Chapter 25 25. The cause of everything lies in that which was neglected from the beginning
"My God, this is a massacre."
After receiving the news, Gordon led a group of policemen and hurried back to his home. The chief had witnessed the destructive power of Mason when he showed his power, but the other police officers were taken aback when they arrived on this street.
The entire block was cut off from electricity.
On the street in front of the house lay a group of stunned penguin gangsters, three dead bodies with headshots and three unlucky ones who were hit by a car and died.
The backyard is even more incredible.
More than 20 corpses of men in black with tragic death made several young police officers vomit directly. Even the old police detectives who have been police in Gotham for many years couldn't bear it.
They got together and chatted about the slaughterhouse-like theater massacre when the clown first came out.
Although the law and order of Gotham has been slow in recent years, since Arkham Asylum has more and more residents, and Batman's continuous high-intensity night patrol has not seen such vicious shootings for a long time.
"Director, we found six weird headless stone sculptures in the alley opposite."
A policewoman with a pale face ran over and reported to Gordon, who was smoking a cigarette silently standing at the gate of the courtyard. The chief officer waved his hand, rubbed his forehead very tiredly and said:
"Move back to the evidence department, maybe that's evidence too. You guys are busy here, I'm going to see my daughter, she must be terrified."
Several other police detectives nodded, and they looked at their chief with pity.
These detectives all knew the tragedy that happened to Barbara Gordon in the early years, so no one stopped the director's action at this time.
Because there were dead bodies in the house, Barbara and Mason were transferred to the neighbor's house in advance, which was also the backup safe house of the police station.
The kind that is uninhabited all year round.
When the chief pushed the door and came in, he saw a strange stone sculpture in a dark living room. The guy was wearing a full bat suit, but his face was not the one Gordon was familiar with.
The director is even more tired.
He picked up the flashlight to distinguish, exhaled smoke rings, and said:
"Dick Grayson, you stole my daughter's heart and you have the nerve to come back?"
"Dad, come help! We need light."
Barbara, who was sitting in a wheelchair, heard the movement and opened the door. She called her father and walked into the kitchen. Director Gordon smelled a very bad smell when he walked in.
As a result, I scanned forward with the flashlight, and found that Mason Cooper, that little **** who had just slaughtered more than 30 people, was standing in front of the dining table and cutting some strange things.
He also has a lighted alcohol lamp and a weird liquid that is constantly roasting on the flames, and the unpleasant smell is emitted from that liquid.
"What is this doing?"
Director Gordon said expressionlessly:
"To celebrate Mason successfully blowing the heads of 30 people off tonight, so do you want to cook for yourself?"
"Hush!"
Before Mason could speak, he looked curiously at Mason's busy Barbara with black-rimmed glasses, and raised his finger to quiet his disgruntled father.
She explained in a low voice:
"Mason is configuring the antidote for the petrification potion. This is the alchemy he learned from the black wizard who took him away. It is also the first time he is trying to do this.
Dad, don't make trouble. "
"He can also do alchemy?"
Director Gordon was supposed to ask the teacher for the crime, but when he heard this, his eyes widened.
Although he has been a policeman in Gotham for many years, he has seen a lot, but this kind of magical thing still makes the old man a little curious.
He illuminated Mason with a flashlight, and found that the young man was meditating on a certain process, chopping up a dry ginseng-like paper in his hand with a kitchen knife and grinding it in a bowl, waiting for it to be boiled on the alcohol lamp When the strange-colored and unpleasant-smelling soup boiled, the medicinal powder was sprinkled into it while stirring with a crystal stick.
"Boom"
A cloud of purple mist mixed with sparks erupted from the small bowl, startling Director Gordon and Barbara. The unpleasant smell in the kitchen also suddenly changed into a smoke with a herbal aroma.
Gordon took a sip, and immediately felt refreshed from exhaustion.
"It's almost done after another thirty seconds."
Mason stirred the liquid in the small bowl that was constantly being heated with a crystal rod dedicated to alchemy, and said to Barbara:
"Unfortunately, I don't have a dedicated mithril crucible, otherwise it wouldn't take so long. The Mandrake resurrection potion is the simplest alchemy item. As long as there are raw materials, few people will fail to brew it."
"It's amazing stuff, I haven't seen anything like it in the Batcave."
The former Batgirl pushed her glasses excitedly, and she said:
"Aside from petrifying and de-petrifying people, what else can you do?"
"Uh, I don't know much, but I have the old wizard's alchemy notes in my hand."
