Volume 7: Da Mu Da Mu Chapter 26 When the heroes disappear, the villains have to take on the responsibility of saving the world
"It's getting chaotic outside. Those shabbily dressed guys are attacking here. Maybe we should take advantage of the chaos to escape?"
In an empty room on the third floor of the Next Life Bar, the Leopard Girl, who was lying on the window, licked her lips and turned back to whisper to the people behind her:
"Gotham is under attack. There's so much chaos and no one is paying attention to us."
"Escape, what a great idea! But how are you going to escape?"
With a metal ring on his head suppressing all his mental strength and a weakening agent injected into his body, the gorilla Grodd, who was lying limp in the corner like a ball of mud, replied in boredom:
"Not to mention that each of us has been made weak by the cunning Mason, how are you going to deal with the swamp monster who is staying with the raccoon at the door?
Look at the pots of flowers and plants placed in the room.
That's not to help you cultivate your mood, it can hear everything we say now."
"What if I don't run away? Just stay here?"
The Leopard Woman leaned back on the sofa unhappily.
The strange mushrooms on her neck and collarbone acted like a "lock" suppressing the red of all living things in her body, making her very unhappy because she could not use her power.
She looked at Black Manta, who had his Atlantis armor confiscated and his hands tied with his head down. He said nothing, but Leopard knew that he had been secretly trying to open the precision lock on his wrist.
She looked at Solomon Grundy who was sealed in a magic bottle. The big zombie was also angrily smashing the bottle wall trying to escape.
There are only six core members of the Legion of Doom, and now four of them are trapped here. Lex Luthor, who sold them out, has disappeared. This makes the ambitious Cheetah feel that she can also take advantage of the opportunity to form her own small team.
Unfortunately, this villain who had spent the first half of his life in a love-hate relationship with Wonder Woman did not have the brains of Luthor, so her suggestion of escape was rejected by the gorilla Groot in just one sentence.
"We can't escape on our own. This is the base camp of Team K. God knows how many forces they have ambushed here."
Grodd sat cross-legged on the ground. This burly, super-intelligent chimpanzee whispered:
"Just wait. The chaos outside is a good sign. Luther will find a way to get us out."
"By that bald guy?"
The leopard girl sneered a few times, stretched out her claws and ran them along her mane. She said:
“If he can sell us once, he can sell us a second time.
I finally understood that the guy never considered us as his teammates from the moment he formed the Legion of Doom, and all the sweet talk from the villain Ark was just to trick us into being his cannon fodder."
"Didn't you consider the possibility of being used by Luther before joining his group?"
Grodd didn't care about what happened to him. The gorilla said expressionlessly:
“I think when Luther didn’t tell us all of his plans, you should have realized that we were being used as cannon fodder, but cannon fodder also has its value.
Be patient, Nidalee.
Luther would not be so short-sighted as to bet his entire future on these Star Society Hounds. He knew who he could really rely on if he wanted to take power in the 'new world'.
I even suspect that our capture was part of Luther's plan. That bald guy always makes many plans to achieve his goals...
Let me put it this way, if you review what happened to us, you will find that although it seems that the heroes defeated the Legion of Doom, which of Luther's planned goals was not achieved? "
The gorilla shook his head and leaned against the wall. He pointed out the window, letting the chains on his arms rattle, and said to the three men in the cell:
"The world has become a mess, my friends. The chaos outside the world has extended to the world inside. In this chaotic era, cunning and viciousness are both good qualities for leaders.
I would rather continue to fight with Luther than follow an incompetent leader. The former will only use me as cannon fodder when necessary, while the latter will lead me into a real desperate situation."
"You might as well make your words clearer!"
Leopard Girl immediately bared her teeth in dissatisfaction:
"I think you have something else in mind, Grodd."
"boom"
The argument between the two was about to enter a tense stage when an explosion very close by alerted all four people in the room.
