[Comprehensive British and American] The vest system of the son of hell

Guan Luo used to be the great conqueror Staro, with extraordinary wisdom, even if he was reborn as a petite and cute starfish, he still possesses some of the abilities of Staro's period, and is almost unaffected by lucid dreams.

Taking advantage of the trembling cat ears of his beloved Batman father, Can Luo jumped onto Matthew's shoulder, lowered his voice and threatened, "If you dare to plan to hurt Dad, Can Luo will never let you go."

"Batman is a partner of justice, and naturally an important ally of mine." Matthew replied gently.

He didn't want to become enemies with Staro, even though Staro is just a little starfish now.

"really?"

Can Luo rolls its cute big eyes.

Matthew: "Of course it's true."

"Hum-"

Can Luo nodded in disbelief, and jumped back to Batman: "Dad, this guy can be trusted."

"it is good……"

Batman touched Can Luo tenderly.

Later, James Jr. told everyone about the newly received message from Amanda Waller: "Ms. Waller is willing to provide all assistance to help the metropolis and the entire United States get through this difficult time."

"But she doesn't mind shifting the disaster to other countries, like Mexico, does she?" Batman retorted.

Little James smiled dryly and refused to answer directly.

It's not the first time Batman has dealt with someone like Waller, and James Jr.'s reaction is also in his expectation.

After the information exchange and check was completed, everyone began to discuss the battle plan.

First of all, of course, is how to stabilize the supervillains who are introduced to Metropolis by mysterious engagement invitations.

Because I don't know how many engagement invitations have been released by the mysterious behind-the-scenes man and who they sent them to, and the villains also have their own information exchange network, this seemingly elementary job is actually very tricky.

"We can't dedicate enough people to survey the entire city unless—"

"Can Luo can!"

Little Haixing held up his tentacles and said: "Janluo can release countless small canluos, which will attach to the bodies of every stranger who enters the metropolis to identify their true identities."

In fact, it is to use mind control to forcibly unify their spirits.

Everyone in the Justice League also knows that Guan Luo's so-called "appraisal" is mind control, and they all reveal to this suggestion——

"I think it's still..."

"This should only be considered as a last resort."

"Even the last option can't do that—"

"In short, I don't agree!"

……

Only Luthor thinks that Little Starfish has a good idea, which is simple and rude and can solve the problem.

But both Superman and Batman strongly disagree.

"It is against the free will of others to do so!"

"This is not identification, this is coercion!"

"But you don't have better identification and monitoring methods, do you?" Luthor said, "Metropolis was originally a super big city with a population of tens of millions, and now there are at least three-digit super villains through various channels Entering Metropolis, except for a few guys who don’t mind revealing their identities, most of the rest are hidden in the crowd, there is no way to find all the villains through conventional channels and monitor them 24 hours a day!”

"Theoretically, it is true, but if you use magic means, things will be much simpler."

Seeing the people arguing endlessly, Matthew couldn't help raising his hand and speaking: "I can call the ghosts of the metropolis and ask them to investigate and monitor. In the metropolis, there are millions of human ghosts alone, and they Most of them are benign and harmless."

"Millions?"

When everyone heard this, they all felt trembling all over.

Superman was even more shocked: "There are so many in Metropolis—"

Although because he always attracts enemies from outer space, except for the insurance companies under Lex Group and Wayne Group, no company is willing to undertake insurance services from Metropolis.

Moreover, the compensation for building damage caused by him has always been the highest part of the Justice League's compensation expenditure for many years.

Matthew said calmly: "It's not only people who died of homicides will become ghosts who don't want to leave, people who have concerns and sustenance in their hearts will also become ghosts and stay with the people they like after natural death. "

"I see."

Hearing this, Superman and Luthor both heaved a sigh of relief.

Batman asked Matthew: "Is the number of ghosts in Gotham also huge?"

"As far as I know, the number of ghosts in Gotham is currently less than [-]..." Matthew said, "Because there are too many monsters in Gotham that ghosts can't even survive, and most of the people who died naturally in Gotham I have no nostalgia and sustenance for this city."

"All right……"

I don't know if it was Matthew's illusion, but after hearing this answer, the cat ears on Batman's head actually drooped a little.

Either way, there are rudimentary solutions to the thorny monitoring problem.

