Chapter 3074 Mercury Notes (34)

Chapter 3048 Mercury (Thirty-four)

Although Schiller had discovered that this power might come from the witch Circe, he did not say anything about it, and Wonder Woman, who was also sensitive to this power, also chose to keep her mouth shut.

Because they realized a problem at the same time - the witch Circe was now among the crowd.

Blue Beetle didn't have this thing on him when he went through the Mercury security check. This thing was put on him later, and it was not found on anyone during the security check. If it was controlled by a witch, it shouldn't be so sophisticated. control power, then the only possibility left is that the witch herself will end up personally.

Mercury's security inspections were very strict, including magic inspections. Constantine and Zatanna were both present at the time. I am afraid that only witches with witchcraft power could hide it from them and board Mercury with the power that can affect Blue Beetle.

In this case, it would be enough to foil one of her plots. It would be bad if things got too big and the fish were scared away.

Even though he couldn't be completely frustrated by this, Schiller gave Diana a look, and Diana said directly: "This kind of power is very strange. It doesn't look like complete magic. I haven't seen it before. It looks similar in shape." It’s a product of technology, Bruce, why don’t you take it back and study it?”

Bruce obviously heard Diana's hint, so he had to take the little thing over and said, "I haven't seen this thing before, and I'm not sure if I can find anything out. I'm more concerned about the situation of this beetle."

Ted was extremely anxious. After Arthur released the water prison, he rushed up and said, "No, professor, you must not break it. I really need it. If it doesn't work, I can take it with me." It goes back to Earth..."

Schiller interrupted him and said, "Do you need a souvenir from your teacher, or an alien weapon that can provide you with superpowers?"

"Well, I just want this beetle. It would be nice to have super powers or something. If not, forget it."

"I believe Professor Wayne can delete the software program inside without damaging the appearance of this beetle. Are you willing to do this?"

Before Ted could say anything, the beetle shouted, "Oh, no! Wait! You can't delete my program!"

As soon as this was said, all the students looked at it.

Although the victim is now resurrected, the pain of death is not fake. The students can barely accept that it was an unknown alien weapon that killed her, but this weapon actually has its own intelligence. This is another time It's over.

Realizing that the atmosphere was wrong, Blue Beetle quickly spoke to defend himself, "I'm sorry, but I am controlled by a strange force. Although I can feel the information from the outside world, I cannot move at all."

Then it turned its glowing eyes, looked at Schiller and said: "Sir, the process you just said is basically correct, but that was never my intention. Killing this lady will not do any good for me. If I wanted to kill someone, it would be easier to do it anywhere on the planet than in a tightly monitored place like this."

"Have you really never killed anyone?" Bruce asked.

"Absolutely not!" Blue Beetle emphasized at the top of his voice. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he turned to look at Ted and said, "Ted can testify for me that the two of us are almost inseparable..."

Just as Ted was about to say something, the golden pioneer next to him gave him an elbow. He suddenly heard a female voice in his head, "I am your classmate Lilith. My ability is telepathy. The professors are now trying to figure out who is behind the control of the beetle. You have to let the beetle tell enough clues, otherwise no one can save it. "

Ted was not stupid either. He said with understanding: "I can't testify for you. You barely talked to me. And just like this time, I didn't take you with me when I took a shower. Who knows what you were doing at that time?" Gone.”

Blue Beetle looked like he was about to fume with anger. It thought for a moment and then said, "To tell you the truth, I was once an alien weapon. The purpose of going to various planets was to infiltrate their civilization."

"But after coming to Earth, an unexpected error occurred in my program, which caused my self-awareness to be liberated. Under the guidance of Ted's teacher Daniel Garrett, I became his assistant and helped him fight crime together. If you don’t believe it, you can investigate Professor Garrett’s life.”

"Professor Garrett has passed away. No one knows what you did after he left. This does not prove your innocence." Bruce said: "Especially in this matter, the lack of motive does not mean that you can't do it. You They are not carbon-based organisms at all and have different moral values ​​from us. Maybe you just want to see us making a mess for fun."

"I really haven't!" After Blue Beetle recovered from the initial panic, he thought about it carefully and said: "I am indeed controlled by someone. I can give you all the information I received after arriving at the base. Maybe we can analyze the murderer who controls me."

"Can't you analyze it yourself?"

The tentacles on Blue Beetle's head swung, and then said: "My analytical ability is indeed much stronger than that of humans, but it seems that you have more professional people here. After all, I am just a spy weapon, and collecting information is my specialty. But compared with the smart housekeeper here, the analysis capabilities are slightly insufficient. ”

Everyone likes to hear good things. Unfortunately, the smart butler that comes with this base was not developed by anyone here, but by Stark, so Bruce is still reluctant to give up.

"You can completely modify the information you obtained to mislead us and cause us greater confusion. How can we trust you?"

