Chapter 3545: Edge of Tomorrow (2)

"You mean, an evil artificial intelligence created by aliens from a higher civilization is currently wandering in the solar system, and the Justice League has gone off work, so you want me to solve this problem?"

The other side seemed to have chattered on for a while. Amanda, holding the phone, let out a long sigh.

"Well, you know, to deal with this kind of enemy, without enough authority, I can't do it..."

The person on the other side of the phone said something else, making Amanda frown, and a trace of anger appeared on her face.

"Listen, Claude, the original intention of the Federal Shield was to solve supernatural events within the Federation. You ask me to fight aliens, not to mention whether I have this ability, even if I do, if various departments don't cooperate with me, can I do anything?"

"I don't want to know what difficulties you have, this is not a deal. You providing me with full help is a necessary condition for achieving the goal. If you can't do it, then please find someone else!"

Amanda hung up the phone, still looking irritable, walking back and forth in the office, cursing those congressmen in her heart.

Since the establishment of the Federal Shield, its position has been slightly awkward.

Most of the members Amanda can hire are not very strong, enough to deal with ordinary people, but participating in various supernatural events, the survival rate and the probability of successfully solving the event are not very high, and they have never been able to get much funding.

Moreover, the police, military, and guards in various places are not willing to cooperate, not to mention the FBI. This makes their actions even more difficult.

But in the final analysis, it is because Amanda's ability to select talent is insufficient. Powerful super-powered people will be somewhat uncontrollable, and Amanda is unwilling to use them; but those who will obey obediently are either trash or asking for a sky-high price.

In short, since the establishment of this organization, it has never solved any major events.

Supernatural events that are not so harmful can be solved by the FBI; those that are too harmful have the Justice League. They are stuck in the middle, really hard to get any good.

This also makes Amanda's status somewhat awkward. The FBI and state police and guards at all levels don't like her, feeling that the Federal Shield has taken away their law enforcement power.

Those local police stations that need to call them for support dislike that the people they bring are not strong enough, not solving things cleanly enough, leaving them with a pile of messes, which might be more troublesome than solving the matter themselves.

The Justice League doesn't need them either. Lex can solve all the problems in execution by himself, and doesn't need to go through any middlemen, making them look even more useless.

However, after the economic crisis arrived, this situation improved.

The mercenaries on the Black Island couldn't get orders and went home, but some were originally wanted criminals, had no land to farm in their hometowns, and doing some petty theft didn't make money, and they had to live in fear every day.

This group of people accepted Amanda's recruitment. Don't look at the low pay and many things, at least it counts as a stable job, at least better than starving.

Because the employment environment is too bad, Amanda can hire much stronger people at the same price as before.

For example, Deadshot, who was originally considered a first-line mercenary, one mission was hundreds of thousands of dollars, living a life of luxury and freedom.

But since the Great Depression came, the number of orders plummeted, and he hadn't received an order in three months, he was ready to change careers to be a shooting coach. Amanda gave him four thousand dollars a month and helped him pay for insurance, and he went to work happily.

Another example is Deathstroke, the world's number one mercenary, every time he made a move it was a bloody storm, he used to claim that he would never cooperate with law enforcement agencies, now isn't he honestly taking the security mission of the Federal Shield, changing from a killer to a delivery person.

Such examples are too numerous to mention. In this day and age, being able to provide you with a job position is already a great benefactor. Although Amanda's ability is average, she is not stingy, she even pays for your insurance. What else is there to pick about such a job?

Having obtained many powerful employees, Amanda naturally has the heart to go further, but what is a bit awkward is that Earth has been quite peaceful recently, and there is no opportunity to show herself.

Before Brainiac came, once they lost the bet, they only had one end, and that was to be a trapeze artist. Even if they didn't jump themselves, their creditors would help them jump.

But now, Brainiac has come, and he also claims that he will average global wealth, so that everyone can live a wealthy life.

For ordinary poor people, poverty is tolerable, because they have been poor since birth, and have been living a tight life all along, so such days, living a few more days is nothing. So they are not that anxious.

But for this group of speculators who have seen the scenery above the peak and enjoyed a luxurious life, poverty is unbearable, because staying in the mud pit of poverty for one more second makes them crazy. They are the most anxious.

This group of people, in order to be able to let Brainiac fulfill his promise, can do anything.

