Volume 5: The Young Wolf Seeks Home Chapter 14: If this situation is placed in the context of other worlds, wouldn’t it be a bit unreasonable not to praise the “Chosen One”?
Professor Stein, who possesses the wisdom of an elder, directly points out that there must be some kind of deal between Mason and the Justice League, and this unacceptable statement silences the other three young men.
“I won’t use words to convince you, because you won’t believe it. In your minds, I’m already an image of a world-destroying demon king. I have no intention of explaining this.
But you might want to give this thing a listen.”
Mason took out a small recorder and pressed the play button. After one second of playback, a hoarse voice that almost made the three young men jump up rang out from the recorder:
"Any one of us could be contacted and bewitched by the spies of the Star Society. I thought about it carefully and felt that this is a hidden danger. I will try my best to leave some people in the watchtower and 'take them all away' if possible.
But please note that those are not the suspected suspects, but our young members all have their own character flaws and are indeed easily deceived.
We must take precautions before it happens.
Team K also needs some good help in carrying out the undercover mission. Just think of this as the hometown's assistance to you pioneers. I believe you can convince them to join you."
This recording is not long, and there are not many details in its content that need to be figured out.
Only the voice of this person made people terrified.
Although members of the Teen Titans rarely act with the Justice League, everyone is familiar with the unique and almost inimitable voice of the old man.
So after Mason played the recording, Jaime and Jax fell into a long silence, and Professor Stein also sighed, as he had guessed this result long ago.
Only Supergirl refused to admit it.
She shouted:
"Not to mention that this recording might be forged by you! Even if it is real, we should accept Batman's warning. He said that we might be bewitched by the bastards of the Star Society. I admit that this is possible.
After all, there is a bastard standing in front of us, and he is really trying to seduce us!"
"Shut up! You're the bastard! Don't you dare say that about my sweetheart!"
When Harley heard that her beloved Mr. K was humiliated, she immediately became furious. She grabbed a baseball bat and was about to teach this ungrateful girl a lesson. The two Amazon dogs at her feet also began to bar their teeth and prepared to pounce.
But Mason grabbed her wrist.
It was like a spell, causing Harry's anger to dissipate in an instant.
"The Kryptonian superintelligence is finally starting to work, and Clark will definitely feel very relieved to see this scene."
Mason clapped his hands as if he were applauding.
He knew very well that Kryptonians were notoriously stubborn and a simple verbal dispute was meaningless, so he walked forward, took out the key, opened the cage specially made by the old Green Goblin, and released the people inside.
These four guys learned their lesson after being beaten up by the Amazons, and they had no intention of showing off their bravery when the two supermen were watching them closely.
Mason pointed to the top of his head and said to Jaime Reyes, the youngest.
"Go to the laboratory on the 43rd floor to find Dr. Otto. He is fine-tuning your Blue Beetle combat system. You must cooperate with him to complete the system reset within two days."
"ah?"
Jaime, who was only sixteen years old, touched his head in surprise. The tough cowboy from Texas was not afraid of Mason's mischief. He just said in confusion:
"Are you really going to give it back to me? Aren't you afraid that I'll go against you again if I get the beetle back?"
"First of all, that thing is already bound to your DNA."
Mason said to the sassy Texas cowboy:
"Unless I kill you here, no one can use that strange beetle. Secondly, I think you have a little problem with your perception of your own strength, Reyes.
Do you think you can beat anyone here even if you were given a beetle?"
"Well, what you said makes sense."
The Texas boy curled his lips.
Although Mason's words hurt his self-esteem, he had to admit that he was right.
The horrific experience he had last time at the Watchtower's home ground, where he was "stared to death" by a bat girl in a wheelchair, had made him regard Team K as a place with hidden talents.
"And then there are you two, Jax and Professor Stein."
