1. Salted fish in Seaside City

Seaside City, a medium-sized city on the east coast of the United States, with a population of 700, has a seaport that is neither too big nor too small, the economy is neither developed nor backward, and the people's lives are neither happy nor bad, in short, this is not a good place, nor is it bad.

In the 80s and 90s of the last century, during the rapid development of the American aerospace industry, Seaside City was selected as a training ground for elite pilots, so in this city, there are many, many pilots, young, old, still in service, some have retired, and most importantly, every year a lot of talented, but impatient lads are sent here to polish, in the hope that in the future they will be able to take on more difficult tasks.

Hal Jordan, one of them, despite his excellent performance in the late air battles of the Battle of New York a year ago, was also a good thing because of his poor performance in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s newly formed elite flying team, especially after a drunken attempt to tease the unranked agent in charge of the Air Force, Ms. Maria Hill, and then sent back to Seaside City to rebuild, which is also a good thing, in a sense, because Hal was born here, which is his hometown.

But in any case, Hal Jordan's pilot career for doing such a ridiculous thing can be considered a reimbursement, and he is currently serving as the rookie training officer of Seaside City, which is considered a retirement position.

And what's worse is that his childhood sweetheart also left him because of it.

However, Hal is doing now... It's not that bad.

"Ugh"

The handsome young man rubbed his forehead and sat up from the scattered bed, and beside him lay two beautiful girls whose names he could not even name, and judging by the clothes scattered on the ground, they had spent a good first half of the night together, at least until midnight.

Hal jumped out of bed, reached out and held the water glass, filled it with two large mouthfuls of cold water, to restore his somewhat chaotic mind to normal, he put on his clothes, glanced at the beauty on the bed, opened the door and walked out without hesitation.

is just acting on the spot, as a regular guest of nightclubs, he has long been used to such things.

"Uh..."

The time to walk out of the room is in the early hours of the morning, the deepest night has not yet passed, this is the hardest time of the day, but when the first light of dawn jumps out of the darkness, you will find that all the waiting for you to survive the darkness is meaningful.

Of course, Hal ran out at this point in time, not to appreciate the coming dawn, he was going to "work".

"Come on, my darling, let's see what we have fun with today. ”

Hal fumbled through his four pockets, eventually pulling out a green wide-brimmed ring with an hourglass-like logo engraved on the ring, and in the center, a dazzling green light danced and shone.

It's his little secret, it's his trophy after the Battle of New York, and it's the reason he's trying to get out of S.H.I.E.L.D. in all his ways.

What pilot in his right mind would tease the Supreme Commander in public?

Even though the chief is really spicy and tempting... But believe me, Hal can definitely control the lower half of his body in some things.

He put the green ring on the middle finger of his left hand, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, opened his arms in the dark alley, and when a certain voice sounded in his heart, a fluorescent green halo enveloped his body, and by the time the halo dissipated, Hal had changed from a merry little ruffian to a guy wearing a green energy suit with a half-covered face armor.

On the chest of his suit is the same hourglass emblem as the face of the ring, which is the symbol of his faction.

Feeling the energy that overflowed his whole body, Hal whistled, he patted his chest, and his body slowly rose in the dance of energy, suspended 30 centimeters above the ground, as if he had escaped gravity:

"It feels so good every time! Thank you, Abinsur!"

He raised his head and looked at the starless sky on this gloomy night, he shrugged his shoulders, and the next moment, his figure turned into a green flash and rushed into the sky:

"Come on, let's do chivalrous!"

Question: What is the most important thing for a young man who has been poisoned by superhero comics since he was a child?

Become a superhero, of course!

"Bang"

On the edge of the coastal city, the gangster who was nervously counting the banknotes he had snatched today had not finished his complicated work when he saw his gun-wielding subordinate smashed into the room in the form of a battering ram, his best subordinate, a complete villain, but now, like the most delicate girl, he was trampled under the feet of a guy with a green glow all over his body.

"Hey!"

Hal looked at the stunned gangster in front of him, and he raised his chin, "You know me, right?"

"Green... Green Lantern! We didn't kill anyone! All this money was robbed!"

The gang boss, who had a scar on his face and looked like a ruthless character, hurriedly jumped up from his seat, took a step back, and raised his hands:

"Don't hurt me, please, take all the money!"

Howl's left foot slashed down, and the huge force pierced the chest of the villain under his feet, and the terrible pressure made him spit blood, Hal bent down and lifted him up, floating in the air, looking at the gangster in front of him, he stretched out and took two wades from the pile of money:

"I'm not here to look for you, the guy you hired brutally killed 3 people 1 year ago, and his good days are over... By the way, remember to return the money before dawn!"

Howl's figure turned green and disappeared into the room, his voice still flowing:

"Remember, you make up for the less, or I'll come to you tomorrow night!"

Seeing a crisis pass, the gangster leaned against the corner weakly, he knew that he was unlucky, but he was also glad that he was lucky, in this world that has changed greatly, what could be better than holding on to a life?

He looked at the pile of money in front of him with some regret, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and decided to return these little cuties, because... He can't afford to mess with this guy who has made a name for himself in Seaside City in the last 4 months, this is a real ruthless character, he spent 3 days destroying the biggest drug gangster in Seaside City, and spent another month to single-handedly reduce the night crime in Seaside City to a heinous level.

