36. It's finally possible to live a peaceful life ... Is it?

The news of the fire at Blackgate Prison quickly appeared in the Gotham Morning Post the next morning, and it did cause some discussion, especially since a large number of prisoners died in the fire, which really made a group of Gotham citizens applaud.

Of course, the Internet is naturally full of accusations of "how is this city, please ask".

Gotham's famous "Villains Forum" is said to have leaked the latest conspiracy theories, all pointing to the Batboy who appeared near the prison when it caught fire.

But it has happened, and nothing left can change the reality that this matter has been closed in the coffin, except for discussion. And Mason also slept comfortably in the kite man's shabby apartment, rarely without worrying about being shot in a black gun.

When he woke up, Charles even made breakfast.

Of course, don't expect a divorced old man who lives alone to cook well, just heat up last night's leftovers and add two pieces of bread.

"Uh, boss, I didn't do your part."

When Mason rubbed his eyes and walked out of the room, the kite man who was watching TV and eating breakfast said awkwardly, Mason didn't care, he looked at the dilapidated apartment after washing, and asked:

"Where's your roommate?"

"Ran away."

The kite man said without raising his head:

"When I was in prison, he owed rent, left an IOU, and ran away. Would you like to share the rent with me? Don't look at this broken house, there should be everything.

And there are beautiful girls living on the opposite side and upstairs.

All you need is Mr. Grant or Mr. Franklin, and they'll be happy to spend lonely evenings with you. ”

"But I'm more used to being kind to myself."

Mason pouted and politely rejected the suggestion, then took out his suitcase and placed it on the ground, turned on the switch of the Traceless Extension Charm, and said to the eating Kite Man:

"I'll go in and see the 'guests', if something happens, you can just carry the box and leave, and it won't be affected inside."

"Leave it to me."

Charles made an OK gesture with the bread in his mouth.

Last night, I followed the Bat Family and the Boss to do a real big thing, and now part of the burning Black Gate Prison on the news is my own handiwork.

This is a highlight moment that has barely appeared in the Kite Man's past very failed villain career.

He will be in a happy mood, and he can eat several bowls of rice on the news in front of him.

Mason reached out and stepped into the box, took a deep breath, and buried his second foot in it as well.

In the next moment, a feeling of weightlessness enveloped his body, and after a second of whirlwind, he stood on the roof of Old K's three-story apartment.

The young man raised his head, looked at the white space that shone brightly around him, and then looked up at the top of his head, as if the white sky had opened a "skylight", and he could see the ceiling in the kite man's living room through the window.

"It's going to have to be fitted with a folding ladder."

Mason thought:

"Every time I fall like this, it's the same as bungee jumping, and sooner or later I will be tossed out of a heart attack."

But it's a lot of space.

The three-dimensional area of 500X500X50 makes this place very empty, even if there is a three-story apartment of the old K standing on the flat ground, there are large pieces of "undeveloped land" around it.

This is clearly the most perfect "mobile secret base".

Mason's imaginary alchemy room, forge, and enchanted inscription workshop can all be built here, and it can be completely designed according to his own style.

This caused the young man to immediately imagine a bright future after the "suitcase world", but the moment he pushed open the balcony door and stepped onto the top floor, he was greeted by a sword light.

"Kill you little bastard!"

The piercing screams rang out along with the sword light, representing the deep resentment of Catwoman-sama, who had been locked up here for 17 hours and was about to go crazy.

But Mason didn't dodge or fight back, he just stood there as if he was frightened, watching the sword stop dangerously in front of his forehead.

The catwoman who appeared in front of him did not bring her own cat-eared helmet and ruby goggles.

Not even that tight-fitting suit.

In fact, Mason seemed to be in the shower when she came.

He was wrapped in a bath towel, and his short black hair was covered with dripping water stains.

"Is there still hot water in this house?"

Mason asked curiously, only to be glared at viciously by Catwoman.

"Smack"

The razor-sharp Sujay Eagle was thrown out and stabbed against Mason's body against the wall behind him, and Catwoman walked barefoot on the floor with hatred:

"I didn't think so, after all, the water pipes were broken. But in fact, not only does it have hot water, but it also has all kinds of food in the fridge, even ingredients that I haven't seen before...

Well, that fish sushi tastes pretty good. ”

"Maybe it's magic."

Mason rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, and said:

"Old K, this house has its own magic enchantment, maybe it's custom-made."

"Who's Old K?"

Catwoman-sama returned to the bathroom, took off her towel and went back to the bathtub sprinkled with black rose petals without even closing the door.

She didn't seem to care about doing such a thing in front of a young man, although it could also be a conversation strategy on the part of the well-informed royal sister.