Mason looked at the high school football player who was staring at him unkindly and the white-haired professor who was comforting Hei, and said:
"Go to the alchemy laboratory on the 42nd floor and wait for me there. I'll be there when I'm done. Our mission tonight is to use your ability to manipulate atomic arrangements to make some kryptonite for us as a raw material for some kind of instrument."
"You want that thing to hurt Kara?"
Xiao Hei said provocatively:
"No way! And we can't make kryptonite... We tried, and it was hard."
"You just don't understand the mystery of Kryptonite, and I have a complete set of information about Kryptonite. Of course, this information is like a mystery to a rugby player like you.
Therefore, this work is mainly supervised by Professor Stein. "
Mason looked at the white-haired professor and said:
"Please understand that this is also part of the training to control Firestorm's abilities. As for the use of the Kryptonite after it is produced, I promise that I will not use it against Kara.
The premise is that Kara has to be a little bit 'good'."
"Do you have any research data on kryptonite?"
The old professor who had been doing high-energy physics research for a lifetime suddenly became interested. He pushed up his glasses and said:
"If you really travel between worlds, you must have seen a lot of amazing scientific theories, right? I want to know if the research on dark matter has really reached a dead end?"
"Well, I don't know much about this area."
Mason waved his hands and said:
"But Dr. Otto has been immersed in this for most of his life. He even made a small tritium sun by himself, in cold fusion mode, so maybe you can talk to him about it."
“This is amazing!”
Professor Stein immediately patted Xiao Hei on the shoulder and said:
"Let's go up and meet that genius researcher."
"But I still need to exercise. Look at my muscles, they are all deflated."
Jax expressed his dissatisfaction.
But the old professor completely ignored his complaints. Why should a good young man train his muscles? How about injecting some knowledge into your empty head?
I can knock on your head and feel a hollow sound.
How sad.
The three of them disappeared in the elevator while talking, and Kara was the only one left here. She was still staring at Mason with her arms folded angrily, and she stubbornly believed in her heart that he was just a bastard of the Star Club, who had used sweet words to pull her friends to his side.
whispering sound!
You can tell at first glance that he is a scheming guy, and there’s also Batboy!
Damn Batboy!
She knew that the Batboy must have some kind of mental illness of "persecuting Kryptonians".
I heard that when my cousin first changed his career to become a hero, he was almost killed by Batboy. Now, not only is he persecuting my cousin, he is also extending his evil hands to me.
The bastard young man in front of me must be Batboy’s lackey from another world!
"Zod, Kara is in your hands."
Mason had no intention of saying anything more to the dissatisfied Kryptonian girl. He patted Zod's increasingly strong shoulders and said to the expressionless Black Superman:
"You can tell her your story and learn some Kryptonian tactics from her. She was taught by Clark Kent himself, so you will definitely learn a lot."
"I'm only concerned with the mission now."
Zod glanced at Kara, then looked at Mason and said:
"Should I participate in this mission?"
"Um."
Mason nodded and said:
"Not only you, Bizarro will also participate, but we have to disguise him first so that he won't be discovered by his former 'colleagues'. As important members of Team K 2.0, the three of you must hurry up and hone your tactics.
I don't know how long it will take for you to form a team, but I can only give you one night, and we'll set off tomorrow morning! Although we don't know what kind of risks our target world has, we can be sure that it's definitely not peaceful.
Also, come to my studio at 8 o'clock tonight, and I will make custom-made battle suits for the three of you.
The Kryptonians' weakness to magical energy needs to be made up immediately. As for the effect of Kryptonite and the red sun on you, I will need to study this slowly."
A few minutes later, in the rising elevator, Harley grabbed Mason's hand and said softly and hard:
"Take me with you, let's go together. I'll always feel empty inside if you don't take me with you. Besides, Barbara has given me a mission! She wants me to keep an eye on you, so that you won't be seduced by those little vixens out there again."
"I didn't say I wouldn't let you go."
