[Comprehensive British and American] Flying around the sun

"Hi, Pixar." Audrey walked into the office, and her research assistant was packing up the files. "How was your vacation?"

"Ms. Lewis!" Pix Winkle nodded at her with a smile. "My sister got a ticket for the Metropolitan New Year's Science and Technology Fair, and I left you two. She said hello to you."

"Thank Leslie for me, and wish her success in scientific research—Metropolis New Year Science and Technology Fair?" Audrey took off her scarf and picked up the two tickets that Pixar put on the table.

Exquisite hot-silver characters are printed on the face of the banknote, depicting the picture of the starry sky.A sci-fi spaceship is suspended on the edge of the screen, and a line of small words below: Lex Group sponsors this exhibition.

When seeing this line of writing, Audrey wrinkled her nose, but still clipped the ticket into the notepad.She sat down, turned on the computer, smiled and said, "Pixar, are you going too?"

"Of course I will go!" Pixar said excitedly, "I heard that the latest long-range laser pointing device appeared at this exhibition, provided by a new scientific research team. And I also have the opportunity to meet Rajesh Dr. Kusapari, my sister said that Caltech's physics department has almost all received invitations—"

"The doctor who discovered the new star?" Audrey said with a smile, "but you can meet him as long as you go to Caltech to find your sister."

Pixar blushed. "That's different!" he said, "and my sister doesn't like hanging out with Dr. Cooper's friends much either. What if he hates me for it?"

Audrey raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.She quickly forgot about it, and didn't remember it until she got a call from Clark after get off work.

"Hi, Audrey." Clark's voice on the other end of the phone seemed a bit reserved, and Audrey could almost imagine his expression, "How's your day?"

"It's nothing special, neither the city security nor the atmospheric monitoring equipment gave me any warning." Audrey said with a light smile, "What about you, Clark?"

"It's just too busy," Clark complained. "It seems that during the New Year, a carload of news has been accumulated waiting to be followed up. Well, I just want to ask, will you come to the Metropolis this weekend?"

"To see my only friend in Metropolis?" Audrey laughed. "Do you think he wants to see me?"

"He'd really like to see you," Clark said solemnly. "Actually, I heard there's a tech show at the Met this weekend. I thought maybe you'd be interested. Would you like to come with me?"

"Oh, Clark." Audrey sighed, "You seem to know what I'm thinking - I was given two tickets to the science and technology exhibition this morning, and I'm still thinking about whether to invite you. "

"Great." Clark said happily, "So you agreed! When will I pick you up?"

"I'd love to," Audrey said, her eyes curled up. "Is this a date?"

Clark said "yes" in a panic, and then hurriedly found a reason to hang up the phone.

Even being woken up by the municipal siren that night didn't change Audrey's good mood. I wonder if Clark will have the same experience?Audrey thought with pleasure while compressing the gas to blow out a low-temperature gust of wind to extinguish the fire, at least Batman definitely didn't get enough sleep at night.

After the end, she flew away in a hurry, not forgetting to put on the goggles that concealed her appearance.The police cordoned off the fire site, and several firefighters dragging hoses took off their hats to Audrey from a distance.

"Thanks for your help, Madame!" one of the firefighters yelled. "Our heroes!"

Audrey shook her head with a smile and left the scene.Far away from the cheers of the onlookers, some whispers drifted into her ears along the wind.

"Sixth time in two months... this time also a hallucinogen?"

"The new medicine coming out of Gotham... is the same way as before."

"It stopped for a while before, why is it getting worse now..."

"It is said that the addiction is stronger, so it won't be burned by a lunatic next time and become a civilian area..."

"Will the Qi girl come to save us poor people?...At least she arrived in time this time and the previous few times..."

"Don't count on it, we don't have a name in this city!...Even if she is that kind of superhero, how long has she been around?...We people, live every day..."

The more Audrey listened, the more serious she felt. She flew down and landed in front of the people who were whispering in the corner.It was only when they were about to land that they could see clearly that they were just a few half-grown children. Although their clothes were worn out, they were well-groomed.

Seeing Audrey falling from the sky, they were obviously frightened at first. The biggest girl subconsciously stood in front of everyone, and then managed to regain her composure.

"You are an angry girl." She said, "You have something to do with us?"

Audrey nodded, and said with a serious expression: "Sorry, I overheard your conversation just now - can you tell me in detail?"

Another boy poked his head out from behind the girl, his expression was rather conflicted: "We don't know anything!"

Audrey recognized that he was the voice that said "Don't count on it" just now.She lowered her voice and said gently, "I promise you won't get in trouble for telling me, kids. I'm just trying to work things out."

The boy was even more resistant.He got out from behind the girl, stood in front of the remaining three children, and said indifferently: "We don't believe you, and we don't know anything more. You go away, mad girl, those are just a few boring children's jokes .”

