The car stopped on the road in front of Gotham University, and the tires made a "creaking" sound against the ground, and Victor quickly pushed the car door, got out of the car, and was relieved to see the brightly lit Gotham University dormitory building.

"I've said a long time ago that Gotham City is so big, even if dozens of people fall, it won't be so coincidental that it will fall into Gotham University." Harvey patted Victor on the shoulder,

Victor took a deep breath and did not relax, but continued to walk briskly towards the university, he said, "No, it's not sure yet, the lab is far away from the dormitory......"

Harvey shook his head helplessly, but still followed him, and the two of them walked briskly through the buildings in the university, through the teaching building, the government building, and the dormitory building, and finally came to the laboratory building on the east side.

On the surface, the lab building was pitch black, because it was already early in the morning, and there were no students and teachers at Gotham University who would stay up late doing experiments, so the lab building was always very quiet at night.

However, it irritated Victor a little, and reminded him of many bad things, and perhaps he had rehearsed this situation countless times in his head, and the madness of that paranoia almost overwhelmed him.

"Calm down, Victor...... Victor! Come back! Harvey shouted from behind, and Victor had already hurried into the lab building.

Heavy footsteps rang out in the stairwell, and Victor rushed to the floor where the lab was located, and just as he stopped at the top of the staircase, he saw a faint light coming through a door in the hallway.

Like a moth mesmerized by the light, Victor walked straight to the door, and when he pushed it open, he saw that several children were standing outside the hatch in the cold light cast by the freezer, looking up at his wife.

Hearing the movement, the children turned around, and when they saw Victor, they chattered around him, and Victor was a little overwhelmed, and he recognized that it seemed to be the newsboys who had been delivering letters to Gotham University.

"Professor Victor! You're finally here, and we'll be asleep if you don't! ”

"yes, yes, we arrived ten minutes ago, and we thought you wouldn't be coming, so we were going to go."

"What's going on? Why are you here? Where did you get the keys to the lab? ”

The little newsboys began to explain again that Victor was a little annoyed by their quarrel, and he pressed the head of one of the little boys and said, "Don't make any noise, you speak first." ”

The little boy raised his head a little proudly, cleared his throat and said, "Originally, we all lived in the guard room of Gotham University, the one at the east gate, you should know, it was specially for the newsboys. ”

"About ten minutes ago, we got a call from Boss Copote, who told us to go get the key hidden in the door frame and wait for you in the lab."

"The door frame was so high that we could barely get the keys off with a few stacks on top of each other, and he said that if anyone invaded the lab, he would freeze them with the cryo gun next to him."

"You're not done yet!" A little girl raised her voice and added, "Boss Cobott said that if the lights are dark and the switch doesn't work, go next door and turn on the generator." ”

"yes, that's right, he said what button to press!"

"We've been waiting here for a long time, and no one has come to invade, and there's no power cut, and we're all asleep waiting......"

The children were very young, about seven or eight years old, and they were all a group of small beans, and they talked like sparrows in the snow.

Victor looked down at them, and when he heard that Victor didn't speak, they all fell silent, and everyone looked up and looked at Victor.

Victor slowly squatted down, took the little boy in his arms, touched his head and said, "Thank you." ”

When Harvey walked in, he saw such a scene, and after the two sent the group back to bed, they returned to Victor's laboratory.

As they stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the blazing Gotham City, their shadows coming and going by the changing light outside the windows, Harvey heard Victor say:

"Many people say that this place cannot be saved, they say that the darkness here is hopeless, that there is no end......"

"People say it's the Gotham people who make up this darkness, so chaos and madness are what they deserve, do you think they're really hopeless?"

Harvey turned his head to look at the buildings in the city, and he said, "I have always believed that no place in this world is hopeless, and that's why I'm here." ”

"I don't know what the darkness here originally came from, but I know that when the dark night falls, there is no light left, but human beings still create fire and illuminate their civilization."

