Chapter 151: Banquet of the God of War
Just now Lupin swore that Ares recognized Bruce at first sight.
This shows that he not only knows Batman, but also knows that the man inside Batman is called Bruce Wayne.
Otherwise I would never recognize him.
Billionaires may sound impressive, but in the eyes of God, they are nothing more than short-lived ants.
Bruce also had some guesses in his mind. Katum had said before that Batman had traveled back hundreds of thousands of years.
That's when Barbatos noticed him.
In this case, it’s not surprising to add another Ares.
However, faced with this question, Katum's reaction seemed extremely strange -
"Isn't this anything to be surprised about?"
The owl said, "After all, Ares is a god, so it's normal for him to have some means of foresight. Isn't it enough for you to know that he knows you? Why bother with so much?"
Something is wrong!
Bruce immediately noticed Katum's unnaturalness.
What do you mean Ares is a god after all?
Yesterday on the train, Katoom had agreed with Bruce, saying that gods are just powerful men.
Now he changes his tune?
Moreover, Bruce heard from Katoom about Batman traveling back hundreds of thousands of years ago.
As a result, Owl no longer mentions it.
There must be something wrong.
At this moment, Bruce immediately wanted to report to Lupin that something was wrong with the owl next to him.
Maybe he was chosen by Ares and brainwashed by the God of War's thoughts, becoming a war-crazed owl.
He needs to be taught a lesson.
"What's that look in your face?"
Katum noticed Bruce's distrustful look, "Do you suspect there's something wrong with me?"
"It's nothing, don't worry about it."
Bruce shook his head.
Talking about reporting it to Lupin was just a joke, there was no way he could really suspect Katoom.
The two men's souls are connected, so if anything happens to Katum, Bruce won't be able to escape.
But why would the owl hide it?
Bruce's curiosity was overflowing, and he wanted to get to the bottom of the matter immediately.
But in the end, he suppressed his restless thoughts.
Forget it.
After so many experiences over a long period of time, Bruce chose to believe Katum.
Although owls are usually unreliable, they will not betray themselves at critical moments.
If he doesn't want to say it, then don't ask.
Wait until Katum tells you one day, or -
He investigated secretly.
"Actually, I'm more worried about the secret war that Lupin mentioned."
Bruce said, "Not knowing what will happen is the scariest thing. Ares likes to instigate conflicts among humans behind the scenes and use the scariness of human hearts to create the cruelest situation."
It would be best not to incite students to kill each other, right?
This kind of thing is unthinkable in this world!
"We can only take one step at a time and see what happens."
Katum sighed and said, "It's only been a day. Even if Ares wants to do something, it shouldn't be too late, right?"
……
It soon became clear that Katum had been too optimistic.
The influence of Ares was fully revealed just one day later.
On the second day of school, Bruce had his cereal porridge in the auditorium as usual in the morning.
Katum also stood on the table and buried his head in the bowl of porridge.
When he looked up, his face was covered with cereal.
"The Hogwarts kitchen is going to be revamped."
Katum said dissatisfiedly, "I drink porridge every day. I can't even eat noodles when I want to."
"Are you an American Owl?" Bruce asked in confusion, "Why do you want to eat pasta in the morning?"
"I'm not talking about pasta, oh, never mind."
Katum stopped talking, he couldn't explain it to Bruce.
This American really didn't have the habit of eating noodles in the morning and couldn't understand Katum's thoughts.
"Wait, tell me specifically, what kind of noodles do you want to eat..."
Just as the man and the bird were arguing, Hermione came over.
She was going to talk to Bruce about which class to take first this morning.
As long as it is an elective course, the two of them are basically in sync.
"Bruce——"
Hermione had just opened her mouth, but before she could finish her words, something unprecedented happened inside Hogwarts Castle.
thump—
There was a loud bang, which spread throughout every corner of Hogwarts.
It sounded like a bell or a gong, like the signal for the start of some ceremony.
Bruce was still wondering, is there such a big gong in Hogwarts?
Hermione, who was standing by, suddenly covered the back of her hand with an expression of extreme pain.
"Hermione, what's wrong?"
Bruce immediately noticed that something was wrong with Hermione and quickly asked.
"No, nothing..."
