Chapter 2893
Schiller dodged his head, and the blood light flew past his cheek, leaving a bloodstain on his cheekbone.
When he turned back, this young man called Wonder Twin had already appeared in front of Schiller. He raised his fist to hit, but Constantine raised his hand, and a magical light knocked him flying.
"Zan, stop!" Constantine shouted at him: "Think about your sister, don't be controlled by him!"
When the young man flew up again, he showed a mocking smile and said: "You won't understand at all. Everything is for the great cause of the Vampire King. Soon she will understand too!"
Purple light appeared abruptly behind Constantine, and then completely enveloped him. Constantine seemed to be grabbed by a large purple hand, and painful groans overflowed from his throat.
The young man called Zan flashed to Schiller's back again, wrapped his forearm around his neck, and his teeth approached the side of his neck.
"Listen, kid, now is not a good time to turn me," Schiller said very calmly. "Don't you want to know what Batman has prepared for you?"
The young man's movements paused slightly, but soon showed a malicious smile and said: "Batman? That will soon be a thing of the past. Our great King will let him understand who is the real Bat-King!"
"Batman has discovered your secret," Schiller said unhurriedly. "Blood is the key to your power, and some people's blood is special. Don't you want to know how far he has done?"
"Turn you, and you will tell me obediently."
"If so, how could Batman tell me this secret?" Schiller smiled, seemingly confident.
The young man's movements paused. He felt a bit suspicious. After all, he was also a member of the Justice League and knew something about Batman. If he couldn't ensure that a person wouldn't leak secrets at all, Batman wouldn't tell him any secrets. This man actually knew Batman's secret. Would he have any special life-saving means?
He wrapped his arm around Schiller's neck, and his other hand was controlling Schiller's arm behind his back. Although trapped, Schiller still used that persuasive tone and said.
"I have a token from Batman in my pocket. Perhaps that will be the thing you want. Do you want to take it out and see?"
Zan was suspicious, but still asked: "Which pocket is it in?"
"In the pocket of my suit jacket, you can touch it easily if you reach in."
"Are you sure that's not some dangerous item?"
"Of course it's dangerous to you, but if you don't take it out, I'm afraid you can't explain it to your boss."
The young man understood this better than Schiller. His boss was very strict. If he returned empty-handed, he would definitely be punished very severely, but he was indeed afraid of Batman's preparation.
Zan let go of the hand holding Schiller's arm and reached in front of Schiller's chest to touch the things in his suit pocket.
Constantine, who was pressed to the ground by vampire magic, sighed in his heart. This guy is still too young. Fortunately, he was well prepared.
Zan touched something, took it out and looked at it. It was actually a small cross pendant, but strangely, this cross didn't cause any harm to him at all. Not only was there no power of prayer, but even the restraint of the cross itself on vampires was gone.
Constantine, lying on the ground with his head tilted, showed a weird smile on his face. When Schiller handed the cross to him just now, he used magic to disperse all the power of holy light on it, and also endowed it with the power of shadow, making this thing completely unable to harm vampires.
Before coming to find the Arkham Knight and the others, Constantine also did other things.
As mentioned before, Constantine can very accurately judge which demon a certain type of magic comes from.
The blood magic from the vampire Bloody Mary and the shadow magic from Dracula together constitute the magic system used by vampires now. Purple ones are generally shadow magic, red ones are blood magic. Those in the form of light beams are shadow magic, and those in the form of mist are blood magic.
The vast majority of vampires can't master both magics at the same time. Bloodline talent can only support them in using one of them. Generally, the vampire who turned him used which one, he uses which one.
And after arriving on the East Coast of the United States, Constantine discovered a group of vampires using blood magic and followed the traces of magic to a hidden underground base.
He discovered that this was the station of the Legion of Doom. Many former members had been sucked dry by blood magic, but many had been turned into vampires. This place had become a vampire garrison.
But here he discovered traces of another person. This was a guy using shadow magic, out of place with the turned vampires. Constantine studied it and found that this might be his old friend, a vampire with a normal head—Andrew Bennett.
Although Andrew is also a vampire, he doesn't want to rule the world, and he isn't as irritable and bloodthirsty as this group of newborn vampires. In most cases, he lives his own life, and is one of the few vampires who often deals with Constantine but hasn't died very miserably.
Following the traces of Andrew's magic, he found that the other party might be heading to the Justice League headquarters.
This isn't strange. Although Andrew is a vampire, his relationship with the superheroes of the Justice League is quite good, even better than the relationship between Constantine and them. With such a big thing happening, he must have wanted to go to the Justice League for help at the first time.
