"Your girlfriend is really a little clever ghost, and she is very good at inviting you into the urn."

Dressed like an exhibitionist pervert in a crimson bodysuit, Wade swaggered to the front, and in the quiet corridor of the Star Castle, the A-class spat viciously:

"She might as well just propose that the two of you can get it, just treat it as a haunted house adventure for a little couple, why do you want our group of melon-eating people to run on an adventure, what?

Isn't Deadpool's life a fate? ”

"Just say a few words."

The Deadpool boy next to him grabbed the knife, twisted his head from side to side suspiciously, and said:

"It's so infiltrating here, why isn't there anyone? Is it really haunted? ”

"No life signals were detected, this level is empty, and there is no damage or distortion in the spatial structure."

Deadpool was hovering in the air a meter above the ground, and purple rays were constantly being scanned from both sides of her shoulders, and she reminded:

"I also saw half-eaten food and cold water, which shows that people here were caught off guard when the crisis happened. Don't shake, there's no spirit signal and no magical energy left, it's not haunted! You coward. ”

Despite the affirmative answer from Deadpool, the other Deadpools were not convinced, and they babbled to take out their bags and hang them on their knick-knacks.

From the cross to the mahogany talisman, Wade also found a few crumpled yellow pieces of paper and pasted them on the female Deadpool's upturned buttocks, while the cowboy Deadpool took out a few dried bug limbs and a few cloves of garlic to share with his brothers and sisters.

In the end, even the head of the mechanical Deadpool, who was theoretically supposed to be a materialist creation, was plastered with a Q version of the photo of the Christ doll.

They thought they were prepared for anything, and after being blessed with stupid idealism, the guys, who thought they were invincible, grew bold again, and began to make noise in this uninhabited castle again.

It's like thousands of ducks being put in the same house, and the noise hurts so much that you want to pull out your guns and blow the heads of these bastards.

"It was a mistake to bring them here."

Mason rubbed his ears, which had already begun to suffer, and took out a set of bracelets strung with twelve charms from his bag and stuffed them into Ciri's hand next to him, and whispered:

"The Seiko version that Hei Qiwei has personally blessed can summon him to transmit his skills remotely, and we will withdraw first if something happens in a while."

"There won't be any surprises."

Ciri accepted Mason's kindness, but holding the sword of the Lake Woman, she shook her head and said:

"The Grand Mentor's resonance with the Star Castle was restored as soon as I stepped through the gates, and I can confirm that there are no paranormal events in this castle, and that its own magical barrier has not even been activated.

Straight to the top!

There is no need to waste time elsewhere, people have already been transferred. ”

"Hey, then you two go up."

Wade, who had very sharp ears, blew and shook the yellow paper on the door of his head, and he looked back with a wink, and said:

"Let's go under the castle, and maybe the dark things are hiding there, ready to rush out and kill us by surprise when we let our guard down.

Horror movies are all this routine, so we have to rule out the danger in advance! The Deadpool Legion is fearless! ”

"If it weren't for the fact that I knew you were going to sneak into the vault to get something good, I would have almost believed it."

Mason complained:

"Such righteousness and strictness don't match your personality at all."

"It's cordoned off, you can't get in."

Ciri shook his head and said:

"After the warlock started the war and consumed a lot of inventory, there was nothing good left there, although the wizard didn't reveal much, but he couldn't get in and out during this time, and the finances of the Star Society were on the verge of collapse."

"You don't have to explain so much, you can't stop the free Deadpools from going wherever they want."

Mason sighed, watched as the Deadpool team waved goodbye to them in a friendly way, and then disappeared into the elevator to the underground vault, leaving only the two of them in the hall, the captain shrugged his shoulders and turned to Ciri:

"I don't think they want to be light bulbs. Although these guys are unreliable, their ability to observe words and emotions is first-class. ”

"You're serious!"

The Hunter glared at Mason fiercely, reached out and opened the elevator and walked in.

Mason observed the ground, and just as the Star Fortress had lost its shadow at this point, there would be no projection left behind them as they walked through the building.

As the elevator went up, Mason pushed the hat on his head and whispered:

"When did you and Hallie get on top of that? I saw you guys sharing snacks when I came over. ”

"Yes, your girlfriend gave me all the candy in her pocket that was about to expire, and supervised me to eat it in the name of friendship."

Hiri said expressionlessly:

"It's a double blow to disabling your competitors' body management while dealing with your snack inventory, and I vaguely remember my friends in the elven court doing the same when I was a kid.

