Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 201 Ghost Swamp
Louisiana, New Orleans, Manchac Swamp.

The trees here are extremely terrifying, tall and dense, and each tree grows wantonly in the swamp like claws and claws. The sunlight is covered by the lush branches and leaves, making the whole swamp look even more eerie.

According to legend, at the end of the [-]th century, the evil Voodoo organization appeared in the Shadow Lake of the Manchak Swamp. They captured people and animals for experiments and developed an evil drug that made both people and animals bloodthirsty. It was so brutal that the lakeside of Youying Lake became a hell on earth full of corpses.

At that time, the unbearable people spontaneously formed an anti-evil team and went straight to Ghost Lake, the lair of Fudou.

In the end, "goodness" defeated evil, and the anti-evil team wiped out the Voodoo heretics in the Manchak Swamp.

But the Queen of Voodoo did not rest in peace and cast a curse on the swamp, and the evil spirits stayed in the area of ​​the Manchak Swamp.

Since then, strange things have happened frequently in Manchak Swamp.

First, three villagers disappeared mysteriously in the swamp. Soon after, a terrifying situation happened. It is said that three small towns near the swamp disappeared mysteriously after a hurricane. Not only did no one survive, even the ruins of the village All lost.

People blamed all this on the curse of the Voodoo Queen, and the Manchak Swamp has also become a land of terrifying ghosts.

Dusk, in the dark swamp.

The cold wind blows the branches in the swamp and makes a whining sound, which is as frightening as a low-pitched ghost cry.

Dumb—dumb—

Standing on the dead wood in the swamp, the crow spread its wings and uttered a shrill cry. It tilted its head and stared at the weirdness in the swamp with its dark eyes.

grumbling-

Under the gaze of the crow, there was a strange noise in the Manchak Swamp, and a large number of floating corpses moved slowly as if being pulled by an invisible force. Among these corrupt bird corpses, there was even the corpse of a swamp deer with a swollen stomach , these corrupt and foul-smelling corpses were gathered in the middle of the swamp, and then swallowed one by one into the depths of the swamp.

gurgling gurgling——

With the disappearance of the corpse, the strange noise on the swamp became more obvious, and a large number of bubbles continued to emerge from the place where the corpse disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, under the gaze of the crow, a dark figure emerged from the swamp.

Dumb—dumb—

Looking at the figure that suddenly appeared, the crow on the dead wood waved its wings and was about to escape.

The figure stretched out its wet arm and grabbed it casually.

In the next second, a crow flapping its wings on the dead wood turned into a shriveled corpse and fell into the swamp.

slam-la-

……

"Big wheels keep on turning
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the Southland
I miss Alabamy once again (I miss Alabama again)

And I think its a sin' yes
……

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
......"

New Orleans, on the endless highway.

"Sweet Home Alabama," a Southern rock anthem, blared in the car, and the man in the driver's seat shook his head and hummed the tune.

While driving, he suddenly saw a vague figure walking on the road in the distance.

As the car approached, the man immediately noticed the figure walking alone on the road. It was a woman with long black fluffy hair and exotic clothes.

"Hey ma'am, do you need me to give you a ride?"

Slowing down and stopping beside the woman, the man rolled down the window and looked up and down at the woman who was walking alone. His gaze stayed on her wheat-colored skin and the strange beast-tooth-like decoration on her waist, and then he started to strike up a conversation. .

"Okay."

Facing the man's invitation, the woman nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Seeing this, the man was secretly delighted, and quickly pressed the co-pilot's car lock.

bang——

With the sound of closing the door, the man started the car, but he glanced at the woman beside him without hesitation, and asked with a casual look on the surface.

"By the way, why didn't I ask your name?"

"Calypso Erzli, you can call me Calypso."

Facing the man's questioning, the woman, or Calypso simply stated her name.

Nodding his head, keeping the name in his heart, the man immediately asked with a casual expression, "Then where is Calypso planning to go?"

"New York."

Stretching out his hand to stir his fluffy black hair, Calypso replied with a smile on his face.

"What a coincidence, I'm going to New York too."

Hearing the destination mentioned by Calypso, the smile on the man's face deepened. He barely suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "It seems that we have a magical fate with each other."

While speaking, the man stretched out a hand and lightly stroked the back of Calypso's hand which was placed aside, and the latter let him stroke without any resistance.

"It's done!"

Seeing this, the joy in the man's heart deepened.

"Maybe, when we arrive in New York, we can communicate more deeply and get to know each other."

While he was controlling the steering wheel and driving the car on the endless road, he couldn't help but be frivolous in his mouth.

"Without going to New York, I think we can have a deep conversation now."

Facing the man's invitation, Calypso was more active. She reached out and grabbed the man's palm while talking.

"what?!"

Seeing Calypso's active reaction, the man's face showed a bit of astonishment, and then a wet feeling came, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at the woman in the passenger seat.

But I saw that Calypso's originally beautiful face began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye, a large amount of silt flowed out from the opponent's body, and the whole car was instantly occupied by a smell of corruption. A strong suction force was generated on the grasping arm,

Squeak!

Amidst a painful scream, the moving car stopped with a harsh sound.

Immediately afterwards, the body of the man in the driver's seat shriveled instantly, as if all the vitality in his body had been absorbed.

After a while, a shriveled corpse without any moisture was thrown out of the car and fell motionless on the road.

Calypso sat in the driver's seat, started the car and drove towards New York.

……

"Peggy Carter..."

"The U.S. government agent fought side by side with Captain America during World War II. With the failure of the raider team and the death of Captain America, Peggy Carter was active as Captain America for a short time, but with the defeat of World War II, Peggy Carter was eventually forced to relinquish his Captain America role and died later in the 'Hell's Kitchen' protests."

