novelraw Chapter 56 Cloak 2
Chapter 56 Cloak 2
"Did you bring that newspaper? Can I borrow it?" Harry swallowed a few times, making sure his voice wouldn't tremble before speaking slowly.
"...Of course," the senior boy observed Harley carefully, as if he was afraid that she would collapse at any time, "just, but that newspaper is in my dormitory, and class is about to start now..."
"...Let's go, Harry, I have," Queenie sighed, and pulled Harry's arm, "Dad sent me, not only the Daily Planet, but also some newspapers from Gotham... bro Tan is in a mess now, I just... hope you can find out a few days later..."
"At least from your family, not from me," Queenie bit her lip, and took out a small folded newspaper from her schoolbag, "It's just that they seem to want to hide it from you. But it's too It's hard to do, Batman and the Justice League are world-renowned figures, and half of the people in the school have heard the news more or less. That's why I want you to minimize contact with some classmates today."
So after that, Harley didn't care to make classwork during the whole Potions class, and threw all of them to her partner Queenie. She read the newspaper by herself, feeling that the whole world in front of her ears had become illusory and strange.
"It's the story of the people we love; it's the story of Batman's death; it's the story of how he mortally wounded the God of Evil in a mere mortal body; it's the story of who we are and what we stand for." of how we fought for what we believed in until the very end..."*
This is Aunt Louise's report. Although the writing is very good, Harley still feels that it does not describe all the great selflessness and bravery of Uncle Bruce... probably no words or languages in the world are enough to express it.
Once again, Uncle Bruce has broken his boat on the battlefield, heading alone to the lair of his opponent, whether he is one of the most evil forces in the universe or not.
He hit Darkseid with the only "emission particle"—"As for guns, I have made an oath never to use them. But for you, there is only one exception in my life. A gun, One bullet, Darkseid, and this is your end."*
"Small human beings, can you escape the sanction of Omega rays? You will definitely die!"*
"Then let's try it out."*
The real-time communication of the Justice League battlefield recorded Uncle Bruce's final oath.
Afterwards, Darkseid was knocked down by the radiation particles as Uncle Bruce had expected earlier; at the same time, two beams of omega rays also hit him.
Out of respect for the deceased, there were no descriptions or photos in the newspaper, as it should be.
But Harley, who had already seen Darkseid, could almost vividly imagine how those two beams of omega rays slyly walked through the tortuous route, turned back from the corner that Uncle Bruce didn't pay attention to, and hit him one after the other. ...
After class, Halle followed Queenie out of the classroom, proud of herself for showing her composure.
The two were sitting on the lawn in front of the teaching castle, staring blankly at the smoke that was used to hide Ilvermorny in the distance.
"You said Gotham is in chaos?"
Queenie didn't seem to expect that Harley's first sentence would be this, she nodded hesitantly, "The Gotham police, that is, Sheriff Gordon, did not publicly admit that Batman is dead, he only said that Batman is a symbol, anyone can be Batman..."
That being said, once Uncle Bruce is actually dead, no one feels entitled to wear that cape.
"However, the law and order on the streets of Gotham is getting worse and worse. The police have no choice but to impose a curfew."
"At the same time, more and more police officers are resigning - between risking their lives to protect irrelevant strangers, and taking up arms to protect their own families, most police officers choose the latter."
Three years ago, Queenie promised Harley that she would not take Legilimency on her casually, and during this time period, Harley's Occlumency was getting better and better, so she didn't know that Harley was now what to think.
Seeing the silent red-haired girl, Queenie could only continue talking on her own.
"Mom and Dad are already moving to the metropolis next door... They were afraid that I would worry, so they didn't say much. But I know Dad, he never thought about moving out of Gotham, even when he was in distress three years ago .”
Harry nodded numbly, feeling that his head and hands didn't belong to him anymore.She couldn't imagine how sad Grandpa Ah Fu and his brothers would be.
They must be fighting in the streets of Gotham right now.
She didn't know what to do next, she wanted to cry, but her eyes were dry now.
Did he bring bad luck to this family again?
Bowing his head and continuing to flip through the newspaper aimlessly, Harley accidentally saw the entertainment page—it was the headline of Uncle Bruce, a blurry vacation photo, and the small letters under the picture said he was in Barcelona.
She knew that this was to avoid suspicion on the Wayne family. Even after Batman's death, Grandpa Afu and his four brothers still needed to maintain the illusion that Bruce Wayne was still active in the social world.
It seems to have little effect. The core topic of this report is to discuss whether Bruce Wayne is dead.
Because under the vacation photo of Uncle Bruce, there are two other photos - one is a brother Dick in a suit and tie, raising his hand to avoid the camera of a reporter at a charity event; the other is brother Tim and Lucius Fox In the sneak shot of leaving the main entrance of Wayne Group, the note reads "Wayne's third son, Drake, participates in board affairs".These are all clues used to prove that Bruce Wayne may be dead.
The article also stated that Wayne's biological son - Damian Wayne - had not been seen for many days.
Harry noticed the signature at the bottom of the article—Vicki Vale.
She really wanted and needed to cry, she was having trouble breathing and felt like her chest was going to explode.
At this time, the owl that Harry had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived late and landed on her outstretched arm.
"It might be news from your family, a reply letter from Grandpa Alfred." Queenie saw that Harry kept raising his arms in a daze, so she reached out to help her remove the letter tied to the owl's foot.
Harry unfolded the letter, and there was only one sentence on it - "Stay at school."
Look at the handwriting from Grandpa Ah Fu.
Unusually, apart from the extreme grief, Harry suddenly felt... angry.
"No, I want to go home." She scrambled the letter paper in her palm, left Queenie behind, and ran to the female voice dormitory of Thunderbird Academy.
Rather than packing her bags, it might be better to say that Harley was venting. She threw all the sundries everywhere, and finally found the invisibility cloak in a corner of the suitcase.
"I'm going to escape from school." Harley said with a serious expression to Queenie, who was running behind her out of breath.
"How, how can this work..." Queenie supported the wall, "You don't even know where you are now, the addresses of the cities and castles are kept secret."
"It's enough that I know this is Massachusetts." Halle pulled out her wallet. "I've got dollars on me. I'll be flying home."
"You know school won't let you go... You can't even take your wand out until you're an adult in the first place."
This regulation is really too old!
Harry angrily took out his wand and threw it on the bed, "I don't need this damn thing either."
"I, I'll go back with you." Queenie also pulled out the suitcase, "I'm also worried about my parents."
"No..." Harry refused decisively, "You can't go..."
How can this kind of willful act of courting death make you a good friend again?
"If you leave...well...who will help me make up my lessons?" Harley's expression was extremely serious, "I'm going to miss a lot of classes, whether I can pass the final exam this year and whether I can go to the second grade depends entirely on you gone."
"..." Queenie was intimidated by Harley in this way. In the hearts of 11-year-old students, passing the entrance exam is also very important.
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According to the plan, at [-] o'clock in the middle of the night, under Queenie's various instructions, Harley wore an invisibility cloak, grabbed a small purse, and started the journey to leave the campus.
If she's being honest with herself, she'll admit that she's still a little apprehensive... Buying a plane ticket, taking a bus, no matter what kind of transportation, an 11-year-old girl walking alone is always suspicious.
She will definitely know how to get along, Harry comforted herself this way, the first priority is to get out of the campus smoothly, she has already seen the statues at the two gates...
"If the little wizard can leave the campus so easily, it must mean that our security measures have serious hidden dangers."
A steady male voice came from Harry's left, and she almost fell down in fright.
Turn around and take a closer look—the one standing under the shadow of the tree beside the gate is actually Principal Agilbert Fontana!
"It's really good equipment." Principal Fontana has a mysterious temperament similar to Dumbledore, but he is younger than Dumbledore, and he is more sharp and decisive in action and language.
Right now the headmaster was staring at Harry's position very decisively, as if the Invisibility Cloak had no effect on him at all.
"How do you know I'm here..." Harry took off his invisibility cloak despondently, feeling that this thing is so useless that he should bring a grappling gun.
"Naturally, we have special methods to prevent wizards wearing invisibility cloaks or using disillusionment spells from entering or leaving the campus." The headmaster walked out of the shadow of the tree. Harry saw him wearing a black overcoat, and pointed to Harry with a smile on his face. "Look at your feet, no matter how light you are, you will leave obvious footprints."
"And what if I ride a broom?"
"There is a layer of magic between the two statues, which will disable the broom." The principal pointed to one of the statues. "This is a gift from Aesop, the first layer of protection for the school castle."
"My family needs me." Harry held his head up, thinking he was justified.
"Actually, it was your guardian—Mr. Pennyworth—who specifically asked me to keep you in school."
"I will sneak out. I heard from senior students that there are secret passages in the castle, and I will definitely find out."
"Of course I believe you, but any act of leaving the school requires the guardian to apply to the school. So, I suggest you communicate with your family."
The author has something to say:
*The few words written by Louise in the newspaper, the dialogue between Bruce and Darkseid all quoted the final crisis, and some rhetoric was slightly rewritten (this big event is extremely difficult to understand, Zhihu read a few answers, and even went to I checked Wikipedia, but I still don’t understand..._(:з」∠)_It’s too grand, I’ll deal with it on the side of this article)
* After Bruce was hit by Darkseid, Chaojuju ran away