"Bang Bang Bang"

The frantic bullets and hoarse, shriveled voices from the sudden fog caused by the uncontrolled explosion of magic perfectly illustrate the terrible state of mind of a poor young man who has been tortured and already somewhat delirious after being taken away by a mad wizard.

He lay on the ground with his face covered in blood, yelling and shooting like a crazy veteran after a PTSD outbreak.

The flying bullets pushed Zakon and Zatana back.

They were magicians, but they would be injured if they were hit by bullets, but the old man who heard Mason's hoarse cry rushed to the delirious Mason like a ghost under the protection of his bulletproof cloak.

With a wave of his hand, Batman knocked the gun off his hand and pressed his shoulders down to hold him in place.

Said in a deep voice:

"Mason! Come to your senses! It's me! I'm here to save you, you're safe, kid. ”

"Batman? After the visions of my parents, is it the person I admire the most? No! Don't you think! You're just an illusion, don't try to lie to me! I'm not going to be fooled anymore!

You goddamn wizard! ”

Mason howled fiercely on the ground, and tried to reach out and choke Batman's neck, but in desperation, the old man could only pull out the bat sedative and give Mason a blow to the neck.

That's what quieted him down.

The old man looked at the blood covered in the body of the 17-year-old emaciated young man in front of him and the stains on his clothes, which was a state of embarrassment that could only exist after fierce resistance that could not be faked.

This convinced Batman that during the five days of his disappearance, Mason must have been tortured by the mysterious wizard.

And when the old man picked up the unconscious Mason with his strong arms, Zatanna also came over with a few magic books that he had picked up from near the pit.

The old man looked back at his childhood friend, the beautiful magician who had almost rolled the sheets with him when he grew up, and the latter's attention was attracted by the magic book in his hand.

It is full of a mysterious and intellectual beauty.

She took the torn book in her hand and said to the master in the tone of a professional:

"It is indeed a real magic book, and judging from the obscure words and sentences in these books, it is definitely the kind of ancient faction that has been passed down for more than a thousand years.

Batman, your city really surprises me.

I know the next request will make you uncomfortable, but I'll have to use your power in the city to ask the police to put this place on temporary lockdown.

John and I must scrutinize the remnants of this magical explosion and collect all the remaining magical items.

You have to understand that if these real magic-related items fall into the hands of ordinary people, I am afraid that they will create more chaos in your city. ”

"I understand, Zha Zha."

Batman glanced at Constantine, who was picking up a set of magic cauldrons in the pit next to him, and whispered to Zatana:

"I'll ask my friends at the police station for help, but what about the wizard? Can you track him? I have to know what he's planning in my city?

This incident feels very bad to me. ”

"The line of magic broke in an instant, this is very clever spatial magic, and as you can see, the entire house was transferred by him to a different dimension that suddenly opened.

There was no sign at all.

The reaction time left for me and John was too short to be traced. ”

The beautiful magician girl looked around regretfully, shook her head, and said:

"That must be an experienced magician, he prepared for this situation in advance, it should be that the movement of me and John breaking the enchantment is too much to disturb him.

We're sorry to have your tracking affected.

However, you should check the child's spirit, which is clearly affected by the wizard's magic.

Maybe it's a vicious illusion spell, feel free to contact me if you need to, and I'll stay here with John for a few more days until the aftermath of this is over. ”

"I will, thank you for your advice and help, Xiaozha."

The old man looked around at the mess.

He is not a superhero in the wizarding world, and his knowledge of magic is limited to scratching the surface and theories.

He'd seen a house disappear before, and the last experience had taught him that he should follow the advice of the trusted professional in front of him.

But before leaving, Batman asked:

"You're going to clean it up here, so what about tomorrow's show? Bruce Wayne is a friend of mine, and as far as I know, he's looking forward to the arrival of you, the master magician. ”

"No way, it's more important to get down to business."

Miss Zatanna, the female magician, smiled apologetically and sweetly.

This magical girl who really came from a magical family was holding her magic wand, and while Konstantin was not paying attention, she stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of her mouth under the old man's mask.

That's what it means to say:

"Please explain to your friend Bruce Wayne, and I will double the amount he paid me for the generous deposit."

"I don't think that playboy cares about that, so goodbye, Xiaozha, I owe you a personal favor."

The beauty was in front, but the old man took a step back with restraint, reached out and took out the hook gun and shot it into the sky, and after saying goodbye to Zatanna, he flew into Gotham with the unconscious Mason in his arms, and the night quickly disappeared.

