novelonline Chapter 3587 Edge of Tomorrow (33)
Chapter 3587 Edge of Tomorrow (33)
Chapter 3587 Edge of Tomorrow (Thirty-three)
Schiller sat at the card table in the mansion, playing free-cell games intermittently. Victor was debugging the equipment nearby, and while busy, he said, "You really chose the right position in logistics. Everyone else is out working, and we are the only ones sitting here doing nothing."
"If you don't want to be idle, you can go and get some information."
"Forget it, Diamond Street is not a good place." Victor glanced at his watch and said, "Besides, they should be back soon."
"I'm back!" Harry pushed open the door of the mansion and said, "Good news, they really took the bait!"
"Is everything going well for the action team?" Schiller turned to look at her and asked.
"Of course! Diamond Street is in an uproar, which means the attack on the chemical plant went smoothly. Brainiac's fake video was also good, and he must have successfully fooled them."
Schiller nodded, which was not unexpected.
An hour ago, several people began to assign tasks.
"Penguin and I will go to Diamond Street to wait for news." Harry said, "We are both famous and wealthy people. Going in and out of Diamond Street will not arouse anyone's suspicion. We can just say we are going to discuss business."
"The action team is also ready to go." Pamela waved her hand and said, "Deathstroke, Killer Croc, and I are each responsible for a factory. There's no problem with making some noise, but our abilities are completely different from those of ninjas. I'm afraid we can only rely on post-production editing."
"No problem," Brainiac said. "I'll provide them with the edited surveillance footage as soon as possible. With current human means, it's impossible to detect any problems."
"You also have to find a way to let them know what the League of Assassins did with their money," Schiller said. "Do you have a suitable target?"
"I've found it. I'm sending him a message."
Gotham Diamond Street, 7:00 PM.
The phone on the table suddenly vibrated. A man in a blue shirt picked up the phone and looked at the message on it. He frowned at first, then his eyes widened.
"Is this true, Brainiac?" he typed back. "You mean to say that the Joker used the same bomb materials that the woman purchased?"
Brainiac responded with a long string of text, not only did he make a thorough analysis, he also listed the discrepancy report between shipments and usage, and explained that the missing bomb raw materials were all missing. He also gave his own conclusion - if it was not dealt with quickly, the explosion was likely to happen again.
Brainiac didn't need to persuade him any more. Everyone knew that the Joker had destroyed three buildings, and countless people were killed and injured on Diamond Street. Last time, I was lucky and didn't work in those three buildings, but if it happened again, who could say that I would be able to survive?
The man grabbed his phone and ran out in a hurry.
He didn't even have time to knock on the door, he just pushed it open and rushed into the bald boss's office, ignoring his lover who was being intimate with the boss and the boss's face which was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and directly handed over the phone.
The boss took the phone and glanced at it. He was surprised at first, but when he saw the data in the report, his face turned stiff.
Those who can get into Diamond Street are definitely the elite among the elite. There may be some fools who are grandstanding among politicians, but financiers will not miscalculate any decimal point.
The bald boss immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. He picked up his mobile phone and dialed to inform his colleagues. In less than half an hour, they sat together.
"That damn bitch!" a blond man cursed, "She said at the time that she would place a large number of bombs in all the unbuilt subway stations in Gotham, but where are the bombs? Why didn't any of them explode?!"
"She said she would arrange it, and you believed her?" the bald boss said, "Didn't you send someone to check it out?!"
"That's an unfinished construction site. How can our people get in? Besides, you know that if that damn Gordon and Napier work together, the police car will arrive faster than old Ines can shoot. What can I do!"
"I don't have time to watch it. I'm not as wealthy as you are. The latest trading restriction order almost made me bankrupt! I've been busy for three consecutive nights!"
After a few arguments, the bald boss finally stood up and said, "The biggest problem now is that a large amount of bomb materials are missing. If they all fall into the hands of the clown as the artificial intelligence judged, then the entire Diamond Street will be blown up by him!"
"That's right. My boss ran away a long time ago." The blond man shrugged and said, "If I didn't have a loan to pay off, would I stay in such a dangerous place?"
"We can't cooperate with the Assassin's League anymore!" said a gray-haired old man. "From the beginning, they never wanted to help us solve our problems. Instead, they just wanted to cheat us out of our money. Brainiac has more conscience than them!"
"Okay, I'll call them. They can't take another penny from me!"
The bald boss picked up the phone and was about to dial. But at this moment, an employee rushed over and said, "Oh no, boss, there's an accident at the factory in the west district!"
"What?!!"
Ten minutes later, the bald boss looked at the surveillance video on the screen, his face livid. He took a few deep breaths and said, "This damn bitch! They must have known that we had exposed her conspiracy and were afraid that we would get the evidence, so they tried to silence her!"
