[Comprehensive British and American] The vest system of the son of hell

"According to this monitoring, the transparent person's body doesn't always keep burning?"

"He only seems to turn into a burning state under certain circumstances."

Luthor rewinded the monitoring to the very beginning, and added: "In the non-burning state, his body is transparent rather than blurred, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the fact that he needs to wear clothes."

"Indeed..."

The superheroes who participated in the meeting were lost in thought.

Enemies aren't completely invincible, they can attack him while he's in a non-flaming transparent entity.

"But how do we find the see-through guy hiding in the crowd? If he's wearing a hoodie, gloves, and a mask?" Tim asked.

"Even in a big city like Metropolis with a population of tens of millions, it's very rare for a guy to wear a hoodie with gloves and a mask on a daily basis."

Luther shook his black gloved left hand without hesitation: "Of course, he can say that he is my fan."

"Maybe he's really your fan..." Connor complained, "After all, you and Superman are symbols of Metropolis."

"Connor, it feels great that you can praise Dad like this."

Luthor pretended not to understand Connor's sarcasm, and even wanted to take the opportunity to rub Krypton who was squatting next to Connor.

Krypton nimbly avoided Luther.

Luther: "..."

Batman looked at Matthew: "Can you focus on people wearing gloves and masks? It doesn't matter whether he is a resident of the metropolis or not."

"Yes..." Matthew said, "but there is one requirement—"

"any request?"

"I know you don't trust me, you don't trust anyone, not even yourself, to be exact, but—"

Matthew paused: "Don't install more cameras in my room, and don't install cameras in the rooms of Rat Catcher and Zoe. They fell into this world by accident."

"You're right, they really don't belong to our world."

Batman agrees with Matthew.

Whether it's the dead shooter's daughter or the rat catcher who was accidentally included in the suicide squad, they are too young and innocent to be exposed to the dark side of the superhero world prematurely.

"Once this operation is over, I'll have a good talk with Ms. Waller and get her to release the Ratcatcher..." Batman said. "Suicide Squad isn't for her."

"thanks……"

Matthew sincerely thanks Batman.

The restrained Batman said nothing.

……

After the brief discussion meeting, the superheroes went back to their rooms, but Batman asked Matthew to stay, and Dick didn't leave either.

"I have one thing to ascertain with you..." Batman said, "about your past, those days in Gotham City."

"What do you want to know?" Matthew asked back. "What kind of place is Gotham City? We all know that people who stay in Gotham basically have dark experiences that they don't want to recall."

"Yes, but I am particularly concerned about your dark past."

Batman turned on the computer and showed Matthew Pender's personal information: "Do you know this boy?"

"he?"

Seeing his photos before his death, Matthew was shocked. Fortunately, he is now using the virtual body provided by the system, and his facial expressions can be freely controlled.

"He looks very handsome and sunny, the kind that high school girls and boys would like."

Matthew calmly evaluates himself before rebirth.

"You are wrong. He was not popular with boys and girls during Gotham High School. He was a homosexual. He had a crush on Dexter who was admitted to the school football and basketball teams. Dexter was the idol of boys and girls in the school..."

Dick unhurriedly told the story of Matthew Pender.

"It has to be said that he was a brave and strong boy."

"I think so."

Listening to Dick's story from the perspective of a bystander, Matthew felt very novel and smiled with sincere admiration.

Batman noticed Matthew's smile and asked, "You like him very much?"

"Who doesn't like something strong, brave, and beautiful?"

"You're right, he does deserve to be liked, but—"

Batman put his hands together: "I think he is very similar to you."

"What's the similarity? Our looks are very different."

In order to avoid being found out about his identity before his death, there is a big difference between Matthew's temporary body data in this world and his natural appearance before his death. They are two completely different types of handsome men.

"The appearance is different, but the inner soul temperament is very similar..." Batman said bluntly, "You all have the temperament of being isolated from the world. Of course, I don't know that this sense of distance is because you actively keep a distance from the world. Or the world must keep its distance from you."

"Me and him, not us..." Matthew corrected, "I don't know him, and I don't know him."

"Really?"

"Indeed."

Matthew said very positively.

"Matthew`Pender had no parents. He was an orphan. On a stormy night, when he was just full moon, he was placed outside the door of the Catholic Church. The nun found him and took him back to the pious but childless The Pender couple..."

Batman said, "Don't you think this story starts out a lot like Clark?"

