Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Speak!!!
"Distance..." Li Hua pondered for a moment and placed the [Move] card on the table next to the [Substitute] card. "What if I include this? [Move] cards can't move living things, but souls shouldn't count as living things, right?"
"You can try this," said No. 666. "But the specific effects depend on your magic power and how you use it. I can't guess your methods, so I can't draw any specific conclusions."
"Let's give it a try, since I have nothing better to do anyway." Jason pulled out his phone. "The supermarket's still open, so I'll have Dick pick up some live animals and bring them over."
"Hey, what market are you going to?" Benjamin turned the Omnitrix and transformed into Kryptonian form. "Wait, I'll just go and catch them. It'll be faster this way."
Kryptonians are incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, Benjamin had captured a robust kangaroo and a ferocious crocodile...
Li Hua frantically protected the magic cards that were blown everywhere by the air currents caused by the Kryptonian's high-speed movement: "Why did you capture Mei O and Crocodile?"
Jason swung his net and chased back the Ice Ghost cub that was trying to get closer to watch the fun. "Benjamin, are you crazy? Can't you catch a fish or a frog? A mouse would be fine too! Why did you bring these two things with you?"
Benjamin stepped on the crocodile's head with one foot and strangled the kangaroo's neck with one hand, with a simple smile on his face:
"Oh, for experiments, you definitely have to find biological features that are obvious. Small animals are hard to observe, and crocodiles and kangaroos are bigger, so they're easier for me to find. I caught this crocodile from a river in a residential area in Florida, and I caught the kangaroo when I was crossing the road in Australia and was nearly killed. After Li Hua finishes his experiments, I can release them back to their respective habitats, away from humans."
Li Hua, with lingering fear, put all the magic cards except the [Substitute] and [Shift] cards into his pocket. "But have you ever considered that if I successfully swap them, it'll take some time before I can get them back. What will I do in the meantime? Raise crocodiles and kangaroos in this little house?"
Jason: "Li Hua is right. The best we can do is cook food. Do you expect us to cook crocodiles and kangaroos?"
Since his friends said so, Benjamin had no choice but to send the two animals that intended to fight to their respective habitats away from people. This time he brought back a hare and a wild duck.
Benjamin: “Is this okay now?”
No one objected, so they tied the two animals' feet with the plastic ties left over from marking the ice ghost cubs, put them in the bathroom at the other end of the house, and left the door open to facilitate Li Hua's spell.
Under the watchful eyes of two people and one system, the [Substitute] card and the [Transfer] card floated into the air from the hands of Li Hua, who was wearing a magic boy's skirt, and stopped in front of the young wizard.
Li Hua held the staff in both hands, aimed it at the center of the two floating cards, took a deep breath, and began to mobilize all the magic power in his body to try to activate the two magic cards.
The conclusion is that it can be activated, and according to Li Hua's estimation, without considering the loss of magic power, it can just reach the duck and rabbit in the bathroom at the other end of the house.
Although it still felt useless, he was not doing any actual combat training today. He just wanted to know the feasibility of using two cards at the same time and gain relevant experience, so there was nothing to complain about.
Although all the people present were young wizards in a practical sense, none of them had received formal magic training. Their understanding of magic only stopped at "recognizing the existence of their own magic power", and their perception was naturally not as sharp as that of other magicians, and they were no different from ordinary people.
Therefore, when Li Hua waved his wand and began to cast the spell, no one at the scene noticed that a powerful and familiar magical power appeared in the shadow under Li Hua's feet. It quickly climbed onto Li Hua's body, and the abundant magical power made the card that should have been emitting a faint glow instantly burst out with a light comparable to a flash bomb.
Under the strong light, everyone present subconsciously closed their eyes and stopped thinking for a moment.
And it was in this brief moment that the caster's thoughts should have stopped and were taken over by the newly emerged magic power, which completed the spell with precision and domineering power.
In the next moment, the noisy air currents caused by the surge of magic power, the dazzling flashes, the floating cards and the lovely bird-beaked staff all disappeared, leaving only the caster standing there blankly, maintaining the posture of holding the staff.
"No. 666, what's going on? Is it a success or a failure?"
Benjamin noticed that the noise had subsided. Just as he lowered his arm to block the strong light, he saw Li Hua standing there with a blank expression, his eyes dazed and distracted.
"Li Hua?"
Li Hua slowly moved his head, looking like a robot. He looked at them with a blank expression, and his tone sounded like he was dreaming: "...Who?"
It's over! That magic spell just now must have gone wrong and made Li Hua stupid!
Jason and Benjamin became anxious and pulled Li Hua to sit on the sofa to check on his condition.
Benjamin: “Hey man, are you okay?”
"……I am fine."
