278. The duel of fate
On the surface, Bruce doesn't care at all if Damian calls himself a father.
But in reality, when Damian started calling him father, he was as happy as a child.
That night, Roy was interrupted by Bruce.
However, it also gave him a glimpse of a Bruce who was completely different from what he imagined.
After parking the car in the garden in front of the main building of Wayne Manor, the waiter in a dress quickly stepped forward and opened the door for Roy and Selina.
At the same time, reporters and photographers, who had long been gathered nearby, immediately pressed the shutter, and the flash flashed continuously.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Roy and Selina stepped down from the back row of Rolls-Royce.
At tonight's dinner, Bruce not only did not hide from the outside world, but even took the initiative to invite major newspapers and news media in Gotham.
This was no ordinary dinner party, but the first appearance of the new heir to the Wayne family.
Even if Bruce doesn't usually like the reporters in Gotham, he won't embarrass them at such times.
After getting out of the car, Selina grabbed Roy's right arm and walked towards the glittering main building ballroom.
Neither Roy nor Selina had any intention of being interviewed by reporters.
Although Wayne Manor is a Gotham landmark, in normal times, not many people can come to Wayne Manor as guests.
This day was the busiest day in Wayne Manor in recent years.
Before they reached the banquet hall, Roy and Serena heard melodious music coming from inside the banquet hall.
In order to give Damian a dinner party worthy of the identity of the heir, Alfred can be said to be in good spirits.
From the arrangement of the entire banquet process and the layout of the banquet hall, to the drinks and food used in the banquet.
As long as it was related to tonight's banquet, Alfred took care of it himself.
Compared to the busy Alfred, Bruce and Damian are not ordinary at the moment.
"From tonight onwards, not only the people of Gotham, but the entire beautiful country will know that you are the sole heir of the Wayne family and the next patriarch."
"I know you've never experienced anything like this before, and you don't necessarily like a life where the world is watching you every move."
"But I want you to understand that as long as you still have the surname Wayne, all your actions represent the Wayne family."
"Don't disgrace the Wayne ancestors."
Bruce said with a serious face.
Although he himself has done a lot of things to disgrace the Wayne family, there is no way to do it.
The playboy and bohemian he disguised to the outside world were all trying to hide the truth that he was Batman.
"I understand!"
"Don't worry, I won't disgrace the Wayne family!"
Damian replied quickly.
Although he is still a minor, he has come to understand Bruce after living with Bruce and Alfred for a week.
At the same time, I realized for the first time what it was like to carry a family on my back.
"I'm sure you won't disgrace the ancestors of the Wayne family!"
"You're my only son of Bruce Wayne!"
Bruce said.
After saying that, he came to Damien and personally helped Damien tie his bow tie.
After helping Damian tie his bow tie and checking his current outfit, Bruce continued:
"Alright, it's time to go out and meet tonight's guests."
Damian nodded.
Then, follow Bruce to the banquet hall.
At this time, the banquet hall has gathered many guests.
At tonight's feast, Bruce sent invitations to all the famous families in Gotham.
Even the families who formed the Owl Court before, Bruce invited the same.
Although he didn't like these people at all, he knew that even if he didn't like them, he could only invite.
Because tonight's dinner is not any ordinary dinner, but Damian's first appearance in Gotham.
Bruce and Damian, both wearing hand-tailored suits.
Whether it is clothes, shoes, belts, cufflinks, etc., all of them are made by famous artists.
To put it simply, it's expensive!
It's more expensive than ordinary people think!
After wearing the same style suit, Bruce and Damian looked like two father and son.
In addition to the age difference, others, such as appearance and temperament, have a lot of similarities.
When the two of them came to the banquet hall, the banquet hall, which was originally a bit noisy, suddenly became quiet.
Except for the musicians who were still playing, everyone else's eyes fell on Bruce and Damian.
Although it was the first time he had faced such a social situation, Damian was extremely calm.
It was clear that Bruce and Alfred had already told him in advance what it would be like.
What's more, Damian, who has been trained as an assassin since he was a child, has a strong will that far surpasses that of his peers.
Not to mention that the banquet hall is a famous family of Gotham, even if it is an enemy, he will not be nervous.
Of course, normally, he would never allow himself to be in such a situation where he faced so many enemies at the same time.
If Damian just showed a calmness far beyond his peers.
Then Bruce showed his social side.
As soon as he entered the banquet hall, he took Damian to the nearest rich man and greeted him familiarly.
Bruce greeted the people around him as he led Damian to the center of the ballroom.
Arriving in the center of the ballroom, Bruce gestured to the musicians who were playing.
Seeing his gesture, the musician who was performing quickly stopped playing.
Next, Bruce introduces Damian to the crowd like a speech.
Although I don't know why Bruce suddenly has a son who is about to become an adult.
But after seeing Damian standing next to Bruce, as if carved out of the same mold as Bruce, the guests present knew that Damian was indeed Bruce's son.
Because the current Damian looks exactly like Bruce more than twenty years ago.
When Bruce's emotional, speech-like introduction was over, Bruce began to greet the guests with Damian.
It didn't take long for them to come to Roy and Selina.
"I was wondering if you would make an excuse not to come tonight."
"As it turns out, I'm thinking too much."
Bruce said to Roy.
"If it was someone else's dinner, I wouldn't come."
"But this is a dinner party you prepared for Damian, and I have to come and cheer me on whatever I say."
Roy replied.
After hearing his answer, Bruce nodded in satisfaction.
Then, to Damian, he said:
"Roy, you've already seen it, so I won't introduce it."
"This is Miss Selena Kyle, the chairman of the Kyle Group and Roy's girlfriend."
Damian doesn't care if Selina is the chairman of the Kyle Group.
