Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 99 Are all the young people in Gotham today so confident?
"Thirteen missed calls..."
Mason stood by the window, looking at the flip phone in his hand with a headache. The 23-digit number meant that a very important person tried to contact him last night.
As a result, Mason canceled his meeting thirteen times due to some "personal reasons". You can imagine how the other party felt.
He looked back at the messy bed, and suddenly a strange sense of guilt arose in his heart, as if at this moment he had turned into the outlaw Zha Kang and was doing whatever he wanted.
"I wasted six hours... but it wasn't really a waste. I just took it as a break."
Mason comforted himself as he put on his clothes, tiptoed over to cover Harley with the quilt that she had kicked away, and then stealthily walked to the door with his shoes in his hand and twisted it.
Okay.
The door that was locked from the outside last night can finally be opened.
When he sneaked out of the door, he looked up and saw five or six pairs of bloodshot eyes staring at him. Those meaningful looks made Mason's heart skip a beat.
"Are you sick?"
He scolded while still holding his shoes and walking barefoot:
"Why are you staying here so early in the morning instead of going to sleep in?"
"Oh, we just finished drinking and are going to rest now."
With a cigarette in his mouth, Zha Kang looked Mason up and down, then showed a slutty bitch smile, raised his thumb and shook it back and forth, and said:
"The soundproofing of this room doesn't seem to be very good. I can hear your noise from three floors away. Master Mason looks very tired from subduing demons. It's really hard for you."
"Give."
Batgirl handed over a handkerchief with an unhappy look on her face, pointed at Mason's neck, and said:
"Wipe it off quickly. Look at the lipstick stain. What does it look like? Also, I can't keep this house anymore. You have to arrange a new lounge for me."
Let's switch with Harley, and she'll live here from now on."
"Young people should be more restrained."
Catwoman, holding orange juice and a facial mask, calmly criticized:
"It's not good to be lustful and lustful. It's bad for your health. You should restrain yourself... Oh, you're an alchemist, so that's fine."
"Just why did I hear two voices last night?"
Ertong poked Mason's arm curiously and said:
"One is Harley's. Who is the other woman? Why is the noise like a war? I almost thought you were attacked. Did you confirm that there were only two people in this house last night?"
Faced with these questions, Mason had a sour face and was not going to answer. Then Judy looked him up and down and suddenly asked:
"I'm planning to film some Mewtwo and send it to the Iceberg Bar as a new business venture. Are you interested in being the male lead? Mason, you can do it with this length and intensity.
Believe me!
With just a little bit of packaging, I can give you a beauty treatment and design a few signature moves, and I guarantee you’ll become an instant hit.”
This question completely broke Mason's defense.
He glared at Judy who was covering her mouth with her hands and grinning, wiped his neck with a handkerchief, then turned around and pushed away Captain Jack who was eager to hand him a cup of hot tea, and strode towards his laboratory.
Only a group of people were left laughing behind.
For a moment there was an air of joy in Osborne Tower.
With Mason's cautious style, it's rare for him to leave people with opportunities to laugh at him. If he doesn't seize the opportunity to make fun of him, he may miss it too.
"Bang"
The door of the laboratory was slammed shut. Mason put on his shoes while complaining , saying that he would send all of his ignorant subordinates to the high-risk world as cannon fodder and let them all be trashed by him.
But he was just saying this to himself. If he really had to send someone to die, he would not be willing to do that.
He took out a pile of processed materials, put his hands together to activate the refining array to make a vitality supplement, and drank the freshly-made potion in one gulp. While feeling deeply energized, he plunged into the endless manufacturing event.
Of course, while I was busy, I didn’t forget to call Mr. Hunter to explain the situation.
"Beep, beep, beep"
During the cross-world communication, Mason took out a stack of blueprints and planned to complete the redesign of Fenrir Armor Unit 2 today.
The prototype was given to the old man for self-defense, so naturally Unit 2 would have to be personalized based on the experience gained from a series of previous conflicts.
In addition, the design of special power armor for Team K members should also be put on the agenda.
An integrated large-scale power armor like the Fenrir Armor requires a certain level of engineering attainments to operate well. Except for Barbara, the uneducated team members are basically unable to operate it, so they need individual power armor similar to the Anti-Superman Armor.
Mason already had his own ideas about this design.
He plans to create a new gadget based on the dual design of Iron Man's Nano Blood-Edge Armor and Anti-Superman Armor, but the specific manufacturing can only be put into practice after Doctor Octopus fully masters the technology of making nano armor.
However, Mason had already found time to complete the armament of the vassal army.
