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Chapter 378 Star-Lord: Dad, do you like fishing nets?
"Who is the Night Monk?"

In Zatanna's room, Peter asked her who had already woken up.

Zatanna calmed down and looked at the pink pajamas she was wearing.

The pink pajamas could not cover the exposed breasts.

Her face was a little hot, and she quietly put on a magician's coat.

"He is a man who made a deal with the devil. Sir, have you heard of the murder of the thirteen teenagers at Mount Diablo?"

Zatanna asked him with a blushing face.

"Have heard a little bit."

Peter pretended not to notice Zatanna's blush. He nodded and said, "I think people in the Bay Area should be more familiar with this story."

Zatanna put on her clothes and got out of bed barefoot.

As a result, because of the injured arm, she felt a pain and almost fell to the ground.

Peter helped her up and said, "No need to get out of bed, Xiaoza, just lie on the bed."

"Thank you, sir."

Zatanna exhaled, calmed her breath, and said to Peter, "Forty years ago, a carload of children was kidnapped. The kidnapper was Elton Pike, who was once an antisocial hippie and later became a religious leader of the fanatic faction."

"Three days later, the police found the crazy bastard covered in blood, and the thirteen children were arranged in a weird pattern by him."

Zatanna said this with some reluctance.

"The police later released what happened at the scene, but there was something they didn't release in the briefing, which was that when the police finally caught Elton Pike, he just mumbled something and ran away."

Peter nodded, "What next?"

"The police officers just stood there like they were petrified."

Zatanna tells the story of forty years ago.

She sighed slightly, "Pike is the Night Brother. He made a deal with the devil and sacrificed his child to gain the power of Hell."

Sitting on the bed, Zatanna continued to speak to Peter with a heavy heart: "A month ago, I investigated a massacre that occurred in San Francisco. The local drug lord Albert Deco was killed in his villa. This drug lord is very famous in the local area."

Zatanna reveals information about the drug lord.

"Albert Deco once offered me two million to perform at his yacht party, but I told him I get seasick easily, so I turned it down."

Peter listened to Zatanna's story quietly, thought about it, and said to her: "I guess this guy died miserably."

"Yes, sir. Not only him, but everyone who attended his party was brutally murdered. The methods were quite cruel. Some were deformed, some were burned, some were eaten by insects. It was like a carnival of monsters."

Peter frowned slightly and asked Zatanna, "Were all these people killed by the Night Brothers?"

"Yes, the people who attended the party were all big names in the San Francisco underworld. This was a massacre, simple and direct."

Zatanna said to Peter in a deep voice: "The Night Brother controls half of the underground underworld in San Francisco. In order to declare his sovereignty, he massacred the entire underworld group in the villa."

"I have been trying to catch him, but I have not found any trace of him. I guess this nightmare is the subordinate of the Dark Night Monk."

When Zatanna said this, her eyes flashed with uncontrollable anger.

"I must catch him and make him pay the price!"

After listening to Zatanna's story about her entanglement with the Night Brothers, Peter was silent for a moment and then said, "If you need help, Zatanna, I can help you deal with this Night Brother."

Although he didn't know much about the magic world, he thought it would not be difficult to deal with a guy who sold his soul.

"No sir, I can handle that."

Zatanna refused Peter's help, "I will send him to hell myself."

Looking at the wound on her shoulder that was bandaged by Peter, Zatanna said in a firm tone.

"It's good to have confidence, and I believe you can do it."

Peter glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that the hour hand had already pointed to twelve o'clock.

"It's too late, go to bed early."

Peter said to Zatanna: "If you have any plans, we can start executing them tomorrow."

"Okay, sir."

Zatanna nodded and sat down on the bed obediently.

Seeing Peter open the door and leave, she hesitated and called Peter.

"gentlemen."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Peter stopped and turned to ask him.

"Nothing, sir, I just want to say: thank you, thank you for helping me rebuild my dream."

Zatanna looked Peter straight in the eyes and thanked him with mixed feelings.

"No need to be polite between us, Xiaoza."

Peter thought for a moment, then came over and handed her a key.

"This is the key to the Mystery House. Now that you're grown up, I think I can give it to you."

Peter kept the key to the mysterious house in his own hands, fearing that it might be stolen by some naughty kids at any time.

Last time, Zu and Clark stole the key and opened the passage to the black robe world.

He didn't know what trouble these naughty kids would cause next time.

