PFC Chapter 2909 When Night Falls (27)
Chapter 2909 When Night Falls (27)
Chapter 2909 When Night Falls (Twenty-Seven)
"Ron, without reading someone's mind, can you judge whether what he says is true or false?" Superman looked at Martian Manhunter and asked.
"I can tell if a person says one thing and means another." The Martian Hunter gestured, but he didn't seem to know how to explain it to the Earthlings. He put his hands down and said, "In short, I can tell how big the gap is between what he says and what he thinks."
“Can you tell the unintentional beautification?”
"No, everyone will beautify themselves subjectively. I can only judge whether he has concealed important facts."
Batman nodded and said, "That's enough. I can judge how much subjective emotion is mixed into the narrative."
Superman nodded again, then looked at Batman and said, "I don't want this to turn into an interrogation meeting, even if you interrogate everyone else, but I also believe that you can judge whether other people are suspicious by their words and deeds, so what are you going to do?"
"Let everyone tell their own story first." Batman said, "In my opinion, you are all ordinary people. Ordinary people without training will definitely have loopholes in their speech. The more you talk, the more mistakes you will make."
"That's fine with me." Wonder Woman said, "I can speak first, but I really don't know what to say. Can I introduce my life experience?"
"There's no need to start so early." Batman said, "Just tell me how you heard the news after the vampire incident broke out, what you did after hearing the news, and how you viewed it. The more detailed the better, preferably accurate to every hour of every day."
Wonder Woman immediately showed a bitter face. In fact, all the superheroes present had wrinkled their faces.
"Hey! Batman! Not everyone has a memory as good as yours." Jenna complained, "I can't even remember what I ate the night before last, and you want me to remember it down to the hour?"
"Tell as much as you can remember, and tell it in chronological order. Don't make up things you can't remember, just say you can't remember."
"I'm afraid that in the next period of time, you will only hear a lot of things that you can't remember." Aquaman sighed and said, "The rise of vampires happened a few months ago."
Batman didn't seem to mind at all, so Superman said, "So Batwoman is first, I'm second, who wants third?"
"Me," Jenna said, "I can still remember some of what you said now, but after listening to you later, I will forget even more."
Her words reminded others that it was more advantageous to speak out early. Of course, some people also felt that since there would not be more testimonies to corroborate each other, it would appear that they were less suspicious.
Of course, some people feel that the more details they reveal, the better it will be for them, so they decide to speak later and take some time to think about it.
Wonder Woman begins her narration.
She had a good start. When she first heard that vampires were expanding again, she was visiting an East African country as the princess of Paradise Island. As soon as the plane landed, she received a communication from the Justice League.
But she didn't take it seriously at that time. If vampires wanted to expand, they would expand in the city, which was too far away from the Amazon rainforest.
Moreover, over the years, vampires have appeared almost every century. This is not news to an immortal being like Wonder Woman. She put it out of her mind after reading the notice.
Then attacks began to occur frequently, and she was recalled to the Justice League to begin solving vampire attacks around the world.
There is a default division of labor when the Justice League resolves global incidents. Generally speaking, superheroes like Superman and Wonder Woman are fighting fires around the world, or to be more precise, outside the United States. Within the United States, it is basically left to Batman and a few heroes who have their own cities.
It just so happened that Wonder Woman had to complete her diplomatic work in Africa, so she was in charge of the African continent. However, according to Wonder Woman, it might be because Africa was too hot and the sunshine time was too long, so basically no vampires went there. So later she went to the Middle East and West Asia.
Wonder Woman has a very good memory. She basically recounted her itinerary for every day from a few months ago to now. And because she didn't solve many incidents, she spent most of her time reading reports, attending exhibitions and press conferences, and visiting leaders, which made people drowsy.
Wonder Woman took almost two and a half hours to finish her speech, Superman yawned continuously, the Wonder Twins slept for a total of six times, Aquaman's head was almost in the glass fish tank, Cyborg, who was in charge of taking minutes of the meeting, worked diligently, and the Martian Manhunter, who was also responsible for his duties, listened attentively.
When she realized there was no sound, Jenna finally woke up, she yawned, stretched, and looked at Batman with sleepy eyes.
Batman said nothing, looked at Superman and said, "Next."
Then Superman also began to talk about his recent experiences.
Perhaps because he is a journalist by profession, his narrative is much more refined than Wonder Woman's, but he is the main force in the fight against vampires and has handled thousands of incidents, large and small, over the past few months.
And even though his super brain doesn't work very often, his super memory is a passive skill. As long as he wants, he can accurately describe what he is doing every minute and every second, so his narration is longer.
After a full four and a half hours, Superman finally explained in detail what he had done in the past few months. In the end, the Martian Manhunter patted him on the shoulder, Aquaman sighed at him, and Cyborg was full of admiration.
"Seriously, Batman, I think the Justice League really needs an outstanding employee award, and give it to him now!" Wonder Woman said, pointing at Superman.