"With the production capacity of the professional equipment stored here by Old Green Goblin, we can open three production lines and make three types of mechanical weapons, rhinoceros, scorpion and vulture, into three series, and then distribute them according to their different responsibilities."
Mason leaned over to modify the parameters on the drawing, while thinking quickly in his mind:
"The Servant Army's armor doesn't need too much high-tech support. The original blueprints are sufficient, but we still need to use Isu technology to upgrade their energy modules. At least we need to ensure that each individual has a basic energy matrix when fighting.
As for firepower...
A high-energy particle gun, an ice hand cannon and an intelligent shoulder cannon are enough. The real heavy firepower will be made after the next life team sends the drawings of military vehicles and then a new design will be made.
Of course, I still need to make the batch-dispensed alchemical potions and jewelry processing accessories.
This may take some time. The existing refining array is not enough to handle such a large amount of materials. It seems that I have to go to Star Castle to find the two Elric brothers.
I don't know how they are progressing in reversing the formula of the Philosopher's Stone and Elixir of Life?"
"drop!"
The call was finally connected after the seventh attempt. The sharp tone immediately brought Mason out of his thoughts. He put the communicator aside, coughed a few times, and explained:
"Um... I was a little busy last night, it wasn't intentional..."
"No need to explain. I don't want to hear it."
Ciri's cold voice rang out from the flip phone. She said:
"Just do your thing. Anyway, you can contact me when you need me to take the blame or when you want to persuade me to betray the organization. Isn't this the way we get along?"
"ah."
Mason had a headache.
This Mr. Hunter is usually quite calm, why is he so difficult to deal with now?
He let out a long sigh and said as he made detailed changes on the drawing:
"It's true. You are my superior and partner. I promise that I never meant to look down on you. I promise that this will never happen again. I will reply to your communications as soon as possible in the future."
"snort."
Lady Ciri snorted, probably considering that Mason had a good reputation with her before, so she reluctantly spared him this time. Mason heard the splashing sound coming from the background of the communication, and he said:
"Are you taking a shower? How about I call you back later?"
"No need, let's get down to business."
Ciri didn't care about these details.
She lay in the bathtub with rose petals floating on it, closed her eyes, relaxed her body and let the water wash away her fatigue, and said calmly:
"Your B-level promotion mission is over. I will find time to come to the Star Castle to help you complete the ID card upgrade. By the way, I will take you to the treasury and tell you about this matter.
However, after being promoted to B-level personnel, the number of base worlds is expanded to three. In addition to your original world coordinates, you can also designate a world to become the exclusive world of Team K.
If I guess correctly, the world of Old Green Goblin will be claimed by you, right?"
"You still understand me."
Mason nodded and said:
"Let's go through the process as quickly as possible. There are too many things hidden in this world right now. We really can't let anyone else in, otherwise it will be trouble."
"Then you have to come as soon as possible."
Shiri reminded:
“It was originally a Class B world, and it would have been a natural designation under your current authority, but you moved the Amazon and Atlantean kingdoms there, which may have raised its world rating to Class A again.
We can create a time difference.
Assign it to Team K before the world rating is completed, otherwise it may attract the covetousness of members of the Council of Twelve. "
"Okay, I'll be there tomorrow morning."
Mason's heart trembled, and he immediately replied:
“You can prepare the documents in advance.”
"Humph, you are very good at telling me what to do. If others don't know, they will think you are my boss."
Ciri complained, picked up a wet rose petal and placed it on her forehead, then closed her eyes and said:
"There is another troublesome matter. Yesterday, the Warlock proposed a plan to infiltrate and invade several worlds, including your base world.
That is not Team K's exclusive world, so this kind of infiltration and invasion does not require your consent. The Swordsman and I both voted in favor. It is estimated that within a week at the latest, some actions will be launched on your side.
In the early stages, the most likely goal is to win over some people with weak wills but with power and territory, just like an upgraded version of the last operation carried out by the Hydra team in Gotham. This time it is a global infiltration.
Once the infiltration phase is over, the Stars will most likely work with the Cleaners.
According to the strength of your power system, you will probably send a large number of conquerors to attack the enemy this time, so you'd better be prepared in advance."
“That’s to be expected.”
Mason said without surprise:
"What I'm worried about now is not the attack and invasion. According to the information I have so far, when the situation of this kind of pioneering operation against a high-risk world goes wrong, they will summon Galactus to carry out extermination operations..."
"Not this time."
Shiri explained:
“During the third impact, the projection of the zombie Devouring Star was connected to the parallel world system through the World Gate, which caused some chaos and more than 200 low-level vassal worlds were destroyed.
