Chapter 612: Morbid Crisis (I)
In any case, after two bad lucks, the Court of Owls and the Dark Owl Priests were completely annihilated. If we have to say where they lost, we can only say that they lost to their greed and arrogance.
Originally, they could completely seal up the owl statue in Gotham that stored energy, that is, to make the energy inside not respond to the call of nursery rhymes, and completely abolish the method of using nursery rhymes to influence children.
But perhaps. They also have a kind of "I'm here" and "I've created it". Since they have spent so much effort and created so many rules, they will leave it here when they move. If they can find a loophole and continue to influence Gotham, it would be the best. If not, they will not lose anything.
The Dark Owl Priests would never have thought that someone in Gotham would unite to steal electricity, and these people who united had plans, technology, magic, and force. In just over a month, they stole all the energy they had accumulated for decades.
The same is true for the failure of Metropolis. After finding that Gotham's energy is gone, they will be extremely panicked, thinking that the energy of Metropolis is their life-saving straw and their only capital, so they will be at a loss and panic.
Without the idea of decisiveness, they will be transferred from left to right and then from right to left like fish. Schiller took advantage of this characteristic of them. If the energy is in Gotham and they are in Metropolis, they will steal all the energy of Gotham, transfer people to Gotham, and overturn Metropolis. If the situation is reversed, the same is true.
This can ensure that they will always be in a state of shock and panic when they land, and it will be difficult to organize a resistance offensive for a while.
Bullying this group of magicians is easier than dealing with the Court of Owls, because they always have a kind of arrogance, treating magic as a tool that others cannot crack, and think that putting something in a magic shield is 100% safe.
I can only say that if the devils in hell are all like them, Constantine will really wake up with a smile in his dreams.
In any case, this group of owl monsters is completely finished.
Schiller originally wanted to keep them in captivity, let them continue to ask Barbatos for energy, and then slowly and steadily, but Constantine told him that the energy he asked for could not be used directly, and must be purified by human flesh or soul. There is no substitute yet, and the efficiency is probably very low. The energy Schiller stole is the result of their accumulation over decades.
Knowing this truth, Schiller knew that if he kept them in captivity, the energy he obtained might not be enough to cover the cost of keeping them in captivity, so he gave up this plan and let Constantine knock them all to death with a staff.
After dealing with the things here, several people returned to Gotham, and Lex also returned to Gotham at the same time. He was cured by Hal's healing spell before he had even finished half of his three-month sick leave, and went to the laboratory of Gotham University to study the dark energy with Bruce.
Lex wanted to stay in Metropolis for research, but Clark refused to allow it. He believed that the farther away this dangerous energy was from ordinary people, the better. He even proposed to send the huge dark owl statue to the sun to be destroyed. If Schiller could not hit him with an umbrella in reality, he would definitely be in trouble now.
The two dark owl statues that had been drained of energy were sent to the new laboratory building of Gotham University. At present, only a shell was built in this laboratory building, but it was enough to store things. Bruce and Lex studied these energies and the statue in this building.
However, it is difficult for such two smart people to not have conflicts. Bruce and Lex's experimental ideas cannot be said to seek common ground while reserving differences, but can only be said to be very different, and even if there are some similarities, they must compare their strengths.
When the young Batman and the young Luthor meet, if the young Superman is present, then Superman will definitely be unlucky. If Superman is not present, the two of them cannot convince each other in theory, so they can only try to convince each other physically, which is the so-called genius action without words.
At the same time, Schiller was doing something that he had been delaying for a long time, but it was very important, that is, taking a vacation.
"The Immortal"
Last time, when he was preparing to take a vacation, Green Lantern Hal fell on the lamppost in the center of the Gotham roundabout, and the huge traffic accident caused his old car to be completely scrapped.
He had to buy a new car, and it took a while to wait for the vehicle to go through the formalities. Now, the new car has arrived, the luggage has been packed, and the second night after returning to Gotham, he drove towards Blüdhaven.
This is the first time he has taken a long vacation since he came to this world, and Blüdhaven has pleasant scenery and is not as cold as Gotham now. It can be said to be a good place for tourism and leisure.
The brand new Ford car sped on the road out of Gotham. At the end of the endless plain, the light of dusk was blown by the wind, and the ripples in the air were like the waves on the bottom of the sea. The car shuttled on the road with tall trees on both sides, like a fish swimming among seaweed.
The road radio station always plays some music with a slight jazz flavor. Schiller holds the steering wheel with one hand and puts the other hand outside the car window, feeling the East Coast wind blowing his hair, speeding on the endless empty road, imagining his upcoming vacation life.
Suddenly, a slightly sharp bell rang. While driving, Schiller looked at the seat next to him.
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In the bag he was carrying was a communicator given to him by Batman. It looked like a cross between a walkie-talkie and a cell phone, but it didn't have as many functions as a cell phone. It was making a sound like a ringing phone.
