My days as a landlord in Gotham

(Jiu)

"Bruce, you were the one who proposed to form an alliance of superheroes, now you want to go it alone again?"

Li Lei looked at Bruce in surprise.

Unlike other superhero comics, Batman has always grown gradually in his exclusive comics.

Of course, these growths are not only his abilities, but also his manners.

And the biggest difference from other superheroes is that Batman makes mistakes, and Batman makes very serious mistakes.

Because of Batman's mistakes, he lost his closest comrade-in-arms; also because of Batman's mistakes, Batman's depravity and self-destruction were caused.

But even so, in the end Batman will stand up again and move forward amidst mistakes and lessons.

So Batman is always No.1 on the list of superheroes, even if he is not the most powerful, but he is the superhero closest to humans.

But the Bruce in front of him really doesn't have the demeanor of Batman in the later period. Li Lei always feels that he has been brainwashed by Riman, and he is full of secondary illnesses.

"The enemy you said is really that powerful?

But if they are really that powerful, are you sure Superman can deal with them? "

Bruce obviously had some doubts about Li Lei's judgment on Superman's ability.

"Bruce, after this matter is resolved, I will definitely recommend you to read an ancient Chinese book on the art of war, "Sun Tzu's Art of War""

Li Lei said, "Although before absolute strength, all conspiracies are jokes.

But 'time of day', 'geography' and 'harmony of people' are also the key to a war.

Especially for those of us who are on the weak side in terms of strength, if we can occupy the three, then we may not have no chance to turn defeat into victory.

Whether it is a war within humans, or a war between humans and aliens, the factor that determines the final victory of the war is actually logistics.

To put it bluntly, the end of any war is not based on who has the strongest attack power, but who has the strongest resistance to attack.

If you have read the history of China, you know that in the war against Japanese aggression, the Chinese people proved this very well.

When the Japanese launched the war of aggression against China, Japan had basically achieved industrialization, but China had just touched the threshold of industrialization; Japanese soldiers basically graduated from middle school, while most of the Chinese soldiers were illiterate; Compared with China's advanced level of weapons, there is almost a gap of two centuries.

But China, which was so extremely backward, finally defeated Japan, because China's anti-strike ability far surpassed Japan.

China's land and population are several times that of Japan's. Even though the War of Resistance Against Japan caused China's economy to collapse, how good is Japan's economy?

Even if the two countries are fighting to the point of starving to death, but in terms of population, all Japanese are starved to death, and Huaxia still has a breath of life.

Therefore, even if the aliens are powerful, they will go deep alone. Do you think they can win the final victory?

Of course, if the aliens are going to destroy the earth completely, that's another matter, but obviously they want to colonize the earth, so they are more afraid of smashing the earth than we are. "

After listening to Li Lei's words, Bruce looked at Li Lei meaningfully, and then he said, "Lei, are you Easterners good at analyzing other people's hearts and using them to plot?

I can tell you a big secret about me, aren't you wondering where my fighting skills come from?

These skills related to fighting, strategy, etc. are all from my teacher. Although I don't want to say that he is my teacher, he did teach me a lot.

My teacher is also your Oriental. I think he is a Persian, but according to him, he was once a member of your nomads in northern China, and later wandered to the Arabian Peninsula.

There he encountered the greatest accident and adventure in his life, and finally settled in this part of Persia.

I think you may have heard of his name, he is the founder and leader of the Assassin League, Master Ninja, Lars Ou Gu.

Although I don't believe it, it seems that he did live for many years.

His hand-to-hand skills and fighting skills have reached perfection, but his most terrifying thing is his grasp of human nature.

As long as you are caught by him, your weakness will be exposed in his hands.

As long as he wants, you will become his slave.

If I'm not particularly lucky, maybe I can't get rid of him.

But very fortunately, I actually seized a very rare opportunity, and I killed him.

Although I'm not very happy. "

Seeing Bruce's depressed mood, Li Lei told him coldly, "Bruce, do you really think you killed Lars O'Gu and destroyed the Ninja Alliance?

If the historical records I read in China are correct, this ninja master lived at least 700 years old, and his ninja alliance was established for at least 600 years.

Just such an old fox, can you kill him?

And such an assassination organization with a long history, do you actually think that you can destroy it alone?

Bruce, Lars O'Gur's biggest secret is that he knows the location of the Lazarus Pool!

You should know the legend about Lazarus, so you should also know that even a dead person can be resurrected by submerging in the pool of Lazarus and become super brave and immortal from then on.

So, Bruce, you're still oversimplifying things.

If I'm not wrong, your teacher should be plotting revenge on you, right?

You are his best disciple, since he can't get you, then he can only destroy you. "

"He's not dead?

This is impossible!

And that Lazarus pool, it's incredible! "

Bruce looked at Li Lei with horrified eyes.

