"What do you say? Slow down, I didn't hear you clearly, who did you say the master picked up at the Gotham orphanage during his night watch? ”

Mason was still in the command room of the Second Black Pearl listening to Captain Jack's bragging, and when communications from the Afterlife Bar disrupted the between the two men, Mason received a welcome message from Charles.

He got up and transferred the communication information to the video signal.

With the help of the holographic projection in the mothership's command room, I saw a scene in another world, where the Kite Man was driving, and there were three young people sitting in the back seat of the car.

Two men and one woman.

They are Charles' son Brown Jr., Lady Elizabeth's son Henry Turner, and Miss Serena Hector Smith, a beautiful girl who only entered Gotham High School last month.

Three young men of similar age had a great conversation.

After noticing that Charles, who was driving, was talking to Mason, Henry and Serena politely greeted their titular captain.

"It's a man named Logan, the boss. ”

Charles, who was driving, didn't see the gloomy momentum of Gotham's "villain boss" at all, and he was an ordinary office worker after drinking compound decoction.

While waving his hand and gesturing his middle finger to the driver driving in the wrong direction outside the window to express the hospitality of the Gotham people, he reported to Mason, who was projected next to the steering wheel in front of him:

"I also just received a message from Miss Huazi, and the master said that Xiao Shan will send them to you in the evening."

"I really didn't expect him to survive."

Mason rubbed his chin and said in surprise:

"But considering the presence of the Phantom Cat, Logan's survival is not incomprehensible, and the old wolf should thank Harley for coming over, if it weren't for her extraneous branches, he wouldn't have survived.

My girlfriend is amazing in every sense of the word.

Well, that's good news, and I'm worried about how to tell his family about the old man's death, so I don't have to worry about it now.

I've been gone for a few days, is Gotham okay? ”

"It's as 'good' as before."

The kite man complained while turning the car into Iceberg Street, where the afterlife bar is located:

"That Oswald butler looks pretty gentle, but he's really ruthless.

It took him less than a week to integrate the resources of the neighborhood, and he also hired a large number of good players from the minion union, opened a casino in the nearby street, and already made a name for the Penguins.

Surprisingly, though, the Two-Faced is still in Arkham, but a new 'Two-Faced Gang' has appeared on the street, and there is gossip that a second Two-Face has reappeared.

Anyway, the master has been very busy lately.

He can be seen 'hanging out' on the street every night, and it is simply terrifying.

Boss, when are you coming back? Everyone misses you, and Dr. Leslie called me and almost scared me to death by calling me out. ”

"I haven't had time lately, I'm busy."

Mason responded:

"If it's urgent, Selena will come forward, and she will contact Luthor once she has made her decision."

"Well, it's better to be busy."

The kite man sighed like an empty nester, parked the car, walked into the elevator with three little ones with school bags on their backs, and said to Mason:

"The kids are going to do their homework, boss, I'll hang up here first."

Mason nodded and hung up the communication, and Jack, who was beside him, saw the smile on Mason's face and asked:

"Is that a good thing?"

"Well, that's a good thing."

Mason let out a sigh of relief and said to Jack:

"I'm not going to go with you to the ruined city of New York, but I'll drop me off at Osborne Tower in a while, and I'll receive friends in the evening."

"My Helicarrier is not a taxi, so you can stop it."

Captain Jack grinned and said:

"There's no airport over there, so you're going to have to parachute. Mason, what about the equipment you said you would give to the servants? The instructors sent by the afterlife team have all begun to select people, and they can't do it without equipment.

I'm still waiting for the minions of the K-Legion to slaughter in another world. ”

"That's not my business."

The captain rolled his eyes and said:

"Team K has a dedicated mechanic, go find Dr. Otto and Charles, they're testing the power armor and weapons of the Servants, I'm too busy to take care of it right now, you need to be more attentive in this regard.

If you pull your crotch when you need to appear, see if I don't pull the skin of the three of you. ”

"Wrap it up on me."

Captain Jack patted his captain's chair and said:

"The next time you meet a cleaner, it's definitely going to make them look good! The tragedy that happened in our world will not happen again, isn't that exactly what Team K wants?

This is also the ideal of those of us who are homeless. ”

Ten minutes later, Mason and Hallie took off from the flight deck of the Second Black Pearl, and returned to Osborne Tower in their beloved Harley's flying car.