It is not yet clear whether the attack launched by the Isu world on the projection core of the World Gate has interfered, or whether the World Gate's suppression of the zombie plane has weakened.
But no matter which one it was, the result was bad.
This means that if they summon Galactus again, it will most likely cause a loss of control, so you don't have to worry about a higher power intervening when things don't go well.
However, I suspect that if your resistance is severe, the Cleaners may use some unconventional powers, such as the Infinity Gauntlet or the Cosmic Cube."
Mason frowned at this.
He hesitated for a moment and asked:
"Ciri, tell me the truth, how many of these things do the cleaners have?"
“I don’t know the exact number.”
The hunter said with regret:
“But you only need to know that the forging material of the main body of the World Gate contains an energy network composed of two sets of Infinity Gems and two Cosmic Cubes.
Therefore, if necessary, they can use these things as consumables .
In fact, the main purpose of the continuous plundering during the seventeen years after the first three impacts was to collect this cosmic wonder with rule-level power.
But there is some good news.
The power of these cosmic wonders will be weakened after leaving their original planes, so that their power will not be so strong that it is irresistible. "
"Even if the destructive power of the Infinity Gauntlet is weakened, it can still cover a planet. What's more, they have the advantage in numbers."
Mason shook his head and said:
"It seems my friends back home are having a headache. Keep in touch, Ciri, and let me know once this invasion is on the agenda.
By the way, you just said that this was proposed by the Grand Master of Warlocks?"
He told Ciri about the death knell and reminded her:
"He has begun to suspect us and has taken action. This is a serious threat, so I plan to take some countermeasures. I will make a plan after I contact them about the specific situation.
But don't get involved this time!
Whoever proposed it should be held responsible. If we are lucky, we might be able to take down a great mentor."
"You really dare to think so. You are as courageous as ever. The young people in Gotham City are so arrogant and ambitious. It really makes me feel that your growth environment is definitely a natural selection.
Someone who can survive and grow up in a place like that should not be underestimated."
Ciri complained:
"But does a plan of this magnitude need to be notified to the Quint Society in advance? They would probably be very interested, as the vacant Grand Master seat represents the dominance of the Star Society.
Even if there is only a slight possibility, it is still a popular item.
With their secret help, the risks you encounter will be much smaller."
"Not yet."
Mason narrowed his eyes and said:
"Let's talk about it after I meet with Old A. Maybe they can convince me to be loyal to their goals. The place to meet him has been chosen. It's in Gotham. The time is decided by him. Please help me convey it.
in addition……"
"Mr. K!"
Harley's sharp voice rang out at the door of the laboratory. The energetic and crazy beauty had already changed into her "Joker suit" and walked in mischievously, holding a piece of ice cream and humming a song.
Her steps were brisk and her face was radiant, and even her twin ponytails flashed a joyful rhythm as she jumped and walked.
Behind her followed her two large dogs. For some reason, Harley had painted their majestic golden manes with red and green paint and made them rather cute clown collars, making the Amazonian war dogs look like circus animals.
They held two large bones in their mouths and followed Harry around everywhere, making the originally quiet laboratory suddenly noisy.
"mua~"
Harley placed the ice cream in her hand in front of Mason, and took the initiative to give him a passionate kiss. However, Mason did not feel any erotic feeling, but instead an indescribable sense of crisis rose in his heart.
He glanced at his flip phone.
The call had been hung up, which seemed to represent some kind of cold anger that was brewing.
"Hey, Mason sweetheart, why are you frowning?"
Harry looked at Mason in surprise, and said cautiously:
"Was my performance last night not good enough?"
"No, it has nothing to do with you."
Mason rubbed his forehead and said:
"I just think I might need to hurry up and prepare a gift..."
"Gift?"
Harley was stunned for a moment, then sniffed Mason's neck suspiciously and said:
"Who are you going to give it to? Is it the blonde girl that Barbara mentioned who has a crush on you ?"
"Ah, yes, and the meeting with that lady."
Mason slapped his forehead and said in annoyance:
"It seems I have to prepare two gifts. Do you need them? I can prepare one for you as well... Why are you frowning?"
"Oh, so the gift given to me is actually a 'free gift'."
Harley folded her arms and turned her head. Her twin ponytails arced in the air. She snorted and said:
"You don't have a reward tonight! You won't have any reward in the future... No! You'll be happier if no one bothers you like this! I won't be fooled.
Come, let me kiss you, my greedy little sweetheart, eating from the bowl and looking at the pot."
