Chapter 51 is over? Yes, it's over.

On the streets of Brodhaven, countless people stood frozen in place, wondering why they were in such strange positions, standing in inexplicable locations.

A middle-aged man sat in a trash can, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, wondering if he had gone crazy from working so much that he would rather bury himself in the trash than go to the company.

Finally, he came to his conclusion: to hell with work, he wanted freedom.

The same freedom also applies to another group of people—

"Great, I'm back to human form!" Stephanie swung her legs as she sat on the Tower of Wayne, happily hugging her human arms, almost crying with joy. "Little Barnacle, do you know how tough it is to be an eagle? I thought I was so cool, until I saw my reflection in the glass—I didn't dare walk on the ground, afraid that people would see that I was hiding long, furry long underwear under my magnificent wings, and I walked like an 80-year-old man with my hands behind my back!"

“…Stop talking. I just climbed out of the fish tank. My mouth is full of fish food, and I’ve even learned to blow bubbles.” Barbara wrung out her long hair and sighed. “So now, you eagle-like woman need to seriously think about how you’re going to climb down the Tower of Wayne… You weren’t wearing your uniform, remember?”

Stephanie looked at her pajamas covered in bat patterns and realized she hadn't even brought her grappling hook gun. She felt like crying again.

“But why did we turn back so quickly? I remember Batman saying it would take at least three more days to resolve the issue,” Stephanie asked, puzzled.

This was also what puzzled Barbara, but their doubts were soon answered—

A mysterious, transparent realm of light appeared out of nowhere in the outskirts of Brudhaven, resembling an inverted bowl. This realm encompassed a five-kilometer radius around Brudhaven and threw everyone within it out.

Colorful spores float inside the realm of light, an invisible barrier completely isolating the source of infection from the outside world.

The sunlight refracted strangely near that invisible boundary. The scenery outside the boundary returned to normal, and the genes of the mutated humans returned to their original state. However, a bizarre forest formed inside that boundary, a sight never before seen on Earth.

The boundary seemed to lead to another world, filled with lush vegetation that shouldn't belong to Brudhaven, and various strange creatures lived there. It looked like a folded space, much larger than it appeared from the outside.

No one can pry into the secrets inside again, and those who were thrown out of this mysterious area can no longer step into it.

But Batman and the others, who were just inside this area, knew exactly what had happened.

It was Allen who did it; he contained all the mutations within the Light Sphere, locking the source of the mutations firmly.

About three hours earlier, the bat computer suddenly detected an unidentified flying object.

After careful examination, they discovered that it was actually a nuclear bomb.

Without a doubt, this nuclear bomb came from a government that always stirs up trouble and creates chaos. Just like when faced with the aliens that fell from the sky in New York last time, the White House decided to use a nuclear bomb to destroy Brudhaven, hoping to eliminate the source of this global mutation crisis within the nuclear weapon.

Allen immediately remarked that the person who came up with this idea must be a spy planted in the government by 'Matthew' and Luther.

"So what happened next?" Stephanie was now sitting in Allen's lab, listening intently with her face in her hands. She was stuffing a discontinued Red Robin coffee berry into her mouth while reaching out to touch the fluffy little rabbit in Dick's arms.

The rabbit burrowed its head deep into Dick's arm, determined not to show its face. Batman continued diligently studying the mutations occurring within the Light Realm on the Batcomputer, while also researching a way to restore Alan to his normal human form.

later……

As Dick petted the rabbit, he recalled the terrifying scene and how his heart nearly stopped. He couldn't help but grit his teeth and tug at the rabbit's ears.

The rabbit quickly turned its head and bit him, then buried its head in his chest and refused to come out again.

When the nuclear missile was launched, Superman calmly said it was a minor problem and he could deflect it. But at some point, their secret base suddenly became covered with mycelium from inside the lighthouse.

The dense mycelium releases brightly colored, eerie, and elusive spores, causing anyone who tries to approach them to unknowingly fall into a hallucination, even Superman and Batman are not immune.

The gas mask became ineffective, and Allen's antidote and vaccine also lost their function.

All of this happened too fast; by the time they realized what was happening, everyone had mutated again.

Bruce grew scales, Superman grew long hair, Red Hood's tail sprouted again, and Red Robin, looking utterly hopeless, held up a tree branch to block Robin the puppy, who bared its teeth and charged at the red panda.

Just as everyone was in chaos, Allen, the only one who was unaffected, jumped out and snatched the potion that Dick had been hiding in his belt.