A superhero who once represented Captain America ended up dying in the guns of the government. From a certain point of view, this is obviously a great irony.

"Of course, the federal government has never acknowledged all of this. What they said to the outside world is that Peggy Carter disappeared after she unloaded the identity of Captain America."

New York, Brick Street, inside Doctor Strange's stronghold.

Banner flipped through the history books and found the records about Peggy Carter.

According to the content of the book, Peggy Carter did briefly replace the deceased Steve Rogers as Captain America for a period of time.

"So, a mistake?"

That's probably why, in the end, it wasn't Steve Rogers they awakened but Peggy Carter.

"Do not."

Shaking his head, Doctor Strange obviously didn't believe in the absurd result of mistaken souls.

"This was a trick played by Baron Samedi from the beginning. He deliberately confused the concept of Captain America."

As a deity, it is of course impossible for Baron Saturday not to recognize that what Doctor Strange summons is the soul of Steve Rogers, after all, the other party's body is lying in the center of the altar.

Not to mention, in the incarnation of Baron Saturday, in addition to representing the god of death in the cemetery, he is also the god of the "leader of the reanimated corpses" in the incarnation of Voodoo. How could such an existence easily mistake the soul object Stephen needs.

So obviously, all of this was intentional by the other party.

Doctor Strange never intended to sacrifice his soul in the first place, and Baron Saturday also used a small trick in the sacrifice ceremony, deliberately confusing the object of the soul.

In this way, he can collect his own sacrifices, and he doesn't need to give too important a soul. After all, he did give Captain America's soul according to the ritual requirements. As for which Captain America it is, it depends on his mood.

As a voodoo god, Baron Saturday is not a good god in the traditional sense. In fact, in Haiti, people will use many fine needles and cotton yarn balls to prevent each other from leaving their souls.Accompanied by thousands of sesame seeds, they are scattered around the cemetery.

So the souls of the dead would be too busy threading needles and dressing sesame seeds to hear the call of Baron Saturday from hell.

Sometimes, in order to protect themselves, relatives will also put a knife in the hand of the deceased before burial, and accompany it into the ground.

It's just that Baron Saturday obviously didn't expect it.

Doctor Strange is even more shameless than himself. He at least gave Captain America's soul, but the other party didn't even intend to abide by the ceremony, directly tore up the seance ceremony, and forcibly drove him back to the [spiritual world].

"..."

In the stronghold, facing Doctor Strange's answer, Banner opened his mouth for a while and didn't know how to respond.

As a person who witnessed the entire process of the séance ceremony, he knew very well that Doctor Strange's methods during the process were not too bright, so it does not seem too surprising to have such a result.

After all, they did manage to summon a Captain America anyway.

Although, it's not what they think it is.

Doctor Strange is obviously aware of this, especially in the previous ceremony in the basement, he has completely offended the voodoo Baron Saturday, and it is obviously a luxury to summon the soul of Captain America Steve Rogers through the other party .

As for other ceremonies, either the risks are too great, or they don't know much about them.

After all, as a "self-taught" magician, Doctor Strange can become a black magician proficient in rituals in just a few months, which can be regarded as an existence with extraordinary talents.Even though, these voodoo or Solomon's demon spells are easier to master than ordinary magic, but in order to obtain these powers, Stephen also paid a huge price.

And the conduct of a ceremony is not something that can be done simply by wanting to do it.

For the voodoo seance ceremony in the basement alone, Doctor Strange spent nearly a week or so preparing, and finally selected voodoo, a relatively cheap ritual, from all kinds of black magic. , to summon the soul of Captain America.

And judging from the results, he did indeed do this.

It's just that this result is somewhat different from what Doctor Strange originally expected.

"How is she?"

Taking a deep breath, calming down the thoughts in his mind, Doctor Strange turned his head and asked Banner.

"Still taking it all in."

Holding the dried head in one hand, Banner shook his head and replied.

Compared with Doctor Strange or Banner, Peggy Carter, who is the object of spiritual conjuration, is the most difficult person to accept all this.

Not only because she was resurrected fifty or sixty years after her death, but also because her resurrected body happened to be the body of Captain America.

Judging from the content of the records, Peggy Carter and Captain America Steve Rogers have an extremely close relationship, otherwise it would be impossible to succeed each other as the new Captain America.You know, it was World War II at that time. A woman wanted to become Captain America, and the obstacles she encountered were obviously not clear in a few sentences.

And right now, Carter wants to accept all this in a short time, obviously it is not a simple matter.

Hearing Banner's answer, Doctor Strange nodded, and swept the dried head in his hand again.

"Although the human head has the function of warding off evil spirits, if you hold it in your hand for a long time, aren't you afraid that it will come back to find you?"

In addition to the ability to ward off evil, the air-dried head of Voodoo also has some psychic abilities.

In voodoo, many voodoo wizards often use the soul in the head as a medium to communicate with hell or perform voodoo.

Hearing Doctor Strange's reminder, the expression on Banner's face suddenly became a bit stunned. He looked down at the fist-sized head in his hand, wondering if it was because of the reminder from the other party, or there was something weird about the human head itself. , Banner felt that the corner of the other party's mouth seemed to tremble.

Seeing this scene, Banner subconsciously wanted to put down the air-dried human head in his hand, but he hesitated when thinking of the wandering ghosts in this house.

Ignoring Banner who was in a dilemma holding the dried head, Doctor Strange went out of the room, and soon saw the back of Captain America, or Peggy Carter, on the balcony of the corridor of the house.

(End of this chapter)