My days as a landlord in Gotham

(four)

Before entering the private palace of the King of Atlantis and Aquaman, Li Lei also imagined how his private residence would be decorated. After all, the luxury of the Atlantis Palace may even be ashamed of the British royal family. extremely.

But when Li Lei and others actually entered this private palace, everyone realized that their original guesses were all wrong.

Aquaman Arthur Curry arranged his private palace like a small Canadian fishing village, and his room is the kind of cheap component-style room that can only be seen in remote areas in the United States and Canada. The Trident of Poseidon, a symbol of Atlantean kingship, is casually set aside.

After Arthur Curry saw Li Lei and the others, he said quite calmly: "You can sit anywhere.

I have your usual wine and soft drinks here in the refrigerator, you can get what you like. "

He looked at Bruce, "You are really persistent, I told you, I am not very interested in your Justice League.

But since you come to me, you are my guests, please leave after drinking, I will not join. "

Bruce blushed slightly for Arthur's resolute rejection.

Bruce at this time is not as bullish as he was later. After all, Bruce now is just a Gotham vigilante who just debuted.

In terms of activity level, he is not as active as Clark in Metropolis, but he is about the same as Oliver in Star City.

It's just that Bruce is in Gotham, a world-renowned crime capital, so he receives much more attention.

In addition, the first appearance of the Justice League some time ago also attracted him a lot of attention, but the current Bruce is not the future boss of the Justice League.

"Mr. Curry, what I'm curious about is what made you refuse to join the Justice League?"

Li Lei quickly asked, if Arthur had the initiative to talk, the persuasion would probably be useless.

"We don't need you to take on unnecessary obligations, but we just hope that when humans and the earth are in trouble, we can get your help.

From the events of the last Kryptonian invasion, you should be able to tell that Earth is no longer a safe, remote part of the universe.

This time it's Kryptonians, what about next time?

For example, the Apocalypse. "

Li Lei is very clear about the two "descendents" of Atlantis and Amazon

In terms of race, the lethality of Apocalypse is too great.

It can be said that if there is not a reversal at the end, everyone will be over.

Sure enough, Arthur's face changed a few times when he said Apocalypse.

The aggression war of the Apocalypse people on the earth was before the birth of human civilization, and it can be said that the decline of several major protoss has a great relationship with this invasion. After all, the main enemies that the Apocalypse people faced that time were the Egyptian protoss, the Olympians At the same time, the descendants of the major protoss also served as cannon fodder on the battlefield.

It was also during that war that the Atlanteans recognized their identities, the so-called "Descendants of the Gods"

It's just a slave with a nice name.

Fortunately, after the invasion war of the Apocalypse Stars ended, the major protoss retreated because of their vital energy, and thus the rise of human civilization was achieved.

And Atlantis also encountered the biggest crisis of the whole family at that time, that is, the people of Atlantis, who were originally united as one, actually had internal strife.

Finally, the king at that time allowed some of the Atlanteans to leave the earth to pursue their own direction, while he hid at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean with the rest of the tribe.

"Humans, don't think that you are self-righteous after practicing magic!

In this universe, there are many people with greater power. "

Arthur suddenly burst out of his mental power.

His spiritual power was as unfathomable as the ocean, and even Li Lei's face changed slightly.

However, Li Lei soon realized that this was not Arthur's power, because Arthur's greatest asset was that he was the prince of the ocean, and he was recognized by Poseidon as the ruler of the ocean after him.

So as long as he touches the ocean and holds Poseidon's trident, then he is very powerful.

Although Li Lei already knew that the so-called Olympians were just a group of human beings with superpowers, but the level of their superpowers might only be rivaled by superhumans, right?

That being the case, the king of Atlantis, who is the designated heir of Poseidon, can borrow at least half of his power from Poseidon, right?

So this power is not surprising.

"Mr Curry?

Is this your power, or the power of the god behind you? "

Li Lei asked pretendingly casually.

"His power, isn't it my power?"

Arthur didn't care a bit about Li Lei seeing through the source of his strength.

Even on land, as long as he holds the trident in his hand, at least one-third of that god's power can be borrowed.

Even with one-third of the power of that god, he can bring a world-killing super tsunami to New York.

"Then what if I make you unable to feel his power?"

Li Lei opened the enchantment while speaking.

If Poseidon himself was present, this enchantment would be a joke.

But after all, only Arthur is there, and this enchantment is enough to cut off the connection between him and Poseidon.

Without the power of Poseidon, Arthur's power is just stronger than that of ordinary special forces who have received enhanced transformation.

This level of power can only bully Adam present, and Jason can beat ten of them one by one.

