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Chapter 347 Gives Waller a Small Attack, Shocking His Teammates
Chapter 347 Giving Waller a Small Attack to Shock His Teammates (8000-word long chapter)
I am Maxwell Lauder. I am a man of few words.
When I was just an ordinary member of the Shogi Association, I consciously hid my superpowers. Eventually, I used my mind to send my boss to his death, and then slowly seized the highest power in the entire organization.
That's just my habit. I always keep some methods hidden from others, so I can unleash the fatal blow I need at the crucial moment.
Upon entering Berelf Prison, I hypnotized a prison guard, implanted a portion of my memories into him, and then made him genuinely believe that he was me.
I left a small piece of the Heart of Darkness on him, barely bigger than a grain of rice. It's a magical gem, of which there are thousands worldwide. It contains the evil essence of the Eclipse, and naturally, it's also a powerful magical artifact.
Using the magical energy contained within this gem, when I possess another Dark Heart, it can perfectly replicate my superpowers from a distance, the only price being its life force.
The outward manifestation is a nosebleed far exceeding the amount I normally experience when using my superpowers. He will bleed profusely from his nose until he has lost all 4 to 6 liters of blood in his body, which may seem a bit conspicuous.
—Of course I've considered fixing this flaw, but magic always comes at a price, and this is still an area I don't fully understand. If I wanted to use magic to give an ordinary person the same superpowers as me, so that they could temporarily impersonate me, burning life force would likely be an insurmountable prerequisite.
Therefore, I could only leave this flaw to exist and hope that the prison guard had more blood in his body, delaying the exposure. But to be honest, I originally thought that such an unusually large amount of bleeding would quickly alert the two Justice League members, but it's clear that I overestimated Wonder Woman and The Flash's intelligence.
...Or rather, my deliberate efforts to keep myself inconspicuous were effective enough that they didn't realize that Maxwell Lord was a fake, and that they were weaker than they thought.
Despite being outnumbered two to many, the Justice League members were completely overwhelmed by my former Task Force members, to the point that they didn't even have a chance to fight back...
Damn it, how did Batman end up here? Something must have gone wrong with my plan, but unfortunately, I don't have the energy to figure out how Batman escaped the son trap I prepared for him from a distance.
But none of that matters now; even if Batman rushes back, he can't change the overall situation.
Berelf Prison.
Maxwell Lord walked to a locked door.
While my recruited Task Force team is locked in a fierce battle with the Justice League's last two members, I can go to the cellar and do whatever I want.
That's where Amanda Waller stores important dangerous goods. You just like burying things you can't handle, don't you, Amanda?
Maxwell Lord pulled a much larger Dark Heart from his pocket, several times larger than the one he had given the jailer. If the previous one was a grain of rice, this one was a pea.
Revenge against Amanda Waller was never Maxwell Lord's primary objective, unlike his allies, but he knew that without their help, he would never have been here.
Maxwell Lord opened the door. He had breached the last line of defense at the entrance, and now no one could stop him... Oh.
Lauder paused slightly. He noticed that he was exhaling white smoke as he breathed, and the surrounding temperature began to drop sharply within seconds.
He raised his head and murmured softly:
"Is this a reward for opening the door? Amanda Waller actually left someone here? That's... not surprising at all. Even if the Justice League is wiped out, she won't reveal what force she controls until the very end..."
He took another breath of cold air, then stared at the person rushing towards him from behind the door:
"It's not hard to guess that you are...."
Click click click click click click...
Before the slender figure could even grab Maxwell Lord, frost instantly climbed up Lord's boots from the ground, then his legs, and finally spread to his shoulders.
"I am the Frost Killer." The Frost Killer grabbed Maxwell Lord by the neck, and more cold air gushed from her hand toward Maxwell.
Lord narrowed his eyes and chuckled. "Wow, a female version of Captain Cold?"
"You've never been the passive-aggressive type, Maxwell. Freezing you will slow your actions and make it harder for you to use [Magical Persuasion]. You can't get me..."
"I didn't force anyone to do anything; I just got people to commit to doing what they'd longed for. Don't you want to watch me take down Amanda Wore?"
A struggle appeared on Frost Killer's face, but her chill took effect, weakening Maxwell Lord's abilities and preventing him from immediately submitting.
"Waller... uh... using others, but she... wait, you're still thinking about my brain..."
The struggle in the Frost Assassin's eyes vanished abruptly, and she began to unleash a torrent of icy energy. In an instant, frost flowers formed and climbed directly onto Lord's forehead.
"You...you don't want to..."
Maxwell Lord began to bleed slightly from his nose, and his eyes began to glow with a purplish light.
