Chapter 430 I, Parliament
John began to learn about the world he lived in from Johanna's mouth.
Upside Down City.
Well, the name does sound very John-like.
Judging from the fact that John always copied the style of a certain Dark Lord when naming his pets, the naming of this city was also more or less realistic.
Upside Down City, two cities upside down.
John the Council is the ruler here.
That is, the variants of John.
Of course, according to the lie, they are all real multiverse Johns, and John is the freak variant.
The council they formed governs this city that exists in the gap between existence and disappearance.
Eternal day and eternal night.
Dawn, dusk.
Eternal day returns to dawn, eternal night returns to dusk.
This is a rule of Parliament.
This is also something that Johns all agree on.
Eternal day is the city beneath John's feet, and it will never fall into darkness.
Daytime is the main theme here.
The other city in the Upside Down is just the opposite, where it is night and ruled by John named Dusk.
Beyond these two Johns is the Tower of Mirrors, where the Parliament is located.
That is the magic tower that John saw.
There is the place between eternal day and eternal day.
Just like this city, it is caught in the cracks.
It is also the seat of John's Parliament.
"Every John loses the person he loves most," Johanna said emotionally. "It's a curse."
"We are all people who escaped the curse and came here."
At this point, Johanna forced a smile and said, "You may look down on us because we are so great."
"I'm not as great as you think." John shook his head and said, "I'm just an ordinary and selfish wizard."
"How could that be?" Johanna frowned and said in disapproval, "You are the Witch King."
"You seem to know me well." John asked, "Can I ask why?"
"Because of this." Johanna picked up the crystal ball.
John's face was reflected inside, as well as his black and white eyeballs.
"I'm a prophet," Johanna stuck out her tongue and said sheepishly, "I'm just not that great."
"Prophet?" John looked at Johanna and asked, "What did you see?"
"I can't see it." Johanna shook her head and said, "This place is a gap between existence and disappearance. All I can see is the things outside."
"But I can't confirm where I saw it."
Johanna held the crystal ball and said: "It may be a certain John's place, or it may be a world where John is not here."
"But all this changed after you appeared."
Johanna put down the crystal ball and accidentally knocked down a divination instruction book.
She hurriedly put it away and glanced at John secretly to confirm that he didn't pay attention, then she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I didn't have this ability originally," Johanna said, looking at John. "It was only after I came here that I gradually awakened."
"I feel that maybe this ability does not belong to me."
She touched John's heart with her finger and said, "It belongs to you."
John was thoughtful after listening.
He glanced at the crystal ball around him.
At this moment, the images in the crystal ball had all changed to John's every move after entering the room.
"Is it from my ability?"
His ability to predict is still being suppressed.
John analyzed the reason why he appeared here.
The time flash causes John to jump in various time periods, which also means that John exists in the present, the future, and the past at the same time.
Before the second hand moves out of the next second, whether it is the past, present or future, it is the moment that John witnesses at the same time.
The dark dimension allowed John to suppress Shifang, but it also put him in a state between existence and disappearance.
It matches the attributes of the Upside Down City, turning this city from existence into existence.
That is, at the moment when John enters the flash, the city is ripped out of Schrödinger's cat state.
"So, if I didn't have Shifang, this place would always be in a state of uncertainty." John clapped his hands.
Flash at the end and John can get out from here.
But judging from the current situation, his prediction is about to start turbulent again.
John needs to suppress this ability.
Of course, he can also comply and let himself have a hearty prophecy.
Let all the unknown be knocked down with a hammer of certainty.
But the price is that the fate that has been finalized cannot be changed.
"Comply or go against the grain?"
This is a choice that John needs to think about carefully.
Johanna admires and understands John very well.
Perhaps this has something to do with the reason why the city's existence was officially confirmed only after John's arrival.
There are countless Johns in the multiverse, and they combine to form an upside-down city.
Johanna comes from a family of detectives, which makes exploring mysteries her greatest interest.
"Detective?" John looked strange, "I don't think my father has this ability."
It's okay for my dad to be an extreme athlete, but as a detective, it's really hard to figure out.
Johanna said: "Dad does not understand much about this, but Uncle Sherlock taught me a lot."
Sherlock?
"So who did you lose your favorite person?" John opened the prophecy book.
This little girl is teaching herself divination, and she probably inherited some of John's personality. Her divination skills are better than Trelawney's.
"John, there are taboos in the Upside Down City."