Mason sighed and said:
"Barbara has to go too. Ertong is still helping the old man deal with the Assassin's League and has no time to get away. I have to find a guard for Barbara, but you have to promise to be obedient."
"I have always been obedient."
Harry blinked and looked at Mason, and said softly:
"I listen to you the most. Do you want to try? I'll do whatever you say..."
"Not now."
Mason firmly pushed Harry's angry mouth away and said:
"I also need to make equipment for you for the mission. I only have two days. I'm very busy."
“It’s not a conflict.”
Harley complained:
"You use your hands to make it and it won't interfere with what I want to do. I can do it myself...ah, okay, I won't say it anymore. Don't hit me! What if I become stupid?"
"Mason, Miss Anna is here. She's in your study."
Barbara "saved" Mason again at this moment. She is indeed a good sister and always appears when her naughty brother needs her most. Seeing that Mr. K was about to do serious work, the sensible Harley shrugged her shoulders, stood up, kissed Mason on the face, and went to train her dog.
Mason returned to his study, where the captain of the Exe team, Miss Anna, was already waiting. He took the initiative to pour a cup of tea, pulled out a chair and sat down. Facing the guest in front of him, Mason went straight to the point and said:
"Ma'am, do you know my identity?"
"The swordsman informed me of your situation."
Anna nodded, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she reached out and took off her mask, revealing a face that was a mixture of youth and vicissitudes.
But compared to her facial features, her hair is obviously more eye-catching.
The front half is white, but the back half is chestnut. This is not bleaching or dyeing for the girl's love of beauty, but perhaps the result of some special experience.
The eyes of the lady in front of him were full of time and experience, especially the complex look when she looked at Mason, which made Mason sure that she must know more inside information.
"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Anna Marie. When I was in Xavier Academy, everyone called me 'Rakshasa'. Some people also called me 'Little Naughty'."
She said her full name and nickname, and held out her hand to Mason, but Mason looked at his hand and hesitated. He said:
“What level of ability are you at?”
"It seems you know my abilities?"
This question made Anna smile, she shook her head and said:
"Don't worry, I can already control the energy capture, it won't have any effect on you, not to mention I'm wearing gloves."
Mason reached out his hand and shook hers. At that moment, the disguised hat on his head reminded him:
"She's trying to read your memory, but don't worry, Occlumency is strong enough to resist that level of reading."
"You just said you were friendly, but you wanted to take what you wanted from my brain as soon as we met. You mutants have a really twisted definition of 'friendly'."
Mason shook off the Rakshasa's hand, and she shrugged without apologizing or explaining. She took out a few things from her bag and said:
"This is necessary caution. It seems that you are also very careful and have protected your mind in advance.
Okay, Mason, don't be so childish. For a race that has experienced countless sufferings and malice, self-preservation is a basic instinct that we must learn.
I wanted to take this opportunity to give you a lesson, but it seems that you are much more mature than you look.
I guess you must be wondering who sent you to the Gotham Orphanage..."
"I have looked up information on the X-Men in the Great Library of Star Castle, Anna. I already know the answer to this question."
Mason sat down again and said seriously:
"The one who sent me there was a woman who had the ability to travel through time and space. These two features are enough for me to identify her. Is she 'Phantom Cat'?"
"Yes, it's Phantom Cat."
Anna brushed her hair and explained with sadness:
"On the night of the nuclear war, Xavier Institute was attacked and most of the X-Men died. Those of us who were not there or who barely escaped were killed.
According to the professor's last-minute instructions, we had to send the children who were unable to protect themselves to a safe area.
But the whole world was no longer safe.
In desperation, Katie ventured across the world and you were one of the children sent away, and later after we were reunited, the 'Recycling Program' was implemented and most of the children were taken back to Utopia.
But there is a problem with your recycling.
The Flash from your world suddenly appeared for some unknown reason and stopped the people we sent, and by some strange coincidence, we completely lost track of you.
