Helena Wayne was furious. She hadn't been so angry in a long time.

Her father's sacrifice in the Apocalypse Counterattack was the biggest pain in her life. Although she inherited the tsundere of the old bat, she rarely shows it in front of others, even when she gets along with her good friend Karen who can put her heart into her heart, but not showing it doesn't mean that she won't be sad because of it.

The truth is, even after all this time, she still hasn't been able to get out of that shadow. It was as if the old bat had been wandering that night in the alley of crime since she was eight years old, and Helena's time seemed to have stood still at the moment of her father's death.

When Karen insisted on coming back to save their hometown, Helena was not very aggressive, although she did not object. Because here she has to face the reality that her family is no longer there.

On the next planet, she could at least see her father's shadow - even though she knew it wasn't a person, and the other party was always indifferent to her.

That's why she was so angry when she returned to her hometown and found a cottage in a batsuit.

She wanted to show the cocky guy that not everyone deserved that badge and this uniform.

But I have to admit that this Batman is also not slow. The arrow's sneak attack missed, and Helena's pounce was also avoided. She stood still, and without looking, she turned back and turned and kicked precipitously, as if she expected that the other party would definitely attack the stall where she landed in the air.

But unexpectedly, this Batman dodged backwards. Helena's boots swept almost against the tip of the other's nose.

This surprised her a little.

Either the other party's sense of battle is amazing, and he predicted her prediction and dodged this kick. Either the other party reacted very quickly, saw through her movements at the moment of the move, and avoided the past in time.

But if that's the case, this is also the reaction speed of the demon level.

Helena was amazed, but having been trained by the best martial arts masters since childhood, she knew that even if something unexpected happened in battle, she couldn't hesitate. As soon as she missed, she immediately switched her legs and kicked high, attacking the opponent in the middle first, but the number of kicks in the middle changed abruptly, and the mid-position front kick controlled the leg and turned into a high horizontal kick. The extremely fast line change leg method is already a very high-end technology.

But Batman still stood still, and his front hand blocked the front kick, followed by the back hand to block the offensive line of the line change and cross kick when Helena flipped his crotch.

Amazing pre-reading, while the bottom plate is incredibly stable, Helena's kicks are blocked, but she thinks that her legs should not be weak. But the other party ate her chain leg method and didn't move at all.

Helena kept moving, and then she wanted to get up and kick in pursuit. Not only did she study under the top martial arts master Batman, but her mother, Catwoman, was also a good fighter. She has been a master of two masters since she was a child, and most of her flexible leg methods are taught by her mother.

But Batman was faster, his right hand reaching out like lightning before she could kick her next blow, his fingers clawing down her throat.

The tremendous oppression almost squeezed the air in her throat, and she was powerless to continue. Batman lifted her up with one hand indifferently, narrowing his eyes and looking at her for a moment.

The next moment, he seemed to suddenly see something in her eyes, and involuntarily let go of her and let her go, and spoke in astonishment.

"You, Helena?" He took a step back in disbelief, "Helena Wayne? ”

Helena, who was let go, fell to her knees and coughed violently on her chest. She realized that the other party intended to keep her hand, and frowned and looked at the other party: "Who are you, old fellow?" ”

The Batman was so moved when he confirmed her identity that he was stunned for a few moments before slowly removing his helmet.

Under the helmet is an old face, weather-beaten, like an oil painting that has been precipitated by the years, and every deep wrinkle is the trace left by the tribulations of life. That face is like a rock that has gone through vicissitudes, baptized by wind and rain, tempered by years. The skin was as rough as the bark of an ancient tree, full of mottled marks.

But from that face, Helena was surprised to find a familiar trace.

She was sure that she had never seen this old man, but she inexplicably felt as if she had known him all her life.

"I'm your grandfather." The old man held the bat helmet with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, "I'm Thomas Wayne." ”

Helena: "!? ”

Her mind went blank for a moment.

A voice in her heart told her that what he said was true.

Maybe it's a blood connection, or maybe it's just a woman's intuition. It felt like even the soul was whispering to her, telling her to go up and hug the only loved ones left in the world.

Of course, she's Batman's daughter, and she's not stupid enough to trust only instincts.

So she raised her crossbow again as the old man tried to take a step forward, pointing it at his nose.

"My grandfather is long dead." She muttered, "That's why my father became Batman." I've never seen him in my life. ”

The man who claimed to be Thomas Wayne sighed softly.

"It's supposed to be like this, but a lot has happened in between. I should have come back sooner, I should have stood with my family. When I learned that you were gone, I was gone.

I put on his uniform and carry on his unfinished business, because I have no other purpose in life, but I didn't expect that I would at least have you"

There was a commotion outside the door, and it seemed that someone was gathering.

The man looked in the direction of the doorway, frowned, and put his helmet back on.

"I'd love to tell you all, Helena, I can't wait. But not now. They're coming in, and I have important business to do here. ”

Helena pointed her crossbow at him for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and finally put the crossbow down.

"You went to the engineer who designed the World Army base and asked about the existence of this facility." Helena asked, "Why did you chase them after that?" ”

"Not me." The Batman said lightly, "I did ask about the facility, but I haven't been looking for them since.

But I'm not the only one interested in this place. Obviously, after I asked, there was anyone else who wanted to know the secret here, perhaps the cannon fodder that Apocalypse had organized from among the traitors to humanity. ”

"But why here?"

Helena followed him, walking around at the jars that lined her surroundings.

"Who are these people? Why are you so interested in this place? Helena asked.

"Because this place is the most dangerous and unstable people on the planet, but in the face of the apocalypse, it may become the last hope of the earth.

Because before this place was converted into a World Army base, this forbidden area hidden underground was originally part of another facility, and if you notice the name of this World Army base, you will understand. ”

Helena was stunned, she really didn't pay attention to what this base was called.

Batman paused and said.

"It's called 'Arkham Command Post.'"

(End of chapter)