Chapter 23 23 I Treat You as a Friend, but You Want to Be My Father?

Chapter 23 23. I regard you as a friend, but you want to be my father?

Mason was severely scolded by Dr. Leslie ten minutes later, because the ward was filled with choking smoke and a few cigarette butts, which made the doctor think it was Mason's doing.

The young man suffered a big loss, but he couldn't explain it.

He couldn't say that a bastard mage smoked here and opened the portal and left. In that case, Dr. Leslie would probably doubt whether Mason's mental state was normal.

This fully proves that being associated with Constantine is never a good thing.

That guy is a walking disaster and brings misfortune to everyone around him.

But the good news was that Mason was recovering so well that he was discharged from the hospital at noon the next day. He said goodbye to Dr. Leslie politely, but the doctor suggested with a cold face that he should smoke less.

Why can't you explain this clearly?

"Shall we go directly to the safe house?"

Commissioner Gordon came to pick him up on vacation today. Sitting in Gordon's car, Mason fastened his seat belt and joked to him:

"Don't blame me for being busy, but I really have to choose a good place this time."

"Yes, what happened last time taught me a lesson. I can no longer use my connections in the police station, so I used my personal connections to find you a more private place.

Believe me, I will definitely satisfy you, kid. "

The director raised his eyebrows and smiled. The real old man turned on the music station and started the car. After almost twenty minutes, they parked on the side of the road in a nice neighborhood.

Mason opened the car door and took a look. In front of him was a standard American-style house with a sense of life.

With a large garden and backyard, a young girl in a wheelchair was building flowers and trees on the lawn. After seeing Gordon get out of the car, the red-haired girl wearing black-rimmed glasses like the director was sweet. Called:

"Dad, why are you back so soon? Is this the Mason you've been talking about?"

"dad?"

Mason looked back at Gordon in surprise.

The latter showed a "this is a surprise" expression, patted the young man on the shoulder and said:

"Before the Assassin's League incident and the Penguin Gang's pursuit of you are over, you can live in my house and I will protect you personally."

"no!"

The young man refused immediately without thinking.

He glanced at the young girl turning her wheelchair towards him, and whispered to the director:

"Last time they blew up a building to catch me, and a dark wizard was still targeting me. Director, this is not a joke, you still have family here!"

"Call me Gordon."

The director himself didn't care about this.

He didn't explain immediately, patted Mason on the shoulder and said:

"This is Barbara's suggestion. Also, don't underestimate my daughter."

He stepped forward and hugged his daughter with a smile on his face, then pushed her wheelchair towards the door of his house. After taking a few steps, he looked back at Mason who was standing by the car with a troubled look on his face, waved to him and said:

"Come here, Barbara has prepared lunch in advance, are you going to stay there rudely waiting for us to invite you over?"

"I still think this needs to be discussed again."

Mason followed with a confused look on his face.

He really had mixed feelings at this moment. On the one hand, he was very grateful to Director Gordon for this arrangement.

Regardless of whether it was because of the previous accident in the safe house that made the director feel guilty, it was already interesting enough that he could bring such a risky guy to his home.

On the other hand, young people know more and more secrets about themselves.

Facing the newly emerged Star Club and the soul curse entrusted to Zha Kang to help investigate, the pursuit by the Penguin Gang and even the League of Assassins is nothing.

These secrets that ordinary people cannot imagine are too dangerous, and innocent people will be involved if they are not careful.

As for whether Barbara Gordon was really powerful, Mason had no doubt at all. The young man could not tell the story of the red-haired girl in front of him clearly, he could only say that he still remembered it freshly.

After all, she is a character who has been in the top ten of the "Sexiest Female Heroes Ranking" all year round.

Although this harmless red-haired girl is now in a wheelchair, before she was paralyzed, she was a Batgirl trained by Batman himself.

Just like the unlucky "Robin", this is a "hero profession" rather than a simple title. It is conservatively estimated that Barbara Gordon in a wheelchair can knock over two or three adults with her bare hands.

But what's happening to Mason is too big, and it's far from a threat that a paralyzed ex-superhero can handle alone.

So while sitting at the dinner table with his father and daughter, Mason was chatting and laughing while mentally planning to persuade Gordon to move to another place for him.

Both father and daughter are rare good people in Gotham City, and they should no longer be in danger for their own reasons.

As a result, before these words were spoken, Gordon wiped his mouth after finishing a steak and told Mason, who was introducing Eastern cuisine to the curious Barbara, another thing that almost broke his defense.

"What? Say it again?"

Mason maintained his posture of holding the knife and fork, his whole body was dumbfounded.

He sat in his chair, stared at Gordon, and said:

"I may have heard wrong. What did you just say? Who is my new guardian?"

"me."

Director Gordon said with a smile:

"You're only 17 years old, Mason. You have no immediate family and your situation is very complicated. The night Batman sent you to Dr. Leslie's clinic, he spoke to me on the phone hoping that I would be there when you were 20 I will take care of you until the end of the year.

