[Zhongyingmei] Vampires also want to fall in love

"Anyway, something is very wrong, you stay safe in Gotham." Mr. Dowling said on the phone, and he could still hear the noisy background sound, and there were many people arguing on the other side of the phone.

Warlock held the phone with a dignified expression. Mr. Dowling, as a senior official of the U.S. Foreign Ministry, should now be attending an international conference. Such an urgent call can only show that the White House has finally failed to withstand the pressure of all parties and disclosed the part of the information.

"I see. Gotham has entered a state of alert. I am very safe here. You and your mother should also pay attention to safety in Washington."

To be honest, Warlock is more worried about what the aliens will do to the Dowlings than the people around them.

Warlock's protection against the Dorians was strong enough to last until Warlock came to them, but not against the evil in the heart.

After hanging up the phone, Warlock frowned for a long time, and now the overall situation in Gotham has stabilized.But the alien invaders are like a mountain pressing on everyone's heart, making it difficult to relax.

At present, the Gotham City Government is the only place that can receive information from the outside world. Many departments have temporarily relocated to the City Hall to work, and the City Government is barely operating.

Warlock, as the backbone, appeases the anxious hearts of government staff through conference calls.Unlike his calm appearance, his heart is under tremendous pressure.

Bruce had been completely lost since he left City Hall, and he calculated that Bruce had almost reached Washington by now and was probably already on the move, while also worrying about Bruce's safety.

Warlock couldn't stop thinking, every second he had was filled with papers and people to interview.

The secretaries are so busy that their hair is messy and they don’t have time to re-do it. The files that need to be integrated are piled up on everyone’s desktop. The failure of the electromagnetic system means that everything is back to the original, and the workload suddenly increases.

"Except for those few intruders, in just three hours, the crime rate in Gotham has increased by [-] percentage points. There are also cults who have jumped out and claimed that this is God's punishment. If the network is not paralyzed, it may not happen. What worse follow-up."

The chief of the police station looked frustrated. The gray fog in the sky not only separated the sun and the earth, but also blocked the sun and justice.

Chaos and crime breed in darkness, light and justice are struggling, and Gotham seems to have returned to the chaos it once was, and everything they do is useless.

Even so, the police chief stood up and put his hat on: "All police officers in the police station have been dispatched, and we will do our best to ensure the safety of citizens. As long as we still carry the nameplate for a day, we will go all out."

Warlock got up and shook hands with the director: "You and your subordinates are worthy of respect. On behalf of the citizens of Gotham City, I thank you and hope that the crisis will pass as soon as possible. At that time, I will personally award you medals."

As soon as the director of GCPD left, Angelina walked in with the director of the road department.

Warlock and Rupert shook hands and asked people to sit down: "How is the preparation, can the Gotham Bridge be raised on time?"

Rupert swallowed nervously, Warlock's serious expression gave him a lot of pressure.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down before saying: "The Gotham Bridge was upgraded two years ago, and it has been operated by computers. Now the electromagnetic system is chaotic and computer operations are invalid. After discussion, we think that the bridge can be raised by manual instructions in the past."

This pattern is similar to what Warlock thought, and he nodded slightly.

This action seems to have given Rupert great encouragement, and he spoke much more smoothly: "When the department was streamlined two years ago, the road administration reduced a lot of positions. If it returns to manual labor, the manpower will not be enough. If there are enough manpower If we do, we can guarantee that the Gotham Bridge will rise at the scheduled time."

The manpower problem is a simple problem and a complex problem.If you just need manpower, Gotham has countless unemployed strong laborers who can be temporarily recruited, but the road administration department needs professional and skilled talents. Now that the situation is special, it is even more difficult to recruit such special talents.

After pondering for a moment, Warlock came up with an idea: "After you go back, first recruit volunteers on the radio, and then contact several universities in Gotham to see if you can recruit students from related majors."

"Angelina, go and investigate. If other departments are short of manpower, do the same, and do your best to ensure the normal operation of each department."

Angelina and Rupert nodded at the same time, and then Angelina took Rupert out.

The time for him to meet Mayor Dowling has arrived, the problems encountered by the department have been clarified and advice has been obtained, and Rupert's goal of coming here has basically been achieved.

The moment the office door was closed, the twelve o'clock bell rang, and Warlock looked out the window at the black sky that was as thick as ink. He had an inexplicable illusion of dislocation of time and space, and that depression and hopelessness spread throughout Gotham.

At twelve o'clock, the police officers in Gotham are on the alert. At this time, the company is off work and the school is over. Countless people are rushing to the streets to go home. The police must ensure the safety of every citizen.

