blenderwars Chapter 335 Batman, the leader, visits the wounded.
Chapter 335 Batman, the leader, visits the wounded.
Chapter 335 Batman, the leader, visits the wounded.
The gorilla Grodd lay on its back in the intensive care unit, its mouth and eyes crooked.
It was afternoon, and the setting sun streamed into the ward, illuminating the banana, which he disliked the most, on the bedside table.
A tear rolled down the corner of the gorilla Groud's eye.
It tried to turn over so it wouldn't have to face the insulting banana anymore, but all it could do was make its calf tremble.
However, the moment he moved, the shackles binding his hands and feet jingled, and then the small robot by the bedside buzzed, flew above his hospital bed, and a red scanning laser scanned it from head to toe:
"Danger! Danger! Target has moved! Detecting... No escape possible. Danger cleared."
The gorilla Grodd rolled his eyes in anger.
I'm in this state, and you're still worried I'll run away?
He looked at his arms, which were as thin as sticks, and a wave of sorrow washed over him.
The former gorilla, Grud, was the king of Gorilla City who possessed the Speed Force. He weighed over 1000 pounds and was over two meters long, making him a truly enormous creature.
He wielded the Speed Force, standing atop the shoulder of the great ape Titano, overlooking all living beings. In that golden age, he invaded Central City, creating Speed Force storms, and all humanity trembled before the ferocious might of King Gerudo!
The gorilla Grod is now a skinny gorilla about 1.7 meters tall. His limbs are dry and thin, like he has polio. His gorilla face is deeply sunken like a sick ghost. If he goes out at night, people will mistake him for a starving ghost.
Even so, Batman still had to put layers upon layers of shackles on his already powerless body and put jailer robots to monitor him 24 hours a day.
Is there no law anymore? Is there no human rights left?
The gorilla Grodd's grief and indignation were so overwhelming that he momentarily forgot he was a gorilla.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
Facing the surveillance robot hovering beside him, the gorilla Grud opened his mouth as if to curse, but he was too weak and in the end he couldn't utter a single word.
After all, he had only been out of a coma for a few days. Batman had been using it purely as a Speed Force battery, and Gorilla Grodd felt like he was being drained dry.
Even when the entire Justice League came to him to become Speed Force batteries, it still couldn't stop Batman from taking on more pressure. When the Justice League members couldn't take it, Killer Croc would immediately release them, but Batman didn't care about the lives of villains like him at all.
Batman didn't even consider him human!
The gorilla, Grud, struggled to twist his neck and roll his eyes. Actually, his condition was relatively good; the turtle-man next to him had been unconscious for some time and hadn't woken up yet. After all, the other was a human, and one who had become middle-aged or elderly due to static force. Naturally, his endurance couldn't compare to that of the strong and robust gorilla.
Of course, the fact that the other party's understanding of static force was far more profound than that of this half-baked Speed Force gorilla was also a more important reason.
However, at this moment, the gorilla Grodd was even more envious of the turtle man. After all, the turtle man was unconscious the whole time and allowed Batman to control his body. He avoided the pain of the invisible, immense weight that almost crushed his body when Batman was accelerated by the Speed Force. He also avoided the miserable situation he was in now, lying in bed, unable to take care of himself, needing others to clean him up, and not even having the strength to curse.
And all of this is thanks to Batman!
The gorilla Grodd, lying on the bed, had rage blazing in his eyes.
He must endure! He must survive to have a chance to take revenge on Batman. He will repay Batman tenfold for the pain he has suffered!
He wanted to devour Batman's brain alive and show him what cruelty was!
hatred!
hatred!
hatred!
This deep-seated, unforgettable blood feud, even if...
Squeak!
However, at that moment, a soft sound was heard, and the door to the ward was pushed open. The person who entered was none other than Batman.
Gerud saw that he was still wearing the bat mask with pointed ears, but under his neck he was wearing a Hawaiian plaid shirt and a large pink mink coat.
Behind him followed an elderly white woman in a doctor's white coat; this was Leslie Tompkins, Grodd's attending physician.
Batman came in and seemed to say something, but Groud didn't hear a word he said.
