A retired magician raises a bucket daily

Reed slept in a dark sleep this time, and was finally woken up by his hungry stomach in the afternoon.

He rolled twice on the bed, picked up his phone to read the messages left behind.

The mobile phone is full of news pushed by major apps, the newspaper offices of Gotham, Metropolis, and some video links, which are more or less related to criminals.

He realizes that the life of the people in this country is really dangerous. The increase of superheroes means the emergence of super criminals. Superpowers, high technology, and beyond the universe...these are all things that can simply threaten their lives.

Reed turned to the bottom, where there were two text messages received in the morning.

Little Liar No. 1:

-have a good rest.

-Come to me if you are hungry.

"..." Reed stared at the two words for a while, his brain restarted like a paste, he was like a slow-moving sloth, and suddenly remembered that he called Jason to stop this morning when said.

People do wrong things when their minds are not clear.

He gave Jason a smile back.Then he slowly pulled himself out of the bed.

Ask yourself while changing clothes, what am I trying to figure out?

He had a few dreams intermittently in the afternoon, but when he woke up, he forgot everything, only remembering the fear and uneasiness in the dream and the palpitations that came from nowhere.

He thought, how can a person who is dying still hope for other people's feelings?

After he completely reconciled with his half-dead body and could calmly accept the call from the god of death a few years later, he designed a whole set of aftermath procedures for his death.

He carved a magic circle in his body. When his heart stopped beating for more than 24 hours, the magic seal on his back would be forcibly destroyed, and then his body would be burned until it was reduced to a handful of ashes. They rolled and scattered, and eventually became a few dust on the land of Gotham.

He doesn't want a funeral and doesn't care about the form, that's fine, he died wherever he was born, and has nothing to do with the family across the vast ocean.

Webb was the first to know about it, Melvin was the second, the former scolded him hard and never brought it up; the latter laughed and said I love the way you hate them.

Reed knew that when the day of his death came, his friends were already prepared.

—But Jason was different.

Reed didn't want him to experience life and death again.

He came back from the land of the dead not to experience pain, but to receive love.

Reed sighed, not knowing what to do with him.

He went downstairs to make some food first.In the past two days, his meal size has grown. He can eat a lot in one meal. If he eats less, he will be very hungry. Maybe only Jason's blood can give him a little feeling of fullness, but he dare not let the relationship between the two of them feel full. relationship is one step closer.

That unspoken kiss at night should be hidden in a corner of my heart, waiting for time to dilute it.

The buzzing of the phone on the table pulled him out of his long thoughts.

"What's the matter?" Miss Amy from Metropolis was calling.

"Are you free recently?" Amy asked him.

"I'm free." He was too free, he didn't need to go to the appointment, he didn't need to attend the reception party, he no longer had to prepare lesson plans for class, and he didn't even need to deal with any major events.

"It's like this. Isn't your book the finale of the series? The company has contacted you with a powerful artist teacher in the industry. I want to draw some illustrations of famous scenes as a small gift for the collector's edition. Otherwise, where can you take a look?" Come to the metropolis when you have time, let's discuss it?"

"I'm all free recently, you guys set a time, and tell me when you've decided."

Amy was obviously relieved on the other end of the phone, "Then it will be next Thursday, okay? The artist seems to be free on this day, and I'm afraid you won't be able to find time."

Today is only Tuesday, and there are still nine days until next Thursday.

Reed stayed at home for many days, drawing some pictures idly, reading books, researching new recipes, occasionally answering Jason's text messages, but never sending him messages, as if he was deliberately alienating the relationship between the two.During the period, Draper came to return the car. He didn't have makeup this time, and he looked very familiar-yes, Reed was sure he had seen him on TV. After all, he was the third adopted son of the famous richest man in Gotham. TV is also commonplace.

He looked even more haggard than before. According to him, he was busy writing his college graduation thesis for the past two days, but the level of drowsiness made Reed feel that he was driving tired all the way, but he drove over without accident. Miracle.

"How did you get back?" Reed asked him.

Tim twitched the corners of his mouth, but didn't say that he could "Didi Dachao". Connor was waiting for him outside, and he could only say vaguely, "There is always a way, and this place is not very remote."

