Crimson Embers Chapter 3: Bats + vampires + mad scientists, this thing has the most dark elements!
“Beep, beep.”
The vibration of the information and communication device caused the bedside table in the dark to vibrate, making the sleeping lady very unhappy. She raised her hand and slapped it in her sleep after feeling satisfied.
Just like an impatient person turning off an alarm clock, the vibration of the communicator stopped.
But a few seconds later, a white arm stretched out from the messy bed, picked up the communicator and placed it in front of the eyes. The light from the screen illuminated the fair and beautiful face and the blue pupils.
After seeing the danger symbol on the screen, the lady who received the message sneered, stretched her neck, got up from the bed, and walked towards the bathroom naked and without shoes on, walking on the carpet.
There were still traces of lovemaking on her body, so she naturally couldn't just rush out to save people.
"Are you leaving?"
A dazed male voice was then heard, and amid the sound of running water in the bathroom, he stood up, leaned against the bed and picked up the cigarette box beside him.
He was a sturdy man, and judging by the torn military uniform scattered at his feet, he was a soldier in charge of guarding the Council headquarters, a major.
"When do you think we can have a date openly?"
The major, leaning against the bed and blowing smoke rings, complained:
"Although I don't mind this kind of secret meeting, you know, in addition to physical communication, I am ready to intervene in your life."
"You mention that damn ring one more time and I'm gonna shove it in your fucking eye, Trevor!"
An unhappy female voice sounded from the bathroom, and the latter scolded:
“Recognize your identity. All I need is your thing that can give me pleasure. I have no interest in you or anything else you want to express.
It can't be you, it can be someone else.
How about I invite you to join me next time I go out with my new love? Would you enjoy that feeling too? You are such a nasty and dark-hearted man who wants to make me your own."
"Okay, okay, I'll shut up."
Major Steve Tfrey was in no mood to flirt after being scolded by his secret sex buddy. He put out his cigarette in the ashtray and stood up to look for his clothes on the messy ground.
Unfortunately, his coat was torn off by this overly aggressive lady, so he could only leave in his shirt.
He tied his tie, put on his shoes, knocked on the bathroom door and said:
"I'm leaving. I'll be on duty at the headquarters for a week starting tomorrow, but I think what I just said is enough to satisfy you until seven days later.
I mean, don't look for anyone else, I think I can still do this 'job'.
Becca..."
"Hmm? Just say what you want to say!"
There was an impatient voice in the bathroom. Major Tevere hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to speak his mind. He whispered:
"I know you approached me with a purpose. From the first time we met to the time we went to bed together until now, I could feel that you were trying to make me fall into a trap you had set.
I don't know what you and the people behind you are going to do, but at least tell me before you act."
These words stopped the sound of water in the bathroom, and then the bathroom door was opened. The naked "Wonder Woman" was wiping her fiery red hair while staring at the man looking at her.
She didn't care that her body was completely exposed to the eyes of an Earthling, just like a lioness didn't care about the gaze of an antelope.
She said:
"You're just thinking too much. Can't I just be too lonely and want to find a little puppy to play with and choose you?"
"If you had said that before, I would have believed it, but..."
Major Tevere pursed his lips, reached out and held the lady's wrist, turned her hand over, pointed at a special symbol on her arm and said:
“I asked some of my well-connected friends, and they found out that this symbol means ‘wife’ in the New God language, similar to the exchange of rings when humans get married.
You didn't tell me your real past. You are already someone's wife. I believe you are not a woman who can be approached by any man.
I'm not threatening you either.
I just want to tell you that I can help you do something, and I am willing to do it as long as it does not violate morality, but you know, I also have my own persistence and bottom line.
So, before you decide to act, I think it is necessary for me to know everything.
OK? "
Wonder Woman stared at him with a sarcastic smile, spread out the five fingers of her left hand, and with the buzzing sound of the sword, a black sword flew into her hand, and she pressed the blade against Major Tevere's neck.
She said:
"Don't you think you're asking for too much? And being too curious isn't a good thing. What's more, you've served the council for many years, and you still dare to say you have moral integrity?
Don't you think this is ridiculous?
When your president Amanda Waller was killed by them, I didn't see you jumping out and saying you had morals, you hypocrite!"