His eyes turned red the moment he saw Batman. If he weren't so weak and unable to move and so many shackles, he would have loved to rush up and bite him.
However, Batman pulled out a manuscript and began reading something in a righteous and solemn manner.
"...At this time filled with care and warmth, we extend our sincerest condolences to our comrades who were injured and hospitalized in the line of duty, with the utmost respect..."
Get out of here!
I want you dead!
"...Maintain an optimistic attitude: Comrades, believe that your bodies can overcome the illness. Maintaining an optimistic attitude is crucial for recovery. We should learn from Lei Feng... cough, Washington's spirit, and always maintain a positive and upward-looking spirit..."
Shut up!
"...Creating a good recovery environment: We must create a comfortable and quiet recovery environment for our comrades so that they can focus on recuperating..."
However, as time went on, the gorilla Grodd's attitude changed from "I'm going to kill you" to "Please stop reading."
The reason is that Batman's speech was so long and tedious, a complete mess of AI-generated and epic clichés, filled with all sorts of unrealistic comfort and nauseating encouragement. Gorilla Grodd felt that if he listened any longer, he would be driven to his death by anger.
However, no matter how hard Grodd tried, he was unable to utter a sound. After a long period of torment, Batman's speech finally came to an end.
The gorilla Grodd and Dr. Leslie Tompkins both breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, Dr. Thomkins, Grodd the gorilla is still unable to communicate normally?"
"Yes, that's right. The patient's vocal cords were congested and vibrated violently due to shouting, resulting in a vocal cord tear," Dr. Tomkins said. "Not to mention all the other injuries he has. Frankly, although I'm not a veterinarian, his white blood cell count has dropped to..."
"I don't understand any of this."
When Batman abruptly interrupted Dr. Tomkins, Gorilla Grodd asked, "I only have one question now: when will Gorilla Grodd be ready to be used again?"
Okay, okay, you came to see me just for this, right?
The gorilla Grodd couldn't speak, and could only mouth curses.
I hate you!
I hate you (mouth shape) I hate you……
"What a joke! Even though he's awake, that doesn't mean..."
"...If I force myself to use it, will it lead to...?"
Chen Tao and Dr. Tomkins had been talking for a while when Chen Tao turned his head and suddenly saw a gorilla named Grodd, who looked like a dried-up corpse, seemingly saying something, which aroused his curiosity.
He stopped arguing with the doctor and instead lay down beside Grud's bed, intently trying to decipher what he was saying by reading his lips.
"I...I..."
The facial features of gorillas are quite different from those of humans, so their mouth shapes are not easy to read. Chen Tao read it several times before he could understand it.
"I……"
"I love you?"
"???"
The gorilla Grud's previously venomous and twisted expression vanished abruptly, replaced by an expression of disbelief on his gorilla face.
Chen Tao also showed an incredulous expression, and he gasped.
What Stockholm Syndrome?! That's terrifying! Would a mentally sound villain say something like that?
Good heavens, I thought the psychopaths in Arkham were already psychopathic enough!
"You don't actually like me, do you?" He hurriedly stretched out his hand to the gorilla, using the Buddha's Palm technique to express his rejection: "That's really disgusting, you know? That's really disgusting."
"Waaaaah!!!"
The gorilla Grud exploded. He struggled desperately, his whole body trembling as if he were having an epileptic seizure, tears welling up in his eyes.
When Chen Tao saw how agitated the other person was after he rejected her, he felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly left the other person's ward with Dr. Tomkins.
"You need to pay attention to the villain's mental state; he's developed all sorts of strange psychological problems."
Batman, the top leader, lamented, "They're all going crazy from being cooped up in their hospital rooms. This won't do. Allocate funds and hire psychologists to give the villains talk therapy. We can't skimp on this money."
Dr. Thomkins: "..."
Soon, Chen Tao was transferred to Lex Luthor's ward.
"Luther suffered a fractured pelvis, cracked ribs, spinal injury, and a shattered arm..."
Before Dr. Tomkins could finish her introduction, Chen Tao told her to stay outside, and then he pushed open the door and went inside alone.
