American comics: Random transformations

Alfred prided himself on having been in Gotham for so many years. What strange scenes hadn't he seen?

But this scene, he really hadn't seen!

A strange creature suddenly transformed in a red light into a small boy who didn't look very old, estimated to be twelve or thirteen years old. Was this... reasonable?

"Ouch--! This cement ground is really hard!"

He fell so naturally, not at all like someone with mysterious powers.

Alfred: "..."

"Are you alright? Little... sir?"

"I'm fine! I'm fine!" Tian Xiaoban patted his butt and stood up, giving the surveillance camera a sunny smile. He asked, "Butler, I'm looking for Batman! Is he here?"

Alfred: "..."

He felt that he had been silent more times today than in previous years.

Could it be that Master's identity has been exposed? That shouldn't be! Then how did this child know?

Alfred, with the calm tone characteristic of a butler, firmly denied, "No, young sir, this is Wayne Manor. There is only Master Bruce Wayne here, not Batman."

This tone was obviously carrying a cold, aloof attitude, directed at Tian Xiaoban, an uninvited child.

However, Tian Xiaoban was here to latch onto a big shot, and his skin was incredibly thick.

"Oh, it's okay, Butler. I can wait for Master Bruce to come back.

Uh, can you let me in first? I'm very hungry right now... I need to eat something. Transforming is very exhausting, and besides, I haven't eaten for two days."

Tian Xiaoban's long string of words left the old gentleman unsure how to respond.

This child clearly already knew that Bruce Wayne was Batman.

As a dedicated butler, Alfred decided to use more official language to reject the little fellow's unreasonable request:

"I'm sorry, young sir, Wayne Manor does not receive guests. If you want to find Master Wayne, you can make an appointment at Wayne Enterprises."

This was a clear rejection, but Tian Xiaoban suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He remembered the origin of that name and quickly exclaimed:

"Wait! Wait, Butler! I remember! Zatanna, the magician Zatanna! The daughter of the great magician Giovanni John Zatara! She's coming!?"

"Oh? You also know the magician Zatanna? If you need it, I can help you get an autograph."

"No! That's not the point! The point is that you brought Zatanna in when Gotham was in chaos! Does this mean this incident is related to magic!?"

Tian Xiaoban thought to himself: In the DC world, as long as magic is involved, there is no small matter. The influence and scope of magic can affect at least a city. If the magic event is very large, it may even restart the universe. No matter what, I must stay here first.

"..."

Alfred was once again silenced by Tian Xiaoban's words. Knowing about magic meant that this child had already transcended the category of ordinary people.

Perhaps, Tian Xiaoban was like those mages in plays who had reverted to childhood, seemingly young on the outside, but in reality, an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years resided inside.

Click~

Creak--

The gate of Wayne Manor suddenly opened, the metal gate slowly opening inward, and Alfred's voice came from the doorbell.

"Come in! Young sir, I think we should talk about what you know."

The corners of Tian Xiaoban's mouth curled up. Success! Free food tickets acquired!

........

At this time, the Batplane was spraying fear gas all over the city, in small doses and multiple times. Batman was also afraid of overdosing.

Before spraying the gas, Batman told the GCPD police to wear gas masks!

The antidote was a fear gas with a modified formula. (Scarecrow developed fear gas in order to see people's fearful expressions. Therefore, the fear gas is not very lethal. Those who died were basically those with heart problems, who were scared into heart attacks. Batman's modified formula solved the sequelae of fear gas. But after inhalation, the negative effect of generating fear did not disappear.)

After the fear gas was sprayed, most people recovered from the suffocating laughter, but new situations also appeared.

Strong emotional fluctuations caused them to faint when they were transformed into fear.

Ordinary citizens fell to the ground.

Some citizens with heart problems had heart attacks after being aroused with fear, falling to the ground in pain, clutching their hearts.

GCPD police officers quickly searched the bodies of those patients, looking for medicine to treat heart disease. If there was medicine, it would be easy. A bottle of medicine could save several people.

