Chapter 938: Journey Into Schiller's Past (Part 1)

Zatanna's psychic magic requires almost no preparation. There is no long treatment process, no medical history, no records, and it does not even require the patient to be present. The helicopter just takes them to the safe room of the Batcave, Zatanna said. She is ready.

Batman narrowed his eyes and looked at her and said: "Schiller is not here, how are you going to enter his inner world?"

Zatanna shook her head and said, "Bruce, mysticism is more magical than you think. In your impression, the spiritual world may be another world hidden under the real world, which is no different from the real world."

"But in fact, the reason why the spiritual world is called the spiritual world is because it can communicate with people's souls, and messengers who can walk in the spiritual world can enter people's hearts."

"Then you can peek into other people's hearts at any time?" Batman asked, but this was not actually a question. His tone seemed very certain and revealed vigilance, but Zatanna shook her head and said, "No, Walking in the spirit world requires paying a huge price. Not everyone is Constantine and can trick a bunch of demons into paying the price for him.”

Zatanna sighed and said: "Actually, before you and I broke up, I had already touched the threshold of magic, and I once tried to travel to the spirit world in my sleep. At that time, I turned a deaf ear to adults' advice and thought I have the most magical powers in the world, and I can use them without restraint.”

There was a trace of sadness between Zatanna's eyebrows, and she said: "The price of magic may not be paid overnight. It will penetrate into every corner of your life, making your life and your future move towards the abyss." Slide down."

"My father's disappearance was not an accident." Zatanna slowly shook her head and said, "This is the price we have to pay."

After saying that, she stepped forward and looked up into Batman's eyes. She was very close to him, but felt that she could no longer see through those blue eyes. Zatanna said, "I can hear it. I can feel that you have too many unnecessary illusions about the occult. Promise me, Bruce, never take this step, otherwise, you will never be able to look back."

"Control power, pay a price, in order to make up for the price paid, try to control more power, and then pay a greater price... This is magic." Constantine sat on the sofa nearby, he said: "If you are not born If you are cursed like this, it’s best not to get involved. Everything I do is just to save myself.”

"Now that we're almost ready, let's get started." Zatanna turned her head away, as if she didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. She took two steps back and said to the two of them: "You'd better find a safe place. When you travel to the spirit world, your body will stay where you are. You must ensure the safety of your body. I have heard that more than one unlucky person had his body eaten by his pet when he came back from the spirit world. "

The sound of "hissing" exhaust was heard, and the door of the safe room was completely closed. Batman, Constantine and Zatanna were sitting on the sofas in three directions respectively. Zatanna was chanting a mysterious spell in her mouth. Soon, Batman felt that a hazy white mist enveloped the entire room.

He felt that his body became very light, and he had an urge to dance. He could no longer restrain the desire to move, so he obeyed his instinct and stood up. When he turned around, he saw that he was still sitting there. Myself on the couch.

The same goes for the other two, but both of them are familiar with this. Zatanna waved her hand and said: "Let's go, let's find Schiller's soul in the spiritual world first, and then enter his memory."

Neither Constantine nor Batman said anything, but just allowed her to carry out her plan. Zatanna flew into the air, with Constantine and Batman following behind her, traveling through a hazy space.

The spiritual world is not empty. Batman discovered that he could still see the scene in the real world, but it was like it was covered with a layer of mist, and the colors became more gorgeous.

He could see that as he passed through the city, countless souls were emitting various brilliance. Neon lights were flowing on the surface of the building, and the wake caused by the flight passed through the light, making it look psychedelic and gorgeous. .

"You think this is magical, right?" Constantine said as he flew, "But in fact, the spiritual world is much more dangerous than you think."

"The reason why this place seems so ordinary is because demons are unwilling to come to Gotham. If you change to another city, you may encounter demons looking for food at any time, or monsters native to the spirit world."

Batman frowned, and Constantine continued to explain: "The spirit world seems to have existed since ancient times, and so have the monsters here, but I don't know why. Not only are there no demons in Gotham, but they were even born from the power of the spirit world. The nameless monsters have also disappeared."

Hearing Constantine's words, Batman pursed his lips, but at this time, Zatanna shouted: "I think we are almost there! Do you see the light spot in front? That is Schiller's soul, he It should be in the laboratory of Gotham University..."

"He should indeed be at Gotham University." Batman said. Zatanna stopped on the roof of a building, nodded and said, "It seems that that's him, let's get closer... My Oh my God, is that the greenest of all things?"

Batman followed Zatanna and stopped at the rooftop of a building. He saw an unknown monster made of vines in the sky above the experimental building. It was extremely huge and gloomy. At this time, it was extending a thick vine and inserted into the teaching building.

"The Green of All Things wants to deal with Schiller, so why is he chasing him to kill me? Or did Schiller reach a deal with the Green of All Things?" Constantine asked in confusion.

"Okay, don't waste time. Our target is not the Green of All Things." Zatanna's hands began to glow, and then she explained: "I will use mental magic to directly invade his soul. At the same time, I will choose the weakest link in his soul. In simple terms, it is the weakness in his memory."

