Chapter 302 Heading to Los Angeles
However, it has always been the case that others owed favors to Constantine, but I never expected that there would be times when he, Constantine, would owe favors to others.
Constantine sighed in his heart, then secretly glanced at Bruce and Xia Yu in front of him, and once again praised his own wit.
A playboy who is interested in magic, and a man who is hard to see through but has some special abilities. But since he can be friends with a playboy, I guess he is not that smart.
The favors owed to them will probably be repaid soon, and maybe they will even owe you a favor.
Constantine loves making friends and helping others the most.
Of course, when you are in danger, you will seek help from your friends and ask them to repay the favor without mercy, even if it costs their lives.
Constantine suppressed the thoughts that emerged in his mind and smiled sincerely again.
"Now that you have made your decision, let's get started."
Constantine clapped his hands on the table, looked at the people in front of him with a confident smile and said.
In the past, when solving problems, he usually acted as a leader and led others to solve difficult problems that were beyond judgment.
Of course, as a leader, you cannot put yourself in danger, so it is okay to let them explore the way for you.
"Bruce, you have power and money. You can use the money to recruit people to explore Los Angeles. Although ordinary people and the devil are two parallel lines, there will always be a moment when they intersect."
"As for the others, I can give you some magic props, and then you can explore the world of magic. You will definitely find some clues while exploring."
Facing Constantine's proposal, Bruce shook his head and said in a deep voice.
"I think you seem to have misunderstood something. It's me who agreed to help, not my identity that agreed to help. Do you understand?"
Wow, you are worthy of being the master, so domineering.
Xia Yu looked at Constantine's expression and suddenly thought of a possibility. The other party might not know that Bruce is Batman.
Getting in touch with Bruce was just to expand his own network. After all, for Constantine, connections were also a resource he frequently used.
At the same time, Constantine had come back to his senses, and without changing his expression, he cursed Bruce in his heart, saying that these rich people were all weird perverts.
"That……"
Constantine looked at the others. Since Bruce said so, then the others...
"They won't help. They have to stay in Wayne Manor to take care of my affairs, so I'm the only one going to Los Angeles." Bruce said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Constantine's expression became a little tense. Why did he go to Bruce Wayne? Wasn't it for his power!
As a result, this guy directly stated that he would not use Wayne's power, and only Bruce would come to help. What an idiot!
Constantine took out his cigarette box with some discomfort. When he was about to have a cigarette to moisten his throat, Xia Yu suddenly snatched the cigarette box from him.
"No smoking here." Xia Yu held the cigarette box between his fingers and shook it, "I don't want to smell your secondhand smoke and become a black lung person at a young age."
Xia Yu’s words made Constantine’s expression a little ugly, because he was the black lung guy that Xia Yu mentioned.
Smoking all the time causes people to suffer from lung cancer in middle age, and even the most serious late-stage lung cancer.
It is precisely because he is about to die that Constantine is so anxious to investigate the conspiracy of hell, because he wants to go to heaven with this achievement.
But to be honest, Constantine didn't want to go to heaven or hell. He wanted to die completely, even his soul would die.
But this was obviously impossible, so he could only choose a better place, which was heaven.
As he was about to die, Constantine had no intention of restraining himself at all. When he was about to snatch the cigarette box, the cigarette box held by Xia Yu suddenly caught fire. In just a moment, the cigarette box was burned out.
This move suddenly reminded Constantine that the Asian man in front of him named Xia Yu was not an ordinary person and could not meet the standards to become his... friend.
"Since you, my friend, don't like the smell of cigarettes, then I won't smoke."
Constantine smiled. He was always very tolerant towards his friends, as long as there was no danger.
"No, no, no, I'm not your friend." Xia Yu showed a disgusted expression as if he had stepped on a cockroach. "I'm not brave enough to make friends with the famous Constantine. I've already said it just now, I just want to be an insurance policy. Don't ask. If you ask, it's impossible for me to spoil the story."
These words made Bruce look at Constantine thoughtfully. Since Xia Yu despised him so much, Constantine might be even worse than he imagined.
Being despised by Xia Yu, Constantine smiled on the surface but was thinking to himself, MMP, he clearly only stayed around Los Angeles, so how did he offend this guy from Gotham.
Constantine glanced at Bruce secretly, and seeing that the other party's expression remained unchanged, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the rich dog owner didn't despise him, it would be fine.
Fearing that something unexpected might happen if time was too long, Constantine said hastily, "In that case, let's go to Los Angeles right away while we can still buy tickets."
Bruce shook his head and said, "Don't worry. I also have a business in Los Angeles. I can take my private plane directly over there when the time comes."
Constantine was a little dumbfounded and cursed the damn rich people again .
"Afu, take Constantine to pick out one of my private jets. I'll leave when I'm done packing."
"Yes, sir."
Alfred replied, placing one hand on his chest, then led Constantine away.