This is troublesome. The distance is so close, and it was a surprise attack. Waller's skill level has always been on point. Sending Frost Killer here to ambush him was definitely the right choice.
The Frost Killer's abilities did indeed have a certain restraining effect on his abilities, but unfortunately...
Maxwell Lord clutched his bean-sized Dark Heart. The magical energy within it and his superpowers merged perfectly at that moment.
"Should we prevent him from ever again imposing his will on others?"
In the blink of an eye, the Frost Assassin's eyes also turned purple, leaving him powerless to resist.
"Waller...you can't impose your will on others anymore, you're right." She gave a cruel smile.
"I know you share my views, and you will help me... save himself from this world!"
……
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boom!
When Batman appeared on the scene, standing beside Wonder Woman and The Flash, confronting the entire former Suicide Squad, the wall behind them made a deafening noise and then collapsed like building blocks.
More monsters emerged from behind the walls. Some looked like a combination of a rhinoceros and a lizard, others like a winged dinosaur with a snake's body—a variety of bizarre and grotesque creatures. These were the many monsters summoned by Johnny Solo, the messenger of the Otherworldly God of Tears, whose head was a mask.
The monsters roared as they chased after a fleeing human, none other than Amanda Waller. She was wriggling her enormous hips as she desperately tried to escape.
Waller performed a perfect somersault in a posture completely contrary to her appearance, and the next second, the spot she had just occupied was struck by the steel beam fork that Dr. Polaris had pulled with magnetic force.
Even after so many years, with her figure out of shape and her appearance aging, Amanda Waller never gave up the combat skills she learned in the military. She knew she couldn't sit in an office forever, and she knew these skills would come in handy someday. And it seemed that was indeed the case.
"Amandawall—!"
Upon seeing Amanda Waller forced out of his safe house by Johnny Solo using monsters, Wolf's eyes immediately turned red—oh, his eyes were always red, so it's alright.
In short, the immortal alien abandoned his opponent on the spot, swinging his chains and leaping toward Amanda Waller like a swing.
Johnny Solo opened his palm, and his teeth-covered tentacles lashed out.
He coordinated with the wolf's movements to block Waller's possible reinforcements. Meanwhile, Dr. Polaris pulled over a large string of steel bars that fell from the sky and hurled them at the three Justice League members.
Amanda Waller ran while pulling out a gun and firing at the berserker wolf. The gun looked like some kind of alien technology, firing laser energy, but against a monster like the berserker wolf that couldn't be killed, it was more like tickling it.
Amanda Waller gritted her teeth. "I can't hurt a hair on this guy's head... This was bound to happen. Wolf! Maxwell Lord is using you, you should go find him..."
"Maxwell Lord, release me!" the wolf roared.
"No one can dodge my fatal shot!"
Amanda Waller sensed something was wrong as he spoke.
So she made the absolutely right decision immediately: "Batman!!! Help me! How long are you going to stand idly by?"
The wolf threw its grappling hook at Amanda Waller. The silver chain whistled through the air, but Chen Tao caught it easily. Using the force of the wolf's throw, he pulled it back sharply and punched the wolf in the face. Caught off guard, the wolf was sent flying.
Chen Tao turned to look at Amanda Waller.
"Why did I have to come and save you?" He stared, unsure of what to say about the behavior of the black female agent.
"What do you mean?" Amanda Waller was still pretending to be clueless.
"Ever since you discovered I was spying on your home and some government agencies, you've simply gone along with it, keeping my surveillance nanobots around and showing them your fat ass every day."
Then, secretly, they started a completely separate organization, a system entirely different from the previous intelligence agency, and did a lot of things I didn't know about, right?
Chen Tao said, "Then let me be frank. Do you really think you've been hiding it so well? I'm not the kind of person who wants to control everything. You want to have your own armed forces belonging to the government, which is a reasonable request. You don't need to imagine that I might object."
Chen Tao conjured a black blade made of nanobots and black sand in one of his hands, and then swung it fiercely at the ground not far from where they had just been standing.
With a loud bang, a large hole opened in the ground. A group of people dressed in a jumble of colorful clothes suddenly appeared before everyone present, and a green-purple magical shield disappeared beside them.
"I told you, magic isn't something that's easy to come by. Let me see... a magic circle that conceals one's aura?" Chen Tao switched his mind to that of a bat mage, then examined the remaining magic shield and immediately shook his head.
"A decent magic circle, but it's so close, even with ample energy, it's useless." He commented, "You don't understand magic at all, Amanda Waller, that's your misconception. You always use the correct magic the wrong way."