"Humans will be afraid of and hate things, right? Everyone has some bad memories. In these memories, their control over their own souls is relatively weak, and we can take advantage of the situation and make up some special memories or build a scene that is beneficial to us."

"And his reaction in these scenes will affect his actions in reality. For example, we can build a scene where he is poor and sells his umbrella, so that in reality, he will voluntarily take out the umbrella and hand it over."

"Or, we can also create a memory in the weaker link that he hates umbrellas very much, so that he can throw away the umbrella himself. Of course, this will be a bit difficult, so it depends on the specific situation."

"Is there anything to pay attention to when entering the memory space?" Batman asked.

Zatanna thought for a moment and then said, "Remember, in each memory, there is usually a scene or object that can most stimulate his emotions. If we want to stimulate his weakness, we must find this object. The owner of the memory will have more intense emotions when facing this object, so we can use it to guide the other party."

"Once this object is found, the other party may have an extremely intense reaction because of being poked in the sore spot. At this time, we must quickly find a way out, otherwise, we may face something terrible."

"Of course, after we get this object, we can use it as a support point for fictional memory, and our first goal is to find this thing."

"Where will the way out be?" Batman asked again.

Zatanna paused and said, "Generally speaking, it will be in a place where the other party is more resistant and unwilling to contact. As long as we can find it, we can get rid of that memory and go to a safer memory space."

"Okay, let's get ready to go." Zatanna waved her glowing hand lightly in the air, and a portal appeared. The three walked in, and then Batman felt that he came to a tunnel full of hazy light.

He didn't need to fly by himself, the light ball at the end kept sucking, but at this time, he heard Zatanna scream.

"Oh my God! Why is his memory so confused??!! Hold on to me! Hold on to me! Otherwise we will be separated!!!"

Hearing his shout, Batman subconsciously wanted to grab her hand, but everything happened too fast. The light ball at the end was divided into three, and the huge suction pulled the three people in three different directions.

Batman just stretched out his hand and was instantly sucked into the light ball in the center, and then lost consciousness.

It may be a long time, or it may be only a moment. When he opened his eyes again, Batman felt a strong white light flashing in front of his eyes.

After the initial trance, Batman found that he was lying on the bed, and he was no longer wearing a bat suit, but a hospital gown.

He stood up from the bed and looked at the ward, and found that it was different from the ward in his impression.

This is a double room, which looks a bit messy at this time. The bed next to him is tilted, the table between the two beds is overturned on the ground, and water cups and sundries are scattered all over the ground.

Batman frowned. He saw that the patient's information was hung on the head of the bed next to him, so he walked over and took a closer look, and found that there were several lines of Chinese written on it.

Batman knows Chinese. He knows almost all the mainstream characters in the world, but the name and information written on it make him feel unfamiliar. The only information he can tell is that this seems to be a mental hospital in China.

Batman frowned slightly. He knew that he should be in Schiller's memory now, but why did Schiller go to a mental hospital in China?

At this time, Batman did not think that the bed next to him was Schiller's, because it was a very typical Chinese name, which did not look like an English transliteration, so he looked around and began to look for clues in the room.

The entire ward was not large. Two beds were placed against the left and right walls of the room. Opposite the beds, there was a cabinet for storing personal belongings. In the middle of the two beds was a table, which was now overturned on the ground.

Batman first opened the curtains, but found that the scene outside the window was foggy and he could hardly see any specific scenery. He guessed that this might be because the memory space had not been expanded.

Then, Batman walked to the overturned table, put it back in place, and picked up the water cup from the ground.

But at this moment, he found that the tabletop near his bed, which was the direction of the hospital bed where he woke up, was very smooth and had no marks.

But on the other side of the table, there was a very obvious circular mark. Batman looked at the cup in his hand. After placing one of the cups on the circular mark, the shape of the bottom of the cup completely overlapped with the circular mark, which showed that the cup had always been placed here.

Batman leaned over to observe carefully. He found that the circular mark was deeper on one side and shallower on the other. He paused for a moment, sat on the bed next to the table, placed the cup on the circular mark, and turned the handle towards himself.

Then he found that if the cup was filled with water and lifted by the handle, the bottom of the cup on the side without the handle would rub against the table. Therefore, the circular mark would be deeper on one side and shallower on the other.

This clue told Batman that the patient in this bed might have obsessive-compulsive disorder. After all, judging from the overall depth of the circular mark, the patient had the same action every time he drank water, otherwise, it would never be possible to leave such a deep mark.

While recalling the series of actions of this patient, Batman suddenly froze for a moment, and another scene appeared in his mind.

Batman walked to the side of the bed without the marks and sat down, watching the slightly old wall of the mental hospital peel off, the wooden floor was pulled out one by one and turned into tiles, and the table changed from round to square. Schiller, who was opposite him, was drinking a glass of water that the gangster boss had just brought over.

When Schiller put the cup down, the crisp sound of the bottom of the cup touching the table was deafening. Batman saw Schiller turn the handle of the cup with one finger and then turn the handle towards himself.

At this time, the length of the cup handle from the edge of the table and the length of the circular mark from the table circle completely overlapped.