Ever since the clown escaped without a trace, the criminals in Gotham have not made any big moves. One or two are cautious, which has caused Gotham to be particularly calm recently. Batman can't help but feel a lot easier when he is on night patrol—the quality of sleep is even better. Well, Baby Bruce's smile is even sweeter.

The biggest thing that happened in the past two days was that the Penguin finally woke up in the hospital and found that the Red Hood was furious after taking over his assets. Boy, they all defected and went to the enemy. The battle ended within half an hour. The TV station faithfully recorded the whole process, including but not limited to the red hooded man with two guns. Han, who was cheered by the girls hiding in some restaurants on the spot, and Penguin was so angry that he passed out in the street and was sent to the ICU again.

What a colorful Gotham City.

Reed finished eating the food he bought last time. Standing in front of the empty refrigerator, he felt that it was necessary to go to the store to do some shopping.

But when he went out, a burst of choking dust hit his face, and Reid went back to the room and took another mask and put it on.

"Hello, may I ask, what are you doing?" Reed called to a man wearing a construction hat who happened to pass by.

"Are you a resident here?" The man asked him suspiciously. "There are many dilapidated houses without residents. The real estate agent wants us to renovate them before selling them."

His voice is obviously rough with southern English, "You know, the reputation here was not very good before, but recently...Maybe they invited priests to exorcise demons."

No, I was the one who cleaned up the broken barrier. Reed rolled his eyes and smiled, and said to him, "So that's the case, thank you."

The worker said: "They should come to you in the next two days and give you some compensation. I think you should move out and change your place as soon as possible. After all, when the construction starts, the noise will be very loud."

Reed thanked him and drove the car downtown.

"Flour, eggs, olive oil, beef, noodles..." Reed ordered the food in the shopping cart, made sure he didn't miss anything, went to check out, and then stuffed two big bags of food into the car in the trunk.

Just when he was about to return to the driving seat, there was a sudden violent vibration on the ground, and pedestrians on the road screamed.

earthquake?Reed stabilized his body and looked towards the place where the sound was the loudest.

In the open space in the middle of the commercial street, all the bricks and stones on the ground were cracked, and a thick plant root grew out of the collapsed place. The huge green plant grew rapidly, covering the sky and the sun in an instant. A big tree formed in the sky above Tan, its branches stretched out, piercing through some towering buildings without any scruples, crackling broken glass shards fell from high places, refracting flashes of light from different angles between flips.

Reed closed the car door, and the scattered wind elements gathered around him, and then condensed into a strong wind rushing forward from behind him, rolling up the debris that hadn't landed on the ground, avoiding the crowd below.

"Arkham was bombed again, and all the people inside ran out!" Someone shouted, and people began to rush out in a safer direction.

After a while, the large LED screens in the commercial street were converted into the current live news of Gotham City as usual. The hostess on the screen frowned at the camera, and quickly reported the current situation, warning nearby Pedestrians and residents should evacuate immediately.

The sound of police cars roared from a distance, a dozen vehicles lined up outside, and fully equipped GCPD officers came down from above with guns.

Batman also came very quickly. Reed caught a glimpse of him on a blob, and he was accompanied by Red Robin. The little Robin that Jason called 'Devil Cub' didn't show up. Today is Batman. On Monday, it is estimated that the child is still in school.

"What's the situation now?" Reed saved a few passers-by, and asked Red Robin, who noticed his presence and was walking near him.

"It should have been done by the clown. I saw the back of the clown a second before the surveillance was blown up," Tim threw a batarang, and with a wave of the long stick in his hand, he threw away a mutated monkey that seemed to be under control. to the far wall, "but I haven't figured out what he's trying to do."

"What are these monkeys?" Poison Ivy turned the center of Gotham into a virgin forest, full of giant trees rising from the ground, the luxuriant tree tops blocked the sky, and monkeys There are many, they climb among the giant trees, their eyes are red and they bite when they see people.

"The Mad Hatter." Tim said, "He raised them all. B and I have dealt with a large group before. I don't know where he hid them again."

"..." The wind blew the monkeys around in the air until they became dizzy and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

Gotham has published a series of very detailed "Guide to the Wicked". Although the author is unknown, it records the summary of various criminals that have appeared in Gotham City over the past few decades, including their appearance, clothing, preferences , ability values, and even when he was imprisoned, when he escaped, and when he was imprisoned again, there are detailed records. This also causes this book to be revised and republished every year. It is still the best, not only the residents of Gotham will buy it, but it is said that even some criminals mentioned above will collect it, and they will even check whether the content recorded is accurate.

