“Barry is qualified.” Bruce didn’t bother to elaborate, turning the page directly. “That’s enough for this, Constantine. Next topic.”
As one of the two strongest magicians alongside Shazam, Bruce didn't believe Constantine was unaware of anything about the Speed Force, unlike him who only realized how incredible Baron's power was after being informed by the Destroyer and Kassadin—it was actually at the level of one of the origins of the entire DC universe.
Constantine is just looking for trouble; it seems he really resents being forced to go to work.
He still needs to be more careful. If Constantine retaliates in the future, it will likely be swift and fierce. It seems he must also build the [Anti-Constantine Armor] while in the Naruto world. The [Anti-Superman Armor] will come later.
“I have a question,” Martian Manhunter said. “Won’t the establishment of the Justice League in such a blatant manner cause international problems?”
Martian Manhunter has a high level of political sensitivity. After all, he has infiltrated the upper echelons of the system and knows how messed up the power struggles between the upper echelons are in this world.
Although the Justice League is purely for the protection of humanity, there are bound to be politicians who oppose it. Some people may worry that they will be monitored by the Justice League and thus unable to do as they please as before.
Bruce nodded: "That's a good question, but it's okay, it's already been solved."
Wonder Woman Diana was surprised. Having Colonel Steve as a friend, she knew very well how disgusting and difficult to let go of those politicians were, who had even tried to control her at one point. How did Bruce manage to resolve the conflict so quickly? She couldn't help but ask, "How did you resolve it?"
"Those I can persuade, I'll pave the way with money; those I can't, I'll hand them over to Luther. He's busy preparing for his new position and desperately needs achievements," Bruce said casually.
So many politicians, Bruce alone can't solve them, and neither can Lex Luthor alone. Even though they are both the smartest people in the world, they still seem to be outnumbered and unable to continue.
Yes, it can't be solved if it's just one of the two of them.
But coincidentally, during this period, his interests and Luther's interests happened to align, and for the first time in history, they joined forces. Once the two of them were united, things went so smoothly that it was like a dream come true.
Hal, the Green Lantern, hesitated for a long time, unsure of what to say, and could only manage to utter two words: "Invincible!"
That's unbeatable.
Originally, after meeting A.B.S. and obtaining the Green Lantern Ring, Hal was somewhat arrogant because he suddenly gained such powerful strength and became a member of the strongest force in the universe, becoming a nominal cosmic policeman.
But now it's gone; it was all knocked away.
In terms of strength, he is not as good as Superman; in terms of intelligence, he is not as good as Batman; and in terms of status, an ordinary Green Lantern should not be able to compare with Aquaman Arthur or Wonder Woman Diana, two special kings.
Only one will can be fearless.
But if you add strength, intelligence, status, and willpower together, he still can't compare to Ultraman in any of them.
Although he believed his will was second to none, Ultraman's pure heart, which had remained unshaken for over ten thousand years through wind and rain, was still too unfair; after all, he himself had not yet been tempered by time.
“Now that the political issues are resolved, I have a question too.” Hal raised his hand. “Does the Land of Light really exist in this world? My light ring comes from the cosmic-level power of Oa. According to the data stored in the ring, the guardians of Oa seem to have never heard of the Land of Light or Ultraman.”
"That's not important, Hal."
Bruce shook his head calmly, "Of course, since you asked, I can answer that. Ultraman and the Land of Light do not exist in our entire multiverse. They came here from a distant omnipotent universe to help us."
"Aha!" Constantine slammed his fist on the table in anger and yelled, "So, the beam of light that appeared in Gotham was the signal that Ultraman first encountered here? You actually pretended not to know anything to deceive me and refused to share any information with me, that's too much!"
"I protest! You're hoarding information and not sharing it with your best friend. You're no longer fit to be the leader of the Justice League. I declare that the leader will be replaced. Anyone will do. As for me? I'll leave when it's time to leave. Unless you introduce me to Ultraman, I might reluctantly forgive you."
Constantine's eyes darted around, his hands resting on his shoulders, tapping them repeatedly; his weasel-like nature was obvious to everyone.
Bruce stated clearly, "You're trying to stage an accident."
"Hey, what are you saying? What do you mean by 'extortion'? I'm just admiring and respecting you!" Constantine's forehead veins bulged as he argued back.
Bruce added, "I heard you say with my own ears that if you could get close to Ultraman's human form, you would take the opportunity to use stealth magic to fleece him, trick him into giving you a power reserve as a backup plan, and then go out and make a big show of it, so that when you encounter an enemy, you can say that Ultraman will back you up."
Diana, Arthur, Hal, Barry, Martian Manhunter, and Clark all turned to look at Constantine.
Constantine, looking like a wronged and on the verge of tears, started sobbing: "Am I such a despicable person? Do you believe me, one of the two strongest pillars of the magical world? I'm someone that the old wizard Shazam has chosen. Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe Shazam, right?"
