When Lucifer returned to the Forgotten Bookstore again, with a look full of anger on his face and a black diamond in his hand, he consciously sat down in front of the window, slapped the black diamond on the table, and said, "This fool is crazy! ”

Schiller packed up the last few books scattered on the floor, turned his head to look at the black diamond, and said, "Bruce seems to have brought back a diamond of the same kind, what is it?" ”

Lucifer's face was gloomy, and he was silent for a moment before he spat out a name: "The Spirit of Wrath, also known as the Eclipse." ”

"Oh?" Schiller uttered a syllable to express his interest, and he put the book back on the shelf and sat down across from Lucifer to look at him, waiting for him to explain.

"You also know that in ancient times, God needed a certain deterrent to spread his prestige, so the position of God's executioner came into being, and the incarnation of God's wrath spirit was the first executioner, but he was later replaced by the spirit of vengeance."

"I haven't paid much attention to what happened after that, but I've heard that the Spirit of Wrath seems to have been sealed by the Spirit of Vengeance, and it hasn't moved for so many years."

"But I didn't expect Gabriel to be so crazy that he broke the seal of the Spirit of Wrath and scratched the wheat with it."

Lucifer clenched his fists, pursed his lips and said with some self-reproach: "Gabriel has always wanted to find out my weaknesses in the human world, and the wave of people he sent to the bar before was a temptation, and I was negligent. ”

Then he sighed again and said, "The power of the angry spirit is very special, the wound caused by his seal has this special power, and the wound healing process will cause great pain, Gabriel just wants me to be carried away by anger, lose my dignity and chase him like a mad dog to bite." ”

Schiller smiled slightly, and said, "He wants to pull you into his despicable realm, and then defeat you with his rich experience, will he let him succeed?" Or rather...... Don't you want to teach him a lesson? ”

Lucifer's face was gloomy and terrible, and he pressed his thumb into his palm with some pain, and said, "I don't have many friends, even fewer who have been able to maintain my friendship for so many years, and the wheat is almost my soul mate, but few people know this." ”

"Gabriel may have thought she was just a lover of mine, so he didn't hesitate to hurt her, but I must make him pay the same price!"

Lucifer took a deep breath, his jaw trembled, even though he still maintained an elegant posture, but the green tendons on his neck were clearly visible, he stared at the table and thought for a while before he looked at Schiller and said, "You guessed everything, but you didn't remind me, you just intended me to do what you said." ”

"I don't need to remind you." Schiller shook his head and said: "As long as you are still active in the human world, it is inevitable that you will have friends who care, even if it is just some general friends, Gabriel has a way to torture them one by one, and you can only chase after him and feel the pain of your friends." ”

Schiller stood up, walked behind Lucifer, put his hand on the back of Lucifer's chair, and then on his shoulder, looked down at him and said, "Don't live like Constantine, that's what Gabriel wants, he and Constantine are the same kind of people." ”

"They have never been taken seriously, they have always been alternatives, so when they do evil, they will do everything they can to make you feel this pain, to become a source of calamity in the eyes of their friends, to keep everyone away from you."

Schiller leaned down slightly, approached Lucifer's ear and said, "The greatest courage is not to fall into heaven, but to return to heaven after falling, and the comfort you have received from angels and God will be your best weapon, and you must hold on to it firmly and then pierce it into the heart of your enemy." ”

"That's enough." Lucifer took a deep breath and said, "Don't tempt me, I'm not going to be as crazy as you...... Damn, aren't there enough crazy people in this world? ”

With that, he stood up and walked to the door, then looked back at Schiller, his eyes full of hesitation, but finally said, "I...... Go back and think about it. ”

Lucifer turned away, and Red Hood sat down on the steps of the staircase, with some surprise, and said, "Well, which big man is this?" Don't tell me he's really that Lucifer. ”

"That's right, it's him, Lucifer Morningstar."

The red hood covered his eyes and said, "Is there something wrong with you tempting a devil to deal with an angel by turning him back into an angel?" ”

"Lucifer will make the right choice." Schiller's tone was always calm, he took a sip of water, walked to the window, and looked out the iron-gray tones of the streets of London.

It's a great hunting ground for vampires, because even when it's not raining, the sky is still overcast and sunny.