Publishing houses have received calls from certain criminals, accusing them of miswriting their favorite food.

Reed had read several copies of "Guide to the Wicked" in different years, and he had come across this book in a bookstore when he was far away in England.

Interestingly, the author left notes for each criminal in it.

To Poison Ivy is [In order to let the extreme environmentalists stop for a few days, I hereby appeal to everyone to send some plant hanging paintings to Arkham. Although the beauty cannot touch the plants, she can appreciate them. 】

As for the Mad Hatter, [as long as you have one-tenth of Professor Charles Xavier's beauty, you won't be able to find your 'Alice'. (The most irritating thing is that a little girl’s smiling face was added at the end)]

"So how many people ran out in total?" Reed asked Tim. The scene was so chaotic that he didn't go back for a while, just to help them a little.

Tim was silent for a while, and then said, "...all, even the ordinary mental patients ran out."

"......"Wow.Arkham is fragile enough.

"Then do you have any solution to deal with Poison Ivy?" Reed had a headache avoiding the vines that opened their teeth and claws. The plants that Poison Ivy urged to grow this time were not only ridiculously large, but also cooperated with the monkeys to attack, which greatly hindered them. activity.

Soon after Reed cut off the vines with the wind blade formed by the wind, they would grow again. Only by attacking with his own dagger could the vines be completely killed, but that could only be cut one by one. There are more than a dozen giant trees and thousands of vines, when will he have to cut them down?

"The only way to stop these things is to knock her out," said Red Robin.

"Damn it, but she's wearing a camouflage uniform." Reed said, Poison Ivy's skin had turned green because of the experiment, and it was a perfect camouflage uniform in the green forest in front of her. Level to find the eyesight of different lovers.

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice came from behind, followed by a precise bullet, which directly split a vine waiting for an opportunity behind Reed. The man with the red hood Jumping off the branch, "You are still dazed at this time, Xiaohong, have you not trained for too long, have you regressed?"

"Why did you come back?" Tim asked him. He said he went out two days ago, and the speed of going back and forth was too fast. Did he go to experience the fun of flying?

Jason shrugged, "Everything went well for this mission, and the time was shortened." In fact, the female Amazon warrior was so fierce that she couldn't hold her back, so she directly overthrew a person in the base.

Jason paused, his eyes glanced at Reed, but he didn't say anything to him. He looked at Tim again, "I see Poison Ivy, Xiaohong, come and support me."

He quickly left Reed again, and even followed him with Red Robin.

It was only then that Reed realized that the two of them seemed to have not messaged and chatted for a few days.

This is also very good.he thinks.

So the magician wandered alone in the huge forest that surrounded the steel city, rescued several ordinary people trapped by vines, and met a crocodile man with green scales all over his body.

The killer crocodile just stunned a few people, and was bending over to observe his appearance at the water pool on the ground.

Reed ran a few steps and kicked him directly in the face. The huge killer crocodile was kicked to the ground, and the back of its head hit the stone wall of the alley.

He froze for a few seconds, and then let out a roar, "Who are you? How dare you attack me!"

The killer crocodile propped up his hands, jumped up from the ground, and rushed towards Reed.

The magician just felt restless pouring out of his heart. He didn't want to talk nonsense, so he wanted to solve these problems quickly and go home to rest.There was no emotion in his eyes, and there was even a faint blood-red light in the depths of his pupils, making him look extraordinarily cold.

Reed had never tested how strong a vampire was. In terms of physical fitness alone, the training room in the clock tower was not enough for him.When he threw the killer crocodile on the ground and exploded with the hammer, knocking out a few of his teeth, Reid didn't realize that he hadn't pulled back just now until the other party begged for mercy.

He silently stood up from the killer crocodile, the wind automatically gathered on the killer crocodile, tied him up, and Ri pulled the wind rope, pulling him to the center of the square.Batman blew up a giant tree and sprayed medicine to ensure that there would be no more vines and monkeys in that place. The captured criminals were all thrown there, and several GCPD guards stood there to watch .

Reed threw the killer crocodile somewhere, turned around and left.

