Mason was severely reprimanded by Dr. Leslie ten minutes later, because the room was filled with choking smoke and a few cigarette butts, which made the doctor think that Mason had done it.

The young man suffered a big loss, but there was no way to explain it.

He couldn't say that it was a bastard mage who smoked a cigarette and opened the portal and left, in that case Dr. Leslie would probably have to wonder if Mason's mental state was normal.

This fully proves that it is never a good thing to be involved with Konstantin.

That guy is a walking disaster that brings misfortune to everyone around him.

But the good news was that Mason's recovery was so good that he was allowed to be discharged by noon the next day. He politely said goodbye to Dr. Leslie, who coldly advised him to smoke less.

Why can't this be explained?

"Shall we go straight to the safe house?"

Director Gordon came to pick him up on leave today, and while sitting in Gordon's car, Mason joked to him while fastening his seatbelt:

"Don't dislike me for having too much to do, but this time I really have to pick a good place."

"Yes, the last incident taught me a lesson, I can't use the connections in the police station anymore, so I used my personal connections to find you a more hidden place.

Trust me, I'll be able to please you, kid. ”

The chief smiled with a raised brow, and the real old man turned on the music radio and started the car, and after about twenty minutes, they stopped on the side of the road in a nice neighborhood.

Mason opened the car door and took a look, and in front of him was a standard American house with a lot of life.

With a large garden and backyard, a young girl in a wheelchair was building flowers and trees on the lawn, and when she saw Gordon get out of the car, the red-haired girl with black-rimmed glasses like the director called sweetly:

"Dad, why did you come back so quickly? Is this the Mason you've been talking about? ”

"Daddy?"

Mason looked back at Gordon in surprise.

The latter, with a look of "this is a surprise", patted the young man on the shoulder and said:

"Until the Assassin League affair and the Penguins hunt for you are over, you can stay in my house, and I will protect you personally."

"No way!"

The young man didn't even think about it, and immediately refused.

He glanced at the young girl who was coming towards him in a wheelchair, and whispered to the director:

"Last time they blew up a building to catch me, a dark wizard is still targeting me, Director, this is not a joke, you still have your family here!"

"Call me Gordon."

The director himself didn't care about that.

He didn't explain immediately, patted Mason on the shoulder and said:

"That's Barbara's advice, and besides, don't underestimate my daughter."

He stepped forward and hugged his daughter with a smile on his face, pushed her wheelchair to the door, took a few steps and looked back at Mason who was standing on the side of the car with a tangled face, beckoned to him, and said:

"Come here, Barbara has prepared lunch in advance, are you going to stay there rudely all the time waiting for us to invite you over?"

"I still think this needs to be discussed again."

Mason followed with a tangled face.

On the one hand, he was very grateful to Director Gordon for this arrangement.

Whether or not it was due to the previous accident in the safe house that caused the director to feel guilty, it was enough that he could bring this still risky guy to his own home.

Young people, on the other hand, are increasingly aware of the secrets that lie in them.

In the face of the emerging Stars and the Soul Curse entrusted with the investigation of Zakang, the Penguins or even the Assassins' Coalition are nothing to hunt down.

These unimaginable secrets are too dangerous for ordinary people to be involved in them.

As for whether Barbara Gordon is really powerful, Mason never doubted it at all, and the young man can't tell the story of the red-haired girl in front of him, he can only say that he still remembers it.

After all, she is a perennial figure who occupies the top ten of the "Sexiest Heroines List".

Although this harmless red-haired girl is now in a wheelchair, she was a bat girl trained by Batman himself before she was paralyzed.

This is a "heroic class" rather than a simple name, just like that hapless "Robin", and it is conservatively estimated that Barbara Gordon in a wheelchair can do two or three adults with his bare hands.

But what's going on with Mason is so big that it's far from a threat that a paralyzed ex-superhero can handle alone.

So while eating at the table with the father and daughter, Mason was talking and laughing, and at the same time mentally planning to convince Gordon to change places for him.

Father and daughter are rare good people in Gotham City, and they shouldn't be threatened anymore for their own reasons.

Before he could say this, Gordon wiped his mouth after eating a steak and told Mason, who was introducing the curious Barbara to Oriental cuisine, another thing that almost broke his defense.

"What? You repeat? ”

Mason maintained a posture of holding a knife and fork in his hands, and the whole person was stupid.

He sat in his chair and stared at Gordon and said:

"I may have misheard, what did you just say? Who is my new guardian? ”

"Me."

Director Gordon smiled and said:

"You're only 17 years old, Mason. You have no immediate family members and your situation is very complicated, and the night Batman dropped you off at Dr. Leslie's clinic, he spoke to me on the phone in the hope that I could take care of you before you turned 20.

I agreed, and now the guardianship procedures are already being processed.

Barbara was also very supportive of me in doing so. ”

"That's right."

