General Ross could hardly believe what she was hearing. This was actually a solution her father had come up with!
To curb the Syndicate, he was willing to gamble with the lives of all humanity on the entire World. If anything went wrong, it would mean mutual destruction!
She stared intently at Wilson: "You must be crazy!"
The expression on Wilson's face softened. He had guessed his daughter would react this way.
"I don't expect you to understand me, General Ross, but this is the only way we can negotiate with the Syndicate right now."
"No! That's not right! We clearly have a better method!"
Wilson said expressionlessly: "Then what is it?"
His question made General Ross falter for a moment. She subconsciously shifted her gaze to the phone Wilson had just used.
Wilson noticed and couldn't help but smile.
"General Ross, my naive child, do you really think the people Amanda Waller talks about are heroes?
This World once had heroes, but ever since the World split, those stories that only existed in epics have never happened again."
As mentioned before, when the Magic Box sent the Seven Deadly Sins to another World, it might have also introduced some good qualities from another World.
Therefore, in this World, although evil generally triumphs over good, there are still some noble individuals who try to change this World.
Just as in Dane's World, there are always some villains who plan to make the World more evil and chaotic—yes, I'm talking about guys like the Joker who love to see the World burn.
Although Westerners don't talk about philosophies like Yin-Yang balance, they clearly understand the importance of bipolar balance.
If this World were filled with absolute evil, they would struggle to establish even the most basic order; it would be better to just turn it into hell.
Even in desperate Worlds like the Dark Multiverse, and even among the desperate Batmen of the Dark Knights, they were once Super Heroes.
Let's briefly describe the bipolar forces surrounding the DC Universe as "good" and "evil 31."
The power of "good" is still very strong, because no matter how dark life and the World become, there will always be people who long for better things.
Just like Dream Lord Morpheus's word contest with a demon in the comics, the demon spoke of the darkest, most powerful force in the Universe, a force capable of erasing all life in the entire Universe.
And Morpheus defeated it with just one word: "hope." This word is also the highest theme of the DC Universe; even an omniscient and omnipotent God would die if He violated this theme.
And in the Golden Age, the people of Earth-3 once had an opportunity to transform it into a World dominated by the power of "good," but they failed.
However, "good" still survived in some way.
Ultraman was utterly wicked, killing his adoptive parents at the age of seven. Before that, the Kryptonians had self-destructed due to selfishness and internal strife.
But Ultraman's biological parents still left him a chance to live; these selfish parents ultimately embodied the power of "good."
This is also one of the reasons Dane believes this World is still worth saving.
Even President Wilson, at first, became President with the grand ambition of changing this country and changing this World.
A President with one eye blind, yet his approval rating was the highest—this was truly remarkable.
But after two years in office, Wilson finally understood that there were times when he was powerless, for example, he could absolutely not resist the power of the Syndicate.
He had tried countless methods, both overt and covert, to curb the influence of the Crime Syndicate. Waller was one of his efforts, but those efforts were undoubtedly failures.
Because the Crime Syndicate's bottom line was lower than any they could imagine. If they could, they would not hesitate to threaten the lives of everyone in the entire country.
For example, Owlman is not only the Syndicate's strategist but also a very clever technology expert. He has the ability to control some of this World's nuclear bombs and make them explode in any country or region of this World.
Another example is Ultraman; he can destroy all humans in this World with just his man of steel and super speed.
Wilson had to yield in the face of such power, but this yielding also forced him to adopt a more extreme approach than the Syndicate to fight for the rights that should have belonged to them.
The Quantum Ontology Bomb was one of his achievements. Only when Wilson possessed something that could truly threaten the lives of everyone in the Syndicate could they be on the same negotiating table.
But this did not convince General Ross. After seeing Wilson's crazy plan, she became even more resolute in her own ideas!
Wilson's method could absolutely not achieve the peace he desired; it would only provoke an even more violent backlash from the Syndicate.
Even if, for argument's sake, it could temporarily suppress the Syndicate's arrogance and maintain a delicate balance, what would happen after Wilson left office?
Would the next President have the same ability and courage to continue this mutual deterrence with the Syndicate?
Wilson's method was full of military style, overly aggressive and reckless.
After a big argument, the father and daughter parted ways unhappily. But before leaving Wilson's office, General Ross secretly noted down the number of the person Wilson had just spoken to on the phone, and then she walked out of the White House.
When she returned home, she carefully checked the house to ensure there were no surveillance or listening devices before picking up her phone and dialing that number.
Meanwhile, Waller's private phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and saw it was an unknown number.
She frowned slightly. This was a special number, used only for calls with the President, so logically, no stranger should know this number.
But Waller thought for a moment and answered.
The person on the other end got straight to the point: "Is this Amanda Waller? I'm President Wilson's daughter, Rose Wilson. I hope to meet the Super Hero team you mentioned on behalf of my father…"
A twist of fate! Waller's eyes lit up. The President's daughter? Waller had long heard of her.
As the first daughter of the United States, Rose Wilson was as famous as her Soldier father, and she was most known for disagreeing with her father's appeasement policy and constantly striving to correct social injustices caused by the Syndicate.
This required immense courage; some even believed that if Rose wasn't too young, she might even become the first female President in the history of the United States.
Waller greatly admired this first daughter. Although she thought the other party was not yet mature enough, her future was promising.
She had, of course, heard the perfunctory tone in President Wilson's words earlier, and she also understood the President's actions.
After all, even she herself felt this matter was no less than a huge gamble, but the Syndicate was such an opponent; if you didn't gamble, you wouldn't even have the chance to compete with them on the same stage.
Originally, Wilson's refusal had almost made her abandon the plan, but General Ross rekindled her hope.
Even if Wilson didn't agree to this plan, the people behind Vixen didn't know that!
So, as long as the President's daughter endorsed it, there was still a possibility of making this happen.
Thus, Waller brightened up and immediately said into her phone, "General Ross, we must meet immediately!"
...At the same time, in Gotham City, Owlman had already begun to reorganize the city.
Although Talon Dick had gone missing, Owlman was the true "master" of the Court of Owls; upon his return, he quickly stabilized the morale of the Owls.
And those opportunistic capitalists and shameless politicians, due to their wavering attitudes during the previous period, were purged by the Court of Owls.
The flicker of hope Batman had created earlier was instantly extinguished by Owlman's wings, and Gotham City began to live in fear.
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