As soon as they landed, they saw Lawyer Ma in a suit and a black-haired beauty standing hand in hand in the top garden chatting, looking at their happy sweet appearance, they knew that this was another little couple.

Beside Lawyer Ma was a big black man and a decadent woman in casual clothes with hemispherical hair, as well as a guy who was practicing boxing and had a distinctive dragon tattoo on his body.

"Gwen Stacy's punishment team just now, the Aegis team on the mothership, and the Defenders Alliance in front of you."

Mason whispered:

"It's back, it's all back, and it looks like the old Green Goblin is finally going to reorganize the resources at hand."

"Is he going to play against you?"

Hallie asked curiously, and Mason shook his head and explained:

"He knows that there will be a war in our hometown, and he is making a gesture to support us, as a way to show that he is definitely on my side in the dispute between me and Lao A."

"But didn't you say that the old Green Goblin wanted power?"

Hallie blinked and asked:

"Does he think you're going to bring him power in the future, little sweetheart?"

"Not the future, Hallie, I've given him power."

Mason patted Hallie on the waist, and the two walked into the elevator to the lab, where Mason explained to his cutie:

"Norman originally had nothing but a ruined city and spiraling allies, but now he has more pirate remnants, Amazons, and Atlanteans at his disposal to mobilize.

Attilan City will also become a part of this world in the future, because of the activity of Team K, Osborne, which is used as a base, has acquired more human resources than ever before.

In the next period of time, this wasteland will change greatly, and as long as the Green Goblin seizes this opportunity, he will be able to form his own 'wasteland empire' from scratch, and then have the strength to participate in the competition in the parallel world.

All A can promise Norman is future gains.

And I brought him tangible benefits, he is a smart businessman, he has already made a decision. ”

"But aren't we going to put an end to this dark age?"

While hugging her wise little sweetheart, Hallie said:

"If we do overthrow the Stars, but the Green Goblin grabs the fruits of victory and becomes the source of the next Stars, then wouldn't we have done it for nothing?"

"You're thinking too far, Harley."

Mason sighed and said:

"That's for the future, and right now we have the same interests as Norman. Well? What are Dr. Otto and Professor Stein doing? Why is there so much movement here? ”

When the elevator door opened, a sharp hum of energy reached Mason's ears, causing him to frown, and Harley next to him covered his ears.

The two of them looked into the largest physics lab on this level, where Dr. Otto and his assistant, Professor Stein, were arguing around a strange device that had apparently been activated.

"It's the machine you got from the underground base of Pym Cross!"

Hallie screamed, and Mason spotted what was activating, and his face changed and he rushed forward to try to stop it:

"Stop! Otto, Stein, power off! We don't know what is hidden in this quantum tunnel yet, don't open it. ”

"We didn't start it, Mason."

Doctor Octopus, who was wearing a wide cultural shirt with the head of an Amazon female warrior, turned around and said helplessly:

"It just started on its own, and Stein noticed something was wrong, so we moved it here. And we're not studying it, we're trying to stop its internal energy response.

Do you think we're like crazy scientists who are desperate to experiment? ”

This question gave Mason a strange expression.

Doctor Octopus pursed his lips, pushed his coquettish little sunglasses, and sighed:

"Okay, I'll admit that I was a little crazy before, but I'm normal now, the current situation is not easy to come by, and I won't just spoil it."

"Mason, it must have been our world shift that alarmed it."

On the other side, the gray-haired Professor Stein pointed to the quantum tunneling device that was housed in a safe zone, and said to Mason:

"I suspect that this thing was set to automatically power on when it was turned off, and now that it senses that it is safe around it, it wants to release the contents of it.

You hurry up and get the Kryptonians ready. ”

"They're still in the infirmary to observe the rejection, and it's not going to happen."

Mason frowned as he stared at the increasingly active device in front of him as he pushed Harley out of the lab and told her to find someone. He brought his own goggles and joined in the observation.

"Can it be forcibly terminated?"

Mason looked at Dr. Octopus, who in his mind was almost omnipotent, but this time Dr. Otto also scratched his head in distress and said:

"No, the person who designed this thing should be Hank Pym from another world, right? He was a real genius, much better than a second-rate researcher like me.

What he makes is not so easy to destroy.

I won't even understand how this quantum tunnel works for a while, and you didn't have a manual or anything when you found it? ”

"It's a wasteland over there, big brother!"