The originally cheerful Johanna's face darkened and she said, "That's your problem."
"Sorry, I think I offended you unintentionally."
It felt weird that John was apologizing to Johanna.
"It's okay." Johanna regained her energy and said, "You just came here, so you don't know. I forgive you."
"You haven't said why you brought me here." John avoided the topic and said, "You can't let me guide you in divination."
"I almost forgot." Johanna exclaimed and said hurriedly, "They will come to find you."
"Who?"
"parliament."
"They're the ones running the show here," Johanna said.
"According to what you said, they don't seem to have any ill intentions toward me."
Since the Upside Down City exists because of John, then he is not an enemy at all to the Parliament.
But Johanna was very anxious. She said: "They want to release the assumed unknown state and move from the cracks to reality."
Come out of the cracks and become the legal timeline recognized by the multiverse.
Then John's existence becomes crucial.
John is now in a state of time-flash, in tune with the city.
By lifting this state, John is equivalent to acknowledging the existence of this city.
It also proves the existence of John's council.
Two lines that were originally parallel to each other became entangled because of this incident.
"Well, I don't think I lack ambition." John raised his eyebrows and said, "Maybe it's already here."
"You're right, critic."
John finished speaking.
The door behind was opened.
John walked out with a smile and a monocle. He bowed gracefully and said, "Nice to meet you, our variant, the key to this city."
"Let me guess," John looked at the man and asked, "Morning light?"
"I was born in Dawn, and I am the person closest to you." Chen Xi smiled, "We can cooperate."
"Before you say this, maybe I should ask a question." John interrupted Chen Xi's speech, stared at Chen Xi and asked, "Do you know lies?"
"It's such a familiar yet strange name."
Chen Xi laughed dumbly, "Critics question everything."
Yunliwuli's answer is very much like the Riddler.
"Then let me change the question," John looked at the morning sun meaningfully, "Do you believe in fate?"
"Fate brought us together, critic."
"Then you really are not like me."
Chen Xi smiled and said, "This may not be a compliment."
John smiled too.
Johanna was confused.
Then John raised his hand and put it on Johanna's shoulder.
"I hope you're not a wizard."
The moment the words fell.
Johanna felt her navel being hooked by a hook, and then she was stuffed into a pipe and sprinted quickly.
Disapparate.
Chen Xi's smile was a little stiff when he saw this. He sighed, raised his eyebrows and said, "Maybe the critics don't want to have a serious talk with us."
He took off the glasses stuck in his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and wiped them with a soft handkerchief.
After putting it on again, a red line was reflected on the lens, extending in one direction.
He glanced at the crystal ball around him, which had once again transformed into various images.
A group of people suddenly appeared behind him.
It was a heavily armed force dressed like a policeman. The leader said: "John Wick, you have violated the regulations of the Time Variation Authority, and you are now under arrest."
Chen Xi chuckled, "Look, the fish will always take the bait."
The man from the Temporal Variation Administration came to arrest those responsible for affecting the sacred timeline.
But after he arrived, something felt wrong.
He stared at the morning light.
Chen Xi smiled and said: "Welcome to be a guest here, in the gap between existence and disappearance, in the Upside Down City."
"The person who comes into contact with you, Chen Xi."
The morning light's lenses reflected the other party's astonished expression.
"We just need a second hand to prepare."
Chen Xi was right, he did look a lot like John.
John at some stage.
Unscrupulous John.
Chen Xi was caught without a fight, but the people in the Time Variation Administration always felt that there was something fishy.
...
"Wow, that's magic!" Johanna was excited.
Because she is not a wizard, although she is a prophet, she has no other abilities except prediction.
After getting excited, Johanna vomited directly.
John patted her back and said, "This is the first time."
"Okay." Johanna said, vomiting to the point of vomiting, "I don't have such a reaction even when I'm flying a plane."
John could guess that Johanna's native family was not poor.
"Where is this?" Johanna asked John.
John said calmly: "If this place really exists because of me, then this place will definitely be there."
In front of him was a huge circular building.
Alchemy Department.
When John saw this thing, he also relaxed a little.
This is closely related to my own appearance, which means that a large part of it was built according to my own wishes.
In the Alchemy Department, there should be something that can help me get rid of the flash.
"Chen Xi can become a manager, I believe he will not be that simple."
John said to the young female version of himself, "I need you to do me a favor."
Johanna blinked.
Maybe the prophecy can be unleashed.
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