Matthew and Luther are not the type to sit idly by. Allen knows they must have found a way to control Trisker, and whatever that is, he is determined to stop them.

The rabbit ran very fast, and fortunately, the laboratory that Allen built was not far from the lighthouse. Allen finally arrived at the lighthouse before the nuclear bomb was officially dropped on Broodhaven.

Matthew and Luther, who were supposed to be trapped inside the lighthouse, have somehow escaped. Matthew has become neither human nor monster. The giant monster that once appeared in Allen's laboratory has now merged with Matthew, and the alien fragment's true form has finally been revealed.

It let out an angry roar.

The reversed triple helix, which had already appeared in the mirror world, finally materialized into a gigantic tumor in the real world, completely obscuring the sky, and the apocalyptic scene descended once more. Seeing everything that had happened in the smoky mirror about to repeat itself, Allen jumped up without hesitation—

The needle pierced Matthew's only vulnerable eyeball.

Matthew let out a cry of pain that sounded inhuman.

It became even angrier, and the colorful spores around it scattered in all directions.

Allen, of course, would not let him succeed; in any case, he did not want to see a world as silent as a tomb again.

Besides, Dick doesn't exist in that world.

Fortunately, Allen had anticipated this; the drug needed time to take effect, and during this time he had to restrain 'Matthew' to prevent him from causing more trouble for the world.

When 'Matthew' charged at Allen again, Allen did not hesitate to awaken the last bit of power belonging to the Smoke Mirror within his body.

He felt as if he heard a crisp cracking sound near his ear.

Everything was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake; ripples of time and space spread outwards in concentric circles from Allen.

Everything around seemed to freeze, then a second later, the world resumed its course. Only the nuclear missile launched towards Broodhaven landed precisely on the monster fused with 'Matthew'.

The fragments of the smoke mirror detached from Allen's body, eventually transforming into a shattered light curtain that enveloped the outskirts of the area.

The mutation that had just occurred to Batman and the others stopped again. Time rewound to before everything happened, the spores were retrieved, and 'Trishel' let out a painful howl through 'Matthew's' mouth.

Once he regained consciousness, Dick was blocked outside the lighthouse's area by fragments of the smoke mirror. He could only watch helplessly as Allen disappeared into a strange halo of light.

In the end, all that remained in Dick's mind was Allen's soul, which had separated from the rabbit's body.

The doctor's tall figure hovered in mid-air, still wearing the white coat he often wore when he was in the Brudhaven emergency room.

Dick remembered that he had once said that Allen looked very handsome in his white coat, but Allen always complained that his white coat was covered not only in spurts of blood, but also brain tissue and fluid.

This time, Allen's 'work clothes' were clean and tidy, and his favorite old stethoscope was still hanging around his neck.

The doctor's soul glowed faintly as he looked up at 'Trishkel' and then at Dick with a regretful gaze.

Allen had long anticipated that his long-standing symbiotic relationship with 'Trishkel' destined them to live and die together.

At the moment the monster's body collapsed, Allen also felt a tearing sensation from his soul.

It felt as if someone had poured a bucket of sulfuric acid over him from head to toe. He could feel his soul gradually softening and deforming like melted butter, making him wonder if he was like the Little Mermaid, turning into a puddle of foam the moment the sun set on the sea.

Allen felt as if he could hear Dick's sorrowful and angry cries, and on the other side, 'Matthew,' who melted at almost the same time as him, also reached out his hand to him.

"No--"

When everything returned to silence, Allen only felt that there was only darkness in front of him, and then he knew nothing more.

Fortunately, miracles are not uncommon in this world.

Looking at Emily, who was floating around the room in spirit form, Alan the rabbit buried his head in Dick's arms again in great pain.

The light barrier in the outskirts of Brudhaven still appeared intermittently and was impassable. But the enormous monster had completely vanished, and even the reversed triple helix on Allen's chest had disappeared without a trace.

Dick held the rabbit tenderly, oblivious to everything, and ran his hands over Allen's fur without any sense of propriety.

Emily floated beside Dick, made a 'shh' gesture to Constantine who had been staring at her, and then just smiled at her son who was blushing and getting all flustered.

The consequence of Allen's outburst was that he kicked Dick hard on the head, then scurried into a corner and refused to come out.

Dick was left lying on the ground, whispering sobs into the crack:

"My dear Allen, come out here! I promise I won't touch you again! Also, you have to tell me why you turned into a rabbit again? How can I turn back?! Am I supposed to carry you to my wedding?"