The black long-straight magical girl watched Batman disappear, and she focused on the magic book in her hand again, struggling to decipher this ancient grammar from more than a thousand years ago.

A few seconds later, a faint voice sounded behind her:

"Batboy is so stupid to think I can't see it when I turn my back. But Xiaozha, you still say that nothing happened between you and Batboy?

And what about that Bruce Wayne invitation?

Didn't you tell me before you came that you were a world-class rich man, and that a famous playboy invited you to a party, like a little sheep taking the initiative to walk into the mouth of the big bad wolf.

You know, it makes me feel insecure. ”

"John, don't be so childish, we're all grown-ups anymore."

Zatanna had no idea of explanation, just waved her hand and said:

"Besides, I've broken up with you, haven't I? Until you break off with those strange women from hell and heaven, don't meddle with me. ”

"But I haven't been in touch with them for three whole days, and I don't even read them when they call me or write to me, dear Xiaozha."

While squinting in the direction Batman left, Zakang wailed:

"You have to believe my sincerity this time!"

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"A special alchemical compound has been detected to enter the body, and it is being analyzed... This item is 'Batman Combat Accessory: Special Powerful Sedative', and the recipe is included. ”

When Mason regained consciousness, he was lying on his hospital bed and opened his eyes to see this prompt.

Beyond the translucent light curtain, there was a cold-faced female doctor in a white coat in her forties, pinching a stethoscope and examining his body.

At this time, the warm sunlight was shining outside the window, and it was already early in the morning of the next day, and there was a person sitting next to the hospital bed that Mason did not expect.

Chief James Gordon of the Gotham Police Department.

Looking at the dark circles under Director Gordon's eyes, you can see that he must not have rested well in the past few days of Mason's disappearance.

"Thank goodness you're finally awake."

When he noticed that Mason opened his eyes and looked at him, the director, who was still a little sad, suddenly smiled, and then he said to Mason with a trace of guilt:

"Sorry, kid, the news of that safe house was leaked by the inner ghost of the police station, it was a mistake of my work, and the inner ghost has been arrested. But I was truly relieved after Batman told me you were rescued safely.

It's all my fault. ”

"Don't do that, Director, you and I both know it's not your fault."

Mason's voice was still a little weak, and it wasn't all disguise.

The spirit of the past few days has been tense, and the effect of that strange Star Society soul curse has made his current condition really unhealthy.

But he stretched out his hand and patted Gordon's wrist, tried to smile and said:

"I thought they were Penguin killers, but now I figured out that the Gotham gangs weren't that outrageous.

Who the hell are they?

Why are you coming at me? ”

"They... Well, how to put it, it could be a folklore-like organization. ”

Gordon took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes a little tiredly, and said:

"Have you heard of the League of Assassins?"

"Gordon!"

Just as the director was saying the name, the female doctor who had examined Mason stood up, crossed her waist and said:

"Don't talk about these things in my clinic, I have other patients, this child is very weak and needs to rest, maybe I should ask you to leave."

As the head of the Gotham Police Department, Chief Gordon should have been a dignified person.

But Mason noticed that Gotham's rare cop of conscience and tough guy was especially lacking in momentum when facing the cold-faced doctor.

There is even a feeling of weakness.

He immediately got up and smiled awkwardly at the doctor, then at Mason, and said:

"Leslie is right, you should rest now, Mason. I'll pick you up when you're well, oh yes, don't worry about where you live, I've got a new safe house for you.

Absolutely safe this time! ”

With that, he smiled a little flattering at the cold-faced doctor, but the latter didn't look at him until the director dragged his tired body out of the room, and the doctor shook his head.

He looked back at Mason and said:

"There are no obvious external injuries, most of them are just abrasions and most of them have healed, but your spirit is very weak, child, I will prescribe some medicine for you to see the situation.

If it goes well, you can be discharged tomorrow. ”

Mason nodded, thanked the doctor very decently, and asked in a low voice:

"Are you old acquaintances with Director Gordon?"

"I used to be his fiancée, until that dog thing hooked up with my best friend, and almost ten years ago that old dog broke up and divorced and came to me with a pair of children."

The cold-faced doctor in his forties, who still has charm, did not hide it, and said to Mason generously:

"Are you happy with my story? Gossip little guy. ”

"I don't mean anything disrespectful to you, Dr. Leslie, and if this offends you, then I apologize."

