RNP Chapter 2317 Gotham Music Chapter (56)
Chapter 2317 Gotham Music Chapter (56)
Chapter 2317 Gotham Music Festival (Fifty-Six)
It took Batman exactly ten minutes to decipher the mystery of the chains wrapped around the iceberg, and he used the Bat-suit to project a pattern in mid-air.
"Hal, pour your green light energy into the chain, and then run it according to the order of this pattern. Remember to start from here and gather the energy into this node. Don't turn when you go this way. Be sure to pay attention to the stability of the energy input throughout the process..."
Batman thought Hal would ask a few more questions, but he didn't say anything. He just started to follow Batman's instructions. While doing so, he looked at Batman and said, "You must be wondering why I am so obedient, but judging from your performance, you are sicker than Bruce in our universe."
"And the most important thing I learned from him and his professors is that when a super genius lunatic asks you to do something, you'd better obey him, because it is both effective and prevents him from going crazy."
Batman began to wonder what kind of madness these master and apprentice had committed in front of them.
Once they start working together, Batman finds this young member of the universe's Justice League to be a little too easy to talk to and too obedient.
The excuses and explanations he had prepared in the past for the members of the Justice League were completely useless. No one here asked him to explain. All of them had an attitude of "yes, yes, okay, we'll do it right away."
It is obvious that someone must have gone mad before, which made them realize that genius's fantasies need no explanation.
Batman rarely tried to find out the reason, which disappointed Hal. He shrugged and said, "I'm ready to tell you the outrageous stories about them. Clark always gets there first, so it's my turn now."
"Now is not the time to tell stories." Batman said in a low voice: "This matter is not that simple. Don't forget, we don't know what Schiller's response is yet."
Hal also fell silent. This was indeed something worth worrying about. To be honest, he was still not very worried about Atlantis and Orm. He even didn't take Atlantis seriously. The most worrying things in this universe would always be the crazy master and apprentice.
"Did they say anything to you before?" Batman used the affirmative sentence again, which roughly meant "Tell you everything they said to you immediately and clearly."
Hal actually recalled it carefully, and then he said: "A long time ago when I told Bruce about the Green Lantern Headquarters, he showed great interest and said that if there was a chance, he wanted his children to visit the Green Lantern Headquarters."
"Either he's too concerned about Green Lantern Headquarters, or he's too concerned about his children," Batman commented.
Hal showed an embarrassed expression. He could tell that Batman was obviously mocking the destructive power of these naughty kids in Bruce's family, but he still said, "Just recently he brought it up again and asked me if I could arrange for the kids to participate in a space study tour and let me take them around the more famous planets in the universe."
"Actually, I'm quite happy about it. During my time as a Green Lantern, I did see a lot of interesting planets. For example, there was a planet that was covered in chocolate..."
Under Batman's death stare, Hal had no choice but to change the subject and said, "I asked him if he wanted to go with me, but he said he had to go on a long trip recently and it would be inconvenient for him to go. I asked him where he was going but he wouldn't tell me. But I think if it's to other planets, it can't be called a long trip."
"Maybe he wants to go to another universe," Batman said.
"Probably. Hasn't he been there once before?" Hal was referring to the time when Bruce, Clark and Diana went to the Marvel Universe together.
Batman thought this matter was not that simple, but he did not express it. He just focused on watching whether Hal had the magical structure to break the chain as he requested.
After only about a minute and a half, the first chain was opened. At this rate, it would only take more than ten minutes to open all nine chains.
But at this moment, the communicator in Hal's hand suddenly rang, and Clark's voice came from it.
"Hey, Hal, how are you doing? I just had an earthquake here, I'm not sure if it was a natural phenomenon or something."
"Have you seen Atlan?" Batman asked.
"Of course not. If I had, I would have beaten him. But I vaguely heard a scream, I don't know if it was from him."
"Have you observed any other phenomena?"
"The water here seems to have turned a little darker, and it seems to be flowing in one direction, weakening my strength. I think something must have happened, so I called you."
Batman immediately said: "Hal, take me back, something big might happen outside."
When Batman woke up, the ground was shaking violently. Clark quickly supported Batman, who was falling left and right, and said, "Don't worry. If there is any danger, I will take you out immediately. It only takes me one second to fly from here to the sea."
Batman seemed to be unaccustomed to this kind of nanny-like care. He pulled his arm away from Clark and said, "I'm fine. Look what happened over there. The vibration came from there."
