Chapter 146 Funeral
It always seems to be rainy in Gotham. Rain and gloom are the constant style of this city.
It didn't rain in Gotham today.
The clouds covering the sky dispersed, and the warm sunshine fell into Gotham. It looked so ordinary, like a quiet small town. Although it was not raining, pedestrians on the street still held up umbrellas, but not to block the sun.
The crowd holding umbrellas formed a black river, and in the front part of the river was the Gotham police convoy. Everyone was silent and followed the team quietly.
Director Gordon was walking in front of the motorcade. He had a cigarette in his mouth but did not light it. Even though Barbara left cigarettes and alcohol for him today, Gordon still didn't touch them at all because Qin Su didn't like him smoking or drinking.
Seeing this increasingly large team, gangsters with a little experience understand what is going on. When a police officer dies, the local police station will organize a farewell rally. Any citizen can participate, but on such a large scale, even if It was the first time for the old men in the gang to see him. They all chose to avoid him. Even the gangs who were fighting each other had a tacit ceasefire and silence.
The Seven Seas Gang even said that any gang that attempts to cause trouble today will be regarded as an enemy by the Seven Seas Gang. This statement was understood by the gangsters as an move by the Seven Seas Gang to declare their right to speak. Many people threatened to give Aum a A lesson, but as soon as they boasted about it, they were swallowed up by the wild flowers on the roadside.
In fact, Aum is a moderate.
There were also some irrational madmen and ignorant young men who rushed to the streets to cause trouble, but they were quickly and quietly solved by the special operations team. The biggest feature of this team was that everyone fought with cold weapons.
They followed the convoy, and anyone who tried to obstruct or cause trouble would be knocked unconscious and tortured away. In the past, they would give verbal warnings three times. Today, they remained silent throughout the process. If there is a threat, they will do their best to eliminate the threat and will not give the criminals anything. Opportunity to plead.
Some citizens did not understand why there was such a big fight and chose to call the city government directly to complain about the traffic impact. The replies they received were all "It is a legal assembly certified by the mayor. If you have any objections, go and impeach the mayor."< br>
In the mayor's office, Penguin, who had just taken office, stood by the window, looking at the black rivers gathering outside. He lit a cigar out of habit.
"The umbrella is broken, I can make a new one. The sword is broken, where should I find a new replacement?"
Penguin didn't feel sad. He was not a sentimental person. After becoming the mayor of Gotham, Penguin set his sights across the country. He discovered some small moves by the federation against Gotham.
The best way to commemorate a person is to keep the career he dedicated his life to.
Maybe the penguin is a little sad.
The motorcade continued to move forward, and Gordon's thoughts were withdrawn from the past. He keenly noticed that something was different about Gotham today...it was flowers!
There are flowers everywhere. The streets and alleys of Gotham are full of flowers. No matter what kind of flower they are, they are trying their best to bloom. Today's Gotham is full of flowers.
Finally, the convoy arrived at its destination, a cemetery on the outskirts of Gotham City. The policemen carried a coffin and placed it into a pre-dug grave.
Gordon watched the loess burying the coffin little by little. He knew that the coffin was empty, with no body inside, only some daily clothes. In the East, this is called a tomb.
This was also the intention of Qin Su's parents. They insisted that Qin Su was still alive and refused to attend the funeral. They only allowed a tomb to be erected.
Gordon also had a glimmer of hope in his heart. Maybe Qin Su didn't. Maybe tomorrow, that outstanding young man would imitate Batman and suddenly appear from behind him.
Thinking of Batman, Gordon couldn't help but look around. Is he here? Someone at the funeral to commemorate Qin Su was the Dark Knight of Gotham. He recalled his past with this young man, Will you feel sad.
Gordon didn't know whether Batman was coming or not, but some people were coming.
The fighter clown did not wear black clothes, but still wore the classic purple suit. He was smiling, as if he was scorning the funeral.
Gordon noticed that the clown's corsage was missing, and there was an acid flower that would never fade in front of the tombstone.
Wonder Woman stands behind the Joker to the right, and Superman stands beside her, holding her in his arms.
"He saved the world again, Diana, again, you know what I'm thinking? I think he's just superhuman.
He did a good job, better than us, but why..."
As Superman spoke, he began to cry. Wonder Woman patted his back with her hand and persuaded him: "Don't be sad. He may have just fallen into a certain time and space and will come back soon. Maybe he will come back when." Will summon the Justice League to other worlds
So don't be sad, the alliance must be ready for a fight at any time! ”
The power of the God of War is quietly affecting Wonder Woman, inspiring the Amazons' warlike instincts.
