Halfway through the operation, Jonah had already realized that something was wrong. This was not a situation he could handle, but gamblers were like that. They always thought they could make a comeback until they lost their pants.
When Strange appeared, Jonah's misjudgment of the situation had reached an outrageous level. He felt that as long as he gave himself another half hour, the operation would be a perfect success, and Strange knew this.
After a while, he persuaded the agents to take the credit from him.
Strange in the operating room was like a lion patrolling his territory. He walked slowly behind Jonah, without any intention of taking his position as the surgeon.
But Jonah felt as if he had gone back to his days as a trainee doctor and was taught by the surgeon to perform an extremely simple operation, and he was just as panicked as then.
He worked hard to analyze the direction and structure of those specific nerves, completely forgetting the model he had conceived during the previous consultation, and started analyzing it from scratch, and was ready to take a gamble.
"Aren't you going to try it?"
Strange heard a voice ringing in his ears. At first he thought it was his hallucination, but soon he heard the same call again, so he turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
At that moment, Strange's pupils shrank suddenly because he saw a young man with black hair and blue eyes standing in the corner of the operating room and looking at him with a smile.
That's Bruce Wayne.
To be precise, it is Bruce Wayne's soul, but it is not as rich as an ordinary person's soul, and there is a hazy light around the edge.
"Aren't you going to try and save me?"
The moment Bruce's voice appeared in Strange's mind, an alarm bell rang in his heart, and he said: "Who are you? Why did you let me come here?!"
"I'm sorry to invite you in this way, but I want to discuss terms with you."
"I will not negotiate terms with anyone." Strange acted very tough. He shook his head slightly and said to Bruce: "Especially for a strange creature like you, don't try to seduce me."
"You must have met Constantine. You must be wondering where his messy but very effective escape methods come from?"
Bruce changed the topic and began to talk: "This is about the magic system of the earth that you are not familiar with. Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, the universe you are in, the source of magic and the understanding of magic
It’s not the worst way to take advantage of it.”
Reason is telling Strange not to listen to this weirdo, but he has to admit that what he says is very attractive. Strange wants to know what is going on with the magic system on the other side, and he really can't think of anything else.
This system is even worse than it is now.
Strange is not a competent Mage Supreme. The earth's magic defense system has been deteriorating year after year under his leadership. He has to constantly check for deficiencies and put out fires in order to survive. This has been the case for some time.
Already.
What could be worse than this?
What Bruce said next was eye-opening.
Bruce gave him a brief introduction to the magic system of the DC universe, especially the reactions to the previous vampire invasion of the magic world, including how the archmages betrayed humans, how cunning demons and angels harvested humans, and what happened to the magic inheritance.
How to lose your autonomy.
After all, Strange is the Supreme Mage, and the power of the Supreme Mage is still there. Most of the demon gods who come to attack the earth are just saying that I want to lift the roof off and you won't let me, then I will secretly drill a hole and do something.
It's a small benefit, you can't stop it, right?
He really couldn't imagine that human magicians were groveling to angels and demons, and were even willing to be their puppets, devoting everything they had to themselves and their compatriots unconditionally.
This kind of thing will make anyone from a country that has ever been colonized get angry to death, and they will mainly hate those damn devils.
Of course, if this situation was far away, Strange would be angry and mocking at most, but if the two earths merged, he would be really anxious.
Only one earth came over from the old earth in Marvel 616, and the demons in the universe did not follow. Strange had long found that he could not contact Weishan Emperor, but in fact, he could rarely contact these demons.
, most of the time he has to wait for them to contact him.
Strange thought that Emperor Weishan was just busy and had no time to answer the phone. After listening to Bruce's explanation, he realized that now the devil in this universe has changed its team. He can no longer be called the devil, but the heaven and angels of hell.
And humans must grovel to negotiate terms and sign contracts with them in order to obtain the pitiful amount of magical power.
When he was tracking Constantine before, Strange discovered that the opponent's methods were very fancy, but he still couldn't escape one word: poverty.
Forget it if you really kneel down and gain wealth. Since you can’t even make money by kneeling, what’s the point of kneeling? Besides, Kamal Taj’s style for many years has been to make money by standing.
Strange's heart dropped heavily, but he still stared at Bruce in silence, and Bruce then spoke.
"But it's not a dead end. The guy you saw called Constantine is a beneficiary of this system to a certain extent."
