American comics: What kind of evil intentions could Batman have?

Chapter 227 Black Adam Enjoys Darkseid's Treatment

Chapter 227 Black Adam Enjoys Darkseid's Treatment

"I think the discussion about the robotic superhero can end here."

President Clinton once again provided a precondition and outline for the discussion.

Waller quite liked the new president; at least he always clearly expressed his opinions instead of leaving others to guess.

"So the issue now is whether we should take back the Kryptonian codenamed Supergirl from Batman."

But the president's next words quickly silenced the entire room. Amanda Waller remained silent, fully aware of the underlying meaning in his words:

The attitude towards Batman.

Amanda Waller wanted to retract her earlier assessment, but the other party was still trying to make her guess what she was thinking.

It wasn't that Amanda Waller wanted to guess, but rather that she had to adjust her language accordingly to deal with the president's different ideas and inclinations, so that she could dissuade him if he wanted to take action against Batman.

Her political stance has always been to introduce superhumans affiliated with the government to maintain order, rather than directly engaging Batman in a real fight, which would cause greater chaos and disruption of order.

Therefore, if the president doesn't state his position, she can't state hers first.

So she turned her head and winked twice at Steve next to her.

Thus, a question mark gently floated onto the forehead of Colonel Steve Trevor, a former Air Force colonel and current head of superhuman affairs, who had never received systematic intelligence training and was accustomed to a military style.

What does it mean to wink?

?

Finding that Colonel Steve was just staring at him blankly, completely oblivious to his gaze, Amanda Waller could only helplessly turn her bulging waist around, cover her mouth with her hand, and whisper to him, "You stand up first, and then express your malice towards superheroes..."

"I think Batman is awesome!"

Waller slapped his forehead.

She had prepared for the worst: that the president harbored ill will towards Batman.

So Colonel Steve Trevor stood up and first issued a "declaration against Batman," and then, as the head of the superhuman control department and a superhuman research expert, he refuted the other party's words, persuading them point by point with reason and evidence, and then "on the spot" making the other party reverse their views, thus achieving the goal of not openly contradicting the president's opinion, while at the same time persuading the other party.

This is a very typical "good cop, bad cop" persuasion technique. It's a very old trick, but it still works very well.

However, the key to this persuasion game is that the person playing the "bad cop" is not the "leader," and the one who can truly make the final decision is the "good cop."

The president puts himself in the shoes of "bad cop" Colonel Steve Trevor, who says what the president wants to say, and then these words are refuted one by one. During this process, the president empathizes with him and is persuaded along with him.

A crucial element of this is that Amanda Waller, who plays the role of a good police officer, is actually of higher status than Steve Trevor.

Steve was initially just an Air Force colonel, and his power stemmed from Wonder Woman, a superhuman with whom he had a close relationship. Therefore, his status was often comparable to, or even surpassed, Amanda Waller's. However, the source of this power was illusory, frivolous, and unpredictable.

Once Wonder Woman shows signs of defiance of government control, or Steve Rogers demonstrates that he cannot fully control her, this power granted by external forces will rapidly diminish.

Amanda Waller's power stems from her control over intelligence agencies, her long-standing familiarity with superhuman phenomena, the agents who are personally loyal to her, and the network of relationships closely connected to her.

Therefore, only when she plays the role of a "good cop" will the effect be that "a more experienced and convincing character refutes the wrong ideas put forward by an inexperienced character."

But Steve blurted out his true thoughts, stealing the "good cop" role, which immediately put Waller in a difficult position.

Amanda Waller's heart was surging with emotion, but her expression remained unchanged. She secretly observed the president's expression, and her heart immediately skipped a beat.

The worst-case scenario she had envisioned still occurred: the president's expression didn't seem to agree with Steve's statement, suggesting that he was even inclined to take action against Batman.

This is terrible.

Waller's gaze swept over the three officers sitting opposite him. Apart from General Swanwick, whose position seemed somewhat detached and independent, the other two generals wore the same expression as the president.

This means that there's a high chance that the two of them are also inclined to fight Batman. Idiots, they're completely unfamiliar with superhuman things!

Waller realized she had no choice but to gamble, and she interrupted Steve, saying, "I agree with Colonel Trevor; it's not unacceptable for Supergirl to be in Batman's hands."

She had to agree with Steve that, as a "more experienced professional," she couldn't play the "bad cop" because no one could play the "good cop" to contradict her. Therefore, she could only try to make their side's opinion seem more "professional" by directly agreeing with Colonel Trevor, thereby influencing the president to make a choice that was more inclined to their side when the two generals on the other side gave opposing opinions.

These little schemes, when broken down, can be quite complex, but in reality, they only take a split second to think about.

Sure enough, the other two generals immediately gave the opposite opinion: "The government can no longer act like an ignorant idiot and let superhuman things grow wildly, Your Excellency."

Amanda Waller's expression immediately brightened, and she kicked Colonel Steve Trevor under the table to shut the idiot up—should she be grateful he wasn't stupid enough to turn around and ask her, "Why did you kick me?"

Waller briefly let her thoughts wander, but quickly regained her composure. She braced herself, ready to face the next round of verbal sparring.

"The claim that 'superhuman things do not grow wildly' is baseless."

"...He's a Kryptonian, a Kryptonian! If the government could control him, he'd be more useful than Wonder Woman—you should know, Batman clearly overstepped that line..."

"First, there's 'her,' and second, what are you planning to do with her? Turn her into a biological weapon, like Batman and Superman...?"

