Chapter 3060: The Mercury Record (57)

"It's like this, we came this time to want to..."

"Don't think about it, no way. I won't help you." Nelson threw the helmet on the table beside him.

Jason hugged his arms and said curiously, "You seem to know we would come, and you have some strange hostility toward us. Why?"

"This has nothing to do with you. Anyway, I won't help you. Please go out. I still have work to do." Nelson turned back and sat behind the desk, seemingly not intending to pay attention to them anymore.

Seeing him put on an uncooperative attitude, Jason had to bring up some old stories. He asked, "Professor Schiller came to Metropolis once before coming to Cat Getan. Did you see him then?"

"What does that have to do with you?"

"Nothing, just asking." The Master of the Night said, "You strongly disapproved of Professor Schiller going to Cat Getan."

"That big mouth!" Nelson's tone sounded a bit gnashing of teeth. He said, "I was drunk and talking nonsense. I have no contact with the Professor Schiller you know."

"Really? You look like a resentful woman who has been abandoned."

Dick widened his eyes and hurriedly pulled Jason back, telling him to say less, but Nelson seemed to have been ignited and said, "Yes, I told him not to go, but he insisted on going. I was abandoned, so what?"

"You two really have a deep relationship." Jason narrowed his eyes and said, "From the age gap between you, rather than saying he is your senior fellow apprentice, it's more like he is your teacher or... father?"

Nelson was silent for a long time. Jason could feel that he wasn't a grumpy person, and all these abnormalities of his now had reasons.

"Not anymore," Nelson suddenly said this, then stood up and said, "I need to maintain my work, I don't have time to save the world with you..."

"We don't want you to help us save the world." Jason sighed and said, "We just want to ask Nabu, who might exist in your helmet, what method he used to imprison the Goddess of Magic, Hecate, back then."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw something thrown over. Jason instinctively reached out to catch it and found it was actually the helmet. Nelson seemed not to want to pay attention to them at all, letting them communicate with Nabu themselves.

Jason and Dick had no choice but to fiddle with the helmet, but they didn't dare to put it on easily. Finally, Raven covered the helmet with magic power and heard Nabu's low voice.

Nabu seemed unable to perceive external information without the helmet. Dick had to briefly tell him the situation, and upon learning of Hecate's return, he could only sigh deeply.

"We didn't use any special method back then, just borrowed the power that could suppress Hecate," Nabu said.

"What kind of power can suppress Hecate?"

"God's power."

Jason and Dick were both silent.

"Actually, it's not that difficult," Nabu said. "In ancient times, there were quite a few divine objects containing God's power left on Earth. We found some of them as raw materials for the magic array and trapped Hecate."

"It really isn't difficult," Dick said angrily. "Having God's power can deal with the Goddess of Magic, but if I already had God's power, I wouldn't need to deal with the Goddess of Magic."

Jason still held a glimmer of hope. He said, "Then can we find anything containing God's power now?"

Nabu was slightly silent, then said, "Everyone knows how powerful God's power is. If there really were such things, would they wait for you?"

Everyone was silent. What Nabu said was also true. In ancient times, they could get divine objects containing God's power because there weren't that many people in ancient times, and they had obtained Hecate's power, so of course, they were invincible on Earth and could obtain some divine relics.

But it's different now. So much time has passed, and the divine relics that could be excavated have long been taken by others. Even if they could still be found from those people, it's hard to say how much power is left on them. If it's too thin to trap Hecate, then everything will be lost.

Returning empty-handed again, Dick and the others didn't choose to return directly to Cat Getan, but came to Luthor Manor again, because they hoped to let Lex persuade Nelson to join them.

It wasn't that they had to borrow Doctor Fate's power, but that Nabu could be said to be an authority on occultism. With a professional like him, the investigation could go more smoothly.

Lex learned about their communication process with Nelson and Nabu and said somewhat hesitantly.

"You should know that the angel's halo that dispersed the dark clouds in Cat Getan was used, right?"

"What?"

"My college graduation project," Lex said. "To help Cat Getan disperse the dark clouds and restore clear skies, I borrowed the power of the angel's halo. There shouldn't be any divine relic purer than that, right?"

"Oh, it can't be said to be a relic," Lex said. "Because that wasn't dropped by God, but given to Schiller by God, and it's still fresh."

Dick and Jason were still young at that time and only knew that such a thing happened, but didn't know the specific principles. Hearing Lex say this, they were immediately excited.

"If that's the case, then can't we use this thing to trap Hecate again?... Wait a minute, you said it was given to whom by God?"

"Professor Schiller."

The group was confused again. So this world is a giant Möbius strip. How can all clues eventually circle back to the starting point?

"Since it's Professor Schiller's halo, why doesn't he come back to get it himself? Why did he go around such a big circle to guide us back..." Dick asked very puzzled.

"I'm afraid Professor Schiller encountered some trouble," Jason speculated. "Don't forget, Faust said the witch Circe controlled him. Although the truth might be the exact opposite, at least she can use witchcraft power now. Otherwise, Faust wouldn't have been turned into a toad. Maybe his state of contacting the angel's halo would cause some problems, so he must let others get it."

