What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 442: Warm Ocean Festival, Atlantis Incident
Ocean Festival.

There are noisy crowds everywhere, and huge hot dog-shaped balloons are flying in the sky. Although Cien Port holds an Ocean Festival every year, this Ocean Festival is the largest and most crowded festival in the past.

Neptune Arthur and Mela were walking among the crowd, both wearing casual clothes.

Behind them were Atlantis' regent Tula and Commander Mook.

Arthur, the king of the sea, wears black clothes and even has a hood. Unlike Superman, who has a biological stance to protect his true identity, or Batman, who always wears a mask, both he and Mela surf the Internet under their real names... Bah, they become superheroes under their real names.

Maybe in inland cities, they don't have to worry about being recognized, but in a small area like Cien Port, it's better to appear a little low-key.

"La la la da da~"

"You're singing that song again," Arthur said.

"I don't." Mela rejected her boyfriend, and then immediately changed the subject: "I always feel uncomfortable in these clothes."

"Weared by land people, Mela," Arthur said, "so that we can interact in their way."

"Holy ideal, I guess you are unique in this aspect." Mela said, and then she shouted:

"Okay, let's start with that." Arthur, the King of the Sea, said.

"You always think you are one of them, my king," Mook said, "but you belong to Atlantis."

"Hmm." Muke snorted, noncommittal.

"It's just a metaphor. I think it's time for Atlantis to explore the land and gain a deeper understanding of how Atlantis can achieve a win-win situation with the world."

"Do you think what we lack is really mutual understanding?" Mela asked.

"If you think that's awesome, I have many friends who have cities in bottles."

He said: "I have made a lot of preparations for today. If Batman lets me go, I swear I will hit him on the head with a crowbar."

Arthur said: "Let me see, it looks like..."

"Tula!!! Don't feed the marshmallows you've eaten to dogs and then stuff them into your own mouth!!!"

"This is not Rome."

He shrugged and smoothed things over: "All in all, this is a good learning opportunity. Let's hang out. They know us and we know them, right."

"These clothes are stupid as hell," said Tula, the regent next to him.

"Okay, let me see... where are Batman and Wonder Woman?"

When these words came out, Tula felt that something was not right in the atmosphere, and she shrank in fear. Even though she is named Regent, the future water girl is still a girl now.

Arthur laughed: "I admit that at this point."

"This is the best thing I've ever eaten," Commander Mook said. Standing next to him was the stall owner who was frightened by his blind eye.

"Part of the edge."

"Me too." Commander Muke, who had been silently following a few people before, made a loud sound.

"...This is just a metaphor."

"Can I order some more land coins to buy some?" Tula ran over jumping, her ponytail bouncing behind her.

Mela:...?
She tilted her head.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"That's not the case. I am half sea and half land. I don't belong to any side." Arthur said: "And to correct me, I am not the king of Atlantis yet, so it is best not to be called 'my king' I."

"That's right, Arthur will give the children a sweet treat." Mela said as she watched Muk and Tula walk away.

"So, what's my offer?"

10 minute later.

"The clothes are not inside out, Mook." Mela said. She spoke before her boyfriend could speak.

"The people of Atlantis are considered alien because Atlantis has been a mystery for a long time, but it is still part of the world and part of human civilization."

"But he loves my marshmallows!"

"Yes, yes." Prince Regent Tula nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. Then she quickly changed the subject and stared blankly at a stall not far away: "What are marshmallows?"

"Not really, but it's the same idea, Mook, listen. There's something unpleasant between Atlantis and the land, but they don't understand us. We don't understand them, so we're afraid of each other."

"Of course." Arthur said.

He is the commander of the Atlantis fleet. He is a strong, bald, middle-aged man who is half a head taller than Arthur. One of his eyes is blind, only the white of his eye, which adds a few points to him. Fierce look: "I feel like I have my pants on inside out."

"Okay..." Mela turned her attention back to the conversation with Arthur: "Do you want Atlantis to become part of the world again?"

Arthur muttered: "They should have arrived a long time ago, but they haven't contacted us yet."

"God, how did you do this?" He turned his head and saw Mook widening his only eye that was not blind, holding a model of a pirate ship in a bottle in his hand.

"You are proving my point. The city of Atlantis is land. The country only occasionally sinks into the water. I think this may be the role I can play. I was born between sea and land. I am Atlantis." The first person who has the opportunity to bridge the gap after Si’s silence.”

Mela:...?
She tilted her head again.

"I want him to be part of the international community. I want to lift Atlantis out of the sea and put it into the world."

"There is a proverb among the land people." Arthur said: "In Rome it is..."

Then the two of them heard a commotion in front of them.

"I can't believe it, do you?"

"Oh, of course I believe it!"

"Quickly give up, I can't see!"

A bad feeling arose in Arthur's heart.

"For God's sake, Wonder Woman and Batman are sitting right there, in our diner!"

"Go ask them what they think of my pancakes!"

Aquaman Arthur slapped himself on the forehead, and then he saw Batman and Wonder Woman wearing uniforms, and Wonder Woman even wore her mantra lasso.

They were sitting in a small restaurant next to the Ocean Festival venue, and the place was packed with people watching.

Arthur asked Mela to lift herself above her head - although Mela was a mage, she was also an Atlantean superhuman, so it was not difficult to do this.

A slender girl lifting a strong man and placing him somewhere else might be a feat that would attract onlookers, but it would be nothing in front of Batman and Wonder Woman.

