Volume 2 Honoring Robin Chapter 13 Hope is expensive. How much you can get depends on your sincerity.
The next morning, Mason waited at the dock for the return of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
After circling in the air for a few times, the kite flyer glided down with his big kite lightly and accurately, and landed next to Mason like a gray vulture.
He reached out and pressed the golden button on his chest, and the big kite on his back was retracted into the flight backpack with a mechanical sound. As Charles approached, some parts of his special aviation alloy suit also made slight collision sounds.
This suit is the most special.
Its outer layer is made of metal and the inner lining is made of Hagrid's moleskin coat, which ensures complete bulletproofness while also enhancing comfort, enough to ensure that the kite flyer will not feel cold even at an altitude of thousands of meters.
Because it is made of metal, it looks angular, heavy and oppressive, but in fact, the special alloy ensures defense while making it not as heavy as it looks.
"Boss, this new suit is awesome!"
Charles whistled, unfolded his V-shaped visor, and said to Mason:
"It's worthy of being Batman's exclusive blueprint. It's much better than the battle suit made in my small workshop. And, Boss, this is the record of Selina and Constantine's conversation over the past four days.
I secretly wrote them down.
John has been trying to win over Selena, but Selena trusts you so much that she seems to really treat you as a little brother."
Charles handed over a small black notebook.
But Mason didn't take it. Instead, he frowned and said:
"I didn't ask you to do this, Charles. This is not nice."
"But John obviously has his own ideas."
The kite flyer said seriously:
"She's not Catwoman. Selina has always been protecting you. Maybe it's because you once saved her and Batman, so Selina doesn't think you're a threat.
She herself also enjoyed this journey in another world.
On the way to Port-au-Prince with her, Lady Catwoman had a lot of fun and even caught a zombie octopus herself...but Constantine kept complaining.
It was like complaining and hating everything he saw was just his life habit.
If this was in the Joker gang…”
"That's the thing, Team K is not the Joker Gang."
Mason shook his head and said:
"I trust my players, just like I trust you, Charles. You don't have to do this anymore. By the way, didn't the scumbag Kang cause any trouble?"
The kite flyer pouted and replied:
"He didn't do anything inappropriate during the four days you were away. Apart from studying the gold coin and Blackbeard's voodoo encyclopedia, he was just having fun in the tavern on Turtle Island. In just four days, he hooked up with several down-and-out ladies.
She had it all from the age of 17 to 37, and was nearly beaten to death by her drunken and jealous husband.
If Catwoman and I hadn't just happened to be returning from a voyage that night, his trip to the other world would probably have ended because of an affair.
But what can I say, boss.
I don't think John is as opposed to our expedition as he appears to be. I think his resistance to Team K is more due to the curse on us and his suspicion of the Star Society."
"You summed it up very well. I understand."
Mason nodded.
The two chatted for a few more minutes on the dock. The Queen Anne's Revenge on the sea was getting closer and closer. Behind the legendary pirate ship that gave people great oppression was a tattered black ship.
"It's the Black Pearl...Barboza has caught him!"
A voice sounded from behind Mason, and the female pirate Angelina, who had been "trained" by Ms. Selina for a few days, also appeared at the dock.
Unlike her previous pirate outfit, this time she was wearing a long skirt with her hair draped over her shoulders. On her South American-style face, she had a seductive smile that looked very much like Catwoman.
The original wild feeling was suddenly weakened a lot.
Instead, there is a kind of gracefulness, like a young girl who is ignorant of the world.
"What did Selina teach you?"
Mason looked the pirate up and down and said:
"What did you learn from her?"
"Ms. Selina has profound wisdom in life. She made me understand that beauty is also a woman's weapon, and it is a more powerful weapon than battleships and artillery."
The female pirate smoothed her hair.
Although her movements are still a little awkward, she does have some of the flavor of a "female sea queen".
"If possible, I would like to follow Ms. Selina for a long time. Of course, this is after I have dealt with some of my personal grudges."
She looked at Mason, bowed her head respectfully and said:
"Catwoman told me about Team K. Captain, if my hometown encounters doomsday, I really hope to have a way out."
"But Team K isn't for everyone, ma'am."
Mason looked at her, threw Jack Sparrow's voodoo doll to her, and said:
"Convince Jack to leave with us willingly, and you will have completed your 'entry assessment'. You can have a new life in another relatively safer world."
"What do you need Jack to do for you?"
Angelina asked in surprise and a little worry, holding the voodoo doll in her hand.