Bruce, who had just walked out of the BBC headquarters building, saw a familiar figure on the corner, and when he walked over, he looked at Konstantin who was squatting in the corner and was smoking a cigarette and asked, "John, why are you here?" Didn't go back to the bookstore? ”

"I'm waiting for you." Konstantin spat out a puff of smoke, looked up at Bruce and said, "Don't you want me to help you find a vampire?" I caught one, but the cunning mouse escaped, and I was unfortunate enough to take a beating. ”

Bruce stepped forward with a frown, he pushed Konstantin's upper body back, and sure enough, he saw a long wound in his abdomen.

Konstantin gasped for a moment, spat out a smoke ring, and said, "I'm unlucky, but that guy didn't escape, and was turned to ashes by Daddy Midnight, and it looks like I'll have to find you another one." ”

"Not necessarily." Bruce shook his head and said, "That part is done, but you'd better lie down flat, it's not good to cover your wound like this." ”

"I'm fine, can you help me?"

"I mean, even if you cover this wound with your hand, it's still full of holes, and I guess you haven't studied anatomy, and it's not like a vampire's claws."

Konstantin fell silent, but there was no sign of a move, Bruce half-knelt in front of him, looked him in the eye and said, "Who are you?" What are you looking for me for? ”

"I heard you're looking for a black diamond, do you know what it is?"

"I don't know."

"Really? The moment you touch it, don't you feel that powerful power? ”

"What the hell do you want to do?"

"It was the spirit of God's wrath, and the heart of darkness that sealed him was broken, and so it was scattered into a thousand pieces, and it was scattered all over the world, and if you could find it, you would have gained great power."

"And then?"

"It seems that the Spirit of Wrath has already told you all these things, and I want to tell you that even if you collect a thousand pieces, you will not be able to fully restore the heart of darkness, and these diamonds with great power will bewitch ordinary people, make them its puppets, and then commit many crimes, which will plunge the world into calamity, and there will never be peace."

Konstantin sighed softly and said, "I am Gabriel, and the black diamond I gave you earlier will make you realize how powerful and dangerous this thing is, and you will definitely try to collect it." ”

"But alas, you have taken the most stupid method, which is to let ordinary people find it for you, and once they are bewitched, disaster will follow, and you cannot restore the heart of darkness and reseal the spirit of wrath, these sacrifices of your people will be in vain, and it will be all your sin."

"Among these thousand fragments, there is a core fragment that is the most critical, and only by obtaining it can it be possible to reorganize the Heart of Darkness."

"So, where is this core fragment?" Bruce asked very cooperatively.

Gabriel gave a crazy smile, he ripped open his shirt to reveal his chest, only to see a black diamond column with purple light inserted in his heart, he looked up at Bruce and said.

"The core fragment is here, in the heart of your friend Konstantin, and if you take it, the energy that fuels the corpse of this dead man will disappear, and the corpse will be completely reduced to ashes, and even if the soul returns from hell, there is no possibility of resurrection."

"And if you don't take it, you'll never be able to reseal the Spirit of Wrath, and innocents will die a tragic death because of you."

"Make a choice, Batman." Gabriel tilted his head to the side and said, "Do you leave the core fragment intact and leave your friend a chance to resurrect, or use it to reseal the angry spirit and avoid possible casualties?" ”

Bruce's expression suddenly became a little complicated, and just as Gabriel in Constantine's body was carefully appreciating this scene, Bruce's expression changed to strange again.

Bruce clenched his hand into a fist against his mouth, coughed vigorously twice, raised his voice and said, "I don't understand, can you repeat what you just said?" ”

Gabriel frowned fiercely, he looked at Bruce coldly and said, "Don't try to fool me, human boy, you can't not understand. ”

"What do you say? Do you want Batman to make a choice? Bruce's voice was louder.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Gabriel asked.

Bruce glanced up at the roof next to him, but it was just outside Gabriel's field of vision, and Gabriel frowned tightly and said, "Yes, you have to make a choice, do you want the life of an ordinary person, or the complete body of your friend?" ”

"I didn't hear you, can you say it again?"

"Do you have bad ears? I said, I'll give you a choice!!! Gabriel shouted angrily.

With a "whew", a gust of wind passed through the alley, and Gabriel's eyes widened to see a cloud of blood mist slowly condensing behind Bruce.

"Vampires?" Gabriel frowned and shouted, then said with a look of disgust, "Damn stinky rats, get out of here!" ”

But after the blood mist condensed, instead of the vampire's always gloomy and indifferent expression, a huge smile appeared.

Bruce took a step back in an instant, retreating from between the two, then reached out and pointed at Gabriel and said to Cain the Joker.

"That's him! He just asked me to make a choice! ”

Batman kind of made him understand

(End of chapter)