Chapter 2927 When Night Falls (45)
Chapter 2927 When Night Falls (45)
Chapter 2927 When Night Falls (Forty-Five)
The Xinghuo in front of him was also wearing a tights, had beautiful red hair, a graceful figure, and beautiful three-dimensional facial features. There was basically nothing to complain about her.
The problem is that she's a bit of a female superhero stereotype, and when people first see her, they feel her beauty rather than her power.
First of all, superheroes like Wonder Woman are indeed very beautiful if you look closely, but most people don’t dare to look closely at her because she is very strong and powerful. People’s first impression of her is definitely that she is strong, fierce, and not easy to mess with.
To give a simple example, regardless of whether they are men or women, if they have been a police officer for a long time, no matter how beautiful they are, they will definitely have a kind of aura that others do not have, and their every move and every word will make people want to piss their shit.
Even female heroes with superpowers will look fierce. For a female hero without superpowers to become world-famous, the effort and training required is simply unimaginable. They must be brave, wild, and indomitable, instead of looking like flowers in a greenhouse.
There is no need to compare with Wonder Woman. You can see the stark difference when Cassandra and Starfire stand together. Cassandra is as sharp as a knife. Just looking at her, you feel like the dagger is approaching your chest.
On the contrary, this Spark looks more like a superhero fan, or simply a host, with only the form but not the soul.
"That's ridiculous!" said Starfire. "Does everyone else do the same? What's your basis for that?"
The Robins all seemed to sense something was wrong. Although Starfire usually had a quick temper, how could she talk to Batman like that? Who would describe Batman as "ridiculous"?
"I know this can't be used as evidence." Batman snorted and said, "We'll talk about your question later. Doctor Strange, are you recovered?"
While dealing with the blood-sucking monster, Doctor Strange and Arkham Knight had successfully joined forces with Batman and the other three. Although Superman and Diana went back to the Justice League to take charge of the situation, the two of them followed Batman to Wayne Manor.
Doctor Strange looked much better at this point, and it was obvious that he had killed a lot of vampires on his way to find Mary, and his injuries were almost healed.
He stood up and nodded, Batman stood up and walked over to the bound Barbara.
He stopped, sighed softly, and put his hand on Barbara's shoulder - suddenly, someone patted him gently from behind.
Batman turned around and found Schiller standing behind him, and Schiller's voice came from behind him.
"Let me do it. I'm a professional and can minimize the pain."
"Do not."
The moment the word "rejection" came out of Batman's mouth, he was hit hard by a punch. The force was so great that he fell to the side. Just as he swayed twice and steadied himself, a knife pierced into Barbara's chest, cutting out her heart.
Barbara let out a scream that was unlike anything a human could make, and blood splattered on Schiller's suit. Everyone was stunned, and Dick and Gordon even jumped up.
Barbara is indeed a vampire, but a vampire's self-healing ability is limited. As I said, being touched by a cross and having the cross directly pierce the brain stem are two different things.
Barbara's vitality gradually faded.
But soon, magical light appeared on Doctor Strange's hands, and the power of death fixed her soul in her body, sewed up her wounds, and brought her back to life in a strange way.
Barbara woke up suddenly and began to retch violently.
She took a deep breath, straightened up, and looked around in a daze.
"How do you feel, Barbara?" Batman immediately came over. Barbara seemed very frightened. She dodged back suddenly, but saw her father in the crowd.
Gordon also rushed up and hugged her. Barbara's expression became more complicated, and when she saw Dick looking at her in the crowd, she finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"I'm sorry, I lied to you... I made an irreparable mistake... I really should have told you earlier..."
Everyone else was a little confused. At this time, Schiller looked down at his suit which was ruined by blood and said something incoherently, "It is the acquired education that shapes the real you."
Jason seemed to understand some of what he heard. He glanced at Dick who did not come forward, took the initiative to step forward, held Barbara's shoulders, looked into her eyes and said, "Nationality and race are not important. What is important is who gave you what kind of education, and education tells you who to choose."
Schiller smiled in his heart. The King of Vampires would not understand. Not to mention handing a vampire baby that was 80% similar to humans to Gordon and letting them spend more than years together, even if you handed a Godzilla to him, there would be a well-educated and polite Godzilla Robin in the Bat Family.
The flaw was still the baby. Perhaps to increase the drama, or perhaps to make the show complete, the Vampire King simply got a baby and gave it to the Gordons.
As long as she had not been controlling the whole process behind the scenes for the past twenty years, but allowed Gordon to raise the child, then even if she was indeed a vampire, she would definitely be a good vampire when the Vampire King was not controlling her mind.
After all, that was James Gordon.
Schiller was now curious about what role Dick played in this; it seemed he knew more than anyone else.
But now Barbara has escaped the control of her vampire father through death, but Dick is still a regular vampire. Although his blood is thin and he has escaped some of it, he still can't say anything when there is a high-level vampire present.
Then we can only rely on Barbara.
"I... I'm a vampire..." Barbara sobbed, "Yes, from the beginning. I realized a long time ago that I'm not... Don't cry, Dad."
"But I have never bitten an innocent person." Barbara said, "Dick helped me get the blood bags. This is also one of the reasons why he insisted on going to Blüdhaven. Because Gotham is under Batman's surveillance, he will be exposed sooner or later if he continues like this."
"But... vampires need the blood of living people to maintain their strength, so... so I bit him, I'm really sorry..."
Dick seemed anxious, but Barbara just glanced at him without saying anything about whether he was willing or not.
But how could the people present not know this?
"When did you start to feel something was wrong?" Batman asked.
"Since I attacked Dick," Barbara said after taking a deep breath, "I have always been very restrained. Even when I sucked his blood, I always kept it within the healthy range for adults to donate blood, making sure it would not cause any harm to his body."
"But suddenly one day I lost control and sucked away most of his blood... I realized that things were irreversible, and the only way to save his life was to hug him for the first time."
But Dick looked at her with a slightly apologetic look.
"No! It has nothing to do with the time you were away!" Barbara said loudly, "It wasn't that long, it wouldn't have caused my bloodlust to rise to this level!"
"Since then, I can't remember a lot of things..." Barbara covered her head in pain and said, "I think I am the king of vampires. I have the mission to revive the vampire race. For this reason, I ordered Dick not to reveal my identity. I also... I also..."
"Take a deep breath, miss, you may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder." Schiller walked forward again and comforted her.
Barbara quickly calmed down, but when Batman asked her if she knew who controlled her, she couldn't answer. According to Barbara herself, she had never seen other vampires, at least not as long as she could remember.
The baby plan does have an advantage, which is that babies don't remember anything, so if someone steals her identity at this time, Barbara won't know who did it.
But Batman suddenly turned his head and stared at the Starfire and said, "If the data from the Starfire in other universes cannot be used as conclusive evidence, then what about the data from other civilizations in this universe and the Milky Way?"
"I just sent a message to have Superman go to the Green Lantern headquarters and retrieve Starfire's information from there. You probably don't know this yet, do you? The real Starfire is not only a superpowered person, but also an alien, and a famous cosmic superhero."
Another picture appeared on the screen. It was of Starfire fighting against some interstellar Zerg. It looked exactly the same as in the previous information, but quite different from the Starfire standing in front of him.
"It can't be a coincidence that you chose to impersonate Starfire. Where did you get her?"
The murderous intent in Batman's tone was no longer concealed.
"You still don't have any evidence." Xinghuo said fearlessly: "My growth trajectory is true, my actions as a superhero are true, and my interactions with your adopted children are true. Are you going to slander me just because your assistant became a traitor?"
Yes, Schiller thought, this was another advantage of playing with the timeline, she could go back in time and carefully create a superhero identity from scratch.
Everything she has done in these decades is what a superhero should do, so who can say she is not a superhero?
Batman stared at her with the coldest gaze, but did not take the next step.
This is Batman’s biggest flaw, Schiller thought silently in his heart, emotional, but not shameless enough.
Schiller walked silently in front of Xinghuo, gave her a smile, and said, "Don't get excited, Miss... Considering your marriage history, maybe I should call you Ms."
"Ma'am, you need to calm down. You are not wrong. As a fan of Ms. Spark, it is reasonable for you to use any legal means to chase her. Even if you wear almost the same clothes as her, dye your hair the same color as her, and use her code name and name, it is just a normal expression of your love. You should not be criticized by anyone."
"Of course, you have to understand Batman's feelings. His most capable assistant and his good friend have just suffered a tragedy. And you, I have to say, ma'am, the words you used at this moment about your life experiences may inevitably make people think of your possibility and desire to replace her. I am not saying that you really mean this, but if this association is triggered, it will be difficult for Batman to remain completely calm."
"Considering that you are such a passionate imitator of the great hero of the universe, Ms. Starfire, I am sure you did not mean it."
"I swear, if you can cooperate with us, Batman will definitely find a way to contact your most outstanding and powerful idol, and she will definitely be happy to have a beautiful fan like you."
"Now, could you please stay calm like them and sit down and talk?"
A blood-colored whirlwind suddenly blew up around Xinghuo.
Happy birthday to our dear motherland!
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