Gabriel, who controlled Constantine's body and rushed out of the alley, had a frightened look on his face, and before the wound he had disguised had healed, two more claw marks from vampire's claws had been added to his back and face.

Gabriel is also an archangel, but he can't beat Cain, but in order to do this game for Batman, he forcibly inserted the most important core fragment of the sealing spirit of wrath into the body he controlled, since this piece can seal the spirit of God's wrath, it will definitely affect his use of power, and the result is that he is in a dilemma.

If he gave up Constantine's body and left it to Bruce, then Bruce would definitely be able to find a way to take out the core fragment and save Constantine's body, but if he didn't give it up, he would have to be trapped in this body and beaten.

A holy light formed a barrier, and the traces of three sharp claws flashed out in the blood mist, and with a "bang", the barrier shattered into pieces, and the weak and weak holy light disappeared almost instantly, and Konstantin's body was hit again.

Normally, vampires' claws only cause wounds, but Cain got the way to use blood magic from Lilith, and the kind of blood mist it condensed would penetrate into his body along the wounds, and in order to prevent Constantine's body from collapsing and continue to stay as a bargaining chip to threaten Batman, Gabriel also used his strength to expel the blood toxin from his body.

It was distraction and strength, and after a while, Gabriel's body was filled with a few more wounds, and the blood mist continued to invade Konstantin's body, and even began to devour Gabriel's holy light power.

Gabriel's expression of anger and horror was frozen in the frame, the dim lights of the theater were brighter, the rows of seats stretched back, and in the center of the last row sat two familiar figures.

One of them was arrogant Schiller, while the other was a gentleman old man in a black tuxedo with a kind face, his arrogant expression seemed calm, but there was a subtle hint of joy in his eyes, and the honest and kind old man's lowered eyebrows showed that he was brewing anger.

In the theater of the Thinking Tower, the images on the huge screen switch again, this time to Bruce, who didn't even come out of the alley, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, watching a vampire and an angel fight with relish.

As twilight fell, the golden-red light shone on Schiller's pupils, like the grand sunset reflected on Gotham and the river.

A few weeks earlier, Schiller, who had been leaving Gotham for an academic conference in Washington, D.C., had arrived at Gotham Cathedral the evening before his departure.

The old priest Daniel received him very warmly, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, the old priest went to complete his other work, while Schiller stood alone in the center of the cathedral auditorium under the statue of the crucifixion of Jesus.

"Almighty, great and merciful God, I pray to you before dinner, because I am about to go on a long journey, and I am ashamed of my kindness to you after several years of hesitation, but thanks to your guidance, everything has come to a good end."

"My student Bruce Wayne graduated with honors, and I was finally able to leave Gotham to find my old friends and catch up with them, it's all your grace, I ......"

Suddenly, a strong wind blew into the auditorium, and the statue of Jesus made a few "clicks", but Schiller did not hear it and continued to pray.

"It is with great devout heart that I tell you that I have made great progress in my education, and that you have taught me in the Bible that 'you shall also be diligent in your children.'" Whether you're sitting at home, walking on the road, lying down, getting up, talking,' so I can't wait to share that joy with you......"

"But alas, I didn't do that 'the most important concern for my children should be that they grow up to love God above all else', and if I had the chance, I would have taught him to be religious, and, of course, as you said, ......"

"Enough!"

A low, angry voice came from the statue of Jesus, followed by a tone that could be described as gnashing of teeth.

"Schiller! Even if your student graduates well, you don't have to pray more than 400 times in three days??!! Are you sick?! ”

Schiller was not surprised at all, he just cleared his throat and continued to draw a cross on his chest and said: "All my small achievements depend on the guidance of the merciful Lord, oh, how can I forget that the merciful Lord's own son seems to be running away from home......"

A shadow fell behind Schiller, and when Schiller turned his head, he saw an old man at the door of the Gotham church, his silhouette more plain in the setting sun, but Schiller called out his honorific name: "The Presence, the Most High God." ”

God's face was almost as dark as the everyday sky in Gotham, and he walked up to Schiller with a gentleman's staff and said as if he couldn't bear it: "Can you not start with 'O God' and end with 'Lord' every time you mention Bruce Wayne's excellent graduation?!" On average, you call me more than 100 times a day, when have you been so religious?! Arrogant! ”

Schiller raised his chin slightly, smiled and said, "Please believe, Great Lord, although I am the only being in this world who is not your creation, I believe in you more than anyone else. ”

And God replied angrily, "Only within a week of Bruce Wayne's graduation?" ”

"Don't say that, Your Majesty, you see, even if I represent the character of arrogance, I will still show you my piety because of certain things, and it doesn't matter what I'm for, just say that praying more than a hundred times a day is not considered piety."

