said." The Joker clapped his hands. "But we've already posted so many speed limits, why hasn't anyone come looking for us?"

"Perhaps they've deployed too many plants, and the Justice League is running out of steam," Count Vertigo speculated. "But it doesn't matter. The bigger the noise, the better."

"Drip drip!"

As soon as Count Vertigo finished speaking, a burst of rapid alarms reached the ears of everyone present.

"It's an intrusion alarm." The Psychic Pirate looked out the skylight. "Something is approaching us."

Bartholomew Swamp is a well-known uninhabited area. Even those video creators on the Internet who are willing to pay more than their lives to shoot wilderness challenges would not choose this place, so there is no possibility of the alarm being triggered by mistake.

"It should be the Justice League." Count Vertigo said as he turned on the communication device. "Black Adam, we're under attack here. You don't need to stay on the satellite anymore. Come back and help us."

"understood."

After receiving the reply, Count Vertigo hung up the phone and began issuing orders. "Very good, then Poison Ivy, Extremis, and Atomic Skull will stay behind to keep the plants alive. The rest of you, follow me to greet our guests."

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Above Bartholomew Swamp, the biological aircraft, still invisible, was moving slowly.

Perhaps due to interference, Zatanna's positioning magic could only determine the approximate direction, and the rest required everyone to search with their eyes, so the Martian girl slowed down her flying speed as soon as she entered the swamp area.

Yang Le also took advantage of the time to explain to everyone why he wanted to be a guardian.

"You mean, you have a junior who wants to join Young Justice?" Kid Flash was surprised. "You and Wonder Woman are progressing so quickly... Ouch!"

"What are you thinking about, you teenage brat?" Yang Le lowered his right hand. "The child I'm introducing isn't my own. Anyway, you'll know the details when the time comes."

"Anyway, because I'm worried about that kid Shazam, Red Tornado needs to go back to the factory for some repairs, so I'm temporarily taking over his job during this period."

In fact, there is another reason that Yang Le didn't mention. Because Harpy died at the hands of Red Scourge, both Black Canary and Red Tornado himself were afraid that Connor would develop aversion to robots.

Therefore, even though Red Tornado has been almost fully recovered, he himself does not dare to come back to continue serving as the guardian.

Finally, Red Tornado and Black Canary discussed with Batman, and finally asked Wonder Woman to call Yang Le back.

Coincidentally, Yang Le also happened to have something to ask Batman. As mentioned earlier, he wanted to get a child to join the Justice League, so he found Batman before Diana found him.

Then Yang Le realized how evil Batman's heart was.

After hearing Yang Le's request, Batman did not mention his idea of ​​wanting Yang Le to come back as a guardian, but instead began to bargain with Yang Le.

Batman first said a lot of words of disagreement, saying that although the Young Justice League is an affiliate of the Justice League, it is not a casual organization and people who have not passed layers of screening cannot join.

Yang Le scoffed at this. He used Artemis as an example and told Batman not to act so high and mighty in front of him, because they both knew Artemis' true identity.

Batman remained calm and struck back, saying that the person Yang Le recommended was too young, even younger than Dick was when he first became Robin.

Yang Le was speechless. No matter how he guaranteed that the person he recommended could definitely beat ten Dicks at this stage, it was useless. Batman was just sticking to the age limit and refused to let go.

Yang Le was about to get angry, but he couldn't sue Batman for employing child labor. The fact that superhero assistants were all children was almost known to the whole world, and even the United Nations turned a blind eye to it, not to mention that he was about to do just that.

Before Yang Le could come up with a solution, Batman dropped another bombshell: they all knew Shazam's actual age. Billy, a little kid, was okay as a temporary guardian, but he would not be a suitable person for a long time.

He recently asked Billy to step down, but the Red Tornado has not been repaired yet, and there is no one who can serve as a guardian to ensure the safety of the children. Batman does not want something like this to happen again.

(End of this chapter)