Chapter 168 Wonder Woman Picks Up a Batboy
“I wanted to save the world, this beautiful planet.
"But I was not very experienced at that time..."
……
Louvre, France.
Cultural relic restorer Diana Prince, as usual, walked past the glass pyramid designed by master architect . Pei in 1989 on her way to her studio.
Her steps were light and confident, and the sound of her stiletto heels tapping on the stone floor was like music.
She was wearing a red dress that looked like flowing red wine, outlining her graceful curves.
She returned to her studio. The light in the room was soft, and several spotlights accurately illuminated the ancient artifacts on the workbench. Each beam of light seemed to awaken the sleeping history.
In addition, there is a box full of technology.
"Who sent this?" Diana picked up the box and asked the assistant curiously.
"Wayne Group." The assistant winked at Diana, "That's Mr. Bruce!"
Diana seemed to be blind to the assistant's teasing. She shook her head helplessly and opened the box.
A yellowed photo sealed in glass appeared in front of Diana.
It was a group photo in which Diana was wearing a gladiator-like battle suit and a black cloak.
Standing next to her was a boy who was also wearing a black cloak and was half a head shorter than her. On the boy's shoulder stood an owl, with its wings spread out and making a "yeah" sign.
In addition to the photos, there was also a letter in the box.
"I found the original, and maybe one day you'll tell me your story, and -
“Why does the boy in the photo with you look so much like me when I was a kid?”
The letter was signed by Bruce Wayne.
……
Tunnel of Heavens.
"Quietly, quietly..."
Katum took Bruce and followed the same route they took two and a half years ago, and appeared at the entrance of the DC world.
"Awei, once you cross this entrance, you will be home."
The owl suddenly asked, "Do you want to go back to your main world and take a look?"
"I'm not going back!" Bruce shook his head immediately.
Over the past few years, he would report his situation to Alfred every now and then through the letter-writing method left by Katum.
Although I didn't receive a reply, I couldn't see Alfred's reaction.
But Bruce believed that based on the experiences he wrote in the letter, if he went back to see Alfred, he would probably be detained on the spot.
"The way we came back now is so embarrassing."
Bruce said, "If Alfred saw it, he might think I got into trouble out there."
Katum shook his head: "Our situation is almost the same as getting into trouble."
He took the initiative to stuff the five metals into his past self's body, causing Harry's world to freeze.
Most people can't do this kind of work.
"Let me see what stage the DCEU universe is in now."
Katum stuck his head into the DC world, while his body remained in the Tunnel of the Heavens.
After a moment, he pulled his head out.
"It seems we're a little early," Katum said. "The DCEU is only in 1914, not long after the Sarajevo incident."
"Isn't this too early?"
Bruce was surprised and said, "The war hasn't even started yet, otherwise--"
He just wanted to say, why don’t we travel directly to a hundred years later.
But then he rejected his idea.
Forget it, aren’t the lessons learned from the previous battle with the Paradox Bat timeline profound enough?
Those who play with time will be played by time.
"Don't worry. Even if it's only 1914, the means to kill gods exist."
Katum signaled Batboy to be at ease, "Our goal is very clear, we will go directly to Paradise Island!
"Are you ready, Bruce?"
Bruce always felt a familiar feeling when he heard this sentence.
The next second, a huge force came from behind him.
Katum was familiar with the situation and kicked Bruce from behind, sending him into the DCEU universe.
……
"Is this Paradise Island?"
Bruce held his waist, hovering in the air, looking at the empty sea below.
The flying cloak given by Dumbledore fluttered behind him.
"Paradise Island has a protective force field set up by Zeus. No detection method can detect its existence from the outside."
Katum flew beside Bruce, "However, Zeus also has a unique way of thinking. He forbids others to see, but he does not forbid others to enter."
As long as you know where Paradise Island is, you can row there in a small wooden boat.
Seventh-year Hermione was more thoughtful than Zeus when arranging protective measures.
