"Are you sure it's here?" Looking at the somewhat barren environment in front of him, Zorro asked Sarah with a frown. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

That's right, he had already said goodbye to Sarah when he was in Gotham. And then he did not interfere in the affairs of the Assassin League. Even if it turned out exactly as he thought: with Bruce Wayne's inside and out, Tagliaogu's men brought to Gotham were either captured or captured, and a large part died in battle. And Bruce Wayne, who was originally the successor of the previous Lei Xiaogu, successfully won the support of Sarah and their faction of assassins after that, and officially ascended to the position of Lei Xiaogu as Match Ma Long.

In addition, before Bruce Wayne returned to Nanda Paba to take the oath of office, he led a group of assassins to clean up the villains in Gotham who had become impatient due to the defeat of Talia's side, and successfully won the opportunity and time for the detective police department led by James Gordon to regain control of Gotham. In just two days, Gotham was barely back on track.

Except for the lack of a Batman.

At that time, Zorro had already traveled to Oregon in the northwestern United States, where Clarey and the mutants were the last to be seen before they were completely gone. Still, Zorro didn't find out. And when he was about to find out about the Avengers who had caused trouble in Sekovia, and see if they had any news, he got in touch with Sarah. He then passed through the portal opened by Zatana and traveled with Zatanna and Sarah to an unknown mountain.

Before, when he was about to infiltrate the city hall to find out the news and deal with Mordo, Zorro asked Zatanna to go to Xizang, and instructed her to use magic over there to see if she could bring out the supreme magician represented by the ancient one, and if she could, she would pass on the news of Mordo to the other party. You must know that the Ancient One can't wait to eliminate Mordo, and once they get the news of Mordo, they will definitely rush to - no, directly open the portal and teleport to Gotham and make a move against Mordo. However, then things developed and Zatanna's actions became unnecessary. Zorro didn't expect that he would just meet Bruce Wayne to attack Mordo, and he didn't expect to force Mordo away with the strength of the two of them. In this way, Zatanna, who had been running for nothing, was recalled by Sarah, and before she could figure out how to ask the teacher for the guilt, she found that Zorro had left. Unexpectedly, two days later, she received an "errand" from Sarah and took Sarah and Zorro to this place.

This was Sarah's fulfillment of a promise she had made to Zorro, to meet him with the Elder who had ordained him to compete for the throne of Thunder Owl.

Like Zorro, Zatanna felt that this place was not like a retreat for the elders of a long-established organization. However, out of trust in Sarah, she didn't ask directly like Zorro. In the face of Zorro's question, Sarah didn't mean to explain, and said with a smile: "You need to go all the way to the north, and soon you will encounter a path, and then just follow that path." It's just, um, neither Zatana nor I have the qualifications to go in, so you'll have to go on your own. ”

Is it necessary to be so mysterious?

Zorro resisted, but did so. Bidding farewell to Zatana, who was a little worried, and Sarah, who was just as curious as he was, Zorro quickly found the very inconspicuous path, and in a few minutes came to a stone that was even more inconspicuous than the path. And when he had once again told himself that Sarah had not harmed him—or that there was a need to play so many tricks on him—and convinced himself to wait a little longer, his patience was rewarded when the stone about the size of a normal sedan door cracked open to reveal an entrance and a dark cavern space inside, and an elderly black man in a dark gray hooded robe, who looked a little short but had a good bearing, stepped out.

Zorro stared at him silently for at least fifteen seconds.

"So, you're the elder who recommended me to be Lei Xiaogu and wants to see me? Why......"

He was about to ask the other party why, but the other party interrupted him by shaking his head.

"I'm the elder of the Hidden Elders of the Assassin Alliance, but I'm not the one who recommended you to be Lei Xiaogu. You didn't come here to see me. ”

"Then you ......"

"You're about to know the answer you want right, but not from me." The black man in the hood said lightly, "Now, please follow me." ”

As the gate closing, disguised as a boulder, closed outward, Zorro followed the old black man through the only corridor for several minutes. The corridor was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, but the old black man didn't mean to ask for an electric light, and he surprisingly came and went freely in this environment. It was in this environment that Zorro, who was paying close attention, discovered the special features of this corridor. There are shelves at intervals on either side of it, which can be used to hold a variety of cold weapons as well as small hot weapons. And in every interval, there is a thick gate that is hidden from top to bottom. With this, if necessary, those who want to attack this cave from the outside will need to face several difficult positions to attack.

It would be an exaggeration to say that this is just a retreat for the elders of the mysterious elder group of a mysterious organization.

But inside, it's a different story. The innermost part of the corridor are two more exaggerated gates, which are also in a state of receiving from the ceiling. The focus is not on them, but on what is behind them - those are the two caverns.