After Superman was born, he was put into a spaceship by his biological parents, left the impending destruction of Krypton, and became the adopted son of a kind and simple but childless Kent couple on Earth.

"Every day on the earth, tens of thousands of children are abandoned by their biological parents for various reasons, waiting in churches, orphanages... to be adopted by well-meaning people..."

Matthew said, "What's more, Matthew Pendor is from Gotham. In Gotham, it's not uncommon for a newborn to be an orphan."

"But Matthew—"

Dick said bluntly: "You said you are from Gotham, and your words, deeds, behaviors, and ability to respond do bear the imprint of Gotham. Why doesn't the Gotham Police Department have any records of you?"

"Not everyone who grows up in Gotham has a police record..." Matthew said, "I used to be a standard law-abiding citizen."

"Until the bloodline of the Constantine family is awakened?"

"Yes."

"Uh..." The answer was so fluent that Batman didn't know how to answer it.

Records show that John Constantine has been to Gotham more than once, and he has countless exes, many of whom moved to Gotham for a while after breaking up with him.

Therefore, Matthew's status as a Gotham citizen and the fact that he has the blood of the Constantine family are not mutually exclusive.

And considering that his son Damian is a child who was forcibly accelerated by his grandfather and mother using secret techniques, and the dark magic blood of the Constantine family is notoriously profound and weird, Batman dare not pass the horse. Xiu's appearance and age presumed his birth time without authorization, and he couldn't even determine whether the other party was really an adult.

only—

"When did you first awaken your dark magic lineage?"

"A year ago..." Matthew said half-truthfully, "I didn't make any preparations at that time. Fortunately, I live in a relatively remote place, so no damage or casualties were caused."

"Then?"

"Afterwards, I realized my identity through blood inheritance and decided to leave Gotham..." Matthew said, "In order to understand and master black magic, I traveled to many places and visited many magicians. Of course, most of them I have erased my memory."

"So your past is indeed unverifiable?"

"Yes."

Matthew looked at Batman frankly: "I know that such a vague answer will make you doubt me even more and think that I can't be trusted, but I have to answer like this, because this is the truth."

"I don't believe that I will find the truth hidden by you."

Batman walked out of the room.

Nightwing gave Matthew a puzzled look, but finally followed Batman and left.

Matthew sat on the sofa, let out a long breath, and looked at the reflection in the floor-to-ceiling windows, feeling extremely cold.

……

"Do you believe him?"

Back in the room, Batman asked Dick.

Dick is silent...

Batman said to himself: "I don't believe what he said, but I can't find a reason to refute it. The black magic has wrapped his past so tightly that it cannot be probed."

"Maybe we can turn to Zatanna for help..." Dick suggested, "or even go straight to John Constantine."

"I've reached out to Zatanna, and she's promised to help..." Batman said, "but to John Constantine..."

"is it not OK?"

"Clark doesn't agree with me doing this."

Batman smiled wryly and said, "He hopes to bring John Constantine after the Metropolis business is over."

"why?"

"He wants John to accept Matthew's existence like he accepted Connor back then..." Batman said, "Clark likes Matthew very much, or he is so warm-hearted to everyone."

"Uncle Superman is indeed..."

Dick smiled understandingly: "It's a pity that John Constantine is not Clark Kent. He may not accept this sudden blood son because of Superman's mediation."

"I'm more curious about what the 'fast' in Matthew's name means than whether Clark's mediation will work."

Batman made no secret of his doubts about Matthew: "Fast? First? Does it mean the firstborn?"

……

"Batman is discussing your affairs with Nightwing, want to know what they talked about?"

Lucifer appeared in front of Matthew with champagne, elegant and leisurely, as if they were on a date that had been planned for a long time, if the person he was talking to was not lying on the sofa with a tired face.

"Sorry, I don't want to hear anything right now."

Matthew looked up and glanced at Lucifer: "I feel very cold, very, very cold..."

"Why do you feel cold?"

"because……"

Matthew couldn't speak.

He looked at Lucifer quietly: "I need your body temperature."

"I just happen to need your body temperature."

Lucifer lowered his head, the corner of his lips brushed against his earlobe, and landed on his neck: "You are hesitant to confess to them, aren't you?"

"Ah."

Matthew said softly: "With Batman's suspicion and Superman's enthusiasm, they are likely to find John Constantine before the end of the Metropolis, and facilitate the so-called father-son recognition. But this is what I'm afraid of .”

