Chapter 90
On the battlefield of the metropolis ruins, the regime's super-powered soldiers looked in surprise at the vampires who suddenly fell from the sky to the ground.
The vampire who was originally tearing the super soldier with his claws suddenly fell to his knees, screaming, and lost his vampire characteristics, turning back into a human.
All the vampires were in the same situation. They all fell to their knees and turned into defenseless humans.
"this……"
Several soldiers looked at each other for a while, and seeing the vampire who had turned back into a human being crying, a trace of hesitation emerged in their hearts.
"Should we continue? They have no desire to fight anymore." A soldier poked the vampire who was kneeling and crying in front of him with the butt of his gun. The vampire let the gun handle poke him and made him stagger, and seemed to have no desire to resist.
"Of course we'll continue."
Another soldier's eyes flashed with hatred: "They killed so many of our companions. If I don't kill them while they are still weak, do you expect me to let them go?"
"My brother died at the hands of vampires, and they also killed the Flash! There's no way I'm going to reconcile with them!"
Such scenes are common in the ruins of the metropolis.
The super soldier raised the handle of his gun, gritted his teeth and aimed at the forehead of the kneeling vampire. Not only did the vampire not resist, but he also closed his eyes on his own initiative, as if he wanted to die with the help of the super soldier.
However, at the moment the bullet was fired, the super soldier and the vampire opened their eyes wide in surprise.
A layer of golden film appeared in front of the vampire, blocking the attack on him, and then swept the vampire away in an instant.
All the vampires in the metropolitan battlefield were taken away by the sudden golden light, and only the super-powered army belonging to the regime remained on the battlefield.
The super-powered soldiers looked at the battlefield where only their own people were left. After looking at each other for a while, they decisively passed the news back to the government headquarters.
"All the vampires are gone?"
The Supreme Leader frowned as he watched the images sent back from the front lines. On the ruins of broken walls and rubble, vampires screamed and their vampire features faded. Then a sudden explosion of dazzling golden light covered the camera.
When the camera's field of view returned to normal, only the regime's super-powered soldiers were left in the shot, and all the vampires had disappeared.
The Supreme Leader's gaze lingered briefly on the vampires' rosy skin, and he narrowed his eyes in an unclear expression.
He turned to look at Batman, wanting to ask if Batman agreed with him.
"Bruce, they're turning back into humans..."
The Supreme Leader's words suddenly stopped halfway through. He looked at Batman in confusion as he saw the corners of his mouth inexplicably raised, as if he couldn't help laughing out loud. He almost thought it was his illusion.
Would Bat smile at a moment like this?
The Supreme Leader looked at the curve of Batman's mouth and felt a strange sense of familiarity, mixed with a bit of disgust, as if he had seen a similar smile on an extremely disgusting being.
However, before the Supreme Leader could grasp this sense of familiarity, Batman's mouth corners returned to a straight state, and he looked solemnly at the images sent back from the Metropolis battlefield on the light screen.
"?" Noticing the strange look from the Supreme Leader, Batman frowned and looked at the Supreme Leader, as if silently questioning what he was doing.
"Nothing." The Supreme Leader shook his head, his heart, which had been inexplicably raised, calmed down again, and his eyes returned to the light screen. "I saw it wrongly."
Behind the bat mask coated with a thin layer of lead, a hint of green flashed in Batman's eyes, and a chaotic and twisted smile emerged.
Messiah? Savior?
interesting.
But unlike his smiling eyes, Batman's tone when he spoke was completely serious.
"They've turned back into humans," Batman uttered a few words, his deep, hoarse voice carrying a solemnity that even a voice changer couldn't mask. "Their breathing and heartbeats have returned. The camera has picked up the confessions of several vampires, and they appear to have regained their human emotions."
"Some external force intervened without the vampires' knowledge and protected them after transforming them back into humans."
"External forces are intervening." The Supreme Leader's gaze lingered on the golden membrane protecting the vampires, his expression gloomy. "If he protects the vampires, then he is our enemy."
Batman groaned and did not deny the Supreme Leader's statement, as if he did not realize that the vampire who turned back into a human had lost its threat and the intervention of the unknown existence was beneficial to the regime.
The Supreme Leader remembered what Batman said about the vampires regaining their breathing and heartbeat. He did not ask Batman how he could make such a judgment based on just one video, but instead used his listening skills to search the vampire kingdom.
The next second, the Supreme Leader's expression became strange. He subconsciously looked at Batman with mixed emotions in his eyes, as if he was sympathizing, and as if he was watching a good show.
"Dick has turned back into a human." The Supreme Leader said in a delicate tone, "I heard his heartbeat in Blüdhaven."
Batman's expressionless face shattered for a moment. The Supreme Leader saw pain, regret, pity and a hint of imperceptible hatred on his face. He looked almost broken.
