Chapter 1814: Congratulations, Good News, and Request Fulfilled

The chief immediately got it.

To avoid being disturbed tonight, he had set his phone to vibrate.

In the end, because he was too tired and had fallen asleep, his phone rang for 15 minutes before he woke up.

“B*stard!” He cursed and swung his palm.

Pa!

A dazed female voice came from the side. “Ah, it hurts, wait…”

The chief was too lazy to see what he had hit. He suddenly got up and shouted, “Summon all the police officers. This is a state of emergency. I’ll report the situation to the executives immediately. Make sure that the officers hold out.” He then hung up.

His subordinate was stunned. Hold out? That was a battle between the Bat Squad and the man-eating monsters. Who the hell could endure out there?

He was completely right.

Not only were there no police officers who went out that night, the military soldiers didn’t even leave the base.

The commander who received the news didn’t give his men any orders at all.

If he dared give the order, the soldiers might be implicated in the chaos in Tokyo.

It wouldn’t be surprising if they were killed in battle or shot in the back.

Besides, what was the point of going? To court death?

In the battle between Luke and the Blood God Experimental before, more than 400 people had died in Tokyo, including more than 20 police officers.

With so many members of the Bat Squad here today, even an idiot would know that their opponents weren’t simple.

If the commander went out, he might die along with a bunch of his men.

Even if he was lucky enough to survive tonight, he would still be blamed for his error in field command, and be doomed to be a scapegoat.

If he didn’t go out, he might be punished and lose his job.

In either case, there was no benefit to taking on this mission.

Hence, the Bat Squad and 100 New SHIELD agents fought in Tokyo for half a night without clashing with any government agencies.

It could only be said that Luke’s guess was correct.

Japan had experienced an extraordinary power vacuum in recent years.

After SHIELD, ARGUS and Sentinel Services collapsed, there had been a lot of empty territory in America, which didn’t have the energy to rebuild replacement organizations in Japan.

Hydra could have seized the opportunity to expand, but Luke had turned around and slaughtered them like fat sheep, dragging Shredder down with his secret research institute.

Hydra now only dared to quietly use the shell of a business company to develop some feelers in Japan; it didn’t dare play around with an official base at all.

In the face of a large-scale battle by the Bat Squad, there was no power big enough to intervene.

Everybody watched quietly on the side. At most, they would take videos for their records.

Chaos in Tokyo? That had nothing to do with them.

At 6am the next day, the police department, which had been monitoring the situation, found no signs of the Bat Squad, and the gunfire and fighting had completely disappeared.

Only then did the chief of the Metropolitan Police send the Prime Minister a message to say that he had everything under control.

The Prime Minister simply said, “Get lost.”

At noon, the prime minister looked at the preliminary data and found that there really was good news.

Unexpectedly, the large-scale battle last night hadn’t caused too much damage to Tokyo.

Whether it was manpower or property damage, there unexpectedly wasn’t a lot of losses.

Instead, there were more than 2,100 corpses of the man-eating monsters, which both shocked and delighted the Prime Minister.

The populace didn’t know about the man-eating monsters, but the Prime Minister did; it was just that he had no solutions.

Now that the Bat Squad had come and killed so many of the man-eating monsters, he no longer had to take responsibility for causing chaos and getting rid of this hidden danger.

The Bat Squad didn’t even ask for a single cent. American superheroes were indeed much more reliable than the American military.

Of course, the Prime Minister couldn’t say that.

Instead, he had to exaggerate the losses and complain about the lack of defenses last night.

That night, the governor of Tokyo thanked the Bat Squad on TV for their huge contribution to the safety of Tokyo. He also declared that the members of the Bat Squad who had participated in the battle last night would be considered “honorary permanent citizens of Tokyo.”

When word of this spread, the American people immediately sneered.

The people of New York were especially unhappy. Why should our superheroes go over to be your honorary citizens? 

The Bat Squad had a very high status in the eyes of the people of New York. They were the true guardians of the common people and guaranteed safety.

The Tokyo government actually dared create a connection out of thin air? If a dog suddenly called your father “dad,” would that make you a dog too?!

Unfortunately, the Tokyo government didn’t care what the people of New York thought.

In any case, they were already currying favor with the Bat Squad; it would be stupid to give up halfway.

Not only did the Japanese side have no intention of taking back their word, some people even started talking about setting it in stone.

What? The Bat Squad didn’t acknowledge the title? But they didn’t object, right?

No objection meant tacit approval.

While everyone was discussing this, nobody knew that a few days later, the governor of Tokyo would see an old man in a black suit in his office.

Just like that, the bigshot who sold everything appeared in front of the governor to fulfill the latter’s request — to form a tie with the Bat Squad and present them with honorary citizen certificates.

Their conversation only lasted 20 minutes before the bigshot got up and left. When he opened the door and stepped outside, his entire figure gradually faded and then disappeared into thin air.

The governor stared at the open door as cold sweat broke out on his forehead and back. He rejoiced yet also felt helpless.

He finally realized that it wasn’t easy to ride on the Bat Squad’s popularity.

The bigshot hadn’t wasted any time. He simply requested that the other party provide various top-notch components, parts and other supplies as payment for the Bat Squad’s help this time.

Before the conflicted governor could say anything, the bigshot explained, “The Bat Squad operated independently, and indeed won’t charge you anything. However, you yourself said that you really want to pay them back. They find it hard to refuse this sincere request, so they’re letting me do the talking.”

The governor wanted to flip the table when he heard that. B*stards, is that all you heard?