Those seven invasion vanguards are extremely aggressive, and the members of the GCPD have confirmed this with their blood and lives.

The transportation department has planned the route in advance to keep the citizens away from danger as much as possible.The road map has been distributed to companies and schools, and loudspeakers have repeatedly reiterated that the situation is critical, but there are still some people who don't pay attention to it. These people are the focus of protection by the police.

Warlock managed to have a ten-minute break, and the lunch delivered by Angelina was not in the mood to eat. He stretched his body and came to the window, looking down, just in time to see groups of students wearing school uniforms passing by the city hall building Down.

The brisk steps of these children in the past became heavy, and the smiles on their faces faded away, bringing panic. They didn't know what happened, and couldn't get information from the Internet, so they could only obey the teacher and the police and go home quickly.

The dark, dark sky creates a terrifying atmosphere, which is frightening.

By convention, students only have an hour for lunch at noon, and then they go to class.Today is a special case. The education authority specially issued an order requiring all schools to close before twelve o'clock, and students will enter a holiday state until the crisis is resolved.

Children are the hope of human development. In order to ensure the safety of children to the greatest extent, students of different grades have different school time. Now these children should be the last batch of students.

Looking at these children, Warlock suddenly remembered the breakfast he owed Jason. Calculating the time, Jason should be almost at Wayne Manor by now.

Alfred has been lingering near the phone for nearly an hour. After sending Batman away, he sat in front of the Batcomputer to do intelligence integration. When the last monitoring screen turned into a snowflake, he had no more time to stay in the Batcave. necessary.

Standing at the junction of the Batcave and the Wayne Manor secret passage, Alfred suddenly felt lonely, this kind of loneliness he had felt before.

When Bruce was still Master Bruce, he secretly left Wayne Manor to study all over the world, and Alfred stayed at Wayne Manor alone.It wasn't until Bruce came back and brought back Master Richard that his loneliness slowly dissipated, and now, he experienced that loneliness again.

Maybe it's because the older you get, the less you can feel lonely. Fortunately, with Master Bruce beside you, Master Richard, Master Jason, and Mr. Warlock, you shouldn't feel this loneliness in the future, as long as he Do not drive away those who care about him.

Alfred wiped the picture frame, his thoughts drifted to nowhere.Time passed by, and the sky was getting darker and darker. Alfred was looking forward to someone coming to him and pulling him out of loneliness and heaviness.

When the phone rang, Alfred was startled solidly. He put down the rag in his hand and trotted to the phone.

"Hello, this is Wayne Manor. I'm Alfred Pennyworth. May I help you?"

Warlock's clean voice came from the phone: "I'm Warlock Dowling. Alfred, are you okay at the manor? Has Jason come back? It's not very safe outside now, if possible Try not to go out."

Alfred was not notified of Jason's vacation, so he frowned in confusion. Before he could ask specifically, he heard a voice coming from the door.

Jason rushed in like a cannonball, threw his schoolbag on the sofa, his hair was messy and there was dust on his face.

"Alfred, what happened to Gotham? The school notified the whole school to be on vacation, and the specific class time is to be determined. What did Batman say, are we going to act?"

"First of all, as far as I know, you are still in lockdown, which means that even if Batman wants to act, he will not take you with him. Second, this crisis is worldwide, and Batman is definitely not in Gotham now, Am I right, Alfred."

Jason glared at Dick angrily. The relationship between him and Dick was very bad before. I don't know why Dick's attitude has improved a lot since he was kidnapped by the clown last time, but he still likes to confront him verbally. .

Alfred watched the two young masters bickering, and felt a little relieved. He wisely did not get involved, and handed the microphone to Jason, "Master Jason, Mr. Warlock is calling, he is very worried about your safety .”

As soon as Jason heard Warlock's call, he immediately forgot about Dick, and sat on the sofa with the microphone in his hand, as if he was going to have a long talk.

Dick didn't mind either, and looked at the old butler, "Alfred, long time no see, I miss you very much."

The old butler stepped forward and hugged the grown-up Master Richard: "Welcome home."

"Cough." Jason hung up the phone, and saw the warm picture of Alfred and Dick hugging when he turned around, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Dick walked over as if he hadn't heard of it, stretched out his hands and ruffled Jason's hair, and sat next to Jason's angry eyes.

"I thought you would talk for a long time, what did Mayor Dowling say, is the situation okay?"