Moreover, having heart disease can be considered a kind of wealthy disease in Gotham. (Only wealthy people have security and their lives are not too exciting, so they get heart disease.)

This is Gotham. Ordinary citizens living here must have strong hearts. Living in this city of sin, without a strong heart, they would have died long ago.

Think about the talents in Arkham Asylum, the persistence of those who are discharged from the hospital every now and then to stir things up.

The various exciting programs they create can make those with bad hearts go to see God first. (Eliminating those with bad hearts, the rest are naturally big hearts.)

"F*ck, this is your method!"

Gordon exploded with anger. He didn't expect Batman's method to be so simple and crude.

From Gordon's personal point of view, Batman is undoubtedly a hero.

Between suffocation and heart disease, Batman chose heart disease, betting that those citizens with heart disease would carry medicine with them! Betting that the medicine would be surplus and could temporarily control the situation.

However, from the perspective of the GCPD Commissioner, Batman did a feat that Scarecrow dreamed of doing but couldn't do. He made everyone in Gotham inhale fear gas.

If Scarecrow was here, he might even kowtow to Batman.

"Gordon, take care of them! The mastermind of this incident hasn't come out yet. I need to go to Arkham!" After Batman finished speaking, he hung up the communication.

Gordon's anger towards Batman was once again transferred to the mastermind of this case.

"Damn Joker!!!"

Chapter 15: When you don't need a draft to brag

"Ah woo! Ah woo! As expected of the food of rich people, it tastes great! Damn it, this is the first time in my life I've eaten cream cake, it's moved me to tears!"

After eating the cake, Tian Xiaoban stuffed his mouth with butter bread again. He swallowed it without chewing a few times.

Because he ate too fast, he also gulped down several mouthfuls of milk.

After swallowing the food, Tian Xiaoban's spirit was shaken.

It wasn't that he was full, but that he found himself getting hungrier and hungrier. His body needed a lot of food to optimize his genes.

This high-energy food allowed Tian Xiaoban to complete gene optimization faster.

He stuffed a few more large bites of bread into his mouth. After alleviating some of his hunger, Tian Xiaoban knew he couldn't keep the host waiting too long, so he said, "Phew, I'm finally alive again. Mr. Pennyworth, ask away!"

Alfred looked at this little guy, who seemed like a starving ghost reincarnated, and was speechless.

Based on his many years of butler experience, this little guy had clearly never received proper dining etiquette training.

He patiently asked, "Could you perhaps tell me your name? And what things you know?"

Tian Xiaoban swallowed another large mouthful of bread, paused, and said, "My name is Tian Xiaoban, and I'm an orphan. You can check my identity information at the Gotham Orphanage; the records should be quite complete."

"?"

This made Alfred realize that this little guy's identity might not be the master magician he had imagined.

So, Alfred continued to ask, "Then, how did you learn about magic? From your tone earlier, it was very clear that you know this world has magic! Moreover, you even mentioned Miss Zatanna's status as a magician."

Tian Xiaoban didn't hide anything and replied directly, "Yeah, I know.

I know this world has magic, and I also know that besides this world, there are other parallel universes. Moreover, I can say with 1000% certainty that Bruce Wayne is Batman!

All the secrets of the world, everything that should be known, I know."

Alfred assumed the child was boasting, gave an awkward smile, and then continued to ask, "But you... are still just a child. How do you know so much?"

Although Alfred didn't rule out the possibility that Tian Xiaoban was bragging, he was still curious about the source of Tian Xiaoban's information.

Tian Xiaoban didn't answer Alfred's question, but instead waved his left hand.

"Take a look at this!"

A sci-fi style wristwatch. With Alfred's discerning eye, Gotham didn't have watches of this style.

The Omnitrix's circular display screen had turned green again, indicating that the watch's charging was complete. (Charge for five minutes, transform for an hour. Alien watches are just awesome.)

