Stephen Superhero Strange decides to contact Batman first.

The two most famous superhero organizations in the world are the Justice League with Superman and Batman as the core, and the Avengers with Iron Man and Captain America as the core. The former is a civilian organization, while the latter has official support and has the power to kill criminals.

They will cooperate in some major events that threaten the earth and fight against the enemy together, but sometimes they will be relatively closed. For example, everyone defaults to Gotham being Batman's city, and unless something serious happens, the Avengers cannot enforce the law across regions.

Now Stephen felt that he was facing a big event, and if the mysterious man in New York had not reminded him, he would not have realized that the entire Gotham City had fallen. The Sorcerer Supreme was worried, and he subconsciously wanted to open the space gate and teleport directly, but his raised hand suddenly stopped. Then, Stephen took out his mobile phone and decided to contact the Avengers first and let Iron Man notify Batman.

...because he didn't have Batman's personal phone number.

However, his call failed to go through. There was no problem with his cell phone, and he could check the news in Gotham without any lag. But when he tried to make calls outside the city, he couldn't make any calls at all. Stephen watched helplessly, and after a few seconds, all the phone numbers in his address book disappeared - because there was no one in Gotham in the address book.

"Can this barrier also affect electronic equipment?"

Even the evil gods are keeping up with the times?

No, Stephen suddenly realized... could this all be his hallucination? If it really affected the electronic devices, he might not be able to see the news from Gotham. It was more likely that the phone was always on and the network was working, but he was in a hallucination. Even if he dialed the phone, he couldn't hear the voice on the other end, as if he was isolated on this isolated island.

The gargoyle circled above him for a moment and then flew away, seemingly not seeing anything wrong with leaving a Sorcerer Supreme on the street.

Stephen hurried down and stopped a lady walking on the street: "Excuse me, ma'am, can you help me make a call? My phone is out of money."

Perhaps it was Stephen's shabby wizard outfit that made his statement seem a little more credible. The other party took out his cell phone and asked, "What number?"

Stephen hurriedly gave the Avengers' official contact number, which is similar to 911 and can be used to call the police.

The lady's mouth twitched, she looked at him suspiciously, grabbed her bag and turned away: "...sick."

She thought Stephen was trying to tease her, or was just one of those bored bloggers who filmed passers-by's reactions.

Stephen: “…”

He quickly picked the next person and asked, "Excuse me, can you see the new tweet from Iron Man on my phone?"

"Of course you can," the young man who was stopped by him glanced at him coldly, "Are your eyesight not working well?"

All the way from the airport to the hospital, after repeated verification, Stephen was convinced that what others saw as Gotan was normal, and only he saw something different.

...He began to wonder what the mysterious man who came to him in New York was thinking.

There was no point in thinking too much. Stephen entered this large hospital funded by Wayne. The hospital covered a large area. The main building was 17 stories high and the annex had seven floors. He entered the main building and thought that the address was not clearly written on the paper, but if the person who controlled the Gargoyle invited him, he would definitely contact him.

Stephen Strange is ready for battle!

The next second, the elevator in front of the lobby opened, and an invisible light spread from the elevator to the outside, clearing away the vague darkness in the lobby.

He had only seen this kind of situation before, when a saint in Italy participated in an exorcism. Although he was sure that the one in Gotan City was not a big devil, but a mysterious existence from a different system, Stephen was still cheered up.

He looked up, and then he heard the passing nurse greet the approaching blonde lady, "Madam Mayor!"

Mayor of Gotham..., he remembered that he had learned on the way to Gotham that the other party's name was "Anna Alec"?

The mayor nodded and greeted the others, and Stephen walked over. Before he could say anything, the other party had already grabbed his wrist and said rudely, "Doctor, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come with me."

The two entered the elevator, and the mayor hurriedly explained the South Hinckley incident. The elevator arrived at the station. She asked: "Do you have any way to heal the wounds of these people? Through magic?"

"I can, but..."

Before Stephen could finish, the woman in front of him interrupted him with a smile: "No buts, doctor, I believe you can do it."

Stephen: “…”

Seeing that the woman seemed to want to drag him directly to treat the patient without staying for a minute, Stephen stopped her and said sternly: "Look at my hands."

His hands looked fine, with distinct joints. They had been shattered in a car accident, so they would tremble slightly. But now he was using magic to make his hands look normal. Then, Stephen released the magic, his hands trembled slightly, and he sighed, "There are two ways to heal these patients."

The warm, protective power he exuded made people feel close to him unconsciously. It could dispel all evil in the dark world of Gotan, and what he said was not a secret.

"The magic I use comes from Vishanti, one of the three ancient gods on Earth. If any of them has a magical talent, they can use magic to make the body move again. This is not healing, but the power of magic is immersed in the body, and people use the power to control their bodies at all times..."

The lady in front of him understood: "You mean, once this power disappears, the other person's body will return to its original state?"

Many of the patients suffered lifelong disabilities due to fractures, so she understood what the other person meant.

"Besides, even if you have talent, you still need to practice constantly to master magic."

"Another way is," Stephen paused, "I think you should know that I can control time, but if it is not necessary, I will not reverse time at will, which may create a new parallel universe."

Mayor Alec seemed a little disappointed. She said, "...For me, everything is necessary as long as I can save one person, but I understand what you mean. This responsibility cannot be borne by you."

