The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1294 Bait
"Come on, Jackson."

Hai Shaoxia, who was doing push-ups in his room, looked up and found that it was his cheapskate father Black Manta's second-in-command.

"Your equipment is ready, come and try it out."

"Okay, wait two minutes."

"Yes, it's in the training room. You can come over after you've finished packing."

After the deputy finished speaking, he closed the door and left, leaving only Hai Shaoxia, who had just stood up in the room. Seeing this, the latter was no longer in a hurry. He had originally planned to just wipe his sweat, but now he decided to take a shower.

Five days have passed since he boarded the Black Manta submarine.

During this period, he behaved no differently than usual. Apart from normal activities such as eating, he spent most of his time in his room.

Life on a submarine can be quite boring; even the Black Manta submarine, which is equipped with a lot of advanced technology, doesn't have any extra networking devices.

Hai Shaoxia was a fugitive who had nothing with him except some equipment, so he could only pass the time by exercising.

Fortunately, it was probably to get information out of him. In any case, quite a few people would talk to him on weekdays. Although the young seaman didn't like these outspoken sailors, it was still much better than being alone in his room.

Of course, Sea Boy isn't completely idle on a daily basis. Black Manta clearly doesn't intend to abandon him as an underwater combatant, so he designed a set of equipment for him.

Because this equipment was modified from ordinary sailors, it didn't take much time. From the time Black Manta told the young sailor about it to the time the equipment was properly adjusted, it only took three days.

Hai Shaoxia used magic to roll water all over his body. Because no water droplets were left, he didn't need to wipe himself down.

Upon arriving at the training room, Hai Shaoxia discovered that in addition to some professionals, Black Manta Ray was also present.

"Come on, give it a try," Black Manta said coldly. "If there's anything that doesn't fit, we can adjust it on the spot."

Without wasting words, Hai Shaoxia quickly walked to the equipment rack, where a complete set of Black Manta-style equipment was displayed.

First, there's the Black Manta suit, all black, made of a special material that can withstand the pressure of deep water, making it much lighter than any other diving suit on the market.

Black Manta's crew all wore similar clothing, including himself. The only difference was that the other crew members didn't have helmets that could emit energy beams.

With the help of the professionals around him, Hai Shaoxia put on the armor. Fortunately, as a half-Atlantean, he was already quite large, not much different from the size of an ordinary adult, so the modified armor fit him quite well.

However, this suit of armor was not of much significance to him, since he could withstand the water pressure of the deep sea with his own body.

The main purpose of this suit of armor is to announce his current identity; it's essentially a dog tag.

The main focus was still on the new water-bearing device. The researchers at Black Manta Ray had never worked with this kind of equipment before, so they didn't dare to modify it directly. They could only carefully disassemble it to understand its principles and then make a few prototypes in the same way.

Hai Shaoxia grabbed the pair of black-painted water containers and, after releasing his power slightly, condensed a pair of water blades.

"How is it?" the researcher immediately asked. "Is there anything wrong?"

"The speed of the condensed water jet is slower than my original pair."

Hai Shaoxia twirled his sword a few times, then tried changing the water blade into several different forms, and finally came to a conclusion.

“When I cast the spell, I can feel a noticeable sluggishness. The condensation speed is indeed half a second slower than my original pair, and I can't control it as easily as I would my own arm.” “It might be a problem with the internal operation,” the researcher speculated. “This is already the best pair of experimental products we have made. If even it can't meet your requirements, you will have to use your original pair for the time being.”

"This is the only way for now." Young Master Hai put the water container back, then looked at the other weapons on the shelf and shook his head.

"I don't need the others. These weapons are just a burden to me, far less useful than my own magic."

Upon hearing this, the researchers secretly glanced at the black manta ray standing behind them, and saw that the latter had pulled all the weapons off without saying anything more.

“These are all prototypes; your specialized equipment is still under development,” Black Manta Ray said as it approached.

"I'm sure you've noticed that I need you to participate in a mission recently."

“I’m ready,” Hai Shaoxia said coldly.

“That would be for the best.” Black Manta nodded. “Don’t worry, even though I don’t trust you right now, I won’t let you carry out missions you can’t accomplish.”

"Come on, let me tell you about things related to the mission."

Aquaman followed Black Manta, and the two walked to the cockpit without exchanging a single word until they reached the cockpit, at which point the latter finally opened up.

"Not long ago, we detected an unusual magical fluctuation."

Black Manta's very first words caught the attention of the young seaman. Over the past five days, he had figured out that no one on the entire submarine besides him knew how to use magic.

Moreover, ordinary scientific instruments cannot detect magical fluctuations, which indicates that Black Manta's statement suggests that he has an accomplice who can use magic.

Based on the information already known about the Illuminati, this accomplice should be another leader, the Witch Child.

"The point where that fluctuation originated was in the central city, and it caused quite a commotion at the time."

Black Manta pulled up several images, showing Etrigan chasing Raven and Yang Le beating Etrigan afterwards.

"This girl is the one who initiated that magical fluctuation."

Black Manta pointed to the raven in the image and then said, "There is an extremely evil magical aura emanating from her. According to our informants, she has now been placed in the Junior Justice League by the Justice League."

“The immense magic she possesses is very useful to us. I’ll be making a scene soon, and I need you to hide in the shadows and seize the opportunity to steal it.”

"I don't have the confidence to take on the entire Justice League by myself."

Hai Shaoxia's mind was constantly racing as he spoke.

If the Illuminati wanted to know something like the Young Justice League gaining an extra member, the only way would they could have gotten the information from the Superboys or a few of their double agents.

As they had previously agreed, any information that the Illuminati could obtain from them was information that they could share.

This means that the raven is very likely a decoy.

(End of this chapter)