The track of dawn in the world of American manga

Chapter 25 25. The reason for everything lies in what was ignored from the beginning

"Oh my God, this is a massacre."

After receiving the news, Gordon quickly rushed back to his home with a group of police officers. The chief had seen with his own eyes the destructive power of Mason when he showed off his power, but the other police officers were startled as soon as they arrived on the street.

The power to the entire neighborhood was cut off.

On the street in front of the house lay a group of stunned Penguin Gang gangsters, three corpses with their heads shot, and three unlucky guys who were hit and killed by cars.

The backyard is even more amazing.

The sight of more than twenty miserable corpses of men in black made several young police officers vomit. Even the veteran detectives who had been working as police officers in this hellish place like Gotham for many years couldn't stand it.

They gathered together and talked about the slaughterhouse-like massacre in the theater when the clown first showed his power.

Although Gotham's security has been improving over the years, since the number of residents in Arkham Asylum has increased, and Batman has continued high-intensity night patrols, such vicious shootings have not happened for a long time.

"Director, we found six weird headless stone sculptures in the alley opposite."

A pale-faced policewoman ran over and reported to Gordon, who was standing silently smoking a cigarette at the entrance of the courtyard. The director 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 check on my daughter, she must be scared."

Several other police detectives nodded, looking at their chief with pity.

These detectives all knew about the tragedy that happened to Barbara Gordon in the early years, so no one stopped the director's actions at this time.

Because there were also bodies in the house, Barbara and Mason were moved to a neighbor's house in advance. That house was also the police station's backup safe house.

The kind that is uninhabited all year round.

When the director pushed the door open and came in, he saw a strange stone sculpture placed in a dark living room. The guy was wearing a full bat suit, but his face was not the face that Gordon was familiar with.

The director was even more tired.

He turned on the flashlight to make a distinction, blew out a smoke ring, and said:

"Dick Grayson, you brat stole my daughter's heart and you actually have the guts to come back?"

"Dad, come help! We need lighting."

Barbara, who was sitting in a wheelchair, heard the noise and opened the door. She called her father and walked into the kitchen. When Commissioner Gordon walked in, he smelled a very unpleasant smell.

As a result, I glanced forward with my flashlight and found that Mason Cooper, the little bastard who had just massacred more than thirty people, was standing in front of the dining table in a decent manner, cutting some strange things.

He also had a lit alcohol lamp on hand and a strange liquid that was continuously roasted on the flame. The unpleasant smell was emanating from the liquid.

"What are you doing?"

Director Gordon said expressionlessly:

"To celebrate, Mason successfully exploded thirty people's heads tonight, so do you want to cook for yourself?"

"Shh!"

Before Mason could speak, Barbara, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses and looking curiously at Mason's work, raised her finger to tell her grumbling father to be quiet.

She explained quietly:

"Mason is preparing the antidote to the petrification potion. This is the alchemy he learned from the dark wizard who kidnapped him. It is also his first time trying to do this.

Dad, please don’t cause trouble."

"He can also do alchemy?"

Director Gordon originally wanted to investigate, but his eyes widened when he heard this.

Although he had been a police officer in Gotham for many years, he had seen a lot, but something that sounded magical at first still made the old man a little curious.

He illuminated Mason with a flashlight and found that the young man was silently reciting a certain process. He chopped up some kind of dry ginseng-like paper in his hand with a kitchen knife and put it into a bowl to grind.

When the soup with a strange color and unpleasant smell was boiling, I stirred it with a crystal rod and sprinkled the medicinal powder into it.

"boom"

A purple cloud mixed with sparks erupted from the small bowl, startling Commissioner Gordon and Barbara, and the unpleasant smell in the kitchen suddenly changed into a smoke with an herbal aroma at this moment.

Gordon took a sip and immediately felt tired and refreshed.

"Just another thirty seconds and it's almost done."

Mason used a crystal rod special for alchemy to stir the liquid in the constantly heated small bowl, and said to Barbara:

"It's a pity that I don't have a special mithril crucible on hand, otherwise it won't last so long. The mandrake resurrection potion is one of the simplest alchemical items. As long as the raw materials are available, few people will fail to brew it."

"What a magical thing. I've never seen anything like this in the Batcave."

