In the dark night, the lights flickered dimly in a room on the second floor of Wayne Manor. Hal raised his hands and stood in the center of the room. He turned around and saw the face of an old man.
"I know that you have a strange ability that can disappear and reappear immediately, but according to my observation, it takes a certain amount of time for you to activate this ability. Do you think it is you who disappears faster, or I pull the trigger faster?"
If several people living in Wayne Manor heard what Alfred said at this time, they would be doubly surprised, because the old butler seemed to be a different person. He had never spoken to this man in such a cold tone. No one in the manor has ever said anything like this.
In the eyes of most people, Alfred will always be the old butler with a smile, holding a plate, standing at the table setting the table, or cleaning the museum shelves with a duster.
But it can be seen from his current posture that this is by no means the first time he has held a gun. What he is holding is a double-barreled shotgun with a solid wood grip. The long barrel is illuminated by the light. It reflected a chilling cold light, and the muzzle of the gun was pressed against Hal's waist.
Hal swallowed his saliva. He didn't dare to move at all. Just like Alfred said, it takes a certain amount of time for him to activate his green light ability. Under normal circumstances, this time is short enough to be ignored, but it is the most deadly. The best thing is that the green light ring will glow.
Once Hal activates the green light energy, the green light ring will emit green light. This light will spread all over his body in an instant, but even for a very short moment, there is such a time. Hal has no doubt that as long as he The ring emits a glint of light, and the trigger will be pulled.
Hal didn't dare to bet whether the green light could block his waist when the bullet was shot out, because if not, he would be cut off directly. The green light could indeed allow Hal to recover quickly, but this self-healing ability was If there is an upper limit, being cut in half will definitely not be included.
"You are Bruce's butler, right?" Hal asked. He wanted to ease the atmosphere. Alfred didn't answer him, but just pushed the shotgun forward, and Hal closed it hard. Take a look, and then say:
"Okay, okay, don't be like this, do you know the origin of this child? She is not actually a human being, but a monster..."
Hal suddenly heard a "click" sound behind him, which was the sound of the trigger being pulled. Huge fear overwhelmed him. After a cold sweat, he discovered that the expected pain did not come, and Alfred was just weak. Pulled the trigger.
"I know a lot of things." Alfred stared at Hal in front of him and said, "Much more than you think."
His tone was always cold, so that Hal could not hear his emotions at all. Alfred continued: "I know that you regard me as an ignorant old butler, otherwise you would not dare to invade this manor like this. .”
"I'm not trying to invade, I'm just... ugh!"
Hal was pressed by the gun again, and he shut up decisively. Then he heard Alfred say: "If your parents haven't taught you that you need to make an appointment in advance and go through the main entrance when visiting other people's homes, then I think , you should have remembered it today.”…
Hal put down his hands, he sighed, then turned around, faced Alfred, looked into his eyes and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Butler, I know it's wrong to break into a private house, and I also know it's
A very dangerous and disrespectful behavior."
"But you have to allow me to explain, Aisha is actually not..."
Seeing the barrel of the gun slowly raised between his eyes, Hal raised his hands again. He slowly took two steps back and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this."
He also discovered that as long as Aisha's life experience was mentioned, the old butler did not want him to speak. As he expected, Alfred also looked into his eyes and said: "The butler has the obligation to help the master handle all matters."
Problems with children, including possible doubts and dishonorable aspects of life experience..."
"I think you don't want to be one of these backstories." Alfred drew out his voice a little, and Hal understood what he meant. If he wanted to get out of here alive, it was best to keep his mouth shut.
, swallow this secret into your stomach.
He took a deep breath and then said, "Okay, let's not talk about this issue. I am here really just to ensure that her extraordinary abilities will not endanger the safety of ordinary people..."
After saying that, Hal didn't care whether Alfred could understand or not, he began to explain to himself: "The yellow light has always been the biggest threat to the green light. Although I have never encountered a real yellow light demon,
But the Green Lantern Corps takes them seriously."
"It's the same this time." Hal sighed and continued: "When they learned that the leader of the Yellow Lantern Corps and the lamp beast came to this place, they thought about sending the powerful Green Lantern here to deal with it.
these questions."
"However, it all happened too fast. After the resolution was over, the matter was over, so I can only stay here to do the finishing work."
"Whether it's for the safety of the universe or the safety of ordinary people, I have to do this."
"Your name is Hal, right?" Alfred asked suddenly.
Hal put his hands on his hips and nodded. Alfred looked into his eyes and asked Hal: "What do you think is the cause of all this?"
Hal felt strange about this question. He scratched his head and said with some confusion: "The reason? Actually, I don't know the reason. I just suddenly received an order saying that the Yellow Lantern Corps had arrived.
The earth wants me to deal with them..."
"Then, I came to Gotham, and was inexplicably pulled into a dream. Then I started fighting with that monster. I don't know how I won in the end, but I just won..."
