Chapter 617

Regardless, after two times of having bad luck, the Court of Owls and the dark owl priests had all been wiped out. If one had to say where they lost, one could only say they were defeated by their own greed and arrogance.

Originally, they could have completely sealed up the owl statue that stored energy in Cat Getan, that is, let the energy inside not respond to the summons of the nursery rhyme, and completely abolish the method of using nursery rhymes to influence children that was used before.

But perhaps, they also had a kind of "since we're here," "since we've already made it" mentality. Since they had spent so much effort and created so many rules, then when moving, just leave it there. If they could pick up a leak and continue to exert influence on Cat Getan, that would be best. If not, they wouldn't lose anything.

The dark owl priests wouldn't have thought that there would be people in Cat Getan uniting to steal electricity, and these people who united had plans, had technology, had magic, and had force. In just over a month, they stole all the energy they had accumulated over decades.

The failure in Metropolis was also like this. After discovering that the energy in Cat Getan was gone, they would be incomparably panicked, feeling that the energy in Metropolis was their life-saving straw, their only capital, so they would be at a loss and panicked.

Without the thought of cutting things off decisively, they would be played like fish from left to right, and then from right to left. Shiler utilized this characteristic of theirs. If the energy was in Cat Getan and they were in Metropolis, then steal all the energy in Cat Getan, then move them to Cat Getan, and then lift the home base in Metropolis. If the situation was reversed, it was the same.

This could ensure that they were always in a state of shock and panic when they landed, and it was very difficult to organize a counter-offensive for a while.

Bullying this group of people who knew magic was actually simpler than dealing with the Court of Owls, because they always had a kind of arrogance, treating magic as a tool that others couldn't crack, feeling that putting something in a magic protective shield was 100% safe.

One could only say, if the devils in Hell had this kind of psychology, then Constantine could really wake up laughing in his dreams.

Regardless, this group of owl monsters was completely finished.

Shiler originally wanted to keep them in captivity, let them continue to ask Barbatos for energy, and then have a long stream of water. However, Constantine told him that the energy obtained couldn't be used directly; it had to be purified using human flesh or souls, and there were no substitutes. The efficiency was probably very low. The energy Shiler stole was the result of their accumulation over decades.

Knowing this truth, Shiler knew that keeping them in captivity wouldn't obtain enough energy to cover the cost of keeping them in captivity, so he gave up this plan and let Constantine knock them all to death, one staff per person.

After dealing with the matters here, the few of them returned to Cat Getan. At the same time, Lex also returned to Cat Getan. His three-month sick leave hadn't even been half over before he was cured by a healing spell from Hal. He went to the laboratory at Cat Getan University to study that dark energy with Bruce.

Lex actually wanted to stay in Metropolis to study, but Clark firmly didn't allow it. He believed that the further away this dangerous energy was from ordinary people, the better, and even proposed sending that giant dark owl statue to the sun to be destroyed. If it weren't for the fact that Shiler couldn't use an umbrella to knock him in reality, he would definitely have a head full of bumps now.

The two dark owl statues that had been drained of energy were all sent to the newly built experimental building at Cat Getan University. Currently, this experimental building only had an outer shell built, but it was enough to put things in. Bruce and Lex studied this energy and that statue in this building.

However, with two such smart people together, it was hard not to have conflicts. Bruce and Lex's experimental ideas couldn't be said to be seeking common ground while reserving differences; it could only be said that they were poles apart. And even in some identical places, they had to compete to see who was better.

Young Batman and young Luthor met together. If young Superman was present, the one having bad luck would definitely be Superman. If Superman wasn't present, the two of them couldn't convince the other in terms of reason, so they could only try to convince the other physically, which was the so-called geniuses acting rather than speaking.

At the same time, Shiler was carrying out a very important matter that had been dragged on for a long time, and that was taking his annual leave.

"Walking Alone to Immortality"

Last time, when he was preparing to take his annual leave, Green Lantern Hal landed on the lamp post in the center of the Cat Getan roundabout. The huge traffic accident caused his old car to be completely scrapped.

He had to buy a new car, and waiting for the vehicle procedures took some time. And now, the new car had arrived, the luggage was packed, and on the second night after returning to Cat Getan, he drove toward the direction of Blüdhaven.

This was his first long vacation since coming to this world, and Blüdhaven's scenery was pleasant, and it wasn't as cold as Cat Getan was now. It could be said to be a good place for tourism and leisure.

The brand-new Ford car sped on the road at the exit of Cat Getan. At the end of the endless plain, the twilight light was blown and drifted by the wind. The ripples of the air were like the rippling light at the bottom of the sea. The car shuttled on the road with tall trees on both sides, just like a fish swimming between seaweed.

The highway radio was always playing some music with a slightly jazz flavor. Shiler held the steering wheel with one hand and rested the other hand outside the car window, feeling the wind on the East Coast blowing his hair, speeding on the endless empty highway, and fantasizing about his upcoming vacation life.

Suddenly, a slightly sharp ringing sound rang out. Shiler looked at the seat next to him while driving.

There was a communicator Batman gave him in the bag he was carrying, which looked between a walkie-talkie and a mobile phone, but didn't have as many functions as a mobile phone. At this time, it was emitting a ringing sound like a phone.

