The Death Knell

"Mr. President, we have to...Luthor!"

Amanda had just opened the door, and before she could finish her words, the second half of her sentence turned into an exclamation.

Luther sat in the president's seat, while Brainiac floated behind him. Leopard Girl was like a female secretary in a third-rate movie, sitting on the desk while manicuring her nails and showing off her lines.

Grodd and Sinestro blocked Amanda's retreat and completely surrounded her.

Amanda showed the fearlessness of a patriot when she asked righteously: "Luthor, what do you want to do?!"

"You know, Amanda, thanks to the loopholes in the intelligence system of the Sky Eye Society, I was able to think of the current plan. But, I know that some intelligence will not be stored in any medium, they will only be in one place... .”

Amanda understood what the other party meant, but she only had time to shout: "No!!!"

Immediately afterwards, she was captured by Brainiac's mechanical tentacles, and two pipes like washing machine drain pipes were pierced into her skull.

Luther looked at Amanda who fell to the ground, crossed his hands on the desk and supported his chin: "How is it?"

"All the most dangerous villains on the entire planet, we have found the locations where they are imprisoned or hiding." Balenyak withdrew his tentacles and sent out sparks when rubbing against his skull: "It's just that this one is not a human being, but a human being. A primitive machine."

Luther smiled. He stood up and took off his armor, revealing the suit underneath: "Amanda is not a fool to sit in this position. She must have noticed something. This is an OMAC robot. It will be special when it passes by the Sky Eye. Modified stand-in.”

These robots come from the future, and we don’t know who their inventor is, but they come to this era to hunt down superheroes.

They look similar to ordinary people. They create dangers for themselves, then call for help and wait for heroes to rescue them.

And when the heroes come into contact with them, they will use methods such as poisoning, strangulation, self-destruction, etc.

Many third-line heroes were hit and sacrificed.

So since then, the Justice League has increased the density of patrols, using first-line superheroes to replace the patrols of third-line heroes, and stopped meaningless sacrifices.

Some of the OMACs discovered sporadically have been destroyed by the Justice League, but it cannot be ruled out that there are still some completely disguised as humans that are still lurking. Now it seems that the Sky Eye Club has found some and transformed them.

It's a pity that they are pretty good, but it also depends on who they are compared to. Playing with robots and artificial intelligence in front of Brainiac is really asking for death.

Luther didn't care about these details. The stand-in robot had information similar to the original one in its brain, otherwise it wouldn't be able to do things for Amanda.

As long as the information is obtained, it doesn't really matter whether the machine or Amanda dies.

"Let's go back to Metropolis. My people will call the police soon."

Using the doorknob, he teleported everyone back to LexCorp's headquarters with him, and his men in the White House naturally continued with his plan, sending emergency notifications to the Pentagon as well as 'Langley', where the President was assassinated by Lex Luthor .

Luther looked at the building he had built and motioned for others to follow the plan. He pulled the collar of his suit and walked inside the building.

"Mr. Luther."

"Mr. Luther."

Many people said hello to him along the way, and he responded with a smile.

The day after the flood, his employees still came to work. This is the power of money.

His secretary immediately found him and followed him to his office: "Mr. Luther, what you said on the TV speech before was a joke, right?"

"No, Lenny, it's all true. Notify everyone that they are all fired. I will pay everyone's salary immediately and there will be three months' termination pay. They have five minutes to leave the building. If he hadn't left, I would have killed him myself."

Luther answered her question with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes. As a secretary, Lenny knew that Luther was extremely serious this time.

She sighed and showed an expression that she knew would be like this: "So, you are serious about it. You plan to kill Superman."

"No, Lenny." Luthor shook his head unexpectedly and walked into his office: "If you want to ask me what I have learned over the years, it is that there are always things more important than Superman in the world, and the Joker also reminded me of this. With his betrayal...Okay, you can leave after informing them. In order to thank you for your loyalty for so many years, go to my equipment library and pick out a powerful enough weapon. You know where they are. ...Leave now, you have four minutes and thirty seconds."

The secretary pursed his lips, turned and left: "Goodbye, Mr. Luther."

Listening to the sound of high heels fading away, Luther slowly walked behind his desk. The spacious office was almost empty except for a stuffed little leopard.

He unscrewed the wine bottle on the table, turned on the TV, leaned on the boss's chair and watched the ridiculous picture.

At first, they were still broadcasting his speech in Washington. These TV stations carefully edited the materials prepared by Luther, trying to explain Luther's things clearly.

But he knows that Batman will definitely buy all the TV stations soon, unless the country freezes the accounts of Wayne Group, or uses another method.

So he killed the president.

If he assassinated the president, then broadcasting the news about these two incidents would become a political task, and even the Wayne Group would not be able to withstand such pressure.

