Bruce didn't answer Roy right away, but went on to pour himself a glass of whiskey.

After drinking the whiskey in the cup, he told Roy about his grievances with the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

After listening to Bruce's story, Roy had an idea in his head.

That is, Bruce does have some innate playboy aura.

More than twenty years ago, Bruce, who had officially taken over the Wayne Group for several years, suddenly had the idea that Gotham was completely hopeless, and that his life was meaningless.

So, on his own, he secretly left Gotham and began to wander around the world, trying to find the meaning of life that kept him going.

After wandering outside like this for several years, he came into contact with the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

In other words, he was taken by the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

Next, without any suspense, Bruce joined the Shadow Warrior Alliance and began to receive various training in the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

At that time, he didn't know the true purpose of the Shadow Warrior Alliance, and felt that the Shadow Warrior Alliance was a righteous organization that maintained world peace.

During his time training in the Shadow Warrior Alliance, he met Talia, the daughter of "Ninja Master" Lars.

Then, the two of them "hooked up" together.

Although Bruce and Talia don't know each other in the same way as in the comics and movies, Roy doesn't see anything wrong with that.

It's not a pure comic book or cinematic universe, and it's normal to have some differences.

The days passed.

Under the training of "Ninja Master" Lars, Bruce transformed from a playboy who was not good at fighting to a real warrior.

In Lars' opinion, Bruce has fully recognized the concept of the Shadow Warrior Alliance, and has the qualifications to become an official member of the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

So, he arranged for Bruce to officially join the Shadow Warriors Alliance for a final test.

The final test that Lars arranged for Bruce was simple and complex.

Execute the prisoners!

Lars assigned Bruce several prisoners for Bruce to execute.

As long as Bruce does it, then he will be a real member of the Shadow Warriors Alliance in the future.

However, Bruce refused.

At that time, although he did not have an oath not to kill, his three views were still there.

The rest is pretty simple.

After discovering that the Shadow Warrior Alliance is not the righteous organization he imagined, Bruce decides to leave the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

After a fight, Bruce managed to escape from the secret headquarters of the Shadow Warriors Alliance and returned to Gotham.

Back in Gotham, he decides to fight criminals as Batman and save Gotham in his own way.

Of course, the Shadow Warrior Alliance and Lars would not let him go like this.

So, twelve years ago, Lars came to Gotham with the Shadow Warriors Alliance, intending to destroy Gotham completely, and by the way, kill Bruce, a traitor.

Needless to say, Bruce stopped the Shadow Warriors Alliance's plan to destroy Gotham and "killed" the "Ninja Master" Lars.

In Bruce's opinion, the matter is over once and for all.

However, he would never have imagined that twelve years later, he would actually receive a letter from Lars.

Not only that, but he didn't expect that his dewy relationship in the Shadow Warrior Alliance more than ten years ago would actually allow him to have a son.

Not long after Lars's letter arrived, he received a bracelet from Talia.

This seemingly unremarkable band is, from a certain point of view, equivalent to a token of his love affair with Talia.

If Talia just gave him the bracelet back, he wouldn't be surprised.

However, in addition to this bracelet, Talia also sent a photo and a letter with only a few words.

Damian Wayne!

In the letter, Talia told him that he had a son named Damian Wayne.

The photograph that came with the letter was Damien's photo.

The moment he saw the photo, Bruce knew that Talia was not lying, and that Damian in the photo was indeed his son.

Because Damian, who is only 17 years old now, does not look like him when he was younger.

After a moment of thought, Roy turned to Bruce and asked:

"You didn't want me to come with you to the address on Talia's letter to see Damian, did you?"

The letter from Talia had a Gotham address on it.

Although Talia didn't say what was in that place, it was not hard to guess what was in that place just by looking at the photos sent with the letter.

"If it's just to see Damian, I'll go there alone."

"But I'm a little reassured."

"If I had gone alone, I might have met Damien, and I might have met Damien with Lars."

Bruce said with a frown.

Although Talia and Lars' letters were not sent together, and Lars's letters did not mention Talia and Damian at all, there was only a declaration of destroying Gotham in seven days.

But Bruce didn't dare bet.

If this was a deliberate trap arranged by Talia and Lars, then if he went alone, it would be basically no different from a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

Twelve years ago, he did "kill" Lars, but that time he won by luck.

In other words, he can win because he has the help of the "protagonist aura".

Otherwise, even if Gotham was his home turf, he wouldn't be able to stand up to Lars and the entire Shadow Warriors League on his own.

"If you want to go, then I'll accompany you for a run, anyway, I'm done with today's work."

Although Bruce didn't say it, Roy knew that in addition to worrying about being a trap, Bruce was actually a little scared to see Damian.

All along, he felt like he was the last of the Wayne family.

Not only that, but in order to make Gotham better, he is even mentally prepared for the Wayne family to disappear from his own generation.

But now, Talia tells him that he has a son.

What's more, his son is about to become an adult and is now in Gotham.

"Since you're free, please come with me."

Bruce said to Roy.

"Hmm!"

"Do you want to prepare anything?"

"Or do I open a portal now?"

Roy asked.

"You can take me back to the Batcave first, and I'll go back and change my equipment."

Bruce continued.

"No problem!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Roy created a star portal back to the Batcave.

After the portal was formed, he made a gesture of please to Bruce.

Bruce didn't speak, nodded, and walked inside, back to the Batcave.

Ten minutes later.

When Bruce was already dressed in Batman's full gear, Roy summoned the Star Portal once more.

Looking at the portal in front of him, Bruce was silent for a few seconds.

Then, without saying a word, he walked in.

After passing through the portal, Roy and Bruce arrive at the address stated on Talia's letter.

