Chapter 3004: Mercury Record (1)

Shiler opened the door, and a tall figure with long black hair walked in. Diana gently tucked her hair and smiled at Shiler, "Good morning, Professor. I brought the latest agricultural products from the Metropolis farm, including carrots, onions, and celery. I hope your refrigerator still has room."

"Always reserved space for thoughtful ladies." Shiler smiled while holding the doorknob and said.

Slightly turning sideways to let Diana in, Diana looked at the furnishings in the room and found nothing had changed, so she walked to the refrigerator first and put the vegetables she was carrying inside.

Shiler picked up the hot water that had been boiled on the side, pushed open the back door, and came to the backyard. At this time, the backyard of the house finally looked like something.

As soon as Diana pushed open the door, she let out an exclamation, because the vegetable garden planted before was approaching harvest. The green cabbages were like flowers blooming on the field ridges, each one round and full, just looking at them was enough to imagine that crisp and juicy taste.

"It seems I'm being a guest who usurps the host's role." Diana said, "This place doesn't need more vegetables at all, Professor. I didn't expect you to grow vegetables too."

"Not entirely grown by me, just reclaimed the field ridges. Why not look at this pavilion, lady."

Diana looked in the direction of Shiler's gaze and found that there was an extra pavilion in the northeast corner of the courtyard, which had the same color as the house. The sunshade on the cover of the pavilion seemed to be able to be opened and closed, because the sun wasn't shining at this time, so it was open.

A tea table and two stools were placed under the pavilion.

More importantly, the pavilion was padded higher, and the wall of this house itself wasn't high. Sitting on the pavilion, one could perfectly appreciate the scenery of the lake and forest not far from the backyard.

"You really know how to enjoy, Professor." Diana couldn't help but sigh, "If I could sit here and drink a cup of coffee after work, I would definitely love this world even more."

"Always welcome you to fly over." Shiler pulled out a chair for Diana.

After Diana sat down, Shiler put the hot water kettle in the center of the tea table, brewed a pot of tea, poured a cup for Diana, and also poured one for himself.

Diana looked at the tea leaves soaking in the semi-transparent water kettle and found they didn't seem to be tea leaves, but she couldn't see clearly what they specifically were. She took a sip of tea and found it wasn't the taste of ordinary black tea.

"What is this? Professor?"

"Flower tea."

Diana quite liked this taste. She didn't ask much either. After drinking a sip of tea, Shiler started talking about serious business.

"How is the situation in Metropolis?"

"It's considered not bad. In fact, it's very stable. I have to say, Lex has talent in this regard. Under the control of LexCorp, the crime rate hasn't risen, and the lives of ordinary people are barely getting by."

"Grain played an important role in it, right?"

"That's right. Pamela didn't know where she got a large batch of grain and transported it over through the undersea tunnel. Lex acquired this batch of grain at a high price and then implemented a rationing system."

"Congress has no opinion?"

Diana gently blew on the tea and said, "I don't know if he was right to do so, but Lex transferred the cost of this part to Wei En Enterprises. He used suppressing the East Coast industries of Wei En Enterprises as a condition to let Congress let this matter go lightly."

"Capital is like tides rising and falling. Every tide change can make a group of people full. The pattern of the East Coast has been calm for too long. Lex is willing to stir up the situation, and naturally, there are people willing to drink soup behind him."

"I know, standing from the perspective of a businessman, he wasn't wrong to do so. I just feel a bit sorry for Bruce." Diana put down the teacup and sighed gently. The black broken hair in front of her forehead floated in the morning breeze.

"He's busy enough." Diana said, "Holding several posts, and also planning for the future. As his friends, we should have helped him more, but we really couldn't intervene in this matter. We didn't even know how Lex did it."

"Don't worry, lady. He won't blame you. Perhaps this situation also has the reason for his deliberate indulgence. At least facing such pressure must have made Tim gain something. He will be the successor of Wei En Enterprises in the future."

"That couldn't be better." Diana looked genuinely relieved and said, "He didn't come to find us the first time he returned, but went to Wei En Enterprises. I think he must have a lot of business matters to communicate with Tim, so I stopped Clark."

"I think what you did was right. What's important now isn't pleading. If Clark really wants to help Bruce, then go ask Lex for his opinion, or provide them with an opportunity to sit down and talk."

"Lex has already eaten up quite a few industries. Will he be willing to spit them out? If the two of them talk and collapse, wouldn't things become even worse?"

"Lex is a smart man. He will understand the principle of 'too much is as bad as too little.' Moreover, in my opinion, Tim still has a trump card in his hand."

"What?"

"Soviet Union."

Diana widened her eyes and said, "Tim won the support of the Soviet Union? But I see, Lex might not be able to wear the Stars and Stripes with peace of mind either."