"Even if you got Supergirl, you couldn't use her to fight Batman. I mean, she couldn't possibly win—"

"...Come on, look at that Mother Box. You think I didn't see that incident? Batman just used a fake one to fool us. This can't happen again—"

"Things are different now! We can't force him to give us a Kryptonian; that crosses Batman's line!"

"Doesn't the government have any bottom line?"

"...If you trust Batman so much, why don't you just invite him to be our king! The law! The law is the foundation of everything. Batman broke the law, and we enforced it, putting him in jail. I don't understand what's wrong with that!"

Amanda Waller dared not let a single word slip by. The old trick of playing the good cop/bad cop game was no longer effective; now it was a contest of who could impress the President the most.

If she loses the argument, it will have very bad consequences: a direct confrontation between Batman and the government.

And that's exactly what Waller has been avoiding.

In fact, the plump Black woman herself was well aware that she had already resolved such conflicts several times.

For example, when Brainiac invaded Earth, the government had just discovered that Batman had tricked them with a fake Mother Box.

On each occasion, she used her abilities and skills to suppress all negative actions against Batman.

But the government's dissatisfaction with Batman didn't disappear; it continued to accumulate. Waller was well aware of this.

She saw the president's image increasingly leaning towards those factions that would take action against Batman.

To be honest, these two generals were far inferior to him in terms of eloquence, but the president had already made his choice from the beginning. Their eloquence and the facts did not differ by much, so it was difficult to sway the president's decision.

"If we back down every time, and Batman wants to rip the Statue of Liberty down and plant it in the trench to fill it, are we just going to let him do that?!"

Waller gritted his teeth.

He kept getting distracted by the president's terrible expression. Idiot president, idiot Steve!

"Come on, isn't what you're relying on just Luthor's stuff? The stuff Luthor's always been obsessed with."

Amanda Waller suddenly turned his head.

It was General Swanwick who spoke up, a choice that far exceeded Waller's expectations.

"General Swanwick, what insightful opinion do you have?" The president sat up straight abruptly, leaning slightly forward, a subtle movement that surprised Amanda Waller.

General Swanwick seems to hold an unusually high position in the enemy's eyes, and since he appears to be on their side, the situation is not bad.

"General Reagan, General Charles."

General Swanwick addressed them by name as soon as he opened his mouth: "How much did Luther pay you to bring back a live Kryptonian for him?"

"How...how could you say that?"

"July 31st, 25.43 million; August 15th, 189.41 million." He turned to one of the people and then rattled off a long string of dates and numbers: "Do I need to continue reading?"

The other one's face had turned as red as a pig's liver.

General Swanwick turned to the president: "Batman has already proven to us that cyborgs are untrustworthy, hasn't he? We share the same goal of protecting the Earth. With the same goal, we can cooperate."

"We cannot control everything, nor do we need to control everything."

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Dr. Sivana was driving through the woods.

That damned Black Adam! He was the one who released the other from the grave, but after discovering the Magic Guardian's trail, the other immediately abandoned him and flew off, completely ignoring him, the scientist who desperately sought magic.

Fortunately, he had left a tracking device on the clothes the other person was wearing, and his eyes were also able to locate Black Adam's immense magical power, which enabled him to catch up.

Dr. Sivana touched his right eye. The thing was flashing white light, as if struck by lightning.

This was the spell that sealed his eyes when he released Black Adam—let's call it that for now—leaving a lightning bolt scar on his eye, which he used to find Black Adam.

"You haven't revealed the secrets of magic to me yet, you haven't changed me, how can you just leave like this?"

He muttered to himself as he drove to a small open space.

The surrounding area was shrouded in white fog, but the visibility here was surprisingly good.

And it was on this open space that he found the Black Adam that he had been longing for.

"Dr. Sivana, you've come here too, perfect timing."

Black Adam said, "I don't want to be discovered. You need to drive me there quietly."

He was holding a square, heavy lump of iron in his hand.

"What is this, a Black Adam?"

"A locator that can find Batman."

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Chen Tao turned his head and saw the mechanical superhero land on the ground not far from him and Wonder Woman.

He didn't see Steppenwolf, who was probably hiding in the shadows. Perhaps it was also because Cyborg Superman didn't want to reveal his relationship with him to the government.

But Chen Tao was quite certain that Steppenwolf would make an appearance later.

"Batman, I have only one request: hand over the Kryptonian woman."

He heard the robotic superhero say, "You are at odds with the government."

Chen Tao whispered to Wonder Woman, "Be wary of Steppenwolf."

"You can't openly defy the government like this, Batman. I'm talking to you politely..."

"What about the robot superhero?"

"Judging by the time, the government should make a decision soon."

Chen Tao said in a low voice, "If they don't make the decision I want, actually..."

He paused, hesitant about whether to tell Wonder Woman, but finally told the truth: "I know how to tie..."

Wonder Woman immediately gave her a disdainful look: "I knew it!"

"This is a last resort."

Chen Tao explained in a low voice, "The claws have already surrounded the First Lady's residence, as well as the President's parents and the parents of several high-ranking military officers present. I won't actually harm them, but I always have to prepare for the worst. You know, I can't guarantee everything. So I need them to be hesitant to act."

The robotic superhero stared coldly at Batman. Batman was still whispering to Wonder Woman, but it was to no avail.

This is his purpose in joining the government: on this planet, only a state-run, state-machine-level violent organization like the government can and is qualified to stand up to Batman.

He wanted to use this official position to incite...

The mechanical superhero's expression changed.

"What?"

Just now, an instruction from His Excellency the President himself appeared in his channel.

"Team up with Batman to capture Black Adam and bring him to justice?"

Not far away, at this moment.

Black Adam is on his way.

(End of this chapter)