Knights of DC

Chapter 1040 Changes in the Magic World
Three days after the Capitol building triggered by Apocalypse, the young generation headed by Ke Wen gathered here in the Titan Building. This should be one of the rare gatherings of all members of the Teen Titans.

After all, they are Teen Titans, and their average age is basically 20 years old. Some of them are not yet officially adults. Most of the time, Ke Wen will not let these underage guys play, which is also his own insistence.Usually you can rely on your own ability to do something good, it’s okay, but in this kind of big event, those of us who are brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts have not fallen, so it’s not your turn to play, this is the principle question.

And the same is true for the Titan members here at this time, none of them are underage, only Ke Wen and his group of young people, on the Bat Family side, only Dick is here.Others have to be responsible for maintaining the order of the newborn Gotham City. Although the situation in Gotham City has improved now, there are still some basic precautions, especially now that Batman and the Justice League are missing.

At this time, news about Mechanical Superman was also being broadcast on the TV in the conference room.The headline of the news is also very eye-catching -【Returning Hero, Redemption Warrior, Hank Henshaw/Mechanical Superman! 】

On this title, it is the question and answer situation between the reporter and the so-called expert. Listening to the dialogue between the reporter and the expert on TV, everyone present has the same bad face and mood.

The matter still has to go back to three days ago, because Leticia's self-exposure caught Clark, the president, by surprise with the help of the public opinion offensive.He clearly knew that Leticia and the mechanical superman in front of him had something wrong with them, but without strong evidence to prove it, he could only pinch his nose and give an order to let Ke Wen and Jonathan Jr. in the Sahara desert arrest the mechanical superman, and then the army Fang took over.

Ke Wen, who understood why Clark did this, was helpless. He could only resist the urge to smash the mechanical superman, and together with Jonathan Jr., twisted it to the military, and recovered the kryptonite by the way.The next thing is fun. Leticia doesn't know where to make up a so-called device, put the mechanical superman directly on it, and say that it can release the brainwashing program implanted in his mind by Apocalypse.

Even Ke Wen, Jonathan Jr., and Clark knew it was a show, but they had no way to expose him. They could only let the mechanical superman change from expressionless to dazed in a textbook acting struggle, and then saw Lai. When Ticia showed tears again, there was a scene where lovers finally get married, it was disgusting and fucking opened the door for disgusting—it was so disgusting!

After that, it's easy.The mechanical superman who pretended to have regained his sanity also began to confess, saying his name, and the reason why the accident happened at the beginning is the same as what Ke Wen and Batman knew before. The technology that came to the earth was activated under certain circumstances, which caused this accident.Then he went to Apocalypse, was arrested, and experimented. After learning that Superman was no longer Superman, Darkseid transformed himself into a mechanical superman and brainwashed him.

As for his lover relationship with Leticia, it is better explained.About Leticia's past, as long as you put your heart into it, you can find out.Long separated from Lex and Lena's father, she finds her soul mate in Hank Henshaw, simple as that.Of course, if the matter just ends here, everything is easy to say, but Hank Henshaw, as the mechanical superman, also automatically proposed that he can't guarantee whether the brainwashing program in his body has been completely cleared.

The power of alien technology is indeed not comparable to the current technology on earth.So for his own safety and the safety of others, he voluntarily was imprisoned by the military until the military and the president determined what kind of trial he should receive.A set of self-exposure and death, which completely made it impossible for Ke Wen and the others to face Mechanical Superman and Leticia in the open. Now everyone is paying attention to this matter. If there is not enough evidence, they will do it. It's just a matter of fact.

This turmoil caused by Apocalypse turned into a whitewashing drama between Mechanical Superman and Leticia in the end. The most ridiculous thing is that Ke Wen and the others thought that Mechanical Superman and Leticia were going to cooperate with Darkseid in the beginning. havoc.They made all the preparations, but they didn't expect to be reversed by them, and they still can't find a good way to deal with them.

"Wonder Woman, have they found it?" After waving his hand and turning off the annoying reports on TV, Ke Wen also asked there.

"No, I used the mother box's positioning system for Apocalypse, and I didn't find any traces related to Wonder Woman in the universe where Apocalypse is located. I suspect that Darkseid did not bring them back to Apocalypse, but It is directly exiled to a different universe, in this case, it will take more time for them to come back, and besides, I don’t think Batman has the same experience as Wonder Woman.”

