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Just as the sunfire at Xiu En's fingertips had solidified into a tangible form, preparing to give the remaining two local specialties an ultimate purification.

The giant werewolf, which had been cowering and trembling in the shadows, struggled to crawl toward the magician who was standing behind Batman, covering his nose.

Those vertical pupils were filled with tears.

"Zatana?"

It has the guttural sounds of a wild animal, but it is indeed human language.

The werewolf, standing on two legs and easily two meters tall, struggled to suppress the low growl in its throat, and stretched out a long-haired paw that was still dripping with mutated serum, trying to touch the air barrier set up by Zatana.

"Help... me and Bruce..."

"stop--!"

Two voices rang out at the same time.

Zatana's wand slammed into the ground, and a reversed blocking rune deflected in front of the werewolf, stopping its bacteria-covered claw without harming it. Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the monster through the barrier.

"Although it looks like a husky that's swollen to three sizes due to a hormonal allergy, the soul echo is indeed Serena, and the spell can even be reversed."

Zatana turned to look at Bruce, who was clad in armor.

"Hey, detective, if you're planning to turn it into a specimen, then forget it. But if you want to save a lost kitten, maybe I can give it a try."

The other thing that called for a halt was the sunflower hanging on Xiu En's shoulder.

"Don't burn that fluffy ball!"

The sunflower's flower head swayed wildly, even slapping Xiu En's cheek with two leaves.

"You piece of junk, all filaments and no aesthetic sense! Look at those smooth muscle lines, look at that fur that still shines even when covered in blood! Damn it, that's Selena, I recognize her!"

The voice that came through was full of Ivy's barely concealed excitement, like a botanist who had discovered some new variety of giant succulent.

"I'm going to keep this! Xiu En, you can burn that blood-drinking bat all you want, but I'm taking this big cat back to study. Uh, mainly to see if I can extract its genes to optimize my man-eating flower!"

Shuen held up the divine fire that had reached a critical state, looked at Zatana on his left who was having an academic discussion, then looked at the sunflower on his right shoulder that was bubbling, and finally rolled his eyes helplessly.

"Alright, it looks like there's another protected animal on today's lunch menu."

He snapped his fingers, and the golden flames at his fingertips collapsed into two glittering golden collars. Before the two otherworldly beings could react, they were fastened around the necks of Earth 43's vampire Batman and werewolf Catwoman like headbands.

"But that still doesn't change the fact that they are very dirty."

Xiu En withdrew his hand, the heat in his palm still lingering.

"Until you guys sort out that bunch of curses and magic, these two are forbidden from entering within ten meters of my aura."

Bruce watched all of this in silence until the golden collar locked the two counterparts' ability to move.

The data stream on the tactical goggles has completed a full-body scan of the vampire Batman.

"Containment protocol updated."

He gave these two desperate monsters a glimmer of hope.

"We will temporarily take over the defenses here. Zatana, establish a temporary magical isolation zone in the main tower. Shuen, take these two samples; we need to requisition the basement below."

Although he was talking about samples, Xiu En clearly saw that the pulse gun in the boss's hand, which could blast vampires to smithereens, had its safety quietly turned off.

"Also, give this world some face."

Bruce glanced at the vampire himself, who no longer wanted to look up.

"Don't let his current state be documented."

Once in the basement, the vampire Batman began to explain.

"It all started when I and Dracula died together."

Chapter update reminder: Chapter 141 The Werewolf Catwoman Gets MVP, Read here.

The vampire Batman from Earth-43 avoided Bruce's scrutinizing gaze, which was even more piercing than Shum's.

"I killed him. With my blood, with the last shred of my will as a human being, I lured him to drain my already tainted blood. He died. But I, too, became the new him."

Bruce the vampire gave a wry smile, though the expression on his face looked somewhat ferocious.

"Then it was a chain reaction. The Joker also turned into a vampire. He controlled the remnants of Dracula and started a war against me. During the day, Alfred and Gotham fought against him, and at night it was my and Catwoman's show. Unfortunately, Selena turned into a werewolf while being hunted by the Joker's men."

"A very touching tragedy. If this were a Hollywood script I invested in, I would give the screenwriter a bonus."

Bruce Wayne of the Shuen World showed no cheap sympathy.

He removed his tactical faceplate, revealing a younger face that hadn't lost its edge.

He turned to look at Zatana, who was busy among the cluster of arcanely glowing magic circles.

"Send his vital signs and the spectrum of his curse to Victor, who is still waiting in the main world. No matter what kind of magic or curse it is, it is essentially a misalignment of energy. If you can turn a rabbit into a hat trick, we can turn a vampire back into Gotham's richest man who still has to pay taxes."

"Hey! This is a profound art, not just a simple Ctrl+Z!"

Zatana complained as she pressed a coin covered in golden ironic runes against the vampire Batman's forehead.

"But you're right, Bruce. All we have to do is pull that non-human part out and throw it into the fireplace. Speaking of which, there just happens to be a big fireplace right here."

She glanced at Xiu En, who was idly playing with the light like a yo-yo next to her.

On the other side, the scene was either warm or, to put it more, far more eerie.

The enormous werewolf catwoman was lying on all fours on the ruins, while the sunflower, smaller than her palm, excitedly directed several vines to groom the behemoth that could tear apart a tank.

"Oh~ good puppy... or rather, good kitten? The texture of this fur is simply a miracle!"

Ivy's voice came through the vibrating sunflower head, and it even carried a hint of doting.

"If you have a sore throat, I can make you some special catnip that I guarantee will be more addictive than any flesh or blood."

Serena let out a comfortable purr, and her originally wary wolf eyes were now half-closed.

She instinctively felt that this fierce flower wouldn't harm her; in fact, it would help her get rid of that uncontrollable urge to kill.

"I'll help."

The werewolf catwoman stammered out the words, then carefully tried not to damage the delicate flower.

"Whether it's an experiment or whatever, thank you."

So, to summarize...

Xiu En had watched the show long enough, so he casually loosened the golden ring that was wrapped around his neck like a headband a little.

"We'll pack up the two big ones and take them with us for research. Can we leave that frozen solid here as a road sign? After all, if I take that thing back, Afu will definitely not allow me into the kitchen."

Xiu En kicked at the pebbles at his feet, and the worldly laziness that had returned after his divinity faded resurfaced.

"And boss, is this considered a work injury? Look at my hair, it's a conceptual weapon formed from divine power, and now it smells like a rotting corpse."

"Take that popsicle too. There are often other clues hidden under the clown."

Bruce rejected Shuen's request to slack off without hesitation and then contacted Alfred.

"Prepare the quarantine area, Afu. We're bringing back two special guests. Also, prepare enough food for five people for Xiu En, even if it's just those high-energy compressed biscuits. I can see him already drooling over the gold-plated coating on my armor."