As the agents searched the back, other agents had already pinned down Damian. Diana actually wanted to warn them that the opponent might be dangerous, but these agents seemed fearless. Shiller ordered, and he pinned Damian directly with zero hesitation.
Diana didn't expect Damian to make no resistance and he didn't try to harm these agents like he harmed her. He just struggled and shouted, "The Justice League still has the President! You've been deceiving the public! You damned bastards!!!"
To be honest, although this little guy hurt her just now, Diana couldn't help but think, he's shouting something that is completely correct, he has become the righteous and good rebel army while they're the behind-the-scenes manipulators weaving conspiracies.
But there's nothing that can be done, this pirate ship has already been boarded, there's no getting off. Diana walked next to Shiller and asked softly, "So, is this your goal?"
"Which goal?" Shiller smiled at her, "I have many goals."
Diana was about to count how many goals he had achieved when she saw the reporters rushing in. The leader was the chief editor of The Daily Planet, followed by Lois and a bunch of independent journalists.
They first rushed to the mural and snapped away, then quickly went to interview Shiller. The chief editor, astutely, came to Diana's side, raised a microphone, and asked, "Hello, madam, was it your cooperation with the government that took down these Mars people?"
After adjusting her state, Diana began speaking, "To be honest, I didn't know earlier that this was a conspiracy by Mars people, I initially thought it was indeed crimes committed by my compatriots. At first, I just wanted to clear the fact that I hadn't switched artifacts and catch the culprits, but I didn't expect these Mars people to lay a trap here. If it hadn't been for Mr. Rodriguez arriving in time to aid, I might not have been a match for them..."
Diana moved her arm, and the editor immediately noticed. He quickly directed his crew for a close-up of Diana's arm and said, "For a superpower user as strong as you to be injured like this, the Mars people are indeed too powerful."
Diana didn't want to exaggerate others' strengths while belittling herself. However, the source of the curse next to her kept signaling her with an eye, so she sighed and said, "Yes, superpower users each have their own strengths, not everyone has strong defenses. Falling into traps or being ambushed represents a life danger..."
"So, our president must also be very dangerous?"
"He has never been safe!" Diana's words didn't come from anywhere but her heart, and she kept glancing at Shiller. With such a secretary always around, it would be odd for him to be safe.
"I must remind you, superpower users are not Shields. On the contrary, because Mars people don't want these superpower users to protect the human race, they will use all sorts of ways to slander and set them up. I'm the greatest example of that. If I hadn't pursued their hideout and uncovered their conspiracy, I would've been banished from Earth."
"My fellow humans, now is definitely not the time for internal strife. Mars people hide among you, plotting to estrange you from your relatives and friends. They want to turn each of us into isolated islands, so they can defeat us one by one. Whether ordinary people or superpower users, as long as we want to protect Earth, we should unite like sisters, never giving any extraterrestrial force any chance to exploit!"
Diana spoke these words sincerely, because even now though there are no Mars people, there is the revival of these Death God Puppets. To be honest, it isn't much different from Mars people invasion, it might even be more dangerous. After all, according to Ron, Mars people also have this weakness to fire, but the weakness of these puppets is still unclear, which might be more troublesome than Mars people.
Moreover, they plainly target the Justice League aiming to incite the public against the Justice League. And to stir up emotions this way is actually easy, as this time, there were few who could firmly believe Diana was innocent?
Even knowing Mars people had mingled among humans preparing to cause chaos, not everyone reacts so quickly. Plus a group keeps spreading influences there, many believe what they say is reasonable—the conclusion being that no one other than this superpower user Diana could switch artifacts—and naturally the blame was pinned on her, the other side succeeded.
Fortunately, these people ran into Shiller, the master of stirring influences. After the interview, Diana opened the news site and found it flooded with full version "Frenes Snake" high-resolution photos.
Up until now, Diana could think of several goals Shiller might have. Letting online influence ferment, causing her to become deeply involved in public opinion whirlpool, increasingly falsely accused, was a necessary step. Because, compared to talking boastfully, facts set in front of you are more likely to convince people.
If you say out of thin air, Mars people will definitely target the Justice League, will use all methods to slander and set them up, the citizens may not believe you, may even think you are making a big deal over nothing, have persecution delusions.
But with this incident, it's different. Diana was truly set up—the mural was never switched by her, it was already switched when stored in the British Museum, before it was displayed to the public at all.