The First Meeting of Life of Pi (Part 1)

Sinestro has been very unhappy lately.

There were many reasons that made him unhappy, but the most important one was that the Parallax Entity of their Yellow Lantern Clan had disappeared.

The Entity are very important to the lantern group, not only because they possess a portion of the power of the Emotional Spectrum, but also because they represent the lantern group of that color. The disappearance of Entity is like the disappearance of a shop sign, which would naturally make Sinestro very depressed.

But that wasn't all that bothered him. Unlike other brigades that used their Entity as symbols and mascots, Sinestro had always wanted to control the Parallax, the Entity of the Yellow Lantern Corps, for his own use.

Entity can choose to possess Lantern, but during possession, the Entity's will is generally dominant, while the Lantern's will is only secondary. Lantern cannot resist the powerful force emanating from the Entity within their bodies.

Sinestro was unwilling to become Lantern controlled by the Entity, but he was also Greed for the Entity's powerful strength. So he kept looking for a way to let the Entity possess his body, but he would control his own body.

Originally, his research had made some breakthroughs. With the help of the Yellow Lamp's furnace, he could use the power of the Yellow Lantern Ring as a medium to fuse himself with the Parallax. This was different from simple possession. In this deep fusion, he could fully control the powerful force of this Entity without being disturbed by his thoughts.

But just as he was about to try this method, the Entity that had been obediently staying in the lamp furnace suddenly disappeared.

Parallax, the Yellow Entity, was created very early. Parallax came first, and then the Yellow Lantern Corps. As previously mentioned, Parallax is an ancient chaotic creature. The brain of a chaotic creature is basically a mess, and life on the order side can hardly understand it.

But chaotic creatures also have instincts. These chaotic creatures are born to stay in environments that are the same as the power they control. Simply put, Parallax like to be surrounded by the power of fear.

Sinestro, once the greatest Green Lantern, betrayed the Green Lantern Corps to create the Yellow Lantern Corps. He did a decent job as the Corps Leader of the Yellow Lantern Corps, but this still didn't meet Parallax's requirements. The instincts of this ancient chaotic creature told him that following the Yellow Lanterns meant going hungry for three days straight.

So, when a terrifying black tide, closer to the origin of the universe, descended, the Parallax Monster's muddled brain suddenly became excited. If its thoughts at that moment had to be summarized in human language, it would be nothing more than one word—"food!"

Feeling the overwhelming and terrifying power descend upon him, Parallax didn't even glance at Sinestro before running into Batman's arms without looking back.

Sinestro returned from running errands dumbfounded. Where had his enormous Parallax gone?! It was just here a moment ago???

Losing Entity is no small matter, Sinestro will definitely have to find it. Fortunately, when he was researching the method of fusing Entity, he modified the Yellow Lamp's furnace. The furnace will guide him to the location of the Yellow Lantern Beast, which is Earth.

Meanwhile, on Earth, in the attic of an old apartment building in Gotham City's East Side, Maggie stared in astonishment at the little girl Selene was holding.

"My God!! Selene!! What have you done?! You actually...!"

Selene stared at her best friend's face and said, "What? You don't actually think that I had a baby during the three weeks we were apart, do you?"

"But...but..." Sitting in her wheelchair, the frail Maggie's face turned bright red as she pointed at the little girl's face and said, "But she looks exactly like your boyfriend Wayne!"

"That's right, because this is indeed his daughter, but not mine."

Maggie's eyes nearly popped out of her head. She exclaimed incredulously, "You mean, this is Wayne's illegitimate daughter?! My God! Selene! When did you become so generous?! You'd actually raise that Bruce's dishonorable illegitimate daughter???"

"It's a complicated story. Aisha doesn't have a mother, or rather, she actually..."

"Oh, I see, her mother 'died,' right?"

Selene shrugged and said, "Okay, that's it."

Maggie covered her forehead with her fingers and said, "You didn't actually believe that man's nonsense, did you? Died? I hope she really did die, otherwise, one day you might 'die' like that too..."

Maggie frowned, her expression gradually turning serious. She said to Selene, "Selene, I've never really said anything about your love life, but this time I have to remind you, this isn't a wise decision..."

"If you can accept one illegitimate daughter today, will you have to accept a whole bunch of illegitimate children tomorrow? You're not even his wife, yet you have to raise his children first?"

"Okay, Maggie, I know you're worried about me, but this is a complicated matter. Anyway, just know that I won't lose out."

"Everyone thinks that way." Maggie turned her wheelchair to the bedside and said in a low voice, "Do you remember that beautiful Catherine on Barracuda Street in the East End?"

"Catherine? Oh, I remember now, her blonde hair is so enviable, what happened to her?"

"She thinks the same way you do..."

