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Chapter 3049

~11 min read 2,006 words

Sivana didn't know the successor's real name before, only that the old man had already chosen a successor. But the successor was too young when he inherited the power, and his mind wasn't mature enough, so he directly registered a superhero account for himself on social media software.

When the Justice League selected young superheroes to go to Mercury for training, they also paid attention to this new superhero named Shazam.

Billy was an ordinary little boy living in a foster family. How could he have any means to counter the Federal Shield and the FBI? This kind of law enforcement agency could check his ancestors for eighteen generations along the network cable, so his personal information was naturally transparent.

As the principal of Cat Getan University and Cat Getan Magic Academy, Sivana had dealt with Amanda. After learning about Shazam's situation from her, he basically confirmed that he was the successor that old man was looking for.

Having said that, the specific information was still with Amanda. Sivana only knew the name, but for those with investigative means, having a name was enough.

After getting the name, Dick made a phone call to Tim.

Tim, who was sitting in the Wei En Enterprises office, said to the other end of the phone while checking the information database: "The information database of the FBI shows that this guy's main range of activity is in Wisconsin. It is very likely that he is a small-town boy."

"You can look around Fawcett City and make some noise, and he will naturally show up."

Dick hung up the phone and told everyone Tim's plan. They all expressed agreement. In this situation, they didn't have time for carpet searches, so the fastest way was to lure the snake out of the hole.

Raven teleported everyone to the suburbs of Fawcett City. This was a small city in the Midwest of the United States, far less developed than coastal cities, and the city was relatively old. You could almost see the end of it when you flew up.

"What should we do now?" Raven asked. "Should I shout with magic? Or make some special effects?"

Dick touched his chin and thought for a while, then said: "When you called your father last time, I took a look. I think his image was quite majestic. Why don't you make a miniature version?"

"That would be too scary." Raven was a bit hesitant. She said: "Supervillains endangering city safety is one thing, but the arrival of a demon king is another. Are you sure he won't be scared away?"

"If he is scared away, can't you report to your father?" Dick obviously thought more than her. He said: "It's not good to always take funds without making achievements. If you can scare away a few superheroes, you can be more righteous when asking for funds next time."

Raven thought about it, anyway, just by looking at the image, one could be scared back, which couldn't be considered an excellent superhero, at most a coward. It was even less psychological burden to scare him.

Raven closed her eyes and floated into the air. Soon dark clouds covered the sky over Fawcett City, and a huge figure appeared and disappeared in the clouds. Passersby stopped one after another.

A pair of eyes burning with hellfire appeared. Citizens began to scream. The police chief stood in front of the office glass and cursed, then hurriedly began to organize manpower.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the American police were all in place, but this so-called superhero Shazam still didn't show up.

Jason observed the city's situation with binoculars. Soon he put down the binoculars and said: "Rachel, stop. If you go on, it will really cause panic."

Raven had no choice but to withdraw her magical power, scratching her head somewhat puzzledly and saying: "I didn't see any superhero. Are you sure it's this city?"

"The phantom you created can be seen from several cities nearby. If he wanted to come, he would have come long ago." Aisha turned into a smaller version of her original body, squatting on the roof of the building and constantly scanning the city, then said: "The photos he posted on the account are quite bluffing. I didn't expect that when a real disaster comes, he wouldn't even dare to show his face. No wonder he couldn't go to Mercury."

"I think this matter is a bit wrong." Jason frowned and fiddled with his phone. He said: "I'll send him a message on the account and ask what's going on."

Several people leaned over one after another, seeing Jason in the private message channel of the social media software, asking for help in the tone of a citizen victim.

This guy didn't show up, but he replied to the message quite quickly. Ten seconds later, he replied: "Don't panic, I'm thinking of a way, but my ability has a problem and needs time to adjust..."

Seeing this reply, Dick frowned and said: "Ability has a problem, this is too coincidental, right?"

"Need help?" Jason replied. He thought for a while and then typed another sentence: "We are a young superhero team, and there are super-powered people in our team. Maybe we have a way for your situation."

This time the other side was silent for a long time, seeming not to believe Jason's statement, but it looked like he was indeed at his wit's end and had no way out. After a while, he replied: "I'm in the parking lot at the corner of 24 Beech Street."

The Young Avengers team set off. Because the city itself was not big, they found this Beech Street before long, turned around here for a long time, but didn't find the parking lot.

"This kid is quite cunning." Jason said.

"Wait a minute, is that the sign for the underground parking lot over there?" Aisha pointed to an instruction road sign at the end of the street. Jason patted his forehead and said: "Consider I didn't say it, let's go."

