[Comprehensive British and American] The richest man in the super British world

He may have been there for half an hour, or the whole day, without noticing any passage of time.The sound of water droplets amplified infinitely, lingering in his mind.

But if there is even the slightest possibility... Dick really exists, he will not give up the possibility of searching.

There was a sweet smell close to rot in the air, which made people drowsy. Wade stood up and didn't stay where he was any longer.He walked towards the group of aconitum, which glowed like pearls, rolling on the ground, and finally a hard-won wind blew up here, bringing the cry of Styx.This is the first river, made of the suffering tears of sinful people, whispered by countless voices, he can hear many stories, all cut off by death out of thin air, this is the underworld, which turns the living into utterly dead, the possible into Indistinct, life will turn into a river.

A stele stands in the grass, almost submerged.Wade walked toward it, like toward fate.It has stood at the entrance of the underworld for thousands of years, threatening those who enter it: through me, into the city of pain, through me, into the pit of eternal misery, through me, into the eternal crowd... Abandon all hope, you Those who enter through this.

"Like something I would write," he murmured to himself, looking down. "Please, take this as a warning."

A bird chirping came from nowhere.

Wade raised his head suddenly, the voice only appeared for a moment, so fast it seemed like an illusion.He listened carefully, not letting go of any slight sound, but the bird song stopped.There were whispers all around, something was waiting for him inside the stele.Wade stood where he was, without taking any further action. He heard the crisp sound of the hands of the watch.

He recalled the bird song that Dick taught him in his memory, and blew a few times tentatively.The voice lingered among the aconite clusters, circled away, and gradually dissipated.

no respond.

Just as Wade was about to give up, it suddenly reappeared, passing like a breeze, clearer than before, just as he had blown.

"do not leave Me".

More clearly than joy, Wade felt anger welling up all over his body, and he put his hand on the ground, opening Hades' daffodils.He took it off, and in an instant, the ground shook, the scene around him screamed and distorted, and Wade said in a voice stained with anger, "Hypnos, get out of here!—"

With a wave of his hand, the darkness was dispelled. They screamed and tried to resist, but it was useless.Wade took a step forward, and the black mist outlined a figure among the aconitum. He wanted to take a step towards Wade, but failed, because his Hades directly forced him to kneel on the ground with coercion, making him embarrassed lying on the ground.

"You are so useless?" he asked, approaching the god who finally appeared. "What can Persephone threaten you?"

"...We just hope that you can come back soon," said the god surrounded by black mist, "well, of course, there is also the reason of the Queen of Hades."

Wade felt a headache: "Tell me, what did she do?"

"God Titan," Hypnos whispered, "she has... asked you to come back, Lord Hades."

"I haven't found Pandora yet," he said.

"You and I both know that's not the reason," said Hypnos.

"What do you want to say?" Wade's voice was deep, "I don't remember that I have the right to speculate on my thoughts."

"It's too obvious. It's been thousands of years. I don't need to guess to see your thoughts clearly." He said, suppressing, "You are gradually losing your divinity, but this is what you think, but nothing has changed .You think you are Wedblake, but we all know that you are Hades, not some human. What changed your mind?"

"You're questioning me." Wade said, narrowing his eyes, examining the god in front of him.

"You don't want to come back."

Wade closed his eyes.Know he's right.

Ever since he drew lots, he knew that there is no so-called fairness in this world.Zeus took away the sky, Poseidon took the ocean, and he returned to the underworld.It was a gray, bleak, dirty place. He never liked to get along with others, so it was a good place for his personality.But in the hazy colors, he still felt unwilling, dull and painful.

For thousands of years, he stayed there.Looking from his palace, a vast and distant, low-pitched and sunken scene will make any god in the period feel small.The sky showed a low atmosphere, he stayed alone in the huge palace, and the cold climbed up his shoulders.There are no flowers here, no grass, just death.His memory of Pluto has awakened, but nothing really matters, Wade is much better than his life, the only recurring sights of him are his palace, and a piece of land with burning clouds.

He thought that what he remembered most would be the official business of Hades, but it was another insignificant matter.

A small flower bloomed by accident on a white stone pillar in ancient Greece.

It is strange that he guards there every night.It wasn't his daffodil, but an unknown blue wildflower.He'd never cared for it like that, but in the end it died anyway.After all, this is not the ground, the breath of death is everywhere, and those who do not belong here cannot stay here.

