Chapter 319 18. How can Mason, who bullies the old man, be worthy of being a partner of justice?
"Mason Cooper, what on earth are you doing?"
At the scene of the car rollover in the radiation desert, seeing that Eagle Eye was forced to disarm, the old wolf Logan behind him really had no intention of stepping forward and fighting for his life.
Just like the flash of Wolverine's aura when scolding his son just came back, he seemed to have returned to his cowardly posture like an old farmer.
He stood up awkwardly from the sand and looked at the junior from another world who dared to have a friendly conversation with him half an hour ago. He shook his body and said hoarsely:
"If you are here for that matter, let Clint go and take my life. I will never resist."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Mason couldn't understand Wolverine's brain circuit at this moment. He never said he wanted to hurt them. He just reached out and asked for a ride in a friendly way.
It was Logan who wanted to hit him to death first, and he just made a small response.
Seeing the old wolf's resigned attitude, he curled his lips and said:
"I really just want you two to help me lead the way, and I'm very interested in the things you are transporting and the past stories you are deliberately hiding.
I'll fix your car, get you supplies, rearm you, and hit the road with you to where I'm going.
I have only one request.
You have to listen to me along the way. I will let you go when you arrive at your destination. Logan, as for your family, don’t worry, they are all here. ”
He patted the suitcase at his feet and said:
"There is a micro-ecosphere here, and a nice house with hot water and food. I think it is much better for them to stay here than to stay in a broken house full of radiation and the possibility of being revenged by the Hulk Gang. .
By the way, if you cause trouble, don't you think about the revenge of the bastards? It seems that you have been away from the superhero business for too long, and your vigilance has dropped to this point.
You're welcome, Logan.
This is the trivial thing that I, as a ‘wolf fan’, should do for my idol. ”
"Hey, if you two old acquaintances have finished chatting, can you explain to me the current situation?"
Eagle-eyed Clint, who maintained the "military salute of a certain country", said dissatisfied:
"Have you two known each other before? So what happened to this attack?"
"You can ask him."
The Fenrir armor behind Mason was on alert under the control of Delamain. He stepped forward and took out the five knives hidden by Clint and threw them aside, and he was ready to throw them out at any time in his left hand. The web launcher was removed.
Even if these superheroes are old and blind, they will not be easy to deal with. They seem to be surrendering just to find an opportunity to fight back.
After Mason disarmed Clint, he walked to the overturned spider car, took out his tool box, and planned to perform emergency repairs on this good car that had not been maintained much in seventeen years.
But before he did it, he found a password box that fell out of the storage box at the rear of the car. It looked very sophisticated and completely incompatible with this chaotic and brutal wasteland.
Just looking at its silver-gray simple appearance, it looks like a pre-war technological product.
Mason suddenly became interested and reached out to pick up the box and put it in front of him.
"Don't touch it!"
Clint, who walked over to help the old wolf up, twitched his ears.
Although his eyes were disabled, he seemed to have "awakened" his incredible abilities again. When he realized that Mason was about to open the lock box, Eagle Eye suddenly became violent.
He said:
"That's our cargo! It must be delivered to New Babylon on time."
"I know, give it to the rebels in this world, right?"
Mason said without looking back:
"I heard all your conversations in the house. In this matter, I think Logan's hunch is right. You'd better not try to complete this trip that sounds like a lot of trouble."
"I said, don't touch it!"
Clint angrily stepped forward to stop him, but the old wolf grabbed his wrist tightly. Not far away, the power armor had ejected a scarlet floating cannon and was targeting the two of them.
Although he doesn't know much about Mason, Old Logan can be sure that if Hawkeye makes another attack, he, a "junior" who speaks and acts very gently on the surface, may really open fire.
The two bad old men who no longer have the courage they once had cannot defeat the power armor in front of them, not to mention that Logan knows that Mason also has a team of "flying" bodyguards.
Under Logan's gentle persuasion, Hawkeye tried hard to suppress his displeasure. When he heard the mechanical sound made by Mason trying to open the lockbox, Clint snorted and said:
"Don't try, it was encrypted with the encryptor left by Reed. No one in the world can open it unless there is a matching key.
Let's talk openly. Your name is Mason, right?
What do you want to do? ”
"I said before, I just want a ride."
Mason tried several times, but he couldn't easily open the legendary combination lock in front of him, but he didn't care. He had plenty of time to study this thing along the way.
Small engineering puzzles and the like are perfect to pass the time.