Li Lei is not surprised. If he is not familiar with the entire world of American comics, he will probably collapse.

The world of Batman should be the most chaotic power system in the DC universe. It not only has human power, but also aliens, mutants, magical creatures and other powers.

As a result, there are too many mixed power systems and the plot cannot progress, so the authors who let themselves go open countless parallel worlds for Batman. As a result, Batman in the parallel world is almost the existence of gods and gods, and Buddhas. .

Even after the "New 52"

Waiting for the restart, the power system of Batman's world is still a headache.

So it is not uncommon for Master Ninja to be half-demon and half-human. Besides, out of guilt for Batman, Master Ninja used the Lazarus Pool to revive the second generation of Robin, who is now hanging out with Li Lei. Mori.

"Nothing is impossible, it's not that things you haven't seen don't exist."

Li Lei replied calmly, "Aren't you also contacting Aquaman or something?

I can tell you that Aquaman is the survivor of the Atlantis civilization on Earth, Wonder Woman is the survivor of the Olympian gods on Earth, and Green Lantern is a member of the space team established by a super civilization. member……

In addition, this earth also has a so-called magic system. There is a supreme mage who has established a temple in New York, London and Hong Kong. She uses the power of the temple to protect the earth.

And in addition to the Olympus Protoss, the Asgardian Protoss also exists.

So why can't the Pool of Lazarus exist?

In fact, if you didn't disagree with Lars O. Gu's ideas and turned against each other, based on his appreciation for you, you would definitely have a chance to go to the Lazarus Pool. "

In the Batman story, Russ O. Gu should be regarded as Batman's most terrifying opponent. Even in terms of danger, the Joker is no match for this ninja master.

But Lars O. Gu chose to be lenient with Batman several times at critical moments, and even handed over the League of Assassins to his daughter when he knew that his daughter had an affair with Batman.

That's why Li Lei judged that Russ O. Gu really regarded Batman as his heir and disciple.

Even though Batman chose to be his opponent, Russ O. Gu still couldn't make up his mind to kill him.

Even when he knew that he, the disciple who betrayed the teacher, blamed himself for Jason's death, he also exposed his biggest secret to Jason and resurrected him.

Of course, in order to get revenge on his disciple, he chose to train Jason.

Then the relationship between Jason and Batman became like the relationship between Batman and himself. I have to say that this is also a kind of evil.

"But don't covet the Lazarus Pool too much. Although it can resurrect people to become undead and activate people's super potential, the success rate is not high.

Many people either died in the Lazarus Pool or went crazy. Your teacher may be the first person who has successfully passed the transformation since the Lazarus Pool existed. "

After listening to Li Lei's words, Bruce was silent for a long time, and after coming over for a while, he said slowly: "Lei, please tell me, how much do you know?

I don't want to look like a fool in front of you if we're still friends. "

Just after Bruce finished speaking, the system suddenly popped up a reminder in his mind.

"Attention the host, subject Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Send a 'close friend' request to the host, does the host agree?

If the host chooses to become close friends with Bruce, the system will allow the host to disclose some secrets of the system to the close friend, but this includes the existence of the system, etc. (please refer to the system description for details)

At the same time, the relationship between the host and the close friend will determine the values ​​of loyalty and tacit understanding between you, please refer to the system description for detailed instructions on this aspect.

If the host chooses to refuse, then the host and Bruce Wayne (Batman)

The relationship between them will immediately deteriorate, and they may even become enemies of life and death in the future. "

Seeing this explanation from the system, Li Lei was startled.

He is well aware of Batman's ability to grow, and if he wants to become a sworn enemy with the future Batman, Li Lei feels that he is absolutely at a loss.

Therefore, Li Lei definitely chose to become a [close friend] with Batman. As for the [close friend]

Please find time to consult the system for instructions.

After Li Lei clicked to confirm, Li Lei suddenly felt a sense of relief in his body. He understood that the system had eased the suppression on him, so that he could reveal some secrets about this world to Bruce Wayne.

"Well, this world is far more complicated than you can imagine. If I hadn't had some adventures, I wouldn't have believed everything I've seen."

Li Lei told Batman about mutants, magical races, etc., but it didn't surprise Li Lei. Bruce's eyes seemed to be seeing a ghost.

Finally, Li Lei couldn't help but sighed, "This is all I know.

Although these races have superpowers, fortunately, they and humans have the power to check and balance them.

For example, in the world of mutants, although the mutant brotherhood is not friendly to us and they are the most powerful, their alliance is very loose; while the X-Men are relatively small in number but very united, they are mutants The world is more inclined to the human world.

Also in the magical world, the non-human races have the Supreme Council. Although they are not necessarily friendly to humans, they do not want humans to conflict with them; Absolutely friendly.

