Chapter 2882: When Night Falls (XI)

Dick was lying in the chair, and Shiler was putting back the teeth Batman had just knocked out. In other words, he was really seeing a dentist now.

But Shiler wasn't actually a dentist; it was just that the structure of a vampire's teeth was also unique. Even if a real dentist came, they might not have a way.

Just as Shiler expected, there was a gland above the two fangs. According to the X-ray, this gland was close to a snake's venom gland. After feeling the pressure of blood flowing into the cavity, it would release venom. This was the key to transforming humans into vampires.

Batman collected this venom, hoping to research a reverse antidote, but there was one problem he couldn't explain—just being contaminated by this kind of venom wasn't enough to turn into a vampire. The most important link in the first embrace was that the transformed had to voluntarily suck the blood of the transformer.

Batman guessed that this venom might react with the blood of the transformer, thereby turning people into vampires, but he also collected Dick's blood and found no abnormalities. Even from the blood test results, one couldn't tell he was a vampire.

Batman customized two tiger teeth for Dick, which were about the same as his original ones. It was just because the gums no longer had support, so the method Shiler adopted was to fix these two fake teeth with the surrounding teeth, which was also the method most dentists would adopt.

Dick tried to resist, because everyone knew that most of the things Batman gave you were gifts of his weapons or monitors. It wasn't safe to carry them on your body, let alone put them in your mouth.

Dick wanted to get his fangs back, but unfortunately, this was even harder, because both fangs were in Shiler's hands now.

Shiler was doing oral treatment for Dick while saying, "I asked Batman for the most effective glue he has here. Your new teeth will be fixed with the teeth on both sides. If you really don't like them, then you have to be prepared to have four more teeth pulled out."

Dick shivered.

Pulling teeth without anesthesia could simply be called torture. Pain was one aspect, but because it was too close to the brain, the long-lasting swelling pain brought about more physical reactions like dizziness and nausea, which were even more tormenting.

"I am thinking about a question you asked before," Batman said. "Someone's love for me has disappeared, but it's not Dick."

"Because he isn't the Vampire King," Shiler said. "He is very special, but he isn't the one who proposed to block the sunlight. I don't know if he is the only traitor in the Bat-family. If he is, a Vampire King who isn't under your nose might be even more troublesome."

Dick's eyes rolled around, as if he wanted to say something. Shiler's hand moved heavily, making him curl up like a shrimp.

"If there are no accidents, you aren't the only person invited to the Battleworld in this universe. The impact of this game on this universe started long before you participated in it."

Batman turned his head to look at him abruptly, and then his gaze fell on Dick.

Shiler withdrew his hand. Dick looked at Batman on the recliner. They both seemed not to intend to speak first.

"You received an invitation?" Batman finally compromised, but his tone wasn't that friendly, obviously with the second half of the sentence he didn't say—"But you didn't tell me?"

Dick turned his head away, simply not wanting to open his mouth. But Shiler reached out again. To delay a little time, he had to say, "The day after you received the invitation letter, I received an invitation letter. I said I wanted to talk to you, and you said you were very busy."

"When were you transformed?"

"After that, to be precise, it was after the pre-grouping. I have to thank this program for saving my life; otherwise, I would have completely fallen into their trap, and the me you see now wouldn't be me."

Batman understood what he meant. Maybe at that time, Dick wanted to investigate something—he was still in Blüdhaven then, and Batman couldn't control him—but because he received the invitation letter and needed to participate in the pre-grouping activities, he didn't investigate that matter.

"After coming back, he encountered some trouble and learned from this trouble that if he had gone then, the situation might have become even worse. But he still didn't escape this trouble and was still transformed into a vampire."

"Who transformed you?" Batman asked this question, but he knew he probably wouldn't get an answer, because if the evolution of this race was so simple, it wouldn't have reached the point of being able to challenge humans today.

"I can't say it, and I can't even have any hints," Dick said. "His control over me is absolute."

"Absolute?" Shiler suddenly spoke.

"It was absolute before you came," Dick said somewhat resentfully. "But after the teeth were pulled out, I felt some things loosen. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the chance to sit here and talk to you without him discovering it. I would spend all my time killing Batman. This is my mission."

"You can't say the names of your companions either?"

"I can't. He gave me the order not to reveal anything. After the control weakened, I was only able to talk to you like this without being discovered by him, but as long as it involves key information, it will definitely attract his attention."

Batman's fists tightened. The worst situation Shiler mentioned had come true. Dick had a master, but it wasn't him.

