Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Daddy's Love
What is Desmond's biggest fear?
It was the loss of power, it was death, and he was especially afraid that his failing heart would take his life.
The fear toxin will cause a rapid secretion of adrenaline in the human body. For Desmond, who already has heart problems, what he sees will not be an "illusion" but something that actually happens.
Fear gas is indeed a good thing. No wonder Scarecrow loves to use it so much.
Li Hua looked at Desmond who was poisoned by the fear gas and roared as he tried to raise his fists which were bigger than a human head. But before he could raise his fists, he fell to the ground with his hands covering his chest with a pale face. He couldn't help but think.
I hope those fists will never fall.
A medical staff member screamed first, and then people in white coats in the room rushed over screaming, carrying various instruments, trying to rescue Desmond.
Together they dragged Desmond, who lay sprawled on the floor, to a bed large enough to accommodate his enormous size. They nervously but skillfully lifted him onto a stool, then dragged over a large table for him to lie on with his upper body, while maintaining a sitting position with his legs hanging naturally.
Soon someone brought an oxygen mask and put it on Desmond, and at the same time someone started giving him an emergency injection of medicine...
A very standard emergency treatment for heart failure, but with increased dosage and price.
The professional quality of this group of medical staff was astonishingly high. Although there was panic in their eyes and they didn't know what had happened, they set up the rescue line almost the moment Desmond fell.
But this time Desmond didn't suffer from simple acute heart failure; his symptoms were caused by fear gas.
Under the influence of the fear gas, Desmond's condition would improve slightly before being knocked back to normal by the surging adrenaline and the terrifying hallucinations that were thrilling in various senses. At the same time, he would instinctively begin to struggle, and the doctors could not hold this big guy back.
Although Desmond's electrocardiogram did not completely turn straight, it was only a matter of time in this situation.
"What did you do to Mr. Desmond?"
It was impossible for the doctors to fail to notice such an abnormal behavior. One of them, who looked like the attending physician, rushed to Li Hua and questioned him.
Even though Li Hua, still handcuffed to the iron frame, was in a state of excitement due to the poisonous gas of fear, he still found the scene absurd and comical: "Why don't you first ask him what he did to me?"
The doctor panicked: "He's going to die!"
Li Hua said in an aria: "You are wrong, dear, that is not death, he is just going back to where he belongs - hell."
"If he dies, we'll all die!" The doctor's eyes welled up with tears of fear. "We'll all be buried with him! Please, tell me!"
Li Hua: "I've already told you I know nothing. I tried to persuade him to let me go. It was a divine punishment, and there was nothing I could do."
Li Hua didn't know whether this group of people were forced by Desmond, but there was one thing Li Hua was very clear about: if he didn't have some tricks, this group of medical staff would use the scalpels they were using to save Desmond to take his own lives.
Li Hua didn't want to judge the choices these medical staff made to cherish their own lives. He also didn't want to talk about the hundreds of people who might have been threatened by the bomb, or whether Desmond's death here was a just execution. He wanted to say one thing -
"If you want to talk about innocence, I'm the most innocent person here because I was arrested for no apparent reason, okay?"
Yes, you were coerced by Desmond and are innocent. But I was shot by Desmond's men and captured to be tortured and have my heart dug out by you. Am I not innocent and pitiful?
As for the threats to the personal safety of medical staff, the worst that could happen is that we can ask Benjamin to evacuate all these people and release them abroad. Moreover, once Desmond dies, the upper echelons of power in Blüdhaven will be in chaos. By then, everyone will want to take over the position. Who will track down these medical staff across borders?
Oh… Desmond fucking might.
But Li Hua couldn't do anything about it. Desmond's mother wasn't there just now. There was no way he could feed her a breath of fear gas as well.
Besides, Li Hua really had no way to handle this situation, as he was not a medical student.
Li Hua only knew that most people who were infected with the fear toxin could just take a sedative and that would be fine. It would only put a small burden on the heart and might worsen heart failure. For ordinary people, there would be no problem if the dosage was used properly.
But what effect would the sedative have on Desmond? Li Hua didn’t know either. As mentioned before, he wasn’t a medical student.
The doctor trembled. He realized that the young man in front of him really didn't care about Desmond's life or death. "If Desmond dies, you won't be able to live... None of us can survive..."
"So what?" Li Hua laughed, this time really laughing. "Then I made a lot of money, didn't I? I let a bunch of people die with me, so I got my money back."
The doctor tried to negotiate sincerely: "I can let you go! Just remove your magic!"
"I'm really at my wit's end. I've already said I'm a magic boy of love and hope. How could I possibly have a spell that could kill someone instantly? This is divine punishment."
Li Hua's answer was also very sincere. He tried to make sure that even if Jesus' father came today and listened to the recording, he would not be able to accuse him of intentional murder.
"It must be God, Allah, Shakyamuni, Zeus, Odin, Jade Emperor, Danu, Shiva, Anubis... they couldn't stand Desmond's crime against a minor and sent down divine punishment."
"As for the murderer you mentioned, I think the first two are the most likely. After all, they have the home field advantage here."
"...You're going to get us all killed!"
The doctor completely gave up talking to Li Hua and turned back to the operating table to continue rescuing Desmond.
Honestly, Li Hua felt that it would be more convenient to remove the tube from Desmond's body than to leave him in this situation where he was about to die but was dragged back to life, unable to live or die.
But Li Hua did nothing, nor did he use magic cards to try to stop this rescue operation that was doomed to be fruitless. He just watched quietly.
After all, everyone has the right to pursue life, right?