In addition, most members of the Olympus Protoss and Asgard Protoss are inclined to humans and are willing to protect humans; and we also have the guardian of the Supreme Mage on Earth.

Finally, the Homeland Strategic Defense Attack and Logistic Support Agency under the World Security Council is also an organization formed by human beings to protect the earth with superpowers and supertechnology. "

"It seems that with or without us, the safety of the earth is still protected."

Bruce smiled wryly, "Do I think I'm being a little sentimental?

I said before that I wanted to protect Gotham City, but I found out that Gotham City also has many forces secretly protecting it.

While their actions and motives are not necessarily mine, they did protect Gotham City.

Then I thought I was capable of protecting America and wanted to form the Justice League, and you told me that many people are already doing it. "

Seeing Bruce's lost look, Li Lei sighed secretly in his heart.

It seems that even after going through the experience of the League of Assassins, Batman's heart is still not strong enough.

Li Lei even felt that it was unnecessary for him to intervene in Batman's growth. If he hadn't done anything of his own, maybe Batman's growth would be in line with Batman's, right?

But now Li Lei still insists on his own opinion. No matter how Batman grows up, he can accept Batman to become the dark knight walking in the dark world, but he doesn't want Bruce Wayne to become the dark dark knight.

So he said, "You think someone is doing it, so it's unnecessary for us to do it?

If it really comes to the end of the world, when you find that you have the ability to protect the world but think that someone else will protect the world without contributing a little bit of power, do you regret it?

What others do is other people's business, the key is what you want to do?

Bruce Wayne, have you ever thought, what do you want to do? "

Li Lei had no choice but to act as the master of chicken soup.

It takes about 5 hours to drive from Gotham City to Metropolitan City, of course, if it is from downtown to downtown, it will take about 1 hour more.

There is no way, the degree of urbanization in the United States is quite high, especially the urbanization of the New York metropolitan area centered on New York is even higher.

Therefore, the area under the jurisdiction of the New York City government has long exceeded the actual area of ​​New York City, which is also related to the special local management system in the United States.

According to the laws of the United States, the government in the United States is actually only established at the state level. Whether it is a county, a city, or a town, these are all local self-government institutions.

To put it simply, everyone makes up their own, and how big they make up is a local administrative district.

According to the relevant rules of the administrative divisions of the United States, the area of ​​the county is larger than the city, and the city is larger than the town.

However, with the process of urbanization, the actual jurisdiction area of ​​many cities is expanding outwards, and even some smaller cities or smaller towns simply merge into big cities in order to obtain more public resources. .

So New York City is de jure New York City, and the New York metropolitan area is really New York City.

In fact, as long as the city's finances are sufficient, it is also possible for a city to eventually enclose a state or even the entire United States.

Of course, with the expansion of the city's jurisdiction, the expenditure on public resources has also increased rapidly.

There are many cities in the United States that go bankrupt because the tax revenue is not enough to pay for the expenditure of public resources. As a result, the area under the jurisdiction of this city only has the basic public resources provided by the state government, and you have to go to the next-door city to find the police or see a doctor.

So as time goes by, the city will slowly decline.

Governments at all levels in the United States are very realistic. Wherever the tax situation is good, then the public resources in that place are the best.

Flushing, which was originally a satellite city around New York City, used to be a black settlement, but with the entry of a new generation of Asian immigrants, this town has developed into one of the top taxpayers in New York City in just 20 years.

As a result, the US city government is also happy to favor this district, so Flushing has now become one of the high-end communities in New York City with excellent medical care, education and safety.

As for those blacks who had caused trouble, they were naturally driven away by the NYPD away from Flushing.

Similar to Gotham City is that the urban area of ​​the metropolis is also concentrated on a river island, but the urban area of ​​the metropolis is concentrated on one island, but the area of ​​this island is equivalent to Gotham City's Uptown Island and Midtown The area of ​​the island plus Naihe Island is basically equivalent to two-thirds of the area of ​​Gotham City.

Unlike the great ancestors of Gotham City, the metropolis has only slowly developed in the past few decades.

However, there are big brothers New York City and second brother Tan City, so the economic aggregate of the metropolitan city is the lowest among the three brother cities.

Fortunately, the metropolis has seized the opportunity of development in the computer age and has become the largest concentration of information technology and Internet technology companies on the east coast of the United States, and has become the IT double wall of the United States with Silicon Valley on the west coast.

The central and eastern parts of the metropolitan area are commercial and industrial areas, including Planet Daily, Lux Group, Galaxy Media Group and other well-known large companies in the comic world, and Superman's home field is also here.

"Bruce, are you sure this is how you contact Superman?"

Li Lei, who had changed his armor, looked at Bruce, who had changed his equipment.

Bruce, who has turned into Batman, said in his characteristic hoarse voice: "Of course, this is the way we talked about at the time."