Marvel's The Dark Knight Rises

Chapter 74 Let's play
Maine is thousands of kilometers away from Nevada, where Las Vegas is located. It is naturally impossible for Bruce to drive such a long distance by himself. He first drove back to New York with Bradley in a few days. After recuperating in the city he is now "familiar and unfamiliar", he obtained a few false certificates and disposed of the Rolls-Royce before taking the plane to their destination.

A few days later, on the spacious road leading to Las Vegas, Bruce looked at the desert landscape on both sides of the road with great interest. It was already evening, and the sky dyed by the sunset glowed like fire shrouded the heads of tourists. The heat wave still refused to stop, sweeping from the depths of the desert.

And in front of this road, which is also surrounded by the desert, stands a huge, bustling city with shining lights. It is the city that never sleeps in the desert, Las Vegas.

According to the general location given by Bradley, the Las Vegas local driver who carried the two of them turned into the city center of the casino with ease, looking at the magnificent casinos and hotels on both sides of the road , Bruce couldn't help teasing Bradley: "It seems that your old friend's life is much better than yours now. At least, he should not be short of money to open a store in this area."

Bradley laughed dryly, and was about to answer when the driver stopped the car in front of a building with a lot of traffic, "It's probably here, gentlemen, if the address you gave is correct."

The two looked up and saw the words "Desert Entertainment City" clearly flashing on the building. They looked at each other, and Bruce and Bradley got out of the car with a black suitcase each.

After paying the money, the two walked directly to the inside of this "entertainment city". After finally squeezing out the crowded crowd, after asking the front desk, Bradley led Bruce, who was looking at the surrounding environment with some curiosity, to the upstairs. go up and go.

Different from other gaming and entertainment venues that are full of people, the one that sells desert "specialties" and "collections" is relatively rare, and it seems that someone stops and stays at the door of the store, wearing a denim suit, and is talking to another person. The black boss who was talking to tourists about business didn't look back, but said to the visitor: "Please wait a moment, you can go in and have a look inside the store, and I'll come here to receive you after I'm done."

"Long time no see, John."

"Yes, long time no see, eh?!"

Hearing the "familiar" voice, "Ghost" John stopped talking with the tourists, turned his head in disbelief, and saw the two people standing in front of him. To be precise, he saw the person he once "Teammate" said in surprise, "Bradley!"

Five minutes later, the business was quickly negotiated outside, and with a bottle of wine and three wine glasses, John came to the residence behind the store—a room full of desert potted plants and various desert animal specimens.

"We haven't seen each other in years, haven't we? Bradley, my old friend, I didn't expect you to actually come to me. It's a wonderful moment, I mean! I'm so happy to see you again Glad! Nice to meet you too, sir."

John filled Bruce and Bradley with chilled wine and raised his glass.

Bruce drank the ice wine in the glass, and then before John asked Bradley, he looked at John and said directly: "Your former teammate, the saber-toothed tiger Victor wanted to kill Bradley under Stryker's instructions. Deli, I saved him and temporarily repelled Victor, and then at Bradley's suggestion, we came here to find you."

"Victor? He's going to kill Bradley?!"

John stopped drinking. He put down his glass in surprise, looked at Bruce and Bradley, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, "Strike, he did! Did he start attacking us?"

Hearing John's flustered words, Bradley couldn't help frowning: "John, after I left the team, you and Dukes, Victor, Zero, and Wade, what happened to Stryker? What did it do? What do you mean 'he set his hands on us'?"

John didn't answer Bradley's question directly, but his eyes suddenly became a little dark, and he said softly: "There will be a place for us in hell, buddy, damn it for the original roundup!"

Bruce motioned Bradley not to ask any more questions. He folded his hands and bent down, staring at John who was not in a good mood at this time, and said indifferently: "Let's not talk about the original matter now, the top priority, John, you understand Stryker Is there any point in sending Victor after Bradley?"

Seeing that John's attention was focused on himself, Bruce stretched out a finger and said to John: "You used to be a team, which was selected by Stryker himself from thousands of mutants and finally combined into one. A powerful team of superhumans! You have different talents, and if you take it apart individually, it doesn't seem to be a big threat, but as long as you get together, even if there are fewer players, years of tacit cooperation can make you instantly possess Extremely strong fighting power!

And who knows that best, John? "

"Strike"

"He is afraid of you, or in other words, his plan does not allow any 'accidental factors', and you are these 'accidental factors', think about it, you all know what he did, his secret You also know that the laboratory has allowed you to survive outside for so many years. Maybe it's just that his 'experiment' has not yet reached the most critical moment.

Now, Stryker's purpose is already obvious. He wants to get rid of you, whether it's for your mutant genes or to prevent you from destroying his plan. It doesn't matter. The first thing you have to consider is how to Self-care, John, I helped Bradley fight off Victor, and now that he's on my team, I'll take care of his safety. It's a good deal. "

After Bruce finished speaking, he poured himself another glass of wine, and tasted it carefully. Some words, he just needs to stop. He threw out the upcoming crisis and the bargaining chips he could give. How to choose, is The other party's business.

Bradley also looked at John seriously at this time, persuading: "If it wasn't the boss at the time, I might really have died under Victor's claws, John, join us, even if you don't believe the boss now Son, but you should believe me! Also, the other players who quit the Stryker team? Let's go find them! As long as we unite, Victor and the others will not be able to defeat us one by one!"

John's throat rolled, he looked at Bradley with a sincere face, and then at Bruce who was calm at this time, as if he was not in a hurry to let him make a decision, pondered for a moment, he took a big sip of wine, like As if he had made up his mind, he said to Bruce in a low voice: "I admit that your words are very convincing, and it's a good idea to bring Bradley to convince me.
But please give me at least one reason to convince you!Sir, I'm not one of those young people who don't understand anything, you seem to understand all the 'asshole things' we did for Stryker?Then you should also know the power in Stryker's hands. He has the support of the military and mutants!And you, what?How do you guarantee our personal safety?Also, I can contact my former teammates myself, why must I join your team? "

Bruce stared at John, whose tone was somewhat "unfriendly". He could understand John's current state of mind. John had worked under Stryker, and he knew very well Stryker's means and power. He is now hiding in Las Vegas , not without the meaning of avoiding Stryker's pursuit.

And I suddenly showed up with Bradley, telling him that Stryker started chasing them, and let him join his team, which he didn't understand and wasn't optimistic about. .

"So, what decision are you going to make? Or, how will you trust me and join my team?"

Bruce shrugged, still calmly said.

John stood up, glanced back at the huge fitness room below this room, and said seriously to Bruce: "Play a game with me and the guy in the fitness room below, and if you can beat us both, I will consider taking it with you." 'He' joins your team and if you can't win, keep Bradley and get out of here!"

Bruce glanced at the fitness room, but only saw a "huge" figure sitting in the corner of the boxing ring, eating and drinking.

He nodded thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, Bruce suddenly asked John: "So, can you make Dukes return to his normal shape? I don't want to accept that a man can't run, You can only be an unqualified 'meat shield' member."

"Dukes? He's here?" "How do you know!?"

Bradley and John asked in unison, Bruce stood up, took off the jacket he was wearing, which he had just bought in New York, and said to John while moving his wrists: "If you can guarantee, that'everyone If you can get back to normal shape in the future, let's fight! It's been a long time, I haven't fought anyone with all my strength in the boxing ring."

After finishing speaking, Bruce turned his head to look at John, with a "slightly interested" smile on his face, "I hope you will not let me down~"

(End of this chapter)