Steel Bone was also there reporting on his work situation in the past three days. Disgusting is disgusting. Since Leticia is playing this game within the rules, Ke Wen and the others can't break the rules, they can only do what they can do now thing.

"I know this well. I will find an insider to find out about this, let's not talk about Batman. What about the biochemical creations created by Lex to deal with Superman before, how is the situation now?"

Regarding Cyborg's speculation about Batman's disappearance, Ke Wen also has a bottom line in his heart, but he doesn't want to say it now, it's about the dark multiverse, and it's the dark and fallen Batman, so don't put so much pressure on his group.

"Part of it is solved, and the rest is missing. When Kara and I checked these guys, we found that they had the technology of Apocalypse. The biggest possibility is that they have some kind of connection with the mother box. Of course, it is not Apocalypse. The mother box of the star was imitated by our side of the earth. It can only be used for space transfer on the earth. If I guess correctly, this should be the victim of my mother paving the way for her good friend."

When talking about Leticia, the biological mother, Lena's expression also became a little complicated. Even if she knew the truth about her childhood memories on the surface, she knew that she was just a commodity of Leticia.But Leticia is her biological mother after all, how can she let it go so easily, she is not like Lex, who lives in the cruel truth from beginning to end.

"Okay, I probably understand the situation. At present, we can't move Leticia and Mechanical Superman. Of course, I don't think Leticia has been idle for the past three days. The news just now shows that she is also giving The mechanical superman is trying hard to clean up. No matter how the mechanical superman is judged, what we can do now is to find the missing biochemical creations first, and then destroy them. We can’t let her be cleansed by the mechanical superman so easily. For other things, you go back They are also optimistic about their respective cities, and if something is wrong, they will notify everyone directly.

At this time, everyone should stop playing personal heroism. Now that the situation of the Justice League is unknown, we are the only ones who can help here.That's it, everyone, go back and pay attention. "

A simple meeting ended like this. At this time, Ke Wen didn’t have time to talk to Calado, because now Carla needs to help in the metropolis. Leticia, the place where the mechanical superman is most likely to cause trouble is in the metropolis. City, little Jonathan alone can't do it.As for Lena, she had to take care of Lex who was admitted to the ward again, although she didn't know what method Lex used to escape from the trap Leticia set for him.

But the price paid was not small, after suffering two losses, Lex also learned to behave, and Lena didn't want her brother to be in danger again, especially in the current situation.

After everyone left, Ke Wen was alone in the conference room in a daze.Waving his hand, the holographic image on the conference table also listed the current situation, and the icons representing Wonder Woman and others were always in a dim state.And Clark is now arguing with the military and Congress on how to deal with the mechanical superman.Among other things, the technology contained in the mechanical superman alone is enough for the members of Congress and the military to take a risk.

In the face of such huge benefits, they don't care what kind of benefits you, the president, can bring to them. After all, what you said has not yet been realized, but the mechanical superman is right in front of them. They know how to choose.

On the contrary, what Ke Wen is concerned about now is not what the mechanical superman and Leticia will do after they are cleansed. Compared with this, what the steel bone said just now makes Ke Wen more worried.He had learned from Dick that Batman went on a mission alone again without explaining to anyone. He returned to Gotham only after connecting with Savage in the Amazon Rainforest and began to investigate the issue of the Sky Sword. Leticia and Cyborg's past.

This also made Ke Wen think about whether Batman has noticed something about the dark multiverse, and also knows the existence of the dark fallen knights.In Dark Nights: The Beginning of the Metal Event, Ke Wen also vaguely remembered that the conflict started in the Amazon rainforest, but in the comics, the Dark and Fallen Knights appeared together. If Batman’s disappearance was not because of Apocalypse, then So there's already a fallen Batman coming to the main universe of the Light multiverse?

"How is this possible?" Whether he was doing mental calculations or not, Ke Wen himself may not have thought that the last fallen Batman was not born in the dark multiverse, but the timeline that should have been erased from the branch of the main universe, Flashpoint Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne in the timeline.More importantly, Ke Wen also discovered a problem, since Zatanna said that she would go back to the Tower of Eternity to visit her old father.

But after the Knight's original event, neither Zatanna nor the magician Zatara, a member of the Justice League, has not appeared, as if they don't know everything that happened in this world, which is not right.With Zatanna's character, it is impossible to be unaware of what happened during this period, unless something bigger than the Knight's original event, or even the current mechanical superman crisis, happened in a corner they don't know .

"Damn, I really can't figure out all these things, but for magic, I have to consult a professional."

