novelonline Chapter 3055 Mercury Notes (41)
Chapter 3055 Mercury Notes (41)
Chapter 3055 Mercury Record (Forty-one)
"This is a setup." Bruce judged, "We are overwhelmed by the chaos on Mercury. We have sufficient evidence to prove that this chaos was caused by Circe. Once we heard the news of her death, we must send people to investigate."
"Because as long as it is confirmed that the real witch Circe is dead, the crisis on Mercury will be resolved. Under the pressure of continuous passive defense, we may be eager to confirm it."
"Knowing that the other party has the ability to control minds, it is not safe to send people. It would be best if one or more of us go to Earth to check in person. Who do you think we should send?"
The others looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Diana. Bruce nodded and said, "Diana is the best choice because she is proficient in magic and knows something about Circe. She is the person who can most easily determine whether the witch is really dead."
"But once she leaves, the magic power we have worked so hard to replenish will plummet again, and the mastermind lurking on Mercury will have a much higher chance of succeeding in causing chaos again."
"Tune the tiger away from the mountain?"
"That's not all." Bruce shook his head and said, "Diana will be alone and helpless if she returns to Earth alone. Remember the story about the goddess of magic that Diana told us before?"
Hearing what he said, everyone else frowned. Clark whispered to Oliver, and Bruce continued, "I suspect that the goddess of magic Hecate may have awakened early, and her target is Diana."
The others were not stupid either, so Arthur followed this line of thought and said, "If it was Hecate who was behind this, then this could be a two-birds-with-one-stone plan."
"She first created chaos on Mercury, diverting all our attention, and then left evidence on Mercury that pointed to Circe. While we were busy investigating, she took action to kill the witch Circe on the empty Earth."
"She will announce Circe's death at this time to lure Diana to investigate. Once Diana enters the earth, she will trap or kill her. This way, she can solve two problems at once and still hide herself completely without revealing any flaws."
"Just one question." Clarke raised a finger and questioned, "Why did she want to kill the witch Circe?"
"That was part of her power." Diana sighed and said, "She divided her power into five parts and gave them to five girls. It was called the Witch's Hour, and Circe was one of them."
"If it is not necessary to kill the other party in order to recover the power, it is possible that Circe is also eyeing this power. In the child abuse case, didn't Circe say that she was looking for a girl? She may just want to take all the power before Hecate, and this angered Hecate, so Hecate wanted to kill her."
"In other words, the one hiding in the Mercury base is actually the goddess of magic, not Circe? Then where did she get Circe's power... Oh, Circe's power comes from her, I almost forgot about this." Oliver said, patting his forehead.
Diana stared at the cube in her hand and nodded. "Indeed, the reason why the witch Circe's power is so easy to identify is because it is different from almost all magical powers. It is a special kind of witchcraft. But Circe is not the only one who can use this power. Hecate, the source of witchcraft power, can also use it."
"In this case, we can't send Diana to investigate." Clark said: "The enemy wants us to do this, we can't do this, we must not let her succeed."
"But someone has to investigate this case." Bruce said, "Don't forget, Lilith predicted that a tragedy would happen tonight. Circe's death was indeed tragic. So who made her so miserable?"
Then they all thought of another point in Lilith's prophecy, that is, the tragedy that happened tonight would be related to Schiller.
"Do you think Schiller did this?" Oliver frowned deeply. He said, "I don't think Schiller couldn't do this, but why did he do it?"
"I don't understand either." Diana said, "Circe was indeed involved in the child abuse case, which would make Professor Schiller very angry. It's not surprising that he wants to kill her. What's strange is how he knew Circe was on Earth, how he found Circe who could use magic, and how he succeeded in killing her?"
No one can answer these questions.
Now they understood why Bruce said they had to investigate, because the series of events were too coincidental.
Schiler's mental state suddenly deteriorated, and Circe died in a tragedy related to Schiler. They deduced that it might be Hecate who woke up early and was behind it.
Based on this series of coincidences, it is not difficult to infer that Hecate may be the culprit who affected Schiller's mental state.
She made Schiller's mental state worse, manipulated him to return to Earth, and used her own power, which was the same as Circe's, to help Schiller find Circe's hiding place and brutally murder her, in order to lure Diana back to Earth and reclaim both powers.
If Schiller in the above speculation is replaced by anyone else, this reasoning is valid.
But the problem lies in the name Schiller.
No one here believes that Schiller could be easily manipulated by Hecate.
So why and how did Schiller kill Circe?
Arthur snapped his fingers to draw everyone's attention, and then said, "Since we all think that Professor Schiller is unlikely to be easily manipulated, then it is very likely that he is just taking advantage of the situation. No matter what he wants to do, he won't harm us anyway."
"Why don't we pretend we know nothing and continue to defend Mercury while protecting Diana. We can leave the stage on Earth to Schiller and that magic goddess and see what they are up to."
