bacchusnovels Chapter 273 Spy Civil War, Supergirl Decides to Crush the Mechanical Super
Chapter 273 Spy Civil War, Supergirl Decides to Crush the Mechanical Super
Chapter 273 Spy Civil War: Supergirl Decides to Crush the Mechanical Superman
Inside the Gotham City Batcave branch base.
At this moment, Chen Tao was sitting alone in front of the Bat computer, and the clock showed 1:52 PM.
He spent the morning secretly showing Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman how he deduced Supergirl was a spy. Because he needed to keep it a secret from others, it took a little longer, and he has only now returned to the Batcave.
At this moment, he was interlacing his fingers and leaning back in the Batmobile chair, looking quite relaxed, but in his mind he was going over his plan again and again.
He knew that overthinking was too exhausting, and perhaps he didn't need to keep going through all that back and forth. He also knew that the plan was already very well prepared, or rather, it was already as perfect as he could manage.
But after all, the whole plan required him to calculate an enemy far more powerful than he could imagine or understand. Before that figure actually stood in front of the entire Justice League, before he truly understood just how powerful the enemy he was about to face was, all the preparations were actually like the blind men and the elephant.
Sometimes, thoughts like, "Maybe the entire Justice League could defeat Darkseid, maybe I don't need to release Superman Supreme," would cross his mind, only to be repeatedly rejected.
The Supreme Superman is too dangerous, too uncontrollable, and most importantly... his power is almost unsolvable.
And Darkseid... will it really turn out the way he envisioned?
Chen Tao shook his head. Thinking about these impending events was pointless at this point; he refocused his attention, which had begun to wander, on the matter at hand.
他通知了火星猎人和神奇女侠下午2:00来找他，又告诉超级少女他们3:00出发，又和机械超人说了让他4:00準时到。
Each session lasts an hour, which is enough for him to assign tasks to everyone individually.
That's right, there's something noteworthy here: it's both Cyborg and Supergirl, not just Supergirl as mentioned at the previous meeting.
Chen Tao played a little trick, but what exactly it was...
In short, one of the reasons he kept the Cyborg Superman around was to find out who the third spy was besides himself and C.C. Batson. Now that he has confirmed that Supergirl is the last spy, there is no need to keep the Cyborg Superman around anymore.
Knock knock knock!
"Come in." Chen Tao turned his chair around and saw that the clock was pointing to 2 o'clock. Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter arrived on time.
Martian Manhunter maintains the appearance of General Swanwick, preferring to present himself as a general unless in actual combat or for other necessary reasons.
Chen Tao believes this is a kind of implicit, subconscious self-protection. The Martian hunter is constantly trying to make himself look more like an Earthling than an alien.
However, this can also be interpreted as Martian Manhunter defining his identity. He subconsciously emphasizes to others his identity as General Swanwick and the corresponding power this identity brings within the US government; essentially, it's a pursuit of security.
Wonder Woman beside him, on the other hand, was much more straightforward. The 5000-year-old Amazonian girl was armed to the teeth from head to toe, wearing bracelets, swords, shields, lassos, and one artifact after another, looking completely ready for battle.
"You've arrived, gentlemen," Chen Tao said. "Please have a seat."
He pulled out chairs for the two people, then pressed a button on the seat. Soon, a futuristic bat-shaped spaceship rose from the elevator platform below the hall and appeared in front of the three.
"It's a beautiful spaceship," the Martian hunter said. He was trying to start a conversation.
"Yes, it's a very beautiful spaceship. It has space wormhole jump technology, some of which comes from Brainiac's spaceship. It can take us safely through the universe. Alfred once tried to add an automatic coffee machine to this spaceship, but I refused."
Chen Tao jumped off the computer chair, walked to the spaceship, and patted it: "After all, it's a superhero's ride with a coffee machine. People will think we're here on vacation."
He was joking around, but the next second his tone suddenly changed.
"I deliberately reduced the space jump distance of this spaceship to prolong the time we can sit in it. It's equipped with a deadly level Kryptonite spray, and the interior has been coated with lead to shield X-ray vision. Wonder Woman will be responsible for restraining her from the back seat with brute force, while Martian Manhunter will be responsible for incapacitating her in the Kryptonite smoke. Our target today is Supergirl Kara Kent, understand? Any questions?"
Martian Manhunter breathed a sigh of relief: "That's all, Batman. You explained it very clearly when you found us this morning, I have no objections."
"Why isn't Green Lantern Hal Jordan here?" Wonder Woman, who hadn't spoken since entering, raised her hand and asked, "I thought you invited him to the meeting and that you would bring him along on the mission."
"I'm not talking badly about anyone behind their back, but Hal Jordan's thinking is too unpredictable. Perhaps only Billy Batson is more unreliable than him in the entire Justice League, so from the beginning, Hal Jordan was just a smokescreen."
Chen Tao patiently explained, "Mechanical Superman is also a spy, but it would be strange to have two spies on one spaceship at the same time. Such a deliberate arrangement would definitely arouse the other side's suspicion."
