Chapter 185: Bruce Wayne, Prince of the Amazons
Bruce sat and watched the tide, waiting for Diana to wake up.
The Queen of the Sea was tied to one side. She wanted to use sweet words to trick Bruce into helping her untie the rope, thinking that she was a soft-hearted man.
But before he could finish his sentence, he was suddenly hit hard on the head and passed out.
It was naturally Katum who took action.
He held the ring in one wing and Thor's hammer in the other, which had been shrunk down to fit an owl, and struck the Sea Queen with it.
"Why did you hit her?"
Bruce asked. He wasn't speaking for the Sea Queen, he was just a little worried.
If the Sea Queen is killed again, the civilians will suffer for her.
"No big deal, I'm just being careful."
Katoom put the hammer and ring into the feather, then pulled out a golden trident.
That is the missing weapon of the Sea Queen, the Trident of Poseidon.
"How can I study this thing without knocking her out?"
Katoom said this and shrunk the trident until it was as tall as himself.
The owl holds it with its wings, which makes it look majestic.
"How about it, does it suit me?"
Katum waved the trident a few times and was very satisfied with the weapon. Although the magical power in it had not been fully mastered, it could already pull the tide.
This is the power that Aquaman possesses.
Katum is worthy of being a fan of Aquaman and is trying to emulate his idol in all aspects.
"……suitable for you."
Bruce was speechless. It looked weird no matter how he looked at an owl playing tricks in front of him.
"You don't mean what you say!"
The evil owl held the trident tightly between its wings and poked Bruce in the waist.
"Next time you disobey my ideas, I will use this to poke your eyes out."
"That's up to you."
……
After a while, Diana woke up from her coma.
Her consciousness has returned, and she is no longer as savage as before.
With her hands tied, she seemed to have not only lost all her strength, but her personality also became much gentler.
"Bruce."
She whispered, "Can you help me untie it?"
Bruce certainly had no objection to this, he took back the secret lasso, and Diana stood up and rubbed her wrist.
"This black lasso has a very strange power."
Diana said, "But being able to stop me from going berserk actually makes me feel much more at ease."
In her previous Super Diana mode, she was completely taken over by instinct, but now that her mind had calmed down, she felt terrified when she recalled that she had even wanted to kill the Sea Queen a thousand times.
The premise for the death of the Sea Queen is that there is no one in the country she represents who can die for her.
It is the real destruction of a country.
Bruce said casually, "Then if you go into this kind of rampage again, I will tie you up again."
"That's fine." Diana thought for a moment, "But sometimes I also need this kind of combat state. It's hard to distinguish the situations."
"Then let's set a code." Bruce said, "If you tell me this code before you transform into Super Diana, I won't tie you up."
"That's great." Diana sincerely thought Bruce's suggestion was a good one.
Only Katum was dumbfounded.
These two people really played very fancy and even arranged safe words.
Back to the issue at hand, Bruce kicked the unconscious Sea Queen with his toes.
"What should she do?"
Batboy felt a bit of a headache, "We can't kill her, nor can we keep her."
"Then let them go. This will help you accumulate some merits." The owl interjected.
But Bruce ignored him.
Diana didn't have any good solution at this time.
For some reason, she instinctively disliked the Sea Queen and didn't want to have too much contact with her, or rather, she didn't want Bruce to have too much contact with her.
"Now there is only one way."
Diana sighed, "Go find Ares, he will definitely know what to do."
Strangely enough, when Wonder Woman talks about Ares now, she no longer shouts for war and killing as before.
She had been to the divine realm and met other gods, and her original filter of looking up to God gradually began to dissipate.
She no longer believed that killing Ares would completely resolve the war.
After all, those who made wishes to her all wanted to participate in the war from the bottom of their hearts, not to stop the war.
"Then that's all."
Bruce agreed, "We have to find something for Ares to do. We can't let him be too idle."
……
In front of Morgan Manor.
Ares, who played Sir Morgan, was leaning on a cane and his eyelids twitched when he saw the two people in front of him.
"Why are you here again?"
He gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't I give you all the information you wanted to know?"
“A new problem has arisen.”
This was Bruce and his friends' second visit. They were familiar with the place and walked into Ares's manor as if it was their home.