A series of weird incidents upset Ke Wen. He forced himself to calm down, and immediately opened the Rainbow Dimensional Wall and left from the Titan Building.

Europe, Black Forest, when the Rainbow Dimension Wall brought Ke Wen here, Ke Wen was also taken aback.Because he always thought that the guy he was looking for would stay in London, why did he come to Germany now, the doubts are doubts, but Ke Wen has too many questions to answer now, looking at the guy in front of him in black Ke Wen also walked towards the hut in the forest that looked very abrupt in the forest.

Simple blindfolds, the enchantment can't stop Ke Wen's footsteps, easily cross the magic enchantment used to hinder ordinary people, push the door, and the room is full of alcohol, which almost didn't make Ke Wen feel bad .With a wave of his hand, he randomly cast a small spell, and the cyclone circled around the room, directly dissipating the smell of alcohol in the room, and his breathing became much smoother all of a sudden.

"Bloody Hell! Etrigen! I told you not to use damn magic in this house, how many times do you need me to repeat it!"

Just when Ke Wen used magic to remove the smell of alcohol from the room, the familiar British accent sounded. Wearing a Mickey-colored windbreaker, with blond hair with a chicken nest, and untrimmed stubble, he was completely John dressed as a homeless man. Konstantin wandered out with drunken steps, still berating some guy named Italegen.

"John?"

Looking at the hell detective in front of him, Ke Wen couldn't believe his eyes. Is this the guy he knew?The mental state was quite good when we met several times before, and I even quit smoking. Why haven't I seen each other for a few years, and I became an alcoholic immediately.

"Oh, you." Taking a drunken step, when Ke Wen called his name, John Constantine also saw Ke Wen, stopped, squinted his drunken eyes for a long time, and then recognized Ke Wen .

Before Ke Wen could exchange greetings, John threw the wine bottle in his hand towards Ke Wen.The spilled wine and wine bottle were all fixed in the air by Ke Wen, and with a random finger, the wine and wine bottle were also taken back intact and placed on the table.Then he stretched out a hand on the table, and directly drank the bottle of wine on the table. At this time, Ke Wen also saw the owner of this hand.

This is a demon with the characteristic sulfur smell of hell, tawny skin, and red eyes.After drinking the bottle of wine that Ke Wen sent to his eyes, he burped Ke Wen directly, but what came out of his mouth was flames.

A simple flame attack could not cause any harm to Ke Wen. After his belch, he looked at Ke Wen who was unharmed.The demon who was still immersed in alcohol just now woke up as if he saw his prey.From him, Ke Wen also felt the breath of danger.

"Finally, we can have a hearty fight!"

"What?"

After all, the demon named Itlegan stood up, waved one hand, and the flame in his hand split the table in front of him in half. The flame condensed in his hand and turned into a fine steel long sword. He rushed towards Ke Wen.

Ke Wen, who didn't understand what happened at all, was thrown a wine bottle as soon as he entered the door, spit out his mouth, and then faced each other with swords and swords. Even he couldn't help getting angry.Just when the one-man-one-demon battle was about to start, the hangover John woke up, looked at the two sides who were about to start the fight, and then hurriedly said.

"Stop it, Elitgen, he's my friend!"

"Ah, a boring party..." Hearing what John said, Elitgen, who was about to do something, lost all interest, drew his sword, and fell to the ground with his head straight up, falling into a deep sleep.Looking at the fell asleep demon, Ke Wen looked at Constantine.

"Now I'm your friend again? You're the first one to throw a wine bottle at a friend as soon as you enter the door."

"I can't help it. I'm just like this. I don't like to see other people's good, so I like to throw things. So what wind blows you here, the great hero who saves the world and the universe, Kamen Rider."

Listening to Constantine's eccentric praise, Ke Wen didn't understand how he had offended him. "Did I do something to hurt you? Don't tell me that you are because of the memory turmoil of the old universe. Then I really think you are crazy."

After thinking about it, Ke Wen can only think of the memory rebirth storm in the old universe. After all, Zatanna seemed to have been with Constantine in the old universe.

"Huh? I'm praising you from the bottom of my heart. You are amazing, and you are the only lucky one. I can only stay in this room and never see the light!"

"What happened, John? Did something happen to Xiao Zha?!"

Listening to Constantine's incoherent content, Ke Wen was puzzled and could only think about Zatanna. When he thought of this, Ke Wen was not as calm as before.He strode forward, grabbed Constantine by the collar and brought it in front of him.

