American Comics: Multiverse of Madness - #527 - Chapter 524 Khandak
On a sand dune outside the city of Kandak, a shadow suddenly squeezed out of the air.
Then, the shadow bloomed like a blooming flower, and then, a big black umbrella popped up.
This was like a signal. With the appearance of the black umbrella, the shadow began to twist and expand rapidly. In less than a few seconds, the shadow turned into several tentacles, supporting a humanoid creature and walked out.
Feeling the dryness in the air, Zhang Yi took a deep breath and slowly opened the black umbrella for shade.
“Is this Kandak?”
As an oasis country living in the desert, the cities in the Kandak border area are very backward, and the buildings here are not common buildings, but more dilapidated sand buildings.
It looks similar to a cave dwelling, but it’s a little more poor.
Because this place is located in the border area and has penetrated deep into the desert, sandstorms often occur here. Because of this, the buildings in the city here are not to ensure beauty, but to prevent disasters.
He casually put the eye mask on his face, the runes on the big black umbrella flashed, and Zhang Yi’s figure soon became illusory and blended with the surrounding landscape.
Invisibility magic is not an advanced magic among secret arts, but after Zhang Yi’s transformation, this conventional invisibility magic can also be done without leaving any traces.
Even his breathing and heartbeat can be hidden, which is why Zhang Yi dared to enter Kandak with such arrogance.
He raised his hand and took out his phone. Now that Tim had reinstalled the system, all the software on the phone had been changed to something he had never seen before.
The address book and the like have all been merged together, and there are several more special apps, including Justice Society information, mission briefings, and data viewing.
These are generally software used by people in the Justice Society to communicate. You can even see the ‘moments’ posted by those people when performing tasks. However, only a few people such as Wildcat will post them, and most of them will not bubble up.
From the data review, you can see some background information of the International Gang. This International Gang is a large organization that spreads to many countries. They establish power in various countries hiddenly and carry out some illegal activities.
Originally, everyone only thought they were gangsters and didn’t take them too seriously. However, after the Kryptonian War, this group of people’s seizure of Kryptonian technology brought them into the sight of old Bruce Wayne.
After Old Bat’s investigation, he also dug up more information about this organization.
The International Gang has not only reached out to the United States, but has even subverted the regimes of several small countries. They have strong funds and resources, and have begun to snatch a series of extraordinary items or alien technology.
After the heroes of the Justice Society worked together to dismantle their power in the United States, the organization went into hiding and focused on other smaller countries.
Khandak, a backward country, has become the primary planning direction of the International Gang.
According to legend, Kandak possesses a very magical magic metal called the Eternal Metal. This has something to do with Shazam’s Rock of Eternity, and the mysterious energy of this metal has also attracted the attention of the International Gang.
After losing the vast majority of Kryptonian technology, Eternal Metal will be the best way for the International Gang to achieve revenge against the Justice Society.
This is all the information stored in the database of the Justice Society. It seems that old Bruce Wayne and others also want to wipe out this international gang, but because the heroes have to protect their own cities, it is difficult to operate so far away.
Time Man, Midnight Doctor, Wildcat and even the Flash all have their own cities to protect. In addition, Khandak is now controlled by the International Gang, and it is also the enemy’s home court. They need careful planning to go there.
Not to mention more, at least if they want to perform operational tasks in other countries, they must obtain permission for the operation. Otherwise, it will be an illegal military operation and will cause a lot of trouble.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. Who made the Justice Society now bear the prefix of the United States? In the eyes of everyone, the Justice Society of America is one of the military forces of the United States. Even if the old bat does not admit it, there is nothing he can do.
And this matter was actually a concession that old Bruce Wayne had to make.
In order to better recover and preserve the Kryptonian technology and the remains of the Kryptonians, Old Bat had many exchanges with Congress. He was unwilling to hand over these things to the military, and the military did not want to give up these alien technologies.
In the end, due to the interference of the international gang, which caused huge damage and loss of people’s lives and property, both sides had no choice but to take a step back under the huge public opinion.
Old Bat and the heroes recovered all the Kryptonian remains and the Kryptonian technology stolen by the International Gang, and the original Justice League was renamed the Justice Society of America and was partially controlled by Congress.
