civilwarnovels Chapter 3585 Edge of Tomorrow (31)
Chapter 3585 Edge of Tomorrow (31)
Chapter 3585 Edge of Tomorrow (Thirty-one)
"Batman, you have to give me an explanation!"
"What do you want to hear from me? Is it wrong for me to rush to the crime scene to save people as soon as possible? You attributed the reason why the clown committed the crime to me, which is completely putting the cart before the horse. There is no logic at all!"
"I'm not referring to this incident at all, but why did you talk nonsense in front of reporters!"
"What nonsense am I talking about? Isn't this the most serious terrorist attack of this century? Are you trying to cover up for your own kind?!"
"But if you call it that, Congress will have the FBI turn this place upside down. They're going to take advantage of this opportunity to do something. You've given them the perfect excuse to create more chaos in Gotham!"
"Why don't you want the FBI to come in? Is it because you feel guilty? Or even if you become the mayor, you will still do some hobbies behind the scenes like your counterpart?!"
In the Gotham City Government Office, the sound of quarrels continued. When Injustice Superman opened the door, he saw a world-famous painting - Batman and the Joker were arguing.
Of course, this is not surprising. The key is that there is another Batman acting as referee, and another Joker in a red suit accusing the referee Batman of being biased.
The moment Injustice opened the door, he wanted to close it. The room was too crowded and there was no place for him to stand.
But at this time, the two Batmen and the two Jokers had turned their heads and stared at him. No matter what the reason was, he couldn't retreat, so he had to bite the bullet and walk in.
What's even more outrageous is that the first person to calm down was the Joker. The Pale Knight knocked on the table and said, "I'll arrange for someone to find that damn reporter and make him shut up. If the FBI comes to you, you'd better keep your mouth shut and don't say anything that will make the situation worse. Otherwise, I'll make you pay!"
After saying that, the Pale Knight walked out angrily. Phoenix Ugly shrugged and followed him.
"Isn't the Joker in this universe a little too arrogant?" Batman pounded the table and said, "The Joker is about to rule the world!"
"Calm down." Injustice Batman sighed and said, "Public attention is focused on us. This is Brainiac's way of avoiding responsibility for this terrorist attack. We can't let him succeed."
Batman took a deep breath and said, "If we want to deal with Brainiac, it's not impossible to temporarily stand with Congress and the FBI. It's just that their capabilities are too weak. I don't think those ordinary police officers can deal with super artificial intelligence."
"Of course they can't. There's no need for us to let ordinary people die in vain. So I contacted Amanda Waller."
"This universe's Amanda Waller?"
"Yes, she's still young. They are all very young." said Injustice Batman.
"them?"
"Amanda has formed an organization to deal with supernatural events - Federal Shield." Injustice Batman walked around the table and tapped the table with his fingertips. "Recently, she also formed a temporary team of super-powered people to deal with Brainiac. At least in this regard, we have a common goal. I think we can cooperate."
"Waller can't be trusted," Batman said. "You never know who her real boss is. She could stab anyone in the back."
"Of course I understand. But Brainiac and the Joker deserve our careful treatment and full efforts."
"I really don't understand." Batman crossed his arms and said, "Brainiac and the Joker are simply the two extremes of rationality and madness. How did Brainiac convince the Joker to help?"
"You've seen it before. There are not only crazy clowns in the multiverse, but also many things beyond our expectations. Maybe the clown in this universe, like Mr. Mayor, has cured the madness in his head."
"But if the Joker wasn't crazy, why would he blow up Diamond Street?"
Injustice Batman did not answer. He was also thinking about this question. They have been in this universe for so long, and have never heard of the Joker committing a crime. This may mean that the Joker in this universe is not a madman, otherwise he would not have been able to endure it for so long.
But if he wasn't crazy, why would he carry out a terrorist attack on Diamond Street?
"There must be some other reason for this." Injustice Batman said, "Anyway, now that the FBI has entered the scene, Amanda will definitely not miss the opportunity to strike Brainiac. Even if Brainiac took the initiative and wanted to put the blame on us, it would not be so easy to succeed."
Batman looked out the window. Standing in front of the window of the mayor's office, he could glimpse a corner of Diamond Street in the distance. But now that corner had collapsed. Wisps of smoke rose from the distant skyline, like the smoke from cooking in the fields at dusk, or like the volcano of hell.