Weiwei, who was controlling the trumpet, understood what the [Doctor] said. The first solution was that people without magical talent could not be cured, and it would take several years of training, and the patient might not be able to endure it. The second solution was that unless something big happened that affected the entire city, it was best not to use it.

Well, [took a nap] This disposable item is still a silver card. If you draw out a golden doctor, you can use the silver card skills without restrictions... That is indeed impossible, so she asked in a low voice without much hope: "Then doctor... do you have other skills that are useful in this regard?"

The doctor in front of him suppressed his anger and said quietly: "Before the problem with my hand, I was one of the best neurosurgeons."

The mayor's eyes fell on the other person's hands: "...But you haven't had surgery for a long time, right?"

"Neurosurgery is a very delicate operation. When I use magic to control my ten fingers, I have to concentrate fully," the man in front of him tilted his head and said, "So in order to always be vigilant against the invasion of darkness, I rarely... well, I really have never been on the operating table again."

It would have been hilarious if some dark creature had attacked Stephen while he was on the operating table.

Especially with Gotan in such a dangerous situation, he really couldn't just act as a doctor, and was destined to be unable to fulfill the expectations of the lady in front of him, but...

"Why don't you..." This mayor who walks with divine power can seamlessly transform into a saint after leaving office. Her talent is no weaker than Stephen's, and the healing skills of the holy light system are far more than those of the magic system. Perhaps he can remind her?

“Ah,” the mayor clapped her hands, “so you are actually a doctor with neurosurgery skills!”

To Stephen, this was like "So you can actually eat by yourself, you're not a moron!"

Stephen: “…” He endured it.

"So are you willing to stay and become a teacher? Teach the others? I guarantee that although their IQs are not high, they are eager to learn, and their hands are very steady when they manipulate the scalpel!"

Stephen: “I guess I might not be that…” Free!

Mayor: “Yes, there is a salary.”

"...I have to meet the students first," he said.

But the mayor's wife seemed to think that his words meant a "promise", and happily contacted the hospital director to reserve a teaching room and equipment for Stephen. It was so spacious that it looked like a fully equipped laboratory, and he also registered his identity in the hospital. Stephen was not at all deterred.

——And the others looked as if they were used to it, as if Mayor Anna had always been so powerful.

Then she asked everyone else to leave and opened the balcony door of the laboratory.

In the quiet evening breeze, Stephen suddenly remembered something -

The mayor lady never asked his name from beginning to end. Who was it that sent the gargoyle to invite him over?

He suddenly came back to his senses.

One, two, three... a total of nine gargoyles passed through the balcony door one by one and landed in the laboratory.

Doctor Strange looked at the monster in front of him that was emitting a terrifying aura, and slowly typed a question mark.

——His doubts seemed to have been answered.

These gargoyles came in different shapes, some large and some small, and most of them had three claws. The tallest one was as tall as Stephen himself when crouching, while the shortest was only as tall as his waist, lying fatly on the side.

He said slowly in an uncertain tone: "...I don't think my students are these gargoyles?"

Weiwei said calmly on her trumpet, "That's it. Stone sculptures will never have shaking hands when doing surgery. I'm not sure which size is more suitable, so I picked all nine. You can decide which one is better after the actual teaching, and then you can replace the other sizes."

Because of the peaceful and protective glow on the woman, in Doctor Strange's eyes, the gargoyles approaching her did not have a terrifying aura. They all looked like ordinary stone sculptures - but ordinary stone sculptures would not raise their heads and stare at Stephen.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he glanced at the time. He suspected that working in the early morning was a very normal thing in Gotan, so he said tactfully: "Ms. Alec, have you heard of a girl named 'Vivian White'? Actually, I'm here to see her."

This is the contact person given by the mysterious man in New York. In order to solve the dark anomaly of Gotan, he must find her.

He couldn't help but continue: "If necessary, I can also go to see those patients."

In order to avoid the task of teaching veterinary medicine, he compromised tactfully.

But he suspected that the mayor didn't understand at all, because the lady with a bright smile said: "Weiwei? She is in the ward. You can come back to class after seeing the patients."

Stephen suddenly felt that the salary that he had not yet received was a little hot... This lady, did she not know that there are a few words in this world, called "eating", "sleeping" and "resting".

——He decided to attribute everything to the fact that the nerves of the "Holy Light System" were always a bit abnormal.

After all, what he had seen and heard was not normal.

The mayor happily led Stephen forward. The patients' floor was off-limits to outsiders, but as the mayor, she could bring people in by scanning their faces. When the door of the ward was pushed open, Doctor Strange's cloak began to tremble slightly.

The darkness that permeated the entire room swallowed him up. At that moment, Stephen found that his shadow had become darker. At that moment, he felt that the darkness seemed to have consciousness and glanced at him.

"...I've been noticed." This thought flashed through Stephen's mind at that moment.

Only Anna Ellec appeared normal. She walked straight in a certain direction. The light around her was distorted by the darkness, but it could still dimly illuminate the surroundings. She seemed to be holding the hand of someone in the middle of the darkness. She turned her head, wondering why Stephen did not follow her.

"Remember to close the ward door." she said softly.

The ward, yes, he could hear the patient breathing.

Doctor Stephen Strange took a deep breath, walked towards her, and then "bang", his knee hit the stool at the door.

Stephen: "..." He raised his hand and walked forward groping along the wall.

Weiwei held hands with her trumpet player, and a doubt slowly crossed her mind: "?"

How come this doctor suddenly became blind while walking?

...Is he really reliable?