Chapter 478 Arkham Is Full of Talented People! (Part 1)
As mentioned before, the first law of Gotham is that no matter how correct and standardized the beginning of something is, the people of Gotham will definitely make a mess. The second law of Gotham is that the people of Gotham do not believe in any monsters or monsters.
You can hardly say that the citizens of a city located on the east coast of the United States are all staunch materialist fighters, but the fact is that when the people of Gotham see anything that they cannot understand and does not exist in common sense, what they think of It was definitely not some supernatural event or divine punishment or natural disaster, and what they did was definitely not screaming and running away.
When faced with this situation, every Gotham local will have only one reaction, which is to find a gun, pull the trigger, empty the magazine, and then step forward to confirm what the things they cannot understand are. Dead or not.
This is actually a manifestation of natural selection, because people who can only run away when startled cannot survive in Gotham City.
Therefore, after the fisherman, the first witness in the previous haunted incident, shouted those words, all the gangsters in the corridor on the third floor of the mental hospital opened fire at the same time. When the muzzle flashes lit up, the windows at both ends of the corridor were straight. It emits white light, lighting up the dark night sky like a large searchlight.
How to describe the intensity of the firepower at this moment? To put it simply, Batman and the Joker ran around holding their heads, the Penguin and the Scarecrow rolled and climbed, and Hell Detective Constantine almost caught a bus to hell.
Although the gangsters in Gotham are not good on the outside, they...are not much better on the inside either.
That night, they were first inexplicably awakened by a ghost, and then provoked a fierce fight. After fighting for a long time, everyone realized that they had been tricked, and they had to work hard to sweep the building and trace the case. The gangsters have long been impatient with this ghost.
Pulling the trigger and pouring bullets is the simplest way to vent the anger in your heart. Don't worry about whether you can kill the opponent. When the bullets spurt out with anger, the violence factor is engraved in the bones of Gotham people. Being ignited, the anger grew stronger and stronger, and began to tend towards madness. Everyone kept attacking everything green in sight.
This didn't give the Green Lanterns who had just arrived here any time to react. They didn't even open their shields, they just relied on the flashing green light on their bodies to resist these bullets.
The green light energy attached to the surface of the body did block the bullet attack for them, but it did not block the shock wave of the explosion. When the first rocket entered with a sound of breaking through the air, except for Hal, who had expected it, the others Several people were blown away.
And after they got up, the first thing they did was not to fight back, but to run away.
It is true that the green light energy is very powerful, but those who use this energy are still intelligent beings. As long as they are intelligent, they will be afraid.
Green Lanterns know in their hearts that human bullets and explosions do not exceed the range of Green Lantern energy defense. Theoretically, even if they stand in the place with the most intensive firepower, their lives will not be in danger. But theories are just theories.
For example, humans know that animals like geese are unlikely to kill themselves, but when a bunch of big geese rush toward you with their wings beating menacingly, they should panic as much as they should and run as much as they should. .
As soon as the Green Lanterns landed, they encountered the angry gangsters. They were driven away like ducks, running around in the corridor in a panic, like headless flies emitting green light.
"Don't run! Don't run! Come back and organize a counterattack!"
Adjutant Carroll shouted loudly, but the Green Lanterns, who had never seen such a scene before, were really panicked. They fought on their own, jumped into the air when they saw it, desperately trying to find something to block themselves, and the formation became a mess.
In the end, Hal used the energy of the green light to pull them all back through the wall, barely maintaining the front.
"Damn it! Didn't you just receive training?!" Carol yelled angrily: "Didn't the instructor tell you?! Organize a defense line and joint shield as soon as you encounter an attack!
But Hal next to him turned to him and asked: "They 'just received training'? Don't tell me, they are all newcomers??"
Carroll cursed and said, "I think you should be able to tell that the legion commander didn't pay attention to your words at all. The second team is all newcomers who have just taken office. They may not have the experience you have!"
