American comics: The off-the-charts random transformation

Click, click, click...

The sound of machine guns being cocked rang out from all around.

"I am Tian Xiaoban, twelve years old, unmarried, and the future savior who possesses the Ark Watch. This is Garfield, an alien creature whose ability is to transform. Is that alright, Alfred?"

Tian Xiaoban flashed the green watch on her wrist. This thing was unique and served as the best form of identification.

The surrounding machine guns automatically retracted, and the manor's security was lifted.

Alfred, dressed in a butler's uniform, stood at the villa entrance to greet them.

"Welcome back, gentlemen. I'm sorry I just pointed a gun at you, but it was a necessary precaution."

"Did something happen to Bruce?" Tian Xiaoban asked directly.

"Yes, the master was ambushed by some special superpowered individuals and suffered some injuries."

Alfred behaved perfectly, as if nothing had happened, his tone calm and natural.

Tian Xiaoban nodded, as if she understood: "Oh, judging from the level of alertness just now, he looks badly injured. Looks like I arrived just in time. Garfield, transform!"

Garfield obediently transformed into a hedgehog in a flash of white light.

Jamie Garfield makes his appearance.

"Let's go wake him up. He's been gone for too long! It's time to get to work!"

Alfred bowed to guide him, the old butler's professionalism allowing him to maintain his elegance throughout: "Please follow me."

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"Crack!"

The bedroom door opened, revealing Bruce Wayne, who had been wrapped up like a mummy, with his limbs, secured by metal braces, hanging in mid-air in a spread-eagle position.

"Holy crap, he's really suffered! What kind of inhumane torture did he endure to end up like this?" Tian Xiaoban exclaimed.

Alfred sighed:

"I have brought the master's injuries under control, but he has fallen into a deep coma. If we don't wake him up, he will become a vegetable."

Tian Xiaoban: "We'll talk about that later. Let's repair his body first. Garfield! Go!"

JellyGarfield nimbly jumped onto the bed, and a burst of green fluorescence erupted from its tiny body as it activated the Grass-type move [Aromatherapy].

The fresh air instantly filled the bedroom, and after smelling it, Alfred's fatigue from staying up late for many days was swept away.

"That's amazing! That's the power of Mr. Garfield!"

Tian Xiaoban introduced:

"This healing ability can bring you back to life as long as you're not dead, as long as you have a breath left!"

However, although his body was saved, he was still somewhat exhausted and needed a few days of rest to fully recover.

If this skill cannot awaken Bruce Wayne, then it can be concluded that he has mental problems.

Alfred looked tense: "Is the master having mental problems?"

"Yes, that's right. Generally speaking, if someone can't wake up, it means there's a problem with their mental state, and this problem can be divided into two types. One is brain injury, which is a physical problem, and the second is more abstract, which is damage to the soul."

Aromatherapy can restore his physical health, but it cannot restore his soul.

I'll go look through the magic book my teacher gave me in a bit and see if there's anything I can do.

"This... using magic, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Alfred also knew some of the rules about the use of magic, a power that required sacrificing oneself and was full of uncertainty and danger.

"Having a way is better than having no way, right? As for matters of the soul, do you think current technology can solve them, besides magic?"

"This..." Alfred was speechless.

If Alfred went to the hospital and asked, "Is there a way to cure the soul?" the hospital would probably think he was mentally ill.

"Alright then, if magic requires any price, I'm willing to pay!"

According to the magical explanation that Lady Zatana gave to Alfred, equivalent exchange is the lightest magical price, which probably involves exchanging a brain for a brain? Or a soul for a soul.

"It's not as serious as you think. Just wait for me."

Tian Xiaoban pulled out a thick magic book, searching for knowledge about the soul.

After searching for nearly half an hour, he finally found a few spells for probing the soul. These spells were all used against people possessed by demons, whose souls would have suffered some damage, which could be detected by these spells.

"Soul Detection!"

An invisible wave spread throughout the room, and Tian Xiaoban's eyes shone like two incandescent light bulbs as he looked at Bruce Wayne.

A powerful soul, but it was constantly trembling, as if the soul was resisting returning to the body.

Tian Xiaoban couldn't help but complain: "What the hell is this? You hate going back to your own body? Are you trying to just ascend to heaven on the spot?!"

"What!" Alfred was utterly shocked. "Grandpa himself doesn't want to come back?"

"Hmm...wait? Something's not right, there's something wrong with his body!"

Tian Xiaoban approached Bruce's body and pulled out a 20-centimeter-long green needle from the back of his neck. Bruce's soul instantly stopped resisting and returned peacefully to his body.