"Two cups of tea, please," Bruce said to Sir Morgan's butler.
"enough!"
Ares limped after them, "What do you want to ask? If you do, get out of here now and stop acting like you know me so well!"
"Are you going to send Diana away?"
Bruce used the same trick again and pulled Diana to his side, "Look at this face and say it again!"
"you!"
Ares discovered that Diana seemed to have learned some bad things during the days she followed Bruce.
The look in her eyes when she looked at herself was so pitiful that it was obviously an act.
The hatred that once came from the bottom of my heart has mostly disappeared.
it's a pity.
Ares thought to himself that he still preferred Diana looking at him with that trashy look.
He coughed lightly: "Ask whatever you want to ask!"
"I've been waiting for your words!"
Bruce snapped his fingers, a roar came from a distance, and the Batmobile fell from the sky and landed in Morgan Manor.
"You went to find Hephaestus?"
Ares understood it at a glance. This was clearly the collection of the God of Fire.
“The car isn’t the point.”
Bruce walked around to the back of the Batmobile, opened the trunk, and the tied-up Sea Queen appeared in front of him.
She was awake, but with a cloth stuffed in her mouth, she was unable to call for help.
"You guys are pretty quick." Ares said sarcastically.
"I just want to ask one question."
Bruce didn't have time to talk nonsense, so he got straight to the point and asked, "How can we get the Adventers to return to their original world?"
We can't ask him and Katum to open the channels to the heavens and send them back one by one, right?
The world of the Sea Queen is the dark universe, and Bruce doesn't want to go there for the time being.
"Can't you think of such a simple answer?"
Ares shook his head and said, "You can't directly destroy the Adventers because you are not involved in this war."
After that, he explained the reasons in detail.
It all comes from desire.
When those people made wishes to Diana, they all wanted to be the winners of the war.
Such wishes obviously overlap.
But Diana still granted their wish, which meant that the winner of the war would only be among them.
Outsiders cannot intervene unless they completely destroy these countries.
"What should we do?" Diana suddenly became anxious and asked, "Isn't this irreversible?"
"Who said that?"
Ares suddenly laughed, "If you want to truly destroy these people, why don't you also join this war?
"As I recall, the Amazons also have their own country, right?"
…Bruce and Diana left Morgan Manor.
The Batmobile turned into a black shadow and shuttled across the clouds. The appearance of this car did not belong to this era. If it was running on the street, it would only cause unnecessary panic.
Bruce was driving and Diana was sitting in the passenger seat, looking worried.
"I can't make wishes to myself."
She said, “I have to find someone to make a wish to me on behalf of Amazon, and then I will fulfill her wish.”
Now all Diana could think of was her mother, Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons.
She certainly can represent Amazon.
Apart from that, there is only Diana herself, the Amazon princess and the future owner of Paradise Island.
As for everyone else, they are not qualified to make a wish on behalf of Amazon.
but--
At this moment, Diana really didn't want to face her mother.
She left Paradise Island with great hesitation, thinking of killing Ares and ending the war, but she failed to achieve her goal and got into great disaster.
They just went back in disgrace and even asked Amazon to join the war.
Diana was too embarrassed to say that.
Things seem to have reached a stalemate.
Just then, Bruce, who was driving, spoke.
“There’s no need to be so desperate.”
He said, "You can appoint me as the Amazon Princess's full-powered agent, so that I can make a wish for you on behalf of the Amazon, which should be feasible."
"Plenipotentiary agent?"
Diana shook her head and said, "Paradise Island has never had this position. It doesn't make sense to suddenly set it up!"
Even if you want to find a loophole, it has to make sense logically.
"It has to be reasonable, right? That's not impossible."
Bruce suddenly took his hands off the steering wheel, and the Batmobile switched to automatic driving. He turned around and looked into Diana's eyes.
"If the full power of attorney is unreasonable, what about the Amazon Prince?"
He said, "Since the Amazon has a princess, it makes sense that she would have a fiancé, right?"
"Dear, dear prince!?"
Diana was suddenly panicked. Two blushes appeared on her face. She avoided Bruce's gaze and did not dare to respond to him.
“It all makes sense.”
Bruce ignored Diana's reaction and continued to talk -
“Paradise Island was originally supposed to serve as a bridge between humans and the gods, but they are closed to the outside world, so this responsibility has to fall on you.
