I just want to live a peaceful life in DC world

Chapter 123 The Court of Owls

The surrounding perspectives changed rapidly, and in the next moment, Jacques found that he, or the owner of this memory, had arrived with Amanda Waller in a remote villa on the outskirts of Gotham.

The villa looks like it has not been taken care of for a long time, and the exterior walls are covered with ivy.But the strange thing is that when the witch and Waller came to the door with the child who seemed at a loss, the iron door opened automatically.

Waller seemed to be accustomed to this, striding ahead and walking straight into the villa.

"Sister Dean, where is this place? Didn't you say that someone wants to adopt me—"

Seeing the dilapidated and gloomy appearance inside the villa, the child looked very disturbed and tried to get close to the witch.

However, he chose the wrong person to rely on, and Jacques could hear a sweet but cold voice coming from "myself".

"Don't worry, soon, someone will adopt—or take over you."

As soon as the words fell, suddenly from the shadow of the ceiling, a ghostly figure descended from the sky and landed in front of them. What was amazing was that he didn't make any sound when he landed.

Judging from his stature, this is an adult male, his whole body is covered with well-made black leather armor, which reminds Jacques of the members of the League of Assassins he met before.

But unlike the ninja of the Assassin League, what he wears on his head is not a bronze mask, but a lifelike owl mask that exudes a strange atmosphere.

The poor child let out a terrified scream, but the cry died away quickly.For the man in the owl mask covered his mouth with great swiftness.There seemed to be some kind of anesthetic in his hand, and the child rolled his eyes and lost consciousness in just a few seconds.

The man in the owl mask let go, grabbed the unconscious child by the waist just before he fell to the ground, and then he carried it on his shoulder like a bag of rice.

"Claw, be careful, I will not be responsible if your master finds any damage during the inspection later."

The man Waller called Talon uttered a hoarse, low-pitched voice from under the mask.

"Don't worry, I have been observing since you appeared at the door, and I have confirmed that this experimental subject is qualified to perform the ceremony."

As soon as the words fell, the sharp claw turned his head and walked quickly to the depths of the villa, and after Waller frowned, he gave the witch a wink, and then the two followed the sharp claw slowly. pace.

I saw Talon walked to a fireplace that seemed to have been unused for a long time in the depths of the villa, and twisted hard on the lamp socket on the wall next to the fireplace.Accompanied by a loud rumbling sound, the fireplace slowly moved aside, revealing the old iron gate of the elevator behind.

The Witch and Waller followed Talon into the elevator. Talon took off his gloves and pressed the position next to the elevator door with his hand. The elevator began to make a heavy muffled sound, and then gradually accelerated and fell downward.

It took a very long time for the elevator to descend, and Jacques estimated that it would take about ten minutes.Finally, when the elevator gradually slowed down and finally stopped smoothly, outside the opened elevator door was a stone corridor with no end in sight.

On the walls on both sides of the corridor, there are dim oil lamps with unknown fuels. Judging from the appearance of the lamp sockets, it seems that they have been around for a long time.

What attracted Jacques' attention even more was that there were murals with simple lines on both sides of the corridor, most of which seemed to depict a strange creature that looked seven parts like a bat and three parts like a dragon.

Then, under the leadership of the claw, Waller and the witch followed him in the long corridor.On the way, they encountered at least a dozen forks in the road. This place is like a maze, and it seems impossible to find the way without sharp claws.

After going back and forth for almost half an hour, Waller finally couldn't help but speak out.

"Have you forgotten the real route? To be honest, you might as well give me specific coordinates. I'll ask the witch to teleport us there to try—"

"It's useless. Special building materials are used here. If the witch teleports, it may be disturbed and get stuck in the wall."

"Forgive our caution, after all, this is one of the few strongholds we have that has not been destroyed by Batman."

Waller responded with two voices, a man and a woman, not from the claws, but from the dark place at the end of the corridor.

The moment he heard these two voices, Sharp Claw immediately half-kneeled on the ground respectfully.

Then, the light of a candle suddenly lit up from the end of the corridor, and there were two figures of a man and a woman standing here, their shadows accompanied by the flickering candlelight, making the corridor look extraordinarily gloomy.

Among them, the man who was holding the candlestick looked tall and was wearing a well-fitting and well-made tuxedo suit.A head of black hair with gray and white mottled is combed back meticulously, but what is more eye-catching is that he is wearing a white mask on his face.

The other woman was wearing a gorgeous high-end red evening dress with a tall and exquisite figure, and her long brown hair was casually draped over her shoulders.She folded her arms across her chest, and although she also wore a white mask on her face, her impatient expression could be clearly seen from the mask's eye holes.

"You're late, Amanda Waller, and the time of the rest of the court is precious, and to keep them waiting—"

Waller frowned and responded with an unkind expression.

"I have to find a way to avoid all tracking, and try to create proof of presence to avoid other people's suspicion. This takes a lot of work, and I don't think you want me to be followed by the man in the bat costume when I come. "

The masked woman seemed to want to refute Waller, but the man held out his hand to stop her, and then spoke softly in a deep and deep voice.

"Okay, Ms. Waller's caution is correct. After all, that Batman should not have completely relaxed his guard against us, although he may not have imagined that we will cooperate with the official superhuman plenipotentiary agent of the country .”

"Once again, I must correct you. My position does not represent the official position of the United States - it is just that I think it is in the best interest of this country."

Hearing Waller's words, the man nodded.

"I'm taking the liberty, it's true that this is a private cooperation between us and you, just in case there is any problem"

"There won't be any problems! Enough, didn't you say that time is precious, and you still have leisure to chat with me here?"

Waller's face looked serious, although her tone was very serious, but the masked man didn't seem to care, but turned his gaze to the child on the shoulder of the claw.

"Well, then let's go to the main venue - the new claw manufacturing ceremony is ready."

(End of this chapter)