Chapter 415: Everything Starts from Winter (Part 2)

Hal, wearing a pilot jacket, wrapped in a thick scarf, with ear muffs, gloves, and cotton boots all present, was walking on the streets of Cat Getan. He looked at the withered trees on both sides of the road that had lost their leaves and looked somewhat desolate, and sighed silently.

Honestly, he felt a bit guilty in his heart now. Hal was a good person. Although his experiences in the first half of his life weren't very smooth, and his dream job as a test pilot had become ground logistics because of his family's opposition, he never wanted to give up and was finally chosen by the green light representing firm will.

After becoming a Green Lantern, he did his best to punish evil and promote good, putting his greatest effort into maintaining peace. But he had only been in Cat Getan for a few days, and he had caused the largest traffic jam in Cat Getan's history.

The mess he caused by landing on the traffic light pole was far greater than it looked. Not to mention the three-digit car accidents that occurred at the entire central roundabout, because there were too many cars to tow, the towing companies hadn't finished working until nightfall. And that very night, the largest blizzard in Cat Getan's history arrived.

Because the ground below Cat Getan was now all ice, the temperature plummeted, and this snow fell for several days and nights, only stopping yesterday evening. This snowfall, which could be called a snow disaster, made Cat Getan's traffic situation terrible to the extreme. The wreckage at the central roundabout hadn't been cleaned up yet, and the city's traffic was basically paralyzed.

Hal originally wanted to reveal his identity as a Green Lantern and use his superpowers to maintain traffic, but looking at the traffic police holding rocket launchers and machine guns on the streets, he felt his deterrent power wasn't very sufficient.

He couldn't understand this strange city, couldn't understand everything here. He felt he couldn't integrate into this place at all. Originally, Hal had planned to leave, but that trace of guilt in his heart kept bothering him, making him hesitate for a long time without leaving.

Until yesterday evening, he suddenly received a letter from Schiller. Schiller stated that the battle against the Fear Laughing Demon had been a great success, so he wanted to invite the few people who participated in the battle that day to his home as guests.

Recalling that battle, Hal still felt he was dreaming. He never thought he would face such a terrifying monster. However, after defeating that monster, there was indeed a sense of transcendent achievement.

Since it was a celebration party organized by Schiller, Hal felt he could go completely; after all, he had also contributed.

Hal tucked his hands into the pockets of his pilot jacket, lowered his head, kicked small stones on the road, and walked forward. Just then, a "ding-a-ling" sound drifted from behind him, and with a "whoosh," a newsboy riding a bicycle flew past him.

Hal widened his eyes. The newsboy looked back, smiled, and made a face at him. Just as Hal waved his fist, wanting to express his angry emotions, another large group of newsboys rode their bicycles past him, *whoosh*.

Hal was choked by the snow and smoke brought up, and he waved his hand hard in front of his face. After walking a few more steps, he looked up and saw a small mailbox with a small wooden sign hanging on it, written "Rodriguez Residence."

Hal walked over and shook the bell above. Soon, a butler dressed in a proper suit, white shirt, white gloves, and a bow tie walked out. Hal rubbed his hands somewhat awkwardly; he had never enjoyed this kind of service like a noble.

Merkel nodded with a smile and opened the manor's gate for him. When Hal walked into the reception hall, he saw three people waiting for him. Besides Schiller, the remaining two were Victor and Gordon.

Victor was holding a glass of water, explaining simple physics knowledge to Dick, who was sitting next to him. Schiller was holding Aisha, patting her back, letting her loosen her mouth biting the walking stick.

Hal saw Aisha's teeth, which were different from ordinary people, at first glance. Before, he had indeed been following Aisha, but to avoid being discovered, he was relatively far away. Outside Wei En Manor, Aisha didn't often open her mouth, so Hal hadn't seen the shape of her teeth.

These teeth, which looked like a shark's, even on a little girl, seemed somewhat terrifying. Not to mention Aisha's teeth were like a wood chipper; one bite, and that walking stick broke into two pieces. With a few "cracks," the originally smooth and beautiful solid wood pole turned into wood shavings...

"Hey, Aisha, don't be like this!" Dick jumped off the sofa to stop her. Aisha "pfft-pfft-pfft" a few times, spitting out the wood shavings in her mouth. Schiller saw Hal enter, stood up, walked over to shake his hand, and said: "Hello, how have you been lately?"

"Uh... alright." Hal's attention was all on Aisha, so his answer was a bit perfunctory. Schiller looked at his expression, followed his gaze, turned to look at Aisha, who was rolling around on the sofa, and said: "A very lively little girl, right?"

"That depends on how you define the word 'lively'," Hal said somewhat difficultly.

Schiller smiled, looked at Aisha, and said: "Lively is the antonym of her father. I really can't believe Bruce would have such a lively and cute daughter."

Hal pursed his lips and said: "We all know, this isn't his..."

Just as he said this sentence, he felt a chill for no reason behind his back. Hal turned his head nervously, but saw nothing.