Luther, who was in an electric wheelchair, turned his wheelchair around by the window at that moment.
Bald, paralyzed, uses an electric wheelchair, possesses strong willpower, and holds the title of professor.
hiss!
Chen Tao gasped. Although it was a bit hellish, it was indeed top-notch cosplay.
"I have a feeling you're thinking something rude." Luther threw the newspaper he was holding onto the hospital bed, his eyes darting around as he stared at the other man.
"Luther, I need your help," Chen Tao said bluntly.
"I won't get involved in those Justice League matters anymore, I..."
"It's not for those things. I need you and Lucius to study Firestorm together, thoroughly understand the working principle of Firestorm Matrix, and then, through Deathstorm's Deathstorm Matrix, come up with a perfect enhancement plan for Deathstorm. But the prerequisite is that we have the ability to counter it."
Chen Tao made a long list of demands: "I also need you to come up with a plan for Johnny Express that can also cover him with stasis, so that we can retaliate when the time comes..."
"...Marsman is the counterpart of Martian Manhunter, which means that his telepathic abilities are already powerful enough. But just as the Speed Force can accelerate the thinking of gorillas, making them as intelligent as humans and even enabling them to establish city-states like Gorilla City, the Speed Force can also amplify the telepathic abilities of those with telepathic abilities, such as the gorilla Grod. Perhaps we can use the same technology to grant him the Speed Force..."
"And then there's the Queen of the Underworld, she had something going on with Cheetah before..."
"Stop, stop."
Chen Tao wanted to say something more, but he was interrupted by Luther.
"I think I've told you before that I've decided to no longer participate—"
But Luther couldn't finish his sentence because he saw that Batman's expression was more serious than ever before, to the point that his comical pink mink coat and Hawaiian shirt seemed to have become somewhat formal, like a suit.
"Listen, Luther."
"Why do you think I let you interfere in the Justice League's affairs?"
"As you should know, I planned to retire a long time ago and groom a successor. My initial goal was Superman, and then you know what happened. Later, I thought about Hal, Hal Jordan, but we fell out because of something that happened before, so he went back to Oasha."
Although Luthor knew this was Batman's way of deliberately changing the subject, he still couldn't help but retort when he heard Green Lantern's name.
"Are you serious about that brainless brute?"
Chen Tao glanced at him:
"Hal Jordan may seem reckless, but it's just the rebellious side of his personality at work. When no one is giving him orders, he becomes the one who leads others."
Among the many Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan is one of the more reliable ones.
"Mars Manhunter's weaknesses are too obvious. If they are exploited, the League will be left leaderless. I will never consider him as the leader of the Justice League until he has completely overcome his fear of fire."
"I used to really like The Flash, but he's become too dependent on me and has gotten used to being the one being controlled. Shazam is just a kid, Superman is too busy taking care of himself, and our King of Atlantis... no matter how he tries to hide it, he always puts the interests of the Atlanteans above those of other races."
"Only you, do you know that, Lex Luthor, you are smarter and more capable than I am, but morality and principles are a joke in front of you."
Chen Tao said, "So I'm trying to cultivate your talents, change your code of conduct, and integrate you into the entire Justice League so that you can truly replace me."
Chen Tao tried his best to charm the other person: "I've always thought this way. This world needs you, Luther."
"And what about me? Am I for the same reason as Arthur? Because I put the interests of the Amazons above those of humans?"
However, at this moment, a voice came from behind. Chen Tao turned his head sharply and saw Wonder Woman appear behind the door of the ward at some point, asking in a pleasant voice.
"You heard everything?"
"Hmm, I think so."
Chen Tao was silent for a moment, then said very sincerely:
"That's not the reason. I never considered having you lead the Justice League because... because I thought I would spend my retirement with you."
Wonder Woman, who was just about to check out what Batman was up to, covered her face and ran away.
Luther's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
Chen Tao shrugged and turned his head.
"The truth is, it's because Diana's personality is more like a warrior than a leader. Her emotional side outweighs her rational side. That's an excellent quality as a friend, but it would be a disaster as a leader. You know..."
"A kind heart cannot command an army."
(End of this chapter)