Mason did not hide anything and said directly:
"Team K needs professional intelligence personnel, and Jack's extraordinary communication skills, his lethality towards women, and his peculiar but always useful leadership skills are all what we urgently need."
"He won't abandon his crew!"
The female pirate said:
"Although that guy keeps saying that he is a ruthless pirate, there is no one more gentle than him on this sea. Can Team K accommodate so many people?"
“Although I call my organization a ‘squad’, what I imagine exists perhaps as a comprehensive legion, where someone has to do everything.
And I like professionals to do professional things.”
The captain stroked his chin and said:
"I am not reluctant to provide a job and a hope of escaping the apocalypse to people with a skill."
"Yes, if my bar wants to stay open for a long time in the 'simple folk' Gotham City, I will need a lot of professional security personnel. Pirates who live on the edge of a knife sound very suitable."
The kite-flyer also put his hands on his hips and said with a capitalist look:
"You can't ask me to keep hiring people from the Minions Union. The agency fees are too expensive."
"With your promise I can give it a try."
The female pirate put her hand on her shoulder and made a gesture of loyalty to Mason at sea. She said:
"But I have a request... I hope Jack Sparrow can become my 'personal property', maybe your romantic but powerful magician can help me.
I have confirmed that Mr. Constantine is a much more powerful wizard than my father."
"I don't care about that. Go find Zha Kang yourself."
Mason curled his lips and said:
"But remember, we call him 'Zha Kang' for a reason. Don't get yourself into trouble, girl. This is my advice to you."
After more than ten minutes, Barbossa's ship finally dropped anchor.
A small boat was sent to pick up Mason and other two on board. It was still the same luxurious captain's room as last time, and it was still the greasy but imposing pirate Barbossa.
But this time there was no extravagant music or luxurious meals in the captain's room.
Instead, there was a man who was tied up with ropes but still chattering, and a young girl in a blue dress, who was beautiful, young and bookish.
He looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, and was standing next to Barbosa nervously.
"Mr. Mason, I'm glad to see you here as promised."
Barbosa looked very tired after several days of running around.
After all, he was an old man who was no longer young, so he stopped pretending to be polite and pointed directly at the tied man and said:
"I brought you the Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl you asked for! Where's the thing I wanted?"
"Hey, man, I don't know what Barbossa promised you, but take my advice, don't make a deal with this old fox!"
Jack Sparrow was tied up and looked very embarrassed. He shouted to Mason:
"This is a liar! I have known him for more than 20 years, but I only found out two days ago that this bastard actually has a beautiful daughter!
If I had known this, how could I have helped this little cutie?"
"Jack! Shut up!"
Angelina Teach, who was following behind Mason, scolded in a low voice, and Captain Jack's eyes fell on this girl who looked very gentle and graceful.
He blinked and said:
"Hmm? Do we know each other, pretty lady? Are you Mary from Jamaica? Or Judy from San Pedro?"
"hehe"
The female pirate sneered and didn't get angry. Instead, she took out the voodoo doll that stunned Captain Jack. Captain Jack immediately jumped up and cursed:
"Angelina! I knew it! You are as terrible as your crazy father. I left you on a deserted island and you didn't even wait until God took you away?"
"Shut him up!"
Barbosa was annoyed.
With a wave of his hand, two pirates came forward and sealed Captain Jack's mouth with a rope, but even with his mouth sealed, this guy was still winking.
This guy's presence is so strong that it's incredible, as if he was born with a temperament that can attract attention.
"Meow~"
Mason took out a shrunken voodoo birdcage from the multi-purpose belt around his waist. When they saw what was in the birdcage, everyone in the captain's room drew their weapons in an instant.
Barbosa roared:
"Are you going to kill me with this damned corpse-eating monster? Mason, maybe you should have done it last time! Thanks to the 'performance' of your wizard friend, I also found my own wizard!
You can't hurt me on my ship!"
"Calm down, Barbossa. I don't need Miss Mag to do anything to kill you."
Mason glanced at the big pirate, then took out a blue crystal test tube and a special syringe from his belt. He put the test tube containing the zombie vaccine into it, raised it, and said to everyone:
"This is the medicine I brought! I call it 'Hope', and one injection will allow you to not have to worry about the Black Death and the ghouls for two months.
But I know you guys are brutal and realistic and only believe what you see, so I need a 'warrior' to volunteer to take the drug test now."
In the quiet captain's room, the female pirate Angelina stared at the blue potion in Mason's hand. The unique sense of technology of that thing made it seem out of tune with all the surrounding decorations.