"He certainly can't, but compared to Lex and Bruce, the new generation is obviously bolder. He didn't just win the support of the Soviet Union."

In this regard, Shiler only stopped at a point and didn't say much. Diana also understood. These words could only be told to Wonder Woman. If told to Clark, he would either tell Lex everything or tell Bruce everything, and then the super brain would never have been turning.

"If it can be ensured that the two of them reach a balance, then I would be willing to organize a party. It just so happens that I am organizing an auction recently, and both of them happen to have some interest in art from the Amazon. What do you think? Professor."

"Speaking of this, how is the situation on Paradise Island?"

"Tourism revenue has plummeted. No matter how I promote it, it hasn't improved. However, the sisters are all comforting me. We are a fishing and hunting nation after all, and we won't starve to death without extra income. In any case, it's better than the ordinary people living in the city."

"Perhaps you are a bit too optimistic, lady." Shiler also put down the teacup and sighed gently.

Diana captured the worry between his eyebrows. She looked at Shiler carefully and then found that this professor's dress was a bit different from usual.

He wasn't wearing that black suit. Of course, he didn't wear a suit all the time when at home, but if there were guests, he would generally choose a suit that wouldn't go wrong.

But today he was wearing a black turtleneck sweater without any patterns, and a spearfish brooch was pinned to his chest.

Looking up along the high bridge of the nose, Diana's breathing stagnated. The eyes behind the glasses happened to turn over. Diana saw a pair of golden vertical pupils.

Those were pupils belonging to cold-blooded animals, looking extraordinarily strange and dangerous, matching Shiler's face, simply making one's hair stand on end.

Diana's body stiffened, almost overturning the chair. She instinctively leaned her body back hard and then said, "Professor, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

"In fact, I'm not very well. This is the main reason I invited you here today." Shiler shook his head helplessly and then reached out to pull down one side of the turtleneck sweater's collar a bit.

Diana leaned her body forward again, widened her eyes, and looked carefully. She found that on the side of Shiler's neck, to be precise, the part below the jawline, there were semi-transparent black scales that were faintly visible.

"Heavens!" Diana sighed from the bottom of her heart. She couldn't help but reach out and touch it. The cold touch that was completely different from human skin made her instantly withdraw her hand.

"What on earth is going on?" She asked.

Shiler smiled, but his current state made this smile, which should have been slightly helpless, look extraordinarily evil.

"Do you know Spider-Man?"

"I've heard of him. Heavens, you wouldn't have been bitten by something, would you?"

"Being bitten by a spider will turn you into Spider-Man. What will being bitten by a snake turn you into?... Alright, just a joke. It wasn't bitten by a snake."

Shiler told Diana about the whole process of the child abuse case unhurriedly, until mentioning Circe's name.

"Circe?!" Diana was so shocked that she stood up directly and said, "Witch Circe?! She is the enemy of the Amazon! Have you dealt with her?!"

"You could say that." Shiler said, "To be precise, I designed to kill her."

Diana took another deep breath. Associating it with Shiler's current state, she understood something, so she said, "She used a beast-transformation curse on you, turning you into a snake."

"Yes, the problem is, after I used another powerful existence to kill her, the curse wasn't completely broken."

Diana thought slowly and sat down slowly. Suddenly, her gaze fell on the teapot. She picked up the teapot and looked at it carefully and said, "This is a snowdrop, which can be used to break Circe's curse."

"Yes, I must rely on this to maintain the status quo now, not letting the curse continue to worsen."

"So Circe isn't dead?"

"I'm afraid so. She used some method to escape, only she must have been severely injured, and the vast majority of her power dissipated, which allowed me to turn back into a human form, but obviously, she is gradually recovering, and the curse power on me is becoming stronger and stronger."

Diana pondered. After a long while, she opened her mouth and said, "I understand. Professor, if you didn't have full confidence, you would never have taken action."

"Circe is doomed to die." Shiler nodded and said, "There is a more terrifying curse on her body. This determines that her death is only a matter of time. Escaping this time, there will be a next time."

"I am more concerned about what she is looking for in Gotham."

Shiler looked at Diana. Diana fell silent. She recalled the distant past and said, "I only had a face-to-face with Circe. I only remember that the moment she saw me, she looked very surprised. I don't know what she was surprised about either."

Shiler pointed to his forehead. Diana touched her forehead accordingly, and then she heard Shiler say, "She was surprised that you also have the Witch's Hour."

"Witch's Hour?!"

"Yes, this is an ancient curse, ancient enough to trace back to the source of magic, and it must also mention the story of a goddess and many betrayers..." ===== CHAPTER 3005 =====

"Yes, this is a kind of ancient curse, so ancient that it must be traced back to the source of magic, and it also requires telling the story of a goddess and many betrayers..."