Leopard Woman jumped to the window and looked out. She saw a helicopter-turned-aircraft vehicle hovering in the chaotic air and firing rockets at the Next Life Bar.
Her excellent eyesight allowed her to quickly see that the person sitting in the cockpit of the aircraft was none other than Lex Luthor, who had abandoned them earlier.
This guy also found a "new helper".
In addition to Sinestro, the terrifying being that flew out of the cabin with a yellow glow around him, there was also a big, twisted red parasite and a metal man with steel bones all over his body.
The attacked Next Life Bar immediately released dense combat drones in an attempt to clear the airspace, but the next moment a harsh sound wave was emitted, detonating those drones in the sky one after another. A ghostly woman with long gray hair jumped down from the sky, opened her mouth and fired deadly sound waves at the ground. The power was so great that it destroyed a grounded Demon Lizard heavy tank head-on.
This is Silver Banshee, Luther's new teammate.
This scene made Leopard Woman grit her teeth in dissatisfaction. Their "old team members" were still there, but the bastard Luther formed the Legion of Doom 2.0.
But he still had some conscience and knew to take advantage of the chaos to "break the prison."
"Shua"
A blinding electric arc suddenly appeared in the cell, and a woman with cool short hair, smoky makeup, and a very bad appearance came out from the short-circuited and exploded light tube.
She hovered in the air, looking at the four defeated soldiers in front of her, and proudly announced with her hands on her hips:
"Poor fellow, the Legion of Doom is here to save you."
"Who are you calling pathetic?"
Leopard Girl turned around and cursed:
"Live Wire! How dare you, a little villain who was beaten up by Superman for a fool, talk to me like that?"
"I'm not tied up in a mess. Besides, where is Superman now?"
The woman nicknamed "Live Wire" who could manipulate and transform electricity laughed loudly. She released electricity to untie the imprisonment of Black Manta and Groot, and screamed:
"We own Metropolis now. No, the whole world will soon be ours ! Get out of here, you pathetic creatures, before the Bat-Family gets here!"
I don't intend to stay here and fight Batboy."
After saying that, she took the lead and blasted the door open with an electric current, but was immediately shattered by the flying vine whip in the air. The tall new swamp monster Groot blocked the door and roared at the escaped prisoners in front of him:
"My name is Groot!!!"
"Go back and stand still, don't ask for a beating!"
Rocket Raccoon, standing on Groot's shoulder, was holding a giant cannon that was taller than him. The arrogant little man translated Groot's roar and threatened with a grin:
"You can still survive if you stay here. If you run out now, no one will protect you. Think carefully about this."
In response to the obstruction of this powerful "jailer", the Leopard Woman's response was quite concise. She grabbed the bottle sealing Solomon Grundy on the table and smashed it at the feet of the swamp monster.
The bottle shattered and a roar was heard.
The Agent of Black Decay rushed out with fangs and claws and collided with the swamp monster. The battle between the two big guys destroyed the entire corridor in an instant.
"run!"
The Leopard Girl roared and rushed out first, followed by the others.
A cunning light flashed in the eyes of Gorilla Groot, who fell behind at the end.
It seemed to have discovered something about itself, but it did not choose to say it out loud. Instead, it followed the group of guys who escaped in the chaos and rushed out of the bar.
A few minutes later, one third of the entire ground building of the Next Life Bar collapsed under the projection of huge amounts of explosives. The unfortunate bar was destroyed again less than a month after its opening.
"retreat!"
Luther piloted his aircraft into the air quickly, and the Silver Banshee and the Metal Man, who were wandering outside and fighting fiercely with the androids of the Terrorist Mobile Team, immediately returned to the cabin.
Leopard Woman gritted her teeth and tore away the plant spores on her collarbone. It was as if the stuff had taken root in her body, and if she pulled it out she would be covered in blood.
She looked at the ruins of the bar that was still burning and emitting smoke, and shouted to Luther:
"Grundy is still there! Are you going to give up on him again, you bastard?"
