A trip to the Star Castle and not seeing the main owner did not make Mason feel uncomfortable, because his gains far outweighed the unhappiness in his heart.

After returning to Osborne Tower from the evil Stellar Society's base camp, he locked himself up in the alchemy lab, busy making what Team K needed most.

That is, a little baby who can ensure that everyone acts in Gotham.

With the current situation that Mason is unable to return to his home world often and the Star Society has targeted the Gotham world, it is already a sure thing for Team K to maintain double-sided combat in the next time, and Mason has reluctantly split K Team 1.0 into two groups to facilitate his actions.

Your team can be safe in the new base world of Osborne, but the team members sent back to their hometown and the people who are moving there must have a stronghold that will not be randomly detected and attacked.

People come first in everything, this is Mason's principle of doing things.

However, for alchemists who are already quite skilled at the moment, this is still the first time to make cursed items, especially when holding a strange "Starry Sky Creation" as a raw material.

"Smack"

He carefully used jewelry processing tools to cut out the old stone slab in his hand, repaired it along the outline of the very abstract eyeball, and removed the excess stone to obtain a fist-sized main material.

Mason was blindfolded with a black cloth throughout the process to avoid the mental impact of direct gaze, and he relied entirely on his intuition as a craftsman to complete this delicate work.

The next steps are much simpler.

The material gifted by the Grand Warlock Mentor has quite magical properties, and no matter how hard Mason tries to make it, the final product is bound to be a standard quality whiteboard item.

In this case, you don't have to do too much decoration.

Its magic comes from itself, which can be described as "a divine thing", and does not need to be painted by craftsmen.

After using alchemy to give the slab its "solid" and "hidden" properties, Mason used his jewelry techniques to create a frame for it.

The final result resembles a quaint plate, with a pale gold frame inlaid with a dark stone tablet depicting an eyeball or an abstract sun in the center.

If you don't tell the truth, others will definitely think that this is some kind of old cultural relics with vassal elegance.

"It's done!"

Mason held it in front of his eyes and observed, and the information label quickly popped up:

Starry Sky Eyes: The Outer God's Protection

Quality: Standard alchemy/jewelry processing items, standard workmanship

Traits: Solid, hidden, space expansion, invisible counterattack

Effect: Slightly

Maker: Mason Cooper

Item description: -1 San, -1, -1 San! You are crazy!

"Take a closer look. Hey, it's really evil. ”

This time, Mason deeply agreed with the evaluation of the improper item explanation, after all, even he, the maker, did not dare to look directly at the lines in the center of this old plate.

"If you really put this thing on Gotham Street, I guess that Ling's hometown will have a few more difficult doomsday cult neuropathies in a few days."

The hat on Mason's head complained:

"It's certainly going to work well, but I'd suggest you bury it deep under the glacier pub and don't let anyone dig it out. It's a crime. ”

"Isn't that impossible?"

Mason sighed, put the Eye of the Stars disc into a closed box and held it in his hand, and said:

"At the moment, there is really no way to suppress the situation without this kind of outer god creation, and just one Doctor Fate knocking on the door is enough for the people I sent there to be wiped out overnight.

Those of us who have become street rats in our hometown can't ask for more, can we? ”

"They'll be co-opted, just like the gloomy warlock."

The hat reminds to:

"Spellcasters are mostly emotional and stubborn, and their occult paths are more susceptible to the general environment of the dark stars leading to cataclysm.

Realizing that perseverance is hard to get results, there is no guarantee that no one will turn to the darkness, and their instinct to worship knowledge makes it easy for them to fall into the trap that is deliberately placed on them.

You can track down the superheroes by sending Thomas Wayne, but you also have to prepare in advance for the magic circle, and a Zatana alone is not enough to deal with this kind of secret change.

She is sharp and has a promising future, but after all, two fists are no match for four hands. ”

"I know, I'm already preparing."

Mason took out a more formal set of clothes from his bag, and while changing, he said:

"Although we can't send Zakang back to preside over the big things of the magic circle, we have another option at hand.

Jason Brad had been wandering the wasteland long enough that he couldn't help it before, but now with Flash's messenger, he could find a safe way home.

I'm sure the old knight will be on our side. ”

"Mr. K!"

The door to the alchemy room was pushed open, and Hallie, dressed in a long red dress, shouted at the door:

"Everybody's about to go, Selena asked me to call you, I heard it's going to be a busy night over there, I don't want to miss it, and we need to get Ivy back quickly."

I miss her all the time. ”

"Here it is."

Mason straightened his collar, buttoned up the box and carried it with him, and was pulled by Hallie's arm to the top floor of Osborne's Tower.

On the wall of that large lounge, three world doors lined up.