"This is not where you should be."

"I don't need you to tell me!" Wade said angrily.The black mist wrapped the opponent's figure even more tightly, forming an airtight coercion, "You are not qualified."

"—and you are not Wedblake, who stole this human life. You are not him at all."

"It's not something you can bring up."

"Who are you envious of? Hades, is it a human being? How funny, don't tell me it's true, my lord. As a Pluto, kind, weak, meddling, self-righteous, Wedblake, Is this the human being you want to be? You got the memory of a human being because of the despicable god’s evil deeds, and you think you are him, longing to blend into an environment different from yours. Are you so naive and stupid? This is not your world—— —”

"Shut up," he suddenly leaned over and grabbed his collar, pulled Sleepy God up, their eyes met fiercely, the former was full of overwhelming anger and hatred, "Since you want me to come back so much, OK, let's wrap it up."

Hypnos was strangled by him, but smiled with satisfaction: "This is my purpose. Lord Hades, as long as you come back."

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you if you use words to irritate me?" Wade said coldly, "Gods are not immortal, especially now, how restrictive the rules are for us."

"This is the real you." He answered irrelevantly.

Wade let go of him, and Hypnos fell to the ground, coughing a few times.Wade looked down at him: "You said something wrong, maybe I did lose my divinity. From the time I got the memory of Wedblake, I was no longer Hades, I became another person."

The outburst of anger was about to overwhelm Wade.Yes, he's not Wedblake, never was.But it was this human memory that made him what he is now.He had long since given up thinking about who he really was, they were the two sides of the same coin, a whole.If you look at him as Hades, then the gods are wrong.Weaknesses not only make people vulnerable, but also make people stronger than before. Hades never attacked their lovers during the battle of the gods, because he knew it was helping the enemy.

"Deceive yourself as much as you want, I have no objection." Sleeping God said with a smile, with a calmness that makes people grind their teeth and see everything.

"You're so self-righteous."

But a part of him knew that Sleep was right.The wind howled into his heart.

"Accept the rest of your strength," Hypnos pointed at the stone tablet in front of him, and said softly before climbing up to it, "This won't turn you into a stranger, but just change you back to yourself."

"Since Wade's method can't restrain you gods, then Hades?" Wade said, looking at the stele, "I will satisfy you. If this is what you want. Just wait. Especially It's you, Hypnos. I won't allow anyone to judge me."

Wade came to bother him again and again, and Wade didn't have any interest in pestering him anymore.

"Go back to Hades and call my name," he said dryly. "Let them know I'm coming, make sure of it."

……

"Wade."

Dick looked worriedly at Wade on the seat, his eyes were still closed and he didn't respond at all.He softly blew a few birdsongs in his ears, and said in his ears: "Do you hear me? I hope you come back." He carefully observed Wade's facial features, leaned over and wrinkled him with his fingers His brows were furrowed.Just when he was about to withdraw his hand, Wade suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed his wrist. He looked at Dick, who was startled by his sudden action.

"You're awake, did something happen..."

Wadela opened the car door, let go of Dick's hand, and got out.He stood outside the car and looked towards the building.Originally they were supposed to go up, but they were confused by the sleepy god before that.

"What time is it?" he asked.Dick glanced at his watch, "No time wasted."

Wade stared at the sky for a while, the sky was clear, and there were birds passing by from time to time.

"What are you looking at?"

"It won't be long." He regained his senses, avoiding Dick's gaze, and said, "You drive back to the police station. There is no murder here. It was Epimetheus' nonsense to lure us here."

"how about you?"

"He's not at the police station anymore," Wade said, with a sneer, "He's running fast."

"Are you going to find him?"

"You go back first."

Hearing this, Dick opened the driver's door, stood in front of Wade, and grabbed his wrist: "I want to go with you."

"Listen, Dick," he said, "this isn't something you humans can partake in."

"Oh, so now you say, 'you humans'?"

"Am I wrong?"

"What the hell did you see in the illusion?" Dick was rarely angry, and he grabbed Wade's wrist, "You behaved strangely after waking up, Wade."

"I didn't say a few words."

"But every sentence doesn't fit your character." Dick said forcefully.

"you think too much."

"Are you trying to prevaricate me?"

"I do not have."

"You are."

"There's nothing to say, leave these matters to me. Jason, Tim and you don't need to interfere."