I agreed, and the custody procedures are now being processed.

Barbara also supported me in doing this. "

"Yes."

The red-haired girl sitting next to Mason showed a gentle smile. Her black eyes and beautiful face made her look like a peaceful and intellectual elder sister.

She put down her knife and fork, wiped her mouth, and said to the stunned Mason:

“I know your story from my father, and it’s hard to imagine that you grew up in such a bad situation and still maintained a heart that was unwilling to join the gang.

You are really strong and brave, Mason, not to mention you saved my father and many police officers when rioters attacked the police station.

Batman also thinks you deserve help, and my father and I will do our best to help you.

It just so happens that little James doesn't come back from boarding school. You can stay in his room first. I packed it for you last night. "

"No, that's not it. Let me think about it first. It's a bit confusing."

Mason rubbed his forehead and thought about the process. Then, he looked at Gordon and said in a strange tone:

"I feel like I've just accepted you as a trusted elder and friend, Gordon, but not even a day has passed and you're telling me you might be my 'father.'

This caught me a little off guard. "

"You can adjust slowly, Mason. But this is the best way for now, not only to keep you safe, but also to give you a chance to adjust to normal life.

The abilities you displayed are quite dangerous to ordinary people.

Give you a gun and you can cause a massacre by yourself. As a police officer, I cannot just leave you in a foster home.

That is irresponsible behavior. "

Gordon put on his glasses and said to Mason:

“Also, even though this house looks ordinary, it is connected to Batman’s security system.

This is one of the safest places in Gotham if you're in danger, I mean, you have to... Wait a minute, I have an important call. "

The director's words were interrupted by the vibration of his cell phone. He glanced at the number and found that it was the police station. He got up and went to answer the call outside the restaurant.

Barbara Gordon looked at Mason who lowered his head.

She turned the wheelchair and came to the young man's side, patted his shoulder and said to him:

"Mason, I heard you admire Batman?"

"The kind that I admire very much. When I was beaten badly when I was a child, I would often imagine that Batman would suddenly appear and rescue me from the misery."

Mason rubbed his forehead and said nonsense to this gentle girl:

"Barbara, you are a good person, like Gordon. I really appreciate everything you and Gordon have done for me, but I'm sorry, I really can't bring danger to you."

His words made Barbara laugh.

The beautiful and gentle girl sat in the wheelchair and shook her head. She pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and then patted her belly and joked to Mason:

"I've experienced dangers before. I was shot by a clown. The vicious bullet shattered my spine and left me in a wheelchair for the rest of my body.

Can the danger you bring to my father and me be greater than the craziest lunatic in this city coming to our door in the middle of the night with a gun? "

She winked and made a shooting motion.

The smile on her face surprised Mason for a while.

He was sure the girl wasn't forcing a smile. Barbara Gordon really doesn't care much about the "killing joke" that almost killed her.

"I think that's probably why Batman asked Dad to be your guardian."

The former Batgirl looked at Mason and she said;

“At that time, I was too young and didn’t know how to protect myself, and ended up becoming a victim when the bad guys targeted Batman. I was also shrouded in a dark and cold time, but I finally came out with the encouragement of my father and friends.

Just like you are now. "

Gentle Barbara reached out and held Mason's hands, and she said:

"Mason, maybe Batman hopes that I can help you say goodbye to the past at this moment.

And you can't leave either!

I've helped you clean up your room. You can't imagine how difficult it is for a person in a wheelchair to clean up his room. I don't want my efforts to go to waste.

Stay a few more days at least, okay?

My father worked overtime until midnight, and I felt quite lonely at home alone. "

Seeing Barbara's smile and invitation, Mason felt his heart being touched. He pursed his lips and joked:

"This beautiful girl, is it really okay for you to invite a strange man to live in your home so directly? Are you not afraid that I am a bad person or something?

After all, I am a villain from the Penguin Gang. "

"Not afraid."

Barbara grinned and brushed her long red hair.

She waved her fist and said:

"My boyfriend is very powerful. If you dare to bully me, you will definitely look better than you."

"Boys, I have to go to Blackgate Prison now."

Gordon walked into the restaurant with his cell phone, put on his clothes, and kissed his daughter on the cheek. He hurriedly said to Mason and Barbara:

"The Penguin bastard started acting crazy and attacking prison staff. His lawyer said he suffered from severe mental illness and tried to get him out of prison for medical treatment.

I asked Arkham Asylum to send a mental expert to go with me.

That bastard should not try to escape the punishment he deserves.

I may be back late tonight, you don't have to wait for me to go to bed early, Mason! Don't run around, remember? Penguin's men are still looking for you in the city. "

"I know."

Mason got up and sent Gordon to the door.

