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Chapter 117 Shazam!
Chapter 117 Shazam!
(Chapter 116 has been unbanned)
Without warning, the moment Pandora placed the box in "Superman" Clark's hand, a third eye opened on Clark's forehead.
A crimson light emanated from the hole on the Magic Box that also served as the third eye. This light rapidly engulfed "Superman," causing him to roar uncontrollably while his body underwent drastic changes.
The original blue battle suit and red cape turned blackish-gray at this moment, and even Clark's skin color turned like a zombie.
Holding the magic box, with his three eyes glowing crimson, "Superman" Clark roared, his expression like that of a wild beast, gritting his teeth and staring intently at the people standing to the side.
"What...what did you do?" Diana stared in disbelief at the scene.
"That box shouldn't be like this. He's Superman; he can overcome the effects of that power," Pandora said, her face filled with disbelief. "He's Superman!"
Just as Pandora was about to turn to Connors for help, "Superman" Clark punched her, shattering the ground beneath her feet.
Pandora had no time to ask for help. Having walked the world for thousands of years, she did not let this unexpected situation leave her mind blank.
Instead, she quickly jumped up to avoid Superman's punch before it came crashing down; otherwise, it wouldn't have been the ground that was shattered, but her own body.
"Connors, how could this happen?"
After dodging Superman's punch, Pandora pulled out her specially made pistol for self-defense and asked urgently and suspiciously.
"Superman is closer to humanity than we think; perhaps we need to find another suitable candidate."
As Connors spoke, he reached out and grabbed Pandora's belt, which was still in mid-air and had not yet landed, pulling her behind him.
He was eager to touch Clark, the "Superman" in this state, and even clenched his fists, but Diana, the "Wonder Woman," had already placed one of her wrists on Clark's chest.
Diana almost without hesitation chose to use the protective silver bracelets, unleashing a shockwave through a violent collision that made "Superman" somewhat unsteady on his feet.
"Take the box back from him, Connors!" Diana instinctively called out to Connors, whom she knew better, rather than Pandora behind him.
But as soon as she shouted it out, she remembered the scene where the box was perfectly normal in Pandora's hands, but changed as soon as it came into contact with "Superman".
Wonder Woman Diana dared not gamble on the terrible consequences if Connors got his hands on the Pandora's Box.
After the impact of the protective silver bracelet, Diana almost without hesitation drew her Hephaestus sword and divine shield, bracing herself for what was to come.
"Pandora, you must retrieve the box. Go now!"
Diana held up her divine shield in front of her, crouched slightly, and prepared for battle, while calling out to Pandora.
"I'll do it."
Connors would definitely not touch the Pandora's Box himself, not because he was worried that he would be affected by it.
Connors, who traveled from Earth-3, worried that if he touched Pandora's Box, it might open a portal.
The "Three-Body War" has not yet begun, so it is not the right time for him to initiate the later "Eternal Evil" event.
Instead of throwing a punch, Connors met "Superman" head-on with a telepathic impact, causing Clark to hesitate briefly.
Pandora reacted swiftly, seizing the moment of hesitation to snatch the box back into her hands, and then, under Connors's "telepathic" command, quickly fled the scene.
Superman returned to normal, his skin and suit gradually regaining their color, returning to his normal appearance, though his expression showed pain, clearly indicating that he remembered what had just happened.
"Connors, can you explain what just happened?" Clark asked Connors, who was standing next to him.
Connors had an indifferent attitude:
"Pandora and I both thought your heart was pure enough, but it turns out we were wrong."
“No, even I think Superman is one of the most morally upright people among us,” Diana said. “But the Box obviously doesn’t think so.”
"Pandora is gone." Upon hearing the word "Pandora's Box," Superman instinctively turned to look to the side, but Pandora had already vanished without a trace.
"Connors, the Pandora's Box is terrifying. We should find Pandora and destroy the Pandora's Box," Diana said, referring to what had just happened.
"You're still thinking about Pandora's Box?" Connors was about to change the subject when the communicator hidden in Wonder Woman Diana's ear spoke:
"Superman? Wonder Woman? We have an emergency!"
Batman said in a deep, urgent voice,
"We have an emergency here too, Batman," Diana said.
"We'll talk about that later. Let's see what's going on with Batman first," Connors interjected.
Diana nodded and changed her words to Batman on the other end of the communicator:
"We'll explain later. What's the situation on your end, Batman?"
"Steelbow detected a guy wearing a white cloak flying into Kandak."
Hearing Batman's voice, Connors knew it was time to send Atom to make her move.
In "telepathy," he said to Rhonda Panida, the "Atom Girl":
"Prepare kryptonite fragments. Once you arrive in Kandak, take advantage of the chaos to insert them into Superman's brain. Don't worry, you won't die inside him."
Atomic Girl was still in Happy Harbor on Rhodes Island, at the Justice League watchtower that had fallen from space. She responded somewhat urgently in her mind:
"But, in what capacity should I go there?"
"As an undercover agent planted within the Justice League of the United States," Connors replied.
After passing the message to Atom, Wonder Woman (Diana) was also communicating with Batman at Connors' location:
"The guy in the white cloak? Who's that?"
Batman replied:
"A new superhuman from Philadelphia, 'Shazam.' He's close to our Justice League partner Connors; the two often go out for ice cream together—..."
"Wayne, we've gone off on a tangent."
Connors interrupted Batman, saying that if he continued, he, a grown man, would be playing on a trampoline with "Shazam" Billy.
Things like the carousel are going to be leaked.
"Connors is with you? The three of you had better get going right now. Shazam has already crossed the border, but doesn't seem to realize that the Kandak army is following him."
Batman kept the fact that "Connors and Shazam stole change from the vending machine to buy Coke" to himself, instead of revealing it to the people involved, and continued with the previous topic.
"Then we need to hurry and stop him," Diana said.
Superman nodded to the side.
"But when the three of you entered Kandak without permission, it made everyone else think it was okay to do it. You need to act quickly. With Connors there, you should be able to manage," Batman said.
Connors nodded, indicating that he would travel to Kandak, the country of "Black Adam," with Diana and Superman.