When Batman went to serve the meal, he kept staring at the place where Alfred was, hoping that his butler would take a look at him. However, Alfred, who had taken good care of him in the manor, seemed not to recognize him now.
He was the same, chatting with the devil while eating.
Several strong old miner demons were also sitting with the overseer. They were chatting enthusiastically. After a while, Schiller and the overseer he met before also joined in. There were seven or eight demons and two humans on the table.
, suddenly causing a commotion throughout the flowing water mat.
The food in the bowl was nothing special, just like boiled vines, plus two strange pieces of fire-roasted beast meat. It didn't taste good, but it was edible. Batman was eating the rice while staring at the movement over there.
There was a "clang" and the sound of tableware being placed on the table. Batman turned around and found that he was also twisting his head and staring straight at Merkel opposite. Before he could speak, Merkel sighed.
He breathed and said:
"I have been digging all morning, and I didn't see clearly how Mr. Pennyworth got mixed up with them. Mr. Wayne, did you see clearly?"
"Call me Batman." Batman turned his head, glanced at the surrounding situation with his eyes, lowered his voice slightly, and then said: "How did you and Alfred get here? Where is Zatanna?"
"Miss Zatanna opened the portal, and then, um, she fainted due to lack of strength. Mr. Alfred sent her to rest upstairs in the manor. The two of us entered the portal, and then we came here."
"Weren't you captured by that big sandworm?" Batman asked.
Merkel shook her head and said: "The place where we landed is not far from here. It is an underground cave. Seeing that there seemed to be people here, Alfred led me over."
"Are you here to see me and Schiller?"
"It seemed so at first, but then Alfred seemed to have other things he wanted to do, so we stayed here."
As soon as Merkel said this, he noticed a dark tentacle stretching out from his side. Just as he was about to stand up, Batman turned around and said: "Rixagon, I was looking for you just now.
"
Hexagon slowly moved over. Where the light was clearer, he looked like a ball of black vines. He looked less like a demon monster and more like a plant spirit. When he saw Batman's eyes
, Liujiao turned his eyes downward, looked at himself, and then said:
"Is there anything surprising? The shadow monster is the most common mine plant, the shadow vine, which has awakened its mind. Oh, yes, you just came to hell, so you may not know..."
Hexagon used his tentacles to grab a chair and sit down, then used his tentacles to throw a piece of meat into his mouth. Batman didn't see where his mouth was because the meat disappeared into the center of the tentacles.
"Is he your friend?" Liujiao turned his eyes and looked at Merkel. Merkel still looked at the monster with a wary expression. Batman nodded, then looked at his tentacles and asked: "Is your injury better?"
Yet?"
"Your healing magic is really effective. The wound no longer hurts, but..." Rokkaku waved his tentacles, then sighed and said, "Forget it."
Batman still wanted to ask, but at this time, he saw that Alfred at the table opposite had left first. After a while, Schiller also left. The two of them were probably meeting each other.
Batman and Merkel both stood up and wanted to go over, but the group of supervisors also finished their meal and focused their attention on them again. Batman and Merkel knew that they could not act rashly, so they sat down again
Got down and started eating.
After a while, lunch time was over, and on the way back to work in the mine, Schiller slowed down and came to Batman, leaving only one sentence: "Today at midnight, gather at the abandoned mine halfway up the mountain.
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After another afternoon of work, Batman also started to be lazy this time. However, he did not steal other demon's minerals. Instead, he pressed the heavy rock and soil fragments at the bottom of the basket.
The person in charge of transporting the mine cart was Schiller, and Schiller's attention was not on the mine cart at all. Batman was carrying a basket full of minerals, and it seemed that he had gained a lot, and he was not lazy at all.
At that time, the bottom layer was full of rock and soil fragments.
Schiller glanced at the dirt in the mine cart and raised an eyebrow at Batman. Batman heard him whisper: "It's a pity that you have graduated. Otherwise, I would really like to give you two points."
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Batman shook his head and walked back, saying, "If I haven't graduated yet, you will definitely deduct two points from me."
At midnight, Batman quietly removed the straw mat and began to study the gap in the corner. He also suspected that this might be a trap set by the devil for him, so he did not act rashly.
He first swept the gravel away with his hands and felt the airflow coming from inside. Then he raised the torch to the gap and looked down, and found that there seemed to be a passage there.
Judging from the direction and intensity of the airflow, there must be an exit on the opposite side, and the road is not rugged, and there is no cover for the exit.
This shows that the place where the exit is located may be relatively hidden, so there is no need for anything extra to cover the hole in order to have such a strong convection airflow.
Batman first used his armor-covered fingers to dig out the gap a little, then held up a torch and looked inside. Sure enough, he saw that the exit at the end of the passage pointed to the mine on the opposite side.
Batman recalled in his mind the overall view of the mine he had seen before. He calculated the distance of the passage and found that the location of the exit should be right behind the mine bunker and at the foot of the mine.
There is no cover there, it is relatively exposed, but almost no one goes there, and the other small mine opposite is relatively far away, with a flue of eruption in the middle, so it is impossible for the guards to see the movement here.
After discovering this, Batman started digging. The last miner who dug this passage seemed to have buried the entrance very loosely for the convenience of travel. After a few gentle digs, he dug out more than half of it.
