Lord Wei subconsciously calculated how many calories it would take to eat such a large amount of dessert.
He was very strict with his diet, or his body wouldn't be able to withstand the high-intensity "work" at night.
It was only after using the Life No. 1 recently that Old Master Wei felt the fading tail of his youthful spirit return.
This health hadn't come easily, so he cherished it.
Diana, on the other hand, was truly surprised by Butler Q's efficiency.
More than fifty desserts of all kinds were arranged neatly on the refreshment rack. Even a real person might not be able to deliver them in two minutes.
Thinking that, she couldn't help but rub Little Q's adorable head. "Little Q, you're really capable."
Little Q: [?? ^_^??] : "Thank you for the compliment, pretty sister."
After that, it was the official afternoon tea time.
Luke's manor was in the middle of nowhere, and the renovations had only restored the necessary exterior, so it still looked old.
The usual gloomy sky in Gotham City, the grayish-black sea that barely showed the blue, and the old manor that was overgrown with weeds really did look like a haunted house in a horror movie.
Thankfully, Little Q had just wiped out the crows that were circling around a tree a hundred meters away, or this place would've been even more like a haunted house.
However, Lord Wei, whose manor was also in the middle of nowhere, was clearly very used to this kind of scenery.
Diana didn't pay attention to her surroundings at all, and the three of them enjoyed their afternoon tea.
When the bad guys weren't around, Lord Wei was able to keep his cool. He simply enjoyed his coffee unhurriedly, and only tasted the desserts once in a while.
Diana clearly wasn't as troubled as him. She casually picked the desserts on the refreshment rack, and was clearly partial to the sweet ones on the top two tiers.
Luke, on the other hand, mainly ate the salty ones on the bottom tier, which happened to be split evenly between men and women.
Just like that, only half of Lord Wei's estimated half-hour tea time had passed, and Luke and Diana had already finished most of the desserts.
Grabbing a hot towel from Little Q and wiping his hands, Luke said to Lord Wei, who was "quenching his hunger" with coffee, "Okay, the afternoon tea is on me. Let's get down to business."
His identity as the controller of Wayne Corporation was very eye-catching. If it wasn't for business, the two giants wouldn't have visited him together.
Diana drank her Ceylon black tea happily and had no intention of saying anything.
It was a pleasant surprise to be able to enjoy an enhanced English afternoon tea here.
Especially here, she didn't need to care about other people's attention. She could eat as much as she wanted.
Although they were in the restaurant and no one would care about how much she ate, it didn't feel good for her "big eater performance" to be looked at with surprise, curiosity, and probing gazes.
Old Master Wei put down the almost empty coffee cup and coughed softly. "It's about that flying monster that self-destructed in front of us."
Luke nodded and gestured for her to continue.
Of course, he knew about that monster. He even guessed a little about its origin from Lex's manuscript.
But it was not convenient for him to say it. Otherwise, how could he explain how he had seen Lex's manuscript? That toy was taken away by Old Master Wei's men at the first moment.
Before Luke sent Lex on her way, he had taken a full set of photos of them.
Master Wei continued, "There are more and more of them. Recently, I have killed more than ten of them. Almost every night, they roam Gotham City and the metropolis."
Luke added, "I killed twenty-three."
Diana's hand that was holding the teacup paused. She had gone to Europe to relax after the war.
This time, she had come back to America to look for help because of the alarm about the attack on Paradise Island.
Compared with the hardworking Batman and Knight, was she too lazy? The Goddess of Combat thought for a moment, before she quickly dismissed the idea.
What a joke! She was very normal. How could she compare to a psychopath who enjoyed beating up bad guys?
Thankfully, the two "psychopaths" didn't care what other people thought of them. They continued their conversation. "Diana's hometown was attacked by the same monsters — under the leadership of their leader."
Luke finally sat up straight and leaned forward slightly as if he was all ears.
Old Master Wei said, "This leader is called the Wolf of the Wasteland. He wanted to rule Earth in the Mythological Era. Once the three cubes are combined, they will become a complete mother box that can change and control the entire environment of Earth."
Luke asked, "Just like General Zod's modified Kryptonian spaceships?"
Old Master Wei nodded. "The working principle is different, but the consequences for us are similar. Earth will become its home field."
Luke looked at Diana, who had been silent the whole time. "How's your family?"
Diana's expression finally turned ugly. "There were a lot of casualties, and the Box of Amazon was stolen by the Wolf of the Wasteland. The Box of Atlantis is with the Sea Gods, but they've already retreated into the deep sea, and it's very difficult to contact them. The Human Box was secretly buried by the human ancestors, and its whereabouts are unknown. "
Luke leaned back in his chair. "So, what are you going to do?"
Given Old Master Wei's personality and desire for control, he definitely wouldn't ask someone else for advice.
Grandpa always had a plan. This wasn't a joke.
Sure enough, Old Master Wei enjoyed being Luke's "sidekick." The moment he opened his mouth, someone would ask the question he wanted to answer, which was very comfortable. "We need more combat power."
Luke was surprised. "We do?"
Old Master Wei seemed to know what he was thinking, and nodded affirmatively. "We need it very much, because Superman is back home."
Luke was truly surprised. "What?"
Old Master Wei had been staring at Luke's expression the whole time, and finally felt that there was no problem.
Knight's intelligence network probably hadn't been spying on Superman, or they would have known that Superman had gone to another planet under the pretext of going on a business trip.
Louise had told Old Master Wei this herself, and he had only noticed it because he had been staring at Superman.
Luke really hadn't checked on Superman.
To be honest, it was a very boring thing to do.
Superman didn't have any safety issues at all. He had to deal with the enemy seriously to ensure that the whole world would soon learn about it — there was no way that there wouldn't be any news reports about the collapse of a few cities.
As for his girlfriend, Louise, and his mother, Martha, Luke, who had provided them with two sets of nano armor, had earned a huge favor from Superman.
Old Master Wei thought that Luke wasn't "working" in the metropolis, but the truth was that Luke had beaten up a few top gang bigwigs, who had been paralyzed on the spot.
Superman didn't even want to talk to Luke.
No matter how saintly he was, he couldn't bring himself to talk to the great benefactor who had saved his mother (wife) on behalf of a few heinous criminals.
In any case, no one had died.
These gang bigwigs were quite capable. After they were paralyzed, they immediately had their loyal subordinates take them away.
Thus, Old Master Wei hadn't noticed anything unusual.
Now, he had to tell Luke about Superman's intelligence. "He said he needs to understand something, so he wants to go back. He's been gone for more than a month."
Luke scratched his head. He hadn't considered the possibility that Superman would leave Earth.
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