Two of them were temporarily unusable due to being sealed by spellcasters in Gotham, and the World Gate from the Serpent Squad became their only way to travel between the two realms.

This will be where all the members of Team K are.

They all changed into formal clothes for the opening ceremony, including Erke, and they were going back to Gotham tonight, and almost everyone had their own things to do in a hurry.

"You guys get ready."

Mason looked at the other people in the lounge, including Supergirl Carla Eyre, Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes, and Jack Jackson and Professor Martin Stein, who made up Firestorm.

He said to the new members of the K-Team Reserve who had been "kidnapped":

"When I get back, we need to talk, I know you're both unhappy, but now that you're here, perhaps the more urgent thing for you to do now is to look forward to the future than to be nostalgic for the past."

"Ah, bad enemy, do you want to stay? I don't want to be with you. ”

As soon as the captain finished speaking, a big man next to him wearing a superman uniform but with an inverted S on his chest stepped forward and said something like a provocation with a reluctant face, which made the members of Team K laugh.

Superman, a powerful but terrible zombie with a bad brain, pulled Mason's wrist and swayed, obviously a super big man, but the expression on his face at this time was like a sad child.

Mason looked at the guy in front of him whose gray skin was still cracked everywhere and looked scary, and he sighed and said:

"Stay here, Bizaro, you're going to make a mess in the past. Zod will play with you, okay? ”

"Zod is a bad enemy, but Mason is stupid, Bizarro hates playing with Mason, you can make me stupid! I like to be stupid! Everyone in Team K is stupid! ”

When he said this, not only did the members of Team K hold back their laughter, but even the four reservists who were very hostile to Mason covered their mouths.

Bizaro has always had to listen to the opposite.

If you're not familiar with his style, you'll think he's deliberately provocative, but this clumsy but innocent-minded guy just wants to show his kindness.

He has been very close to Mason since he was rescued by Mason, but his reckless style makes Mason really afraid to take him into his alchemy room or workshop.

It was a disaster.

"Here's for you, it might make you smarter."

Mason took a vial of Wisdom Potion out of his bag and handed it to Bizzaro, a potion from Hogwarts Potions Legacy that would make the drinker "smarter" in a short period of time.

But this is just an illusion.

Its real effect is to make the mind clear, not to be distracted by the magic of confusion.

However, for Bizzaro, who has an incomplete brain, what he needs is not real wisdom, but only this "feeling" of intelligence, he took Mason's potion, unplugged it, poured it, and then wiped his mouth, his gray-blue eyes lit up, and cheered:

"Yay! It's stupid! It's stupid! Zod, bad enemy, quick! Let's go play crossword puzzles! I'm going to lose this time! ”

He cheered and pulled up a helpless Farl Zodd and rushed out the door.

Helpless, Zod gestured to Mason before leaving, telling him not to worry, he would stay here to take care of Bizarro and watch over the four restless reservists.

This Kryptonian from the world of death has a strong sense of distrust of humans due to his experiences in the first half of his life, and he also appears very withdrawn when he comes to Osborne Tower.

But only he got along with the heartless and brainless Bizarro.

Maybe it's because he sees people's hearts and minds, Zod obviously prefers to play with fools, at least fools won't hold back their bad intentions to hurt him, and compared to Zaro, a crazy man who doesn't shoot lightly or heavily, Zod in the K team can barely watch him.

"I've always wanted to ask you, what's going on with that reclusive Kryptonian?"

When Mason and his friends open the door to the world, the super girl, who is hovering in the air with her arms crossed, suddenly asks:

"Especially the family crest on his body"

"You can ask him yourself, or you can be patient and wait for me to come back."

Mason didn't look back and said:

"Don't make a fuss in Osborne, the old green goblin put up with your nonsense for the sake of my face, and he doesn't have any good fruit to eat if he annoys him."

With that, his figure disappeared into the swirling starry light curtain, and the door of the world slammed shut.

The four people in the lounge, you look at me, I look at you, and finally Jakes took the initiative to speak:

"Do it?"

"Let's go!"

Kara gave the order.

He was the first to rush out of the window of the lounge, and disappeared into the sky with one acceleration.

Little Black Jax and the gray-haired Professor Stein joined hands to activate the Firestorm Matrix in their chests, transforming into elementals in the midst of the flames, grabbing the sealed blue beetle of their main weapon and rushing into the sky with cheers.

Obviously, they weren't going to stay here as Mason told them to do, and they were still thinking about how to get out of the hands of the damn K-Team.

And this scene was clearly seen by Norman Osborne in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office.

The old green goblin smiled grimly, turned back to the secretary standing behind him, and instructed:

"Inform the warlike Amazons that there is something dangerous in Osborne Tower, and ask them to help chase them down, and in return, we will support them in rebuilding Paradise Island.

