(For the "Starsfalling" brothers)

At five o'clock the next morning, a crooked Damian crawled out of Mason's suitcase factory, and as a trained Master Assassin, he only needed hours of meditation to regain his strength and get rid of exhaustion.

But this night he suffered.

The broken factory in Mason's suitcase was running almost all night, making all kinds of raw materials through preset programs, and Damien couldn't calm down at all, but when he crawled out of the suitcase with two dark circles under his eyes, he saw a fairy-faced Mason playing with a strange contraption.

Judging by the various engineering materials visited on the table, this thing should have been made by him just now.

"You madman don't sleep, don't you?"

Rice exclaimed:

"I heard Barbara say that I thought she was joking, haven't you slept since you joined the Stars?"

"Don't listen to her nonsense."

Mason yawned, and he skillfully pulled out a bottle of brown owl from his bag and poured it into his mouth, activating the vitality regeneration effect, and the whole person shook his body and suddenly became energetic.

Then he took up the handkerchief in his hand and wiped his face, then turned back to Damian and said:

"How can a man not sleep? If you don't sleep all the time, you can't become a monster? I've slept a few times in the past two months, and it feels good to close my eyes and take a break when I can't bear it.

Come on, try this.

The engineering equipment I just made now needs a willing warrior. ”

"You wait first!"

Damian crossed his hands and glanced out the window of the room at a dark dawn, he rubbed his eyes and said:

"I also need something to refresh myself, give me what you just drank."

"This thing has a lot of stamina, and it's poisonous, and you're going to go to the ICU if you drink it."

Mason glanced at the brown owl in his hand, shook his head, took out another bottle of pick-me-up, threw it to Damian, and said:

"That's enough."

After joining the K-team, the little madman still has a lot of criticism of Mason, but at least he has a little trust in Mason.

He opened the stopper, sniffed the mint-flavored medicine, and took another sip carefully, as if the bomb-like power exploded on the spiritual level, instantly dispelling the exhaustion, making the twelve-year-old bear child want to scream twice on the spot.

He energetically threw a monkey punch on the spot, and then moved his neck to take the device from Mason's hand.

The thing was crafted in the form of a circular belt buckle, three fingers thick and unpainted, with a silver-gray device dotted with delicate card slots and energy tubes, and inside it contained an Ark reactor operating at low power.

"I made it into an accessory style for a bat belt, and you can use it directly on your combat belt."

Mason sat in his chair, holding a clipboard in his hand, and pushed the frame without lenses on the bridge of his nose, and said to Damian:

"Press the red button first, then the green button."

"I don't have much of a problem with you experimenting with me, but you have to at least tell me what this thing is for?"

Damian snapped the device in his hand onto his belt and whispered.

Mason pouted and said:

"Won't you know if you try it yourself?

Don't be afraid, I've put three sets of energy redundancy tubes on it, and even if it gets out of control, it won't hurt you. Mainly this is the first time I've done it, and it belongs to the category of 'fantasy engineering', and there really aren't any references. ”

"You might as well not say that."

Damian glared fiercely at the unreliable Engineer Captain, took another deep breath in Mason's gaze, and reached for the red button on the device in front of his belt.

The low-powered Ark reactor immediately sprang into high speed and hummed, making Damian feel as if he was carrying a bomb with him.

The moment he reached out and pressed the green button, a blue electric current burst out of the device and covered his entire body, and although there was no pain, a very strange pressure spread all over his body.

It was like a pair of hands squeezing hard from the outside, and in Damian's exclamation, the world in his eyes suddenly became "open".

In Mason's gaze, Damian's body "shrunk" several times in a second, from a short man to a "little bean", but it was still visible to the naked eye.

He nodded in satisfaction, wrote a few strokes on the board, and said to Damian, who was bouncing on the spot:

"Keep zooming in on the world, Damian, the limit of this thing's specs is to shrink you down to one-fiftieth of your size, a little bigger than a bug.

But the closer you get to the limit, the more energy you consume, so I have to look at its energy dissipation to design an improvement plan. ”

"Be quiet!"

Damian, who had been reduced by five times, looked at Mason like a giant, and he found the experience of zooming out very interesting, and climbing onto the table with agility was like a big adventure for a little man.

As a result, as soon as Mason spoke, the "air current" created almost blew him away.

Then he pressed the green button again as Mason asked, and pressed it four times in succession to send himself to a one-fiftieth limit reduction state, jumping around like a buzzing little bug.

At this size, the slightest air flow can blow him up and make him fly around in the air, as if gravity has disappeared, and in such a microscopic state, the whole world presents a rather wonderful "sense of contrast".

Damian stretches his body and glides through the air.

He could even clearly see the lines and pores on Mason's skin, but thankfully he didn't have a phobia of giants, otherwise it would have been really frightening to death.

