While Green Lantern thought victory was assured, Alfred, who had long remained hidden, quietly rushed out and chopped off Green Lantern's right hand-the one wearing the Lantern Ring-with the Divine Hand Axe.
Without the Green Lantern Ring, Green Lantern began to burn under the Sunlight Lamp as well.
"Oh, so this old man had a part to play after all." Alfred took a sip of black tea and said leisurely, "Yes, who would ever think of me? After all, I'm merely an unremarkable old butler, long past my prime."
Tim managed a strained twitch of his lips in response to Alfred's dry joke.
But thinking of what came next, Dick felt his mouth go dry. Even opening it seemed to take an effort.
"Dick?"
Bruce prompted him.
He and Tim had never stopped taking notes and analyzing them.
Bruce knew it was cruel to make Dick repeatedly relive this "dream," but he was more afraid of the dream coming true.
Even if the odds were only one in a thousand, Batman would still have to prepare for every possibility.
Dick drifted for a moment, took a sip of his now-cold tea, and continued in a hoarse voice.
Wonder Woman and Green Lantern were left beneath the Sunlight Lamp to await death. As Green Lantern and The Flash's best friend, Green Arrow personally put an end to Green Lantern-for their mutual friend, Barry.
The Bat Family left and received a call from Barbara-she had found Joker, but only his long-dead body.
Anyone who knew so much about Gotham's heroes and villains, who could fabricate evidence to frame Joker and deceive the Bat Family, had to be intimately familiar with every family member's personality, habits, and abilities.
In other words, it could only be one of their own.
The Vampire King was