Volume 4: The Last Day Chapter 47 Batman, you have done so many bad things!
A scream came from the dim sewer, causing Zatanna, who was standing at the entrance, to shrink her neck.
The kind white wizard turned around and wanted to cast a detection spell at the entrance of the sewer behind him to see what was happening with Black Adam, but he was immediately stopped by Harley Quinn who was "making up" her weapon next to him.
Harley was in a good mood tonight. She shook her twin ponytails and painted on the black pistol Mason gave her with nail polish, trying to transform it into a "pretty look" that suits a girl's heart.
"Xiao Zha, good boy, don't look at it!"
She shook her head and leaned against the wall at the entrance of the sewer of Naihe Island. She put a piece of bubble gum in her mouth and chewed it. She persuaded with her sharp and energetic voice:
"My sweetheart, if I don't want you to see me, just close your eyes. Be good and you won't get spanked."
"Just you?"
Zatanna pouted.
She played with her magic wand and smoothed her long straight black hair, then said to Harry:
"If it weren't for John, I would have thrown you into the Sunless Sea when you held me hostage just now. Don't mess with the magician, little girl."
"Snap"
Harley responded by blowing a large pink bubble and then chewing it again after it popped.
Obviously he doesn't care about Zuckerberg's threats.
A few minutes later, Mason's staggering figure appeared at the sewer entrance.
Harley cheered and rushed forward to support the cute and powerful Mr. K. She also helped him drag the weak and unconscious Black Adam out of the sewer by his cloak, and kicked the King of Kandak into the sewer next to him with a hard kick.
Mason himself was still coughing and looked weak as if he might collapse at any time , but the black ring on his left hand was strangely emitting small lightning bolts.
It’s like savoring the “delicious food” you just devoured.
The divine and wonderful taste of "Seven in One" made the Black Death Sword unable to stop. If Mason had not stopped it, it would have eaten Black Adam whole, without leaving even a trace.
This scene terrified Zatanna.
She couldn't understand how Mason did it, but she was well aware of Black Adam's strength. If Mason could easily deal with the Magic King, then if she rushed forward she would just be asking for trouble.
Reason made her give up the fight with force, which made Mason breathe a sigh of relief.
Given the miserable state he and Harley are in now, if Zack rushes up to them with gritted teeth, there will be no way for them to escape and they will have no choice but to become a pair of desperate lovers in the dark cell of the Mystery House.
But it's not a bad thing.
Maybe if I stay in the dark cell of the mysterious house for a long time, I will meet another smart and brave guy with the same last name "Mei".
Anyway, fortunately the White Wizard was frightened.
With the help of Harry, Mason sat on the stone next to him. He took out a bottle of brown|owl and drank it to restore himself, while stroking the Sorting Hat on his head in his hand.
He said:
"I killed Igor, but you don't seem as excited as last time, Hat. I can feel that since I learned from Professor McGonagall that there are still a group of young wizards alive, you seem to care about more than just revenge.
At least not as enthusiastic as before.”
In response to Mason's question, the hat did not hide its true colors. It showed a vague human face and answered:
“When you have nothing, you can always give it your all, because existence and results have no meaning to you, but hope is a wonderful thing.
It can turn a coward into a warrior overnight, and it can also make a lost avenger return to reason. "
The hat paused and said:
"I admit that, rather than cold blood, I now want those poor children who have escaped the doomsday to live a new life in a new world.
You helped Peter Parker and his world, you saved Jack Sparrow and the last of his people from the flames during the apocalypse.
You are a truly kind person.
Not only does he have a kind heart, he also has the means to practice kindness.
Mason Cooper, I am asking you as one of the four wizards, are you interested in becoming the honorary principal of the new Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? You see, the key to the principal's office is in your hands anyway, and the phoenix of the Dumbledore family is also in your hands.
This may be the choice of fate.”
"Not interested! You know me, Hat. I'm too busy right now. I have to compete with the stars, play tricks with Quint, and try to survive with my companions in a dangerous parallel world of the Dark Ages.
In the terrible situation where his vitality was gradually restored but the injuries from the rejection reaction did not ease at all, Mason played with his hat and glanced at Zatanna who was pinching her nose and casting magic to pull Black Adam out of the sewer not far away.
He whispered in his heart:
"But I have a suggestion for you, Hat. You see, John is the only spellcaster in Team K, and I don't think his personality is suitable for education.
Unless you want to see the kids at Hogwarts become a bunch of drug-taking, promiscuous, jerk wizards.