But this vulnerability only lasted for a moment, and he soon turned back into that piece of solid ice, but it was enough to please the Supreme Leader.
Look, look, Batman also suffers from losing everything. The Supreme Leader admits that he feels happy about it. He is not the only one who has lost everything. Batman, who once opposed his establishment of a regime, also agrees with his ideas after losing everything. How can he not feel happy?
"What a shame, Dick's recovery came too late." The Supreme Leader patted Batman's shoulder worriedly. He looked concerned, as if he was still the Superman he once was, but his words revealed his true nature. "If that guy had shown up earlier, Alfred and Damian wouldn't have died. What a pity."
Batman didn't answer, but just stared at the image on the screen in silence, as if he was just an emotionless puppet.
Once again the King was pleased.
He condescended to let Batman go for the time being and got back to business.
Just when he opened his ears to search for the heartbeat of the vampire kingdom, he found that the vampire kingdom had been liberated and all the vampires had turned back into humans. Among them, there was a name that was mentioned many times.
"Messiah," the Supreme Leader said, "transform the vampires back into humans and liberate the vampire kingdom from existence."
"Cyborg, retrieve the information on 'Messiah'. I need to know his position."
Batman nodded to Cyborg who walked into the conference room, silently agreeing with the Supreme Leader's decision, as if he was just the Supreme Leader's assistant.
Just looking at Batman's performance, who would have thought that it was he who led the Supreme Leader to discover the Messiah, and it was also he who seduced the Supreme Leader to become hostile to the Messiah.
Messiah stood in front of the city square of Blüdhaven, looking up at the "Ghost King Nightwing" who was approaching with a smile.
"Good morning, Xiao Mi." Ghost King Nightwing put his arm around Messiah's shoulders and spoke contemptuously, "You stayed up late again to counsel these losers? I really don't understand you. They're just a bunch of losers. If they want to die, let them die."
"Ghost King Nightwing" glanced lightly at the former vampire who was kneeling in front of Messiah to confess. The former vampire suddenly looked up and cast a hateful look at "Ghost King Nightwing", but "Ghost King Nightwing" laughed even more heartily.
"Don't call me Xiao Mi." Messiah used irresistible strength to remove the hand of "Ghost King Nightwing" on his shoulder. His gentle eyes turned cold when he turned to "Ghost King Nightwing". He said calmly, "I've told you many times not to test my patience."
"You are so patient with the losers, but you are so cruel to me." Ghost King Nightwing pretended to be pitiful. "You are too cruel, Xiao Mi."
Messiah shifted his gaze away from the Ghost King Nightwing.
...Dick also had this expression when he was pretending to be pitiful.
"Ghost King Nightwing" noticed Messiah's hesitation and blinked with a smile, but before he could go any further, a circle of golden light enveloped him.
Messiah mercilessly packed up "Ghost King Nightwing" and teleported him back to the apartment assigned to him.
"Okay, let's continue."
Messiah glanced at the sky, which was beginning to fade into the night. He lowered his eyes to look at the former vampires who remained in a kneeling position, as well as the several former vampires lined up behind him. He said in a soft voice, "I will leave after dawn. There are still several cities that need my assistance in rebuilding. Let's speed up the process."
The former vampire, who had knelt to confess, nodded quickly, closed his eyes, and began to tell the Messiah about his pain again.
"After I became a vampire, I sucked the blood of my parents who wanted to help me. I..."
One by one, the former vampires confessed. Messiah lowered his eyes, listened to their pain, and comforted them with compassion.
After the vampires turned back into humans, the former vampires who regained their human emotions fell into an extremely painful state, and many even developed desires for self-destruction.
Messiah couldn't let a human psychotherapist treat former vampires when humans had hatred towards them, as this would be a harm to the psychotherapist who also had trauma, so he took time out every day to go to Blüdhaven to confess for them.
"In the name of the Father, I forgive you, grant you inner peace, and pardon your sins."
Messiah reached out and placed his hand on the forehead of the former vampire who was kneeling and confessing. A pale golden light shone from his hand. He looked down at the former vampire with tenderness and compassion, whispered his name, and said, "I forgive you, Anderson."
Warm and holy power flowed from Messiah's palm into the former vampire's forehead, soothing the pain and regret in his heart.
The former vampire's expression gradually calmed down. He kissed the corner of Messiah's clothes devoutly, almost worshiping God: "Thank you for your mercy, Messiah."
Messiah silently withdrew his hand and once again rejected the former vampires' proposal to build a church.
It's time for him to leave.
Messiah raised his head slightly and looked at a red miniature on the horizon.
【Author’s words】
①: There is a "Absolution" that refers to the priest's confession process
I was so busy that I almost didn't know what the world was... I even got up at four in the morning to write this chapter... What a miserable life [heartbroken]
I hate July
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