"Do you hear what the crowd is shouting?" Victor looked out the window and said, "They say to clear the evil and keep the peace, they say to save the ......"

Harvey shook his head and said, "If it was so simple to save Gotham, I wouldn't have been dormant until now, with nothing to accomplish." ”

"Justice? On what basis did they condemn Gotham's justice? If they have never lived in this city, have never understood the people and things in this land, and cannot empathize with the people here, then their so-called justice will become like this......"

As he spoke, the two of them looked at the city at the same time, where the chaos continued.

They all understood that this was not the so-called throes of change, and that these messengers of justice who had descended from the sky could do nothing but disturb the Gotham's good night's dreams.

At the central turntable of Gotham, it was bustling at this time, and Tyrone raised the green light ring in his hand and shouted: "Green light forever, eternal light, joint shield!" ”

All the Green Lantern Men who were driven out of the central turntable stood together, and they simultaneously activated the little green light energy they had left, forming a shield, and Hal, who was standing next to Tyrone, shouted, "Where's Carol? Why didn't he come?! ”

"He was attacked by a magician before!" Tyrone replied, "That magician seems to have found him through some curse mark, the energy in his ring is depleted, and he is unconscious!" ”

Hal stretched out his hand, trying to concentrate, and a rich green glow bloomed from his hand, and Tyrone couldn't help but look sideways.

But at this time, their condition is very bad, the bat fighters on their heads are constantly dropping bombs, the gangsters are constantly pumping firepower, Clark is watching from the sidelines, and the Green Lanterns don't even have a space to escape.

"Concentrate your strength! Knock that plane down! Tyrone began to command, and the Green Lanterns concentrated their attention, constantly firing green light waves, but the Batfighters dodged flexibly.

Just then, Clark heard Batman's voice coming from the Batfighters flying past him: "Attack! ”

"No, I can't get my hands dirty in the city center! That would ruin everything here. Clark said hesitantly.

"Do it, I can rebuild."

"No, that's going to affect a lot of buildings!"

"I've got money!"

Clark was speechless, but looking at the Green Lanterns who were gradually organizing their attacks, he also knew that it was time to make a move.

Clark spread his arms, the blizzard swirled around him, and with a bitter cold snap, he swooped down like a falcon feathered in snow, and as he approached, Tyrone shouted, "Concentrate your defense!" Stop him! ”

The green energy converged in the direction of Clark's swoop, forming a more condensed shield, but the moment it touched Clark, the shield shattered.

"Boom!"

Clark was like a humanoid missile, and the aura around him blew all the Green Lanterns away.

In the face of an almost irresistible force, many Green Lanterns don't even have the strength to stand up, and Green Lantern, who relies on willpower to fight, has almost lost all combat effectiveness once they begin to feel fearful.

Even Legion Commander Tyrone didn't have the courage to face Clark directly, and he collapsed on the ground and slowly closed his eyes.

But at this moment, an even richer green light lit up beside him.

Hal floated into the air, face to face with Clark, Tyrone saw that the ring on his hand had begun to flicker, indicating that the energy was running out, he wanted to open his mouth to warn, but heard Hal say:

"You can't hurt them, back off!"

The biological force field around Clark grew stronger and stronger, Hal's figure staggered in the storm, and all the Green Lantern on the ground were extremely nervous, and despair spread.

But suddenly, a rich green light pierced the wind and snow like a sharp sword, and a somewhat illusory green shark swam over from the clouds.

Tyrone's eyes widened and he said, "Green Light Beast Ion Shark?!" How is this possible??! …… Ion Man! Hal is the new Ion Man! ”

The green shark slowly swam into Howl's body, and a green sun rose from the wind and snow.

Not to be outdone, Clark also emitted a strong solar light around him, and just as the two huge balls of light were about to collide together, a small black fighter plane passed through the light.

