HBWnovel Chapter 21 The Visitor Arrives
Chapter 21 The Visitor Arrives
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Gotham, Wayne Manor.
When Dick burst into the living room, the figure of Damian taking off his Robin uniform was sitting on the sofa with his back to him.
Because it was too late last night, he rested at Wayne Manor.
Dick is Bruce's first adopted son and the first generation of Robin. In terms of character, he seems to have absorbed the cheerful parts of all the other Bat boys, so that when he is around, he can only talk by himself.
Sometimes it was even said that Dick was too lively, and he was especially good at saying things that drove people crazy in a happy voice.
But such an evaluation cannot be said in front of him, otherwise Dick's boyish heart will be broken.
It's not that Damian feels sorry for him, but because the shards of glass are a bit pungent.
And he will stalk and try to drag Damian into the water by pulling and stepping, so he wisely chooses to remain silent.
"Where's Bruce?" Dick's tone was heavy and his expression was frozen. "You said last night that he was staying in the Batcave, so I didn't look for him. What about him now?"
"Let's go. When you were lying on the bed and sleeping like a puppy, your father left." Damian took a sip of coffee, showing annoyance, "Don't you have work to do? I Thought you were busy in Bloomhaven."
He caught a glimpse of Dick's thick dark circles, the guy looked like he hadn't slept all night.
"Where did he go?" Dick's voice sounded particularly fussy and slightly panicked. "He can't leave at this time!—"
"Why not?" Damian asked. "Father has his own things to do."
But he regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, he thought to himself, he shouldn't have said it, he shouldn't have given Dick a reason to take advantage of it—
Sure enough, Dick raised his voice. He rushed over and put his hand on Damian's shoulder: "Did he go to Star City?"
Damian said inexplicably: "Yeah... brought Tim Drake."
Dick showed an indescribable expression: "I went to check the information yesterday! I went to hack the computer in the Batcave! Guess what I found!"
Damian: "..." He suddenly had a premonition that Dick was going to say something.
"--Do you know a man named Atar?" Dick hesitated, "That's the one I mentioned in the photo yesterday..."
He knew that Damian had always felt repulsed by the addition of new members to the family, so he was ready for Damian to ask questions, and he would persuade him to understand, and then minimize the matter of adding a new member to the family in advance—— That's what he's been doing for so many years.
But a few minutes passed, Damian drank several sips of coffee, and even planned to leave, but he didn't change his face instantly like Dick imagined.
"I..." Dick closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "I want to say that our family may have a new member."
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After a moment, Damian's voice said, "Oh."
Dick was blown up, opened his eyes and complained, "Oh? How? Just one? Do you know how long I lost sleep about it last night?—"
Damian: "..."
Hmm...he had no expression on his face.
"Wait, this is not the reaction you should have!" Dick caught the blind spot, and he hesitated, "...Damian, did you know that we would have a..."
Damian raised his head, covered Atar, and said a little tiredly: "Father doesn't object, what am I objecting to?"
His hand holding the coffee cup was slightly tightened, and he pretended to be a little anxious in front of Dick, as if he didn't know what was going on, but in fact, his heart was very calm.
To be honest, Damian didn't know whether his father knew about the blood relationship between Atal and him, nor did he know how Dick came to the correct conclusion.
But just because of his reaction when chasing Green Arrow and Jianxuan last night, at least it shows that his father has no hostility towards them...
He was actually quite curious about what would happen when his father went to Star City. If possible, he hoped that his father would bring Atal back to Gotham, although Green Arrow didn't seem like the type who would let him go easily...
Tsk, it's a pity that he still has to take classes, so he has to take advantage of Tim Drake.
Last night, he told Atal that only Superman could protect him, and now he regrets it.
Only by putting Atar in a place where he can see, Damian will feel at ease——
Not to leave the choice to others, this is something he learned from the League of Assassins, and Damian should have understood it long ago.
"It's different!" Dick said again in that anxious tone.
"But, but, this time, there will be an extra girl in our family who is related to Bruce!"
"..."
Damian chose to close the mic.
He picked up the pillow on the sofa and slammed it hard on Dick's face a few times.
"—Damn it, you've wasted another precious few minutes of my life talking!"
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Unlike Wayne Manor's patriarch Bruce, who was relaxed after leaving, Quinn Manor welcomed his visitor at the same time.
The hour hand pointed to four o'clock in the afternoon, and a sleek pure black car slid into the runway of the Quinn Manor. The lawn mowing servant raised his head when the car passed by, and then sounded the notice before it stopped to inform The arrival of visitors.
After an aggressive drift, the luxury car stopped firmly at the door, making a slight scratching sound.