The wolf howled and charged again. Chen Tao took out the Death King's treasure, the Golden Sphere, an Atlantean treasure that could create golden portals at any distance on a planetary scale.
He opened a portal as the wolf charged, then immediately sent it plummeting from the sky into the ruins below. The wolf's resistance was too fierce; he had considered forcibly teleporting it to the Pacific Ocean or somewhere else, but quickly realized that such a short forced teleportation distance was the limit.
Then Chen Tao turned to look at Amanda Waller. She didn't speak, and Chen Tao touched his chin again.
"Speaking of which, the magic circles around you are quite good and very effective. Although your lack of magic knowledge makes them less effective, that's not a problem with the magic circles themselves."
Chen Tao said, "Who provided you with this magic? It couldn't have been Constantine and the others. Could it be the witch? Hmm? Could it be? Could it be the villain? Faust?"
(Note: Faust, the villain of Zatanna, the superhero and master of irony.)
Amanda Waller remained silent.
Chen Tao shook his head, not intending to press the matter further. It was a good thing that Amanda Waller possessed his own power. As Chen Tao himself had said before, he didn't want to control everyone; that would make everyone feel insecure, and it wasn't necessary, nor did he have the energy for it.
Amanda has her own armed forces that can share some of the burden with him. In many things, Amanda Waller's cold-blooded attitude is actually more efficient than his own.
He's a Batman who wants to retire, not a micromanaging Zhuge Liang. Amanda has the ability to organize a team of superpowered individuals, so why is he stopping her?
Chen Tao listed Waller's accumulated wealth:
"Polka Dot Man, Bloody Sport, Shark King, Boomerang Captain... Hmm... the classic team setup for Task Force X."
Chen Tao said, "I bet you planted a bomb in the back of each of their heads, so you could blow their heads off when you needed to, right? That's classic, classic Amanda Waller-style tactics."
"If I hadn't saved you just now, this team would probably be the one saving you now," Chen Tao said. "Seriously? You'd rather risk being wiped out than hide this team right under my nose?"
"Are you really going to play dumb and risk your life?"
"You really are..." Chen Tao wanted to say something more, but then he saw the woman with the red and blue head hiding behind Shark King.
"?"
Then Chen Tao paused, stunned. He was sure he wasn't seeing things: "Harley Quinn???"
"?"
"Didn't you use the money I gave you to open a dance hall at the Metropolis?"
"Harley Quinn approached me herself and asked to join my X-Force; I didn't kidnap her. And I didn't put a bomb in her neck."
Amanda Waller, standing to the side, completely distanced herself: "She just wanted to help, so I agreed. Why not?"
Chen Tao glared at Harley Quinn.
"Uh... Hi?"
Realizing she had been spotted, Harley dropped the pretense and emerged from behind King Shark, jumping onto his head.
"Heh heh heh..." Facing Batman, Harley Quinn changed the subject, chuckling somewhat awkwardly, "That's right, I run a dance hall. That awesome dance hall is doing really well, I'm just out... having some fun."
Chen Tao asked, "Does Poison Ivy know about this?"
"Hey Batman, when are you planning to marry Wonder Woman?"
"A clumsy attempt to change the subject," Chen Tao said.
Harley Quinn pursed her lips.
Then she cupped her hands into a megaphone shape and shouted to Wonder Woman, who was still fighting Rostam, who was wielding a flaming blade, not far away:
"Hey—long time no see, Ms. Wonder! Where are my hugs and kisses? Last time we met, I thought we were going to be best friends forever! But we still are! Since we're best friends, let me ask you a secret: have you slept with Batman? You guys... Waaaaaah..."
Harley Quinn was about to say something when Chen Tao threw a large clump of nanobots covered in mud into her mouth and then tied her up.
"I'm taking Harley Quinn with me afterwards."
Chen Tao told Amanda Waller.
"Whatever you prefer," the obese Black female agent shrugged.
"Waaaaah... Waaaaah..."
Harley Quinn was still struggling, but neither of them had asked for her opinion.
"Have your X-team get involved," Chen Tao commanded Amanda Waller in a commanding tone. "Take care of these guys quickly."
"You have time to dig my men out of the ground, but can't you just deal with these people yourself?" Amanda Waller complained.
"I can't be the only one doing the work," Chen Tao said. "And are you serious? Your subordinates? Without that bomb in the back of their necks, are you sure they'd still listen to you? Be careful!"
As Chen Tao spoke, he hurriedly reached out and kicked away the hook that had almost pierced Amanda Waller's neck: "Alright, I shouldn't have wasted my breath. Let's get started."
"And another thing," Chen Tao said, "how do you know I wasn't prepared to deal with these people quickly?"