Constantine rushed and rushed, and finally intercepted Andrew before he reached the Hall of Justice, knocked him out, and brought him back to his base on the East Coast.
Andrew is an important figure. He might know why the vampire disaster suddenly broke out, and Constantine didn't trust the Justice League at all, so he intervened.
After Andrew woke up and saw Constantine, he wasn't happy, but appeared very angry. He thought he would wake up in the Justice League, so he could tell the superheroes about the vampire situation immediately, but Constantine intervened, which might delay the big event.
Constantine told Andrew his views, especially emphasizing that it wasn't safe in the Justice League. If there is a mole, you are throwing yourself into the net by reporting to them.
Andrew was a bit moved by him, but he felt that he should at least tell Superman about this, because Superman absolutely couldn't be a vampire. As a vampire, he knew very well how much lethality this human-shaped sun had for shadow creatures.
Constantine said he would convey it, but he actually didn't intend to convey it at all. Superman indeed couldn't be a vampire, but his brain wasn't enough. He could never turn the corner on this kind of thing. If he was provoked by a mole, everyone would be in danger.
He appeased Andrew well, but didn't let him leave, because he knew that the Legion of Doom would soon discover that someone had disappeared. They would definitely find a way to hunt down Andrew and not let him go to report to the Justice League.
And at the same time, they would also send people to notify the mole in the Justice League in advance, letting them make precautions, and control Andrew at the first moment he arrived, absolutely not letting the news reach Wonder Woman or Superman.
Constantine specifically left his traces where Andrew disappeared, just to let the Legion of Doom members who chased over know that he took Andrew away.
In this case, if they want to silence him, they must come to find him. They also know that the few cats and dogs of the Legion of Doom aren't enough in front of him, so the one who comes must be a superhero turned in the Justice League.
In this case, once the vampire superhero comes to the door, he will just happen to fall into Constantine's trap and be captured. Constantine will have the ironclad evidence of the Justice League being infiltrated in his hands.
Batman needs the power of the Justice League, so he needs something that can make the Justice League raise their vigilance and pay attention. Andrew, who knows part of the truth, and the turned superheroes are the best physical evidence. In this way, Batman must also negotiate with him.
But capturing the turned superheroes isn't that simple. Head-on collision isn't impossible, but Constantine still chose the method he is best at: sacrifice a friend, harvest perfect physical evidence.
Constantine thought, if Schiller hadn't told him about the holy object Batman left for his life, perhaps it would really be a bit troublesome.
Because the one who came wasn't one of the strong ones he imagined, but a little guy who didn't have a name. Constantine had seen this Wonder Twin a few times. He was really too young. If he was ambushed by a holy object, he might really run away, and then Constantine's calculation would fall through.
Fortunately, Schiller not only told him about the holy object Batman left for him, but actually handed the cross pendant into his hands.
Blood magic and shadow magic often appear on vampires, but it's not that only vampires can use them. At least Constantine masters shadow magic, and because he is human, he isn't restrained by the cross, and can very easily use shadow magic to disperse holy light.
When this little guy discovered that the holy object couldn't harm him, he had a winning chance. And once he was obsessed with fighting, Constantine would have enough time to prepare his magic circle to capture him alive.
Zan looked at the cross carefully and sneered disdainfully: "Just this thing? You don't want to use it to ambush me, do you?"
"Of course not, because the one ambushing you isn't him."
What Constantine didn't expect was that Schiller's tone didn't have half a point of tension, and immediately after, four gunshots came from the factory gate.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Arkham Knight walked and shot with double guns, four bullets very accurately shot into Zan's body, and one shot happened to hit Zan's neck.
Blood splashed, and thick black smoke emerged from the bullet holes caused by the silver bullets. The young man in the purple tight suit let out a piercing scream. Because of the pain, he couldn't help but let go of his arm, letting Schiller break free.
A subtle friction sound rang out, and the double guns in the Arkham Knight's hands synthesized into a sniper rifle. In the sniper scope, Zan's head flashed by. Just as the trigger was pulled, another purple magic grabbed Zan's waist and lifted him up.
Dick jumped out from the nearest window. The young man caught by his shadow magic was still struggling desperately, but the injuries caused by those four shots were too serious. The silver bullets embedded in his body were like wooden stakes, making him unable to even move violently, and he was thrown into the factory by Dick with magic.
Constantine, lying on the ground, secretly called it bad. As soon as he looked up, he saw a pair of clean leather shoes appearing in front of him.
A pendant hanging on pale fingers fell between his eyes, reflecting the cold and gentle moonlight, and the prayer on the back of the cross was clearly visible.
"If I have a good dream, may the Lord protect my peace. If I die in my sleep, I will go with the Lord."
End of Chapter
