Chapter 2166: Battle of Two Cities! (VIII)
"Tell me where he is, Mr. Parker." Gordon's voice was colder than before, and anyone could see his madness at the moment.
Peter also understood that human lives were at stake now, and Gordon was probably the rare righteous detective who could fight Kingpin in the chaos, and he needed Gordon to stay rational.
But Peter didn't know where this girl named Barbara was, and he didn't even know which safe house Kingpin was in now. This guy had hundreds of hiding places in New York, and now that the two cities had merged, it would be even more difficult to find him.
Peter was anxious, but at this time his temporarily hung up phone rang. Obviously, when his consciousness returned to the real world, time was flowing.
"What's wrong with you? Is the signal bad over there?" Constantine's hoarse voice appeared in Peter's ears.
Peter had to withdraw his consciousness again, turning into a fog guest and coming to the opposite side of Constantine. Suddenly he remembered his deal with Constantine, so he had an idea.
"Next question." Constantine said, "Which university did Sosip graduate from? I hope to add specific college information. Of course, you can also add corresponding specific information to your question."
Peter immediately felt sure, so he answered.
"All Souls College, Oxford University, he is one of the seven honorary researchers."
Constantine took a breath.
"It's my turn." Peter took a deep breath and asked, "Where is Barbara Gordon, the daughter of James Gordon, the chief of the Gotham Police Department, now? I need a specific location."
Constantine was slightly startled, and he immediately responded and said, "Do you have other believers? Does he need help?"
Peter did not answer. He was really not good at this kind of beating around the bush. He was afraid that he would be trapped, so he chose to remain silent.
"Wait a moment." Constantine immediately half-knelt down.
He cut his palm in Peter's shocked eyes, drew a rune on the ground with the blood left, and then used the fingertips of the other hand to wipe the end of the rune and draw more small patterns.
After the entire magic circle was drawn, Constantine in front of him burned up, and finally gradually turned into a paper man that was burned to ashes. Peter only heard the last sentence, "Follow me."
Peter took a step forward and found himself in another world. In an instant, everything around him was retreating, and the light and shadow were rotating, and the light was bizarre.
"Can you enter the spirit world?!" Constantine, who was walking in front, seemed to be shocked again. As he walked forward, he turned his head and looked at the fog guest flying forward with him and said, "You have a soul. Were you a human in your life? This is not right..."
Peter was immersed in the wonderful experience of walking through the spirit world and ignored Constantine's exploration.
Constantine stopped soon. He raised his hand and the space fell rapidly. Before Peter could react, the two fell into a room together.
They were standing on the ceiling at this time. Everything around them was still broken and weird, but they could see a girl with short red hair tied to a chair.
Peter wanted to rush over, but Constantine stopped him with his hand. He said, "Don't move, rookie. This is the spirit world, which cannot interfere with the real world. If we go out rashly, we will only be pointed at the head with a gun."
Sure enough, the next second, a strong figure that Peter was very familiar with walked in from the door. The red-haired girl stared at him fiercely and said, "What do you want to do? Don't even think about using me to threaten my father."
"No one wants to threaten anyone." Jin Bing smiled on his fat face. He said, "I never do stupid things like kidnapping and threatening, because as long as people can still see hope, they always hold unrealistic fantasies."
"Only bloodshed and death can make them realize the reality and let them know that there is no good end to disobeying me. Miss, I'm afraid you have to bear it. It will hurt."
Jin Bing stepped aside, and a man wearing a blue-black tights and a yellow hood came out.
Peter's pupils suddenly shrank and he called out his name, "Evil Ghost!"
Constantine narrowed his eyes and said, "Is this his code name? But he is neither a demon nor a ghost, and he has no mystical power."
"He is not an evil ghost." Peter shook his head and said, "This is just his nickname. His power comes from the equipment on him."
"That's easy." Constantine snapped his fingers and said, "I will help you deal with the two of them. What are you going to pay me?"
"What do you want?"
"Help me make some trouble for Dr. Sosip." Constantine sneered and said, "He is investigating something he shouldn't be investigating. Believe me, you are saving him."
"I don't kill people." Peter said so.
"No need to kill him." Constantine touched the ash, sighed and said, "He's still useful, just help me hold him back for a while."
Seeing the evil spirit getting closer and closer to Barbara, Peter had to say, "Subdue them both, but don't kill them, rescue the girl and wait for her father to come, the deal is done."
The next second, Constantine took a step forward and stood directly in front of Kingpin and the evil spirit.
Both of them were startled by the sudden appearance of the figure, but their reactions were different. The evil ghost jumped back flexibly, but Kingpin punched out.