There is actually nothing mysterious at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. It is just an abyss that is deep enough and has high enough water pressure. However, there is indeed an underwater volcano nearby. When they first came here, Batman and Hal speculated that the place where Atlan was sleeping might be under the underwater volcano.
Clark flew out of the trench with Batman and found that the ground on the seabed in the distance was cracking. What was very abnormal was that the seabed where there was no light at all was actually emitting a faint golden light.
"Is he coming out?" Clark seemed a little nervous.
At this time, Hal and Orm woke up together. Batman looked at Hal in surprise. Hal looked at Orm and said, "This guy has a strong will. I just opened the three chains and he found a way to break free by himself."
"Listen, whoever you are." Orm immediately realized that Batman was the leader among them, so he walked up to Batman, grabbed his arm and said, "You should have been attacked by Atlan. This mad king has an evil plan, and we must stop him."
Before Batman could say anything, Clark patted Orm on the back and said, "How do you feel? Man, it must be uncomfortable to have your brain invaded by others. Do you need a rest?"
Om was obviously moved, but he still said stubbornly: "The Atlanteans are not such wimps, and the current situation does not allow us to rest."
"Tell us what's going on first," Batman said.
"Atlan possesses extremely powerful strength, and was even able to sink Atlantis at that time with one blow. Don't think that Atlantis at that time was an ordinary classical kingdom. We have always been a magical civilization, otherwise we would not be able to become sea dwellers after sinking to the bottom of the sea."
"Atlan was the most powerful king of Atlantis, and he accumulated a lot of power in the process of ruling Atlantis. After the fall of Atlantis, he fell into a deep sleep, but this does not mean that he lost his power."
"When he invaded my brain and controlled my mind, I found him to be incredibly powerful, but he also had weaknesses. It was probably decades ago. I'm not sure of the exact time because some of his thoughts were too vague."
"Anyway, for the Atlanteans, it wasn't long ago that my mother, Atlanna, the Queen of Atlantis, took some effective restrictive measures against him, so that he could no longer harass the people of Atlantis so frequently."
"From what I know, there is a landman involved in this plan. The specific content is probably that the queen found a way to steal half of Atlan's power and let this landman take it away."
"But the queen had some reservations about this plan. What she didn't tell the landman was that Atlan's control over his power was completely different from that of the landman's magicians, and even different from that of many magical creatures. His power was able to retain its own properties after undergoing several transformations, reconstructions, and refinements, which made the curse possible."
"After Atlan discovered that his power was stolen, he would definitely use his power to curse the landman. It seems that this is also part of the Queen's plan. She may think that this landman is too powerful and needs to be weakened, so she came up with such a plan to kill two birds with one stone."
"But there is a loophole. The queen did not expect Atlan to wake up early. He found that his power had been stolen. Because the time interval was not very long, Atlan quickly figured out what was going on."
"This completely infuriated him and made him furious. He thought we were the descendants of traitors and wanted to steal more from him, so he launched his own revenge."
"Before I was born, he manipulated my father and kept beating and trying to kill the queen, but unfortunately he failed. After I was born, he tried to manipulate me step by step, and finally found an opportunity to assassinate the queen of Atlantis with my body."
Orm made a sad face and said, "But this is not the end. He has been investigating who the land man is who took away half of his power."
"For a long time, he gained nothing because his power could not radiate to the continent, until one day I got an idea - he is coming."
"The curse that Atlan had cast on this landman took effect, which means that this landman has entered the ocean. However, it seems that this curse cannot kill him immediately. It can only make him feel uncomfortable within the ocean."
"Atlan has observed this landman for a long time through the ocean and the power of the curse. He believes that this landman is not simple. If he wants revenge, he must have a careful plan."
"I don't know much about his specific plan. I only know that after discovering the target of revenge, Atlan got a ship and began to attract people from the mainland to gamble on board."
"Wait." Hal interrupted Orm's narration and said while recalling: "When did the Atlantis become famous?"
Clark, a journalist, was deeply impressed by this. He said: "Seven or eight years ago, or maybe nine years ago, someone first saw this ship. It seems that the initial rumors were that it was a ghost ship, and then it turned out to be a gambling ship founded by a mysterious rich man."
"But later on, what people talked about was that the ship could not be caught by US law enforcement forces. This ability to come and go without a trace made it famous."
"Of course they can't catch us." There was no pride in Om's expression, only full of solemnity. He said: "He controlled me to stay on the ship, and I can control the ocean like a queen. This is a magical power that humans cannot understand. No matter how powerful your weapons are, it is useless. If you can't detect us, you naturally can't catch anything."
(End of this chapter)