Chapter 34: Advice

"What?" When Jay sent out an invitation to Kara over the phone, she seemed surprised and almost suspected that she had heard it wrong. "You mean, let me go to your family picnic?"

"That's what it means." Jay said while taking the packed bag from the cashier at the supermarket counter because Mrs. Reynolds said that the ingredients for dinner were not enough.

The other end of the phone remained strangely silent until he walked out of the supermarket door with the bag in his hand. He asked suspiciously, "Hey, are you still there?"

"...in."

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Kara's voice seemed to be reduced. He added: "But it doesn't matter if you don't want to come, I will explain it to them."

"No, it's not that I don't want to. It's just..." Kara's words were blocked up here, and she found that she seemed unable to find a suitable explanation for herself. Maybe she just thinks that the step of "meeting the parents" is a bit too early for her now, but she can't say that because it sounds like their relationship has developed to a very special point. This idea makes Her cheeks are slightly hot.

Besides, she and Jay seem to have only met for a few days.

I don't know if I can see through her complicated thoughts, Jay added, "There is no need to have any special burdens. My dad just wants to meet the superhero who saved his life. He has lived in the metropolis all his life. I haven't even seen a real superhero once. Maybe he will ask you for an autograph."

So this is not "seeing parents" in the traditional sense? This made Carla feel a little settled, and she agreed: "Well, all right, when?"

"Just this weekend." Jay said, "Are you free?"

"Yes," Carla said, "I must be there."

At the end of the call, Jay put the phone in his pocket and strolled leisurely along the sidewalk with his handbag. Of course he can actually sit back on the sofa in the living room in the blink of an eye, but now he just wants to take a leisurely walk.

After the sun slowly sank to the houses in the metropolis, the gradually dimming sky was like an endless canvas. The fiery red sunset cast a long row of dark silhouettes of buildings of various shapes on the curtain, revealing the dusk. The unique atmosphere of the city. The street lights have not been lit yet, and patches of inconspicuous shadows crawled into the corners of the city, as if waiting for an opportunity.

Jay walked to a remote corner, stopped, and said to himself abruptly: "You said that for a while and then look for a chance to talk, I thought it would be a while."

"Super sense? It's really convenient."

Helena emerged from an unknown corner, which seemed to be one of the common skills of all members of the bat family. At this moment, she had taken off her uniform and put on a casual outfit that seemed to reflect the breath of a young girl, but she could not hide the mature and hot figure under the clothes.

"Come on for a drink?" She smiled and pointed across the street, "I'll treat you."

One minute later, the milk tea shop.

Jay watched Helena take a sip from the coffee-colored soft drink, and made a long "hush" sound, and then showed a satisfied expression, making you feel as if you were just looking at her on your tongue. The taste of milk tea appeared.

He spent a few minutes as briefly as possible to explain to Helena how he was involved in this incident, and what Carla had experienced during this exciting journey to the world of war. Helena bit the straw in her mouth and listened carefully. When Jay finished speaking, the liquid level in the cup had dropped to one third.

After Jay finished speaking, he stared at her for a moment and asked, "So, on this matter, do the top secret agents of the country have any opinions that you can share?"

"You may not believe it, but I don't know much more than you know." Helena shook her head and said, "The headquarters has monitored the high-level energy response in Chicago, and the high-level idle agents in nearby cities happen to be only me, so you Will meet me there. And before that, I didn't know anything about these stories you told."

"Wait, aren't you in Metropolis?"

Helena rolled her eyes: "If you don't live there, I need to run around for work, and I may need to travel abroad after a while."

She stopped, took another sip from the straw, and said, "We have already started investigating Carey International Creative, but don't expect too much. I don't think I can find out anything. Ten hours before arriving on Earth, the CEO of this company disappeared, as if evaporated from the world. There is also no trace of the "quantum research and development department" you mentioned, including the person in charge. All disappeared. And the research content and development projects of this department have no traces on the entire company's servers, as if it is completely independent of this company."

"So there is no clue? But how is that possible?" Jay frowned and asked, "We all saw it with our own eyes, and it is hidden under that building! What about the rest of the company? The board of directors? Shareholders? They don't know anything?"

Helena shrugged: "It sounds weird, but it seems to be so. My people are already interrogating other senior executives of the company right now, and they all agreed that only the CEO himself knows about this department, and they don't even know. There is a huge laboratory hidden under the building."

Jay frowned, as if feeling an invisible chill quietly spreading to all corners. Helena's drink was finally sucked to the bottom, and a loud "Hulala" voice echoed in the empty cup. She put down the soft cup and saw Jay look solemn and asked, "What?"

"I just thought that when my father disappeared, I went to find the detective in charge of this case." Jay said, "I heard they said that they gave them an order not to pursue this case. , They also said that this happened many times. It made me wonder...what exactly are we facing?"

"Who knows." Helena shrugged, "but we will figure it out. I will use the resources I have on hand to try to investigate, but at the same time..." She paused, and her conversation suddenly changed: "... .... I think maybe you should be more cautious."

"I?"

"Yes, you." Helena put on a serious expression, feeling like the big sister who is educating children, "My superiors have started to pay attention to you, and they asked me if I know anything about you... .Of course, I'll hide it for you for the time being, but I'm not sure how long I can hide it-considering that you caught a high-speed dive airliner in the middle of the metropolitan area, I don't think this is surprising. ."

"My dad is on that plane and there are so many innocent people." Jay defended, "I don't think there is any way to do better."

"I know, that time was an emergency, you really have no choice." Helena said, "but this time? You acted recklessly and recklessly, and the awareness of hiding your secret identity is almost like a cardboard. You know it's in you After patted butt and left, did I help you with the aftermath? This time you are lucky, but not every time you rush up with a hot head, someone can clean up the mess for you, understand?"

Her voice is getting higher and higher, like a big sister reprimanding her ignorant brother. Jay subconsciously didn't dare to look directly into her eyes, and wanted to say a few words of excuse, but after a little thought, she felt that what she said was right.

"Of course, as a superhero, you are still a rookie. This is not incomprehensible." Helena's tone slowed down. "I'm just reminding you that every decision and action you make is You have to be very cautious. I know you are invulnerable and capable of almost universal, but so is Superman.

Her sentence is truncated here, but the meaning is quite clear.

Even Superman is dead. Who knows what will happen to the rest of the people in this world where Superman will die?

Jay opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he swallowed it back, nodded and said, "Thank you...I will pay attention."

"Let's do this first. I will continue to investigate in my own way when I go back. I will let you know if there is progress." Helena stood up and patted him on the shoulder, "Very pleasant conversation."

Jay watched her walk out of the store door, and he couldn't help feeling a little moved. Helena's reminder is indeed reasonable. The world is definitely not as peaceful as it seems on the surface. He should be cautious in every move. Sure enough, she is a good person, and this is also a sign of her concern...

Until the waiter girl in the store showed him a sweet smile, politely said: "Two cups of milk tea, a total of twelve yuan."

Jay: "..."