"Charlie!" said the oldest girl disapprovingly, "we should trust the Qi girl, she helps people all the time."

"My parents were implicated in the gangster shopping, where was she when they were sent to the hospital?!" Charlie turned his head and said excitedly, "Where was she when our house was taken away by those loan sharks? How has the law and order in the civilian area ever improved? She made the rich area free of petty theft, so those scums turned to us! She doesn't care about the lives of people in the civilian area!"

Audrey took a step forward and lightly pressed the shoulder of the boy who was waving his arms out of excitement.She bent down and hugged him tightly in her arms.

"Sorry, kid," Audrey whispered, "I'm limited. I really can't hear this... I'm just doing my best. I'm going to change that, and I'm going to change this city, believe me I."

The girl comforted the siblings who were trembling behind her because of her brother's outburst, then turned her head and smiled at Charlie who suddenly froze and struggled to break free from Audrey's arms. "I believe her, Charlie. Superheroes are human too."

"How do you know she's still human?" Charlie stabbed his sister, and reluctantly said to Audrey, "What guarantee are you taking for our safety?"

Audrey lowered her head and stared at them for a while.The next moment, she pushed the goggles to the top of her head, and her bright red eyes were revealed along with her true face: "Use myself."

The boy looked at her steadily.He was silent for a while, and then he whispered, "Okay. We'll tell you—but we don't know much either."

Audrey followed the children into deeper, darker streets.There, she heard some sinful truths that she had inadvertently overlooked that made her angry.

"There was a new type of drug that came out of Gotham a few years ago," Charlie said. "I was from Gotham before I was adopted. That drug can make people have hallucinations of happiness, and sometimes they can't tell the difference between dreams." and reality."

"The drug dealers in Gotham claim it's an experiment they got from the military. My neighbor Catherine Todd died of it when I was little... Batman tried Cut off a few transport lines, but he can't spend too much time on such trivial things."

"Gotham." Audrey whispered.

"Well. It's not over. A new villain appeared in Gotham a few years ago, calling himself Red Hood. He became the uncrowned king of Gotham's underground trading market, swallowing a lot of gangster power and selling this drug The dens were wiped out. After that, I moved to Dawn City, and later I heard that the main flow of this drug became here again." Charlie said.

"The law and order in Dawn City may not be the same as Gotham. How did they do it?" Audrey said.

"Dawn, huh," Charlie said, "just on the surface. It's too liberal here. Those drugs go from the desperate poor to the rich teenagers and thrill-seeking thugs who want to have a good time." —and the price has doubled.”

Audrey fell silent, and said softly: "I see. Is there any more?"

"About two or three months ago, that kind of drug completely disappeared. I mean, although those dealers may still have stock in their hands, they all started hoarding the stock in unison. Obviously, the source was dead—— But it didn’t take long before a new one appeared.”

"Charlie says the new drugs make people go crazy when they overdose," said the older girl, whose name was Jenny. Drug addicts. And the drug seems to be being manufactured in a steady stream, and it's pretty cheap."

Audrey nodded.There was no smile on her face, and her intuition urged her to verify a question she had ignored.She was about to fly away, but turned back, took out all the cash in the wallet, and put it in Charlie's hands.

"Go and settle down first, okay?" Audrey said, "I'll arrange your parents' treatment... Don't refuse me, Charlie. You're from Gotham, so you should obey Gotham's rules. You tell I'll pay you for something important to me, which is fair."

She straightened her back, and finally said softly, "Good night, children." Then she took off quickly and disappeared into the night.

Is Pat Lawrence really still in prison?She called the Metropolitan Jail.

"Yes, ma'am. We've had absolutely no escapes lately. . . . Of course it's the prisoner himself, ma'am. We patrol six times a day! . . . No, there's no way you're talking about that!"

Audrey put down the phone, rubbed between her brows with a headache, and fell backwards on the bed.Let's drop by the Metropolitan Prison for the weekend, Audrey thought.I don't know if Clark has a way to verify that the prisoner was replaced?

She closed her eyes and fell into an uneasy sleep.

In Gotham City, Red Hood angrily raised his foot and kicked over the heavy wooden table: "You mean the clown escaped from prison and left Arkham, and no one in Gotham has seen him?"

"Yes, boss," he said matter-of-factly, dodging the Red Hoods for a moment, "and Batman and Robin don't seem to be able to find him either."

"F**k!" Red Hood cursed, he took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down, but the anger still made his voice distorted, "Anyway, find him for me!"

The men took orders and left.Red Hood took out his own gun from the gun bag, and fired a few rounds at the table.After the loud noise, the tremor of the recoil calmed him down. He rubbed the handle of the gun in his hand and whispered to himself.

"Clown? Your end is coming..."

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The author has something to say:

Jason makes an appearance...

This article actually sums up TBBT hahaha... But it doesn't affect reading if you haven't read it!It's an easter egg (?

Obviously a first date experience can be quite unusual... :-P

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