Chapter 44 The old father? Exhausted and heartbroken.
Matthew sat in the room with a grim expression, unleashing a fatherly rage at the pesky Dick, as if he could tear Dick to pieces with that signal.
Dick tried to pull his collar tighter to minimize his presence. But no matter how hard he tried, the teeth marks on his exposed calves and neck couldn't lower the temperature in Matthew's fiery eyes.
Dick belatedly realized that Daredevil's senses seemed incredibly powerful, so...
Allen didn't care at all, because he had a snake's tail.
Matthew glared at Allen: "Once this is over, you're going back to New York! You're not allowed to go back to Brudhaven!"
Allen: "Hmm... I was just about to tell you about this, but I can't. Dick just invited me on vacation, and I've already accepted."
Dick coughed and said sincerely to Matthew, "Yes, Uncle Matt. I want to take Allen out to play."
Uncle Matt now wants to take his cane and smash it hard on Dick's head.
However, the most important thing right now is not the brat's love life.
Matthew frowned: "Are you sure Luther didn't realize you rescued me?"
Matthew had been unconscious for some time. One second his memory was of the blizzard in Brudhaven that caused so many people to suffer, and of Alan being wheeled into the emergency room. The next second, he woke up in a secluded room.
Before him stood a man who looked exactly like him, even his scent was almost identical. He heard Lex Luthor also call that man 'Matthew'.
He didn't know how Allen had rescued him, but Luther was definitely not someone who could be easily fooled.
Allen replied, "I'll have Dick impersonate you. Once Luther discovers the problem, his paranoia will make him unable to resist checking on you himself. I'll find a way to track him down and find out where you're being held."
"...Wait, are you deliberately trying to make me a suspect?" Dick looked at Allen in disbelief.
Allen answered matter-of-factly: "What else? Luther is a very suspicious guy. He would definitely keep Matthew alive to threaten me, and he would definitely check it himself after he became suspicious. I just used him a little."
"...Aren't you afraid Luther will arrest Dick?" Matthew was momentarily unsure whether to sympathize with Dick, who was kept in the dark. "What if he gets caught up in it too... Anyway, next time we should plan more carefully before acting! Also, you can't isolate everyone from your plans and expect them to be as obedient as pawns in your hand... Humans will always do things unplanned."
“Oh,” Allen replied casually. “Dick isn’t as bad as you think. If he really gets captured by Luthor, I’ll call Batman to rescue him. If Batman gets captured by Luthor, then I think the Illuminati have passed my test, and I can join them.”
Dick: ...
Matthew: ...
I'm teaching you not to always think about controlling everything! And even less to take risks and go astray! You little brat pretending you don't understand!
Little rascal Allen slid over to Matthew, dragging his snake tail, and checked him over. Then he nodded in satisfaction: "No problem. Luckily, Luther locked you up in Brudhaven, otherwise it would have taken Little Bear a lot more effort to bring you back."
"Little Bear?" Dick asked, sounding puzzled.
The little white rabbit with steel teeth had somehow hopped out from the corner and nestled obediently in Allen's arms, rubbing against him.
Matthew: "I was just about to ask, what happened to your leg?"
Hypothermia, slow heartbeat, and a coiled snake tail.
Is this right? This can't be right!
Matthew clutched his chest, then noticed that Dick's gaze at his son's tail was burning with desire, and the tip of his son's tail, which was dragging on the ground, was intimately wrapped around Dick's calf, rubbing up and down.
The two were clearly enjoying themselves.
Matthew was so angry he almost fell over.
Poor Daredevil clutched his chest and gasped for breath for a long time, trying his best not to act too much like Batman next door.
Allen thought for a moment and said, "I got too excited last night and lost control a little."
Matthew: ...
“I’m with Dick now, and my plan is to have a wedding once I bring Emily’s soul back.”
Dick immediately tensed up: "I haven't planned the wedding yet, and there are so many people I need to notify in advance. Should we have it in Haven, Blue, or in New York? Actually, I'd like to have one in Gotham too... Oh, and there's the bachelor party..."
Matthew remained silent for a long time before finally bursting out: "You...you..."
Under Alan's matter-of-fact gaze, Matthew finally managed to choke out his next sentence after a long pause:
"Did he show you his medical report, Allen?! Didn't I tell you not to have sex with random people, and if you do, to take precautions?! And to check your medical report beforehand?! You want to get married without seeing your medical report? You're dreaming!"
Allen: ...
The elderly father continued his impotent rage.