The sound of a fist breaking through the air sounded in front of Constantine, and the flames rose up with a whoosh. Constantine retracted his hand that snapped his fingers and stood behind Kingpin.
A dirty black shadow crawled out of the mud and roared towards the two people in the room. Constantine walked out of the shadow in the corner again, shook his head and said, "So I don't like to use magic here. No one knows what kind of ghost will be summoned."
The black shadow monster crawling out of the mud under Constantine's feet became bigger and bigger, until it expanded to fill the entire room. The huge claws dripping with unknown black liquid kept waving, forcing Kingpin and the evil ghost to retreat again and again.
Kingpin's proud physical skills were no longer useful, because this thing was not a physical entity at all. It could hit Kingpin and the evil ghost, but after Kingpin and the evil ghost hit it, they only felt a void.
Kingpin and the evil spirit retreated to the door, and after realizing that they really couldn't deal with this strange monster, they turned around and ran. The gunmen rushed in and tried to use hot weapons to deal with the monster, but it was also ineffective.
Taking advantage of this time, Constantine untied Barbara who was tied to the chair. He found that Barbara was pale with pain. Just as he was about to reach out to help her, Barbara groaned.
Constantine followed Barbara's movements and found a large piece of blood on her waist. As soon as his hand touched the wound, he looked up at Barbara and said, "...You were shot?"
Peter regained consciousness because he had seen the scene outside the window through the spiritual world vision and determined the location of Kingpin's safe house.
"Sheriff Gordon, I know where Kingpin is, turn right ahead!" Peter shouted.
Gordon turned the steering wheel sharply, and the car made a sharp turn and drove towards the fork on the right.
The streetscape kept receding, and the architectural style was also changing. Soon, the density of buildings was getting higher and higher. Peter found that they had arrived in Brooklyn, and Gordon called this place the edge of downtown.
Peter quickly pointed out one of the buildings. Gordon parked the car in front of the door and rushed in with Brock, followed by Peter.
Although he was worried about exposing himself in front of Constantine, he couldn't care less at this time. He saw that Barbara was in a bad condition and must be treated as soon as possible.
But when they rushed into the room, they found that Barbara was gone at all, leaving only a pool of black stains, a few footprints and a messy scene.
Gordon's eyes immediately caught an important clue. He rushed to the overturned chair next to him and picked up a hair from the back of the chair. After turning the hair against the light, he found that it was a short red hair, Barbara's hair.
Peter was also shocked. He had clearly asked Constantine to stay here until Barbara's father arrived, but he did not keep his promise at all. He took Barbara Gordon away, which might make the situation worse.
But at this time, Bullock stepped forward, put his arms around Gordon's shoulders and said, "Calm down, James, this means that Barbara must be alive, otherwise they would not have to move her, just leave the body here, this is the best warning for us."
"If the other party did not do this, it means that either an accident happened or they were afraid. Maybe the mayor of Gotham caused them some trouble, so they had to move in a hurry."
After saying this, Gordon, who was about to collapse, reacted. Although his new partner was smiling, he was worthy of being a star detective and his reaction was indeed fast.
Peter also came in and comforted: "If there was a murder here, there would definitely be a strong smell of blood. They moved in a hurry and couldn't have cleaned up the scene in time. It must have been an accident."
Gordon stood up hurriedly, his eyes locked on Peter's face. He walked in front of Peter, put a hand on his shoulder and said: "I know you are a good kid, Peter. You look like my daughter. You have to help me find her."
"Don't worry, Sheriff, I will." Peter began to take out his mobile phone from his pocket, and then said: "I have a friend who knows more about Kingpin and has brought Kingpin to justice several times. I will now I'll help you contact him."
"Hello? Daredevil? It's me, I...what? ! ! ! ! ! ! "
Peter put away his phone, immediately looked at Gordon anxiously and said: "Sheriff, help me find a car, I have to go to the east side of Brooklyn, a friend of mine is injured..."
"I'll take you there." Bullock immediately patted Peter on the back, and turned back to Gordon and said: "Call for support, James, now is not the time to entangle this, immediately start a city-wide search, this is the most efficient way."
Gordon took a deep breath, holding the door frame weakly, but still tremblingly took out his phone.
He didn't call the police station, but called the Penguin, because now only the mayor has the ability to launch a city-wide search. For his daughter, he can only bow to this damn gangster boss again.
When will such days end?
Gordon felt despair for the first time. He walked out with heavy steps, slowly went downstairs, and moved out of the door. He squinted his eyes because of the glaring sunlight.
In the blurry and shaking vision, a figure walked towards him. As he got closer and closer, Gordon saw clearly that it was a black man with a dark eye mask covering one eye.
"Nick Fury, Director of the Strategic Homeland Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency, nice to meet you, Sheriff Gordon."