Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice, Man-Bat brought Khalid into the ground-level building and introduced him to the heroes still holding down the fort.
Although everyone was busy now, with Aquaman and some third-string heroes stationed at the Hall, Arthur was still generous enough to treat Khalid to a fried fish burger.
If one were to ask which faction on Earth was least lacking in food right now, the answer was undoubtedly Atlantis. After the crisis of Earth's Submergence had passed, the alien sea god, in order to make up for the damage caused, accelerated the reproduction of fish in the waters around Atlantis.
It could be said that surviving a great disaster brought future blessings. Especially a few days ago, when Colonel Sanders came to Arthur to discuss cooperation and demonstrated his smooth, practiced potato-frying technique, Arthur suddenly had an idea and suggested that the Colonel try making fried fish cakes or fish balls.
Other places suffered from ingredient shortages, while social chaos had disrupted production and logistics. But the sea was fine. As the source of human life, the sea could always feed people.
Colonel Sanders said KFC had offered fried fish before, but fish sticks had sold poorly everywhere except Japan and India.
Arthur believed that with so many people unable to get a meal these days, Atlantis—though it had only recently completed its reconstruction and could not provide much aid—could at least catch fish without much difficulty.
Surface dwellers could sail around the ocean while the Atlanteans beneath the waves drove fish into their nets. Besides, didn't fried fish go perfectly with potatoes? It was full of British flavor.
In these chaotic times, when even the Hall of Justice had to remain sealed behind protective barriers twenty-four hours a day, having British food was already pretty