Mason rubbed his eyebrows and said:

"It's been 17 years since the nuclear war over there, so what written information can be left? If you can't force it to stop, why don't you send it to the center of the desert?

lest there be a big explosion or something. ”

"Can't move that far."

Professor Stein prevented:

"Quantum technology is inherently related to space and time, and once it undergoes a drastic shift, I'm afraid of stimulating it again, but its energy release has been stabilized.

You don't have to worry about blowing up the entire Osborne Tower, you just have to worry about what's hidden inside, and hopefully they don't have a single Darkseid hidden inside. ”

"Who's that? Sounds amazing. ”

Doctor Octopus asked curiously, and Mason briefly explained:

"It's good that you understand it as normalcy."

"Oh."

Dr. Otto understood, but then he was startled, took a few steps back, and grabbed a crowbar next to him to protect him, as if it could help him resist the possibility of Thanos.

After a few minutes, the energy release of the quantum tunnel reaches its peak.

At the same time, Barbara and the second bucket who had just come back, as well as the three Kryptonian people who were still infusion in hospital gowns, and even Black Bolt, Lawyer Ma, Old Peter and others were called over by Harley.

Even the Aegis team, who was exchanging information with Hawkeye and discussing how to join the team, was called.

These guys are waiting outside the lab.

This lineup, which is a little more luxurious than the Avengers, reassures Mason a little, he holds the seal "Fire Cloud Evil God" in his hand, uh, no, the magic bottle that seals Daddy Banner by the way, grabs Johnny's spear, and stares ahead.

Now, even if there is really a Thanos hidden inside, he is not afraid.

"It's going to open!"

Dr. Otto exclaimed.

The three people in the laboratory took a few steps back, and everyone behind them raised their weapons in unison, and orange light lit up from the quantum tunnel one by one, as if the door of an anomalous world was slowly opened.

Then, in a faint burst of energy, several figures were thrown out of it.

"Hell! I'm dizzy, this damn thing is terrible, hmm! We have guests! ”

Shrill sounds rang out in the lab, as well as the sound of guns being loaded.

But when he looked up and saw a group of people in front of him staring at it with weapons, the first guy to wake up was stunned for a moment, and then decisively dropped his weapon and raised his hands.

It also shouted:

"Groot! Don't, we can't beat them! ”

"Wow, talking bunny! It's still wearing clothes and shooting! It's so cute. What is this around him? Is it a tree? Still with a long face, Ivy will love it! ”

Harley, who was holding a baseball bat to protect Mason, exclaimed, revealing the identity of the guy hidden in the quantum tunnel, and Mason frowned as he looked at the two combinations in front of him, one tall and one short.

He said:

"Rocket Raccoon and Groot, how are you in the Quantum Tunnel?"

"It's not just us, man."

The interstellar raccoon, whose name had been broken, shrugged his shoulders and pointed behind him with his paws, where several people were lying in a row, and he sighed as he looked out the floor-to-ceiling windows of the laboratory.

It then explained:

"Well, it seems that the heroes out there failed to prevent the nuclear war from happening, and we received a signal from the Avengers at the time, so we rushed back to Earth to help, but on the way, we encountered a madman who worshiped the Star Swallower and was forced to be separated.

Groot and I landed on Earth in the landing module, and happened to meet the hunted Ant-Man family, so we hid in the machine with Janet.

Janet says that inside it distorts our perception of time and we feel like a day has passed.

Man, what time is it?

Look at the desert outside, the doomsday war is over, right? But you're still there, I saw Black Bolt, so you guys won, the world survived, right? ”

"My name is Groot"

The tree man next to Rocket Raccoon muttered, and Raccoon immediately nodded and asked:

"Also, have you seen our brother? Quill, Little Mantis, Gamora and Nebula, and a super big man Drax! He's recognizable, where are they?

Why not come out and welcome us? ”

"Ugh"

The raccoon's expectant gaze made Harley feel a little bad.

She reached out and poked Mason's arm and pinned her face to the side, and the captain pursed his lips and looked at the members of the Ant-Man family who were still unconscious in front of him.

He hesitated for a moment, then whispered:

"It's been seventeen years since the war ended, guys, the bad news is, you guys . Our world is gone, and just a day ago, I didn't see your friends.

But maybe they were saved.

As for here

It's another world, and it's a really long story to tell. ”

(End of chapter)