The track of dawn in the world of American manga

Chapter 20 20. Look at the big battle outside! You still say you are an ordinary person?

This is the time of night.

Outside the postmodern-style wasteland-like neighborhood of Naiho Island in downtown Gotham, in a remote area near the river, several people in strange clothes were busy here.

"It's unimaginable that in such a chaotic place there is a building protected by magic."

A long, straight girl wearing a black tuxedo, a magician's hat, bold fishnet black socks and high heels, and her whole body was as shiny as if she was going to perform on stage at any time, looked at the three people standing in front of her in the night.

floor apartment.

She waved the magic wand in her hand and exclaimed:

"This is as magical as a hanging garden built in the center of the Sahara Desert."

"What's even more amazing is that the 'omnipotent' Batman didn't even notice that there were such 'dangerous items' in his city before."

Behind the beautiful and fashionable girl, a guy smoking a cigarette put his hands in his trouser pockets and said something in a deliberately long voice.

As he spoke, the bastard was still squinting at Batman, who stood next to him like a sculpture.

Obviously, he was provoking the Dark Night Knight.

"Okay, John."

Hearing that her ex-boyfriend was so rude to Gotham's local hero, the long, straight black girl sighed helplessly and turned around and said:

"You have time to complain, why not come and help me dismantle the barrier in front of me. It is protected by magic that I have never seen before. I need some time to study it."

"Xiao Zha, this is not academic time. Please restrain your desire for research."

A man with a cigarette in his mouth, an unshaven beard and messy hair stepped forward. The night wind blew his khaki trench coat, and the red tie hanging around the guy's neck also fluttered in the wind.

He walked up to the girl who looked like a magician, took off the cigarette and held it with two fingers in front of him. The moment he loosened his fingers, the burning cigarette fell and disappeared between the two sides as if it was swallowed up by something invisible.

before people's eyes.

He shook his head and said:

"Look, this barrier is dangerous, and it's still open. I suggest we blow it up instead of trying to find a way to safety.

Didn't you see that Batman is impatient?

There must be something in this house that he must get, I can smell his nervousness even standing here."

"There is a child in that house."

Faced with this guy's teasing, Batman, who had been silent, explained:

"Five days ago, a young man I was paying attention to was kidnapped here by unknown forces, and that's when I discovered this 'hidden' building.

Before the two arrived, I tried many methods but could not enter it. It was like a maze and guarded by mist-like monsters.

I don't know anything about magic, but I believe that the child is still alive."

"No wonder."

The girl with long black hair nodded.

She seemed to have known Batman before. She would stroke her hair and say with a smile:

"I just said, how could Batman, who has never welcomed outsiders into Gotham, take the initiative to contact me? I thought you were here to expel me and John."

Facing the beautiful mage's sweet smile, the master replied expressionlessly:

"You were invited by Bruce Wayne to perform magic for the annual city charity gala, Zatanna, you are a guest of this city, and you are also my friend.

The kid and I need your help now."

"What's the meaning?"

The man next to Zatanna suddenly became unhappy. He took out a pack of Silka cigarettes, popped one in his mouth, and said:

"Xiao Zha is a guest, am I not?"

"You are no guest anywhere, John Constantine."

Batman said coldly:

"I warned you a year ago when you summoned the demons of hell in my city, never to set foot in Gotham again!"

"Okay, you two, stop arguing."

Seeing that her ex-boyfriend and her childhood friend, now a close superhero friend, were about to quarrel, Zatanna, a straight black female mage, immediately stretched out her hands to block the gap between the two men.

The charming lady shook her hair and said to Constantine in an emphatic tone:

"John, come and help me rescue that child! I have to prepare for the performance at Wayne Manor tomorrow night. If you want to be my assistant, please listen to me, otherwise I will have to ask you to leave."

"Huh, Fuck Bateman!"

Zha Kang glared at Batman fiercely and cursed softly when he turned around. However, facing the glare of his beautiful and capable ex-girlfriend, he had no choice but to step forward to help break the magic barrier.

Of course, as the world's leading magic master and troublemaker, Zha Kang has some abilities, and they are not much weaker than his verbal skills that can irritate people to death.

With his help, Zatanna quickly figured out the flow of magic around the building in front of her.

In the spell-casting state, the female magician's long black hair is spinning and dancing in the wind, resembling the transformation of a magical girl.