Mason blinked, took this opportunity to rationalize his alchemy skills, and said:
"I can try to make more potions when I have time in the future. I remember that there is a 'beautiful potion' in that note. It is said that it can keep ladies young forever, and make the skin tender and hydrated."
"Well, I like this."
Barbara's eyes lit up and said:
"I want to order ten bottles!"
"I don't think you may need to."
Mason glanced at her and whispered:
"You are pretty enough already."
"I can't use it now, but it's hard to say in the future. You see, I have been in a wheelchair all year round and lack of exercise. My skin will definitely get worse. I feel that my hair has no luster recently.
Hey, can you make some magic diet pills or something.
I feel that my stomach has fat, and there is a cough of breast enlargement. We will talk about this in private later. "
No matter how experienced Barbara Gordon is, she is only a girl in her twenties. The pursuit of beauty is their instinct.
But seeing her father frowning, she immediately stopped talking, and urged Mason to take the boiled medicine to save her boyfriend who was capsized in the gutter.
"Successfully complete a standard craft alchemy creation, and the proficiency of alchemy skills will increase."
Mason knew the potion was ready when he saw a prompt popping up on the light curtain in front of him.
He took off the hot bowl with his barbecue mitts, strained out the medicinal residue, and handed the strange colored potion to Barbara, saying:
"Pour it on his head, don't try to feed him, drinking water in a petrified state will make him choke to death."
"oh."
Barbara took the potion and pushed the wheelchair out of the kitchen, while Mason packed these things in place. The dregs of the Mandrake are harmful to the human body and must be disposed of professionally.
Director Gordon also stays here.
After his daughter left, he lit a cigarette and said to Mason:
"You did a little too much tonight, I mean you got blood all over my house, did you do it on purpose? Mason, decline my invitation in this way?"
"I just want you to see for yourself how dangerous I am, Gordon, and I swear I mean nothing else."
Mason sealed the dregs of the medicine in a special jar in his hand and kept shaking it, while turning his head and said:
"I thank you and Barbara for your kindness, but you have also seen that until this **** is over, I can't get close to you people who have good intentions for me, and please don't burden me psychologically.
I will go to my former friend, and he will help me find a place to stay.
You've seen it with your own eyes, and I've shown that I'm capable of protecting myself in Gotham. "
Director Gordon frowned and smoked in silence. Mason didn't disturb his thinking. When a cigarette was burned, the director raised his head and said:
"Okay, I won't stop you. But you must sign the guardianship document and come back at least once a week, even if it's just for show, contact me immediately if you encounter trouble.
can you do it? "
"I will sign."
Mason glanced at Gordon. He didn't refute or put forward any conditions. It was already a big victory for Gordon to allow him to move out. Next, he just needed to contact the kiteman to find a place to stay.
Speaking of Kite Man.
"Uh, Gordon, my friend is in some trouble now, and I want to consult you."
Mason threw the jar that had been shaken at least a hundred times into the trash can, washed his hands, and said in a low voice:
"Do you know 'Kite Man'?"
"Charles Brown?"
Gordon is worthy of being the police chief. He knows all the villains in the city. When Mason mentioned his nickname, he immediately reacted, and said with a strange look in his eyes:
"That guy used to work with the clown, but after the clown broke him down, he had nowhere to go, so he robbed the bakery and was sent to prison by my own hands.
All right.
He's not exactly a bad guy who can't be saved, but Kite Man escaped from prison some time ago. "
"It's just that he wants to meet his son."
Mason explained:
"If Charles wants to end the lawsuit on himself."
"Just go to the police station and pay a deposit."
Gordon shook his head and said:
"How much crime can he have just robbed the bakery? In fact, Charles could have been released from prison a long time ago. He just kept making small mistakes and stayed in Blackgate Prison to eat a delicious big bowl of prison food, and was afraid of being ganged up by clowns when he went out. Some people seek revenge and hide there.
He is a 'gangster traitor' just like you.
Be careful with him. Although the Clown Gang has collapsed, there are still some loyalists of that lunatic wandering around the city. The Kite Man is their target. "
"Okay, I'll pass it on to him, Gordon."
Mason was finally relieved.
He walked out of the kitchen to check on Dick Grayson. Gordon stayed there. After Mason left, Gordon lit another cigarette, took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed a number.
A few seconds later, the hoarse voice of the real master sounded on the phone:
"Gordon, I'm busy."
"I'm just telling you that Mason killed another 30 assassins from the League of Assassins tonight to protect my daughter, but those Assassins are staring at him, and he wants to move out."
Director Gordon whispered:
"Also, your 'retired Robin' was captured by him with a strange potion, and he learned a lot of strange skills from the dark wizard who kidnapped him."