Alfred's pupils constricted. This symbol! He was very familiar with it! Master Wayne had been investigating a mysterious organization for months; could it finally be showing itself?

Alfred, prone to overthinking, thought that all the secret information Tian Xiaoban knew might have been provided by this mysterious organization. So, he quietly turned on the voice recorder in his clothes.

Tian Xiaoban saw Alfred's dazed expression, so he took the opportunity to bite into another cream bun. He chewed it heartily, waiting for Alfred to come back to his senses.

How should I put it? Alfred had once been an agent, and his acting skills were maxed out. He pretended not to understand, and asked with a curious expression, "What is this?"

"Hmph!"

Tian Xiaoban put down the cake, arrogantly looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle, pointed at the wristwatch on his left hand with his right hand, and began to solemnly introduce the Omnitrix in a low, epic tone:

"This thing is very powerful! It's called the Omnitrix, and it's a Level 20 alien technology product.

Its purpose is to store the genes of all intelligent creatures in the universe.

It's a multi-universal level biological gene bank! You can also call it a Life Ark!

Even if, in the next second, all the creatures in the entire universe are wiped out due to irresistible forces, with this, with this Life Ark! I can make the extinct creatures reappear in the universe.

It can be said that the person who possesses it is equivalent to shouldering the responsibility of a world savior!"

Greatness needs no further explanation (embracing the world)!

Looking at Alfred's dumbfounded expression, Tian Xiaoban felt that he might have exaggerated too much, so much so that he couldn't accept it.

Afraid that the other party wouldn't believe him, Tian Xiaoban simplified the language a bit and said:

"Uh, to put it simply, it's a super-powered device that allows me to transform into other creatures at will."

Alfred put away his dumbfounded expression and regained his composure.

"Indeed... incredible.

So, those monsters that appeared in Gotham before, were they transformed by you using this device?"

"Yeah, cool, right! Hehehe."

Alfred wasn't stupid; on the contrary, he was very capable. Batman's judgment habits were learned from him.

He clearly realized that Tian Xiaoban might not be as powerful as he claimed! If he could really become super powerful with that little thing, then even if he was a child, he should have become famous in Gotham long ago!

"Yes, very cool. But young sir, logically speaking, with such a powerful thing, why do you... seem to be doing so poorly?"

"..."

Tian Xiaoban's eating hand froze. He cursed inwardly, "I hate smart people."

The silence at this moment was deafening.

Seeing the awkward silence, Alfred said with an embarrassed smile, "I apologize, you don't have to answer, please continue eating."

Tian Xiaoban took a deep breath. Since he was here to latch onto a powerful figure, mentioning his difficulties would help him latch on better.

"No need, Mr. Pennyworth, I won't hide it from you. This Omnitrix's display seems to be broken. It can't display the gene icons inside the watch, so my transformation is... quite random. Sometimes strong, sometimes weak."

Alfred nodded thoughtfully. He understood somewhat why those monsters in Gotham appeared at random times; it must be that Tian Xiaoban only came out after transforming into a powerful monster.

"Very well, thank you for your explanation! Would you like any more food?"

"Give me two more cream buns! Don't underestimate me; this thing on my hand is a big energy consumer. It causes me to often go hungry, so I'm going to eat my fill today!"

"No problem, young sir, I'll go prepare them!"

Alfred turned and went to the kitchen, and also sent the audio file in the voice recorder to Batman.

...\n...\n...

In Arkham Asylum, Batman, who had just finished interrogating the fake Joker, learned how the Joker had successfully left Arkham Asylum.

He began drafting a plan in his mind: how to prevent the Joker from using a body double.

Just as he returned to the Batplane, he suddenly received a voice file from Alfred.

Batman listened to all the audio using his suit's palmtop computer.

Batman suddenly felt that the information he had just extracted from interrogating the fake Joker was not as informative as that few-minute voice message.

Alien technology! Transformation watch! Universal Life Ark! Savior!

Each of these terms presented a meaning that was not very friendly!

Alien technology, could it be that aliens are about to invade?