What he cares about is the fact that Selina is Roy's girlfriend.
Selina is Roy's girlfriend.
This also means that Selina is Roy's weakness!
Damian instinctively came up with the idea.
Although he didn't say anything, the careful thoughts in his heart couldn't hide from the three of Roy at all.
As soon as the idea of using Selina to threaten Roy crossed his mind, Bruce's voice rang out.
"Give up that unrealistic fantasy!"
Bruce reminded Damian with a serious face.
Don't look at his current relationship with Roy is quite good, but he knows that there are some things that must not be done.
For example, threatening Roy with Serena.
After hearing Bruce's reminder, Damian turned his head to look at Roy.
Then, he said to Selina:
"Nice to meet you, Miss Kyle."
"Thank you for coming to my dinner."
"It's my pleasure, Master Wayne."
Selina said with a smile.
She didn't call Damian by his name, but simply called him Master Wayne.
Master Wayne was originally used to call Bruce.
Now, the title is going to fall on Damian.
Strictly speaking, as long as Bruce is not married, he can be called Master Wayne.
But it was clear that Damian was now more suitable for the title of Master Wayne than he was.
Bruce knew that Serena was implying that he was old, but he didn't take it to heart.
It's just an inconsequential joke that doesn't need to be bothered.
Although it is true that he is no longer young, he is not such an easy person to accept old age.
Bruce glanced at Selina, turned to Roy and said:
"I'll go say hello to the other guests first, you and Selina don't leave so early, I'll talk to you about something later."
"Good!"
Although he didn't know what Bruce wanted to talk to him, Roy didn't refuse.
After hearing Roy's reply, Bruce left with Damian and continued to introduce Damian to the other guests.
Watching Bruce greet the guests at the dinner with Damian like a courtesan, Roy couldn't help but recall the birthday dinner arranged by Magneto and Quicksilver.
Although Bruce is not Magneto, and Damian is not Quicksilver, this scene in front of him still reminds Roy of the original picture unconsciously.
Alas!
I don't know when I'll be back in the Marvel world.
Although he lives quite well here, Roy still misses the Marvel Universe a little.
If nothing else, he has at least three girlfriends over there.
And here, he only has Selena.
In terms of appearance and figure, Selina is no worse than Lorna, Clarice, and Wanda.
But no matter what, Selina can't compare to the three of Wanda.
That's three glamorous beauties!
Although Selina can't read minds, seeing the expression on Roy's face, her feminine instincts immediately kick in.
"My gut tells me that you're thinking about something that's not very healthy right now."
Selina said to Roy.
"Your instincts are wrong, and I'm thinking about healthy things right now."
"I was just thinking Bruce was going to talk to me about something later."
Roy said with a serious face.
As a scumbag with a heart of flowers, opening his eyes and telling nonsense is an ability that must be mastered.
Not to mention that Selina has no evidence now, even if she does, she must have the calmness of "Tarzan collapses in front and remains unchanged".
Only in this way can you be a scumbag with a heart of flowers.
"Really?"
Although Roy's expression was serious and his tone was sincere, Selina still didn't think he was telling the truth.
"Of course!"
"Alright, let's not talk about that."
"Would you like something to drink?"
Glancing around, Roy asked Selina.
"The Red Bar."
Selina replied.
"Good!"
Without hesitation, Roy gestured to the nearby attendant.
Soon, the waiter in a straight suit came to them with a silver tray.
Taking two glasses of red wine from the silver tray, Roy handed one of them to Selina.
Just as he was about to clink glasses with Selina, he suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong?"
After seeing Roy suddenly stop what she was doing, Selina immediately asked.
"There's some uninvited guests coming!"
Roy said quickly.
Although he didn't deliberately display the domineering of seeing and hearing, the domineering of seeing and hearing that instinctively operated still made him sense some uninvited guests who came with bad intentions.
"Uninvited guests?"
"What do you mean?"
Selina asked immediately.
As soon as she finished asking, and without Roy being able to answer, a fierce gunfire rang out from outside the banquet hall.
This......
When everyone else was surprised by the sudden gunshot, Roy also had a look of surprise on his face.
It's just that what surprised him was not the sound of gunshots, but the sudden sound of the system in his head.
"Main Quest: Fateful Showdown!"
"Mission content: Remain neutral in the confrontation between the Joker and Batman, and watch the fatalistic duel between the Joker and Batman from the perspective of the audience."
"Quest Reward: Super Vision and Heat Rays!"
"Mission Progress: Unfinished!"
……
The system will release tasks, and Roy is not surprised, after all, the system has released main quests before.
But now, after seeing the new main quest released by the system, he still frowned unconsciously.
Whether it is the content of the task or the task reward, the tasks released by the system this time are very different from the past.
Let's not talk about the content of the mission!
Just look at the literal meaning to know what's going on.
Although this is not quite the same as the main quest that I have accepted before, it is also within the acceptable range.
If the content of the mission is only slightly different, then the reward of the mission this time is completely different from before.
In the DC Universe, as long as you talk about super vision and heat rays, the first thing that comes to mind is Superman!
Although this is not an extraordinary ability that only Superman Clark has, as long as these two abilities are mentioned, Superman Clark will definitely not be able to bypass them.
What is this?
Version update for mission rewards?
Or is it a change of local customs?
In the previous system, such a task reward would never be given.
Closing the quest panel, Roy was going to ignore the matter for now.
While it is not known why the system has changed this way, it doesn't matter.
As long as the reward given by the system is not something inexplicable, he can accept it.
Super Vision & Heat Rays!
It's not a particularly bad reward in terms of value.
If you look at the content of this mission, this reward can even be said to be very good.
(End of chapter)