Schiller changed his hand to hold the steering wheel, stretched out a hand and pressed the communicator. Unexpectedly, what appeared on the communicator was not Bruce's voice, but Victor's voice. After picking up the phone, Schiller said:
"Hello?...Yes, I have left Gotham. What did you say? Oh, really? What does that have to do with me?" Schiller's voice was very cold, and he said: "...Lex and Bruce There was a big fight in the laboratory, and both of them were hospitalized...Wait a minute, how did Bruce end up in the hospital? Could he have been beaten by Lex? "
"What? Clark is here too. Was he called here by Rex? Did he follow Batcat? Then he ran into the two of them fighting, and Hal. What kind of trouble did he cause?"
Victor sighed and explained to him: "Bruce and Lex fought over the direction of the experiment. Lex struck first. When Bruce fought back, he accidentally injured him."
"Batcat wanted to go back to Gotham to discuss things with Bruce, and Clark was responsible for sending him there. But when he came, he bumped into the two of them fighting. Clark thought Bruce was bullying Lex, so he went to stop him, but the result was... I accidentally hit the experimental table and injured Bruce."
"Hal also wanted to find Bruce, but he met Clark who wanted to send Bruce to the hospital. He thought Clark was bullying Bruce, but now, he and Clark have gone to Ganymede..."
Schiller opened his mouth and said, "Are you sure there is no one here?"
"I don't know about that. When I arrived at the scene, only Pikachu was left in the laboratory."
"Then you should know who caused the fire." Schiller snorted coldly, but he heard Victor say: "It is precisely because I know who caused the fire that I called his master. , otherwise, after they all recover, your pet may..."
"Let Bruce choose a better pot and don't put the broccoli in it." After Schiller said that, he hung up the phone. He didn't want to deal with all the bad things in Gotham City now.
After his efforts for such a long time, the things that could happen to him in this chaotic city had changed from spectacular to trivial.
Especially after Lex arrived, daily life basically revolved around Lex, Copperpot, and Bruce. Two of them fought, one bumped into him, and then the three of them got into a fight. In the end, everyone except Bruce basically had to lie down. Go to the hospital.
Schiller did not want to solve the problem of fights between students at all. Although these three people together could not form a pair of parents, and there was no need to appease the parents, Schiller would rather cause trouble than adjust the conflicts between them. Court of Owls.
During the time he was answering the phone, the car drove a certain distance away from Gotham. The surrounding scenery began to become more and more empty, the wind became stronger and stronger, the sun gradually dropped below the horizon, and night fell.
Schiller stretched out his hand and turned the button to turn the radio volume in the car louder to cover up the sound of the howling wind. But in the sound of the music, he keenly caught an unusual sound, a bit like metal. The sound of friction between them is a bit like the call of some kind of bird.
"Zi——" The harsh sound of tires rubbing against the ground was heard when braking. By the time the sharp blade penetrated the cab, the person inside was gone.
On the right rear side of the car, Schiller's figure appeared again. He opened his umbrella, and the strange pattern rotated, which stunned the attacker for a moment. The moment Schiller closed the umbrella, he saw the man who smashed his car. The appearance of a windowpane sniper.
This killer was wearing a black tights. The only bright color on his body was the two tufts of yellow feathers above his eyes. Schiller was very familiar with this look. He had seen such killers during the Battle of Living Hell. They called them Owls. Working in court is called "Claw".
The cold sword light struck again. He grabbed the dagger in his hand with his sharp claws and rushed towards Schiller. At the same time, he also threw out the dagger equipped on his chest, blocking Schiller's escape route. Schiller's figure flashed again and came to the front of the car.
He observed that this sharp claw was different from the one he had seen before. This one was better equipped, stronger, and had colder eyes. Obviously, they were commanded by different people, and perhaps they were hiding in the darkness. The group of mysterious owls behind the owl sacrifice also set their sights on Schiller.
This killer is much more professional than the previous claw. The place where Schiller is now has no village and no shop. It is all wasteland. It is really a good place for killing people and selling goods.
Think so. Schiller flashed directly behind the claw, stretched out the umbrella knife, and the blade flashed, and the claw rolled on the spot to avoid it.
In another flash, Schiller came behind Talon again, and Talon turned around, stretched out the short knife in his hand, blocked the tip of Schiller's umbrella knife, took two steps back, and threw a few more daggers at Schiller. , but Schiller used the cover of the vehicle to avoid them all.
At this time, Claw finally realized that it was unrealistic to kill such an enemy that could appear at any time when there were obstacles around, so when he threw the dagger again, his target was no longer Schiller, but the fuel tank of the vehicle.
"Sizzle" sparks came, Schiller quickly retreated, and with a "bang", the car in front of him exploded into a ball of fire.
After the fragments fell to the ground, the flames slowly extinguished, and all of Schiller's luggage and the new car that had just been bought a few days ago and driven only once were left with only charred wreckage.