However, fate brought you back to us.
Even though it’s in a way that no one wants to see.”
"That sounds reasonable."
Mason stroked his chin, as if he was listening to someone else's story. After Anna finished explaining the whole story, he took a sip from his teacup and asked:
"What about Katie? Maybe I should call her sister or aunt?"
"She...maybe she's dead."
Miss Anna lowered her head and said in a hoarse voice:
"She never made it back to Utopia, and I haven't heard from her for many years. I wanted to go back to our hometown to look for her.
But that place has closed its doors to us.
The swordsman said you were planning to 'smuggle' back, so I would like to ask you, if you can find Katie there, you must bring her back.
Even if it was just her remains, she would want to be with her family, dead or alive.
I also have a very personal request.”
She raised her head, looked at Mason, and said:
"The truth of the massacre at Xavier Academy on the night of the nuclear war remains a mystery, and we were forced to leave our homeland without finding any clues.
But the loss of the X-Men overnight is something that those of us who are still alive cannot get over.
We want the truth!
We want to know who was behind the massacre against us.
Or to put it more simply, we want revenge!
But revenge also needs a target. Although all the evidence now shows that the Star Club had nothing to do with the catastrophe, frankly speaking, I don’t believe this conclusion.”
"If there's a chance to go to the ruins of Xavier Institute, then I'll help."
Mason did not refuse the request. He was going to find out his background anyway, so there was no pressure in taking on a "side quest" at the same time.
Then Anna handed over a few things in her hand and said:
"This is the map and directions to the main base of the Weapon X project. I know you must go there, but you must be careful."
“That’s what I wanted to ask as well.”
Mason took the map and said with a frown:
"What's this Weapon X program? From what you said, it doesn't seem to be an evil project? If I was a test subject, then why did you create me?
Most importantly, based on my understanding of the X gene, once I show signs of 'awakening', my abilities will be revealed in a short period of time.
But why can't I feel it at all?"
He stretched out his hand, flexed his fingers, and said to Anna:
"I have checked my genes many times and tried various methods, but there is no X gene in my gene fragments. This is very abnormal."
"They're locked, Mason."
Miss Anna put down her teacup and explained:
"For this question, I went back to Utopia and found a friend who knew about these things back then. The artificial intelligence left by Hank told me that your X gene is specially coded and hidden in the human gene.
This is a disguised protection and also an attempt.
At the moment it seems to be too successful.
If you want your X gene to become dominant, you have to use special equipment to "activate" it. To put it simply, you have to complete the third phase of the experiment that you did not complete at the beginning. "
At this point, Anna looked at Mason with a strange look and said:
"That AI also told me that it is theoretically impossible for a special individual like you to develop mutant abilities on your own. Your X gene is locked very firmly, but you are the only exception among all the test subjects.
You have entered a 'semi-awakening' state without any external stimulation that complies with the experimental process. It is difficult to say whether this change is a good thing or a bad thing.
But the AI that participated in the X project advises you to hurry up and complete the third stage to unlock your X gene. It will not be good for you to wait too long in the semi-awakening stage. "
Anna paused and continued:
"Regarding the Weapon X project, the reasons why it was restarted, the people involved, etc., these are all things that have been forgotten for a long time.
In the period before the nuclear war, I was just an ordinary member of the X-Men, and my authority was not enough to access such deep secrets.
But I have heard some rumors in Utopia.
Mason, you were not created as a 'doomsday weapon', you were created to fight disasters and save the world. In other words, you were born to be a 'hero' carrying hope."
The captain of Team Ex looked at Mason, who was in shock. She shrugged her shoulders, drank a sip of tea, and said:
“This may also explain what you have been doing over the past period of time.
As much as I object to human experimentation, if they could create a hundred people like you, perhaps our world would not suffer the same fate.
Sadly, I've only found one so far.
But sometimes when everyone else is silent about something bad, it takes one true hero, right?"
