54. Sharing secrets with you is a sign of kindness in itself--[37/50]

Mason is admitted to Dr. Leslie's office, and his arrival startles the doctors who are on the night shift.

Mainly because the large and small wounds all over Mason's body looked too oozing, and the blood stained on his clothes made him look like he was rolling in a circle in the grinding disc of a sword.

But in reality, those injuries were skin injuries.

Aside from a slight loss of blood and weakness, Mason was fine.

But for the sake of the health of his employees, the cold-faced doctor still asked Mason to observe in the clinic for one night.

He was placed in the same hospital room where he had been last staying, and even though it was raining heavily, Batman had to go out on the night watch, so Mason was soon left alone in the ward.

The first few hours were fine, but in the second half of the night Mason started to feel very uncomfortable in his stomach, and then quickly developed symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.

He didn't bother Dr. Leslie, though.

He knew what was going on.

"Damn rejection..."

Mason was in the bathroom, vomiting several times in a row, making his cheeks look pale as reflected in the mirror.

In order to end the battle with Jason Todd as soon as possible in Crime Alley, he used the "Cleaner" Legion Booster found in the Headmaster's Office at Hogwarts House.

The label states that there will be a variety of negative reactions after the injection.

Young people will only be glad that they have not drawn the worst negative effects after experiencing the feeling of "weakening Wolverine".

As an alchemist, he has a very precise grasp of his physical condition. new

The current vomiting and diarrhea is just the process of excreting those harmful substances from the body, and with the strengthening of the unicorn blood he drank in Arkham Asylum last night, he can recover in a few hours at most.

This will definitely not be able to sleep.

So Mason sat on the toilet and took out the booster he had injected once by the light of the bathroom.

He looked at the delicate integrated syringe in his hand, and recalled in his mind the scene of his "second transformation" in Crime Alley just now.

Almost immediately after being injected with this booster, he gained all the abilities of Wolverine Logan.

Jason's two magic knives pierced his heart several times, but they didn't do any damage, and the heart healed itself the moment the blade left his body.

And the sharp bone claws that popped out of the fist, they were weapons that felt like they were flesh and blood, and every swing could bring terrifying damage to Jason.

The most powerful thing is the "Beast Instinct" that you are given while the booster is in effect.

The fighting instinct to sense the enemy's malice and attack patterns at any time in the heat of battle and adjust accordingly makes Mason feel like a killing machine.

Jason knew where the knife was going to slash every time he swung it, and every time he dodged, he instinctively attacked the weakest part of his defenses, and as his own blood and the blood of his enemies poured out, this beast instinct could also enter a berserk state similar to "blood rage".

Aside from a brief loss of mind, this thing has no weaknesses.

But even the loss of reason can make a person with the instinct of a beast more dangerous, like a wounded lone wolf.

"If only this side effect could be mitigated..."

Mason stared at the enhancer in his hand that had turned into [2/3] of the number of times he used, and his interest in this alchemical compound that could change the battle situation in a short period of time became more and more intense.

This thing is marked at Lv4 after alchemy, and you can try to analyze the blueprint of the basic enhancement, and now Mason just meets this condition, and he has tried it himself.

This allowed him to master some of the basic recipes after recovering from the enhanced state.

"This thing is for the Commander, and its adverse reactions should have been suppressed to the point that it is harmless to humans. But since there are models used by commanders, then there are certainly drugs for ordinary soldiers and cannon fodder.

And this "Legion of Cleaners"..."

Mason tried to take apart the syringe in his hand, which was not difficult to do with his current engineering skills, and as he disassembled, he thought:

"It's already certain that this Legion has destroyed all the important areas of the Hogwarts world, but if the zombie virus is spread by the stars, it means that there must be a partnership between the two organizations.

It is possible that the stars will mess up the world first, and then the cleaners will enter and kill them, and it is not difficult to see from Mr. Potter's diary that some of these cleaners are highly forced.

The Ministry of Magic was even uprooted and destroyed by one person.

But some of them need to use this booster to gain combat power against the elite Aurors, and the gap between this physical force is really huge."

The young man complained:

"It's like a mix of a Tyrannosaurus rex and a paramecium... Well? Wait, maybe that's true!"

An inspiration flashed through Mason's mind like a lightning bolt.

He thought about it and thought to himself:

"The members of the Stars are from various parallel worlds, and the members of the Pioneer Team are also from the selected best people from each world, if this Cleaner Legion and the Stars are in the same composition, then perhaps they are also the warriors of multiple worlds united every time they go out.

