Volume 6: Secret Invasion Chapter 65: Malaka-style reunion
In the training room of the Watchtower, the big Kryptonian man who was jogging for rehabilitation was sweating profusely and was obviously still a little weak, but it was understandable that this moral role model was eager to return to work.
The poor Kryptonian had his powers drained away by the Red of All Creatures' agent using evil magic during the previous kidnapping, and his blood was almost drained. He has been undergoing rehabilitation training these days.
The good news is that the master "worked" in the metropolis on his behalf, so that the public security in that city did not deteriorate too much.
The bad news is that the young master is apparently unable to cope with his master's duties in Gotham, mainly because a strange force has emerged in that city recently. The Court of Owls, which has always acted in secret, has actually begun to act openly.
The Bat Family, which was almost hollowed out by Mason, was obviously unable to be suppressed, forcing the eldest master to ask several friends in the hero circle for help.
"How does it feel to be kidnapped, being the most powerful man on Earth?"
Mason stood in front of the specially designed treadmill and asked in a teasing tone while looking at Dachao whose face was covered in sweat.
Clark wiped his face with a towel while thinking about Mason's question. There was no fear or trepidation on his face, but there was anger in his eyes when he talked about it.
"The woman who covered her body overpowered me in the instant we fought. She copied my strength, I am sure of that. Then she used kryptonite on me and released some magic to make me weak and confused. During the whole process, my senses were blocked and I could not hear anything happening outside.
All I know is that they've been drawing my blood and taking away some of my flesh with a kryptonite knife.
What a shame..."
This was not valid information, but it still made Mason, who was standing next to the treadmill, nod. He took out a few bottles of potion and placed them on the table next to him. He said to Dachao, who was still running with a grunt:
"This is the medicine I prepared for Kara. It has been fine-tuned for the physical constitution of Kryptonians and can help you recover faster. Take it according to the doctor's instructions. Taking too much will cause Kryptonian gastroenteritis.
But the most important thing for you now is to take some time every day to get close to the sun and absorb its energy."
Mason pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose and said to Dachao:
"Kara has been receiving targeted training on Kryptonite in Osborne Tower. According to the conclusions reached so far, when the power of the yellow sun permeates your body, you can be temporarily immune to the targeting of Kryptonite.
I'm trying to simulate the solar spectrum to see if I can make some special equipment for you guys."
"Thanks, Mason. As for my son, I heard Louise describe to me what happened that day. Please thank the brave boys under your command for me."
Dachao thanked him politely, but then he asked:
"But, by asking me this, are you suspecting that those outsiders have other evil purposes?"
"I would be underestimating my colleagues if I said no."
Mason snorted and said:
"What they do to you is like some kind of religious punishment and torture, but my more straightforward colleagues never really bothered with the ritualistic stuff.
If it were me, I would use the blood as material to make some scary things.
Some biological weapons that can only be made from your cells and DNA, you should know what I mean?"
"Doomsday..."
Dachao's expression suddenly became serious.
In this world, he has fought against Doomsday. Although he has not experienced the "Death of Superman" plot line, Superman obviously knows the destructive power of that "immortal being".
When he thought of this, a sense of urgency arose in Dachao's heart, urging him to run faster. He must recover quickly to face the impending crisis.
Mason noticed Dachao's thoughts and comforted him softly:
"The Justice League has fought against Doomsday before, which means that the master must have a complete 'anti-Doomsday tactic', so you don't have to worry too much.
In addition, the solution to the problem of Kryptonians being weak to magic must be put on the agenda.
I know there is a magical metal that is immune to magical powers, but it is very rare. Fortunately, there should be a lot of it in our universe.
So after you recover, I hope you'll take a moment to find some Nthium so I can make you a special suit of armor."
"N-metal?"
Xiao Zha's voice sounded at the entrance of the training room. The white wizard came over with some magic potions. She seemed to be in a good mood and said:
"Doctor Fate seems to have a lot of this magical metal. His helmet and suit contain this stuff. I can ask for some at the next magic circle gathering."
"You can find the Senagang people, too."
Martian Manhunter "Uncle Jon" also fell from the sky.
This green-skinned Martian had just joined the Justice League and was getting familiar with the structure of the Watchtower. He relied on his ability to "become virtual" to freely shuttle between entities, and landed next to Superman, saying:
"As far as I know, there is a lost female warrior from Senagang on Earth who calls herself 'Eagle Woman'. She maintains a covert operation and likes to be alone, but I have worked with her before.
She had some Nthium in her hand, which she carried with her, and it was said to be a gift from her hometown.
"The Senagang Empire in the depths of the universe?"
Mason raised his eyebrows, then shrugged and said:
"This is what you need to think about. As long as there are enough materials, I can start making it. But now I have to take care of other things. See you later."