The female warrior snorted, put away the black sword, stepped forward, and grabbed the major's crotch causing the latter's body to tense up. She leaned close to his ear and said:
"Don't think too much. I already did what I needed you to do for me on our first night together. I should have killed you, but you have a gifted little thing.
You are still alive because you are still useful to me. Serve your queen as you did before.
I don’t mind giving you a little sweetness.”
After saying that, she blew a gangster-like whistle and slapped Major Tevere's buttocks, which were no less beautiful than those of the eldest major. She then bent down to pick up her white battle suit and cloak, and finally put on the New God helmet and activated the mother box on the hilt of her weapon. In the transmitted light, she shook her long hair and looked back at Tevere, who had a melancholy face.
She said:
"Theoretically, the next impact will occur in ten days..."
"so what?"
The Major, feeling like a fish in the pond of the Queen of the Sea, looked up at her with great melancholy. Wonder Woman shrugged, shook the black sword in her hand, and said:
"If you survive, we'll go on a date. You choose the place and the menu, but I warn you, if you take out that stupid ring again, I'll smash your head!
Well, it's time for me to go and rescue my poor companion.
I don't care about his life, but if you mess with my cruel captain, I might have to say goodbye to your cute little dog."
…
"Name!"
"Kirk...Kirk Lang Strom."
"Profession?"
"A biologist who specializes in bat-type enhanced serums, trying to learn from their powerful immune systems to cure certain human diseases."
"So you're one of those helpless patients? You became a vampire because of your experiments? But why the name 'Batman'?"
Mason's voice, like a confession, sounded in an alley outside the World Envoy Mansion area. In front of him was the vampire Batman tied to a tree.
Harley next to him was wearing a strange hat with a small radar-like thing on the top that was spinning around. She put her hands on her eyes and stared at the vampire Batman with a fierce expression that said "I'm going to kill you", as if she was going to shoot a mind ray to blow this guy's head off.
That unique hat is a mind interferer made by engineers based on the brain wave enhancer, which can induce and hypnotize the target.
There was a syringe accessory on Harley's waist, which was filled with a high concentration of truth serum. Quinn didn't like this kind of game, so she stood at a distance and kept watch with two Amazon hounds.
Of course, a mere telepath and truth serum aren't enough to break Batman's will, so Mason has a glowing replica of the Lasso of Truth in his hand.
This thing made by the tailor, enchanter and inscriber has a stronger binding force than the original one. Although it is always used by Harley and Quinn to play some games that cannot be approved, it can also be used for serious matters.
With the triple blessing of the mind interferer, truth serum and lasso of truth, even though the vampire Batman has a will similar to that of the master, he had to answer all the questions raised by Mason this time.
He is in great pain.
He wanted to resist Mason's increasingly in-depth topic, but his desire to share had been activated and he could no longer keep his mouth shut. He could only answer with heavy breathing:
"It's not 'Batman', it's 'Batman', because I have been studying bat-related topics since I was a graduate student. In addition, I am rather dull and not good at talking, and I am not sociable at all, so my classmates and colleagues gave me this nickname half-jokingly.
I didn't hate it so I used it as my code name after some bad things happened. As for my ability...well, it does have something to do with my research results.
But it was just an accident.
I wanted to use my results to cure the disease that would kill me, and use it as the first clinical report to verify my hypothesis. However, it did not fully take effect. It did strengthen my immune system and physical fitness, and gave me various superpowers, but it failed to achieve the goal of complete harmlessness.
I didn't set out to become such a monster, but I have been forced to live on blood.
I have become a monster in the eyes of others. Even though my world has gone far away and no one knows about it anymore, it still makes me feel desperate and sad when I dream at midnight. "
"Ha, another mad scientist!"
Harley, who was wearing the mind interferometer like a small radar on her head, curled her lips and said:
“You guys always try to use your wisdom to do good things, but the results are never very good. You just can’t learn to stop, and you will never learn.
But according to the Council's classification, a high-tech talent like you should go to Fox Nest, why did you join the Conquerors?"
Facing Harley's question, Kirk chose not to answer, but Mason pulled the Lasso of Truth, and the pressure from the spiritual level made this half-baked Batman cry out in pain, and he said in a hoarse voice:
“They invited me, and after they broke into my world and killed the president, Ms. Amanda Waller, who was unwilling to submit to the Council, we wanted to resist but...ah, enough!
