Chapter 189: Shazam's Death, What a Big Black Cauldron
Diana stepped forward, turned over Shazam's corpse facing the ground, and gently closed his eyes full of doubts, a look of disbelief froze on his face, Shazam's body was actually a sixteen-year-old boy, and it could even be said that he was a little thin, and under normal circumstances, he would not maintain Shazam's transformation when he was about to sleep.
After all, maintaining the transformation also requires physical strength.
But Shazam's corpse was his transformed appearance - a tall and muscular adult.
He was still wearing the same red uniform with a yellow lightning bolt pattern on his chest, and a magical hood, but the white lightning bolts around him had been extinguished forever. Even those eyes that could burst into lightning were only the gray color of death.
"Shazam must have been assassinated while meeting someone...... Diana said angrily, "and when he hides alone in his room, he will change back to his original appearance." β
"Diana!" Batman stopped Diana from continuing, because if he continued to speculate, he would come to a very awkward conclusion - the murderer was among them...... And that's what the murderer wants to achieve. Batman whispered, "No matter how angry we are now, we can't fall into the trap that the murderer has set for us. β
"Why did he choose to commit murder at the Justice League base?"
"This is to destroy the trust between us!" Aquaman Arthur spoke, but as soon as he looked up, he saw many people looking at him in surprise, Arthur frowned and said, "What are you doing?" Can't I use my brain? β
Diana also calmed down at this time, and she said to Aquaman: "I thought you would be the most impulsive and angry ...... among us."
"I'm so angry!" The Sea King said coldly, "I can't wait to break the bones of the beast...... Shazam's death was unusual. β
"Oh!" Batman was really surprised this time, because Aquaman has always been the least like to use his brain among them, Arthur is a reckless man, and asking him to cut people is a quasi-one, but let him make a plan...... God, how many times have Mela's plans been ruined by Arthur's recklessness?
"The man who killed him was provoking us...... He doesn't just want to get rid of us, he wants to break us. Arthur said calmly.
Batman quickly figured it out...... The Justice League has faced many enemies, but under normal circumstances, the first thing an enemy hiding in the shadows will kill is either him Batman, Superman, or Flash...... Especially the Flash, generally when there is a strong enemy, they will get rid of the Flash first.
Because the speed force is so buggy!
Seeing the opportunity and getting rid of the Flash is equivalent to bringing down the most tricky general of the Justice League, in the same way, Batman, Superman is the same, killing Batman is equivalent to destroying the brain of the Justice League, killing Superman is equivalent to crushing the soul and the most powerful combat power of the Justice League, and killing the Flash will eradicate the biggest 'accident' of the Justice League.
Some people like to challenge the brains of the Justice League, and some people like to defeat the strongest Superman of the Justice League head-on, they are all to prove their wisdom and strength, but they don't like accidents that ruin their plans.
So the Flash is always the first to die.
But this time it was different, they chose to kill Shazam first, and they did it at the Justice League headquarters...... Although Shazam is a very active and powerful hero, he is actually not a great threat to the enemy, because his mind is still immature, and it is easy to fall into the trap of the enemy.
So almost no one would choose to eradicate Shazam first.
The first time an enemy hiding in the shadows strikes, he will generally choose the target that poses the greatest threat to him, unless he likes to fight, like the Joker likes to play with Batman.
"He killed Shazam at the base of the watchtower, first of all, to destroy the trust between us and cause a crisis of trust in the Justice League, but also to show his self-confidence and declare that he would defeat the Justice League head-on, and at the same time, to provoke us to the greatest extent...... Because Shazam is the object of our protection! Batman had calmed down, but his tone was still calm.
In the eyes of the heroes of the Justice League, Shazam is generally considered a Boy Scout, he is somewhat rebellious and naΓ―ve, but he has the purest heart in the Justice League and is protected by everyone.
The enemy's brutal killing of Shazam, who was still a minor, has angered everyone in the Justice League.
Batman carefully checked the wound that took Shazam's life, it was a quick and accurate blow, piercing Shazam's heart from behind, the wound was made by a sharp weapon, penetrating the wound, the murder weapon was a narrow-bladed dagger, the wound was three inches long, and it fit very closely, indicating that Shazam was stabbed to death from behind by a sharp thin-bladed dagger.
"After Shazam's death, his body did not return to its original state." Batman checked, "There may be an element of magical power in this. β
"Shazam was killed by a magic dagger?" Zatanna frowned, turned her head and asked Konstantin, who had been a little distracted since he found Shazam's body, "Do you remember such a magic artifact?" β
"Huh?" Konstantin came back to his senses and said in a panic: "I don't remember it, but we don't know what the magic attached to this dagger is...... So ......"
