Chapter 3054: The Mercury Record (51)

Jason was more open-minded in this regard. He pulled Dick and said, "The sun of occultism is different from the one we see. Don't get too hung up on it."

"Then where is that door you mentioned?"

Faust shook his head and said, "I don't know the specific location either, but it definitely has something to do with the sun. It should be at the place of sunrise or sunset in the occult sense..."

Dick's line of thinking was completely different. He said, "Can we just go find the sun directly?"

"What?"

"I mean entering space and waiting right next to the sun to see if a carriage will come to pick him up."

This method clearly baffled Faust. The world in the eyes of great mages was completely different from that of modern people; space was an unfamiliar realm to them.

"We can try," Jason said. "Although the sun of the occult world isn't exactly the same as the sun in reality, there should be some connection, right? Maybe we really can block the Sun God."

"Too absurd," Faust commented.

However, the group ignored him, feeling that their own line of thinking was more reasonable. Dick also said, "It just so happens that the Justice League is short of people. We can go directly to Mercury and help them keep an eye on things."

After searching Mount Olympus again, they found nothing. The group returned along the original path. Fortunately, the gate to the Underworld hadn't been closed, and they successfully returned to Earth.

Another thing worth mentioning was that, under Aisha's throwing a tantrum, Raven and Funa joined forces to drag the corpses of Ares and Hades back. If they could be resurrected later, that would be best; if they couldn't be resurrected, they could serve as chew toys for Aisha—the main point was not to waste them.

Dick and Jason led the others to Wei En Tower, preparing to head to Mercury through the portal there. However, for safety reasons, Funa and Billy, whom they had newly recruited, and the captive Faust would not go with them; they would stay at Wei En Tower to accept Tim's surveillance and protection.

Upon learning they were coming, Bruce was also happy, but he also clearly stated that he couldn't spare the energy to investigate anything right now. The reason was simple: for the past few days, Mercury hadn't had a moment of peace.

The Ted assault case wasn't the end. Not long after, someone else was injured. At this time, the surveillance had almost no blind spots, but because the attacker struck from behind and the victim blocked their body, the full picture couldn't be captured; only an arm was seen.

Then cameras were damaged, followed by some teaching equipment being damaged, and finally, students were attacked one after another.

The situation was becoming increasingly serious, and the few remaining professors on Mercury had to hold another meeting.

At the same time Dick arrived, Bruce gathered the members of the Justice League again to study who the murderer was.

The first to arrive were still Oliver and Clark. When Diana entered later, Oliver was observing the conference room and said, "Why aren't we in the conference room upstairs this time? It's more spacious there."

Bruce sighed and said, "Look at how many of us are left. Is there any need to occupy the large conference room?"

"That's true," Clark rubbed his forehead. He had been patrolling inside and out for the past few days without resting for even half a minute. If it weren't for the sufficient solar power, he would have been exhausted.

Diana had already started staring at the photos. She first saw the first case after Ted, then said, "What we can determine now is that the murderer's build is relatively petite; otherwise, they wouldn't have been blocked by someone 1.7 meters tall."

"I feel it should be a girl," Oliver said. "Although the size of the frame can't be seen from this angle, it feels like the body fat percentage should be slightly higher than a male's."

Unexpectedly, Bruce put down a photo and said, "I called everyone here again because there is a new clue. The lighting in this photo is quite good, and the skin tone can be seen."

Clark and Oliver stood up immediately, and Diana also hurried over, because skin tone was indeed considered very important evidence, especially since there were many people with cool-toned skin among the student body. Capturing the skin tone could well narrow down the range of suspects.

The skin tone presented in the photo was neither blue nor white, but yellow.

There weren't many yellow-skinned people at the base. Some Mexicans were considered yellow-skinned, but their skin was darker. There were three people with this shade of yellow skin: the Wonder Twins and Cassandra Cain.

Bruce sighed lightly and said, "I have already asked someone to invite them over. I think they need to give an explanation."

The Wonder Twins and Cassandra arrived quickly. When Janna saw the photo, she was also shocked. Upon learning the specific information about the photo, she shook her head and said, "No, at this time, my brother and I were in class. The surveillance cameras recorded us the whole time. We have a full alibi."

Bruce nodded, clearly having known this long ago. He turned his head to look at Cassandra again. Cassandra remained expressionless and said nothing. Janna pulled her sleeve somewhat anxiously.

The two of them were classmates, and their relationship wasn't very close, but Janna admired Cassandra's fighting techniques. She would occasionally observe her secretly during class, and of course, she had used psychoanalysis on her, feeling that this girl's past was also quite miserable and it was unlikely she was the one causing trouble.

"Miss Cain was taking a bath at that time," Bruce sighed and said. "Originally, there should have been cameras in the bathroom, but considering there were some minors among you, they weren't installed in the end. Only surveillance cameras were installed at the door."

"Even so, it's almost impossible for anyone to leave the bathroom silently," Clark said. "Clearly, it was she who persuaded Bruce not to add cameras in the bathroom. She said the windows were also tightly sealed, not even water molecules could pass through, there were cameras in the oxygen supply pipes, and even in the water pipes, and she also installed magic protection with no blind spots. No magic could be used inside."

