Chapter 485: Codename Jade (Part 2)

The next morning, in the Green Lantern Corps headquarters, Hal just walked out of his bedroom and a pretty female Green Lantern greeted him.

Ignoring her purple skin and the six hands behind her, she was a pretty hot beauty. Hal blushed and turned his head away. The female Green Lantern smiled and said to him:

"I didn't expect that Ion Man was actually a shy little boy...Okay, no more jokes, the Corps Commander wants you, go to his office after breakfast."

"Okay...Okay, thank you."

After saying goodbye to the female Green Lantern, Hal took the elevator and came to the restaurant.

There are all kinds of creatures here, including stars floating in the air, spherical creatures jumping on the ground, and even long-necked dinosaurs that can't be seen in their entirety, with only one head sticking out of the window. Hal walked and looked, constantly amazed.

Wherever he went, people praised him. Even some Green Lanterns who had not participated in the operation before and had just returned from the sector could not help but sigh after hearing about Hal's deeds.

Although what happened in Gotham was not as big as some interstellar war scenes, it revealed a sense of weirdness and horror. All Green Lanterns who had been there could deeply feel the chaos and madness, so their descriptions were inevitably exaggerated. As they spread the story, it became more and more exaggerated.

The Green Lanterns praised Hal to the heavens and the earth, and the seriously injured adjutant Carol was no exception.

The person who attacked him was Constantine. He was defeated by this magician without even a single move. In order to cover up his failure, he exaggerated Constantine's strength, saying that Constantine summoned five or six terrifying hell demons from nowhere, summoned magma and hail, and used hundreds of arcane balls. The two fought for hundreds of rounds before he was defeated.

Other Green Lanterns also had this mentality to a certain extent. After all, it was really embarrassing to attack a city in groups and be defeated. As long as the opponent was praised as strong enough, they would not appear so weak. Therefore, the battle reports submitted by everyone showed that the people living in Gotham City were not ordinary earthlings at all.

They were chaotic, crazy, and elusive. Each person was equipped with dozens of large bombs. They not only knew all kinds of magical magic, but also seemed to have the ability to see through. They were not only fearless but also very smart.

Similarly, Hal was also described by them as a god descended to the earth. As they praised him, some people began to call Hal "the greatest Green Lantern in history", saying that his achievements in saving people were unprecedented and should be recorded in history.

In such praises, Hal felt a little confused, because he was very sober and knew that this incident was far less terrible than they described.

Perhaps, the process of the Green Lanterns' defeat was a bit undignified, but in fact, the losses were not great. Most of them were slightly injured. The only unlucky person who was seriously injured was Carol of Constantine. Most of them just used up the energy in their Green Lantern rings, and their mental exhaustion was relatively large. They returned to the team after just one night's rest.

But Hal still received unprecedented welcome and thanks. In these cheers, he began to feel a little uncomfortable, not only because he was receiving rewards without merit, but also because he felt that the style of this organization was a bit too frivolous and the attitude towards failure was not serious enough.

There was no reflection on strategic decisions, no tactical leaks and shortcomings, and even no summary meeting. It was as if the enemy was portrayed as a terrible natural disaster, and the people who saved them were blown up as unprecedented heroes, and the matter was over.

Anyone with military literacy would feel that this way of organization was really amateurish.

With this mood, Harald came to Talon's office, which was an office on the side corridor of the central core. Hal's office was also here.

He knocked on the door, and Tyrone's voice came from the door, saying, "Come in."

After Hal walked in, he found that Tyrone's face was a little serious. Before Hal asked, Tyrone said, "I saw that you submitted a report to leave the headquarters last night. What happened?"

"Uh... Things on Earth have not been resolved yet. I have to go back to clean up the mess. Besides, the security of the Earth sector also needs someone to maintain it."

"No, Hal, I received an order to temporarily abandon the sector where the Earth is located and all security work related to the Earth and Gotham."

"Why?" Hal asked in shock with his eyes wide open.

Tyrone pursed his lips, patted Hal on the shoulder, and said, "You have just started working and don't understand the situation yet. Although I have not been the leader of the Green Lantern Corps for a long time, I have also been responsible for some personnel dispatch work before that."

"The security work in the sectors also has priorities. We have limited manpower and the energy of the main furnace. Therefore, we must focus on maintaining those important sectors..."

