The track of dawn in the world of American manga

Chapter 23 23. I regard you as a friend, but you want to be my father?

Mason was severely scolded by Dr. Leslie ten minutes later because the ward was filled with choking smoke and a few cigarette butts, which made the doctor think it was Mason's fault.

The young man suffered a big loss, but he couldn't explain it.

He can't say that a bastard mage smoked here and opened the portal and left. In that case, Dr. Leslie would probably doubt whether Mason's mental state was normal.

This fully proves that getting involved with Constantine is never a good thing.

That guy is a walking disaster and brings misfortune to everyone around him.

But the good news is that Mason's recovery was very good, so he was allowed to leave the hospital at noon the next day. He said goodbye to Dr. Leslie politely, but the doctor suggested him to smoke less with a cold face.

Why can't you explain this clearly?

"Shall we go directly to the safe house?"

Commissioner Gordon came to pick him up on vacation today. Sitting in Gordon's car, Mason fastened his seat belt and joked to him:

"Don't blame me for having a lot to do, but I really have to choose a good place this time."

"Yes, what happened last time taught me a lesson. I can no longer use my connections in the police station, so I used my personal connections to find you a more private place.

Believe me, I will definitely satisfy you, kid."

The director raised his eyebrows and smiled. The real old man turned on the music station and started the car. After about twenty minutes, they parked on the side of the road in a nice neighborhood.

Mason opened the car door and took a look. In front of him was a standard American-style house with a lively atmosphere.

With a large garden and backyard, a young girl in a wheelchair was building flowers and trees on the lawn. After seeing Gordon get out of the car, the red-haired girl wearing black-rimmed glasses like the director was sweet.

Called:

"Dad, why are you back so soon? Is this the Mason you've been talking about?"

"dad?"

Mason looked back at Gordon in surprise.

The latter showed a "this is a surprise" expression, patted the young man on the shoulder and said:

"Before the Assassin's League thing and the Penguin Gang's pursuit of you are over, you can live in my house and I will protect you personally."

"no!"

The young man refused immediately without thinking.

He glanced at the young girl turning her wheelchair towards him, and whispered to the director:

"Last time they blew up a building to catch me, and a dark wizard was still targeting me. Director, this is not a joke, you still have family here!"

"Call me Gordon."

The director himself doesn't care about this.

He didn't explain immediately, patted Mason on the shoulder and said:

"This is Barbara's suggestion. Also, don't underestimate my daughter."

He stepped forward and hugged his daughter with a smile on his face, then pushed her wheelchair towards the door of his house. After taking a few steps, he looked back at Mason who was standing by the car with a troubled look on his face, waved to him and said:

"Come here, Barbara has prepared lunch in advance, are you going to stay there rudely waiting for us to invite you over?"

"I still think this matter needs to be discussed further."

Mason followed with a confused look on his face.

He really had mixed feelings at this moment. On the one hand, he was very grateful to Director Gordon for this arrangement.

Regardless of whether the director felt guilty due to the previous accident at the safe house, it was already interesting enough that he could bring such a risky guy to his home.

On the other hand, young people know more and more secrets about themselves.

Facing the newly emerged Star Club and the soul curse entrusted to Zha Kang to help investigate, the pursuit by the Penguin Gang and even the League of Assassins is nothing.

These secrets that ordinary people cannot imagine are too dangerous, and innocent people will be involved if they are not careful.

As for whether Barbara Gordon was really powerful, Mason had no doubt at all. The young man could not tell the story of the red-haired girl in front of him clearly, but he could only say that it was still fresh in his memory.

After all, she is a character who has been in the top ten of the "Sexiest Female Heroes Ranking" all year round.

Although this harmless red-haired girl is now in a wheelchair, before she was paralyzed, she was a Batgirl trained by Batman himself.

Just like the unlucky "Robin", this is a "hero profession" rather than a simple title. It is conservatively estimated that Barbara Gordon in a wheelchair can knock over two or three adults with her bare hands.

But what's going on with Mason is too big, and it's far from a threat that a paralyzed former superhero can handle alone.

So while sitting at the dinner table with his father and daughter, Mason was chatting and laughing while mentally planning to persuade Gordon to change his place.

Both father and daughter are rare good people in Gotham City, and they should no longer be in danger for their own reasons.

As a result, before these words were spoken, Gordon wiped his mouth after finishing a steak and told Mason, who was introducing Eastern cuisine to the curious Barbara, another thing that almost made him break his guard.

"What? Say it again?"

Mason maintained his posture of holding the knife and fork, his whole body was dumbfounded.

He sat in his chair, stared at Gordon, and said:

"I may have heard wrong. What did you just say? Who is my new guardian?"

"me."

Director Gordon said with a smile:

"You are only 17 years old, Mason. You have no immediate family members and your situation is very complicated. The night Batman sent you to Dr. Leslie's clinic, he talked to me on the phone and hoped that I could be there when you were 20

I will take care of you until you are 2 years old.