"You don't look very good." Jason bent down and waved his hand in front of Li Hua's eyes. "Do you still recognize who I am?"
Li Hua's gaze stopped wandering. He glanced at Jason's face, his tone sounding particularly heavy: "Jason."
Jason was delighted: "That's great, he's not stupid!"
Benjamin handed over a glass of water, then touched the head of an ice ghost cub to let it spray some cold air, and handed the refreshing ice water to Li Hua: "What's wrong with you? Are you confused because of the failed spell?"
Hearing this, Li Hua's gaze shifted to Benjamin again. He frowned, a serious look rarely seen on his face. "Magic?"
Jason and Benjamin's hearts, which had just been relieved for a short time, were lifted again.
This doesn't look like it's okay.
Benjamin: "No. 666, what happened to Li Hua?"
Before I could respond, the doorbell rang.
Jason: "I'll go open the door."
Li Hua's gaze followed Jason. He saw that Jason, who went to answer the door, did not invite the person in. Instead, he leaned out to speak, as if he was afraid that people outside would see what was going on inside.
...Or maybe, he didn't want the people inside to see what was happening outside.
When he turned around again, the Ice Ghost cubs in the entire room had disappeared. The Kryptonian youth in the black and green uniform looked at him reproachfully: "Brother, why do you keep staring at Jason and only call him Jason? I'm jealous of you. We are comrades who have been through life and death together, why do you only call him and not me?"
“…”
Young man: "Please, don't forget my name again. Really, is my name that hard to remember? Friendly reminder, it's the first three English letters -"
"Clark."
"That's right."
The boy cheerfully put his arm around his shoulder, his fingers almost digging into it, and then his face darkened, his voice so loud that it could be heard outside the door.
"You are not Li Hua, who are you?"
Dick, Tim, and Jason outside the door were waiting for this sound. They grabbed the ropes they had just taken from Dick's motorcycle and rushed in. They just happened to hear Li Hua, who was being held by Benjamin, say in a low voice:
“I am Batman.”
……who? ? ?
The three people who were originally planning to rush up and subdue him by force paused. Benjamin's hand that was pinching the other person's shoulder also loosened when he heard the words, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.
Of course it is impossible to believe it. They still have to be tied up. Without evidence, they cannot believe it at all, and they cannot loosen the bonds at all.
Unexpectedly, the man who called himself Batman, "Li Hua," did not resist being tied up: "I really am Batman."
Jason: "You want me to believe you? Give me evidence!"
Li Hua said helplessly: "Judging from your reactions, I must be in this universe. Let him come and talk to me. I can prove my identity."
Dick: "Then you have to convince us first."
While Tim was trying to get information from Benjamin, he quietly pulled him aside and asked, "Did you just prove that he's not Li Hua's?"
Benjamin pointed at his own simple Kryptonian face and said indignantly: "He just called me Clark, I've never heard of that person."
"……Understood."
Even though you haven't heard of "Clark," you've seen it.
Because Clark Kent is Superman's real name.
Tim immediately began sending an urgent message to Batman about the current situation, his mind racing.
This evidence cannot prove that the person currently occupying Li Hua's body is the Batman from another world, but it can at least prove that this person has a relationship with Superman, otherwise Benjamin in Kryptonian form would not be seen calling Clark.
"Li Hua" was not quite sure how he was exposed at first, but as a green light flashed, the place where the young version of Clark was standing was replaced by another strange boy, and he immediately understood where the flaw was.
I recognized the wrong person.
"Your companion may be in my body. We must be switched back immediately." Li Hua said in a deep voice, "The situation over there is very serious and dangerous."
Even though they didn't know whether this "Batman from Another World" was real or not, their hearts still skipped a beat. Dick immediately asked, "What's going on?"
Li Hua's face was as gloomy as water. "Gotham fell, I was captured, and I was also infected with fear gas and the Joker virus. If that child enters my body, he will be driven crazy if he doesn't have enough willpower."
They know what fear gas is, what is the Joker virus?
Jason's heart tightened just hearing that Li Hua might be with the word "clown": "You mean Li Hua is with the clown now?!"
"No, the Joker is dead." Before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, "Li Hua" said, "But because I was infected with the Joker virus, I have hallucinations of the Joker in my head. He's pushing me crazy and wants me to become the next Joker."
"What the heck is the Joker Virus? How come the Jokers in your world are literally poisonous?!"
Jason was distraught.
"It's over. What should Li Hua do? The opponent first used Fear Gas and then Clown Virus. There are so many stacked DEBUFs, and he won't get any bonuses if he goes over... Didn't No. 666 say that these magic cards are locked and nothing will go wrong? No. 666! What should I do now?"
No voice responded to him, as if they were the only five people in the room.
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