His extraordinary hearing allowed Arthur to hear the lady owner of the restaurant not far ahead saying to Batman and Wonder Woman among the noisy voices:

"Um, excuse me, kids, are you satisfied?"

"Very good, thank you." This is Wonder Woman's answer, which sounds relatively normal.

"Thank you, Mary." This is Batman's answer.

etc. Mary?

"How do you know my name?" asked the restaurant proprietress. She was an older woman, and she seemed a little flattered when Batman said her name.

"Oh my God, he is Batman, Mary!" Behind the proprietress, her husband, the owner of the restaurant, said nervously with excitement: "He knows everyone's names!"

"Batman is quite considerate."

Mela below also heard Batman's words. In terms of excellent hearing, she was about the same as Arthur.

Then she raised her head and saw a forced smile on Arthur's face.

"what happened?"

"I bet that Batman not only knows the names of the owner and proprietress of this restaurant, he even knows the names of the guests who came to this restaurant in the past few days."

"Uh... why?" Mela said: "Last time I went to the Justice League to find Batman to rescue you. He was quite responsible and gave us Zatanna's contact number."

"That's why I can transform my fish head into a normal one, I know, but these are two different things."

Arthur said, "Do you know why Batman inquires about this?"

"In order to have a relationship with the owner and his wife of this store?"

"He is afraid that the owner and his wife of this store will poison him..." Arthur slapped his head: "Okay, I have to call them and ask them to stop wearing this outfit. Who would do this in their leisure time? Wearing a superhero uniform."

5 minute later.

"...You didn't say you were going to wear casual clothes." Chen Tao was wearing casual clothes, and Diana followed him.

Both of them wear glasses... Although from a biological standpoint, these glasses cannot blind people like Clark, they try their best to pretend that these glasses have such an effect.

Not far away, Tula and Muke are playing a game:

"You see, if you throw an iron ring around the tip of the trident, you will get a prize."

"Fame or honor? Prestige? Or a medal?"

"...No, it's a stuffed animal, or some saltwater taffy."

"If this test were to throw a trident into a hoop, I should be pretty good at it," Mook said.

As for Chen Tao... they were standing in front of a sign with Arthur.

"This is so shameful," Mela said.

"No, that's funny," Arthur said.

"Everyone, get ready to take pictures."

The entertainment facility they are currently in is a frame structure designed with a model of a cartoon character's head on it.

The player inserts his head into the pre-set hole, so that his face is perfectly integrated with other parts of the cartoon head. From the front, it looks like the player has turned into a funny cartoon image.

At this time, the cartoon image that Arthur and the two played was Popeye holding a mermaid, Arthur acted as Popeye, and Mela's head stuck out from the hole where the mermaid's face was.

"It's yours. It's a great shot."

Mela took the photo and said, "Oh, hell, I look exactly like they thought I looked."

"That's what's interesting, sometimes you have to face up to those people on land and show them that you understand what they think of you and show them that you can accept that."

"Seriously, like wearing this kind of clothes?"

"Yeah, we show them that Atlanteans are people too. They can crack a joke just like everyone else—"

Arthur turned his head and saw Tula tapping his shoulder:

"Arthur!!! I want to go on something called a banana boat, please give me some coins!!!"

Arthur gave him the money and turned to see Batman and Wonder Woman playing with the cartoon photo too.

"Hahaha, Batman actually becomes a mermaid, and Wonder Woman becomes Popeye?"

Arthur almost laughed, and then he was stared at by Batman, and he couldn't help but shudder in fear.

It's getting late.

Aquaman Arthur, Mela, Wonder Woman Diana and Chen Tao were walking on the beach together.

Not far away, people were singing and dancing, huge fires lit up the black beach, and the Ocean Festival bonfire party lasted until early morning.

"Arthur, now that we have the opportunity, let's talk about the things we mentioned before...the dead water you arrested before..."

"Ah~ah~ah~"

Arthur waved his hand: "Let's not talk about work matters now."

"...You know," he said, "The only thing I want to hear from you today is that you had a great time today."

Chen Tao took a deep breath. He wanted to speak and ask Arthur about Lord Orm, but he was interrupted again by Arthur.

"Batman. You have to rest. You are always like this, and one day the string will break. Just like the thing about Dead Water..." Arthur patted the other party's shoulder: "I can handle Orm's thing, don't worry. Bar."

Then he nudged the other person with his elbow: "Wonder Woman is still waiting for you over there."

"Everyone! Everyone!"

"It's the singing relay's turn! The red-haired lady just sang a lighthouse ditty!"

"Now the next person who comes up to sing is caught in the red circle -"

The host at the bonfire party in the distance shouted loudly while throwing a red circle. He seemed to have lost his hand. The circle flew through the crowd on an offset trajectory and hit Chen Tao's head. .

He subconsciously planned to avoid it, but Arthur reached out and caught the red circle, and then put it around his neck:
"Come on, come on! Don't be shy!"

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Atlantis.

boom! ! !
"No, no, no, help! Help! Don't kill me!"

boom! ! !
The submarine's violent missiles burned on the land of Atlantis, and even the water was burning.

Countless Atlantean civilians were wailing under the slaughter of high-tech weapons. Their whole bodies were on fire and they were swimming desperately in the water, like fish being burned to death in gasoline one after another.

When the mysterious fleet flew away, what Lord Orm and his men saw was a piece of scorched earth.

"This is an attack, everyone," Lord Orm said.

"And Atlantis must avenge and respond to this." He suppressed his anger: "Someone is going to pay for this, everyone."

(End of this chapter)