The track of dawn in the world of American manga

Chapter 27 27. Truth and Dare

"Gotham is so lively at night."

Mason stood by the window of the safe house on the top floor of the old apartment building near Crime Alley, looking through the blinds at the night scene outside, and there were several places of chaos within the naked eye.

Across the Gotham River in the distance, smoke from the fire rose.

It's really hard to imagine how many crimes will happen in this city in one night, but to the young man's surprise, he soon saw the traces of the Bat fighter falling from the clouds and rushing towards the fire site.

He looked back at Ye Yi behind him in surprise, and said:
"You're pretending to be Batman, so who's driving the Batplane?"

"Robin number three."

Grayson glanced at Mason and replied:
"As I said, the Robins will help each other."

"Is this all out to machine No. [-]?"

Mason curled his lips, no wonder there are always some outrageous rumors among Gotham's villains.

They said that they saw Batman appearing in three different parts of the city at the same time, and some people swore that Batman was an alien orphan who could act in separate ways.

Anyway, these folk rumors are outrageous, but these outrageous rumors really have prototypes.

"Are you going to interrogate her?"

Mason glanced at the unconscious Catwoman who was tied to a chair with her hands and feet tied up. He rubbed the neck that was pinched by Catwoman before, and said:

"I don't think you can ask anything, and it's impossible to extract a confession by torture. She is Batman's lover and is considered your 'adoptive mother'. Secondly, you, a bad guy, can't do it."

"This relationship is not calculated like that!"

Grayson pushed the bat helmet and retorted.

But the expression of his serious chin and the corners of his mouth showing under the mask also means that the young and old are very distressed at this time.

Although he has learned the method of torture from Batman, he is a real gentleman and really can't do this kind of thing to a lady who is not a bad person.

"Let me do it."

Mason took the initiative to take over the task, saying:
"I need some materials, you can prepare them for me."

"It's the alchemy you learned from the wizard again?"

Grayson looked up at him, and Mason nodded and stretched his fingers, saying:
"I saw a potion in a wizard's notebook called 'Teritaserum'. Don't laugh, wizards used this name 1000 years ago. It's not something unique to the FBI or KGB.

In short, if torture is not an option, this potion is very suitable. "

While talking, Mason took out a piece of paper, wrote down the names of many materials and handed it to Ye Yi.

The latter's eyes widened when he held it in his hand. A few seconds later, he flicked the paper with at least fifty medicines written on it, and said suspiciously:

"Are you sure you need so many herbs to boil a dose of medicine? The amount you want is enough to kill twenty adults."

"Alchemy has a chance of failure, not to mention that I'm just a novice. Is there any problem in preparing more raw materials?"

Mason asked blankly:

"Or, Batman is poor so he can't afford so many things?"

"You'd better make sure it works."

Grayson didn't argue anymore.

Get up and go to the window to connect to the Batcave communication, lower your voice and say:

"Alfred, I need some materials to complete the operation, and I'll read you the list. No, I'm not going to switch careers to open a pharmacy, and I didn't read these outrageous quantities wrong.

Do they happen to be in the warehouse?

That's great!

I need the Batman to get them to me as fast as possible, and remember to tell Tim not to drink too much coffee while flying. "

Hearing the conversation between Ye Yi and Ah Fu, Mason behind him showed a calm smile.

These medicinal materials were transported enough for him to complete most of the primary potions of the alchemy branch, but they were not prepared for Veritaserum.

How can the real veritaserum be so easy to refine?
Leaving aside the fact that the minimum skill standard for making this thing is Alchemy Lv3, just talking about its production cycle requires a whole month of fermentation and purification.

Not even one day less.

And the core of the material of that thing is the feather of the soundless bird.

There is a high probability that that thing does not exist in this world, and Mason does not have a specimen of that feather on hand.

With his current level, he can't make Veritaserum at all, but this does not prevent Mason from using this reason to grab Batman's fat wool.

Because he happened to have a finished Veritaserum on hand.

The kiteman found a lot of potions in the ruins of Hogwarts, and they were all in the bag on Mason's waist at this time, so he could just take them as he needed.

Ten minutes later, a ghostly bat fighter hovered over the roof of the old apartment building, and several large boxes were thrown out of the plane. After Night Wing and the third-generation Robin Tim Drake had a fight When he turned around to greet him, the boxes that were so heavy that they could crush people had disappeared.

"Where did you get them? Did you eat them?"

Young Master Ye Yi asked in surprise, Mason patted the bag on his waist, took out a few oddly shaped beakers as if by magic, and said briefly:
"Magic, don't ask. I need 10 minutes to refine the potion."

"There's nothing magical about using alchemy to make a potion on the drafty roof of an old apartment building to pry open a street hero's mouth."

The young master made a joke, pushed open the door and walked into the stairs.

Soon Mason heard the awakened Catwoman arguing with him.

Catwoman is still scolding Dick Grayson for having no conscience, saying that he bought him ice cream when he was Robin for Batman, and almost said that she hugged him when he was wearing crotch pants when he was a child.