He is not the son of John Constantine in the true sense, and the inside story of his birth is more complicated and unrealistic than the existence of Damian and Connor.

Once meeting with John Constantine, everything will develop in an uncontrollable direction.

"The developments I can think of are nothing more than three. First, he discovered my demon blood and exposed my identity in front of the members of the Justice League;

The second is that he didn’t discover my demon blood, because he didn’t know how many exes he had, and he reluctantly admitted that I was his son for the sake of relationships; the third is the situation I fear the most, he Discovered my demon blood, but admitted to my parentage..."

"Why is the third type the scariest?"

"because……"

Matthew couldn't give a reason.

Lucifer stroked his hair, and said fondly: "The final result is that the third situation is the most likely, but you don't need to worry about it. Just like you, John Constantine has almost no A friend, or in other words, anyone who makes friends with him will always become a dead soul because of him. He needs a living object to communicate with, even if that guy is his enemy."

"But it just makes me feel sadder."

Matthew said distressedly: "The members of the Constantine family have talents that are envied by all black magicians, but this gift eventually turned into the most terrible curse, so that John, who has always been at odds with the devil? Constantine considered accepting the relatives the devil made for him because he was afraid of loneliness..."

"Are you afraid that you will have such a day?"

"Who wouldn't be afraid?"

Matthew looked up and looked at the endless universe in Lucifer's eyes: "Compared to being hated, jealous and hunted down, eternal loneliness and wandering outside the real world are the scariest things, isn't it?"

"you have me."

"But……"

You are not entirely mine, you are only by my side temporarily.

Matthew murmured softly in his heart.

But he has no time to think about the deeper future.

The warmth and passion from Lucifer occupied all of him, from body to mind...

Batman is suspicious, but he respects his fellow nightlife.

After seeing a man with his back to the camera in Matthew's room and hugging and making out with Matthew lying on the sofa very naturally as soon as he came out, he cut off the monitoring screen and kept only the sound.

However, even so, the recorded voice is still——

"Why is the content intermittent?"

Batman frowned.

Matthew was making out with his mysterious lover while discussing the problems that might arise after meeting John Constantine. The leaked information was huge and shocking, but the most important parts seemed to be covered with a layer of mosaic. unclear.

"What does the blood of the devil mean? Could it be that he is..."

"Maybe he is a child created by extraordinary means like Connor..." Superman said frankly, "it's just that Lex used genetic technology, and his maker used black magic, so he thinks he has demon blood. He must have been there for a long time. Living in an environment where the created ones completely deny the meaning of existence, that’s why they feel confused about existence itself.”

"Clark, you always—"

"You think my judgment is wrong?"

"No, I just think it's very dangerous for you to always use your kindest and most sincere feelings to speculate on other people's hearts."

"No one is born hopelessly bad, and Matthew is our friend, isn't he?"

"Okay." Batman's enthusiasm for Superman had nothing to say.

……

Harley Quinn can do whatever she wants, even under the surveillance of Batman, she will not restrain herself in the slightest.

Before five o'clock in the morning, she confidently carried her hammer and walked through the aisle with the poison ivy, came to the restaurant, leaned over to Dick who was discussing work, and blew in front of Barbara: " Hey birdie, miss me?"

"I--"

Dick got up to get rid of the relationship, but Harley Quinn slapped Dick's ass: "I like your butt...it feels so good—"

"Harry, you and I..."

"You two talk slowly, I'll go first."

Barbara couldn't stand it anymore, turned around and left.

Dick wanted to catch up to explain, but was grabbed by the collar of Harley Quinn: "Why do you want to chase her back? You hate to relive the sweet past with me so much?"

"We have no past, I was forced by you."

Dick wanted to cry but had no tears.

Although he has had countless affairs in the past, he swears to God that between him and the Harley Quinn, the Harley Quinn has always taken the initiative!He is passive!

"Even if the cause was my coercion, didn't you respond at all during the whole process?"

Harley Quinn looked proudly at Dick's handsome face that gradually became colorful: "Okay, cute little bird, I know you want to be a good man responsible for Barbara now, but your past can't be just because you want to now." To be a good man is to write it off."

"What do you want?"

"I like your ass—"

Harley Quinn smiled frivolously, and turned to fall in love with Poison Ivy.

Like Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy not only doesn't care about Dick's pain and embarrassment, but also sings with Harley Quinn to tease him.

"Harry's right, your ass is really up-"

"I'm considering whether to join Titan, after all, I can see your ass every day after joining."

