After saying goodbye to the two, Luke stood in front of the bulkhead in front of them, put on the bat armor again, and left the water tank.
The yacht automatically floated up and transformed into the appearance of an ordinary yacht, sending Tony and Natasha back to a small pier in New York.
Watching the yacht turn away, Tony turned around and started calling a taxi.
Natasha waited until he finished the call before asking, "Bruce Wayne, have you found the information?"
Tony simply replied, "No."
Natasha chuckled: "His face is a nano mask, right?"
Tony scoffed, "You think he'll use his real face?"
Natasha glanced at him sideways: "Can't you see his original appearance?"
The sunglasses that the young master wore were not ordinary ones. They had many detection functions and were not comparable to the detection equipment she brought with her.
Tony: "He's not that stupid. My equipment can eliminate the influence of the nano mask to a certain extent, but he has other means of interference. Didn't you take any pictures?"
Natasha sighed regretfully: "This Batman is really..."
She didn't know how to describe it.
She knew too well the importance of confidentiality in dangerous work. For a person like Batman who was the target of public criticism and at the center of controversy, it was never too careful.
If it were her, and she had to confront the US officials, she would probably eliminate all traces and hide as soon as possible.
She would never do something like Batman did, like coming out to meet them.
Tony laughed in his heart, but he was not surprised. Instead, he thought it was normal.
He has known Batman for so long, isn't this the first time he's seen what he looks like under his armor? Although this is also fake, it's better than looking at the armor.
People are like this. If they always perform below their expectations, they will be easily satisfied as long as they get a little bit of gain.
Besides, during the whole meeting, Luke only poured wine for Tony, and a beauty like Natasha was not given any preferential treatment at all.
Obviously, Tony, the "friend" acknowledged by himself, has a much higher status than Natasha.
So even if he really discovered some secret of Batman, he would not tell Natasha.
Batman doesn't trust SHIELD, so how could Tony trust it? He is just an Avengers consultant now.
He trusts Batman more than S.H.I.E.L.D.
…
New York City was in a state of chaos over the next few days, and Luke and his companions could no longer be lazy.
The NYPD suffered heavy losses this time, with more than one hundred police officers killed in the line of duty.
And without the knowledge of most police officers, Deputy Commissioner Bullard was taken away and no one knew where he went.
Sheriff Nelson was not too happy about this.
Because after Brad left, all the pressure was on him. He is now the only four-star official and the top leader of the NYPD.
The families of the fallen police officers need to be comforted, his work needs to be adjusted, and the dissatisfaction of New York citizens makes him feel overwhelmed.
But crises also bring opportunities.
After the biggest competitor left, many groups opened their purse strings and began making donations.
Two of the huge donations entered the NYPD account through him, including $20 million from Stark Group and $10 million from Titanium Mobile Phone Company.
This is at least enough for Sheriff Nelson to pay the pensions of the hundreds of police officers and the medical expenses of the remaining injured police officers.
Sheriff Nelson successively removed several powerful middle-level managers and dozens of related grassroots managers from Brad's system.
Then Selina became a first-level police inspector, Dustin took over the position of the second-in-command of the headquarters investigation bureau, and Elsa was directly promoted to a higher level to replace her boss who had been dismissed.
The newly expanded Cyber Intelligence Department was subjected to a major purge, with all the newly recruited personnel being taken away by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security for investigation.
Elizabeth went from being a team leader in charge of two people to a big team leader in charge of more than ten people.
Sheriff Nelson did this without any panic.
Brad's men were purged, and he only got a small portion of the benefits. The other NYPD bigwigs also took advantage of the situation and divided up the vacant positions.
Everyone's private communication determines the fate of these people.
Selina and Dustin were just given incidental promotions. After all, Luke really can't be promoted anymore recently.
The chaos in the NYPD is just the aftermath of the experimental subject attack, and it can even be said to be the least concerned ripple among them.
The public and the media's attention is still on the thousands of citizens who died.
Various bloody photos and videos continue to circulate, causing strong shock and impact to the onlookers.
If it is a natural disaster, then people have nothing to say and can only try to find trouble with those who failed to provide rescue efforts.
But this time it was clearly a man-made disaster. Although there are many voices from the public and the media, they almost all mean the same thing - someone must be held accountable for this attack.
The Saxophone Group and the Big Foot Gang were the first to be hit.
Various industries were quickly closed down, and relevant personnel were arrested, summoned, and placed under surveillance almost within a day.
Then, the bigwigs who had close ties with the Sachs Group were pulled out one by one and analyzed one by one to see who their supporters were.
The bigwigs who had previously had connections with the Saks Group have all tried their best to distance themselves from it.
But the Saks Group has been in New York for more than ten years, and many people cannot clear their suspicion at all.
In a short period of time, two New York congressmen, a Supreme Court justice, two district attorneys, and Brad, deputy commissioner of the NYPD, resigned. Waiting for their investigation is another long story.
But that's not enough.
In 2001, due to an attack, the United States launched a wave of anti-terrorism.
Military spending has skyrocketed, anti-terrorism personnel and costs have increased dramatically, and the authority of the FBI and CIA has increased dramatically.
As long as someone is suspected of being involved in empty-body activities, the FBI can directly arrest and interrogate him without any solid evidence.
Although the death toll this time was not as high, the tragedy was even worse than before.
The resignation of a few politicians and bureaucrats does not qualify them as scapegoats and punching bags. People need an outlet to vent their anger.
The investigation into the Saxophone Group, the culprit, has not been made public, and no one believes that the attack was carried out by a business group and a gang.
Since when did the gang stop making money and only think about launching empty-clad attacks
Those members of the Big Foot Gang are all native American thugs. If you say that some of them helped the Kongbu gang for money, people might believe it.
No one can accept the claim that they planned this.
Due to the manipulation of some people, the authorities have never given a clear name for the criminal.
Eric Sachs, president of the Sachs Group, and Tang Jing, second in command of the Big Foot Gang, are not qualified to be the main messengers, and the Big Foot Gang's number one, Schreider, has disappeared without a trace again.
At this point, things began to change subtly.
People who were furious naturally focused their attention on the other protagonist in the attack—Batman and his superhero friends.