Starting from scratch, Batman crushed my dream of getting rich

Chapter 493 Center of the Sage Forest
After finishing the first matter, Ma Zhaodi did not leave the bar immediately, because Clark remained motionless, seemingly not having finished speaking.

Is there a second thing?

"Yes, the second thing is much bigger."

Superman gathered his thoughts briefly and asked, "Are you aware of the recent proposal that Vought International has initiated?"

"Bringing superheroes into the U.S. defense system?"

"Oh, you know that."

“Walt Corporation’s big moves that are made public can’t be kept secret. I also know that Madeline held a party at the company yesterday.”

“Yes, at that dinner, I heard that Madeline was rejected by Congressman Kahnhall—the head of the Appropriations Committee subcommittee—who said that no one would let Vought's superheroes into the defense system.”

"That's not surprising, the cake had already been cut long ago."

"But this proposal will now most likely be submitted to the parliament."

"Ok?"

Ma Zhaodi raised an eyebrow and looked at Clark: "Walter is so confident? What did Madeline do?"

"She tricked the senator—the pretty waitress at the banquet bar that day hit it off with the senator, and the two went for coffee after the banquet and then went into the hotel."

“Okay, they probably went to play a game of Ludo.” Ma Zhaodi continued, “And then? Walter took nude photos and videos to threaten the senator? That method isn’t powerful enough, is it? That old senator is so old, all sorts of things have been exposed, he won’t be afraid of this.”

"It wasn't enough, but this waitress isn't a real waitress; she's a two-body."

"What's the matter?"

"The Twin Man, one of Vought International's superheroes, can transform into anyone he comes into contact with, but he is actually a middle-aged man in his thirties, and even has a beer belly."

"Sometimes I really feel like this world is crazier than Gotham, really."

"Anyway, that's the situation. After he put a blindfold on the senator in the hotel, he took a few photos of the two of them together with his phone, without any clothes on."

"Yue—I can't take it anymore, I really can't, let me rest for a bit."

Ma Zhaodi, feeling nauseous, ordered two glasses of iced orange juice from the bartender before finally recovering.

"Alright, you can continue."

"Then came the very simple threat scene: Madeline and the congressman arranged a meeting. The congressman knew that if the photos were leaked, his electoral stronghold of Oklahoma would be doomed—voters there have always been staunchly opposed to homosexuality."

"Well, it seems like this bill will definitely pass the Appropriations Committee and go to the Senate for a vote—but that doesn't mean anything to us. Once Walter is gone, all proposals will be meaningless."

"That's true. Where are you planning to go next?"

"In Pennsylvania, there is a mental hospital called Sage Grove Center, an institution with almost no online presence, which is a subsidiary of Global Health Services."

"What are you doing there?"

"Global Health Services is a subsidiary of Water."

Clark immediately understood: "Three layers of relationships, hidden so carefully? No wonder you had to go there in person."

“I’ll probably be back in a day or two. If I’m late—don’t worry, unless I suddenly flash you four signals, then something’s happened and you can come find me here.”

"No problem, but is there something fishy going on at that mental hospital?" "I don't know, I'm just about to go check it out."

After they finished talking, Ma Zhaodi stood up and said, "There's one more thing. We've been meeting too frequently lately, which is something I hadn't anticipated. Water Corporation might not be suspicious, but it's unlikely that Water Corporation won't be suspicious."

"Would you like to try a different approach to the meeting?"

"No need for a face-to-face meeting, as long as we can talk, that's fine."

Ma Zhaodi waved his phone in front of Superman; the screen flashed briefly with text on it before it was put back in his pocket.

Clark could see clearly that it was an address.

“This is my place. I left a microphone there. When you contact me by phone in the future, just listen to this spot. My voice will be here, so I can hear you and you can hear me. This place is just far away from Walter, so Homelander can't hear me.”

"Your methods of maintaining secrecy are truly imaginative."

"It varies from person to person. Luckily, your hearing is better than that of the Chinese, otherwise this method wouldn't work."

The two stood up; Superman returned to Vought, while Ma Zhaodi went straight out and drove his three-wheeled motorcycle to Pennsylvania.

I specifically spent 50,000 asset points to unlock the sports car mode. In order to avoid attracting attention, I chose a mid-to-low-end model of Chevrolet. However, its power still comes from energy blocks, so its speed is still terrifying.

"Call me when we get there."

Ma Zhaodi spread out the wallpaper in the back seat and crawled inside. The three-wheeled vehicle then generated a 3D humanoid projection in the driver's seat and automatically drove to its destination.

An hour later, Ma Zhaodi woke up from a deep sleep, a skill he had acquired long ago, enabling him to complete a day's worth of rest in a short time.

The downside is that it can get boring easily.

"How long until it arrives?"

“It will take about three hours to get to the vicinity of that mental hospital,” the three-wheeled vehicle replied. “There’s no way around it; there will be traffic police on the road. I can tamper with traffic check records, but I can’t tamper with their eyes, so I have to slow down in some places.”

"This speed is fine; any faster and it'll take off."

After cooking a dish, eating a meal, and even watching the silly cat get gored to death by the pig cart more than a hundred times in the arena, the three-wheeled vehicle finally arrived at its destination.

"You just need to practice more."

Ma Zhaodi hung the exhausted, silly cat back on his head and then got out of the car.

"Hey, you're a bad cat! Why didn't you tell me that a single nudge from the Mushroom Pig would kill me instantly? Even a single punch from the Golden Lion couldn't kill me, meow!"

"You chose it yourself. I told you before to be careful when you choose."

Ma Zhaodi chuckled as he looked at the Sage Forest Center in the distance. This ostensibly mental health treatment center was surrounded by barbed wire, with numerous surveillance cameras and security personnel. It was highly likely that it contained some secrets that the Vought Corporation didn't want others to know.

Rumbling--

Just as he was observing through the barbed wire fence, a loud explosion rang out in the clear sky, rapidly approaching the center of the sage grove like thunder.

Looking up, she saw a woman's figure surrounded by storms and lightning. She didn't notice Ma Zhaodi secretly observing from a distance. After landing, she went straight into the mental hospital.

However, Ma Zhaodi didn't care whether Storm Woman was there or not. He nimbly vaulted over the barbed wire and moved swiftly toward the mental hospital.

(End of this chapter)