"But we can't just go in, right?"
Bruce said, "Islanders like the Amazons must be very closed and unwelcoming to outsiders."
"you're right!"
"But if it was a poor, helpless, injured little boy, they probably wouldn't have left him to die," said the owl.
"Where's the injured little boy?" Bruce asked.
"Now it's available!"
The owl suddenly clenched its wings into fists, showing no mercy, and with a deliberate punch, knocked Bruce out of the sky.
He crashed into the empty sea like a meteor.
While falling, Bruce felt numb all over and countless terrible wounds appeared on his body, but it didn't hurt.
His face also began to swell, and his vision was squeezed into a line.
Then, when he fell to a certain height, the whole scenery suddenly changed.
A small island appeared out of nowhere, with a stone building settlement on it, like a city-state in classical times.
Bruce didn't have time to observe and plunged into the sea.
Gollum-
At the last moment before falling into the sea, he saw a woman on the shore and jumped into the sea at the same time.
The moment Bruce was submerged by the sea, he seemed to be isolated from the whole world.
His whole body was immersed in the water, as if floating in the air, light and airy. The sea water poured into his ears, and only the sound of the waves and his own slow sinking could be heard.
"Damn owl!"
Bruce knew why Katum was so confident in throwing himself into the sea, because he had the Hell Armor on him and he could put it on with just a thought.
With the power of the deep sea, he cannot die.
But that is a last resort, not now.
The feeling of drowning is really uncomfortable.
Bruce sank slowly, the rippling light of the sea surface was imprinted on his pupils, and then, a bright and beautiful face appeared in front of him.
A young girl was smiling at Bruce, telling him not to be afraid.
"I--"
Bruce wanted to speak, but the despair of drowning began to rise in his heart. He was at a loss in the water and unconsciously grabbed the girl's arm. Driven by the instinct to survive, he hugged her tightly.
Then, Bruce felt a huge force prying his hands apart.
The girl twisted in the water like a mermaid, grabbed Bruce by the back of the collar, and swam towards the shore with him.
Bruce briefly lost consciousness at this moment.
"Let me out quickly!" he heard Zur'na shouting in the Hall of Thought.
"Get out!" Bruce cursed.
……
"Cough cough cough-"
Bruce coughed violently as he vomited all the seawater out of his lungs.
On the beach, the sea water beats against the sand in waves.
The bright girl knelt beside him, looking at him with extremely curious eyes.
The girl didn't avoid his gaze, which made Bruce feel a little embarrassed. "Are you a man?" Bruce heard the girl say.
"A man? No, I'm not!"
Bruce's voice was a little hoarse, "I'm just a boy."
"You just fainted, I almost thought you wouldn't wake up."
The girl leaned forward, moving closer to Bruce, wanting to get a closer look at the creature.
Bruce ducked back.
"You are hurt."
The girl noticed the wound on Bruce's body and brushed her fingertips over it.
It was not until then that Bruce realized that the girl in front of him could not be called a girl strictly speaking.
She looks very mature, but there is still a girl's innocence in her eyes.
"My name is Diana, what's your name?"
"My name is……"
Before Bruce could finish his words, a serious shout suddenly came from the distant mountain wall.
"Diana!"
Bruce turned his head and saw a row of female warriors dressed as gladiators appearing on the cliff. Some of them were drawing their bows and arrows, aiming at him.
"Mother!" Diana waved happily, "Look what I found! I found a man!"
"Back off! Diana!"
Diana's mother, the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, waved her hand, and several Amazon warriors hung down from the cliff on ropes, holding spears, and approached Bruce.
"I--"
Bruce was about to explain when Katum's voice rang in his mind.
"Don't resist! They won't really hurt you. At most they'll just tie you up." The owl said, "Just follow my instructions later!"
"Tie him up?" Bruce said indignantly, "This treatment is too humiliating!"
"I can only let you suffer for a while, and I will bear the blame."
