American Comics: Opening Guidance Batman - Chapter 411 1 Everything starts from winter (below)

"The wine pool... Gotham Cathedral..."

A well-joined hand, skipping book after book, suddenly stopped on a book called "The History of Gotham City", with the index finger clasping the spine of the book, and pulling it from the shelf. Take it down.

The other hand lightly stroked the dust on the cover, and after opening the book, he searched down according to the catalogue index, and a voice sighed softly:

"Gotham Cathedral...found it."

Outside the rows of bookshelves, a meticulously dressed old butler walked over with a tray, he stood between the two rows of bookshelves, looked at Bruce who was standing in front of the bookshelves, and said, "Sir, It's tea time, do you want me to bring the tea?"

"No...Thank you, Alfred." Bruce didn't look up, still focused on the introduction to Gotham Cathedral in the book, paused, and said, "Help me put it on the table over there. , I'll be there later."

Bruce stood there and watched for a while. He felt that the lighting here was a little dim, and the details of the drawings in some pictures could not be seen clearly. So he took the book, walked out of the bookshelf, came to the rest area on the side, and sat down. to the chair.

Alfred stood at the table, took out the meal from the cart beside him, and then took out the teapot to start making tea. Bruce kept his head down while reading, and the sound of tea pouring into the cup accompanied Alfred. De's voice rang out together:

"Master, you seem to be obsessed with research related to magic and mysticism recently?"

"Yeah." Bruce replied, in private, he was less talkative, but when facing Alfred alone, his tone was more relaxed and willing to explain something.

"Constantine showed me another possibility for magic, the kind of avatar he used looked more like a technology, and I wondered, could magic also be an energy that can be used? Like Thermal energy and kinetic energy like…”

When he heard the name of Constantine, Alfred's brows were slightly wrinkled, and Bruce was keenly aware of his expression, he said: "I know that there is nothing in Constantine, except for The knowledge of magic in his head."

"It's good to be curious and inquisitive, sir." Alfred just replied vaguely, and then he said, "But I don't know if he thinks there's anything to be gained about you..."

This sentence uses several auxiliary words to weaken the tone. Bruce understands that Alfred is euphemistically reminding him that Constantine may be plotting against him. What he had done before was enough to raise his vigilance.

Although this scum does not have any advantages in living habits, there is no doubt that his brain is very useful. He has made several plans, and then let them carry out together, not only without interfering with each other, but also in progress Quickly, if it wasn't for a little accident at the end, every one of his goals would have been achieved.

It was the first time that Bruce had confronted such a man, and he had to admit that, in addition to magic, he was interested in Constantine's style of doing things.

"And, sir, you have to think about Elsa and Dick, they are still young and still need the care of their elders." Alfred said meaningfully: "It is very important to guide and protect children at this age. Yes, once there is a mistake, it may cause very serious consequences."

Bruce nodded. He thought what Alfred said was reasonable, but he didn't take it to heart, not to mention that neither Elsa nor Dick could be regarded as ordinary children. The security system of Wayne Manor alone protected the two Children are enough.

Bruce has been holding the book, he pointed to a line of words on the book and whispered to himself: "It is recorded here that a priest once raised funds for the renovation of the church, not only Falcone and him The gangster family under him has donated a lot of wealth, and the Wayne family has also participated in it, in addition, there are major business families in Gotham..."

He frowned and said to himself, "What's so special about the cathedral? Does it have something to do with the underground wine pool?"

Apart from Constantine, the only thing he could come into contact with that was more related to magic was the church and the wine pond under the church. Therefore, after he couldn't keep following Constantine due to his schedule, Bruce switched. To get the perspective, start from Gotham local.

The Wayne family has a large number of books, as well as books that record the history of Gotham's founding. Among these books, Bruce found a lot of clues, but they couldn't connect them together, so he decided to investigate on the spot.

After teatime absentmindedly, Bruce left in a hurry, leaving the book on the table.

Alfred, who was packing tea and utensils, fell on the cover of the book.

The font on the book cover is a relatively simple swash font, which is generally used to write storefront signs and people's names. At this time, the curve of the strokes slowly changes and becomes a very short name-"Hal Jordan".

As the pen that had written the last stroke was lifted, Schiller snapped the cap on and put the pen back in the barrel.

In the empty study room, looking at the medical records he had just written, Schiller showed a smile.

Just now, the abnormality that Elsa showed should be enough to arouse Hal's curiosity and concern.

He continued to write down Hal's name:

"...I have a strong sense of identity with the will of the Green Lantern Corps, and I empathize with the anxiety caused by my unsuccessful flying dream into the Green Lantern's career. I want to complete every mission as perfectly as possible, and I don't want to repeat it. Mistakes from the past…”

"It is speculated that the tasks that the Green Lantern Corps may have issued are to investigate the situation of the parallax monster, investigate the situation of Sinesto, and investigate the situation of Gotham..."

And Hal, who had just left Schiller's manor, had no idea that his situation had been recorded on a medical record.

