Constantine and Brand were both stunned. Brand looked around and said, "Did I have a hallucination just now? It seems like someone is calling your name, Constantine?"
Constantine swallowed and looked at the vines that were gradually approaching him. He took a step back and said, "Look, is this like an hallucination? Do you dream of plants jumping up and kicking around?!
"
After saying that, he turned around and ran away. All the trees, fences, and plants in the streets and alleys chased after him, trying to attack him like crazy.
"Doctor Brand! Save me! Save your patient! Use your fire magic! I will pay double...oh, no! triple the medical expenses!!!" Constantine shouted.
Brand flashed out of the flames, came to Constantine's side, and said to him: "I don't need you to pay additional medical expenses, but if I save you, you must promise to quit your drug addiction!
"
"Then why don't you just let the plants eat me!!" Constantine shouted as he ran. The next second, he was hit on the arm by a vine. He let out a painful cry of "Ouch", and then, he was hit by another vine at his feet.
Another plant stumbled,
The attack of the plants was so fierce that he had no time to cast spells. When he ran to the crossroads, Constantine raised his head and shouted: "The green of all things! There must be a misunderstanding between us. No matter what you encounter, it is definitely not me."
Do it!”
But the crazy plant showed no intention of stopping. Constantine had no choice but to stand on the spot and jump twice, looked around, chose the widest intersection, and ran over.
"Everything is green! I have always been a plant conservationist! Never harmed any plants, of course! Not when eating! But I rarely eat vegetables, you know, my favorite is meatloaf!"
"Okay! Okay! Tobacco is also a plant, but I'm not the biggest smoker in the world. How could you... I really didn't plot against you! Wait... did I?"
Constantine slowed down, thought for a moment, and said, "I should...not, right? Although I was indeed there when that parliament caused trouble last time, but it wasn't my fault!"
"And the one in charge of the vines... what is his name? He was plotted by the Red of All Living Beings. What does it have to do with me?! Even if I am by your side, is it wrong to not save someone even if they die?!"
The plant's attack became even more crazy. Constantine had to use ashes clones continuously to attract the plant's attention. As he ran, he thought about the list of creditors in his mind.
After you have offended almost all the forces in the occult world, it will be difficult for you to determine what the cause of the people who are asking for trouble today. And when you are being troubled every day, what is the cause of the trouble?
What it is is no longer important.
Constantine rushed into an alley. He looked back and found that the plants had not followed. The vines were winding past the entrance of the alley. As soon as Constantine breathed a sigh of relief, he heard a "rustling" coming from behind.
sound.
When he turned around, a huge birch tree rose from the ground. Constantine swallowed his saliva and said: "The green of all things, if you have something to say, I think we can talk..."
Just before the living tree went crazy, a fire ring that often appeared in circuses appeared in front of Constantine. Constantine held the charm and gritted his teeth and said: "You are finally here!"
After saying that, he jumped into the ring of fire, and the next second, he appeared on the roof of a building in downtown Gotham. In front of him was a woman wearing a cloak, a top hat on her head, and a staff in her hand. It looked like
Like a magician.
"Oh, my god, Xiao Zha, you saved me!" Constantine exhaled slowly and said, "I knew you were a good girl..."
Zatanna in front of Constantine rolled her eyes, folded her arms and said, "You said I made a deal with the Green of All Things behind your back, but now why is the Green of All Things chasing you again? Isn't it, you?
You made a deal with him behind my back and then went back on it, just like you have always done?!"
"Of course not!" Constantine said, raising his voice: "How could I destroy the plan we agreed on and look for the green of all things instead? We all know that this kind of existence is not reliable at all!"
"Thank you for remembering our plan, but now you have messed it up!" Zatanna waved her staff angrily and said, "And all of this is thanks to your mess!"
"I just hope our plan can be more complete. You have been away from Gotham for too long. I don't know how many powerful people there are in this city now..."
Zatanna snorted softly and came to the edge of the building to look down. Thick fog rose from the street and submerged most of the buildings, but the roof of the tall building seemed like another layer above the clouds.
A world.
Looking through the fog layer, the streets and alleys under the fog, the neon lights dimmed the blurred colors, and when the bar signs lit up, it was the sunset in Gotham.
The bar was very lively. Constantine, who was sitting next to the bar, drank all the wine in his glass. The bartender wiped the glass and said to him with a smile: "That weirdo in tights is not coming to see you anymore."
?”
Constantine squinted his eyes and shook his head, as if he was a little drunk and said: "He hasn't come to me for a long time. Maybe he has found the answer he wants, and he no longer has any luck with praying to gods or Buddhas."
…”
"If you ask me, he's really a weirdo."
"But he is also a beauty." Constantine asked for another glass of wine. When the bartender turned around to make drinks, he said: "It's so boring to just drink during the long night..."
The bartender smiled, handed him the drink and said, "Then you have come to the right place. The Jinbei Bar has invited a very powerful magician to perform. You should be able to see him later. He is also a beauty.
…”
"Magicians?" Constantine curled his lips and said, "I don't have a good impression of them. They are just liars with a good reputation..."
As soon as he turned his head, Constantine saw a woman wearing a cloak and a top hat, appearing amidst the cheers of the crowd, patrolling the seats in the bar for a week, showing everyone her empty top hat.
