Steelbone's home is in Detroit, once the city of cars, but now it's a ghost town.Even if it hadn't been for the sinking of the Earth, people would have fled the city, and now nine of the ten houses on the streets are darkly lit and the doors are open, except for rats running fast on the dusty floors.But they also can't find food, and they struggle to improve their lives by eating the occasional addict who dies from an overdose on the streets."
I love it here, Barry, it's the city I've seen the fewest cockroaches."
Su Ming said to Xiao Shan, who had just put the two passengers at an intersection, where there was not even a street lamp, and it was pitch black."
I don't have night vision......
That's right, there are really no cockroaches, I just went to rummage through a few bins, and they were all empty. ”Xiao Shan really went to confirm the words of Death Knell, he didn't know why Death Knell mentioned cockroaches, but he felt that he should understand.Around the corner, several zombie-like figures walked by, moaning involuntarily, swaying through the deserted street and disappearing into another darkness.But they're not zombies, they're just ordinary American addicts.Maybe they used to be workers in auto factories or drivers running transportation, but now, the United States is saturated with cars, and Piston City is different.Those who have the ability have long since left here, and those who remain are those who are immersed in their dreams and do not want to wake up."
Is there a football game today?"
Su Ming identified the direction and walked towards the two-story building of the Steel Bone Family.The Titans' house, that's where Deathbell frequents the most."
Uh, is there one?"
Barry scratched his head, the evening breeze was blowing, the streets were still a little cool, and after the global winter had passed, it was clear that it still had an impact on the temperature: "I don't pay much attention to sports, you know, I think the players are running too slow no matter what I look at, Eagle Woman, you know what?"
”"I prefer hockey."
Kendra waved the Morning Star hammer in his hand, mimicking the action of playing ball: "I am not very familiar with football. ”As they spoke, the three of them had already arrived at the downstairs of the steel bone house, Su Ming reached out and knocked on the door, and the knocking sound came far down the empty street in the darkness."
Dangdangdang."
In the entire row of residential houses, it is estimated that only this house is still occupied, and the neighbors on the left and right have even collapsed for an unknown amount of time, and it is completely in ruins."
Nobody's home."
Barry went to look at the windows, and in an instant he looked at all the windows around the house, from the kitchen to the bathroom, and it was pitch black."
Ah, then I'll come in."
Su Ming stretched out a finger, and the small tentacles of strangulation changed into the shape of a key at the fingertips, just like the master, he opened the door.A strange smell came, which made the Eagle Girl inevitably a little nervous, and she immediately suspected that the smell of protein deterioration was from the corpse, and the weapon in her hand was clenched at once.However, there were also professional forensic personnel present, and Barry immediately explained: "It's the fast food and burgers that have gone bad, and the rotting corpses of humans don't smell like this, that, Slade, I'll go upstairs and have a look?"
”Su Ming reached out to touch the light behind the door, but after pressing the switch, there was no light."
The power is out in this house, strange, hasn't the steel bone never come back?
He likes to watch sports on TV, he likes to eat homemade popcorn and lie on the couch, he can't do it without electricity, when was the last time you saw Cyborg?
”"Hmm......
It was almost a week ago. ”Barry looked at the Eagle Lady with an inquiring gaze, and Kendra nodded in support of the statement, so he spread his hands: "Yes, a week ago, in the Hall of Justice, he just came to ask about the ice and snow, and then left with the Titan team very quickly. ”Su Ming was silent for a second, and after calculating all the possibilities, he readjusted his plan: "Barry, you check this house to see if there are any traces left by the break-in phenomenon or accident.I'm looking at the door here, Kendra, give Jon a call, I need his superpowers to help me scan for steel-boned brainwaves on Earth. ”Cyborg is a half-robot, but fortunately, the brain is still original, so there are still brainwaves.The metal that makes up his body is promethium, and promethium, like the material of Knell's original icon armor, cannot be insulated from telepathic abilities.The Eagle Girl does things very simply, perhaps because she is used to the style of acting with Batman, she immediately took out the super mobile phone that was customized by Zhenglian and contacted the green-skinned Martian who was at home with a baby.The Flash turned into a flash of lightning and began to scurry around the room, connecting the afterimages of going up and down the stairs.He spent three seconds inspecting the room, then approached Deathbell with a small piece of metal."
The furniture, doors and windows are not damaged, there are no other people's footprints or fingerprints, there are no uneven places in the dust, the electrical circuits are partially burned, but the appliances are not damaged, and the food in the refrigerator is all spoiled, which is where the smell comes from."
After he finished saying this, he handed over the metal fragment in his hand, which was a diamond shape with a slightly curled edge: "Only this, stuck on the sofa Su Ming took the fragment, and the strangulation immediately gave the analysis results, this is promethium metal, look at the arc should have belonged to the parts of the ankle part of the steel bone, not long before he lost this piece of metal, he stepped on something sharp, maybe it was a bear trap.""
Rong En looked for it, but didn't find it."
Kendra also hung up, she had now determined that the Cyborg was gone, not on Earth, at least not in the main dimension.She was obviously a little anxious, after all, she and Victor actually had a good relationship.Flipping through the metal piece in his hand, Su Ming narrowed his eyes: "The bear trap, maybe it's still electrified, so much so that it burns a part of the circuit......"
This modus operandi feels a little familiar, burying a trap under the steel-framed sofa, waiting for him to step on it, and then a protective shutdown occurs due to current overload.The classic death knell technique.Dealing with steel bones with electricity or magnetism has been tried in a variety of ways, including overloading his microwave oven, shorting his television, installing EP bombs in the air conditioner, and so on.The point is that Cyborg will be hit every time."
Barry, call Nightwing to see if the rest of the Titan Squad is missing."
Su Ming put away the metal piece and patted Xiao Shan's shoulder: "If a certain death knell has been here, we may have caught a good clue, Cyborg was once brainwashed by Darkseid, he is very critical, and his disappearance must mean something." ”