It's a very ordinary apartment building, and it's not very expensive in terms of housing prices and rents.

Although there are quite a few people living in this apartment complex, they are all people of different religions.

After coming out of the portal, Roy used his domineering ability to perceive the breath of life in the building in detail.

Although he hadn't met "Master Ninja" Lars, he could easily recognize Lars's breath of life as long as Lars was there.

Lars, who has soaked in the "Pool of Lazarus", that is, the inferior Bacchus factor, has a certain degree of "immortality".

Although his immortal body is not particularly strong, compared to ordinary people, it is already a very good immortal body.

Long lifespan, plus good self-healing and recovery ability.

If it weren't for the low purity of the Dionysian factor in the "Lazarus Pool", Lars's immortal body would have become even more worthy of the name.

"I don't perceive any transhumans in the building."

Roy said to Bruce.

"Hmm!"

Bruce nodded back.

Then, he walked straight to the room where the letter was written.

Soon, they came to the door of the room mentioned in the letter.

Instead of knocking, Bruce took out a universal lock picker from his tactical belt and opened the door in front of him with ease.

After seeing Bruce's movements, Roy shrugged his shoulders.

Although Bruce was calm, it can be seen from the fact that he did not choose to enter through the window and balcony, but through the main door to enter the room, it can be seen that his mood is indeed a little complicated now.

As the door opened, the scene inside the room appeared in front of Bruce and Roy.

It was a room without much furniture.

The whole house was empty and unpopular.

As soon as he entered the room, a dark shadow lunged at Bruce, and the katana in his hand lightning struck Bruce's neck.

The Black Shadow moves quickly and attacks aggressively.

But the shadow attack didn't have the desired effect.

I saw Bruce raise his right hand and block the attacking katana with the arm guard of his right hand.

Then, he stepped forward and grabbed the black shadow with his left hand.

Seeing Bruce's movements, the shadow immediately retreated, trying to avoid Bruce's left hand.

However, Bruce didn't give Shadow such a chance.

As the shadow retreated, Bruce's legs were used at the same time, and he pounced on the shadow like a bat.

Bell Bell Bell ......

After several crisp weapons collided, the somewhat thin black shadow was grabbed by Bruce in his right hand, and the whole person was pressed against the wall.

The moment the black shadow made a move, Bruce knew that the other party, like himself, had received assassination training from the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

Whether it is the angle of the attack, the timing of the attack, or even the use of dark light, it is obvious that it is the style of the Shadow Warrior Alliance.

After pressing the other man against the wall, Bruce said to the dark shadow:

"Talia asked me to come."

Bruce didn't say anything, but after hearing his words, the black shadow that had been subdued began to resist violently.

However, the other party still couldn't get rid of Bruce's shackles.

Although the dark shadow has not yet revealed his true appearance, he does not need to think about it to know that he is Damian, the son of Bruce.

Seeing that Damian was desperately resisting like a fish out of water, Roy took action.

Mind control!

He transformed a small part of his psychic power, giving Damian a mind control without saying a word.

Damian, who had been under mind control, immediately fell silent.

"Let go, he won't resist."

Roy said as he went to the lampholder switch in the living room and turned on the chandelier in the living room.

The chandelier turned on, and the dimly lit living room instantly brightened.

After discovering that Damian was indeed no longer resisting, Bruce let go of the other party.

He didn't say anything polite to Damian, and asked directly:

"What about your mother?"

"I'm out shopping."

Damian replied quickly.

Got out shopping?

Bruce frowned slightly.

Then he said to Roy:

"Can you untie him?"

Bruce didn't know what Roy had done to Damian, but when he saw Damian standing motionless like a sculpture, he reacted immediately.

"No problem."

As soon as his mind moved, Roy released Damian's mind control and returned control of his body to Damian.

After regaining control of his body, Damian spun around and glared at Bruce and Roy like beasts.

He didn't know Roy.

But he knew Bruce.

To be precise, he didn't just know Bruce, he hated him.

Although Damian didn't say anything, one look at his eyes showed that he wasn't your average hater of Bruce.

"Are you two fathers and sons going to stand with big eyes like this?"

"If you're not going to do it anymore, you might as well sit down and talk."

Roy spoke to Bruce and Damian.

Hearing his words, Damian snorted disdainfully.

Then, he said in a cold tone:

"I don't have a father, my father is long dead!"

Unlike Damian, who is undisguised as hostile, Bruce has no ill will towards Damian.

After looking at Damian, he made a move that he would never normally do in front of outsiders.

He removed his bat helmet and sat down on the couch.

"You sit down too."

"I don't like to look up at people."

"Also, take the mask off."

Roy said to Damian.

Upon hearing Roy's command-like words, Damian's first instinct was to shoot Roy with a dart immediately.

However, after recalling the scene just now, when he was completely unable to control his body, he reluctantly sat down and took off the mask he was wearing.

Damian, who took off his mask, sat on the sofa opposite him with a cold expression, giving people a feeling of being unapproachable, not at all as cheerful and sunny as in the photo.

After seeing Damian take off his mask and sit down, Bruce gave Roy a "thank you" look.

Roy didn't speak, and replied with a "You're welcome" with his eyes.

"How long have you and Talia been in Gotham?"

Bruce said to Damian.

"It's none of your business."

"You're not qualified to mention my mother's name!"

Damian said coldly.

"Hey boy, he's your father, be respectful of him."

Before Bruce could speak, Roy warned Damian.

While some of Bruce's approach isn't very agreeable to himself, Roy must admit that Bruce is a man to be respected.

If he were Bruce, he wouldn't care about the lives of ordinary citizens of Gotham.

Isn't it good to be a dandy who drinks all the time?

Is it necessary to play for the sake of people you don't know at all?

(End of chapter)