Volume 9: Fate of Destiny Chapter 30 Ha! Shattering Mason's important juncture in the past, present and future! Fate, collapse at this moment
World War, the last battle in Gotham.
Barry was hiding in the ruins nearby, watching with great interest the Bat-Family beating up the Bat Who Laughs. Behind him were three knocked-out Kang variants, all of whom were put in bat-cuffs that were impossible to break free of.
Such restraints mean little to Kang. They have also made preparations for the assassination on this timeline, just like the situation Wally just faced. It is as if there is a circle in time fixed on every weak node of Mason. Once the assassination fails, these Kangs will not hesitate to activate this "ring" and send them to where everything began.
There they would re-discuss tactics for the next assault.
Just as shameless as those cheaters who have their own S/L skills.
But this is how Kang's army fights. They will always succeed, and failure is just a game of trying again for them.
For the Kang Dynasty, time is a book that has already been written. Everything that has not happened has ended, and all destinies have been written and cannot be changed.
The right to read and modify this book lies in Kang's hands.
Of course, this is just an exaggeration.
At present, due to the continuous impact of the tremors in the depths of the universe, which has caused the sacred timeline to be shattered, Kang's control over the past, present and future has become greatly flawed. Otherwise, he would not have willingly joined Lao A in this final assassination that was almost a way to vent his anger.
“This is the third time.”
After seeing the Laughing Bat being defeated by the Bat Family for the third time, Barry stretched and looked back at Kang and the others who were disappearing in time. He sighed and said:
"These guys are becoming more and more difficult to deal with. This time they are planning to detonate the cosmic tuning fork. I really don't know what they will do next time."
Xiao Shan has fully understood how difficult Kang is, but he does not intend to give up.
Mason explained everything to them before leaving. The speedsters were invited by him to come to this past time to protect him. It was obvious that Mason also knew that Kang's pursuit in the past was the most vicious and effective part of Old A's assassination plan.
In the past, it was Mason who led and protected them. Now that the integration plan has been successfully pushed forward to this step, it is indeed time for these protected people to protect their leader in turn.
Little Flash jumped on the spot, then rushed into the time tunnel with a whoosh and returned to the rainy night of the final battle a second later. He did not watch the final battle between the Bat Family and the Laughing Bat behind him.
No matter how good a show is, it will get boring after watching it three times.
He looked around vigilantly and ran at superluminal speed to find the traces of the assassin Kangs, but after searching for a long time, he could not find where the Kangs were hiding this time.
"They gave up?"
Xiao Shan skipped this thought and immediately contacted other speedsters, and received a very consistent answer:
"I'm on to the fourth round here but no sign of Kang! Did they retreat?"
"Why are you only in the fourth round? Too lame, I'm already in the sixth round. Damn it, they just blew off my armor. Luckily Ms. Janet arrived in time.
Can these guys level up by killing monsters? Isn't this too outrageous?"
"No Kang found here!"
"Me too, it seems like they really retreated?"
The speedsters were exchanging information in a flurry, and after not noticing Kang coming to disrupt the situation during several times when Mason was at his weakest, their mood became optimistic.
But Ms. Janet, who was resting in the ruins of Virginia in the Pirate World, had a cold look on her face. She used an instrument to detect the surroundings and confirmed that there was no time wormhole. She said to the other speedsters:
"That's not true! Kang's army's retreat would never be so quiet. This is not his style. He has not yet used weapons that can destroy the world in an instant. This shows that your resistance to them has not reached a point that Kang cannot cope with.
This is not a retreat!
This is a strategic shift... The reason Kang gave up the plan to assassinate Mason when he was at his weakest must be because they found a more favorable time.
They may have found Mason's 'destiny node'."
"What does that mean, Auntie?"
Little Iris beside Ms. Janet asked curiously while chewing gum:
"What is a destiny node? It sounds amazing."
"It's a time traveler concept, that's what it means on the surface."
The first Wasp rubbed her brows while thinking and explaining:
“Ordinary people think that fate is unpredictable, but for Kang, everyone’s life path is certain, but there is always a node that is the most important turning point on this line of life.
Once that node changes, it will directly affect all the destinies a person can experience.
At other points in time, Kang's assassination of Mason must be successful in order to change the future, but at the node of fate, they don't need to kill Mason. They can easily change everything by letting Mason make a different choice from the original one.
