LRAB Chapter 214 "Wonder Woman, I need you to catch a woman for me"
Chapter 214 "Wonder Woman, I need you to catch a woman for me"
Chapter 214 "Wonder Woman, I need you to go and bring me a woman back"
New York City, night.
"Where is this place?"
Black Adam stood tall atop the city, with Dr. Sivana standing beside him.
"This is New York," Dr. Sivana said. "The world has changed drastically, Black Adam. This is now called a city."
"I know what a city is."
"You once knew, but you have been asleep for a thousand years."
"I am not asleep, I am just imprisoned."
"Yes, and I gave you your freedom."
"Why?" Black Adam turned his head and looked at Dr. Sivana.
Dr. Sivana knew he needed to give Black Adam a satisfactory answer, otherwise...
Just a few dozen minutes earlier, the scene of his assistant being burned to a crisp by Black Adam was still vivid in his mind.
"I'm an archaeologist, and the only reason I went into this field is for my family. Science can't help my family's serious illness; they need magic. And you can bring magic back to this world."
Dr. Sivana lied. He controlled his heartbeat.
He knew Black Adam was a complete superhuman; even the slightest change in his heart rate would alert him. If he ever suspected you weren't a good person, the consequences would be dire.
Especially since Black Adam had already spent several hours learning English and no longer needed him to act as a translator.
But Black Adam didn't seem to care about his little scheme, nor did he give Dr. Sivana a direct answer.
He looked down at the crowds of demonstrators.
"Black Adam...can you heal my father's leg?"
Dr. Sivana was still pretending to care about his abusive and discriminatory father, but the next second, he was grabbed by the neck by Black Adam and landed directly on the ground.
Why are those people gathering there?
Dr. Sivana followed his gaze and saw countless people holding up signs and roaring.
"They are protesting; they are very angry."
Why are they angry?
"Their employer embezzled their money."
"So the world hasn't changed as much as you think, Shivana," Black Adam said. "The pharaohs still live by exploiting slaves."
He asked Dr. Sivana:
"Where is that oppressor?"
"Upstairs."
boom!
With a deafening roar of lightning, Black Adam vanished from the ground in an instant. Dr. Sivana was thrown to the ground by the shockwave. He watched Black Adam soar into the sky, his eyes filled with an indescribable mix of emotions: desire, jealousy, malice, fear, greed…
But he quickly discarded all these emotions, and his face returned to its usual calm and serene state.
Then a few seconds later...
Farewell, Pharaoh.
"Help, help me, ahhhhhhh—"
boom!
A child accidentally threw a packet of ketchup on the ground, causing it to explode and splatter all over the surrounding onlookers. Because the ketchup fell headfirst, a lot of sweet, creamy white sauce also sprayed out, creating a beautiful red and white mixture.
"Slaves—" Black Adam landed amidst the screaming crowd: "You are free."
"Aaaaaaahh ...
Black Adam saw a family of three. They were holding a sign that read "Down with Gray." The woman in the family screamed:
"My God, he killed Mr. Gray..."
"Will he kill us too?"
"Hurry, hurry, let's run!"
"They're actually afraid of the people who saved them?"
Black Adam stood with his hands on his hips, looking very unhappy.
Dr. Sivana said, "We have to go."
"Yes, I've observed this world enough, and I know what to do next."
Black Adam said, "We've already been to Everstone Castle. The mage has chosen his new magical guardians."
"And whoever that guard is..."
Blue lightning flashed from Black Adam's eyes.
We will all find him.
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Alfred sat contentedly inside the Batcave, happily watching Bruce and Diana's first date.
The location was carefully chosen by him. Across the street from the restaurant was the famous Lovers' Avenue, where couples strolled hand in hand, and there were also flower vendors. You could be fed dog food while sitting in the restaurant.
A little further away is the amusement park, and there are ice cream shops everywhere. Alfred knows that Miss Diana Prince's favorite food is ice cream. He has already paid the ice cream shop owner to prepare an exclusive event: couples who take a photo together can get free ice cream and a limited-edition ice cream keychain.
To prevent Miss Prince from resisting, he also had the ice cream shop owner set up a lottery, and his Bruce and Diana would "just happen" to win the grand prize: as long as they took a couple's photo, they could get a "lifetime unlimited Häagen-Dazs ice cream voucher".
"Hehehe, hee hee hee..." Alfred chuckled softly, then stopped.
Tsk, I've been hearing Bruce make that weird laugh a lot lately. Even he's been brainwashed by it and is laughing along with it. It's just too outrageous.
Just across half a block is the Metropolitan Area's third-largest open-air stadium, which Alfred has booked for a week.
His Bruce can practice with Miss Prince here. Bruce once said he wanted Wonder Woman to teach him some fighting techniques applicable to superhumans, right?
He had an idea as soon as he heard the request.
Well, everyone knows that, whispering sweet nothings, teaching and training hand in hand, and so on. Many young women have affairs with fitness instructors because... cough, anyway, this stadium is empty today, and he has made sure that not even a chicken will bother them.
Things should have ended here, but how could Alfred be satisfied with just that?
He had arranged for artificial rain. He knew that neither Bruce nor Miss Prince had brought an umbrella, and he had just acquired several hotels closest to them a few days ago. The rain would continue until the next morning, and if they took shelter in a hotel, there would just be one room left. Hehehehehehehehe…
Of course, if Miss Prince objects, it can be converted into two rooms.
In short, this is the perfect script that Alfred had planned for his Bruce!
Since his Bruce came back, he's become much more shy. But Alfred prefers him this way.