Green Lantern Hal puts a black trench coat on himself to hide his green uniform, lest he look like the Joker and look out of place with everyone else.
When Hal came to lay flowers, he put down a bouquet from another planet: "More than a month ago, Wonder Woman asked me to introduce you to the Guardians. I think you exaggerated.
Now I take it back, you are worth a green light ring. If you can come back, you can be promoted from a city policeman to a space policeman. ”
Among all the alliance members, only Barry attended the funeral in his true identity. He looked at Qin Su's tombstone and put down a carnation.
"You said you would catch the Flash with me, so you can't break your promise."
Barry looked haggard, and the hand holding the flowers was shaking. This was a symptom of excessive use of the Speed Force. He had been searching for Qin Su's missing location for three days while in the Speed Force state.
Behind them, Cyborg and Neptune took turns laying flowers without saying much.
A petite figure appeared silently in the crowd. She was wearing a hood, opening her lips up and down to recite a spell quickly, and she frowned slightly as invisible magic was released.
If someone gets close to her, they can hear her whispering: "I still haven't found the soul. Where is it?"
Constantine confirmed with Heaven that Qin Su's soul was not in Heaven, not because Qin Su was not qualified. Archangel Michael personally went to pick up Qin Su, but found nothing.
After confirming that there was nothing he wanted here, the raven didn't stay too long. He just glanced at Qin Su's tombstone from afar, then turned and left.
The raven is the bird of death in the West, symbolizing ominous misfortune. Therefore, sometimes the raven will doubt itself whether it is bringing bad luck to the people around it.
She pulled down her hood, and the two sharp horns extended, her six eyes lit up with eternal fire, a dimensional rift opened, and on the opposite side was the scarlet hell
Heaven can't be found, nor can it be found on earth. Raven decides to go back to hell. Hell is a dimension countless times wider than the earth. Looking for a person's soul there is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
She needs an army, an army of hell.
The flowers and plants of Gotham watched every move of everyone in the city, including the raven. Ivy watched the raven leave, and she lowered her head in disappointment.
"You can't find him either..."
Ivy never thought that one day she would look forward to seeing Qin Su next to Raven, but even such a humble thought has become a luxury hope.
Picking up the silver bell hanging around her neck, Ivy shook it gently and listened to the crisp ringing, again and again, but the ringing could not soothe her grief.
Ivy hated herself. If she could be stronger, could she help Qin Su?
(That’s what you think, Ivy.)
A voice exactly like Ivy's sounded in her heart.
(If this is the case, come to me. I have a way to make you stronger than Superman and stronger than a raven... Actually, this is what Qin Su thought of.)
The last sentence touched Ivy, and she agreed to her other self without hesitation.
"Tell me how to do it."
(Qin Su brought back all the original power from another world. Although it is a very small part, they will gradually recover with the prosperity of the secret realm.)
The secret forest realm already has the prototype of a world. When the junction jumps from a demiplane to an independent world, Poison Ivy and Ivy, the two beings in one body, will also gain the authority to create the world.
Of course, this road is very long and takes a long time to settle.
So Poison Ivy decided to cut off the link between the secret realm and this world. In this way, the time flow rate of the two will lose synchronization. The secret forest realm is like a kite with a broken string, starting a drifting journey. When it returns again, maybe the main universe has already It's a world of change, or maybe... only one day has passed.
At night, the funeral ended, the crowd dispersed, the tombstone was drowned in bouquets, a door opened out of thin air, and Constantine, wearing a yellow windbreaker, walked out of it. He did not taunt the tombstone and said, "You are not really dead, are you?" , No way, no way.”
Because he was holding a little girl's hand.
Constantine placed a white rose in the girl's hand: "Go, little Astra, give him this flower."
The little girl walked forward awkwardly. She had just returned to the world from the hands of the devil and felt uncomfortable with everything in front of her. However, she still firmly completed the task given to her by Constantine.
The moonlight hit the white roses, and little Astra raised her head. She pointed at the starry night sky: "Dad, there is a monster!"
Constantine did not correct her name, but bent down to pick her up and brushed the tip of her nose with his fingers: "That's not a monster, that's an elf. It's him who disperses the dark clouds so that we can see the moon and starry sky."< br>
Groudon stood on a rock created by primal power, with Supergirl sitting on his shoulders.
"Is Mana Fei still in the sea?"
"Roar."
"She is a stubborn child and will not listen to advice. Don't worry, Neptune promised that the Atlanteans will protect her."
"Roar."
"Yeah, it's like finding a needle in a haystack."
A black shadow streaked across the sky, clearly leaving a bat-shaped shadow in the moonlight.