Hal said desperately: "Don't run! Don't run at all! Hold the line of defense! Joint shield! Can't you take a look at the tactical manual inside the ring?"
However, there are still several Green Lanterns who want to escape through the windows. Judging from their faces, they are all young. They have obviously just become Lanterns not long ago, and these Lanterns look more like humans. They obviously come from a civilization similar in style to humans. The dangers of heavy firepower are therefore better understood.
Carol and Hal organized for a long time and finally got everyone to stabilize. The green light is indeed a light ring that represents willpower. It only took a few tens of seconds for this group of people to overcome their fear of bullets and explosives. Out of fear, they barely formed a joint shield at the end of the corridor.
After resisting the first wave of fire attack, the next thing to do was to defend and counterattack. Soon, light waves of green energy were launched towards the end of the corridor, directly knocking several gang members away.
The leading fisherman was furious. He raised his gun and shouted: "The ghosts are fighting back! Punish them! Kill them! Let them go to hell!"
All the gang members were extremely angry and pressed forward step by step. They did not care about the loss of manpower and only wanted to cause maximum damage to the opponent.
The Green Lanterns who had just arrived had no idea what was going on, and they were faced with such a fierce attack. Even though the Green Lanterns had strong energy, the gangs on the other side had more people, more weapons, and more firepower. The Green Lanterns were suppressed and could only fight and retreat.
But even so, the gangs were still not enough. The fisherman fired while saying to the people behind him: "Send someone upstairs to call everyone down, and let those guys send a letter to the North District. We need more deadly firepower!"
"Cobert has sent someone!" Soon a voice sounded behind him, saying: "Master Falcone has called the Godfather, and support will be here soon!"
Just as they continued to output, the Green Lanterns finally reacted from the panic and began to attack in an organized manner instead of guerrilla warfare.
The gunfight in the hospital corridor is a street fight in another sense. The space is much smaller than that of a street fight. The front line cannot be deployed at all, and the height difference is almost non-existent. Therefore, many human weapons cannot be used, because whether it is guns or grenades, they all have friendly fire.
The advantage of the Green Lanterns is that the green light energy has no friendly fire. Whether it is energy shock waves, energy weapons or energy shields, they are only effective against people without green light energy. Therefore, they don’t have to consider the arrangement of the gun line, and just output forward.
Soon, the situation began to become tense, and then the Green Lanterns gained the advantage. The gangs’ front line began to waver, and then gradually retreated.
But at this moment, a ray of light fell from the sky, and Constantine landed in front of the Gotham gangs.
His golden hair moved without wind, his windbreaker fluttered, his hands flashed dazzling light, and with a wave of his arm, a huge silver shield blocked everyone.
He waved his hands again, drawing a smooth arc in front of him. A complex magic circle lit up under his feet. Several magic missiles flew out of his hands, passed through the barrier of green lantern energy, and landed in the center of the Green Lantern formation.
"Imprisonment!"
With Constantine's low voice, the magic missiles turned into chains and entangled the Green Lanterns. Carol was not to be outdone. The green light condensed and turned into a sharp sword. He split the chain in a few strokes. The remaining Green Lanterns followed suit and cut off the chains one after another.
But at this time, Constantine showed a vicious smile. The broken chain fragments turned into more magic missiles. When they bombarded the Green Lanterns, it was like a blizzard falling from the sky, forcing the Green Lanterns to stretch out their arms to cover their eyes.
The gangsters pulled the trigger again, pouring firepower, and a gap was opened in the shield formed by the distracted Green Lanterns.
With a "bang", the ceiling of the third floor collapsed, raising countless smoke and dust, making the situation at the end of the corridor confusing.
The gangsters who lost their vision could only slow down their firepower output. Constantine waved his hand, and several whirlwinds flew out from his side, blowing away the dust.
The successive attacks made it impossible for the Green Lanterns to maintain the shield with all their strength. The gap on the shield healed very slowly. Carol turned back and shouted: "Focus! Use the power of your will, heretics and rebels, fear my divine light! The green light is always on, and the light is eternal!