"What should we do now?" The blond man frowned, looking a little scared. He said, "Their ninjas are too strong. They killed several people in ten seconds. If they come to Diamond Street to find us..."
There was silence in the meeting room for a moment.
"It doesn't matter." The white-haired old man said, "The FBI has already entered. I will tell Congress to ask them to do their best to ensure the safety of Diamond Street."
"This is not enough." Another black-haired woman said, "We have money, and everyone likes money. If we can hire them, we can naturally hire others. We can't entrust our lives to the FBI. It's better to buy another layer of protection."
The bald boss's fingertips moved slightly, and he said, "I remember, there was a woman named Waller who set up a superpower organization?"
"Yes, it seems to be called something like...Federation Shield?"
"Call Waller." He knocked on the table and said, "Those ninjas are all superpowered. They must be dealt with by superpowered people."
"But will she ask for too much?"
"It's not about the money now, but whether we can find someone with the money. Do you have any other candidates besides her? Since there is no one, we have to have a good talk. Besides, when we recover, she will have to vomit out whatever she ate."
The others sighed, but said nothing more, and acquiesced to the bald man's approach.
Amanda in the office was slightly surprised after receiving the call. Her eyes rolled around, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise. She touched her face with her hand to stop the trembling of her facial muscles.
"No problem. I'll take the job. But I don't want any money. I remember you have a few congressmen's votes in your hands, right?"
A few minutes later, Amanda hung up the phone with a satisfied look on her face. Then, a subordinate walked in and said, "Boss, a guy named Batman wants to see you. Do you want him to come in?"
"Batman? Oh, I see. Are you talking about the two Batmen who appeared on Diamond Street? Nowadays, even hero titles are shared."
Amanda sighed and asked her subordinates to call the people in. However, having just received the support of Diamond Street, she was inevitably a little complacent and ignored Batman's warning.
"I know you're afraid of the Joker," Amanda shook her head. "But he's just a lunatic, not even a superpower. Any one of my team can beat him to a pulp."
Batman wanted to say something, but Injustice stopped him and said, "It's best that you have such confidence. We just hope to join forces with you to repel Brainiac. We have common interests in this regard. What do you think?"
"I don't think I need help from outsiders... But if you insist on joining, I can also give you a salary."
Batman opened his mouth. Of course he wanted to take the leadership of the team, but seeing Amanda's current state, he knew it was probably impossible.
"I hope you can adopt my plan," he said, "and I hope we can cooperate tacitly."
"That's not important." Amanda waved her hand and said, "We only need the team members to deal with the ninjas from the Assassin's League. Your main task is to prevent Brainiac from making a sneak attack."
"The League of Assassins?" The two Batmen looked at each other and immediately realized that something was wrong. Why would the League of Assassins get involved in this kind of thing? Why would Amanda go after them?
Batman has noticed that there is a pair of invisible hands that have been pushing things forward, and everyone is kept in the dark. Could it be that all this is Brainiac's conspiracy to promote human infighting?
Just as Batman was about to persuade Amanda not to be so radical, she called her subordinates in and asked them to send Batman and the others to the team.
Batman was full of plans and plots, but Amanda had no patience to listen. Batman thought about it and felt that even if he told Amanda, she would probably only do harm, so it would be better to persuade the members of Task Force X directly.
The two Batmen agree on this. Stupid people are not scary, but stupid and arrogant people are the most deadly. In this regard, the members of Task Force X are much better than Amanda. At least they are on the front line and have to consider their own lives. As long as the plan is reasonable, they will listen.
This is indeed the case under normal circumstances, but unfortunately someone stretched out his dark hand and took sides.
In order to earn double the money, the members of the Tomorrow Alliance will not let Task Force X defeat the Assassin's League so easily. Deathstroke and Pamela reached the base of Task Force X early.
They had originally planned to harass the team under the cover of night so that they would not have the energy to fight tomorrow, but when they arrived they discovered that another group was already waiting there.
"Wait." Pamela stopped the bell and said, "The person on the other side looks familiar. I'll go over and negotiate with him first."
Deathstroke crouched down in the bushes again. Pamela crept over and patted Talia lightly from behind.
"Don't scream, it's me! Why are you here?"
Talia turned around and saw Pamela was also surprised. She said, "I want to ask you, why are you here? Are you one of their hired helpers?"
"My situation is very complicated. But you. Didn't you go back to Asia some time ago? Why are you here again? What's your grudge against those people there?"
Then she heard Talia say in a cold tone: "These damn bastards are stealing my business! I finally found a stable source of income, but they ruined it. If I don't teach them a lesson, do they really think the Assassin's League is easy to bully?!"
Pamela smiled secretly in her heart. It seemed that she was sure to make some extra money!
The new coin-washing simulator that came out yesterday is so fun, I love counting money so much!