It's like Mr. Sandstorm said about "the vassal world of the Swarms". Isn't it normal for such a large organization to have legions that can be enslaved and driven?

Just as strong as Darkseid and his new gods will need a lot of cannon fodder demons to help them conquer the world.

In other words, the Justice League failed to stop the actions of the League of Assassins at the last moment, allowing the source zombie virus, which was judged to be "extremely dangerous", to spread, and perhaps the world will be reduced to an apocalyptic wasteland."

"Click"

A soft thud in his hand interrupted Mason's thoughts about the Stars and the Cleanup, and the delicate integrated syringe had been disassembled.

A small vial containing the liquid of the fortifier was revealed, two-thirds of which remained.

"That's enough for me to deduce the full formula."

Mason placed the vial full of pure liquid in front of his eyes and examined it carefully, and he decided to make it an important task for his alchemical progress in the future.

The configuration of other potions should be gradual, but this thing that can immediately strengthen the combat effectiveness of Team K must be mastered as soon as possible.

Just imagine, if he can replicate this drug, he can make Kite Man grow real wings, make Catwoman also become an immortal female god of war, and even give Zakang the ability to harness dangerous energy in a short period of time.

All members of Team K will have a gorgeous "second stage transformation", which will only last for 30 minutes and will have various adverse reactions.

But the crunch moment is also enough to save lives.

Mason nodded in satisfaction with this bright prospect, put away the solution in his hand into a potion box, and backhanded out the phoenix egg, which was bigger than an ostrich egg, from the suitcase.

He'd only had been getting it for a few days, and he hadn't even had time to take a closer look.

When you are idle, you will take it out and put it in front of your eyes to make a gesture, but you will not feel any signs of life in the eggshell, and you will not even hear the sound of egg yolk or egg liquid in it when you shake it in your ear.

"Isn't it really dead?"

Mason thought about it with a frown, and reached out and tapped it on the eggshell to make a low sound.

He also saw that the information label of this thing said that using flames could shorten the time it took for this phoenix to be reborn, so he decided to give it a try.

The young man lifted his pants and walked out of the bathroom, looking around for a lighter, and after a few seconds he reacted, shaking his head and reaching out to put the huge egg in his hand.

Demonic fire unleashed!

A "power blessing" from a demon ignited a magical fire, and the flame that danced on the fingers crawled upwards along the outline of the eggshell

The incineration quickly covered the whole egg in it.

Under Mason's gaze, after being covered in magical flames, the egg, which did not move at all, vibrated strangely, as if sensing the delicious flames and taking a "deep breath" after a few seconds of preparation.

The young man only felt a huge attraction burst from the eggshell.

Not only did he devour all the magic fires he ignited, but he even drew his energy in turn to continuously generate magical flames, so that it was constantly wrapped in flames.

It seems to enjoy the encirclement of this magical fire.

But it bittered Mason.

He usually uses magic fire to smelt ore or alchemy, which is an act that requires very delicate manipulation, where is there such a wild "arson" experience?

This would be reversed, causing Mason to feel weakened very quickly, and after ten seconds he felt the world spin even when he stood still.

"Bang"

The "insatiable" phoenix egg was thrown out by Mason, and the action caused the young man to sit on the ground panting.

The tiredness on his cheeks seemed to be sucked dry.

The good news is that the legendary creature's eggs aren't that fragile, and they don't break when they are thrown to the ground, but instead gurgle and roll all the way to the window.

The bad news is that Mason is so weak that he can't stand up for a while.

Moreover, there is actually a negative effect of [Energy Weakness] in the status bar of the character card, prompting him to be unable to summon magic fire in the next twenty-four hours.

Of course, there is a second piece of good news in the bad news:

Successfully complete a Massive Demonic Fire Summon, increase the proficiency of Craftsman's Fire Manipulation Skills, which is currently Lv2, and unlock the Mysterious Talent to [Craftsman: Flame Shaping].

This talent allows the user to expend more energy to complete complex shapes when smelting small metal pieces with magical fire.

"Well, it's not a loss, but I really don't want to do it again."

Mason lay on the floor and rested for a few minutes before he could come to his senses, he got up with weak hands and feet, walked to the window and picked up his phoenix egg, and found that the terrifying time it took to complete Nirvana's rebirth of more than a hundred years had been shortened by five years in one breath after the demon fire just now was absorbed.

It seems that this magic flame is more "nutritious" than ordinary flames, huh?

But the problem is that Mason can't stand this kind of pumping, so he can only find other ways to see if he can satisfy the absorption of this "big stomach".

