American Comics: Beginning with Luke the Maker

Chapter 275 Ring and Bat: Meeting and Mutation

"It was a black-and-white fight. Obviously, they were doing some kind of illegal deal here, and then there was a conflict. One side won and one side lost.

This kind of thing happens every day in this city.The only trouble is that these people who died belonged to Ronnie's gang.The leader of the Ronnie gang put pressure on me through a certain congressman just now. It's really interesting that I, a policeman, want to work for the gang. "

Senior policeman Jim Gordon looked at the crime scene and shook his head slightly.The only thing that interests him at the scene is that from the analysis of the battle reduction, the number of victors is very small, and there is a high probability that they will be a lone walker.The weapon used is not a firearm, but some kind of strange cold weapon.

There were quite a few bullet casings and bullet marks at the scene, all from the side of the deceased.

"Could it be that guy?"

Gordon's mind flashed a black, bat-like figure that was always haunting the night.

……

In a single-family house on the edge of the city, a very dilapidated truck stopped in front of the house with exhaust fumes.

A strong man got out of the car, and then lifted the rain cloth at the back of the truck. A ring on his hand shone brightly, spilling strands of light, covering under the rain cloth tightly like running water those instruments and materials.Then as the man turned around, they were guided by the light, floating in mid-air as if they violated the laws of physics, and were led by the man into the dark room.

There is no light in the house, and under the barrier of thick curtains, no light from the outside can penetrate through the windows.When people's vision suddenly steps from the visible place into the darkness where they can't see their fingers, there will be a short-term adjustment state like blindness.

However, the man didn't seem to be affected in any way, he walked around the messy items on the living room floor familiarly, and came to a coffee machine on his own, grinding coffee beans for himself.

The incomparably pitch-black darkness seemed unable to affect him. After making coffee for himself, the man carefully walked around in a circle with the cup in his hand, bypassing the odds and ends of the surrounding objects, stepping on the The wooden stairs went upstairs in the creaking sound, and then entered a bedroom upstairs.

The room fell into a long silence again.

The man seemed to enjoy the dark tranquility, the only sound in the whole space was the sound of him sipping coffee.

"Did you follow me all the way just to stand on my balcony as a sculpture?" After an unknown amount of time, the man put down the coffee he drank in his hand with a little regret, and glanced at the place covered by the heavy curtain. The direction of the balcony.

"I'm just observing what you want to do." A slightly mechanical voice sounded from outside the balcony, as if the voice of a man had been adjusted so that the original tone could not be heard.

"Me? I just want to find my way home." The man stood up and drew back the heavy curtains, and opened the balcony door. In the faint night light, he revealed a handsome face with facial features.The hood on the man's head has been taken off at this moment.

"Lost person?" Standing like a sculpture outside the window is a man in a black suit with black skin on the back, which looks like a man in a humanoid bat costume.

"Batman? I've heard about you. Do you want to come in?" Captain Rogers stepped aside and stepped aside to invite.

"Okay." Bruce Wayne, who turned into Batman, thought for a while and nodded.He's also intrigued by the man who's recently come alive in Gotham.

The other party is not like the Gotham people he is familiar with, who are keen on fighting for territory, recruiting manpower, selling various contraband to make money, and so on.The other party seems to be very purposeful, just to collect some precision instruments and materials that are generally not publicly circulated in the market.

Bruce Wayne once thought that this would be a technological criminal like a scarecrow or a frozen man, but after observing it, he found that just like himself, he seemed to have a stubborn bottom line and habitually attacked criminals.

This kind of thing surprised Batman Wayne for a while.Because it was hard for him to imagine that in this already pitch-black city, there would be such a different species.

The other party didn't take the initiative to violate any laws. Even if there was a conflict with someone, the other party shot him first, or the other party was doing something illegal and he stopped him.

Even if there are some small flaws, in the eyes of Wayne, who is used to the darkness, they are all moral models.It even made him feel that such a person shouldn't appear in a city like Gotham that has been rotten to the bone.

"Would you like a cup of coffee or hot water? Other than that, I have nothing else to drink here." Rogers gestured to him with an empty cup.

"I don't need it." Wayne refused with a firm tone.

"Then please sit down." Rogers pulled over two chairs and lined them up side by side. After he sat down first, he motioned for Wayne to take a seat.

"I've heard something about you. Your behavior reminds me of a friend of mine. He just became an adult, and because of an accident, he gained power beyond ordinary people. I'm glad he didn't get lost in his own power, Instead, like a lone traveler, concealing his identity, seeing injustice, fighting criminals, and maintaining the safety of his surrounding area and a city in his free time." Rogers looked at Batman, who was seated upright, with a tone of With a little nostalgia.

"Superman?" Batman thought of another famous character in the city.

"No, no, it's not him. He's called Spider-Man. You see, one of you is an insect and the other is a beast." Rogers joked.But the Batman on the opposite side still exudes a calm and cold aura that is thousands of miles away.

"I haven't heard of it." Batman gave his answer concisely.

"Okay, well, since this topic is not of interest to you, let's get down to business. What are you after me? You want to fight me and treat me like those criminals you captured before Throw it in front of the police station? One thing to say, I might resist violently because I don’t have the money to pay myself a ransom.” Rogers shook his head, suddenly losing interest.The mood swings caused by Batman's superhero also calmed down.

"You bought a lot of valuable things in Gotham during this time," Wayne said.

