The Trump Card

Invisible Batplane, Model: Heavily Armed Tuxedo.

This is a bomber variant of the Tuxedo-Class Batplane. While it lost its transformation into a combat vehicle, its bomb load capacity and energy weapon integration have been greatly increased.

Alfred was sitting in the cockpit of the Batplane at this moment, holding a photograph, lost in thought.

Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne stood on the lawn of Robinson Park with a young Bruce. Little Bruce was excitedly crawling on the grass, his parents squatting beside him with smiles in their eyes, while Alfred stood in the distance.

He still remembered that day when little Bruce excitedly shouted at him, asking for delicious chocolate pie and sandwiches from the basket...

"Beep beep beep... Batman calling Penny One."

(Note: Penny One is Alfred's codename on the Bat Family communication channel. His daughter is Penny Two.)

"Received, Batman."

The sound of communication interrupted Alfred's memories. He straightened up and pulled the microphone to his mouth, "Is there anything I can do for you, sir?"

"Are the M77 Napalm, High-Potency Herbicide, and Cluster Bomb ready?"

Hearing this familiar question, Alfred couldn't help but feel a slight daze.

"Penny One?"

Alfred steadied himself.

"They are ready, young master. Ready at any moment."

He said in a low voice.

"Just give the order, and I can unleash them all on the ground immediately."

"..."

"Alfred~ Alfred~ Are the delicious chocolate pie and chicken sandwiches ready?"

"Oh, they're all ready, young master! You can eat them anytime. As soon as dear little-- Bruce gives the order, I'll have piping hot snacks for you right away!"

"Wow, that's great! Thank you, Alfred!"

"Mm, very good. Thank you, Alfred--"

Alfred heard Bruce on the other end sigh slightly, "I don't wish for the worst-case scenario to happen, but we must be ready to deal with it at all times. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's nothing, it's my duty, Batman."

"It's nothing, it's what I wanted to do, little Bruce."

"I am willing to... await your command at any time." x2

Alfred looked at the red launch button. Whatever pressing this button would cause, he thought, it would be better than Bruce returning to the Batcave covered in blood.

The front line battlefield below the aircraft.

Chen Tao's face was grim.

This is it?

He had gone to great lengths to find Harley Quinn, precisely because he was counting on her to make Poison Ivy change her mind.

Based on normal deductions, Poison Ivy's control over plants was roughly on par with Plant Master. Combined with the sneak attack from the mercenaries under his command, dealing with the opponent should have been more than enough.

He hadn't expected Poison Ivy's control over plants to be so much stronger than Chen Tao imagined. She had almost completely suppressed the opponent, but she was too reckless, charging right up to the enemy's face, and was taken down with a single punch!

Harley Quinn ran over, wailing, and helped the unconscious Poison Ivy up from the ground.

Unlike Plant Master, even when enhanced by The Green, Poison Ivy's body, like most magic users in the DC universe, was still just a normal person with slightly stronger physical abilities.

When not using magic or powers, they are fragile. Joker once threw Zatanna into a water tank before she could even chant a spell, nearly drowning her, who was very likely the strongest counter-spell magic user ever. This is the status of DC mages.

Chen Tao ran to Poison Ivy's side, "Ivy, are you okay?"

Chen Tao admitted that for a moment, deep down, he had fantasized about the so-called Alfred Protocol suddenly activating, and through Poison Ivy, he would be told that a ridiculously awesome parallel universe version of Batman had been matched and was ready for him to load crisis energy.

And he would just need to click, and like a magical girl transforming, he could defeat everything in front of him, never having to turn his feet into wheels and run away again.

But alas, fantasy is just fantasy. The Alfred Protocol showed no reaction to the unconscious Poison Ivy.

"Pamela, you are so foolish..."

While Plant Master was still spouting nonsense at Poison Ivy lying on the ground, Tim leaned in and quietly asked Chen Tao, "Batman... should I call the Ventriloquist?"

"No."

Chen Tao said in a low voice, "It hasn't reached the worst-case scenario yet. We don't need to deploy them."

He lowered his voice and said to Robin, "Quick, go prepare and have everyone put on protective suits."

The highly effective herbicide was a deadly poison to both humans and plants. Therefore, if Chen Tao didn't want to kill all his subordinates, he had to—

"Then what about you? Batman, who will deal with Plant Master..."

"I will."

"Then you won't have time to put on a protective suit--"

"I'll help you." Cheshire Cat pressed her hand on the katana at her waist. Many of the Freeze Grenades on her belt had already been used.

Welding Dog silently walked to Chen Tao's side. His limbs were twisted like pretzels, but he was still alive and could even move normally.

Deathshot's expression was strange as he looked at the other party; this appearance truly didn't seem human.

Harley Quinn hugged Poison Ivy. "Does anyone have water? We need to give Little Red some water!"

"If you have protective suits, hurry up and get them out. We really can't hold on much longer."

Count Dizzy, however, had no intention of wasting any words with Chen Tao. Nothing in this world was more precious than his own life.

He rushed to Robin's side. "Quick, quick, get the protective suits!"

"Are you treating me like I don't exist?" Jason Wood's voice came through. "Do you think your dark and dirty schemes will work in front of the great Green?"

Chen Tao let out a long sigh of relief.

"Don't mind me, Tim. Get them all suited up first."

Silvery particles vibrated on its body. Everything was quiet, and even the dust motes in the air seemed to slow down, falling gently from the air.

Chen Tao raised its eyes, its cold vertical pupils meeting the Plant Master's dark gold, inhuman ones.

"Roar!"

The giant green dinosaur let out an impassioned battle cry and pounced fiercely, its fangs and teeth bared, creating invisible resonance in the air!

BOOM!

As the Plant Master raised his arms, layers upon layers of giant plants surged back.

Flames erupted from Chen Tao's rear, a liquid nitrogen thruster firing from its tail, launching it high into the air. It then slammed headfirst into a massive tree that had sprung from the ground!

Then it was hit and sent flying backward, tumbling several times on the ground before being dazed.

"Those people..."

The Plant Master's attention shifted to Deathshot and the others who were desperately and quickly putting on their protective suits.

"What exactly do you want to do? You don't mean..."

Then, in the next second, he heard Chen Tao's hoarse shout: "Penny One!"

"Activate it quickly!"