"Bruce, let me introduce you. This is 'Aquaman,' Arthur Curry, an Atlantean with human blood."
"Hello, Batman. Just call me Arthur. Aquaman and all that—it's just an empty title, not worth mentioning. Haha, not worth mentioning."
"..."
Gotham City, Batcave. Under Russell's introduction, Batman and Aquaman met for the first time.
Arthur was a very talkative person. Perhaps that was not quite accurate, because anyone standing beside Bruce would seem like a chatterbox.
With Batman's reputation and Russell acting as the go-between, Arthur and Bruce's first meeting went very pleasantly. Before long, Arthur had confessed everything he was supposed to.
Russell had unified the ocean nations in just one day. Bruce still found it unbelievable. Those were five countries, not five villages.
Even if they had been five villages, the efficiency should not have been this high.
That was the difference between an insider and an outsider. Bruce considered it difficult, but anyone who had read the script knew that, with a few key pieces of information and key figures under control, unifying the ocean nations was effortless—just going with the flow.
And with the Sea King's Trident backing him up like Russell had, it truly could be called easy as turning over one's hand.
The only time spent had been on traveling back and forth. Otherwise, it could have been even faster!
"Arthur, you just unified the Ocean Empire. Is it really appropriate for you not to stay there and handle the overall situation?"
Bruce did not care whether Arthur's rule was stable. The underwater kingdoms governing themselves suited his wishes better. What he feared was instability—Arthur leaving on one foot, and the Ocean Empire changing rulers on the next. Then he and Russell would have worked for nothing.
"You don't need to worry about that!"
Before Arthur could