Schiller spread out the newspaper, fixed it with thumbtacks, and used a paper cutter to cut out a section of the front-page news, which was full of words such as "Brainiac", "surveillance camera", and "bomb raw materials".
Pamela folded her arms, leaned back, squinted at the clipping board next to her, and sighed, "They are not so easy to deal with. It's only been three days, and the public opinion is already unfavorable to Brainiac."
"This is just the surface." Schiller shook his head and said, "After all, they have been deeply involved in the official media field for so many years, it is not that they have no control at all. All traditional media have the same caliber, which naturally creates an overwhelming effect."
Schiller also stood up and looked at the clipping board in front of him. For three days, the direction of public opinion changed every day. On the first clipping board, most of the discussion was about the Joker and Batman; on the second day, the topic began to turn to Brainiac; on the third day, it was a comprehensive discussion of why the super artificial intelligence that claimed to be responsible for everyone's life failed to prevent this tragedy.
Most of the reports were reasonable and well-founded. The gist of the story can be summarized as follows: How could a super artificial intelligence that controls almost all electronic systems not see the Joker enter the building? How could it not monitor the flow of bomb raw materials? How could it not issue a safety warning in time?
This certainly did not mean that Brainiac was wronged, because he was fully aware of the incident and did not stop it.
However, if we apply this to the previous subway station explosion, Brainiac did not find out the source of the explosive materials. This proves that the other party is very cautious, and on the other hand, it proves that super artificial intelligence is not as omnipotent as imagined.
Schiller thinks that it is mainly because, compared with Brainiac, human technology is too backward. It is like a modern person traveling back to primitive society. It is impossible to find the prey by surveillance cameras.
Gotham's level of technological penetration is already among the highest in the world, but it is only around the millennium. A large number of data files are handwritten, or at most stored on floppy disks. Although there are many surveillance cameras, because the storage devices are not advanced enough, many things cannot be traced back to the source.
For example, in this era, even TV stations do not record TV programs. To store such a long period of images, a huge amount of storage equipment is needed. All storage devices are used repeatedly. When there is not enough space, the previous ones are deleted, and the physical hardware is deleted before storing new ones.
If Brainiac wanted to find some clues from the previous news, he had no way to go to the TV station to check the information directly. He could only investigate the TV station's ratings report, find someone who might have watched a certain program, and then ask him.
But human memory is not always so reliable. Even if people are not intentionally lying, they may not remember clearly a TV show that was broadcast months or years ago.
The memory bias of one or two people is not a big deal, but if many details have such biases, the final calculation results may vary greatly. Brainiac felt like he had traveled to ancient times with his mobile phone, but without a charger.
He had been here for too short a time. Even if more advanced storage devices were invented, they would be a means to improve human technological capabilities. But human factories were so efficient that a month was not enough to produce these things, not to mention the process of popularization afterwards.
For such a super artificial intelligence, every step a human takes is too slow. It is like a wheelchair that can sprint at the speed of a rocket - it is useless to run fast, it depends on whether the person sitting on it can bear it.
"Those two Batmen are back, and things are even more troublesome." Pamela shook her head and said, "I thought the Justice League could hold them back for a while."
"The Justice League should have done so already, otherwise they wouldn't have come back just now. If they had come back earlier, we might have been exposed long ago," Schiller said.
"They're going to find us sooner or later." Cobblepot poured wine at the island counter, then said, "I think they might choose to cooperate with Amanda."
"Have they really run out of tricks?"
"Don't underestimate Amanda," Schiller said. "After this incident, Congress and the financial groups may stand together. They will try every means to retaliate, and then perhaps the Federal Shield will no longer be contained. Amanda will become a vicious dog released from a cage. With Batman, it can even be said that she is even more powerful."
"What a trouble." Pamela sighed and said, "It seems that being a bad guy is not that easy."
"There's news." The sound of the death knell rang out at the door. After he came in, he threw a pile of photos on the table.
"I didn't even know you were a private investigator on the side."
"Our dear Miss Quinzel gave so much, so I had to use my photography skills a little bit." Deathstroke said with a smile.
Pamela smiled too, but when she saw the person in the photo, she frowned.
"Are you sure it's her?" Pamela asked, picking up a photo with her fingertips.
Deathstroke nodded.
The person in the photo was Talia Leixiaogu.