Anyway, Mason was very gentlemanly with his back to the bathroom, and he cleaned up the furniture and some of the old K's collections on the messy floor that had been affected by the house being moved to a suitcase.

That guy is really obsessed with weapons and armor.

There are several different sets of armor on the top floor alone, but unfortunately Mason's character card identification is just a simple artifact, not a priceless magical creation.

In the face of Catwoman's questioning, Mason did not hide it and told her everything about his five days of disappearance.

It's a long story, and Catwoman was so stunned that she even forgot to add bath bubbles to the bathtub. After Mason finished talking about the decisive battle before the Forbidden Forest, the eldest sister came back to her senses.

She got up from the bathtub, wiped her body and put on a set of black underwear wrapped in a bath towel and walked out, sat on the sofa by the balcony and made herself a cup of coffee with a sense of ritual.

This big sister belongs to the kind of aura that comes with her own, even eating a street stall can give you a kind of exquisiteness to enjoy classical music in a high-end concert hall.

She pondered Mason's story, and after nearly two minutes of silence, she asked:

"So, did you really travel to another world? Just by the door that is embedded in the wall? Are you sure you weren't hallucinating because of the psychedelic drugs given by that wizard old K? ”

"You've seen Tooth and Mao and Miss McGonagall, too."

Mason glanced back at her, pointed out the window to the zombie Tooth Tooth who was fighting with the three-headed dog Furfur outside the house, and said:

"Do you think those creatures have any plausible explanation other than that they're from another world?"

"Maybe it's a freak bred in a lab?"

Catwoman leaned back on the couch and rolled her eyes, sipping her coffee and playing with her delicate nails, no longer dwelling on the problem, and glanced at the door of the world inlaid on the wall several times.

He was asked again:

"How long are you going to keep me here? And what are you going to do to me? Declare in advance, young man, I wouldn't mind playing with you for a change of taste, but you know how good my boyfriend is.

If I disappear for too long, he'll find you sooner or later, unless you're going to kill me here once and for all. ”

"If I really had that mind, I would have thrown you into the zombie pile last night and it would be over."

Mason moved a chair and sat across from Catwoman.

From this angle, he could see some of the big sister's intimate positions, and Ms. Selena, who looked like a "walking hormone", seemed to notice Mason's gaze.

With a wicked smile of "teasing little boy", she suddenly opened her stacked legs, and Mason in front of her subconsciously turned his head.

Although the other party was wearing underwear and did not really leak out of spring, this youthful reaction still made Catwoman shrink into laughter on the sofa.

All the mystery and oppression that Mason brought with him disappeared in an instant with this cute reaction, and Selena felt more and more that the little boy in front of her, who had too many secrets, was really too interesting.

"Seriously, Ms. Selena, we're talking about your future."

Mason coughed a few times and said in an accentuated tone.

Catwoman, curled up on the couch, snorted and said in a lazy tone:

"I also want to dress as a way to be more formal, but the wardrobe is full of smelly men's clothes, and I don't like to wear those tights when I'm not working.

Except for certain occasions, the feeling of clothing being tight on the skin is not pleasant.

So you'll make do with it.

If you're not going to let me out soon, then remember to bring me some home clothes the next time you come. Considering your poor financial situation, you don't have to buy too well, Chanel will be fine with five of each of this year's trendy autumn and winter clothes. ”

As she said something that shocked the poor ghost Mason for a hundred years, she casually threw a bank card, and Mason took it in his hand and looked at it.

That black card had a discreet bat logo on it.

"The legendary Bat Black Card that can be infinitely overdrawn?"

Mason looked at the little thing, and he said:

"You've got it, so why do you want to visit those jewelry stores and museums? Wouldn't it be nice to see something you like and buy it? Bruce's rich man shouldn't be accounting for your expenses in this area, right? ”

"Sister, I'm an independent woman, and I don't like to rely on men very much."

Catwoman drank coffee, looked out the window, and said faintly:

"Only by being financially independent can you have an independent personality, and if you are adopted, you can't talk about a romantic relationship, you won't even understand this truth, right? Besides, how can the things you buy have the energy to be stolen?

That's an important means for me to realize the meaning of my life.

Say it, little one.

What do I have to do to get you to let me out? ”

She reached out and pulled the towel down from her shoulder, licked her lips and said to Mason:

"Want to enjoy the world's most expensive cat?"

"At the risk of having your neck snapped between your legs, or being hunted by Batman to the end of the world? No, I'm not interested, thanks. ”

Mason threw the Bat Black Card back to Catwoman, and said with a serious face:

"I have to make sure you don't tell Bruce Wayne what you know, and I don't want to imprison you for long, it's not good for me.

