Chapter 3480: Research on Cats and Dogs (Part 39)

Although Cat Getan University's matter sounded very urgent, Batman could still distinguish between priority and urgency. He still decided to go to Wei En Tower first to look at the surveillance near the police station at that time; if he could directly find Jonathan's whereabouts, then many problems would be easily solved.

For the sake of insurance, he brought Aisha along and had Superman hold Aisha, not allowing her to act on her own.

It could only be said that this move indeed restricted Aisha very well. Leaning against Superman's solid chest, she sighed sorrowfully.

"I told you I'm not human..."

"But you are Bruce's daughter; if something happens to you while you're with me, I can't shirk the responsibility. Be good, baby. After this event ends, I'll build you the world's largest slide castle."

Aisha's eyes lit up immediately, and she said: "Really? Bigger than the one in the hotel?"

Batman said quite disdainfully: "That's also called big? On the way I drove here, I saw an amusement park in the east. When the time comes, let them open up a piece of land, and I'll build you a 20,000-square-meter slide castle."

Aisha cheered immediately, not caring that she couldn't act freely anymore, and started counting the projects to be added to the castle on her fingers.

Arriving at Wei En Tower, Batman got out of the car and passed the security verification without much effort. Pretending not to hear the Russian ringing in his ears, he came all the way to the top floor.

But he didn't expect to see unexpected people here.

"Constantine? Why are you here?"

Constantine looked Batman up and down as he walked in, seemingly at a loss for words for a moment. He said: "Didn't you tell me to take the portal?... oh, wait. You're not Bruce..."

"Come over and lend a hand!" Zatanna shouted from behind the greenish portal, "We have to prop up this shelf, otherwise the pole with the runes carved on it will move around..."

"What are you doing?" Batman asked curiously.

"Stabilizing the portal." Constantine said, "At the same time, we have to set up a concealment array to prevent someone from attacking our transmission channel."

"Portal? Leading to Metropolis?"

"That's right, but the door on that side hasn't opened yet. If you want to go, you'll probably have to wait two hours." Constantine, while using his hands to pry the shelf, took out his phone and said to the other side, "Is it ready on your end? Hal?"

"What exactly are you doing? A portal has been propped up for four hours and it's still not ready... what? What Batman drama?"

"My God. I'm here helping you with the portal, and you actually ran off to watch Batman's drama. You... what fun is there that let me see too..."

Since he encountered someone who understood magic, Batman couldn't help but ask: "Do you know Cat Getan Magic Academy?"

Constantine looked at him while busy, and then saw Aisha behind him, who was winking frantically.

"I know. I'm the academy dean, what's wrong?"

"If someone wants to attack the magic academy..."

"Impossible," Constantine said, "The magic academy isn't in the real world at all. How can he attack it? Bomb it with missiles?"

"What if he can enter the inner world?"

Constantine put down what he was holding, frowned and looked at Batman, saying: "The inner world isn't something anyone can enter just because they want to. And this should be a secret. How would they know?"

Batman didn't want to tell him too much; he just said: "I'm going to Cat Getan University to take a look later. Do you want to go with me?"

Constantine first turned his head to look at Zatanna, the two exchanged a look where Batman couldn't see, and then Constantine said: "Fine, little Zat. I guess Hal will open the portal on that side later; you go over first. I'll deal with things here and then go."

Zatanna nodded, Constantine walked toward Batman, just wanted to reach out and touch a cigarette, but realized Aisha was present, so he reached out his hand directly and said: "Long time no see, Batman."

Batman shook hands with him. While Constantine was sizing him up, he was also sizing up this universe's Constantine.

How to put it, he looked a bit too healthy. Although still on the thin side, obvious muscle lines could be seen. His complexion was ruddy, glowing with health, even better than himself who stayed up late doing experiments.

Is there any justice in this? Batman couldn't help but think. Isn't it said that mages all have to sacrifice their physical health and life safety to use forbidden spells? What did this universe's Constantine sacrifice?

However, out of concern for the safety of Cat Getan University, Batman suppressed his curiosity and came to the office to check the surveillance video.

Because the time Jonathan disappeared was fixed, there was no need to watch for a long time; he just needed to select the surveillance video at that time node. Batman sat there and watched for a while, but indeed didn't see any problems.

The police officers coming and going were all normal, doing their own duties, orderly. The time of disappearance didn't capture Jonathan coming out either. Batman suspected the other party used another way to take him away, either flying or teleporting.

However, Constantine seemed to have seen something, standing behind Batman and sighing.

Batman turned his head to look at him. Constantine pointed to the computer screen and said: "Adjust to here, at 32 minutes."

Batman was a bit unconvinced; he had watched it once and didn't see any problems, could Constantine see problems?

Adjusting to 32 minutes, there was still nothing unusual in the picture. At this time, Constantine pointed to a person on the screen and said: "He appeared in the surveillance several times, but never bumped into anyone."

