mtl008 Chapter 2896 When Night Falls (4)
Chapter 2896 When Night Falls (4)
Chapter 2896 When Night Falls (XIV)
Cassandra's punches were fierce, and Schiller raised the candlestick from time to time to resist, but Cassandra's expression did not show any pride or relaxation, but became more and more serious.
She found that the opponent was resisting too easily. Her greatest strength, combined with her internal energy and inch power, should have been able to easily smash an adult male's arm into pieces, but the opponent did not have to exert any effort at all when he shook off her wrist.
This means something terrible - your enemy is far more powerful than you, not even on the same level.
This is extremely desperate, because this is not a difference in skills. It is more like an ordinary person fighting a brown bear with bare hands. No matter how skilled you are, the difference in size and strength cannot be made up. Even if you are a Kung Fu master, your life will be crushed by one claw.
Cassandra's parents are both top killers. She has received the most professional training since she was a child. Even though she is limited by her body type genes, she cannot grow into a huge body and her weight is a little too light. But she is practicing internal strength after all, and the power she can burst out is far beyond that of ordinary people.
This is also the key to her ability to defeat the ordinary person Batman. In the past, when Batman faced her, it was a bit like her facing Schiller now. This confrontation was completely unfair.
But she really didn't understand how Schiller could burst out with such great power. Did he also practice internal strength?
But Schiller was not of the same kind. Cassandra could feel that those who practiced cultivation had special senses. Besides, the opponent's moves were obviously not of her kind.
Cassandra followed the Eastern path. Her martial arts training method was not very advanced, but it was also orthodox. Moreover, she was quite talented in this area. At a young age, her internal energy was condensed and her blood was abundant.
But there is also a disadvantage to practicing internal energy, which is that it is a bit idealistic. Once she starts to question herself, the internal energy will not flow smoothly.
Cassandra became more and more confused as the fight went on. Being distracted during a fight was a big taboo. Before she could react, her fist was three inches short. Schiller seized the opportunity and did not move his body to dodge. Instead, he leaned forward and pressed down on her shoulder.
With just this pinch, Cassandra felt her shoulder blade was broken. She let out a muffled groan, but still twisted her body and broke free at the cost of a broken arm, then gave a roundhouse kick.
The combo had been broken, she just wanted to use this opportunity to force Schiller to retreat so that she could buy a chance to catch her breath.
But Schiller was not fooled at all. He did not dodge or evade and took the kick head-on. Cassandra was sure that his ribs must have been broken, but the next second she was also knocked away by Schiller.
This time it was not like the previous throw, at least it gave her a chance to adjust her body in the air to relieve the force. With such a head-on collision, Cassandra felt like she had hit a train head-on, and blood and internal organs spurted out of her mouth.
"Cassandra!!"
There was anger in the Robins' eyes. No one had ever been able to beat the strongest fighter in the Bat Family like this.
Cassandra fell to the ground and spit out blood again. Her face turned visibly pale. Fearing that the broken ribs might injure her internal organs, Batman did not help her but gave her another injection of treatment.
However, using two treatment injections in a short period of time would greatly reduce the effect, so Batman could only call Dick again.
But Dick's vampire magic treatment was limited. This evil spell itself was not good at healing. As soon as the purple light enveloped her, Cassandra felt the wounds in her body healing, but at the same time, her blood was disappearing rapidly.
Batman also noticed it, so he quickly called a halt. Fortunately, Cassandra recovered a little and was helped to the side to regulate her breathing.
The Robins also realized that they were now in a very troublesome situation.
It's not that they didn't use long-range means just now, but most of them missed the target, and the small part that hit the opponent didn't react at all. In fact, the more injuries he suffered, the stronger he became.
Robins had never encountered such an opponent before. Even when dealing with Deathstroke, a round-robin battle would be effective. They would first consume their physical strength and then inflict more injuries. Anyway, they have more people, so there would be some effect.
But facing Schiller, this strategy doesn't work. Obviously, the worse the opponent's condition is, the better the condition will be. If it goes on like this, it is not certain whether they can wear the opponent down to the limit. They are definitely approaching the end of their time.
Fortunately, Batman is not just watching the fun from the sidelines, he has grasped the key.
He turned around and shouted to the second floor: "Tim!"
The sniper scope focused instantly and an anesthetic needle was shot out. As expected, Schiller dodged it, but a puff of smoke rose after the anesthetic needle hit the ground.
The Robins immediately covered their mouths and noses and stopped breathing, but it was obvious that Batman could not use such a simple trick. This thing did not anesthetize through breathing, but by invading wounds on the body, especially open wounds.
Although Schiller had extensive burns on his body, he had also been hit by two darts before and had wounds on his chest and arms. After being exposed to the anesthetic smoke, his movements immediately froze.
Even so, it failed to really restrict him, so Batman called out to Dick again.
This time Dick understood what he meant. He immediately withdrew his magic to restrict Kong Su. Kong Su waved his staff vigorously, and a ray of moonlight shone on Schiller.
In an instant, the knife wounds and burns on Schiller's body healed, and his burnt clothes were repaired with cloth woven from the silver moonlight. His body began to emit a faint silver light again, and the protection of the moonlight returned.
Schiller put down the candlestick, looked at Batman deeply, turned and walked out of the Batcave door.