Since Brainiac specifically requested the Justice League to come forward to negotiate, they will dig three feet into the ground to dig out the members of the Justice League.

Politicians in Congress still have different factions and positions, and there is still a quarrel about whether to oppose Brainiac. Most politicians also want to cherish their feathers and don't want to be caught by political enemies, even if they use some small means, they will be relatively restrained.

But the speculators on Diamond Street will not. As long as they can return to the life of being above others, they can do anything.

The members of the Justice League cannot be found, then go to find their families; if the families cannot be found, go to threaten friends and classmates. Riots, slander, kidnapping, and even murder, there is nothing this group of gamblers cannot do.

They are not even afraid of death, so what will they be afraid of?

Among the Justice League, there are not many people whose parents are both alive. There are even fewer people whose parents are both alive, and they only live in Gotham, and are just ordinary citizens. Barry's parents are one of them.

Flash is an anonymous hero, but Barry rarely wears a uniform, most of them are casual clothes with masks or masks. Anyway, he has the iconic golden lightning, as long as he appears, people can see who he is, and it doesn't matter what he wears.

This level of disguise is indeed not visible to ordinary people. But those who can mix into Diamond Street have some connections. When this group of people was glorious, they also had many channels in their hands, although they can't use many now, it is relatively simple to open a box.

Once Barry's identity is found out, it is even simpler to check his social interactions and kinship. The best way to threaten him to appear is to create a kidnapping case exposed to the public.

As long as he learns the news of his parents being kidnapped from the media, he will naturally appear. It can also be used to threaten him through his parents, to fight for more benefits for certain people during negotiations.

While driving, Schiller called Gordon, got Barry's specific home address, but did not ask the Gotham Police Department to send a car over.

If the other party has already taken action, the police probably can't do anything; if the other party hasn't taken action yet, Schiller and Victor can naturally solve it.

The car stopped in front of a two-story building. This is the last batch of buildings built in the East District, belonging to the villa area of the East District.

Although it is a villa area, it is only distinguished from the high-rise city connected in pieces, and it is actually just an ordinary two-story building, and those who live here are basically middle-class people in the East District.

When Schiller got off the car, he saw that the gate of the yard was open. Victor took out the freeze gun directly. The two rushed to the door at the fastest speed.

The door opened as soon as it was pushed, and it wasn't locked at all. The living room was empty, vases and bookshelves were scattered on the ground, and it was clear that someone had been here.

Victor rushed to the second floor in three steps and two, and then stood at the stairwell and shook his head at Schiller, signaling that there was no one upstairs.

"Garage." Schiller made a mouth shape.

He and Victor went one after another, one entered from the front door of the garage, and one from the side door.

As soon as the side door opened, Victor raised the freeze gun directly, and then saw the Allen couple tied in the car.

Schiller hurriedly walked over and pulled open the car door, tearing off the tape on Barry's father's mouth.

"Thank God!" He stumbled out of the car. Schiller untied the rope on his hands, and he hurriedly returned to hug his wife out.

"Hurry up and call the police, call the police quickly!" Mr. Allen was clearly still in shock, his tone trembling and saying, "That group of people went to get things, they will be back soon. Call the police quickly!"

"Click!" A sound came from the front door. The Allen couple showed fear in their eyes.

Schiller did not take out his phone, walked to the other side of the car, started untying his tie, and gave Victor a look at the same time.

Victor understood and walked to the garage door, standing behind the door with the gun in both hands. The Allen couple hid behind the car.

The door was pushed open.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Two of the three shots hit, and two people fell to the ground. The last one cursed, turned and wanted to run, but was directly strangled by the neck by Schiller who rushed out from the other side of the car.

Schiller didn't hold back, the crisp sound of the spine breaking instantly made people's scalp numb.

The Allen couple wanted to come out from behind the car, Schiller turned his head and said to them: "Don't move, you go back to the car first."

The two had to pull open the back door of the car and sit in, looking at Schiller and Victor dragging the three people into their living room with horror.

"What now?" Victor asked.

Schiller didn't speak. He just turned and walked to the kitchen to get a sharp fruit knife, let the corpse he was dragging face the same direction as him, strangled the neck with one hand, and held the knife with the other hand, stabbing the corpse's chest and abdominal cavity more than a dozen times with force.

Suddenly, blood splashed all over the living room.