Batman frowned slightly. He watched the recording from beginning to end again and found that Constantine was right.

Because of the faculty food poisoning incident, the police station was very busy. And Cat Getan Police Station had never been renovated; the building was old, and the corridors were narrow. It was inevitable for police officers to bump into each other when coming and going.

But this police officer with a big beard that Constantine pointed to, although his build was very sturdy, didn't bump into anyone even once, and didn't even touch anything with his clothes.

Although it wasn't impossible to say, in the situation where there were indeed no other abnormalities, this appeared a bit prominent.

Batman zoomed in on the surveillance video, but the police officer's hat covered half of his face; he could only tell it was a burly man with a big beard, and nothing else could be seen.

But this was already a considerable progress. Batman immediately retrieved the surveillance video of the streets around the police station and sure enough saw this man on a road on the east side.

It looked like he was going to take a police car parked on the side of the police station back to the garage. But Batman found that the direction he drove after getting into the car was wrong. The police station was on his west side, but he made a U-turn and went north.

Batman had seen the map of Cat Getan in this universe. Besides having wealthy residential areas in the north, there were also the most islands in Cat Getan. Arkham Asylum, Cat Getan Prison, and Black Island were all there.

Having determined the general direction, Batman had a search plan. But before that, he still had to go to Cat Getan University. Even if entering the inner world was difficult, if the other party really drilled a loophole, the consequences would also be very serious.

Batman turned and walked toward the elevator, wanting to drive, but Constantine called him and said: "No need. This is also an entrance to the inner world. I'll take you through the inner world."

Batman stopped his footsteps. Although he was also very curious about what this mysterious inner world was all about, he indeed didn't trust Constantine.

"It's okay," Aisha said to him, "If there's danger, I'll protect you."

Batman patted her head, followed Constantine back to the previous office.

Constantine didn't do any very complicated operations; he walked to the water dispenser, took a cup of water, and splashed it directly on the ground. It formed a very obvious water stain on the marble tiles, like a shining mirror.

He walked toward the water stain, and the next second he fell down and disappeared into the room.

Aisha patted the arm of Superman, who was stunned, and said: "Let's go."

Batman was a bit hesitant when he walked to the water stain. He even suspected this was a prank by Constantine wanting him to fall. But if he didn't even dare to step on it, it would appear a bit too cowardly. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and walk toward the water stain.

With a "whoosh," he fell in too. Superman held Aisha and stepped on it cautiously, feeling a moment of weightlessness. A piece of thick fog appeared before his eyes, and after the fog dissipated, they appeared on the ground.

Batman just climbed up from the ground, and Constantine was clearly laughing at him. Superman flew up the moment the weightlessness came, landed slowly at this time, and rolled his eyes at Constantine.

Batman began to size up the surrounding environment.

After years of construction, the inner world had become very prosperous. It was no longer as it was originally, with a few settlements standing in a piece of desolate fog, but had almost become a complete city.

Although it was still not as prosperous as Cat Getan in the real world, it had basically replicated 60-70%. At this time, the place where they were was still Wei En Tower, and standing at the window of the building, one could see the spire floating in the air in the direction of Cat Getan University.

"That is Cat Getan Magic Academy." Constantine introduced.

"Unbelievable." Batman commented. What he was commenting on wasn't just Cat Getan Magic Academy, but this entire city. Many buildings here floated in the air, including the Wei En Tower under his feet. It looked like a quite fantastic magic world.

He also saw a huge world tree in the center of the city, with thick branches supporting many buildings. Some existences like little elves were flying around there.

"That side is the portal entrance to Maia." Constantine said, "Many natives of the magic world like to come here to travel, because in their world, there are almost no such modern city landscapes."

"Alright, don't waste time." Superman walked up and said, "How do we get over there?"

"Of course, take a car." Constantine said, "Even in the inner world, if you don't know magic yourself, you can't fly. It's just that there are no traffic jams here."

The group went downstairs. Constantine drove his car out. After several people got in, they started heading toward Cat Getan Magic Academy.

"Can you tell me about it?"

"What?"

"This magic academy. How was it established? What is the general structure? How do you use it to build the Earth's magic defense network?"

"This is too complex," Constantine said, "If I were to talk about it, I could probably talk for days and nights. Are you trying to replicate it in your universe?"

Batman didn't deny it either. He just said: "I hope the Earth in my universe can also reach this level of protection..."

"Very difficult. First of all, you don't have that much energy."

"Then where does your energy come from?"

"Us? I..." Constantine was just about to say something, but saw Aisha baring her teeth at him. The words were on the tip of his tongue, but were swallowed back by him.

"You have to ask Hal Jordan about this. He is the actual controller of the Green Lantern Corps now, so naturally, he has a way to get Green Lantern energy."

Batman nodded, feeling that Constantine's words made sense. It seemed he had to go ask the Hal in his universe if he could find a way to get some energy from the Green Lantern Corps.

?? Hal:?

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