In short, now that she had been exposed, Amanda Waller stopped hiding things and decisively gave the order, and the entire Task Force X began its work.
They scattered in all directions, chattering and each displaying their unique abilities as they charged toward their chosen enemies, while Bloody Movement was recalled by Waller to protect her safety—Waller had no choice but to turn to him, because Bloody Movement was the only one among this group of unruly troublemakers who could understand human speech and knew how to write the words "protection mission".
He's a villain who uses guns, and in some ways, he has a lot in common with Deadshot, such as having a daughter.
bang bang bang bang bang...
Various parts were transported from the void by a space device and then assembled by a bloody process to form a huge rotating gun.
He kept firing bullets at the wolf, however...
"Wolf caught everything we threw at him, and he's constantly healing himself!" Blood Movement said. His voice was calm: "This is no match for us, Batman. You'll have to do it."
"I have to do the dirty work when you're not on stage, and I still have to do it when you are. So what the hell did you do there for nothing?"
"..."
Bloody Movement stared at Batman with dead fish eyes.
Look at what you're saying! I'm just a villain who uses guns. Even if I can teleport gun parts in fancy ways, I still use guns.
you.
You want me to fight the wolves?
Are you fucking serious?
It's already quite impressive that he can hold off the wolves for even a short while!
"Nothing can stop me, Waller," Wolf said. He charged at everyone like a bull.
Chen Tao sighed. He had blocked the wolf's attack route and the bull's inevitable path of charge; bloodshed was inevitable.
He muttered to himself:
"Believe it or not, you're under Maxwell Lord's control, Wolf. You've left me with no choice."
He just stood there, seemingly oblivious to the wolf charging towards him, continuing to talk to himself:
"This is the only way to stop you. Your self-healing ability is just too outrageous. Let alone killing you, most methods can't even stop you, and can only stop you for a short while. I really don't have time to get entangled with you any longer."
"Batman, he's charging at us now. Stop talking nonsense and get to work. You don't really expect me to fight Wolfman, do you?"
Bloody Movement retreated while firing, his weapon clearly exceeding the normal caliber, even managing to pierce Wolf's skin. Wolf was quickly riddled with bullets, but almost as soon as the bullets left his body, the wounds healed. The metallic storm from Bloody Movement couldn't even force Wolf to take a single step back.
"He's coming, hurry up and make your move."
"I understand, I understand, don't rush me."
Then, in a bloody moment, he felt Batman standing behind him. Chen Tao reached out a hand and placed it on the back of his neck, saying:
"Come on, you can beat the Wolves! You can do it!"
"I defeated your own father..."
The bloody action came to an abrupt halt, forcing him to swallow the words "parents." He genuinely felt an urge to curse; not only was he in a chaotic mess, but Wonder Woman and the Flash were also fighting elsewhere. Yet, even in this critical situation, Batman was still in the mood to joke with him, not only joking but also standing there without lifting a finger—it was infuriating!
"That's enough, you..."
He wanted to say something more, but the next second he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his neck and then he fainted.
Under Amanda Waller's astonished gaze, Chen Tao knocked out Bloody Movement with a single blow, then snatched his gun, wiped the muzzle with his hand, and fired several shots directly into the wolf's neck: "Damn it, enough nonsense. If you don't want to shoot, I'll do it!"
"??? Batman, what are you doing? You…"
boom!
The next second, the wolf's head exploded.
His brains exploded like fireworks, flames erupted on his forehead, and he collapsed like a mountain collapsing, the iron hook in his hand clattering to the ground.
Amanda gasped as he saw Batman turn around, half his face hidden in shadow, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"It's resolved, Ms. Waller."
"...Damn it, Batman," Amanda Waller said.
He noticed that Batman wasn't making that deliberate, maniacal laugh, but rather a faint smile. That's precisely what made it so chilling.
"Batman, you killed..." Amanda Waller stopped mid-sentence, unsure of what would happen if she told Batman directly that he had killed someone.
Waller's mind was in complete disarray. Batman rarely committed murders publicly; did this mean the other party...?
"What are you thinking?" she heard Batman say.
Wait, Batman didn't kill him? Well, with Wolf's healing factor... but can he really heal his own head?
Then Waller heard Batman's next sentence: "What are you thinking? Wolf isn't dead, he's just asleep."
"???"
"A brain bomb," Chen Tao explained. "The reason I wasted so much time talking to Bloodshed was to remove the bomb you planted in his brain behind his neck. I need to use nanobots to remove it without damaging the bomb itself or his nerves. This requires immense patience; otherwise, it will explode halfway through. Waller, have you forgotten the program you set yourself?"
