#317 - Training starts

‘Hi, Megan!’ The Martian girl rubbed her head. The silent environment even made her think she was on Mars. In Martian life, speaking aloud was a rare occurrence; mental communication was the norm.

But now, there was neither kind of communication. Frankly, she didn't like this atmosphere. Everyone in the safety pod, even the unconscious Roy, had their minds far beyond the pod.

After much deliberation, Megan decided to break the silence. After all, they might form a team in the future, and although it might be dangerous now, it was undoubtedly a good opportunity to connect.

"Um..." Megan began hesitantly, and after attracting everyone's attention, she spoke again.

"Should I wake him up?" Megan pointed to Roy, who was placed on the bed by Aqualad. "Batman probably didn't hit him too hard. I can enter his mind and wake him up."

"I don't think so." Wally shook his head. "Think about how he acted earlier. Who knows what he'll do when he wakes up? I don't want to argue with someone in a confined space."

"I agree with Kid Flash." Dick chimed in. "Although I don't know why, Speedy is clearly agitated. It's not a good time to wake him up. Let's wait until Batman and the others have resolved everything."

"Agreed." Jackson leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.

‘Hey, Megan!’ The little person inside Megan's mind had transformed into a world-famous painting called 'The Scream'. ‘My first suggestion was rejected. My first impression on everyone must be terrible. Don't Earthlings like my new image?’

"How long do you think it'll take the adults to resolve this incident?" Wally asked, opening the floodgates after Megan's initial attempt.

"Thirty minutes, maybe." Dick thought for a moment before answering. "Confirming the enemy, making a plan, fighting, and subduing the enemy. That should be the most reasonable time."

"I thought it would be faster." Wally was a little surprised, considering how fast he and Flash were in combat.

"Sometimes, it's not just about being fast, Kid Flash." Dick retracted his microcomputer, indicating he had been busy with something.

Wally pouted and muttered, "You can't run that fast, Little Batman."

"Pfft." A crisp laugh rang out. The two who were just bickering looked towards the source of the laughter and saw Megan covering her mouth, looking at them.

"Sorry, sorry." Megan apologized quickly. "But it was just too funny."

Wally and Dick exchanged glances, then smiled and said.

"It's okay, Little Martian Hunter." ×2

Then, all three laughed together. After laughing for a while, they looked at Jackson, who was hiding in the corner but also had a smile on his face.

Jackson noticed everyone looking at him and quickly said, "I'll pass. Aqualad isn't a title I can touch."

At the same time, in the monitoring room.

"Why?" Aquaman Arthur spread his hands. "It's just a title. Jackson is too rigid."

"But it also shows that Jackson respects you." Martian Manhunter J'onn J'onzz said with a smile.

"I'm relieved to see the kids getting along so well." Barry sighed in relief. He was really worried that Wally and Dick would argue when they bickered. "After all, they've been exposed to different people and grown up in different environments. I was worried they wouldn't have anything in common, but it seems my worries were unnecessary."

At this time, besides the taciturn Batman, Green Arrow, whose sidekick was still unconscious, quietly watched them interact.

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"It's time." Batman suddenly interrupted everyone, then picked up a communicator and said.

"Yang Le, the plan is ready to be implemented. Are you ready on your end?"

"I'm ready! I'm ready!"

Hearing Yang Le's reply, Aquaman frowned. Where did he feel like he had heard this response before? It seemed like it was the catchphrase of that noisy chef at the underwater restaurant he went to last week.

"Then, let the plan begin." Batman said, pressing a button on the monitoring room console.

"Sniff." Jackson's nose twitched. He seemed to smell something strange.

"Guys, do you feel like the air smells a little off?" Megan said before Jackson, but she had only been on Earth for a short time, so she wasn't sure if it was normal and could only ask everyone.

"It does smell a little weird." Wally also reacted. "Kind of sweet? Is there aromatherapy in the safety pod?"

"Something's wrong!" Dick and Jackson said at the same time, but it was too late.

"Thump!" Everyone in the safety pod fell to the ground one after another. They only felt a dizzying sensation in their heads, and their vision blurred.

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Aqualad wanted to draw out the water container on his back, so he could condense water and make a simple mask to avoid inhaling too much sleeping gas.

Unfortunately, he could only fall to the ground weakly. Megan wanted to boost her spirit and send a message to the Justice League, but the dizziness was too strong, and she couldn't use her superpowers. In the end, she could only pass out.

Wally tried his best to crawl towards the safety door, wanting to open it and release the air inside the safety pod, but he only made it halfway before stopping.

Dick bit the tip of his tongue to barely muster a bit of energy. He leaned against the table and straightened up, shakily taking out a dart from his belt and stabbing it into his thigh. Blood flowed out, and the pain temporarily pulled him back to his senses.

He quickly took out his microcomputer and sent out the SOS signal he had prepared in advance, before lowering his head and passing out.

"Beep beep beep!" Batman looked at the microcomputer on his gauntlet with a complicated expression. It had just received Dick's SOS signal.

"If you ask me," Aquaman said with a rare serious expression. "Although the sidekicks all came up with solutions in an emergency, the only one who truly qualified was the Bat's sidekick. That kid is too ruthless to himself. He has Batman's ruthlessness; he's more like a warrior."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Aquaman, but Batman remained expressionless.

"Should we go bandage Dick up?" Flash asked. "After all, he's injured. We can also end the training."

"No." After watching the recording five times, Batman refused. "Dick stabbed himself well. That position won't have any long-term effects on him. Both my suit and his have the function of sealing wounds, and since the stab wasn't deep, it won't bleed for more than ten seconds. He can also use the first aid kit in his equipment to bandage himself when he wakes up. Training continues."

Seeing this, Flash didn't say anything else, but simply said, "I'll keep a close eye on his condition. If anything goes wrong, I'll take him to the hospital as quickly as possible."

"Thank you." Batman unclenched his tightly clenched fist.