Chapter 256 54. Hurry up and invite Siri Buddha! —Adding more for the brothers "Huo Zheng is very good" [125]
Mason woke up several hours later, his body was still hurting, as if he had been stepped on by a swarm of mammoths, and he coughed violently as soon as he opened his eyes.
Throat is full of **** smell and a strange anxiety, it feels like my throat is about to smoke.
This movement caused Harry, who was guarding the door, to rush in with a look of surprise on his face. Seeing Mason's uncomfortable appearance, he immediately brought him a cup of hot tea, and brought a towel to help him wipe the sweat off his face.
As an alchemist and a first responder, Mason quickly figured out his current physical condition.
The rejection reaction was actually still in effect, but Mason was infused with a huge amount of life energy in a short period of time by some unknown force, which effectively relieved the symptoms and eased his pain.
But to fully recover, it is estimated that it will take a few days of hard work.
He will be quite terrified looking at his physical condition just after being pulled back from the state of "running out of oil and lamps". It seems that when the dose of superhuman strengthening medicine took effect, it was at the cost of squeezing his life potential.
This principle is the same as having to use a car engine to drive a tank, and cylinder explosion is the slightest result.
It's like Krypton's life is fighting.
"Where am I?"
Mason took a sip of hot tea to soothe his throat.
He looked at the antique clothes around him and asked in a low voice. Halle beside him, who had changed clothes and still had a bandage on his face, replied in a low voice while helping Mason wipe off his sweat:
"A place called Nandarbat, Thalia first flew to Europe by plane, and then teleported us here with weird magic.
But she said it's not safe here, and told you to go see her immediately after waking up.
But Selena told us not to worry.
She said that if Thalia dared to have any evil intentions, she would take action to tear down this broken place. "
"Selena is here too?"
Mason rubbed his forehead, stood up with Harry's support, he coughed and said:
"I know, never expect a cat to do what you order honestly. How did they heal me? That kind of near-death wound can heal so quickly, I guess, they used some dangerous s things?"
"Well, they stripped you and threw you in some weird pool."
Harry blinked and said vividly:
"A big green pool, the water in it is glowing like high-radiation pollution, I want to follow it down but they won't let it, but the effect of the water in that pool is really very good."
"I know the pool of Lazarus!"
Mason rubbed his forehead with a headache. He glanced at his character card and found nothing abnormal. Then he looked at the sorting hat at hand and asked:
"Hat, am I not 'polluted'?"
"No, Thalia and her men did some kind of magic protection for you before throwing you into the demon pool, so that the magical pool water only healed your body and did not pollute your will and soul."
The Sorting Hat protruded a vague human face from its exterior and replied:
"Selena and Halle are watching over you the whole time, don't worry, but maybe you should be more worried about the current situation. You slept for a full four and a half hours, and the Justice League must have regrouped.
Although your team members have disrupted their monitoring of the world, they will come here at any time. "
"Um."
Mason nodded, picked up his communicator and tried to call Constantine and Barbara, but a busy tone meant that they might not be in this world.
Harry stared curiously at the talking hat.
She thinks the things in Mr. K's hands are really interesting, and is his life so turbulent every day? It was really cool to have a fight with the Justice League or something.
"Wear it if you want, but the hat probably won't talk to you."
Mason noticed Harry's eyes, and he said:
"Keep it safe for me."
"Um!"
Harry, who got permission, immediately smiled and put the hat back to the shape of the wizard hat on her head, pretending to be a witch, and shook her head again, helping Mason to walk out of the room like a rehabilitation patient.
Along the way, there are black-clothed warriors carrying things back and forth everywhere. It looks like they are preparing to evacuate this underground hiding place.
In the cave-carved room at the end of the road, Mason saw Thalia with an expressionless face, and Mrs. Catwoman who was sitting opposite Thalia, eating and drinking.
Surprisingly, Damian is also here.
"You should follow them to Osborne Tower!"
Mason looked at Rice standing beside his mother with folded arms, he frowned and said:
"The original plan was like this, Damian, if you want to join us, you have to learn to obey orders, and I don't like your current behavior very much."
"Following orders doesn't mean I'm going to be held hostage by you, Mason."
Damian replied very bluntly:
"Don't think I don't know what you temporarily invited me to join the operation for, I'm your 'anti-Batman tactic', right? You used me to threaten my mother before.
You are such a jerk!
If I hadn't been careful, I would have been fooled by you. Moreover, if I really want to go to a different world and stay for a long time, I always have to pack some necessary equipment and bring it there.