After Constantine left completely, Bruce looked at Xia Yu again without saying anything.
Seeing this, Xia Yu also tilted his head and looked at Bruce with his innocent big eyes.
“…”
After playing staring contest for a while, Bruce was the first to give up, because his eyes couldn't take it anymore and he was about to cry if he didn't blink.
"Ah..." Bruce sighed tiredly first, then asked, "Xia Yu, can you tell me what you know about Constantine? You obviously know him."
"Well..." Xia Yu stretched out his thumb and index finger and rubbed them together, "The price is a bit high."
Bruce remained expressionless in response to this. He took out a check, signed his name on it, and handed it to Xia Yu.
"Fill it out yourself."
“…”
Xia Yu is a bit of a fool. He never expected that the ridiculous scenes in the TV series actually happened, and he was one of the protagonists!
Xia Yu really wanted to snatch the check, throw it hard in Bruce's face, and yell at him, "What's the big deal about having a few stinky bucks?"
But...how could he give up money for the sake of dignity?
"Well, let me tell you about it."
Xia Yu quickly took the check and put it in his arms, then looked at Bruce seriously and said as if nothing had happened.
In fact, he only knew a general idea of Constantine's deeds. Although there was off-field assistance, DC itself was a mess, not to mention his stitched version.
So Xia Yu could only choose what to say, but no matter what he said, one could hear two words between the lines of his words, and that was a scam.
Listening to Xia Yu's story, Bruce was also adding to Constantine's personality model in his mind to make it more perfect.
After a moment, Xia Yu picked up the hot water in front of him to moisten his throat and said, "That's all I know. So Constantine is a real scumbag. Don't think he was so sincere just now. I'm afraid he is just trying to lure you into a trap."
Bruce nodded. Although he could see that Xia Yu was still hiding something, the information he had just received was enough.
but……
"Who are you? Xia Yu." Bruce suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared at Xia Yu. "According to the information I have investigated, you should have never been to Los Angeles. Why do you seem to know everything? And your strange ability, the recovery of Lei Xiaogu's thinking..."
"Well..."
Xia Yu looked at Bruce in surprise. He didn't expect that Bruce would suddenly question him now, but he was willing to ask him openly instead of doing something secretly. Doesn't it mean that Bruce already has some trust in him?
This is really rare, this is Batman's trust.
"you guess?"
Xia Yu chuckled, then stood up and left, leaving Batman with only a long shadow from behind.
Everyone hates the Riddler, and everyone is the Riddler.
You know what, you really don’t know, sometimes the Riddler can really feel happy, especially when others make a grumpy face, then the happiness is doubled.
Seeing that Xia Yu really left without saying anything, Bruce felt a little tired. Why couldn't he meet a normal person?
It can’t be that he can’t meet normal people just because he is abnormal.
Although Xia Yu didn't answer anything, Bruce could confirm that this guy was harmless to Gotham, at least for the time being.
He can be regarded as a companion, but necessary precautions must still be taken. The opponent just demonstrated the ability to start fire with his bare hands. It seems that the fire resistance of the armor must be strengthened.
There is also an ability similar to teleportation... I hope this magical journey will allow him to collect enough information to check and balance Xia Yu.
After Bruce collected his thoughts and determined his target, he looked at Talia and Lei Xiaogu.
Gotham can live without Bruce, but it can't live without Batman, so he decided to let Ra'shou Gu replace him as Batman during this time.
As his former teacher, Bruce actually wanted to kill this old immortal who had no human emotions many times, but the oath of not killing forced him to let Lei Xiaogu go again and again.
I thought that life would only continue like this until Lei Xiaogu destroyed himself, but who would have thought that Lei Xiaogu would recover one day.
Through the conversation with Lei Xiaogu, Bruce also confirmed that this once ruthless man had really regained his human thinking.
Of course, there was also some influence from Talia.
As for how Lei Xiaogu recovered, Lei Xiaogu kept silent every time this was mentioned. It was only just now that he knew that Lei Xiaogu's recovery was also related to Xia Yu.
That's why he questioned Xia Yu just now, but the answer...
Bruce withdrew his thoughts, explained his plan to Talia and Ra'shou, then opened the secret door and went to the Batcave.
Although he went to Los Angeles as Bruce, he was able to bring some Batman props, such as the universal belt.
…
"Why haven't they come yet?"
Constantine leaned against the wall bored, with a cigarette in his hand. Although his cigarette was burned, he never said that he only had one pack of cigarettes.
"The master will be here soon. After all, he is the head of the Wayne family and has many things to explain." Alfred said politely while standing aside.
In response to this, Constantine curled his lips and took a puff of his cigarette silently. As far as he knew, the Wayne family only had Bruce Wayne. What was there to explain about the family of one person?
After waiting for a while, Xia Yu came, and not long after, Bruce, who was wearing a suit and trousers on the surface but was fully armed inside, also came.
