Martin Variety in American Comics.

Chapter 273: Why do you do that? (Please subscribe, read, vote and comment)

In the makeshift rescue camp, the men looked at Martin with jealousy, while the women looked at Martin with surprise.

Their reaction was entirely due to Diana's attitude towards Martin. They couldn't understand how a goddess could have such an intimate behavior with a stranger.

As the day passed, they had completely forgotten about the Taoist priest who wielded the sword to slay demons and monsters last night.

Martin didn't care about the reaction of the people in front of him. He just joked to Diana: "You are so popular. I am worried that I will be shot by someone when I walk on the street!"

"Screw you!"

Diana rolled her eyes at Martin and held his arms tighter.

"You are my boyfriend now and will be my husband in the future. Just be closer. It's none of their business."

She deliberately raised her voice a few degrees, as if she was announcing something.

Martin did not deny it, and then he heard countless heartbreaking voices coming to his ears. It was the boys in the camp whose admiration for Diana was shattered.

"Go quickly! If you don't hide, I'm afraid your admirers will eat me up!"

Martin made a joke and walked through the camp where order had not yet been formed, heading straight to the core location to meet those in charge.

Of course, the first people he wants to meet are his own people from the Justice League. At present, they are the only ones who can be trusted.

Bruce followed Martin's advice and forced Superman and the Flash to stay in Los Angeles to be responsible for the connection between the Justice League and the Los Angeles government and various charitable organizations.

Martin took Diana's hand and walked straight into the tent, and saw Superman and the Flash scratching their heads. Their almost omnipotent superpowers were of almost no use in this matter.

"Oh my God! Martin, you're finally here."

Superman saw Martin breathe a sigh of relief and his tense muscles relaxed.

The Flash flashed in front of Martin, took his hand and said, "Martin, please let me go back to Central City! Things in Los Angeles are too complicated."

No wonder they both complained to Martin.

Superman's Man of Steel and the Flash's super speed only make other people willing to sit down and talk with them. As for whether they can have a good talk, that is another matter.

After all, they can't use their fists to force the other party to surrender to them at the negotiating table. That's simply unrealistic.

"Ask any questions you have. There's no way you're going to leave and back off! I specifically asked Bruce to keep you here so that you two can get used to these things in advance."

Martin rejected the Flash's request and asked them to talk about specific difficulties and not to think about resigning at every turn.

Superman took out the minutes of the meeting and said with a frown, "The biggest problem is that the other party doesn't want to talk to us. They keep talking about other things and using clichés to delay time."

Martin quickly flipped through the minutes of the meeting and found the problem at a glance.

He asked everyone to sit down and taught Superman and the Flash a lesson: "You keep talking about activism for the citizens. If I were a city government official, I wouldn't talk to you."

Diana didn't say anything. She picked up the minutes of the meeting that Martin had put on the table and read them carefully.

Clark seemed to realize something and remained silent.

Barry is young after all, so he spoke his mind directly: "There is nothing wrong with what we said, and the request we made to the city government is completely legitimate."

Martin looked at Barry's stubborn expression and patiently taught him the key points: "What you said is correct, but it is also nonsense. According to the plan you and Clark made, all the aftermath work will be borne by the city government and local companies."

"In principle, there is nothing wrong with that! The city government is supposed to provide public services, and the assets that were destroyed were also local businesses."

"But if they take on everything, contribute money, manpower and effort, what is the point of the Justice League? You don't contribute anything, but just want to command others to do work with a bunch of correct nonsense."

"Who do you think you are? Do you think you have such a big face?"

Martin's voice became louder and louder, and in the end he was pointing at Barry's nose and cursing.

Superman is thirty years old. He has experienced a lot before becoming Superman and understands the rules by which society operates.

But Barry is too young. Although he is a forensic doctor, his understanding of society is still too shallow. If he doesn't give up this fantasy, he will be cheated by others sooner or later and his body will be gone.

Barry's body straightened, his face full of indignation. He wanted to say something, but when the righteous truth came to his lips, he couldn't say it.

After all, he is not one of those Internet giants who can only talk big, and he also knows that he has to work for whoever pays him.

"Then what should we do? The Justice League doesn't have any industry right now, and we can't possibly compete with the locals in this regard!"

It’s not that Barry hasn’t thought about these things, but he feels that it is difficult to do, so he refuses to complete the task in a seemingly resolute way.

"That's because you want too many things!"

Martin pointed out the problem of Clark and Barry directly: they are too greedy!
"How Los Angeles is rebuilt has nothing to do with the Justice League. What do you want to do by fighting for dominance over that thing? Are you trying to carve out a territory and become a warlord?"

Clark and Barry shook their heads quickly but were unable to answer Martin's question.