I agreed, and the guardianship procedures are now being processed.

Barbara also supported me in doing this."

"Yes."

The red-haired girl sitting next to Mason showed a gentle smile, and her black eyes and beautiful face made her look full of the peaceful feeling of an intellectual big sister.

She put down her knife and fork, wiped her mouth, and said to the stunned Mason:

"I learned about your story from my father, and it's hard to imagine that you grew up in such a bad situation and still maintained a heart that was unwilling to join the gang.

You are really strong and brave, Mason, not to mention you saved my father and many police officers when thugs attacked the police station.

Batman also thinks you deserve help, and my father and I will do our best to help you.

It just so happens that little James doesn't come back from boarding school, so you can stay in his room first, I packed it for you last night."

"No, it's not this. Let me think about it first. It's a bit confusing."

Mason rubbed his forehead and thought about the process. Then, he looked at Gordon and said in a strange tone:

"I feel like I've just accepted you as a trusted elder and friend, Gordon, but not even a day has passed since you told me you might be my 'father.'

That caught me a little off guard.”

"You can adapt slowly, Mason. But this is the best way for now, not only to protect your safety, but also to give you a chance to adapt to normal life.

The abilities you have displayed are quite dangerous to ordinary people.

Give you a gun and you can cause a massacre by yourself. As a police officer, I cannot just leave you in a foster home.

That is irresponsible behavior."

Gordon put on his glasses and said to Mason:

"Also, even though this house looks ordinary to me, it is connected to Batman's security system.

Once you are in danger, this is one of the safest places in Gotham, I mean, you have to... Wait a minute, I have an important call."

The director's words were interrupted by the vibration of his cell phone. He glanced at the number and found that it was the police station. He got up and went outside the restaurant to answer the call.

Barbara Gordon looked at Mason who lowered his head.

She turned the wheelchair and came to the young man's side, patted him on the shoulder and said to him:

"Mason, I heard you admire Batman?"

"The kind that I admire very much. When I was beaten badly when I was a child, I would often imagine that Batman would suddenly appear and rescue me from the misery."

Mason rubbed his forehead and said nonsense to this gentle girl:

"Barbara, you are a good person, just like Gordon. I really appreciate everything you and Gordon have done for me, but I'm sorry, I really can't bring danger to you."

His words made Barbara laugh.

The beautiful and gentle girl sat in the wheelchair and shook her head. She pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and then patted her belly and joked to Mason:

"I have experienced dangers before. I was shot by a clown. The vicious bullet shattered my spine and left me in a wheelchair for the rest of my body.

Can the danger you bring to my father and me be greater than the craziest lunatic in this city coming to our door in the middle of the night with a gun?"

She winked and made a shooting motion.

The smile on her face surprised Mason for a while.

He was sure that the girl was not forcing a smile. Barbara Gordon really didn't care much about the "killing joke" that almost killed her.

"I think this is probably why Batman asked Dad to be your guardian."

The former Batgirl looked at Mason and said:

"At that time, I was too young and didn't know how to protect myself, and ended up becoming a victim when the bad guys targeted Batman. I was also enveloped in a dark and cold time, but I finally came out with the encouragement of my father and friends.

Just like you are now."

Gentle Barbara reached out and held Mason's hands, and she said:

"Mason, maybe Batman hopes that I can help you say goodbye to the past at this moment.

And you can't leave either!

I've helped you clean up your room. You can't imagine how difficult it is for a person in a wheelchair to clean up his room. I don't want my efforts to go to waste.

Stay a few more days at least, okay?

My father worked overtime until midnight, and I felt quite lonely at home alone."

Seeing Barbara's smile and invitation, Mason felt his heart being touched. He pursed his lips and joked:

"This beautiful girl, is it really okay for you to invite a strange man to live in your home so directly? Aren't you afraid that I am a bad person or something?

After all, I am a villain from the Penguin Gang."

"Not afraid."

Barbara grinned and brushed her long red hair.

She waved her fist and said:

"My boyfriend is very powerful. If you dare to bully me, you will definitely look better than you."

"Boys, I have to go to Blackgate Prison now."

Gordon walked into the restaurant with his cell phone, put on his clothes, and kissed his daughter on the cheek. He hurriedly said to Mason and Barbara:

"That bastard Penguin started acting crazy and attacking prison officers. His lawyer said he suffered from severe mental illness and tried to get him out of prison for medical treatment.

I asked Arkham Asylum to send a psychiatric expert to come with me.

That bastard has no chance of escaping the punishment he deserves.

I may come back very late tonight, you don’t have to wait for me to go to bed early, Mason! Don’t run around, remember? Penguin’s men are still looking for you in the city.”

"I know."

Mason got up and walked Gordon to the door.

He glanced at the restaurant and whispered to the director:

"Leave me a gun, Gordon. You don't want to see Barbara in danger because of me, do you? I told you, leaving me here is a terrible idea."

