In The DC World With Marvel Chat Group Chapter 411: 1 cut from winter (below)
"The Days of Being a Spiritual Mentor in Meiman"
, the days when I was a spiritual mentor in Meiman
"The wine pool...Gotham Cathedral..."
A hand with sharp bones skipped one book after another, and suddenly stopped on a book called "The History of the Construction of Gotham City". The index finger clasped the spine of the book, and It was taken off the shelf.
The other hand stroked the dust on the cover lightly. After opening the book, I searched all the way down according to the index of contents, and a voice sighed softly:
"Gotham Cathedral...found."
Outside one row after another of bookshelves, a meticulously dressed old butler walked over with a tray. He stood between the two rows of bookshelves, looked at the fascinated Bruce who was standing in front of the bookshelves, and said: "Master, it's time for afternoon tea, do you want me to bring the tea over?"
"No...thank you, Alfred." Bruce didn't look up, he was still focusing on the introduction of Gotham Cathedral in the book, and after a pause, he said, "Put it over there for me." Let's put it on the table, I'll go over later."
Bruce stood there and watched for a while, feeling that the lights here were a bit dim, and some details of the drawings on some pictures were not clear, so he took the book, walked out of the bookshelf, and came to the resting place beside him. area, sat down on a chair.
Alfred stood by the table, took out the meals from the cart beside him, and then took out the teapot and started making tea. Bruce was still reading with his head down, the sound of tea being poured into the cup, accompanied by Alfred's voice sounded together:
"Master, you seem to be obsessed with research related to magic and occult recently?"
"Yeah." Bruce replied, in private, he said less, but when facing Alfred alone, his tone was more relaxed, and he was willing to explain something.
"Konstantin showed me another possibility of magic. The avatar he used looks more like a technology. I wonder if magic is also a kind of energy that can be used ?Like heat and kinetic energy..."
When he heard the name Constantine, Alfred frowned slightly, and Bruce was keenly aware of his expression, and he said: "I know there is nothing redeeming about Constantine. , except for the knowledge of magic in his mind."
"Curiosity and thirst for knowledge are good things, sir." Alfred just replied with some ambiguity, and then he said: "But I don't know whether he thinks there is anything good about you ..."
This sentence uses several particles that weaken the tone. Bruce understands that Alfred is euphemistically reminding him that Constantine may plot against him. As Batman, he certainly knows it. What Constantine did before was enough for him to raise his vigilance.
Although this scumbag does not have any advantages in living habits, there is no doubt that his brain is very useful. He made several plans, and then let them proceed together without interfering with each other. And the progress is fast, if there is no accident at the end, every goal of his will be achieved.
This is also the first time for Bruce to face such a person. He has to admit that apart from magic, he is also quite interested in Constantine's style of acting.
"And, master, you have to think about Aisha and Dick. They are still young and still need the care of the elders." Alfred said meaningfully: "Guiding and protecting children at this age It is very important, once there is a mistake, it may cause very serious consequences.”
Bruce nodded. He thought what Alfred said made sense, but he didn't take it to heart. Let's not say that Aisha and Dick are not ordinary children. The security system of Wayne Manor alone, It is enough to protect two children.
Bruce has been holding the book and reading it. He pointed to a line in the book and muttered to himself in a low voice: "It is recorded here that a priest once collected donations for the repair of the church, not only Falco Nei and his gangster families have donated a lot of wealth, and the Wayne family has also participated in it. In addition, there are also major business families in Gotham..."
He frowned and said to himself: "What's so special about the cathedral? Could it be related to the underground wine pool?"
Besides Constantine, the only thing he can touch that has something to do with magic is the church and the wine pool under the church. Bruce changed his perspective and started to check from Gotham.
The Wayne family has a large number of books, including books that record the history of Gotham's founding. Among these books, Bruce found many clues, but none of them could be linked together. Therefore, he decided to conduct an on-the-spot investigation.
After afternoon tea time was absent-minded, Bruce left in a hurry, and he put the book on the table.
Alfred, who was packing tea and tableware, his eyes fell on the cover of the book.
The font on the book cover is a relatively simple cursive font, which is usually used to write store signs and names. At this time, the curve of the strokes slowly changes and becomes a very short name—"Hal Jordan ".
As the last pen was lifted up, Schiller put the cap on the pen and put the pen back into the pen holder.
In the deserted study room, looking at the medical records he had just written, Schiller smiled.
Just now, the abnormality shown by Aisha should be enough to arouse Hal's curiosity and worry.
He continued to write along Hal's name:
"...has a strong sense of identity with the will of the Green Lantern Corps, and empathizes with the anxiety caused by the failure of my flying dream to the Green Lantern career, wanting to complete every task as perfectly as possible, I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made before..."
"It is speculated that the tasks that the Green Lantern Corps may issue include investigating the situation of Parallax, investigating the situation of Sinestro, and investigating the situation of Gotham..."