"I will summon the ghosts of the Metropolis as much as possible, and let them monitor the strange faces who have entered the Metropolis in the past month, and screen out the list of dangerous elements from them. Batman and Superman will decide whether to further monitor them. Dangerous villain, I suggest that Can Luo release Xiao Can Luo for compulsory monitoring."

"Suggestion to use ghosts to monitor dangerous elements is a good one."

In fact, he does not agree with Batman, the super villain who can be forced to monitor and mentally manipulate the super villain who enters the metropolis without permission, to selectively accept Matthew's ghost monitoring plan.

Superman is not good at magic. Hearing this, he looked at Matthew with interest: "Will driving ghosts on a large scale cause harm to your body?"

"If all the ghosts are driven, it will indeed cause some damage to myself..." Matthew said, "But most of the ghosts living in the metropolis are gentle and harmless, and the number of evil spirits is very small."

"So you have been unknown in Gotham all these years because Gotham is full of evil spirits, and you dare not take the risk to drive them?" Beast Boy asked coldly.

Matthew smiled slightly and said, "Magic is not born in the body, it needs to be learned and unlocked."

"oh oh!"

Beast Boy nodded again and again.

Afterwards, everyone began to further improve the danger warning and monitoring system for the supervillains who have entered the metropolis in recent times, using ghost monitoring as the primary monitoring method.

At the same time, they did not forget to tell Batman the dangerous reality that there are signs that Laughter may cross the origin wall again and come to this world.

"We must prepare for the worst, if Maniac comes to this world again with his Dark Knights."

"Yes……"

Batman replied dully.

Laughter was the most terrifying enemy he had faced over the years.

Because the laughing man is himself, but the laughing man does not have the moral bottom line of Batman, and the degree of evil is far better than the clown.

……

In the middle of the meeting, Matthew received a communication from Maze.

He was already under the suspicious gaze of Batman because of his identity as an outsider, so he shook his phone and walked out of the conference room.

"Hey, Mads, what's up?"

"You sound like you don't welcome me?"

"how is this possible."

Matthew smiled slightly: "I know Matz, you rarely take the initiative to contact others, unless you encounter something very important and need to be shared immediately."

"Yes, I do have a piece of delicious information that I plan to buy for you."

Metz smiled enchantingly: "The Lord of Hell, Mephisto, heard about you and Belial, and also knew that you saved poor Astra from the hands of the First Fallen, and is going to send his Ghost Rider to chat with you. chat."

"Mephisto?"

Matthew's tongue slipped.

Although he once promised the Scarlet Witch, he would go to hell to find Mephisto to bring Wanda's sons back.

but--

"He wants to kill me?"

"No, no, no! On the contrary, he wants to recruit you. After all, you have great potential and good looks..." Metz said, "For a long time, demons have no resistance to beautiful and powerful things."

"I'm not interested in playing games with Mephisto right now," Matthew said, "Metropolis is in trouble, and I don't want to make any more trouble."

"Even if this game has a very high profit?"

"The benefits are high, and the corresponding risks are also high. Mephisto is not a kind demon."

"A kind devil? Thank you for coming up with such a humorous word."

Mize couldn't help laughing happily: "Tell me, what kind of trouble are you facing now?"

"Do you think the troubles related to Papetua and the Wall of Origin are simple troubles?" Matthew asked back, and then asked himself and said: "For me and the vast majority of life forms in this world, this There's a lot of trouble."

"If the matter of Metropolis really has something to do with Papetua, it is indeed a trouble that is almost impossible to solve with your ability. In fact, it is very difficult to solve with my ability. Lucifer can easily solve Papetua. , but he has an agreement with the Supreme God, and he cannot interfere with the affairs of this world..."

Metz bluntly said, "Pray that this incident has nothing to do with Papetua, otherwise you will have to be born again."

"Reborn again?"

Matthew notices the word "again": "Have I ever been born again?"

"Have you never doubted your human identity?"

Metz blurted out, and then immediately said in a perfunctory manner: "The specific situation, after this incident is over, you can ask Lucifer yourself. If he thinks he can tell you, he will definitely tell you all the truth."

"But he's more likely to just sit back and let me figure it out for myself, right?"

"Let's solve the problem first."

While talking, Mads in a sexy red dress flapped black wings and appeared in front of Matthew, with high heels stepping on the marble guardrail, holding a mobile phone that hadn't hung up yet: "surprise?!"

"Thank you," Matthew said.

Mize took the initiative to come to the balcony of the Planet Hotel, which meant that this fallen angel deliberately intervened deeply in the strange things that were happening in the metropolis.

