The rise of comics

Washington, America.

Having just finished an emergency government meeting at the Pentagon, Amanda Waller drove back to the headquarters of her Department of Homeland Security with a gloomy look on her face, preparing to continue attending the second high-level internal meeting.

Everyone looked nervous as they shuttled back and forth inside and outside the base.

Soldiers with various weapons and ammunition were fully armed and could be seen everywhere. It seemed that the whole air was filled with a dignified atmosphere on the eve of war.

And Amanda Waller, she was deaf to everything but hurried.She even unknowingly got rid of the two federal agent bodyguards who were following her.Walking quickly, she still held a whole stack of A4 printed documents in her hand. After passing the elevator, she went straight to the second floor and headed towards the conference room.

Perhaps she needed an emergency on the way, so she temporarily changed her route and walked into a side road next to the main road.

After a while, she walked out of the bathroom.

Continuing back to the main corridor, Amanda Waller was hanging her head in deep thought... But at this moment, suddenly starting from behind her, the lights on the ceiling of the entire corridor began to go out one after another, and the incandescent lights disappeared one after another. Soon the spacious negative second floor passage turned into a thick darkness.

tick-

I don’t know when it started, but the noisy noise in my ears disappeared.

The sudden darkness made Amanda look up and down and left and right in surprise.

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She took two more steps forward slowly. In the sudden silence, she could only hear the echo of her leather shoes on the floor and the faint sound of water dripping from the bathroom behind her.

Taking another step forward, Amanda Waller's foot suddenly froze just before it landed, less than a few centimeters from the ground.

Looking up and looking forward at the somewhat dark darkness, she seemed to have thought of something.

Suddenly, she felt an irresistible pull coming from behind her. The next moment, Amanda Waller was directly pulled away from the place by a huge force. With a bang and a dull echo, her feet were lifted off the ground. The person was grabbed and pushed against the wall.

"Tell me who is the mastermind."

The hoarse growl sounded horrifying, mixed with the hot breath blowing on her face.

It didn't sound like a human being at all, but rather like an unknown monster hiding in the darkness, which sent chills down one's spine.

"Well!"

After a slightly painful groan, she responded quickly.

"There is no mastermind, you know very well, don't you...Batman, I created this mission myself."

Amanda Waller was so attacked, but did not resist. She just looked at the Dark Knight appearing in front of her, with a sad smile on her face.

"She's right, Batman. Nothing related to this mission was found in my previously hacked DHS comparison database. So it's illegal, and the government itself doesn't know about this mission. It's Amanda Waller." I activated Task Force X privately."

In the darkness, some red electronic light emerged. It was Cyborg. Half of his body was also covered in shadow, standing behind Bruce.

After investigating it all, Cyborg was able to come to the conclusion that it was no surprise that Amanda Waller was able to do this given the centralized power she now had over super-powered criminals.

"why?"

Without any unnecessary nonsense, Bruce stared at the female face so close in front of him. The low and hoarse voice sounded bitingly indifferent and ruthless.

"I didn't know something like this would happen. I didn't think it would be so serious..."

"Why?"

Grasping Amanda Waller's collar with his hands even harder, Bruce interrupted the other party's nonsense, and a dangerous light began to flash in his eyes.

"...I want to live."

Feeling the pressure that was on the verge of suffocation, Amanda Waller was silent for a moment and replied slowly.

Bruce said nothing, waiting for her next words.

"I have an extremely serious illness for which there is no cure. I don't have a few days to live, and a magic lamp that can grant all my wishes...is my only hope."

"She wasn't lying."

At this time, in the dark shadow, a transparent and blurred figure gradually appeared in reality.It was a green humanoid creature with a larger-than-normal head, strange facial features, and no hair. He was wearing a blue cloak and had no expression on his face, as if he didn't care about anything. But in fact, he was just pure Just facial paralysis.

There seemed to be a faint light flickering under Martian Manhunter's red eyes. He took a step forward, spread his palm and placed it on the top of Amanda Waller's head.

"But she wasn't sick."

"What did you say?!"

This weird tone of Gujing Wubo made Amanda Waller's expression suddenly change.

"No...impossible! I'm seriously ill, I'm dying, I only have four days left to live!"

She screamed uncontrollably, but she didn't know whether she was emphasizing to Bruce and the other three, or telling herself.

"you are lying!"

"I detected that her vital signs were basically intact. The only exception was that she seemed to have received some kind of psychological suggestion."

The green humanoid, Martian Manhunter, the last founding member of the Justice League, turns his sights on Bruce.

His eyes narrowed slightly, Bruce seemed to be thinking about something.

"You lied, how could I be psychologically suggestive!"

Amanda Waller showed great anger, as if this sentence was a great insult to her.

"No matter how well-trained a spy is, no matter how cunning and treacherous a politician is, no matter who he is, facing death... there will be psychological flaws."

"This is a very clever and effective psychological suggestion. It can really affect changes in your physical signs and cause your body to have pathological reactions. But in fact, it is just a rejection effect produced by some local systems in the body. But according to Judging from the current situation, maybe after four days, you may really die, but it will not be from a 'serious illness', but from this psychological suggestion."

Although Martian Manhunter's words sounded uneventful, Amanda Waller seemed to have been hit head-on.

In fact, if Martian Manhunter is willing, he can also achieve this level, but the difference is that people with extreme personalities and scheming personalities like Amanda Waller usually have very strong willpower, and it is indeed difficult to control them. But if you follow the guidance and can prescribe the right medicine, you can often get unexpected results in some places.

The human heart is unpredictable, but it is not impossible to find.

"Impossible...this is impossible..."

Amanda Waller murmured to herself, her eyes suddenly seemed to have some understanding.

"It's him..."

"Who is he?"

Bruce asked immediately.

