The car drove for a long time. Wanda felt the driver making turn after turn, taking her somewhere remote. If she had been a Gotham native, she could have used magic to determine where she was, but she was actually an outsider. Even if she could use magic, she still would not know where this was.
However, after Wanda had completely merged with Scarlet Power for the first time, she had become one with it. Just like Barbatos, Wanda was power itself. She did not need to actively use magic to detect anything. As long as that power spread out, she was everywhere. Her current humanoid form was merely one part of the omnipresent Scarlet Power; her body could not confine her consciousness.
Wanda did not let Scarlet Power spread too far, only a few kilometers around the car. Though she did not know the exact location, after the car passed down one road, she noticed a vast forest on one side of it.
That proved this was definitely not downtown, but somewhere near the suburbs. Most of Gotham's suburbs did not have this many trees, either. Wanda thought this must be a very particular place. The forest was an important clue to pinpointing her location.
The car soon stopped. Wanda discovered that this was actually a crematorium, and she was genuinely a little surprised.
The United States had plenty of land and a sparse population, so although there was not much of a tradition of being laid to rest in the earth, most people could afford burial plots. Many communities also offered public cemeteries. Viewing the deceased was an indispensable part of a funeral, and most people chose to be buried in coffins.
However, because the East Coast bordered the sea, many people chose sea burials, scattering ashes into