[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!

a month ago.

Bruce sat in front of the huge screen in the Batcave. On the screen, information on countless characters was passing by at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.

"I don't think these materials were obtained through normal channels, right?" Alfred said standing aside.

"This is obtained from the database of the Xavier School for Gifted Teenagers and the SHIELD database." Bruce picked up the coffee Alfred handed him, and said, "All the known mutants, Inhumans and Information about alien life is here."

"So, have you found any information about the little girl next to Master Jason?" Alfred asked.

"Wait a minute, Alfred," Bruce said, "be patient."

After half a minute, all the information was scanned, and finally stopped at an information entry that was marked as "top secret".

……

【Ruby】

Race: Symbiote (information missing)

Position: Pro-Earth

Status: alive (missing location information)

Appearance features: [picture] white body, red eyes

Features: Bewitching power (resistable), reinforcement, host dominance, resurrection (doubtful), host tyrannical tendencies increase

Weaknesses: high temperature, ultrasonic

Previous host: Peter Parker (information not updated)

Additional information:

1. Ruby is really, really, really, really nice!Uh...or should it be aliens?She is definitely trustworthy, I can give my life to her, but unfortunately she is not very trustworthy, she promised to come back to play with me, but it has been so long and there is no news!Spider crying cry.jpg, and can you not just put people's weaknesses in the entry?What if it is stolen by some bad guy? ——This information is supplemented by Peter Parker.

2. Can you give me more confidence in the security system? ——This information supplement comes from Tony Stark.

3. A very kind and gentle child. — This information supplement comes from Steve Rogers.

……

"Oh, she looks like a good kid." Alfred said, "It seems that her previous activities were all around New York, why did she suddenly come to Gotham?"

"..." Bruce stared at the entry marked as the top secret in S.H.I.E.L.D., silently focusing on the symbiote's weakness.

He intercepted the entry and stored it in the information database of the Batcave. Just halfway through the information transmission, the screen suddenly flickered a few times, and a red warning box popped up.

"Warning, the intrusion has been discovered, and the other party has started tracking!"

Bruce frowned slightly, his finger was about to press the button to cut off the signal, when a familiar and annoying face jumped out on the screen.

"I said who invaded the S.H.I.E.L.D. information database, and you were the co-author..." Tony Stark said while looking around in the dark background, "I said you are almost done, I am busy now If you want to die, don't give it to me..."

"Bang!!"

There seemed to be the sound of something exploding.

The signal on Tony's side was disconnected for a while, and then it automatically connected again: "Don't mess with me anymore, okay? Tell me you didn't see anything that would make me go to the International Court of Justice!"

"What's wrong with you?" Bruce asked.

Tony said: "It's a hell... Do you know that Professor X died some time ago (Note 1)?"

Bruce said, "Yeah."

"Very well, this way I can explain the cause and effect to you with less nonsense. Anyway, now we are solving the headache caused by his death."

"Can it be done?" Bruce asked.

"What? You want to help?"

"No, that's all I'm asking."

"..." The signal on Tony's side was cut off for another two seconds, and then reconnected, "It's fine if you don't come to help, at least don't make trouble, okay? What information are you looking for?"

Before Bruce could answer, he flipped through his browsing history and said, "Oh... Ruby."

Bruce raised his eyebrows: "You know her?"

"It's not acquaintance, but I'm interested." Tony said, "Why? You also fell in love with this little girl?"

Bruce: "..."

What is fancy?Why does this sound so wrong?

Tony was about to say something more when the camera on his side jerked and the signal started to flicker again.

"About the race of symbiotes." Bruce asked, "Is there any other information?"

"No more!" Tony said, "Why, do you want to write an academic paper on "Research on Alien Characteristics Based on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Confidential Information—Taking Symbionts as an Example"?"

"You'd better focus on fighting." Bruce turned off the signal expressionlessly.

"If it's an alien, maybe someone will know it." Alfred made a pertinent suggestion.

"Hmm..." Bruce rubbed his chin, "You mean Superman?"

Makes sense.

But there is a problem of poor information.

First of all, Bruce doesn't know whether Superman knows about the symbiote, nor does he know whether the symbiote's ability is effective for Kryptonians.

From the perspective of the ability of the symbiont, this race seems to be particularly unfriendly to the Kryptonians, after all, it covers physical control and mental influence.

Just inferring from the literal meaning of the entry about Ruby, Bruce felt that it was not a good idea for Ruby and Clark to get to know each other.

