Merlin found Batman at the end of this labyrinthine underground hall.And in this process, which is not difficult, Merlin has several more pieces of metal in his pocket.It seems that these immortal "claws" are the strongest warriors that the Owl Court can come up with.Unfortunately, their weaknesses are as obvious as their strengths, and as long as they are caught, these dead warriors are no threat to Merlin, who has a variety of arsonist methods.The only thing that worries people is that, judging from the number of talons in this dungeon, the Owl Court should have produced a surprising number of talons in the past 200 years of concealment, and it is not excluded that they also have "upgraded" talons in their hands.From a Gotham perspective, if Merlin hadn't intervened, Bruce, Robin, and his son would have had to endure an uphill battle to settle the court of owls that suddenly emerged from the darkness.And, most importantly, until now, it was not clear to Merlin why this court of hidden owls suddenly started targeting Batman.Perhaps, he can get the answer from Bruce."
Hey."
Merlin stepped out of the darkness with his sword on his back, and in a cage in front of him, Bruce was sitting in a chair, he didn't have many signs of battle, no injuries, not even obvious scratches on his black combat uniform.He didn't look like he was being forcibly locked up."
It's all going on outside, what are you doing here alone?"
Bruce didn't answer.The expression on his face was one of dazedness, sluggishness, and a mixture of sadness and despair that Merlin had never seen before, as if he had witnessed something terrible and had been shattered.This is very rare.Although Merlin and Bruce haven't seen each other for more than 10 years, from what Merlin has recently learned about Batman and Bruce's past experiences, he shouldn't be a fragile person.A fragile person can't face the ninja master and the assassin alliance head-on."
Hey..."
Merlin stepped forward, he crouched in front of Bruce's eyes, reached out and snapped his fingers in front of Batman's eyes, he put his hand on Bruce's lap, he asked, "What the hell is wrong?"
”"Merlin, I...
I found something to do with my parents. ”Bruce looked up like a startled man, he looked up at Merlin, and he said in despair, "I'm fine, I'm just, I just don't know how to accept this." ”"Judging by your expression, I guess it's not a heartwarming story."
Merlin said, "But I want to ask, what do you know from your enemies?"
”"See for yourself."
Bruce handed Merlin the USB flash drive he was holding, and he took the metal thing, took out the laptop issued by S.H.I.E.L.D., which he always carried with him, and he inserted the USB stick into the computer, and after a short reading, a video that was some years old in terms of image quality was opened on the desktop.It was like a closed-circuit monitor capturing the picture, which was not very clear, but it was still intelligible, and it was a place similar to that of a hospital room.A man in an orange jumpsuit is being restrained in a white hospital bed, and he is supposed to be a prisoner.Beside him, a man in a doctor's robe, holding a clipboard and a pen, observed the bound patient.Everything looks normal.It wasn't until a dozen seconds later that the doctor put down the pen in his hand, picked up a syringe, and thrust the syringe into the hanging bottle next to the patient amid the screams of the prisoner's surveillance.Immediately afterward, a noisy, unclear conversation came from the frame."
Sir, this is my latest research, it doesn't kill you, but it makes you miserable, it makes you lose your mind, it makes you lose control, it's a terrible process...
I mean, maybe we don't need this. ”The doctor said to the patient who was tied to the bed, "Maybe you'll tell me everything I want to know before I finish the injection?"
”"Hell!
Thomas, you hypocritical scoundrel, let me go, please. ”The patient screamed, wailed, and cried weakly for help, but no one answered him."
Thomas?"
Merlin paused the video, and he looked back at Bruce, who nodded silently."
It's my father, keep watching."
Merlin was puzzled and refocused on the video on the monitor.He hadn't met Bruce's parents, but what he had learned from Bruce and Afu was that the impression of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas was that they were well-mannered doctors, compassionate, and responsible Gotham's richest man, who risked everything to save the city's suffering people in the turbulent times.They should be the classic kind of good people in the story.But now, Thomas in this video.
Wayne, it seems...
It seems to be a bit of a departure from that image.Merlin presses the spacebar and the video continues to play."
Looks like you refused?
What a pity. ”In the video, Thomas poured the liquid from the syringe in his hand into the hanging bottle with a regretful voice, and a few seconds later, the patient tied to the hospital bed began to struggle frantically, and his screaming voice was as miserable as a trapped beast.At the bedside, Thomas looked at his watch, recording the time, and he looked at everything in front of him indifferently, until a few minutes later, when the patient was completely speechless, he spoke again: "Why bother?
Sir, you should know that this madhouse is made for people like you, and I'm the attending doctor here, and if I think you're still a threat to Gotham, then you don't want to get out for the rest of your life.I mean, you should be smarter and say what I want. ”Thomas, who had always behaved politely, suddenly reached out at this moment, grabbed the mortal by the collar, and shouted to him in a roaring voice: "Hell, miscellaneous!
Where did you hide all the money you stole from me?
Say!
”"Thomas, that's a stock, and you know better than I know that it's normal to win and lose in the stock market.You can't make money forever!
”The patient seemed frightened, he was weak, and said in a voice begging for mercy: "I still have some money, I will pay you it, don't torture me, please." ”"I want my money, my earnings!"