That is a very difficult key to find, but we have to think of the worst now... Xiao Shan, you have the most contact with Mason, think about it quickly!
Did Mason ever tell you at what point in the past he was…?”
"I know."
Xiao Shan immediately replied:
"The night he met Catwoman, the night he quit Penguin and met Batman, he said many times that his life changed forever that night."
"Go there! Everyone, go! Quickly!"
Ms. Janet no longer hesitated. With a command, all the speedsters at all points in time began running at the same time and traveled through time to the night when everything happened.
But they are not at the same point in time.
When the Wasp jumped out of the time vortex, she saw Mason standing on duty at the door of the magnificent Iceberg Bar like a doorman. He seemed to be daydreaming and didn't fit in .
This time is fine.
Janet didn't detect any time wormhole opening, which made her breathe a sigh of relief but then frowned again.
"I saw it! Mason and Catwoman's first meeting, oh my god, Selina is so embarrassed, I have never seen her bullied like this.
No wonder she has such a good relationship with Mason. Mason sacrificed himself to help her when she was at her weakest.
This is where Mason's path to becoming a hero begins.
It was his fateful moment.”
Little Flash roared in the communication and appeared in Crime Alley a few minutes later, punching an assassin named Kang in the head. The latter was holding a dagger and was about to attack Mason.
At this moment, Mason had just grabbed a crowbar and attacked his "big brother", and his big brother was still touching Catwoman who was about to attack him with a lewd smile on his face before being knocked down.
Mason was a real rookie at this time. He didn't realize what happened just now. He just felt a cold wind flash behind his head, and then he started talking to Catwoman who was surprised.
"No, that's not it. His meeting with Batman connected him to the Bat Family. Catwoman was just a lead. I think what I found should be the node of his destiny."
Wally's shout rang out the next moment.
Nearly half an hour later, in the Gotham City Police Department, Wally wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the high-tech bomb in his hand whose explosion countdown had been suspended.
This thing had just been installed by a stalker on the floor right under Mason's feet, who was helping Commissioner Gordon fight the Penguin Gang villains.
"But I have Kangs everywhere! All kinds of Kangs!"
Jesse Quick exclaimed:
"Come over here, right where Batman and the Penguin are fighting. Mason is hiding here trying to pick up a head. There are at least fifteen Kangs on this street aiming at him with all kinds of stuff.
It's really a ghost!
I still remember the last time I shared my beauty experience with Hallie, Hallie told me that Mason always told her about the moment when he gave Penguin a bullet as a resignation letter.
That represents Mason's departure from darkness and entry into light. Perhaps this is the place..."
"No, none of them! This is where I am."
The God of Speed Hermes said in an unhappy tone:
"At midnight today, at the safe house of the police station in Audisburg, at least one-third of the elite assassins in the Assassin's League's raid on Mason were replaced by Kang and his men.
You better hurry up.
It is unlikely that I can protect him alone. In addition, there is the node when he meets Lao K, that is, the moment when he joins the Star Society, which is definitely the node of his destiny.
Let’s have a few more people to escort us.”
The speedsters all spotted Mason's big moment of the night at their respective jumps in, and what they said all seemed to make sense.
Mason encountered too many things that night and each one of them was very important when considered carefully. As Ms. Janet described, any problem at any point in this night would directly lead to Mason missing out on various complicated situations afterwards.
None of the speedsters could convince each other, and their numbers were limited, so it was impossible for them to deploy enough people at every node.
But Ms. Janet remained silent.
She ignored the quarrel of the speedsters, nor was she distracted by their discovery. She hid in the dark alley opposite the Iceberg Bar, observing Mason who was daydreaming across the street.
It’s not that the time points when the speedsters discovered it are not important, but Ms. Janet believes that those are not Mason’s true destiny nodes.
This is most likely a false impression deliberately released by Kang to interfere with their judgment. The moment that truly determines Mason's fate is not here...
But where exactly?
The original Wasp made a slight adjustment on her goggles and zoomed her sights into the face of Mason Cooper, a member of the Penguin Gang. She looked carefully at the young man in front of her, not missing a single detail.