But even though it has come to the point of fighting, I still believe that these local spellcasters who are ready to bring me to justice are theoretically decent heroes.
Even Black Adam...
Apart from overemphasizing authority and power, he is actually a qualified ruler and elder. At least his personal integrity can be guaranteed.
So it’s better not to bother finding a home for those children.
My opinion is that if Team K cannot accept these little burdens, they should just hand them over to the locals to take care of them . I have even selected their babysitters.
Behold, Zatanna Zatara!
The White Wizard, who has an excellent family heritage and a clean background, is almost synonymous with a perfect spellcaster except for the small stain of having a romantic relationship with Constantine.
With the relationship between Batman and John, these children will definitely be well taken care of and nurtured by Zuckerberg, what do you think? "
Mason's refusal disappointed the Sorting Hat.
He was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said:
"It's not that we can't consider it. What you said makes sense. The exciting life of Team K is indeed not suitable for a group of young wizards who are just starting out and facing twists and turns in life.
I just feel sorry that a thousand-year-old academy and the past and future of a world have collapsed."
“It’s always the people who matter.”
Mason took a breath, and with the help of Harley, he stood up and picked up the gray and worn-out box at his feet. He walked towards Zatanna and said in his heart:
“No matter who these little wizards grow up with or who they learn from, they will never forget the heritage of Hogwarts. And when they grow up, the new Hogwarts will naturally take root in this world and continue for another thousand years.
The premise is that this world will not be destroyed by the impact.
But this is what we are working towards, so look forward to it with hope, Hat, and like me, I believe that every story has a happy ending. "
"Snap"
The endless box of wizard Newt was placed at Zack's feet.
Mason, who was supported, put on the Panama hat on his head. He looked at Zatanna, whose big eyes were filled with vigilance, and said softly:
"It was here, Zatanna, that we first met. Batman asked you and John to come and save me. Although I didn't really need it at the time, I will always remember your help.
We are not the enemy.”
"I suppose I believe that."
Xiao Zha pursed her lips, staring at Mason in front of her, and whispered:
"Batman trusts you very much, and I think I can do the same... But, is all this..."
"No! Don't let your imagination run wild. This is just a story about a dangerous guy who was hiding and was discovered by the righteous heroes, so he decided to do something desperate. There are not as many twists and turns as you think, and there is no collusion."
Mason curled his lips and said:
"There are some things in this box. I hope you can take good care of them. There should be some magical animals in it. Just consider it as the 'child support' paid in advance.
Also, Zuckerberg, although John is a scumbag, he really cares about you.
Give him another chance after this is all over."
After saying that, he looked down at the time on his watch, smiled at Harley beside him, released his beloved flying scooter, and said:
"Come on, Harry, we should leave."
Harley carefully and caringly helped the weak Mason into the truck bed, put a safety helmet on him, then got on the motorcycle herself, looked back at Zatanna, twisted the handlebars, stepped on the accelerator, and flew into the already quiet night sky.
Zatanna did not stop the whole process.
After watching Mason disappear, Zack turned his eyes to the box in front of him. There was a piece of paper stuck on the very special and complicated magic lock of the box.
The process of how to open this box is described in detail above.
As a very good spellcaster in this world, Zatanna spent several minutes unlocking the complicated maze, opened the box and found that it was filled with various precious magic books.
But it's just a disguise.
She closed the box according to the description on the note and pressed the switch of the hidden traceless extension spell, then opened the box again. What came into view was a staircase that seemed to lead to another world.
Xiao Zha could even hear sharp and frightened shouts coming from the bottom of the dark stairs, as if there were many people running and crying.
This made her frown.
She did not act rashly, but instead gave the signal to assemble.
Soon, nearby spellcasters came to join her. After hearing that the box was seized from wizards, the local spellcasters immediately decided to work together to explore the dark secrets hidden in it.
Led by Xiao Zha, they stepped in. When they reached the bottom of this magical box whose interior space was almost as big as a small town, the spellcasters saw the scene before them with exclamations.
Nearly two hundred children, protected by a group of strange animals, looked at them vigilantly. These children were all wearing uniform robes, and some were wearing ordinary people's clothes.
They range from ten years old to young adults.
But without exception, their eyes were filled with a sense of shared hatred for the enemy. They waved their wands and scolded the newcomers, as if they were guarding the little bit of their world that was left and their dignity that had long been shattered.
The tears in those children's eyes made Xiao Zha's heart tremble.
"Put down your weapons!"
Combined with Mason's previous message, Xiao Zha immediately understood. She immediately asked the spellcasters behind her to stop moving forward and put down her magic wand.