Chen Tao said, "So I pretended that I didn't intend to include the mechanical superhero in the beginning, but then I found a reason that Hal was doing something else and brought the mechanical superhero in halfway through, so that having two spies on the same spaceship at the same time would seem more like an accident than my deliberate arrangement."
"But even so, it's hard to fool them..." Martian Hunter wanted to say something more, but Chen Tao stopped him with a wave of his hand:
"Your job is to make sure you're quick, accurate, and ruthless when you sneak up on Supergirl from behind. You don't need to worry about anything else."
Chen Tao instructed them, "When the Super Girls arrive, whatever I tell you to do, just nod."
3: 00.
Supergirl is here.
Actually, Supergirl is a bit conflicted.
Darkseid's control over Supergirl only reversed her thoughts, but did not lower her intelligence. Therefore, Supergirl is not completely devoid of thought.
Look, this whole thing is just so strange no matter how you look at it.
With only three days left to begin planning, Batman suddenly leads them to hide a weapon capable of turning the tide of battle on the eve of the great war.
Why didn't you do this sooner?
However, if you really want to explain it, it's not entirely unreasonable. For example, the weapon had just been repaired, and Batman said he was going to hide it, taking a few companions along the way to scout out the location and eliminate any potential native enemies—that makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
Yes, that makes perfect sense. It's reasonable, so very reasonable. So reasonable it's almost strange.
Supergirl sensed danger, but she still came.
This wasn't about knowingly going ahead despite the potential for exposure; rather, it was because Supergirl wasn't some kind of spy who could simply retreat.
Okay, Supergirl admits, it was definitely a forced move. She doesn't know exactly what step made Batman suspicious, but for now it's just suspicion, not the worst-case scenario.
Furthermore, if we are more optimistic, there is also a possibility, or rather, a more likely possibility:
Perhaps she was mistaken, perhaps it was just a simple coincidence, perhaps...
"Have you ever considered that maybe it's all fake, that hiding weapons on Ismot is all bullshit?"
They were sitting in a row next to the Batcomputer, having a tea party. Supergirl was still thinking about how to clear her name when she heard Batman start to reveal his secrets, and she almost spat out the tea she was drinking.
"???"
"???" Wonder Woman Diana, sitting next to Batman, also widened her eyes and actually spat her tea onto the ground with a "pfft".
Martian Manhunter immediately turned to look at Batman.
This is completely different from what you told us before!
Batman continued, saying to himself, "The reason I did this is solely to catch a spy."
Supergirl almost felt an urge to jump up and attack Batman. She tensed her thigh muscles, her whole body trembling slightly with the impending attack.
Martian Manhunter was already prepared to attack, feeling both angry and anxious. Batman had suddenly pulled this stunt without warning; he was completely unprepared. What should he do now? Should he just take Supergirl right there and then?
He remembered Batman telling him that morning that Supergirl and Cyborg Superman must have some special way of communicating, and it was even possible that Darkseid himself was relaying messages between them. If they couldn't capture both spies at the same time, the capture of one would make the other realize that they had been exposed, and then whether they escaped or did anything else, it would be an irreparable loss.
This whole analysis wasn't said by me, Martian Manhunter, but by you, Batman!!!
So what are you doing now?
"That spy has been lurking in the shadows all along; he is incredibly cunning and utterly wicked. Only by using this method can we deceive him and capture him at the lowest possible cost."
Supergirl was ready to attack. She turned her head to the side, trying to cover her slightly reddened forehead with her hair as much as possible.
She felt that the heat vision in her head had reached its maximum capacity and was about to burst out.
"So that spy is—"
"that is--"
Right now.
Supergirl had it all planned out. She was certain she'd been exposed. She would use her pent-up heat vision to repel Batman, then dodge Wonder Woman's sword, break through the doorway, and then...
"That spy is Robot Superman."
"?"
Supergirl Kara paused involuntarily.
"So this is the plan."
Chen Tao said, "The so-called hiding of important weapons is just a pretext. The real purpose is to quietly eliminate the Mechanical Superman. And the Alliance has decided that you will be the one to capture and execute the Mechanical Superman."
Supergirl heard Batman say, "When the time comes, you and Wonder Woman will strangle the mechanical superhero from behind, while Martian Manhunter will take control. You can catch the mechanical superhero in no time. It's simple and straightforward."
Chen Tao patted her shoulder: "Initially, I pretended that I didn't intend to include the Mechanical Superman, but then I brought him in halfway through by making up an excuse that Howl was doing something else, just to lull the other side into a false sense of security."
"The task of eliminating the traitors is now up to you, Kara."
4:00
The mechanical superhero has arrived.
He saw Supergirl Kara sitting with Batman, Wonder Woman, and Martian Manhunter.
Yay, I found another friend!
Ultraman: My Monsters Can Form a Weather Team
Sato Isabu became a Reionics, able to build a weather team in Pokémon through different monster combinations.
Thus, the Ultraman world saw the emergence of monster versions of the Rain Team, Sandstorm Team, Space Team, Snow Team, Sunny Team, and so on.
(End of this chapter)