The track of dawn in the world of American manga

Chapter 27 27.Truth and Dare

"Gotham is really lively at night."

Mason stood by the window of this safe house located on the top floor of an old apartment near Crime Alley, looking out through the blinds at the night scene. There were several chaos visible to the naked eye.

In the distance, smoke from the fire rose across the Gotham River.

It's really hard to imagine how much crime could happen in this city in one night, but to the young man's surprise, he soon saw the traces of the Bat fighter jet falling from the clouds and rushing towards the fire site.

He looked back at Ye Yi behind him in surprise and said:

"You're pretending to be Batman, then who's flying the Batplane?"

"Robin Three."

Grayson glanced at Mason and replied:

"I said, Robins will help each other."

"Is this all the way to Unit 3?"

Mason curled his lips, no wonder there are always some outrageous rumors leaking out among Gotham's villains.

They said that they had personally seen Batman appearing as a crazy car villain in three different places in the city at the same time, and some people swore that Batman was an alien orphan who could move independently.

Anyway, these folk rumors are just as outrageous as they come from, but these outrageous rumors actually have prototypes.

"Are you going to interrogate her?"

Mason glanced at Catwoman who was still unconscious with her hands and feet tied to a chair. He rubbed the neck that Catwoman had pinched before and said:

"I don't think you can ask anything, and it's impossible to torture her to extract a confession. She is Batman's lover and can be regarded as your 'adoptive mother'. Secondly, you, a bad guy, can't do it."

"That's not how this relationship works!"

Grayson pushed the bat helmet and retorted.

But the expression on his serious chin and mouth exposed under the mask also meant that the young man was very distressed at this time.

Although he and Batman learned the method of torture to extract confessions, he is a true gentleman and cannot do such a thing to a woman who is not a bad person.

"Let me do it."

Mason took the initiative to take over the task and said:

"I need some materials, please help me prepare them."

"Is it the alchemy you learned from the wizard again?"

Grayson raised his head and glanced at him. Mason nodded, flexed his fingers and said:

"I saw a potion in the wizard's notes called 'truth serum'. Don't laugh, wizards used this name a thousand years ago. This is not something original to the FBI or KGB.

In short, if torture cannot be used, this potion is very suitable."

As he spoke, Mason took out a piece of paper, scribbled down the names of many materials and handed it to Yeyi.

The latter's eyes widened as soon as he took it in his hand. After a few seconds, he shook the piece of paper with at least fifty kinds of medicines written on it and said suspiciously:

"Are you sure that so many medicinal ingredients are needed to make a dose of medicine? The total amount you want is enough to kill twenty adults."

"Alchemy has a chance of failure, not to mention I'm just a novice. Is there anything wrong with preparing more raw materials?"

Mason asked expressionlessly:

"Or is it that Batman is very poor so he can't afford so many things?"

"You'd better make sure it works."

Grayson made no further objections.

He stood up and walked to the window to connect to the Batcave's communication, and said in a low voice:

"Alfred, I need some materials to complete the operation, and I'll read the list to you. No, I don't plan to switch to opening a pharmacy, and I read these outrageous amounts correctly.

Do they happen to be available in the warehouse?

That's great!

I need the Batplane to get them to me as quickly as possible, and remember to tell Tim not to drink too much coffee while flying the plane."

After hearing the conversation between Nightwing and Afu, Mason behind him calmly showed a thoughtful smile.

The medicinal materials brought here are enough for him to complete the production of most of the primary potions of the alchemy branch, but they are not prepared for the Veritaserum.

How can real truth serum be so easy to refine?

Let’s not talk about the minimum technical standard for making this thing, which is Alchemy Level 3. Just talking about its production cycle, it requires a whole month of fermentation and purification process.

Not even one day less is enough.

And the most core material of that thing is the feathers of the soundless bird.

That thing probably doesn't exist in this world, and Mason doesn't have a specimen of the feather at hand.

At his current level, he can't make Veritaserum at all, but that doesn't stop Mason from using this reason to get some of Batman's fat wool.

Because he happened to have a finished product of Veritaserum on hand.

The Kite Man found a lot of potions in the ruins of Hogwarts, and all of them are in the bag on Mason's waist.

Ten minutes later, the ghostly Bat fighter hovered on the roof of the old apartment. Several large boxes were thrown out of the plane. Nightwing and the pilot, the third generation Robin Tim Drake, had a fight.

When he turned around after saying hello, those boxes that were so heavy that they could crush a person had already disappeared.

"Where did you take them? Did you eat them?"

Young Master Yeyi asked in surprise. Mason patted the bag on his waist and took out several weird-shaped beakers as if by magic, and said briefly:

"Magic, don't ask. I need twenty minutes to make the potion."

"There's something very unmagical about making a potion alchemically to pry open the mouth of a street hero on the drafty roof of an old apartment building."

The young master made a joke, opened the door and walked into the stairs.

Soon Mason heard the sound of the awakened Catwoman arguing with him.

