Chapter 29 29. Now that we are friends
In the underground hideout of Pier 7 in Port Miller, Catwoman personally confronted the diehard members of the Penguin Gang with the veritaserum she hated.
The Kite Man was there to help and get close to this "famous figure" in Gotham City's criminal circle.
Mason stood in the cleaned sewer outside the hiding place.
He found a quiet and dark place and held Zack Kang's Eye of Hell in his hand. That scumbag black magician doesn't know where he is now, but his voice is coming out of the small pendant:
"Your curse is really tricky, I even had to trick Xiao Zha to help, you **** made me bear a debt of conscience, this should also be included in my reward!
Did you hear that? "
"I despise you for cheating on your ex-girlfriend, and I wonder how you feel guilty about something you don't have?"
Mason said something very impolitely.
Knowing that Zack Kang is a master who does not see the coffin and does not scatter eagles, he took out Voldemort's magic book from the suitcase and took it in his hand. He removed his finger covering the eye of hell, and put the magic book on the pendant. waved his eyeballs.
He knew that Zha Kang could see his environment through this thing.
Sure enough, after taking out the real thing, Zha Kang's impatient voice immediately became gentle and tolerant.
He explained:
"We will talk about your slandering me later, my dear friend, let's talk about your curse first. I am not exaggerating the difficulty of this life on purpose. It is indeed different from all the curses I have seen before .
I couldn't even get a hint from my friends who lived 'down there', so I had to ask Zha for help.
She belongs to the family background in this respect.
In short, I found similar things in Xiao Zha's library, which can probably explain the cause of your curse. "
After whetting Mason's appetite, Constantine paused, and then said:
"According to the 'Demon of the Underworld' in my hand, the tattoo on your arm must have come from the power of an evil **** no weaker than the respective lords of the Nine Hells, and it must have come from a different space, which rarely appears in our world." in the dimension of this world.
It's hard for me to understand why that kind of existence would notice you.
But I must inform you with pity that the ghost claw tattoo on your arm is just the 'beginning' of this evil god's curse. "
"start?"
Mason frowned and said:
"What's the start? You mean, does it change later?"
"Yes, this is a rare 'growth curse'."
Zha Kang explained in a very academic tone:
"The ghost claw tattoo you see so far just represents that the evil **** regards you as his 'pan believer' or 'pig in a farm'.
It depends on which statement is more likely to be accepted by your fragile self-esteem.
After certain conditions are met, it will 'evolve' to the next stage on your own. According to the rare example I found here from Xiao Zha, that tattoo will become 'complete' little by little.
It will show the torso and reflection of the devil to varying degrees in different stages, until finally, a full devil tattoo will appear on your arm.
And if you reach that level, you can basically be regarded as a kind of existence like a 'son of the devil'.
I know, kids your age might think that's cool"
"No! That's not cool!"
Mason interrupted Zha Kang, he said:
"I know it's not a good thing even if I think about it with my toes. Is there a way to undo it?"
"Why do you think with your toes when you have a brain?"
Jack made a bad joke, and then said in a drawn out voice:
"No, so far I have only found its type, and I haven't even figured out its cause, Mason, as a strict magician, how can I dispel something that I don't understand at all?
You gotta give me some time.
Or a little motivation.
Actually, there are still some things I haven't told you. You understand. "
"How can I give you something?"
Mason asked with a cold face, and Scum Kang's unscrupulous laughter sounded from the opposite side.
Subsequently, with the sound of Zha Kang reciting the strange mantra, a group of green fireflies floating like a will-o'-the-wisp emerged from the Eye of Hell collar pin, and soon burned into a group of floating flaming hands.
It spread five fingers towards Mason, as if asking for something.
The young man untied Voldemort's magic book, opened it, tore off the first page, and put the first page on the hands of flames amid Zha Kang's scolding.
As the flames dissipated, five fingers raised a **** to curse at Mason, before exploding into a ball of flames.
Zhakang scolded angrily:
"A magic book of that level is itself a rare magic item. Each carefully crafted page has its own unique power. Now that you have torn it off, how can I use it?
You ignorant pharmacist!
Be professional! "
"Well, that's your problem, not mine, Konstantin."
Mason waved the newly locked magic book in his hand, imitating Zack Kang's tone and said in a long voice:
"In order to protect this precious tome from being destroyed by me, an ignorant bastard, you should probably speed up and get its original before its dark magic dissipates.
Tell me all! "
"Wait a minute, I want to tell the truth!"