"Tell me, what happened to Xiao Zha, or is there something wrong with the so-called magic world!"

"Ah, clever boy, but alas, you got it wrong. There is nothing wrong with the wizarding world, and we, all of us, including me, without you, are just paying our debts, which is why I hate magic, all Magic has a price, except for you, the lucky one, you don’t need to know what happened, because it’s never been about you, so don’t ask me, it’s not your business, haha.”

With his collar held up by Ke Wen, and his mouth full of alcohol, Constantine was also speaking these nonsense words there.But from Constantine's words, Ke Wen also understood that there was a problem in the magic world. This may be the reason why Zatanna has not come back until now, but no matter how Ke Wen asked, Constantine looked like a drunk , I don’t want to tell Ke Wenduo at all, including the demon who fell to the ground and fell asleep, Italegen.

demon?Looking at the demon who fell asleep, Ke Wen also thought of another existence.Reaching out his hand, he took out a card in Constantine's pocket, and soon, he took out a card with a demon printed on it from Constantine's windbreaker. Inside, a demon with red skin was playing the piano.Throwing Constantine on the chair, looking at the drunken Constantine, Ke Wen couldn't say anything.

"I don't know what made you like this, but I'll figure it out, and it's about time you sober up."

After a word of warning, Ke Wen also turned and left directly, holding the demon card he took out from Constantine's arms, injecting magic power, then twisted the door handle, and opened the door directly.On the other side of the door, Ke Wen also appeared directly at the other end of the earth, Los Angeles, the Bar of Light.There is a hell lord in the game world, Lucifer who holds half of the authority of the supreme god in the DC universe.

Since Constantine didn't tell himself what happened in the magic world, Ke Wen had to find Lucifer, the highest spokesperson in this area, to understand the situation. He just dealt with the Lord of Hell. Ke Wen really didn't like it. He was a two-way plug. Not to mention, asking Lucifer for help is equivalent to owed Lucifer a favor. If the favor is small, you can just come to him as a waiter for a day. If it is big, the saying that you sell your soul to the devil is nonsense Is it?

It’s just that when Ke Wen opened the door and walked into the Light Bar, what he saw was not Lucifer, the Lord of Hell, who was playing the piano on the second floor. Instead, it was a woman with a good appearance, figure, and temperament. female.

"Ah, I made a mistake, come again." In addition to embarrassment, Ke Wen also thought that the way he opened it was wrong, and when he was about to go back and try it again, the lady sitting by the piano also spoke.

"I guess you're here to find Lucifer, right? I'm Chloe, detective Chloe."

Chloe's self-introduction and words also made Ke Wen stop. Looking at the female police detective, he asked, "So you know Lucifer?"

"Well, and I know you're not an ordinary person, but I don't think you'll be able to see Lucifer these days."

"Aha, so where did he go?"

"Well...he went to hell."

"Ha, that's a perfect statement, I'm lonely. I'm sorry to bother you, I guess you want to ask me if I can go to hell and meet Lucifer, but I'm sorry, I can't, and Until now, I don't know what happened, so good night."

Detective Chloe was not given a chance to continue questioning, the door closed, and when Ke Wen reappeared, he found that he was already outside Constantine's cabin in the woods.Looking at the hut in the forest with the door closed, what Constantine said just now, and Lucifer's sudden return to hell at this critical moment made Ke Wen understand that major events that he didn't know were happening in the magic world, but he didn't show it With a little sign, including myself who is also a magician, I didn't feel the slightest discomfort.

But Constantine's words told Ke Wen that people in the entire magic world are paying their debts, what debts are they paying, and whose debts are they?If all the wizard magic in the wizarding world is provided by a certain existence, then now is the time for a certain existence to collect debts from the magicians in the magical world, so why is there nothing wrong with me?
Looking at the Lucifer demon card in his hand, Ke Wen also murmured to himself there: "So you have to go back because you know something, after all, when it comes to magic, isn't hell just a product of magic? I don't understand."

Speaking of his confusion, the Rainbow Dimensional Wall rose, took Ke Wen away from the Black Forest, and returned directly to his own detective agency in Nasino City.Sitting on the chair, Ke Wen also began to sort out everything that happened so far. Whether it was the turmoil on Apocalypse, or the changes in the magic world that were happening in places he didn't know, Ke Wen always felt that everything seemed to be in jeopardy. There was a hand playing behind his back, and now he had to find out who owned it!

(End of this chapter)