2187 Side Story: Fantasy Journey 28

Sure enough, when Gordon looked at the shadow that had appeared in the corner of his eye, he saw Master Wayne perched on the signal tower on the roof, his cape fluttering behind him.

He had just landed after gliding through the air.

Em~ Why didn't he land on the ground like a certain other person? That was because it was Luke's choice to keep a low profile, not Master Wayne's.

After he was done posing, Master Wayne made sure that there were no eavesdroppers nearby before he jumped down.

Gordon shifted his gaze, only to see three people already standing silently where Master Wayne had landed: the battle goddess, Diana, in her red and gold battle outfit; Barry, in an all-red suit, and Luke, Master Wayne's impersonator.

Gordon's attention lingered on Luke for two seconds before he looked at Master Wayne. "Apart from this person, how many other Batmans like you are there?"

Hearing the questioning tone, Master Wayne frowned. "I'm the only Batman. Tell me, what's going on?"

Gordon took out a kid's drawing and handed it to him. "Eight people from S.T.A.R. Labs have gone missing, six in Metropolis and two here on our side. A kid drew a sketch of the kidnappers."

Master Wayne saw that the drawing was of a humanoid with wings and a hood over its head.

Diana glanced at it. "It's a Parademon."

With one look, Luke understood why Commissioner Gordon had paid more attention to him.

The Parademon had wings like a dragonfly's on its back, and its insect-like facial features were too complicated for a child to draw, so it had been rendered simply as a black hood.

Coupled with the fact that the sketch was done in black pencil, it looked 60 to 70% similar to Batman.

Thus, he could understand the hostility he sensed in Commissioner Gordon's mental fluctuations.

After all, Luke wasn't an old friend like Batman. It was normal for Commissioner Gordon to be suspicious.

Of course, Luke actually felt that Commissioner Gordon looked a little like someone from back home – like that Jameson guy?

That guy's family opened a branch of the Daily Bugle in New York. When he went to Los Angeles to play, he tried to steal Vanessa from Wade. Wade, who hadn't been too crazy back then, beat him up and pretended to steal 20,000 dollars from him.

Luke looked at Commissioner Gordon, who was wearing a black coat and a black hat. He was a serious man, and didn't look like he deserved a beating at all.

Clothes really made the man.

"Nine now." A figure jumped up onto the roof. The red eye in his face startled Commissioner Gordon and Barry.

Barry hurriedly patted his pounding heart and glanced at Master Wayne and Luke, before he relaxed. These two were much better fighters than he was.

In fact, Master Wayne, Diana and Luke had sensed the person's arrival earlier on, and had just been waiting for him to come out.

The person walked out of the shadows on the roof to reveal a strange metal body and half a human face. It was none other than Victor Stone, whom they had failed to rope in not long ago.

His expression was dark and angry. "The head of S.T.A.R. Labs was just taken."

Everybody except Commissioner Gordon was enlightened – the head was Victor's father.

No wonder he had come over now after seeing the Bat signal, when he hadn't agreed to join the Justice League before.

Unlike Barry, who had clutched his chest, Commissioner Gordon was used to being startled. He only glanced at Victor; seeing that Master Wayne and the others didn't react, he knew that they weren't enemies.

He took out a document from his pocket. It was a map of the crime scene. "We investigated these locations, but didn't find the kidnappers' base."

Victor's mechanical eye flashed red. "Only on the mainland."

Everybody looked at the map, and Victor did the calculations swiftly in his head. "Putting all the monsters' movements together, Brixton Island is a very likely location between the two cities."

As someone who worked underground. Master Wayne was very sharp. "Back then, Gotham Port wanted to build an underground tunnel to Metropolis, but the economic crisis happened a few years after it was started, and it was abandoned."

Gordon couldn't help but follow his gaze and look in the direction of Metropolis. After staring for a moment, he turned around. "Do you really think that the Parademons' nest is… there?"

There was already nobody in front of the commissioner except for Barry, who was listening to him with a dazed expression.

Seeing Gordon's surprised expression, Barry looked around in surprise. "Wow, they disappeared just like that… Hm, rude."

Swoosh!

The top of the GCPD building was completely quiet, leaving Commissioner Gordon with his mouth open. He then shook his head, as if he didn't know what to say.

…

A few minutes later, the newly established five-member Justice League stood in front of a huge tunnel.

Looking at the image transmitted by Luke's drone, Master Wayne frowned. "The people from S.T.A.R. Labs are still alive. There are over 100 Parademons."

Everybody was quiet. Victor's father was also inside!

It was inevitable. Everyone would be just as cautious if it were the butler or Barry's father inside.

Luke blinked. "Are you forgetting something?"

Everybody looked at him. He looked at Barry and patted the energetic young man on the shoulder. "When we move later, charge in and get Victor's father out first, then the others."

Barry was lost for words.

Seeing the agreement on everybody's faces, he was a little stumped. He raised his hand and said hesitantly, "Okay, it's like this. I'm afraid of insects…"

Everybody was lost for words. Although the Parademons looked a little like insects, they were completely different.

Barry continued to confess, "…They also have guns, and they're bigger than me."

Everybody couldn't help but look at the monsters on the surveillance feed. Many of them were indeed holding guns.

As for their size… Barry's head didn't even reach Diana's shoulder. That's it? Bad guys shorter than you are definitely rare!

Barry wasn't done yet. "I'm afraid of blood and dead people. To be honest, I've never fought a bad guy. At most, I just push them and run…"

Master Wayne stepped forward and loomed over Barry, who stopped babbling.

Staring into the kid's eyes – well, they were the lenses of the nanosuit, but his eyes could still be roughly made out – Master Wayne said in a low voice, "Then save one first."

Barry: "What?"

Master Wayne said, "Save one person first. Victor's father."

Barry: "Hm, and then?"

Master Wayne said, "Don't talk, don't fight. Go in and bring people out. That's all."

Barry: "That's it?"

Master Wayne nodded seriously. "That's right. When the time comes, you'll understand the rest."

Barry swallowed nervously. He suddenly really wanted a cup of Knight's black tea.

However, he still nodded. "Okay, got it."