In the past, although Bruce appeared to be a womanizer and a playboy, every time Alfred saw the smile on Batman's face completely disappear and reveal that pensive expression, he would immediately realize cruelly that all of that before was just "Bruce" played by Batman.
But now, even though his Bruce wears the Batman suit every day, when he comes back, he's either practicing his moves, sighing, or making plans.
But for the first time in all these years, Alfred felt that "Bruce was playing Batman." What a huge change this was compared to Batman playing Bruce! How could he not be happy?
Oh!
Alfred sat up straight and saw his Bruce walk into the restaurant in a well-tailored suit. Great! He had originally thought that Bruce, in his mental state, would just run into the restaurant in his Batman costume.
He hurriedly picked up the microphone next to him and gave the mud-faced characters who were playing the roles of everyone in the restaurant: "Quickly, Robin! Send a waiter to stand next to them. I want to see the expressions on their faces when they talk."
"Okay, Robin got it," Mudface said in the communicator.
Meanwhile, the real Robin Tim is in class.
"Turn to page 52 of the book. Honestly, this year's class is the worst I've ever taught..."
"Achoo!" Tim sneezed.
Alfred saw Bruce sit down facing Diana and greeted her, a basic social courtesy.
Alfred nodded happily, poured himself a steaming cup of coffee, and took a satisfied sip.
Well done, Bruce!
Then he saw Bruce exchange a few pleasantries with the other person and then invite Diana to have lunch with him.
Yes, that's it. Make the atmosphere a little more relaxed, don't be too tense.
Alfred thought: Enjoying the food first is a good approach. Then you can start a pleasant conversation, and when the time is right, you can make your request or invite her—
"Diana, time is of the essence, so I'll cut to the chase without further ado."
?
Then Alfred heard Bruce say this.
His eyes widened suddenly, and he froze in his half-finished coffee-drinking motion.
"I have a request that I will not ask."
"Go ahead," Diana said, brushing a strand of hair from near her ear.
"Then I'll tell you."
"Wonder Woman, I need you to go and bring me a woman."
puff!
Alfred spat his coffee directly onto the monitor screen, and the mud-faced waiter next to him dropped his plate with a clatter and gasped.
Even Mudface couldn't stand such blunt words.
"..."
"What did you say?"
Diana felt her head go blank for a moment. The Amazonian warrior wasn't stupid. Ever since she arrived at the agreed meeting place in casual clothes, she had considered that Batman might make some demands of her.
As one of the few powerful combat forces that the government can currently mobilize, Amanda Waller and Steve had already told her how Batman used pretentious negotiations and a Mother Box made of clay face to completely outmaneuver the government.
Steppenwolf wasn't the only one who found his hands covered in mud that day, and left looking as sullen as if he'd stepped in shit.
Diana considered that Batman's private visit to her might be to ask her to act as a peacemaker, or it might be to test which side Wonder Woman would side with should a conflict arise between him and the government, or even to try to persuade her to help him based on their personal relationship.
But no matter how clever and valiant Amazonian warriors guessed, they never expected that Batman would ask them to help him become a human trafficker!
Chen Tao quickly realized that Diana had misunderstood, so he hurriedly explained the situation regarding Supergirl Kara.
"No, the government would never..." Diana instinctively wanted to refuse, as this would be going against the government, but she quickly remembered some things she knew, and her words trailed off.
"But Steve and Waller will stop these things," Wonder Woman finally said hesitantly, "probably...?"
She herself added an uncertain interrogative word at the end.
Chen Tao easily read her subtext: What evidence do you have to prove that the government would use that Kryptonian who just arrived on Earth for experiments?
Fortunately, Chen Tao had made detailed preparations for this problem beforehand.
He successfully retrieved several intelligence reports about various government human experiments.
He left nanobots in Luther's lair in the very beginning, and that's how the things they collected came in handy.
"And the girl named Kara who is about to disembark from the spaceship is actually a relative of Superman."
Seeing that Diana was wavering, Chen Tao pressed his advantage: "Superman can take good care of him and guide him to use his abilities effectively. The government's habitual use of guns and attempts to arrest and restrain a Kryptonian is, in my personal opinion, extremely dangerous."
Chen Tao then added fuel to the fire.
"You should know how short-sighted the government is. If they cultivate a Kryptonian who is hostile to the entire planet, frankly, I don't know what to do."
Diana was finally persuaded: "Okay, when shall we go and capture a female—Superwoman?"
"Now."
She heard the other person say that.
Alfred, behind the monitor, slapped himself on the head; all his previous preparations had gone to waste.
"Alfred, where's my stealth plane?" Batman's voice came through his headset. Alfred struggled for a moment, "There are too many people on the street, there's nowhere to park. I can't push the stealth plane into the middle of the city. Even though it's not very loud when it's hovering, it's still too loud when it's flying."
"Then why did you choose this location—"
Alfred knew his reasoning was unconvincing, so he quickly said, "I've already parked the plane at the corner of the street to your left. You and Miss Diana should walk out of that area first!"
"Hey Bruce, why are they walking hand in hand?"
Before Chen Tao could hang up the phone, he heard Diana ask him this question.
He peeked out and saw a street full of couples.
"..."
"Uh, they used holding hands to indicate that they were a group, and..."
Before Chen Tao could finish speaking, Wonder Woman grabbed his wrist: "Approximately which direction is your Batplane in? Did the person on the other end of the phone tell you that he had already parked it at the corner of the street?"
"Yes, but..."
The next moment, Chen Tao was lifted off the ground by the strong Amazon girl with one hand, like a little chick, and was carried away with a whoosh towards the street corner.
Waaah, it's so hard to write about female characters!
(End of this chapter)