Chapter 125 Chapter 125 The highest level of gang fighting, going to...
Bruce looked at the four children one by one with a smile, obviously expecting their answers.
From an objective point of view, not only the original singer of this song, but even the eye-catching MV cover version they saw is not actually bad. Li Hua, Jason, Benjamin and Tim do not really hate this song.
So whether it's from the perspective of social etiquette, the song itself, or face, the four people can give only one answer.
Benjamin forced a stiff smile, as if swallowing his broken teeth: "I like it! I like it very much!"
Li Hua: "It's like hearing heavenly music, and my ears are temporarily clear."
Tim: “Very energetic music.”
"It's pretty good."
Amidst the cheerful music, Jason secretly gritted his teeth and asked.
"But Bruce, why is your alarm still going off?"
Bruce must have discovered what happened last night, which is why he launched a mental attack at dinner with this song that none of the four of them wanted to hear in the short term.
Due to various reasons, Li Hua and Benjamin had already lost their fighting capacity after the first round of attacks. Now the only ones still capable of fighting were Bruce, Jason, and Tim, all of whom had received professional training.
If there is still someone acting and everyone around knows that he is acting, then everyone will be unable to help but expose him.
But if three actors get together at a table and compete with each other in acting, two against one, the nature of the game... the performance will change, from "I want to see how long you can perform" to "see who can't perform first."
With this idea in mind, a smokeless war quietly broke out on the dining table, and the three vigilantes began to compete for the pinnacle of performance and acting skills.
Bruce smiled and said, "Don't you all like it? I just want to play it a little longer. Isn't it reasonable to have music to accompany dinner?"
Li Hua looked down at the steak on the plate: "Is this... right?"
Although he hadn't eaten Western food many times, and had few opportunities to have a Western dinner in a private manor...but generally speaking, shouldn't the accompaniment music at this time be piano music or some light music?
When Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, he knew to reveal his true intentions, but Bruce didn't even bother to use the entire map of Gotham to block his attack, and just attacked without warning.
Not to mention that they were having a Western dinner, even if they were having a Japanese dinner, playing "Love? Skull ~ ム!" in this scene wouldn't be the right style, right?
"What's wrong? Don't be so serious." Bruce said with a smile, "Oh, Li Hua. This is just an ordinary family dinner. There are no so many strict rules."
"I don't think that's what Li Hua meant, Bruce. You know, Li Hua isn't such a stickler for convention."
Tim started his offensive with an enthusiastic smile on his face.
"I understand, Bruce, you've finally found a common topic with us, but even the best food will eventually tire of it, and even the best songs will eventually tire of it. Especially when you're using an alarm clock to only play part of the lyrics."
Bruce didn't use the entire original song as the alarm ringtone, but instead chose the modified part from last night's MV, which gave Tim an opportunity to fight back.
"I have a great idea, Bruce. Why not use the music player to automatically play similar music?"
During the time they were talking and silent, "Ruby-chan" had been called twice and would soon be called for the third time.
I think these fun little activities of finding common topics and even common interests can bring us closer together than playing song clips on an endless loop.”
Without further ado, let's first stop this mind-blowing music. Let "Ruby-chan" go, let everyone here go except Bruce.
"That's a really good idea." Bruce canceled the alarm on his phone, without letting up a smile, and said, "By the way, Tim. Do you want to know how your teacher praised your composition to me today?"
Tim: Honestly, not really right now.
"I just looked up my review online, so I don't deserve this kind of praise."
"Really?" Bruce blinked and asked, "Is it the part where you used exquisite sentences to praise The Legend of 1900 for saving you from painful mental torture and giving you inner peace? Your teacher read a passage to me, and the sentences were so well written, it was as if the author was there in person."
Tim: “Yes.”
In fact, this is not a complete lie, because when Tim wrote that paragraph, Li Hua, Jason and Benjamin each said a part. It can be said that part of the description is the combined idea of the four of them.
Bruce: "Really? But I can't find that passage online. Where did you copy it? I want to read other works by this superb author."
This part is purely Bruce's free improvisation. Tim's teacher actually never recited the content of Tim's composition. It was all about acting and heartbeat.
At this time, Benjamin took over the baton: "I told Tim this paragraph. I wrote a review of The Legend of 1900 when I was in school. Tim also wanted to write one, so I told him."
Li Hua: "Yes, and then I used some traditional skills to help Tim lower the plagiarism rate. The part about homesickness was my suggestion."
Before Bruce could figure out why homesickness appeared in "The Legend of 1900", Tim had already taken advantage of this uninspired combo to forcefully end it and change the subject:
"Now that I've completed all my assignments and received an A, can I continue my night patrol tonight?"
"sure."
Knowing that one should be moderate in teasing children, Bruce naturally changed the subject.
"So Jason, Li Hua, and Benjamin are going to join us on patrol tonight? I thought maybe you would like to have something in common to talk about with Black Mask."
The name "Black Mask" is not unfamiliar even to Li Hua.