After saying that, he waved goodbye to Superman who was recovering and left the training room. He took the gravity elevator in the huge watchtower all the way down to Flash's workshop.
But as soon as the elevator door opened, Mason saw two Harleys arguing in front of him.
Both of them had scratches on their faces, their clothes were disheveled, and there was a broken wooden baseball bat next to them. They must have just had a fight.
This scene gave Mason a headache.
He used the Yin-Yang Tiger Spell to separate Harley and Quinn, but the love between the two little cuties did not last for ten minutes before an endless fight began. Seeing that this war between himself and himself was about to escalate, Mason had to step forward to stop it:
"What did you quarrel about this time? Can't you be nicer to yourselves?"
"She wants to split the family!"
Harry ran up to her pitifully and complained:
"Quinn said she wanted to take half of what belongs to me, but I won't give it to her. Those were all given to me by you, my sweetheart."
"What do you mean by send it to you?"
Quinn grabbed the broken baseball bat and yelled angrily:
"That was given to the two of us. Before, we were all free to use it together, but now we're separated, so you have to give me my share!
You can't let me fight with my bare hands ? The enemy that little sweetheart is facing now is too outrageous!"
"But I gave you the formula for the clown bomb and poison gas."
Harley said aggrievedly:
"You want to share my puppies! No, those are two puppies I raised, I won't give them to you!"
"One head per person!"
Quinn held up four fingers in a bad tone and said to Harley in a serious tone:
"The Symbiote Suit is mine, the Ironheart Armor is yours, the X-Metal Hammer is mine, the Isu Baseball Bat is yours, the Eye of the Evil Pendant is mine, and the Gravity Ring is yours.
Of the two dogs, Luther is yours and Luke is mine.
You see, everything you have is double, and perhaps that is destiny.”
"But there's also Harley Speeder."
Seeing that Quinn had already made a plan, and that she had said it so clearly that she could not refute it, Harley hid behind Mason, rolled her eyes, and shouted:
"There's only one motorcycle, there's no way to divide it, and we can't cut it up... How about I keep the motorcycle and give you the cargo box?"
"You have the Ironheart Armor and can fly! Why do you need a motorcycle?"
Quinn threw away the baseball bat in displeasure and pointed at the blue motorcycle parked nearby and said:
"Of course, priority is given to me who can't fly."
"That's fine."
Harley suddenly grinned as if her evil plan had succeeded, she jumped up and laid on Mason's shoulder, and bit Mason's expressionless face hard as if to assert her sovereignty.
Shouted:
"Harley Speeder is yours to use first, but in return, I want to enjoy Mr. K's 'priority use'!"
"Hey, hey, hey, that's too much."
Mason sighed and said:
"I have no problem with you dividing your things, but you can't include me in this. A wiser Quinn wouldn't act as recklessly as Harley, right?"
"make a deal!"
A gloomy Quinn raised his left hand and high-fived the cheering Harley as Mason stared in astonishment.
They reached a beautiful agreement with themselves, and then skipped to the side hand in hand to take turns using the sweetheart seven days a week, but a few seconds later they started arguing over Mr. K's use rights on Sundays.
The argument quickly escalated.
Harley screamed and grabbed Quinn's hair and slammed her against the bulkhead next to her. Quinn was not to be outdone and hugged Harley and slammed against it together.
The two psychopaths started fighting again. The two dogs lying not far away started whimpering and covered their ears with their paws. It was obvious that they were also annoyed by the doubled sharp sounds of the two Harleys.
Mason was the only one left, staring at his two girlfriends competing in the "Women's Mixed Martial Arts Competition".
"This is definitely the worst decision I have made since my debut!"
He slapped his face, complained harshly, pretended not to see the scene, and then walked into Xiao Shan's workshop in front of him, and saw the modified cosmic treadmill head on.
This thing is very big. Although it is called a treadmill, it does not have the structure of an ordinary treadmill. It looks more like a strange instrument made up of a peculiar "Mobius strip".
Little Flash was flashing around in the workshop, making final fine-tuning preparations on three different instruments at the same time, while John Wick, who had already changed into the master assassin's costume, was standing there with his golden retriever.
Next to him stood Talia al Ghul, who was wearing a suit and tie and carrying a briefcase, looking very much like a professional woman.
The chosen envoy of this world has made full preparations for his upcoming "diplomat career".
"How is it going?"
Mason looked at the cosmic treadmill in front of him, and after a simple mechanical analysis of it with his vision, he asked, and Xiao Shan answered while busying himself:
"The fine-tuning has been completed and we can start at any time. We can once again enter the parallel plane where the Isu world is located and then drop the Brainiac Phase Beacon you just sent.
But are you sure you brought the access code for the Aurora device?
It's not that I don't believe you.
