"Don't worry, I'll tell Batman about this right away. He'll help us find the answer."
Anton replied.
Hearing this, George relaxed and smiled, "I trust Batman completely."
Soon.
At Anton's request, the two of them got out of the car in front of the building where the Daily Bugle was located.
It was already night.
The evening breeze was blowing, and the streetlights were dim.
"Huh."
Eddie looked around, feeling like someone was missing.
"Where's Phil?"
"..."
Anton pondered for a moment, then waved his hand. "He'll find his way back. Let's discuss the matter of Justin Hammer first."
"Right!"
Eddie's eyes lit up. "You still haven't said who took Justin Hammer!"
"Sandman!"
Anton said, "His name is Flint Marko. He was originally a street thug, but after escaping from prison to avoid the police, he accidentally broke into a Hammer Industries' physics lab and fell into a particle accelerator… Fortunately, due to the radiation, he gained the ability to control sand."
Strictly speaking, Sandman actually has two names.
William Baker is Sandman's real name, and he used the alias Flint Marko when committing crimes.
But in the initial version of the Spider-Man movie, Sandman used the name Flint Marko.
In subsequent versions, it's basically the same story, with similar backgrounds.
In short, he escaped from prison to avoid capture, was caught up in an "experimental accident" and survived, gaining the ability to control sand.
In the world where Anton is, he doesn't know much about Sandman, Flint Marko.
But with his memory enhanced by the system, he immediately recalled, after what happened today, that a few months ago, at Norman Osborn's request, when Green Arrow's clone went to Osborn Company to help, he saw some information before leaving.
That information was about the details of Hammer Industries. At that time, Hammer Industries was the biggest obstacle in the internal strife of Osborn Company, preventing Harry from regaining power.
The files contained some news reports.
After all, the information came from the High Table and Eddie.
The former went without saying; as for the latter, Eddie, as the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, might not have much inside information, but he definitely had a ton of news.
At the time, Flint Marko was mixed in with the information-dense files, and Anton had just glanced over him.
However, there were so many people with the same name in America that no one knew how many people were represented by Tom, Jack, and Tony.
Anton didn't pay much attention.
But now, combined with the current situation, he could almost be sure that this Flint Marko was the classic villain Sandman from the Spider-Man series.
"Sandman is actually mixed up with Hammer Industries..."
安东 rubbed his chin, finding this quite interesting.
Although the truth was still unclear, Anton could almost be certain that Justin Hammer's kidnapping by Sandman was a show orchestrated by Justin himself.
Justin simply wanted to evade capture, using this to hide in the shadows and remotely control Hammer Industries, while also finding an opportunity to clear his name.
The longer the time dragged on, the more advantageous it was for him.
As for Sandman, this guy wasn't a purely evil person. In the original comics, Sandman even reformed for a period of time and joined the Avengers. However, due to differing ideologies, Sandman remained true to his original self and eventually withdrew from the Avengers, once again becoming a villain.
In the original movie version, Sandman had a very close connection to the death of Spider-Man's beloved Uncle Ben Parker, but he wasn't the main culprit. After receiving Spider-Man's forgiveness, he also "wandered the world" with his sick daughter.
In a certain sense, Sandman, Flint Marko, wasn't a purely bad person.
But that didn't matter.
Not being purely evil doesn't mean Sandman is innocent.
This kind of person doesn't deserve any pity, no matter where they die.
Anton's current plan is to find out Sandman's whereabouts and capture the "kidnapped" Justin Hammer.
If Sandman dares to get in his way, he won't hold back.
Actually, even if George didn't say anything, Anton would still be very interested in investigating this matter.
It's quite beneficial for Anton to have Justin Hammer locked up.
The former staged this "kidnapping" to protect himself and, likewise, to protect Hammer Industries.
The situation of Hammer Industries is basically the same as Stark Industries and Osborn Company.
Justin Hammer is the core figure of Hammer Industries.
Once Justin was caught, even if Hammer Industries was huge, it would surely decline immediately.
Stark Industries and Osborn Company would ruthlessly divide the cake that originally belonged to Hammer Industries.
Business was that ruthless.
Especially now that there was a newly established Wayne Company.
Although no one paid attention to Wayne Company now, Anton would not forget his ambition to build Wayne into Wayne Group.
This was a great opportunity for Wayne Company to get involved in the arms industry and seize the cake left by Hammer Industries.
If Justin Hammer was completely sent to prison, Hammer Industries would collapse!
The huge cake that would be left was enough for Wayne Company to eat its fill.
"Hmph!"
As Anton pondered, he turned to look at Eddie.
"Ugh, no way!"
Eddie swallowed hard, his face a picture of refusal. "I've already prepared to work all night and write the news about tomorrow's Stark Industries Expo... You're not going to make me investigate the truth behind Justin Hammer's kidnapping, are you? That's a tricky problem, and it's definitely not something I can solve in one night!"
He paused, then continued to whine, "Anton, I don't want to lose any more hair... For a man who's no longer young, hair is important!"
"Alright."
Anton, who also felt that hair was important, racked his brains and finally remembered he had another underling. He immediately said, "Get Phil back here quickly. Isn't he always wanting a stage to debut as a superhero? This is the opportunity!"
A moment later.
Phil, who didn't know how many times he had been forgotten, arrived late.
He looked at Anton and Eddie, a look of grievance on his face: "Boss, Editor, you forgot about me again, didn't you?"
"Of course not!"
Anton and Eddie exchanged glances, and spoke the same words at the same time.
"Don't overthink it!"
Eddie paused, and seeing Anton didn't speak, he continued: "We just ran into a few minor issues."
Anton chimed in: "They're all taken care of!"
Eddie added: "We're calling you over now because there's a rather tricky matter that needs you to handle."
Anton said seriously: "Haven't you always wanted to debut as a superhero?"
Eddie nodded. "This is the best opportunity!"
Anton agreed, "You definitely don't want to miss it!"
"Miss what?"
Phil was suspicious, feeling like he was being tricked.
But Anton and Eddie, standing before him, had serious expressions, not at all appearing bothered. Instead, they resembled secret agents distributing classified missions, their persuasion skills top-notch.
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