Neither Batman nor Bruce attended Qin Su's funeral. The alliance was puzzled by this, but he did not try to explain, let alone give the alliance a chance to communicate.
There is almost no crime in Gotham tonight, but Batman is like a ghost, wandering around his city. No one knows what he is doing, not even his biological son and Robin Damian.
He just moved from one part of the city to another, the police station, the aquarium, and his abandoned safe house.
Finally, Batman reaches the last location of his trip - Wayne Manor.
"Master Bruce, you are back."
Alfred was waiting for his master in the Batcave as usual. Batman took off his uniform and handed it to the butler, then went upstairs alone without saying a word. Alfred understood that it was not Bruce who took off his mask, but Bruce. Batman puts on a mask named "Bruce Wayne".
Entering the Wayne Mansion, Batman walked directly towards the collection room. He passed by the lobby, where the latest hot news was being played.
[Regarding the global wireless communication outage three days ago, experts have given a scientific explanation. The cause is likely to be electromagnetic storms caused by atmospheric pollution under the action of sunspots. The black clouds in the sky at that time were evidence. The White House spokesperson was in the Pentagon. Claiming to increase environmental protection penalties in developing countries and promote global low-carbon life...]
Three days have passed since the Holy Lord attacked the White House. Media outlets from all sides have expressed their opinions and pulled out a lot of "insider information" to explain the disaster from various directions. Some said that the devil came to the world, some said that the military experiment, There are also those who preach the end of the world.
The truth is gradually buried in everyone's mouth. This is why Batman maintains silence around the clock. He is tracking down what is hidden behind Qin Su's "death". Everything else is interference.
His last stop was the collection room in Wayne Manor, where, according to Alfred's description, Qin Su transformed into a dragon and soared into the sky.
Batman folded his cape and stood in the slightly messy collection room. It was he who asked Alfred to maintain the scene.
"Afu said that the whole room was glowing with golden light, accompanied by waves of heat. He couldn't bear it and left the collection room. So during this period, Qin Su stayed [alone] in this room."
Harley Quinn's apartment, Gordon's room, and the safe house where Batman was robbed were all places where Qin Su had stayed alone, and in these places, Batman found some things left by Qin Su.
The first is a notebook, which records Qin Su's experience of police work. This was found from the room of Gordon's house.
On the fifth floor of Harley Quinn's apartment, Batman found a plan. Qin Su drew a blueprint for the future of Gotham, including the release of Pokémon-related games to add a youthful atmosphere to Gotham. ; Cooperate with Ivy to promote the construction of a green and civilized city; unify the Gotham underground world with Orm, Joker and others; Harvey is in charge of the court, Falcone is in charge of Blackgate Prison, and improves the legal trial and punishment system...
Qin Su put forward many ideas to change Gotham from many aspects of culture, economy, politics and law. He also implemented his plan effectively, and Gotham is now prosperous.
But at the end of the planning book, Qin Su marked every blueprint with a big "?"
"Qin Su denied all his plans, even though some of them have been proven feasible."
Even the completed Gotham New District was rejected by Qin Su, which made Batman puzzled.
He searched the entire collection room, but could not find the next notebook or diary, not even a piece of paper.
Batman could only think again: "I have to change my thinking. At that time, Qin Su had just woken up from the body of the Holy Lord. He had no ability to write. In that state, how would he leave a message..."
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magic!
This is the only way Qin Su can leave information, and it is also the information Qin Su leaves for Batman.
Every blueprint in the planning book has a question mark, and "magic" is the answer.
Batman stared out the window at the sky.
Gotham has always been breeding evil. Batman once thought it was because of the environment, so he kept trying to use Bruce Wayne's identity to change Gotham.
And Qin Su helped Batman eliminate all wrong answers. Economic, cultural, political and legal, and all plans to change Gotham will fail, which means that the root cause of the problem is not here!
There is something preventing Gotham from changing for the better, something silent, undetectable, inexplicable to science...it's magic!
The bright side of Gotham has improved, but the dark side still exudes a rotten atmosphere. Even if Qin Su mixes "good villains" into it, it can't be corrected.
Why did the Holy Lord choose Gotham? Because the deepest evil in the DC universe is hidden here.
……
On the wall of origin, a pair of eyes shining like stars blinked, and in his hands as broad as the starry sky, he held a pipe of unknown material.
"He slipped away. Is there anyone [outside] to pick him up..."
He looked far into the distance, looking through dimensions and time and space. Following the broken pipe, he saw a door.
A recently erected door leading to the "outside".
——End of the second volume of "Dragon and Tiger". DC has ended for the time being, and the Marvel journey will begin tomorrow!
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