The main reason is that this thing sounds very mysterious. The phase beacon can only be used once every eight hours. If this attempt fails, we can only wait until tomorrow to test it again. "
"No problem, trust me!"
Mason said confidently, walking forward and pulling out a small Isu-style USB drive, an external communicator for the Aurora device that he had made himself under the guidance of Consus.
Its only function is to send access permission information to the Aurora device which is still in operation.
One-time use, but permanent afterwards.
A progress bar composed of Isu characters appeared on the screen of the cosmic treadmill. When it was loaded to 80%, Mason gestured to Little Flash, who immediately jumped onto the unique "one-faced" track of the cosmic treadmill, squatted like a runner, and then ran at full speed with a whoosh.
When the speed force was activated, the golden electric current spread throughout the running body in an instant, and the entire system began to operate. Amid the strange humming sound, cracks in space and time unfolded and dissipated like passing clouds.
That was the visual illusion created when Xiao Shan accelerated across several planes.
His physical coordinates change rapidly in this small area, but his relative coordinates keep going back and forth in the entire parallel world system. To put it simply, the Flash is now running in the time and space axis.
Although he was still in front of the three people, it was just a reflection projected into the material world.
“Three seconds!”
Xiao Shan shouted, and the loading progress bar on the cosmic treadmill screen reached 100%. The next moment, the Speedster once again rushed into the plane where the Isu world was located. As his speed decreased, the Brainiac Phase Beacon placed on the cosmic treadmill was also opened. In the rhythmic flashing of purple light, the opened space-time tunnel immediately stabilized.
An energy gate leading to an alternate dimension slowly opened. It was the tunnel that Xiao Shan opened for them. Its working principle was very similar to that of the World Gate, but one was through magical magic, while the other was a technological creation.
"Sending access code to the Aurora device."
Mason pressed the send button and was then reminded:
"Pay attention to your surroundings, Little Flash. The noise of the Aurora Device turning on may attract other speedsters , especially those scums serving Kang the Conqueror. Once they are discovered, start to expel them!"
"receive!"
Little Flash said back.
Ten or so seconds later, a projection of the real world appeared in the rotating energy gate curtain in front of the three people, as if the shielding curtain was finally opened.
The increasingly real reflection made John Wick, who had been away from home for more than two months, excited, and also made Ms. Talia beside him take a deep breath.
"The space-time channel has been connected, and the relative coordinates are calculated correctly."
Mason took his hands off the keyboard. He looked at the rotating space-time gate in front of him, nodded to Wick and Talia, and said:
"Let's go, let's go there and pay her a visit. Sister Ka must have been waiting for a long time."
His duty as the captain of the pioneering team made him the first to step into the door of the strange world in front of him. Wick followed closely with his beloved dog, and Talia, who was carrying a briefcase and wearing high heels, followed at the end.
It was like passing through the door of the world, and the next moment their feet were standing on solid ground.
Right in front of them was the location of the New York Grand Temple. From this hill, one could clearly see the rift valley thousands of meters away. Mason reminded Xiao Shan on a specific communication channel:
"We've landed on our feet, Barry. The coordinates have been recorded and the authority has been locked on you. You can come and go freely here from now on. Interrupt the treadmill... Barry?
Barry! Respond! "
There was no response on the specific channel, which made Mason feel nervous.
Damn it!
Could it be that his own bad words were right again? Did the connection with the Isu world really attract other speedsters?
"Oh, the traveler who has traveled far away has finally returned home."
Just as the space-time gate behind Mason slowly closed, a familiar voice sounded beside the three of them. Like a flash of lightning, Cassandra, who was dressed no differently from a normal office girl, suddenly appeared.
She still had her dangerous long braids in her hair, and was holding a disposable paper cup with half a cup of coffee in it. It's no exaggeration to say that this posture is just like you, who are getting ready to go to work and then slacking off all day.
"Greetings, Your Excellency the Arbiter."
John Wick saluted Lady Cassandra with an ancient etiquette, which made Talia raise her eyebrows and look carefully at the slightly rustic lady in front of her.
Then, she received a look from Sister Ka, which was like a heavy blow from some kind of mental illusion, making Talia's face turn pale instantly.
She seemed to see her father, who was a hundred times stronger, standing in front of her, and the momentum of his eyes overwhelmed her.
"Not bad."
Sister Ka curled her lips, looked Talia up and down, and said to Mason who was frowning:
"Is this the representative you picked? Did you choose an assassin specifically to take care of our world's heritage?"
"Well, there is a reason for this."
Mason said, then looked at Sister Ka and said:
"But our movement through the Aurora Device may have attracted the attention of another speedster, and that guy may be trying to sneak in here."
"Let him come!"
Sister Ka drank the cheap coffee in her hand, and the God-killing Hero moved his hands and said:
"According to our Spartan rules, we always kill someone as a sacrifice before a big battle."
