The temperature in the early spring morning is always a bit cool, maybe because it rained last night, the coolness also has a bit of dew and fresh taste, mixed with the salty sea breeze, and finally drives away a little bit of the bustling city of New York The filthy and foul smell inside.

Ye Xiao couldn't help but took a deep breath, and looked at his companion who was always wearing a long trench coat.

He was a small man, and the hat on his head didn't make him much taller. Compared with Night Owl, on the surface he didn't seem to have much attack power.His face always wears a mask that seems to be dripped with ink. It is incredible that the shape of the ink on this mask is always changing.

But for Dr. Manhattan, nothing is impossible.Yes, the fabric of this mask was invented by Dr. Manhattan - God knows how he has the leisure to invent special fabrics as a government weapon - and the ink-like pattern on it can change with the temperature of the human body.

But it is a pity that it is not easy to sell fabrics that want to sell star effects under the name of Dr. Manhattan. People can't accept such "trend" fashions, so now this thing has long disappeared. Ye Xiao sees the most. It was still the one on his companion's face.

"Are you sure we have to show up at the port so early? It's only six o'clock! Rorschach, my old man, don't you think you haven't forgotten last night... No, you just said good night at three o'clock this morning." Ye Xiao Yawning, he didn't understand what Rorschach, who had dragged him up early in the morning, wanted to come here.

"Quiet, Daniel." Rorschach, who was hiding behind the container, only used his hoarse voice to dismiss the night owl beside him.

"...Okay, let me ask you a question. Do you know what a 'Night Owl' is? This is the first time I've acted with you in broad daylight!"

"Calm down, there will be no one at the port now." Luo Xia's voice didn't know whether it was helplessness or disgust, "If we want to really catch the murderer behind the scenes, we have to go one step ahead. For this, I have prepared for a month. Still Remember the human trafficking organization that we defeated? They always buy a new batch of goods at the beginning of every month."

"...Oh my God...Rorschach, do you still think there are people behind those criminals? Be sober, if there are, can't we find out? There is no result for a month, and they are just ghosts! You Can't we let this matter pass when they suddenly have a bright mind?"

"You know it's impossible."

Rorschach replied, his voice firm.

never give up.

Ye Xiao knew that this was his belief.So, he finally sighed, compromised and stayed and messed with Rorschach: "Okay, you won. Now, can you tell me, what are we waiting for?"

"I said, cargo ship. You wouldn't be so naive as to think that if we trampled a maggot or two to death, no new worms would appear on the corpse. They will never stop functioning unless we just set them on fire Rotting corpses."

Luo Xia replied, suddenly raised his hand, and stopped Ye Xiao's chest: "The boat is coming. We only have one chance. They don't think that we will come and go during the day. We have to take this opportunity to catch them all by surprise." Catch it. When the new goods are handed over, their boss will definitely appear, and the other little followers don't know who is behind this, but their boss must know, and he must not be allowed to escape."

"...Understood." Ye Xiao nodded, "But how can you be sure that there must be someone behind these human traffickers who is planning for them? Maybe they are just ordinary human traffickers."

"I don't know, that's why I called you here so early to try my luck." Rorschach said without hesitation, "However, besides those big gangsters of some size, how many small gangsters will not seek their 'godfather' 'help?"

Ye Xiao was completely speechless, and sometimes Rorschach's serious and extreme actions made him very helpless.

Things also developed as Rorschach said.After the cargo ship arrived at the port, a black car came to the shore. Two bodyguards got out of the car and stood aside with their hands behind their backs. Only then did the sailors drive the disgraced and struggling hapless bugs off the ship one after another, and drove them into the In the container next to it.

They moved hands when the other was most relaxed.The daytime is not their home field, especially since the night owl has many gadgets that can only be used at night, losing the advantage of the night, the fight was not happy, but fortunately they finally caught the leader.

Rorschach grabbed the leader's ankle, pushed him headfirst into the water, and took several sips of water before lifting him up.

"Say, in the past month, who made you idiots suddenly enlightened?" Rorschach growled.

"...I don't know! I swear to God!" The leader struggled, his face flushed.The thug who grabbed his ankle looked diminutive in stature, but his strength was frightening, and he couldn't break free from his grasp.

Luo Xia was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, he pushed him into the water again, this time he persisted for almost a minute before picking him up, and repeated the question: "I need a name! A name!"

"Cough cough..." The leader coughed violently, and said intermittently, with a hint of crying in his tone, "I really...cough cough...no...don't know..."

This time, before he finished speaking, Rorschach pushed him into the water for the third time, and he seemed determined not to let him go until he got some information.Ye Xiao, who was at the side, couldn't stand it any longer. He hurriedly took a step forward, fished the poor creature out of the water, and motioned for Luo Xia to let go.