Before Kong Su left, he only left one sentence, "It's almost dawn."
It was just a very ordinary sentence, but it made Batman's heart sink to the bottom.
Daybreak means two things - the sun comes out and the moon disappears.
The former will severely damage the current vampire Schiller, and the latter will make Schiller's moonlight protection ineffective.
This also means one thing, that Schiller's intensity will reach its peak.
The only good news is that Schiller at his peak strength is not bringing harm to the Bat Family.
After a big battle, almost everyone was injured. Batman took the anesthetized Robins back to Wayne Manor and bandaged them together with Alfred and Schiller.
"What is your weakness?" Batman asked while adjusting Cassandra's bones.
"Do you think it's appropriate for you to ask me this?" Schiller was cleaning Jason's shoulder wound and looked up at Batman and asked.
"You are the same person."
"Yeah, so what's Batman's weakness?"
Batman remained silent, but soon spoke again: "This cannot be compared. You are obviously not on the same side, otherwise you would not come to me."
"Most Batmen work on their own, too."
"Is his weakness your weakness?"
"Don't you know very well?"
Batman acknowledged this in his heart. He thought that it should not be the case, or he was unwilling to think that the two of them were actually the same person. The brutal Moonlight Schiller was the younger version of the Schiller in front of him.
If this is true, then although the weaknesses of the two have become one, their strengths have also become one.
The young Schiller was very good at fighting, which means that the old one might be able to do it too. It’s just that he might have mastered another skill during his long years of practice, which is that a gentleman uses his mouth instead of his fists.
The problem is that his words can cause harm, and if that's combined with his fighting skills from his youth, it'll be a real trouble.
It would be better to let the Teen Titans fight Deathstroke. At least Deathstroke doesn't talk much and just taunts when he speaks. Moreover, Deathstroke has no killing intention towards these kids, so the Robins will just get beaten up at most.
But in addition to being a man of both civil and military talents, Schiller was also a madman, and the mental trauma he brought to the Robins was likely to be much greater than the physical trauma.
Now, vampires are not a big problem for Batman. The surgeon next to him is much more troublesome than vampires.
Batman tries to negotiate with him.
"I wish you would stay out of the Bat-Family's business," Batman said.
"Do you think your children will let it go?"
Batman was speechless again. He knew very well that this disastrous defeat would only boost the morale of the Robins, and that they would have to settle accounts with the young version of Schiller sooner or later.
Batman does have a strong control over the Bat-Family, but in this matter alone, warnings are ineffective, and the more he forbids them to go, the more they want to go.
Jason usually took the lead, Damian helped, Tim built bridges, and Dick paved the way. The only girls who were not worried were Barbara and Cassandra, but one of them didn't have a big enough fist and the other didn't have a long enough mouth to stop the boys.
Things were at a standstill here, and Batman had to start thinking from another angle. He said, "You said there was another mole in the Bat Family, but the so-called surgery didn't trick him out."
"Maybe he was tricked, but he didn't take action because of the existence of my other self." Schiller proposed other possibilities. He said, "It's also possible that he thought Moonlight was the intruder he arranged."
"Why is this so?"
"Don't think this organization is too high-end." Schiller shook his head and said, "Whoever the traitor lurking in the Bat Family is, he must have a very high position in the vampire organization, otherwise he would not choose you as his opponent."
"But not everyone is capable of leading such a large organization. Do you think any of your Robins can take over the Wayne Group right now without causing any trouble?"
"Tim counts as one."
"So you might have eliminated another candidate," Schiller said. "Do you think if Tim wanted to kill you while you were weak, he would have done it like this?"
Batman shook his head, not only because Tim had experience in handling things at Wayne Group, but mainly because Tim was not that kind of person. He was a bit like himself. Force was always the last resort, and it was best to solve the problem without bloodshed.
"So if he did it, even if it was poison, the possibility is much greater than finding an army of vampires to attack the Batcave. It is unlikely that he would terminate his plan because of an inexplicable foreign invader."
"So this inner demon doesn't have strong leadership skills." Batman thought, "He can't organize a decent attack."
"And he was very conservative and cautious," Schiller said. "If he had seen the moonlight coming in and canceled the invasion plan because things had changed, he would not have been a very radical person."
"But it's possible that he deliberately made me think so."
"It's possible." Schiller did not deny it, but continued, "But if he wants you to distrust the Bat Family, it's best not to come up with any indicative features. It's good to falsely accuse someone, but it's more beneficial for him to make you guess without any evidence and hurt your feelings."
Batman acknowledged this because he knew that the Bat Family was just a supplement and the other party's biggest goal was still to deal with Batman.
So doing something to lead Batman to guess at a certain person might indeed make things difficult for Batman, but it would only be a short-term pain, just like Dick.
The best way is to not reveal any clues and let Batman suspect everyone equally, which is a long-term pain. It is also the best way to keep distracting Batman's attention.
Then the other party's exposure of certain personality traits is not a deliberate strategy, but more likely due to lack of ability and forced exposure.
But when it comes to lack of ability, these members of the Bat Family all have their own shortcomings, and no one is perfect. It is still too difficult to truly determine a person's suspicion based on this small mistake.
However, this tactic of deliberately creating confusion and luring the enemy into deep territory cannot be used a second time in a short period of time. So what should be done next?