There is no other reason. Superman has been basically busy 24 hours a day in the past few months. He is still a reporter and has to go to work during the day. In particular, he hopes to use his profession to calm people's panic, so he also writes a lot of extra articles in addition to his job.
Then he has to go around the world to put out fires. Whenever there is a large-scale vampire attack, he will be there. What Superman considers to be a large-scale fire means that he will go to rescue anyone who hears a cry for help. In the past few months, he has basically been busy 24 hours a day without sleep.
In the past, everyone else in the Justice League thought that Superman was the strongest among them and that he would have no trouble dealing with those things. Now it seems that the reason why Superman can be called Superman is not only because of his great strength, but also because of his energy that is unmatched by ordinary people.
It was already dark. When it was Jenna's turn, she wailed at the top of her lungs, "I'm hungry! I didn't eat lunch! Aliens need to eat too!!!"
Her proposal was agreed by most people. After all, most people here still need to eat.
But now the problem is, the meeting room is closed, where will the food come from?
As a result, Batman pressed a button, and a passage opened on the ceiling of the conference room, and food fell down. At the same time, a series of kitchen utensils such as frying pans, microwave ovens, and even two bottles of wine also fell down.
Superman sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go cook for you. Who has a gluten allergy?"
"You've thought of this a long time ago, right?" Wonder Woman looked at Batman and said helplessly.
Batman shook his head and said, "This is a base used by superheroes, not your home. It's normal to have emergency food reserves in every room."
"How many days of reserves?" asked Green Lantern.
"ten years."
Jenna spurted out a mouthful of water.
"This isn't normal, is it?! Do you think we'll be stuck here for ten years one day?!"
"Just be prepared."
Batman also stood up and walked to the Flash to check his wound. The Flash had a bitter face, but he did not forget to throw potato chips into his mouth with his intact hand.
Batman took a look and found that the wound was probably caused by two bullets, one hit the shoulder and the other was in the flesh of the arm. The Flash was very lucky, and neither of the bullets broke any bones, so he could sit here.
"Why didn't you use the speed force to reverse time?" Batman asked.
"I'm afraid that strange power will appear again." The Flash replied weakly: "I feel that it is coming for me. I dare not bet whether that guy is nearby."
"Smart move," Batman commented.
The Flash's expression brightened up at a speed visible to the naked eye. He grinned and said to Batman, "I knew you would praise me. I'm not always so stupid."
"No one said you weren't smart." Batman changed his medicine and said, "Can you describe to me in detail the force that prevented you from running?"
"Actually, it didn't stop me from running, it just pulled my legs." The Flash took the sandwich Jenna handed him and stuffed it into his mouth while saying, "Although the speed force is very powerful, I still need to be able to run. Even if you tie my legs up, I can't conjure up the speed force for you out of thin air."
"So it's stopping you from running?"
The Flash nodded.
"It shows that he knows you well."
The Flash froze while chewing, but then he chewed hard a few times and swallowed it all in one gulp. He then said, "Not surprising. After all, he is a member of the Justice League. He knows each of us."
"But he chose you to attack."
The Flash's expression became even uglier, and he said, "Maybe it's because my weakness is the most obvious."
"It could also be because he cares about you the most." Batman said casually, "Even if he wants to kill us one by one, he wants to start with you. It's a unique and evil ritual."
The Flash closed his eyes.
"Why are you eating tuna?" Jenna looked at Zan in surprise and said, "Didn't you say it was slimy?"
Zan shook his head, took a bite of the sandwich, made a disgusted expression, but took another bite.
Jenna looked around, snatched the sandwich and said, "If you don't like it, don't eat it. I'll find you one with ham and cheese."
Schiller looked at Jenna's back, and only just now did he feel heartache, as if he thought that vampires could not eat human food.
But in fact it is not that complicated. Schiller simply cannot get used to such cheap sandwiches, and it doesn't matter which flavor he chooses.
While Jenner was away, Schiller came to the table next to the conference room and watched Superman cook. It was called cooking, but in fact it was just heating up a sandwich in the microwave, frying an egg, or making a pancake or something like that.
A fragrant smell came, and Superman put a plate of scrambled eggs on the table. Schiller pretended to be very interested, immediately scooped up a large spoonful and put it into his mouth, and gave Superman a thumbs up.
Superman smiled and said, "As long as you like it, I was wondering if I put too much butter."
Aquaman also came over and stuffed a tuna sandwich into the microwave, Martian Manhunter wanted to help Superman, and Wonder Woman took out her computer to work.
"Why is there no internet here? ... Is this also going to be blocked? Well, you are right, great detective."
There was a happy scene in the conference room. Everyone was eating scrambled eggs and drinking whiskey. Schiller glanced towards the conference table and smiled.
For a normal person, it is natural to say whatever he wants to say. But for an insider, in addition to repeatedly thinking about whether there are any flaws in his own words, he also has to think about whether there are any loopholes in what others say. Isn't it embarrassing for whoever has no appetite?
The vampire issue is no longer a sign of mental retardation, but a sign of mental pollution