Catwoman was still scolding Dick Grayson for being heartless, saying that she even bought him ice cream when he was Robin for Batman, and even said that she hugged him when he was wearing crotchless pants when he was a child.

It seems that these two are also old acquaintances.

Mason on the roof wasted no time and lit the alcohol lamp he brought from Barbara's safe house. He also took some of the newly obtained medicinal materials and took out a few bottles of mineral water to start brewing the medicine.

Potions in the wizarding world require strange recipes and some of the ingredients are very otherworldly.

Weird things such as dried mouse spleen or mint leaves picked in the morning light are very unfriendly to newbies.

Therefore, Mason chose the primary potions that already had blueprints included. These primary potions were obtained from Old K. The formulas were improved by Old K. All the materials can be purchased from ordinary herbal shops.

And the whole process is very simple compared to traditional alchemy, but it just tests the alchemist's level.

The young man tried four times.

All failed

It seems that the eldest son’s complaints are justified.

There is nothing magical about boiling potion on a roof with all the ventilation on all sides, and the Potions God cursed Mason for his disrespect and caused him to waste twenty precious minutes of his life.

He shook his head, disposed of the black carbon-like medicinal residue, then took out the bottle of truth serum that was very similar in appearance and color to Fengyoujing, held it in his hand, pushed the door downstairs and walked into the safe house.

"You are also a heartless little thing!"

When she saw Mason coming in, Catwoman, who was tied to the chair, immediately screamed:

"Thanks to my sister for being so kind to you, you actually teamed up with the Bat Cubs to bully me! Sure enough, there is no good man who can be looked upon differently by Batman!"

"First of all, I'm not sorry for you, but you have always owed me favors.

Secondly, don't try to open the lock. That thing is said to be specially made for flying thieves like you. You can't even try to unlock it even if you break your own fingers.

Finally, I don't mean to hurt you.

I even added orange juice to it to make it taste better."

Mason walked up to the irritable Catwoman and unscrewed the cap of the crystal bottle in his hand. A pungent smell came out of it, making the young man next to him take a slightly uneasy step back.

The young man took out a small medicine spoon.

He dropped two drops of viscous truth serum on the spoon, looked at Catwoman with a scowl on her face, estimated the elder sister's anger and resistance, shrugged and continued to drop another two drops on the spoon. drop.

This is a double dose.

If Mason has evil intentions, he can even ask about Catwoman's first love and the color of her underwear today. Well, there's no need to ask about this.

The first choice for such a big sister is definitely the mysterious and charming black.

"Also, you dragged us into a dangerous situation. You should know that I just want to live a peaceful life."

Mason said something and put the remaining half of the bottle of potion back into his bag.

Such a bottle of truth serum can be used ten times, which is worthy of its long production process.

He winked at the young Bat next to him, who stepped forward to fix Catwoman's struggling face, and clamped her mouth to reveal her clenched teeth.

To be honest, this scene is really too forbidden.

"It doesn't matter, that's fine. The medicine can seep in."

Mason put the spoon to Catwoman's luscious lips and said:

"It can penetrate into the tongue, don't struggle. It is said that this stuff tastes as good as rum, and it is harmless to the human body when used in small amounts."

"What did you give me to drink!"

After a few drops of cold potion were dropped into Catwoman's mouth, Nightwing also let go of the struggling wildcat lady. The two young men took a few steps back and looked at the somewhat manic beauty on the chair.

She yelled at Mason, and Nightwing glanced at the young man and whispered:

"How long does it take for the Veritaserum to take effect?"

"Now!"

Mason replied, looked at Catwoman, and said:

"your age!"

"Are you asking such a powerful question in the first place?"

The young master shrank his head and said:

"This is a woman's Achilles' heel, be careful she will strangle you to death."

"This is a test, shut up."

Mason flicked his finger to shut up the young man, and the two men stared at Catwoman in front of them.

The expression on her face was very strange, and her whole body was tense at this moment, as if she was holding back something that was about to burst out.

She bit her mouth tightly to prevent herself from telling the damn answer.

But at this moment, the urge to share secrets with others surged in her heart like a cat's claws scratching, making it impossible for this seductive elder sister to hide what was in her heart.

Her face turned red.

Under the gaze of Mason and Nightwing, after nearly twenty seconds, she opened her mouth as if she was suffocated, lowered her head and panted, and said:

"18 years old."

"Okay, the test failed, your Veritaserum has failed."

The young master shrugged helplessly, while Mason raised a finger and shook it, then folded his arms and said slowly:

"Don't rush to conclusions, she hasn't finished speaking yet."

"18 years, 228 months and 17 days!"

Catwoman finally gave her answer.

The light in her eyes was burning like an angry fire, glaring at Mason and Nightwing, wanting to tear these two guys apart, and the eldest young man was in shock.

It's really possible for a mysterious woman like Ms. Selena to tell her true age. Mason's Veritaserum can really help!

Is this the power of magic?

Love it, love it.

"I'll test it too."

The young master coughed, and Mason beside him made a "please" gesture to him.