Shiler changed to holding the steering wheel with one hand, stretched out a hand to press that communicator. Who knew, what appeared inside wasn't Bruce's voice, but Victor's voice. After Shiler picked up the phone, he said:

"Hello?... Yes, I have already left Cat Getan. What did you say? Oh, is that so? Then what does that have to do with me?" Shiler's voice was very cold. He said: "... Lex and Bruce had a big fight in the laboratory, and both of them were hospitalized... Wait a minute, how could Bruce be hospitalized? He couldn't have been beaten up by Lex, could he?"

"What? Clark also came? Was it called by Lex? Was it following the Bat-cat? And then just bumped into the two of them fighting? And Hal, what is he adding to the chaos for?"

Victor sighed and explained to him: "Bruce and Lex had a big fight because of the experimental direction. Lex made the first move, and when Bruce fought back, he accidentally injured him."

"The Bat-cat wanted to return to Cat Getan to discuss things with Bruce, and Clark was responsible for sending him over. As a result, when he arrived, he just bumped into the two of them fighting. Clark thought Bruce was bullying Lex, so he went up to stop him, but accidentally touched the experimental table and injured Bruce."

"Hal also wanted to come find Bruce, but just happened to meet Clark who wanted to send Bruce to the hospital. He thought Clark was bullying Bruce, and as a result, now, he has already fought Clark to Ganymede..."

Shiler opened his mouth and said: "Are you sure no one was fanning the flames in this?"

"I don't know about that. By the time I arrived at the scene, only Pikachu was left in the laboratory."

"Then you should know who fanned the flames." Shiler snorted coldly. As a result, he heard Victor say: "It's precisely because I know who fanned the flames that I called his owner. Otherwise, by the time they all recover, this pet of yours might..."

"Tell Bruce to pick a good pot, don't put broccoli in it." After Shiler finished speaking, he hung up the phone. He didn't want to deal with those messy things in Cat Getan City at all right now.

Under his efforts for such a long time, the things in this chaotic city that could provoke him had changed from magnificent to trivial.

Especially after Lex came, the daily routine basically revolved around these three people: Lex, Cobblepot, and Bruce. Two of them fought, one bumped into it, and then the three of them fought into a ball. In the end, basically everyone except Bruce had to lie in the hospital.

Shiler didn't want to solve the problem of fighting and brawling between students at all. Although these three people combined couldn't even make up a pair of parents, and there was no need to appease the parents, compared to adjusting the contradictions between them, Shiler would rather go harm the Court of Owls.

During the time he was on the phone, the car drove a certain distance away from Cat Getan. The scenery around began to become more and more empty, the wind became stronger and stronger, the sun gradually fell below the horizon, and night fell.

Shiler stretched out his hand to turn the button, turned up the volume of the radio in the car, covering the whistling wind. But just in the music, he keenly captured a trace of unusual sound, a bit like the sound of metal rubbing against metal, and also a bit like some kind of bird call.

"Screech—" The harsh sound of tires rubbing against the ground when braking rang out. By the time the sharp blade pierced into the driver's cab, the person inside was already gone.

On the right rear side of the car, Shiler's figure appeared again. He opened his umbrella, and those strange patterns rotated, making the attacker freeze for a moment. At the moment Shiler closed the umbrella, he saw the appearance of the attacker who broke his car window glass.

This killer was wearing a black tight-fitting suit, and the only bright color on his body was the two tufts of yellow feathers above his eyes. Shiler was very familiar with this attire. During the Battle of the Living Hell, he had seen it before. Such killers worked for the Court of Owls and were called "Talons."

The cold blade light attacked again. The Talon grabbed the short blade in his hand and rushed toward Shiler. At the same time, the short dagger equipped on his chest was also thrown out by him, blocking Shiler's escape route. And Shiler's figure flashed again, arriving at the front of the car.

He observed for a moment. This Talon was different from the one he saw before; this one was better equipped, had a sturdier figure, and his gaze was also colder. Obviously, they were directed by different people. Perhaps it was precisely that group of mysterious owls hiding behind the dark owl priests that had also set their sights on Shiler.

This killer was much more professional than the previous Talon. Right now, the place where Shiler was, was in the middle of nowhere, all wasteland, really a good place for killing and robbing.

Thinking this way, Shiler flashed directly behind the Talon. The umbrella blade extended, the blade light flashed, and the Talon rolled on the spot to dodge.

Flashing again, Shiler arrived behind the Talon again, and the Talon turned around, stretched out the short blade on his hand, blocked the tip of Shiler's umbrella blade, retreated two steps, and threw a few daggers at Shiler again, but they were all dodged by Shiler with the help of the vehicle as cover.

At this time, the Talon finally discovered that when there were obstacles around, wanting to kill this kind of enemy that would flash at any time was unrealistic. So, when throwing the dagger again, his target was no longer Shiler, but the car's fuel tank.

"Sizzle, sizzle" sparks sound came, Shiler retreated rapidly, only to hear a "bang" sound, and the car in front of him exploded into a ball of flames.

After the debris landed, the flames slowly extinguished. All of Shiler's luggage and the new car he had only bought a few days ago and only driven once, were left with only charred remains.