He glanced at the restaurant and whispered to the director:

"Leave me a gun, Gordon, you don't want to see Barbara in danger because of me, right? I said, leaving me here is a terrible idea. "

"Come on, you can't beat my daughter even if I give you a gun, don't underestimate her just because she is in a wheelchair. "

The director shook his head and said to Mason:

"The second drawer under the desk in the study has what you need. I have seen your skills, help me protect Barbara. "

After that, the chief strode away.

Mason returned to the restaurant to help Barbara clean up the dishes. When the girl went back to her room to study, he went to Gordon's study and took out a fully loaded pistol and a professional silencer from under the desk.

He put the gun behind his waist and returned to his room.

"Mason! Are you busy?"

A few minutes later, Barbara's voice came from outside the door. Mason, who had just lain down, got up and opened the door. He saw the beautiful and gentle girl holding a sun hat and looking at him, saying:

"The garden is not finished yet. It's rare to have a strong tenant. Why don't you help me fix it?"

The young man shrugged, walked forward and pushed Barbara out the door.

The two chatted and spent several hours cleaning the lawn. Until the evening, when they were discussing the serious issue of what to eat for dinner, Barbara, who was sitting in a wheelchair, suddenly pointed at Mason's collar and exclaimed:

"Wow, your collar pin is glowing, what a cool little thing."

"Huh? "

Mason glanced at the Eye of Hell pinned on his collar. There was a faint light on the thing dancing in the evening night.

But the thing given by Zha Kang would not glow normally. It was warning of the coming of danger! This made the young man's expression serious. He reached out and pulled out the gun behind his waist and loaded it.

He said to Barbara behind him:

"Go back to the house! Barbara, find a place to hide, and call for support by the way. Trouble is coming. "

The red-haired girl in the wheelchair did not scream like an ordinary girl when she encountered danger. Instead, she pushed the wheelchair back to the house calmly.

Mason stood guard at the door holding the gun, and hid beside the lawn after installing the silencer.

He saw several guys with weapons coming out of a car at the corner across the street, and walked towards Gordon's house aggressively.

The uncaring steps and arrogant attitude made Mason narrow his eyes. The black-clad killers of the Assassin's League that he had met once would not be so blatant.

So, the one who came this time was the real Penguin Gang gunman?

Mason was not surprised by this.

But he felt that Gordon had to review the confidentiality of the police station's communications. Mason had just been discharged from the hospital at noon, and there was a gunman at the door in the evening. The Gotham Police Department had really been completely infiltrated like a sieve.

When Mason saw one of the guys raised his weapon and began to aim, Mason pulled the trigger decisively.

His level 3 shooting skills allowed him to easily blow the guy's head off at this distance even without using combat assistance, and the feel he developed from killing nearly a thousand zombies in the wizard world did not disappoint him.

The gunshot and the man fell.

Before the guy on the opposite side could react, the second shot followed. In just two seconds, three of the six gangsters were knocked down by Mason, and they hadn't fired a single shot.

The remaining three were scared and turned around and ran.

Mason was going to shoot again, but when he got up, a car suddenly rushed out of the evening night, at a terrifying speed, and with a bang, it accurately hit the three fleeing gunmen and made them take off on the spot.

The one that flew the farthest was thrown five meters before landing.

This scene made the young man raise his eyebrows, and then the car window rolled down, and a guy wearing sunglasses waved to him, motioning him to come over.

"Charles?"

Mason walked quickly to the side of the car, looking at the disguised kite man sitting in the driver's seat, and said:

"Didn't I ask you to meet me at the dock? ”

“I’m worried about you, boss.”

The kite man grabbed the steering wheel and said with a grin:

“I’ve been looking for you since you were taken away by Batman. As a result, I met these Penguin Gang members in a bar where gangs often gather. They were high and said they wanted to seek revenge on the traitor.

I knew they were coming for you.

But boss, these guys are just baits. There are some black-clad men who look tough in the back streets. They are coming soon.

Charles threw his travel backpack to Mason and said:

“This is your equipment. Do you need my help?”

Mason tied the small leather bag around his waist, waved his hand to take out the invisibility cloak from it and put it on himself. He glanced at the house behind him and said to the kite man:

“You should leave quickly. Batman is monitoring this place. He may come soon. Hide the box and we will meet at the dock tomorrow afternoon.”

“Okay, there are still their people in the bar. I will go back and see if I can catch a live person and find out who is behind the command. We can't keep living in fear like this, right? "

The kite man winked and waved goodbye.

Mason put on his invisibility cloak and watched him leave. He looked at the three poor guys who were knocked away and sighed that it was really good to have a reliable little brother to help.

And what the kite man said was very good.

He fought hard to escape from the other world, not to live in fear!

The next moment, he put on the invisibility cloak, grabbed his handy explosive shotgun from the bag on his waist, and inserted the deterrent double-barreled hand cannon on his waist, and carried the sheathed Sujie Eagle on his back.

Mason moved his neck and quietly slipped towards Gordon's house in the dark.

He had to make a big fuss so that Gordon could see the danger.

In this way, he wouldn't have to call him "Dad", right?

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