He was still planning to scam the other members of the Justice League and fleece them, so how could he let the old Batman expose his true colors now?
Hehe, he must survive! Don't even think about exposing his fake gentleman persona!
"Hehe, when I meet Ultraman's human form, I'll first see if I can steal his transformation device, see if I can extract some of its power, and then I'll hehehe..."
Click.
The recorder was played, and Bruce remained expressionless, allowing Constantine's smug voice to echo throughout the council chamber.
"Peeping Tom!!" Constantine's face contorted with rage as he shouted the condemnation, as if he himself had suffered a great injustice and was accusing a colossal criminal.
However, Diana, Arthur, Barry, Clark, and Martian Manhunter remained silent, their eyes growing increasingly subtle as they collectively recognized Constantine's true colors.
"Stop!" Seeing that his loud attempts to cover up the situation were ineffective, Constantine, clutching his head, had no choice but to concede. "That's enough for now. Let's move on to the next topic."
Chapter 221 Max: What happened to the promise that the Kingdom of Light would not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries?
Bruce turned the page and looked at Martian Manhunter: "Do you have a question, Martian Manhunter?"
The latter, sporting green skin, said he had nothing to say. He was all alone now, all his Martian compatriots were dead, and there were no coexistence issues to worry about. Since everyone trusted him and made him one of the eight leaders of the Justice League, then he had even less of a problem.
Next up is Wonder Woman, Diana.
After a moment's thought, Diana said, "Paradise Island is a land of women. If any man trespasses, or even if I lead him there, he will face severe discrimination or even attacks. I hope you can act as a mediator and prevent outsiders from entering the area of Paradise Island."
“A reasonable request.” Bruce nodded; it was a simple matter for him.
If we consider Paradise Island as an ordinary small country, Diana's demands were nothing more than asking other countries to respect Paradise Island's territorial sovereignty, while simultaneously closing the island off from the world and preventing outsiders from entering.
Given Diana's own fighting prowess, this would have been easy for her to accomplish, and with Batman's intervention, there shouldn't have been any other problems.
“You seem to be in a hurry.” Diana looked at Bruce suspiciously. “Do you really want to resolve so many things in the first meeting?”
“I will be away for a considerable period of time in a couple of days, during which you will not be able to contact me. If possible, I would like to arrange all the work that will be done during my absence. If any unexpected situations arise, Clark will be in charge of the decision-making process.”
Bruce ultimately kept a backup plan, not revealing where he was going, only letting others mistakenly believe that he was going to secretly set up something in seclusion, which was Batman's usual practice.
At this moment, Aquaman Arthur interjected, "Will Ultraman leave too?"
“I think he might walk faster than me; he’s very busy.”
"So they've already left?"
"I think maybe he's already gone, or maybe he isn't? After all, I'm not Ultraman, I don't know him, and I don't have any way to find out this information, right?"
Bruce was ambiguous. Although everyone knew that he had some kind of secret relationship with Kassadin, and he knew that everyone knew, he couldn't admit it openly, otherwise it would put him in a difficult position many times.
Therefore, we need to see what Arthur is going to say first.
“Alright.” Arthur understood just how skilled Bruce was at talking nonsense. “But what I’m about to say, I think it would be more accurate to have a purely objective outsider like Ultraman evaluate and analyze it.”
Clark gently began to negotiate: "You can speak first. Bruce's wisdom is beyond the reach of ordinary people. We can also trust his wisdom, just like his battlefield strategy, right?"
Arthur considered for a moment, then slowly said, "It concerns the various conflicts between humans and sea creatures, as well as between land-based nations and Atlantis, and between land and sea."
Swish!
In unison, the other seven people present immediately became very serious, even the still very young Barry, Hal who was not very sensitive to the regency, and even the carefree Constantine.
Arthur's question was indeed extremely serious; it was no small matter like Paradise Island.
Although Paradise Island is an isolated force from humanity, they have no ambition to expand and will remain quietly in their small territory. Therefore, as long as humanity does not go there on its own initiative, there will be no conflict.
But Atlantis was different.
Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth's surface, and Atlantis, as the only underwater intelligent kingdom on Earth, is equivalent to naturally possessing the power of the seven oceans. However, in order to obtain food and various resources, humans will never stop setting foot in the ocean.
Based on this calculation, it is inevitable that conflicts will arise between the two sides. In fact, not only are they inevitable, but they have already occurred several times.
Although these were all small-scale conflicts, if this continued, even if Arthur, as the Sea King, wanted to control his subordinates, the creatures of Atlantis would not be able to swallow their anger indefinitely. One day, a massive war between land and sea might break out.
In situations like this, brute force and suppression are useless. Eventually, the resentment on both sides will erupt unless you first slaughter one side completely.
