Martin Variety in American Comics

Martin held the lantern, which, inspired by his courage and will, emitted a dazzling green light. A special energy filled every corner of the room and, under his will, materialized into chains.

The chains formed from green lantern energy were like vipers ambushing their prey, instantly locking the girl's hands and feet, trapping her in place.

"Let me go! You shameless bastard, what trick did you use? If you have the guts, let me go, and we'll fight one-on-one!"

Cindy struggled frantically, like an untamed beast in a zoo, the energy chains on her body clanging.

But no matter how she struggled, she couldn't break the chains, and could only glare at Martin, constantly uttering provocative words.

Martin calmly shook his head, saying softly, "When it comes to shamelessness, I can't compare to a young girl like you. Just now, you wanted to strip off your clothes and challenge my moral bottom line with your nakedness, just to escape from someone who didn't intend to kill you—namely, me."

"Although I'm not the kind of old-fashioned person who only cares about chastity, you're being too extreme in not valuing your body!"

Cindy shut up. She stared intently at Martin, still furious, but no longer provoking him as she had been, just glaring at him.

"I really don't know what the people who modified you were thinking. Did they really want you to succeed? This isn't the 19th or 20th century anymore; people who only know how to fight are destined to be pawns for life."

Martin used the green lantern energy to spread his perception throughout the entire hospital and its surroundings, vigilant for any disturbance.

Judging by what this girl had done, she was merely an ordinary member of the Injustice Society. Perhaps she had undergone many modifications, involving some people, but she herself didn't know much.

Cindy particularly couldn't stand others belittling her, and unable to control her anger, she retorted loudly to Martin, "Justice League superhero, do you think you understand me? You're wrong. I volunteered for this body modification. There are things hidden in this city that you hypocrites will never understand."

"I'm not one of those stupid little girls in school, I don't need you to lecture me. If you have the guts, cut off my head, otherwise I will continue doing what I do!"

Cindy gritted her teeth, as if Martin was an enemy with whom she had a blood feud, who had raped and killed her entire family.

"You don't need to pretend to be unafraid of death. This is just a trick that street thugs are tired of playing, nothing new."

Martin disdained Cindy's behavior; this kind of rogue-like disregard for life couldn't deceive anyone.

The reason he didn't act was to lure out more people from the Injustice Society, and also because of his own moral bottom line.

"It seems the people from the Injustice Society won't appear!"

The surroundings of the hospital were very normal, with no suspicious individuals.

It was also possible that those people were hiding very well, accustomed to the environment, and hadn't been discovered by Martin.

But if they didn't show themselves, Martin couldn't directly turn the hospital upside down without any evidence.

Martin was still acting as a member of the Justice League, and had to consider the impact of everything he did.

The Injustice Society had deeply infiltrated every aspect of this city, and any matter that exceeded public knowledge could be used as a weapon to incite ordinary people to antagonize Martin.

Therefore, Martin could take measures against specific individuals, stimulating the Injustice Society to take the initiative to stand up, but he couldn't allow the other side to seize any leverage against him.

Similarly, the Injustice Society was the same.

Although they had laundered their identities, they hadn't made the Injustice Society acceptable to ordinary people. Once their identities were exposed, the situation would develop in a direction unfavorable to them.

"So, you and those assassins can turn into little bugs in the green energy amber!"

Martin prepared to leave, and the lantern emitted an even more dazzling light, as jelly-like energy began to fill the room, everything it touched was sealed up and suspended.

Just as he turned around, a triumphant smile suddenly appeared on Cindy's face.

Immediately afterward, her right hand and both legs began to squirm, her skin undulating like waves, her flesh swelling like balloons.

The bursting flesh and blood splattered everywhere, and every piece of flesh, every drop of blood, upon contact with the air, began to undergo a special chemical reaction, turning into bombs capable of blowing up the entire building.

Boom!

The massive explosion instantly engulfed the entire room, flames and shockwaves ruthlessly impacting everything, the jelly-like green lantern energy was torn open, half of the room by the window was engulfed in flames, instantly turning to ashes.

Cindy seized the opportunity, and in the moment of Martin's turning around and relaxing, detonated her right arm and two legs, which had been modified into explosive substances.

Martin's figure also disappeared into the flames that devoured half the room.

The reaction brought about by the contact of blood mist with air was still ongoing, and it formed a chain reaction, continuously spreading outward, causing explosions.

Half of the hospital's residential building collapsed in just a few minutes, flames raged, debris collapsed, survivors were crying, they frantically sought escape routes, causing great chaos.

"What kind of bullshit superhero, I still took care of you!"

Cindy laughed loudly as she flew out, not caring what happened.

As soon as she hit the ground, she pulled a large handful of specially made energy blocks from her pocket and stuffed them all into her mouth.

The modified cells rapidly absorbed the energy entering the body and converted it into energy for the body's regeneration, and the arm and legs destroyed by the explosion quickly recovered.

The pain brought about by this regeneration was unbearable for ordinary people, and even though Cindy had received relevant training since she was a child, she was tortured by this pain like a maggot, rolling around on the ground.

Cindy's beautiful face and hair were covered in dirt and blood, turning from a rich lady into a perverted female assassin, but she always gritted her teeth, not uttering a single cry of pain.

"The ultimate winner is me!"

The limb regeneration process ended quickly, and Cindy used her new arms and legs to climb up from the ground, her first words were to declare her victory.

That Justice League superhero definitely wouldn't die just like that, but in such a big explosion, the other party definitely wouldn't feel good.

Cindy firmly believed in her own ideas, the Injustice Society's past enemies were superheroes, and all their inventions and weapons were based on this.

She ran towards the ruins, ignoring those who were injured by the explosion, and saw Martin standing in the ruins at a glance, the green glowing lantern was also blown away, at least a hundred meters away from him.

