The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1234 The Rebirth of William Haber

As soon as the group landed in the Hall of Justice, they took the real Roy to the infirmary.

Not only because of his severed hand, but also because of his thin physique, no one would think he was a healthy, normal person.

Sure enough, after the physical examination, all of the real Roy's values ​​were below the average for a normal person. It seems that the Illuminati has been keeping him alive with nutrient solutions and doesn't care about his health at all.

It will take a long time for Roy to recover.

"I estimate it will take him a while to wake up." Steelbone had just retrieved data from the medical equipment.

"My suggestion is that you go back and rest for a while, but judging from your expression, you probably won't listen to my advice."

"Thank you for understanding me so well," Green Arrow replied wearily. "I'll just take a short nap in the infirmary."

"Okay, hopefully you won't exhaust yourself before Roy wakes up."

Steel Bone doesn't insist. We're all adults with our own considerations. A suggestion is enough; saying more would be going too far.

"Then you should get some rest." Cyborg nodded. "If anything happens, just call me through the communicator. Shazam from Star City said he'll keep an eye on things for you for now."

"Thank you so much!" Green Arrow said gratefully.

"I'm fine with it, but Shazam mentioned wanting the latest game console, which I think was developed by one of your group's subsidiaries."

"Have him go to Quinn Group after dinner tonight. I'll arrange for someone to deliver the game console to him."

Green Arrow exchanged a few more pleasantries with Cyborg before seeing him off and returning to the infirmary.

Upon entering the medical room, Green Arrow noticed the clone Roy standing against the wall in the corner, quietly watching the real Roy on the hospital bed.

"Honestly, it's a strange feeling to see someone who looks a lot like you lying in front of you."

Clone muttered to himself in a low voice, so much so that Green Arrow wouldn't even realize he was being spoken to unless he listened carefully.

"This feels completely different from looking in a mirror. Now I understand how Superman feels when he sees Superboy."

“No.” Cloned Roy shook his head. “Sorry, it’s really going against the grain that I’m the clone.”

“That’s not important, kid,” Green Arrow said softly. “Let bygones be bygones. Maybe the first half of your life was all preordained, and you were forced to walk someone else’s path.”

"But starting today, you can try to walk your own path, and you can start a new life with a new identity."

"From now on, you are no longer a fake Roy Harper, you are yourself!"

Green Arrow's voice wasn't loud, but it resonated deeply with Krono. Perhaps, as Green Arrow said, getting rid of this identity that didn't belong to him was indeed a good choice.

“Then I should start with a new name,” Cloneroy said with a smile.

Do you have any good suggestions?

“How about William if you don’t mind?” Green Arrow suggested.

“William? That’s a good name,” Clone Roy joked. “You just blurted it out; looks like you were prepared all along.”

"This is actually the name I came up with for my son." Green Arrow sat in his chair. "I've already decided that if I have a son, I'll name him William. What do you think? I think it's a pretty good name."

Cloning Roy was speechless, staring blankly at the green light for a long time without uttering a word. "Is...is this name suitable for me?"

“What’s inappropriate about it?” Green Arrow waved his hand. “There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people in this world named William, and you know I’ve always treated you all like my own sons.”

"Whether it's you or Roy."

After a long silence, Krono remained silent for a while before finally saying something in a low voice.

"Thank you, Dad."

"You're welcome, kids." Green Arrow felt a lump in his throat, and if he hadn't covered his face in time, he probably would have burst into tears in front of the children again.

Cloned Roy—no, it's William now—pulled a chair from the corner, moved it near Green Arrow, and sat down.

"You can rest a little longer, I'll keep an eye on Roy."

"Thank you, but I want to see him a little more; that will make me feel a little better."

Green Arrow declined William's offer, and the two remained silent, sitting quietly and waiting for Roy to regain consciousness.

Until the door to the infirmary opened again.

"Oliver? Perfect timing, I need to talk to you about something."

Yang Le pushed open the door and came in. As soon as he entered, he called out Green Arrow's name. Although the latter felt strange, he still got up and followed him out.

"What's wrong, Yang? Has something important happened?"

"I wouldn't dare bother you right now if it wasn't something important," Yang Le shrugged. "Have you thought about how to deal with Roy's severed arm?"

“Not yet,” Green Arrow sighed. “I’ve thought about fitting him with a prosthetic limb, but I don’t know if he would accept it.”

This is normal. No one would accept waking up to find they're missing an arm. Green Arrow isn't afraid of anything else, except for Roy's possible extreme reaction when he wakes up.

"There's nothing we can do about it," Yang Le said, pulling out a stack of blueprints and handing them to Green Arrow.

"This is an improvement on a prosthetic designed by a friend of mine. You won't find a more advanced prosthetic on Earth."

Green Arrow listened to Yang Le's explanation and flipped through the blueprints, swallowing back the words of gratitude he was about to utter.

This isn't just a prosthetic limb; it's practically a multi-functional weapon! It's amazing how many functions can be integrated into a single prosthetic limb.

Rocket launchers, lasers, charged punches, energy shields, and so on.

This pile of stuff is enough to arm a small squad, but Yang Le put it all into one arm. If that's true, Roy can be renamed Little Steel Bone.

"Roy will definitely feel very unbalanced without his original hand, so you need to make up for it in other ways."

Seeing Green Arrow's hesitant expression, Yang Le continued to offer his advice.

"Don't worry, I know you're worried that Roy's mental state isn't good right now and he might do something wrong if he gets his hands on such a dangerous weapon. I'm not stupid, I certainly wouldn't hand over something so dangerous to him in the first place."

"Actually, I've already made a prototype. If Roy is mentally stable when he wakes up, we can try it out first. Don't worry, there are no rockets or anything like that in this arm, just the most basic charged punches and the like."

(End of this chapter)