The former Bat Girl pushed up her glasses enthusiastically and said:

"Besides being able to petrify and de-petrify people, what else can you do?"

"Well, I don't know much, but I have the old wizard's alchemy notes in my hand."

Mason blinked and took this opportunity to rationalize his alchemy skills, saying:

"When I have time in the future, I can try to prepare more potions. I remember that there is a 'beauty potion' in the note. It is said that it can keep ladies young forever and make the skin as tender as water."

"Well, I like this."

Barbara's eyes lit up and she said:

“I want to order ten bottles!”

"I don't think you need it."

Mason glanced at her and whispered:

"You are pretty enough."

"I won't use it now, but it's hard to say in the future. You see, I sit in a wheelchair all year round and lack exercise, so my skin will definitely get worse. I feel like my hair has lost its luster recently.

Hey, can you make some magic weight loss pills or something like that?

I feel like I have some fat on my belly and my breasts are enlarged. We will talk about this in private later."

No matter how experienced Barbara Gordon is, she is only a girl in her twenties, and the pursuit of beauty is their instinct.

But seeing that her father had frowned, she immediately stopped talking and urged Mason to take the prepared medicine to save her boyfriend who had capsized in the gutter.

"Successfully complete a standard craft and alchemy creation, and your alchemy skill proficiency will be improved."

Mason knew the potion was ready when he saw a prompt pop up on the light screen in front of him.

He used barbecue gloves to remove the hot bowl, filtered out the medicine residue, then handed the weird-colored medicine to Barbara and said:

"Pour it on his head and don't try to feed him. Drinking water in his petrified state will make him choke to death."

"oh."

Barbara took the potion and pushed the wheelchair out of the kitchen, while Mason collected these things on the spot. The dregs of mandrake are harmful to the human body and must be disposed of professionally.

Commissioner Gordon remains here as well.

After his daughter left, he lit a cigarette and said to Mason:

"You went a little too far tonight. I mean you left my house covered in blood. Did you do it on purpose? Mason, are you declining my invitation in this way?"

"I just want you to see for yourself how dangerous I am, Gordon. I swear I have no other intentions."

Mason sealed the dregs of medicine in a special jar and kept shaking it in his hand, while turning back and saying:

"I thank you and Barbara for your kindness, but you have also seen that until this mess is over, I can't get close to you people who are kind to me, and please don't put a psychological burden on me.

I will go to my old friend and he will help me find a place to stay.

You have seen with your own eyes that I have demonstrated with my own actions that I am capable of protecting myself in Gotham."

Director Gordon frowned and smoked in silence. Mason did not disturb his thinking. When the cigarette was burned, the director raised his head and said:

"Okay, I won't stop you. But you must sign the custody document, come back at least once a week, even if it's just for show, and contact me immediately if you encounter any trouble.

can you do it?"

"I will sign it."

Mason glanced at Gordon. He didn't refute or put forward any conditions. If Gordon allowed him to move out, it would be a big victory. Next, he only needed to contact the Kite Man 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 whispered:

"Do you know 'Kite Man'?"

"Charles Brown?"

Gordon is worthy of being the police chief and knows all the villains in the city. When Mason mentioned the nickname, he immediately reacted and said with a strange look:

"That guy used to work with the clowns, but after the clown gang collapsed, he had nowhere to go, so he robbed a bakery and I personally sent him to prison.

Is he your friend?

All right.

He's not a hopelessly bad guy, but Kite Man escaped from prison some time ago."

"It was just that he wanted to see his son."

Mason explained:

"If Charles wants to end his lawsuit."

"Just go to the police station and pay a deposit."

Gordon shook his head and said:

"How serious a crime could he have committed just by robbing a bakery? In fact, Charles could have been released from prison a long time ago. He just kept making small mistakes and had to eat delicious big bowls of prison food in Blackgate Prison. He was afraid of being ganged up by clowns when he went out.

People who seek revenge hide there.

He is a 'gangster traitor' just like you.

You have to be careful when you are with him. Although the Clown Gang has collapsed, the lunatic still has some die-hard followers wandering around the city, and the Kite Man is their target."

"Okay, I'll tell him, Gordon."

Mason finally felt relieved.

He walked out of the kitchen to check on Dick Grayson. Gordon was still there. After Mason left, Gordon lit another cigarette, took out his cell phone from his arms and dialed a number.