It seems that these two are also old acquaintances.

Mason on the roof wasted no time, lit the alcohol lamp brought from Barbara's safe house, took some of the newly acquired medicinal materials, took out a few bottles of mineral water and began to boil the medicine.

Potions in the wizarding world require weird recipes and some of the ingredients are very otherworldly.

Strange things such as dried mouse spleen or mint leaves picked in the morning light are very unfriendly to beginners.

Therefore, Mason chose the primary potions that already included blueprints. These primary potions series were obtained from old K, and the formulas were improved by old K. All the materials can be bought from ordinary herbal medicine stores.

Moreover, the whole process is very simple compared to traditional alchemy, but it only tests the level of the alchemist.

The young man tried four times.

all failed
It seems that the big and small complaints are justified.

There's nothing magical about brewing potions on a drafty roof, and the potion gods cursed Mason for wasting 10 precious minutes of his life for his disrespect.

He shook his head, disposed of the black charcoal-like drug residue, took out the bottle of veritaserum, which was very similar in shape and color to essential balm, held it in his hand, opened the door and went downstairs into the safe room.

"You are also a heartless little thing!"

When she saw Mason come in, Catwoman, who was tied to the chair, immediately screamed:
"Thanks for being so kind to you, you actually bully me with Batman! Sure enough, there is no good man who can be regarded differently by Batman!"

"First of all, I didn't feel sorry for you, but you have always owed me favors.

Secondly, don't try to pick the lock. It is said that that thing is specially made for flying robbers like you. You can't even try to unlock it if you twist your own fingers.

In the end, I didn't mean to hurt you.

I even added orange water to this thing for texture. "

Mason walked up to the irascible Catwoman, unscrewed the cap of the crystal bottle in his hand, and a pungent smell gushed out of it, making the young and old beside him take a slightly uneasy step back.

The young man took out a small medicine spoon.

I dropped two drops of viscous veritaserum on the spoon, looked at the angry catwoman again, estimated the anger and resistance of this big sister, shrugged and continued to drop two drops into the spoon. drop.

This is a double dose.

If Mason has a bad heart, he can even ask Catwoman's first love and the color of her underwear today. Well, there is no need to ask this.

The first choice of this kind of big sister must be mysterious and charming black.

"Also, you pulled us into a dangerous situation. You should know that I just want to live a peaceful life."

After Mason said something, he put most of the remaining bottle of potion back into his luggage.

Such a bottle of Veritaserum can be used ten times, which is worthy of its long production process.

He winked at the young bat next to him, and the latter stepped forward to fix Catwoman's struggling face, and then stuck her mouth to reveal her clenched teeth.

To be honest, this scene is really too eighteen.

"It's okay, it's fine, the potion can seep in."

Mason put the spoon to Catwoman's sexy lips and said:

"It can penetrate the tongue, don't struggle, it is said that the taste of this stuff is as good as rum, and it is not harmful to the human body when used in small amounts."

"What did you give me to drink!"

After a few drops of the cold potion were dropped into the catwoman's mouth, Yeyi also let go of the struggling wild cat lady. The two young men took a few steps back and looked at the manic Yujie Meiren on the chair.

She yelled at Mason, and Yeyi glanced at the young man and whispered:

"How long does it take for the veritaserum to work?"

"Now!"

Mason replied, looked at Catwoman, and said:

"your age!"

"Did you ask such an explosive question in the first place?"

Young and old shrank their minds and said:
"This is the Achilles' heel of a woman. Be careful that she will strangle you to death."

"This is a test, shut up."

Mason flicked his fingers to tell the young master to shut up, and the two men stared at the catwoman in front of them.

The expression on her face was very strange, her whole body was tense at this moment, as if she was holding back something that was about to burst out.

She bit her lip tightly, not letting herself say the damn answer.

But at this moment, the urge to share secrets with others was like a cat's paw scratching, making this alluring big sister unable to hide those thoughts at all.

Her face turned red.

Under the gaze of Mason and Yeyi, after nearly 20 seconds, she opened her mouth as if she was suffocating, panting with her head down, and said:

"18 years old."

"Okay, test failed, your veritaserum has failed."

The young master shrugged helplessly, while Mason raised a finger and shook it, then folded his arms and said slowly:

"Don't jump to conclusions, she hasn't finished yet."

"18 years, 228 months and 17 days!"

Catwoman finally spoke her own answer.

The light in her eyes was burning like an angry fire, glaring at Mason and Yeyi wishing to tear these two guys apart, and the young master was in shock at this moment.

Mason's veritaserum can really make a mysterious woman like Ms. Selena tell her real age on her own initiative!

Is this the power of magic?
Loved it.

"I'm here to test it too."

The young master coughed, and Mason next to him made a "please" gesture to him.

Grayson quietly turned on the communicator on the bat gauntlet, looked at the resisting Catwoman, and finally asked the question he wanted to know the most.