Don't be angry either.
I reported to Barbara and Konstantin before returning, and they gave me permission to leave.
They lost contact with you and were very worried that you would not be able to return to this world at the risk of being discovered by the Justice League, so they could only send me back to check on your situation. "
"Tch, if you want to go out, run back and bring your own pets, even the puppy and kitten that Alfred gave you will be taken away together, my dear Damian."
Da Mi Niu's angry explanation sounded very lofty, but the truth was immediately exposed by his adoptive mother Selena.
Master Catwoman elegantly peeled an apple for Mason, and said in a long voice:
"But Damian, I can understand that you keep kittens and dogs, but can you explain to me why you still have a cow as a pet?"
"Shut up!"
Damian obviously had a bad relationship with his adoptive mother, he scolded:
"I also have a red bat monster as a mount and assistant, do I have to tell you about this? You are so annoying, Selena! And how dare you step into the territory of the League of Assassins!
I should shave your face right here to see if Bruce Wayne still likes a 'painted cat'. "
"Hey! How on earth did you teach your son?"
Selina ignored Damian's yelling at all. She looked at the expressionless Thalia and said:
"Look, what a good child has been taught by you! What a failure, Thalia, you can't even keep your own child.
Don't look at his disgusting look at Gotham, I know that your son lived quite comfortably in Wayne Manor, and even made friends with a mysterious little girl.
I saw him sneaking in the room several times to write letters."
"This is my son, how to teach it is my business."
Facing Catwoman's provocation, Thalia stroked her long black hair and said calmly:
"Damian is the child of me and Bruce, and the next generation heir of the Wayne family. No matter how much you slander him, you can't change this reality."
"Snapped"
The apple in Catwoman's hand was directly pinched and burst, and a layer of black substance began to emerge on her fingers.
Obviously, she was provoked.
The grievances between rivals in love are unbearable, especially when the coquettish fox in front of her pokes her heart repeatedly, if the black cat doesn't show his power, you really think I'm a hellokitty!
"Ahem, ladies and aunts, you are all people of status, so calm down, okay?"
Mason really can't see it anymore.
He coughed, and before Catwoman broke out completely, he intervened in the jealousy of two beautiful old aunts because of a handsome and rich old uncle, and he said:
"Compared to the complicated family affairs between you, I think we should discuss the really important things.
First of all, thank you.
Ms. Thalia, although I know that you deliberately want me to owe a favor, but the help in a critical moment is real, and I must thank the Assassin League for their help.
But you also know that this will not allow me to regard you as friends, so, what you and the League of Assassins want from me, please tell me directly. "
"Then I'll be blunt, Mason."
Thalia looked at the steady young man in front of her with admiration. She felt that this was the best template for her son Damian to grow up in the future.
As for what Mason did in Gotham last night, Talia, the leader who was born in a family of assassins, was completely convinced. She did not resist her son joining Mason's team.
But Damian's choice is his own private matter.
As the leader of the Assassin Alliance, she can't abolish the public for personal reasons, so Thalia said with a blank expression at this moment:
"The Assassin League has suffered terrible setbacks since Gotham, and the death of my father has caused signs of instability in the entire organization.
But the apocalyptic event of 'World Collision' a few days ago helped me when we were teetering.
My organization has re-stabilized and is more united than before.
In the past, we were fighting for an unreachable belief, but now, we are working hard for survival and continuation, and this is what I want from you.
The League of Assassins is going to enter the system of the Stars Club!
We need a springboard, a trusted middleman, an ally with ability and wrist, and K-Squad is the kind of friend we need. "
"With all due respect, you won't find hope in the Stellaris."
Mason said bluntly:
"If they had a way, they wouldn't be so passive in the shocking incident. They just followed the situation in the context of the doomsday era and pretended that they had a great advantage, but they were powerless to fight against the cruel truth."
"maybe."
Thalia nodded ambiguously and said:
"But in terms of the style of the Assassin League, we prefer to see and do things like self-help with our own eyes. It is not our choice to give hands to others.
Actually, the cooperation between my father and the six-headed snake team was also for this purpose.
Lei Xiaogu never regarded the pathetic Sandstorm as a real teammate. That person's hypocrisy and stupidity made my father have a very low evaluation of him. We wanted to intervene in it, take control of the Hydra team and replace it.
We were close to success, but were spoiled by your sudden appearance.
But this is not a bad thing! "
Thalia smiled, looked at Mason, and said:
“That failure gave birth to a better option for us.