"Let everyone go back to their rooms!" Batman commanded, "There are too many people here!" Not good for the survey! β
Diana ordered directly: "Everyone...... Go back to your room. The next investigation will be up to me and Batman...... We also need a magical assistant...... Xiaoza, you also shed down to help, and you Barry...... We may need you. Zatanna was just about to say that Konstantin could also help, so Zakon left first.
Before leaving, he said to Zatanna, "Don't be stupid, little Za...... They can't trust me. β
Konstantin stretched out his hand to help Zatana fix her hair, and then walked towards his room without looking back, Zatana kept staring at his back, a woman's intuition made her keen, this man she loved so much had something in her heart.
Waiting until the idlers and others had dispersed, Diana spoke: "Whoever killed Shazam, the wizard Shazam must know, we just need to ask the wizard Shazam!" "Shazam the Sorcerer is an ancient archwizard who helped create the Eternal Council, a wizarding organization dedicated to the protection of humanity, which is made up of seven archmages with the highest level of magic in human history, and they have been involved in many great events.
This includes the trial of the three original sins of Pandora, Judas, and the questioner.
The wizard Shazam spent 3,000 years guarding humanity, but when he got tired of it, he chose Billy Batson, a righteous and pure boy with a heart of justice, as the guardian of humanity, and gave him the ability to use the power of the six gods by saying 'Shazam'.
Now that Captain Shazam has been killed, no one else has seen the murderer, but Shazam, the wizard who is one with Captain Shazam, must know something.
"Only by returning to the Rock of Eternity can you contact Shazam." Batman said, "But Captain Shazam is dead, and who of us can find the Rock of Eternity?" β
"The Rock of Eternity is the center of the universe......" Batman also has a headache, Shazam is dead, how to get to the Rock of Eternity!
Zatanna's eyes lit up when she heard this, looking for a certain place, or looking for someone, anyway, she was looking for something...... Who better than Konstantin? That's a man who can do everything from heaven (heaven) to the earth (hell to the underworld), to dream (dream realm), to the soup (Lingbo Prison) and to the fire (hell)!
"I can get Konstantin to ...... He should be able to find that place! Zatanna said.
"No......" Batman and Wonder Woman said in unison, they looked at each other, and Batman came forward to explain, and Batman did not hide it at all: "Konstantin is still the object of our suspicions...... We can't let the suspect go for clues. β
At this time, Wonder Woman made a discovery, she found a small doll like a Barbie doll from Shazam's bedside, Shazam is not like the kind of little boy who can play Barbie, and the shape of this doll is really difficult not to doubt...... It was a little man with a strange shape, eyes made of buttons, sewn out of cloth.
Wonder Woman held up the doll and said, "Which of you knows this!" β
"Show me......" Zatanna took the doll, and the expression on her face flashed with panic...... This did not escape Batman's eyes, and Zatana whispered, "This is a magic prop, a voodoo doll...... This is a magic prop used to take things from other people, and wizards generally use this thing to take people's lifespan, love, happiness, honor, ......"
"And the power!" Batman interrupted Zatana and said, "This thing can still take the power of Shazam!" β
"Can you tell who gave this to Shazam?" Wonder Woman's expression became solemn. Apparently they all had guesses...... But to Zatanna's panic, their guess might be true, because this voodoo doll is a secret legend of the voodoo cult, and there are not many people who can make it, and Konstantin happens to know one, and often steals his things.
Midnight Daddy!
But Midnight Daddy is dead! In order to protect the Eye of Agomordo, he was besieged by several great mages of the Church of Cold Flame, he killed Mr. E, but he also died at the hands of others, Zatanna didn't even know why Daddy Midnight would give his life for Constantine, the two of them were not good friends.
But after the death of Daddy Midnight, if there is any inheritance, it can only fall into the hands of Konstantin.
Zatanna subconsciously concealed her guess, but she still told the clue: "Such a magic prop requires quite strong magical attainments, and this style of voodoo doll is only good at voodoo magicians, it must come from the hands of a very powerful voodoo mage." β
Zatanna suddenly looked flustered, and she pulled her hair away from Batman's gaze.
She whispered, "Specifically, I still have to look up the magic book...... I've got to go back. β
Zatanna excused herself and left, and Wonder Woman took the doll and said to Batman, "You didn't expose her, it's rare!" β
"Because Konstantin should not be a murderer...... It's just something that diverts our attention, and of course we can't ignore the investigation into him, I'll keep an eye on him! Batman said, "Zatanna will ask him, it's better than me asking!" β