他 说:

"Why did you run away at the wedding with Batman? Do you know that you made him so sad that he almost broke down because of it."

"I refuse to answer!"

Ms. Selena is going crazy.

She screamed, but the devilish potion continued to take effect, making it impossible for her to hide the secrets in her heart that she never wanted to be known.

She blushed once again.

I even wanted to bite my tongue off.

But in the end, she lowered her head feebly and whispered:

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid that he will get tired of me after he owns me. The cat you can't catch is your favorite cat. I'm even more afraid that I will be willing to become that man's vassal after becoming Mrs. Bat.

The unease in my heart drove me to do stupid things.

Later things also proved that I was once again used by Batman's enemies as a sword stabbing into his battered heart.

I hurt him more than his enemies, and I'm sorry for that.

But I really enjoy the way he shyly shows me his hidden intentions when he is alone again and again, and I hope that this pattern will continue until the day I am old.

I swear!
When the first wrinkle grows on my face, I will marry him without hesitation.

But until then, I'm going to keep playing like this with him.

I'll take a look and see who's going to fall first. "

The eldest and the younger curled their lips, and Mason, who was listening, was expressionless but a little moved in his heart. Well, is this the twilight love of the elderly?
It's really artistic.

But the answer was not beyond Ye Yi's imagination. He turned on the communicator on his arm and said to the person on the other side in front of Catwoman:

"Did you hear that? This may untangle your mind."

After nearly ten seconds of silence, Batman's signature hoarse voice rang through the communicator.

他 说:

"Dick! You're boring!"

Then, the communication hung up.

"Okay, let's get down to business, shall we?"

Mason stepped forward and looked at Mrs. Catwoman who had completely stopped resisting with her head down. He knelt down and said to the big sister whose soul was pierced in front of him:
"Ms. Selena, we really need the information in that hard drive. If you crack it, please tell us the content. Why are the League of Assassins and the Penguin Gang chasing us like crazy?"

"We're not on the same side anymore, Mason! You're the worst bat-cub ever!"

Catwoman looked up.

The big eyes already stained with tears stared at the young man, and she said viciously:

"But I'll tell you this, because Penguin and the League of Assassins collaborated a long time ago. They are working together on a plan called 'Advent Day'.

There is not much information I have cracked.

It's an intelligent program that's been encrypting itself.

I can't hack it with bat computer.

Because it would use it to parasitize Batman's database and security network, maybe even the theft of the hard drive itself was a conspiracy against the man.

But I am sure that both the League of Assassins and the Penguin Gang are just participants in this plan, and its first step is to start with the fall of Gotham and the death of Batman. "

Catwoman gasped.

She looked at Mason and said:

"The Penguin must get the hard drive back or destroy the information, because he doesn't want to die quietly. As for the League of Assassins, they don't want to cancel the entire plan because of this mistake.

Everyone who has touched that hard drive is a roadblock that must be removed. You two can't solve this matter!

Batman has to come back
Hey, why is your tiepin glowing? "

"boom"

The moment Catwoman finished speaking, a bullet whirled through the window and shot at her.

Mason threw Catwoman and the chair to the ground, while Nightwing, who was quick to react, stretched out the bulletproof cloak to block the deadly bullets.

Mason pulled out Su Jie's Eagle to cut the rope, and then pressed the catwoman who was trying to break free under him, and opened the invisibility cloak to wrap the two of them in it.

"do not move!"

He scolded, then raised his head and said to Ye Yi:

"I'll take her to a safe place, the seventh pier in Port Miller! I will take the initiative to contact you."

"Go! I will lead them away."

The young master was unambiguous at the critical moment, and threw a bat dart to break the glass and rushed out, and then there were piercing gunshots and the sound of the Batmobile starting the engine.

As for Catwoman.

She watched in amazement as Mason wore that magical cloak to completely hide the breath of the two of them, and then escaped along the stairs.

"We are indeed in the same group, Ms. Selena."

When fleeing into the nearest dark alley, Mason picked up his own gun and put it behind his back. He said to the catwoman who glared at him:
"I want to get rid of these lingering pursuits, and you hope to live to the day you marry Batman. There is absolutely a basis for us to cooperate.

As for veritaserum.
I forgot to tell you that it only takes about 5 minutes to take effect. "

Mason shrugged, wiped his eyes pretending to be moved, and joked:
"The secret about you and Batman is what you voluntarily said, don't rely on me, and you, a top thief in the world, can't see Nightwing's little action of opening the communicator?

The relationship between the two of you is really distorted.

It's hard for my lord to have such a goblin lover as you. "

"whispering sound"

Catwoman, who had been exposed, curled her lips, put on her ruby ​​goggles, and said:

"Do you really think that I have been a fool for so many years? You bastard bat bastard, my sister is a professional in fishing for a kid! Do you understand the technical content of those few sentences just now?

This is enough to make that silent man love me to the point of death. "

(End of this chapter)