Soon, candles were lit, and the lights in the manor all turned on. The silver and glass utensils radiated circles of light under the illumination. With a clear "pop," several glass cups touched together, and alcohol of different colors rippled from the rims of the glasses, like surging waves.

"We haven't gathered like this for a while..." Gordon spoke first. He moved his body slightly to the side, giving the butler pouring wine a place, and continued: "It's a pity that several people couldn't come because of various things."

"It doesn't matter, we have a new friend." Schiller raised his wine glass and waved it at Hal. Hal also raised his wine glass to salute him. Hal took a sip of alcohol and said: "I haven't introduced myself before, but you should know by now. My name is Hal, Hal Jordan."

"A famous surname. That Jordan from the Bulls team has been very popular lately," Victor echoed.

Hal smiled, shook his head, and said: "Just because he's red-hot, people often ask me if I have any relative relationship with him. My God, I've never even been to Chicago."

Hal continued to introduce: "I was originally a test pilot, but later transferred to ground logistics. Now I work at an air force base in Coast City."

Then, he stretched out his hand, revealing his Green Lantern ring, and said: "Just as you saw before, I am a Green Lantern of the Green Lantern Corps, also known as the Emerald Knight."

"I've been wanting to ask, what exactly is the Green Lantern Corps?" Gordon asked somewhat confusedly.

"You can understand it as an organization that maintains cosmic peace. They divide the universe into various sectors, and then send Green Lanterns to guard these sectors. I am a Green Lantern in the sector where Earth is located, mainly responsible for protecting Earth's safety."

Hal briefly introduced the history and code of conduct of the Green Lantern Corps to the few people. Gordon's frowned eyebrows gradually relaxed a bit, and he said: "You should know how big a mess you caused at the central roundabout in Cat Getan. Even now, those gang bosses are still constantly asking me what's going on with that green light."

Hal revealed a somewhat guilty expression. He pulled the corners of his mouth down and said: "Then what did you say?"

"Originally, I wanted to tell them that a glowing super-human landed on the traffic light pole, causing this accident, but..."

Gordon looked at Schiller. Schiller put down the tableware in his hand, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said:

"I suggest he'd better not do that. If it were in other cities, this explanation might be taken as a fantasy, as an absurd excuse thought up by the police station to shirk responsibility."

"But this is Cat Getan. People here have nothing they dare not believe. They are all in a fit of anger. If Gordon said so, they would definitely dig three feet into the ground to find you."

Schiller shook his head, looked at Hal, and said: "Believe me, even if you have superpowers, once you fall into Cat Getan's quagmire, you might not even have a chance to run away."

【1200ksw. com】

Hearing this, Hal felt the temperature around him drop again. He shivered, picked up his wine glass, and took a sip of alcohol. The spicy alcohol made him feel a bit warmer. He looked at Schiller, raised his wine glass gratefully, and said: "Thank you, Professor. Thank you for being able to understand me. I didn't mean to; I really didn't know the traffic situation in this city was like this..."

"It's alright, I'm also an outsider," Schiller also picked up his wine glass and took a sip. He smiled and said: "Although many people didn't see this point, in terms of traffic, I am as unaccustomed as all outsiders."

"You're only unaccustomed to this point," Gordon also said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, what do you plan to do with this little girl?" Hal looked at Aisha, who was sitting next to Schiller. The butler prepared a children's meal full of broccoli and carrots. Aisha was not picky, but looking at her expression, she might want to gnaw on raw carrots more.

"What do you mean what to do?" Schiller looked at Hal and said: "Bruce Wei En has officially adopted her. Now her full name is Elizabeth Martha Wei En."

"But..." Hal revealed a very difficult expression and said: "We all know how she came to be. That monster..."

The first to shake his head was Victor. He looked at Hal and said: "But now, she is no longer that monster. If her soul were still like that, or if she could still turn into that posture, then I would indeed agree that she needs some supervision to prevent harm to ordinary people."

"However, now Aisha has become an existence like a human in both soul and body, so she should enjoy the rights that humans should have."

"At the same time..." Victor looked at Aisha and said: "It is very clear that she has wisdom and can be taught, and there is no difference from a human child. If she really harms society in the future, that is also because of the failure of education."

Schiller looked at Victor with some surprise and said: "I didn't expect you to be a supporter of the theory of acquired education."

"I said before, my wife and I once taught children who were relatively young. In this process, I deeply understood the importance of acquired education for humans."

Gordon put down his wine glass, touched his temples, and said: "Although I am also a bit worried that she might cause trouble in the future, are there few troubles in Cat Getan?"

"Full mouth of sharp teeth, immense strength, extremely fast speed—it sounds quite intimidating, but in Cat Getan, there are plenty of things more terrifying than this."

Gordon used a fork to stab a piece of steak and put it into his mouth.

"Remember the riot that happened at the cathedral last time? The people there didn't know how they all went crazy. Later, we spent a lot of effort to make them sober up."

"I don't know about that." Victor turned his head and looked at Gordon: "Is that the accident that caused serious damage to Cat Getan Cathedral? What exactly happened at that time?"

Gordon sighed, looked at Schiller. Schiller was eating the food on his plate unhurriedly, and then said: