The Artificial Werewolf!

While the police station was still cleaning up the scene, Li Wei had already returned to the asylum.

"Dr. Hugo, prepare for the werewolf experiment." Li Wei had unexpectedly come to the underground laboratory. After a pause, he added, "By the way, you can revive someone who hasn't been dead for long, right?"

Dr. Hugo, who had just been about to get up and prepare the experimental equipment, froze in place. He pointed at his own nose and stared at Li Wei in disbelief.

"Director, where did you hear such a rumor? Revival? Me? If I had that ability, would I still be stuck in Arkham Asylum?"

"Uh..."

Li Wei was momentarily speechless.

Could he really say that he had learned it from television and movies in his previous life?

But it did seem true. The villains Dr. Hugo had revived had apparently all been brought back through various coincidences. It wasn't as though he could revive just anyone...

Li Wei scratched his head in frustration.

"Forget it, Dr. Hugo. Prepare the experiment first. We'll discuss the rest once the test subject arrives."

Stan was dead. Thoroughly dead.

There was no doubt about that.

Originally, Li Wei had wanted Dr. Hugo to revive Stan and then turn him into a werewolf.

But now, Dr. Hugo might not even be able to revive him, adding even more uncertainty to the werewolf experiment.

His Hero Template could be bestowed upon someone as long as they still showed vital signs, and it could also transform them.

He wondered whether having only a heartbeat counted as showing vital signs.

If not, he would shock Stan's heart. If that still didn't work, he could just install an artificial heart in him!

A heartbeat was a heartbeat, wasn't it?

How to get Stan's body.

That was not difficult, even if Stan was the "main culprit" in this poison gas case.

Li Wei estimated that the Gotham Police Department had probably finished cleaning up the battlefield, so he left Arkham Asylum once again.

Gotham at night was filled with crime everywhere.

Especially after Li Wei purchased Warwick's Hero Template, he could sense it even more clearly.

Warwick had granted him an abnormally sharp sense of smell, along with the ability to sense blood over a wide area.

Li Wei could easily detect the scent of blood drifting out from the depths of dark alleys.

Perhaps Bruce Wayne was familiar with such sights, but all Li Wei could do was quicken his pace whenever he passed an alley that smelled of blood...

Otherwise, he feared that he would not be able to restrain Warwick's craving for blood and would leap into those alleys, tearing the sources of those blood-soaked, sinful scents to pieces!

Li Wei hurried all the way to the Gotham Police Department.

Gordon had just finished wrapping things up with the other officers.

They had also brought back the bodies from the hotel. After on-site examination by the forensic team, all of the bodies had been confirmed dead.

Once back at the station, they were only briefly registered before being sent to the morgue.

Stan's body was among them.

There was not even any need for the medical examiner to inspect Stan's body. After drinking a large amount of high-concentration Viper Potion, every bone in his body had shattered, leaving him twisted beyond recognition.

They could only use a shovel to scoop him up and put him into a body bag...

Li Wei arrived at the back entrance of the police station, where the morgue entrance was located.

Before long, Li Wei saw the police station's medical examiner come outside for a smoke.

"Hello, sir. Could you do me a favor?" Li Wei said quietly as he approached the doctor, pulling out a prepared stack of cash and stuffing it into his hand.

The medical examiner was taken aback by this stranger suddenly appearing and handing him money. He looked at the bills in his hand, then at Li Wei's eyes, which were covered with cloth. It took him several seconds to react.

The medical examiner did not immediately put the money away. Instead, he took a deep drag from his cigarette and narrowed his eyes at Li Wei.

"Tell me first. What do you need help with?"

"I'm Stan Topolsky's friend. I heard what happened to him. I want to take his body and bury him. He suffered enough while he was alive. I don't want him to have no one to care for him after death..."

It had to be said that Li Wei's acting, inherited from Khada Jhin, was truly excellent. His excuse was also perfectly reasonable.

At least, this medical examiner could not find any obvious holes in it.

"Sir, do you know that Stan Topolsky was the main culprit in this case? His body is important physical evidence..."

The medical examiner spoke in an official tone, but the hand holding his cigarette was quietly rubbing together.

Li Wei laughed inwardly.

That really was Gotham for you! Good thing he had come prepared.

"So I'll have to trouble you, sir." Li Wei pulled out another stack of bills, thicker than the first, and placed it in the medical examiner's hand.

"...But since the case has already been closed, it's only reasonable for the deceased's family or friends to claim the body."

The medical examiner's expression changed, and his attitude instantly flipped.

Smiling, he pocketed the money and led Li Wei through the back entrance into the morgue.

What was wrong with medical examiners making money? Didn't they need to support their families? How could such a low salary be enough?

The officers who worked in the field received extra income every month from businesses in their precincts. Medical examiners only had opportunities like this to make a little extra cash!