But clearly, this is the last thing you should do.
Bruce fell silent, his brow furrowed. Indeed, it was no wonder that Arthur only wanted to ask Kassadin for a solution. Although he was a superhero, as a human, Bruce knew that he would definitely favor the land side.
The same goes for the others: Barry, HAL, Martian Manhunter, Clark, Diana. You'd think these people wouldn't be biased towards humans? Nobody would believe that. Although many of them aren't human, they all have friends and family on the human side beforehand. Only Constantine is probably so inconsiderate that he wouldn't be biased towards anyone.
The problem is that Constantine couldn't think of a solution either. What good is it if he doesn't favor humanity?
Bruce's heart skipped a beat. He believed that Kasa would make a fair and impartial judgment. After all, don't forget that although you will find that the Ultramen understand human nature after in-depth communication, their innate divinity has always existed.
But that's precisely why Bruce worries that, in Kasa's judgment, humanity will be forced to cede benefits—after all, the current situation is that humanity is gaining far more than Atlantis.
However, whether or not Kassa appeared was not something Bruce could control. Just as the latter was worrying, Kassa appeared in the Justice League meeting room in his human form and said to Arthur's veto: "The Land of Light never participates in the internal struggles of races on a planet."
Kasa, in his human form, is certainly unremarkable compared to Ultraman's body, but everyone immediately recognized his identity. He was able to appear here in the blink of an eye before anyone could react, and neither Clark nor Bruce reacted. If this isn't Ultraman, then who is?
“This isn’t about getting involved in internal racial conflict,” Arthur offered an excuse. “I just want you to give an objective look at the current situation, to be a commentator? I don’t think that goes against your principles. Surely the Land of Light wouldn’t restrict even its own people from offering their opinions to the outside world?”
Although he's far less intelligent than Batman, Arthur isn't just a simple-minded big oaf; he does have a bit of quick wit at times.
Arthur, who has been binge-watching all the Ultraman TV shows released by the Wayne Group these past two days, knows very well that if Kasa really has no intention of participating at all, then he won't even show up.
Ultraman is Ultraman after all. Even with the rules, he still has a compassionate heart and is unwilling to sit idly by and watch the two races slaughter each other in the future.
Looking at Arthur, whose face was beaming with smug satisfaction, Bruce really wanted to say, "Silly boy, if Max had come here, you would have seen what it means to be a complete outsider."
However, since it's Kassadin who's here now, we can only listen to his insights first.
All eight people present stared intently at Kasa. He remained silent for a moment, then turned his head to gaze into the distance, as if he were not speaking to them, but simply reminiscing about the past.
"Ten thousand years ago, I visited a planet where multiple races lived together. Different intelligent races inhabited the ground, underground, ocean, and sky, waging war against each other and launching one great war after another. In the end, the entire planet was almost leveled, and the environment became unsuitable for habitation and survival."
“Every intelligent race is on the verge of extinction, displaced, has lost all its technology, and civilization has reverted to a state of barbarism. Every day, everyone is doing their best to obtain precious food in the vast and sparsely populated world, and the hatred between races has gradually been lost.”
"A hundred years later, after three generations, those races met again. Some of them were attracted to each other, lived together, and had children who combined the characteristics of both races."
"When I go there a thousand years later, although there are still wars in that world, the term 'war' has changed to 'power struggles within the same race' rather than 'killing foreign races that one hates'."
Apart from young Barry and Hal, who wasn't as bright as the others, everyone else, including Aquaman Arthur, suddenly realized the truth.
Two tigers cannot share one mountain. If two completely different intelligent races appear on a planet, unless they are both very kind and have no inherent conflict, they will inevitably end up in a racial war.
It is obvious that in this DC world, neither humans nor the sea creatures of Atlantis are extremely benevolent.
In this situation, the only way to maintain peace, given the limited perspective and technology of the local civilization, is through intermarriage.
Humans and sea creatures marry and have children who serve as a bridge of communication, peacefully uniting them into one race.
This approach would allow both groups to maintain their differences while recognizing each other as "compatriots with some differences" in terms of culture and mindset, encompassing both humans and sea creatures within the same racial concept. In that case, even if war were to break out in the future, it would not escalate to the level of a full-scale war between the entire race.
Arthur gasped as he looked at Kassadin, who was imparting knowledge.
It's not just their great character and great strength; the countless planetary experiences and insights hidden in the minds of these Ultra Warriors are what make them seem even more like gods!
After thousands of years of cosmic travel, no one knows how many easy solutions a mature Ultraman can come up with in an instant when faced with a seemingly unsolvable problem!
Chapter 222 Orochimaru: The Sage of Six Paths is Ultraman!
"Lord Orochimaru."
Dark and secluded, a cave beneath a cave, a secret base within a secret base, a hidden paradise in the depths.
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