He looked at the leader who was lying on the ground and kept coughing, and said with a bit of earnestness and kindness: "Dude, you can still say that you protect that person so much, but when you are in danger, he didn't come to rescue you at all, didn't you?" huh? You know, my friend won't stop if you don't say something."

The leader fell to the ground panting heavily, and when he heard what Ye Xiao said, he suddenly laughed: "Haha...cough cough cough...ha...'he'? You vigilantes who are always one step behind, you think Are you dealing with... just normal jerks in Halloween costumes? Hahaha... you want to know? Well, I'll tell..."

'A twisted man, walked a twisted path...'

The boss hadn't finished speaking when suddenly, a weird nursery rhyme came from his black car, interrupting his next words.That ballad came from the mouth of a little girl. She sang softly with her naive and romantic soft voice. The voice was not loud, but it was very obvious in the silent harbor where only the sound of waves was left.

"What is this? Your little trick?" Hearing the word "crooked", Rorschach suddenly stepped forward excitedly, grabbed the man's collar roughly, and said fiercely, "Turn it off!"

'...with a twisted sixpence in hand, up the twisted steps...' the song continued.

"No... I don't know... I..." I don't know whether he was frightened by the singing or Rorschach, the man's face turned from red to pale in a blink of an eye, his lips trembled, and he stared at his car, as if The car was haunted, "I...I didn't turn on the radio...no...impossible...I didn't say anything..."

Rorschach seemed to frowned: "'I didn't say anything'? What are you alluding to? Is this the man behind you?"

'...buy a crooked cat, and the cat catches a crooked mouse...' The nursery rhyme doesn't get affected by their conversation, but it gets weirder and the word 'crooked' gets more and more frequent many.

"No!!! Please! I didn't tell them anything! Really! I will never tell the secret, I swear on my life!" As the song progressed, the man became more and more excited, and in the end, he actually changed from Rorschach He broke free from his hand and ran to the side like crazy.

Ye Xiao saw something from his behavior, and immediately threw himself on Luo Xia who was about to catch up: "Lie down! This car will explode!"

'...they lived together in a crooked hut. 'The singing stopped abruptly with Ye Xiao's words.

"boom--"

There was a deafening explosion, but it wasn't the car that exploded, but... the boss.He was blown to a bloody mess, and he couldn't see the human figure clearly. Countless cards scattered in all directions, slowly falling like snowflakes.

The front side of the card is a red joker, while the blank side has a sentence written on it—the red-haired boy and the bird from Harvard, Happy April Fool's Day~(≧▽≦)~

Today happens to be April [-]st.

As for Luo Xia and Ye Xiao, just under the mask, one is red-haired, and the other is a double degree from Harvard.

The people behind this... have known their identities for a long time, and know that they will appear in the port!

Two hours later, in a coffee shop in Manhattan.

Nelson Gardner sits by the window with a cup of hot coffee in his hand, watching the streets where people rush to and fro during rush hour.On the surface, he is just an ordinary retired veteran and freelance adventurer, but he also has a name that once dominated the 50s-Captain Metropolis.

As a member of the first group of heroes and the first superhero organization militia in the United States, although the militia was disbanded as early as 1949, he still yearns for the days of fighting criminals, punishing evil and promoting good, so even in middle age, he still Has been active in the streets and alleys.However, physical weakness and the emergence of a new batch of young masked vigilantes have long since lost his past glory.

He came here for an invitation. He didn't know who the inviter was, but because he knew his true identity well, he had to meet him.

It's just that he didn't expect that this person is not "he" but "she", a young and beautiful oriental woman who seems to be in her early 20s, with the unique vitality and romance of her age.

"Hello, Mr. Gardner, I'm sorry to invite you out so offensively, but if I don't play a little mystery, I don't think you will show up." The oriental man stood at the table very politely and He shook hands and made a small gesture of sticking out his tongue, "Let me introduce formally, I'm Eris."

"Hello, miss." Faced with such a youthful, enthusiastic and eccentric beauty, Nelson's seriousness faded a bit. He smiled and motioned for Eris to sit down, "Although you apologized, But this can't let you get away with it, I'm curious, how did you know my identity, and, you didn't ask me to come out just to chase stars or treat guests to dinner, right?"

"Ah, this..." Eris scratched her face in embarrassment, her eyes drooped and her cheeks were reddish looking at the table, "Actually, I've been following your story for many years, and I'm afraid you don't even remember that you saved How many people, I don’t know that the people who have been helped by you will remain grateful for the rest of their lives. I want to know who the person who saved me is, so I put in a little effort, and the family conditions are also good, so..."

Speaking of this, her ears turned pink, she raised her head, and her golden brown eyes, which were as beautiful as amber, looked at Nelson brightly: "However, it's nothing, I invite you to come out, on the one hand, I want to meet you Benefactor, please have a drink, on the other hand... I want to help you regain your fame and glory!"

These words hit the heart of Metropolitan Captain thoroughly.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like