Vol 7 Chapter 186: uninvited guest

Bruce knew very well that he was on the verge of a fiasco, Damian had already taken an absolute advantage in all aspects, and there was really not much time left for him.
Although he is still the president, the president is not the emperor after all. A president who is notorious and has made enemies everywhere in the political arena often finds it difficult to survive his term safely and will be brutally liquidated after he steps down.
What's more miserable is that the Wayne Group will also be destroyed by Damian. In addition to losing his official position, Bruce will lose his wealth and become impoverished overnight.
The impact of losing power and wealth is actually not that big for him. The most unacceptable thing is that Batman is replaced by the Orc Rescue Team, losing the value of existence.
Orc mages (ninjas) are good at collecting intelligence, using weird prying, stealth, and mind-reading ninjutsu. Their investigative ability is not weaker than Batman's meticulous reasoning and technological means. The combined combat ability of the four of them is better than that of singles. Batman who fights is much stronger, and they can do better than Batman can do.
In addition, their image is more close to the people, they know how to please the rescuers, and they can rely on ninjutsu to achieve "non-killing rescue" that hypnotizes or stuns criminals without harming them. They are better than bats in all aspects. Excellent man.
Of course, in terms of overall situation and leadership, the Orc Rescue Team is definitely not comparable to Batman, but the so-called "How can you sweep the world without sweeping a house", Batman is not as good as a grassroots soldier in terms of being a superhero, so how can he convince the crowd to lead? The superhero team, besides, he has been framed by Damian and his reputation has plummeted, and his wealth is about to be cleared. Many members of the Justice League no longer trust him. If he wants to be a leader, everyone else May not be willing to give him a chance to obey his leadership.
In other words, once the failed Wayne Group went bankrupt and he took the stage in disgrace, then he would never have a chance to stand up again. As Damian said, he could only live his old age with nothing to worry about.
However, Bruce is only in his early forties this year, and it is the peak of his wealth. Starting his retirement from now on, it is not so much enjoyment of peace and quiet, but a long suffering, a feeling of early death.
With a difference of thought, as long as he breaks through his self-restriction and loses his integrity, Bruce can come up with countless plans to turn defeat into victory, but the price is that he has to do a lot of bad things that he never bothered to do before.
In this father-son dispute, although Bruce was forced to the brink of failure, it did not mean that his ability was limited to this. Damian took advantage of his principled character and came to a gentleman to deceive him, and he won. Not mean.
At this moment, Bruce is faced with the most important decision in his life, whether to accept failure and exit the world stage willingly, or to lift his limiter, whether he wins or loses, good or evil, and Damian reopens a game seriously.
After taking a sip of whiskey with ice, Bruce's mind began to blur. He thought a lot, and even recalled the retirement dream more than a year ago.
In that dreamland, Damian realized his ideals, the earth realized the world of Great Harmony, and his security protection was almost perfect, but the Batman who was a world disappeared forever.
Bruce suddenly had an absurd idea, that is, if Batman really didn't exist, would the world be better?
In the infinite parallel universe, there are some worlds where clowns do not exist. For example, Batman took up a gun and turned into a world of killing knights. In that world, the clown was tricked into wearing a red hood and posing as a villain as bait. Killing knight Batman collapsed with a shot, and died quietly like a mouse in the gutter. After his death, he never made waves again, and there was no such thing as a clown at all.
In the world of Killing Knights, many villains were shot and killed when they committed the first crime. Therefore, the world is very boring, not as interesting and lively as other Batman and villains playing cat and mouse games, if it weren’t for Police Gordon. The leader stood up and insisted on bringing the Killing Knights to justice. It is estimated that it will gradually become the safest and most peaceful world in the DC universe.
In the vast parallel worlds, the Joker may not exist, but there will always be a Batman. Even if Bruce Wayne dies in the alley instead of his parents, his father will become Batman.
Once this absurd idea came out, he couldn't stop it. Bruce recalled a nightmare he had had. He seemed to have seen a supreme demon lord in the nightmare, and that supreme demon lord lured him into the darkness. It seems that he wants to use him as a beacon, a cross-latitude beacon that collects the fearful emotions of all beings in the universe. The more people fear Batman, the more power blessings that demon master can get.
His thoughts suddenly awoke, Bruce dropped the wine glass on the ground with a shake of his hand. He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat before he realized that he almost stepped into the darkness. If he took that step, how could the Supreme Demon Lord in the nightmare take that step? Will it succeed?
Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, murmured: "Well... Damian, you have won... Your ideal world is better than I dragged the earth into the endless dark universe after I fell. Maybe, This world really doesn't need Batman..."
"Ahahahaha..."
A shrill laughter suddenly echoed in Wayne Manor. The laughter sounded very familiar, similar to the clown's weird laugh, but obviously not the clown's voice.
Bruce hurriedly jumped up, took out a bat dart, followed the sound, but saw a tall and thin black figure standing outside the French window, the man was laughing wildly with his mouth wide open, and his white teeth were dazzling by the moonlight.
Through the dim light in the living room, Bruce could see the 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. The mask completely blocked the strange man's eyes, and it was unknown whether he was blind or had other ways to replace vision.
"It's a pity, you almost realized that you are qualified to swear allegiance to the ruler of the universe, but you withdrew at the last moment. You should have become one of us, and I have thought about your knight title for you-'Steel Loving Father'"
As he said, the stranger kicked the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room with a kick and walked in slowly from the hole. He carried a chain sickle in his hand, and the blade was glowing palely in the moonlight.
"Who are you?" Bruce squeezed the bat dart and shouted and asked: "You didn't trigger the trap and alarm system of the manor when you sneaked into this place. Your skills are extraordinary!"
"Hahahaha...Actually, I swaggered in from the main entrance, as if I was going home."
The stranger seemed to like to laugh. He laughed like he heard a funny joke: "It doesn't matter who I am. The important thing is that you are the most unique one of us, Wayne who can be elected President of Hope. This is a very rare achievement that many Wayne can hardly achieve. Using your identity, the Knights can do many creative performances, which will definitely please the great master."