Chapter 46 Chapter 46 You know how to play
As the observant Batman, Bruce believes that he is not old enough to fail to notice Li Hua's restraint. If this kid were a Kryptonian, he would have dug a Batcave with his toes by now.
So after thanking them, Bruce said he was going to the Batcave to check the equipment and left the living room, leaving the venue to the children of the same age, thinking that this would make them more relaxed.
Bruce's deduction proved correct. Li Hua's embarrassment eased considerably the moment he left the living room. He deftly plucked a crouching Ice Ghost cub from his head, rubbed it a few times, and then returned to normal. "Should we order takeout or go out to eat?"
Jason: "Alfred must be making lunch."
Li Hua: "What do you do at night?"
Benjamin: "I don't know. Are there any weirdos hanging out in Gotham at night?"
Jason: "It's not like people break out of Arkham every day. It's hard to say."
Benjamin: "Well, it doesn't matter whether we're in Blüdhaven or Gotham. I'd better take Li Hua and gain experience."
Li Hua: "Since it's all the same, let's go to Bludhaven. I still remember the Black Mask by Daming Lake."
Dick was caught off guard by the name of an old acquaintance: "Black Mask?"
Jason said as he caressed the cub, "Yeah, I heard something the other day when we were starting our business in Blüdhaven. It seems Roman—oh, that's Black Mask's real name—is planning to expand his territory in Blüdhaven...once again. Seriously, can't Gotham satisfy him?"
Tim tried hard not to look at the cub in Jason's hand. "Where did you find out?"
"I didn't check it at all. I mentioned it and then we came to Gotham."
Jason rubbed the cub's belly, suddenly looked up at Tim and said.
"If Bruce uses me to lecture you, just treat it like he's just... playing with his mouth. That's his old trick. He used Dick to lecture me back then, saying things like Dick would never do this, Dick would do that, why can't you be like Dick... If you're unhappy, come find us at Blüdhaven. Don't keep it to yourself."
Li Hua was amused: "Wow, isn't this just a variation of 'You are the worst class I've ever taught'?"
"Hey?" Benjamin looked around and suddenly realized that everyone present was a superhero. "I suddenly have a brilliant idea!"
Li Hua then heard the inorganic voice of No. 666 from the wireless microphone on his collar: "Don't."
Benjamin protested, "I haven't even said it yet. How can you think this isn't a good idea before I even say it?"
No. 666: "Since your last sudden idea was to take Li Hua and Jason to space...why do I think this is a good idea?"
"Going to space? Literally?" Tim's eyes sparkled. "What did you do?"
Jason: Send these kids to the cafeteria to get some high-calorie food, namely solar plasma.
Tim and Dick fell silent upon hearing this, their eyes fixed on the soft, light blue belly of the Ice Ghost cub.
Who would have thought that the staple food of such a small creature would be so... fresh and powerful.
Dick curiously picked up an ice ghost cub lying on his head. After getting Benjamin's consent, Tim also held one to observe. From the appearance, it was impossible to tell that this little creature, as cute as Stitch, had such a strong diet.
"I'm not going to take everyone to space this time," Benjamin said. "I was just thinking, since there are so many of us, can we take the kids out to see the world when we go for a walk together?"
No. 666: "...These babies aren't even five days old. How could they possibly have seen the world?"
Benjamin: "We can't just keep them locked up at home and in space forever. That's too much. You said that ice ghost pups of the same age travel the universe from birth, but they can only stay at home every day. We can't take them out for a walk openly during the day, so can't we take them out at night?"
Even Dick, the only adult among them, thought what Benjamin said made sense.
Childhood is the time when children have the strongest desire to explore. However, at this time, they can only be locked in a small room and cannot even go out, suppressing their exploratory nature. This is too miserable.
"Why don't you come to Bludhaven tonight? I'll take you out for night patrol and call the children."
Blüdhaven doesn't have as many super freaks as Gotham, and it's also safe for the ice ghost cubs.
As for the distance issue, it is not a problem at all now that Benjamin has Kryptonian DNA.
Jason thought this was a brilliant idea. "Great! Benjamin, didn't you say you wanted to learn how to use the grappling gun? I'll teach you tonight! And Li Hua, don't worry. Dick and I are both physical fighters, so your melee combat experience points will definitely skyrocket!"
Li Hua was ecstatic: "Great, great!"
Tim volunteered, "I'm also a Taijutsu practitioner, so I can teach you. Want to learn the grappling gun?"
Li Hua: "I have to learn!"
No. 666: "...Bruce will probably not agree to Jason going."
Who would be happy if their son, who came back from the dead, had to go to the front line just one day after returning?
Also, Li Hua and Benjamin, after you took away Batman's car and son in 24 hours, you plan to take away all of Batman's sons in another 24 hours?
Before the three Wayne boys could say anything, Li Hua had an idea: "If we don't cast a silence spell and then sneak away quietly, he won't notice us."
Dick Jason and Tim looked calmly at the camera on the corner of the living room ceiling: ...
In fact, they had been talking for such a long time and Bruce didn't send any text messages to veto it, so he probably agreed. The fact that Bruce left the living room on his own also showed that he wanted them to get to know each other better.
