Bruce raised his eyebrows slightly, and seemed a little surprised, until he looked up and down the death knell very quickly, and then said: "How much did the person who asked you to steal this thing give you? I'll give you double."
"I won't take the order." Deathstroke's hand was on the hilt of the sword behind his back, and Bruce said again: "Did he tell you that you were going to deal with a magician?"
"Of course, he paid the corresponding price."
Deathstroke began to approach the two of them quickly. Bruce winked at Zatanna. Zatanna's speed of timely reaction was completely opposite to her long-term strategic performance. She didn't even raise her hand. She said directly to Deathstroke.
: "'Lina is stopping'!"
Deathstroke stopped there, and Bruce spread his hands as if he had relaxed his vigilance and said, "They definitely didn't tell you that they were going to deal with a mage like this..."
Zatanna breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly she saw one of Bruce's hands wave to the right twice, which was their agreed-upon signal to retreat.
Without thinking, she instantly opened the portal and disappeared into the Oblivion Bar with Bruce. In the second they disappeared, two sharp sword lights shattered the bar.
Zatanna brought Bruce to her home. A second before she disappeared, she saw Deathstroke wielding a weapon and rushing toward them. She covered her chest and said in disbelief: "How is this possible?! How could he?
Maybe not bound by my irony magic?!"
"Death knell is the most powerful mercenary in the world. His mission success rate is as high as 100%. Many people think that his powerful force and exquisite use of several weapons are the magic weapon for his success, but I know that this is not the key."
"I was curious about how he did it, so I launched a series of investigations. Later I discovered that his strength lies in intelligence. As long as the mission targets have existed in this world, he will understand them.
Very thorough and never fight an unprepared battle."
"I dare say that after he accepted the order and learned about the existence of mages, he collected information on all the mages he might encounter and took countermeasures. Who in this world can target your irony magic?
?”
Zatanna frowned and said: "Actually, there are many, but most of them are in the case of sneak attacks. Although irony magic is convenient to cast, I don't have the ability to predict, so I can easily be attacked or step into a trap."
"But if I am in good condition, almost no mage can deal with me in a head-on battle. If I have to say, Constantine is one. His fighting method is so weird. I will never know whether he was really hit or just pretending.
of."
"As for the others..." Zatanna was about to say "No more," when a name appeared in her mind, and she thought about it and said, "Perhaps the witch Circe can do it too."
Bruce thought of the records in some magic books he had read. Circe was a very famous evil witch in ancient times. She slaughtered kingdoms, turned people into animals wantonly, and built high walls between men and women.
"A witch wouldn't hire mercenaries. Deathstroke probably learned about Circe's ability to resist irony magic through some means and went to cooperate with her, or they simply met and then Deathstroke robbed her.
, but no matter what, because your magic didn't catch us this time, Deathstroke will continue to think of ways."
"His attitude shows that he values you more between the two of us and regards your irony magic as a greater threat. Then he is very likely to go to Circe or other magicians again. Once he mentions you, I will take it.
With this fragment, Circe or other surviving magicians will realize that the fragment we have is different from others."
Zatanna immediately became nervous. She lowered her head and glanced at the black, shimmering prism held in her hand, and Bruce then speculated.
"Celestial Eclipse is self-intelligent. If someone comes into contact with it, it will definitely tell them that there is a core fragment wandering outside. They must obtain this fragment to obtain the complete Heart of Darkness."
"Even if Deathstroke doesn't bring this news out, Gabriel who has run away will definitely release the news, which will cause all the people who are looking for the fragments to besiege us... Let's go back to Gotham."
Zatanna hadn't completely caught up with Bruce's train of thought. She opened the portal and asked, "Why do you want to go back to Gotham?"
"Apart from Gotham, is there anywhere else in the world that can withstand such an intensity of magical war? I have helped Gotham so much, and it's time for it to help me."
After saying that, he took Zatanna into the portal, and the two of them appeared on the roof of Wayne Tower. Bruce didn't say much, walked directly into the building from the rooftop door, and took the elevator to Thomas
's office.
Thomas frowned when he saw Bruce's figure, but Bruce told him without any nonsense: "I got the core fragment of the heart of darkness that sealed the angry spirit. Now I'm afraid everyone in the magic world is looking for me.
I need your help, we have to defend the core fragments and at the same time get the remaining fragments from those who come to attack."
Thomas's face immediately became serious. Looking at Bruce who turned his head, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. Any father would be touched by the fact that his son came to him first when he encountered difficulties.
Thomas immediately stood up and walked towards the door, saying without looking back: "Follow me, we need to renovate the Batcave."
"It's too late." Bruce said in a calm tone: "The news will spread within three days, and they will be here within a week at the latest. If they stay in the Batcave that has not been fully renovated, they will be caught in a trap."
