The Importance Placed by A.R.G.U.S.

After Lyla's assessment and her own analysis, she finally made up her mind and pulled out a document. After Bruce Wayne's name, she added the name Thea Queen.

The mission of A.R.G.U.S. was to be responsible for the safety of humanity. Its full name was the Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans. It was initially founded by Air Force Colonel Steve Trevor. Due to a few incidents, the increasingly vast organization came under scrutiny from various government and corporate entities.

At that moment, Amanda, being this shrewd and ruthless woman, came into the spotlight of the upper echelons. Under various righteous pretexts, she diverted a large amount of resources from Steve. Although Steve remained the leader of the organization, with the increasing number of supporters, Amanda had also become a significant figure within A.R.G.U.S..

As a newcomer with no background or outstanding qualifications, Amanda strengthened her authority continuously to gain more resources. She urgently needed more accomplishments to climb to the top of A.R.G.U.S.

She wanted to recruit the super-criminals detained by the organization for her own use. After all, many tasks were dangerous and ruthless, and it was difficult for ordinary soldiers or agents to complete them. This is where these villains come in handy, but they won't easily yield. She urgently needed some superheroes she could influence to intimidate these villains.

Originally, Batman was a very good candidate. But now, Thea also seemed promising. Batman was more experienced but emotionally unstable and not fond of authority figures. Thea was young and lacked experience, but her mother was about to enter the upper echelons, so the chances of her betraying them were slim. Should she choose someone with more experience or someone she could trust? These two options made her somewhat indecisive, but fortunately, there was still plenty of time, so she could only put the issue aside for now.

Layla stepped out of the room, facing the dark night, and let out a sigh. She vaguely understood Amanda's plan, but she didn't know what impact her report would have on Thea, whom she got along with fairly well. Whether it was good or bad, only time will tell. She was just reporting what she had observed truthfully.

"Director, the other two have awakened," a certain agent waited outside the door for a while, then immediately stepped forward to report as soon as he saw Lyla coming out.

"I see," Lyla nodded. Since they were awake, she might as well go visit them.

As she approached the door, she overheard the conversation between the father and daughter inside.

"Dad, Robin is in danger right now, do you know? That person from Starling City should have saved Robin instead of rescuing this unknown woman. If Robin were here, we could have gone back and rescued everyone."

Commissioner Gordon didn't see any problem with the rescue mission. He knew Lyla's identity, and they had saved who they could, which was already good enough.

As for Robin, he didn't really see much use for him. Sure, he could fight, but how many could he take on? Five or ten? In this situation, he didn't serve much purpose other than being precious to his own daughter.

If they had saved Robin, where would they be hiding now? Where would they find such a spacious villa to rest, with six or seven medical staff tirelessly taking care of them? But for the sake of his daughter, he didn't say anything.

Just because he didn't say anything didn't mean Lyla outside the room wouldn't. At first, Lyla didn't understand what was going on, but after hearing the mention of an "unknown woman," she thought it over several times before realizing that they were talking about her.

What did that mean? Was saving her wrong? Should she have been left to the criminals? Was her boyfriend worth saving while she deserved to die? 

Lyla, who climbed to a high position in A.R.G.U.S., was not a person with a good temper, and she had plenty of malicious thoughts in her heart.

She acted as if nothing had happened, knocked on the door, offered some words of comfort to Commissioner Gordon and his daughter, then left with a flick of her long hair.

Back in her room, she took out a report and began to write. This document was her original purpose: to assess the abilities, personalities, preferences, and other aspects of the Batman team members in writing.

When she came across Barbara's paper, Lyla chuckled coldly and began to write without a second thought.

Of course, she wouldn't write anything particularly bad about Barbara. That would be too obvious to anyone with an agenda, making it look like she was retaliating, which could affect her own career prospects.

She used positive adjectives like helpful, dedicated, and altruistic, writing a lengthy piece on all the virtues. These words might sound good for publicity purposes, but in the eyes of someone as cunning and ruthless as Amanda, they were synonyms for a fool, especially a particularly stupid one.

If it were Batman's or Thea's report, she might verify it thoroughly. But for heroes of Barbara's caliber, she would basically glance over it and sign it, then file it away. She doesn't have the energy to confirm every single thing; whatever her subordinates say goes, especially for someone at Lyla's level. Even if errors are found, they're not taken seriously.

Right now, there doesn't seem to be any problem, but when they encounter a tricky situation that requires a hot-blooded hero to charge forward, this file would play a role in pushing things forward.

As Lyla chewed on her pen, contemplating how to pad out a five-hundred-word review, a subordinate knocked on her door.

"Ma'am, Miss Thea has returned."

Returned? When did she leave? Where did she go? This was the problem with these heroes; they had too much autonomy. It hadn't been that long, and she had already run off.

"Where is she?" Lyla's mind was full of question marks, thinking she must have a serious talk with her about discipline.

"She's in the interrogation room, ma'am. Miss Thea brought back a live captive." The subordinate's face was filled with excitement.

Oh, impressive! That's all Layla could express at the moment. Not even twenty minutes had passed, and she'd already made a round trip? She's really something. What kind of grudge does she have against these criminals for going back and forth like this all night?

Actually, Thea wasn't as fierce as she imagined. She just felt invincible at high altitudes, which is why she flew over so boldly.

Before leaving, she even went to get a supposedly top-of-the-line gas mask from A.R.G.U.S, although it wasn't specifically tailored, its comprehensive protection was reassuring.

But this time was different from before; the process could only be described as very unfavorable. The people at the campus weren't idiots; four or five searchlights lit up the entire area like daylight, and the patrolling thugs were vigilant, craning their necks to look at the sky as if they had neck problems.

Thea was still hundreds of meters away from the camp when she was spotted.