"Come on, even if I give you a gun, you can't shoot my daughter. Don't underestimate her just because she's in a wheelchair."

The director shook his head and said to Mason:

"The second drawer under the desk in the study room has what you need. I have seen your skills. Help me protect Barbara."

After saying that, the director strode away.

Mason returned to the restaurant to help Barbara clear away the dishes, and when the girl went back to her room to study, she went to Gordon's study and got a fully loaded pistol and a very professional silencer from under the desk.

He put the gun behind his waist and returned to his room.

"Mason! Are you busy?"

A few minutes later, Barbara's voice sounded from outside the door. Mason, who had just laid down, stood up and opened the door. He saw a beautiful and gentle girl looking at him with a sun hat and said:

"The garden hasn't been finished yet. It's rare to have a strong tenant. Why don't you help me finish it?"

The young man shrugged, stepped forward and pushed Barbara out of the door.

The two chatted and spent several hours cleaning up the lawn. In the evening, when they were discussing the serious question of what to have for dinner, Barbara, who was sitting in a wheelchair, suddenly pointed to Mason's collar and exclaimed:

"Wow, your lapel pin is glowing. It's such a cool little thing."

"Um?"

Mason glanced at the Eye of Hell pinned to his collar. There was a faint light dancing on it in the evening night.

But the thing given by Zha Kang does not glow normally. It is warning of danger! This made the young man's expression become serious, and he reached out to pull out the gun from his waist and clicked it to load it.

He said to Barbara behind him:

"Go back to the house! Barbara, find a place to hide and call for backup. The trouble is coming."

The red-haired girl in the wheelchair did not scream in fear like ordinary girls when encountering danger. Instead, she calmly pushed the wheelchair back to the house.

Mason stood guard at the door holding a gun, installed the silencer and hid beside the lawn.

He saw several armed guys getting out of a car at the corner across the street and walking menacingly towards Gordon's house.

The disapproving pace and arrogant attitude made Mason narrow his eyes. The black-clad assassins of the Assassin League he had encountered once would not be so blatant.

So, is it the real Penguin gang gunman who comes to the door this time?

Mason wasn't surprised.

But he felt that Gordon needed to review the confidentiality of communications in the police station. Mason had just been discharged from the hospital at noon, and a gunman came to the door at night. The Gotham Police Department had really been completely infiltrated into a sieve.

When he saw one of the guys raise his weapon and start aiming, Mason decisively pulled the trigger.

His level 3 shooting skills allowed him to easily blow up the guy's head at this distance even without using combat assistance, and the touch he had developed by killing nearly a thousand zombies in the wizarding world did not disappoint him.

The gunshots knocked people down.

Before the guys on the opposite side could react, second shots came one after another. In just two seconds, Mason killed three of the six gangsters, and they didn't even fire a single shot.

The remaining three people were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.

Mason was about to shoot again, but when he stood up, a car suddenly rushed out of the evening night at a frightening speed. It hit the three escaping gunmen with a precise bang and made them take off on the spot.

The one that flew the farthest was thrown five meters before landing.

This scene made the young man raise his eyebrows, and then the car window rolled down, and a guy wearing sunglasses waved to him, motioning for him to come over.

"Charles?"

Mason walked quickly to the car and looked at the disguised Kite Man sitting in the driver's seat. He said:

"Didn't I ask you to meet me at the dock?"

"I'm not worried about you, boss."

Kite Man grabbed the steering wheel and said with a playful smile:

"I've been looking for you since you were taken away by Batman, but I met these Penguin Gang gangsters in a bar where gangs often meet. They were high and said they wanted to seek revenge against the traitors.

I knew they were coming for you.

But boss, these guys are just bait, there are some men in black in the back streets who don’t look easy to mess with, and they are coming soon.”

Charles threw his traveling rucksack to Mason and said:

"This is your equipment, do you need my help?"

Mason tied the small leather bag around his waist, waved his hand and took out the invisibility cloak and put it on his body. He looked at the house behind him and said to the kite man:

"You hurry up. This place is being monitored by Batman. He might be here soon. Hide the box and we'll meet at the dock tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, there are still some of their people in the bar. I'll go back and see if I can catch him alive and see who is behind the scenes. We can't live in such fear all the time, right?"

The kite man waved goodbye with a wink.

Mason put on his invisibility cloak and watched him leave, then looked at the three poor guys who were knocked away, and sighed in his heart that it felt good to have a reliable little brother to help.

And what the kite man said was very good.

He didn't try his best to escape from another world just to live in fear!

The next moment, he put the invisibility cloak on his body, grabbed his handy explosive shotgun from the bag on his waist, inserted the powerful double-barreled hand cannon into his waist, and took the sheathed Su Jiezhi.

The eagle is on its back.

Mason moved his neck and quietly slipped towards the Gordon House in the dark night.

We need to make things bigger so that Gordon can see the danger.

In this way, you don't have to call him "Dad", right?

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