Chapter 411 Everything Starts in Winter (Part 2)

"Wine pool...Gotham Cathedral..."

A hand with clear bones passed over books one after another. Suddenly, it stopped on a book called "The History of Gotham City". The index finger clasped the spine of the book and took it off the shelf. down.

The other hand gently touched the dust on the cover. After opening the book, he searched down according to the table of contents and index. A voice sighed softly:

"Gotham Cathedral...found."

Outside the rows of bookshelves, a meticulously dressed old butler walked over with a tray. He stood between the two rows of bookshelves, looked at the fascinated Bruce who was standing in front of the bookshelves, and said, "Master, It’s tea time, do you want me to bring the tea?”

"No...thank you, Alfred." Bruce did not raise his head, still concentrating on reading the introduction about Gotham Cathedral in the book. After a pause, he said: "Put it on the table over there for me." Come on, I'll be there later."

Bruce stood there and looked at it for a while. He felt that the lights here were a little dim and the details of the drawings in some pictures could not be clearly seen. So, he walked out with the notebook in his hand, went to the rest area nearby, and sat on a chair. .

Alfred stood at the table, took out the meal from the cart nearby, and then took out the teapot and started making tea. Bruce kept his head down while reading, and the sound of tea being poured into the cup was accompanied by the sound of Alfred De's voice sounded together:

"Sir, you seem to be obsessed with research related to magic and mysticism recently?"

"Yeah." Bruce responded. In private, he spoke less, but when facing Alfred alone, his tone was more relaxed and he was willing to explain some things.

"Constantine made me see another possibility of magic. The kind of clone he used looked more like a technology. I was thinking, could magic also be an energy that can be harnessed? Like Heat energy and kinetic energy are like that..."

When he heard the name Constantine, Alfred frowned slightly, and Bruce was keenly aware of his expression. He said: "I know there is nothing redeeming about Constantine, except for The knowledge of magic in his head.”

"It's good to be curious and thirsty for knowledge, sir." Alfred just replied with some unclear meaning, and then he said: "But I'm not sure whether he thinks you have any merit..."

This sentence uses several particles to weaken the tone. Bruce understands that Alfred is tactfully reminding him that Constantine may have evil intentions against him. As Batman, of course he knows that just by looking at Constantine What he did before was enough for him to be vigilant.

"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"

Although this scumbag does not have any advantages in life habits, there is no doubt that his brain is very useful. He made several plans and then let them proceed together. Not only did they not interfere with each other, but they all progressed. Very quickly, if there hadn't been an accident at the end, every one of his goals would have been achieved.

It was also the first time that Bruce faced such a person head-on. He had to admit that in addition to magic, he was also quite interested in Constantine's style of conduct.

"And, sir, you have to consider Elsa and Dick. They are still young and still need the care of their elders." Alfred said meaningfully: "It is very important to guide and protect children at this age. Yes, if there is a mistake, it may have serious consequences.”

Bruce nodded. He thought what Alfred said made sense, but he didn't take it to heart. Not to mention that Elsa and Dick were not ordinary children. The security system of Wayne Manor alone protected the two. Children are enough.

Bruce had been holding a line of words in the book and murmured to himself: "It is recorded here that a priest once raised funds for the repair of the church. Not only Falcone and his gang family donated A large amount of wealth, the Wayne family has also been involved, in addition to other major business families in Gotham..."

He frowned and said to himself: "What is so special about the cathedral? Is it related to the underground wine pool?"

Apart from Constantine, the only thing he could come into contact with that was related to magic was the church and the wine pool under the church. Therefore, after being unable to follow Constantine all the time due to work and rest reasons, Bruce switched to After understanding the perspective, we started to investigate locally in Gotham.

The Wayne family has a large number of books, which also record the history of Gotham. Bruce found many clues, but they could not be connected together, so he decided to conduct an on-site investigation.

After spending the tea time somewhat absent-mindedly, Bruce left in a hurry, and he put the book on the table.

Alfred, who was putting away tea and tableware, fell on the cover of the book.

The font on the book cover is a relatively simple cursive script, usually used to write store signs and people's names. At this time, the curve of the strokes slowly changed and turned into a very short name - "Hal Jordan".

As the pen was lifted up to write the last stroke, Schiller capped the pen and put the pen back into the pen holder.

In the deserted study, Schiller looked at the medical record he had just written and smiled.

The abnormality shown by Aisha just now should be enough to arouse Hal's curiosity and worry.

He continued writing along Hal's name:

"...I have a strong sense of identification with the will of the Green Lantern Corps, and I transfer the anxiety caused by my unsuccessful dream of flying to my career as a Green Lantern. I want to complete each mission as perfectly as possible and don't want to repeat the mistakes I made before..."

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"It is speculated that the tasks that the Green Lantern Corps may issue include investigating the situation of the Parallax Monster, investigating the situation of Sinestro, and investigating the situation of Gotham..."

Hal, who had just left Schiller's manor, had no idea that his situation had been recorded in a medical record.