A few seconds later, the real master’s hoarse voice rang on the phone:

"Gordon, I'm busy."

"I'm just telling you that Mason killed thirty more assassins from the League of Assassins tonight and protected my daughter, but those Assassins are targeting him and he wants to move out."

Commissioner Gordon whispered:

"Also, your 'retired Robin' was captured by him with a weird potion. He learned many strange skills from the dark wizard who kidnapped him."

"Let him be."

The master said briefly:

"As soon as things here are over, I will rush back as soon as possible. Gordon, you didn't tell Mason about that, did you?"

"not yet."

The director sighed, rubbed his face and said tiredly:

"But he will find out sooner or later, this kid is very alert."

"I am speeding up the investigation into the secret behind Mason's life experience."

The master said:

"After I have a clue, I will choose a time to tell him. You have to keep an eye on him and don't let him run around. This is very important."

——

"ah"

The Wizard's Notes say that the feeling of being petrified is quite bad.

It is said that just like when the body dies and the soul is sealed inside, it can feel everything around it but cannot react.

Within seconds after Barbara Gordon poured the potion down Dick Grayson's head, the "retired Robin"'s petrified state quickly dissipated.

As stone chips flew all over the ground, the handsome guy fell to the ground in an awkward posture.

He was breathing heavily like a fish out of water, and it took him a while to calm down.

"That's great, Grayson."

Barbara cheered, stretched out her hand to pull her boyfriend up from the ground, and then remembered Mason's previous complaints, and quietly glanced at her boyfriend's buttocks.

Hey~ It’s really pretty!

No wonder Mason can tell at a glance that it's not Batman himself.

"You guy"

Dick Grayson, the first-generation Robin nicknamed "Nightwing", immediately spotted Mason leaning on the table next to him and staring at him.

Unhappily, he picked up the bat helmet handed over by Barbara and put it on his head, and used the built-in bat voice to turn his voice into the same hoarse voice as the original one.

Said to Mason:

"A shameless sneak attack!"

"Of course we have to make a sneak attack! I am no match for you head-on, Mr. Nightwing."

Mason crossed his arms and placed his low-key but deadly blast 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, isn't Batman looking for you to come back to Gotham to take over? What will happen if that dire place in Bludhaven is missing a great hero like you?"

"You're kidding, right?"

Grayson 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 words and persuasion of his girlfriend Barbara.

While he said a few words of love to Barbara, he 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 want to confirm with you."

As he spoke, the "Bat Young Master" took out something familiar to Mason from his multifunctional belt.

It was the sword-shaped hard drive that Catwoman had stolen from Penguin a week ago. Nightwing handed this thing to Mason and said very seriously:

"Let me ask you, in the short period of time before you got it from Catwoman and handed it to Batman, you didn't try to copy the information on this hard drive, right?"

"I had to drive and shoot."

Mason frowned and said:

"I only have two hands, so of course not. What's wrong with this hard drive?"

"The information inside was automatically destroyed."

Yeyi said angrily:

"Batman asked me to track this before he left, but as soon as I opened it with the Batcomputer, the information triggered a security alarm.

This operation only occurs when the internal information is copied or transferred, so I suspect that the hard drive actually entered the automatic destruction process before it was sent to Batman."

"Then you should go find 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 an action that Batman would never do.

He said:

"Just thirty minutes after Batman left Gotham, she slipped away from the Batcave. I also came here to ask, have you had any contact with Catwoman after returning to Gotham?"

"I don't even have a cell phone."

The young man shook his head and gave an irrefutable reason.

Nightwing 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 use Oracle's world-shattering hacking skills to try to check the remaining information on the hard drive.

As for you, Mason."

He said to the young man:

"We have to find Catwoman as soon as possible and confirm whether the information on the hard drive is in her possession.

I learned from other sources that the reason why the Assassin's League and the Penguin Gang must capture you is for the same reason.

The information that may have been taken away by Catwoman contains secrets that they don't want others to know, and more importantly, your attacker is also tracking her."

The eldest young man paused and stretched out his hand towards Mason.

He whispered:

"Let's go find her together. If this matter is not settled, you will never really start a new life."

"OK."

Mason thought for a moment, then reached out happily and patted the young master's hand, and said:

"I just want to see that big sister again."

(End of chapter)