Volume 2 Honoring Robin Chapter 59 Mason's K Team: Second Recruitment Day
Ten o'clock in the evening, in the office on the top floor of Iceberg Bar.
Selina, wearing the "Gray Cat" battle suit, walked in with elegant and charming steps. She saw the office full of candles and Mason sitting in the office chair loading bullets into the magazine.
If the magazine in the young man's hand was replaced with a glass of red wine, the atmosphere of this "candlelight dinner" would be almost perfect.
In front of the luxurious floor-to-ceiling windows, the fully armed Kite Man was standing there, looking out at the night scene of Gotham, which had returned to the city full of lights.
It is hard to imagine that this chaotic city that came alive in the night had just encountered a "doomsday crisis" three days ago. This rotten city is like a cockroach in a sewer.
The vitality is truly amazing.
"It's not powered on yet?"
Catwoman pouted and said:
"Is it necessary to be so careful? Bruce has already reduced his tracking and monitoring of you to the minimum, and now he is busy "cultivating feelings" with his adopted son."
"It's not a matter of being careful or not, Selina."
The kite flyer sighed and said:
"When Mr. Sandstorm was fighting Green Arrow, the entire bar's electrical grid system was blown up, and at least three EMPs landed here. The renovation cost a lot of money, and the opening will be delayed again.
But it's okay.
I applied for compensation from the Batman City Restoration Fund, so I shouldn't lose too much."
"I see."
Catwoman yawned, fell on the sofa as if she had no bones, waved her hands and complained:
"Then let's go quickly. I can't wait to take a long vacation and enjoy life by sailing in the Caribbean.
You have no idea how much trouble that little crazy girl is, and I was foolish enough to think that I could be a better mother than Talia...
It turns out that I was being too simplistic.”
She whispered:
"I want to strangle that little bastard to death now! He actually put poison in my makeup and almost ruined my face. Speaking of which, Mason, when will the 'beauty potion' you promised be made?
Sister, I am still in your damn team because of this promise. The potion that can restore my skin to perfect pinkness is something every woman would desire."
"There are a lot of things on hand right now."
Mason loaded the last cursed bullet into the magazine and threw it to the Kite Man. He stood up and checked the time. He said:
“Wait until you come back this time.
I will make a batch of them as merchandise before the Star Club trade fair opens, and I will ask you to be the tester once they are ready. Wait a few minutes, we have a new team member on the way."
"Hey, little Mason has tricked the new guy in again?"
Catwoman immediately perked up, and said with a burning gaze:
"Who was the unlucky guy who got pulled into Team K? Let me guess, Jason Todd? When Bruce told me that Jason left Gotham, I knew it must be you behind it.
I've experienced the same thing once before."
"It is Jason, but not completely."
Mason handed the folded invisibility cloak to Catwoman, then held up his penguin umbrella and said:
"She's almost there... three, two, one."
"boom"
There was a knock on the door at this moment.
Catwoman turned her head and saw a tall girl wearing sportswear, a mask and black-framed glasses, covering her cheeks tightly, pushing the door in breathlessly.
She looked like she had run all the way here.
Sweat was oozing from his forehead, and his whole body exuded a feeling of fatigue after intense exercise, but corresponding to this feeling of fatigue was an excitement and exhilaration that came from deep in his heart.
"I'm not late, am I?"
She said breathlessly, then took off her mask and lowered the hood of her sportswear under Catwoman's surprised gaze, revealing her long fiery red hair.
"Barbara?"
Selina exclaimed, and Barbara was also startled.
The main reason was that Catwoman was wearing an invisibility cloak so she couldn't see the lazy beauty lying on the sofa.
"Selena? Are you here too?"
After Catwoman pulled back the hood of her invisibility cloak, Barbara froze in place.
She looked at Mason, who was smiling at her in the candlelight, with a look of "I see". She shook her head, stood where she was, stretched her legs and waist, and said:
"Thanks to your potion, I feel I have recovered well. Jogging all the way here made me feel alive again."
"It's just an illusion."
Mason looked Barbara up and down with the eyes of a professional alchemist. After a few seconds, he said:
“You have been in a wheelchair for several years, and even if you take good care of yourself, muscle atrophy and changes in movement patterns cannot be restored overnight.
I will give you a lot of recovery potions in the next half month.
You have to take your medicine on time, and Selena will accompany you through your rehabilitation.
Charles! "
The captain of Team K said something softly, and the kite man beside him immediately handed a black "gift box" to Barbara with both hands. The latter smiled under the V-shaped iron mask and said:
"This is Team K's get-well gift to you, Miss Barbara."
"Is your induction ceremony so warm and loving? It almost made me think you were all good people."
