Volume 2 Honoring Robin Chapter 51 I have to kill at least one of them! Otherwise, my revenge will become a joke.
"Shua"
The shutter door of Mason's shop was opened, revealing the small shop before Poison Ivy.
Harry was quite familiar with the place, so he brought his patient and friend in. Perhaps because he thought he would be living here for a long time, he took the initiative to pick up the vacuum cleaner and started cleaning the upper and lower floors.
It’s a shame to say.
Mason had opened the shop to make himself look normal and have a place to stay, but the time he spent there was very limited.
In fact, Mason hasn't slept for a long time since he got the vitality potion.
At this time, he stayed outside the store and looked at Crime Alley behind him. This was an area with poor security in Gotham City. In the chaos tonight, it was naturally one of the sources of chaos.
There were still burning embers on the street, and several nearby stores were experiencing "zero-yuan sales".
However, not far away there was a large group of guys tied to telephone poles. Judging from their bruised and unconscious appearance, it seemed that a superhero "passed by" and cleaned up the place.
"beep"
Mason's old cell phone, given by Alfred, vibrated in his pocket. He took it out, looked at it and answered it. The Kite Man's low voice came out from it.
"Boss, Mr. Sandstorm seems to be dead."
"Hmm? Seems?"
Mason raised his eyebrows:
"Tell me more."
"I was paragliding over there and saw him being trapped by Green Arrow and Batman using some kind of magnetic field weapon. When he couldn't break free, the Flash used a lightning speed punch to blast him through the sand.
Then he detonated some kind of bomb.
He turned an entire block into a desert-like scene, and he himself turned into a sand sculpture which collapsed when the wind blew.
Green Arrow is now cleaning up the battlefield there, and the Flash is in the city helping Commissioner Gordon maintain order. It is said that the nearby National Guard will soon enter the city.
It seems that Mr. Bat left first because of something urgent."
The kite man repeated what he saw in a tone of excitement as if he was broadcasting a live broadcast.
Mason pursed his lips and felt a little relieved, but he felt that Mr. Sandstorm was not a reckless man. He felt that this matter might not be over yet.
So he said to the kite flyer:
"Meet up at my cabin first. Leave the Iceberg Bar alone for now. Come back after these things are over."
"I have to go see my son first, Boss."
The kite flyer said apologetically:
"I left him in Poison Ivy's secret base when I left. There are many people rescued by her there. I will come to your place in the early morning."
"also."
Mason had no objection.
He knew that for Charles now, his teenage son was his life.
After completing the communication with Kite Man, Mason returned to the basement of the shop and began to speed up the production of a "treatment kit" for Poison Ivy that included a batch of relievers, euphoria drugs, and tranquilizers.
He also asked Poison Ivy why the potion worked so much better on her than on others.
Poison Ivy speculated that it might be because she had a closer intrinsic connection with nature, so this potion, which did not contain modern chemical products and was closer to the essence of nature, could produce several times the therapeutic effect on her and last longer than for ordinary people.
This phenomenon made Mason very curious.
He planned to find a way to study Poison Ivy's peculiar physique when he had some free time, which might also be a breakthrough in his alchemy.
Poison Ivy watched the entire alchemy process in the basement. She was very interested in the ancient knowledge demonstrated by Mason, and Mason was happy to teach her.
But Ivy didn't have a "personal manufacturing cheat code" system, and it took her a long time to study the obscure introductory formula of alchemy.
The combination and effectiveness patterns of various herbs are the biggest pitfalls.
However, this girl's ability to ripen plants makes her very suitable to be the person in charge of the potion field that Team K is preparing. After seeing Ivy's miraculous ability to ripen a batch of horseshoe grass seeds to the point of germination in just ten minutes, Mason looked at Poison Ivy with even more fiery eyes.
He has begun to seriously consider the possibility of getting Ivy to join the gang.
"Mason, we have a visitor."
Dr. Harley's slightly panicked voice came from outside the door, interrupting Mason's alchemy teaching to Poison Ivy.
He raised his eyebrows, stood up and walked out of the basement, still wondering who would come to patronize his shop at this hour of dawn, when he went up to the first floor to take a closer look.
Oh, acquaintance.
"Hi, Mason."
The Flash, wearing a red tights and yellow combat boots, was holding a cup of coffee, leaning relaxedly on the counter of Cooper's shop, and greeting the young people in a friendly manner.
