After repeatedly determining the feasibility of establishing a magic academy, Jim began to think about more realistic questions, and he asked, "So where are you going to build this school?" Or in the current situation, where would it be safer? ”

His implication is that if all the magicians are gathered together, then once they encounter the enemy, the other party will definitely concentrate their firepower to attack the weak links, and the students in the school are the best targets, first, the resistance is weak, and the second is that once something happens, the impact will be widespread, and it can be a good blow to morale.

Konstantin smiled and asked, "Where is the place where the main forces of the Archmage Alliance and the Blood Clan have been destroyed this time?" ”

Jim's eyes widened slowly, he stared at Constantine's face and asked, "You don't want to talk about Gotham, do you?" ”

"But, but......" Jim paused, exhaled slightly, thought for a moment, and then touched his chin and said, "It seems to make some sense." ”

As soon as Konstantin was about to explain something, Jim held out a hand to stop him, and said, "But I think it makes sense differently than you, have you ever heard of the Curse of Extreme Evil?" ”

"Zatanna told me, you don't believe this thing, do you?"

Jim shook his head and said, "I've talked to the elves of Maia, these magical creatures see the world differently than humans, and they say that the darkness of Gotham is not due to a superficial curse or some magical effect caused by some historical legacy, but to a deeper cause. ”

"They call the darkness of Gotham an unshakable vortex, no matter how things change, this will be the eternal city of sin, but its existence is not without benefits, the deepest evil in the world will be sucked into the vortex, which can effectively reduce the evil in other places."

"Although it is difficult for us to visualize this in the form of human life, many mysterious and powerful beings are aware of the special nature of Gotham."

Konstantin frowned, and Jim picked up a cup again and began to wipe it and said, "That is to say, the higher the person, the closer the life form is to the origin, the more able to read this dark power, and the more cautious it will be when facing Gotham." ”

"An existence that is not strong enough and not high enough to deal with the dark power of Gotham, but it is indeed a good choice for someone who is strong enough not to take the initiative to provoke Gotham and plan for the future of the wizarding world there."

"But it's only a little ......" Jim said with a worried look at Schiller, "I'm not sure that the locals of Gotham will welcome a group of magicians, and considering that the address of the school on the admissions letter is Gotham, it's a bit too scary." ”

Jim had already said it very tactfully, and Schiller could understand what he meant, although Gotham was basically not involved in human kidnapping and trafficking business due to special geographical reasons, it was still notorious, and it was basically unlikely that any out-of-town parents would be willing to let their children go to school in Gotham.

But Schiller showed a smile, looked at Jim and said, "That's exactly what we came to you for, I heard that there are magical creatures in Maia who specialize in opening spatial rifts?" ”

Jim raised his eyebrows slightly, showed a look of sudden realization, and said, "You're talking about the builder, right?" It was a kind of goblin who lived in the underground of Maya, and they were good at opening up separate spatial realms, and so far, almost all of the archmage's spatial rifts were created by them, and the archmage was only responsible for stabilizing them. ”

"You're trying to open a spatial rift in Gotham? It's a good idea to avoid the poor security situation in Gotham City and provide some defense, but if you want to house a school, I'm afraid one or two builder elves won't be able to do it. ”

Schiller shook his head and said, "I didn't intend to create a spatial rift the size of a school. ”

"Then you ......"

"It's not me, it's Bruce." Schiller turned the wine glass in his hand and said, "He wants to build a mirror city of Gotham, create a 'inner world' for Gotham, and move most of the dangerous facilities into it to further restore order in Gotham." ”

Jim gasped, his face became serious, but he asked first, "Then why didn't he come himself?" ”

"Actually, he's done part of the work by creating a mirror-inverted circle to replicate real-life Gotham architecture, and he's now testing it with Zatanna."

"But due to the limitations of human life forms, he can't open a spatial rift like a natural spatial rift, or he finds that the rift is not stable enough after trying a few times, unlike the last time he saw it with Master Andrew."

"John told me you had a way to do this, so the two of us came over."

Jim was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "The elves in the underground are not very good-tempered, and the archmages are used to squandering their power, and they have long been fed by their appetites for so many years. ”

"With so many goblins in one dispatch, it's hard to guarantee that they won't open their mouths, I can try, but I'm really not sure ......"

"We'll go with you." Schiller looked at Jim and said, "I think I should be able to convince them." ”

As soon as Jim opened his mouth to excuse himself, Konstantin began to look at him frantically, after being a bar owner for so many years, Jim is of course very good at reading air, he immediately closed his mouth, nodded, and walked out of the counter ready to lead the way.

Schiller nodded to him with satisfaction, and together they went to the wizarding world of Maia through the back door of the Forgotten Bar.

In the alleys of Gotham Street, Bruce and Zatanna leaned against the wall from left to right, staring at a wall at the end of the alley, Zatana sighed and said, "This is not good, all entrances and exits must have a medium, not left and right, otherwise it will be unstable." ”

"But I want the entrances to be evenly distributed across Gotham City, so that you can easily get in and out of the inner world."