The former Batgirl pouted, reached out to take the gift box and opened the bow on it.
Inside the box, beneath the lid, is a black, grey and yellow Batsuit, complete with a beautiful women's cape and a helmet that reveals the eyes and lower half of the face, just like Catwoman's mask.
And appropriate goggles and respirators.
Next to this suit is a V-shaped multifunctional combat belt with various combat accessories, a combinable bat fighting stick, a bat dart with a rope, two bat knives and two engineering pistols for close combat.
"Go change them."
Mason leaned on the penguin umbrella with both hands and said to Barbara who was touching the battle suit in front of her:
“Although tonight’s action is just a fulfillment of an obligation to our ‘partners’, since it is a career that I have chosen and love, I still have to dress up to have a sense of ceremony.
I got your physical data from Grayson. It may not be accurate, but it should not be a bad fit. "
"Mason, I have one last question."
Barbara turned her head to look at her captain, pursed her lips and asked:
“Maybe this question is stupid, but I still want to ask, are we good people or bad people?”
“That depends on how you understand it.”
Mason shrugged and said:
"I don't like to tell other people the answer to a question directly. I like to let them see it with their own eyes. Also, I like the word 'we'."
"We are bringing life-saving medicine to these millions of poor people tonight, thereby saving their imperiled civilization."
The kite flyer next to Mason put his hands on his hips and said:
"I think our style of work has nothing to do with being a bad guy. Of course, if we follow the Bat Family's no-killing rule, the boss and I are already executioners with blood on our hands."
"If you have the listening device and locator Bruce gave you, I advise you to destroy them when you change your clothes."
Catwoman put her hand on Barbara's shoulder and whispered softly:
"Little Mason is not a captain who will be deceived, and don't challenge his sharp kindness."
"I'm no longer with the Bat-Family."
Barbara to Catwoman:
"At least I'm not one of them now. I think being quiet for a while may help me find the answers again. Don't you blame me? Selina, I almost killed Bruce."
"There are so many people who want to kill him. If I hate every one of them, then I won't have to do anything else for the rest of my life."
Catwoman yawned coquettishly and said with a pout:
"Bruce is an adult, he's more than capable of dealing with his own grief, why should I care? Also, girl, start doing yoga tonight.
Look at how bloated your butt and thighs are!
If you keep going like this, your boyfriend will be snatched away from you by some other slutty bitch, and you don't want to see that happen, do you?"
"I will."
Barbara walked into the office's dressing room with a blushing face.
A few minutes later, she came out in a full set of Batgirl costume. She was fully armed and her red hair was swaying behind her helmet, like a flame dancing in the darkness.
However, the bat logo on the battle suit has been replaced with a very artistic K symbol, which is quite consistent with the battle suits of Kite Man and Catwoman.
"John isn't coming?"
As Mason turned the handle of the World Gate, Catwoman, wearing an invisibility cloak, asked:
"He just saved the world. Given his personality, he should be eager to jump out and show off."
"Zha Kang has his own troubles, most likely he has a romantic relationship."
Mason's face fell at the mention of this, and he said:
"Zatanna came to see him last night and said that she had something important to tell Zack and asked him to go back to the Mystery House. I have informed John, and he said that he will come back to join us after studying the safe use of the curse.
The ritual for you two to draw power from the curse will also begin at that time, but I have discussed this topic with Mr. Sandstorm, and I learned from him that gaining these powers seems to come at a price.
So it’s up to you whether you want to use it or not. I won’t force you.”
"Snapped"
The door to the world opens in the next moment.
With the click of the brass handle, a door leading to another world was slowly pushed open. The other three were already used to it, but Barbara, who was participating in the operation for the first time, widened her eyes.
The rotating light screen in front of her made her feel that Mason was very secretive. Seeing the three people walking in one after another, Barbara hesitated for a moment, and finally took a deep breath and followed them in.
Her figure was swallowed up by the rotating light curtain, and then the Gate of the World automatically slammed shut without wind.
A few minutes later, a figure appeared on the top floor of the Iceberg Bar.
Batman emerged from the shadows and looked seriously at the empty office in front of him.
He activated a special imaging mode on the Bathelm, but found nothing of value, no footprints, no scent, nothing, except the extinguished candles.
The master frowned.
He groped his way along the wall and quickly opened the compartment. He saw a row of bat suits and combat accessories displayed on the wall but ignored them.
After all, he had already acknowledged that Mason's taking away his laboratory was an act of "exchange."
But the door to the world was clearly embedded in the wall in front of him, but in the eyes of the master, he could only see an empty wall.
obviously.
The careful Mason also "camouflaged" the door.
