Chapter 484: Talents Emerge from Arkham! (Part 2)

"Crazy! Crazy! Why is everyone in this city a lunatic?!"

Carol, holding his injured shoulder, and the Green Lanterns were shuttling quickly between the high-rise buildings of Cat Getan, using Green Lantern energy to fly at low altitude.

And the reason they didn't fly high was because there were Bat-planes loaded with missiles patrolling in the sky.

Huge high-rise buildings stood in great numbers, green light spots danced past like fireflies, and the huge screens on the walls of the high-rise buildings were colorful. When the green light spots swept past, a smiling face with Joker makeup on the screen said to the camera:

"This is the late-night weather forecast brought to you by Joker Jack. The weather is sunny today, there might be heavy snow at night, and magical creatures called Green Lanterns will appear in the sky..."

"Alright, today's weather forecast ends here, because Jack, the host, is going off work... What? You ask me what I'm going to do after work? Of course, it's to take this opportunity to drive well!"

"After all, today will be the night with the most Green Lanterns in Cat Getan, hahahahahaha!"

"Boom!"

After flying past the screen, Hal flashed aside, dodging a rocket shell. Turning his head again, that huge screen had already been blown into sparks.

He accelerated his flight speed, came to a position shoulder-to-shoulder with the leading Carol, and said: "This won't work, we'll be shot down sooner or later!"

"What is going on with this city? Why so many lunatics?!" Carol was completely puzzled. He looked down and saw that the ground was full of gangsters chasing them. Each of them had an armed truck, all covered with various weapons, and they were chasing them and shooting at this time.

The ring can indeed help lantern heroes resist bullets and explosions, but it also requires energy consumption, and flying and dodging also require energy consumption. Once the energy is exhausted, Carol simply couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if they fell into the hands of this group of lunatics.

"Hal, haven't you been here for a while? Is there any safer place for us to rest?"

Carol looked at the Green Lanterns who were already a bit unable to fly and asked Hal.

Originally, most members of the second squad were novices. Although they had undergone training, they rarely participated in high-intensity missions. And the experience in Cat Getan could no longer be called high-intensity; calling it hell-difficulty at the start was not an exaggeration at all.

Green Lantern energy is just a tool, has no self-consciousness, and has no way to control the lantern heroes' actions. All the actions of the lantern heroes are thought of by themselves, and then they control their limbs to do them. That is to say, although they can fly, how to fly requires them to think for themselves, and what actions to make also requires them to adjust their limbs themselves.

Now, the density of Cat Getan's firepower network forced them to concentrate their attention at high intensity all the time to deal with stray bullets and explosive fragments coming from all directions.

The high-difficulty aerial maneuvering action performed on average every three seconds made Hal, who was once a test pilot, a bit unable to handle it, let alone those novice Green Lanterns who had no experience in aerial operations.

With a "bang", another missile explosion from a fighter jet occurred, and the young Green Lantern at the end of the team was blown away directly.

His reaction was a bit slow, and he didn't dodge the aftermath of the impact. The teammate beside him just wanted to fly over to save him, but was also distracted by a flashbang, and immediately after was hit down.

Hal and Carol, the two Green Lanterns with the best flying skills, hurried back to rescue. After a lot of effort, they managed to fish the two people back.

Hal used his Green Lantern energy to connect to the exhausted Green Lantern, took him to fly, and said to Carol: "There is almost no safe place in this city, let's withdraw from here first."

Hal looked up at the three Bat-planes flying in circles in the sky, and then said: "Someone has to go and lure them away, I'll go."

Looking at his firm expression, Carol couldn't help but feel a bit moved. He said: "Even though I have served in the Green Lantern Corps for so long, you are also the most outstanding novice I have ever seen."

Hal turned to look at him and said: "For justice."

Just when Carol was about to take the other Green Lanterns away, Hal called them again and said: "The trouble in this city hasn't been solved yet. You'd better transfer to other cities on Earth and then wait for support from the headquarters."

"I'm afraid we have to do this, because the remaining energy in the ring is not enough for us to teleport directly back to the headquarters. You are a local, do you know where is safer?"

Hal thought for a while, then pointed them in a direction. Carol nodded and then said:

"After we find a safe stronghold, we will call for support immediately, and then return to pick you up immediately."

Hal saluted him and then turned and flew away directly. The other several Green Lanterns watched his back as he left, their hearts filled with solemn emotions.