Hermione gritted her teeth, unwilling to say anything, and wanted to leave with her hands on her hands.
The expression on her face kept changing, and she looked very terrified.
Bruce immediately grabbed her arm.
"Don't try to hide it from me."
He said, "What's wrong with the back of your hand? Let me see!"
"nothing--"
Hermione wanted to fool him, but Bruce didn't listen and just held her arm tightly. Of course, he didn't directly pull open Hermione's hand to see what was wrong with the back of her hand like he did when interrogating other criminals.
"It's nothing." Hermione tried to argue.
Bruce said directly: "I promised my aunt that I would protect you from being bullied at school. If you still want to hide it from me now, I will write a letter to tell my aunt right away!"
Hermione was confused for a moment.
She vaguely remembered that her mother's previous instructions seemed to be for her to protect Bruce herself.
But it was too late to say anything now. Bruce's determined expression had already told Hermione that he would never give up until the matter was made clear.
"I--"
Hermione was extremely conflicted, and the voice in her heart told her not to tell this to anyone.
But who knew that Bruce happened to be by her side.
Hermione knew his character. If there was something he wanted to find out, he would investigate it even if it meant using any means necessary.
My concealment of this matter will not have any effect at all.
"All right--"
Hermione finally made a decision and moved her hand away from the back of her hand.
Then Bruce saw it.
A palm-sized brand appeared on the back of Hermione's hand. The pattern was like a coin with an owl carved on it.
The color of the brand is fading and slowly disappearing.
"This is!"
Bruce snapped his head toward Katoom.
“It has nothing to do with me!”
Katum immediately defended himself, he didn't know why such a pattern appeared on Hermione's hand.
"I'll ask you again later. You'd better come up with a convincing explanation!"
Bruce now has nothing but disappointment in Katoom.
He had placed his trust in the owl, and now this was the result.
The evidence is irrefutable, what else can Katum say?
Who else but him would be so narcissistic as to carve an owl on someone else!
"I really didn't do anything!"
Katum cursed and said, "This owl has nothing to do with me! If you continue to doubt me like this, when the truth comes out, you will have to apologize to me a hundred times!"
Owl's denial made Bruce waver.
If it were someone else, he would definitely beat him up first.
But it happened to be Katum——
Bruce believes that he will not betray Owl, but will Owl betray him?
After a long time, Bruce finally gave in a little.
"I believe you for the last time!"
He said, "If you really lied to me, I will never trust anyone again!"
After that, Bruce asked Hermione, "When did this appear?"
"I do not know."
Hermione's face showed a bit of helplessness and panic. "It was fine before, but after that strange sound just now, my hand became like this!"
"Then what are you hiding from?"
Bruce asked, "If this abnormality appeared suddenly, why did you hide it from me?!"
His tone became increasingly fierce because he simply couldn't understand Hermione's behavior.
What is it that you have to endure alone, without even your family believing you?
"Because of a voice in my head."
Hermione felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke, "He told me not to tell anyone else, otherwise anyone who knew would be killed."
"Him? Looks like a man."
Bruce snorted coldly, "Want to kill me? Then let him do it!"
No matter who it is, Bruce is not afraid at all.
There are so many people who want to kill him that new people have to queue up.
"Did the voice say anything other than threatening you?"
"……Have."
Now that she had disobeyed the prohibition of the voice in her head, Hermione had given it her all and was now saying everything.
“The voice in my head told me that I had to gather in this auditorium at twelve o’clock tonight.
“There are other people coming besides me.
“At that time, no one except those with the brand on the back of their hands will be allowed to enter the auditorium.
"We're going to have a party here, and then we're going to start—"
Hermione paused for a long time, until Bruce grew impatient, before finally saying the rest of the words.
"And then begins the glorious secret war!"
Hermione almost cried as she spoke out, "One life for another, that's what he said."
Secret Wars.
There was a loud bang in Bruce's head.
Lupin's previous words were still echoing in his mind. Was Ares so quick? He had already started!
"Is there any other information..."
Bruce asked casually as his thoughts were complicated.
"No more. All the rules will be revealed at the banquet."
Hermione shook her head and said, "The rest is the name of this party."
"What's your name?" Bruce demanded.
"The Feast of War!" cried Hermione.
(End of this chapter)