After Batman got into the tunnel, he filled the entrance with soil, then stretched out a hand and pulled the straw mat over to cover the entrance of the hole.
After he left, several black tentacles stretched out, cleaned up the loose soil that fell from the digging, and then silently took it back.
Emerging from the hole at the foot of the mountain, Batman found a rugged but hidden road and started walking halfway up the mountain. As soon as he reached the abandoned mine, he found that Schiller was already waiting there.
Just when Batman was about to step forward and say something? Alfred led Merkel in and brought two torches. Merkel fixed the torches and greeted him in the originally dark abandoned mine.
A ray of light came.
Seeing that everyone was here, Batman cleared his throat, but no one paid him any attention. Schiller stood up first, walked up and shook Alfred's hand, and then said: "Hello, comrade.
"
Alfred took off his hat and also said to Schiller: "Hello, comrade, I am Big, the action committee member of the First Bureau of the National Security Council of the Soviet Union. I send my greetings to you on behalf of Moscow."
Merkel also stepped forward, shook hands with Schiller again, and then said: "Special Employment Commissioner of the Fifth Bureau of the Soviet National Security Council, Oliver..."
Schiller nodded, glanced at the two of them, and then said: "For confidentiality reasons, I cannot reveal my real name and rank for the time being, but please believe that we are all fighting for the cause of communism."
"Yes, Mr. Rodriguez, Moscow has sent a call, highly affirming the revolutionary work you have led in Central America." Alfred put his hat on the table, and the two came to sit at the table.
Next, Alfred spoke again: "Comrade Vasilyevich, I express my affirmation and praise for your pioneering work in Central America."
"In the personal letter he wrote, he called you the eternal friend of the Mexican people and the flag of the American soil that has once again flown."
Schiller shook his head and said: "We all know that there has never been a savior. Revolution is inevitable and spontaneous. It does not require a glorious and great leader. All this is the will of the Mexican people and the will of the American land.
will……"
"In that land where countless crimes have occurred, the Mexican people have been silent for too long, so they only need a small spark to burn the entire land of Central America. They just need someone to guide them on the right path.
, a passer-by, and does not need a leader, which is why I did not stand up."
"In any case, Comrade Schiller, you have accomplished an unprecedented feat and injected a stream of fresh blood into the heart far away in Moscow." Alfred said with a serious face.
But Schiller shook his head and said: "There is no so-called heart for the cause of communism. Here, every comrade, every idealist, every person who has walked on this road, or is walking on it,
People on this path are all indispensable blood."
Batman saw Alfred's brows gradually widening, and Schiller continued: "Comrade Alfred, I know that at a certain time, you had feelings for some of the forerunners on this path.
Doubtful, but this is actually very normal.”
"On the way of exploration, we will always encounter periods of confusion. There will always be people who offer different opinions and take another fork in the road. However, if we don't take a step, we will always stay in the same place."
"You don't have to feel disappointed because of some people's mistakes. Rather, if you feel confused and at a loss because of your disagreement with them, it just shows that you are still loyal to your original ideals."
"Please believe that those bloodlines that are always surging forward never stop moving forward."
"Perhaps, the heart that once beat most passionately is no longer young. Just like the people of that era, some were shaken and some were aging."
"But there will still be new blood joining in, and a young and energetic heart will beat in the new land."
Schiller's tone was always calm, as if he was stating a fact, but Batman had never seen such a moving expression on Alfred's face. He even saw his old butler begin to burst into tears.
Batman has never seen such passionate emotions in this old man. He is always gentle and gentle, like an old tree that has reached the end of its life, with vigorous twists and turns, and every vein tells a story.
But today, Batman saw new vitality in the branches of this old tree, or in other words, it had been hidden inside the old trunk, layer after layer of tree rings, growing but suppressed
The returning blood surged into my heart again.
Alfred stood up and shook hands with Schiller again. The two were silent and said nothing.
But Batman clearly saw that with just one look, they described the grandeur of the world and the ups and downs of life in the past few decades.
There is a power between their souls that Batman cannot understand, which makes them brighter and more vigorous than the red sun in the sky even if they are in hell and surrounded by demons.
Merkel seemed to be moved by this power. He and Batman were silent together. After being silent for a long time in the abandoned mine, Schiller and Alfred spoke together and stopped together.
"You say it first." Schiller extended his hand to greet me, but Alfred shook his head and said: "No, you say it first. I believe that your rank should be higher than mine, and your achievements are better than mine."
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Schiller did not refuse. He nodded, stood up, and said: "Now that we have three people, we can set up a temporary combat headquarters. So, let me first briefly explain the spirit of this battle.
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"The land of hell has gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes. The people of hell have suffered so much. The demon lords are like a big mountain pressing on the heads of ordinary people in hell."
"And we, as the hell civilians who have been exploited and oppressed for a long time but are tenacious and have a spirit of resistance, must fight against the stubborn old forces to the end!"
Schiller stood up and looked at the smoke gradually rising outside the abandoned cave. His voice echoed in the mines:
"All the oppressed mortals in hell, all the bullied and exploited lower-class races, and all the demons who have suffered injustice, will surely unite and vow to make the hells of thousands of miles a new day!"