Meanwhile, Bruce and Loki had also found some clues. In an antique shop, they found some objects that looked quite old, and they bore the same writing as the totem pole and the magic circle.
Some looked like sacrificial implements, while others were everyday items, but most were badly damaged. Only the scattered patterns on the fragments suggested that they came from the same civilization as the totem pole and the magic circle.
Since they could not make much of these things, Loki and Bruce decided to search the Museum in the city. It might have records of the ancient writing.
The people in the screening room grew even more confused. Nightwing thought aloud, "It's barely understandable to paint a magic circle in a few dozen minutes, but these things couldn't have been made in such a short time, could they?"
But Red Robin, whose detective instincts were sharper, had already noticed something. After a brief pause, he said, "These are real clues."
Everyone else looked at him. Red Robin pointed at the screen and said, "Professor Schiller didn't forge these. They're artifacts from the civilization we're seeing now."
"Then how could Schiller... Oh, wait, it wasn't entirely fabricated either." Nightwing caught on. "The writing and patterns Professor Schiller painted on the magic circle actually came from the totem pole fragment he obtained. And that fragment really was sent by the organizers, so it very likely came from this civilization."
At that moment, everyone present had the same feeling: Oh no, it all matched up.
But what happened next unfolded far faster than they had imagined.
Eddie and Batman discovered a fissure three levels beneath the underground parking garage. It looked somewhat like a crack left by an earthquake, but beneath it were formations like clusters of red crystals, flickering