Mason knew he was asking what he shouldn't have asked.

His age had helped him again, and Dr. Leslie had clearly not intended to fight a 17-year-old, she had just sprinkled the fire of Gordon's presence on the child.

She told Mason not to overdo it, pushed the door open and walked out.

After the doctor left, Mason got up and walked to the window to take a peek out, and was shocked to find that the clinic was not in the downtown area, but near Gotham City's "famous attraction" Crime Alley.

From the windows on the second floor, you can even see the alley, which is famous in every sense of the word. One day thirty years ago, it was there that Bruce Wayne lost his parents.

That night was also the origin of Batman.

"Dare to open a clinic around here, this doctor is not an ordinary person at first glance."

The thought came to Mason's mind.

Crime Alley is a well-known mess area in the city, with all the major gangs having properties in the area, and Batman's delivery of him here last night proves that the clinic and Dr. Leslie must have some relationship with Batman.

Mason also wanted to find a way to contact his little brother, Kite Man.

But he suddenly found that the two didn't leave each other's phone calls, and what was even more embarrassing was that he didn't seem to have owned a mobile phone since he was reborn.

I can only wait until two days later at the docks in Harbor Miller to meet the kite man on time, and hopefully the unlucky guy will not be in any danger.

After a sudden relaxation of mental tension, Mason suddenly fell into a state of nothing to do, and he lay back on the bed and began to check the drawings that he had accumulated so far for various branch skills.

And pick out the ones you can try to practice right now.

This pick was picked in the evening, and Mason was pessimistic that he was expected to be very busy in the following days. Whether it's engineering or alchemy, there are too many drawings waiting for him to try to make.

Especially alchemy.

The alchemy notes left by Old K contain more than twenty high-level potions with different effects, downgraded versions of low-level medicines, and Hogwarts Potions.

From the information of the Philosopher's Stone and the magic engine of the Hogwarts train, it can be judged that Mason will have to "fully develop" if he wants to obtain high-level drawings and items in the future.

In other words, not only will he have to practice the several branch skills that have been unlocked, but also the enchantment, jewelry processing and blacksmithing, and gathering branches that have not yet been unlocked should be arranged as soon as possible.

The most outrageous thing is that Mason actually saw "cooking" in the ununlocked branch skills, which really intended him to become a veritable "all-professional master".

But one's energy is limited.

Mason can't imagine how much time it would take him to get through so many branches.

With this in mind, the young man decided to take a nap before the lunch that was approaching noon and see if he could come up with a plan in the afternoon.

Minutes after he fell asleep, Mason was suddenly awakened.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a guy wearing a khaki trench coat lined with a white shirt, a haphazard red tie around his neck, and a foul-behaved guy smoking in the hospital room.

Zakang!

Mason recognized the bastard at a glance.

He'd seen him last night, and he'd been with Zatanna and Batman.

But before Mason could speak, his left hand was grabbed by Zakang, and the wide sleeves of the hospital gown were pulled upwards, revealing the strange tattoo of the black ghost claw on Mason's arm.

"Whew"

Seeing this thing, Zakang spat out the smoke ring with satisfaction.

He sat down beside Mason's bedside with a big grin, flicked the ash on the disposable paper cup from which Mason was drinking, glanced at the young man again, and said in a long voice:

"Oh, Dr. Constantine has come to see you, Mason Cooper, you little creature with secrets, look at your disease..."

The annoying guy pointed to the tattoo on Mason's arm and said meaningfully:

"I thought I was wrong last night, how could there still be such a dark aura in this city after I banished the eight undead ghosts buried deep in that madhouse in this city last year?

But it turns out that even if John was dumped by his sister, he is still the same powerful John!

Young man, you're really sick. ”

Facing Mason, who had changed color slightly, Konstantin took a deep breath of smoke with malice, exhaled a smoke ring, and formed a green skeleton in front of Mason's eyes with the strangely colored smoke.

While playing a trick, he said:

"How did you survive five days under the torture of that dangerous dark wizard? Come, tell me quietly, did you make a deal with some strange and mysterious existence for your life? ”

Hearing Za Kang's speculation, Mason, who was still nervous, suddenly relaxed.

Za Kang's suspicion is actually very reasonable and logical, but the problem is that except for the correct result, you have completely guessed everything else, genius!

The young man maintained a slightly frightened expression, looking at the smug Zakang, he pouted in his heart.

There is no hurry.

Let's test what this hate guy is doing here?

Well, play around with him.