As for Hal, who had just left Schiller's manor, he didn't know that his condition had been recorded in a medical record.
Drinking some wine just now, Hal was a little drunk, he held onto the tree trunk by the side of the road, coughed twice, sniffed vigorously, then wrapped his clothes tighter, and walked quickly across the road.
Aisha showed some abnormal pictures during the dinner just now, which kept circling in his mind, and Hal began to become a little anxious. His reason was telling him that what Victor said at the time was reasonable, Now Aisha is a little human girl, not the terrifying parallax monster.
Although there are some abnormalities, she does not show any signs of attacking people at all. On the contrary, from her movements and expressions, Hal can tell that she is constantly learning the way humans communicate, just like Just like a real toddler.
But another possibility is lingering in his mind. Once he leaves Aisha alone, will the Green Lantern Corps blame him if she causes trouble in the future? Will taking back his Green Lantern ring cost him this great power?
Whenever he thinks of this, Hal feels that his mind is in a mess. He failed to become the fighter pilot of his dream. I am not satisfied with the life of ordinary people.
Now, the power of the green light has brought him a change, and he has seen new hope from this change. He doesn't want to let his other career end in failure because of his negligence.
If the Green Lantern Corps sent a mission to kill Aisha, what would he do?
If the issue about Aisha is not dealt with now, Aisha will explode in the future and endanger ordinary people. What will he do?
If...if... Hal has thought too many ifs, he is not the greatest Green Lantern in the future, even though he has the potential to have an invincible will, he still feels tangled and confused .
After thinking about it, Hals thinks that the only solution is to talk to Aisha face to face. If parallax monsters cannot communicate and are destined to be the enemy of the green light, then Aisha, who has become a little human girl, Maybe it's communicable.
Thinking like this, Hal changed his walking direction, found a deserted alley, and then activated his Green Lantern ability to teleport to the vicinity of Wayne Manor.
When he walked to the main entrance of Wayne Manor, Hal hesitated. The first reason was that he felt that Bruce Wayne would be very difficult to deal with, and he would definitely not let him in. If they don't get together, they may even fight. This is not the result Hal wants.
Secondly, he felt that the Lanterns should settle the matter between the Lanterns, and the matters between the Yellow Lantern and the Green Lantern should be settled by themselves.
In this way, Hal persuaded himself not to go through the main door, but also, he did not intend to go through the side door either. to her.
The investigation of Aisha these days has not been in vain. According to the time when Aisha came home and the time when the room lights in Wayne Manor were turned on, Hal knew that Aisha's bedroom was probably on the second floor.
After the sky darkened, Hal found that a room on the second floor was lit.
Although he wanted to do good deeds, for some reason, Hal felt a little guilty. He kept convincing himself in his mind that this was actually for the safety of the earth and the citizens of Gotham.
He took a few deep breaths, and then a green light lit up on the ring, and the green light spread from his fingers all the way to his whole body. In an instant, Hal's figure disappeared.
With a "thump", he landed on the wooden floor of the manor. In front of him was a princess bed that looked like a little girl's. The quilt was slightly raised, and Aisha seemed to be sleeping soundly.
However, Hal did not step forward, but took two steps back, and then whispered: "Aisha, Aisha, are you there?"
"Parallax? Parallax?"
One of the figures on the bed didn't respond, and Hal showed an extremely embarrassed expression, but he still didn't step forward, and stood there with his hands on his hips, as if he didn't know what to do.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a hard object pressing against his back.
Hal's whole body was stiff, and he slowly raised his arms. In the shadow behind him, a figure with full head of white hair appeared. No one had ever seen Alfred with such a cold expression.
No one has ever seen the shotgun in his hand~IndoMTL.com~ Follow Alfred's eyes and look out of the window. At this time, the moonlight is shining.
The moonlight shone on the dilapidated spire of the old church, and a black shadow with pointed ears fell on it, and then jumped down along the eaves.
Pass through the corridor of the church, come to the worship room, turn right again, enter the side corridor, pass the confession room, go straight in, Batman recalled the architectural structure diagram he saw in the book.
Soon, he stopped in front of a door. The old padlock did not stop the master lockpicker. With a very slight "click", the old wooden door Open it slowly, and behind it is the priest's living room.
It seems that no one has used it for a long time. Following the last riot, the entire cathedral was closed, and the old priest moved to another place.
The first thing Batman saw when he walked into the room was a table facing the door. In addition to the books and files, there is also a small photo frame.
The hand covered by the black gauntlet picked up the photo frame, and gently wiped the dust on it with the thumb.
There are three young people in the photo. They are dressed like people from the previous generation.
Two of them looked familiar to Batman.
Wearing a black suit, bow tie, and a red poppy in his pocket, Falcone, Godfather of Gotham, is the priest of this cathedral, wearing a black robe and looking benevolent.
As for the last person, Batman is more familiar, he is wearing a long trench coat, wearing a beret, and holding an old-fashioned shotgun in his hand.
That's Alfred Pennyworth.