Chapter 3003: Green Trees Shade the Long Summer Days (End)

Bruce returned.

He had just finished being busy, teamed up with Owlman in the Battleworld to clear two dungeons, and also met one of Owlman's teammates, earning quite a few points and getting some props that might come in handy next.

The first thing he did upon returning to his universe was to go to Washington to solve the mess that hadn't been completely resolved some time ago.

The work he did before leaving was helping Amanda establish the Federal Shield, helping Wei En Enterprises carry out industrial transformation to cope with the sudden economic crisis, by the way, adding fuel to the fire in Mexico, and secretly helping the burgeoning black movement.

Against the backdrop of the global economic downturn, not only did Mexico not subside, but it became more and more heated. But it wasn't a good phenomenon, because the original Mexican national independence revolution was almost evolving into a proxy war for major powers to transfer internal contradictions.

After Oliver left, the revolutionary army team had no backbone, no firm ideology, and no leader with sufficient ability. The revolutionary team disintegrated in an instant.

It couldn't be said that they were all internal ghosts planted by the CIA. It was just that doing things like revolution itself was very prone to contradictions in thought and opinion. Some people wanted to do it this way, some people wanted to do it that way, some people might be right but encountered difficulties, some people did it wrong but were smooth sailing, inevitably making things a mess.

When Oliver was there, because he was the initiator of the revolution, his prestige was strong enough, and he had always been very firm, resolutely refusing to make any concessions to external forces, so he had many supporters, enough to suppress these contradictions.

But after he was driven away, the accumulated contradictions completely erupted. One faction was Oliver's die-hard supporters. They believed that the group of people targeting Oliver were destroyers of the revolution and pointed their guns at them. Those people weren't to be outdone, so naturally, they started to fight back.

Some people wanted to take the overall situation into account and mediate from it, but they didn't have enough prestige, so they failed to get things done and also got into trouble. Some people were profit-seeking, muddied the waters, and fished away quite a few resources.

And it just so happened that the economic crisis broke out. The contradictions within many countries really couldn't be suppressed, so they could only transfer them outward. They got quite a few people to impersonate Mexicans, carry out bombing cases in the country, and then claim that it was done by the revolutionary army, then intervene in the internal war of Mexico in a justified manner, successfully transferring the public's attention.

Originally, the United States would absolutely not sit idly by while others took action in its backyard, but unfortunately, it was overwhelmed now. This economic crisis was the most uncomfortable for it, and it just happened that outside, one Soviet Union and one European Union were eyeing it covetously. It was also afraid that the other party would jump over the wall in desperation, so it didn't dare to act rashly.

This led to a more complex situation within Mexico. The previously achieved revolutionary results were almost destroyed, and even quite a few people stole revolutionary results, established themselves as warlords, and in the end, still played the set of exploiting ordinary people.

This led to the good reputation that Oliver had accumulated for the revolutionary army being ruined. Now many Mexicans felt confused. The revolutionary army had become bad, and they didn't know who else was good, and didn't know where this country should go.

However, among Oliver's die-hard faction, there seemed to be a young man with quite a bit of prestige. He was the successor to Oliver's legacy. But because he was too young and his methods of handling things weren't mature enough, he suffered several losses and almost lost his old capital.

Fortunately, he had become smart recently, knowing to hibernate for the time being, guarding a large piece of land they had taken down before, building high walls and storing grain widely, waiting for the opportunity.

The international situation couldn't be called optimistic either. The main reason was that the United States couldn't be happy. The reason was that under a series of brainless operations before them, the European Union was established.

The main difference between the European Union and the European Union was that the European Union was actually an economic cooperation organization, meaning it only managed economic matters, such as tariffs, cargo imports, and the like.

But the European Union was different. This meant that most European countries voluntarily gave up part of their sovereignty. This was an alliance integrating economy, politics, and diplomacy, and even cooperated more deeply in politics. The presidents of various countries were equivalent to members of the European Union Parliament, and most political affairs had to be decided in the European Union Parliament.

It sounded a bit familiar. It was actually equivalent to the capitalist United States version of the Soviet Union, and it could even be said that the relationship between certain countries within the European Union was closer than the relationship between many states in the United States.

This meant that Europe was completely twisted into a rope, and from then on, they would live and die together.

Before, the United States spent so much effort, one moment provoking the UK and France, another moment starting to mess with Germany and Austria, all for the sake of alienating them, so that they would focus on each other.

However, once they united, the bald eagle would suffer.

Many people didn't have a concept of the positions of Europe and the United States because the Chinese map drew them on both sides. But if you look at a globe, you will find that they are very close, and they are each other's important strategic passes, economic support, political assistance, and cultural allies.