Several people got close and found that this was indeed a parking lot, but it was an underground parking lot, and the entrance was small and narrow, and you couldn't see it if you didn't look carefully.

The light inside was also very dim after entering. Everyone raised their vigilance, worrying that this was a trap, but they turned around inside and didn't see the person suspected of being a superhero. Finally, they turned around and found a little boy curled up in a car in the innermost corner.

That's right, it was a child. He looked like he was fourteen or fifteen. Although Dick and the others weren't very old, they were at least college students. The one in front of them looked like a middle school student.

Dick knocked on the car window. The little boy seemed to be startled. Dick sighed and said: "Are you Billy?"

"How do you know my name?"

"We investigated you... forget it, you are the superhero Shazam, right? What happened to you?"

The little boy's expression was very complicated. He looked like he was hard to speak. He rolled down the car window and then said: "Aren't you surprised? The famous hero Shazam is actually a minor child..."

"The famous hero Batman is still a teenager who pretends to be young." Jason said indifferently: "Seriously, buddy, what happened to you?"

Jason's simple street temperament seemed to give Billy some sense of reality. At this time, he dared to look at the people outside the car door. Seeing that they were all young, dressed in new styles, and even brought a little girl, they looked like a youth group, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I don't know either, but my ability has a problem." Billy looked out of the car window and said: "I can't transform into Shazam anymore."

Jason pulled the car door, and the door opened directly, which stunned Billy inside. He clearly locked the car door.

"It doesn't take three seconds to pry the lock of this broken car. You get down first." Jason said.

Billy had no choice but to bite the bullet and get off the car. Raven looked at him and shook her head at Dick. Aisha also looked at the boy in front of her carefully, but just clicked her tongue.

Dick walked over and hugged Billy's shoulders. While they were walking out of the parking lot, they started chatting.

Billy had a bit of a mind, but not much, and he couldn't compare with this group of little clever ghosts in the Wei En family. Soon he was tricked by Dick.

Then they understood why Billy's ability disappeared.

Shazam is not a word, but the first letter of all the ability contractors of this superhero. S stands for the wisdom of Solomon, H stands for the strength of Hercules, A stands for the endurance of Atlas, Z stands for the divine power of Zeus, A stands for the courage of Achilles, M stands for the speed of Mercury.

Seeing Zeus, I believe everyone already understands that Shazam's contractors are the Olympian gods.

Now that something happened to Mount Olympus, Shazam's ability naturally had a problem. Now even if he shouted Shazam, he couldn't transform.

Billy had to be in the state of Shazam to directly teleport to the Rock of Eternity. In the state of an ordinary person, he couldn't do anything, and the clue was broken like this.

Just when Dick and the others were discussing the next step of the investigation, Billy seemed to finally walk out of the sadness of losing his super ability. He looked at them excitedly and said: "Are you really a young superhero team? Can I join you?"

"Only adults are allowed to join." Dick said.

Billy immediately stared at Aisha. Aisha rolled her eyes unhappily and said: "Why are you looking at me? I was born at the same time as this universe, I just look small."

Billy obviously didn't intend to let it go, and kept pestering Dick and the others, insisting on joining the newly established Young Avengers.

Dick thought about it. Billy's ability was related to the gods of Mount Olympus. If Mount Olympus restored contact later, he might also be able to act as a messenger.

More importantly, this guy was too young and his personality was relatively simple. If he was left to grow up alone, in case he was led astray, the consequences would be unimaginable. It was safer to keep him under his own eyes.

So Dick nodded and said: "Okay, we are short of manpower now, it's not impossible for you to join, but you must obey management, and during the training period, you may be away from home for a long time..."

Billy was bent on joining the cool youth hero team, so he didn't think too much and agreed excitedly. But he didn't expect that this so-called superhero training was actually not fighting crime, but accepting elite education to get into a good university.

At this time, Raven proposed a possibility. The name Faust is not very common. Although he might be an old monster who has lived for thousands of years, as long as he has been active in human society, he will definitely leave traces.

If these traces can be found, maybe we can find other people who know Faust, and then find out his location.

Dick called Tim again, but in fact, Tim had already thought of this method, and even he thought more than Dick and the others.

There might indeed be no one in this universe who has contacted Faust, but other universes might not be the same. As long as you find people in other universes who can contact Faust, or even go to ask Faust himself, you can naturally find his hiding place.

The real difficulty is how to make this old and cunning guy obediently hand over the Key of Tartarus.

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