I can’t say anymore!”
"You don't have to say anything more. I have probably already guessed the terrible ."
Mason untied the Lasso of Truth that had left bright red marks on Kirk's wrists, coiled the golden rope around his waist, stared at the listless vampire Batman in front of him, and said:
“You may not believe it, but I have dealt with you before. When some of your men were transferred to protect the Fox Nest, my men and I captured the Unjust Superman among you.
Do you have any impression? "
"Of course. That was the worst loss since the establishment of the Twelfth Order, but it's not a bad thing."
The vampire master panted and said:
“Even if Injustice Superman is not caught by you, his crazy actions will soon lead to his death. Our Captain Superman is not a good man in the traditional sense , but he will not allow such a bastard to continue to stay under his command.
That was a suicide mission.
You have saved us a problem."
"Don't be too happy, Kirk, I didn't say I killed Injustice Superman, and I don't think you care about it, so let me ask you another question.
I think we have built enough trust that the noose of truth that would cause you pain is no longer necessary.”
Mason looked at his watch, then raised his head and said to the vampire Batman who was staring at him:
"Why are you following me? Who sent you here?"
"No one."
Kirk seemed to have given up. He confessed:
“That was my own action.
I was responsible for searching for the truth about the death of Arbitrator Nick Fury in Hope City, and I left some traces around his grave that only I could identify.
I don't think Nick Fury died of suicide. There must be an important hidden story behind it. And then you broke in at this time. I don't know what you did to the cemetery, but I can be sure that you took away something that we couldn't find.
You obviously have a connection with Nick Fury!"
"It seems that you don't know the existence of the Quint Society yet."
Mason narrowed his eyes and said:
"You don't know about the grudges between me and Old A, but it's not your fault. You are conquerors and the information and channels you have access to are very narrow. It is inevitable that you can't see the overall situation.
He and I are not friends. In fact, his suicide was caused by me. I can tell you more information, but we have to be honest with each other, Kirk.
Tell me, what are you guys who are disloyal to the Council going to do in Hope City or in this world?
What is your purpose?
Let me think about whether there is a degree of cooperation between the two of us? I will not hide it from you. I came here to completely destroy the Council, just as I destroyed the Star Society.
I don’t want these dark dregs to pollute the coming next era.”
"I have no right to negotiate with you."
At this moment, the vampire Batman showed a stubbornness very similar to that of the old man. He shook his head and said:
"Only a commander of the Twelve Sequences can make a decision on such a matter, but if you are sincere, why don't you let me go and let me complete the meeting between you and Superman?"
“That’s not right.”
Mason laughed meaningfully and said:
"Superman is your commander, but I don't think he can make decisions. Your real commander is definitely someone else. Look, I know you very well, so don't play these little tricks in front of me..."
"boom"
A loud noise suddenly sounded in the night sky nearby, causing Mason and the tied-up Kirk to look back in that direction at the same time.
They could see the light as the Mother Box teleported on, which meant the second "victim" was about to step into the trap left for her.
"I left all the locators you hid on me there as a guide to lure the reinforcements."
Mason looked back at Kirk and said:
"You don't really think that those little tricks you used before could be hidden from me, do you? I'm not saying that you already have Batman's style, but whether in terms of skills or tactical thinking, you are still far from being a qualified Batman.
Take the placement of a locator, for example...
rough!
It’s too rough.”
Kirk was speechless for a moment. Facing the professional comments from the most outstanding members of the Bat Family, he even felt a little ashamed of his "lack of skills".
But a few seconds later, Quinn put down the telescope in his hand and turned back to shout to Mason:
"Sweetheart! Something is wrong. Kevin is screaming! He got beaten so badly. Your perfect anti-Wonder Woman tactics are ineffective."
"So this heroine isn't made of clay? What a pity."
Mason twitched his lips, glanced at Kirk, turned around and rushed towards the direction of the slime monster that was being beaten. As he clenched his fingers, the complete Black Death Sword quietly slipped out and fell into his palm.
It doesn’t matter if he’s not made of clay, because he never uses just one tactic to counter something. But on the other hand, he found a “comparable partner” as soon as he entered this world, so this exploration can be considered a success.
