Greening Organism

"You will help me, or the peace of this world will cease to exist."

Harley Quinn thought to herself, As if Bane, Joker, Two-Face, and Riddler were any kind of good women.

"Even a lunatic like you must still like the feeling of being alive."

"How about giving me a little something sweet as a trade? Give me a spa day, and send my little cousin a signed photo from Batman; he's very sick."

Chen Tao walked right past her, heading to the other side of the Batmobile.

Chen Tao silently counted in his mind.

3.

"Hey, Bat! Only I can..."

2.

"Bat? Batman?"

1.

"Alright, fine, you're the boss anyway."

Harley Quinn finally gave up and jumped into the passenger seat.

Tim, the third Robin, who had witnessed the entire scene, scratched his head in frustration.

"...Wait, Harley Quinn is coming with us?"

He blocked Chen Tao's path. "Is this going to be a good idea?"

"Not my first choice," he heard Batman reply. "But we can't let her out of our sight."

"She might tip off Poison Ivy that we're looking for her."

"Ha! Exactly!"

Harley Quinn said irritably, crossing her eyes and pressing her fingers to her temples, making a silly face.

"The dangerous lunatic is right here! Nobody knows what she'll do."

The three of them got into the car.

"Harley, I just need you to help me find Poison Ivy. That's enough; we'll handle the rest ourselves."

Chen Tao sat in the driver's seat, pretending to steer.

He wasn't the real Batman and couldn't drive this thing, which was more of a tank than a car. The AI had been driving the whole time.

"We're going somewhere first. Then we'll head out to find Poison Ivy."

"Okay, okay, so, what exactly does Ivy want to do?"

"Based on the professional field of the kidnapped Professor Goldbloom, the ideologies of Plant Master and Poison Ivy, and the attack on STAR Labs by the Advanced Superhuman Union Research Institute."

"I've concluded that they will definitely use a synthetic formula to create Swamp Thing, turn it into a fast-spreading virus, cleanse the Earth, and turn people into hybrids of plants and animals."

"What? Ugh!"

Harley Quinn stretched her neck out and made a disgusted, exaggerated gesture, then said, "Uh, don't get me wrong, I'm not a racist at all—"

She patted her chest with her pale little hand and continued, "I mean, I have some good friends who are plants."

"Well, at least from the bright side, they won't kill everyone," Robin said.

"Maybe," Chen Tao replied. "But if they succeed, it's over. We'll all live like plants from now on."

He glanced at Harley Quinn and deliberately said to her loudly, "And if their plan goes wrong, even just a little bit, we'll see all life on Earth wiped out within weeks or days."

"Wow, that's pretty amazing," Harley said, seemingly unconcerned.

"But wait," Tim, the third Robin, said. "Why do they need Professor Goldbloom? Why don't they just release the virus themselves?"

"It's obviously a shortcut." He quickly answered himself. "Gene imprinting might take years, even decades. Once they start, they won't be able to be complete humans anymore. She's a natural mutation, and he's a tree spirit from another dimension who merged with a normal person, eventually becoming a super monster subservient to The Green."

"A tree spirit from another dimension? Are you kidding me?" Harley exclaimed exaggeratingly.

Chen Tao replied to Harley, "Haven't you seen supernatural beings before? Clayface, Killer Croc, aren't they also..."

"Forget it," he said. "We just need your help to find Poison Ivy."

The Batmobile weaved through the streets and stopped in front of a dilapidated apartment building.

Slaughter Swamp.

Inside a wooden cabin.

All sorts of experimental equipment were readily available.

Mua~

Poison Ivy was kissing Professor Goldbloom.

"Ugh, this is so disgusting! It's repulsive!"

Plant Master was a walking tree. Lush vegetation and tree trunks made up his body, along with a fuzzy, verdant head that had ears like an elf's. At this moment, he stood to the side, looking disgusted.

After a long while, their lips parted.

Professor Goldbloom's eyes flickered with green light. He stood up blankly, walked to the table, and began synthesizing the potion.

"You think I like this, swapping spit with him every six hours?"

Poison Ivy wiped her mouth and spat on the ground.

She said unhappily, "If you have a better way to make him obey us, I'm all ears."

"Tsk."

Plant Master crossed his arms. "Life is full of hardships."

"I don't want hardships."

"There are seven billion meat buns in this world, and our plan will be their hardship... at the very least, it will be a hellish hardship."

Poison Ivy said, "No, our plan is purification. To purify all organic life on Earth. This is a noble and righteous act."

"Noble and righteous, what a sarcastic phrase," Plant Master said. "A term created by a bunch of heartless beings who disregard other species and are constantly infighting."

Poison Ivy chimed in, "Exactly. They always talk about climate change, but isn't this all their fault?"

At least on this point, she could agree with Plant Master. This was the basis of their cooperation.

"In fact, it is their doing,"

Plant Master replied. "They've doubled greenhouse gas emissions, madly deforested, and ravaged this planet. You once said something, Pamela, and I quote: Humans won't care about any of this unless we force them."

The two plant-based villains reached a consensus. They looked at each other and smiled.

They stood together before the professor, gazing at the grand blueprint of their plan:

"Alright, once our virus is activated, everyone on this planet will receive a great benefit: Green everything!"

Professor Goldbloom, wearing rubber gloves, scooped a small white mouse out of a box and aimed his gun-shaped syringe at it.

"You'll feel a little... pressure. Little guy, everything will be alright."

He injected the pale green drug.

Under the watchful eyes of the two plant-based villains, the small white mouse gradually turned green, and finally, its entire body sprouted green plants, completely transforming into a green mouse.

"Success! It's stable!"

Plant Master exclaimed loudly, his voice filled with ecstasy. "My god, look how beautiful he is!"

Poison Ivy also suppressed her excitement and held it in her palm. "Come here, baby--to mommy--"

Plant Master raised his hands:

"This isn't just any green-leaf mouse; it heralds a new era! Humanity's damn factories will be replaced by giant redwood-like cathedrals--lush green will cover the entire Earth--it will erupt--"

With a pop, the little green mouse exploded into a disgusting blob of green goo.