Batman's Owl Godfather

Hall's home address, in Queens.

This is the largest of the five boroughs in New York and the most ethnically diverse urban district in the world.

But compared to the clustering of black people in Brooklyn, the most common ones here are Asian faces.

Bruce has lived here for three days as the adopted son of the Hall family.

He is about to enter a well-known middle school in Queens, Midtown Middle School. Midtown is divided into a junior high school and a high school. At Bruce's age, he can only enroll in the junior high school.

According to the files arranged for him by Hydra, neither Bruce nor Wanda had attended elementary school and had always received family education.

This design is to prevent anyone from investigating their elementary school in the future.

Using family education to explain can save a lot of trouble and will not attract other people's attention.

In the United States, although home education is not mainstream, it is not a minority either.

And in the days to come, as school shootings increase and gender diversity bills enter schools, more and more parents choose not to send their children to school, but study at home.

After all, as long as you can finally pass the SAT or ACT exam, you are eligible to go to college.

As for whether you have attended elementary school or middle school before, no one cares.

During these few days, Bruce experienced a community culture that he had never experienced before.

As soon as he moved into his new home, the neighbors brought home-cooked dishes and knocked on the door to greet him.

The neighbors of the Hall family are also diverse, including Asians, Latinos, and African Americans. After a few days, Bruce experienced some food that he had never tasted before.

"No one ever knocked on my door when I was in Gotham."

Bruce sat in the living room, eating with Katum.

What was placed in front of them was a Chinese dish that is extremely famous in the United States - General Tso's Chicken.

This was sent by their Chinese neighbor next door.

In addition, there are fuyong eggs, sesame chicken, Li Hongzhang sweetbreads, and Mongolian beef.

How to say...

This is the most common dish in Chinese fast food restaurants in the United States.

After all, their next door neighbor owns a fast food restaurant.

Bruce was holding a pair of chopsticks at this time, and kept moving his fingers back and forth, trying to tame the two small wooden sticks in his hands, but the result was backfired, and it felt strange to use it.

On the other hand, Katum, even if he could only use his wings, was extremely skilled in using chopsticks.

He stood on the table, his chopsticks flying, and kept picking vegetables from the lunch box. Often, as soon as a piece of meat entered his mouth, another piece of meat was already picked up.

This situation made Bruce a little discouraged.

"Why do those Orientals use such troublesome tableware?" he said, "Isn't it good to use knives and forks?"

"Hey! What are you talking about! Chopsticks are a great invention."

Katum's mouth was stuffed with meat, and he said, "Smart Easterners have long foreseen that people in the future will play with their mobile phones while eating, so they invented things like chopsticks.

"This is ancient wisdom, just learn it slowly!"

"I believe you are a ghost!"

Bruce sneered back, then continued to focus on the chopsticks.

He didn't believe it, he couldn't learn this thing.

After a long while, Katum was full of wine and food, lying on the table holding his bulging belly and burping constantly.

"generally."

He commented, “It’s a bit too sweet, and you’ll get bored easily if you eat too much.”

It seems that it is still a bit difficult to eat authentic Chinese food in the United States.

This is easy to understand.

In fact, when Chinese food first entered the United States, the chefs who came here were all skilled chefs, but Americans just couldn't get used to the dishes they made.

The chef at the time also felt strange. There was nothing wrong with the taste of the food, so why couldn't it be sold?

It was not until later that someone localized Chinese food in the United States and increased the sweetness that it was finally recognized by the locals.

Those newly developed meals are now American-style Chinese food.

Katum was lying on the table eating. Seeing that Bruce had almost used the chopsticks, he suddenly said -

"By the way, I want to go out and play for a few days while I have nothing to do recently."

"Where are you going to play?"

Bruce frowned and said, "I'm about to enroll in school, won't you go in with me?"

"Midtown Middle School is not Hogwarts. If you bring an owl on the first day of school, be careful of being treated as a freak and then being ostracized."

School bullying in the United States has almost become a culture.

Even Bruce is hardly immune.

For example, in the American drama "Gotham", Bruce, who lost his parents, returned to school and also suffered school bullying.

Of course, after he realized he was the heir to the Wayne family, he quickly bullied him back.

"Then where are you going to play?"

Bruce asked, "When will you come back?"

"I'm not far from where I'm going."

Katum said, "I'm just going to the Middle East for a walk and I'll be back soon."

"You're going to see Tony Stark?"

Bruce quickly realized the owl's intentions. Katum had no acquaintances in the Middle East, and the only one who could have any connection was Tony Stark.

"Why are you looking for him?"

Bruce asked in confusion, "Didn't you say that his kidnapping was a fate that was inevitable and a necessary condition for the emergence of Iron Man?"

"Because these days have been boring."

Katum said, "There are no super criminals, and there is no conspiracy. You have to go to school again. I have to have some fun for myself, right?"

Does he, the mighty King Katum, still have to go back to junior high school?

In fact, the current MCU universe is terrifyingly peaceful.

Except for the common robberies or gang fights on the streets of the United States, there is nothing to attract attention.

"Tony Stark is the root of it all."

Katum said, "After he becomes Iron Man, the superheroes and super criminals in the MCU will develop like a spurt."

Before this, most superpower crimes were still hidden in the open.

"Okay."

Bruce thought, it's not a problem for Katum, an owl, to stay in the house all the time.

Just let him go out and get some air.

Anyway, if something unexpected happens, he can just apparate back.

"Then you go early and come back early."

Bruce said, "At least when I join SHIELD, you have to come back and take a look."

"Okay, okay, don't be so pretentious."

The owl waved its wings and said indifferently, "What you said just now is like a child begging your parents to participate in a school sports meeting. Don't worry, I will definitely not let you down!"

