Conspiracy (2)

Oliver Queen waited outside, unable to suppress a frown. "Hey, Wayne, how do you know Zod?"

"...An unpleasant fellow showed up and caused a lot of chaos in Gotham City."

Batman's deep voice came through his earpiece. At this moment, one of them was outside the perimeter of Laughlin Air Force Base, while the other, with higher stealth skill points, had infiltrated the heavily guarded federal air force base.

After persuading Green Arrow to join the team, Bruce and he decisively began to investigate the details of the youth's attack. Especially with Skynet's powerful assistance, they had once again hacked into military reports. Bruce and Ollie were surprised to discover that one of the black pilots of the two F22 fighter jets involved in the attack that day had inexplicably died of a sudden myocardial infarction, while the other white pilot was being held at Laughlin Air Force Base. This made Bruce and Oliver frown, as it was clear the mastermind was starting to cover their tracks.

Although Aeo knew the mastermind was Hydra, he couldn't just tell Batman and the Green Arrow, "I know who the big boss is, let's go take him down."

Batman and the Green Arrow would definitely ask, "How do you know?" And Aeo truly couldn't find any evidence to prove the existence of this massive organization that had been hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D. for decades. After all, Hydra had always been extremely secretive; even S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't distinguish who was one of their own and who was a Hydra member, let alone a teenager who only knew about this organization through a few movies in his past life?

Therefore, Aeo could only guide Batman and the Green Arrow, saying there was a mole within S.H.I.E.L.D., and then let them investigate themselves. Although this would be slower, the advantage was that once they found out, these super heroes with strong wills would more firmly strike at this terrorist organization, without Aeo having to waste more words explaining how dangerous these guys were.

Simply taking down Pierce was useless; Hydra's motto was "cut off one head, and two more shall take its place!" If they weren't uprooted, a terrorist organization like Hydra would be incredibly annoying. You had to know that at their most insane, they even wanted to use Dr. Zola's computational formulas to mass-murder potential opponents. Although Aeo wasn't afraid of their aerial attacks, being constantly buzzed by flies would still annoy him.

Therefore, since Hydra had chosen to be their enemy, Aeo might as well guide Bruce and the others to cause trouble for them, while he had more important matters to attend to.

Uh, I've digressed.

Upon learning that the white pilot who attacked him, Major Paul Mack, was temporarily detained at Laughlin Air Force Base by the Federal Military Police, Bruce decided to monitor this last witness.

Because he knew Hydra would definitely not let this last witness go and would send an assassin to eliminate this poor white pilot, just like that unfortunate black young man.

Myocardial infarction, what a perfect excuse. This way, all the parties involved in the incident that day would be dead, and no one would be able to investigate.

As expected, after waiting for a few days, a strange officer appeared before Bruce and Oliver—the two had used Skynet to infiltrate the base's surveillance system without anyone noticing.

This man, who looked suspicious from the start, walked towards the target's cell, skillfully avoiding the surveillance angles, making it impossible to see his face.

"They're finally here." Bruce and Oliver, hiding in an inconspicuous old car hundreds of meters outside Laughlin Air Force Base, simultaneously felt a surge of energy.

"Do you want to go, or should I?" the Green Arrow asked coldly.

"I'll go," Batman replied, leaving only a deep voice.

"..."

Along the way, Bruce, relying on the stealth techniques he learned from the Ninja Master, successfully infiltrated Laughlin Air Force Base without alerting the guards as much as possible.

Meanwhile, Oliver, who remained in place, used Skynet to help him erase some traces.

"Then Aeo appeared and resolved the crisis in Gotham City..." Bruce Wayne explained briefly the process of how he met the youth as he infiltrated the base.

"So, you 'took him in'?" Oliver chuckled, then suddenly raised an eyebrow. "Hurry up, Bruce, he's about to reach that pilot's cell."

"I'm running," Batman replied irritably.

The Green Arrow shrugged.

Finally, after rushing for a few minutes, Batman arrived at his destination, a separate cell. He happened to hear the assassin's 'declaration' before committing the murder and couldn't help but speak, "Is that so? Then, Knight of the Darkness, do you fear it?"

Foreword complete.

..., ...

"Who?" a white man in a regular military uniform quickly turned his head.

Paul Mack was even more shocked to see the two strangers who had appeared in his cell without a sound, forgetting even to hide.

"Batman?" Both of them exclaimed in surprise.

"You talk too much." The old man frowned and immediately started fighting.

"Damn it." Even the Hydra assassin, who had undergone special training, was thrown into disarray by the old man's unconventional and rogue tactics. Coupled with the old man's superhuman physique and strength, after a few exchanges, the assassin was hit hard in the face by an unexpected elbow strike from the old man.

Bang.

The assassin promptly fainted and fell to the ground.

"Don't kill me!" Mack exclaimed in alarm.

Batman didn't even look at him. "I'm not here to kill you, I'm here to save you!" He took a syringe with an unknown liquid from the assassin's body and threw it at the white pilot's feet.

"If I had been a moment later, you probably would have died of a sudden myocardial infarction just like your colleague!"

"What?" Mack was shocked. "You mean Fili is dead?"

"Yes." Bruce carried the unconscious assassin. "You can ask your people about this later..." He paused, pointing to the syringe on the ground, "This is for you as evidence that someone wanted to kill you, and he..."

With a flap of his black bat wings, Batman disappeared.

"Wait."

The Green Arrow outside also narrowed his eyes. "OK, now that the person is caught, all that's left is to get him out safely! Go left!"

With great difficulty, Batman and the Hydra assassin exited the federal air force base without incident.

"Let's go!" With a bang, Bruce threw the assassin into the car.

The Green Arrow immediately stepped on the gas, and the two of them fled.

Meanwhile, Laughlin Air Force Base finally discovered the enemy's intrusion, and the sky was filled with alarm sirens.

"Wooo~ Woooo~~"

..., ...

Along the way, the Green Arrow, who was cooperating with someone for the first time, couldn't help but ask, "Where did Zod go? Wouldn't this kind of rescue mission be more convenient for him? He could just fly in with a 'whoosh,' why all this trouble..."

Batman tied up the killer and, after confirming he couldn't escape, said with a dark expression, "He said he had more important matters and left for New Mexico yesterday..."

"Besides," the old man said, speechless as he looked at his new companion who asked such a question, "this is a federal air force base. Do you want him to fight an entire base of soldiers, or do you want the federal military base to be severely damaged by him? You choose."

The younger billionaire shrugged, "What's the difference?"

"Then why are you asking?"

"..."