After hanging up Laura's communication, Russell couldn't help but feel expectant.
However, expectations are expectations, but Russell himself still remains indifferent.
He didn't want to be disappointed because the final result exceeded his expectations.
"Ha!" Russell shook his head with a smile and left the laboratory.
He returned to his room, took out a black box, and after opening it, a gold coin appeared in front of Russell.
"Curse?" Rubbing the lines on the gold coin with his fingers, Russell really didn't notice anything else.
"Is it really like Laura said, that the curse on this thing has been released?"
"So, now that it has been released, what else do you want this thing to do?"
Whispering under his breath, Russell put the gold coins back into the box.
"Tuk-tuk!"
There was a knock on the door, and Russell came back to his senses while he was thinking.
He walked towards the door of the room and opened the door.
It's Arthur.
"What's wrong? Arthur?"
Arthur said calmly: "It's time to prepare, Master."
"Ready?" Russell was stunned for a moment.
"Didn't Bruce Wayne say two days ago that he would come to visit today?" Arthur reminded.
Russell patted his forehead and said, "If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that it was today."
"Thank you, Arthur."
Arthur glanced at Russell expressionlessly and said, "Master, go change clothes quickly. He should be here soon."
After saying that, Arthur turned and left.
…
This is Bruce Wayne's first visit to Bloom's Mansion.
Naturally, I came here alone this time because of an idea that suddenly came up when I was solving the S variant in Gotham City.
He wanted to form a squad.
A team similar to the Avengers.
"Mr. Bruce."
Just when Bruce was thinking about how to get Russell to join, a rigid and serious voice came to mind, causing Bruce to turn around.
"Arthur." Nodding slightly to the old man in front of him, Bruce said, "Excuse me."
"Come in, Mr. Bruce." Arthur made an inviting gesture, led Bruce to the living room of the old house, and asked him to sit down.
"Please wait a moment, the young master will be here soon." After Arthur said softly, he asked: "Would you like tea or coffee?"
Bruce smiled elegantly and said, "Tea, thank you!"
Arthur nodded and walked out.
"Bruce!"
As soon as Arthur left, Russell came down from upstairs. After saying hello to Bruce, he sat in front of him under his gaze.
Russell said: "Long time no see."
Bruce nodded: "Yeah, long time no see."
"It's been more than half a year since I last saw you. I heard you went to a far away place?"
Russell nodded and said, "It's quite far."
At this moment, a tall and tall figure wearing a suit, holding a plate, followed Arthur.
Arthur pointed at the two Russells and said, "Go ahead and take the things over."
Loki twitched the corner of his mouth and bent down to place two cups of tea in front of Bruce and Russell.
Bruce's eyes twitched when he saw Loki.
If he remembered correctly, this Loki was Thor's younger brother, the prince of Asgard, and what people called a god.
But why are Russell here... serving dishes?
After Loki stood up and left with the old butler, Bruce looked at Russell with doubtful eyes and said, "Why is he here?"
Russell took a sip of tea and said, "He is being 'stored' here. Of course he cannot be allowed to eat and drink for free."
"Storage?" Bruce frowned and said, "Who? Saul? He won't cause you any trouble here, right?"
"That's right." Russell said nonchalantly: "As for causing trouble, he doesn't have the ability yet."
Putting down the cup in his hand, he looked up at Bruce and said with a smile, "You're not here just to chat with me. What's the matter? Let's talk about it."
Bruce straightened his expression, put Loki's matter behind him, and said, "You should know about the Avengers that was established not long ago."
"I know." Russell nodded slightly and said, "Tony is one of them."
"Didn't he invite you?"
Because of the mention of Mjolnir by Bruce and the incident with the S variant, Tony must have known that Batman was Bruce.
Shaking his head, Bruce said, "I didn't agree."
"Huh?" Russell asked doubtfully, "Why?"
"It's not suitable. The involvement between the Avengers and SHIELD is too deep." Bruce explained, "Also, I also want to build a team, one that is not involved with any force, but in the When we encounter a crisis that we cannot solve alone, we can come together as a team to solve the crisis.”
Indeed, the involvement between the Avengers and SHIELD is too deep. Although the Avengers are independent teams, Black Widow and Hawkeye are agents of SHIELD.
"Huh?" Russell was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Bruce would have such an idea after what happened last time.
Pointing to himself, Russell guessed: "So, you don't want me to join, do you?"
Bruce looked at Russell with a smile and said, "Yes, you are the first person I invited."
"Why did you invite me?" Russell asked curiously.
Bruce said: "Because you have enough strength, and I know you to a certain extent. Judging from what you have done so far, you are very consistent with my conditions for choosing teammates."
"Besides me, who else is your target? Tony?" Russell asked curiously.
Bruce shook his head and said, "Tony is not my target because he is already an Avenger and does not meet my conditions."
Hearing this, Russell raised his eyebrows and said, "There is something I forgot to tell you."
"Huh?" Bruce raised his eyebrows slightly.
"A few days ago, I agreed to the Avengers and became their honorary member."
Bruce raised his eyebrows and frowned unconsciously. He looked at Russell and asked, "Honorary member?"
"Yes." Russell smiled and said, "In this case, do you still want to invite me?"
Bruce lowered his head and smiled bitterly, sighing: "They are really fast."
As he finished speaking, Bruce put on a smile and said, "Since you can become an honorary member of the Avengers, can you also become an honorary member of the team I formed?"
"Um?"
Bruce sat up straight and said with a smile: "Originally, I was worried that I couldn't convince you to join, but Tony provided a good solution. Honorary team member..."
"Hey, now you have no reason to refuse."
After finishing speaking, Bruce looked at Russell with a smile, waiting for Russell's answer.