"Guess what I'm thinking now?" Dick made a jerk and slammed Wade on the car. They looked at each other and neither of them moved away. Someone else said it because I thought I could figure it out and didn't want to put others in danger. Are you doing it for the same reason?"

"Maybe." Wade easily pushed Dick away, which has never happened before, "Since this danger can be avoided, why do we need to come? No one can come and go in and out of the underworld at will when they are alive. For me , you are just a burden."

"You've changed." Dick asked inexplicably, "What happened to make you say such a thing?"

"Maybe this is the real me."

"You're lost, Wade." There was a sadness in his tone that made Wade irritated.

"I didn't," he said. "Go back, Dick."

Dick wanted to say something, but the person in front of him suddenly disappeared. He originally held his wrist tightly, but now he grasped nothing, leaving only a handful of ashes.Birds fluttered past in the sky, and the breeze from the clear sky scattered the dust in his hands.Wade left here.Dick stood where he was, and after a moment, he turned and punched the car.

……

Sicily is a romantic city. This small town is near the sea. You can hear the waves of the ocean on the land. The sound is softer and softer, pushing the waves forward. Tourists from all over the world.The houses here are low and painted with colorful paint, like a patchwork of fabrics, stretching the charm of Sicily.

There is a gentle music fountain that sprays out several jets of water at the same time in the soothing rhythm, and falls down to the bottom of the pool covered with wishing coins.

A few scattered tourists stood in front of the fountain, a peaceful scene.

Mike, Epimetheus took out two coins from his pocket and handed them to Annie, his treasure.

"Make a wish." He said softly.

Annie, Pandora, coughed a few times, and there was blood on the corner of her mouth, which Epimetheus wiped off gently with his cuff.She is really a lovely girl, only 12 years old, with blond hair covering her entire shoulders, her eyes are as blue as the clear Sicilian sky, delicate and frail like a doll, her skin is so white that blood vessels can almost be seen under the dazzling sunlight.She looked innocently at Epimetheus and asked, "Can I make two wishes?"

"Of course, my treasure," said Epimetheus, stroking her head. "You can do whatever you want."

Pandora threw a coin into the pool: "I want to be with you forever."

"And another one?"

Pandora smiled, with sadness: "I hope to regain my girlish appearance, and be with you justifiably."

"It's not far away. We have thrown off the gods of the underworld." Epimetheus said, "The pearl is here, and with the Lazarus spring water that has been successfully adjusted, you can restore your original appearance."

Pandora didn't speak, she looked at the flower shop in the distance.Epimetheus understood: "I'll buy you a bouquet of roses, the kind you like best." He turned and left.

Pandora silently looked at the coins in the pool, they were refracted in rainbow colors by the sun in the clear water.She was lost in thought.Suddenly, the sound of water being splashed brought her back to her senses, and she turned her head to look at the tourist beside her, who smiled politely at her.

"I accidentally listened to your conversation," said the tourist. "Are you a brother and sister?"

Pandora's angry emotions stained her eyes, and she covered them up.

"Yes," she said.Knowing my 12-year-old appearance can only get this most reasonable status.

"Oh," said the other, throwing a coin into the sink, "I may make a wish, and your wish will come true. Always, forever, I promise."

Pandora's eyes widened.

Epimetheus walked towards her quickly holding a brightly colored rose, and glanced warily at the tourists whose sun hats blocked most of their facial features.

"what are you guys saying?"

"Help you realize your wishes." Wade turned his head, took off his sun hat, and smiled at him, "Surprise?"

Epimetheus took a step back, but it was too late. Amid Pandora's screams, a cloud of black mist lifted him up and threw him violently. He knocked down a row of hawker shops and fell heavily. On the ground, pedestrians fled in panic.Wade walked up to him, Epimetheus raised his hand to fight back, Wade took his hand, folded it back, and in his scream of pain, Wade asked, "Where's the pearl? Where's the box?" "

"I won't tell you," Epimetheus cried, twisting his face.

Wade let go, and the latter fell to the side unsteadily because he lost the right to use one arm, barely propped the other hand on the ground, and stabilized his body.When Wade approached him again, he tried to punch Wade's knee, but he easily lifted his foot and stepped on his hand. With this cloud of black mist, he was pressed hard to the ground, unable to move.

"I ask again, Pearl, where is the box?"

