mtl008 Chapter 2898 When Night Falls (6)
Chapter 2898 When Night Falls (6)
Chapter 2898 When Night Falls (XVI)
Batman received a call for help from the Justice League.
This can be said to be adding fuel to the fire, taking advantage of the situation, and kicking the cripple's good leg, but it is also the daily routine of Batman and the Justice League.
There is such a strange phenomenon, that is, as long as Batman is not in trouble, the Justice League will not be in trouble. Once Batman is overwhelmed and busy dealing with various crises of the Bat Family, the Justice League will definitely find trouble and come to bother him.
The same is obviously true in this universe. When Batman was sure of victory, the Justice League didn't make any moves. Now that Schiller is involved in the cycle of multiple relationships, Batman is busy kicking him out, but the Justice League is writing to him instead.
Actually, it’s not a big deal. The main thing is that the expansion of vampires makes them feel worried. Before, this kind of creature only appeared on the east coast, but recently, there are traces of vampire activities in Seaside City and Star City.
This means that this is not just a small-scale fight like before, and the plan to block the sun that they mentioned may actually be implemented, which is absolutely unacceptable to the Justice League.
As the brain of the Justice League, how could Batman not be there at this time? The Hall of Justice immediately sent a message to the Batcave, with stern words, asking Batman to go there immediately.
What made Batman feel even more sad was that although he wanted to kick Schiller out of the Bat Family, when something like this happened, he could only consult Schiller and couldn't even bring Dick with him.
Because the possibility of Schiller being a vampire is too low, even lower than the possibility that he himself is a vampire.
"They asked you to come over?" In the Batcave, Schiller was holding a cup of tea, looking at the content on the communicator, frowning slightly and saying, "It seems that they are a little bit complaining about why you are not here now. You always gave them hope in the past, that is, if something happened, you would definitely anticipate it earlier than them and take precautions."
“That’s true most of the time.”
"But this time is different, because the conflict broke out within the Bat Family first, and you haven't had time to take charge of the overall situation." Schiller put down his teacup, tapped the table with his fingers and said, "If you go over now, it will prove that you are indeed unprepared, which will greatly reduce their confidence, so it is better to do the opposite."
"You mean..." Batman immediately understood.
In the past, Batman was the one who informed them of anything that happened. Take this incident as an example. If it were a normal situation, Batman might have warned them months in advance that vampires might spread.
Although they won't listen, at least it will give them a feeling that everything is under Batman's control. No matter how bad the situation gets, Batman will find a way. This is the spiritual pillar of the Justice League.
But on the one hand, Batman was busy with the affairs of the fighting world and neglected the real universe. On the other hand, as soon as he came back, a fire broke out within the Bat Family. He was busy putting out the fire here and failed to take the overall situation into consideration.
This is normal. According to Schiller's observation, the Batman in this universe is not very strong. He is far inferior to the Arkham Batman, and there is also a certain gap between him and the Batman in the main universe. Schiller feels that he is almost equivalent to the later Batman Bay.
Although he had never read the comics before he came, he roughly knew that the Batman in this comic should have died in the early stage, otherwise the comic would not have been drawn into two parts. From this, it can also be inferred that this Batman is of average strength.
If it was Arkham Batman, this matter would have been resolved long ago in the Bat Family. Not to mention putting them all in cans, at least each person would have a hibernation capsule and be thrown into the bottom of the Batcave to sleep. After all, there are still hundreds of trophies to be achieved and no time to waste here.
So Schiller is teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. If you don't have the skills, don't take on the job. It is obviously not the time to participate in the Justice League copy yet. Let's first sort out the matter at hand.
Batman also understood his intention. He was indeed unprepared anyway. If he rushed to the Justice League now, not only would he be unable to help, it would also easily give everyone the illusion that he was indeed unprepared, greatly reducing their trust in him.
It would be better to pretend that everything is under control. You can urge me as much as you want, but I won't do anything for now. When asked, I will just say that I have actually expected it, but I have other plans.
Moreover, Batman is relatively familiar with the Justice League. Although the current vampires have some expansionist postures, they are far from the level of conquering the world. They just like to make a fuss.
So Batman sent a message back, saying don't panic, I have more important things to do, and now everyone should go back to their own cities to garrison. Those who have not deployed their cities should form teams to defend the empty areas and limit the activities of vampires as much as possible.
This can be considered as assigning a task to them. Batman is not the type who does micro-management, and the other members of the Justice League are not fools either. Having said that, most of the heroes of the Justice League can perform their duties and complete the task.
The strange thing is that half an hour after Batman sent the letter, the Hall of Justice actually replied.