"I'll take you into the room to meet Superman and Batman."

……

Seeing that Matthew went out to answer the phone and brought back a sexy and dangerous beauty in a red dress, everyone felt that the genes of the Constantine family were really strong.

Matthew introduced nonchalantly: "She is Mads, a fallen angel from hell, and the daughter of Lilith."

"You can call me the Queen of Hell..." Mize said proudly, "Hell is a broad geographical concept, and there are many kings and queens at the same time."

"I personally think that a nickname like Maze is more suitable for the sexy you."

"thanks……"

Mads calmly accepted the man's compliment, and sat in Matthew's position very naturally: "I heard that you are worrying about the Holy Grail of unknown origin?"

"Yes..." Batman said, "According to Mr. Luthor's research, the liquid flowing out of the Holy Grail may come from the Prometheus galaxy behind the wall of origin, where Platua is sealed."

"Don't worry, this incident has nothing to do with Platua's seal..." Metz said, "Although the level of Platua will not alarm the boss, if Platua's seal is broken, The boss must have sensed it and issued a warning."

"Your boss is—"

"All-knowing and all-powerful."

Mize only said one adjective, but all the heroes present were silent.

They all know that even among the legendary omnipotent gods, there are only a few who can be described as "omnipotent".

They hardly interfere with the human world, because in the eyes of beings like them, whether it is the destruction of a planet or the reopening of civilization, it is just a period as small as dust.

Just like human beings seldom stop because a group of ants crawled by their feet, they don't particularly care about the love, hate and destruction of the human world.

Even something as big as Platua's breaking the seal and disrupting the order of the multiverse can only barely arouse their attention.

and so--

"With your assurance, we are all relieved." Luther said.

Superman asked: "Miss Fallen Angel, who is causing trouble in Metropolis? Can you give me some hints?"

"No..." Mize said, "The greatest joy of a detective novel is to follow the author's text clues and find the real murderer together with the protagonist. If the first thing you do after getting the book is to turn to the last page to confirm the murderer's identity , the fun of reading reasoning stories will drop by more than half. It’s the same this time.”

"Is it really just because there are no spoilers?"

Little James adjusted his glasses: "I suspect that you, like us, don't know the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes."

"The aggressive method doesn't work for me."

Mize picked up the tulip glass, drank the red wine, and said to Luther: "Your taste in red wine is still as good as ever."

"Why is Miss Fallen Angel so sure that the red wine in your glass is my choice?"

Luther glanced at Batman: "There is more than one person who has a good taste in red wine among those who attended this meeting."

"But only you would choose a red wine with this taste."

Mize glanced at Luther meaningfully: "I know everything about you, since you were born."

"turn out to be……"

Luther's face suddenly darkened.

Mads didn't take it seriously, put down his wine glass, and asked the heroes, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I need your help..." Batman said, "about the Jack and Jimmy case, and the black box in the basement."

……

After opening the black box by normal means, the box will disappear out of thin air, and the contents in the box cannot be contained by ordinary means.

Batman therefore considers unconventional means.

For example, let the fallen angel open the box.

Mize didn't expect Batman to make such a suggestion, and his face changed suddenly: "You doubt my ability?"

"I want our team to be full of competent and trustworthy people..." Batman said, "Non-humans are fine."

"So you can't trust me?"

"At least for now."

Batman made no secret of his paranoia.

Upon hearing this, Mads smiled and said, "Where is the box?"

"Aren't you mad?" Matthew asked.

Mize said: "Why are you angry? The things in the box are indeed only capable of being opened by me at the moment."

"All right……"

The overly talkative Mads makes Matthew feel that something is wrong.

So he followed Mize into the guest room where the black box from Jimmy and Harry's basement was kept.

"Just this one?" Mize asked.

Superman nodded.

With a bewitching smile on the corners of Mads' lips, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and prepared to—

"stop!"

Matthew, who finally found the problem, suddenly spoke and restrained "Maze": "Aren't you Maze?"

"I'm not Mads? Then who am I?"

"Maze" asked Matthew pretending to be naive.

Matthew: "You are Eve, one of Mize's girlfriends, we met once."

"Eve went back after making sure I didn't have real feelings for Harley. She's not in Metropolis..." "Mazz" quibbled, "The one standing in front of you is the real Mazz."