"There is something called a mobile phone in this world," Aisha said somewhat unbearably. "If he just wanted us to get the angel's halo, he could have just sent us a text message!"

"Then how would the Young Avengers be formed?" Jason still understood Schiller very well. He said, "And how would we unite to investigate because we want to deal with Hecate, and get grinding and exercise?"

Dick sighed and said, "No matter what the reason is, the clues pointed to by this long series of puzzles are likely the angel's halo. I guess Professor Schiller is holding the process of writing the answer."

"But our harvest is far more than the angel's halo. Not to mention the exercise we gained, we sneaked into the Amazon with Deathstroke, met the Queen of the Amazons, and after coming to Mount Olympus, we made friends with Apollo, Hermes, and Hera. Especially Hera, who has already made it clear she wants to cooperate with us to fight against Zeus. These are all valuable allies."

"Finding Nabu and letting him know we are dealing with Hecate—if we succeed later, wouldn't that also owe us a favor? After all, Hecate is their biggest creditor. By then, we will ask Doctor Fate for help, and he won't be able to refuse."

"Are you saying that Professor Schiller actually let us go around such a big circle just to win over the power of the magic world?" Aisha frowned and said.

"Yes, you know, Professor Schiller and Bruce have plans to introduce external enemies. This is likely part of their preparation."

Aisha nodded and said, "Indeed, if we can get the help of the Olympian gods and the Lords of Order, then the combat power on the magic side can be considered not to be worried about. This is precisely what we lacked before."

"These are all things for the future. Let's look at the present first. Do you know where the angel's halo is?"

Dick looked at Lex beside him. Lex spread his hands and said, "That was a teaching aid I borrowed. I returned it to Cat Getan University after graduation. Why don't you go ask the current principal?"

"Don't return to the starting point anymore!" Aisha roared, "You go make a phone call to Sivana. We'll only go back once, and we'll leave as soon as we get the things!"

Lex smiled and touched Aisha's head, but still picked up the phone. After some communication with the other side, Lex said, "This thing still has a certain degree of danger. It is now stored in the safe under Cat Getan University. Professor Fries has the key, and he is waiting for you in the office now."

Finally seeing the dawn of the end of the long running-ring task, the group took their last breath and returned to Cat Getan University. At the moment they saw Victor's smile, they understood that everything was likely arranged by Schiller, because all the key figures pushing the task were more or less connected to Schiller.

But now they couldn't care about these anymore. Let's get the key prop first.

Victor led them to the underground safe and successfully obtained the angel's halo. This thing looked like an ordinary glowing ring from the outside. Although it couldn't be seen what material it was, it felt very hard, and even Aisha didn't dare to bite it.

It emitted a holy light, but just like the kind of light they felt at the top of the realm of light, it didn't act on the flesh, but on the spirit, making people feel relaxed and mentally refreshed.

After getting this thing, they didn't go to Mercury immediately, because they knew that trapping Hecate's "Mother" aspect was the most difficult step. Now it should be at a critical moment, and they couldn't act rashly.

The group returned to Wayne Manor together, drank a cup of hot tea, and after relaxing, their topic still revolved around Professor Schiller.

"I think what you said makes some sense," Aisha said. "Professor Schiller might really be unable to touch the halo personally for some reason, but I don't think he is controlled by others, but doesn't want to destroy the plan."

"It seems you have some guesses."

Aisha nodded and said, "Let's start from the beginning. It is known that the 'Mother' aspect of the Triple Goddess has the ability to re-nurture others' spirits. I said this is her most difficult ability to deal with. Does anyone have any opinions?"

The others shook their heads. They understood that witchcraft power and night power were actually relatively easy to deal with. What is most difficult to guess in this world is the human heart, and what is most difficult to deal with is the human heart that is changed inadvertently.

Hecate possesses the ability to change people's hearts almost without flaws. Besides making people lean toward her without knowing it, it will also trigger suspicion within those who oppose her.

If you don't play Werewolf, there will always be a mole. But if you play Werewolf, you will consume most of your energy, and in the end, you will kill your own people.

"I suspect that Professor Schiller might be restricting this ability of Hecate," Aisha made a bold guess. She said, "We speculated before that nurturing requires a medium and also requires time, and I'm afraid it can't nurture many at once."

"In other words, if Hecate targeted Schiller and wanted to re-nurture his spirit, then Schiller could find a way to drag her, making her unable to use this ability on others."

"Makes sense!" Dick snapped his fingers and said, "It's too difficult to deal with Professor Schiller in the spiritual world. As long as Hecate is determined to take Schiller as a target, then this ability is equivalent to being scrapped."

"I understand," Jason said. "Actually, it's a tug-of-war. You have to make Hecate feel that she has hope of victory, so she won't let go and is determined to take Schiller, while on the other hand, she can't attack for a long time, wasting all her time on Schiller, unable to harm others."

"And he can't touch the halo, maybe because he is worried that God's power will alert Hecate. After all, Hecate was imprisoned by this power before. If Hecate is scared away, then he might take others as targets, and then there will be endless moles to catch."

The group agreed with this view. Aisha spoke again: "Restricting Hecate is sooner or later. Now it depends on how the Justice League plans to control Wonder Woman." ===== CHAPTER 3061 =====