Half had just drunk some wine and was a little drunk. He coughed twice while holding the tree trunk on the roadside, sniffed hard, then wrapped his clothes tighter and walked quickly across the road.

Aisha showed some abnormal images in the dinner just now, which kept circling in his mind. Hal began to become a little anxious. His reason told him that what Victor said at the time made sense. Now Aisha is a little human girl, not the terrifying Parallax Monster.

Although there were some abnormalities, she did not show any signs of attacking anyone. On the contrary, from her movements and expressions, Hal could see that she was constantly learning how humans communicate, just like a real toddler.

But another possibility lingered in his mind. If he left Aisha alone and she caused trouble in the future, would the Green Lantern Corps blame him for it? Would they take back his Green Lantern ring and make him lose this powerful power?

Whenever Hal thought of this, he felt that his mind was in a mess. He failed to become the fighter pilot of his dream. The reasons were very complicated, but there was no doubt that Hal was not satisfied with his ordinary life.

Now, the power of the green light has brought him changes, and he has seen new hope from this change. He does not want to let his other career end in failure because of his dereliction of duty.

What should he do if the Green Lantern Corps sends him a mission to kill Aisha?

If he does not deal with the problem of Aisha now, what should he do if Aisha explodes in the future and endangers ordinary people?

If...if...Hal thought too many ifs. He was a rookie and was not the greatest Green Lantern in the future. Although he had the potential to have an invincible will, he still felt entangled and confused.

After thinking about it, Hal felt that the only solution was to talk to Elsa in person. If the parallax monster could not communicate and was destined to be the enemy of the Green Lantern, then Elsa, who had now become a human girl, might be able to communicate.

With this in mind, Hal changed the direction of his walking, found an empty alley, and then activated his Green Lantern ability to teleport to the vicinity of Wayne Manor.

When he walked to the main gate of Wayne Manor, Hal hesitated. First, he felt that Bruce Wayne must be very difficult to deal with. He was afraid that he would definitely not let him in. If they couldn't reach an agreement, they might fight. This was not the result Hal wanted.

Second, he felt that the affairs between the Lantern Groups should be resolved by the Lanterns, and the affairs between the Yellow Lantern and the Green Lantern should be resolved by themselves.

In this way, Hal convinced himself not to go through the main door, but he also did not plan to go through the side door. In short, he did not plan to go through the door, but planned to determine Elsa's location and then teleport directly to her.

The investigation of Elsa in the past few days was not in vain. According to the time when Elsa returned home and the time when the lights were on in the room of Wayne Manor, Hal knew that Elsa's bedroom was likely on the second floor.

When it got dark, Hal found that a light was on in a room on the second floor.

Although he was doing good things, for some reason, Hal felt a little guilty. He kept convincing himself in his mind that this was actually for the safety of the earth and the safety of the citizens of Gotham.

He took a few deep breaths, and then the green light on the ring spread from his fingers to his whole body. In an instant, Hal's figure disappeared.

With a "thump", he landed on the wooden floor of the manor. In front of him was a princess bed that was obviously used by a little girl. The quilt was slightly raised, and Elsa seemed to be sleeping soundly.

But Hal did not go forward, but took two steps back, and then whispered: "Elsa, Elsa, are you there?"

"Parallax? Parallax?"

The figure on the bed did not respond, and Hal showed an extremely embarrassed expression, but he still did not go forward, standing there with his hands on his waist, as if he didn't know what to do.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a hard object against his back.

Hal's whole body was stiff, and he slowly raised his arms. In the shadow behind him, a figure with white hair appeared. No one had ever seen Alfred's expression so cold.

No one had ever seen the shotgun in his hand.

Following Alfred's gaze, he looked out the window. At this time, the moonlight was bright.

The moonlight sprinkled on the broken spire of the old church, and a black shadow with pointed ears fell on it, and then jumped down along the eaves.

Walking through the church corridor, he came to the chapel, then turned right and entered the side corridor, passed the confessional, and walked straight inside. Batman recalled the architectural structure diagram he had seen in the book.

Soon, he stopped in front of a door. The old padlock did not stop the master locksmith. With a very subtle "click", the old wooden door slowly opened, and behind it was the priest's living room.

It seemed that no one had used this place for a long time. After the last riot, the entire cathedral was closed, and the old priest moved to another place.

When Batman walked into the room, the first thing he saw was a table facing the door. At this time, the moonlight shone in from the window on the table, and the tabletop emitted a hazy white light. In addition to many books and files, there was also a small photo frame on it.

The hand covered with black gauntlets picked up the photo frame and gently wiped the dust off it with his thumb.

There were three young people in the photo. Their clothes looked like people from the last era.

The faces of two of them were very familiar to Batman.

The man in a black suit, bow tie and a red poppy on his pocket is Gotham's godfather, Falcone. The man in a black robe, kind-looking, is the priest of this cathedral.

And the last man is more familiar to Batman. He is wearing a long trench coat, a beret and holding an old-fashioned shotgun.

That is Alfred Pennyworth.