Chapter 287: The First Encounter of the Boy's School (Part 1)
Sinestro has not been happy lately.
There are many reasons for his unhappiness, but the most important one is that their Yellow Lantern Corps' Lantern Beast, Parallax, is gone.
Lantern Beasts are very important to the Lantern Corps, not only because they hold part of the power of the emotional spectrum themselves, but also because they are the representatives of this color Lantern Corps. The disappearance of a Lantern Beast is like the disappearance of a shop sign. Sinestro is of course very depressed.
But he is not only depressed about this. Unlike other Lantern Corps that use Lantern Beasts as signs and mascots, Sinestro has actually always wanted to control the Yellow Lantern Corps' Lantern Beast, Parallax, for his own use.
Lantern Beasts can choose Lanterns to possess, but when possessing, it is basically the Lantern Beast's will that dominates, while the Lantern's will is only auxiliary. Lanterns cannot resist the powerful power from the Lantern Beast in their bodies.
Sinestro is unwilling to become a Lantern controlled by a Lantern Beast, but is greedy for the powerful power of the Lantern Beast. So he has been looking for a way to let the Lantern Beast possess his body, but control the body by himself.
Originally, his research had some breakthroughs. With the help of the Yellow Lantern's lantern furnace, he could use the power of the yellow Lantern Ring as a medium to fuse himself with Parallax. This is different from simple possession. In this deep fusion, he can completely master the powerful power of this Lantern Beast without being disturbed by thinking.
But just when he intended to try this method, the Lantern Beast Parallax, which had been honestly staying in the lantern furnace, suddenly disappeared.
The Yellow Lantern's Lantern Beast Parallax was born very early. It was Parallax first, then the Yellow Lantern Corps. As introduced before, Parallax is an ancient chaotic creature. The brain of a chaotic creature is basically a mass of paste, which orderly-side life almost cannot understand.
But chaotic creatures also have instincts. This chaotic creature naturally likes to stay in an environment with the same power it controls. Simply put, Parallax likes to be surrounded by the power of fear.
Sinestro, as the greatest Green Lantern, after betraying the Green Lantern Corps and creating the Yellow Lantern Corps, has done quite well in the position of the Yellow Lantern Corps commander, but this still cannot meet Parallax's requirements. The instinct of this ancient chaotic creature tells him that following the Yellow Lantern, he will be hungry for nine meals in three days.
Thus, when a terrifying black tide closer to the origin of the universe descended, Parallax's paste-like brain suddenly became excited. If one must summarize his thoughts at that time into human words, it would be nothing more than one word—"Food!"
Feeling the powerful fear power descending, Parallax didn't even look at Sinestro and ran toward Batman's embrace without looking back.
Sinestro, who came back from handling affairs, was dumbfounded. Where is his big Parallax?! It was just here just now???
Losing a Lantern Beast is not a small matter. Sinestro definitely has to find it. Fortunately, when he was researching the method of fusing Lantern Beasts before, he modified the Yellow Lantern's lantern furnace. The lantern furnace would guide him to the location of the Yellow Lantern Beast, which is Earth.
《The Wanderer Starting from Douluo》
And at this time, Earth, Cat Getan City East District, in an attic of an old apartment, Maggie looked at the little girl held in Selina's arms and opened her mouth in surprise.
"My God!! Selina!! What have you done? You actually! Actually..."
Selina stared at her good friend's face and said: "Actually what? You shouldn't think that in the three weeks I was separated from you, I gave birth to a child, right?"
"But... but..." Maggie, who was thin and weak in a wheelchair, turned red. She pointed to the little girl's face and said: "But she looks exactly like your boyfriend Wei En!"
"That's right, because this is indeed his daughter, but not mine."
Maggie widened her eyes and said incredulously: "You mean, this is Wei En's illegitimate daughter?? My God! Selina! When did you become so generous?! Actually willing to raise an inglorious illegitimate daughter for that Bruce???"
"This matter is complicated to say. Aisha has no mother, or rather she actually..."
"Oh, I understand, her mother 'passed away', right?"
Selina shrugged and said: "Alright, that's it."
Maggie covered her forehead with her fingers and said: "You shouldn't really believe that man's ghost talk, right? Passed away? I hope she really passed away, otherwise, one day you might also be 'passed away' like this..."
Maggie frowned and gradually became serious. She said to Selina: "Selina, I have nothing to say about your love life, but this time I must remind you, this is not a wise decision..."
"Today you can accept an illegitimate daughter, tomorrow will you accept a bunch of illegitimate children? You are not even his wife, yet you want to raise a child for him first?"
"Alright, Maggie, I know you are concerned about me, but this matter is indeed quite complicated. In short, you know I won't suffer."
"Everyone thinks so." Maggie turned her wheelchair to the bed. She said in a low voice: "Do you still remember the beautiful Catherine on Barracuda Street in the East District?"
"Catherine? Oh, I remember, her blonde hair is really enviable. What happened to her?"
"She is the same as you think..."