As for Stan being a criminal?

That was even less of an issue!

This was not their first time doing something like this. Besides, the man was already dead. What trouble could he possibly cause?

If their superiors really investigated, they could just find another criminal's corpse, break its bones, and hand that over.

Gotham never lacked poor people, even among criminals.

And so, accompanied by the medical examiner, Li Wei smoothly collected a bag containing Stan's body from the police station.

After leaving the station, Li Wei did not linger outside. He hailed a taxi and returned to Arkham Asylum.

Taxi drivers truly were among the best-informed groups in any city. Before the Gotham Police Department had even released its official statement, the driver was already mysteriously gossiping with Li Wei about tonight's poison gas leak.

In the taxi driver's version, the poison gas leak had become incredibly mysterious. He had even managed to link it to Area 51 and aliens.

Li Wei did his best not to burst out laughing during the ride.

This talkative driver would never have guessed that the bag in his trunk contained the "main culprit" behind tonight's poison gas case...

Of course, Li Wei did not laugh out loud, and Stan in the trunk did not laugh out loud either. He was very polite.

After successfully returning to Arkham Asylum, Li Wei once again went down to the underground Indian Hill Hospital.

He placed the bag containing Stan on the table and waved at Dr. Hugo.

"Shock him!"

Dr. Hugo opened the bag and saw the lump of Stan inside, his face full of question marks.

"????"

Artificial Werewolf!

"Director, is the thing in this bag a human corpse?" Dr. Hugo pointed at the bag and asked uncertainly. "You want me to shock this corpse?"

Dr. Hugo did not even need to look closely to know that the person in the bag was dead beyond dead.

Forget vital signs. The man did not even resemble a human anymore...

Stan had already died horribly from the fall. Then there were the side effects of consuming a large amount of Viper Potion, which had shattered all his bones. After being carried back in a bag by Li Wei and jostled along the way, he had long since become unrecognizable.

"That's right. This is Stan Topolsky, the test subject I mentioned for the werewolf experiment. Try shocking him and see if it can restore any vital signs."

Dr. Hugo: ...

Director, I'm truly honored that you think so highly of me!

The man was already dead like this. No matter how much I shocked him, he wouldn't react!

Still, Li Wei's demand was not high. At the very least, he only wanted to restore a heartbeat.

In the end, under Li Wei's insistent demands, Dr. Hugo shocked "that lump" of Stan.

Bang!

The sound of electrical current striking the corpse and the positive and negative electrodes colliding rang out.

The lump of Stan on the experiment table jerked violently, then fell silent again.

The ECG monitor beside him still displayed a straight line.

Clearly, the first shock had failed.

"Continue!" Li Wei's voice was somewhat cold.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

"..."

The repeated sounds of electric shocks rang out, and Stan convulsed on the experiment table again and again.

But the ECG monitor still showed a straight line.

The worry on Li Wei's face grew heavier and heavier. Eventually, he even snatched the defibrillator from Dr. Hugo's hands and began performing resuscitation on Stan himself.

The rapid bang bang of electric shocks became even more frequent!

Stan's corpse spasmed wildly on the experiment table.

The expression on Li Wei's face gradually turned crazed as he mechanically continued shocking Stan's body.

At that point, even Dr. Hugo noticed that something was wrong with Li Wei's emotional state.

"Director, he's burnt..." Dr. Hugo carefully reminded him.

Even he felt a little frightened seeing Li Wei like this.

Li Wei did not react, still shocking Stan's corpse again and again.

"Director, he's burnt. Stan is completely burnt..." Left with no other choice, Dr. Hugo raised his voice and grabbed Li Wei, shaking him.

Dr. Hugo shook him forcefully several times before Li Wei finally stopped.

Li Wei collapsed onto the floor, his face full of despair.

"Dr. Hugo, is there really no way?"

In truth, Li Wei understood his own condition better than Dr. Hugo did. He had even experienced Khada Jhin's far more abnormal mental state, so such a minor setback could not possibly cause him mental problems.

He was simply unwilling to accept that Stan had died like this.

Although Li Wei was not a good person himself, he believed that good people should not die young. At the very least, they should not meet an end like this.

Perhaps, in his heart, Stan was not merely a good man. He also represented the small piece of conscience Li Wei still possessed, one that had not yet been extinguished.

"Uh, normally, after dying like this..." Dr. Hugo cast a pitying glance at Stan, who had been burned black, "there's definitely no saving him..."

Li Wei instantly caught the key phrase.

"Normally? So there's an abnormal way?"

"Of course!" Dr. Hugo's expression became excited. "Alchemy! Alchemy might be able to turn decay into something miraculous! In Singed's memories, alchemy is far from that simple!"

"Then... why don't you give it a try?" Li Wei hesitated for a moment before speaking.