Seeing her big eyes staring at me expectantly, I was too embarrassed to refuse. ”

"It's really Harley-style thoughtfulness."

Mason smiled dumbly, shook his head and said:

"She's cute most of the time, right? As long as you know how to appreciate the beauty of innocence in madness. ”

"It's cute."

Ciri rolled her eyes, put away her sword and sheathed it, pouted and said:

"And she's smart enough to know what to do with me, and your Quinn, who doesn't say anything but looks at me strangely every time.

It's like thinking about what type of body bag to use for my shredded corpse.

The two of them really like you, Mason, unlike me, who just see you as an antidote to empty feelings, they see you as the center of gravity and a part of life.

In their crazy world, only you are the same, like holding the last bit of ties left in the world, compared to their fiery hearts, I am more like a bad woman who has temporary intentions.

I can no longer bear to be involved in such strange but beautiful feelings of yours, and I feel guilty even when I think about it. ”

"You don't look like an unusually emotionally open witcher."

Mason complained:

"If your dad had half of your innocence, he wouldn't be entangled with so many ladies."

"I'm the last witcher, nominally."

Ciri ruffled her long hair, snorted, and said:

"I feel like I should be a role model for this profession, in every way."

The atmosphere was relaxed in the joke between the two, and the elevator was about to open when it went up to the top floor, and Ciri moved his fingers to get about to walk out, but the captain stepped forward and took the initiative to hold her hand.

This small gesture caused the Hunter to glance down, and she whispered:

"You posted it on your own initiative this time, and if Harley asked, I wouldn't cover for you."

"Well, it's all my fault."

Mason nodded, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead as Healy blinked, and said:

"Think of this as a blessing."

"Ding"

The elevator door opened a few seconds later, and before Shazam, the old wizard who was already waiting on the top floor, could speak, he saw two people hugging and kissing together after the elevator door opened.

This made the old man's eyes widen, and then he sighed.

Oh, young man!

"You're enough, right?"

Ten seconds later, old Shazam pointed his staff on the ground and said in a deep voice:

"I thought you were here to save us poor people, but I didn't expect that saving was just a bonus to a little couple's haunted house adventure, right?

Do you want me to close the elevator door and give you another twenty minutes? ”

"Of course I'd be grateful if I could."

Mason let go of the Hunter, whose cheeks were crimson, and had been struggling in his arms, turned back to the old wizard and squeezed his eyes, and said:

"Yo, you're in good spirits, and it doesn't seem to be dangerous. Why don't you go out on your own and have to come in? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, follow me!"

The wizard snorted and turned to lead the way to the top depths, with Mason and Ciri close behind.

The Hunter kept hammering the back with the Witcher's small fist behind the captain, and every punch made a splash, which shows that Ciri has indeed inherited the super boxing talent of the legendary Witcher White Wolf.

Speaking of which, boxing is also an excellent inheritance of the Witcher profession, how can a Witcher who can't become the World Champion be a good Gwent player and emotional master?

"When Mephisto used that super magic to smash the half-plane where the Star Fortress is located into this world, everyone thought it would be the end of the world, but in fact it was not.

I don't know what the situation is like outside, but the Star Castle is unharmed, and even the servants in charge of cleaning the castle are unharmed. ”

Shazam Sr., who led the way, explained:

"After discovering that the material entities and shadows of the Star Fortress had been separated, I immediately gathered them together and sent them to the vault of the lower level, where the place is large enough and the most protected is the best place to take refuge.

The rest of the day I spent the rest of my time exploring here on my own, and I eventually discovered something that Mephisto had left behind, and it was because I didn't leave.

Prepare yourself for the next thing to be seen in a very amazing way. ”

The wizard's reminder caused Mason and Ciri to look at each other, and a few minutes later, the three of them entered the large library, only to see at a glance that the very magical fate machine that was said to be able to predict the future had collapsed and shattered, like an item that had been weathered for thousands of years and could no longer be repaired.

"It can't predict a future that's gone off the rails."

Old Shazam shook his head and said:

"It's probably the only thing that has been destroyed in the Star Fort, but it's not the point, look! Front! ”

The old wizard cast a spell to remove the shield, and an irregular circle of dark light of pulsing shadows appeared in front of Mason's eyes, like a door to an unknown land.

"Past it to reach the 'shadows' of the Star Fortress, which I have seen in the past, maintains a projection that is exactly the same as the material world, and has been shaped with a very high degree of magic to maintain a mysterious connection with the material world.

