Bruce is well aware that he is on the verge of a heavy defeat, Damian has dominated all aspects, and there is really not much time left for him.

Although he is still the president, the president is not the emperor after all, and a president who is notorious among the people and has enemies in the political arena often finds it difficult to survive his term of office, and will be brutally liquidated after stepping down.

What's even more tragic is that the Wayne Group will also be brought down by Damian, and in addition to losing his official position, Bruce will also lose his wealth and become destitute overnight.

The blow of losing his power and wealth is actually not so big for him, and the most unacceptable thing for him is that Batman was replaced by the orc rescue team and lost the value of his existence.

Orc mages (ninjas) are good at gathering intelligence, using weird snooping, stealth and mind-reading ninjutsu, and their investigation ability is not weaker than Batman's meticulous reasoning and technological means, and the combat ability of the four of them is much stronger than that of Batman alone, and they can do better than what Batman can do.

In addition, they are more approachable to the people, know how to please the rescuer, and can also rely on ninjutsu to achieve a "non-killing rescue" that hypnotizes or knocks criminals out without harming them, and is better than Batman in all aspects.

Of course, in terms of overall situation and leadership, the orc rescue team must not be compared with Batman, but the so-called "how can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house", Batman is not even as good as a grassroots soldier in terms of being a superhero, and how can he convince the public to lead the superhero team, besides, he has been framed by Damian and his reputation has plummeted, his wealth is about to be cleared, and many members of the Justice League no longer trust him, if he wants to be a leader and show his leadership skills, others may not be willing to give him the opportunity to obey his leadership.

In other words, once the failed Wayne Group goes bankrupt and he steps down in disgrace, then he will never have a chance to turn over, and as Damian said, he can only enjoy his old age without worrying about food and clothing under his support.

However, Bruce is only in his early forties this year, and he is at the peak of his youth, and starting his retirement from now on is not so much enjoying peace and quiet, but a long ordeal, a feeling of dying early.

With a single thought, as long as he breaks through his own limitations and loses discipline, Bruce can come up with countless plans to turn defeat into victory, but at the cost of doing a lot of dirty things that he would never bother to do before.

In this father-son battle, although Bruce was driven to the brink of defeat, this does not mean that his ability is limited to this, Damian took advantage of his principled character, and came to a gentleman to deceive him, and it is not despicable to win.

At this moment, Bruce is faced with the most important choice of his life, whether to accept defeat and withdraw from the world stage, or to lift his limiters, win or lose, good or evil, and seriously restart the game with Damian.

As he took a sip of the whiskey on the rocks, Bruce's mind began to blur, and he thought about it a lot, even recalling that retirement dream more than a year ago.

In that dream, Damian realized his ideals, the Earth realized the Great Harmony world, and he made the security almost perfect, but the Batman of that world disappeared forever.

Bruce suddenly had the absurd idea that if Batman really didn't exist, would the world be a better place?

In the infinite parallel universe, there are individual worlds where there is no clown, such as the world where Batman picked up a gun and became a killing knight, in that world, the Joker was tricked into wearing a red hood and posing as a villain as a bait on his crime debut, he was shot and collapsed by the ruthless Killing Knight Batman, and died quietly like a mouse in the gutter, and after he died, he never made waves, and there was no such character as a clown.

The world of Kill Knight, many villains were shot when they committed the first crime, so that world is very boring, not as interesting and lively as the world where other Batman and villains play cat and mouse games, if it weren't for Sheriff Gordon standing up and insisting on bringing Kill Knight to justice, it is estimated that it will slowly become the safest and most peaceful world in the DC universe.

In the vast parallel world, the Joker can not exist, but there will always be a Batman, even if Bruce Wayne dies in the alley in place of his parents, his father will become Batman.

As soon as this absurd idea came out, he couldn't hold back, and Bruce thought back to a nightmare he had had, in which he seemed to have seen a supreme demon lord, who lured him into darkness, as if he wanted to use him as a beacon, a cross-latitude beacon that collected the fears of all beings in the universe, and the more people feared Batman, the more power the demon lord could receive.

His thoughts suddenly woke up, Bruce shook his hand and dropped the wine glass on the ground, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, only to realize that he had almost stepped into the darkness, if he took that step, wouldn't the Supreme Demon Lord in the nightmare succeed?

Thinking of this, he shook his head with a wry smile and muttered, "Okay...... Damien, you won...... Your ideal world is better than dragging the earth into an endless dark universe after my fall, perhaps, this world really doesn't need Batman......"

"Ahahaha......"

A piercing laugh suddenly echoed through Wayne Manor, a laugh that sounded very familiar, similar to the Joker's weird grin, but clearly not the Joker's.

Bruce quickly jumped up, took out a batmang, and followed the sound, only to see a tall and thin black figure standing outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the man was laughing wildly with his mouth wide open, and his white teeth were very dazzling in the moonlight.

Through the dim light of the living room, Bruce could see the man's face clearly, the guy was wearing a very strange mask, the mask was like an iron hoop covering his eyes, and the iron hoop was covered with spikes, this mask completely blocked the eyes of the strange man, and I don't know if he was blind, or if there was another way to replace vision.

"It's a pity, you almost came to your senses, and you were qualified to swear allegiance to the Lord of the Universe, but you backed down at the last moment, you should have been one of us, and I thought of your knightly title for you - 'Iron Father'"

As he spoke, the stranger kicked and shattered the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room and walked in slowly through the hole, carrying a chain-chain scythe in his hand, the blade glowing pale in the moonlight.

"Who are you?" Bruce pinched the batrang and shouted, "Sneaking into this place didn't trigger the manor's trap and alarm system, your skills are not ordinary!" ”

"Hahahaha...... Actually, I walked in with a swagger through the main entrance, as if I was going home. ”

The stranger seemed to like to laugh, and he laughed like he had heard a funny joke: "It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you are the most unique of us, Wayne who can be elected president of the Hope Nation, which is a very rare achievement that many Wayne can hardly achieve." Using your status, the Order can do a lot of creative performances that are sure to please the Great Juggernaut immensely. ”