Grayson quietly turned on the communicator on the Bat gauntlet, looked at Catwoman who was resisting, and finally asked the question he wanted to know the most.

He said:

"Why did you run away from your wedding to Batman? Do you know that you made him very sad and almost fell into despair because of it?"

"I refuse to answer!"

Ms. Selena is going crazy.

She screamed, but the devil-like potion continued to take effect, making it impossible for her to hide the secrets in her heart that she never wanted others to know.

She suppressed herself and turned red again.

I even want to bite my tongue off.

But in the end, she weakly lowered her head and whispered:

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid that he will get tired of me after having me. The cat you can't catch is your favorite cat. I'm even more afraid that I will be willing to become that man's vassal after becoming the Bat Lady.

The uneasiness in my heart drove me to do stupid things.

Later events also proved that I was once again used by Batman's enemies to become a sword piercing his riddled soul.

I hurt him more than his enemies, and I'm sorry for that.

But I really enjoy how he shyly reveals his hidden thoughts to me time and time again when he is alone, and I hope this pattern continues until the day I grow old.

I swear!

As soon as the first wrinkle appears on my face, I will marry him without hesitation.

But until then, I want to keep playing like this with him.

I want to see who will fall first."

The young man curled his lips, while Mason, who was listening in, had no expression on his face but was a little touched in his heart. Well, is this the twilight love of the elderly?

It's really too artistic.

But the answer did not exceed Nightwing's imagination. He turned on the communicator on his arm and said to the person on the other side in front of Catwoman:

"Did you hear that? This might help you relax."

After nearly ten seconds of silence, Batman's iconic hoarse voice sounded over the communicator.

He said:

"Dick! You're so boring!"

Subsequently, the communication was hung up.

"Okay, let's get down to business, shall we?"

Mason stepped forward and looked at Catwoman, who had lowered her head and no longer resisted. He knelt down and said to the eldest sister whose soul had been penetrated in front of him:

"Ms. Selina, we really need the information on that hard drive. If you crack it, please tell us the content. Why are the Assassin's League and the Penguin Gang chasing us like crazy?"

"We're not a team anymore, Mason! You're the most vicious of all the Bat-cubs!"

Catwoman raised her head.

Her big, tear-stained eyes stared at the young man, and she said fiercely:

"But I will tell you this, because Penguin has colluded with the Assassin League a long time ago. They are jointly executing a plan called 'Advent'.

There isn't a lot of information I can decipher.

That's a smart program that's always encrypting itself.

I can't hack it using the Batcomputer.

Because it will be parasitic in Batman's database and security network, maybe even the theft of the hard drive itself is a conspiracy against that man.

But I am certain that both the League of Assassins and the Penguin Gang are only participants in this plan, and its first step begins with the fall of Gotham and the death of Batman."

Catwoman gasped.

She looked at Mason and said:

"Penguin must get the hard drive back or destroy the information because he doesn't want to die quietly. As for the League of Assassins, they don't want the entire plan to be canceled because of this mistake.

Everyone who has come into contact with that hard drive is a roadblock that must be removed. You two can't solve this problem!

Batman must come back

Hey, why is your lapel pin glowing?"

"boom"

The moment Catwoman finished speaking, a bullet whirled through the window and hit her.

Mason threw Catwoman and the chair to the ground, while Nightwing, who reacted quickly, opened his bulletproof cape to block the fatal bullet.

Mason pulled out Sujie's Eagle and cut the rope, then pressed Catwoman down who was trying to break free, and then opened the invisibility cloak to wrap the two of them.

"do not move!"

He scolded, then raised his head and said to Yeyi:

"I'll take her to a safe place, the seventh pier in Miller Harbor! I will take the initiative to contact you."

"Come on! I'll lure them away."

The young master was unambiguous at the critical moment. He stepped forward and threw the Batarang to break the glass and rushed out. Then there were the piercing sounds of gunfire and the sound of the Batmobile's engine starting up.

As for Catwoman.

She watched in surprise as Mason put on that magical cloak to completely cover the two of them, and then fled along the stairs.

"We are indeed in the same team, Ms. Selina."

As he fled into the nearest dark alley, Mason picked up his gun and slung it behind his back. He said to Catwoman, who was glaring at him:

"I want to get rid of these haunting pursuits, and you hope to live until the day you marry Batman. We have a basis for cooperation.

As for truth serum.

I forgot to tell you that it only takes effect for about five minutes."

Mason shrugged, wiped his eyes pretending to be moved, and joked:

"You told the secret about you and Batman voluntarily, don't rely on me. Also, would you, a top thief in the world, not be able to see Nightwing's little action of opening the communicator?

The relationship between the two of you as gods is really twisted.

It’s really hard for me to have such a fairy-like lover like you.”

"whispering sound"

Catwoman curled her lips when her thoughts were exposed, and while putting on her ruby ​​goggles, she said:

"Do you really think that I have been living in vain for all these years? You bastard bat boy, my sister is very professional when it comes to catching Kaizi! Do you understand the technical content in those few sentences just now?

This is enough to make that silent man love me to death."

(End of chapter)