…
When Nightwing heard Jason say that "Stallion" kidnapped Li Hua, he immediately knew that this was Desmond's masterpiece. Based on his previous experience dealing with Desmond, he deduced that the residential building with the bomb installed was probably not a lie.
Moreover, Desmond definitely didn't use this method to "invite" Li Hua over for a midnight snack.
Nightwing said that he took Benjamin and Jason to check the entire Blüdhaven as fast as he could. After finding and dismantling the bomb hidden in the residential building, he didn't delay for a second and followed Benjamin and rushed in directly according to the coordinates indicated by the tracker.
Li Hua, please don't get into any trouble!
"Magic Boy!"
The Kryptonian blew away the dust raised by the collision in the room, allowing everyone to see Li Hua, who was handcuffed to the iron frame and covered in blood, and...
Desmond was surrounded by a group of medical staff who were giving him all kinds of greetings. His electrocardiogram was almost returning to a straight line, and his body would probably be straight again in a while.
Everyone: ???
"Magic boy, are you okay?"
Kryptonian Benjamin dropped the two people he was holding and quickly flew over to help Li Hua break those damn handcuffs and put him down.
Li Hua showed Benjamin his right arm, still pierced by a bullet, and said with a mournful expression, "Something's wrong. It hurts like hell. First I got hit by an armor-piercing bullet, and then someone grabbed me and had my heart dug out. I'm so unlucky."
Benjamin's eyes were particularly glaring at his companion's bloody wound. With a gloomy face, he cast a vicious glance at Desmond lying on the hospital bed. He used his Kryptonian super speed to knock down the other gunmen in the building who had heard the commotion and rushed over. Then he returned to help Li Hua up.
"Hold on, I'll take you to the hospital."
"How are you going to explain to the doctor that he was hit by an armor-piercing bullet and is still alive and kicking? And he can't get through this."
Jason walked up and lifted up Li Hua's injured arm to take a look, then took out a bandage from his all-purpose belt and gave him an emergency bandage.
"It's a minor problem. There's no bone damage, and the bullet isn't completely lodged in the flesh. I can take care of it for you when we get back."
Desmond lay on the operating table, and only the doctor's defibrillator could evoke a faint fluctuation on the electrocardiogram. Nightwing knew that his mortal enemy's life had come to an end.
But the question is, how did this happen?
Li Hua said that Desmond wanted to capture him to have a heart transplant. Could it be that Desmond couldn't hold on before the transplant?
This is something even God cannot tolerate.
Li Hua said to Nightwing, "Those doctors said they would be buried with Desmond if he died. They also collected my blood."
Benjamin: "I've taken down everyone in this building."
"I see. You did a great job." Nightwing said, "You take the magic boy back to treat his wounds first. I'll handle this here. Keep in touch, okay?"
"good."
The three of them immediately set off back to their apartment in Bludhaven.
Li Hua's wound needs to be bandaged, and Benjamin's transformation is almost over, so it is not advisable for them to stay here for long.
After the three children left, Nightwing said to the medical staff who had unknowingly stopped their pointless rescue efforts, "Well, could you please tell me what happened here? Even if you cooperate with me, I can't help you avoid the liquidation of Desmond's forces."
…
"What's going on with Desmond?"
The bullet in Li Hua's shoulder had entered at an angle, requiring debridement and kite removal. After administering anesthesia to Li Hua's wound, Jason, wearing a mask, debridement and asking questions, distracted Li Hua from the wound.
Li Hua: "That guy tied me up and took out my heart, then he died before my heart could even be unlocked."
Benjamin frowned. His Kryptonian super-vision allowed him to see how many lives were lost in the building where the bomb was planted. The bloody bullet that Jason had taken from Li Hua's arm landed on the metal tray, striking his optic nerves. "Why bother? It's so satisfying to see that idiot destroyed."
Benjamin doesn't kill people, and this includes aliens, but he doesn't think that Desmond, who is so indifferent to life and has no conscience, deserves to be called a "human."
"Just chatting." Jason chatted, but his hand didn't shake at all as he inserted the needle.
"I warned him," Li Hua said. "I warned him he would die and told him to let me go, but he wouldn't listen. He came over and tried to strangle me. What could I do?"
Li Hua opened his clenched right hand, and saw a dense patch of glass fragments in his palm, vaguely revealing that it had once been a bottle.
It was the bottle of fear toxin, given by Batman himself a few days ago.
"Who made him have worse luck than me and the people he held hostage?"
"You used fear gas on Desmond?"
Benjamin quickly figured out the connection.
"Desmond has heart problems, and the fear gas puts a strain on the heart. An ordinary person wouldn't necessarily die if they were exposed... but Desmond would definitely die! Li Hua, you're a genius!"
Jason's expression was very subtle: "In other words, Scarecrow and Fear Gas are the biggest assists this time."
Who was it that made the magic boy discover the Berserker's new door with just a few moves?
It's a scarecrow.
Who was it that, with just a single blow, caused the Clown Gas and Clown Will to be completely defeated and unable to recover?
It's a scarecrow.
And now, Scarecrow, who is only in the ward of Arkham Asylum in Gotham City, has become the biggest assist in Desmond, the pinnacle of power in Blüdhaven, being imprisoned - or even sent to hell.
Even looking back, the scarecrow also provided assists to Li Hua in his own battle. His thin shoulders supported Li Hua's wonderful achievements without his will.
This made Jason wonder—
Scarecrow, why do you always get assists?
...Perhaps, this is the magic of daddy's deep love.
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