Next to him, Dr. Harley was tiptoeing with her cell phone, trying to take a selfie with the Flash. It was obvious that she was very interested in this superhero.
"Batman instructed me to come and retrieve that extremely dangerous item from you."
The Flash drank a sip of coffee and took a photo with Harley with a smile, then explained to Mason:
"It's not that I don't trust you, but I have to take it to a safer place for storage."
"this is necessary."
Mason showed no sign of dissatisfaction.
He and Flash walked out of the store and took out the biological virus missile from his magic briefcase, saying:
"In fact, even if you didn't come, I would have contacted you. This thing is beyond the limit of my engineering and alchemy.
It is really very dangerous.
Especially the seven biological and chemical weapons warheads loaded inside."
The young man patted the gray, slender missile beside him seriously and said to the Flash in front of him:
“My knowledge of alchemy tells me that once this thing is leaked, it will cause a terrible natural disaster. Perhaps even a superhero like you can’t resist it.
I know you take it seriously, but I want you to take it more seriously.”
"Yes, we will."
The Flash nodded.
He put his hand on the cold weapon, and before activating the completely unscientific speed force and leaving, the guy who looked not very old suddenly turned his head and said to Mason:
“I just met with Mr. Lucius, and he told me that the zombie virus vaccine sent by Star Labs was a great success, but I know it’s only a semi-finished product, and someone is secretly helping them.
Mason, can you tell me how you did it?"
The Flash asked with great interest:
"How did you come up with the idea of adjusting the ratio of the ingredients in the vaccine to make it more effective? To be honest, I also participated in the development of that vaccine sample. Perhaps we can exchange ideas in this regard?"
"Well, I don't think that's possible."
Mason gave the Flash a strange look.
He took out his irregular gray alchemist stone and said to the Flash:
“I use the ancient wisdom of alchemy.
This alchemy stone can extract all kinds of potion-like items. All I do is put it into your medicine sample and wait for ten minutes, and it will infuse the medicine with the 'magical power'.
Therefore, I have nothing to do with the successful development of the vaccine.
My friend, you! You are the real hero, The Flash."
“But you provide this crucial transformation, even though it does sound very unscientific.”
The Flash stared at the gray alchemist stone in Mason's hand. The young man smiled and handed the alchemist stone, which only had two uses left, to the Flash, saying:
"Take it and study it. Don't be shy. This city owes you this. If you succeed in your research, remember to give me a copy of the results."
"Ha, that's settled then."
The Flash laughed.
The young man, who was known as one of the "Two Harmonious Ensembles" together with Green Lantern, waved his hand at Mason in a cool manner, and then with a whoosh, he and the biological missile disappeared on the side of the road in Crime Alley.
He also took away the gangsters and criminals who were knocked unconscious and tied up by Green Arrow and sent them back to where they should go.
"Speed Force..."
Mason watched the direction where the Flash disappeared, and said with some longing:
"If I can replicate this ability, even if it's just supersonic Mercedes... Tsk tsk, it turns out that dreams can have anything."
He shook his head and turned back to the shop. He told Harley, who was dozing off behind the counter, to go and have a rest, then closed the shutter and planned to make some more potions before going to work.
The city has just experienced a chaotic night, and Dr. Leslie's clinic will definitely be busy today.
Mason didn't want to miss this opportunity to show off his first aid skills.
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"Ahem"
In a forest river outside Gotham, Ms. Talia, who had escaped death, was dragged out of the water by a pair of strong arms while coughing.
She hid in the water for nearly three hours before she escaped the bat drone that had been hovering nearby, but this was unbearable torture for a master assassin who had been stabbed three times by her rival.
She had started to have a high fever and felt weak all over, without any strength at all.
Fortunately, I have a companion with me.
The Scarlet Knight, also known as Jason Todd, is in a much better situation than Talia.
He had not been seriously injured when he escaped from Arkham, but of course the beating he received from the master still left him with bruises and scars.
He took Talia into a cave and made a fire, then took out the medicine he had with him to treat the woman.
Because she was soaked, the whole process could be described as "erotic", but Jason Todd had a blank expression on his face the whole time, and even behaved very restrainedly when he was giving Talia first aid and applying medicine.
He seemed to have no interest in the charming woman in front of him.
At dawn, Talia finally woke up.
The sequelae of the high fever still made her very weak, but as the master of the Assassin's League and the daughter of the King of Assassins, her physical fitness was far superior to that of ordinary people and had even reached the threshold of "superhuman".
As long as the injury is not fatal, she will be able to recover after a few days of rest.
