amaotonovel Chapter 2885 When Night Falls (3)
Chapter 2885 When Night Falls (3)
Chapter 2885 When Night Falls (Part )
"This is Dr. Schiller. I will be undergoing a minor operation in two days. He is the surgeon in charge, so he will be staying in Wayne Manor recently. I hope no one will disturb him. You can do that, right?"
Batman stood in the lobby of Wayne Manor and introduced a person to the Robins. While Batman was observing Robin's reaction, the Robins were also observing the surgeon named Schiller.
He looked quite old, with neatly combed hair and gray sideburns on both sides. He wore a brown plaid three-piece suit with a marlin brooch on his chest. He was carrying a black box in his hand and had a perfect smile on his face.
“Honestly, he doesn’t look like a doctor,” Damian whispered. “Are you expecting him to perform surgery on you in that suit, Batman?”
"You'd better be polite, Damian." Batman was not wearing a mask, so his serious expression was more intimidating. He said: "He is a very good surgeon with rich clinical experience. If any of you can achieve such an achievement, I will be very happy."
"You wouldn't," the hooded Red Hood muttered, "The person you least trust is the doctor. I don't know why you're crazy."
The others also looked at Batman with a little confusion. They really couldn't understand why Batman suddenly brought back a surgeon and announced that this doctor would perform a minor operation for him.
Batman has a strong distrust of doctors.
If he could cure any disease himself, he would definitely cure it himself. If surgery was necessary, he would rather develop a machine to replace manual labor than go to the hospital for surgery.
For Batman, exposing his back and abdomen to strangers is an extremely dangerous act. After all, no one knows whether this doctor is the Joker or Clayface in disguise, whether he has been brainwashed, and whether he will pierce Batman into a sieve during the operation.
And most importantly, Batman is not wearing a mask in front of him, what does that mean? Don't tell me there will be a new member of the Bat family.
Batman still didn't explain anything. The surgeon named Schiller nodded and said, "I will probably only stay for about a week to prepare for the surgery and observe the recovery. I won't disturb you for too long."
"You don't have to be so polite, doctor." Barbara nodded first, giving a friendly response, and then said, "Thank you for all your help to the Bat Family. I'll take you to the guest room."
Schiller nodded and followed Barbara upstairs. As soon as he went upstairs, a heated discussion broke out downstairs.
"What's going on with Batman? Why does the surgery have to be done by someone else, and why have I never heard of this Dr. Schiller before?" Jason was very confused, but Tim remained silent.
Dick just stared at the backs of Batman and Schiller quietly, shook his head, but said nothing.
When everyone went back to their rooms, Batman appeared in Schiller's room and said, "Are you serious? The King of Vampires is hiding in the Bat Family?"
Schiller leaned back in his chair very relaxedly. He said, "You can choose not to believe it, but you should at least know that the Doujie system will not call you back to guard the gate for no reason. In addition to the Vampire King, you have more troubles to deal with."
Batman frowned. He was very surprised when he received the communication from the man in front of him. He originally thought that he was just an ordinary one among all Batmen.
Compared with other Batmans who are in dire straits, there is nothing special about Gotham where he is, except that there have been some missing persons cases recently. He thought things would continue like this.
But the doctor named Schiller suddenly sent him a message, saying that soon the Doujie system would ask him to guard the gate because someone had chosen his universe as a copy.
Batmen have long since figured out the rules from the arrangement of copies. Most of the universes that will be treated as copies are about to experience some troublesome events.
Since someone chose his own universe as a copy, it proves that something bad is about to happen in his own universe. This makes Batman think of the previous missing persons. There is a lot of evidence that the missing persons died after their blood was sucked dry.
Sure enough, not long after, the system sent an email asking Batman to return to this universe to guard the gate. If nothing happened in the universe, no one would come, and naturally there would be no need to guard the gate. Receiving the email meant that something had happened 100%.
Batman quickly replied to Schiller's email. In the subsequent communication, he learned that the other party also chose this copy and was locked on to him through some other Batmen who had intelligence. The advance communication was to be able to exchange information.
The two established a preliminary cooperative relationship, and Schiller gave him some information about vampires and the vampire king.
After discovering the existence of vampires, Batman had already developed a plan to eliminate the mole, but when he told Schiller about the plan, the other party felt that it might not work.
"To be honest, sun exposure, touching a cross, or drinking holy water might be useful for blood-sucking monsters." Schiller folded his hands in front of him, looked at Batman and said, "But the premise is that they have no wisdom."
"A person who has been completely brainwashed will not hesitate to use any means to evade detection. The methods they can think of are much more than what we know. Maybe they know magic? Maybe they have developed some potions to conceal their identities? Even more pessimistic, maybe some vampires have completed their evolution and are no longer afraid of these things?"
