#359 - Destination Atlantis

Under Batman's disapproving gaze, the atmosphere in the meeting room gradually became tense. At this moment, Courtney's stepfather, Pat Dugan, who had been silent all along, stepped forward.

"If you really don't want to hand it over, then I'll take responsibility for teaching you," Pat said, looking at his adopted daughter with a complicated expression.

"What?" Courtney looked at her stepfather in shock. "You teach me?"

Faced with Courtney's overwhelming distrust and disdain, Pat didn't back down as he usually did. Instead, he continued, "Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Pat Dugan. I'm your stepfather, and also a retired superhero. My former codename was Star-Spangled Kid."

Courtney was stunned. She turned her gaze to the other superheroes, and only after seeing them nod did she realize that this shocking news was true.

"Looks like you need some time to digest this," Pat said with a smile, walking to Courtney's side and extending his hand to her. "Let's go home first. If you're going to walk this path, you have a lot to learn."

Courtney hesitantly took Pat's hand. Pat looked calm on the surface, but he was actually overjoyed. He turned back to Batman and the others and said, "We'll leave first. After all, we still have a school transfer to deal with, which is a troublesome matter."

"If you have any difficulties, just tell me," Green Arrow winked, the meaning behind his words obvious.

"I will," Pat said with a smile. Then, he took Courtney's hand and was about to walk out, but he immediately felt a pulling force. It was Courtney holding him back.

Pat was momentarily puzzled, but he quickly understood. He quietly said to Courtney, "Don't worry, the kid's fine."

Courtney looked at her stepfather with doubt. Only after seeing Pat nod at her did she half-believingly follow him out.

After Pat and his daughter left, Wally knew it was time for his judgment. But unexpectedly, everyone present didn't leave him. Instead, they all turned to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Wally immediately broke down and stopped Batman and the others. "What about me?"

"Don't you know?" Green Arrow looked puzzled. "Did I hear wrong?"

"You didn't hear wrong. I also heard this kid say that just now," Shazam said, pretending to be mature.

"No," Wally couldn't hold it in any longer and shouted in frustration, "Even if I know, you should at least announce it! You're not going to fire me without even telling me, are you?!"

"Fire? What fire?" Flash looked confused, but if you looked closely, you could see that the corners of his mouth were turned up more than Omega Beams.

"Kid Flash," Batman said, although his expression was serious, his tone was much lighter. "Based on your previous performance, the Justice League has decided to restore your hero status, and we also have a task for you."

Wally was stunned by the huge difference in treatment. He asked, "Wh-what?"

"Notify all members of Young Justice. They're all like you, but you have to notify them yourself. Remember to run, don't use communication devices."

Faced with Batman's request, Wally was silent for a short while, then immediately jumped up happily.

"Roger!"

————Separator Line————

Unlike the elated Wally, Yang Le was deep in thought. All of this was because of the previous experience in Happy Harbor.

At first, Yang Le thought he was in the universe of the animated series "Young Justice." The previous experiences were also similar to the original plot. Even if there were some differences, Yang Le only considered them to be because the real universe couldn't be measured by anime, or that he himself had caused a butterfly effect.

But the experience in Happy Harbor sounded an alarm for him, because there was no information about Happy Harbor in the original series. This wasn't a small change. This difference was enough to show that the universe Yang Le was currently in might not be the universe of "Young Justice."

As a mature transmigrator, Yang Le deeply knew the convenience brought by the "original plot," but he also knew that he couldn't rely too much on this kind of precognition. The butterfly effect was still worth respecting.

But the period he was experiencing was likely not brought about by the butterfly effect. However, he couldn't determine the correctness of this at this time, so Yang Le was prepared to personally investigate an important node in the plot.

For this reason, Yang Le was prepared to sneak into the Atlantic seabed and head to Atlantis, the territory under the jurisdiction of Aquaman Arthur.

Driving his broken car, Yang Le drove to Amnesty Bay. This was considered the most famous coastal town in the entire world. This wasn't because it could catch any precious fish, but because it was the birthplace of Aquaman Arthur, one of the Justice League's giants.

Well, although it's not widely circulated, many people also believe that this place can indeed catch the most precious fish in the world. After all, Arthur's father caught the Queen of Atlantis, this big fish.

For this reason, there are even many people who come to travel on the surface, but in reality, they come to try their luck to see if they can catch any "big fish."

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ said ⊥ in ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥⊥ book ⊥⊥ bar ⊥⊥ first ⊥ hair!

Of course, it is known that this is impossible.

Standing on the slippery and rugged reef, the waves constantly beat at his feet, and the fishy sea breeze blew on Yang Le's handsome face. Although it was already good, Yang Le only had one thought in his mind.

"Damn, I'm freezing to death." Yang Le tightened the clothes on his body. It was autumn now, and the sea breeze was relatively cold. In addition, the waves had wet Yang Le's trouser legs. It would be strange if he wasn't cold.

"Hey young man!"

When Yang Le was shivering from the cold and preparing to transform quickly, a slightly old voice came from behind him. Yang Le turned around and found an old man standing on the shore, shouting at him.

The old man looked old, but his body was very heroic, and his voice was full of energy.

"Young man, if you have something to tell the sea, why not have a beer with me to warm up?"

It seemed that the other party regarded Yang Le as someone who wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the sea. However, it was also true that standing on the dangerous reef on this cold day was either a fool or someone who wanted to commit suicide. The other party's judgment was not unreasonable.

"Thank you for your kindness, old sir," Yang Le waved his hand. "But I have more important things to do."

After speaking, Yang Le patted the Omnitrix. As the white light dissipated, there was no longer a trace of Yang Le, but a fish-man covered in silver-gray scales, with a mouth as big as a dustpan, and an egg-sized, anglerfish-like bioluminescent organ on his head.

"Goodbye," Yang Le said goodbye to the stunned old man, and then jumped into the water.

The old man looked at the turbulent waves, took off his hat, and whispered, "Arthur, there really are all kinds of things underwater."