"Then where are you going to guard?"
"New Arkham Psychiatric Hospital."
Bruce's next stop was Gotham University. He first went to see Lex Luthor. After explaining the ins and outs and purpose of his visit, he placed the black diamond he originally obtained on the table. Lex touched his chin and said: "
If, as you said, people who get this black diamond will hear a voice in their head and gain the power given to them by this voice, then these are probably two systems."
"The black diamond emits a signal to the human brain and reads feedback from the brain waves to achieve communication. It is the first system. After getting the communication result, it triggers a certain mechanism inside the black diamond to release part of the power and conduct it to the human body.
Among them, this is the second system."
"Instead of spending energy to read how they communicate in the human brain, or finding ways to block the other party after gaining power, it is better to directly block the signals that Black Diamond communicates with people and the band through which it sends power."
"But the time is too tight." Lex shook his head and said: "Give me two weeks, I can directly prevent the black diamond from affecting any human beings, but in just one week, I can only interfere, there is no other way
Completely cut off.”
"Okay, that's it. The New Arkham Psychiatric Hospital has the most advanced equipment I can build at this stage. I will find a few helpers to help you move the equipment for researching the weather controller and the Ark Reactor. You
You can go there and study.”
Lex nodded and said, "No problem, then we'll see you at the New Arkham Psychiatric Hospital."
Then Bruce first went to find Victor and his wife Nora. Victor was teaching Nora how to practice guns and how to use the cryogenic weapons he invented. Hearing Bruce's purpose, Victor frowned, but still said:
"I can help you, but you said it's very possible that some magicians have gained the power of the angry spirit. I'm not sure if my freezing weapon can still freeze such people."
"We plan to defend the island on Villain Island, so it doesn't matter whether we can trap it or not, but we have to block it."
Hearing Bruce's words, Victor frowned. He looked at Bruce with a strange expression and said, "If you hadn't been in Gotham recently, I would have thought you were spying on me."
Victor walked to the experimental table, rummaged in the cabinet below and said: "Before, I focused on research on miniaturization and super-large size. The representative works of freezing weapons are the freezing gun and the blizzard generator that can freeze the entire Gotham.
"
"But Nora has different opinions on this research line. She believes that medium-sized freezing weapons are most suitable for street fighting in Gotham, so after the joint research of the two of us, we came up with this."
Victor held a rectangular box like a brick in his hand, pointed at it and introduced to Bruce: "This is the ice wall generator, which was inspired by Schiller before. He said it was some of his friends.
The idea came to me after reading my research results.”
"The method of use is very simple. Just put this thing on the ground, and as long as it explodes, it will immediately form a dense ice wall. Theoretically speaking, the overall strength of dense ice is very high, not inferior to any kind of metal. At the same time, it is
Before the energy is exhausted, the ice wall will repair itself, and due to the special molecular structure of dense ice, the repair speed is very fast."
"In addition, there are many equipment that are not fully completed, such as ice cone automatic turrets, protective ice shields, ice fog deceleration fields, etc. If you are not in a hurry, there are more than a dozen medium-sized weapons being developed.
Woolen cloth."
"Very good." Bruce said quickly: "I believe that the cryogenic laboratory of the New Arkham Psychiatric Hospital can fully meet the research needs of you and your wife. In the next few days, you can continue to perfect these weapons there with peace of mind.
"
"Of course, the hardware there is top-notch in the world. If you don't mind, I can call a few of my old friends together. This will be much more efficient. My recent academic achievements have made them jealous. Those unique advanced equipment are enough to
They cheated."
"Then we'll see you at the new Arkham Psychiatric Hospital."
"goodbye."
Afterwards, Bruce successfully found Pamela in the cafeteria. Pamela wiped her mouth with a napkin and looked at him and said: "You just graduated a few days ago and you got into trouble with a bunch of magicians again, Mr. Wayne.
Do you have a grudge against the quiet life?"
Then she sighed again and said: "It's a coincidence that you came here. I was worried that no one would be able to see my recent academic achievements."
"Academic achievement? Have you found seeds that can be planted in Gotham?"
"On the contrary, everything has been produced except seeds that can be planted in Gotham."
Ten minutes later, Pamela said in her botany laboratory, pointing to the flowerpots all over the table, the floor, and even the walls.
"Let me introduce, this is the cabbage, this is the mustard, this is the lettuce, this is the lettuce, this is the arugula, this is the artichoke...
"
Then she walked to the door of the warehouse, opened the door, pointed in, and said.
"These guys are even more heavyweights. This one is the explosives thrower Wheat, this one is the high-pressure water gun rice, this one is the mine sweet potato, this one is the drowning ghost maker Erythrophylla..."
