While Bruce was busy with cloning and the Atlantean mess, Nyssa and the league infiltrated the new Argus and managed to turn a few metahumans to their side, as for the rest of them they used the cure Bruce had made a while back to turn them into regular humans. It took just a single night to pull off this mission. Nyssa took advantage of the recent unrest when everyone was busy, trying to figure it out, and pulled off the mission successfully.
The league left Metropolis and Gotham and went back to Nanda Parbat with the new recruits. Now, Cisco has another mess to deal with. Everyone thought him to be competent like Waller, but after learning that someone somehow cured the metahumans and freed the rest of them, the government was forced to shut down the Argus program.
Well, it's not that they couldn't just rebuild it from scratch, the thing is all the high-level officers in charge of this program have received a nice little gift from someone unknown. The mail contained all the illegal operations they have carried out so far, including inhumane experiments on metahumans and some human prisoners. To make things worse, that mail also contained a couple of attached footage of them doing backhand deals with mafias and some of their private life details were also in there. If these were to be revealed to the public, then, at the very least, half of the higher officers would probably be ruined and go to prison or escape overseas.
In short, the officers didn't have a choice. If they want the footage not to leak to the public or to other organizations then they need to follow what they said or whoever this unknown sender might be. And until further orders came they couldn't open the Argus project again. And to make things worse, that unknown person drained all the money they made using illegal means.
As for who might have sent this and who the mysterious person might be, who knows?
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Next, let's come to the VR sets that Wayne Enterprise launched. It gained massive popularity by now. It's so affordable that the PC gaming or Console gaming market is slowly getting replaced by the VR gaming set. Even so, some people still prefer traditional games. As the saying goes: Old Habits Died Hard. The developers focused more on collaborating with Waynes to develop more VR games because the market and money they are getting are way larger than that of a Console or PC gamer. Thus massive profit margin. And as the rule of business suggests, what would one do when presented with massive profit? Profit as much as possible.
Yeah, some tried to copy the tech again after the last lawsuits, but they failed miserably. That tech was heavily patented by Wayne and his company's security has gone through a huge update, to begin with. They simply failed to get past their security again, the few who succeeded couldn't figure it out or figure out how to make it work again. Bruce had fun messing with those who tried to tweak it.
Now, they are focusing on porting games like GTA, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and many other games on VR.
Pamela's medicines to cure cancer and other illnesses received some criticism from those bigger companies and doctors once again because why would people go to doctors or buy medicines if they could just buy something as cheap as a bottle of packed water that can cure them of more or less any diseases? Though they were a bit louder this time than before, Bruce went full throttle.
So, if you are asking whether the public agreed with his over-the-top methods, it's a very simple answer. YES!! The people did not care at all, they didn't care if there was a bunch of old companies screaming on the rooftops, all the public cared was their sick family could get better now or that they didn't need to rely on doctors to solve their problems anymore.
The medicines were distributed for free to those who couldn't afford it and as usual, some tried to take advantage of it. They tried to steal the shipments but once caught by Barry and the next time by Oliver and his team. Next were those who tried to copy the medicine, but alas, it was made from Pamela's special flower which does not exist anywhere else except Ivy's garden, whose existence, no one knows. Then some tried to resell the medicine for a higher price but failed miserably.
Why you ask?
Well, Bruce made sure to put nanites in the medicines and serum. You see, to buy these medicines, one has to register their name and blood in the drug store where it's distributed or to the officials distributing them. So that it would be easier to monitor patients' progress and suggest if some medicine was not effective for a certain individual patient, they would be able to take quick steps to save them. So, when someone whose DNA isn't registered into the system takes these meds, the nanites will destroy the meds instantly. And hacking into Wayne Enterprise's system, yeah, good luck with that.
Thanks to Bruce many big companies were forced to shut down, unable to compete with these new meds.
Now the problem is that many people lost their jobs because of it, so Bruce decided to expand the company even further. Since the company had already taken dips in multiple fields, the only thing remaining was expanding all those already established sectors further. Previously, he lacked employees even after he took in most of the Lex Corp's workers. But now, he had all the workers he needed to develop something even better and expand all the sectors under Wayne's name.
Things became more smooth thanks to the collaboration with the Queen Consolidate. Oliver's company had already earned massive profits earlier from their first collaboration with the Waynes, now, with the expanding business, Bruce and Oliver joined hands once again and the profits just keep pouring.
Now, those who were barking about job loss because of the Wayne Enterprise shut up completely after the expansion. Bruce created tons of new jobs at a very high salary with bonus points and an amazing retirement plan. Even the jobs where a few minor skills are required don't get ignored. If you lack any certain basic skills you could get free training and then you could apply for a job. Those whose performances are quite good might earn an extra bonus even during the initial stages.
With the money Bruce and Jarvis hacked from those government officials and those wannabe thugs and big mafias and all, now his accounts are more stable and richer.
Thomas used this opportunity to develop Gotham even further. The roads, subways, metro, and other public facilities of Gotham were going through massive upgrades. He bought out the remaining abandoned facilities and lands that used to belong to the Lex Corp and other companies and started development for better and stronger industries to strengthen his roots even more.
Of course, a part of the money went to charity to help the city become prosperous. Martha and Maggie were in charge of this charity part. They made sure the money was being used properly.
He paid extra attention to the school's education system and staff's working environment. The hospitals received the biggest budget for upgrades. All the departments received an equal budget and the cancer department was only there to detect if the patient had a cancer case and provide the miracle medicine that Pamela made.
The GCPD also received a big budget and some upgrades were also provided to them, like new weapons, armor, cars, and insurance.
Things were going really great for everyone, well, maybe except for those who suffered massive losses.
Thomas also focused on cleaning up the sea waste. With Jarvis's help, well, let's just say that those higher-ups who like to play politics without knowing the real danger, for some reason, agreed with Thomas's proposal of launching a global mission to clean the oceans from waste that polluted the waters for decades.
Right now, they are building places for waste disposal and a massive amount of cash has been poured into this program to make it successful.
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[3 days later after Skylar woke up] [Evening]
With Skylar still recovering and Martha and Maggie looking after her, Bruce decided to take a break that he deserved after working his ass off day and night. He received a call from Diana and Kara earlier that day. They have entered Themyscira without a hitch, and are waiting to talk to Diana's mom which may take another day or two since she's supposedly busy with some internal conflicts.
That evening, Bruce took a long drive around Metropolis and then went to a bar.
As he was enjoying his drinks, his gaze fell on a woman in her 30s, her blonde hair covered by the hood of her grey coat which seemed slightly worn out. Her blue iris hid behind those glasses but was easy for his enhanced vision to catch. She just entered the bar and looked around. Tonight all the private seats were occupied, so she sighed and was about to walk away.
Bruce called the serving lady and asked her to call that blond lady back in.
"As you wish, Mr. Wayne," The lady smiled and ran towards her.
She stopped the lady and pointed towards the empty seat before Bruce. The blonde turned around and glanced toward Bruce and he gave her a friendly nod. She thought about it and then decided to come near and sit on the empty seat before him. She raised her hand and ordered a whiskey neat.
Bruce couldn't help but chuckle hearing her order, "Bad day?" He asked.
"I'd have ordered a crack if it was on the menu," She said as she slammed her forehead lightly on the table with a sigh. Then she glanced up, "Thanks for the seat."
"You're welcome."
"Sophia Lance," She introduced herself.
"Bruce Wayne."
"I know," She said with a faint smile and then her eyes wandered around the bar, "A bit too far from your home, aren't you?"
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