"Then I used the Blood Movement bullet to attach the bomb directly to the bullet and drive it into the wolf's body. It's not that I lack methods specifically for destroying heads, but the wolf isn't stupid. When he sees me flying towards him with heat in my eyes, he'll dodge. Catching a lively wolf is much more troublesome. But he won't dodge the Blood Movement bullet. The other party has already personally proven to him that the gun poses no threat to him. So that gave me an opportunity."
Chen Tao said, "Don't worry, this level of damage won't kill Berserker. Otherwise, what do you think? That I would kill Berserker? Berserker's mind is completely controlled by Maxwell Lord. Getting him out of that state would be a huge undertaking. So, instead of that, I'd rather give Berserker a brain transplant, reset his brain, and get rid of all mental control in one go."
"You're absolutely right," Amanda Waller said.
She looked down at the bloody carnage on the ground. The enemy, amidst the chaos of the battlefield, had fallen into a deep, infantlike sleep.
"But is it really necessary to be so ruthless towards your teammates?"
"So, what's next..."
Chen Tao pretended not to hear Waller's words.
He turned his gaze to the Emerald Queen beside him.
At this moment, she was manipulating her eyeballs to shoot green lasers, aiming wildly at the Shark King.
King Shark is a descendant of a Hawaiian god, a giant shark in human form. He once participated in Bane's campaign to recruit members from a villainous bar to attack Superman and Batman, but was later arrested and imprisoned. Somehow, he ended up in Amanda Waller's hands and was unfortunately implanted with a brain bomb.
At this moment, its entire body was bathed in intense green light, and it kept howling.
Meanwhile, the Emerald Queen, who was attacking the opponent, was even more agitated than the giant monster. She continuously increased the power output of the enormous eyeball floating beside her, roaring:
"If you could know what the future would be like, you would also let Maxwell Lauder finish his work!"
"The future?" Shark King said, "Nanawi doesn't know!"
"You'd be better off dead than knowing the truth!"
boom!
The green pillar of light piercing through half of the building caused the mask of the Apostle of the King of Tears, which had replaced his head, to crease slightly: "Be careful, Emerald Queen, if you keep this up, this building will collapse, and we'll all be buried inside!"
Do you think you have a better chance of winning against Akron's Emerald Eye?
"you……"
"Your behavior makes no sense."
The Emerald Queen heard a voice, and as soon as she turned her head, she saw Brainiac 5 standing with his arms crossed, coldly staring at her, just like in those days.
(Note: Brainiac 5, a 30th-century superhero team, members of the Super Hero Legion, is a descendant of the Brainiac that Chen Tao defeated earlier. Another Brainiac, a superhero, is an enemy of the Emerald Queen.)
"Brainiac 5???" The Emerald Queen exclaimed in surprise, "You've come too—"
The Emerald Queen had no doubt about the person before her.
She was familiar with Brainiac 5; she could sense that the other party was using telepathy to invade her brain. This was all too familiar. The other party's abilities were not much different from those of the villain Brainiac, but this unique Brainiac-style telepathic ability was completely different from the invasions of other telepathic users.
After battling the superhero army for so many years, the Emerald Queen has developed the ability to discern Brainiac 5's mental attacks.
In that moment of distraction, the familiar Brainiac 5 suddenly sprouted sharp bat horns on its head, and then raised its hand, revealing a bright red ring.
As the other party materialized, a huge red truck fell from the sky and crashed directly into the green eyeball!
boom!
"No!"
Cracks began to spread across the eyeball. The Emerald Queen, disregarding everything else, rushed forward and created a green barrier, protecting herself and the eyeball within it: "If the eyeball ruptures, I'll be trapped here, but I must find him, I must find Saturn Girl…"
Her voice grew louder and louder, and the sphere formed by the materialized green light energy became brighter and brighter.
Then, in a dazzling burst of light, the Emerald Queen vanished into thin air, as if she had never appeared or existed at all.
Who is Saturn Girl?
Shark King sat up from the ground, scratched his head, and asked, puzzled.
"We'll deal with him later," Chen Tao said. He frowned.
He knew about the feud between the Emerald Queen and the 30th-century superhero army, but now was not the time to delve into it.
He turned to look at the other members who were still wreaking havoc, but his mind was on Maxwell Lord's matter.
It's best...it's best...that things don't go in the worst possible way.
Chen Tao shook his head.
Magic... Is Maxwell Law planning to use magic to enhance himself? What an incredibly foolish choice.
As we all know, Superman and Superman are complete opposites.
Superman's magic resistance is negative compared to his physical resistance, while Superpower's magic resistance...
He is the natural nemesis of all magicians.
(End of this chapter)