"So this is what it is."

From Tian Xiaoban's perspective, it was a needle emitting a faint green light, but from Alfred's perspective, it was a white hair.

He asked in confusion, "This is... hair? Just because of this white hair?"

Tian Xiaoban explained, "It's this thing that has been tormenting Bruce's soul, preventing it from staying stably in his body."

"Holy crap, this superpower is pretty amazing! It can target the soul's hair! Even Garfield couldn't do that."

Jamie Garfield curiously walked over and ate the hair in one bite.

Alfred didn't care about any strange superpowers; he was more concerned about his master, Bruce Wayne: "Has the master woken up yet?"

Garfield ate the hair and then "digested" it nearby. Tian Xiaoban observed Bruce Wayne again with her bright white eyes and found that it had been perfectly integrated. So she said to Alfred:

"Don't worry, wait five minutes, then you can try to wake him up."

If that still doesn't work, then it means Bruce has other problems.

Alfred's anxious heart finally settled down: "Okay, thank you, Young Master Ban. Would you like something to eat? I'll go and prepare it for you."

Jamie Garfield immediately replied, "I'm still the same as last time!"

Tian Xiaoban smiled and said, "Prepare it for Garfield. I don't need it for now."

"Okay, please follow me, let's go to the restaurant to wait!"

"it is good."

"no problem."

After Tian Xiaoban and Garfield left the room, Alfred glanced at Bruce again before closing the bedroom door.

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The return of the soul to the body naturally produces some reactions; Bruce Wayne's body shuddered, and he jolted awake.

In the dream, a mischievous child accidentally fell into a dry well in the manor. In the limited light, he saw a large flying bat.

He was terrified. He was terrified of the giant flying bat. Would it hurt him? Maybe he would die in this dry well.

The scene flashed rapidly, the image of the dry well suddenly transforming into a silent alley. A man with a gun suddenly fired, startling the still-frightened child, who, already terrified, suddenly realized the familiarity of the sight!

My inner fears were amplified once again!

His pupils contracted sharply again, and he tried anxiously to turn his head to look, but his head felt as if it were weighed down by a thousand pounds, and he couldn't turn it no matter what he did.

The images hidden in the shadows of his heart were like real memories he could never touch.

The scene shifts again, and the child, who was turning his head away, suddenly feels like he's wearing a mask and is looking at the thick, dark clouds in the sky.

Before he even realized what was happening, a sharp, familiar pain spread throughout his body.

Brokeback Mountain!

No, it's not just a broken back, it's that every bone in my body is broken!

The pain stimulated him; he wanted to break free and escape!

As a result, the body showed no reaction.

I can't move! It's like being fixed in a mold, with no gaps at all, I can't move at all.

Beneath the mask, he remembered who he was: he was Batman, Gotham's Batman.

He found himself in the chaotic dream, but like a lucid dream, he knew he was trapped in the dream, but didn't know how to get out.

The familiar scenes kept replaying in his mind: every failure, every injury, every desperate rescue.

Each time he witnessed a familiar scene, his breathing became heavy, as if a mountain was constantly pressing down on his heart.

Painful memories were tormenting his sanity; he felt like he was going crazy, like he was about to collapse.

Chapter 98 Dreams and Gods, A Hellish Gamble

"Alfred, it's almost time. You can go and wake Sleeping Beauty!"

Tian Xiaoban teased the amiable housekeeper.

Alfred wasn't angry. Tian Xiaoban's analogy was quite apt, so he went along with it, saying, "Master doesn't like being seen as Sleeping Beauty, young master. I think he should be the Frog Prince."

"Pfft~~ OK, OK, I understand. Now go and rescue the Frog Prince!"

Alfred left the restaurant and went to the bedroom to check on Bruce.

Tian Xiaoban and Garfield were still enjoying their feast. Although Tian Xiaoban wasn't hungry before, seeing Garfield eating so deliciously made her crave more.

"Stop! Don't touch that chicken wing, it's mine!"

Garfield's paws stretched out like rubber, grabbed the roasted chicken wing, then quickly pulled them back and took a bite.

Tian Xiaoban said disdainfully, "Here, eat more. By the way, how's the analysis of that white hair going?"

"Human female, 32 years old, with the ability to turn all the hair on her body into needles. However, I screened out another set of male genes from her genome. Hmm, perhaps I misjudged her current gender."

Tian Xiaoban: "Two sets of genes? So, is the one with the ability male or female?"