Talia, wrapped in a tattered cloak, sat up and saw Jason Todd sitting cross-legged by the campfire.
The young man no longer had the frenzy and anger he had when he confronted the master before. He now sat beside the fire in a daze, staring at the flickering flames in front of him.
It seems that he no longer cares about anything around him.
"You wanna leave here with me?"
Talia asked after coughing a few times.
Jason did not answer, and the Master Assassin continued:
“In your current situation, it is best for you to come back to Nandarbat with me. Although my father is dead, he is immortal. We just need to wait patiently and he will be reborn in the Lazarus Pool and continue to lead us.
Jason, this failure is just..."
"My cooperation with you has ended."
Jason said indifferently:
"This is what we agreed on before! I saved you not because I wanted to show goodwill to the Assassin's League, but because between us... Never mind, that's not a good thing.
You rest here, I'll be leaving soon, don't come to me again!
If your people dare to approach me, they will bear the consequences themselves!"
This answer made Thalia frown.
She said coldly:
"We are the ones who resurrected you, Jason. You will never be able to repay this favor in your lifetime! You have the mark of the assassin on you. You will always be one of us."
"Like Batman?"
Jason sneered and said:
"He bears your marks, too! But he shattered all your arrogant fantasies a few hours ago.
Talia, you are just a bunch of losers. You may have been great once, but after Batman Rises, you have never won even a single victory at his hands!
I warned you before that those outsiders are not easy to work with.
They are just using you to achieve their goals. Even a young man like me can see the truth, but your father who has lived for nearly nine centuries has been kept in the dark.
It turns out that what Batman taught me about foresight is far more useful than anything you taught me."
"Hey, Jason..."
Talia sighed and said:
“You think you see the truth of everything, but in fact you still understand nothing.
Forget it, if you want to leave, just leave. You will continue to be entangled with that man in Gotham. I see loneliness and abandonment in your eyes.
The more you hate him, the more you desire him.
What a greedy and pitiful child.
But I have something to ask of you, not as the Master of the Assassin's League, but as Talia. Before I return to the city, I want you to help me secretly look after my son.
Damian returned to his father's arms.
This is what I have been planning, and fate has come to this point by mistake, and I will not try to reverse it. "
"Batman will change him!"
Jason stood up and said:
"Just like he changed me, your son will eventually choose to leave you, Talia. Because you are so cold-blooded that you are not a qualified mother at all."
"A fledgling must learn to fly alone. If he is able to break away from me, it only means that my son has finally grown up and is more outstanding than I thought.
I will just keep my grief to myself and wish my son great things in this world."
The Master Assassin smiled, was silent for a few seconds, and said to Jason:
"Want to give me a hug? Jason, this might be the last time we'll be alone together."
"enough!"
Jason gritted his teeth and took a few steps back.
Looking at the woman in front of him who was combing her long hair, he said firmly:
"Forget about those things! They were just things that shouldn't have happened when I was confused and lost in thought after my rebirth! You are Damian's mother and Bruce's lover...
I shouldn’t have done that!”
"hehe."
Talia laughed meaningfully and said:
"You regard Batman as your father, and given the relationship between him and me, I am also yours... Jason, Jason, you are really a young man who says one thing and means another. I still remember the helpless look on your face that night when you were in my arms, calling for your mother, like a stubborn little bird that never grew up.
Okay, don't look at me so angrily.
I won’t tease you anymore.
Tell me what you're going to do next?
I saw the unceasing anger in your eyes, and you seemed to transfer your hatred to another person. With all due respect, it seems unwise to make such a choice after just experiencing a failure. "
"Mason Cooper!"
The Scarlet Knight did not hide anything. He said:
"He ruined my fight with Bruce, he took the power to execute the Joker away from me, and he ruined my carefully prepared revenge!
Grayson, Tim, Barbara...
They are all members of the Bat-Family but Mason is not!
He had no reason to get involved in this, but he came and ruined it anyway, and this account must be settled, and this is my new plan."
After saying that, Jason Todd left a few weapons in the cave, turned around and disappeared into the woods in the light of dawn.
Talia rested for a few minutes, and after confirming that Jason had left, she picked up the communication device he left behind. The cunning master assassin dialed a number on it and waited patiently.
After a dozen seconds, the communication was connected.
"Hello?"
Mason's voice rang through the communicator, and Talia stroked her long hair and said:
"Mason Cooper, I want to make a deal with you!"