Zha Kang said angrily:
"Do you think I have been fooling around for so many years? There is no room for carelessness when dealing with a cunning boy like you. Give me a few minutes and contact me later."
After speaking, the eyeballs on the Eye of Hell collarpin in Mason's hand closed.
The young man opened his sleeves in the dark and glanced at the ghost claw tattoo on his arm. Combined with what Zha Kang said just now, this thing seemed even more ominous.
He didn't know the existence of this thing when he burned the old K's body before, and he didn't check whether there was the same thing on the left arm of the old K, but it was not difficult for him to guess that this growth curse itself should be used by the stars. One of the means to control or monitor members.
The most troublesome thing is that the trigger method of this thing is unknown.
This made Mason always feel restrained when doing things, for fear that one day he would accidentally break a taboo and kill himself instantly.
"Boss, are you busy?"
Kiteman Charles’ voice sounded from behind. Mason pulled down his sleeves to adjust his expression, then turned around and said:
"What's wrong?"
"Ask out."
The kite man came from the darkness, his face was cloudy, and he whispered to Mason:
"I ran out of veritaserum, but it was worth it.
What they are planning is amazing. In addition to chasing and killing you and Ms. Selena at all costs, they are also gathering manpower to rescue the Penguin from prison.
It's not just the GCPD who have them.
According to that guy, the League of Assassins has already had a considerable number of pioneers infiltrating Gotham, and the Penguin Gang paid for them to prepare logistics and weapons.
A large part of the backbone of the major gangs that Gotham was destroyed by Batman before has also been recruited.
It is said that the Mafia of the Falcone family is also in contact with each other.
They also know that Batman isn't in Gotham right now.
So they plan to release all the prisoners in the entire Blackgate Prison after the prison robbery. If possible, they will set off a riot in Gotham to facilitate their larger-scale operations later. "
"Prison robbery. When?"
Mason rubbed his chin and asked, the kite man glanced at him and said:
"Tomorrow night! People from the Penguin Gang are responsible for storming the prison and distracting the police. The elite of the League of Assassins will sneak into the Black Gate Prison with enough weapons to arm all the prisoners and turn it into a temporary riot base camp."
"Tomorrow night."
The young man moved his fingers, and he asked again:
"Can Catwoman contact Batman?"
"got engaged."
Speaking of this, the kite man was still a little excited, he said:
"I was listening in, and Batman said he would come back as soon as possible before the riots, but he also said that before he came back, members of the Bat family in Gotham would help."
Mason's eyes suddenly brightened.
"Sir?"
Kiteman was surprised by the special title given to Batman by the boss.
But thinking about it carefully, this slightly exaggerated title is actually not a problem. In terms of Batman's status in Gotham, there is nothing wrong with calling him "Master".
"Do you have a plan? Boss."
Charles asked, Mason glanced at his suitcase, nodded, and said:
"Maybe we don't have to wait until the riots start before trying to turn the tide, maybe we can use a simpler and more brutal method to end this catastrophe.
But absolutely must not be known by Batman.
He will never like the way we act, so the key to the problem is time! The right time is very important, and there must be a reasonable ending, so as not to get caught up in the fire.
let me think again.
You get rid of that guy. "
"oh."
The kite man nodded, pulled out the pistol from his waist and loaded it with a click.
Although he is not a vicious person, as a well-known third-line villain in Gotham City, Charles has no psychological pressure to execute a senior gangster full of crimes.
But when he turned to leave, he was stopped by Mason.
"Don't use bullets, use these!"
The young man took out a pack of colorful potions from his luggage. These were all "accidental products" when he practiced alchemy before. He handed those strangely colored potions to the kite man and said:
"I don't know their specific effects, so maybe the gangster who is loyal to Oswald can help me explore the mysteries of alchemy.
You have to record the whole process and specific drug effects.
They are all primary medicines, and the effect and action time will not exceed 30 minutes.
So it is tentatively scheduled as one hour round, remember to gargle him every time so as not to affect the experimental results. "
"Well"
The kite man looked at the strangely colored medicines in his hand, he couldn't help shivering, and whispered:
"This, a bit inhumane?"
"It's not poison!"
Mason stared and scolded:
"Am I the kind of ruthless **** who disregards human life? Don't worry, these things will make him seriously ill at most, what's wrong with his death?"
"All right."
Kiteman didn't intend to argue with his boss, he took the potion and turned away, leaving Mason thinking in the dark.
After a few minutes, the eyeballs of the Eye of Hell tiepin he was playing with in his hand opened again.