She was slightly suspended in the air, not caring at all about the spring light leaking out when her tuxedo skirt flew up. While sensing the changes in the barrier in front of her, she said to Batman:

"You made the right choice not to rush in rashly, Batman. This barrier is connected to the ancient magic underground in Gotham. Once you break in by force, you are likely to be trapped inside forever.

But the good news is that there is currently no one hosting this enchantment.

With John's and my magic, we can open it, it just takes a little preparation."

"It's better to blast faster."

Zha Kang, who was holding a cigarette in his mouth, stared at the foggy apartment in front of him and whispered:

"God knows when the owner of this barrier will come back and why? Why are you looking at me like this? Although there is a risk of losing control of the magic, as far as I know this island is full of liars, robbers and fugitives.

Does anyone really care about them?"

"John!"

Zatanna was really a little angry, and Batman had already grabbed a batarang and was ready to give Zha Kang a knife when he messed up.

A few minutes later, while Zatanna and Constantine were dismantling the barrier, the door embedded in the wall on the top floor of Old K's three-story apartment was violently pushed open.

Mason and Kite Man Charles, surrounded by red light, hugged each other and fell to the ground awkwardly. Behind them, the energy stone on the cat's eye of the World Gate shattered with a crack, and then the door closed automatically.

"Hot! It's so hot, it's like lava is pouring in."

Kite Man screamed and got up holding his head. Mason was not much better either.

Now he was feeling groggy and felt a coldness in his nostrils. When he reached out and touched it, he found that his hands were full of blood.

In the spinning field of vision in front of him, the light curtain of the character card was shining with red light as if it had been invaded by a virus. Mason looked at the translucent light curtain, and his personal information was changing:

Name: Mason Cooper

Status: Slight injury, mental stress, soul curse being applied (the effect of this curse is unknown, the triggering method is unknown, and the danger is extremely high.)

Identity: Penguin Betrayer, E-Class Personnel of the Star Club and Captain of "K Team"

Traits: Cold-blooded gunman, skillful engineer, self-harm first aider

Mason tried hard to read the words in front of him. He shook his head and pulled up a chair to sit on it. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood under his nostrils while looking around. His entire field of vision seemed to be on fire.

There are phantoms of ashes hovering everywhere you look, and there are shrill phantom sounds in your ears. Just like the Kite Man described, it feels like swallowing lava.

This society of stars is really evil, even the rituals to join it are so weird.

He looked at his left arm.

The circular logo on it has converged into a weird thing like a black ghost claw-like tattoo.

This should be the sign of a formal member of the Society of Stars.

But what made Mason feel strange was that while the bad feeling in his body eased a little, a black card appeared strangely in his hand.

That thing was somewhere between reality and fiction, it was the size of an ordinary playing card, with a pattern of stars in the sky printed on the back, and a few lines of information listed on the front like an ID card.

It was not any text known to mankind, but Mason could understand its meaning just by looking at it:

Team K is affiliated to the Star Club.

Members: 2 people.

Captain: Mason Cooper, Class E.

Team Member: Charles "Chuck" Brown, Class E.

Currently assigned exploration tasks: None.

Currently holding bounty tasks: 1, not completed.

Current base world: Hypertime multiverse N52 system Earth 41 [A-level world·Danger: extremely high, not recommended for people below C-level to enter and explore]

Current team status: Lost contact with Star Castle, please wait patiently for superiors to reconnect.

"It's very formal. Even 'employee cards' are issued out of time and space?"

Mason complained about this thing, released his finger and let it dissipate into a ball of light, and rested for a few minutes to feel himself regaining consciousness.

He stood up from the chair and kicked Kite Man, who was lying there as if dead. The latter raised his head and took a sharp breath, which felt like a suffocated person breathing air again.

When the Kite Man got up, he also had an "ID card" in his hand that was the same as Mason's, but the information on his was relatively simple and not as comprehensive as the captain's information card, Mason.

"We're back, right?"

Kite Man stood up panting, walked to the window and opened it to take a look at the familiar night view of Gotham.

But as soon as the window was opened, a loud bang came from outside, like a heavy punch hitting the kite man, sending the unfortunate guy flying and hitting the wall and bouncing several times.

Then, Mason heard a very magnetic woman’s scream coming from outside the window:

"No, the master of the barrier is back, and the power of the barrier is strengthening! It's trying to engulf us, Batman, get behind me! John, hurry!

Rush up and blow it up!"