They just don't know what they want, so they try to grab all the benefits they see, and now they have offended almost all the locals.

Martin felt a headache. This start was much worse than he had imagined.

He looked at Diana and used the Force to communicate with her: "Didn't you communicate with them yesterday? How could such a thing go so wrong?"

Diana covered her eyes and half of her face with her right hand and answered in her mind, "I have been busy contacting those charitable organizations. After I have gathered all the people, I will come to you. I don't have time to teach them such basic things."

Martin sighed in his heart. Bruce was busier than Diana and certainly had no time to teach them these things.

"Well, it seems we need a role similar to the chief of staff. He doesn't need to plan any military operations, he just needs to manage the communications between us." The first person Martin thought of was the Martian Hunter. His psychic ability can ignore space and distance and keep members of the alliance connected at all times.

But he didn't know where the Martian Hunter was, so he had to look for someone around him first.

"It's time to call Arthur! He has been trained to be a king since he was a child, so he will have no problem dealing with this kind of thing."

The first person Martin thought of was Arthur.

If Atlanna cannot be found, Orm's rule will not be overthrown, and Arthur has nothing to do in the deep sea, so he might as well be pulled to work for the Alliance.

"Atlanteans?"

Diana seemed to have thought of something, and with a look of disdain on her face, she said to Martin: "I respect Arthur very much, but I personally don't like Atlantis, which lives in the deep sea."

Martin's impression of Atlantis is also average because of the performance of the two kings, Orm and Nereus.

But now is not the time to care about Atlantis. He said to Clark and Barry: "You two follow me first, just watch and don't talk. When Arthur arrives, go and help Arthur."

Clark and Barry nodded obediently, looking like good kids.

After being educated by Martin, they realized how much trouble they had caused. They dared not say a word and just hoped that Martin could fill the hole they had dug.

Martin said it was serious, but the situation was not completely out of control.

Superhumans are a big problem, and the Los Angeles City Government and local entrepreneurs may not be willing to get involved in this game and negotiate with the Justice League and the Federation.

As long as they give up some of their interests, they would be willing to stand in a neutral position, watch from the sidelines, watch the Justice League and the Federation fight each other, and then be the final beneficiary.

"I will go and take action with the charity organization to shelter the homeless and try my best to screen out the superhumans who may be awakened."

Diana stood up and prepared to leave.

Martin thought for a few seconds and nodded to her: "I don't have too high expectations for those charitable organizations. As long as they don't cooperate with messy organizations and engage in human trafficking, it will be fine."

"You worry too much. They still have to save face!"

Diana still has confidence in the collaborators she has chosen.

Martin didn't say much, but waved to Clark and asked him to screen the victims at local universities and recruit a group of college students to make up for the lack of manpower.

"I'm good at this, leave it to me!"

Clark's main job is a journalist, and he is very familiar with this kind of social investigation.

He even felt relieved that Martin did not let him participate in the subsequent negotiations.

"I'll go too!"

The Flash raised his leg and was about to run away.

"Stop it!"

Martin raised his hand and used the Force to freeze Barry who was trying to run away.

Of course Barry could use the speed force to forcibly break free from the control of the Force, but he didn't dare to do so, for fear that Martin would settle the score with him later.

"You follow me first, and when Arthur arrives, go with him to organize the communication network within the alliance."

After that, he released his control over Barry and took him to meet the people from Wayne Group first.

This time, the Wayne Group was led by Dick, who was also having a headache about balancing the interests of all parties. When he saw Martin arrive, he felt relieved.

"The people here just treat me like a sucker, asking for a loan right away, and the collateral is just a bunch of worthless things."

"Why not lend it?"

Martin laughed and said, "When the time came, these guys couldn't afford the loans, so we just acquired them all."

"Are you serious?"

It’s not that Dick doesn’t understand, he just doesn’t want to be so drastic.

"This and."

"Stop it!"

Martin knew what Dick wanted to say, so he interrupted him: "Wayne Group is Wayne Group, and the Justice League is the Justice League. The two should be separated. The Justice League does not care about the aftermath of Los Angeles. We only care about the newly awakened superhumans."

Dick was a little confused. He looked at the serious Martin, blinked, and seemed to understand what he meant.

“I understand what you mean, and I will make that clear to the city government and the business in the upcoming negotiations.”

Martin turned his head to look at Barry beside him. There was no reaction on his face and he obviously didn't realize what this meant.

From now on, the Justice League will have to face threats from all sides with their own strength. At least on the surface, they must stand up with their own strength.

But now was not the time to give a lecture. Martin didn't say anything to Barry, but told Dick about his plan and asked him to inform Arthur to come to Los Angeles immediately.

After talking with his own people, he went straight to the city government without stopping.

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