He first put the password box into his luggage, and then used the Fenrir armor to lift the spider car. He quickly got into the bottom of the car to repair and replace the necessary components for the car. "The Lost Eagle" looked at him with a strange expression and replied:
"You are going to New Babylon. I just looked at the map. That place is not far from the ruins of Xavier Academy. We can just go the same way. Also, Clint, is your blindness caused by glaucoma?"
"So what?"
Hawkeye didn't have a good impression of this little thief who robbed the way, but at the moment, the form was stronger than the person, so he didn't provoke him anymore, he just said something casually in annoyance.
As a result, in the next moment, Mason, who was dismantling the damaged site of the spider car, threw over a bottle of delicate-looking potion. The almost blind Eagle Eye heard the sound and reached out to accurately grasp the potion in his hand.
"Drink it, it will be good for your eyes. I will show it to you after we are on the road. This kind of disease can only be cured in the later stage by taking the right medicine.
But luckily, I brought enough materials. ”
"Very professional throwing technique, he should be a shooter type guy."
Hawkeye focused on Mason's skill in throwing the medicine bottle just now. This guy threw it by throwing a dart. The force was pretty good, but it was absolutely impossible for him to drink the medicine given by a stranger.
Although the old hero is down and out, he still needs to be vigilant.
"Mason, we have arrived at the nearest city to the north. This should be San Francisco, but the entire city has been destroyed. Three Kryptonians have searched it, and there are basically no living people here."
While Mason was repairing the Spider-Car, Batgirl's voice sounded over the team comms, and she reported:
"Harley and I will stay and wait for you, and the others will continue to explore north. The good news is that the radiation concentration becomes smaller as you go north, and we even saw plants.
But the bad news is that there aren’t many people left in this world.
The main body of its civilization has completely collapsed. It is even worse here than the Caribbean world when it was hit. It seems that the great shift seventeen years ago has indeed hollowed out this world. ”
"This is a good thing, it means we don't need to think about saving civilization, and we can finally relax."
Mason replied to:
"You guys rest there first. Our 'new friends' and I will go there right away. According to the speed of this spider car, it may only take a few hours to get there before midnight.
Speaking of which, are the new team members performing well?
Barbara, give them a score. ”
"Well, this is your job, Mason, and you're telling me what to do. You're such a stinky brother."
The foster sister Barbara complained softly, then took a few seconds to think about it and replied:
"The best performer is of course Zod. This Kryptonian is like an excellent soldier who can take the initiative to shoulder his responsibilities and supervise his companions.
But his problem is, he only trusts you.
Although he will listen to me, I can feel that he is examining me and is not sure whether I am trustworthy. This may be related to his previous experience, but it is not a big deal. I believe he will be able to integrate into the K team soon. middle.
The performance of several others was somewhat poor.
Blue Beetle is a typical young man, and he still regards this action as an armed march. Firestorm performed slightly better because of Professor Stein's guidance, but Jax's rebellious mentality was very strong.
He would deliberately provoke me and then be taught a lesson by me, like a weakened version of Damian.
The worst performer was Kara El. ”
Barbara sighed and said:
"She still stubbornly thinks that we tricked her into coming here and made her not a righteous partner, so she is holding her breath, but she was taught very well by Dachao.
She knows that we are a team at the moment, so she has not done anything dangerous, and I noticed that she is the most serious in gathering intelligence.
She is observing this strange world with her own eyes and drawing her own conclusions.
Bizarro won't talk about it anymore. He is playing very well with Harley now. Harley can use candies to direct him to do many things. It's hard to imagine that Lord Pavlov's taming skills are actually shining in this field.
Apart from his lack of intelligence, which makes him clumsy and always speaking sarcastically, making it difficult to understand what he means, Bizarro is almost an 'ace player'. ”
"It's exactly as I expected, but it started well. I didn't run away as soon as I entered this world."
Mason put down the engineering wrench and installed a delicate component into the chassis of the Batmobile. He then stood up and opened the hood to replace all the energy systems of the car.
He said to Barbara:
“Keep observing, keep giving them instructions.
The dangerous difficulty of this world can just serve as a 'preview' for the Kryptonians. They will rarely encounter fatal threats in this withered world.
But my guess is that things may change once we get to New Babylon, and it's best to get them into serious mode before then. ”
"You make me feel like a babysitter, something Grayson should do."
Barbara said:
"I don't have the patience to play tricks with them. Come here quickly. Harry can't see that you are already getting angry. That's it. If anything happens, please contact us."
