Chapter Twenty-Five: Tracking
Although Green Lantern John Stewart's face was displeased, after hesitating for a moment, he decided to come to the staircase of the emergency passage with Batman, who exuded a cold aura all over his body, and stopped.
"It's fine here, Batman, if you don't want to be heard...... I can do it. ”
John clenched his fists and raised his hand, only to see an emerald green spherical energy barrier unfurl from his green light ring, enveloping them both.
"Listen, Batman. I don't remember offending you, and while I don't often get involved in the Coalition like Hal, we've met before, so there's no need to use that tone—"
Batman's cold, deep voice interrupted John.
"Tell me, are you the only Green Lantern on Earth right now?"
Green Lantern John Stewart frowned slightly and replied with some dissatisfaction.
"If you want to ask Hal, Kyle, and Gai, I should have already said that both Hal and Gai have been summoned back to O'Astar for temporary assignments, and Kyle has his own mission-"
"No!"
Batman interrupted John again, asking in an aggressive tone.
"I know that according to your rules, each sector has at least two Green Lantern on a mission. Since the other three Green Lanterns on Earth are not there, you should have a new partner - who he is, where he is, and what mission he is on......"
"Enough!"
John finally couldn't contain his anger and shouted in dissatisfaction.
"Listen, Batman, I've always had a lot of respect for you, and I'd like to be friendly with you - but you've gone too far today, and we Green Lantern are only responsible to the Lights, not your men! I don't have to report everything to you! ”
Then he took a deep breath and calmed down a little.
"I don't know what makes you hostile to me, but I'm willing to clear up the misunderstanding with you...... I'll try to convince my partner to come with me to Gotham, and maybe it's good for everyone to be open and honest in the meeting—"
"No, no Green Lantern is allowed to enter Gotham without my permission—especially you."
Batman's words finally made John completely out of control, and he stepped forward in anger and grabbed Batman's collar, while the latter quickly grabbed his hand, and the atmosphere between the two immediately became tense.
"What do you mean Batman, what do you really think of me?"
Just then, John sensed that someone seemed to have touched the energy barrier, and he turned his head to see Nightwing spreading his hands, looking at the two of them in surprise.
John let go of Batman and lifted the energy barrier, and Nightwing scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Uh...... Did I disturb your conversation? ”
"No, it's not a conversation at all, it's just a one-sided questioning - I'm disappointed, Batman, I used to think I was your friend too, and now it seems that you used to just look at Howl's face and pretend, I didn't know you had been so prejudiced against me."
John Stewart left the hallway to return to the Hall of Justice without looking back, while Nightwing watched John leave, then suddenly turned around and charged at Batman, elbowing him against the neck and pressing him against the wall.
"Uh...... What are you doing, Nightwing. ”
"That's my question, Jason! Batman has made you make amends, but what are you doing here! ”
"That's my job to get the attention of other people, especially Green Lantern...... I feel like I've done my job perfectly, Dick. ”
"It's gone overboard! You have to know that Superman can see through your disguise at any time-"
"Superman can do it, but he won't do it. He can see through everything, but he will only see what he wants to see. And using claireye on one's best friend is not something Superman would do. ”
Nightwing gritted his teeth and sighed softly as he let go of the arm that held down Batman, Jason Todd, to be exact.
"Hell, what did Bruce think, he actually asked you to pretend to be him."
"Maybe he'll think I'm a better fit for the cape, Dick."
Faced with Jason's slightly provocative tone, the more mature and steady Nightwing did not speak, he walked to the door of the corridor, and looked solemnly at John Stewart, who was talking to Amanda Waller, the commander-in-chief of the Celestial Eye Society.
"What do you think, Jason, is John secretly working with Waller?"
"I guess Bruce and Tim are about to find out the answer, but I'm sure there's only one thing....."
Jason lifted his hand and stroked the cross scar on his chest that was still aching through the batsuit.
"Whether it's Bruce or Waller, if they think they can control Red Douglas in this way, they are very wrong."
"He's not a beast to be tamed – it's a monster whose very existence brings disaster!"
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Although he is the director of the GCPD, due to James Gordon's incorruptible style and often paying agents pensions, he and his daughter only live in ordinary staff apartments.
Later, after the "fatal joke" incident that paralyzed Barbara Gordon Batgirl, the Justice League increased security measures in the heroes' homes to prevent such tragedies from happening again.
However, it is clear that these measures can only stop ordinary criminals, in the face of transhuman criminals......
Reduced to ruins in front of Red, the Gordon house, surrounded by flames, has proven that this kind of measure is far from perfect.
"Barbara, wake up."
Fortunately, when Red moved the rubble away, Barbara Gordon was lying on her side next to the collapsed wheelchair, her chest still looking faintly heaving.
On the ground around her, there is a magma-like substance emitting heat.
"Red...... The spirit star was ......"
"Don't talk yet."
Red gently picked Barbara up, he could feel the warm liquid flowing on his arm, and it was clear that Barbara was now facing not only the heat and lack of oxygen, but also the slash mark of a sharp weapon deep in her back.
Red tries to heal Barbara with red light energy, but this is not what the red light ring is good at, so he can only use the energy shield to help Barbara stop the bleeding first.
Beep Porphy –
Sirens blared outside, and it seemed that the GCPD and the fire department were about to arrive, and Red rushed out of the fire with Barbara in his arms and slowly landed in the center of the police cars.
"Don't shoot! Put the muzzle down! Oh my God, Barbara......"
Director Gordon's face turned pale, and he looked at the angry-looking girl in Red's arms who fell from the sky.
"She is in a dangerous condition and she was taken to the hospital immediately...... Well? ”
Just as Red handed Barbara to Director Gordon, he felt the badly injured girl's mouth open slightly weakly, as if to say something, while releasing the fist that had been clenched tightly.
In her hand, there was a broken watch, the hands on it did not work at the normal time, but when Red picked it up and moved, it kept shaking and then stabilized again, but it was pointing to the same position, and it looked like a ......
Compass.
"Hey, wait, what's going on, I still have something to ask you-"
Red ignored Director Gordon's shouts, picked up the watch that guided the way and flew directly into the sky, this time he didn't suppress the light of the red light energy, and almost half of Gotham could see the red meteor that pierced the sky.
"Whoever it is, if your goal is to provoke me...... Your goal has been reached. ”
The rift on the lamp ring seemed to be expanding, and the blood and qi in Red's whole body were surging wildly.
"But you'd better weigh yourself and see if you can bear my wrath!"