The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

I have bad news, or worse news, which one do you want to hear first? In Gotham University's cryogenic laboratory, Victor looked at Batman and asked, before Batman could answer, he thought about it Said himself:

The bad news is that Gotham has problems with both rainwater and drinking water, and the worse bad news is that they are not the same problem.

Batman frowned. He looked at Victor, waiting for his conclusion. If it was before, he would definitely go to see the test results in person, or take samples to study in the Batcave, but now, he just hopes to get the highest To solve this problem with high efficiency, the process does not need to be studied carefully.

I detected a mysterious substance in the rainwater, and it doesn't belong to any of the component spectrums we currently know. Victor said as he walked to the experimental bench, picked up a report, and said:

In order to study the nature of this ingredient and the special features of rainwater, my students did many experiments and found that this ingredient reacts with metals.

What type of reaction? Batman asked.

It's not clear yet. Victor shook his head and said, This kind of reaction does not exist at the level visible to the naked eye. We discovered it when we used a magnetic oscillator to observe the feedback of the magnetic field.

Hearing this, Batman seemed to think of something. He looked back at Zatana, and Zatana stepped forward and looked at Victor and said, Can you reproduce this reaction process? This is very likely related to It's about magic.

Then, she explained: For people without spirit vision, magic is invisible. For example, I can pull a rabbit out of my top hat. You can see the top hat and the rabbit, but you can't see it. To how the rabbit is conjured, even if I use a transparent top hat, it's the same.

However, it is not completely without any traces. Most of the continuous magical reactions can be observed by humans through the magnetic field. Some people's own magnetic fields are inherently special, that is, they have a magical affinity, and it is easy to attract some' Soul' or 'spirit' parasitism, which is the so-called physique that attracts ghosts.

Your reactions that are invisible to the naked eye, under the vision of the spirit world, are likely to be in the state of continuous magical reactions. Therefore, if you can reproduce this process, I may be able to find clues.

Seeing Zatanna's tired pale face, Batman moved his lips, but Clark immediately said, Miss Zatanna, you look really tired, don't you really need to take a break?

I'm sorry, I broke your portal. If possible, I will compensate you with all the materials. If you are injured or exhausted, you'd better go back and sleep.

I'm fine. Zatanna pursed her lips and shook her head and said, It's nothing to me to lose the portal and empty power. I have received more rigorous training than this. Please believe that in In terms of magic, I am a professional, let's start now.

Batman has been looking at Zatana with his head tilted. In her stubborn expression, he saw himself at the beginning. Now he understands why Schiller said that Zatana is very similar to him four years ago.

Now, Zatana's emotions can't be said to be gritty, but more like excessive paranoia. In terms of magic, she must prove her professionalism, prove that she is omnipotent, and can solve all cases in the world, regardless of No matter what state I am in, I rely on one breath to support it, and I will never take half a step back.

I have to admit that looking at this kind of person from the perspective of a bystander, I really have the urge to suggest that he go to a psychiatric hospital to prescribe some medicine.

Victor just glanced at Zatana and didn't say anything. He called a few students and reproduced their previous experiment process.

In fact, it is very simple, that is, put a piece of iron in the magnetic oscillator, turn on the machine, drip rainwater, and some abnormal readings are displayed on the watch.

Clark and the students carried the buckets of rainwater together. Batman and Victor looked at the readings on the watch. Zatanna's eyes shimmered. Just as the water poured into the cabin and submerged the iron sheet , she suddenly called out:

Stop! No!

Both Victor and Batman turned to look at her, Zatanna said: I observed some magical reactions... yes, my inference is correct, this is a continuous magical reaction, with some dark And the state of chaos... Let me see, no, no, there is something wrong with the mode of triggering the response, can you repeat it again?

Repeating the experiment again, Zatanna frowned. She conjured a screen in the air, and wrote words and formulas in mid-air with her fingers, saying:

Look here, the so-called continuous magic reaction, you can also understand it as a long-term activated magic circle.

Zatana swung her fingers and drew a slightly complicated pattern in mid-air, and then explained: First, I engraved the activated end of the magic circle on an object, like this.

The pattern she drew lighted up slowly and floated over his head. Zatanna waved her hand and said, This is just a magic circle I wrote casually, and now, I want to use another kind of magic to activate it. it.

After finishing speaking, one of Zatanna's fingers lit up, and she continued: At this time, the effect of this magic circle is only to emit light, and the effect of the magic in my hand is only to emit light, but when the two of them meet... ...