The battle lasted for more than three hours, and the clown still didn't show up. Reed saw Tim and Jason not far away fighting with the plants of Poison Ivy.

Jason was almost able to knock down Poison Ivy, but the other party threw a handful of green powder directly at Jason.

what is that?Reed narrowed his eyes slightly. The red hood didn't seem to be able to filter the powder. Jason coughed a few times and was dragged behind by Red Robin. No, Reed didn't catch it.

Then Batman rushed over and fought Poison Ivy again, and Tim dragged Jason towards Reed.

"What happened to him?" Reed asked Tim.Both of them were painted, and the wounds were exposed on the broken uniforms, and the blood was clotted on them, which looked terrible. Reid used a little healing magic when he reached out, and although the wounds could not be completely healed, it was better than nothing.

Red Robin felt a little better. He looked at Reed in surprise, and the magician said in an apologetic voice, "I don't have much magic power left. I can only do so much."

"No, thank you, it was a great help." Tim took a breath and held Jason steady. The red hood is like a child who is very resistant to injections at this moment, repelling Tim's touch, but there is no strength in his body, limp Just like being drunk.

"Big Red was poisoned by Poison Ivy's pollen. She said it was improved. The immune toxin we used before didn't seem to work. I don't know if the antidote I'm carrying will be useful... Big Red ! You don't move!"

Reed grabbed Jason's wrist and pulled him towards him. There was a piece of exposed skin between the black glove and the sleeve, which was hot to the touch. Reed looked at him worriedly and pulled him away. The hood was taken off, and the cheeks of the person stuffed in it were flushed, and the breath was hot, and he leaned on Reed with little strength, but he was much quieter than before.

Tim dug out a jar of potions from his universal belt, "I'm not sure if I can use it, but first—"

"Boom!" There was a cracking sound from behind, and even the ground under their feet trembled together, Tim looked there suddenly, and continued, "—B didn't put any extra bombs, I have to Go there and have a look."

He stuffed the potion in his hand to Reid, "Use it for him!" Then he disappeared in an instant.

"Jason." Reed called his name a few times, but there was no response.

He looked around and found a dilapidated small house behind. Fortunately, there were no vines entangled around it.He dragged and dragged the person into it.

"Jason." Reed called again in a low voice.

Red Hood lowered his head and blinked, and after a while he responded unresponsively, as if he recognized who he was.

"Reed." His voice was hoarse, with a long and slow sound after each word.

Reed picked up the potion in his hand, aiming at the position below his neck and was about to stab it, the man suddenly moved closer to him, with a bit of aggrieved tone in his voice, and whispered to him as if complaining, making his hands freeze There was no movement in the air.

"Why didn't you reply to my message? Keep perfunctory me?"

"Didn't you ask me for my phone number? Is it fun to play me without chatting with me?"

He was much taller than Reed, and he could almost wrap the magician in his arms when his head was down, like a big cat that had lost its ball of yarn.

"Don't you like me?"

Reed's Adam's apple moved, and he took a few steps back, leaning his back against the cool iron cabinet. He should say something, but his throat seemed to be strangled.

"I..." Reed just uttered a syllable before a huge black shadow enveloped him.

A hint of tobacco and a bit of sandalwood are entangled.

There was the sound of bombs exploding outside the house, huge plants bursting out of the ground and shattering, monkeys chirping and laughing, and the crowd screaming...

Jason put his hand on the rickety cabinet, lowered his head, and kissed him.

The voices outside gradually faded away at this moment, becoming the cold wind at the end of the world.

Reed could only hear the beating of his own heart beating fiercely.

Bang bang, bang bang...

So fast.

It took an unknown amount of time before they parted. Reed felt his legs were weakening, so he could only lean on the cabinet behind him to stand up straight. His hands rested softly on Jason's shoulders, and he clenched the antidote tightly. .

He seemed to react suddenly, and took a few breaths.

"you--"

Jason frowned and pressed down again.

"But I like you very much."

The author has something to say: Wait![-] in [-].I'm getting desperate for this chapter.

He confessed, he confessed!The barrel is on edge! ! !

And, I know that what Reid did before was not right, it is not allowed to use cold violence to the people around him! ! !But after all, he is just an ordinary person, and he will make mistakes. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. Everyone must forgive him.