It wasn't as easy to manipulate the other party when they set up a separate kitchen as before. It just so happened that the United States really couldn't do without Europe. This could be considered the father and son returning to their positions, and the world being turned upside down.

Besides that, other major powers were also exerting force rapidly, constantly beating the drowning dog. The thick family foundation accumulated by the United States during World War II allowed it to support itself for a while, but if it continued like this, it was really hard to say.

Especially during the Great Depression, the opposition between red and blue states became more and more serious. The black movement in blue states was in full swing, and the anti-black movement in red states was also in full swing. The constantly escalating conflicts and violent cases gave people a feeling that the two sides were about to part ways.

Speaking of Wei En Enterprises, Bruce was in such a hurry to return because the situation of Wei En Enterprises wasn't good either. Wei En Enterprises and LexCorp were known as the arteries and veins of the United States. The situation in the United States wasn't good, so naturally, they couldn't be any better.

And the two sides had a very strong competitive relationship. Recently, Lex didn't know where he got a large batch of grain, and his control over Metropolis became stronger. That fool Clark also helped him. The industries of Wei En Enterprises on the East Coast were being compressed more and more severely.

Bruce's return this time was mainly for Wei En Enterprises. No matter how good the scenery of the universe was, his own home was more important. Regardless of what his private relationship with Lex was like, he couldn't hold back in the business field. If he didn't return, the other party would swallow Wei En Enterprises alive.

As soon as the matter in Washington ended, Bruce ran back in a hurry, not even having time to return to Wei En Manor, and went straight to Wei En Enterprises Tower.

As soon as he walked in, the keen observation ability from Batman made him discover that the guard had been changed. Originally, there was one in each guard booth on both sides, but now there was only one guard booth left.

But Tim also told him before that because of poor East Coast industrial management, there were personnel changes in the group. Cutting security personnel wasn't considered very smart, but it could barely be considered opening sources and reducing expenditures. After all, Gotham's public security situation had improved a lot now, and two security guards were a waste.

Bruce looked at this security guard and felt that Tim's vision was still good. This guy looked tall and big, looked fierce, and had a strong deterrent force. Watching a gate was definitely enough.

"Hello! Sir!" The guard greeted him.

"Hello... uh, are you from out of town?" Bruce heard that this guy seemed to have an accent.

"Yes! Sir!"

"...... Your breath is quite sufficient, keep working hard!"

Bruce continued to walk inside. He was still thinking about the security guard matter. He didn't pay much attention when walking and bumped into a lady holding documents.

"Suka!... Uh, shit!"

Big question marks appeared on Bruce's head, but the lady quickly picked up the documents and ran away in a flash. Bruce could only look at her back and be stunned.

Turning a corner and getting into the elevator, two people got on when reaching the second floor. Before the elevator door opened, Bruce vaguely heard them talking, but they weren't using English. Unexpectedly, as soon as they got on the elevator, the two tacitly closed their mouths and were still winking left and right.

Bruce pressed the top floor of the elevator. There was fingerprint recognition on the elevator buttons, and only important figures could press the top floor button. But Bruce pressed the button for a long time and there was no reaction.

He had to call Tim. Tim seemed very busy. Vague voices came from the other side of the phone. Bruce listened and it didn't seem to be English either.

After fiddling for a long time, the elevator finally went up. As soon as Bruce walked out, a beautiful red-haired woman smiled at him.

Bruce didn't know this woman at all. Looking at her age, she shouldn't look like Tim's girlfriend. But besides them, shareholders couldn't come to the top floor. Who was this woman?

And every move and every smile of this woman always made Bruce think of a female agent named Natasha.

Finally arriving at Tim's office, Bruce saw Tim sitting behind the table, holding a cat in his arms—a Siberian forest cat.

Seeing Bruce come, Tim put the cat on the table. Bruce walked up and said, "What the hell? Why are there so many Soviet guys in the company?"

"To be precise, they aren't Soviet guys, but KGB." Tim said calmly.

"What??!!"

"I told you, East Coast industrial management is poor, the group's funds are seriously insufficient, we can't afford to spend so much manpower cost, only the KGB is willing to work for us for free."

A loading icon also appeared on Bruce's head. Considering he was Batman whose thinking speed was close to the speed of light, this could also be called a strange scene.

Fortunately, Bruce wasn't that inflexible old-fashioned person. In an emergency, one should act according to circumstances. Tim was forced by the funding problem and had no other way. Hiring some free agents to work wasn't incomprehensible, Bruce thought so.

"It's fine, I'm back." Bruce said, "The funding problem will be solved soon. By then, you can fire them all."

"Fire them all?"

"Yes."

"I'm afraid not."

"Why?"

"Because the ones who would be fired then would be the two of us." ===== CHAPTER 3004 =====