One of them is a living room with a bed. Zorro just took a quick look and found that there were TVs, air conditioners, computers, tables and chairs, and so on. Compared to the road in front of it, it is full of modern atmosphere. And the other cave, which the old black man had brought Zorro into, was about a square meter. Inside, apart from a sized-scale console against the wall, there was only a familiar and somewhat familiar machine in the middle of the cavern that looked like a beach bed - it was connected by several cables extending from the console, and a middle-aged white-skinned man lying on it.

The entire cave, if there were no other secret passages, Zorro had already seen it all. There were only two of them. Since the old black man said that it was not him who Zorro wanted to see, it could only be the white uncle in front of him.

Under the service of the old black man, the white uncle, who had closed his eyes and didn't know whether he was sleeping or what, looked Zorro up and down.

"Then you're ......"

Again, Zorro was interrupted - I don't know if it was the habit of the suspected master and servant.

"So you're the one I know?"

Faced with the other party's words, Zorro spread his hands helplessly: "Maybe it is, maybe not." I think I would be better able to answer your question if you answered my question first. So, would you like to consider putting down your style first and letting me make the process as simple as possible? ”

Snatched away by Zorro's machine-gun-like words, the white uncle was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"You're right, we don't need polite words, just get straight to the point."

He suddenly got off the machine and walked over to the console. Zorro realized that the other party was not a sick person as he originally thought, but very mental, and his body movements were also very coordinated.

He took out a piece of paper that seemed to be a photograph from a box on the counter, staggered a few steps to Zorro, and handed it out.

It was indeed a photo, but Zorro was surprised by its contents. That's when he briefly confronts Gordon, another Gordon, the Inhuman, at the scene where Jason Toth attacked the Riddler as Red Hood after solving the Kevin Flynn incident. That was his first and so far last cosplay with Ezio, one of the most popular protagonists in the League of Assassins video game series.

"Then I'll just say it, I want you to be the leader of the assassins." So said the white uncle.

Zorro was still a little in a trance, and subconsciously replied: "Lei Xiaogu's seat is already occupied." ”

Hearing this, the white uncle smiled and shook his head.

"I'm not talking about Lei Xiaogu's position, and I'm not talking about the leader of the assassins. I'm talking about ......"

Whatever the white uncle said next, Zorro didn't listen. He was startled by what he remembered. The bed-shaped machine in the middle of the cavern was no wonder he felt a little familiar, the Animus, the machine in the Assassin's Creed games that could read the memories that people kept in their genes and passed down through their genes!

Thinking of this, Zorro immediately interrupted the white uncle who was still talking to him and asked directly, "Who are you?" ”

The white uncle looked at him, paused, then became serious and gave an answer.

"My name is Callum Lynch. But you and I both know that the name doesn't matter. With that, he handed the picture again, "The Assassin's robe on it is in the Florentine style of the Renaissance, so you should have opened the memories of Ezio from your genes, right?" In every sense of the word, Ezio's ancestors were among the most admired Assassins. And Ward, maybe you've heard of it. Although not as outstanding as Ezio's predecessors, it ...... Mine is Aguilla during the Spanish Inquisition. ”

Speaking of which, he paused again. When he spoke again, he "squeezed" out the words that he didn't know how long he had been hiding like a sausage, and there was no room for Zorro to respond.

"Don't look at me as neat, in fact I don't have much time. I used the Animus too much, which damaged my brain and caused my body to experience unbearable symptoms from time to time, which made it impossible for me to carry out our mission as Assassins. Thankfully, I found you as the situation got worse and worse, and it was almost desperate! ”

"I don't have many men, all of them are hidden within the League of Assassins. They need a healthy, courageous, and resourceful leader. Originally, I thought that was all there was to it, but I didn't expect to find a descendant of an ancient Assassin Order, which is an added bonus! ”

"The League of Assassins has a different history, a different origin, and even a different purpose and belief from us, but we have coexisted with them for almost a century. I originally planned to make you a thunder Gu, and you could integrate the resources of both sides, both openly and secretly. But now...... I heard that you have a certain relationship with the newcomer Lei Xiaogu, you can decide for yourself. We don't need their money and manpower, but we do need their intelligence and connections. ”

"Also, our enemies for thousands of years, the Knights Templar, they still exist. If there's one thing I've accomplished, it's that I've kept us completely and better hidden. It's a pity that we've only been a small part of them over the years, not even the tip of the iceberg. Now that my time has come to an end, you are to lead our people to our mission and to carry out our creed, with the memories and talents you have acquired from Ezio's forefathers. ”

"Nothing-is-true, Everything-is-permitted."

(P.S.: The final chapter of Gotham Roll!) Whew, I finally made up for all the things I owed during the business trip...... ）