"Hey, I'm your boyfriend! I heard someone said that that dark guy likes to mess around with bats. Stay away from him, Xiao Zha, be careful of catching some damn animal virus."

"What are you doing?"

Mason rushed to the window and looked out, and then saw three people in the distance of the three-story apartment.

He recognized at a glance that the girl suspended in the air, dressed like a magician, with long flowing hair and casting spells like a beautiful girl in transformation, should be Zatanna Zatara.

A very powerful magician and superhero.

There is no need to say it, Master.

His iconic attire makes him the most handsome guy anywhere, and the guy wearing a yellow trench coat and smoking a cigarette is summoning dangerous magical energy to blow up the apartment.

Isn't that Zha Kang?

Master, how could you allow such a dangerous scumbag to enter Gotham?

This is a walking disaster!

"That's Batman?"

Kite Man also touched his sore head and ran over and took a look outside. The third-line villain's eyes widened instantly, and his two sides were fighting. He had never seen such a fight when he was following the clown!

Batman, who has always been a loner, actually teamed up with two guys who looked very powerful?

"Constantine! Control your strength!"

The master was now being protected by Zatanna's magic, but he was still shouting at Zha Kang who was casting the spell:

"The child is still inside, don't hurt him!"

"Batman and his magical friends are here for you, boss."

The kite man was instantly shocked when he heard the master's shout.

He seemed to be meeting Mason for the first time, looking him up and down, and said in amazement:

"Can that scary bat value you so much, and you still say that you are an ordinary 17-year-old high school student? Tell me, boss, are you Batman's illegitimate son?

But you are a yellow man

So, did Batman meet your mother when he was on a mission?"

"Shut up!"

Mason was in no mood to joke.

He was grateful that his boss hadn't given up looking for him five days after he disappeared, and even broke Batman's solitary rule to find Zatanna and Zekon for help.

But it would be hard to explain his current state if he met someone outside.

And the fact that the master found him so quickly made Mason wonder if the master had put some special tracking device on him?

Batman has a record of doing this, so he must be on guard against it.

He squinted his eyes and thought for a while before making a decision quickly. He turned around and opened the magic suitcase, took out the blood-stained invisibility cloak and threw it to the Kite Man and said:

"Put it on, and I will give you a signal later. You take my suitcase and leave. Three days later, at six o'clock in the afternoon, we will meet at the seventh pier of Miller Harbor.

besides!

Take out all the magic books, alchemy equipment, potions, etc. you found in the ruins, tear them apart and throw them away.

quick!"

Under Mason's scolding, the Kite Man took action quickly, and it took the two of them half a minute to tear open the Hogwarts magic book and throw it everywhere.

Then the Kite Man put on his invisibility cloak, with only his head exposed, watching Mason squatting on the ground and opening the suitcase.

He said curiously:

"Boss, what's the signal you're talking about?"

"This is it!"

Mason placed his hand on the edge of the magic suitcase and pulled a brass lock that looked like an ornament to activate the traceless extension spell in the box.

There was a bang.

The entire three-story apartment together with the basement of the room was like being thrown into an invisible funnel of magic swirling. In an instant, it was all put into the small suitcase in Mason's hand, and was closed by the young man with a snap.

When I got up, I easily pressed the lock on the box.

The main body of the magic barrier surrounding the apartment suddenly disappeared, directly causing the magic in this area to go out of control.

A strange smoke screen with little destructive power but very cool effect was created in the surrounding area. The thick fog like bursts of water vapor reduced the visibility to zero.

Mason squatted at the bottom of a large pit several meters deep and threw the box in his hand to the stunned kite man beside him. While tearing open his already tattered clothes, he wiped the blood from his handkerchief all over his face.

He warned seriously:

"Don't open it casually! I kept Fang, Maomao and Mag inside. If you let them escape, the whole Gotham will be doomed."

Kite Man, who has experienced the entire Hogwarts incident, certainly knows how dangerous these three harmless names represent.

He nodded sharply, held the suitcase in his arms and waved to Mason, raised his invisibility cloak to wrap himself up and disappeared in an instant.

Half a minute later, Zha Kang, who was wielding a magic sword, was the first to rush into the fog, and was almost hit in the head by a bullet flying towards him.

"Damn! Just a little, just a little! This troubled world can be one less scourge."

Lying on the ground holding an ordinary pistol, the poor Mason regretfully complained in his heart, and then shouted hoarsely:

"Come on! You crazy wizard! Come and kill me, I'm not afraid of you!"

(End of chapter)