In their view, even staying in this chaotic and crazy dangerous city for one more second required great courage, and Hal was obviously a lone hero who knew the difficulties and went forward.

Hal flew near a Bat-plane. I don't know what he said to the person in the plane, but that plane chased him away. Immediately after, the remaining two planes were also lured away by him, and the Green Lanterns took this opportunity to fly away from Cat Getan City.

After they flew far away, Hal stopped. He disappeared instantly and then appeared in the co-pilot's seat of the Bat-plane. Batman turned his head and stared at him with narrowed eyes.

Hal also turned to look at Batman, shrugged, and said: "I think you should know who to go to."

Batman turned his head back, pressed a button on the operation panel, and the navigation voice made a pleasant sound: "Navigating, destination... Rodriguez Manor."

By the time Batman stepped into Rodriguez Manor, Shiler and Constantine were already sitting on the sofa drinking.

The cups colliding with the surface of the coffee table made a crisp sound, and the golden wine fell into the cups, splashing brilliant water.

Batman picked up the wine glass expressionlessly, but didn't drink. Hal, sitting beside him, poured the whiskey in his cup into his mouth without any scruples.

The cold wine made his brain much clearer and also relieved the fatigue of the flight just now. Shiler opened his mouth just wanting to speak, but Batman said: "No need to explain to me the reason you want to deal with the Green Lanterns. In this regard, my position is consistent with yours."

Shiler took a sip of wine, then stroked his chest, raised his wine glass to Batman and said: "This is why I like talking to smart people. Let's skip those unimportant big principles and excuses. This matter has to start from the last time Constantine called me, saying he wanted to go to Arkham Asylum for hospitalization..."

Constantine held the wine glass, took a big gulp of wine, then picked up the wine bottle, and filled his cup again.

He leaned back on the back of the sofa, put his hands on the back of the chair, shook his head, and said: "No way, my personal charm is too strong, a little boy named Bruce chased me all over the city. He was dissatisfied with me going to the red-light district, so he made a scene there. Even when I went to relax for a while, he had to stick to me..."

Hal sprayed a mouthful of wine. Constantine glanced at the sharp light of the Batarang in Batman's hand. He cleared his throat and said: "Alright, no jokes. Originally, I called Shiler just to find a place to hide."

"But this damn miser, this hateful Scrooge, insisted that I help him do one thing before he would let me be hospitalized."

"So, you stirred up the gang firefight in the hospital?" Batman asked.

"According to the original plan, this matter was indeed done by me, but I didn't expect that there were two guys in the hospital who were eager to move. They wanted to make some trouble and then take the opportunity to slip out, so I just went with the flow and expanded the chaos a bit."

"What's going on with the Green Lantern descent?" Batman looked at Shiler again, but Shiler turned to look at Hal. Hal shrugged and explained to Batman how he went to Oa to request support.

"You first stirred up the gang firefight, and then let the Green Lanterns land right in the center of the chaos, the purpose is to make the Green Lanterns realize the danger of Earth?"

"But I'm afraid this is not enough to deter them, nor will it make them stay away from Earth. Instead, it might make this group of green flies brainwashed by the sense of justice buzz around Earth." Batman gave an evaluation.

From his wording, one could tell that Batman had no good feelings for the Green Lantern Corps. However, it was understandable. He was the only Cat Getan local among the four people present, and just now, this group of guys emitting green light flew around over Cat Getan, not only causing many car accidents but also making the gangsters blow up many buildings.

More importantly, Batman had always regarded Cat Getan as his own territory. He had an almost perverted desire for control over Cat Getan, and this group of people broke in here without anyone's consent. If Hal hadn't stopped Batman's action of driving a fighter jet to chase them just now, Carol and the others wouldn't have run away yet.

"My intention was not to deter them." Shiler put down the wine glass.

"Then what do you want to do? Your series of actions will only make them set their sights on Earth and bring them all over."

"My purpose is to bring them over."

Just after Shiler finished this sentence, he heard the phone ring. Merkel walked down the stairs, picked up the phone receiver, and said: "Hello, hello, this is Rodriguez Manor, yes, he is..."

Saying that, he took the phone to the coffee table and handed the receiver to Shiler. Shiler said to the other side of the phone: "Oh, is that so? You are already on the way?... Alright, I'm waiting for you."

Batman stared at Shiler, seemingly having a premonition. At this time, he heard Shiler say to the other side of the phone:

"Then, see you later, Clark." ===== CHAPTER 485 =====