Origin of all things Arkham

Chapter 20 The Initiator

Gotham City hides a lot of secrets, and from the time the city was first built, it was not very pure.

Lynn is an outsider. His knowledge of Gotham is limited to a few comics and some movies. As for the messy memories of the original body, he can't provide much help.

But this does not affect Lynn to follow the known clues to find the old bat.

Gotham is Wayne's Gotham, which is the basic understanding of every Gotham citizen.

It's hard for Lin En to say whether ordinary people have any opinions on this, but those wealthy people in the upper class certainly don't like this statement very much.

They tried to fight, and never stopped fighting, and that's how the Court of Owls was born.

The original patriarchs of the Wayne family, Bruce Wayne's ancestors also found some clues, such as the great-grandfather of the old bat.

Lynn remembered that the real rise of the Wayne family began with this old man, and the old man's house, Wayne Manor, should also have been built during the old man's time.

The old man has always believed that the owls are plotting against the Wayne family.Although he has no proof, no one believes him.

The old man believed it himself, and gradually became "pathological". He firmly believed that [the owl has already built a nest in the Wayne family].

In the latter part of his life, the old man fell into a kind of paranoia that was completely incomprehensible to people at the time. In every painting he painted, as long as there was a building, there would be an owl nesting on it.

The old man's own foundation built many buildings in Gotham that were semi-independent from the Wayne family, and affected by certain legends and cultures, none of these buildings had a thirteenth floor.

Jump directly to the fourteenth floor after the twelveth floor, and the thirteenth floor will be a confined space with no windows or doors.

Bruce Wayne went to investigate these floors when he was a child, and suffered a lot. He was locked in an empty house for seven days and almost starved to death.

Since then, he has not believed in the existence of the Court of Owls.

"So, there must be something, some clue that made the old bat notice the existence and doubts of the Court of Owls again.

That's why he overturned his previous judgment without hesitation and made such a decisive decision. "

Originally, Lynn's plan was also very simple and straightforward.

Fly to the city, look for the buildings of the Wayne family, and search the No.13 floors of those buildings. How did Batman find clues?

But now, he felt that he should find an insider.

So Lynn went straight to Wayne Manor.

Others may not know about the Wayne family, how could Batman's old butler Alfred not know.He knows more than the old bat!

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Alfred seemed to have been prepared for Lynn's arrival.

He wasn't as shocked as the others when they saw Lynn on the balloon, and he didn't make any aggressive moves.

It may be that this elegant old gentleman, the old housekeeper's psychological quality has passed the test, of course, the more likely reason is that he really knows everything.

"You knew I was coming? You knew I knew his identity?"

Alfred's temples are slightly frosted, but his overall appearance is hard to judge his age. His shoulders are straight, and his posture and appearance are perfect. He looks like a man in his thirties with some gray hair dyed Same.

The most important thing is that people are calm in dealing with things, and have a calm attitude when it comes to major events.

No wonder you can gather one in a place like Gotham: bereavement of father and mother, net worth of over [-] million, grievances of wealthy families, family blood feuds, wrong friends, rebellious period... etc., etc. dbuff's teenagers grow into bats Xia instead of Night Ghost Bat.

It can be said that Batman is the person who should be blackened the most in the entire DC world, and his negative state is already full.

It's not easy to say anything else, the old housekeeper must be full of childcare.

"Hmm...I'll introduce Clark Kent's father to you later, you two must have something in common!"

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In fact, the old butler Alfred's expression was somewhat frozen.

He was worried about Master Bruce, who had been missing for many days because of his talkativeness. Suddenly, the window was smashed, and a strange man who was sitting in a balloon and hugged a cat flew in.

If he hadn't heard the name and description of this person from Master Bruce many times, and was deeply impressed by the key description of "sitting on a balloon", the old butler would definitely have swung it up with a hammer.

Regardless of his age, his craftsmanship has never fallen behind, after all, he was originally a soldier.

Alfred felt relieved after realizing that this was the young master's new friend.

Although the friends that Master Bruce made were never very popular, but anyway, he has another friend, which is a great thing.

Originally, Alfred was going to be more straightforward, so that the thorny man who he had guessed was here to help quickly understand some situations, but unexpectedly, he was asked two questions when he came up.

Before he could organize his words to answer, the other party inexplicably said that he would introduce a friend to him.

This guy's brain is... oh yes.no problem.

"Mr. Thorn Vine, I..."

"What a treat, the old bat didn't tell you what my name is?"

"Uh... Mr. Adrian, I think..."

"Relax, Lord Alfred, just call me Lynn. Did the old bat say anything before he left, did he... oh, is this coffee, is there sugar added, give me a sip."

Alfred thought it would be difficult enough to communicate with his young master, but he didn't expect to meet a real master today.

"Mr. Lynn, please follow me."

Alfred simply didn't care what Lynn said or asked, just went straight to the point, told him everything he knew, and it was over.

Alfred, who was dressed in formal attire and had aristocratic elegance in every move, walked in front and said, and Lynn, who was wearing a modern combat suit, carried a cat on his shoulder, and drank coffee through a straw, followed behind.

The two walked in the long corridors of the castle, no matter how they looked at them, they had a sense of dislocation in time and space.

"...So, he doubted the existence of the Owl Court again because of a certain clue, and then you knew all the details back then, and told him all of them, and after that, he disappeared, right?"

"That's right," Alfred replied, "He said he found Gotham's cancer and he wanted to end it himself.

This is the clue he found. "

Alfred said, and handed a stack of documents to Lynn.

"This thing... looks so familiar..."

Lynn finally remembered after turning a few pages.

Isn't this the document in the safe that he got from that guy named Nathan back then!
Raising their heads, the embarrassed Lynn and the puzzled Alfred looked at each other.

"Uh...Old man, don't get excited. I should have given this to him...

But don't worry!I know how to find him!See you! "

Being looked at by a widowed old man with resentful eyes as if he had found the murderer, is not something that a thick-skinned person can bear.

Lin En is a little regretful now, this matter...

"Oh...if only I could do it myself from the beginning."

The balloon rose into the sky, and Lynn left Wayne Manor.

(End of this chapter)