It's safest to return this thing to its original owner.

Zatanna was stunned when she saw the key to the Mystery House appear in front of her.

Then she shook her head and said to Peter sincerely, "I think it might be safest for the key to remain with you, sir."

At first, the key was kept in my father's hands. Now that my father was engulfed by the flames, perhaps Mr. Peter was the most suitable person to keep the key, and the secret house also recognized him. And I also trusted Mr. Peter just like I trusted my father.

Zatanna thought so in her mind.

"Okay, if you insist."

Seeing that Zatanna wanted to keep the key with her, Peter didn't say anything and put the key away.

"Good night, Zach."

"Good night, sir."

The next day, early in the morning.

Star-Lord keeps looking at Peter with a strange look.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Peter frowned and asked Star-Lord, who had been staring at him.

Star-Lord wanted to say that he saw Peter coming out of Zatanna's room last night.

He was a little thirsty last night and wanted to go downstairs to get some water, but he saw his father coming out of Zatanna's room.

Although I really want to know what's going on, I think if I ask, I will definitely make Peter angry.

After all, my father is the kind of person who is very concerned about his reputation and is very narrow-minded.

"No, I just"

Star-Lord was somewhat at a loss for words as he was scrutinized by Peter's gaze.

"I mean, there's something I want to tell you."

Star-Lord immediately changed the subject.

"what?"

"I saw A-Zu answered the phone just now. It seemed to be from the girl named Abby."

Like Clark, Star-Lord turned into a "snitch" and told Peter gossip about Zu.

Anyway, "I would rather die than let my friend die."

"You should spend more time on yourself, Star-Lord. I received a call from your teacher the day before yesterday. He said that your grades have been steadily declining."

Peter criticized Star-Lord's academic performance, "By the end of the semester, you won't give me a 'D' in every grade, right?"

Facing Peter's question, Star-Lord immediately made his own argument, "No, of course not, I'm just partial to one subject."

"Which subject?"

“I like math, but I don’t like English.”

Peter looked at Star-Lord with a righteous look and felt that he needed to give him some lessons.

He is so confident even though he doesn't do well in school, which shows a bit of his past self.

This naughty kid doesn't learn good things but instead learns bad things.

"Really? Looks like you should ask Teacher Martha to give you extra lessons."

Peter's words were like a thunderclap over Star-Lord's head.

"You can take extra classes with Loki."

Star-Lord, who looked a little flustered, quickly said: "I think I'm smart enough. I don't need extra lessons."

Peter shook his head and said, "No, Star-Lord, you can't be an astronaut if you are not good at one subject, let alone a man who conquers the galaxy."

This kid saw me coming out of Zatanna's room last night, hiding secretly on the stairs, and muttering "It turns out that Dad likes fishing nets."

Peter decided to teach Star-Lord a lesson for his peeping and nonsense behavior.

Patting Star-Lord's shoulder and looking at his bitter face, Peter went downstairs contentedly.

Mount Diablo at night.

During the day, Zatanna conducted some investigation and determined the possible location of the Night Brothers.

According to information provided by friends in the police department, several people were kidnapped in San Francisco.

The criminal is most likely the Dark Night Monk who previously killed the drug lord.

Taking advantage of the night, Zatanna used a portal to enter the dark woods of Mount Diablo.

Without informing Peter, she went alone to deal with the Night Brothers.

Following the faint light flickering on Mount Diablo, Zatanna passed through the woods and quickly headed forward.

"Forty years ago, I buried my child in a grave as a sacrifice to Hell."

In an open space with huge rocks, a middle-aged Dark Night Monk with gray skin, black eyes, and a cold aura all over his body said to his subordinates in the audience with a smile:

"These tombs have been empty for a long time. Tonight, they will receive their sacrifices."

A naked female demon came out of hell and walked up to the Dark Night Monk and said, "Please allow me to perform a fire sacrifice. I will burn these people to ashes."

"No, Amber, not tonight. You must follow my ritual."

The Dark Night Monk rejected the proposal of the female demon Amber and said to her with a serious expression: "Tonight is the day of sacrifice, you must not mess around!"

"You all can't mess around!"

A voice suddenly came from behind the Dark Night Monk.

"Stones are for demons to eat!"

As the irony magic was uttered, a flame-colored magical energy rushed towards the three hideous and ugly ogres nearby.

(End of this chapter)