The red-haired girl sitting next to Mason showed a gentle smile, and with her black eyes and beautiful face, she looked full of a sense of peace like an intellectual big sister.

She put down her knife and fork, wiped her mouth, and said to the sluggish Mason:

"I learned your story from my father, and it's hard to imagine that you could grow up in such a terrible situation and still have a heart that doesn't want to go along with the gangsters.

You're really strong and brave, Mason, not to mention the fact that you saved my dad and a lot of cops when the mob attacked the police station.

Batman also thinks you deserve help, and Dad and I will do our best to help you.

It just so happens that little James doesn't usually come back from boarding school, you can stay in his room first, I already helped you clean up last night. ”

"No, it's not this, you let me think about it first, it's a bit of a mess."

Mason rubbed his forehead and brushed the process of this matter, and then, he looked at Gordon, and said in a strange tone:

"I feel like I've just accepted you as a trusted elder and friend, Gordon, but it's not been a day before you tell me you're probably going to be my 'father.'"

It caught me off guard. ”

"You can get used to it, Mason. But for now, it's the best thing to do, not just to keep you safe, but to give you a chance to adjust to normal life.

The abilities you've demonstrated are dangerous for ordinary people.

Giving you a gun allows you to cause a massacre on your own, and as a police officer, I can't just leave you in a foster home.

That's irresponsible behavior. ”

Gordon put on his glasses and said to Mason:

"Also, don't look at my house as ordinary, but it's connected to Batman's security system.

Once you're in danger, it's one of the safest places in Gotham, I mean, you have to... Wait a minute, I'll take an important call. ”

The chief's words were interrupted by the vibration of his mobile phone, and he glanced at the number and realized that it was from the police station, so he got up and went to the outside of the restaurant to answer the phone.

Barbara Gordon looked at Mason who had his head down.

She turned her wheelchair to the young man, patted him on the shoulder and said to him:

"Mason, I heard you admire Batman?"

"The kind that I admire very much, when I was beaten up very badly when I was a child, I would often fantasize about Batman suddenly appearing to save me from the sea of suffering."

Mason rubbed his forehead and said to the gentle girl:

"Barbara, you're a nice guy, just like Gordon, and I really appreciate you and Gordon for everything you've done for me, but I'm sorry, I can't really bring danger to you."

His words made Barbara laugh.

The beautiful and gentle girl sat in a wheelchair and shook her head, she pushed her black-rimmed glasses and then patted herself on the abdomen, and joked to Mason:

"I've been through the dangers for a long time, and I was shot by the clown, and the vicious bullet shattered my spine and left me in a wheelchair for the rest of my body.

Can you do me and my dad more danger than the craziest madman in the city with a gun in the middle of the night? ”

She squeezed her eyes and made a shooting motion.

The smile on her face surprised Mason for a moment.

He was sure the girl wasn't smiling. Barbara Gordon really doesn't care much about the "deadly joke" that almost killed her.

"I think that's probably why Batman asked Dad to be your guardian."

The former bat girl looked at Mason and said:

"I was too young to protect myself, and I fell victim to the bad guys who targeted Batman, and I was shrouded in cold and dark times, but I eventually came out with the encouragement of my father and friends.

It's like you're right now. ”

Gentle Baba stretched out her hand to shake Mason's hands, and she said:

"Mason, Batman may be hoping that I can help you say goodbye to the past at this moment.

And you can't go either!

I've cleaned up your room for you, you can't imagine how hard it is for a person in a wheelchair to clean up a room, and I don't want my efforts to be in vain.

Stay a few more days at least, okay?

My father worked overtime until midnight, and I was quite lonely at home alone. ”

Looking at Barbara's smile and invitation, Mason felt touched in his heart, he pursed his lips and joked:

"This beautiful girl, is it really good for you to invite a strange man to live at home so directly? Aren't you afraid I'm a bad guy or something?

After all, I'm a Penguin villain. ”

"Don't be afraid."

Barbara grinned and ruffled her long red hair.

She waved her fist and said:

"My boyfriend is very powerful, if you dare to bully me, you must be as good-looking as you."

"Kids, I have to go to Black Gate Prison right now."

Gordon walked into the dining room with his mobile phone, put on his clothes, and kissed his daughter on the cheek, and he hurriedly said to Mason and Barbara:

"The penguin man's hap started playing crazy and attacked the prison staff, and his lawyer said he was seriously mentally ill and tried to get him out of prison for medical treatment.

I asked Arkham Asylum to send a psychiatrist with me.

That bastard doesn't want to get away with the punishment he's supposed to be.

I might be back late tonight, you don't have to wait for me to get some rest, Mason! Don't run around, remember? The Penguins are still looking for you in the city. ”

"I know."

Mason got up and sent Gordon to the door.

He glanced at the dining room and whispered to the director:

"Keep me a gun, Gordon, you don't want to see Barbara in danger because of me, do you? I've said it all, it's a terrible idea to keep me. ”

"Come on, you can't beat my daughter with a gun, don't underestimate her just because she's in a wheelchair."

