"Robin."
The moment Tony Stark flew out of the Baxter Building, Batman had already established contact with Robin back in the Batcave.
"Dammit! You stupid Bat!" Robin erupted into a stream of curses the second the encrypted comms connected. "What gave you the right to dump me here and go charging into some damn vortex on your own?"
"I was just about to buy a cemetery plot for you, and now you tell me you're back?"
"Did you train me just so I could babysit this shithole Batcave? You think you're invincible or something, always acting alone? You didn't even know what kind of danger was on the other side of that vortex! You think you're goddamn untouchable?"
"Do you have any idea what was going through my head when I saw your signal vanish from the Batcave? You goddamn old Bat!"
Batman kept his eyes on the young girl, Lunella, as she attempted to shut down the Omni-wave Projector, while his ears were filled with Venom Robin's furious tirade.
"I understand how you feel, Robin," Batman said calmly. "But right now, I need your help."
"Oh, I thought a certain Bat didn't need help," Venom Robin sneered, though his tone quickly sharpened with urgency. "What kind of help? Manhattan is crawling with goddamn dinosaurs and cavemen. Don't tell me you can't handle them."
"I am closing the passage between the Primitive World and Manhattan," Batman said. "Put on your mask. Move out, now."
In the Batcave, Venom Robin muttered a few more curses under his breath before quickly donning his human-skin mask.
He glanced at the Batmobile, sighed, and then morphed his legs into a form resembling a cheetah's. He blurred through the subway lines and into the sewer system, and two minutes later, he sent a manhole cover flying into the sky.
"Fighting damn dinosaurs? You're giving me this toddler shit? You think I'm a baby?"
The more Venom Robin thought about it, the angrier he got. He was pissed that Batman had charged into an unknown world without so much as a word. If Dr. Otto hadn't contacted him, Venom Robin might not have even known Batman was gone.
Now, he intended to vent all that rage on those damn dinosaurs.
Thud!
Three hundred meters away, dozens of dinosaurs—each about thirteen meters long and resembling Tyrannotitans—were roaming the streets of Manhattan. One of them swung its tail, smashing a parked car aside.
In front of this pack of Tyrannotitans, a crowd of ordinary people—dressed in suits, trench coats, heavy skirts, or restaurant uniforms—stumbled and ran toward Venom Robin.
They had clearly escaped from some high-end restaurant, but their elegance and nobility were long gone as they fled for their lives, completely disregarding their appearance.
Venom Robin stood his ground, watching them. A few seconds later, he reached a hand toward the sky, caught the manhole cover he'd sent flying, and neatly placed it back over the opening.
He patted his hands clean and began walking slowly toward the pack of Tyrannotitans.
"There's a kid up there!"
"Get out of the way!"
"Run!"
The fleeing crowd shouted at the top of their lungs when they saw Venom Robin walking toward them.
Currently, his white Venom shroud was wrapped around him like a cloak. Combined with the handsome features of his human-skin mask, he looked to the average person like a pretty boy whose brain was the size of a walnut.
Venom Robin didn't bother with them, continuing his pace toward the crowd and the dinosaurs.
"Stay where you are!" a man in a suit yelled, clutching his daughter.
His name was Ivan. He was the same man who had once been forced by Kingpin's henchman, Walker, to nearly jump off the Statue of Liberty. After Batman sent Kingpin to prison, Ivan had successfully applied for a job at Oscorp.
Having earned several weeks' worth of salary, his life was becoming more prosperous. He'd bought a suit and taken his wife and daughter to a high-end restaurant to celebrate.
But when the Omni-wave Projector opened a gateway near the Baxter Building, the arrival of dinosaurs and primitive men forced him to abandon his meal. He grabbed his daughter and joined the stampede with his wife.
"Maddy, hold on tight! I'm going to grab that little guy too!" Ivan shouted to his daughter as he ran.
Maddy was dressed like a little princess in a dress she'd only seen in cartoons. She blinked as she watched the boy approach, seemingly unaware of how terrifying the dinosaurs were. She hugged her father's neck tightly.
Three, two, one...
Ivan counted down in his head, his legs never stopping.
Just as he finally passed Venom Robin with the rest of the crowd, he reached out to scoop the boy up, but Venom Robin slapped his hand away.
In the blink of an eye, Ivan had run past him. He skidded to a stop and yelled back, "Hey!"
In his desperation, Ivan's voice was deafening. It made Venom Robin turn to look at him, and it also caught the attention of the other fleeing diners and staff. They all stared at this strangely dressed boy with even stranger behavior.
Venom Robin still didn't care about these strangers. He turned back and continued toward the Tyrannotitans.
"Is this kid scared out of his mind?!" Ivan hissed. He gritted his teeth, thrust Maddy into his wife's arms, and ran back toward Robin.
Thud!
But in those few seconds of delay, the dozens of Tyrannotitans were now less than twenty meters from Venom Robin.
Twenty meters might sound like a lot, but for dinosaurs thirteen meters long, it was only three steps away.
Furthermore, Venom Robin hadn't stopped; he was still walking toward them. Ivan was forced to stop in his tracks.
"Come back! The dinosaurs will eat you!" Maddy screamed. She covered her eyes in terror, unable to watch the bloody scene about to unfold.
But her fear wouldn't let her keep her eyes closed. Instead, she peeked through her fingers at the "idiot" boy.
Hearing Maddy's voice, Venom Robin finally stopped and glanced back at her.
Roar!
A Tyrannotitan let out a thunderous cry. The ones in the lead opened their massive, blood-stained maws and lunged at him almost simultaneously.
Ivan clenched his teeth, knowing he couldn't save the boy. He turned to run, but his eyes suddenly went wide.
He saw Venom Robin reach out with both hands, grabbing the upper and lower jaws of one of the Tyrannotitans. Then, his arms suddenly elongated, and he ripped the creature's maw wide open!
Maddy, watching through her fingers, let her mouth hang open in an "O" shape, unable to believe what she had just seen.
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