It's mainly ordinary humans who are causing trouble in Blüdhaven. Since Black Mask himself is still in Blackgate Prison, Li Hua and his friends are going to Blüdhaven to deal with ordinary criminals. With our combat power configuration... anyone who feels dangerous is an enemy.
The combat power has been saturated!
But Li Hua really didn’t seem to notice this obvious camera... Forget it, I’d better not tell him, so as to avoid him being embarrassed again.
Dick: "Bruce is not a difficult person to talk to, and you are going to Blüdhaven to act with me, not to run around."
The facts were basically the same as Dick said. After hearing about their plan after dinner, Bruce not only did not stop them, but told them to go to the Batcave to get any props and equipment they needed, and to call him if there was an emergency. Apart from that, he had no opinion.
Bruce: What else? I've got three rebellious sons, all rebelling against their father, and two teenagers with super powers. If I agree, they won't hide anything from me. I can react quickly to anything. If I refuse, who knows what these kids will do?
Before Decetem and Benjamin, Jason, without any equipment, dared to take the most obedient Li Huadu to Metropolis to rob Lex Luthor's laboratory... Even the resourceful Batman could not imagine what teenagers with such a configuration would do.
"Okay, these guys down here are the gang I was investigating." Nightwing squatted on the roof of a building with a group of teenagers, explaining tonight's mission like a tour guide, "We're going to go down and take them down, and then find out the gang's latest plans from them. Li Hua, Ben, what are your plans?"
Although the main purpose of tonight was to take the children (in the eyes of the adult office worker Nightwing) out for some fresh air, Nightwing had not forgotten that their guardians Li Hua and Benjamin had sent them here for further studies. He naturally put himself in the role of a gentle mentor and wanted to hear what they would do.
Li Hua, wrapped in a windbreaker and a big hat, said, "Hit the legs and arms, not the head?"
Benjamin: "Are you talking about a one-on-one fight or a group fight? In a group fight, I'll go down and destroy their guns first, and then you can go in. A one-on-one fight is easy. Any of my alien heroes can easily defeat them."
"This is fine for dealing with small groups of thugs, but not for organized gangs like this," Nightwing explained. "Because this is just one of their bases, if we make too much noise or miss someone who lets them tip off, then other bases will get the news. So when dealing with a large-scale organization like this, we have to act quickly, accurately and ruthlessly."
"Simply put, we need to first figure out their movement routes, determine their approximate number, and then capture them all in one fell swoop. Then we can move on to the next stronghold."
Jason: "It means not to be too loud, but also to catch them off guard."
Li Hua: "Hey! In that case, I have a plan. How about I use the [Time] card to pause time and then knock everyone unconscious?"
Robin: "...Besides being able to fly, you can also stop time?"
I originally thought that the one with the most amazing abilities in this group was Benjamin who could transform into a Kryptonian, but it turns out that Li Hua can also use time magic?
Nightwing couldn't help but ask, "Is your ability the Clow Cards?" The sense of déjà vu of cards, staffs, and staffs with wings was simply too strong.
"It's a magic card with abilities similar to the Clow Cards, but unlike the Clow Cards, it's not alive. Essentially, it's like a converter that stores different spells. As long as I input magic, it can activate the corresponding spell. However, the effects and abilities are related to my magic power, and they're definitely not as outrageous as the originals."
Li Hua took out the four cards in his hand and showed them to Ye Yi, saying.
"These are all the cards I have on hand right now. I don't have a single offensive card. If I have to say... I can stop them in time and use the blunt end of my staff to put them to a physical sleep."
No. 666: "...But isn't it still physical damage?"
Li Hua put the cards away: "Yeah, so I'm thinking about switching to a Thunder card or a Fire card to deal some magic damage next time."
Jason: "But you're essentially just using electricity and fire to hit people, right? ... Isn't that still physical damage? This can't be considered magic damage. Otherwise, Nightwing's two sticks are also electrified, and he carries nano explosives. Does that mean Nightwing is a magic boy?"
Robin: "Nightwing can't be considered a magical 'boy', right? He can't even be considered a teenager, he has to be considered a magical young man."
Li Hua: "So, if you say so, then Batman is a middle-aged man with magic?"
Nightwing was amazed by the associative ability of these teenagers. He gave them a thumbs up in admiration: "Genius!"
"Who cares about magic damage or physical damage? As long as it works, that's fine!" Benjamin wasn't a theorist, and he wasn't good at discussing tactics, so he said, "I can't think of anything. I'll go in through the main gate to draw the enemy's fire. The others can just watch and follow."
Nightwing thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll stay here and look after the kids while keeping an eye on the outside field for you."
The team-building task he chose for the newbies certainly wouldn't be difficult. This □□'s base wasn't big, just a small warehouse, and Tim and Jason could handle it alone.
Nightwing mainly wanted to see how Li Hua and Benjamin acted. Only by seeing it with his own eyes could he know where the problem lay.
Jason: "How can we split the points with so few people? Let Li Hua solo this match. Benjamin, you go to the next stronghold and fill it up. Then I'll take over."