Of course, this was just a stop-gap measure by old Bruce Wayne. After he formed the Justice Society, he retired in name only, and secretly made many secret moves. Tim’s failure to join the Justice Society was part of his plan.
But only Bruce Wayne knows the specific steps of these plans.
Looking at the files on his phone, Zhang Yi entered the city while recalling the plot in his memory.
Although the world has undergone tremendous changes, and what is about to happen here is quite different from the original plot, Zhang Yi believes in the power of timeline closure.
At least, there are still some plots that can be matched here, and this is also a clue that Zhang Yi needs to firmly control.
Except for the fact that the International Gang controls all of Kandak and mines Eternal Metal from here.
A man named Ismail, who claimed to be ‘the only surviving descendant of King Acton’, found members of the International Gang and told the top brass of the International Gang about the magic crown in Kandak.
This crown is what Acton, the ancient king of Khandak, sought power from the ancient demon. As long as he wears the crown on his head, King Acton can receive the devil’s blessing and transform into a creature named ‘Shabak’. demon.
In the comics, Sabak is one of Shazam’s main enemies.
Just like Thunder Shazam, the user who is blessed by the devil has to shout “Shabak” to transform into the devil form and gain terrifying power that is different from ordinary devils.
Similarly, just as Shazam was blessed by the power of six ancient gods, Shabak’s power also comes from six demons.
They are Satan, Cratis, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Ammu and Belial (also named Belial).
The International Gang obviously does not know what the real function of this crown is. Ismail concealed the origin of the devil and hoped to use the power of the International Gang to activate the devil’s blessing hidden in his genes.
Now, judging from the time, the crown has been exposed to reality, and Black Adam has been released. Next, the International Gang will use all means to start looking for the crown.
If you want to find this crown that carries the power of demons, you must find Black Adam and the woman who released Black Adam, Adriana.
Finding two people in such a huge country is obviously not an easy task.
But for Zhang Yi, this is not difficult. The divine power and magical energy in Black Adam that are completely different from this world are enough to make him as obvious as a torch in the dark night.
Arriving in the urban area of Kandak, the buildings here were much better than the sand buildings on the outskirts of the city. At the same time, some sense of technology slowly appeared in Zhang Yi’s field of vision, and there were more cars on the streets.
On the street, the residents of Kandak were walking hurriedly, everyone lowered their heads silently, never talking to anyone, and there was no smile on their faces.
Perhaps this has something to do with the International Gang members holding firearms on the street.
After taking control of this small country, the International Gang deployed many people here. They were armed with firearms and carefully checked the identity information of any locals and the items they carried.
The International Gang is committed to making Kandak an isolated country. They don’t want anyone to spread the situation here. It would be bad if it alerted other countries.
The existence of Eternal Metal is a secret. Once those big countries know about Eternal Metal, not only Khandak, but also the International Gang will be unable to keep these high-end resources.
Naturally, the sentries of the International Gang could not stop Zhang Yi. In the invisible state, he could walk freely anywhere without any hindrance.
Even if he walked close to a stranger in front of him, it would be impossible for him to notice Zhang Yi’s presence.
The question before Zhang Yi at this time was how to find Black Adam’s location.
Holding the big black umbrella, Zhang Ye slowly stretched out his hand. Soon, the sand on the ground began to flow slowly, and under the guidance of a force invisible to the naked eye, it quickly gathered in Zhang Ye’s palm. .
“The dust of Khandak, tell me where the king here is.”
Muttering to himself, as Zhang Ye opened and closed his mouth, the magical power was immediately unleashed.
The sand in his hand swirled rapidly, turning into a small tornado in Zhang Yi’s palm, and began to tremble slightly, as if he was following Zhang Yi’s words and looking for something.
Looking at the quicksand in the palm of his hand, Zhang Ye became more and more focused.
At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in a building in the distance.
The shocking and terrifying sound instantly caused everyone to commotion. People began to run in panic. Even Zhang Yi had to look away and looked towards the location of the explosion.
I saw in the center of the city in the distance, a thick thunder burst out with great ferocity.
With Zhang Yi’s eyesight, he could still see several members of the International Gang being thrown high into the sky like cannonballs.