"But!" Hal raised his voice and asked, "What kind of sectors are considered important sectors? Isn't the earth important?"

Tyrone sighed, sat behind the table, and motioned Hal to sit down, but Hal just stood there. Tyrone said helplessly:

"I know that every Green Lantern thinks that the sector where their hometown is located is the most important. I understand your desire to protect your hometown, but all this is for the future of the Lantern Group."

"To achieve healthy development, we must invest our limited strength in the most important places. The so-called important sectors are actually more prosperous places, where there are more civilizations and closer to the headquarters..."

Tyrone showed an embarrassed expression and said, "The sector where the earth is located is relatively remote, and there are fewer civilizations."

"More importantly..." Tyrone said in a low voice. He lowered his head, his tone became a little low, and he said: "We paid a great price for the failure of this operation. Half of the energy of the headquarters' lamp furnace was drained, more than a dozen Green Lanterns were injured, and the former adjutant Carol was seriously injured..."

"Compared with the strategic location of the sector where the earth is located, this loss is almost unacceptable."

Hal stood there silently and looked at Tyrone. His Adam's apple moved and his fingertips trembled a little, but he still said:

"Then what about justice? What about peace?"

Tyrone spread his hands on the table and said: "We must first ensure the healthy development of the Green Lantern Corps before we can bring peace to more civilizations. To this end, there will definitely be sacrifices."

"Then what about those sacrificed civilizations?" Hal asked.

Tyrone sighed again, and then said: "I know that you were just a surface creature before, and you have not been in the universe for a long time. You don't know enough about the universe, so you don't know that among all the civilizations born in the universe, only about one percent of civilizations can leave the surface and fly into the universe."

"And among this one percent of civilizations, only less than one thousandth of civilizations can navigate in the universe, join the interstellar society, and become a member of the cosmic civilization society."

"And the rest, no matter where they were born, no matter how glorious they were, will eventually die in the cradle of civilization."

"The development of civilization depends on the right time, right place and right people. Only a very small number of galaxies with very good conditions can give birth to a civilization that joins the interstellar society, and those galaxies are exactly the objects we need to protect."

"But obviously..." Tyrone shook his head and said: "The earth is not included."

"I know you feel I was very disappointed. I was like this before. "Tyrone stood up from the table and walked to Hal. He said, "But one day, you will understand that everything is for greater justice."

Looking at Tyrone's eyes, Hal was silent for a while, then slowly shook his head. His tone had calmed down, but with a frightening power, he said, "Justice delayed is not justice."

"On the road to pursuing greatness, those civilizations that you have abandoned and the tribes that have been sacrificed are also living lives one after another, just like my compatriots on Earth."

"But if we don't do this, wasting our strength in a hopeless place will only lead to the collapse of the Corps, and without the Green Lantern Corps, more civilizations will fall into war."

Looking at Tyrone's eyes, Hal knew that he might not be able to convince him. He said, "Sorry, but I can't agree with this reason."

He closed his eyes. He took a deep breath, raised his right hand, and then used his other hand to forcefully pull off the Green Lantern ring on his finger.

"I give up my identity as Green Lantern. I will return to Earth and fight for my civilization as an ordinary human."

Tyrone's eyes widened slightly. He had never thought that anyone could give up the Green Lantern energy. Such an easy and powerful power was like a pie in the sky. No one had ever given it up.

However, he saw another kind of power in Hal's eyes, which made his eyes shine like the sun in the universe.

"I always believe that my compatriots and I will create the greatest civilization in this universe."

"Maybe, I left today, but one day, when humans sail to the depths of the universe, we will see each other again."

Half turned and left. Tyrone looked at his back. He saw the shadows of many people in Hal's back. They were all called the greatest Green Lanterns in history.

But Hal was completely different from the shadows of these people. He did not have the rich green light that symbolized powerful power, nor the power brought by powerful power. Just like all weak surface creatures, he could not fly or teleport, and could only step on the ground one step at a time.

But the less able a race is to fly, the more it desires to fly. As an ordinary human, Hal could have chosen to become a Green Lantern and fly freely in the universe, but he gave up.

Tyrone thought, maybe, he would really become the greatest Green Lantern in history... the real Green Lantern.

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