After hearing what Arthur said, Clark suddenly understood. He said, "Yes, although we are all worried about Professor Schiller out of personal feelings, but from the facts, returning to Earth at this time is not like helping, but more like causing trouble. It is better to defend Mercury, at least to protect the safety of all teachers and students."
They all understood that Bruce proposed to return to Earth to investigate out of the need to protect Schiller who was involved. Otherwise, they would not care whether Hecate killed Circe or not, and whether her death was a good or a wonderful one.
However, Circe's death, Schiller's loss of control and the possible existence of Hecate have involved Schiller in the fight between witches. The Justice League certainly cannot ignore Schiller's life or death, so they naturally have to go to Earth to at least get Schiller back.
This is what we say morally, but in reality, since Schiller participated in the fight between Hecate and Circe, it should be Hecate and Circe who are unlucky. If they return to Earth and participate in it, they may also be unlucky.
It’s not that I don’t want to help, but before I help, I have to look at who is on the other side.
If it was the usual Schiller, it would be fine. Although Schiller is serious and strict, he is nice to everyone in the Justice League. He can still distinguish between friend and foe in the melee and will not kill them all with one blow.
But now, Schiller is so unconscious that he might be sleepwalking. Who knows if he is killing people down there? If they go over there at this time, apart from improving his record of kills per minute, what other benefits will there be?
It would be better to wait here and see what happens to this audacious magic goddess.
Bruce walked up and patted Arthur on the shoulder. If a team is full of cunning people, it is easy to fall into the nesting doll thinking trap. At the beginning, I predicted your prediction of the prediction.
At this time, Arthur's relatively straightforward thinking became a precious life-saving straw. No matter how you tempt me or how many schemes you make, I will remain unmoved and have extremely high strategic strength.
So, the members of the Justice League put aside the situation on Earth and continued to concentrate on arranging the defense of Mercury. Bruce continued to adjust the layout of the cameras, Oliver and Arthur organized the students into groups to lead patrols and night watches, Clark floated above Mercury, and shot lasers wherever there was something wrong, while Diana strengthened the magical protection and led Zatanna and Lady Xanadu to set up magic circles for detection everywhere, not missing any slightest energy fluctuations.
The violent typhoon is still raging on the east coast of the United States. Without the protection of Gotham's dark clouds, the people of Gotham have just emerged from the scorching summer heat when they are hit by a once-in-a-decade typhoon disaster. Every household has their doors and windows closed, and almost no one dares to move around on such a night.
A figure in a black suit stood in front of the attic window.
What was reflected in the glass in front of him was not Schiller's figure, but a graceful woman.
The candlelight flickered, and opposite to Schiller's pale face was Circe's face.
Schiller grinned. His face was pale, his lips were cracked, and his golden vertical pupils reflected the cold light of the night sky. This smile looked extremely evil.
"Welcome, Miss Witch, how are you feeling?"
"You crazy man! You crazy man! Let me out now!!"
Circe's reflection looked very sad and angry. She reached out and knocked on the glass, but it was just an illusion. What really trapped her was not the glass, but Schiller's spiritual world.
It all started three hours ago.
Circe is dead.
The beast curse she left on Schiller became her death warrant. After Schiller's mental state hit rock bottom, the curse worsened to the extreme, which also meant that he and Circe almost reached the point of telepathy.
The last time she faked her death and escaped from the Scarlet Witch, it was not without a price. Her body had been completely destroyed. Although her soul was able to escape and be preserved with the help of witchcraft, without her body, she could do almost nothing.
Before her body is reshaped, she cannot go too far away from the place where she died. She has been hiding in Gotham recently, collecting materials by possessing ordinary people through her soul to reshape her body.
Just when all the reconstruction work was basically completed, except for the last step, Schiller came to the door following the power of the curse.
Even though Schiller's ability to move was greatly weakened by the curse, his body itself possessed the power of his previous life. After being weakened, it was only equivalent to that of an ordinary person. However, Circe's soul and the body she created could not be completely integrated. Her strength was not even as good as that of an ordinary person, so she was naturally no match for Schiller.
Her almost finished body became the first flag.
She had to give up this body once again and become the ordinary person she had possessed before.
These ordinary people who were possessed were not chosen randomly. Only those who had received her power before could be possessed by her successfully in a short period of time. So she found participants in child abuse cases who had been seduced by her a long time ago and who, like Williams, had found many child sacrifices for her.
First there was a man. Circe wanted to use his physical strength to fight against Schiller, but she couldn't adapt to the male body at all, and didn't know how to remove muscle restrictions. She was quickly defeated and became the second flag.
Then, she thought of taking advantage of social order, so she found a celebrity woman who was at a banquet, betting that Schiller would not dare to attack in public again.
But what Schiller was best at was to drive a panicked lamb out of the flock and follow its back until it was exhausted and put on the chopping board, becoming a fresh fish.