"Ah? Me?" Li Hua pointed at himself, incredulous. "I've never played a full match against so many humans by myself!"
Didn't they say the group would start tonight? Why did it suddenly become a rotation system?
Jason: "You're the one who lacks combat experience the most here. You can't always play support."
Benjamin encouraged, "You can do it, Li... Magic boy, magic is something you can only become more proficient in through actual practice."
No. 666: "Your buffs are almost full. Bullets can't kill you right now, so what are you afraid of? Be brave, the kids are watching. You're just a little short of experience points to draw a new card. If you work harder and accumulate some experience points, you can choose a new card yourself. Don't you want it?"
“…”
For collectors, there is no greater temptation than unlocking new cards.
Li Hua took off her windbreaker and hat, and jumped down from the building with her magic wand, wearing a colorful cake skirt and a pink wig full of cute hair accessories, without any hesitation.
This was Li Hua's first time to fight in a team alone. Whether it was Nightwing and Robin who were seeing the magic boy fight for the first time, or Jason and Benjamin who had cooperated with Li Hua for a long time, they all wanted to see what kind of fighting style he would use, and at the same time they were prepared for emergency rescue in case of unexpected situations.
Under the witness of many forces, the magic boy with a flowing wig stood in the warehouse and turned around, then knocked out an unknown card in his hand.
Benjamin: "We can see that he can move even when knocking the cards. It's not a [Time] card, and it's not a [Flying] card without wings. [Shield] or [Quiet], I guess [Shield] can help him block fire. I've played this style with him before."
Jason: "Then I guess the [Silence] card. I taught him how to use the [Silence] card to knock people unconscious before. What about Robin and Nightwing?"
Nightwing: "He just locked the back door. I guess [Silence] card, [Shield] card doesn't need to lock the door."
"I've never seen him fight, nor have I watched Cardcaptor Sakura, so I'll just make a random guess," Robin said. "No. 666 said he has a buff stacked on him, so the gun won't hurt him. So I'll bet on [Jing]."
Amidst everyone's analysis and attention, Li Hua, who was thought to be planning a sneak attack, walked to the main entrance. With a shout of "FBI", he kicked the door of the warehouse open. Before the people inside could draw their guns, he raised his staff.
The invisible barrier of the [Shield] instantly filled the entire warehouse like a bubble being blown up, pressing all the people in the warehouse to the surface around them like reverse vacuum-packed goods, unable to move. In this situation where it seemed as if even the last breath of air in the lungs was about to be squeezed out, the criminals naturally let go of the guns in their hands.
Only Li Hua, who was standing at the door of the warehouse, was safe and sound.
After Li Hua was sure that everyone was subdued, he modified the defense target of the [Shield], just like he gave the Ice Ghost cubs access permissions in the universe, but this time he only gave the criminals one-way permissions.
That is, they can only enter the big bubble constructed by the [shield] but cannot exit, and then quickly shrink the area of the "bubble", so that all the criminals enter the spherical barrier like a hamster ball wheel. The small spherical space makes it impossible for most of them to maintain balance, and they are crowded and stacked together.
The person who caused all this was standing in front of them, casually raising his hand to tuck his pink hair behind his ear. Even the pink mask, the cute bird-beaked staff and the colorful cake skirt he was wearing could not alleviate the horror of his next words.
"What have you guys been up to lately? If you don't tell me, I'll either suffocate you to death or get crushed into a pulp."
After making these harsh remarks, Li Hua pressed the recorder he had received from Batman to record the group's statements. In his mind, he said happily to No. 666: "How's it going? Isn't the trick I just came up with super interesting?"
No. 666: […You…]
So you're actually good at playing technical games?!
So you were just as naive as Benjamin before, not wanting to use your brain and just rushing, right?
Li Hua didn't realize that his sudden move had left No. 666 speechless. He was still immersed in the joy of successfully using magic to defeat a team on his own for the first time: "Am I really good at making threats? I always imitate Jason's threats!"
No. 666: [You did a great job.]
Li Hua didn't reply for a long time.
No. 666: ...Is the answer too blunt?
Quickly search your memory bank to see if there is any way to deal with this situation.
[No. 666! I discovered that I can use this magic to set up a buff that triggers a specific condition! It seems I'm well-suited to research after all!]
[Congratulations. ]
[Be more enthusiastic. It's my turn. How sad would a normal young person be to hear you respond like that? It's not good to discourage young people. At least you could say I'm awesome!]
[Excellent.]
[That's so cold! You could at least add a few more words to show your seriousness in the compliment, and maybe a few more attributives to emphasize it!]
Oh, so that’s how it is.
No. 666 reorganized his words: [I'm serious, you're awesome.]
"Hey, I knew it!" Li Hua was even happier after hearing No. 666's praise. "It seems I'm really suited to this job! Oops, you interrupted me and I forgot which card I was thinking of picking..."
No. 666: [Take your time to think about it. You have plenty of time and opportunities.]
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The author has something to say: [Catching Bugs Four Times]
PS: I got a Clow Card deck and plan to draw cards simultaneously with Li Hua. I'll write down whatever I draw and focus on my luck! (Thumbs up)
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