Jack Kang's voice also sounded from it, as stiff as ever:
"I saw that vicious thing called a horcrux, so it's just like that, so-so."
"Oh, it looks like you're not satisfied?"
Mason pouted and said:
"Then I burned this book as firewood?"
"up to you."
Jack Kang snorted.
Mason could even imagine from his nasal voice the way this guy was scratching his head.
For a black magic master of his level, the horcrux itself may indeed be an insignificant crooked way, but he definitely needs the forbidden technique of safely dividing the soul.
Strength is the difference between strong and weak, but knowledge does not have this distinction.
"Okay, I'm barely satisfied with this deal, so listen carefully to what I'm going to say next."
Zha Kang coughed, and said in a serious tone:
"About that curse, it doesn't actually bring you all bad things. Although the evil gods don't care much about the life and death of general believers, if such a curse is made to develop believers, they will often give you a curse while imposing the curse." Believers have a little 'sweetness' to win over those who are not determined.
In other words, you have now been cursed, and theoretically you also have a 'blessing' that belongs to the curser.
But I really haven't encountered this curse before, so it's hard for me to give you a specific suggestion to inspire that power, if you can, you need to meet me in the near future.
I'm going to do a few experiments on you to verify this. "
"Shall we meet?"
Mason narrowed his eyes suddenly when he heard this suggestion. He wiped his arm, remained silent for a few seconds as if he had made up his mind, and said to Zha Kang:
"Yes, I've been in Gotham for a long time, so come over whenever it's convenient for you. Remember to tell me in advance, so I can arrange a place where I won't be disturbed by others."
"Heh, you are underestimating me, a magic master, Mason."
Jackson immediately boasted:
"As far as your Gotham is concerned, I can come or leave whenever I want."
"You know, I'm being watched by Batman."
Mason's one word kills, making Zhakang shut up immediately, and at the same time, the scolding of "Fack Bertman" sounded from the other side.
After a few seconds, Zha Kang changed his tone and said again:
"Speaking of Batman, hasn't he been in Gotham lately?"
"Why are you asking this?"
Mason asked back.
Zha Kang had nothing to hide, and said directly:
"I hate that guy, he refuses all foreign heroes to enter his Gotham, treats it as his own garden, and treats us academic researchers as thieves, what a nasty guy.
However, the city of Gotham is one of the earliest immigrant cities on this continent, and there were not only ordinary people among the pioneers hundreds of years ago.
Many exiled spellcasters from Europe and other parts of the world have kept their secrets here.
As far as I know, there are a lot of great things buried under Gotham, but because of Batman, I can't get close to it.
Mason, we're already friends, right?
Just tell me, did Batman leave his city? "
"Where are all the things you said?"
Mason asked a question, and Zha Kang snorted and said:
“Many places, such as the abandoned Gotham Orphanage, the underground of Naihe Island, near the Black Gate Prison, and the Arkham Asylum on the outskirts of the city, etc., these places often have such things.
But I don't advise you to look for them, you're not a professional. "
"Well, are there any near Black Gate Prison?"
The young man froze for a moment, then grinned, and said to Zha Kang:
"Well, since we are already friends, I will reveal some inside information to you, Constantine. According to my connection with Nightwing, Batman is indeed not in Gotham.
But he is already heading back, and he will definitely be back at midnight tomorrow at the latest.
So if you want to dig up treasure in Batman's backyard, do it ASAP.
Also, I think this news is enough to repay the favor you and Xiao Zha saved me from the dark wizard's cage that night, so don't threaten me with this matter in the future. "
"Who are you! Just call my girlfriend by her nickname?"
Zha Kang scolded in dissatisfaction:
"Respect, please? Xiao Zha is not what you can call! Bastard, honey, stop knocking, I'll get out of the bathroom right away! Yes yes yes, I know we are going to dinner later, wait a minute.
That's all for now, Mason.
Next chat! "
After finishing speaking, Constantine interrupted the magic, and the eyeballs of the Eye of Hell in front of Mason's eyes also closed strangely. The young man stuck the collar pin into his collar, and then picked up the suitcase at hand and turned around to hide.
As he stepped out of the darkness, Mason stroked the pin on his collar and thought to himself:
"Zha Kang's appetite will only get bigger and bigger. I don't have so many resources to fill the black hole in his heart, so I have to find a way to make Zha Kang feel the pressure and move on his own.
Well, now that we're friends
Then please give me a scapegoat, and allow me to take a moment of your time to introduce you to the glorious Stars Club, my dear John. "
(end of this chapter)