"That's not my money. I came here penniless. I don't even have a normal job." Speaking of this, Rogers was full of helplessness.He has never seen such a chaotic city, the criminals everywhere seem to be the normal people in this city, like him, he is like a different kind among different kinds!
"You want to go home?" Batman thought for a moment, then suddenly asked.

"Yeah, I'm eager to go home. Maybe you don't believe it. If I go back late, there may be some confusion and trouble in my family." Rogers said.

"I can provide you with transportation." Batman looked at Rogers.

"Do you think I want to go home because of the lack of transportation?" Rogers smiled wryly: "I don't lack that. About me going home is a complicated and troublesome thing that can't be explained in a few words."

"Really? Where is your home?" Wayne asked.

"Do you believe in a multiverse?" Rogers asked.

"Are you referring to the parallel universe theory that there are other universes outside the universe?" Wayne replied with his own understanding.

"almost."

"Are you trying to say that you come from another universe?"

"Look at your expression, you don't believe it. But it's the truth. I don't want to find an excuse to deceive you. As for whether you believe it or not, I don't really care."

Rogers looked at Batman's suspicious eyes and spread his hands.

"Then you are looking for these instruments and materials to prepare for your return home? What can they do?" Batman asked carefully.

"If there is an analogy that people can understand, it is an enlarged version of the signal device. It can allow my partners to locate my coordinates from the vast multiverse." Rogers described with gestures.

"You want your universe to invade our universe?"

Wayne's words made Rogers feel powerless, "No, of course not! My partners are all superheroes, superheroes, do you understand? Just like you! They have their own bottom line. They won't invade your universe."

"You mean, you leave after they come to pick you up, and never come back?" Batman still had suspicious eyes and tone.

Rogers opened his mouth, he just wanted to say that's it, but the faces of Luke and Nick flashed in his mind.He can tell Stark and the others, but the brain circuits of Luke and Nick seem to be a bit dangerous?
"Look, you can't guarantee it." Wayne keenly grasped Rogers' hesitation, and he pointed it out coldly.

"Believe me, we are not bad people. Even if my partners come to this universe, they will definitely not hurt you. I believe they are there with the heart of communicating and helping." Rogers could only emphasize under Wayne's pointing out .

"I hope you can temporarily stop your actions, at least after I'm sure there's no risk in your actions." Batman stood up, as if to end the conversation, and demanded.

"How do you know there's no risk?" Rogers asked.

"I need to know the information, abilities, and weaknesses of your partners. If you can honestly explain all this, then you can continue your return home after I'm ready." Wayne said nothing He gave his answer without hesitation.

"It's really like what another partner of mine could say. Like you, he always wants to solve everything on his own, take on everything, and perfect everything. He used to always want to bring everything under his control .It's not going to work." Rogers shook his head.

"But this is the only way I can feel at ease." Wayne walked towards the balcony.

"Is there no other option?"

"Maybe you can try to defeat me." Facing Rogers' inquiry, Batman standing on the balcony turned around and said.

"One thing to say, my skills have always been good." Rogers said, and saw Batman open his black cloak, jumping off the balcony like a bat preying in the night, and a black vehicle quietly passed by. Speeding up from a distance, the sunroof-like car door was opened downstairs, and Batman who jumped from the balcony just landed on the spot, then the car door was closed again, the car started, and quickly disappeared into the night.

"It seems to be another troublesome character. But his heart..." Rogers looked at Batman who disappeared on the balcony, and sighed softly.He understands Batman's choice, but in order to get home, it looks like he'll have to face him in the future.

During the conversation, Batman was watching him, and he was watching the other person.The difference is that the other party relies on his own eyes, psychological knowledge, and various precision instruments to observe him and determine the authenticity of his words, while he uses the ring to directly feel the other party's heart.

After being infiltrated by psychic energy for a long time, the ring on his hand has already shown signs of activation. The ring itself can convey some strong emotions to him to remind and warn him.

In the induction of the ring, Batman not only has a powerful heart that attracts the ring, but also has complex emotions that make the ring happy and disgusting.

From the emotional information conveyed by the ring, Rogers can judge a person's general state of mind and personality. The other party is undoubtedly a candidate with the potential to control a custom ring. Making his ring happy means that the other party has a high degree of It is similar to his side, but at the same time, the hate conveyed shows that deep in the other party's body and mind, there is also a side that is opposite to the exposed personality.

This is a person who can change his personality at any time.Just like schizophrenia, you will have two different personalities.

Under strong emotional control, the other party may always keep the side of justice unchanged, but due to some unexpected factors, the other party may also fall into bottomless darkness at any time.

Rogers rubbed the ring on his finger, feeling a little worried.The city was so out of tune with him that he couldn't even recharge the ring.If the instrument can't be manufactured yet, he will have to face an embarrassing situation in the future, that is, the ring gradually exhausts its energy and falls into silence.

Even if the instrument is manufactured, Rogers will have to face problems such as the conflict between the darkness of the city's hearts and the energy attribute of his ring.

……

"Wow, today this mask makes me feel extra refreshed and full of energy." In a dark laboratory, a person wearing a sack mask like a scarecrow stood in front of the window in amazement Looking at his own figure reflected in the glass.He felt a steady stream of energy pouring into his body along the mask. A layer of red-yellow energy, like a liquid, poured down the mask towards his body, covering him inside.

After being wrapped in this red-yellow energy suit that made people feel uncomfortable, Jonathan Klein only felt that the world in his eyes had changed. He saw various colors in the city, and every Each of these represents a mood or feeling.

And what he himself represents is fear!
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