"I don't know who he is... He was the one who gave me the information about the magic lamp. It was him... He lied to me and led to the release of those vampire ancestors, Task Force X... By the way, Special X What's going on with the Task Force now... Now that you're here, where's Deadshot, where's Captain Boomerang, where's Harley Quinn, Killer Frost..."

Amanda Waller seemed to be severely hit, and her speech became a little incoherent.

The true ancestor of vampires?

Bruce mused.It turns out that Amanda Waller transformed Gaia, who is now living in London, into Cain and Dracula.She was indeed smart and could think of the goal of this mission. She guessed that Gaia, who appeared in London to wreak havoc and destruction, must have an inseparable relationship with the missing Task Force X, but she didn't know that the one who was now in The monsters in London are more terrifying than the true ancestor of vampires.

But, having said that, she didn’t know that the Tomb of the True Ancestor was actually the sealed place of Gaia. Now that Martian Manhunter is here, with his mind monitoring, the possibility of her lying and disguising can be ruled out, so what she is saying now Who is this person who gave her the information about the magic lamp?Is it directly related to what Martian Manhunter said about Amanda Waller being psychologically suggestive?

"It's the man in black robe."

At this time, Cyborg suddenly spoke.

"The man in black robe? What man in black robe?"

"When The Flash and Superman were investigating the murder of the mayor of Gotham, The Flash discovered that Scarecrow's nerve gas remained at the scene of the crime. Therefore, he suspected that this was a perfectly disguised 'murder' incident. And what happened Based on rigorous reasoning, we have every reason to believe that the mayor and several other victims actually lost their minds after being poisoned by nerve gas. After committing suicide, they were then designed to be the crime scene where Bruce Wayne was heavily suspected. The Flash was originally planning to While trying to capture the Scarecrow, they were overtaken by a mysterious guy in black robes, who killed the Scarecrow and then disappeared.”

Cyborg looked at Amanda Waller's expression and continued.

"Later I investigated, and even under the surveillance of surveillance networks and satellite networks across the United States, I could not find the whereabouts of this man in black robes, nor could I investigate any facial recognition or identity information, only some extremely vague and unknown information. CCTV took pictures. It was like he was a ghost in broad daylight, like some kind of urban paranormal event."

"Do you suspect that he is a member of the [Immortal Sect]?"

Bruce asked.

"Based on the current situation, this speculation is very possible."

Cyborg nodded in disbelief, then shook his head.

"Immortals?"

Hearing this name, Amanda Waller's body trembled slightly, her eyes regained some energy, and she seemed to be a little more awake.

"Impossible, how could they be immortals?"

It seems that Amanda Waller also knows something about this mysterious organization.

"Where is he."

Bruce still isn't ready to let go of Amanda Waller.

"I don't know where he is. He always comes to see me unilaterally. I can only contact him through an encrypted channel..."

At this time, Amanda Waller seemed to notice something abnormal.

This man in black robe came and went without a trace and was extremely mysterious. Although she didn't care who the man in black robe was, as long as all his actions were beneficial to her side and made her feel that the situation was still under control. , she doesn’t delve into other things very deeply.But even though he said that, it was strange that he had never had the mentality to investigate the other party in detail.No matter how rest assured, Amanda Waller would never be said to be someone who is too lazy to even 'do it'. It would be better to say that she is the opposite of this concept at all.Whether or not to investigate, and whether it can be discovered, are two different things. Now that I think about it, why did she never think of investigating the details of the man in black robe, just because she felt relieved?Nonsense...simply nonsense.. Now it seems that the truth of the matter is——

Amanda Waller's face became extremely pale.

She was deceived. A ruthless spy king, a senior politician who strategized, was played in the palm of his hand without anyone noticing.

At this time, she suddenly remembered the last instruction Freud reported to her before his death, asking her whether she should enter the so-called treasure trove, which was actually the tomb of the true ancestor.If she had not been obsessed at that time, but could have regained some sense, maybe she would have thought that this mission was actually a real 'suicide', a mistake that was too low-level to be tolerated. She was not only doing it for her own She paid a heavy price for her stupid decision and put the whole world on the brink of danger, all because of her paranoid desire to 'extend her life'.

"Now, contact him."

Bruce ignored Amanda Waller's extremely ugly expression and said indifferently.

"...No response, call request denied. Encrypted channel closed."

Amanda Waller raised her hand absentmindedly and operated the hidden miniature headset twice on the edge of her auricle, but on the other end of the communication, there was only a murmur of noise.

"Damn."

Bruce spat, pulled Amanda Waller, stared into her dull eyes at the moment, and asked the last question.

"Where is Alfred now?"

Before the butler disappeared, he was invited to London to meet an old friend, but Bruce has reason to believe that Alfred is not in the chaotic London now. Amanda Waller must have hidden him somewhere that can keep a close watch. in the secret realm.

Sure enough, Amanda Waller reported an unknown place in a low voice, and Cyborg soon hacked into her electronic network and found out where Alfred was being held.And this place is in North America.

"Afu has been found. I have notified the local alliance ground assistance personnel to go to the rescue."

Steel said.

After getting the information he wanted, Bruce knew that Amanda Waller couldn't ask anything more here.

He waved his hand and threw the other party to the ground without mercy.

In the darkness, his tall, bat-like figure looked terrifying.

"Remember...Amanda Waller, you are a true monster."

The low and hoarse voice fell, and the lights on the ceiling of the corridor flickered on and off. When all the lights resumed operation and the eyes were filled with light again, Amanda Waller who fell to the ground was gone. Bruce Three human figure.

"..."

Slowly getting up from the ground, Amanda Waller picked up the documents and papers scattered on the floor.

She lowered her head, her expression unclear, but her palms gradually tightened, and the originally flat A4 paper had clearly visible wrinkles.