Hal has been a bit troubled lately.
Although he dealt with the Power Ring, it seems he's gotten into even bigger trouble.
"You should know you can't hide from me forever, Hal Jordan!"
Outside the Jordan family home, a luxury sports car was parked, and a beautiful urban woman stood with her hands on her hips at the doorway, speaking.
On the other side of the door were Jessica Jordan's teasing expression and Hal's awkward look.
He held out for a long time but couldn't resist, finally saying, "What? What do you want to say?"
Jessica said with a half-smile, "That voice sounds very pleasant, so the person must also be quite good-looking, right? Why don't you meet her?"
If she hadn't said anything, it would have been fine, but as soon as she did, Hal got a headache.
If he were single, he would of course be happy about this, but he wasn't; he already had his Carol, so he shouldn't provoke another.
However, this Carol was not so easy to deal with; although she had minor personality differences from her counterpart in the other World, her level of persistence was almost equal.
Therefore, when Hal Jordan decided to hide and not see her, Carol instead chased him to his doorstep.
Now Hal couldn't ignore her anymore; he couldn't just let someone keep shouting at his door, could he?
After all, she had the exact same face as Carol, and Hal couldn't bring himself to be truly heartless, so he could only open the door with a feeling of helplessness.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Carol's bright-eyed, smiling face: "I knew you'd come out, didn't I? Green Lantern?"
"Shh—! This is a secret identity, do you know what a secret identity is?"
Carol quickly covered her mouth carefully, but her curved eyelashes showed she was very happy, and Hal wasn't sure if she had taken his words to heart.
"So, what exactly do you want from me?"
Carol's eyes darted, and she immediately changed her tone: "Hal Jordan, you should correct your attitude. You are an employee of Ferris, and I am your Boss. You should show me more respect."
Huh? Hal scratched his head. What, was Carol also his superior in this World?
"No, but I..."
"No 'buts'! As an employee, you cannot refuse any orders from your boss. Come on, follow me!"
With that, Carol grabbed Hal's arm and walked out. Hal didn't want to go, but he couldn't think of a good way to refuse, so he could only be pulled along by her.
So Hal, under the gaze of the surrounding neighbors, bit the bullet and got into Carol's sports car, as if he were being kept.
This feeling became even stronger when Carol dragged him to the supermarket for Shopping; in his World, Carol also loved to drag him shopping, and it was always to buy things for him.
Oh no, the feeling of being kept was getting stronger.
Just as Hal was carrying large and small bags behind Carol, he suddenly realized that the things bought in these places could be delivered directly to the destination!
Could this Carol have deliberately made him carry them... Hmm?
Suddenly, Hal frowned and looked at the sky.
"What's wrong?" Carol had been observing Hal, her gaze never leaving him for a moment.
"I'm afraid I have to leave for a while..." As he said this, he suddenly froze; he vaguely remembered saying similar words in front of Carol before.
"What is it?" Carol had just asked when she immediately realized, lowering her voice to whisper, "You're going to be a hero again, aren't you?"
Carol's voice sounded very excited, which was different from his Carol; the other Carol would only worry about his safety.
"He's getting closer!"
Hal's frown deepened. He saw a yellow speck of light rapidly approaching outside the atmosphere. He was too familiar with this color; it was the color of the yellow lantern.
"Carol, stay somewhere safe!" Hal said, stuffing the things in his hands into Carol's sports car, then turned and left.
"Wait!" Carol couldn't stop him, and wearing high heels, she couldn't catch up at all, only watching helplessly as Hal disappeared around the corner.
Hal walked into the alley, making sure he was in an uninhabited place, then put on his lantern ring.
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