Relying on Zack's magic, it can be completely "disappeared" from the eyes of ordinary people. Although Batman is almost omnipotent, he is indeed an ordinary person.
The master, who had gained nothing, shook his head and left along the way he came, erasing all traces. The moment he stepped into the Batfighter, he connected the communication and said to the anxious old man over there:
"I lost you, Gordon.
Barbara disappeared in the city. Mason must have arranged for someone to pick her up. But I don't think you need to worry too much. She left a letter explaining her thoughts.
Give that kid some time.
I believe she will come back to us eventually.”
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"Wow!"
Barbara pushed open the door of the simple bamboo building in front of her.
What comes into view is the Caribbean sea view at noon. The warm sunshine shining on the beach makes the bustling pier look very chaotic and prosperous.
The bay in front of us is already filled with all kinds of ships.
In the six days since Team K left Turtle Island, there is no doubt that a lot of things happened here.
"The wizard is back!"
Seeing Catwoman wearing an invisibility cloak as a cape reappear beside the bamboo building, a group of people working under the simple two-story bamboo building immediately cheered.
Many women and children came over and knelt on the ground sincerely with a "pilgrimage" attitude, as if they were kneeling down to worship a real saint.
Team K has become accustomed to this scene.
The news that they had the "magic medicine" had already spread throughout the sea area, and they were regarded as the last savior by many helpless and desperate people.
But it was the first time Barbara had seen such a scene and she was stunned.
"We returned here before the seventh day as promised, and announced to the world that we have brought hope back to it and to you!"
Catwoman waved her hand and declared in a very impressive manner:
"Where are my mate and my boatswain? Tell them to come to me, and salvation will come to you. Now, do what you have to do!"
The women and children who had been rescued by Team K immediately dispersed obediently, and a few minutes later, Angelina Teach, who had received the news, quickly came to the bamboo building with her "male lover".
Looking at her and Captain Jack's disheveled appearance, you can tell what they had been doing before.
“Lady Selina, we have completed what you and Master Mason requested.
Elizabeth Swann and Henry Turner Jr. are both on board the Black Pearl. While you were away, we have collected all sorts of valuables that fill seventeen warehouses!"
The female pirate stepped forward and reported respectfully:
"Our partners are very anxious. They have sent people to wait on the island. I have sent someone to inform them."
"very good."
Catwoman nodded in satisfaction, then glared at Captain Jack Sparrow who was secretly watching her and Barbara, and said:
"Then tell them that the delivery ceremony will be held on the deck of the Black Pearl. Turtle Island is too noisy. Give them three hours to prepare gifts to represent sincerity and the first batch of goods for the transaction.
You guys should also hurry and clean up that boat.
By the way, prepare some hot water for me and my assistant, we will take a bath after the transaction is completed."
"Jack! Come in!"
Mason's voice came from the bamboo building, making the bohemian Captain Jack curl his lips.
His contact with Mason was limited to the conversation on Barbossa's ship and on the beach before their farewell, but the big pirate's instinct told Captain Jack that the young wizard Mason was a difficult bastard to deal with.
But the magic compass in his hand has clearly told him that Mason and his team are Captain Jack's only hope to escape the doomsday, which forces Jack to lie dormant.
And now the most glamorous and legendary pirate in the Caribbean knows that this conversation with Mason will be the moment of a complete showdown.
"Well, this beautiful girl is probably visiting us for the first time. Look at the curious light in your eyes. You look like a cute little lamb."
Jack fixed his iconic pirate braids, showed his gold teeth and smiled at Barbara Gordon. Then, like a magic trick, he flipped his fingers and a luxurious sapphire ring popped out and handed it to Barbara, saying:
"Just think of this as a welcome gift from this plundering sea, my lovely girl. You are different from these guys who exude a mysterious aura.
I can feel that you are a truly kind person.
Maybe we can go together tonight..."
"Click"
The sound of the engineer's pistol being unsealed came from behind Captain Jack.
The expressionless female pirate Angelina pointed her gun at the man who had been in intimate contact with her ten minutes ago, but the great Captain Jack fell for it.
He smiled without any embarrassment, gave Barbara a very charming farewell smile gracefully, and then pushed open the door.
As a result, I saw the kite man dragging a sturdy man who was tied up and wearing only shorts out of the suitcase.
Then he saw Mason, who was busy at the alchemy table, saying to him without turning his head:
“Jack, my intelligence officer and vassal commander.
Now I'm going to give you a task, take my new team member Jason Todd around Turtle Island, act as his guide and answer all his questions.
If he wants to run, don't stop him.
If he wants to kill someone, let him do it.
Of course, if you can successfully bring him back, I will give you what you want most... I promise!"