The smell of Allen and Dick was as if they had licked each other from head to toe. It was pretty perverted, but it was hard for him not to notice.
The snake-tailed madman tried to change the subject: "Well... Matt, you can stay here as long as you want. I put a substitute in the place where Luther imprisoned you before, so don't worry, it won't be discovered."
Matthew: "Did you check his medical report?!"
Allen: "Luthor won't be happy for long. Those mutants were just people I brought in to fool Luthor; they're easy to deal with. But we can't expose that yet. I'm going to make Luthor pay the price..."
Matthew screamed at the top of his lungs: "There won't be a next time!!"
Allen nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Luther won't have a chance to cause trouble anymore. I'll put him in jail. How about you be his lawyer then?"
Matthew: ...
Dick, looking weak and innocent, huddled in a corner, pondering the questions Allen had just posed to him. What secrets did that lighthouse-like laboratory, nominally built by Lex Luthor, hold? And what was that monster he'd seen flash by in that room?
"So how can you return to normal?" Matthew frowned, looking at Allen's snake tail. Genetic mutation wasn't his area of expertise; perhaps he'd have to find another superhero...
Allen conjured his legs in a flash.
Dick: ...?
No, then what you just did... you did it on purpose?!
Allen looked at Matthew calmly and said, "Don't worry, I can control it."
Matthew breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, then remembered something else: "So now there are three of me in the world?"
Besides himself, there are two imposters. The person imprisoned in his place was someone Allen just created. So the question is, where did the imposters who had been replacing him come from?
Dick's expression also turned serious: "Whether it was 'Squid' or Alex Pedro, they were normal people who existed before, and were 'infected' later, right? So who is this guy who appeared out of nowhere? Luther seems to trust him a lot. He is not the so-called 'copy'. Luther's attitude towards him is not right."
Allen frowned; this was something he had overlooked.
He had always thought that was a 'copy' of Matthew, but according to Dick, perhaps that guy had a bigger problem.
However, at that moment, Allen's expression suddenly changed.
He quickly stood up, turned around, and ran towards the door.
Without a second thought, Dick immediately decided to follow, but suddenly a tentacle appeared in the room, grabbed Dick, and placed him next to Matthew.
Dick shouted angrily from behind Allen, "Allen! Don't even think about going it alone!"
Allen's voice came from afar: "Don't come any closer! You and Matthew get out of here right now! My lab has been tampered with! Watch out outside!"
Matthew and Dick's expressions changed, and they quickly realized what Allen meant by being careful outside.
Once they left the eerie lighthouse, the communication signal was finally restored.
Harry's messages nearly filled Dick's mailbox, and calls from Batman and Red Robin also filled the list. Everyone was conveying the same message—the world was out of control.
The sight before them left them dumbfounded.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier had been hovering far above Broodhaven for some time now, with fighter jets taking off continuously from the carrier. Quinjet fighters swarmed around the sky like flies.
Strange creatures are constantly emerging from all over the world to attack humans. Worse still, many humans are suddenly starting to attack those around them.
Brudhaven was in complete chaos. The subway and viaduct that Dick and Allen used to take to work had collapsed, the ground had sunk, and the whole city was riddled with potholes.
Dick saw Dr. Edward standing in the street, looking utterly bewildered. The instant he saw Dick, he shouted in Dick's direction, "Run! Run!"
Then a mutated creature appeared behind him.
It could hardly be called human anymore; it had a pair of fleshy wings like a bat, and green vines grew from its head.
The man waved his hands and lunged at Dr. Edward.
In the nick of time, Dick swiftly tackled Dr. Edward, then rolled away to avoid the monster's tearing attack.
Matthew had already changed into Daredevil's gear. He precisely struck the monster's vulnerable eye with his short stick, leaped forward, and twisted his thigh around the monster's neck, flipping it backward.
The monster suffocated instantly and then fell unconscious.
Dick helped Dr. Edward up and asked, "What exactly happened?"
Dr. Edward, still shaken but composed, gave Matthew a thumbs-up: "I don't know what happened either. I just went to work as usual today, and then a bunch of monsters appeared on the way! It scared me to death!"
After saying that, he glanced down at his watch, his face instantly turning extremely grim: "Oh no!"
Dick and Matthew watched him nervously.
Dr. Edward slapped his thigh, his face contorted with despair: "There's only one minute left before the ward rounds begin, I'm definitely going to be late today! I hate monsters, they've murdered my perfect attendance record!"
Dick: ...
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