They said that based on the current situation of the vampires, the Justice League should come up with a better response plan, so they invited Batman to participate in the meeting.
Batman doesn't understand. What's the point of vampires now? Just because they shouted a slogan? The slogan of pea sandwiches ruling the world has been shouted for 50,000 years, but it's not worth a meeting of all the members of the Justice League.
The plan of putting a cover over the earth to block out the sunlight sounds impressive, but to a real scientist like Batman, it is pure amateur science.
He didn't know whether these winged mice knew that the earth was rotating as well as revolving around the sun. If you want to block out the global sunlight, unless you can make a spherical cover to cover the entire earth, you must also keep this barrier still relative to the earth and the sun. Otherwise, how can it always face the sun?
If you have the ability to make such a large barrier not under the influence of gravity, and relatively still in the universe with the earth, and not affect the tides or geological structure at all, then why don't you just build a spaceship and fly to a sunless planet? Why bother with the earth?
This is a typical example of the more ignorant you are, the more you dare to think. Why don't you just wrap up the sun? Then the entire solar system will be yours.
Therefore, Batman was dismissive of the vampire's goal. Even if they knew magic, it would be too difficult to achieve.
Even if they can really achieve it, instead of using this stupid method when there are more useful methods, the Vampire King will basically say goodbye to bicycles.
Although Batman didn't quite understand the Justice League's attitude of treating them as if they were facing a major enemy, he still replied to a communication as patiently as possible, mainly to explain his own ideas to them.
Now vampires are expanding everywhere just to cause trouble and distract the attention of the superheroes.
Theoretically, it would be right to ignore them, but the Justice League are all superheroes after all, and they can't just sit back and watch cities being destroyed, so dividing the forces must be done even if it is not the best strategy.
Although the superheroes have been transferred back to their respective cities to deal with local vampires, Batman is still confident that after solving the problems on the Bat Family's side, he can find out the main people who carried out their bizarre plan.
That's why he sent out such a communication, letting the superheroes follow their hearts, and he would cover them anyway.
But unexpectedly, this time the superheroes did not appreciate his kindness and insisted on calling him over to discuss the matter.
Batman felt that it might be because the vampires were too tough this time, and the marketing of the so-called Vampire King was too successful, which made some people panic. It would be fine if he appeased them first and then made plans.
Batman tried his best to comfort the superheroes during the call back. He knew that most of the superheroes must be anxious to return to their own cities. He told them not to have any psychological burden and to be city heroes first. He would take control of the overall situation and there would be no problem.
Less than half an hour later, I received a call back.
Batman was stunned by the content of the communication sent by the Hall of Justice this time. The main content was: We called you but you didn't come yet. Is it because you have betrayed us and turned into a vampire?
When seeing this, Batman was a little insane. Is this human language?
Schiller laughed when he saw the content of the communication.
Indeed, the Bat Family now feels like they are playing Werewolf, but this has a premise, that is, they are a family. The relationship between Batman and Robin is not just colleagues, or superiors and subordinates, they are relatives.
Batman's main purpose in catching the mole here is not to worry that the mole will interfere with his work, but to worry that the mole will hurt the relationship between them. He hopes to use a gentler method to deal with members who may have been transformed into vampires.
Just like Dick, although everyone has discovered that he is a little abnormal, since Batman didn't say anything, everyone will at most avoid him instead of turning against him.
If we use a more rigid approach, and normal Robin fights vampire Robin, no matter which side gets hurt, there is no way to end it. Even if Batman finally develops a potion to transform vampires back, what about the people who were injured and sacrificed in this war? Can we just forget about it?
Of course not. This is destined to become a scar on the Bat Family. They hurt their loved ones with their own hands. Not to mention those who have not been transformed, even those who have been transformed into vampires and then saved will not be able to accept their own behavior.
Batman has been slow to take strong action because quarrels between brothers only end up hurting both sides, and conflicts between children are mostly caused by the immorality of the elders, and it is not advisable to intensify conflicts when one is able to mediate.
Dick barely passed this hurdle, but according to their own speculation, there is another traitor lurking in the Bat-Family, and the previous conflict between the radicals and conservatives may have been instigated by this traitor.
Batman is playing Werewolf here to catch the traitor, not because he doesn't have a better solution, but purely because of his fatherly heart.
But Justice League is of a different nature.
The first and most important point is that this alliance is basically made up of adults, and the relationship between them is more like colleagues than a family.
Batman formed the Bat Family mainly to provide emotional support, mutual understanding and comfort, but the Justice League was formed to maintain peace on Earth, not to draw emotions or comfort from anyone.
In this situation, playing Werewolf to find the traitor first when something goes wrong is somewhat foolish.
(End of this chapter)