"Got you!"

Cindy shouted loudly, pulled out a special pistol, pulled the trigger, and the bullet accurately hit the lantern, knocking it even further away.

Immediately, she strode forward, like an arrow shot out of a bow, pressing the gun against Martin's head.

"Who's the winner now?"

Martin, listening to the girl's smug speech, focused his somewhat dazed spirit, and saw the dark muzzle of the gun.

He was unscathed, although he was covered in a lot of dust, he just looked disheveled.

"I really miscalculated, you are more cruel than I imagined, which makes me wonder, who exactly is the person who trained and modified you?"

Martin had no reaction to Cindy's threat, and revealed a disdainful smile.

He could summon the lantern back with a thought, but he didn't do so.

Listening to the screams in his ears, Martin's gaze became serious, and he decided to give the girl in front of him an unforgettable lesson.

"I really don't like your expression!"

Cindy pointed the gun directly at Martin's forehead, threatening fiercely, with a smug smile on her face: "You seem to have forgotten that the person holding the gun is me, and you have nothing. Do you know why I can point a gun at your head?"

Martin looked at her, like looking at a monkey dancing on a stage, cooperating with her expressionlessly and shaking his head.

"Because I can endure, and I'm good at disguising. That's why I can defeat you when you're at your most complacent. Big shots all end up like this, and you won't be an exception!"

Cindy was very proud, and couldn't help shaking her head, the gun in her hand getting closer to Martin's head.

"It's a pity I'm not a big shot, and there aren't even many people who know who I am."

Martin watched the smile on Cindy's face grow more and more wild, and knew the time had come.

Now was the best time to make the whole girl fall from the peak into the abyss, completely defeated.

"Humph!"

Cindy obviously didn't believe Martin's words, and said smugly: "I'm very curious, what other tricks can you play? Now my gun is pointed at your head, and the bullet only needs less than a second to penetrate your skull, tear apart your brain, and take away your life."

"Heh, it seems the people who trained you didn't teach you about the Green Lantern's deeds…"

Before Martin could finish speaking, he just moved his finger, and the originally silent lantern suddenly emitted a great light.

The green lantern energy erupted, like a meteor streaking through the air, first knocking away the gun in Cindy's hand, and then piercing through her limbs and body, leaving faint flames constantly burning Cindy's wounds, making it impossible for her body to recover.

Cindy fell to the ground, she lost control of her body, those excited expressions disappeared instantly, replaced by a face full of gloomy colors.

Martin picked up the gun that had been knocked away from the ground, weighed it twice, walked to Cindy, and said softly: "What can you do? Can you kill people?"

He pointed the gun at Cindy's head, and the originally brave and fearless girl's body trembled, wanting to retreat, but her limbs pierced by the green lantern energy couldn't make such a movement.

Martin used laughter to ridicule this guy, and continued: "Wanting to be an assassin, young and ruthless, not only killing people without blinking an eye, but even not minding involving the innocent in half of the residential building."

"If you use this method to prove something, then you can't prove anything. The world is very dangerous, even if you have been modified, in the end you will just be sold a few more times."

Cindy had already fallen into despair, but hearing Martin's words, she angrily raised her head, staring intently at Martin, without saying a word, her brown eyes full of anger.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Martin waved his hand gently, the green lantern energy spread out, extinguishing the flames, clearing the ruins, rescuing the victims, and quickly calming down this disaster.

Then he looked at the girl lying at his feet, and said bluntly: "Wasn't what I said just now clear enough? You are very stupid, and also very clumsy, but you think you are very smart. You will die on your own petty cleverness sooner or later."

"No, more accurately, you will die on your own petty cleverness today. You thought you could use the lives of half of the residential building to drag me into hell, but that just completely enraged me."

Martin cocked the gun, and the clicking sound was very clear on the calmed down ruins.

"No, no, no, wait a minute, you can't just kill me like this!"

Cindy began to struggle, this damn superhero, the reason he said those words just now was to stimulate me, wanting me to die painfully in clarity.

Even knowing Martin's idea, she couldn't actively give up the hope of living.

Despair is a good anesthetic, when people are immersed in despair, they often forget many things, and also become brave and fearless.

But after people are rescued by hope, they become timid and can no longer bravely do anything.

Cindy talked incessantly, she was unwilling to die for this, and didn't think that the things instilled in her since childhood were important.

"I don't mind giving young people opportunities, especially those who have gone astray. From the beginning to now, I have never done anything really fatal to you, but you have gone further and further, consuming my kindness little by little."

Martin's tone became more and more cold, implicitly announcing Cindy's death sentence.

"Until now, no members of the Injustice Society have appeared here, they have completely abandoned you. This means that you have no value to me!"

"What qualifications do you have to judge me?"

Cindy fell into despair again, she cursed at Martin: "You are just a pretentious hypocrite. With your ability, you could have resolved everything in the first moment of the explosion. But in order to satisfy your vanity, you watched the patients in the residential building die in the explosion, watching those people suffer, but still talked endlessly at me."

"You are a really disgusting person. The word hypocrisy is just right to use on you."

"Even if you kill me, it won't prove anything. You are just a bastard who uses any means to achieve his goals!"

"So what?"

Martin had no reaction, and showed no signs of self-moral condemnation at all: "The person who survived is me, and I have a lifetime to modify the impact of this matter. But you are dead, who else will speak for you?"

"You…"

Bang!

Martin pulled the trigger, the bullet flew out of the muzzle, directly piercing through Cindy's brain, the green lantern energy turned into flames and landed on her body, burning her body, ensuring that she would no longer have any chance of regeneration.

"Goodbye, I hope you can become a smart person in your next life!"

Martin threw away the gun and turned to leave this place.

ps: There is another chapter in the afternoon, also four thousand words!