Because during this period of time, Black Mask can be said to have passed through Li Hua's whole world.
On the fifth day after they arrived in this world, before taking Jason to find Nightwing and returning to Wayne's house to meet each other, the three of them had planned to cause trouble for Black Mask.
However, at that time, Black Mask himself was still imprisoned in Arkham Asylum in Gotham City and had not been released on medical parole. Therefore, there was nothing Black Mask's men in Blüdhaven could do to bring justice to the three of them.
On the day Li Hua returned from one of his trips to another world, he, Benjamin, Jason and Tim went to Blüdhaven for dinner. During the conversation, they mentioned that they planned to find an opportunity to take down Black Mask later.
After learning of the plan, Tim not only provided the news that "Black Mask has been released from Arkham Asylum", but also provided the information that "in Blüdhaven, we should be more wary of the giant Desmond than Black Mask."
Then Desmond found Li Hua, and his men left a wound on Li Hua's dominant arm that has not yet fully healed. Li Hua used fear gas to give Desmond a ticket to hell, and Desmond has shown no signs of getting out of the coffin so far.
Due to a wounded person in the team and the subsequent owl kidnapper incident, Black Mask, who had not been active in Blüdhaven, had long been forgotten by Li Hua and others.
Benjamin quickly remembered Black Mask, a guy he'd been planning to beat up but hadn't had the chance to. "What could we possibly have in common with that super villain?"
Bruce said, "Don't be impatient. Do you remember the first time Li Hua was attacked by Scarecrow's fear toxin?"
Of course everyone remembers it.
Scarecrow's poison gas attack opened the door to Berserker for Li Hua, and even indirectly contributed to the tragic destruction of his own counterpart and the death of Desmond.
Bruce: "At the time, I thought Scarecrow's behavior of going straight to Li Hua was too ulterior. Later, I found out that someone had hired him. It turned out to be Black Mask. His purpose was the same as I initially suspected. He wanted to start with the magical boy who seemed to have the least combat experience and force him to tell about the technology that turned Killer Croc back into a human, as well as information about Red Hood and Mighty Tyrannosaurus."
Li Hua: ...
"As for Poison Ivy's prison break, it was discovered that Black Mask's men managed to slip plant seeds into her dinner. According to the investigation Dick provided, Desmond also came into contact with someone suspected to be Black Mask's men before attacking Li Hua."
Li Hua: "Black Mask is sick!"
If Bruce said that he had found out that Scarecrow or Poison Ivy was behind the incident, one of them had a grudge against him, and the other was worried that he would be turned into an ordinary human like Killer Croc with a single click, Li Hua could still understand their motives.
But Li Hua and his friends didn't have time to cause trouble for Black Mask. In fact, they mainly stayed in Bludhaven for more than a month. What on earth was Black Mask doing to target them?
Even Li Hua was targeted twice! Twice! He didn't even have such a high critical hit rate when he normally drew cards. How could he be treated like this?
Benjamin also found Black Mask's targeting baffling. "If I remember correctly, Black Mask is an ordinary human without superpowers. Why is he so afraid of the Omnitrix's genetic repair function?"
Bruce: "I've found that Black Mask has shown signs of investing in biotech companies. I speculate that he is interested in developing cyborgs or other biological weapons for his own use, which is why he is acting this way. But this is just my speculation. Black Mask's investment in those biotech companies has just begun, and there are no results and of course no evidence. Moreover, the investment process shows that this is just a legal and compliant business activity."
Therefore, we cannot just rely on this piece of information to send Black Mask to Blackgate Prison.
Jason: "It's unlikely that Black Mask would go to such lengths simply for a project that hasn't produced any results. I think his madness is probably due to our actions in Blüdhaven causing him such trouble."
After all, judging by their efficiency in beating up gangsters and kicking criminals, it was only a matter of time before Black Mask was killed by the three young magicians who were standing at the head of his bed to enforce justice.
"So what evil plan does Black Mask have that needs to be stopped tonight? A large-scale fight with other Gotham gangs?" Li Hua asked curiously. "Also, Bruce, how did you know that Black Mask invested in a biotech company?"
Bruce: "Not Gotham, Blüdhaven."
"Desmond, the leader of the Blüdhaven underground organization, passed away from heart failure some time ago, leaving a huge power vacuum in Blüdhaven. Black Mask, who had long been eyeing an opportunity to take action against Blüdhaven, took advantage of this chaos to develop his new power in Blüdhaven."
However, Black Mask isn't the only one who's thought of this.
The Penguin also tried to swallow the fat of Blüdhaven with this idea, but compared to Black Mask, the Penguin had a shorter time in Blüdhaven and fewer resources to mobilize.
Therefore, the Penguin lost the "Bludhaven Tender" battle in a very bad way. Not only did he not make any money, he also lost a lot of money.
Bruce: "Then Penguin reported to me that Black Mask was planning to launch a large-scale operation in Blüdhaven tonight to further stir up chaos, and that he was secretly investing in a biotech company."
Business wars are sometimes so plain and insidious.
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