mtl008 Chapter 3817 The School Doctor's "Daily Life" (32)
Chapter 3817 The School Doctor's "Daily Life" (32)
Chapter 3817 The School Doctor's "Daily Life" (Thirty-Two)
A gaping maw suddenly lunged at them. The Batmen scattered quickly and saw a tall plant, about four meters high with leaves over a meter in diameter, swinging its massive maw at the top as it snapped at them.
The main universe's Batman immediately realized: these were very likely magical plants created by the props team based on the encyclopedia he had compiled. After all, in his view, the enchanted forest couldn't be that safe; there would definitely be some aggressive plants. So he had deliberately included several relatively dangerous plants in the encyclopedia.
As for why the man-eating plant suddenly went berserk, it must have been the work of the night owl, but there's no time to worry about that now. They need to deal with the man-eating plant first.
While running away is a good option now, the main universe Batman knows that this plant can uproot itself and chase after them at a considerable speed. If it catches up, things will be much more troublesome; they must find a way to defeat it.
Fortunately, there are many people now. Five Batmen rushed in, one of whom is particularly skilled in combat. Moreover, they can now not only throw darts, but also use wands and fly, making them even more adept at dealing with these tall plants.
They weren't far from the cabin, and the commotion they made naturally didn't escape Schiller's notice. He knew this couldn't be a disruption to his plans by the main universe's Batman; it must be Night Owl's counterattack. But did he really expect magical plants to defeat these Batmen?
Anyone who has fought Batman in Arkham knows this is impossible. At best, it can only hold them off for a while, and might even raise their guard due to the sudden attack, potentially backfiring on them. It's extremely unwise.
But Schiller quickly realized that the owl was probably using the commotion to summon Saffir so that he could quickly come to the cabin and erase the traces.
Having figured this out, Schiller smiled. This Night Owl was truly courting death. Didn't he realize that a ruthless dark magician like Saffir wouldn't be afraid of a few students?
Night Owl knew how powerful Batman was, but Saffir didn't. From his perspective, they were just a few kids who hadn't been learning magic for very long. Wasn't it much faster to just kill them outright than to sneak around and hide?
To reiterate, he dared to raid secret chambers right under the Sorcerer Supreme's nose, brazenly establish a base in the Enchanted Forest, and roam the magical world for centuries. Even the Sorcerer Supreme couldn't do anything about him, only able to seal him away instead of killing him completely. This kind of demon has no concept of guilt; if someone dares to pry into his secrets, just kill them.
“Gray fog,” Schiller shouted.
Even without his prompting, the gray mist was already prepared. It donned Safiel's black cloak, transformed into a wisp of gray mist, and arrived on the battlefield almost instantly.
By this time, several Batmen had swiftly dealt with the carnivorous plant. Batman Arkham delivered a powerful downward slash, and the towering plant crashed to the ground.
The Batmen had just breathed a sigh of relief when they suddenly sensed something was wrong—it was too quiet all around them. The sounds of the wind and insects that had been surrounding them vanished in an instant.
Suddenly, they saw plants in one direction begin to wither and die rapidly, the scene of decay approaching from afar, almost instantly reaching them. A figure in black robes abruptly appeared in mid-air.
Not to mention the main universe's Batman and his crew, even Night Owl was so shocked that he took two steps back.
What brings you here?!
It was only then that he realized he had made a huge mistake—Saffir was never a sneaky thief, but a ruthless bandit. He was more confident than he thought, even considering the Magic Forest his territory.
Wait, Night Owl suddenly realized. The Sorcerer Supreme emphasized to them that the Enchanted Forest was extremely dangerous and that no one was allowed to enter. Was it because he knew that Saffir was active here?
No way… Night Owl’s heart sank. If the Sorcerer Supreme knew of Saffir’s existence and tacitly approved of all this, there were only two possibilities: either they were in cahoots, or the Sorcerer Supreme couldn’t do anything about Saffir.
Either way, it would be a catastrophe for them now. Because Saffir clearly doesn't intend to hide; he's more inclined to silence them.
"Are you Strange's students?" a voice came from beneath the black robes. "What are you doing here? Don't you know how dangerous it is?"
His tone was calm, even carrying a hint of elder-like concern, but the Batmen's hearts pounded. Their intuition told them this man was extremely dangerous.
Even Batman from the main universe was a bit confused: Where did this mysterious person come from?
Wait a minute, the Sorcerer Supreme is a character in the movies, but he also exists in real life. Could it be that Saffir was also a real person?
But he quickly dismissed the idea. Even if Saffir existed, the Sorcerer Supreme would never allow him into the school. Nor would the superheroes allow such a dangerous individual to operate so close to Boston. Most importantly, Schiller wouldn't allow it—so even if this guy had incredible abilities, he couldn't possibly be here.
If it wasn't Saffir, then someone was impersonating him. But who would be so foolish as to...?
The main universe's Batman froze. Could it be Schiller?
The main universe Batman's gaze instantly swept across Night Owl's face. After noticing his momentary panic and loss of composure, he knew that Night Owl must have had contact with this guy.