Zatanna frowned, her occult knowledge was not very rich, but thanks to her special talent, magic was more like her instinct, so she could always speak amazingly.

Suddenly, she let out an "ah", and then showed a sudden realization, looked at Bruce and said, "Gotham River!" ”

Zatana and Bruce turned around and walked out of the alley, she led Bruce towards the Gotham River, and at the same time said: "The medium must be one, but at the same time it must run through the whole Gotham, then the Gotham River is the most suitable entrance, as long as a certain section of the Gotham River is magical, it becomes the entrance and exit of the inner world, then you can achieve what you said in any area of Gotham can enter the inner world as quickly as possible." ”

The more Zatana spoke, the clearer her thoughts became, she didn't care about Bruce following her, but walked faster and faster on her own, and talked faster and faster.

"Perhaps it can also be derived from the fact that it is not fixed somewhere, water is a very magical thing, it not only provides the necessary nutrients for human beings to make a living, but also the swaddling clothes of human beings before they are born, it has the properties of a source of life and a connecting thing, if you cast a magic spell on the water of the Gotham River, then maybe it can be the key."

"Enchanted Gotham River water can be used as a moving entrance, and as long as you drink the river water, you can enter the inner world."

At this time, the two had already walked to the Gotham River, and Zatanna held on to the fence and stared at the water in the river, and said while thinking: "The darkness of Gotham naturally also penetrates into the water veins here, and it is in the same vein as Gotham City and the Gotham people. ”

"The Gotham people have long been accustomed to the fact that their drinking water has this imperceptible dark factor, so they will not have side effects when they drink the river water, which means that if the Gotham River water is the key, then only the Gotham people can use it, and the rest of the people drinking this water are completely self-defeating, which makes the key encrypted."

"If you mix different magic ingredients, maybe you can do different locations in the inner world with different Gotham river waters, so you don't have to build a unified teleportation station and then run to your destination with great effort."

"What about students from out of town?" Bruce asked.

"If they want to study here for a long time, sooner or later they will have to be infected by the darkness." Zatanna shook her head and said, "One year is enough. ”

Zatanna added some practical plans intermittently, and finally she looked at Bruce and asked, "I still don't understand, even if you want to build a magic school, you won't go to such great lengths to build a world in a megacity, right?" ”

Bruce pursed his lips, revealing a look of hesitation, and as soon as Zatanna wanted to change the topic, Bruce said: "There are too many problems in the transformation process of Gotham, and none of these problems can be solved by theoretical calculations on paper. ”

"At least half of the cost of the Gotham renovation project was trial and error, and Wayne Group couldn't afford such a horrible expense." Bruce sighed, but still told the story: "The seventh phase of the ongoing project went wrong, and it conflicted with the previous design plan, but it was too late to find out. ”

"The results of soil exploration indicated that more than 10 residential buildings were built in places that were not suitable for the construction of residential areas, because the construction period was very rushed, and the quality of the foundation was not well tested.

"What's even more frightening than the fact that the residents who have already packed up their belongings and are ready to move into their new homes don't understand why everyone else can move in on time but they can't, and rumors and criticism are starting to appear in areas that haven't been renovated."

"So, you need a testing ground to rehearse the Gotham renovation project in advance?"

"It's more than that." Bruce showed a helpless expression and said, "You don't know how destructive those little bastards who live in Wayne Manor are now!" Have you ever heard of the Purse Gang? ”

"Leather bag...... What? Zatanna asked, surprised.

"They faked a gangster family called Neway, which is Wayne's reversal, and broke the power structure of the Twelve Families that had ruled Gotham for a long time by creating all kinds of trouble in Gotham and using the identities of various mysterious people to disrupt the situation - they wanted to turn the Wayne family into the Thirteenth Family."

Zatanna was dumbfounded, and Bruce continued, "The fake cultural events they came up with have tricked them out of real money that could have allowed Barbara to salvage the situation, but let them continue to dominate Gotham like this, I really don't know how to explain to Falcone that I don't want to be a godfather." ”

Zatanna hesitated for a moment and said, "Half of them are from other universes, why don't you want to send them back?" ”

"The problem now is that their relationship is developing too fast, I can't separate them, if I let the Flash take them all away, then Gotham, another universe that has long passed the gangster era, will usher in the biggest gangster family."

Bruce leaned on the railing of the Gotham River and said, "Now I can only let Alfred keep an eye on them, make sure they don't leave Wayne Manor, and when I set up the mirror city, they can make the most of their talents there." ”

"Where there is a father, there is a son." Zatanna commented, but then she said with some uncertainty, "But because of that, are you sure you can keep them?" ”

Bruce immediately raised his hand to look at his watch, and said to Zatanna, "You have a point, send me back to the manor, I need to make sure they have the integrity to stay in the room and do their homework." ”

But when Zatanna and Bruce came out of the portal, they were faced with an empty hall, and all the Robins who were supposed to be there were gone.

(End of chapter)