Maybe the acquired TV station may pass the story off, but as long as Luther will still appear on the screen, curiosity will allow people to learn about the so-called 'secrets' through various means.

Almost as soon as the thought passed through his mind, he saw breaking news inserted on the TV, reporting on his assassination of the president.

The White House spokesperson came forward and explained the general cause of the incident, and then called on Luther to surrender quickly and strive for leniency.

Luthor took a sip of wine, turned on his computer and looked at the trends on major forums. From the beginning, they all supported Luthor against the Justice League, but now there has been a reversal. Many people jumped out to advocate Zhenglian and criticize Luthor. Worthless.

This was the result Luther wanted. He waited quietly with a smile on his face.

"You seem very happy, ally." Brainiac flew in and removed his invisibility in front of him: "Can you share with me the pathway of hormones?"

Luther threw the doorknob of destruction to Brainiac: "If you want to ask about my master plan, they are here, run your analysis program, and the doorknob will tell you everything."

Brainiac stretched out a few circuits and put them on the door handle, a green light appeared in his eyes. After a moment, he said: "I understand, it turns out that you have been studying every villain on the earth, and you have customized equipment for them. , giving them financial support so they can defeat their heroic nemesis."

"This is just the beginning, but things have to happen step by step. Human beings are entropy and chaos, and cannibalism is always the main theme. New order and society need to be built on the ruins, and new humans will naturally stand on the bones of old humans Only those who excel will be eliminated, and those who fall behind will be eliminated. So when I saw these people’s thoughts on the Internet, I couldn’t help but laugh.”

"The things you asked me to read from Amanda's mind are grand. Are you sure this is the right thing to do?" the alien asked.

"Of course, sometimes the muddier the water, the better. Look at how our 'friends' in Gotham help us realize our wishes in disguise, hehehe..."

Luther smiled and raised his glass to signal, but Brainiac didn't drink, so he could only drink by himself.

"All the troops from across the country will come towards you. Our open appearance here must have fallen into the eyes of many people." Brainiac calmly stated the facts.

Luther shrugged: "If Deathstroke comes, I would be interested in talking to him. Unfortunately, the Justice League will not come, otherwise it will be confirmed that they want to kill me and silence me."

"Although you're about to get this settled."

"Yes, but I don't think Zhenglian will come forward. It should be Amanda's Sky Eye who will be armed. In fact, considering my combat power, the Suicide Squad will definitely not be enough. They can only send a few people."

Luther smiled easily and closed his eyes.

"I'm ready."

............

"Now that the matter is done, get out of my office and let me enjoy this dramatic silence." Luther cursed with a smile, not even intending to open his eyes. He had already vaguely heard the sound of police cars downstairs.

"...Goodbye then, ally."

Brainiac turned on the door handle and went to join the others, while Luther leaned on the chair as if asleep.

Probably only a few minutes later, a roar came from the window: "Lex Luthor! You have been arrested for murdering the president. Give up resistance! You are no match for me!"

Luther opened his eyes and looked at the silver figure floating outside. He walked step by step to the window and spoke to the other person through a layer of glass.

"Captain Atom, it seems Amanda is very angry and actually sent you out."

Captain Atom, formerly known as Adam, was a secret pilot in the Air Force during the Cold War. His project was... the investigation of other dimensions.

I don't know the plan proposed by that science geek. They modified an F15 fighter jet, installed it with all kinds of weird alien parts, then stuffed a pilot into it and asked him to take off as fast as possible to see if he could travel through dimensions. .

Whether it works or not is another matter, but we can’t let the bears take the lead!

Adam is this pilot.

So of course the plane exploded. The F15 and the alien parts didn't seem to get along well. Adam was blown into atoms and teleported twenty years before being reassembled.

He became a superhuman with abilities such as flight, invulnerability, super strength, absorbing energy, draining energy, and time travel.

To put it simply, if you hit him with a gun, he will absorb the kinetic energy, store it in his body, and can launch it in the form of a beam at any time to counterattack the enemy.

And the best source of energy is the sun.

Because Captain Atom's whole body is soaked with metal atoms from melted fighter jets, he doesn't have to worry about getting tanned and will always be shining silver, so his daily task is to absorb sunlight in the universe.

Charging for 300 days, discharging in an instant.

As long as he releases energy, it will only take a blink of an eye to destroy the earth. If he controls it a little, he can at least simulate the explosion of several nuclear bombs at the same time.

Amanda knew Luthor's strength, so she recalled and sent Adam, who was no less than Superman, to deal with Luthor.

Perhaps Captain Atom's upper limit of strength is not as good as Superman's, but his advantage is that he has no obvious weaknesses, at least not afraid of kryptonite.

He himself seemed to know this, so he persuaded Luther to surrender with great confidence.

It's just a little strange, why does Luther seem more confident than him? Why does this villain still have a sarcastic smile on his face?

Isn't he afraid?