These people are all operatives from the Department of Defense with secret organization, although Luke couldn't find out which departments they belonged to.
But killing these people is equivalent to Batman officially declaring war on the US Department of Defense + the four major armed forces.
Luke didn't intend to let Batman become such a thorn in the flesh. He had plenty of aliases that could make him a thorn in the flesh anyway.
The work of the Advanced Joint Research Group is also very interesting.
Originally, it was the same entity as the Sentinel Service, focusing on studying superpowers and trying to make them available to the US government.
This concept is actually no different from all super soldier programs, except that the direction of soldier strengthening is different.
But in recent years, after Amanda Walker came to power, she has been trying to add another kind of intelligence - directly combining ready-made super-powered people for use by the United States.
The level of trust in these ready-made personnel is certainly different from that in the personnel you train yourself.
Amanda is not a naive girl, but a typical politician who is dark and ruthless.
Her plan is to directly control super-powered people, especially those super-powered criminals, through lethal means and force them to complete their tasks.
For these superpower criminals, she doesn't need to provide any salary. At most, she can improve their prison conditions and allow them to visit their families, which will be considered as compensation.
No one would feel sad if he died, and his consumption was low when he was alive, making him the perfect "tool man".
Her philosophy is: since these people are only thinking about using their superpowers to commit crimes, human rights don't matter.
Amanda's idea did not receive much support before. After all, when people study superpowers, they may not be doing it for their own benefit.
Where do we get the money from without spending a lot of money
If a new "product" really comes out in the future, the Ministry of National Defense and the military will just invest a lot of money to purchase a batch, and all parties involved in this matter will pocket a lot of benefits.
Amanda's idea is not bad, but it is not suitable for everyone to make money.
In fact, those who support Amanda also want to use the "black work" characteristics of super-powered criminals to do some irresponsible shopping. Those idiots who are stupid enough to use their super powers to rob banks or even electrical appliance stores are the ones who are best at "waste utilization".
It is not difficult to make money by robbing some foreign drug dealers and gang leaders. There is no risk and the executors can be cleared out at any time.
However, those who have this idea are always a minority, and most people prefer to receive official US funding openly because it is a legal and clear rule.
From a boss in the North American Command who built a field hospital and reaped long-term benefits, to a boss in the Africa Command who traveled at public expense while his wife went on beauty and shopping trips at public expense, to a boss in the National Guard who created a paper army and collected empty salaries, senior American bosses are all used to this way of eating.
Amanda's idea was only tested on a small scale a few times and did not gain much support.
When Batman came out of nowhere and super-powered crimes became common in Los Angeles and New York, Amanda's plan was finally remembered by many bigwigs.
This is no longer a question of getting rich or not, but a matter of U.S. national security.
As much as the lower-class people love Batman, the middle and higher-level people are as wary of this Dark Knight.
Ordinary people can only live in peace if they abide by the law, but these middle and high-level bosses resort to countless illegal and violent means to gain benefits.
But the Dark Knight talks about "justice" rather than law.
Whenever someone is caught committing a crime, Batman will "sentence in court" and execute the crime immediately, causing minor injuries such as broken bones or serious consequences such as paraplegia.
Even though Batman hasn't offended these big guys yet, their sense of crisis has already emerged.
When it comes to personal safety, they don't need Batman to think about it, but they have to think about it themselves.
Only when they are personally safe can the United States be safe, so this is a major matter involving U.S. national security and must be taken seriously.
With this support, Amanda's super power team plan has developed rapidly in the past year.
Currently, the Advanced Joint Research Group has built two semi-finished super-power teams and has carried out many designated tasks and is in good operating condition.
That's why Flagg thought that Amanda had been getting too arrogant recently and was testing Batman, with the intention of using Batman as a stepping stone.
I've captured Batman, so you know how powerful my super team is! This is probably what Amanda thinks.
Amanda is a person who, to put it nicely, is determined and tough.
To put it bluntly, it means being ruthless and unscrupulous.
The reason why they target Batman is simply because Batman has a weakness - he doesn't kill people, and most of the time he only targets current crimes.
Secondly, Batman, who has been studied over and over again, is generally recognized as a person without superpowers. He has never displayed superpowers at any time.
Batman doesn't deliberately hide his strength when saving people, so he is just a normal human being.
This made Amanda think that if another mysterious person had not intervened during the New York bombing, the witch would have been able to kill both Batman and Iron Man on the spot.
This fully proves that Batman is indeed not that strong and her plan is effective.
When Luke thought of the information Flagg had revealed, he couldn't help but smile: showing weakness to the enemy is indeed a powerful weapon to lure the snake out of its hole.
These people all think that Batman’s “sense of justice” is silly and that his strength is not that strong, so they dare to jump out and cause trouble.
His previous thinking was correct.
As a spiritual leader, what's the point of having such strong fighting power! A dark knight with a bottom line and a "heart of justice" will never be feared by those big guys, but only be wary of him.
Because Batman is not a madman, he abides by certain rules and does not cross them, so these big guys will play the "a gentleman can be deceived by tricks" game.
This is also the favorite trick of those official people.
However, who says Batman can't take revenge! Luke opened his mouth and ordered: "Afu, how many gang spies does the Advanced Joint Research Group have in the power distribution in New York?"
Ah Fu: "Master, there are thirty-five people who sell information about superpowers to them, and eleven of them are directly controlled by the research team."
Luke: "Make an action plan. I will wipe out the eleven direct gangs in one night, and leave the rest... for the next day."
Ah Fu: "Okay, Master."
After Luke finished speaking, he couldn't help but chuckle.
If operatives like Flagg are Amanda’s hands and feet, then these gangs are Amanda’s eyes.
Without eyes, it would be difficult for Amanda to collect intelligence in New York, especially various underground gossips.
Just like when Francis was looking for test subjects, he found Wade through this channel.
These activities, which cannot be seen in public, certainly cannot be carried out by collecting candidates through official channels.
Gang members with complex membership and frequent mobility are undoubtedly the best scapegoats.
As long as they can make enough money, the weed-selling gangs don't mind playing the role of human traffickers from time to time.
Now the whole world knows that New York is Batman's new home.
It is reasonable for Batman, who has suffered a loss, to retaliate against the Advanced Joint Research Group by attacking gang members.
Those guys are criminals! Batman beats up bad guys, that's his daily routine.