“That means, in a way, you are the one who truly represents Amazon.
"As long as you agree to share this function with your husband, he can of course also make wishes on behalf of Amazon.
“It’s very logical and it makes sense.
"What do you think, Diana?"
this--
This was the first time Diana had encountered such a question in her life. She stuttered and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"But, but..."
She pursed her lips and said, "Where can I find a husband now?"
"It's a real problem."
Pain and struggle appeared on Bruce's face, and after a long time, he sighed.
"Well, I'll just sacrifice myself!"
He raised his head with a resolute expression, ready to die.
"Diana, I'll be your husband!"
"what?"
Diana immediately shook her head, "No, Bruce, I have never had that kind of thought about you, and you are not old enough to get married..."
"now it's right!"
Bruce patted Diana's shoulder and said, "I'm not old enough to get married, so I can only be her fiancé. When the war is over, we can cancel the engagement and pretend nothing happened!"
His words were indeed somewhat inhumane.
It was like telling Diana that we were just playing around and not to take it too seriously.
But Diana had never seen such twists and turns before, and she thought it was unfair to Bruce.
"That would be a huge sacrifice for you."
Diana hesitated and said, "Shouldn't you be engaged to the person you love most?"
"My love is the world."
Bruce said naturally, "And Diana, you also belong to this world."
This statement is simply the end.
Diana was stunned and had no idea how to refute.
"And you don't have to worry about damaging my reputation."
Bruce thought about it and comforted Diana -
"Only the two of us will be involved in this engagement. If you don't tell me, I won't tell you if we cancel the engagement afterwards—"
Then, Batboy pointed at Katum who was eating watermelon nearby and said, "If this bastard doesn't tell anyone, no one in the world will know!"
Everything was arranged, but Diana was still a little hesitant.
Bruce could only add one final bombshell: "Diana, don't hesitate any longer, think about the world and peace, we must end this war as soon as possible!"
This sentence was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Finally, Diana nodded.
"Well then..." Diana felt guilty, "Bruce, don't worry, I will cancel the engagement with you immediately after the war is over, and I will never let you suffer any loss!"
"I know." Bruce didn't care.
It wasn't like he really wanted to marry Diana, he just wanted the chance to actually fight alongside her.
At this moment, Katum's voice sounded in Bruce's heart.
"Sure, Awei, I underestimated you before."
The owl said, "If you don't explain clearly to a dull-witted person like Diana, she will really become a good friend to you."
Bruce ignored Katoom.
Only he himself knows how bright his heart is and how upright his actions are.
These are all sacrifices made for world peace.
Bruce looked at Diana and whispered, "Diana, give me your hand."
what?
Diana didn't understand what was going on, so she stretched out her right hand and spread it out in front of Bruce.
"Not this hand."
Bruce shook his head, took Diana's left hand, then took out a ring from Katum's feathers.
Speaking of which, when Hephaestus recast Thor's hammer, there wasn't much Uru alloy left.
He could just make it into a ring and there wouldn't be any waste.
But the God of Fire did not do so. Instead, he made two rings.
It's hard to say whether he has any other thoughts.
Bruce put the ring on the middle finger of Diana's left hand.
"All right!"
He suddenly said, "This way you can also use the power of Thor's hammer!"
Of course, the ring is worn only for this purpose.
Because next, Bruce will make a wish to Diana on behalf of Amazon.
"Diana."
Bruce looked into Ms. Wonder Woman's eyes, sincere and determined.
"I make a vow to you now. I will join this war against the Adventers and end all the chaos.
"I don't need anyone else's strength, I just need you to stand by me, fight alongside me, and protect each other!
"Can I make this wish come true?"
Diana responded to Bruce's gaze and nodded seriously.
"can!"
At this moment, Bruce and Diana felt a mysterious connection between them.
They were bound together by fate.
Diana officially became Bruce's sword and shield, and the arbiter in this war.
They will put this twisted war back on track and make all unnecessary wishes disappear!
It was also at this moment that Bruce noticed that his patronus had changed.
He has the guardian power of Wonder Woman and can create illusions of her!
"what?"
Bruce suddenly thought, "Now that my goal has been achieved, can I just leave this world?"
(End of this chapter)