"Didi"

The sound of the alarm came from the device, and the next moment the shrinking state was forcibly canceled, and Damian, who was still experiencing a new feeling, was suddenly amplified, and the whole person fell to the floor with a thud.

But he didn't have any resentment on his face, but jumped up, touched the magical device on his waist, and said to Mason with a smile:

"It's a good thing, it's very tactically valuable, there's no place in the world I can't go to, I can even sneak through the keyhole of the vault."

"It's so unimaginative, Mr. Wayne, Jr., the world zoom and shrink is a 'miracle' of engineering, and you just want to use it to rob a bank?"

Mason was in a good mood and made a joke, and took the silver-gray instrument back from Damian's hand to record the energy expenditure, saying:

"The energy consumption in the limit reduction state is considerable, and the energy provided by a palladium element plate is only enough for it to operate in the limit state for about 20 minutes, and it seems that it still has to find a more abundant energy source."

"Twenty minutes is good."

Damian approached the captain and watched him continue to detail the prototype, asking:

"This thing is called the 'World Zoom and Shrink'? I've just experienced the feeling of 'zooming in on the world', but what about zooming out? How tall can it make me? ”

"It takes more energy to shrink the world than it does to enlarge it, so the limit specs can magnify you by a factor of twenty, in which case the Ark reactor is estimated to shut down in five minutes at most.

But a bigger body means more energy and oxygen consumption, so I guess you'll first get hypoxic suffocation from strenuous activity before you run out of energy.

So my advice to you is to try not to enter the 'Extreme Giant' for more than thirty seconds each time."

Mason removed the energy redundancy tube used to secure the test, and put a black casing on his new unit, which he put in front of his eyes, and the translucent blue information label popped up:

World Enlargement & Shrinker Prototype

Quality: Epic engineering creation, outstanding craftsmanship

Special effect:

Activate the device and change the way the world looks to you!

Prompt!

It is known that the scale-down and scale-up specifications of the device are only theoretical parameters, and the device can be upgraded after finding more suitable materials and energy sources, and prompting the engineering skills of the manufacturer.

Prompt!

Individuals with [Macrophobia] and [Fear of Heights] are advised to cherish their lives and stay away from this device.

Prompt!

The device has a 0.15% chance of losing control each time it is activated, but please note that this "loss of control" is only for a short period of time and does not cause any substantial harm to the user.

This effect cannot be removed by modification, after all, a dull life needs a little surprise once in a while!

Maker: Mason Cooper

Item description: Dr. Hank Pym had to light a cigarette when he saw this thing.

The note made Mason smile.

He knew that what he was holding was just a toy compared to the Pym particle, after all, no matter how powerful the World Amplifier was, it couldn't reduce the user to the subatomic level.

He handed the assembled device to Damian, and said in the latter's slightly surprised gaze:

"It's for you, so it's a gift for joining the team. Lady Martha said that I have used you several times to make you angry with me, and I hope this little thing will improve our relationship. ”

"Are you bribing me? Mason. ”

Damian took the device and snapped it on his bat belt, but the little madman, though pleased, still said with a whammy:

"Are you afraid that my 'Grandma Martha' will come to you in the middle of the night with a knife? Hmm, is this what it's like to have a strong parent? It's really amazing. ”

"Huh"

The door was pushed open in the next moment, and Martha, dressed in pajamas, appeared like a ghost behind Damian, who was crossed-waisted, and as the little madman looked back with wide stunned eyes, his dear "clown grandmother" dragged him out of the room with both hands.

Lady Martha's strange cry could be heard as the door slammed shut:

"You bad boy! You scared grandma to death, where did you run away! I didn't see anyone all night, and I thought the crazy people out there hid you.

I'm planning to blow them all up to get revenge on you

Woo, stop scaring me like that, little Bruce, your poor grandma can't stand such stimulation. ”

"Mason! Save me! ”

Damian's screams could be heard from afar, and he screamed:

"Mason, captain, take me back, I'm afraid. Mason! ”

"Well, it's not dawn yet, good boys, don't call out horrible things at times like these, because they will show up."

Mason laughed dryly twice, silently blessing Damian in his heart.

The little madman didn't know that Mason hadn't given him the World Enlargement and Shrinker not just to apologize for using him before, but also to compensate for his miserable life with Grandma Clown and the old lady during this time.

After all, theoretically, all of this was caused by Mason's initiative and guidance.

"Hmm, let's take a look at the improvements to the Isu Vanguard Armor, which can be modified to be more shapely, huh?"

He had just returned to his workbench and pulled out a set of Isu drawings to start the next round of work, when he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Hallie, rubbing his eyes and holding a shark doll, appeared in the doorway.

Mason blinked and glanced at the dark window, it was still an hour before dawn, so.