The next second, she took the wand and tapped the hat lightly, and with a "crack" sound, several bats flew out of it. In an instant, the whole place was boiling.
The female magician took out another hand of cards, turned over a card in her hand, walked around the field with elegant movements, and showed the cards to everyone. The next second, she threw the cards up and tapped them with her wand.
The cards turned into fireworks and exploded, and cheers echoed throughout the bar.
Constantine coughed hard a few times, put down his glass in a panic, and said to the bartender: "I'm leaving first. No matter who asks you later, you must say that you have never seen Constantine..."
After saying that, he tightened his windbreaker and walked along the edge of the bar, trying to leave through the back door of the bar, but before he could get there, the door was blocked at the door of the tool room.
The female magician just now was leaning against the wall, holding a hat in one hand and a staff in the other, and gave Constantine a sneer.
"Uh, Xiao Zha, what a coincidence, you are here too? Your magic show is great. I have never seen such a wonderful magic show. Well, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first..."
After saying that, Constantine wanted to walk out, but Zatanna didn't stop him. She just turned the staff in her hand and said: "It doesn't matter. Of course you can leave here, but maybe tomorrow, I can still go out if you hang out in the bar."
If you want to get credit, it will spread throughout the occult world..."
Constantine stopped helplessly, turned to look at Zatanna and said, "What are you doing in Gotham? It's very dangerous here, and aren't you traveling around the world performing magic shows? Why are you back so soon?"
"Of course it's because of business." Zatanna put the top hat on her head, tilted her head towards Constantine, and said, "Find a place to talk in detail, this is a big deal."
Soon, the two sat down in front of the bar again. Constantine picked up the wine glass and asked: "What could make the genius magician Zatanna Zatara so anxious? She even found a bad person like me.
Didn’t you say you would never see me again?”
"John, I'm not kidding you. Don't you have a premonition yet? Haven't you noticed that in recent years, many people in the occult community have been eyeing Gotham. If I remember correctly, there was a ghost mother before.
After arriving here, many members of the occult family are eyeing this place..."
Constantine thought of the ghost mother he dealt with before, Mrs. Sanchez, who worked with Cooper, the former Gotham kid king.
"I seem to have heard Mrs. Sanchez say that Gotham is special and has special significance to the entire occult world."
Zatanna sighed and said: "You should know that I come from a very famous magic family and am related to many big figures in the occult world. To be honest, there is a saying about Gotham in the occult world.
, they said, there is one of the most terrible curses in the world..."
"I don't know the scientific name of this curse, but people in the circle call it 'the most evil curse'."
"'The most evil curse'?" Constantine narrowed his eyes and said, "The person who named this name has such a loud tone. What kind of curse can be called the most evil curse?"
Zatanna nodded and said, "At first, when I heard the name, I thought they were exaggerating. Curses are only a small part of the occult world. No matter how powerful they are, how powerful can they be?"
"But later, some elders I knew told me that the so-called extremely evil curse refers to a universal curse..."
"The specific form of this curse is not the common curse, which makes people unable to cast spells, rot all over or die directly. The extremely evil curse can act on a certain group of people, so that everything they experience will be directed towards them.
The development in a bad direction cannot be avoided and cannot be undone."
Constantine was silent, and Zatanna looked at his expression and said, "You feel it, right?"
"Gotham is indeed a city that cannot be saved. After staying here these days, I realize that this is the trash can and sewer of the universe. All evil, chaos, and madness will eventually flow here."
"As for the curse..." Constantine looked at the wine in the cup and said, "People here don't care, and they are not afraid. Even if you want to remove the curse for them, they will think you are crazy."
"But the problem is, we can't let this curse flow out!" Zatanna emphasized: "Haven't you noticed yet? Those people just want to find the origin of this curse, and then use it to destroy the world!"
She put the wine glass on the table and made a "ding" sound, attracting Constantine to look over. Zatanna tilted her head and looked into his eyes and said: "I got the exact news. Many people have united.
I plan to come here to find out.”
"Among them are depressed black magicians, traitors who betrayed the magic family, and like Mrs. Sanchez, marginalized figures who cannot move forward because of the broken inheritance..."
Constantine squeezed the wine glass with his fingers, then picked up the wine glass, put it to his mouth and said, "Is the news reliable?"
Zatanna nodded and said: "You have not been active in the occult community recently, but if you restore contact with your old friends, you will know that this matter has spread."
"You should know that most of the famous independent magicians in the occult world are self-taught geniuses like you. Like you, most of them have evil intentions and abnormal brains."
"They want to get this extremely evil curse to make themselves the rulers of the occult world and the emperors of magic. We must stop them!"
Constantine put down his wine glass, snorted coldly, and said, "Are you and those families afraid that they will use the extremely evil curse on you?"
"Zatanna, you are always like this, acting righteous and awe-inspiring, but I have long said that magic has never been something that can be used to save the world."
"You and those magic families who claim to be noble actually just want to protect yourselves and maintain your noble bloodline and transcendent status..."
Zatanna put her head to the side and said, "So, are you willing to help me?"
Constantine drank all the wine in the glass again. He placed the glass heavily on the counter, and then said: "Tell me your plan."