"The green light is always on, and the light is eternal!"
Just as they were shouting slogans, the fisherman on the opposite side asked in confusion: "What are they shouting, what heretics and rebels?"
"They call us heretics and rebels? ? ? "
"They are ghosts, we are humans, they actually call us heretics and rebels? ? Are the ghosts now so fucking arrogant? ! ! "
"Stop talking nonsense, shoot!
At this moment, the green light shone brightly, turning the entire corridor into a faint green. The Green Lanterns strengthened their faith, and their strength increased greatly. They flew into the air and began to attack the gangsters with various energy waves.
Lieutenant Carol rushed forward. After floating into the air, all the bullets and explosives stopped and condensed in the air within half a meter around him. His low roar echoed in the corridor with unparalleled power:
"For justice!"
The light became stronger and stronger, and the rich green light condensed on his right arm. Then he stretched out his hand and aimed at the gangsters in the corridor.
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The originally small energy beam became huge with a "hum". However, the expected scene of everyone being knocked out and fleeing did not appear.
Constantine raised his hands, and the magic light covered his whole body. The magic circle under his feet expanded again, and the color changed from silver to evil and deep dark red.
The rolling magma surged out from the center of the magic circle, but disappeared in an instant, like a bubble that would burst at the touch of a finger, or like a fleeting illusion. At the same time, a tall figure stood up and directly broke through the ceiling of the two-story building. It was the Hell Hate Demon with evil energy surging all over his body.
An evil, deafening voice sounded in the corridor: "Who... summoned me..."
Constantine waved his arm directly and slapped the Hate Demon's calf, saying: "It's me, stop talking nonsense, beat them up!"
"Damn it, Constantine, why haven't you died yet?! When are you going to die?!"
The tall Hate Demon lowered his head and stared at Constantine with his huge vertical child. At this time, a green energy beam just hit him. The Hate Demon waved his hand, and a flame barrier was ignited. In an instant, the entire barrier flew out along the corridor.
When the flames passed over Carol, the green light energy helped him resist the erosion of heat and dark energy, but it was around him.
This rune is not offensive, but it means that he has been marked by the devil. Anyone who can communicate with the devil can find him by following this mark. Because the mark has no offensive power, the green light energy seems unable to dispel it.
The Hateful Demon turned his eyes away from Constantine and looked at Carol. As he moved towards Carol, he said, "Constantine, you'd better prepare the sacrifice quickly..."
As he said this, he spit out flames from his mouth and grabbed Carol with his claws surging with magma. Carol was not to be outdone. The green shield lit up and the energy shock wave swept over the eyes of the Hateful Demon.
Just as the Green Lanterns and the Abomination were fighting, a burst of crazy laughter came from the hole where the ceiling had collapsed before. They heard a high-pitched voice shouting:
"The Joker's surprise is here! Cheer for it!"
"Boom!
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After a loud bang, the main building of Arkham Psychiatric Hospital collapsed completely.
The Joker can be called an expert in using explosives to attack various buildings. Even the sturdy and defensive buildings built by the Wayne family still cannot withstand the bombs set up by the Joker, let alone an old and devastated psychiatric hospital?
The moment the Joker's laughter came, Constantine took everyone to move, and they appeared beside the road some distance away from the psychiatric hospital.
Looking at the slowly collapsing building, Constantine smiled very unscrupulously.
But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore, because in the dark night sky of Gotham, a meteor-like light slid across the sky, and then it became bigger and bigger in the field of vision, and the tail flame of the missile illuminated the entire sky like daylight.
In Schiller's manor, Merkel arranged a guest room for the two children who stayed overnight. Just as Dick was about to go to bed, he felt the floor under his feet shake.
He turned back with some curiosity, and opened his eyes wide in shock. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom, on the city's skyline, after the fire exploded, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky.