"We have something new here, I'm afraid you have to come and take a look."
Gordon's voice came from the phone. Schiller put down the fork in his other hand, made an apologetic gesture to Sivana across the table, and went to the bathroom with his cell phone.
"What's wrong? Director?"
Schiller asked this question because he heard the panic in Gordon's tone.
Just about an hour ago, during the accusation conference, Police Officer Clay suddenly went crazy for unknown reasons and attacked the police officers maintaining order. Gordon shot him to death on the spot.
Not to mention in Gotham, even in other cities in the United States, if someone dares to openly attack others in a courthouse, the police will definitely empty their magazines directly. What's more, Clay shows an extremely unstable mental state and a very strong desire to attack.
This was all captured on court surveillance cameras.
Therefore, even if Gordon shoots and kills someone, the report he writes does not need to exceed three pages, and Clay's body should be sent directly to the hospital morgue after being sent to the hospital for rescue.
After living in this city for so many years, Gordon is not the kind of person who would be afraid of shooting someone, even if he kills his former colleagues, so what happens now?
Schiller comforted Gordon, who was silent on the other end of the phone for a while before he said, "Clay is back."
"What?"
"He's back to work."
"You mean Gotham PD is haunted?"
"No, he is not a ghost, he is a human being. He suddenly came back and expressed surprise that I was still in the Gotham Police Department and did not go to the Metropolitan Police Officer Training Academy. He acted like a normal person."
Schiller frowned deeply. After thinking for a while, he said: "Don't tell him what happened recently. Find a normal reason to fool him. I'll go take a look later."
"No problem. We haven't had time to issue an obituary yet. Most of the police officers don't know what happened. The few who do know have been comforted by me."
"Okay, then that's it, I'll go over after dinner."
Schiller walked back to the dining table with a slightly thoughtful expression. Sivana saw something was wrong with Schiller at first sight. He also put down the tableware, leaned forward, looked at Schiller and asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Yet?"
"Something really happened." Schiller smiled and said, "Are you free later? Mr. Principal, do you want to go see supernatural events with me?"
"Supernatural event?" Sivana opened her eyes in surprise, but quickly calmed down her expression and said with a smile: "Is this my entrance exam?"
"Not really. I think there is a high probability that this is not haunted. If all the anomalies in this city are regarded as supernatural phenomena, then there will be very few living people here."
Sivana nodded and said, "That's true. When I first came here, I thought the uniqueness of this city was a distorted reality under the influence of some mysterious forces. But after careful investigation, I found that this might be the case.
It's my misunderstanding."
"Actually, not really. There was indeed the influence of mysterious power before, but it's much better now." Schiller picked up the tableware again, nodded to the waiter who came to deliver the food, and moved his plate aside.
Let the waiter put down that creamy salmon dish.
"Let's talk about the magic academy." Schiller looked at Sivana through the gap in the waiter's arm, wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "As usual, since your enemy comes from the magic world,
So although gaining status in ordinary society can help you protect yourself wisely, if you want to truly gain the right to speak, you have to find a way to start from the magical world."
"With all due respect, I have never heard of any magic academy." Sivana frowned slightly and said, "After I obtained the power of the Seven Deadly Sins, I also investigated the magic world and what I learned about the education form in the magic world.
It’s an apprenticeship system. The archmage will have a mage tower, and the apprentices will study and work there..."
"That's all in the old almanac." Schiller said: "I think you haven't paid attention to the magic world in recent times. Now the number of human magicians has become very small, and the archmage has almost been wiped out."
"Has some terrible disaster occurred?"
"It's their own fault," Schiller said, not mentioning that his dinner party basically eliminated the remaining viable force in the magic world at once.
Schiller briefly told Sivana about the principles of magic and the vampire invasion, and said: "Although the Rock of Eternity is remote, it is as isolated from the world as other independent spaces, so this time the storm did not spread there.
, your enemy should still be alive."
"Of course he is still alive." Sivana said with a heavy expression on his face: "And he was completely unwilling to lose all his strength, and even found an heir for himself."
Schiller knows that the heir Sivana talks about is Shazam, but as of now, there is no shadow of Shazam on the earth, and it may be some time before his debut.
"So after experiencing that disaster, you organized a new magic academy to train real magicians?" Sivana asked tentatively: "Are you really not going to make the same mistakes again?"
Schiller waved his hand and said: "It's more like establishing new industry norms. Although the essence of magic is still transaction, it is equivalent to the development from bartering in ancient society to currency transactions in modern society. Every power has
The price is clearly marked and the whole process is open and transparent.”