"If you are the real Mads, you don't need to defend yourself at all. You will use force to prove that you are Mads..." Matthew said, "Besides, Mads never calls herself the Queen of Hell in front of me."

"so--"

"You are Eve." The circus emphasized. "Are you pretending to be Maize and joining us to prove to Maze the meaning of your existence?"

"You don't have to worry about Maze and me!"

Seeing that her identity was exposed, Eve also restored her original face, and looked at Matthew angrily: "I have to say, you are an annoying guy!"

"At least I won't lie to my teammates..." Matthew said, "No matter when, lying to teammates is a very excessive thing."

"All right……"

Eve glanced at all the heroes unhappily: "Are you also dissatisfied with me like him?"

"If you didn't lie to us, we certainly wouldn't have any dissatisfaction with you."

Luthor tactfully expressed dissatisfaction palpable.

Eve: "..."

The gentle and affectionate woman rolled her eyes: "Well, I did lie about my identity, but the fact that I am the only one who can safely open the black box is not a lie.

I once plucked the fruit of wisdom, made a deal with the Serpent of Eden, and lived with Lilith in the dreamland for thousands of years.By the way, Adam and I are divorced, don't mention this man's name in front of me! "

"no problem……"

Knowing that the woman standing in front of them is actually the ancestor of mankind——Eve, the expressions of most human heroes are obviously relieved. Of course, the corners of Batman's mouth are as tense as ever.

Eve didn't care about that.

She walked to the black box, took a breath, and stretched out her hands to press on the box: "If I'm not mistaken, the things in the box are golden apples, which are said to bring war and misfortune."

"Do you need to open it?"

Superman asked Batman and Luthor.

Batman remained silent.

Luther thought for a moment and said, "I want to know the answer."

"That's what it means to open."

While speaking, Eve reached out and opened the black box.

Immediately—

A golden light illuminated the room, and the box disappeared without a trace at the same time.

A golden apple appeared in the eyes of everyone with dazzling light.

"This...is really a golden apple!" The Beast Boy shouted excitedly.

Everyone else fell silent.

Matthew asked Eve, "How do you know the contents of the box are golden apples?"

"Intuition, a woman's intuition."

Eve raised her hand, held the golden apple, and after playing with it, said: "The things in the black box don't have a fixed shape, it's more like a one-time wish gem, which will change into his/her/ The thing she most desires.

Before the box is opened, the contents inside have no form. Once the box is opened, the contents inside will be permanently fixed and the box will disappear. "

"Like Schrödinger's cat? As long as the box is not opened, it will always be in the dual state of life and death?"

"You can understand it this way..." Eve said, "You can even directly name the box 'Schrödinger's box'."

"what do you mean--"

Batman's complexion was as dark as lead iron: "The box that holds things is the key!"

"Yes..." Eve said, "Didn't you think so?"

"It was really unexpected..."

Superman murmured under his breath.

Matthew was also surprised.

None of them thought that the key to the black box in the basement was the box outside rather than what was inside the box.

"But once the box is opened, it disappears. How can we test the content of the box?"

Luther's attention was always on the matter of material composition.

"Detecting ingredients is a matter for scientists, and I am only responsible for giving you a little hint."

Eve said frivolously, opened her mouth, took a bite of the golden apple, and added: "When I opened the box, I hope there is a big, crisp golden apple inside."

"The result? The taste is really good?"

"Very good, but only I can taste it."

After speaking, Eve disappeared into the air, and the golden apple in her hand also dispersed, and the golden particles remained in the darkness, like a dream.

……

The truth brought by Eve was too shocking, and the heroes inevitably fell into a state of confusion, so Batman proposed to suspend the meeting, go back to their rooms to digest and understand, and prepare to cover the surveillance network of the entire metropolis.

"it is good……"

Matthew agreed with Batman's suggestion, and returned to the room first, and felt a familiar breath behind him while washing in the bathroom.

He turned his head, but before he could speak, his lips had been sealed by Lucifer.

Soft and hard touches ran across his body, he hugged Lucifer involuntarily, taking advantage of the gap between kisses, he asked softly, "When did you come here?"

"I wonder how Eve knew the secret of the box?"

"Is it a hint from you?"

Matthew raised his head and looked into Lucifer's eyes devoutly.

In these eyes that reflect everything in the universe, he saw his own shadow.

"Yes, I'm worried that you can't find the right direction. To be more precise, I'm worried about you."

Lucifer bowed his head, and kissed Matthew passionately in the warm rain created by the shower...