the lord of all monsters

Chapter 107 Reasons
Is there any reason why the Joker has to keep committing crimes all over New York?
Why are the souls of the dead completely disappearing in New York, and even across the United States?

As long as there is an idea, the subsequent speculation will be much easier.

Zhang Yu already had some ideas, he thought for a while and said to Tony Stark:

"First of all, the soul of the dead will not disappear out of thin air.

In the universe, the souls of the dead generally flow in two directions.

One is [Death] among the five gods, she is the end of all concepts of death, and she is death itself.

However, a god as powerful as [Death] is not in the physical universe itself.

And if [Death] wants to make trouble, it will be like Thanos' "Life Clearing Plan", which directly eliminates half of the life in the universe, and it will not be like a joke like a clown. "

"Second...

That's hell. "

The corners of Zhang Yu's mouth curled up into a smile. He had roughly understood who was behind the clown, but Tony on the side was still stunned and asked quickly.

"What [death]? What hell? Also, what is Thanos' "Life Clearing Plan"?"

"I'll talk about this later, let's settle the matter in front of me first."

Zhang Yu didn't answer Tony's question, but continued talking about hell:

"Hell is a different-dimensional world that exists outside the normal dimension. The rules there are different from the physical universe. If ordinary life enters hell, it will be trapped there and suffer eternal torture."

"And the demons of hell also thirst for human souls."

"What's the use of their souls?" Tony asked a little puzzled: "It can't be the same as in the myths and legends."

"The soul means to the devil..."

Zhang Yu curled his lips and smiled, and said disdainfully:
"everything!"

"everything?"

"Correct."

Zhang Yu said seriously:
"The demons in hell are completely different from the physical cosmic creatures. They are pure spirits. From a certain point of view, their meaning is closer to the heavenly demons in the Chinese practice theory."

"No, it's not close. This may be a kind of creature, but it's called differently in different civilizations."

Tony did not interrupt Zhang Yu, but listened intently.

"As I said before, the rules of the hell world are different from those of the physical universe, and the demons are all pure spirits, so they don't need physical food very much."

Zhang Yu continued:

"The food of demons is generally a variety of negative emotions. This will vary depending on the type of demon, but generally speaking, 'fear' is the best food for demons."

"But above fear, there is one more thing. For demons, it is not only a supreme delicacy, but also a source of general equivalent and power."

"soul."

Tony Stark is also an extremely smart person. Zhang Yu has already mentioned this, so he can naturally guess it:

"The person behind the clown is the devil?"

"Yes."

Zhang Yu affirmed:
"Ordinary demons naturally don't have this ability, but it's not necessarily the case for Mephisto."

"Who is Mephisto?" Tony asked.

"The full name of 'Mephisto' is 'Mephistopheles' which means 'destroyer' and 'deceiver'. He is one of the demon lords in hell. He once ascended the throne of Satan and became a demon. A mighty demon of kings."

Zhang Yu introduced him:
"At the same time, Mephisto is also one of the main enemies of the Ancient One Mage. He has been blocked from the physical universe by the Supreme Mage before, but Mephisto is the most powerful demon lord after all, different from other demons."

"He not only has great power. He also has unparalleled wisdom and knowledge."

"Even with the obstruction of the ancient one mage, Mephisto can still come to the physical universe through projection, and use his power to a certain extent, such as 'lending his knowledge and power to others through a contract'."

"Thinking about it, he also bewitched the clown in this way."

"So what's his purpose?" Tony asked.

Zhang Yu shook his head and said:
"I don't know this yet, but it stands to reason that Mephisto's plan to spend so much time and carefully hide behind the scenes through clowns must not be as simple as a few souls."

Tony continued to raise his doubts:
"According to what you said, New York is the location of the three sanctuaries. It is directly protected by Ancient One and is one of the strongest places in the dimensional barrier. Why doesn't he change places? Isn't that easier?"

"It's really illogical."

Zhang Yu was also a little puzzled, and muttered to himself:
"Unless, he has to do this too?"

However, what is the reason why Mephisto must set the stage of the ceremony in New York even if he is faced with the risk of being discovered by the Supreme Mage and the plan fails?
What kind of ceremony is this ceremony?

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu said to Tony Stark:
"Tony, can you map all the cases involving the Joker?"

"That's easy, Jarvis!"

Following Tony's order, Jarvis immediately projected a world map in the air, and marked the location and time of the clown's crimes in red.

Among them, Zhang Yu was targeted twice in Tokyo, and bank robbery and various bombings in New York five times.

"The two attacks in Tokyo should be out of the scope of the ceremony, remove them."

Following Zhang Yu's words, the 3D projection in the sky zoomed in rapidly, only showing a map of New York.

Looking at the map in front of him, Zhang Yu muttered to himself:
"This is the Bank of Wells, and this is the Chaiwen Insurance Company..."

"If you think that the clown is performing a ritual, then his behavior must be logical. All rituals must have strict rules and steps, and no step can be wrong."

"...Jarvis, connect these five places with a line in order."

"This is!"

Tony gasped in surprise at the sight in front of him.

A red ray of light connected the locations of the clown's five crimes together, and a pattern of an inverted pentagram suddenly appeared in front of the two of them.

Since the shape of the inverse pentagram is not as recognizable as the regular pentagram, neither of them recognized it at the first time.

Now that he saw this pattern, the previous misty doubts became less.

Zhang Yu stood up, looked at the pattern in front of him and said to Tony:
"The inverse pentagram refers to pointing the human soul downward, which is a symbol that refers to hell, and it also refers to demons and Satan."

"So now that the reverse pentagram has been completed, that means his ceremony has been successful?"

Tony asked anxiously.

"No, not yet!"

(End of this chapter)