#649 - Siege of the Vipers

Just as Reed had anticipated, Johnny was the first to respond after he presented the two options.

“Of course, we should beat those reptiles to a pulp.” Johnny slammed his right fist into his left palm. “I don't want any relationship with those thugs other than as enemies. I'd rather be killed than listen to them.”

Johnny's words resonated with everyone present. Those who gathered here were not the type to accept the Serpent Society's ways. Otherwise, some would have surrendered when Rock Python attacked.

So, Johnny's words struck a chord with everyone. However, even if they looked down on the Serpent Society, they wouldn't easily engage in a full-scale war with them.

After all, once a full-scale war started, there would be no room for maneuver. If they won, it would be fine, but if they lost, they might all be wiped out in that battle.

Now, they could at least choose tactical detours, hitting and running, which was frustrating and troublesome, but at least safe and wouldn't cause too many casualties.

Avoiding direct confrontation wasn't shameful, and it was very useful.

However, Johnny's words did sway some people's minds. Reed could see that only the final push was needed.

“I know what you're worried about.” Reed tapped the blueprint, once again attracting everyone's attention. “But now is indeed the best opportunity to destroy the Serpent Society. If we miss today, we may never encounter such a good opportunity again.”

“How do you know this is our best opportunity?” Tyrone asked. “What if this is just a show put on by the Serpent Society? The purpose is to make us think they are weak, but they have already set up an ambush, waiting for us to jump in when we want to beat a dog when it’s down.”

“It's not impossible.” Reed nodded, not directly denying Tyrone's words, which surprised the latter because he had never encountered such a way of arguing on the streets.

In his understanding of arguments, the two sides usually denied each other at the first moment to avoid being caught with flaws. Reed was the first person he had ever encountered like this.

“Indeed, just like Tyrone said, this may just be a trap, but I think this possibility is infinitely close to zero.” Reed reached out and pointed to the map with the Serpent Society's stronghold marked on it.

“We all know that the resources on the original New York where we live are limited, and now our range of activities is also restricted, and resources have changed from limited to scarce.”

“In this case, I don't think the Serpent Society would waste the resources they have worked so hard to collect, as well as excellent strongholds, for a group of superhumans whose strength is unknown. This kind of waste cannot be afforded by any stronghold in the ruins.”

Reed refuted Tyrone's words with reason and evidence, and the latter was speechless and could only retreat silently.

“Now, according to the news brought back by Johnny, we know that the Serpent Society's underlings and those civilians have been driven away, which is equivalent to the Serpent Society saving us a lot of trouble without hostages.”

“In addition, there are about three leaders who have been seriously injured and cannot fight. We also have an advantage in manpower. As long as we cooperate properly, we may be able to take down the Serpent Society easily.”

Reed patted Johnny on the shoulder as he said this, and continued in the other party's puzzled eyes: “You must know that we have a character who can set fires.”

That's right, everyone's eyes lit up. If the fire is properly coordinated with the environment, it is indeed a powerful weapon that can influence the battle, and if the fire is strong enough, even if the opponent has fire-fighting equipment, it will not be so easy to extinguish it.

Now there are no ordinary people in the Serpent Society's stronghold, and setting fire is indeed a good idea. In addition, Johnny can control the fire that is set off, and he can extinguish it at any time if he wants to. This method is indeed a rare good method.

“Then what are we waiting for!” Johnny looked impatient. “Let's make a quick decision, the longer we drag it on, the more disadvantageous it will be for us.”

Reed shook his head with a smile, held down the impatient Johnny and said: “Let's start the second vote now, please raise your hand if you agree with this plan.”

After a moment of silence, everyone raised their hands one after another. Some people who were originally hesitant also raised their hands under the influence of herd mentality. This is actually a kind of subtle coercion.

The reason why Reed wanted to conduct a second vote was because of this. He did play some tricks after all.

In the end, everyone was persuaded. Reed nodded with satisfaction and then announced that they would be dismissed and everyone would prepare. Saying it was preparation, they didn't actually have any weapons to check, that is, they just went down to prepare themselves mentally.

After all, they were about to face a great battle. Although they were all superhumans and had experienced some battles in the wasteland, it was the first time they had encountered such a melee of more than a dozen superhumans gathered together.

Although Reed was talking eloquently, everyone knew that theory was theory after all, and there would definitely be differences in practice, and some people might be injured or die because of it.

However, hiding like before was just a slow death. It would be better to seize this opportunity and gamble, maybe they could get a happy ending.

In the end, everyone actually had such a crazy idea in their hearts, but Reed just pushed them from behind.

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The memory ended, and Yang Le spent less than a second to go through the cause of Reed and the others' attack on the Serpent Society. He now understood why Reed was so bold. It turned out that he had seized the opportunity brought about by his own mistake.

I have to say, Reed's plan this time was indeed fine. He took advantage of the enemy's weakness to wipe them out in one go. If it were Yang Le, he would have chosen to do so.

Unfortunately, they were not facing the ordinary Serpent Society like in the main universe of 616. If it was the Serpent Society in the main universe, with their configuration, they could directly take down even some first-line villains.

But now they were facing the Serpent Society blessed by the Old God Set. This Serpent Society could be said to be the strongest Serpent Society in the multiverse, and it already had the strength to compete with first-line villains.

Especially the King Cobra holding the Seven-Headed Serpent Staff, his strength was not even seen through by Yang Le when he was still the Martian Manhunter. He didn't know what kind of power Set gave him, but in short, it was very difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, Yang Le had just weakened the power of the god Set. Without the blessing of the god Set, Reed should be able to deal with the seriously injured Serpent Society now.

Well, should be possible?

He was a little unsure in his heart. Although he could directly know the future result, Yang Le still controlled X-Man and floated towards the Serpent Society's territory.