After that, he slowly climbed up from the table.

"Hiccup~"

The owl burped and flapped its wings to fly, but because he was so full from eating, he couldn't help but fall down every time he flew a few centimeters in the air.

After trying several times, he finally gave up.

"Forget it, I'm a wizard, there's no need to be so entangled."

Katum shook his head, "See you later, little bat."

As the words fell, a strange noise came, and Katum apparated away from here.     “What sound?”

Wanda rubbed her eyes and walked out of her room.

"nothing."

Bruce shook his head as if nothing had happened.

He thought to himself, wondering how long the owl would be out playing this time.

Without him watching, he would probably go crazy, right?

…

boom--

After a burst of noise, Katum fell out of thin air. Before he hit the ground, he twisted in the air and landed smoothly.

"What's going on?"

He frowned and looked at the scenery around him.

He was now on an island and reef, surrounded by wavy seas in all directions.

You don't have to be a fool to know that this is not the Middle East.

Katum had clearly located the location in the Middle East just now, but now he fell out halfway. Don't think too much, there must have been an accident.

"I'm not a dabbler like Bruce, how could I make such a mistake?"

Just when Katum thought this, a golden circle suddenly appeared in mid-air.

The circle continues to expand, and when you look inside the circle, you see a picture of another space.

Apparently, the circle is also a means of traveling through space.

Immediately afterwards, a bald woman wearing yellow practice clothes walked out of the circle. She looked at Katum and showed a smile.

"Hello, little owl."

She said, "If I heard correctly before, your name is Katum, right?"

Ancient One!

Katum had recognized the identity of the man in front of him.

The supreme mage of Karma Taj and the guardian of the earth, to put it bluntly, she is the most powerful existence on the earth now.

I didn't expect that such a person would target him so quickly.

Not only that, Katum clearly heard that what came from the mouth of the ancient mage was a sound like a bird song, not a human language.

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

Katum shook his head and pretended to be harmless, "I'm just an owl."

"Okay, stop pretending."

Master Gu Yi smiled and said, "I have noticed you and that boy since you came to this world.

"In fact, I have been observing you for several days and confirmed that you have no ill intentions towards the world before I show up in front of you."

This may sound like nothing, but if you think about it carefully, it will make people feel creepy.

I have noticed Katum and Bruce from the beginning, but have always kept silent.

Wait until you are sure they are no threat before appearing in front of them.

Then Katum couldn't help but ask, what if they were a threat?

Did Gu Yi intend to beat them to death with one palm?

"I want to talk to you, Katum."

Ancient One said, "Where did you come from? What is your purpose? How long do you want to stay in this world? These questions are the most appropriate to ask you.

"You don't want me to ask that boy, do you?"

She kept smiling and seemed very approachable.

But Katum didn't mean to underestimate her at all. After all, even Katum had to avoid three points when this old woman made a move.

"We are just traveling around the world, we don't have any bad intentions."

"If you want to spy on us all the time, I'd say you're wasting your time," Khatum said.

The words were ambiguous, but the owl thought for a moment and then spoke the truth.

"If you must worry, then I can tell you in advance that Bruce and I may not be the only ones who come to this world."

Katum said, "There are two zombies that look like us and may have entered this world."

Zombie Boo and Zombie Eagle, two guys who should not exist in the world in the first place.

They only have the appearance of Bruce and Katoom, but there is no relationship between the two parties.

But with that face, it becomes related.

"Is that so?"

Master Gu Yi thought about it, "But I haven't observed anyone else coming to this world except you."

"But they will always come."

Katum said deliberately, "It's a pity that you don't know any prophecy, otherwise you can predict the future and naturally see their existence."

Prophecy?

Gu Yi didn't know if Katoom was hinting at something. She could indeed observe the future. No matter how many timelines there were and how many possibilities there were, she could see them.

"I hope you keep your promise."

Gu Yi said softly, "Don't do anything strange in this world. If you are just traveling and staying for a while, I won't do anything to you."

After that, she turned around and wanted to leave.

Gu Yi came this time just to give a warning to prevent Katoom and Bruce from messing up the future development of MCU on a whim.

In fact, Gu Yi's previous style of doing things was not like this.

Whether an outsider is a threat or not, she can basically judge it clearly in a few days of observation.

If it doesn't work, you can directly watch the future of this group of outsiders.

But this time the situation is different.

Ancient One did observe Bruce and Katoom, but never came to a conclusion.

She became more and more confused.

Katoom and Bruce's style of doing things is no different from that of the locals, just living an ordinary life.

Joining Hydra is also an ordinary life.

Until Owl left Bruce at this time point, there was a chance to talk.

So Ancient One appeared in front of Katoom.

Now, the warning that should be given has been given. She showed the power of the Supreme Master in front of Katoom, interrupted the Apparition directly, and then declared her position.

As for more, there is no need to say more.

The unknown mystery is a deterrent that can arouse more awe.

Master Ancient One turned around and prepared to return to his Kamar-Taj through the teleportation array.

However, at the moment when she crossed the teleportation array, a figure suddenly passed by her with a whoosh, and followed Ancient One to her dojo in Nepal.

"I changed my mind."

Katum flapped his wings and said, "I wanted to go play with Tony Stark, but now you scared me!"

He stuck his neck out, as if he was going to stay.

"You must be responsible for this kind of thing!"

The owl acted aggrieved, "I will follow you for the next period of time, in case something happens later and you blame me!"

After that, Katum flew away, just like going home, completely ignoring the Ancient One.

"Ah?"

The Ancient One showed a helpless expression, and he didn't expect this development at all.

Is this owl a little too familiar?