Pandora threw herself on Epimetheus with a crying expression. She tried to break Wade's boots with her hands, but it didn't work.

Wade glanced at Pandora.Epimetheus pushed her away: "Don't come here."

"I won't hurt her, tell me where they are," Wade said impatiently, "Do I look idle?"

He crushed the soles of his feet, and Epimetheus screamed in pain.The power of his god cannot be exerted at all, because Hades is much more noble than him, and his power is afraid of the godhead of Hades. In front of Hades, he became an ordinary human being.

"Don't try to get anything from me!—"

Wade withdrew his hand from the windbreaker pocket, waved lightly, and Pandora slid aside.He bent down and grabbed Epimetheus's hair, and smashed it to the ground, the ground sank, and the cracks spread to the soles of Pandora's feet, and she sobbed.He held Epimetheus's head down, letting the blood flow into the pit, gradually pattering into small puddles.

"You can flip a coin and make a wish," Wade said, "or just tell me."

"If I tell you, you'll kill us." He choked on his own blood.

"Maybe, maybe not," came the voice of Hades, whom he hated, from above his head. "You know I'm impatient."

"I……"

"Are you haggling with me? You forgot how you teased me before?" Wade said. "I have to mention, very clever."

The next moment, Wade was unprepared and was thrown flying. He smashed down several walls, and finally stopped in a pile of ruins. He was choked by the dust and took a long time to get up.He raised his head and saw a woman standing in front of Epimetheus, looking at him with scrutiny.

"Are you bullying humans?" She said, and when she saw Wade's appearance clearly, she was stunned for a rare moment, obviously rummaging through her memory for a long time, before asking in a tone mixed with optimism and doubt, "Wait a minute, Wadeblack?"

"It's me," Wade returned to his original position in a blink of an eye. He was helpless and unexpectedly found that Epimetheus and Pandora had disappeared. "You have been of great help, thank you."

Artemis raised his eyebrows: "This is not a compliment."

"See what you think." Wade knelt on one knee, dipped his finger in a little blood of Epimetheus, and watched in the sunlight.

When Artemis stood behind him, the shadow completely covered the sunlight, so Wade could only stand up and walk in another direction, Artemis followed behind him.He frowned.

"What's wrong? I'm not doing bad things. The guy you let go is a bad guy. I've been looking for him for a whole week. Thank you again for your help."

"You really have changed a lot."

Wade turned to look at the Amazon woman.

"What do you want to say? And on whose behalf?"

Artemis was indifferent: "I teamed up with the Red Hood recently."

"Where's the arsenal?" he asked casually.

"Teaming up with Nightwing. I heard about it." She rolled her eyes around Wade, expecting his reaction.

"Look, I'm useless." Wade turned around to leave, he had other things to do, "I can only say that the newspapers are all fake."

"You broke up?"

"With whom?" Wade asked.

"Nightwing is sad."

"We didn't break up." He finally said, "I just have something to keep busy."

"Oh, this reason sounds cute." Artemis gloated, as if talking to someone else, which made Wade suddenly have a bad feeling in his heart, and he immediately heard footsteps behind him , running towards him, please, don't say it's—

The person behind him hugged Wade violently and buried his head on his shoulder. This hug was so powerful that Wade almost staggered forward before he could stabilize himself. Dick took a deep breath on him. In one breath, she hugged him tightly without leaving a single gap.

"Colin misses you very much," he said.Dick's voice was pained.

Wade paused: "I settled him down."

"What about me?" Dick said softly. "I miss you too."

Wade was silent.

"I thought we broke up."

"How?" he said. "No."

"Did I do something wrong, did I say something wrong, did I push you too hard, did I ask too much, did I make you feel insecure?" Dick said, "If so, I am willing to change it." , Wade. I really want to change, so that you can be willing to share your past with me, so that I can solve some things with you."

Wade's heart throbbed. It wasn't Dick's fault at all. What did he do?So much so that Dick actually blamed himself.But what should he say about it?It's not because he's Wade or Hades, it's just that he remembered, what if he returns to the underworld?He can't violate the law and come to the world at will, and he can't face the fact that Hades belongs to the underworld.

In the end, he still sighed, turned around and hugged Dick, and temporarily let himself be immersed in this moment: "Don't regret it."

"Have I ever regretted it?" Dick asked, hugging him tightly.