Cassandra glanced at the photo, shook her head, and said nothing. Janna became her spokesperson. She said, "If it were Cassandra, she wouldn't use such a clumsy method. Her fighting would be more efficient, and since she was already so close to him, she could have killed him directly."

Diana sighed and said, "I also think it's impossible. Cassandra's grades are excellent, especially in fighting. She has talent far beyond ordinary people. Although she doesn't talk much, she knows how to stop in time on the ring. She isn't the kind of person who would hurt classmates."

The discussion reached a stalemate, but Bruce said, "We don't necessarily have to insist that Cassandra is the murderer, because obviously, doing so holds no benefit for her..."

"Wait a minute," Oliver suddenly stared at the student list and said, "The students who were attacked seem to have all fought in the ring with Miss Cain?"

The others looked at Diana. Diana took the victim list, looked at it, nodded, and said, "It seems so. The ring matches in my class have been held for 12 rounds. Cassandra ranks excellently, but after all, she is limited by the human body. Even if superpowers aren't allowed, she is inferior to some Atlanteans and aliens in terms of physical fitness."

"This can't be used as evidence either," Zan spoke up. "I also defeated Cassandra in one of the ring rounds, but I wasn't attacked."

Oliver took the list and recalled carefully, saying, "These students have bad tempers. I remember in my debate class, they always got emotional and turned discussions into personal attacks. Have they offended you, Cassandra?"

This was a bit serious, as if directly defining Cassandra as a suspect, but Cassandra just wouldn't open her mouth. The others couldn't help her even if they wanted to.

Finally, Janna bit the bullet and said, "Why don't we call Lilith over? Doesn't she have telepathy? Let her read her mind and we'll know, right?"

"But the mastermind can manipulate people's minds," Diana said. "Just like Blue Beetle, he was also helpless. If the memory was modified in advance, I'm afraid nothing could be read."

"Let's invite her over first," Bruce said. "Where is she now?"

Clark sent a communication to Lilith and then said, "School hospital. Her mental state isn't very good, and she is undergoing treatment now. Dr. Brand said he would bring her over in 10 minutes."

Taking this opportunity, the others began to re-analyze the photo, while Janna pulled Cassandra aside and began to persuade her to defend herself. Cassandra wasn't in a hurry at all, making Janna sweat profusely.

To determine how many people on the field believed Cassandra was innocent, Janna had to use her empathy ability again, and then she was stunned.

She blinked and looked to the left, then blinked and looked to the right, as if she couldn't believe what she had felt.

Janna showed a confused expression, while Cassandra reached out and patted her. After a long while, Janna shook her head.

Soon, Lilith was brought over. The first thing she did when she arrived was to read Janna's mind, because from the moment she entered the door, Janna had been winking at her frantically.

Lilith read the content in Janna's mind and was also stunned. Then she had to read Bruce's mind. After standing on the spot for a while, she collapsed on the chair with a pale face, clutching her chest and saying, "That kind of terror is still spreading in my heart. I can't..."

Her breathing was rapid. Clark saw she was uncomfortable and hurried over to help her breathe, then said, "Don't be under pressure, Miss Lilith. It's best if you can help. If you can't, no one here will force you. Take a deep breath..."

Clark kept comforting Lilith, but Lilith's state was visibly getting worse and worse. In the end, she even needed an oxygen bottle. After several people busied themselves for a long time, Lilith finally recovered.

Diana said, "Are you okay? Why don't we..."

"I'm fine," Lilith suddenly sat up straight, opened her eyes wide, and said, "I have inspiration. I feel the omen given to me by the stars..."

"Can you prophesy now?"

"No, it's still very blurry. I need... I need water. Give me water, so I can see the omen more clearly..."

Clark hurried to pour her some water, but Lilith waved her hand violently and said, "No, not this kind of water. I want water rich in vitality, flowing, boundless..."

None of them knew what she wanted, but Janna grabbed her brother and said, "Quick, brother, turn into water. You must be the water rich in vitality she wants!"

Zan had no choice but to turn into a pool of water. Lilith trembled all over and pounced on it, staring fixedly at the water surface and saying, "I see a blazing sun constantly rising... No, it's not enough. I need the feathers of a divine bird..."

The others were stunned again. Where could they get the feathers of a divine bird now? As a result, Janna activated her ability, turned into the legendary phoenix, and had Clark pull out one of her feathers.

Lilith placed this feather on the water surface, constantly flicking it to create various water ripples. One moment she said she saw the rising sun, the next she said she saw the moon falling, and then there was the singing of the stars, the fleeing of living beings, the annihilation of the universe...

And during this period, she wanted water of life, then sun fire, then meteorite fragments, down of a newborn baby, scales of an albino two-headed snake, nails from the claws of a giant terror bird...

It could be said that it was fortunate that there was a Bruce Wei En present. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't have been able to satisfy these strange requirements of hers, which were like wanting to open a museum.

So what did she prophesy in the end?

She didn't prophesy anything, because halfway through the prophecy, she started to have an episode, convulsing all over and shouting, and was finally taken back by Brand.

And it was also at this time that Dick and the others, who were waiting on Mercury, finally discovered the traces of the Sun God Helios around the sun. ===== CHAPTER 3055 =====