However, if you just ask related questions on the sidelines, it should not be a big problem.

……

Therefore, at the daily regular meeting of the Hall of Justice, everyone was prepared for Batman to be absent again, but no one expected that this time Batman's seat was firmly seated alone!

Hal: "...Where the evildoer dares to pretend to be Batman!"

Then he was dragged away by Barry covering his mouth.

……

After the meeting, Bruce called Superman.

"?" A question mark appeared above Clark's head who was suddenly cueed.

Bruce didn't immediately ask the question he wanted to ask, but waited until all the people in the Hall of Justice had left before asking, "How much do you know about alien creatures?"

Clark said, "That depends on what kind of alien creature it is..."

"I thought you Kryptonites would be well-documented," Bruce said.

"Actually..." Clark paused, his tone a little sad, "Those records are time-sensitive, after all, creatures are constantly evolving. Humans a million years ago are not the same race as humans today. .”

Just like a symbiont, the once brutal race will also give birth to gentle and kind individuals after so many years.

Bruce asked, "Do you know about symbiotes?"

Clark: "..."

Clark, who was sitting at the table looking at the screen, suddenly raised his head, moved to Bruce's side almost instantly, and looked down at him.

"What did you say?" Clark asked.

"..." That's a bad reaction, Bruce thought, but he repeated: "Symbiont."

"Where did you know about this race?" Clark asked.

"You have your Kryptonian knowledge, and I have my sources of intelligence." Bruce said calmly.

Clark stared at him for a while before taking a deep breath and sitting on the chair next to him.

"Did you meet the symbiote?" Clark asked.

"Just intelligence," Bruce said.

Clark sighed.

"Actually..." he said, "I've met the symbiote before, on Earth."

Bruce turned his face to observe Clark's expression.

... Excuse me, it's really complicated.

He seemed to be... guilty?

"That's not good news." Bruce weighed his words.

"Yeah, I thought so too at the time." Clark said helplessly.

"...But?" Bruce continued.

"But," Clark said, "I was wrong, and I did something wrong, so now there are no symbionts left on Earth."

Bruce frowned: "You killed it?"

"..." Clark looked back at Bruce and corrected him very unhappy: "Her."

Bruce was expressionless.

——He got a new piece of information, at least Clark had feelings for the symbiote he killed.

"How do you know there are no symbiotes left on Earth?" Bruce asked.

"She told me that she is the only symbiont on Earth," Clark replied.

"She might be lying to you." Bruce dismissed it.

"..." Clark pursed his lips, showing disapproval, "She won't lie to me."

"Maybe you don't know her that well," Bruce said.

Because he is very clear that there are still symbionts in this world, and it is in Gotham.

"No, you don't understand. It's you who don't know Ruby. You haven't met her at all, so you have this kind of suspicion and distrust." Clark seemed to be a little emotional suddenly, but he quickly So I restrained myself and sighed, "Distrust is a sharper weapon than any weapon."

"Ruby?" Bruce's heart skipped a beat.

"Her name," Clark said.

Bruce was silent for a moment.

The symbiote that Clark knew was the same as the one in the S.H.I.E.L.D. data, and that one should be the one in Gotham, after all, the features in the photo are very obvious.

And Clark said she was dead?

Bruce suddenly thought that the entry of the symbiosis seemed to have the feature of "resurrection", but the word "doubtful" was added at the end.

"Are you sure she's dead?" Bruce asked.

"She's not dead." Clark glared at Bruce unhappily, "She just... fell asleep temporarily, and I will find a way to get her back."

Bruce: ...

This is very much like the innocent dream of a child who has not understood the meaning of death.

"Tell me more about her," Bruce said.

"Why?" Clark was puzzled, "You don't look like such a gossip?"

Bruce: "I'm not gossiping, I just need to improve my information base."

Clark thought about it, and finally sighed.

"Well," he said, "you are one of the most trustworthy people in the world, maybe I can tell you the ins and outs of the stories related to her... everything about this race, and the people in this world. On the other side, there was a deadly threat. Perhaps, you can help me find a way to make up for my mistakes."

He leaned back in the chair and said softly, "Where do we start... Well, we have to start with Constantine first."

Bruce: ...Wait, who's here?

——Constantine, a person who makes people not want to be his teammate, but even less his opponent.In short, he is a person who makes people want to turn around and leave when they hear his name.

Bruce: Good, I already have a bad feeling.