"Warlock was busy and only spoke to me for a short while. He said the situation is not very good and let us try not to go out. Also, the Gotham Bridge is going to go up in an hour, if you don't go now Not going back to Bloomhaven for a while."

Dick took the police cap in his hand and explained: "Bruce asked me to come back. He said that I needed my help with some things. I asked for two days off. Now depending on the situation, I really have to go back to Bruhaven."

"But..." Dick got up and looked around to make sure that Alfred was not around, and leaned closer to Jason and whispered something in his ear.

Jason's eyes lit up suddenly.

……

Warlock's office receives an unexpected guest who doesn't come to Gotham in person, but forms a spiritual connection with Warlock.

When a male voice sounded in Warlock's mind, Warlock tensed up. Fortunately, he had just finished a meeting and returned to the office alone, so that more people would not find out that something was wrong.

"Who are you? What do you want to do!" Warlock pursed his thin lips, and the feeling of being invaded in the spiritual world and his personal domain was enraged.

"Please calm down. I'm Ron Junz. You don't know me. I'm an alien from Mars." The Martian Manhunter was carried on Superman's back to avoid the intruder's attack, and contacted for help with his eyes closed.

alien?Warlock felt his teeth itch when he heard the word. Is the alien invasion so high-profile now?It even declares its own existence by invading the spirit of others.

If these aliens invaded the earth through spiritual infection, then human beings are completely powerless to deal with it.

"Please don't get me wrong, calm down, I'm not an intruder." Ron Junz didn't know that Warlock had already started thinking about how to deal with him, and he had no idea how much Batman was stained on his body that could get along well with Batman traits.

"I'm here to remind the people on earth to be vigilant, but the government here doesn't trust me and imprisoned me. Two superheroes saved me. Now we are fleeing and urgently need your help. For the future of all mankind, Please help us."

The corner of Warlock's mouth twitched. If the alien was not talking in his own head, he would definitely think it was a liar.

"Can you tell me who the superhero who saved you is? Also, what kind of help do you hope to get?"

"You must know one of them, Superman from Metropolis, and Batman from Gotham." Compared with other people who readily agreed to help after getting the news, Warlock's cautiousness is very special. , Ron thought about it carefully, and felt that there should be more people who know Superman than Batman, and they should be more trustworthy.

Warlock: ...

From the alien's attitude, it can be seen how big the image gap between Batman and Superman is, and Warlock sighed silently.

If there is only Superman, Warlock may not be willing to participate in the rescue of this alien.After all, Mr. Dowling is one of the representatives of the diehards. Warlock, as the heir of Mr. Dowling, naturally stands on the side of the hawks. He does not want to stand against his father.

But Batman is also involved in the rescue operation, and Warlock can't just sit idly by. Batman is only mortal anyway, and the simplest attack method of aliens may cause serious and irreparable damage to him.

Ron Rongz was not the only one who contacted Warlock. He sent a request for help to all the people with extraordinary power in the world. Most of the others immediately agreed to support after they figured out the situation, and many of them remained silent and did not respond.

When Batman stuffed Ron Juntz into the Bat Fighter, Ron suddenly remembered the guy who was somewhat similar to Batman, and he specifically found him and added: "Alien invaders will parasitize on organisms, and then slowly Slow to replace that man, I reasonably suspect that the top ranks of the United States have been infiltrated by aliens. The soldiers who pursued us have also been infiltrated, and we are about to begin our escape. If you will help us, please meet us near Mount Washington."

After speaking, he ended the spiritual connection. He blocked an attack for Batman just now and consumed a lot of energy. Maintaining the spiritual connection of many people is also a great burden. He must take the time to rest in order to deal with the pursuit.

Warlock stared at the tabletop for a while, then slammed his right fist on the tabletop.You can tell how dangerous the situation is just by listening to the alien's statement, if there is no other support...

But now he can't and can't leave Gotham. Once he leaves Gotham, he won't be able to get news from Gotham in time to arrange the response work. In case of any major accident during his absence, it will seriously affect his career.

Angelina knocked on the door and came in, and saw Warlock's face sank like water. She guessed that it might be because of these invaders who suddenly descended on the earth.

As Volok's most trusted secretary, she has the highest authority besides Volok. She clearly knows the details of these strange spheres and knows that these spheres are the vanguard of the alien invasion.

In the past, Angelina secretly fantasized about what aliens look like, whether they are as kind and friendly as in the movies.But when the real aliens came, Angelina found that they were caught off guard and could do nothing.

After sorting out her mood, she walked quickly to Warlock's desk and put the file on the desktop.Maybe this document would make Warlock happy, maybe not, because no one can predict what will happen when the electromagnetic system returns to normal.