Maggie continued to turn her wheelchair closer to Selina and said: "A few months ago, a rich man came to Barracuda Street. I heard he was from the Imperial City and had a lot of money. He once spent a lot of money in the biggest casino in the Imperial City, and it shocked the whole gambling city overnight..."
"The nightclub where Catherine worked always did this kind of thing. They deliberately spilled wine on Catherine, let her go to the bathroom to clean up, and then let that rich man pretend to meet her by chance, and they met like this..."
"Catherine is beautiful enough and considered smart, but that rich man used sweet words and threw a lot of money, which confused her mind and made her believe the rich man's promise to take her away from this ghost place of Cat Getan."
"During this period, the rich man's other mistresses in other parts of Cat Getan came to the door and almost scratched Catherine's face. In this regard, she didn't have the advantage, because she was just a poor girl from the East District, while the other mistresses of that person were many socialites from the West District and South District..."
"This made her feel unfair and resentful. All kinds of negative emotions swallowed her reason..."
"In order to stabilize her position, Catherine thought of a stupid idea. She heard that the rich man had more than a dozen children, and heard that the mothers of these children relied on these children to get large amounts of alimony, and some could even live in his mansion..."
"So, she tried to get pregnant, but..."
Seeing Maggie's somewhat low face, Selina had already guessed the ending, but she still asked: "In the end, what happened to her?"
"That rich man of course didn't want the child. He said it was a wild seed Catherine got pregnant with while fooling around outside. Actually, we all know that he just didn't like Catherine's background..."
"He coaxed her to have an abortion, but the abortion doctor he found for her was completely unprofessional, which almost cost her her life. If it weren't for Catherine's always good health, she would have really died."
"But this caused very serious harm to Catherine, leaving a bunch of sequelae, making her body weaker than mine, almost unable to do any work, but..." Maggie shook her head again and said: "She is not like me, having a good friend like you, running around every day, and having to take care of me. Now she should be doing some flesh business on Barracuda Back Street, right under that most vicious fat mama..."
At the mention of this name, even Selina shivered. That was one of the most vicious madams in the East District. Most of the girls under her hands didn't live for more than a year.
"Catherine won't live long." Maggie looked into Selina's eyes and said: "The viciousness of those rich people is beyond your imagination. They look at us people just like looking at the trash on the side of the road..."
"Selina, I know you are currently having a hot time with your boyfriend, that rich Wei En. Yes, he is different from most rich men, handsome, rich, and even willing to accompany you on trips, but this is only temporary..."
"Perhaps he will be fascinated by your beauty for a while, but it can't be maintained for a lifetime. The rich man who hurt Catherine also once promised her all kinds of beautiful futures, cheating this originally smart girl around. I am really afraid that you will be like this too..."
"In the East District, there are countless similar stories. Many girls here have beautiful enough faces, but they don't have the ability to protect themselves. Catherine's father was once a whaler and had good martial arts. Therefore, before this incident, no one dared to touch her, but there are still many girls who are more miserable than her..."
"Selina, I really don't want to hit you when you are pursuing happiness, but in most cases, love with such a huge class gap will not have a future..."
Selina lowered her eyelids. She hugged Aisha and sat on the bed. Aisha was muttering in her mouth. Selina stroked her hair and said: "I know you are doing it for my own good, but everyone is like this. When listening to other people's stories, they always feel that they have understood everything, but when it really comes to themselves, it is another look."
Before Maggie could continue to persuade her, Selina stood up and stuffed Aisha into Maggie's arms. Maggie looked at the cute little girl in her arms looking at her with big blue eyes, and she let out an exclamation: "Oh! My God, she is so cute..."
It wasn't that Maggie was bluffing. Aisha looked very beautiful and cute as long as she didn't reveal those fangs. If she debuted as a child star in Hollywood, she could sweep all the cute little girl roles in the next few years. After all, Bruce's appearance genes were impeccable.
Selina spread her hands and said: "Look, that's it. You weren't this attitude at first..."
Maggie kissed Aisha's face. Selina looked at Aisha, who was still quiet, and actually felt a sense of relief.
"You really caught up with a good time. If it were the first day, the two of us would definitely be crazy by now."
Recalling her terrible encounter, Selina said with some sigh: "In these days, I understood a truth, that is, I really love Bruce. If my love for him was a little less, I couldn't have persisted for so many days..."
"What? You mean she is very naughty?" Maggie touched Aisha's face. Selina was about to complain to her, but Aisha let out a scream, then jumped out of Maggie's arms, rushed to the window with an incredibly fast speed that ordinary people couldn't see clearly, and jumped out.
"Oh! No!" Maggie exclaimed.
She turned her wheelchair to the window with force. Selina also followed her. Maggie looked at Aisha's small figure jumping down from the second-floor awning and said covering her mouth: "What's going on? Why is she so fast??"
Subsequently, her expression turned into panic, and she said anxiously: "Chase her! Selina! This is the East District. If she is targeted by nearby gangs, it will be dangerous!"
Selina looked at Maggie's truly anxious gaze and still silently held back the sentence "The one in danger might not be Aisha". ===== CHAPTER 288 =====
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