Chapter 479 Arkham Is Full of Talented People! (Part 2)
"Crazy! Crazy! Why is this city full of crazy people?!"
Carroll and the Green Lanterns, holding their injured shoulders, shuttled quickly between the high-rise buildings in Gotham, using the energy of green lights to fly at low altitudes.
The reason why they didn't fly high was because there were bat fighters loaded with missiles patrolling in the sky.
Huge high-rise buildings were lined up one after another, and green spots of light flew past like fireflies, and the huge screens on the walls of the high-rise buildings were shining brightly. When the green spots of light passed by, a smiling face in a clown costume on the screen said to the camera:
"This is the late night weather forecast brought to you by Jack the Clown. Today's weather is sunny, and there may be heavy snow at night. A magical creature called Green Lantern will appear in the sky..."
"Okay, today's weather forecast ends here, because Jack, as the host, is going to get off work... What? You asked me what I'm going to do after get off work? Of course, I'm going to take this opportunity to drive well!"
"After all, today will be the night with the most green lights in Gotham, hahahahahaha!
"Boom! "
After flying over the screen, Hal dodged a rocket. When he looked back, the huge screen had been blown up with sparks.
He increased his flying speed and came to the position shoulder to shoulder with the leader Carol. He said: "We can't go on like this. Sooner or later, we will be shot down!"
"What's going on in this city? Why are there so many crazy people?!" Carol was puzzled. He looked down and saw that the ground was full of gangsters chasing them. They each had an armed truck with all kinds of weapons on it, and they were chasing them.
The ring can indeed help the Lantern to resist bullets and explosions, but it also consumes energy, and flying and dodging also consume energy. Once the energy is exhausted, Carol can't even think about what the consequences will be if he falls into the hands of these crazy people.
"Hal, haven't you been here for a while? Is there a safer place for us to rest? "
Carol looked at the Green Lanterns who were already unable to fly and asked Hal.
Originally, most of the members of the second team were novices. Although they had been trained, they rarely participated in high-intensity tasks. Their experience in Gotham could not be called high-intensity. It was no exaggeration to say that it was a hellish difficulty at the beginning.
Green Lantern energy is just a tool. It has no self-awareness and cannot control the actions of the Lanterns. All the actions of the Lanterns are done by thinking by themselves and then controlling their limbs. In other words, although they can fly, they need to think about how to fly by themselves, and they need to adjust their limbs to make what actions.
Now, the density of Gotham's firepower network forces them to concentrate their attention at all times to deal with stray bullets and explosive fragments from all directions.
On average, The high-difficulty aerial maneuvers every three seconds were too much for Hal, who was once a test pilot, let alone those novice Green Lanterns who had no experience in aerial operations.
With a "boom", another explosion of a fighter missile was launched, and the young Green Lantern who landed at the end of the team was blown away directly.
His reaction was a little slow, and he did not avoid the aftermath of the impact. The teammates next to him just wanted to fly over to save him, but they were also dazzled by the flash bomb and were shot down immediately.
Hal and Carol, the two Green Lanterns with the best flying skills, hurried back to rescue, and it took a lot of effort to get the two back.
Hal used his green light energy to connect the exhausted Green Lantern, took him flying, and then said to Carol: "There is almost no safe place in this city, let's evacuate here first."
Hal looked up at the three bat fighters flying in the sky, and then said: "Someone has to lead them away, I'll go. "
Looking at his resolute expression, Carol couldn't help but be moved. He said: "Even though I have served in the Green Lantern Corps for so long, you are the most outstanding newcomer I have ever seen."
Hal turned to look at him and said: "For justice."
Just as Carol was about to leave with the other Green Lanterns, Hal stopped them again and said: "The trouble in this city has not been solved. You'd better move to other cities on Earth and wait for support from headquarters."
"I'm afraid we have to do this too, because the remaining energy in the ring is not enough for us to teleport directly back to headquarters. You are a local, do you know where it is safer?"
Hal thought for a while, then pointed them in a direction. Carol nodded and said:
"Once we find a safe base, call for support immediately, and then return to pick you up right away. "
Hal saluted him, then turned around and flew away. The other Green Lanterns watched him leave with solemnity in their hearts.
In their opinion, even staying in this chaotic, crazy and dangerous city for one more second requires great courage, and Hal is obviously a lone brave man who knows the difficulties.