"This is a necessary sacrifice. We must have equal strength to entangle the swamp monster, otherwise no one will be able to leave."
Lai Tu said expressionlessly:
"Besides, Grandy won't die, so he is the most suitable choice to stay behind to cover our retreat. Keep the wires alive and check their bodies. If there are any remaining locators, destroy them all."
"Where are we going next?"
Gorilla Groot leaned against the cabin and asked, but Baldy Lei said without replying:
"Metropolis! There is still a subordinate team of Team K active there. Defeat them and occupy Metropolis as the forward fortress of the Star Society. Then our work will be done."
"Are you really going to work hard for them?"
Leopard Girl stared blankly at the chaotic and burning city outside the porthole. She touched her chest and whispered:
"Look at them setting the whole Gotham on fire. These guys are not good people. They are serious and intend to destroy the world... The Red of All Living Things is very unhappy about this. It can feel the pain of every life."
"Joining the Star Club is just an option."
Luther glanced at the people behind him.
He felt the need to reiterate his philosophy to reassure his companions, so he emphasized:
“No matter how the world ends, if we want to have more freedom of choice, we must have power in our hands! Just as I have united you together to form the Doomsday Legion, we must also absorb more like-minded people.
As long as our power is strong enough, our value will be high enough, and they will treat us well enough.
Troubled times are here, my friends.
Now no one can be relied upon, and we can only stick together for warmth.
Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand."
The gorilla Grodd nodded and stopped asking questions. He leaned back in the cabin with his eyes closed as if he was resting. Mason, who was cleaning up the mess in Washington, also removed the bug from his ear.
He looked at the moving red dot on the instrument and dialed the Deathstroke Corps' communicator.
It was a younger version of Luther who answered the phone.
"The Legion of Doom has gone to Metropolis, where they are going to 'show their strength'."
Mason said briefly:
"Now you can have a good fight with the other you, Luther. The command of the K team will also be delegated to you. Stop them from occupying the city. If possible, kill the other Luther!"
"receive."
Young Luther responded and asked:
"One more question, is there any of your spies in that gang?"
"have."
Mason savored the conversation he had just overheard. He analyzed the thoughts of each member of the Legion of Doom and said:
"Maybe there's more than one."
…
The villains of the Legion of Doom plan to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune and seize power in the "new world", but in Central City, there is also a group of villains who band together, but the choices they make are completely opposite to those of the Legion of Doom.
"Where the hell is Flash?"
In the center of the small city of Central City, the Boomerang Captain, who was frantically throwing explosive boomerangs to block the army of weird mummies summoned by the pioneers, cursed:
"Why is that bastard who can run at the speed of light always late for such bad things? I see he's always on time when he beats us up!
But he wasn’t there when the city needed him.”
"Stop scolding and pay attention!"
Captain Cold, who was wearing cold-proof clothing and goggles, shouted, and with the freezing gun in his hand, he kept firing forward to freeze the mummies that were rushing towards him to the ground, forming ice sculptures to hinder the monsters behind.
Behind him, next to the entrance building leading to the underground shelter of the Star Laboratory, the heat waves from a hand-held flamethrower were igniting the walking mummies in front of him.
The arsonist laughed as he burned, showing no sign of panic at all.
This was obviously a scene of a battle between the Central City's "specialty" rogue gang, but what was incredible was that even in such a fierce battle, there was still a melodious flute sound constantly ringing out.
The flute player used the equipment of the Star Lab to spread his flute sound that could control ordinary people throughout the city. But it was not for doing bad things, but to guide the people who took refuge in the city to a safe place.
The scene at the moment is a bit unbelievable. The villains are actually doing good things.
But the truth is that in the absence of Xiao Shan, who was supposed to protect the city, a group of his most troublesome enemies in daily life actually banded together to perform their duty of protection.
This sounds pretty outrageous.