"Let him go."
The master said in a short tone:
"As soon as the matter here is over, I will rush back as soon as possible. Gordon, you didn't tell Mason about that, did you?"
"not yet."
The chief sighed, rubbed his face and said wearily:
"But he will find out sooner or later, the boy is very alert."
"I'm speeding up my investigation of the hidden story behind Mason's life experience."
Master said:
"I'll pick a time to tell him after I have an idea. It's very important that you watch him and don't let him run around."
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"ah"
Wizard's Notes says being petrified is pretty bad.
It is said that it is the same as the body is dead and the soul is sealed in it, and it can feel everything around it but cannot respond.
A few seconds after Barbara Gordon poured the potion down Dick Grayson's head, the petrified state of the "retired Robin" quickly dissipated.
Following the stone chips flying across the ground, the dashing and handsome guy fell to the ground in a panic.
He gasped like a fish out of water, and it took him a moment to calm down.
"Great, Grayson."
Barbara cheered, stretched out her hand to pull her boyfriend up from the ground, recalled Mason's complaints before, and glanced at her boyfriend's buttocks quietly.
Hey~ It really is very warped!
No wonder Mason could tell at a glance that it wasn't Batman himself.
"You guy"
The original Robin Dick Grayson nicknamed "Nightwing" saw Mason leaning on the table next to him and staring at him at a glance.
He picked up the bat helmet handed by Barbara and buckled it on his head in displeasure, and then used the built-in bat voice to turn his voice into the same hoarse voice as the original master.
Said to Mason:
"A shameless sneak attack!"
"Sneak attack, of course! I am not your opponent head-on, Mr. Yeyi."
Mason folded his arms and put his low-key but deadly critical shotgun by his legs. The Sujie Eagle was thrown back into the bag on his waist. He looked at the somewhat annoyed Nightwing and said:
"So, didn't Batman ask you to come back to replace him in Gotham? What would happen without you, a great hero, in that miserable place in Bludhaven?"
"You're kidding, right?"
Greyson waved his hand angrily.
But he has always been an open-minded and gentle person, and the resentment in his heart quickly dissipated under the soft persuasion of his girlfriend Barbara.
He said a few words of love to Barbara, then looked back at Mason, and said in a serious tone:
"I didn't come here tonight just because I saw Barbara's distress signal, Mason Cooper, there is something very important that I need to confirm with you."
As he spoke, the "Master Bat" took out a familiar item from the multi-function belt.
It was the sword-shaped hard drive that Catwoman stole from Penguin a week ago. Nightwing handed it to Mason and said very seriously:
"I ask you, you didn't try to copy the information on this hard drive in the short time between getting it from Catwoman and giving it to Batman, did you?"
“I was going to drive and I was going to shoot.”
Mason frowned and said:
"I only have two hands, so of course not. What's wrong with this hard drive?"
"The information inside is automatically destroyed."
Yeyi said annoyedly:
"Batman commissioned me to track this down before he left, but as soon as I opened it with the Batcomputer, those messages set off a security alert.
This kind of operation can only happen when the internal information is copied or transferred, so I suspect that this hard drive has actually entered the automatic destruction process before being sent to Batman. "
"Then you should go to Catwoman."
Mason narrowed his eyes and said:
"She is the most likely person to do this, where is she?"
"She slipped away."
Nightwing rubbed his forehead with a headache and made a move that Batman would never make.
He said:
"Just thirty minutes after Batman left Gotham, she slipped away from the Batcave. I came here to ask, have you contacted Catwoman since you returned to Gotham?"
“I don’t even have a cell phone.”
The young man shook his head and gave an irrefutable reason.
Yeyi fell silent for a while.
A few seconds later, he handed the sword-shaped hard drive to his girlfriend and said:
"Then it's up to you, Barbara, to try to check the remaining information on this hard drive with the astonishing hacking skills of Your Excellency 'Oracle'.
As for you, Mason. "
He said to the young man:
"We have to find Catwoman as soon as possible to confirm whether the information on the hard drive is in her hands.
I learned from other sources that the League of Assassins and the Penguin Gang must capture you for the same reason.
The information that may be taken away by Catwoman hides secrets that they don't want people to know, and more importantly, the person who attacked you is also tracking her. "
The young master paused and reached out his hand towards Mason.
He whispered:
"Let's find her together, this matter will not end, and you will never really start a new life."
"OK."
Mason thought for a while, then happily reached out and patted the hand of the elder and younger, and said:
"I just want to see that big sister again."
(end of this chapter)