Thomas said coldly, "Every penny you swindled from me and promised will go back to me." ”He threw down the patient and reached out to straighten his collar, and at this moment, Thomas seemed to regain his polite posture, he picked up the tablet and pen next to him, and said to the patient, "Give you two more days, sir, and I am sure that you will make the right choice in the end."
Oh yes, my friend Falconi was trying to talk to your wife about the fact that you had made him lose a fortune...
You and I both know what a grumpy person Falcone is, so I want you to think about it carefully. ”"Alright, patient, that's the end of today's treatment."
Thomas turned to leave, and he waved his hand: "We'll see you this time tomorrow." ”"No, don't!""
Hmmm" accompanied by the patient's frightened howl, and the video ended at this moment.At the end of this dark hall, both Merlin and Bruce fell into an indescribable silence.After more than ten seconds, Merlin said with some hesitation, "Perhaps, this is a forgery from them...
With today's technology, it's not difficult to forge something like this.They want to break your sanity and make you work for them, and they know your biggest nightmare, so they use this to target you...
I mean, Bruce, you shouldn't trust them so easily. ”"It's a bit stupid to believe the evidence of your own enemies."
Merlin's persuasion sounded reasonable, but Bruce did not respond immediately, instead he said in a deep voice, "When I was a child, my father never let me into his study.He always went out late and didn't come back until the early hours of the morning, he was a doctor, and he told me he was going to treat his patients.Occasionally, he would argue with his mother. ”"The Falconi family and the Wayne family are both old families in Gotham, and when I was a kid, I did see the young Falconi and my dad dining together at home.""
That night I went to see the opera of Zorro, and we were also invited by Falconi and several other ancient families...""
I'm not stupid enough to believe the words of the Owl Court, but Merlin...
All the memories, the memories that I ignored, were telling me that this video was real, and that the man in the video, the side of my father that had never been shown in front of my eyes, was also true. ”Bruce closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Lars.
Al.
When Gul invaded Gotham, he told me that the beliefs I held on to came from a lie that had not been exposed.He told me that all the righteousness I did was pathetic vanity. ”"He's right, Merlin.""
My father was not a hero, under disguise, hidden, an evil spirit...
He's a bad guy, and before I was even born, he joined forces with the Falconi family to rule the underground kingdom of Gotham.And I'm an idiot, I can't make it through. ”"I was inspired by my father's spirit to fight crime, but it was all a lie.My father was a sinner, and perhaps, he deserved his death. ”"I've been fighting on the inspiration of lies, and I'm convinced that I'm doing the right thing.But I...""
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Enough!"
A scolding interrupted Bruce's self-pity.Merlin unplugged the USB flash drive from his computer, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it.He looked back at Bruce and said, "You're like a sissy begging for comfort right now."
Do you want me to give you a warm hug to cheer you up again?
”"That's right, the first half of your life is indeed very difficult, but that doesn't mean that other people's lives are smooth sailing, you know my past story, but you don't know, I still have a time bomb on my back that will explode at any time, maybe in the next second, I will be swallowed up by the darkness of the soul roar, and I will strangle you here with my own hands."
Merlin stepped forward, grabbed the collar of Bruce's combat suit, and lifted him into the air.At the moment of being attacked, a blue spark burst from Bruce's collar and hit Merlin's fingers, and the high-voltage blow made Merlin's movements stiffen, but it didn't make Merlin let go.He looked at Bruce, looked him in the eye, and said, "It's not up to you to decide what kind of person your father is."
Whether he's a criminal or a hero, it's all his guilt, not yours!
”"Your son is out there fighting for you right now, your trusted assistant is fighting for you against a bunch of undead spirits, your lover is trying to revive the family business in Europe, she's surrounded by wolves, maybe the next moment you will receive the news of her death and your son will be an orphan.And you?
You can help them, but you hide in the dark like a crushed softie. ”"You have family, you have friends, you have a career, you have wealth, hell, you are the darling of fate, you have it all!
And you want to get rid of all that now, right?
Bruce. ”"If you don't wake up again, I'll wake you up with my own hands, I'm not kidding!"
Lifted in the air, Bruce struggled, a strong man who had just broken the strongest pillar of his will, and he needed to find a new pillar to keep him moving forward and continuing to perform his great duties.He looked at Merlin, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "You have also caused disasters with your own hands, you have also walked alone in the lost, and you have lived in blood, disasters and deception for the first half of your life, Merlin, my friend, how did you survive?"
”"Who told you—" Merlin replied word for word, "I survived?"
”"Bang" Bruce was thrown on the edge of the cage, and in front of him, Merlin moved his fingers, he turned his back and pushed open the door of the cage in front of him, and said, "Sweet dreams don't come true here, only nightmares do."
Every night I can go back in time, and you should know that bad memories never fade away, they live in us. ”"But you still have a choice, and you can be tormented by painful memories to become inhuman.You can also carry the sins that were born of you forward until you are crushed. ”He looked back at Bruce, "But even if I'm crushed, I'll crawl to my end."
I'm going to help my poor little nephew Damian, who is being bullied by a bunch of undead who crawled out of his grave. ”"Are you coming?"
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