"Using this kind of thing to test can only get superficial results. If you really want to know who in the Bat Family has been transformed, the best way is to expose your weakness to him."
As Schiller's unhurried voice echoed in the room, Batman also fell into thought.
"Once someone in the Bat Family wants to defect, you will be a huge obstacle that they can't get around. Anyone who wants to do something behind your back will have to find a way to get rid of you first."
"Then on the other hand, once you reveal your flaws, the person who doesn't want to protect you but wants to take advantage of you is the traitor you are looking for." Schiller smiled and said, "That's why I asked you to have an operation."
"I've never done this before. Do you think they'll believe it?"
"Not only will they believe it, they will also think that if you were not already so weak and powerless, you would never ask an outsider to help you with the surgery. In the eyes of the traitor, this is the best time for him to take action."
Batman tapped his fingers on the back of his other hand. He licked his lips instinctively and said, "Who do you think is the traitor?"
"I don't know either." Schiller shook his head. He was not lying. Manipulation was not a major personality trait that required him to be on duty, so he was not like greed and arrogance, who often flipped through their memory banks and knew all kinds of comic plots like the back of their hands.
Now that he has a new body, if he wants to watch his memories, he needs to stream the tower. He thinks that would lack some challenges, so he simply didn't watch it. He only roughly knows that there is such a thing as vampires, but he is not clear about the specific plot.
He crossed one leg over the other, propped his chin up with his hand and said, "But during the conversation just now, I found some clues. Do you want to hear them?"
Batman nodded.
"Have you heard of the dessert called tiramisu?" When Schiller mentioned the name, it was as if he was really talking about some food, and he was really good at talking about food.
"I would compare the emotion of worry to coffee liquor soaked in ladyfingers. The coffee powder sprinkled on the top layer of the cake will completely cover the taste of coffee, but that bitter liquor taste is the essence of this dessert."
"The meaning of this metaphor is that no matter how many different emotions are covered above the emotion of worry, doubt, anger, confusion, or even another kind of worry in a different direction, they can't completely cover up the smell of alcohol brought by real worry."
"Wine is made of many raw materials, but the source of worry is always love, an emotion that cannot be imitated by monsters."
Schiller sat up again, leaned forward, picked up the teacup and said, "If you shave off all the cream mousse on top, you will find out which of your children are still turning their love into wine, and which have already dried up and can't squeeze out any moisture, even if the biscuits are so dry that they are inedible."
"This is the best way to distinguish between humans and vampires. The biggest difference between humans and monsters is their inner qualities, not external things like fear of sunlight or not daring to touch a cross."
"The same is true for your companions. If you are worried that your friends have also been controlled, then what you need to observe is not who is afraid of the sun, but who is afraid of you, dodging and avoiding you."
"I'll call them over." Batman said, "If possible, you'd better not be alone with them. After all, in their eyes, you are the key to the operation. If they can do something to you, the traitor will not refuse."
Schiller neither refused nor agreed, but just smiled an inexplicable smile that made Batman's hair stand on end.
After Batman left, there was a knock on Schiller's door. Barbara stood outside the door and gave Schiller a friendly smile and said, "Doctor, I'm sorry to bother you, but can I come in?"
"Of course, miss, please come in."
Schiller very gentlemanly made way for Barbara to walk in, but she was very restrained and did not go any deeper. Instead, she sat down on a chair in the reception area near the door, smoothed her hair and said, "I also dreamed of becoming a doctor. Because of my father's work, I have also come into contact with many doctors, so I think you will definitely be a good doctor."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because you have an air of confidence, and all the great surgeons I know have a similar air."
"I prefer to interpret this as conceit."
"That is not my intention at all."
"Of course, I don't mean this as a derogatory term. Sometimes the power of the mind can really turn the tide, right?"
"Okay, doctor, I know I can't win over you." Barbara shook her head slightly and said, "Let's not be polite. I want to know what happened to Batman?"
"He's fine." Schiller handed a cup of tea to Barbara and said, "It's just a minor operation. You don't have to worry too much."
"But he...he's not the type to make a big fuss over a minor surgery."
"Isn't this a big deal? Or do you think a minor operation is not worth the most professional medical resources?"
Barbara looked embarrassed and said, "No, that's not what I meant. Of course he should...but he never..."
"It's not too late to start now." Schiller said without any flaws. He sat down at his seat with a cup of tea and said, "He just finally abandoned his prejudice against doctors and chose to leave professional matters to professionals. This is an improvement, don't you think?"
"I……"
Don’t ask me why it’s so late. In order to write this copy, I went to eat the shitty "DC vs. Vampires" again. Ugh!
Some settings that are too unreasonable will be changed, otherwise I can’t continue writing.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!!!