The communication was hung up, and Mason breathed a sigh of relief. He turned back to the old wolf sitting on the roadside and whispered:
"Hey, Logan, come here and take this thing apart. This car is a waste of money to give to Clint. Look at the age of this engine. If it could talk, it would be jumping on its feet and scolding Clint right now. Especially martial ethics.”
"I also want to cultivate."
Eagle Eye retorted:
"But my eyes tell me that I can't do that delicate work."
Old Logan did not refuse. He stepped forward to help hold the dismantled engine, and the heavy object was easily lifted and thrown aside with the force of his hands.
Mason watched this scene, and while taking out the disposable Ark reactor and supporting energy output equipment, he whispered to the old wolf who patted the oil stains on his hands:
"Your strength has obviously not weakened. Even without steel claws, beating up a few Hulk Sons is just like playing. Why do you have to endure it to that extent?"
Facing Mason's question, Lao Lang hesitated for a moment and said:
"I will never use force against anyone again. That was the oath I made in front of Vanessa after she was rescued. I just want to live peacefully until I die of old age."
"You mean, Wolverine is going to become a pacifist when he ages?"
Mason grunted, tightened the bolt, and whispered:
"This is definitely the funniest joke I've heard since I was eighteen. War is flowing in your veins. Logan, you want to live a peaceful life. Have you ever asked Wolverine for his opinion?"
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"Wolverine is dead! How many times do you want me to repeat this?"
The old wolf became furious, grabbed the cigarette case that Mason had placed in his hand, and turned back to the old friend.
A few minutes later, Mason adjusted the new engine, and the spider car that had been overhauled roared with full power in the desert.
He sat in the driver's seat and honked the newly replaced horn, shouting to Logan and Clint who were squatting on the side of the road smoking and chatting like two old men:
"Get in the car, it's time for us to set off. My people have set up a small camp in the ruins of San Francisco. We have to get there before midnight."
"Let's go."
The old bald wolf threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and got into the car with Hawkeye. Mason sat in the back seat and released several drones to patrol the area for reconnaissance. The three of them got back on the road and sped through the vast desert.
The temperature dropped a bit at night, but Mason and Logan were okay, but Clint, who was already an old man, obviously couldn't stand it and kept sneezing.
Mason took out a bottle of liquor and handed it to him. This time, Eagle Eye did not refuse. He took a sip of the wine to warm himself up, and then let Mason help him check his completely damaged eyes.
"The situation is a bit tricky. You didn't tell the truth."
Mason looked at the completely gray eyeballs with medical gloves and said:
"This is not just glaucoma. You have been poisoned, right?"
"I don't quite believe you when you say you are a doctor."
Clint didn't care. He sipped the wine and handed the bottle to Logan who was driving. Drunk driving has always been a serious problem, but now no one cares about them in this apocalyptic desert.
Luo Lun Ying leaned on his seat, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said:
"Seventeen years ago, during the attack and defense of the Tri-Curve Wing Building, I shot Zemo through the head with an arrow, but Madam Hydra's poison also hit me.
It hurts so much, it still hurts when I think about it now.
Daredevil saved me, I lay there for six months in the temple where he chose to become a lama, and I lived, at the cost of losing my eye, Hawkeye?
Hey, it’s the old almanac.
But Matt is quite loyal. Before he died of an injury, he taught me to use his voice instead of my sight, which allowed me to live safely until now. What are you doing? ”
He felt that Mason had taken out something very sharp, and he immediately said vigilantly:
"You want to operate on me here?"
"No, just extract a little bit of your genes."
Mason took out a very sophisticated biological device with the Kangtai company's logo on it. He used a special extraction device to take a small sample from Hawkeye's eyeball and put it into it. The device started running immediately.
He put this thing into Hawkeye's hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said:
"Your eyes are hopeless, but it might be better to get a new pair. Take what I gave you. It can clone a pair of bionic eyeballs generated from your genes in six hours.
When we get to the place, let my team members perform a 'minor surgery' on you. Think of it as an apology for the bad thing I did to you just now.
We still have a long way to go, and I don’t want a marksman to be dissatisfied with me. Arrows from behind are always more dangerous than bullets in front of me.
Logan, do you need me to treat you?
You are obviously suffering from some kind of severe post-traumatic stress disorder. My girlfriend is an expert in this field. Do you want me to register for you? We have connections and can give you a discount. "(End of Chapter)