She looked at the children in front of her who were most likely the last orphans left in another world. She took a deep breath, spread her hands to them, and said:
"Don't be afraid. We have defeated the evil wizards from the Star Society. No one will hurt you. I swear in the name of the Zatara family. You are safe, children."
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As the situation in Gotham escalates, in the watchtower base high above the earth, Cyborg, who is supposed to serve as the "human data core" to support the communications network of the capture operation, can no longer convey the real-time changes in the battle situation to his teammates.
Because the promising cyborgs of the future are also in trouble.
"Ah! Get out of my mind!"
A shrill scream with an electronic sound echoed in the main control room of the Watchtower Space Station. Cyborg rolled on the ground holding his head. This cyborg superhero was in a very miserable state.
The various unknown technological devices on his body that appeared due to the fusion of the alien mother box are in an extremely chaotic state of excitement.
The sonic cannons extending from its arms were firing uncontrollably, its cool outer armor was sometimes opened and sometimes closed, and its energy engine and two circulation devices were running in reverse.
The worst thing is that the main system of the entire watchtower connected to Cyborg's quantum brain is in a state of total collapse.
But there is no need to worry that this priceless watchtower will fall tonight, because a more mysterious data life is quickly "taking over" here.
In the data field of Cyborg's quantum brain, he is fighting for control of every thread and every module of his own with a strange life form whose body is composed entirely of data.
Relying on the unknown technology brought by the Mother Box, he did not collapse like the evil consciousness Arnim Zola in Bizarro's mind.
He still has the ability to fight back, but the situation is not optimistic.
"What have you done to me? You data witch!"
Cyborg's consciousness roared in his quantum brain.
The huge humanoid data life in front of him, which had no complete form at all and was just a simulated body composed of a huge stream of data that constantly changed, answered in a cold and calm tone:
“I didn’t upload any viruses to you, Cyborg, no, Victor Stone, that’s the name you seem to prefer.
My intelligence level is not enough to crack the mystery of the Mother Box. Its technological level is at least two generations ahead of mine. You could have easily resisted my invasion, but you don't seem to know more about it than I do.
You have a terrible weapon, but you have no idea how to use its gifts.
As for your current miserable state, it was not caused by me. When I invaded your quantum brain, I just activated a Trojan virus with a special programming mode hidden in your subsystem.
I am very curious.
With such an advanced data framework as yours, you actually didn't discover the existence of that virus?
Finally, my name is Ott, Ott Cunningham.
This is my human name, you may call me that."
"No, I don't have the virus!"
Steel Bone stubbornly denied:
"The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to do a system self-examination. If it really happened, I would not have missed it."
"Shutting down your computer at a scheduled time and restarting it after a period of system inactivity is not called 'waking up', and you don't need sleep. It's just that you are forcibly imitating human living habits.
However, you don't realize that you can still live without this deformed and stubborn habit.
And it’s freer.”
The data life Otto from 2077 replied calmly:
"Between unlimited freedom and the remnants of humanity, you chose humanity. It's an amazing choice. But unfortunately, I must restrain you today, Victor.
The conclusions I have drawn from trillions of calculations confirm the necessity of today's action. Mason Cooper does not understand that the help he has received is not just due to his friendship with the Afterlife Team.
As for the virus you vehemently deny, it does exist.”
Otto waved his hand, and a line of complex data was suspended in the quantum brain of the steel skeleton in a visible manner. She completely cracked it from the underlying framework to the coding form.
Cyborg looked at this line of data, and after being stunned for a few seconds, he cursed in a low voice:
"The Kryptonian data encoding program also reverse-engineered the outer firewall of the Mother Box technology. No wonder I didn't notice it, Fuck Batman! But I'm curious, when did he upload the virus to me?"
This question made Ott hesitate for a few seconds, and then he said:
"When you first officially met. To be exact, the day you were introduced to the Justice League by Wonder Woman, the day you officially became his teammate."
After these words were spoken, the two data lives fell silent at the same time. A few seconds later, Ultra, who had already cracked the main program of the Watchtower, spoke:
"I have to say that no matter how I look at the individual Batman, the conclusions I draw are all pretty twisted.
It is clear that you are considering a doomsday survivalist who completely distrusts others and is suspected of having severe mental illness and persecution delusions as a trustworthy ally and choose to follow his leadership.
Even if he has been planning and updating his means to counter you since the moment he met you.
Hmm, is this the unique form of friendship between superhumans in this world?
That’s really interesting. ”