Katum comforted him, "That's life. If you can't resist it, just enjoy it!"
enjoy?
Bruce had no idea what the hell Katum was talking about!
The subsequent development of events was exactly as Katum had said.
The Amazon warrior did not hurt Bruce, but tied him up with a glowing rope, and then he was taken to a place similar to an open-air altar.
Countless female warriors surrounded him, and Queen Hippolyta sat at the top, looking coldly at the man who was the first to break into Paradise Island in five thousand years.
Diana was standing next to Bruce, pleading for him.
"Shut up, Diana!"
Hippolyta reprimanded her daughter mercilessly, "I see you have never seen a man before, and you treat such an ugly one as a treasure!"
Bruce does look a little strange now.
Katum's transformation magic made his entire face swell up, as if he had been stung by a bee, which was funny and strange.
"He's hurt, Mother!" Diana defended Bruce.
"That has nothing to do with us!"
Hippolyta said coldly, she looked at Bruce and asked her question.
"Stranger, what's your name? Where are you from? What's your purpose?"
"I--"
Bruce was just about to make up an identity for himself when he found that the places where he was tied up with ropes began to burn like fire.
"My name is Bruce Wayne!"
He shouted out his real name, and then Batboy suddenly realized.
"What is this!" He looked at the golden rope.
"The Lasso of Truth. Once you are entangled by it, all your lies will be exposed!"
Hippolyta scolded again, "Tell me, who are you! Where are you from! What is your purpose!"
Bruce understands the power of the Lasso of Truth.
Those who are bound by it will be able to speak only the truth.
Um--
That's it?
Bruce immediately discovered the limitations of the Lasso of Truth.
Can't lie?
Then wouldn't it be enough for him to just tell the truth?
Partial truth is also truth!
"My name is Bruce Wayne, and I'm an orphan!"
Bruce gritted his teeth and said, "I am also a wizard, from a place called Hogwarts!
"I didn't come to your island on my own accord! An owl beat me in!"
owl!
Everyone in Amazon suddenly looked at each other.
Even Hippolyta noticed the problem.
An owl? Isn't that the symbol of the goddess Athena?
"That owl must be found!"
Antiope, the Queen's sister and Diana's teacher, said, "I suspect it may bring disaster to Paradise Island!"
"Good good!"
Bruce, who was tied up by the Lasso of Truth, suddenly shouted, "Hurry up and catch that owl, tie him up too, and teach him a lesson!"
When he said this, he felt extremely happy.
There is a feeling of finally being able to vent my anger.
"Ok?"
Seeing Bruce like this, the Queen began to feel that this child was a bit pitiful.
I'm afraid he was tortured badly by that evil owl.
"child."
Her expression softened. "Although I don't know where the place called Hogwarts is, but since you are still a student, why are you near Paradise Island?"
"because……"
Bruce continued to speak the truth, “My school was ruined by a guy named Ares!
"He created a successor with the body of a god. I have no means to kill him!"
This was like a thunderclap, exploding among the Amazon people.
Ares!?
"what's the situation!"
At this moment, the queen no longer cared about more information about Bruce. Her mind was now completely focused on Ares.
"You mean Ares? Did he show up at your school?!"
"That's right!"
Bruce said, "I don't have the means to kill the God, so I can only look for him everywhere. It was the owl that brought me here, but at the critical moment, he sneaked up on me!"
"Mother!"
From the moment she heard Ares' name, Diana became impatient.
“The legend is beginning to come true!”
She said, "Ares has reappeared on earth and will bring war to mankind!"
"really!"
Bruce nodded. "The whole world is like a huge powder keg right now. War is about to break out!"
"War?" The Queen frowned. "What war?"
"World War I!" Bruce exclaimed.
Then, the entire open-air altar suddenly fell silent.
The Queen's voice, an unbelievable voice came -
"Bruce, tell me in detail what is meant by—
"the first time?"
(End of this chapter)
