Chapter 479: Arkham Is a Land of Talented People! (Part 2)
"Crazy! Crazy! Why is this city full of crazy people?!"
Carroll and the Green Lanterns, holding their injured shoulders, quickly shuttled between the high-rise buildings in Gotham, using the energy of the green lanterns to fly at low altitudes.
The reason they didn't fly high was because there were Batfighters loaded with missiles patrolling in the sky.
Huge high-rise buildings are lined up one after another, and green dots of light are flying past like fireflies, while the huge screen on the wall of the high-rise building is full of light. When the green dots of light pass by, a smiling face in clown costume on the screen says to the camera:
"Here 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, hahahahahahaha!
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"Boom!"
After flying over the screen, Hal dodged a rocket, and 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 were all armed with an armed truck, which was full of various weapons. 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 will happen 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. The experience in Gotham can no longer be said to be high-intensity. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the difficulty of hell at the beginning.
Green Lantern energy is just a tool. It has no self-awareness and no way to control the actions of the Lanterns. All the actions of the Lanterns are done by thinking for themselves and then controlling their limbs. In other words, although they can fly, they need to think about how to fly, and they need to adjust their limbs to make the 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 coming from all directions.
The high-difficulty aerial maneuvers that take place every three seconds on average are a bit too much for Hal, who was once a test pilot, to handle, let alone those novice Green Lanterns who have 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. …
He reacted a little slower and 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 stunned by the flash bomb and were shot down immediately afterwards.
Hal and Carol, the two Green Lanterns with the best flying skills, hurried back to rescue them. It took a lot of effort to get the two back.
Hal used his green light energy to connect to 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."
Carol couldn't help but feel a little moved by his resolute look. He said: "Even though I have served in the Green Lantern Corps for so long, you are the best newcomer I have ever seen."
Hal turned his head and looked at him and said: "For justice."
Just as Carol was about to leave with the other Green Lanterns, Hal stopped him again Carol said to them, "The trouble in this city has not been solved yet. 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 immediately."
Hal saluted him, then turned around and flew away. The other Green Lanterns watched him leave with solemn emotions 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. He didn't know what he said to the people in the fighter. The fighter chased him away. Then, he led the remaining two fighters away, 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 at him.
Hal also turned his head 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."
When Batman stepped into Rodriguez Manor, Schiller and Constantine were already sitting on the sofa drinking.
The cup hit the surface of the coffee table and made a crisp sound. The golden wine fell into the cup, splashing bright water.
Batman picked up the glass expressionlessly, but did not drink. Hal, who was sitting next to him, poured the whiskey in the glass into his mouth without hesitation.
The cold wine made his brain much clearer and relieved the fatigue of the flight just now. Schiller opened his mouth to speak, and Batman said: "Don't explain to me why you want to deal with Green Lantern. In this regard, I agree with you."...
Schiller took a sip of wine, then stroked his chest with his hand, raised the glass to Batman and said: "This is why I like to talk to smart people. Let's skip those unimportant principles and excuses. This matter has to start from the last time Constantine called me and said that he was going to Arkham Psychiatric Hospital for hospitalization..."
Constantine held the glass, took a big sip of wine, then picked up the bottle and filled his glass again.
He relaxed on the back of the sofa, put his hands on the back of the chair, shook his head and said: "I can't help it, 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 scene there, even when I went to relax for a while, he would stick to me..."
Hal spit out a mouthful of wine, Constantine glanced at the sharp light of the bat dart in Batman's hand, he cleared his throat and said: "Okay, no joke, originally, I called Schiller just to find a place to hide."
"But this damn miser, the hateful Grandet, insisted that I help him do something before he would let me enter the hospital."
"So, it was you who provoked the gang fight in the hospital?" Batman asked.
"According to the original plan, I was indeed responsible for this, but I didn't expect that there were two guys in the hospital who were ready to make trouble and then take the opportunity to slip away. I simply took advantage of the situation and expanded the chaos a little."
"What's the matter with the Green Lantern?" Batman looked at Schiller again, but Schiller turned to look at Hal. Hal shrugged and explained to Batman how he went to Oa Star to ask for support.
"You first provoked a gang fight, and then let the Green Lanterns fall right in the center of the chaos. The purpose is to make the Green Lanterns realize the danger of the earth?"
"But I'm afraid that this is not enough to deter them, nor will it keep them away from the earth. Instead, it may make these green flies brainwashed by a sense of justice buzz around the earth." Batman gave an evaluation.
From his words, we can tell that Batman has no good feelings towards the Green Lantern Corps, but it is understandable. He is the only Gotham native among the four people present. Just now, this group of guys with green light all over their bodies flew around Gotham in a swaggering manner, not only causing many car accidents, but also causing the gangs 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 in here without anyone's consent. If Hal hadn't stopped Batman from chasing them in a fighter plane just now, Carol and the others would not have escaped yet.
"My original intention was not to deter them." Schiller put down the wine glass.
"Then what are you going to do? Your series of actions will only make them focus on the earth and attract them all."
"My goal is to attract them."
As soon as Schiller finished this sentence, he heard the phone ring. Merkel walked down the stairs, picked up the phone and said, "Hello, this is Rodriguez Manor, yes, he is..."
As he said, he took the phone to the coffee table and handed the receiver to Schiller. Schiller said to the other end of the phone, "Oh, really? Are you on the way?...Okay, I'll wait for you."
Batman stared at Schiller and seemed to have a premonition. At this time, he heard Schiller say to the other end of the phone:
"Well, see you later, Clark."