Strange frowned. He didn't understand what Bruce meant. Bruce walked to the side of his own operating table, leaned back on the operating table and said: "He is a black box. For some reason, angels and
No demon can see how much power is stored in his body."
"According to the rules of this cosmic magic system, the biggest creditor during his lifetime will obtain the soul of the magician after his death and the remaining power in his body. In other words, all angels and demons can only make blind bets on Constantine, and then expect themselves to
It will be the biggest creditor, and the winner takes all."
Strange came to his senses a little, but there were still some things he didn't understand. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Bruce. Bruce nodded and said: "Of course it is impossible to tell the fusion of two small earths in the endless universe.
The names of outsiders like you are not even registered in the world, heaven and hell."
"As for the higher-level computer administrator, although we don't know who he is yet, he obviously does not have the authority to write your names into the underlying system. You do not belong here."
There are obviously many hints in Bruce's words that Strange can't understand, but he can understand the literal meaning - the magicians of Kama Taj are also black boxes.
And they are probably more black-boxed than Constantine, because they have no peers in these universes and are all strangers. When they first appear, angels and demons will definitely think that they are novice mages. Just based on this alone
It can deceive a lot of energy.
Strange immediately realized what the other party was going to do, and also understood that this was Bruce's fundamental purpose of tricking him here.
"Nick and you are in the same group?" Strange also realized that it was probably this mysterious Bruce Wayne who contacted Nick first, and Nick agreed to his plan. The two of them joined forces to make a plan and use Bruce Wayne to
He was called here because he needed treatment.
This is an excellent negotiating location, because he is completely free of magical attributes. Even if Strange is let in by the agents, other people who are staring at Wayne will only think that Nick wants to intervene in the power struggle in Gotham, and
It has nothing to do with magic at all.
Strange felt a little shaken, not because of Bruce, but precisely because of Nick Fury.
In fact, he had long sensed that something was wrong with Nick. It wasn't that he had become worse, but rather that he had become a bit too powerful.
Recently, SHIELD's toughness has attracted everyone's attention. First, it beat Kingpin to the point of being unable to fight back, and then chased it to the point where it had a strong presence on both earths. Nick
·Furry has also become synonymous with hawks.
Isn't this a coincidence? Strange is also a hawk.
The fact that he is not very good as the Supreme Mage does not mean that he is not tough enough, but it is precisely because he is too tough, or paranoid and extreme, but he is not as good at fighting as Gu Yi, so he is leaked from both ends and restricted everywhere.
.
People always appreciate and trust people who have the same style and ideas as themselves. If Nick agrees with the idea of this man named Wayne, then it may actually be somewhat feasible.
Thinking about the problems with the current cosmic magic system that Bruce mentioned before, Strange was even more shaken.
He absolutely cannot accept the mages becoming begging dogs under the feet of angels and demons, let alone being manipulated by others and becoming the leaders of the two devils.
But the original demon no longer exists. If you want power, you can only get it from angels and demons. It is obviously unrealistic to overthrow heaven and hell with people like Kamathaj alone.
Just overthrowing the system they established on earth is as difficult as going to heaven, because they also have to deal with DC's traditional magicians. These two devils who have been kneeling for a long time cannot stand up easily.
If the fist is not big enough, everything is useless, and Strange knows this very well.
At this time, Bruce went further and said: "The magic system here is even worse, which also means that the creditors here have no bottom line. As long as you can afford the price, they will do anything."
"There are no rules and regulations, no legal system, no scruples, no taboos. More than anyone else, they don't care about the irreversible consequences of a predetermined fate. This means that as long as you want, all regrets can be made up for."
Strange froze.
Bruce snapped his fingers and said: "I forgot to introduce myself. The reason why I can do everything you see in front of you, that is, lying on the bed with my body and my soul floating here safely and talking to you, is because I am actually a human being."
Angel."
Strange's eyes widened with an "are you kidding me" expression on his face.
"In order to verify what I said, we can sign a simple treaty. This will at least allow you to understand the process of signing treaties in this world. This is what I said before that we can talk about the conditions."
Strange's heart was beating fiercely for the last words he said before. He knew clearly who gave all his extremes and paranoia to him. He had given up, but that was only once.
"What conditions?" he asked with a dry mouth.
Bruce's eyes fell on Strange's hand, and he said: "I can heal your arm without leaving any sequelae, and let you become the hand of God again."
"And what's the price?"
"In the name of God's hand, tell everyone that you can save me, and then perform an operation that lasts at least 20 hours to provide me with an alibi."