That must be Schiller. Because it was he who led Night Owl to entangle with Schiller. Schiller probably used a disguised identity to avoid revealing too much, and that disguised identity was Saffir.
It turns out that the owl made the noise to lure out his accomplice. Unfortunately, he underestimated Schiller's understanding of character traits. Anyone familiar with the main universe of the film's Batman knows that this dark sorcerer, who only appeared as a background character in the first movie, is incredibly arrogant, because he has a contract with Mephisto, the ruler of Hell, and fought the Sorcerer Supreme for three hundred rounds without being at a disadvantage. How could someone like that possibly slink away and hide upon discovering an intruder?
It seems the pressure he applied was effective. The main universe Batman thought to himself, "Night Owl's sanity is waning, causing him to become increasingly irrational and make a series of foolish moves."
Night Owl was clearly regretting his actions. He didn't think that just because he had a cooperative relationship with Saffir, the other party would let him off the hook. If he didn't do something now, he'd end up doing nothing at all.
In Batman's team now, the main universe Batman, Arkham Batman, and Grand Adventure Batman have all seen the movies. Their intelligence and information gathering abilities are roughly the same, and they can deduce roughly the same things. They quickly exchanged glances and decided to continue the charade.
"And who are you? Why are you in the Enchanted Forest?" The main universe Batman's tone was cautious, but his attitude was very self-assured, like a host questioning a guest.
Night Owl's heart leaped into his throat. "God, if you're going to die, please don't take me with you! Are you really afraid he won't kill you?"
"Did you bring them here, Night Owl?" He noticed the other man's gaze turn to him, and then all the Batmen turned their gaze to him as well.
The immense pressure almost overwhelmed him in an instant. But Night Owl gritted his teeth and made a choice in his heart.
“No, sir. You need to hear my explanation…”
"Night Owl!!!" Batman of the Great Adventure roared, "What the hell is going on?! How do you know him?! You're not trying to lure us here to kill us, are you?!"
"Hmph, that must be it," Arkham Batman said coldly. "Otherwise, why would that bald eagle fly in this direction? And why did the man-eating plant suddenly attack us? You took advantage of our desire to save our companions to lure us in, and then teamed up with this mysterious man to fight us. You damned villain!"
The owl was truly feeling incredibly wronged.
In the past, when he was called a villain, he secretly felt pleased and often mocked these rigid and conservative Batmen for making themselves look so pathetic in pursuit of some empty sense of justice.
Normally, at this point, he should have stood up openly and explained his conspiracy, while also mocking his opponent.
But the problem is, he really didn't do it! First of all, the fact that the Lego Batman was carried away by the eagle had nothing to do with him; secondly, he never intended to lure Batman in to kill him; and finally, he wasn't familiar with Saffir.
He didn't do anything wrong in the series of events that happened today. How did he end up being blamed for this?!
But deep down he knew that things really did look just like what the two Batmen had said. Even the Injustice Batman looked at him with surprise and admiration, as if he was praising his wisdom and delighted that he had actually used a conspiracy to bury three Batmen here.
Thinking about this, Night Owl realized. Right, the problem now is that as long as Saffir doesn't kill him, but kills all the other Batmen, then his goal will be achieved.
All that fuss about plotting and learning dark magic is just to defeat Batman from the main universe, isn't it?
Don't worry about who orchestrated this conspiracy. As long as this dark magic master floating in front of him slaps the main universe's Batman to death, he'll have cleared the game and never have to live in fear again.
Thinking this, Night Owl gritted his teeth and stamped his foot, saying to Schiller, who was floating in mid-air, "Sir, it was indeed I who led them here. Because you mentioned sacrifices when you explained the contract to me that day, I thought that to show my sincerity, I could offer the sacrifices in advance. As long as you are willing to help me complete the contract..."
Are you trying to negotiate with me?
"No, you can also consider this a gift. After all, if I can fool a few of them, I can easily fool many more. They are all students of the Sorcerer Supreme."
The main universe's Batman sneered inwardly. This Night Owl was truly utterly evil. His words implied that if he didn't become a sacrifice, he could be a hostage, and at the same time, severely humiliate the Sorcerer Supreme. With things put this way, the other party seemed to have no room to refuse.
But Schiller didn't play by the rules. He simply said with a smile, "You seem to have misunderstood something. I have no hostility towards your headmaster, much less would I harm his students. After all, he did provide me with shelter."
Night Owl felt a cold sweat break out on his brow. He couldn't quite understand what Saffir meant. How could he not be an enemy of the Sorcerer Supreme? How could the Sorcerer Supreme provide him with shelter? How could the two of them be on the same side?
No, if he were in cahoots with the Sorcerer Supreme, he wouldn't have accepted my cooperation in the first place, since their condition for cooperation was that I cause trouble for the Sorcerer Supreme. It seems there's some inside story I don't know about.
Meanwhile, the main universe's Batman, standing nearby, was becoming increasingly curious about the complete script. What exactly is the backstory of this major villain played by Schiller?