Chapter 18: Dinner at Wayne's House

"The bombing of the Black Gate Prison in Gotham City, the preliminary investigation resulted in a terrorist attack, and the suspect is Slade Joseph Wilson, who has confessed to his crimes, but because the Black Gate Prison is being rebuilt, he will be transferred to the federal Bellev Prison in Louisiana......."

"According to the statistics of Gotham University School of Medicine, the number of hemorrhoidal bleeding and menstrual irregularities in Gotham City has increased by 1,300% year-on-year in the past week, possibly due to climate warming, calling for the global acceleration of carbon emission reduction bills."

Superhero Black Thunderbolt and Green Lantern John Stewart, as famous African-American superheroes, will meet with Senator Sam Lane in Washington to discuss working with the federal government to dispel the issue of African-American heroes in some groups of today's society...... At present, there are too few African-American main members of the Justice League, which has caused dissatisfaction among some BLM groups. ”

......

"Hmm...... Sure enough, no matter what world you are in, there will be similar questions like this, Hiccup - Alfred, and steak? Tut-tut, this tastes really good, the life of a rich person is comfortable, Lingxing, you can also taste it. ”

At the dining table at Wayne Manor, Red sighed while watching TV, and unceremoniously feasted, not forgetting to cut a small piece from time to time and feed it to the kitten in his arms.

"Oh...... I'm sorry, Master Douglas, there are usually fewer guests at home, so the refrigerator stock is not much, but don't worry, please wait a moment and I'll buy it right away-"

"Leave this guy alone, Alfred! He's not a guest at all, he's just here to cheat and eat and drink! He ate almost 52 servings alone! ”

Unlike the hospitable old butler, a dark-haired boy at the table didn't look so friendly, and he slapped the table hard and looked at Red angrily.

"I'm born to eat a lot, what's wrong with that - the richest man in Gotham and his son won't be so stingy, let me see...... It's almost three minutes full now. ”

After Red wears the red light ring, he actually doesn't need to eat, and on the other hand, no matter how much he eats, Red can quickly digest it with red light energy.

"You guy...... Is it deliberately provoking trouble!! ”

But when Red heard this, he raised his eyebrows and grinned, revealing a provocative smile.

"What's the matter, Damian Wayne, I'm just stirring things up, do you have any opinions?"

Damian's face flushed with rage, and he stomped to his chair, about to jump over the table to Red—

Shout!

At that moment, a shiny silver fork flew through the air and landed precisely on the table in front of Damian.

"Get off the chair, Damian, what a decent. And it's not the first time I've reminded you to keep your anger under control and not to be easily provoked by anyone, especially—"

Bruce Wayne, who was sitting at the end of the table, looked at Red meaningfully, his handsome face was full of calm and composed.

"Don't worry, Red Douglas, you're always welcome here at Wayne Manor if you like, and I've sworn that I won't do anything hostile to you, including kicking you out, you can rest assured."

Tut. Red smacked his tongue and withdrew his hand from the back of his chair with some disappointment, leaning against a bright red katana.

Sure enough, Batman was seriously fulfilling his promise with him, but this made Red feel more and more unstable in his heart, and he couldn't figure out what medicine this dangerous man was selling in his gourd.

Although he wanted to test his bottom line, Batman seemed to have sensed his intentions and didn't care about it, but Red had been bothering the hospitable old butler, and he was a little embarrassed.

"Damian, you go back to your room first to finish your studies on architecture today, especially to make up for the homework I haven't done during my coma - Alfred, can you help me change the fork?"

After all, Damian was trained and quickly calmed down, but he glared at Red fiercely before leaving; Alfred, on the other hand, was still smiling, and bowed politely before leaving.

Bruce wiped his mouth casually, as if the episode hadn't happened.

"Did you provoke Damian because you could recharge your ring through his anger, Red?"

Red's eyes narrowed, and the air around him seemed to drop by several degrees.

"I've investigated both the Green Lantern and the Senisto rings, and I can probably guess the effect of the Red Lantern Ring based on your ability to fight - don't get me wrong, I don't plan to interfere with this, just like I agreed before, whether you plan to eat, drink and have fun, or want to accumulate strength, as long as you don't touch my bottom line, I will never do anything to you."

"The bottom line is—"

"Kill."

Bruce's expression became serious, emphasizing in a deep and unquestioning tone.

"I don't agree with your revenge before, but I can understand it...... But the chain of killings must end here. ”

"What if I break the line?"

"I'll stop you, at all costs."

Although Batman doesn't have any superpowers and has been defeated by himself once, Red has a vague sense that he is not bluffing, but really ready to deal with himself.

After all, this is the fight that may be lost, but the fight will definitely win the fight.

But Red didn't want to make a promise easily, because if he really faced an enemy who wanted to kill him like he had just done......

"Speaking of which, there has been some progress in what you asked me to investigate."

Hearing Bruce's words, Lingxing, who was originally lazily curled up on Red's lap, suddenly got up and jumped onto the table.

"From the observation records of the watchtower, strong energy fluctuations were indeed detected near the Lagrange point, and there were three anomalous glows of red, blue, and green, and after about half an hour, the red light went out, while the blue and green light left the solar system."

Sure enough, Lingxing was taken off the ring at that time, was there a blue lantern ring-bearer involved? Red frowned slightly, he had guessed this before, after all, there were only a few ways to come and go if he could take off the red light ring and avoid death.

And judging from the information provided by Batman, the leader of the Red Lantern Legion, Atohitas, who was with Lingxing at the time, is estimated to have been defeated, and it is unknown whether he was taken off the lamp ring and let go like Lingxing, or was captured and imprisoned.

But Red prefers the latter, after all, unlike the spirit star who is just an ordinary cat after losing the light ring, Atohitas is one of the most vicious wanted criminals in the universe.

Red reached out and stroked Lingxing's back, soothing the obviously disappointed kitten.

Whoop –

"This is the Douglas family's mansion, which was mortgaged to the bank before, and now I have bought it back for you."

Bruce tossed it, and a bunch of keys fell in front of Red.

"If necessary, I'll get information from the Green Lantern I know. Don't worry, as promised, I won't expose your existence. But on the other hand, I suggest that you don't expose your identity in front of too many people. ”

"At the same time, I also want you to think about it - a life that is precarious in endless battles, or a life that does not worry about food and clothing, which life is what you want more."