My Superhero Can’t Be This Jerk

Diana and her party encountered the Court of Owls on their way out of Gotham.

And Eric in the New Babylon camp in New Hampshire is doing statistical work.

"The current population of the camp is 1,252 people. Women, children, the elderly, and children account for two-thirds of those unable to engage in combat work. In this way, there are about 400 soldiers."

Eric is counting the population composition of the camp.

Helping him next to him were Tal and Di, two teenagers.

"There are eleven people who have been injected with 'Compound No. 5', but most of them are ordinary fighters who have enhanced their strength and stamina. There is no one who can stand alone."

Eric sat on a somewhat luxurious chair covered with blankets, and said with a heavy heart.

The situation in the camp was more serious than expected.

More than 1,000 people are seriously short of food and fresh water.

The fresh water problem can be obtained by continuously digging deeper into the earth's crust.

But the problem of food is the most troublesome.

In the current apocalyptic environment, only some corn can be grown, and other crops cannot survive at all.

Only part of the corn is planted in the camp, and the production has been decreasing year after year, which can no longer meet the needs of the residents.

All knew that there were many dangers outside, but the soldiers in the camp had to go out to find food.

To be honest, Eric is also a bit weird.

Why can't other crops be grown in the last days, only corn, not potatoes and sweet potatoes?

Is it because the corn cannon makes it easier to kill zombies?

Shaking his head and getting these messy thoughts out of his mind, he asked Tull, "Tal, do you know the location of Gotham?"

"Gotham?"

Hearing Eric say this word, Tal immediately showed a horrified expression, "Of course I know, it's the lair of Omega, I heard that all the superheroes controlled by him,

And his army, all entrenched there! "

"The east coast has been completely controlled by Omega's army!"

Di also had lingering fears about Omega and explained to Eric.

"uh-huh......"

Eric nodded without expressing his opinion.

It seems that Omega's rule has left an extremely deep and terrifying impression on the people here.

"Tal, take me to the place where Taiden is being held."

Eric suddenly proposed to visit Tyden.

Although it was a bit strange why he wanted to see a bastard like Tyden, Tal suppressed the doubts in his heart, nodded, and led Eric to the cell.

In the dark and damp cell, Taiden was leaning on the cell wall.

His eyes were burning with anger, cursing everything.

"Tyden!"

Eric was outside the cell door and yelled at him.

"Hmph! What are you doing here?"

Looking at Eric, who replaced him as the leader, he was not angry at all.

"Let's see how you're doing?"

Eric was not angry at the other party's rude tone.

"I'm locked in a cell, how do you think I'm doing? Also, what does this have to do with you?" Taiden snorted coldly and rolled his eyes.

"I understand your anger, but it doesn't change your situation."

"Angry? I'm not angry, I'm contempt for you! Batman? Haha, I haven't heard that Batman is a conspiracy to usurp power!"

"A usurper? I don't think so."

Eric took a few steps closer to Tyden's cage, "The people in the camp chose me, not me to usurp power!"

"The nature of the two is different, active or passive, these are two different choices."

Eric looked into his eyes, "As for my question, I'll talk about it later. But it's you, we can discuss it."

"I?"

Tyden glanced at Eric outside the cell, "What do you want to discuss about me? To ridicule and ridicule me?"

"Of course not. In fact, I heard that you are very experienced in logistics and planting crops. I will release you to be a manager in logistics management and crop cultivation. What do you think?"

Eric suddenly said something that stunned Tal and Tyden.

"no!"

Tal hurriedly stopped.

"What if he stabs you in the back? He's not a nice guy."

Tual gave Tyden a hard look in the cell.

He still remembered what happened when he brought the unconscious Emiko and Eric here just now—Taiden gave him a hard slap in the face!

Tal is a man with a grudge.

"Tal."

Eric turned his head to look at Tal, and gave him a reassuring look, "I'm not naive enough to leave him unattended, we need his help, I think it's worth the risk."

After a pause, he continued, "Maybe Tal, you can take care of him."

"But......"

Tal bit his lip stubbornly, trying to say something to make Eric change his mind, but in the end he didn't say anything, just turned his face away awkwardly.

"You are crazy!"

Tyden in the cell glared at Eric instead, "You can't be a leader like this, what is a leader? It is an existence that rules the people and conquers them! You can't lead them, what they need is an iron fist that crushes all disobedience !"

"Yeah?"

Eric started to debate with him, "Rule the people like you do? Rule your world with fear, coercion, and violence, and make others feel small?"

After hearing Eric's words, Taiden closed his mouth in embarrassment.

He thought of his current fate, with a complicated look on his face.

"However, in less than a day, your world was taken away from you! What does this prove? Your so-called rule is nothing but a sand sculpture built on the beach, and it disappears as soon as the sea washes over."

Eric turned his head and walked out of the cell, "Maybe it's time to try a different method."

"let's go!"

Eric took Tal and walked outside.

The footsteps of the two echoed in the dark passageway that was gradually losing light.

Taiden in the cell was holding the iron bars of the cage tightly with both hands, with a complex and incomprehensible look on his face.

"Wait a minute!"

Before Eric and the two disappeared completely, Tiden called them back.

"How? Have you thought about it?"

Eric turned back and walked in front of Tyden again.

"There is a large granary on the west side of the city. There are several tons of grain in it, which can solve the urgent needs of the camp. Not only grain, but also vehicles and a small amount of gasoline, which come from the old world before it was destroyed. If it is used as a transportation If you have a tool, you may use it."

Taiden told the big secret with a dull face, but he didn't agree to work for Eric.

Maybe it was the little bit of self-esteem left that made him unable to say something close to admitting defeat.

But Eric's purpose is these, he hopes to get more useful resources from Taiden, so he came to the cell.