The strength, wisdom and control you showed last night amazed me and the entire senior management of the Assassin League, and my child personally participated in the K team's operation.
According to his feedback, you have grown into a force to be reckoned with in a very short period of time.
Be friends with the strong!
This is what my father taught me when I was a child.
Mason, I have already shown my sincerity. If saving you once is not enough, we can increase the stake until you are willing to form an alliance with us. "
"Sincerity is not the most important thing."
Mason thought for a while and said:
"I just doubt whether you can represent the will of the Assassin Alliance, Ms. Thalia, where is Lei Xiaogu? Has he not been resurrected?"
“It was a complicated and lengthy process.”
Thalia said casually:
"In addition, my father is too old, and the contact with the Lazarus Pool for several centuries has tortured his mind. While the water in the pool gave him strength, it also gave him some unspeakable influence.
He is firm but stubborn, wise but at a loss.
He has dedicated his all to an unattainable goal. However, under the new situation in the new world, perhaps what the Assassin Alliance needs is a more flexible strategy and a sharper leader.
My father will eventually resurrect and lead the Assassins again.
But that's for later. "
The brunette, who was ambitious and made no secret of her desire, paused.
She looked at Mason and said seriously:
"I have the final say here now! Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"I understand, but your son seems to have a different opinion on this."
Mason glanced at Damian, who was behind Talia with a complex complexion, and said:
"However, this is a matter between your mother and son, and I will not participate. In the face of your request, I will tell you that I am willing to help you enter that organization.
Squad K can give you a door to the world, and I can appoint you as the captain of the second team. I will not interfere with any of your actions except for the nominal subordination.
Dantalia
I still have to warn you, K-Squad is a place with secrets, and your cooperation with us means that it will become our common secret.
But I don't trust your integrity!
You are ambitious and resourceful. Most importantly, you think you can surpass your father but you don’t understand how important Lei Xiaogu’s persistence in ideals is on your path.
An unreachable lighthouse cannot dispel the darkness, but at least it can allow you to walk in the dark without losing your way.
You say you are sharper.
But in my opinion, you are more confused than your father. "
"really."
The catwoman next to her applauded her Mason's remarks loudly. She would not give up any chance to suppress Thalia. She sneered and said:
"You can't even handle a Batman, what big things do you expect from you? I already have a premonition that you will be defeated in the new world, and eventually run back like a defeated dog to pray for Mason and our help.
You better not put yourself in that situation, Thalia.
Because I will laugh at you hard! "
"The cooperation is finalized, let's talk about how to leave."
Thalia tried her best not to be affected by Catwoman's sarcasm, but she really couldn't ignore this "rival in love" who had maintained an improper relationship with her child's father for a long time.
She could only clenched her fists, forced herself to calm down, looked at Mason, and said:
"Your companions have already got the door from the watchtower, can they open it and let us go to a safer place?"
"no!"
Mason shook his head and said:
"A group of spellcasters headed by Dr. Fate is monitoring the time-space disturbance of the world, once the door is opened, it will be captured immediately, and they have the means to temporarily seal the door of the world.
Of the three doors in our hands, only one is left to operate freely, and we must not take risks at this time.
But don't worry, I have other options.
I have long been prepared for this desperate situation. "
As he spoke, Mason took out the coral trident he had taken from Zha Kang earlier from his luggage.
As soon as this thing appeared, it attracted Thalia's attention. After carefully observing the strange blue light covering the trident, the daughter of the Assassin King narrowed her eyes and said:
"Is this divinity?"
"You know this?"
Master Catwoman asked in surprise, Thalia sneered and said:
"The League of Assassins has existed for almost nine centuries, and we still have the Lazarus Pool that can bring people back from the dead. Do you think we don't understand divinity and divine power?"
Mason did not intervene in the quarrel between the two men.
He took out the stationery in front of Thalia to communicate with Ciri, the hunter, that Mason would request "off-site support" when his own world gate could not be used.
As for the reason?
This is too simple.
"Mason Cooper, a C-level member of the Star Club, is applying for a B-level promotion task."
He wrote on the letter paper:
"Due to the impact of special events in this world, the K team's exclusive world gate cannot be used, so we request organization support to provide a temporary world gate to complete this promotion task."
Writing here, he feels that it seems a bit disadvantageous for him and Mrs. Catwoman to participate in the B-level promotion task, even if Harley is added, it seems that it is not enough.
So Mason raised his head and said to Thalia:
"Shaking people, ladies, don't you want to visit another world? Let's go now."
(end of this chapter)