Bruce first explained some things to his butler Alfred before boarding his private plane and flying to Los Angeles.
Bruce Wayne, who has traveled around the world during his training, is no stranger to Los Angeles, but it is obvious that he only knows the surface of Los Angeles.
Under Constantine's explanation, a world of angels and demons gradually unfolds towards Bruce.
"God and Satan agreed to make the human world a neutral zone and not to interfere directly with human behavior, but they could each send their own minions to secretly influence people's choices. Those who choose to be good can go to heaven after death, while those who choose to be evil will fall into hell. Both sides bet on human souls on the poker table to decide the final ownership of this middle zone."
"But the orthodox angels and demons cannot freely enter and leave the human world because there are barriers between them. So the minions of heaven and hell need to use human bodies to move around. We call these minions hybrids because they are not pure humans. Angels are hybrid angels, and demons are hybrid demons."
Bruce raised a question in response to Constantine's explanation.
"So the appearance of those evil people and good people is all due to the influence of their power?"
"No, no, no." Constantine shook his head. "Although hybrids have great power, within the rules, they can only influence the human mind by whispering. This is true for both the good and evil sides. So in the end it depends on the human's own choice. Moreover, hybrids cannot be killed directly. They can only be expelled back to their original place."
Hearing this, Bruce became a little worried. Angels and demons cannot be killed, so what if these two target Gotham?
His vow not to kill only applies to humans. Aliens and other races are not included in this category, so Bruce has already started thinking about how to kill angels and demons.
"Of course, hybrids that have been in the human world for a long time will often be assimilated by humans and possess the same seven emotions and six desires. Therefore, hybrid angels and hybrid demons are often not as hostile as people imagine. They are more like athletes competing fiercely with each other. Athletes understand, right?" Constantine gestured with his hands and feet.
"The human soul is the gold medal, and they are the athletes who want to win the gold medal. They compete with each other, but there is no life-and-death hatred. Some angels and demons will even develop cross-class feelings because they also have seven emotions and six desires."
"Then how do we identify the angels and demons that mingle among the human world?" Bruce asked.
"That's easy. When they use their powers, the hybrid angel's eyes will turn gold, and the hybrid demon's eyes will turn red."
Bruce silently took note of this information and recalled Gotham.
In all the years since he debuted as Batman, no one with special eye color has appeared in Gotham, so does this mean there are no angels or demons in Gotham?
We must not let our guard down and investigate again when we get back. Angels can stay temporarily, but demons must be expelled.
Xia Yu, who had been silent, fell into deep thought. Angels have golden eyes, demons have red eyes, so what are his red eyes that use the power of holy light? A hybrid among hybrids?
However, the source of his holy light is not a real angel. Besides, he is a human being, not a subordinate of heaven or hell, so he doesn't need to put himself in that situation.
I don’t know if I can obtain the real power of angels this time, and the Spear of Longinus in Gabriel’s hand is a real artifact.
Hmm... that thing really seems to have the power of destiny, so I'd better not take it to avoid being cheated.
A few hours later, the private plane arrived at Wayne Enterprises in Los Angeles.
Because Bruce said in advance that he wanted to keep a low profile, only a few people knew that Bruce Wayne had come to Los Angeles this time.
After leaving the gate of Wayne Enterprises, Constantine looked at Wayne Building behind him with some regret.
If he had the support of Wayne Enterprises, he wouldn't have to put himself in danger now. Unfortunately, the head of the Wayne family is not very smart.
But as the head of the Wayne family after all, Constantine didn't believe that Bruce Wayne didn't bring any security forces. As long as Bruce Wayne was safe, he would definitely be safe too.
"Hey, let's go. I'll take you to see our world."
Constantine chuckled, then took out his cell phone and called his driver and apprentice.
Not long after, an old yellow car appeared in front of the three people, and a young man with an innocent face leaned out.
"Are you the helpers Constantine found? Hello, my name is Kramer, Chase Kramer."
Bruce nodded silently, while Xia Yu looked at the young man curiously. This Chase has always been controversial in the film.
Because at the end of the film, he was killed by Gabriel, but in the film's easter egg he was resurrected as an angel and spread his wings and flew high into the sky.
Therefore, many people believe that Chas Cremer was a hybrid angel from the beginning, secretly sent by God to be with Constantine to guide him on the right path.
But based on his performance in the film, Chas seems to have always been a mortal, and a true hybrid cannot be killed but can only be sent away, so it is possible that Chas was upgraded to an angel by God after his sacrifice.
What the final explanation is, that depends on each person's own opinion.
"Hey, man, what are you still doing standing there? Get in the car."
Xia Yu, whose thoughts were interrupted, came to his senses, nodded and got into the car. No matter whether he was an angel or not, he had not shown any special abilities in the whole film, so just treat him as a mortal.