Zatanna moved her finger lightly, pointed at the magic wand, and a stream of light flew out. With a hoo, a strong wind blew out from the magic circle, blowing Zatanna's long black hair to behind her ear.

And, until Zatanna extinguished the magic circle, the gust of wind kept blowing and remained in a very stable state. Zatanna stretched out her hand and explained: Look, this is the continuous excitation magic, which is different from ordinary magic. .”

If I use normal magic, like this... Blow the wind!

Zatanna concentrated and cast the simplest irony magic. This gust of wind blew towards Batman, blowing up the cloak behind him, but soon, the strong wind disappeared and Batman's cloak fell down.

Usually, the magic we use depends on the amount of magic power we use to determine the intensity and duration. Zatanna is much more professional than Constantine in explaining magic. After all, she has received the most Professional academic education, know how to explain the principles of magic to others.

However, if we stop the output of magic power, the magic will stop, but this is not the case with continuous reaction magic. After constructing the activated magic circle and the elements that trigger the magic circle, once the two parties meet, the magic will stop. in continuous effect.

If you say that, isn't continuous reaction magic much stronger than ordinary magic? Victor asked with a frown.

However, continuous reaction magic is much more difficult and fragile than other magics. It is not possible to expect it to work there for a lifetime after putting both things in place and stimulating them. Zatanna shook He shook his head and said: In most cases, the continuous reaction magic cast by many magicians is very fragile, requires maintenance, and the effect is not strong. In addition, it is a lot of investment. Now, few people will use this kind of magic. .”

After explaining the principle, Zatana looked at the iron sheet still in the instrument and said, The rainwater you just poured in is indeed the element for excitation, but the metal in this machine is not correctly excited. end.

The concept of magic is rather vague and not as precise as scientific experiments. The excitation formula set in the rainwater is likely to contain metal, so although this piece of metal is not the correct excited end, it will also produce some magic with the rainwater. reaction.

This shows that the correct excited end is metal, but it is not this type of metal. As for which type it is... Zatanna thought for a while, and then said: Later, I will enter the spirit world, and the rainwater Cast a tracking magic, and then observe its critical travel route, and you should be able to determine what is being stimulated.

After finishing speaking, he took a deep breath, completely disregarding his weak state, and forcibly entered the spirit world. The rainwater collected in the bucket emitted a burst of light, and then disappeared.

After a while, there was a questioning huh? in the air, and after a long silence, Zatanna's figure reappeared, her face became even paler, and then she took a deep breath and looked at the bat. Xia said:

I have bad news, and worse news, which would you like to hear first?

Batman looked at her silently, and Zatanna sighed and said: The bad news is that the triggered end of the rain response is not a single piece of metal, but all the metals in Gotham's buildings.

Batman's face sank immediately, he stood up, looked at Zatana intently, and Zatana also looked at him and said: The worse news is that the nature of the whole continuous reaction magic is much stronger than I thought. is worse.

Although I have known for a long time that this magic is more inclined to evil and chaos, but what I didn't expect is that all the excited metals combine to form a larger magic circle. This is a kind of magic that I can't describe. Complex magic, or in other words, this is no longer the category of magic.

Zatanna's face became even paler, almost without any blood, she looked at the ground under her feet and said vaguely: We are standing on top of the strongest darkness and evil in this world, perhaps, this It is the truth of the heinous curse.

Zatanna raised her head again, looked into Batman's eyes and said: The rain stimulates the magic circle in the metal, and the continuous reaction magic of the magic circle in the metal forms an extremely huge vortex, absorbing all the malice in the universe. came in, so this place is called the place that cannot be saved...

So, is there anything you can do? Batman asked, looking at Zatanna.

Zatana was silent suddenly, and the atmosphere in the room became quiet. After a while, she took a deep breath and said:

Of course, I have a way... I have a way to solve the most terrible curse in the world, otherwise. I wouldn't have come here and found you. Before I came here, I had already figured out a way.

Batman already had a premonition of what she was going to say next, and he saw a kind of tragedy in Zatanna's eyes.

Time seemed to go back to four years ago, and Batman and Zatanna opposite him were like looking in the mirror. He thought, maybe at that time, when he stood on the roof of the Wayne Building, he also showed such a look. eyes.

And before Zatanna spoke, Batman said: You don't have to sacrifice yourself, because you are not as important as you think.

Seeing Zatanna's sharp turn, Batman finally understood why Schiller always looked down on him so much.

Because now, Zatanna's downturned mouth, narrowed eyes and frowning eyebrows, how serious she is in her own feelings, is so funny and ridiculous in the eyes of bystanders.