Starting from scratch, Batman crushed my dream of getting rich

Chapter 295 The Fight Begins (Referring to Working)!

The next day, Ma Zhaodi sat in his rented apartment, watching the news on his computer. He raised his hand, and a small sip of wine automatically slid from the gourd into his mouth.

The gesture of raising one's hand to drink is a weakness in combat. Since the gourd can be poured into one's mouth by itself, it can actually be considered a tactical move, and he plans to familiarize himself with it more.

"Dr. Harrison will hold a press conference soon. He said he was deeply saddened and apologetic about last night's incident and was willing to take responsibility for the compensation."

Ma Zhaodi saw Harrison, sitting in a wheelchair, looking exhausted, weak, and tinged with sadness. In front of the media and the public, he was no longer the spirited man he had been the night before. Overnight, he was no longer the leading scientist guiding the world's development and shaping humanity's future, but a disabled man unable to walk, burdened with the responsibility for a major accident.

He didn't say much at the press conference except for apologizing.

On the contrary, the media had a lot to say.

"Currently, the police have tallied all the losses from last night. Fortunately, it appears that no one died in last night's explosion, and the seriously injured are all in good condition. According to the doctors, except for one police officer who was directly struck by lightning and remains unconscious, all the injured have regained consciousness."

"Even so, the economic losses and impact of this incident are still incalculable, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency has now intervened in the investigation. According to the agency's preliminary assessment, Star Labs may be classified as a Level 4 hazardous location, and all its operations will need to be temporarily suspended."

Seeing this, Ma Zhaodi didn't want to read any further. The subsequent liquidation and compensation were basically not worth watching; Harrison Wells was probably going to suffer a huge loss. But an even more fatal problem was that a large number of Star Labs staff would leave and move on to other companies.

No one would want to stay and work in a laboratory that has caused major casualties. As one of the world's top laboratories, Star Labs is naturally home to elites in the scientific field. They have bright futures ahead of them and would not waste their precious time with a laboratory with no future.

"Although not many people died, the place is already a complete mess."

Ma Zhaodi sighed subconsciously and took another small sip of wine. Although both lamb wine and coconut wine were extremely addictive, their intoxicating effects were also astonishing. If it weren't for the gourd reducing the alcohol content, he wouldn't have been able to handle even a small sip.

"Next, there's an interesting tidbit related to the accident. After the explosion last night, many injured people were sent to the hospital for treatment. Many of them said that for some reason, they tasted a strange kind of liquor last night, and their injuries, whether minor or severe, healed rapidly afterward. However, after careful investigation and interviews by reporters, none of the police officers and doctors in the hospital saw any suspicious persons bringing alcohol into the hospital."

"Currently, experts have determined that this claim may be either due to hallucinations caused by concussions during the explosion, or simply an attempt to attract attention."

"Let's look at the next news item."

Ma Zhaodi was very satisfied with the result. He closed his laptop, put it back into the system, and then turned and went out the door.

Unlike Gotham City, renting a house in Central City is much simpler. The landlords are all normal people who have no connection with the mob. He paid the money and handed over the keys in one hand and found a place to live in the other. The efficiency was ridiculously high and the process was so normal that he felt a little uncomfortable.

“Today the police went to the farm where the Ma Dong brothers are hiding to collect evidence, so I definitely can’t go and set up a safe house.” He thought to himself, “It’s best not to go to that farm for a while. Once no one goes there anymore, it will be safe.”

With the issue of where to stay resolved and the file issue initially settled, and Barry still not awake, there's only one thing left to deal with.

"I need to find a job," Ma Zhaodi thought. "I remember he was unconscious for nine whole months before he woke up. That period was my developmental stage."

He glanced at the glaring "ten times asset points" sign in the smuggling rules and rubbed his hands together excitedly: "I need to find a job right away and start raking in gold coins." Today was another wonderful day in Central City.

Pedestrians come and go on the streets, moving through this peaceful and stable city. Everyone living here is sunny, energetic, and in a hurry.

A blond man in a trench coat and a blond woman in a leather jacket strolled leisurely down the street, their gait relaxed. As they passed each other, they frequently glanced across the street, their gazes discreet yet sharp. However, seeing them walking arm in arm, many passersby assumed they were a couple taking a walk.

But these two are actually brother and sister.

Leonard Snatt was in a good mood. When an armored truck stopped outside the bank across the street, he glanced at his watch, then changed his pace and pulled his sister Lisa Snatt out onto the street.

"Aren't you going to take action?"

Lisa's voice was very low.

"Lisa, be patient. Making a plan requires patience, but executing it requires decisiveness."

Snart answered calmly, a smile spreading across his chiseled face. If he were really out shopping with his girlfriend, that smile would likely be enough to charm her.

As a criminal, he was so handsome that he was almost unsuitable for this line of work.

The two left the street and arrived in the city center. Lisa looked up at the location of the Star Labs, which was in such a state that it could only be described as ruins. A team of construction workers had already begun reconstruction work, and it was clear that this would be a long-term project.

Citizens simply passed by the street, and no one cast a look of admiration or reverence at this once-glorious global research mecca. The city's former glory had turned into a disgrace, a scar that no one wanted to mention. In just three days, people had deliberately forgotten about this ruin.

"When can we have a proper raid?" Lisa asked. "The Star Labs just exploded, and the police in the city are in chaos. Shouldn't we seize this opportunity?"

Snart replied coldly, "On the contrary, this is the perfect time to scout the location—because the arrival time of the police becomes unknown, which means uncontrollable, and uncontrollable means risk, and I hate risk."

“I know, I know you’re a perfectionist,” Lisa sighed. “You demand absolute control over the plan, to the point of being nitpicky, but is it really necessary?”

"If you ask me, your efficiency is not as good as working alone."

Snart turned to look at his sister. If any other criminal accomplice had spoken to him like that, he would have shot them in the head long ago.

The smell of gunpowder gradually filled the air when a shout from the street interrupted the two people staring at each other.

"Hamburgers for sale! Fresh hamburgers!"

(End of this chapter)