The female pirate did not hesitate for long.
"I come!"
She glanced at Jack Sparrow, who was also silent, and took the initiative to step forward, rolling up her sleeves to reveal her tattooed arms.
"You are already Mason's, Blackbeard's daughter, I can't trust you!"
Barbosa also stared at the powerful-looking drug in Mason's hand with a look that was seven parts suspicion and three parts desire. He drove Angelina away and planned to let his men try it.
But before the old pirate could speak, the young girl in a blue dress beside him took a step forward.
It was obvious that she was very scared but she still mustered up the courage to say:
"I'll do it! The teacher who taught me astronomy and natural history told me that there was no medicine in the world to cure the Black Death. She said it was not an ordinary disease but something more terrible.
As you can see, sir, I am a scholar.
Although I will be called a 'witch' by those ignorant people, I do believe in the power of science. If the medicine you have can save the world, then I am willing to be a test subject! "
"Serena! Come back!"
Seeing that his daughter, whom he had finally found from that bastard Jack, was willing to try the drug on his own initiative, Barbossa, who had been so powerful all his life, could no longer sit still.
His former madness, cunningness and cruelty were all due to his carefreeness, but now that he suddenly has a daughter, he seems to have turned into a normal father again.
He jumped up from the captain's chair on his wooden leg and pulled his daughter back.
But there was clearly a terrible rift between the father and daughter.
Serena Smith pushed Barbosa away and stared at him with disgust, as if he were something dirty.
"We have the best test subject, Mason!"
The old pirate pretended not to notice his daughter's disgusted look. He sneered and protected his daughter who hated him behind him. He pointed at the tied-up Jack Sparrow and said:
"Isn't it for this moment that I spared his life? Don't waste time, hurry up! Show me your promise, wizard, I hope you can understand the price of deceiving a great pirate."
"You will be apologizing to me in a moment for your outrageous slander, Barbossa."
Mason glanced at the old pirate and gestured to the Kite Man next to him, who was wearing a full set of battle clothes and had pulled down the black V-shaped visor, looking majestic.
Charles immediately stepped forward and dragged the struggling Captain Jack over.
As everyone watched, Mason held Captain Jack's arm and gave him an injection.
After several minutes of observation to confirm that there was no allergic reaction, Mason brought Miss Magg in the birdcage closer to Jack, who was struggling and whimpering wildly.
The sharp black cat claws, accompanied by a shrill hiss, quickly cut a bloody mark on Jack's arm.
The old pirate Barbossa even made the sign of the cross on his chest at this moment.
It seems like a moment of silence for the ending of "Old Friends".
Mason pulled out Hagrid's hunting knife and cut the ropes on Captain Jack. When the guy was freed, he began to scream and wail, rolling on the ground holding his scratched arm.
The female pirate Angelina rushed over and hugged him, and Jack also hugged his lover.
He was so miserable, as if he were waking up from the dead, and sobbed:
“I’m sorry, Angelina, I know I hurt you deeply, but I left you on the island in the hope that you would not be affected by the fate I cursed.
I really didn’t expect that Captain Jack, who traveled all over the world, would end my life in this way, but I’m glad that you were with me at the last moment of my life…”
"Can you please take your hands out of my clothes?"
The female pirate was a little touched at first.
But she soon discovered the truth. She stared at Captain Jack, who showed no sign of weakness in her arms and was trying to steal her voodoo doll, and cursed angrily and punched him in the eye.
Barbosa and others had already clenched their fists.
Jack is not infected!
He didn't turn into a ghoul!
Mason's medicine works!
Oh my god, all the gods and Buddhas are here! It seems that this damn world can really be saved.
"Ah, my best friend Mason, I apologize for my foolish suspicion of you just now! If you need, I can pay anything in exchange for your forgiveness of a blind old immortal like me."
With a smile on his face, Barbossa kicked away Jack, who was covering his eyes and shouting, and walked forward to hold Mason's hands. The big pirate's eyes were full of undisguised desire and joy.
He said to Mason, whose face was calm:
"Jack is yours, the Black Pearl is yours, take the box of devil's gold, and even all my treasures are yours.
I have only one request.
Ten thousand!
I want 10,000 sticks of 'Hope'..."
"Be brave, my friend. I can give you fifty thousand! Even a hundred thousand."
Mason snapped his fingers.
He smiled and said to Barbossa, whose eyes were getting brighter:
"Next, let's talk about the specific cooperation plan."