Warlock could feel the uneasiness in Angelina, and opened the file directly.This document mainly reports that the electromagnetic system will return to normal after 15 minutes. Except for the failure of satellite-related functions, everything else can be used normally.

This means that the work processes of various departments of the city government will be back on track. It also means that citizens can obtain more information from the Internet. When information flows, the stability of society will be impacted. It is difficult to predict when the network is restored. What will be the direction? This is a great challenge for the network management department.

Warlock closed the document, raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, his personal feelings and sense of responsibility were tugging at each other.

A little devil brandished a steel fork and shouted that now that Gotham's network is back to normal, he can leave Gotham to find Batman, and then manage Gotham remotely.

The little angel protested weakly, holding the halo on his head. Warlock is the backbone of the Gotham City Government, and he must stay here.If his departure is revealed, the citizens of Gotham will probably think that Warlock has abandoned the city and the citizens, and their trust in Warlock will collapse instantly, and this city, whose sense of justice and morality is at stake, will completely fall. Not what Batman wants to see.

"Angelina, what does the road administration say, when will the Gotham Bridge be fully raised?"

Angelina flipped through the notepad and said, "According to the application sent by the road administration department, they started to manually lift the Gotham Bridge 7 minutes ago, and the project is expected to be completed in 8 minutes."

Flipping through the documents absently, Warlock pinched his fingers and finally made up his mind: "Get ready for the helicopter, I'm going to Washington."

So far, U.S. officials have not given a practical statement or approach, but have repeatedly asked governors and mayors to restrain citizens from going out easily. Warlock staying in Gotham will not be effective in dealing with aliens.

Moreover, there are tens of thousands of cities the size of Gotham, but there is only one Batman. If Batman is involved in this crisis, it will be completely meaningless for him to guard the city.

……

Jason sat on the back of the motorcycle with his helmet on, his arms wrapped around Dick's waist, and his heart was still pounding nervously as they leaped out of Gotham at the last moment before the Gotham Bridge rose.

He felt that Dick Grayson must know magic tricks, bewitched his mind, and made him lose his mind and sneak out of Gotham with him.

What did Dick say then?Batman won't take Robin to action at this time, and Warlock doesn't care about him, so why don't you go to Bruhaven with him to practice.

Of course Jason didn't want to stay in Wayne Manor with nothing to do, so he sneaked out with Dick without much thought.It was only after I came out that I regretted whether I should have told Warlock in advance.

"Are you a baby? You have to tell an adult about everything. We left a note for Alfred, and he will tell Bruce and Mayor Dowling about it. By that time we had already arrived in Bluehaven. It's too late for them to do anything."

Dick yelled, his voice trapped in the helmet, and he had to yell if he wanted Jason to hear him.

This time he came with a mission. Bruce felt that it was more convenient for peers to communicate. He wanted Dick to come over and build a bridge of communication between him and Jason.

The second he saw Jason, Dick changed his mind. Looking at Jason's small face that has been thinned a whole circle, the flame-like red hair is not so dazzling. It seems that the last kidnapping brought him It's a big burden.

As the first Robin, Dick couldn't understand Batman's bad character and desire to control, and knew how to deal with him, while Jason was obviously not as skilled as him in dealing with the old bat, and was making the same mistakes as he did in the past.

Dick consciously put himself in the position of his elder brother. The dissatisfaction with Jason that he once experienced completely dissipated after Jason was kidnapped by the clown. Robin is a high-risk job, and it's all Batman's fault!

Between Bruce and Jason, Dick chose Jason. It didn't mean that Jason had a higher status than Bruce in his heart, but that he chose the relatively weak side between the strong and the weak.

Looking at Jason was like seeing himself in the past. Dick made up his mind to teach Jason how to deal with Batman, so that Jason could live in harmony with Batman without getting hurt.

"Jason, listen! Robin has never been Batman's vassal, Robin and Batman are equal, even if Batman is not around, Robin can make a career by himself!"

"Just as Batman isn't here, let's do something for them to see!"

The author says:

★I am Martian Manhunter Ron Ronz, an orphan from Mars, who is now on Earth to help mankind save the world.I need a group of people to support me now, come and help me, and I will send you a partner after the crisis is over.

☆Happy Tanabata, cuties!Cuckoo wishes everyone not alone, not alone, not alone, not alone, not alone!

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感谢在2020-08-2423:33:40~2020-08-2520:53:12期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of emu; 1 bottle of Merlin on the top;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!