In the Batfighter, a phone is thrown out, and Batman says to Clark, "Next, there's your phone!" ”

Clarke's momentum froze, and after he answered the phone, he was a little stunned, but soon, the harsh phone rang, and Clark subconsciously picked up the earpiece and put it to his ear.

"Hello? …… Uh, Professor, sorry! I've been delayed by something! …… Is it? You've been waiting for me for a long time? Oh, my God! I'm so sorry! I almost forgot what I'm here for! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll go right over...... Ah, don't be angry, I'll explain it to you later, and I'll be right away! ”

After hanging up the phone, Clark collected the light on his body and said to Hal, "I have something urgent today, you will wait for me next time!" ”

With that, he flew away, Hal with his hands on his hips in mid-air, watching his back, but the Green Lanterns below were already cheering.

They chanted the name of Ion Man, and Hal slowly landed in the center of the turntable, and with enough green light energy, he waved his hand and brought everyone back to the headquarters.

Landing on the ground of the headquarters, Tyrone breathed a sigh of relief, he stepped forward and said to Hal, "Excellent recruit, you have performed beyond my imagination. ”

He glanced at Howl's chest, which had the symbol of the Ion Shark looming on it, and said, "It seems that the Green Light Beast Ion Shark has chosen you, and you have become a unique Ion Man." ”

As he spoke, he took a deep breath, then sighed again and said, "After the original commander of the Green Lantern Legion, Senisto defected from the legion, I was also ordered to be in danger, and I underestimated various situations. ”

He looked around at the Green Lanterns and said, "Hal, if it weren't for you, we would all be lost there, you saved everyone, you deserve to be promoted, and from today, you will be officially Green Lantern." ”

Everyone cheered, but Tyrone pressed down with his hand, and then said: "In addition, the original adjutant Carol was not lightly injured, and I am afraid that he will have to go back to recuperate for a while, I hope to invite you to be my adjutant to make up for the lack of my work." ”

As soon as Hal wanted to be humble, Tyrone said, "Please don't refuse, I have a hunch that you have the potential to surpass your predecessors, and perhaps, you will become the greatest Green Lantern of all time......"

As he spoke, he held out his hand, and Hal paused in place and sighed, but walked up anyway and took his hand, and the two of them clasped their hands together, and the conviction in the eyes of both was stronger.

At the same time, in the Rodriguez Manor, Schiller leaned back on the sofa, and Batman on the opposite side looked at him and asked:

"So, what are you deliberately doing with so many coincidences and going around in such a big circle?"

Schiller leaned sideways, leaned on the armrest of the couch and asked, "Remember, the mysterious list that made the CIA agents search the entire East Coast?" ”

"You mean the Philby list? What does this have to do with it? ”

Schiller smiled, and when he looked up, Batman was sure that he saw a light called wisdom in the professor's eyes.

"Perhaps, we're going to have a 'Howl List' soon."

In the Green Lantern Legion headquarters, the wounded and exhausted Green Lanterns dispersed, and Legion Commander Tyrone also left after handing over his work to Hal.

Hal was the only one left in the central core of the headquarters, and he sighed with some emotion and looked around, which was full of equipment and screens that he couldn't read.

But just as he turned his head to look to the right, he suddenly noticed that a screen was lit up.

He stepped forward and found that it seemed to be the office interface that Tyrone had forgotten to close, and just as he was about to reach out and touch it, a line of words popped up on the screen: "Encrypted information, permission confirmed...... Confirmed. ”

Hal didn't do anything, he saw the ring on his hand light up, and then the entire screen was filled with dense information.

On it, there is a detailed defense map of all sectors of the Green Lantern Corps, and detailed personal information of all official Green Lanterns.

Howl's heart skipped a beat.

A series of images crossed before his eyes, the dark corridors of the mayor's estate, Aisha and Dick's initiation lessons, the mysterious and old butler......

At that time, he remembered, one of the skills Alfred taught was called ...... Self-cultivation of a spy.