"And his pretty face—"

"Uh..." Dick was so upset by the ridicule of the two poisonous scorpion beauties that he couldn't refute it. It wasn't until Deathshooter brought his daughter Zoe into the restaurant that he was able to get rid of the complaints from the clown girl and the poison ivy girl, chased him out, and found Barbara explained.

"He looks tired?" Zoe asked puzzled, "What happened?"

"What else can it be?"

Deadshot glared at Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy: "In front of my daughter, it is forbidden to say words starting with F."

"Got it, standard good dad—"

Harley Quinn looked at Deadshot mockingly, and turned around enchantingly.

The inexperienced Zoe was once again fascinated by Harley Quinn's maverick, her eyes chased her back, and she said to herself, "She's so cool!"

"She's not something you should learn from."

More and more worried that his daughter would learn to be bad if she stayed with Harley Quinn, Deadshooter decisively pulled her daughter into a corner.

At this time, Harley Quinn also changed her target and walked straight towards Matthew.

"Hey handsome guy, it looks like you had a great time last night—"

"You look like you're enjoying your night life too."

Matthew knew Harley Quinn's character, so he asked reflexively, "Is it with Miss Poison Ivy?"

"Who else could Harry be looking for besides me?"

Poison Ivy puffed out her chest, trying to assert her sovereignty: "At least in the Planet Hotel, she only has me as an option."

Matthew smiled and retorted: "We all know that Mize is not within the scope of monitoring, not to mention that Harley has never been bound by the law."

Poison Ivy: "What you said makes sense, but it's a pity that Harry was with me last night."

"Yesterday was yesterday, today is a new day."

Matthew shook the car key: "Harry, are you interested in going for a ride with me?"

"certainly--"

"If you dare to seduce Harley, I will let you have abscesses all over your body!"

Poison Ivy was irritated by Matthew's provocative behavior, and the vines on her body bloomed gorgeous but poisonous flowers.

Matthew: "I have magic resistance."

"All right……"

Poison Ivy took back the poisonous flower, and pulled Harry to try to stay away from Matthew.

Beast Boy suddenly squeezed over, looking at Matthew with fiery eyes: "You are so cool! You can actually make Poison Ivy suck!"

"Are you afraid of poison ivy?"

"Of course..." said Beastie Boy, "she's got weird poisonous plants all over her body."

"But you are not afraid of me."

"Because I know you're soft..." Beastie Boy said, "You're lonely, but you're kind."

"thanks……"

Matthew smiled, thanking Beastie Boy for his tenderness.

Beastie Boy blushed a little from his smile and said sheepishly, "I'm bisexual, you smile so beautifully at me, I'm going to fall in love with you."

"I always liked you." Matthew said, brushing Beast Boy's hair casually.

Beast Boy's face turned red hot.

……

The breakfast riot is over, and everyone starts to get to work.

According to the ghost monitoring system combined with the monitoring content of the surveillance cameras installed by Luthor on the main streets of the metropolis, the superheroes have initially determined the possible identity of the burning transparent man in daily life.

"These seven people are all suspects."

Batman took the printed document from Tim: "Clark and I are each responsible for one, Dick, you are responsible for this, Tim and Connor, you are responsible for tracking this guy..."

As soon as the assignment was over, almost all the superheroes present received the task, but the members of the Suicide Squad were all left at the Planet Hotel.

"As expected, you still don't believe me..." Harley Quinn chewed her gum, "But I do have other plans, I'm going shopping, I want to max out my Bat Card!"

"I don't mind giving you the card if shopping gives you peace of mind and peace of mind," Batman said.

"Humph--"

The clown girl turned her head unhappily upon hearing this.

Unlike Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Bloodsport, and Ratcatcher did not object to such a task arrangement. King Shark only cared about eating raw meat and reading the comic books Matthew bought him, so naturally he had no objections.

Instead, Batman—

After assigning the task, he took the initiative to walk up to Matthew: "What do you think about the task arrangement?"

"If you mean my arrangement to stay in the hotel and meet little James face to face—"

Matthew deliberately prolonged the sound: "I think it's pretty good."

"Really? Do you really think this arrangement is good?"

Little James looked at Matthew strangely: "I thought you'd feel disgusted after seeing me."

"And you still have the urge to dissect me as soon as you see me?"

"Yes."

Little James said bluntly: "From birth to now, only you have given me such a strong urge."