The black and messy hair represented that the young man had not been comfortable in the past few days. The clean but worn clothes represented his financial difficulties during this period. The boredom and helplessness that flashed from time to time in his daydreaming eyes represented that Mason was not satisfied with his situation at the moment.
He seemed to seek and expect change.
The black guy next to him handed him a "cigarette" with a smile on his face, as if to convey goodwill, but Mason refused it very bluntly, obviously knowing that there was some contraband in this thing.
But he was smart and pointed to the bandaged wound on his head to indicate that he was still injured and couldn't... wait!
Wound?
The Wasp blinked.
How did Mason get injured at this time?
She seemed to remember Mason telling her about this before . He had complained that a wine bottle fell from the sky and hit him on the head, almost killing him.
Before this tragedy, Mason Cooper was just one of the ordinary people in Gotham City. After he returned to the Penguin Gang with injuries, everything seemed different.
Change does not start now, nor does it start today.
The first node that affected Mason's fate was not tonight or right before his eyes, but on this street a few days ago! It was the bottle that was thrown down from the third floor by an unscrupulous drunkard and hit him!
Found it!
Mason Cooper's true destiny!
That falling bottle!
"Stay here!"
Ms. Janet shouted into the communicator and put the last can of Pym particles in her hand into the shuttle at her waist, the core of which was a little overheated due to multiple time travels in a short period of time. She disappeared on the spot with a whoosh and turned into a point of light and continued to move forward.
The next moment, the figure of the first-generation Wasp appeared in the same place, still in the alley across the street from the Iceberg Bar, but the time point had changed.
This was the night Mason was hit with the bottle.
The moment Ms. Janet appeared, she looked up and saw the bastard Kang Zheng, whom she would never forget. He was dressed in a suit and tie, holding the arm of a Gotham socialite who came from nowhere. He walked into the magnificent Iceberg Bar in front of him with a smile on his face, as the receptionist beside him nodded and bowed.
It's that bastard!
It was that bastard Kang who deceived himself in the quantum realm and left himself with an indelible psychological trauma!
He was not dead and appeared here alone. He was able to send other assassins Kang to launch feint attacks at different times, which meant that this guy must have a high position in the Kang Dynasty.
He may be the commander of this time assassination operation!
"This is really a narrow road for enemies."
Ms. Janet sneered.
She retreated into the darkness, hearing the rustling sound, and then transformed into a graceful lady, crossing the street with her handbag in her hand.
She casually threw the bottle of beauty potion into the trash can, and when she stepped onto the magnificent bar stairs, she seemed to have returned to her most mature and charming moment.
As the most capable researcher under Mason, Ms. Janet has no shortage of beauty potions, but she is different from other women. She never uses these things to conceal her real age.
This is an obsession and pursuit for the truth, and it is the PTSD after being hurt by illusion.
But tonight she broke her own rules, smiling and nodding to the men on both sides whose eyes were on her, and walked swaying her waist into this place she had never been to before.
She knew that today would not only help little Mason escape from danger under her protection, but it would also be her lucky day. It would be the day when she would truly say goodbye to the past and start her life anew with a relaxed attitude.
What a wonderful moment.
"bite"
The luxurious elevator opened on the third floor. Ms. Janet stepped out of the elevator with Catwoman but was stopped by two burly gangsters in front of them.
Obviously this is the VIP area, which can only be entered by people with status in Gotham City.
"I have an appointment with that gentleman."
The first Wasp showed her most charming smile, but the old aunt's lethality was not to be underestimated. She pointed at Kang who was already walking towards the window and said something to the two thugs.
The two men obviously didn't buy it and were about to politely persuade her to leave, but Ms. Janet, with a smile on her face, paralyzed and knocked them out from the left and right with wrist cannons disguised as bracelets.
Then she gritted her teeth and walked quickly towards Kang who had pushed away her female companion.
Next to that guy in the window seat, there was a drunk guy talking nonsense and singing some weird and obscene songs.
This man with long hair and non-mainstream clothing was holding a bottle of rum that was about to be finished. Perhaps after he finished drinking it, the bottle would be thrown out of his hand and fall from the third floor.
But Kang, who was prepared, reached out and pressed the bottle into the air.
"It's a bad habit to litter, sir."
Conqueror Kang politely said to the drunk man in front of him:
"It would be bad if it hits someone unlucky or lucky, what do you think?"