Hal flew near a bat fighter. I don't know what he said to the people in the fighter. The fighter chased him away. Then, the remaining two fighters were also led away by him, and the Green Lanterns took this opportunity to fly away from Gotham City.
Hal stopped after they flew far away. He disappeared in an instant, and then appeared in the co-pilot seat of the bat fighter. Batman turned his head and squinted his eyes at him.
Hal also turned to look at Batman, shrugged and said: "I think you should know who to find. "
Batman turned his head back and pressed the button on the operation panel. The navigation voice made a pleasant sound: "Navigating, destination...Rodriguez Manor."
By the time Batman entered the Rodriguez Manor, Schiller and Constantine were already sitting on the sofa drinking.
The cup made a crisp sound when it hit the surface of the coffee table, and the golden wine fell into the cup, splashing bright water.
Batman held up the wine glass expressionlessly, but did not drink. Hal, who was sitting next to him, poured the whiskey in the glass into his mouth without any scruples.
The cold wine sobered up his brain a lot and relieved the fatigue from the flight. Just as Schiller opened his mouth to speak, Batman said: "You don't need to explain to me why you want to deal with Green Lantern. In this regard, I It’s consistent with your position.”
Schiller took a sip of wine, then touched his chest with his hand, raised his glass at Batman and said, "This is why I like to talk to smart people. Let's skip the unimportant truths and excuses." Well, this has to start from the last time Constantine called me and said he was going to be admitted to Arkham Psychiatric Hospital..."
Constantine held the wine glass, took a sip of wine, then picked up the wine bottle and filled his glass again.
He leaned back relaxedly on the back of the sofa, put his hands on the back of the chair, shook his head and said, "No way, my personal charm is too strong. A little boy named Bruce chased me all over the city. He was dissatisfied with me going to the red light district. So he made a big fuss there, and even when I went to relax for a while, he would stick to me..."
Hal spit out a mouthful of wine. Constantine caught a glimpse of the sharp light of the batarang in Batman's hand. He cleared his throat and said, "Okay, no kidding. Originally, I called Schiller. Just wanted to find a place to hide."
"But this damn miser, that damn Grandet, won't admit me to the hospital until I do something for him."
"So, you started the gang fight in the hospital?" Batman asked.
"According to the original plan, it was really me who was going to do this, but I didn't expect that there were two guys in the hospital who were ready to make trouble. They wanted to cause some trouble and then took the opportunity to escape. I simply took advantage of their plan and expanded the chaos. a little."
"What's going on with the green light?" Batman looked at Schiller again, but Schiller turned to look at Hal. Hal shrugged and explained to Batman how he went to Oua to request support. .
"You first started a fight among the gangs, and then put the Green Lanterns right in the middle of the chaos. The purpose was to make the Green Lanterns realize the danger of the earth?"
"But I'm afraid, this will not be enough to deter them, nor will it keep them away from the earth. Instead, it may make this group of green flies brainwashed by a sense of justice buzz around the earth." Batman gave an evaluation.
It can be heard from his wording that Batman does not have a good impression of the Green Lantern Corps, but it is also understandable that he is the only Gotham native among the four people present, and just now, this group of guys with green lights all over their bodies , flying swaggeringly over Gotham, not only caused many car accidents, but also allowed gangsters to blow up many buildings.
More importantly, Batman has always regarded Gotham as his own territory. He has an almost perverted desire to control Gotham, and this group of people broke into this place without anyone's consent. If Hal hadn't just After stopping Batman from chasing after him in a fighter plane, Carol and the others haven't run out yet.
"My intention was not to intimidate them." Schiller put down the glass.
"Then what are you going to do? This series of actions of yours will only make them focus on the earth and attract them all here."
"My purpose is to lure them here."
As soon as Schiller finished saying this, he heard the phone ringing. Merkel walked down the stairs, picked up the phone receiver and said: "Hello, hello, this is Rodriguez Manor, yes, he is... "
With that said, he put the phone on the coffee table and handed the receiver to Schiller. Schiller said to the phone: "Oh, really? Are you on the way?...Okay, I'll wait for you."
Batman stared at Schiller, as if he had a premonition. At this moment, he heard Schiller say to the other end of the phone:
"Well, see you later, Clark."