Mason was exhausted by the egg and tried to climb into bed to rest for a while, but before he could close his eyes, he heard the sound of the window opening.

The young man immediately grabbed a fruit knife on the bedside table, and then opened his eyes to look.

Batman in the dark is entering the hospital room through a window.

There were still water stains on his cloak and battle jacket from the rainy night, and it seemed that this was the end of today's night watch and was about to call it a day.

"The door is over there!"

Mason sat up from the bed and yawned and pointed to the door of the ward, the old man did not care about the unique humor, he just looked at the exhaustion and weakness on Mason's face.

It seems that Jason did beat him up a lot, which made the old man feel a little guilty again.

It's all because I didn't educate Jason's kid well...

"I'll tell you something, Mason."

Standing beside the bedside, he did not turn on the light but habitually hid in the shadows, and said to Mason, who was sitting on the bed, in his trademark hoarse voice:

"It's everything that has to do with you, and I think it's time to tell you. The truth may make you feel uncomfortable, but sooner or later you will have to come into contact with it."

This opening line made Mason raise an eyebrow.

Seeing that the old man looked so serious, Mason probably guessed what he was going to say, so the young man put on a serious look.

Batman took a very old document from his bosom and threw it in front of Mason, the young man glanced at him, opened the lamp at the bedside, and opened it in a faint light.

The cover is an adoption record from the Gotham Orphanage.

Unsurprisingly, it was a legal certificate that Mason was adopted when he was a year old, but the adopter was not Mason's parents, but a name he had never heard of.

"You're not Robert Cooper and Elsa Cooper's own child, Mason.

When I came into contact with you, I asked Alfred to investigate your origins in order to find out who you were, and I accidentally discovered this secret."

The old man looked at the young man who bowed his head and did not say a word, and he said:

"The Gotham Orphanage had a lot of missing documents before it was taken over by the Wayne Foundation and relocated to operations, and this was the only one I found when I went to look for it.

On the night you were adopted, there was a car accident on the road with your car.

Robert Cooper, who was a veteran member of the Penguins at the time, accidentally passed by and took you from the scene of the car accident, and with the help of the Penguins, a series of official connections were opened up and you officially became the adopted son of that gang member."

Mason had learned the secret from the Penguins before, but he had to pretend to be the first time he knew about it, lest he reveal his whereabouts in the Black Gate Prison.

He lowered his head and grasped the edge of the document with both hands.

Fingers were shaking, apparently suppressed with great shock and a sense of dazed helplessness.

After several minutes, he looked up in the fluorescence of the lamp, looked at Batman in front of him with reddish eyes, pursed his lips, and whispered:

"That's... Then why did they abandon me? I mean... My own life... It's mine... Mom, why... I'm sorry, I..."

"It's okay, you can cry."

Batman maintains a nonchalant stance.

But his tone softened a lot.

He looked at the young man sitting on the bed in front of him.

It's an orphan...

Well, the same as yourself.

The only difference is that Mason lost his parents when he was a child, and his own parents stayed with him until he was eight years old... In short, a very magical feeling floated in the master's heart.

He felt that Mason was at an important stage in his life.

Perhaps, this boy who has learned the truth of his life needs the right guidance from himself?

lest he repeat Jason's mistakes...

"I've also been investigating your biological parents, but unfortunately, so far, I haven't found any valuable information."

The old man said something, and then it attracted Mason's dissatisfaction.

The young man clenched the document in his hand and gritted his teeth and said:

"The Gotham Orphanage was taken over by the Wayne Foundation ten years ago, and all the documents and information there are in your hands! Bruce, how could you not find anything?

Am I some kind of villain's child? So can't you tell me the truth?

Can't you still trust me? After I helped you defeat the League of Assassins and help you get your son back! Am I still someone who must be suspected?"

"Mason, calm down."

The old man shook his head, and he explained:

"I'm not withholding any information from you, because all the documents in the year you were adopted by the Gotham orphanage were burned because of a fire.

Obviously, some people don't want us to know who you really are, and you should know what that means, Mason.

You have an unknown past.

And those shadows may come back to you one day in the future.

Actually, now I suspect that the Three-Headed Dog's capture of you and the imparting of knowledge have something to do with your background. That dark wizard who is obsessed with collecting evil souls may not be as simple as she seems."

"yes, she's not easy at all."

Mason was about to laugh out loud, but he still had to pretend to be sad on the surface.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that the old man walked to the bedside, very strictly

And he said unto him,

"Mason, do you want to think again about the suggestion of becoming Robin? You can be one of us, and we will protect you as we protect ourselves.

To be Robin, my invitation is still valid."