The Director shook his head and said to Mason:

"The second drawer under the desk in the study, there are the things you need, I have seen your skills, help me protect Barbara."

With that, the director strode away.

Mason returned to the dining room to help Barbara clean up the dishes, and while the girl was back to her room studying, she went to Gordon's study and got a pistol full of ammunition and a fairly professional silencer under her desk.

He put the gun on his waist and went back to his room.

"Mason! Are you busy? ”

A few minutes later, Barbara's voice rang out from outside the door, and Mason, who had just been lying down, got up and opened the door, and saw a beautiful and gentle girl looking at him with a sunhat, and said:

"The garden hasn't been built yet, and it's rare to have a strong tenant, why don't you help me get it?"

The young man shrugged his shoulders, stepped forward and pushed Barbara out the door.

The two spent hours chatting about cleaning the lawn until the evening, when Barbara, who was in a wheelchair, suddenly pointed to Mason's collar and exclaimed:

"Wow, your collar pin is glowing, what a cool little thing."

"Huh?"

Mason glanced at the Eye of Hell pinned to his collar, a glimmer of light dancing in the evening night.

But this thing given by Zakang doesn't glow under normal circumstances, it's warning of danger! This made the young man's expression serious, and he reached out and pulled out the gun behind his waist and loaded it with a click.

He said to Barbara behind him:

"Go back to the house! Barbara, find a place to hide, call for support by the way, trouble comes to the door. ”

The redhead girl in the wheelchair did not scream in fear when she encountered danger like ordinary girls, but instead calmly pushed the wheelchair back to the house.

Mason stood guard in the doorway, his gun, and then put the silencer in place and hid by the lawn.

He saw a couple of armed men around the corner of the street coming out of a car and walking menacingly towards Gordon's house.

The denied pace and arrogant attitude of the six relatives made Mason's eyes narrow, the black-clad killer of the Assassin League he had met once would not be so blatant.

So, it's the real Penguin Gang gunners who come to the door this time?

Mason wasn't surprised.

But he felt that Gordon needed to take a good look at the secrecy of communications in the police station, Mason had just been discharged from the hospital at noon, and a gunman came to the door at night, and the Gotham police department had really been completely infiltrated into a sieve.

When he saw one of the guys raise his weapon and start aiming, Mason decisively pulled the trigger.

Lv3's archery allowed him to easily blow out that guy's head at this distance even without using combat assistance, and the feeling of killing thousands of zombies in the wizarding world did not disappoint him.

Shots rang out.

Before the guy on the other side could react, the second shot came one after another, and in just two seconds, three of the six gangster brothers were knocked over by Mason, and they didn't fire a single shot.

The remaining three were frightened, turned and ran.

Mason was about to refill his gun, but as he got up, a car burst out of the evening night at a frighteningly fast speed, slamming into the three fleeing gunmen and sending them off on the spot.

The one that flew the farthest was thrown out five meters before landing.

The scene made the young man raise an eyebrow, and then the window rolled down, and a guy with sunglasses waved at him, motioning for him to come over.

"Charles?"

Mason walked briskly to the side of the car, looked at the kite man in disguise sitting in the driver's seat, and said:

"Didn't you let me meet me at the docks?"

"I'm not worried about you, boss."

The kite man grabbed the steering wheel and said with a hippie smile:

"I've been looking for you since you were taken away by Batman, and I met these Penguin Gang members in a bar where the gang often hangs out, and they said they wanted to seek revenge on the traitors.

I knew they were coming for you.

But Boss, these guys are just bait, and there are some black-clad people in the back street who don't look like they're messing with, so they're coming over soon. ”

Charles threw his travel backpack to Mason and said:

"This is your equipment, do you need my help?"

Mason tied the small leather bag around his waist, waved his hand and took out the invisibility cloak from it, draped it over his body, looked at the house behind him, and said to the kite man:

"You hurry up, this place is monitored by Batman, I can't say he'll come in a while. Hide that box and we'll meet at the docks tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Okay, there's still their people in the bar, I'll go back and see if I can catch a live one and see who's behind the charge. We can't live in such a state of fear all the time, can we? ”

The kite man winked and waved goodbye.

Mason watched him leave in an invisibility cloak, looked at the three poor worms who had been knocked away, and sighed in his heart that it felt good to have a reliable little brother to help.

And the kite man said it very well.

He desperately escaped from another world, but he didn't live in fear!

In the next moment, he draped his invisibility cloak over his body, grabbed his handy crit shotgun from his waist bag, and inserted the intimidating double-barreled hand cannon into his waist, carrying the sheathed Sujay's Eagle behind his back.

Mason craned his neck and slipped silently towards the Gordon House in the darkness.

Gotta make a big deal out of it so Gordon can see the danger.

In this way, you don't have to call him "Dad", right?