The Death Knell

'Shadow Crown' is the ancestral home of the Zatara family. Everyone is familiar with Zatanna's father, the archmage Zatara, and her mother Sindella is actually an archmage, and the woman's bloodline And the genealogy is even more powerful, pushing it all the way up to the ancient Atlantis era.

With a big family and a big business, it’s normal to have a castle in a pocket space, right?

Shadow Crown Mansion also has a function that the Forgetting Bar does not have, that is, it can be taken out of the pocket space, placed in the main dimension, and put back into the space when you want to move.

A spell can make it travel through the universe, it's a very nice flying house, and it can also turn invisible.

But Zatanna’s parents are also kind-hearted. Maybe they are busy with work. Zatanna lived in Shadowcrown Castle when she was a child, but it was invisible and placed on an island in Gotham. Yes, it was with Arkham Asylum is a neighbor.

So Zatanna has watched those madmen every day since she was a child and imitated their behavior.

It was not until later that Zatara discovered that her daughter seemed to have a mental problem, so she moved to San Francisco. After the sacrifice of the couple, Shadow Crown Castle became a sad place for Zatara. She lived in the theater instead of the castle most of the time.

In fact, you can fly directly to San Francisco to find Shadow Crown Mansion, but there is teleportation here, so of course you have to try it.

As the Supreme Mage, Su Ming hasn't tried much voodoo teleportation, not counting Monaco's. The Mustache Mage is not a standard witch doctor.

But when I really experienced the transmission of voodoo, my experience was very ordinary. It was like I was sinking into a swamp, and there were some nagging old men in my ears who kept talking in an incomprehensible language. It was very annoying.

That was what the elements and ancestor souls were talking about, but it had nothing to do with the death knell. He only knew that the teleportation witchcraft at midnight was slow, and there was no scenery.

About ten seconds later, Su Ming stood in front of a pointed tower-shaped building. A long staircase led to the main entrance of the mansion, and drizzle was still falling in the sky.

"Bah!" Su Ming breathed out to the side. Although he knew it was just an illusion, this earth-like grandson's experience made him feel like there was mud in his mouth: "Why don't these shamans use the wind element to teleport? The earth element is too suffocating. .”

"Hey." Strangler didn't feel anything. It was a little interested in this house, because it seemed to have seen a white shadow flashing past in the attic of the mansion just now.

Deathstroke raised his hand to touch Black Bean Sprout's head and walked up the steps. The curved steps were narrow and steep, like a long tongue sticking out from the door.

Fine raindrops fell on the body, and the death knell was like a ghost in the night, but the sound of knocking on the door quickly broke the terrifying atmosphere.

Soon, the door opened a crack, and a black gorilla head poked out.

"Huh, you're finally here. I knew you would come. It's like this every time." Bobo smiled happily and climbed onto Deathstroke's shoulders, as if he had found support: "The situation is a bit complicated, come in quickly. explain."

"It's something over at the bookstore, I guess. I went over to take a look." Deathstroke walked into the foyer, and the yellowish light stretched his shadow: "How is Zatanna doing? I heard at Midnight that she doesn't seem to be in good condition. wonderful."

"I'm a detective, not a sorcerer. I can't understand her injuries, but Xiao Dai may know." Bobo looked at the cigar still in Deathstroke's mouth, and knew that Father Midnight would probably go to bed again tonight. I was shocked once, because Diana also threatened the other party with force when she asked for help.

Passing through the high-end decorated foyer and walking through the corridor filled with oil paintings, the elegant old-fashioned wooden walls are shining brightly, and it doesn't look like it has been abandoned for a long time.

As if aware of Deathstroke's gaze, Bobo added: "The ragged man is busy cleaning everywhere. He is quite enthusiastic."

"He is a Jew, Bobo. These people are the shrewdest businessmen. The instinct of doing business is in their blood. If you give you a cent of benefit, it means that you can take away a hundred dollars from you." profit."

Su Ming took off the cigarette from his mouth and blew out the smoke. He looked at the gorgeous chandelier on the ceiling and told Bobo his opinion, even if the ragged man was an old teammate of the orangutan.

The orangutan detective sat on Deathstroke's shoulder, took out his pipe and started smoking: "I know, after all, I am also a bar owner and a businessman, but Rory just makes a living by scavenging, and there is nothing evil in it."

"Bad people are not scary, but good intentions lead to bad things." Su Ming walked through the corridor and stepped onto the stairs to the second floor: "Forget it, let's not talk about him for now, is it the room over there?"

Strangler could smell a bit of fresh blood and could deduce where Zatanna was. The orangutan didn't say much and just nodded repeatedly.

The room with the open door revealed an orange light, and there was a creaking sound from the floorboards underfoot, which made people feel a little bit of the smell of the old house. When they came to the door, Su Ming looked at Xiao Zha who was languishing on the bed. , raised his hand and knocked on the open door.

"Good evening, beauties."

Diana, who was taking care of her best friend at the bedside, turned around with an expression of surprise. She stood up and gave Su Ming a bear hug, a very strong one:

"You came."

"I'm back."

Wonder Woman kissed his face, but immediately got down to business and pulled him to the bedside: "Quickly, help me see what's going on with Xiao Zha. She fainted and her breathing became heavier and heavier. The slower.”

Donna on the side remained silent, but her mouth was tilted to one side.

"Ah? You don't know what's wrong with her?" The orangutan clasped his head and jumped to sit on the table aside. The pipe in his hand was stuffed into his mouth: "I saw you so serious before, I thought I had noticed it. What's going on?"

"Although I have been dealing with magic since I was a child, I am not a witch, but a warrior." Diana reached out to touch Xiao Zha's forehead and wiped her cold sweat: "She fell down after returning here. She was obviously still there before. Can be helped to walk."

Su Ming was not a magician, but he knew something about it. He bent down and opened Zatanna's eyelids.

Mercenaries all know some battlefield first aid, but Zatanna has never seen this situation before, because the two eyeballs under her eyelids are spinning crazily, like throwing black beans on two white plates. , and then let them do irregular movements.

The Supreme Mage retracted his hand and thought silently.

He had no idea what the disease was, but he knew how to cure it.

"Godslayer, frying pan."

The golden pot appeared again, and Diana subconsciously covered the back of her head, but this time the pot did not hit her on the head, but Deathstroke struck at the patient lying on the bed.

Duang! ! !

After pouring the pot down, I opened Zatanna's eyelids and checked. I found that her eyeballs stopped running around and she was sleeping like a baby.

Maybe you'll be fine when you wake up? If you don't have a concussion.

"Although I'm not sure, her soul is probably hurt. She hasn't recovered since the last incident with the Black Decay, and it seems like she suffered another soul attack today." Deathstroke sat on the edge of the bed and helped Zatan. Na tucked the quilt in and said, "But she is asleep now. Tell me next, why did she not wait for Zha Kang to come back and then run out and wander around?"

Bobo immediately raised his hand to answer, and said: "You must have been to the bar, and Tracy must have told you about the recent 'gold rush'. We came out just to investigate this matter, Tattered Man" I came to ask for help at the right time, and I seemed to have found some clues."