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Chapter 261 He tilted his head back and opened his mouth
Chapter 261 He tilted his head back and opened his mouth
Connors was once an innocent young man who read not only DC and Marvel comics, but also Japanese comics.
In one particular Japanese anime, a character nicknamed "Empress" left a very deep impression on Connors.
There was no other reason than that this empress always liked to tilt her head back and look at people with her headlights when she looked at them.
Connors was about to have the noblewoman Morgan le Fay try this pose, but not for viewing herself, but for eating. "Where am I?"
Morgan Lefebvre was surprised, as she had originally intended to use Connors's status as a "good hero" to blackmail him.
In her view, "Watcher" Connors is both a partner of this superhero and the founder of that superhero team, so he will definitely be constrained in his actions.
Morgan Lefève believed he could completely outmaneuver this self-imposed "upright person."
When Morgan Lefebvre saw that Connors had somehow produced a magnificent, palace-like room, he was merely surprised and did not think that Connors would be a threat to him.
It's worth noting that even the Justice League was almost persuaded by him to join forces with him to save the world before Connors arrived.
Unfortunately, she was a bit too wrong. Connors was not a "good hero". What kind of good hero would preemptively kill the "Reed Council" after realizing that they had murderous intentions towards him?
"Sister witch, you can speak now."
Connors said, sitting on the sofa opposite Morgan Lefebvre, and took out a handful of sunflower seeds from his pocket and distributed them to the little girl sitting on the armrests of his sofa.
During the time he possessed the "Green of All Things," he always carried sunflower seeds in his pocket. This was to facilitate the creation and manipulation of plants, since he wasn't used to plants growing directly from his body like "Poison Ivy."
Little Ivy and Alice each held out their hands to the sunflower seeds Connors had given them. They weren't from China and didn't have the habit of eating sunflower seeds; this was their first time trying them.
Connors, out of his own habit, even made raw sunflower seeds into a five-spice flavor using a secret recipe, so the two little girls, who couldn't crack them open, simply threw the whole seeds into their mouths.
The two little girls' eyes crinkled with delight as they happily ate the unfamiliar treat.
Before the Mysterious House was released, Connors had already decided to transform it from his preferred Chinese style into a medieval, ornate style that suited Morgan Lefebvre's aesthetic.
"Where is this?" Morgan Lefebvre asked again, showing no intention of following Connors's instructions to explain the background of the event.
"This is the House of Mystery. Just a heads up, it houses a creature that can spit out spider silk and possesses immense strength, as well as a magical being who could go berserk at any moment and even destroy the world. I advise you not to make any rash moves."
Connors casually made up a story, saying that the two he was referring to were "Spider-Gwen" and "Scarlet Witch".
"Destroy the world?" Morgan le Fay said dismissively. "When you've lived long enough, you won't use that word so easily, you—"
She suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
She meant to say that "destroying the world" requires immense power, and she had never seen anyone with that ability before.
The reason she suddenly got stuck was that she recalled what the "outsider" had done: a seemingly joking sneeze destroyed the entire "Apokolips".
Morgan le Fay could hardly imagine just how powerful that "being of the magical world" was, given that he could be imprisoned by someone like Connors who was truly capable of destroying the world.
"This whole thing about adults around the world being dragged into the 'Shadow Realm' is related to your son, isn't it?" Connors asked, seeing that Morgan Lefebvre was hesitant to speak.
"How—how did you know?"
A rare hint of panic flashed across Morgan Lefebvre's face, but she quickly concealed it, maintaining her elegant demeanor as always.
"With Lady Shangdu, possessing the strongest precognitive abilities, behind me, how could she possibly hide this from me?" Connors chuckled inwardly.
"Sister Witch, you're asking too many questions. I just want to know what methods your son used to accomplish this."
Morgan Lefebvre placed the afternoon tea he had conjured earlier on the table in front of him, and after a moment's thought, began to speak:
"He stole a powerful stone from me; the magic within it made him stronger than ever before. It was an amulet called 'The First Magic.'"
"I am responsible for controlling the stone to prevent its magic from leaking out, while my child is responsible for taking the stone into his hands and then handing it to me."
"But he was rebellious by nature. After obtaining the stone, he immediately activated the magic, sending all the adults in the world away, and becoming the king of the entire planet."
Connors nodded. "So finding your son and stealing the amulet to reverse the magic will restore the world to normal, right?"
Morgan Lefebvre gently smoothed out the tiny wrinkles on the hem of her medieval gown with her palm, as gracefully as a swan preening its feathers:
"That's right, but I can't tell you where my child is. Your power could harm him."
"So my first task is to gain your trust, my witch sister," Connors said.
"You cannot gain my trust," Morgan Lefebvre said slowly, one hand gently resting on his smooth, white chin.
Connors nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Little Ivy, Ashley, you two go play in another room for a while, and I'll call you when I call you," Connors said, turning to the two little girls.
"Huh? Why?" Ashley asked, puzzled.
Little Ivy glanced at Connors, then at Morgan le Fay, as memories of Earth III's "Poison Ivy" surfaced in her mind:
"Are you trying to gain this older woman's trust now?"
After receiving Connors' affirmative answer, Ivy took Ashley's little hand, and the two little girls skipped and hopped into the other rooms of the Mysterious House.
"I'll repeat myself, I simply cannot believe you, and I would never tell you where my child is—"
Morgan Lefebvre sat gracefully in the high-backed chair, just as Connors had seen on the card in the Shangdu Palace, and spoke softly through her rosy lips.
Unfortunately, before she could finish speaking, Connors suddenly appeared behind her. Connors used "Reality Warp" to change the height of the high-backed chair so that her head could tilt back, and the angle of the chair back was no longer a 90-degree right angle, but nearly 120 degrees.
Morgan Lefebvre had been leaning back in her chair, but with the sudden change in the chair's position, she was caught off guard and leaned back as well.
Just as she was about to get up, Connors appeared behind her and reached out to cup the medieval witch's face, a "trick" that made her mouth open uncontrollably.
"Sister Witch, you said you don't like talking with your head tilted back, but surely you can just open your mouth, right?"