Tell those she-wolves to be ruthless!

These little miscellaneous pieces of unknown things destroyed half of my building before, do you really think that my resources are blown by the wind? Now that their guardians are gone, it's time for them to know the rules of the adult world. ”

——

"Bang"

Huge fireworks exploded in the sky above the Iceberg Bar, drawing cheers from onlookers, and tonight's bar was full of invited guests.

Luxury cars stopped, and VIPs appeared.

Camera flashes on both sides of the red carpet dazzled, and local reporters even relayed the opening ceremony.

However, the once iconic iceberg bar sign has been torn down and replaced with an "afterlife" logo in a very ethereal, artistic font.

That's right!

The bar, originally run by the kite man Charles Brown, has closed down due to multiple vandalism in a short period of time, and the mysterious rich man has taken over the hapless shop and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to reopen it tonight after renovating it in a few days.

Tsk, just look at the celebrities with smiles on their faces as if they were attending the Wayne family's charity dinner, and you know that the new boss must be another person with eyes and hands.

"As for exaggeration?"

In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor of the bar, Mason looked at the bustle below, and said:

"I was thinking of opening a low-key business, after all, what is being done here is a shady business."

"So, you're really not fit for intelligence gathering and concealment, Mason."

The calm voice of Talia El Gul sounded behind the captain.

Tonight's Assassin leader wore a gorgeous black evening gown, outlining the perfect body of this cunning woman, and adding a bit of cold temptation to her already beautiful appearance.

To be honest, after being reborn for so long, this Talia is indeed the only woman who can fight a tie with Catwoman in temperament, but it's a pity that she is a goblin and focuses on the master.

With a glass of wine, she walked up to Mason and whispered:

"In a chaotic place like Gotham, you have to show your skills and strength to live a safe life, and these so-called celebrities are meaningless in the eyes of the Assassin League.

But the resources they represent can make this bar a place for a long time.

Charles Brown just didn't understand this, so he ran this golden egg bar so badly, I just went to look at the accounts, tsk, it was all about lifting him up if he couldn't make ends meet.

It's just that I don't understand, why do you have to use this name?

Afterlife

It sounds ominous. ”

"Because the owner of this bar is not me, nor you."

Mason looked at the time of his watch, and the moment he turned around, the secret door in the secret area of the office cubicle on the top floor of the bar was pushed open.

Rogge, a dashing old aunt in a leather coat, walked out of it with a team of androids.

She looked left and right and nodded to Mason, then snapped her fingers, and the clad androids behind her immediately dispersed to take over the various departments of the bar.

In the compartment behind him, there are many more business talents and security personnel from the 2077 world.

"Is this the place you chose?"

Aunt Rogge strode forward, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and looked around, and after a few seconds she nodded and said:

"Yes, a great place to open a bar. I can't stay here for long, but I'll leave a few people to preside over the business, Judy will set up the communication network database here, and I've selected fifty shrewd and capable mercenaries from the gods to stay.

After a while, I will send a bionic production line over, and I will mix it with it, and if necessary, I can quickly download the personality data of the 500-person terrorist mobile team through the data interface of the gods.

But you have to provide the matching weapons. ”

After speaking, the old aunt glanced at Talia beside her, she looked the woman up and down, nodded and said:

"Yes, a good seedling to be a mercenary, are you interested in registering in the afterlife? We're short of good players right now, and I can leave a spot for you. ”

"This is my man, Rogge."

Mason shook his head and said:

"You're too blatant to dig into the corner, aren't you?"

"Ha, just kidding, anyway, the two of you look like you are in a good relationship, dig it up, maybe there will be an unexpected gain."

The old aunt laughed, took the wine from Mason's hand, drank it down, and then looked around, the blue glow in her eyes swirling.

After a while, he said:

"The disturbance of time and space when the door of the world was opened was completely smoothed out, and there was no trace of energy leaking out, it seems that you got something good?"

"That's it."

Mason picked up the bottle and poured a glass of wine for his partner, picked up the glass himself and touched it lightly, he glanced at the starry eye placed in the display case in his office, and whispered:

"This is the base of operations of Team K and Afterlife in this world, wouldn't it be a little safe for you to underestimate me?

But even the gods and goddesses are here, and it seems that Captain Morgan has made up his mind. Are you sure you want to be part of the strife that will arise in this world? ”

"We're allies, Mason, don't say anything like that, it will affect the relationship."

Aunt Rogge looked at the brightly lit city in front of her.

She raised her glass again, and whispered in the background of the Night City in front of her:

"For the stars to touch here with blood! Cheers. ”

(End of chapter)