I'm guessing that as long as the Star Castle is still standing, the Shadow Castle won't collapse, but that's still not the point.

Come with me, there's no danger over there.

I've checked it out.

What I'm going to show you is over there. ”

After saying that, old Shazam was the first to step into the dark aperture, and instead of moving, Mason took out various auxiliary tools to add protection to himself and Ciri.

Even the storage jar of the Cosmic Main Power Armor is activated, and it only takes a single command to pop open.

Ciri also applied several of the protective powers she had at her disposal to Mason.

They believed old Shazam, but it was never a bad thing to protect themselves from this situation, and after a dozen seconds, Mason and Ciri walked forward hand in hand into the world of shadows.

Old Shazam was already waiting for them here, and he didn't say much as he looked at the flashing protections on the two of them, just raised his finger to the front.

Mason and Ciri looked up, and the next moment, both of them were breathing rapidly.

Light!

Candle flames, to be exact.

The Star Castle, made of shadows, is not dark.

Burning candles flickered and danced in every part of the building, and tens of thousands of candles spread throughout the large library of shadows, and stretched along the open porch all the way to the outside.

The flickering candle flames illuminated the ground around it, giving the shadow entities a strange luster of translucency.

Mason felt Ciri's hand clench violently in his hand, and it was clear that the Hunter had guessed the truth about the candles, just as she had taken Mason to that special plane when she told him the truth about the Stars, and it was the most amazing of Mephisto's countless little secrets.

"He put all his candles here? Always in the shadow of the Star Castle? ”

Ciri said in a hoarse voice:

Isn't this the devil's deepest secret? Why is he putting all this in front of us? Is this a provocation? Or intimidation?

Is this true? ”

"It's true, it's true."

Old Shazam looked at the three candles of different colors arranged like a crown on the chandelier of many thick candles above his head, and as he watched, the flame of one of the candles bent into the symbol of Shazam's lightning and then reverted in the next instant.

He said to Mason and Ciri:

"I've tested it with my magic, and each candle here corresponds to a member of the Stellar Society, and they are not a projection of the Dark Lands, but a true manifestation of our soul contract with Mephisto in the physical world.

If we put out a candle here, there will inevitably be a colleague from the outside world who will die. And the worst-case scenario right now is that we can indeed extinguish them here.

It delegates that power to us, but it has nothing to do with goodwill. ”

Old Shazam said with a solemn expression:

"I don't know why Mephisto is exposing this secret to us, but it is certain that it represents a certain attitude towards it."

"It's a demonstration, or rather, it's pressure."

Mason reached for the flame of the nearest special twin candle, and as he felt the temperature, he could see the happy faces of Harley and Quinn in the illusion of the flames.

In the shadows of the three of them mingled in the place where the candles burned, he whispered:

"Mephisto wants to play a game with us, the two sides are completely opposite and there is no chance of turning around, if we want to beat him, there are two easy and difficult ways.

He put the easy way in front of us.

All you need to do is blow out these candles, and your Excellency will be weakened and our odds will increase, what are you doing! You are crazy! ”

Mason suddenly turned around and hugged Ciri and reached out to cover her mouth, and the Hunter puffed out his cheeks and was about to blow out the candles around him.

In Mason's scolding, she stared at the other man and motioned for him to let go.

"He's pinching you, Mason! It's a vicious psychic trap. ”

Healy Says:

"He knows you won't make such an unethical choice for the sake of victory, and he's tempting you to step over your bottom line with victory, just like the Joker has been trying his best to get Batman to break the rules.

Beneath the seemingly low-hanging fruit victory lies an even more terrifying darkness.

He is trying to pollute you and turn you, the forerunner who is about to reverse the Dark Ages, into a devil as bad as he is.

You won't and can't do it, but I'll help you.

Mephisto must die! ”

"It's not a trap or torture for me, Ciri, sober up!"

Mason grabbed Ciri's shoulder and yelled:

"This is also a test for you! Once any of us blow out these candles, the coalition of rebels will collapse in an instant.

Those heroes will even turn against us.

I'm going to destroy the Stars, but definitely not in this way, I can't! Neither can you! No one should do that, Shazam, take us out of here!

Lock it down!

Seal it off forever and keep it a secret until Mephisto is completely defeated by us.

This is his bait.

A hot potato thrown to us, a hateful drama that seduces depravity. ”

Mason let out a sigh of relief, and when he felt Ciri's helplessness, he lowered his head and pressed it against her forehead, and he whispered:

"I already have a plan, follow the plan steadily, believe me, good."

(End of chapter)