"Wh... what's going on here?"
Refusing to believe it, he tried again, only to fail once more. Now it wasn't just Zuo Ci who was confused. Nobody else understood what was happening either.
Batman and Gordon were especially baffled. They had seen firsthand how effective this divination was when Bane was wreaking havoc, yet now it had actually failed?
"That's impossible. My divination shouldn't fail. Did someone develop some kind of anti-divination technology? But that doesn't make sense..."
Zuo Ci scratched his head, completely at a loss. Surely there couldn't really be technology that blocked divination.
"So... could some other Mage be behind this?"
As the third-smartest person present, Harvey was the first to think of a possibility after Batman fell silent and the Riddler gave up trying.
Since nobody on the technology side could stop it, could this actually have been done by another Mage who knew magic?
When they had chatted before, Zuo Ci had mentioned that there were plenty of Mages in this world. Could some evil Mage like Voldemort or Gargamel have come to Gotham?
"Hey, you might actually be onto something."
Harvey's suggestion made it click for Zuo Ci.
He had been here for months without encountering a single person who could use magic, so he had subconsciously dismissed the possibility entirely.
Now that he thought about it, someone who dabbled in magic really could have come here.
Who could it be, though? Constantine?
Uh, if it really is him, I'd better get myself a pair of iron underpants first.
"So what do we do now? Have you got any other tricks?"
Gordon chimed in from the side. Perhaps he had gotten used to Zuo Ci instantly digging up people's identities; now that Zuo Ci couldn't do it, he actually felt a little less secure.