"That little nasty ghost has finally been taken away!"

Hallie cheered in a shrill voice, and she jumped up behind Mason with red eyes, put her head on Mason's shoulder, and said in a long voice:

"I've been waiting all night, Mr. K, you promised me."

She pouted and began to be coquettish.

Mason suddenly realized that he had just let go of Damian, no matter how wrong it was.

But it would be too late, he couldn't get Harley out again, and if he let the more evil and impulsive Quinn come out, it wouldn't end peacefully.

"I think we can pick a good time to talk."

Mason glanced sadly at the unfinished design improvements, and he leaned back in his chair as Harley stretched out in his arms with incredible flexibility.

He looked at the face in front of him without makeup.

Especially those sparkling eyes.

He could see the undisguised affection, enthusiasm and anticipation in it. He asked himself what he thought, but Mr. Hat, who was at the table at the moment, replied in a quiet voice:

"You don't resist her, Mason, you know it in your heart. You actually like her, even before you actually know her. ”

"My brother."

The Isu ghost Consus also projected to Mason's side and persuaded him:

"It's good to be self-disciplined, but living an ascetic life like this all the time affects your creativity and zest for life, and you're under a lot of pressure all the time, and it's not a bad thing to have some fun."

"Mr. K?"

Hallie leaned into Mason's arms and watched Mr. K's expression change, and she whispered:

"What's wrong with you? Or will I come back later? ”

"No, nothing."

Mason, who was in his arms, shook his head, letting the sound of Consus and the hat dissipate from his ears, he looked down at Harry, reached out and took off the frame of his glasses, and said:

"We've got to hurry"

Then the lips kissed together, like the first flame being lit.

The atmosphere gradually became ambiguous and hot, but just as Hallie, who was short of breath, raised her head to prepare for the next step, the sound of glass breaking suddenly sounded in the room.

Mason's eyes immediately cleared, and he quickly threw the screaming Harley to the ground.

The chair they had been in was nailed with three black arrows in an instant, the tops of which were still dripping, and the dangerous red light was beating down the countdown.

He only had time to pull out the Isu Shroud from the table and put it over himself and Harry, before a violent explosion engulfed the room.

This movement immediately alarmed the entire abandoned Wayne Manor.

Seconds later, the old lady in the shape of a black bat jumps onto the eaves of the roof in the pull of the claw gun, and Damian tries to rush out to help, but is pushed into the closet of the room by Martha the Clown, activating a secret elevator to send him into the sealed underground bat cave.

Arkham's lunatics shouted noisily.

The outskirts of the manor where they were located were raided by a large group of black-clad killers in the dark night before dawn, and the chaos was close to the moment.

But fortunately, the weapons were put into their hands last night, so that they would not be able to deal with the menacing Assasin with their bare hands. The old lady said that Black Arrow and his killer would definitely come, but he didn't expect this group to be so efficient!

"Ahem"

The room shredded by the explosion was still burning, black smoke billowed out, and a coughing Mason was helped up by a black-and-gray Harley.

The Isu Shroud is a legendary cloak of immortal craftsmanship, protecting Mason and his little lover from harm in such a close-range explosion, but it's certain that they've been left in a mess.

Those guys really picked a good time to shoot the assassination arrow at the moment when Mason let his guard down because of Harley's enthusiasm. If it weren't for the sharp sense of Isu, that explosion just now would have been enough to bury Mason here.

"I'm going to kill him!"

Harley, who has been disturbed with good things, will be extremely irritable.

She rushed out of the burning room with Mason in her arms, her whole person was as agitated as an enraged tiger, and even the sharp voice had a strange "resonance".

This is obviously the "Quinn" in her heart that is alarmed.

"You go and lead the criminals of Arkham, they need your lead."

Mason draped the shroud over Harley, patted her on the waist and said:

"Good things are grinding, go ahead."

“mua~”

Hallie turned around and grabbed Mr. K's neck and gnawed his lips as if in retaliatory bidding, before she turned her head and whistled.

The two big Amazonian dogs roared and rushed out, and obediently brought Harley armor and weapons, as well as a bag of explosives.

He watched as Harley left, then drew his precision rifle from his bag, glancing around the manor that was being raided by the Assassins, Mason shrugged his shoulders and draped his cloak over his body.

Mason didn't leave immediately.

Instead, a cylindrical biological pod for long-term storage of organisms was released from the suitcase, and while verifying the release of the dormant "bodyguard" in it with a fingerprint iris, he said:

"Get up and work, bullseye!" Black Arrow' Oliver Quinn doesn't seem to have been beaten enough last time, so give him the whole job this time. The 'Peace is Precious' procedure has been temporarily suspended.

Approve the use of lethal force! ”

(End of chapter)