When he mentioned Veronica, Constantine's expression was very indifferent, as if her death was not worth mentioning and he had long forgotten it.
But when Deathstroke said the name Astra, Zha Kang couldn't laugh anymore. He lowered his head and trembled in pain.
Maybe it’s because she was only 14 years old when she died and was abused by her father for many years. Constantine was the only person she trusted?
Zha Kang, who was not so good at dealing with demons back then, accidentally killed her, and it was just a few days after Veronica's death. When this feeling of letting down others appears one after another, it is easy to leave psychological trauma. From then on, Zha Kang...
Kang became addicted to alcohol.
If he didn't fall asleep drunk every day, he would see the scene of the little girl being torn to pieces by the demon replayed over and over again in his dream, and feel the warmth of her intestines and heart on his face...
"He seems to have been deeply hit." Hermione dropped the rabbit's head after eating it and took out a piece of paper to wipe her hands: "Professor, aren't you afraid that he will drive the house into a dark hole and die with us?"
It is not a good idea to scold the driver when taking an online ride-hailing service. Maybe when crossing the bridge, the driver turned the steering wheel and took the passengers with them on the road.
"The black hole can't kill me, it's not even a small trouble." Su Ming smiled and touched his apprentice's head, explaining: "And you underestimate our hell detective too much, help him recall the past.
, it will only make him work more carefully, at least it will help him sober up."
"Thank you, Slade." Zha Kang raised his head and rubbed the gum in the corner of his eyes: "I know you are reminding me to be cautious, but there is really no need to bring Astra out to say, you
Just let her rest in peace and stop talking about her."
"Rest in peace, it was 1975 when she died. If there are no problems with her reincarnation, she should probably be a grandma by now, right?"
Su Ming, who was smoking a cigarette, waved his hands indifferently. He didn't care at all about the life and death of strangers:
"Of course, she sold her soul to hell. There is no chance of reincarnation after she has fallen like that. But you have acquaintances all over hell. Isn't it easy to find someone to protect her?"
Zha Kang was pretending, but Su Ming let him know that he also knew that Astra was in hell now and was doing well.
That girl is now the leader of a small force, and her strength is not bad. Although she is not yet a high-ranking devil, she is happy to cover two streets and collect protection fees. She is much more comfortable than when she was alive.
She did sell her soul to a certain demon at first, but then Constantine met Lucifer and specifically asked this Satan to fish for someone else. How could any demon dare to challenge the devil for a small soul?
Lucifer: "I want her."
The demon knelt down on the spot: "Here you go, Your Majesty."
So from then on, Astra was equivalent to regaining her freedom. As a soul, she lived in Lucifer's hell. Even if Satan ran away and came to the world, the wheat that succeeded him would still belong to this girl.
Backstage.
The Queen of Pain is also an insurmountable mountain for most demons. With such a background, the little girl fell at a speed beyond imagination.
Not only did she reincarnate as a succubus, but she also extorted protection money from the devil's shop, sold various magic drugs to the devils, and even did tricks to help souls smuggle from hell to the human world. She did all the dark deeds imaginable.
It's a good hand.
Although she still looks like a 14-year-old girl with a pointed tail and wings, she has lived in hell for decades and transformed from a soul chess piece to a chess player. She is definitely not a vegetarian.
Zha Kang can pretend to be stupid, but he can't hide it from Deathstroke, because Astra later came to the human world to find this bitch, saying that he would take his "benefactor" to hell to enjoy happiness...
The girl was very enthusiastic, but Constantine drove her away with tears and beat her back to hell because he didn't want to die yet.
"Tsk, it seems you know everything, so let's stop pretending. I'm going to show off my cards." Constantine stood up and rubbed his face. All the painful expressions on his face disappeared and turned into that shameless smile again.
: "I just feel that I am somewhat responsible for her becoming what she is today, you know? But then too many people died because of me, so I got used to it."
"You are still pretending. Why is it so difficult to hear the truth from your mouth?"
Su Ming exposed him and shook his head speechlessly, obviously helpless to Zha Kang's habit of lying:
"Actually, you still feel guilty, but you only feel guilty about the dead 14-year-old Astra. That scene is still a nightmare for you. And the current Succubus Street Fighter is just another person in your opinion.
A demon is a familiar stranger. The better she lives and the darker she becomes, the more guilty you will be."
After being exposed back and forth, Zha Kang could only raise his hands and surrender. Deathstroke was like his nemesis. He really couldn't hide anything from this man.
"Please don't study psychology with Harley in the future, okay? What's the use of studying it as a mercenary? Well, you also said what I often think about. I always think, if Astra
She is still alive and should be a grandmother. Am I ruining her life and living in purgatory forever as a demon? Is this really what she wants?"
"So you are so old?" Hermione's attention was focused on another thing, that is, she discovered that although Constantine looked like he was in his thirties, he really wanted to count.
, I’m afraid he’s over seventy years old.
This matter is more complicated, because Zha Kang is actually a person from another world. He died once in the original V agency universe, and was later merged into the DC universe to repeat the story.
This also involves several reboots of the DC universe, so here, don’t worry about details like age. It’s normal for age to change every day.
This is just like in the world of a certain famous detective, one day is summer, one day is winter, and the next day is summer again. The concept of time exists. As for whether it is consistent with your perception, that is a matter of other people's world and outsiders cannot control it.
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So neither of them answered Hermione's question. The professor patted her on the back, indicating that this was not something that could be finished in a short time, and just continued the previous topic.
"If Astra lives, judging from her trust in you, she will be tricked to death by you sooner or later, so you should be more open-minded. This may be fate. John, do you believe in fate?"
Deathstroke turned around and was about to leave. The air in the basement was not circulating. Now that the two of them were smoking here, the air soon became smoky and could easily harm his apprentice's skin.
"Who knows, anyway, neither heaven nor hell would even think of arranging me." Zha Kang reached out to touch the magic circle in front of him again, and made some adjustments to the flight path of the house: "By the way, I forgot to mention that this time our