Batman received a request for aid from the Justice League.
It was like adding fuel to the fire, kicking someone while they were down, and then stomping on their one good leg—but it was also just another day for Batman and the Justice League.
There was a strange pattern: when Batman was fine, the Justice League was fine. But whenever Batman was overwhelmed, busy handling one crisis after another within the Bat-family, the Justice League would inevitably go looking for trouble and come bother him.
This universe was clearly no exception. When Batman had everything under control before, the Justice League had been quiet. Now that Schiller had become involved in the cycle of complicated relationships and Batman was busy kicking him out, the Justice League had sent word instead.
It was not really a major issue. Mainly, the vampires' expansion had made them uneasy. Previously, those creatures had only appeared on the East Coast, but lately, traces of vampire activity had also appeared in Seaside City and Star City.
That meant this was no longer the kind of minor scuffle they had seen before. Their plan to block out the sunlight might actually be put into action, and that was absolutely unacceptable to the Justice League.
And as the brain of the Justice League, how could Batman be absent at a time like this? Justice Hall immediately sent a message to the Batcave, phrased rather sternly, ordering Batman to come at once.
What made Batman feel even more miserable was that although he wanted to kick Schiller out of the Bat-family's affairs, now that something like this had happened, he could only discuss it with Schiller. He could not even bring Dick along.
Because the odds of Schiller being a vampire were too low—lower even than the odds of