"Count as harassment!" God's tone is even worse.

Of course, in fact, this incident alone is not a serious provocation, God is omniscient and omnipotent, and naturally can receive prayers from everyone, and it is not only good people who pray, many people who have done bad things will pray to God in order to appease their conscience, or to hope for escape.

In today's world where religion is gradually becoming more and more entertaining, some prayers are simply unsightly, and God doesn't care at all.

Many people think that there is nothing special about Batman graduating from Schiller as an excellent graduate, and Schiller's friends are very happy for the two of them when they hear about it, but that's only because they don't understand how special Batman is, but God does.

So, having said that, the Joker can let Batman get treatment from him and then graduate from him, but God can only watch his son run around the world, go anywhere, and just don't go home.

Is there a way for God to get Lucifer back? Actually, there is, and he has many ways, but is there a way for him to get Lucifer to come back willingly, and still be reluctant to leave when he wants to go? He really couldn't help it.

Some might say that with the power of the Most High God, could not have brainwashed or reshaped Lucifer into a godly angel in the traditional sense?

But God is also caught in a philosophical dilemma: how many parts of an old ship should be replaced before it becomes a new ship? After the part of Lucifer that yearns for freedom is removed, is he still Lucifer?

God still has a headache for this, because although I don't know how many billions of years have passed, for God, the son ran away from home and had a big fight with his brother, which almost happened the day before yesterday.

In other words, this is equivalent to an unlucky father who had a big fight with his rebellious son the day before and caused him to run away from home, and the next day the next door neighbor called day and night to say that his child had graduated from a prestigious university, and every day he muttered "Thanks to the advice you gave me, I can be so successful in education".

God was angry and pulled off several of his beards one day.

Of course, God is actually the most aware of the relationship between the Joker and Batman, or rather, this is an area that he can't fully control, so he naturally knows how amazing it is for Schiller, as a former Joker, to be able to get Batman to make such a change for him.

In between the hundreds of harassing phone calls Schiller, God had thought carefully about how Schiller had done it, and he had looked through the historical records and realized that it might not have been a good fit for him and Lucifer.

Batman and the Joker torture each other, at most a Gotham, and it just so happens that Gotham has rotted to the house, and all that remains is upside, but if God and Lucifer torture each other, can the whole world be okay?

God suspects that Schiller has a solution, but he doesn't want to ask, because he knows as well as Lucifer that Schiller hates everyone equally, including God, and his way of mediating the relationship between the two parties is not to cure the crazy one, but to make both parties crazy, such as him and Batman.

Yes, in God's eyes, in the relationship between Schiller and Batman, although both are crazy, Batman is the relatively more normal one, he is just a little more paranoid than ordinary people, and Schiller is more creative when he is crazy.

It's hard to say that Schiller cured Batman after years of tormenting each other, it's more like he made Batman even more crazy, and then the two of them can gain understanding in the same level of madness, and people who don't know the truth will think it's a success story, but God won't fool him.

And then God appeared in the Gotham Cathedral, looked at Schiller, who was standing in front of the pulpit, and said, "Stop reading Bruce, talk about Lucifer." ”

"I can't get him to go back to heaven willingly." Schiller looked at God very bluntly and said.

God was also choked by his bluntness, and he thought that Schiller would analyze their father-son relationship at length, but it seemed that Schiller did not intend to do so.

"Do you think I'm going to go on a long story about analyzing the relationship between your father and son, finding out what is wrong with you and him, and then guiding you to get along with him better?" Schiller tapped his fingertips on the table next to him and said, "That's the work of a psychiatrist, and I don't have that patience." ”

God held his staff and waited for his next step, and Schiller shook his head and said, "I am more accustomed to achieving my goals directly, no matter what method is used. ”

"I know you want him to go back voluntarily because it proves that he loves you, but the truth is, he can go back voluntarily not for you, or not for love."

Schiller turned his head to look at the glittering glass windows of the church illuminated by the twilight, and said, "Hate is longer than love, and if I wasn't Batman's most hated Joker, he wouldn't change because of me." ”

"Love is only half of the truth of manipulation, and the other half is hatred - love and hate, life and death entanglements are intimate enough, and mutual indebtedness and defeat will never end."

(End of chapter)