"Don't, don't let the Symbiote eat his brain."
Bobo hurried to dissuade him. Although the vagrant had insulted everyone, the man was obviously mentally ill. There was no need to stoop to his level. "Shazam is still with us. Don't make it too bloody in front of a kid."
The clever ape had found a new angle from which to dissuade Deathstroke: child protection.
"It's fine, I'm not afraid of blood. Can I watch a Symbiote Alien eat someone up close? Cool~~~"
But Shazam's eyes were wide open, as though he was waiting to watch the show. He had never seen a Symbiote eat someone's brain before, and he was terribly curious.
"Don't worry, Strangle isn't hungry today. I just want to talk to him." Su Ming merely had the Symbiote drag the vagrant over; he had no intention of killing him. He simply wanted to speak with a local resident, and the man's stance and words had caught his interest.
The vagrant was dragged out of his cardboard shack. Su Ming noticed that his legs were bent at unnatural angles, leaving him with a slight limp. Beneath layers of grime and behind his long hair, the vagrant was covered in scars.
"Why do you want Masked Vigilantes to get out of the city? Do I look like a Masked Vigilante to you?"
Deathstroke's mask rose, and he took over Strangle's task, holding the vagrant suspended before him. His single red eye locked onto the man's gaze.
"You're... Deathstroke? You've become younger?"
Unexpectedly, after seeing the black-and-yellow mask clearly, the vagrant showed no fear. Instead, he looked relieved, as if he had met an old acquaintance.
Su Ming was certain he had never met this wandering old man. That meant he must have known the old Deathstroke of Earth-0. In