A bell that could be heard in the car rang, and from the front window of the car, it could be seen that the door of Quinn Manor was opened, and several servants in uniform walked out, and came to the front of the car swiftly, waiting for the guests to get out of the car.
Tony stopped the car, took off his sunglasses and pinned them to the collar of his shirt. Peter, who was sitting in the co-pilot, didn't know where to put his hands. He pulled the seat belt with his hands, and his eyes drifted nervously.
"Say something, Peter," Tony said, without looking away. "Don't be so obvious."
"...I, I don't think, Mr. Stark, this is a good idea."
Tony's big caramel-colored eyes looked at Peter: "We've all come here, what are you cramping for?"
"It's different," Peter said.
Peter groaned secretly in his heart, he was not a person with little experience, but he really hadn't been a guest in such a manor that looked like an English aristocrat, and all this was going through too much, which made him look very cramped.
"You've been to Wayne Manor." Tony looked puzzled, "What's the difference?"
It's not that Peter hasn't been to this kind of place before, so he shouldn't be so nervous as if it's his first contact.
Peter put his hot forehead in the palm of his hand, covering his face, and the groundhog screamed in his heart:
——This is different!
Because Alfred is the only butler in Wayne Manor, there are not so many servants at all!He counted the number of people along the way, and there were ten servants in the Quinn Manor just to take care of the temperature-controlled flower house and cut the lawn.
It's just like a TV show!Is he watching Downton Abbey!
Although he has been to Wayne Manor, he went there as a good friend of Tim, and the housekeeper Alfred is the kindest and most elegant old man he has ever met, so Wayne Manor left a very strong impression on him. Great.
But Quinn Manor is like a cold monster, with many pairs of strange eyes, each of which seems to be examining them. He and Mr. Stark are uninvited guests, and they have not let down their guard.
"Go on." Tony raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, they dare not make things difficult for you."
After finishing speaking, he unbuckled Peter's seat belt, and then pushed open the car door on his side. Peter moved down slowly with a bitter face. From the corner of his eye, he saw two people standing at the door.
With a long leg, Tony stepped out of the car door, then leaned on the roof of the car with one elbow, and said as usual: "There are some clothes in the trunk, you take them to Peter's room."
The servant took out the leather suitcase from the opened trunk, then stood aside with his head bowed respectfully, waiting for instructions.
Peter saw the taller blond young man standing at the door wave his hand, and all the servants backed away, which meant that the other party was the actual person in charge of the manor, and he made a note of it.
"Hello, Peter," the blond young man took a step towards Peter and held out his hand to signal, "My name is Connor, and welcome to Quinn Manor."
Peter wiped the sweat from his palms on his trouser legs, and with a stiff smile on his face, he reached out and shook hands with the other party.He felt the rough edges of Connor's index and middle fingers, and the warmth and softness of his palms. There was no doubt that these were the hands of top archers.
Connor held his hand for three seconds before politely releasing it.
Miraculously, Peter felt less cramped, because Connor gave him a sense of politeness and tenderness, like a gust of refreshing wind. Good impression.
"Connor and I have something to talk about." Tony came over and put his hands on Peter's shoulders. The latter felt a lot more relieved. "Kids, stay away for now? Peter?"
"Uh, okay..." Peter came back to his senses.
Connor looked at Tony with that "what are you doing again" look, and Tony blinked his beautiful foul eyes innocently, emphasizing, "—it's important."
"Last time there was a deal that didn't work out with Wayne Enterprises," Tony said in that typical bastard Stark tone, "I don't think you'd be stupid enough to pass up this opportunity, would you?"
After staring at Tony suspiciously for a minute, Connor gives in.
He glanced at Atar, and said gently: "You take Peter to his room, or take a walk in the manor."
Atar nodded, and walked towards Peter. The latter's expression was slightly stiff, and he hesitated, looking quite cute, as if he didn't know how to talk to him.
"My name is Atal Quinn," he said, reaching out to hold Peter's hand, and walked into the manor, "I heard that you are an intern at Stark Corporation?"
"...Yes, yes." Peter tried to look very calm, "But I'm still studying."
"You are the same age as me, where did you go to high school?" He continued to ask, sneaking a glance at Atal, who was wearing glasses.
"This..." Atar was a little embarrassed, but he was also a little happy to meet his peers, guessing, "Star City High School?"
"Why is it a question sentence?" Peter asked puzzled.
When Peter walked behind Tony, the other put one hand behind his back and gave Peter a thumbs up, his eyes seemed to say: Very good, you have taken the first step!
Peter: "..." He suddenly remembered his mission.
The villain in him began to dance wildly:
—Wait, have you started planning now? !