Maggie continued to turn her wheelchair closer to Selene, saying, "A few months ago, a wealthy man came to Barracuda Street. I heard he was from the Imperial City and had a lot of money. He once gambled away a fortune at the Imperial City's biggest casino, causing a sensation throughout the entire gambling city overnight..."

"The nightclub where Catherine works always does this kind of thing. They deliberately spill alcohol on Catherine, make her go to the bathroom to clean up, and then have that rich guy pretend to bump into her by chance. That's how they met..."

"Catherine is pretty enough and smart enough, but that rich guy's sweet talk and big spending blinded her and made her believe his promise to take her away from this godforsaken place, Gotham."

"During this time, his mistresses from other parts of Gotham came to his door and almost scratched Catherine's face. She was at a disadvantage in this regard because she was just a poor girl from the East Side, while many of his other mistresses were socialites from the West End South Side."

"This made her feel indignant and resentful, and all sorts of negative emotions overwhelmed her reason..."

"To solidify her position, Catherine came up with a foolish idea. She heard that the wealthy man had more than a dozen children, and that the mothers of these children received large sums of child support, and some even lived in his mansion..."

"So she tried to get pregnant, but..."

Seeing Maggie's somewhat downcast expression, Selene had already guessed the ending, but she still asked, "What happened to her in the end?"

"Of course that rich guy didn't want children. He said it was a bastard child that Catherine had while she was out having an affair. But we all know he just looked down on Catherine's background..."

"He coaxed her to have an abortion, but the Doctor he found for her was completely unprofessional, and it almost killed her. If Catherine hadn't been in good health and pulled through, she would have really died."

"But this caused Catherine serious harm, leaving her with a whole host of aftereffects, making her even weaker than me, and almost unable to do any work. But..." Maggie shook her head again and said, "She's not like me, with a good friend like you, running around every day and taking care of me. Now she's probably doing some prostitution in Barracuda Backstreet, working for that most wicked Fat Mama ..."

Even Selene shuddered at the mention of that name; she was one of the most vicious madams in the East District, and most of the girls under her wing didn't live past a year.

"Catherine won't live much longer." Maggie looked into Selene's eyes and said, "You can't even imagine how vicious those rich people are. They look at us like we're garbage on the street..."

"Selene, I know you're really into your boyfriend right now, that rich Wayne. Yeah, he's different from most rich guys. He's handsome, rich, and even willing to travel with you. But it's all temporary..."

"He might be captivated by your beauty for a moment, but it won't last a lifetime. That rich man who hurt Catherine also promised her all sorts of wonderful futures, completely deceiving this originally intelligent girl. I'm really afraid you'll end up like that..."

"In the East End, similar stories are countless. Many girls here have pretty faces, but lack the ability to protect themselves. Catherine's father was a whaler and a skilled fighter, so before this incident, no one dared to touch her. But there are many other girls who are even worse off than her..."

"Selene, I really don't want to discourage you when you're pursuing happiness, but in most cases, love with such a huge class gap doesn't have a future..."

Selene lowered her eyes, picked up Aisha, and sat on the bed. Aisha mumbled something, and Selene stroked her hair, saying, "I know you mean well, but everyone is like this. When they hear other people's stories, they always think they understand everything, but when it comes to their own, it's a different story."

Before Maggie could continue trying to persuade her, Selene stood up and shoved Aisha into Maggie's arms. Maggie looked at the adorable little girl staring at her with big blue eyes and exclaimed, "Oh my goodness, she's so cute..."

It wasn't Maggie bluffing; Aisha, as long as she didn't show her sharp teeth, looked incredibly pretty and cute. She could easily have been a Hollywood child star and landed all the adorable little girl roles for the next few years, since Bruce's genes for good looks are undeniable.

Selene spread her hands and said, "See? That's how it is. You didn't have this attitude at first..."

Maggie kissed Aisha's cheek, Selene, looking at the relatively quiet Aisha, felt a sense of relief.

"You really caught a good time. If it were the first day, we would both be crazy by now."

Recalling her terrible ordeal, Selene sighed and said, "These past few days, I've realized one thing: I really love Bruce. If I had loved him even less, I wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long..."

"What? You mean she's naughty?" Maggie touched Aisha's face. Just as Selene was about to complain to her, Aisha let out a scream, jumped out of Maggie's arms, and rushed to the window at an incredible speed that no one could see, then jumped out.

"Oh! No!" Maggie exclaimed.

She spun her wheelchair forcefully to the window, and Selene followed her. Maggie watched as Aisha's small figure jumped down from the second-floor awning, and she covered her mouth, saying, "What happened? How could she be so fast?"

Then, her expression turned panicked, and she said anxiously, "Hurry and catch up with her! Selene! This is the East District; it'll be dangerous if the local gangs target us!"

Seeing Maggie's genuinely anxious gaze, Selene silently swallowed back the thought in her mind, "The one in danger might not be Aisha."