If the transformer's control over the transformed reached the point of knowing what the other party was saying, then even if Dick was exposed, it wouldn't matter, because everyone knew Batman couldn't kill his own child, nor could he hand his child over to that strange master, so he could only keep him by his side.

But that master could use Dick to monitor Batman, eavesdrop on important information of the Bat-family, or even give him a fatal blow at a critical moment.

"Then who could this mysterious master be?"

Batman soon thought of a way, "If Dick can't take the initiative to say it, then he can look at it himself. Martian Manhunter has the ability to read minds. As long as he lets him take a look at Dick's memory..."

"You can't bet," Shiler suddenly opened his mouth. "Even if reading memory won't harm Dick, if the other party only has Dick as this one descendant, after his identity is leaked, he will definitely guess that something went wrong with Dick. You guess how he will treat him then?"

Batman also thought of this problem at this time. The control only weakened, not disappeared. If the other party controlled Dick to do something irreversible, it would be terrible.

"Why did you realize that fangs are the key?" Batman changed the subject.

"I just need it to lose the ability to transform others," Shiler's answer was exceptionally cold and ruthless. He said, "If it's transformed by eyes, then dig out the eyes. If it's by claws, then chop off the claws. So you should be glad that teeth aren't such important organs."

Dick shivered again, holding his hands to his chest and not speaking.

"Can he see us through you?" Batman asked.

"He might have been able to before, but if he does that now, perhaps I can feel it," Dick's answer was a bit vague, but considering the occult attributes of vampires themselves, this wasn't surprising.

"I suspect there is another traitor in the Bat-family," Shiler opened his mouth. "This isn't a very difficult speculation. If it were me, I would choose one in the light and one in the dark."

"You mean Dick was pushed out by someone?"

"He is your eldest son, and has a different significance to you. If something happens to him, it will inevitably involve your energy, making you unable to take care of yourself, and even causing omissions."

Batman fell silent. He knew Shiler had grasped the key. The Bat-family was his helper, but also his children. From the setting of Batman as a hero, whether they help or not isn't that important. The Bat-family provides more emotional support for Batman, so naturally, it became the only crack in this flawless stone.

To completely break this stinky and hard stone, one could only choose to nail a nail into this crack. Other villains with mimicry abilities hadn't failed to do this, but mimicry was mimicry after all, and fakes would always be exposed.

Vampires were different from them. Vampires were real, at least their bodies and souls were real, just that their nature was reversed and they became evil.

This led to the fact that even if Batman really discovered they had become evil, he couldn't do anything. Now he already knew Dick was a vampire, could he kill him? Even locking him up wasn't reassuring, so isn't he still keeping him by his side?

So obviously, letting Batman discover that one of his children had become a vampire could deal him a heavy blow in reality and spirit. And if another knife hidden in the dark was also very close to him, the distance to chopping off this hardest head wouldn't be far.

"You need a breakthrough opportunity," Shiler said. "It's getting late, perhaps it's time to start the surgery."

Batman fell into thought. He indeed had too many things to think about. Anyway, it wasn't really performing surgery. Shiler finished Dick's teeth and sent him out.

He had just gone out when Damian stopped him. He said, "Why is it so coincidental? The two teeth you had caries in just happened to be the canine teeth. You wouldn't not know that the fangs of creatures like vampires grow in the position of canine teeth, right?"

"You know it, would Batman not know?" Dick touched Damian's head.

Damian was obviously choked. He thought about it and felt it was the same. Batman watched the whole process of Dick checking his teeth. If there was really any problem, how could he let Dick out?

In the end, trust in Batman prevailed. Damian didn't say anything, pointed to the door, and let Dick hurry over.

The agreed surgery time was coming. They needed to follow Batman's arrangement to defend the Batcave. Batman said he allowed Dick to enter the room, but actually, he still let him guard outside the door, but this was enough to show Batman's importance to him.

Jason guarded the main gate outside. He was never as cautious as other Robins, finding a corner to squat and starting to daze.

Of course, he wasn't stupid either, always chatting with Barbara in the monitoring room. It was unlikely that anything could bypass the monitoring and touch him silently.

Except for a moonlight. ===== CHAPTER 2883 =====

Jason guards the outer gate. He has never been as cautious as the other Robins, so he just squats in a corner and starts spacing out.

Of course, he isn't stupid; he has been chatting with Barbara in the surveillance room the whole time, so it is unlikely that anything could bypass the cameras and sneak up on him silently.

Except for a beam of moonlight.