"Suddenly, the yellow lantern beast turned into a little girl, and the leader of the yellow lantern army disappeared."
Hal said helplessly: "Actually, I don't know what happened from beginning to end..."
"Then you're going to report to the so-called Green Lantern Corps like this?"
"I..." Hal choked, and Alfred said with some contempt: "When you don't know the cause, process, or even the complete result, you choose to report it to your superiors
?”
"What shocks me is that your superiors actually gave you orders based directly on your incomplete intelligence..."...
"Green Lantern Corps..." Alfred snorted lightly and said: "If you are only at this level, it is best to go back to where you belong and not get involved in things on Earth."
Hal put his finger on his forehead. He didn't know how to describe the old butler in front of him. His simple and elegant British accent made him feel as if he was talking to a nobleman, but his words did not show any mercy.
"I am also an Earthling!" Hal emphasized.
"Earthlings who make a living by selling information about the Earth?"
Hal was choked again. He gestured helplessly and said: "I am doing this for the safety of the earth..."
"That's what every spy says."
Alfred lowered his eyes, not wanting to look at Hal's somewhat stiff expression. He said: "One day, a group of foreigners found you, they gave you money and power, and then told you that you should be in your The way the mother country maintains peace is to tell them everything there in detail."
"You took money to do things, completed the task, and after being arrested, you told the judge that you were just maintaining peace..."
As he spoke, Alfred's eyes fell on the green light ring, and he said: "...But you kept silent about the benefits you obtained from them."
"In the first half of my life, I have met too many people like this."
"Are they guilty? Maybe the blame does not entirely lie with them. Many people really believe that what they do can bring peace to their country."
"But are they innocent? The huge benefits gained from betraying the country put them above the ordinary people who suffered because of it. In the end, he was the only one who gained peace and enjoyment."
Hal's expression gradually became solemn from the initial helplessness. Alfred turned his eyes to his eyes again, looked at him and said: "Human beings rush for money just because it is the general equivalent in our society and can bring money." Give us the greatest enjoyment.”
"But how do you know that the thing you are wearing on your hand does not play such a role in the universe?"
"Perhaps, what seems to you to be a very powerful force is to them garbage and residue that is not even sugar-coated. They only need to provide you with a little bit of garbage, and you will hand over the interests of the motherland..."
"Stop talking!" Hal closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and pressed the ring on his hand with his thumb. It was very obvious that his fingertips were trembling a little. Alfred continued to tell him explain:
“If you don’t remember who you are, where you come from, who you ultimately want to work for, and you can’t follow through on this goal, then the only thing waiting for you is to be betrayed by everyone... "
Hal's mood seemed to be fluctuating violently. He turned his head to the side. After a while, he took a deep breath. In an instant, the green light of the ring lit up.
At this moment, he didn't hear the sound of the trigger being pulled. Hal pursed his lips hard. Just when he thought he was about to leave this place, he could find a quiet place to think about these things by himself.
When asking questions, suddenly, the door of the room opened, and a small black figure appeared outside the door.…
Hal didn't see her movements clearly at all. The moment the light of the green light ring spread to his arm, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm.
"ah!
!" Hal let out a scream, and when he looked down, he saw Elsa biting the wrist guard on his arm with fangs. The thick wrist guard could not stop her fangs at all, and blood was flowing from between her teeth.
seeped out.
Hal made an instinctive movement of shaking his arm, trying to throw Elsa off. As a result, his teeth pierced the wrist guard, and slid down with the wrist guard. When it slid to his hand, it was wrapped like a glove.
your hand.
Hal was in severe pain and kept throwing his arms. When the wristband and the little girl were thrown down together, the ring with green light on his finger was carried down by the wristband.
Hal gritted his teeth and covered his bleeding arm. He looked at the princess bed. There was no little girl on it at all. The bulge in the quilt was a doll stuffed inside. This was a trap from the beginning.
The moment he realized what had happened, he suddenly discovered that the green light energy that was spreading into his body had disappeared. He turned his head and saw the fallen green light ring drawing a high parabola——
There was a "ding" and the crisp sound of metal touching the floor. Hal breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the ring would not be broken.
He was just about to walk over and pick up the ring, but found that the black muzzle of the gun appeared in front of him again, and Hal slowly raised his hands.
At this time, a young hand slowly approached the floor, and then picked up the ring. Dick, who had just been awakened, rubbed his eyes while looking at the ring in his hand.
"Hey, kid, put it down, it's not a toy..." Hal stretched out his hands to dissuade him. Dick, who had just been woken up, was sleepy. Before he even opened his eyes, a green light spread directly to his body.
superior.
"Wait...what is this?" Dick asked unclearly.
Hal slapped his forehead and said, "No!
!”
"I seem... I feel something... Do you want to do this?" Dick muttered, as if Hal suddenly remembered something, he said: "No! Don't teleport! This ability is very difficult.