Just after drinking some wine, Hal was a little drunk, coughed twice while leaning on the tree trunk by the roadside, sniffed hard, then wrapped his clothes tighter and walked quickly across the road.

"Lonely Step into a Fairy"

Elsa showed some unusual pictures during the dinner just now, and they kept circling in his mind. Hal began to become a little anxious. His reason was telling him that what Victor said at the time made sense, and now love Sha is a little human girl, not the terrifyingly terrifying parallax.

Although there are some abnormalities, she has no signs of attacking people at all. On the contrary, from her actions and expressions, Hal can see that she is constantly learning the way of human communication, just like a real human being. Like toddlers.

But another possibility was lingering in his mind. Once he let Elsa go, if something happened to her in the future, would the Green Lantern Corps blame him for it? Will it take back his green light ring and make him lose this great power?

Whenever he thinks of this, Hal feels that his mind is in a mess. He failed to become the fighter pilot of his dreams. The reasons for this are very complicated, but there is no doubt that Hal is very fond of his ordinary people. life is unsatisfactory.

Now, the power of the green light has brought him a change, and he sees new hope from this change. He doesn't want to let his other career end in failure because of his dereliction of duty.

If the Green Lantern Corps sent a mission and asked him to kill Aisha, what would he do?

If he doesn't deal with the issues about Aisha now, what will he do if Aisha will break out in the future and endanger ordinary people?

If...if...Hal has thought about too many ifs, he is still not the greatest Green Lantern in the future, even though he already has the potential to have an invincible will, he still feels entangled and confused.

After thinking about it, Hals felt that the only solution was to talk to Aisha face to face. If the parallax monster cannot communicate and is destined to be the enemy of Green Lantern, then Aisha, who has now become a little human girl, may be able to. communicative.

Thinking like this, Hal changed the direction of his walking, found an alley with no one, and then activated his Green Lantern ability to teleport to the vicinity of Wayne Manor.

When he walked to the main entrance of Wayne Manor, Hal hesitated. The first reason was that he felt that Bruce Wayne must be very difficult to deal with. He probably would not let himself in. There might be a fight, which is not what Hal wanted.

Second, he felt that the matter between the lantern group should be resolved by the lantern, and the matter between the yellow light and the green light should be resolved by themselves.

In this way, Hal persuaded himself not to go through the front door, but also, he didn't plan to go through the side door. In short, he didn't plan to go through the door, but planned to determine Elsa's position, and then teleport directly in front of her. .

The investigation of Elsa in the past few days has not been done in vain. According to the time when Elsa came home and the lights in the Wayne Manor room, Hal knew that Elsa's bedroom was most likely on the second floor.

After the sky darkened, Hal found that a room on the second floor was lit up.

Although he was doing good deeds, for some reason, Hal felt a little guilty for no apparent reason. He kept persuading himself in his mind that this was actually for the safety of the earth and the citizens of Gotham.

He took a few deep breaths, and then a green light lit up on the ring, and the green light spread all the way from the fingers to the whole body, and in an instant, Hal's figure disappeared.

With a bang, he landed on the wooden floor of the manor. In front of him was a princess bed that looked like a little girl was using. The quilt was slightly raised, and Aisha seemed to be sleeping soundly.

But Hal didn't step forward. Instead, he took two steps back, and then whispered, "Aisha, are you there, Aisha?"

"Parallax monster? Parallax monster?"

One of the figures on the bed did not respond, and Hal showed an extremely embarrassed expression, but he still did not step forward, standing on the spot with his hands on his hips, as if he didn't know what to do.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that a hard object pressed against his back.

Hal stiffened and slowly raised his arms. In the shadow behind him, a figure with white hair appeared. No one had ever seen Alfred with such a cold expression. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

No one had ever seen the shotgun in his hand either.

Following Alfred's gaze, he looked out the window. At this time, the moon was bright.

The moonlight fell on the broken spire of the old church, and a black shadow with pointed ears fell on it, and then jumped down the eaves.

Go through the cloister of the church, come to the worship room, turn right again, enter the side corridor, pass the confessional room, and go all the way in. Batman recalls the architectural structure diagram he had seen in the book.

Soon, he stopped and stopped in front of a door. The old padlock did not stop the master unlocking. With a very subtle "click", the old wooden door slowly opened. , behind the priest's living room.

It seems that the place has not been used for a long time. With the last riot, the entire cathedral was closed and the old priest moved elsewhere.

When Batman walked into the room, the first thing he saw was a table facing the door. At this time, the moonlight came in from the window on the table, and the table top emitted a hazy white light, except for many books and files. In addition, there is a small photo frame.

The hand covered by the black gauntlet picked up the photo frame, and the thumb gently wiped the dust on it.

There are three young people in the photo, they are dressed to look like people from a previous era.

The faces of two of them are familiar to Batman.

Wearing a black suit with a bow tie and a red poppy pinned to his pocket is Falcone, the Godfather of Gotham, wearing a black robe and looking benevolent, the priest of this cathedral.

And the last man, Batman is more familiar, he wears a long trench coat, wears a beret, and holds an old-fashioned shotgun.

That's Alfred Pennyworth.