As you can see, this house is still useful for me, and it's not some temporary cat nest.

So we have to get this out as soon as possible.

I have a proposal for this! ”

The young man coughed and said:

"If you are willing to accept the constraints of magic, then a dark mage will visit me in a few days, and then we can make a contract, and then you will be free."

"Let me make sure that dark mage friend of yours is John Constantine?"

Catwoman frowned and said:

"Bruce enlisted Zatana Zatara's little slut and her ex-boyfriend to help rescue you, and maybe you became friends with Konstantin at that time.

But if it's him, then I refuse! ”

Selena refused in a categorical tone:

"If Konstantin had a sister and a dog, I would 100 percent choose that dog.

The last time I dealt with him was really memorable, he tried to drug me 7 times and seduced me 5 times with his damn magic during a meal with that guy.

Luckily, Bruce wasn't far away at the time, otherwise my sister I would really... In short, everyone in this world can do it, but he can't! You don't deal with him much, either!

That guy eats people and doesn't spit out bones. ”

"Then there's only one way left."

Mason pursed his lips and reached down and pulled up the sleeve of his left arm as Catwoman watched, revealing a black ghost claw tattoo.

He said:

"If you become a member of Team K, if we have a common dilemma to face and a common problem, and become the only people we can rely on each other when roaming in another world, then the crisis of trust that is bothering us now is a small trouble.

So a little presumptuous, but Ms. Selena, can I invite you to be my teammate? ”

"Going on an adventure to another world?"

Catwoman raised an eyebrow and didn't immediately agree.

But the light in her eyes clearly indicated that she was interested in the proposal.

After all, it has always been the nature of cats to take risks and die, and a good woman like her can't fight her instincts.

"There's a lot of risk."

Selena shook her head after more than ten seconds and said:

"First of all, you don't know what kind of organization that Stellar will be, and your knowledge of it is limited to what Old K tells you.

Secondly, there is no basis for the words, little one. ”

Catwoman pointed to the wooden door embedded in the wall, and said in a lazy tone:

"I'll have to see it for myself to convince myself to make up my mind."

Catwoman's answer silenced Mason, and after a few seconds, he asked:

"Aren't you afraid? I mean, in the face of such an invitation, in the face of a curse of unknown origin, how can a normal person hesitate for days, right?

Your eagerness scares me a little. ”

"The answer is simple, little Mason."

Selena pursed her lips, put down her coffee mug and explained:

"I have a great boyfriend, in my heart he can do anything, and tirelessly making trouble for him, enjoying what he has done for me is the greatest pleasure of the rest of my life.

And, I'm tired of the adventures that the city of Gotham has to offer.

If I don't find myself some new fun, I'm afraid that in a few years I may really be succumbing to the bliss of that charming bat.

So, I just bought a 'sightseeing ticket'. ”

Lying on the couch, Catwoman was really like a lazy cat and was going to take a nap, she waved her hand for Mason to play by herself, and said in a long voice:

"Notify me the next time you go to another world, I've been living here for the past few days, remember to bring me clothes."

Ten seconds later, she spoke again:

"Why are you still here? Hmm, I see, young people are stressed and want to release, right? Come, come, little friend, sister can give you a hand.

Don't be shy. ”

Looking at Mason's back as he left the apartment as if he was running away, Catwoman, who was lying on the sofa and taking a nap, showed a big smile, ah, she really never got tired of teasing a little boy.

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Mason scrambled out of his suitcase.

Well, this description alone feels a bit like "postmodernist impressionist madness".

Anyway, the young man went back to the floor and locked the box again, and he glanced at the kite man who was adjusting his jetpack, intending to let him go out with him and pick a place to stay.

But before he could speak, the next second he and the kite man raised their heads at the same time.

The ghost claw tattoos on both of their arms were abnormally hot, Mason frowned and reached out to pinch it, and in the gathering of broken light like stars, the "employee card" of the Stars Club appeared between his fingers.

He put it in front of him, and a line appeared on the card that recorded the situation of Team K:

Team K's superior liaison officer has arrived in the world, and all members of Team K are requested to go to the designated location to meet up with their superiors to complete the mission briefing.

"Boss!"

The kite man also saw this message from his ID card.

His face suddenly became frightened, and he grabbed the loaded pistol beside him, obviously very worried that he and Mason had teamed up to kill Old K, and the stars would find out.

"Don't panic!"

Mason shook his head and said:

"If it happens, it's not the liaison officer who comes, but a character like an execution team, and it will definitely not give us a hint. Calm point. ”

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, touched his left arm, and said:

"It's not the way to run away now, unless you make up your mind to call Batman, you can only play tricks with them first."