"First of all, your smart butler can analyze whether the information has been modified. Secondly, I have almost no contact with magic, I have no resistance to it, and I can't escape from here at all. I am willing to accept imprisonment during the process of information analysis, but you You have to help me ensure Ted's safety. I promised his teacher not to let anything happen to him."

When the teacher was mentioned, Ted relented again. He said, "Since the blue beetle has no resistance to magic, why don't you use magic to build a cage for it and put it here with me. I will keep an eye on it. Absolutely." I won’t let it escape.”

This is the best result so far, but Wonder Woman is still worried. After Arthur got out of the water prison, she pulled off a piece of her hair, tied it to Blue Beetle and said: "We There is no way to determine whether the magical energy in your body has been cleared, so I will be sure that I will find it if there is energy flowing through your body."

"I will also keep an eye on you." Clark said: "I can hear the movement of the mechanical operation in your body. I have memorized this pattern. If there is a change, I will go to you immediately."

"Don't think you can run away quickly. I will definitely catch you when you are so close to the sun."

Blue Beetle had already scanned the bodies of these professors in the Mercury base. It knew that what Diana and Clark said was true, so it nodded and said, "I will stay calm."

Schiller was not dissatisfied with the result. Since they wanted the power of Blue Beetle, they had to leave a way for it to survive. Moreover, they had the last insurance, which was the Flash.

If something really happened and the Flash needed to catch Blue Beetle, the Golden Pioneer would definitely not stop him. No matter how fast Blue Beetle ran, he couldn't run faster than the Flash.

Moreover, they took such a cautious attitude to deal with Blue Beetle, which naturally made the witch Circe think that their focus was on Blue Beetle. She felt that her attempt to sow discord and divert attention was successful, and she would act more boldly.

After the incident was over, the victim and all suspects went to the school hospital for examination. In addition to checking whether they had suffered any other injuries, it was also necessary to find out whether there was any magical power in their bodies.

After returning to the office, Schiller and Diana began to review the incident, and Diana said: "Don't you think Circe's behavior has changed a lot, and has she become smarter?"

Schiller certainly thought of this. Comparing the child abuse case in the Polokin community with this case, it can be easily seen that the witch Circe's IQ and methods have made a qualitative leap.

There are always people who wonder, what makes a good schemer?

When people think of conspiracy, they will think of cruelty, evil, and unscrupulous means. However, in Schiller's view, the most important thing to formulate an excellent conspiracy strategy is to learn restraint. Greed is the enemy of conspiracy.

Since it is a conspiracy, it proves that this matter cannot be accomplished through legitimate means. If you have that ability, there is no need to use means behind the scenes.

Therefore, once you want everything when formulating a conspiracy plan, the conspiracy is doomed to fail.

The conspirator must first admit that he is in a weak position. Since he is in a weak position, ambition will become the biggest obstacle, making people want too much, which will lead to high ambitions and shortcomings, and full of flaws.

It is difficult for anyone to admit that they are weak, especially those who are in high positions. Year-round manipulation will always make them make wrong judgments. When they have to use conspiracy, Sometimes, I still feel that I am the one in control, so I do things like trying to stuff the elephant into the refrigerator, which makes people feel very stupid.

The methods used by a good conspirator are quite restrained, because in a weak situation, every point gained is a profit. It is wise to leave when a minimum goal is achieved. Too much concern about sunk costs and calculation of gains and losses. If you fail to pull away at the critical moment, you will inevitably drag yourself into the quagmire.

This is the case in child abuse cases. When you realize that someone is investigating the matter, it is the best time to withdraw.

At that time, what they were doing was inherently shady, and they should run away if they were caught. However, they just thought that they could use methods that were far beyond ordinary people to catch and beat up the people who were investigating. This is a typical example. Don't know how to exercise restraint.

They escaped before Schiller could get the Scarlet Witch over. The wave of people investigating in Gotham did not have enough clues to bring them to justice, so they could only suffer the loss of silence.

Their arrogant approach maximized their losses. Not only were their years of business operations completely destroyed, but they were also cursed with death.

Again, it's difficult to change a person's personality easily. Most people are like dogs who can't change and eat shit.

A witch who was very reckless in this incident was still cursed with death. Her mood should be more anxious and her methods should be more radical.

But in this classroom murder case, she showed amazing restraint, hitting the target with one hit and escaping thousands of miles away.

Neither did he use all means to maximize everyone's suspicion, but instead targeted Blue Beetle and Zan to create irreconcilable contradictions. He also did not maximize the role of Blue Beetle after the incident and let it attack others. Instead, he gave up when necessary and let the matter end smoothly, lowering everyone's vigilance.

Such a conspirator is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with than a reckless opponent. Schiller had to suspect that behind Circe, whose style of action changed so much, stood another cautious hunter.