Just like the legendary Batman of Gotham City, this guy is a "vigilant policeman" who comes out day and night, a complete freak and a violent person, and no one wants to provoke him!

"Bang"

1 minute later, the murderer who was tied with his hands tied and only half his life was thrown in the back street of the police station, where 4 people had been thrown down, all of them were fugitive villains, Hal floated in the night sky, he watched these criminals being captured by his own hands and thrown into prison, an inexplicable sense of accomplishment was simply bursting in his heart.

But this is not the limit of what Hal can do, when he was recruited by the Green Lantern Corps, he already understood that the power of the Green Lantern of Will is not used in the event of fighting ordinary criminals, and he has also participated in several intergalactic "peacekeeping" operations with the Green Lantern Corps, and he knows very well how the power in his hands can help the current bad situation of the earth.

However, Hal does not intend to be one of those superheroes who swagger through the market, on the one hand, because he is free by nature and does not want to be restrained, on the other hand, he also has his own worries, he has relatives, lovers, and worries that he can't let go, he doesn't want to put them in danger because he wants to be in the limelight, he would rather choose to be incognito and be an ordinary hero on earth.

As well as maintaining the safety and stability of the star field of the Earth sector, the Green Lantern Corps divides the entire universe into 3,600 sectors, and each sector arranges warriors for protection and defense, and they take the maintenance of cosmic order as their mission, and this mission is too heavy for a young man like Hal.

Of course, this last point didn't require much effort on his part, and he never even had to keep the peace in his sector.

With the current military strength of the earth in outer space, it is enough for them not to go to the trouble of other living planets, in this remote cosmic sector, there is really no threat worth fighting for Howl, you see, the berserk heroes of the earth have destroyed the Asgard of the God Domain, who would dare to fight their idea?

In short, Hal Jordan thinks that this kind of life of messing around with beautiful women every day, getting drunk and dreaming of death, and going out at night to protect his hometown is very good, he doesn't have too many plans to change his lifestyle, you say he is content, or say that he has no ambition, but in fact, our Green Lantern, at least at this time, is really a super salted fish.

Until he encounters enough pressure to change his life, he will probably continue to be like this.

Seeing that dawn was approaching, Hal stripped off his superhero suit and regained his romantic appearance, he straightened his clothes and walked into the 24-hour convenience store, intending to buy a gift for his little nephew.

"Tomorrow is your 11th birthday, little Jason!

Hal looked left and right in front of the shelves, and finally reached out and took all the toys in front of him into his shopping cart, humming a song, pushing the cart to the counter, casually taking a bill from his pocket and throwing it to the salesperson, and then walking out of the convenience store with his belongings.

"These criminals are so stupid, why should they rob this kind of money that can't be used... What a hassle. ”

He felt in his pocket, there were still two piles of money that he couldn't use, but it didn't matter, he could find a "friend" tomorrow to change them.

You can't expect superheroes to live on their own wages, not to mention, Hal hasn't reported to the air base in Seaside City for 2 months, robbing the rich and helping the poor, which is his financial source during this period of time.

Fifteen minutes later, Hal drove home in his broken car, and the family should not have woken up yet, so Hal didn't bother them, he quietly took out the key and opened the door, and quietly walked into his room, but after a few seconds, Hal rushed out with an ugly face.

"No!

It was so quiet and so quiet in the room!

So quiet that you can't even breathe when your relatives are asleep... This is not normal!

He pushed open the door of his mother's room, which was empty, and he rushed to his little nephew's room, which was scattered but equally empty, and then his brother and sister, who were the only ones in the whole big house.

"Whew... Whew."

Howl, who was fluctuating violently, raised his head and looked at the clock on the wall in the dark, the darkness could not stop the Green Lantern's gaze, and the time on it clearly pointed to 5:43 in the morning, at this time, no one would hide and want to surprise him, so there was only one explanation left!

They were kidnapped!

However, Hal observed again and again, there was not a single footprint left in the room, and there was no information left, which made his heart sink to the bottom, someone wanted to threaten him with relatives, Hal subconsciously took out his mobile phone and dialed someone he had never contacted in 5 months.

Carol, his childhood sweetheart, his most beloved girl.

"Doodoo"

The busy sound from the mobile phone made Hal couldn't help but rub the corners of his forehead, and the next second, he turned into a green lantern and rushed out of the window, and in less than 5 seconds, he came to Carol's room, which was also empty, on the table in the room, Hal found a card with a strange perfume smell, he opened it, and there was only one sentence inside:

"Shhhhh At midnight tonight, at the port of Seaside City, you know the rules, come alone, otherwise..."

At the bottom of the card, there is a black blood-dripping demon head, this symbol Hal knows very well, in fact, this symbol is not clear to anyone in the current United States.

Logo of the Devil's Gang!

"Bang"

Green Lantern slammed his fist on the table, and in the change of his mood, the green light shining all over his body beat extremely violently, like a green bomb that was about to be detonated, the Green Lantern Corps used pure will as a weapon, but they were the most tolerant of all the Lantern Ring Corps, and a little anger could also become their strength.

"Click"

The tumbling force cracked the mirrors on the walls, and Hal looked up, reflecting the shattered face in it.

"You guys, you messed with people who shouldn't be messed with!"