"What did you do?"

Arthur Curry was really in a hurry.

He was originally a mixed-race Atlantean, and the Atlantean training method was half the effort for him, so his real strength was not as good as that of ordinary soldiers in his own guard.

If it wasn't for the fact that the King of Atlantis could borrow Poseidon's power, he really wouldn't be able to convince the crowd here.

But what he didn't expect was that the Asian boy in front of him cut off his source of strength all at once.

"So, Mr. Curry, can we sit down and talk now?"

Li Lei asked lightly, "I think you have to be clear about one issue. The reason why the Justice League wants to recruit you is not just because of your strength, but because of the Kingdom of Atlantis behind you.

Because the power of human science and technology is too vulnerable, and the current political environment of human beings makes us afraid to share the technology in our hands with them, because we don't want the results of our hard research to end up as a tool for human beings to kill each other butcher knife.

But your Kingdom of Atlantis is different. Although human technology is almost a joke in the universe, your technology still has the power to fight.

I think that the quiet development of human civilization for thousands of years should be related to your protection, right?

So, Mr. Curry, why are you hiding behind the scenes?

Wouldn't it be nice to just walk up to the front desk?

And there is another question. I see that the number of your clansmen seems to have dropped to a terrible level. I even suspect that your mother and your father should have other considerations when your mother was the queen, right?

That being the case, why not face all this with a more open mind?

Mr. Curry, although the Justice League is not that powerful, we still think we are qualified to be allies and even friends with the Kingdom of Atlantis.

That's my opinion, Your Majesty, what do you think? "

Arthur Curry sighed and said: "I found that you know us as well as I do. If I didn't know how loyal my mother is to my father, I would even suspect that you are not my mother who was born in the Far East. half-brother."

Hearing Curry teasing his mother so much, Li Lei's head was full of black lines.

However, Curry has no feelings for his mother. After all, he was raised by his father since he was a child.

His own mother was absent from his entire childhood, teenage years, and adolescence, and his mother was not even present when his father died.

If it wasn't for her mother's sudden death, the woman who was her mother's personal maid probably wouldn't have thought of herself.

Although he is only half of the blood of the Atlanteans, the contract between the royal family of Atlantis and Poseidon still works on him, so he barely overwhelmed that cousin and became the king.

But the position of the king is not so easy to assume. The biggest crisis in Atlantis is...

"The birth rate of Atlantis has been negatively growing for more than a hundred years."

Arthur said rather helplessly, "That's why my mother, the former queen, tried to intermarry with humans, and that's why I was born.

However, my arrival also dissatisfied the old-fashioned faction of the royal family and the conservative faction of the people. Under the leadership of my cousin, they moved to the Atlantic Ocean to live near the Arctic Ocean.

The reason why I have been fishing near there is to monitor them.

They are not so friendly to humans. They agree with my mother's experiment, but their idea is to capture human females as reproductive machines. "

The news that Arthur revealed made Bruce and others frown. If the Atlanteans wanted to intermarry with humans, it would not be a big deal.

But if the Atlanteans just want to use the stomachs of human women to reproduce offspring, this is a bit of a look down on the human race.

Fortunately, Arthur quickly said, "Don't worry, these people are only a minority.

And I cut off all the supplies to them, so with their ability, they can only build a small town on a small island in the Arctic Ocean.

They don't dare to mess around, because they don't have human blood, so once they leave the ocean for too long, they will weaken. "

"Arthur, in fact, we may have a solution to the problem of your race's difficulty in reproduction, but the premise is that we can cooperate in other areas."

Li Lei suddenly remembered the fertility factory on Krypton. Since you have no way to conceive naturally, you can use biotechnology to solve it.

Moreover, Krypton's technology is very successful, and it is a complete set of mature solutions.

Even if there are interracial problems, the big deal is to spend some money and let the system store solve it.

"If you can solve the problem of the reproduction of our race, then we will be your loyal friends forever."

Arthur said solemnly.

With Arthur's promise, the subsequent negotiations went very smoothly.

Even after the negotiation was completed, Arthur took Li Lei and others to visit the treasure house of the royal family of Atlantis with great interest.

It has to be said that the treasures that can be listed as treasures by the royal family of Atlantis are really amazing treasures, and it is estimated that just taking one out can make the rich people of human beings steal their heads.

But after most of the tour, Arthur frowned, and called his treasury guard and his own finance minister over, "I think there seems to be something missing in the treasury?

Your Excellency, what about your loyalty to the royal family?

If you don't tell the reason, your king has countless ways to make you speak, but your name and your reputation will be foam in the water! "