But considering that this group of people is a well-known rogue gang, it is not so difficult to accept.
This criminal gang, which is a breath of fresh air among all criminals, has always been a rarity among the villains in this world. Their "famous deeds" include but are not limited to clear gang rules prohibiting drug use, bullying the elderly, the weak, women and children, and killing people unless absolutely necessary.
When they first started out, they were very ambitious and sent people to Gotham to learn "criminal experience" from those famous villains. However, as soon as they entered the city, they witnessed a delicate single mother with two children taking out three Scorpion submachine guns from a shopping basket and smashing the heads of a group of robbers.
It is said that the scene caused a terrible psychological trauma to the Rogues, making them decide never to set foot in Gotham again in their lives.
Overall, this is a pretty famous gang, and the fights between them and Flash are often dismissed by other heroes as "just a bunch of kids fighting each other."
But if we conclude that the Rogues are a criminal group of comedians, we would be underestimating them.
"Brother! Luther sent another invitation."
After Captain Cold, the leader of the Rogue Gang, froze the last group of mummies, he was about to take a break when his hot and sexy sister, Golden Glider, ran out of the Star Lab, handed him her cell phone and said:
“He once again invited the Rogues to join his Legion of Doom, and this time he said something more, that he thought we had great potential and that if we were willing to surrender, the Pioneers’ attack on Central City would be stopped.
This place will also be transformed into a territory ruled by us in the future."
"shit!"
Leonard Snart, a highly intelligent criminal, cursed expressionlessly while checking his freezing gun:
"Given the current intensity of the invasion, these damn extraterritorial locusts will only leave us with ruins after occupying the world. Luther has the connections and backing to become the governor of the world, but what about us?
All we got is a post-apocalyptic garbage dump!
And yet we still have to be grateful to him. The Flash would only put us in jail, but Luthor intends to turn us into poor beggars who have to live on the mercy of others!
Who does he think he can buy off with these conditions?
What's more, the main force of the Justice League has hardly been deployed until now, and it has been the second- and third-tier heroes who have been active in various places.
If the Justice League is not planning to give up resistance and surrender, then it proves that they must be secretly planning a counterattack. "
Captain Cold snorted and spoke to his sister and team members in a long voice:
"Guys, even though we are villains, we still need to have brains to be villains! It's useless to just fight. Even if we really want to surrender, this is not the time.
The result of rashly going all-in without understanding the situation is likely to be losing your pants. Luther may look glorious now, but he has no other choice. He ends up being gone too early!
Once the heroes win, that's his death.
We can't be as stupid as him, we must keep going so that we can surrender when the time is right."
"But the Flash is taking so long to show up!"
Captain Boomerang said anxiously:
"We alone can't stop these damn things that came from nowhere. These hounds are going to detonate the particle accelerator. If they really kill us, we won't even have a chance to escape.
I think, how about we withdraw first?"
"The Flash will show up!"
Captain Cold, who had a love-hate relationship with Little Flash for many years, was full of confidence in his nemesis at this moment. He glanced at the gray sky and the dark pyramid suspended in the sky.
He whispered:
"Let me ask you, if you had to choose a roommate to spend a dark night with, would you rather listen to the Joker tell cheesy jokes for a night? Or would you rather have dinner with the Flash in prison?
Look guys, it's never a hard choice, hang in there!
They are heroes!
They won't leave us alone.
I may sound crazy when I say this, but the fact is that although villains and heroes have their own ideas about how the world works, it is all based on the premise that the world still works normally.
If it turned upside down overnight, we bastards might be forced to become heroes.
The distinction between the two has always been blurred.
Without this world, our existence will be meaningless. We just hope to have a share of the existing order and don't want to foolishly smash everything and drag everyone to death without considering the consequences.
We are bad.
But we're not stupid, guys.
It's a pity that Luther, who claims to be a wise man, doesn't seem to understand this truth. Believe me, his end will not be good. "