"Smart people can use their wisdom in negotiations to gain more benefits for themselves, and villains can also play tricks on the terms to defraud more energy, but it is not excessive and overall it is fair."
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"How is it done?" Sivana was very curious and said, "The person trading power should be the devil, right?"
"Yes, and there are angels. Some of them are also tired of the endless deception and struggle, and decided to change the way the game is played to see if order can bring them more benefits."
"Who will ensure fairness?"
"Some beings that absolutely no one can mess with," Schiller said, "such as archangels and Satan.'
Sivana clicked his tongue. He didn't expect that his power level could be raised so high. He thought for a moment and then said, "Do angels really exist in this world? Can I see them?"
"I know you want to ask why the angels who act as rescuers in myths completely ignore your suffering, but I can only tell you that myths completely beautify them."
Schiller shook his head and said: ""They are not the saviors of mankind, but the administrators of the universe. The only responsibility they have to bear is to make the universe run smoothly, and they don't care about anything else."
Sivana was more accepting of this statement. He nodded and said, "What about the devils? Is their purpose to prevent the universe from running smoothly?"
"They are a family." Schiller said: "You can understand them as two departments of a company, and the quality of their image is all human imagination. The devil may not be cunning, and the angel may not be kind, no matter who they are,
They will not help humans for no reason."
Sivana sighed and said with emotion: "What a cruel reality."
"Indeed, so what, do you want to accept my invitation?" Schiller also leaned forward slightly, stared into Sivana's eyes and said, "Become the dean of the Magic Academy, or the only one who is the best."
A dean."
"From now on, the vast majority of human magicians will be your disciples, thinking that you are an excellent dean and a leader in their lives, and you are indeed capable of doing this."
"On the day when the magic world is revived, you will have endless disciples. No matter how many successors your enemies in the Rock of Eternity find, only you have the right to define the magic world."
Sivana felt her heart beating loudly.
"But you know, the magic I use is actually..."
"It's actually seven deadly sins? Who told you it was seven deadly sins?"
This question confused Sivana. He looked at Schiller and said, "Didn't you already take it away? Didn't you..."
"Compared with the real seven deadly sins, the thing in my umbrella now is not even an ant." Schiller shook his head and said: "Who represents the original sin of pride in mythology?"
"Uh, Lucifer?"
"Then do you know who Lucifer is?"
"Isn't it a fallen angel?"
"That's also the old man. He is God's most beloved eldest son. He is now the only archangel in heaven. His status in the big world is second only to God, and he is truly inferior to one person."
Sivana swallowed.
"Besides, Beelzebub, who represents gluttony, is now also a prominent demon king in hell, commanding an endless army of demons. Not to mention himself, even a demon general under his command will not be trapped in the small Rock of Eternity.
"
"Of course, I am talking about the source of the seven deadly sins. The power in my umbrella now can be regarded as the seven deadly sins, but it is more like the embodiment of the power derived from the seven deadly sins. It is very strong for ordinary people.
, but it’s just average for a magician.”
"So if I choose to become the principal of Gotham Academy of Magic, will you give this power back to me?"
Schiller rubbed his forehead and said: "It was just to make you the principal of Gotham Academy of Magic that I took away this power... No, I don't mean that this is the only way to threaten you."
Schiller sighed and said: "You also have a company at home, right? In fact, you are not short of money, but did you use your company's money when running Gotham University?"
"Of course not." Sivana said as if he had been insulted: "The company I own researches biological and pharmaceutical technology, and it is not on the East Coast, so it is nowhere near the same level as Gotham University."
"That's it, you're going to be the principal, not to box with demons. You don't have to be a magician. Or if you always want to be a magician to fight with others, how can you be a good one?
Where is the principal?"
"But it is a magic school after all." Sivana said: "Don't we need to use magic in daily teaching and work?"
"Of course it's not necessary, I've never used it."
Sivana seemed a little hesitant. He didn't think that Schiller would be greedy for his power, because when he opened the freezer layer of the refrigerator, he understood that, not to mention Schiller, it was the ingredients stuffed in the freezer layer of the refrigerator.
They are not at the same level of strength as him, but he is far behind them.
"And you can't control this power well." Schiller had to speak more clearly, "Not only can't you control this power, but you can't control what you want. You have no talent in magic.
point."
Sivana's face turned ugly, and Schiller sighed again and said, "Then why do you think you are talented in magic? Why do you think it is natural to have talent?"
"Of course it's because back then..."
"Your enemy chose you back then, but his subsequent actions of rejecting and belittling you, doesn't that prove that he is blind?"