Gotham City hides many secrets. From the time when the city was first built, it was not very innocent.
Lynn is a foreigner, and his knowledge of Gotham is limited to a few comics and some movies. As for the chaotic memories of his original self, they can't provide much help.
But this does not prevent Linn from following the known clues to find the old bat.
Gotham is Wayne's Gotham, this is the basic understanding of every Gotham citizen.
Lin En couldn't say whether ordinary people had any objections to this, but those wealthy people from the upper class definitely didn't like this statement.
They tried to resist, and never stopped resisting, and that's how the organization the Court of Owls was born.
The original patriarchs of the Wayne family and Bruce Wayne's ancestors also discovered some clues, such as Old Bat's great-grandfather.
Lynn remembered that the true rise of the Wayne family began with this old man. The Wayne Manor, Batman's old home, should also have been built during the old man's time.
This old man always believed that the owl was plotting against the Wayne family. Although he had no evidence, no one believed him.
The old man believed it himself, and gradually became "pathological". He firmly believed that [the owl had built a nest in the Wayne family].
Later in 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 building a nest on it.
The old man’s own foundation built many buildings in Gotham that were semi-independent of the Wayne family, and due to the influence of certain legends and culture, none of these buildings had a thirteenth floor.
After twelve, jump directly to fourteen. The thirteenth floor will be a closed space with no windows or doors.
Bruce Wayne investigated these floors as a child and suffered a great loss. He was locked up in an empty house for seven days and almost starved to death.
After that, he didn't believe in the existence of the Court of Owls.
“So, there must be something, some clue that made Old Bat pay attention to the existence and doubts of the Owl Court again.
That's why he overturned his previous judgment without hesitation and made such a decisive decision. "
Originally, Linn's plan was very simple and direct.
Fly to the city, look for the Wayne family building, and search the thirteenth floor of those buildings. How Batman found the clues, Linn will just follow.
But now, he felt that he should still find someone with knowledge of the situation.
So, Lynn went straight to Wayne Manor.
Others may not know about the Wayne family, how could Alfred, Batman's old butler, not know. He knows more than Old Bat!
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Alfred seemed to have been prepared for Linn's arrival.
He was not shocked like others when they saw Lynn on the balloon, nor did he make any aggressive move.
It may be that this elegant old gentleman and old butler have a good psychological quality. 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 it's hard to tell his age overall. His shoulders and back are straight, and his posture and appearance are flawless. He looks like a man in his thirties with some white hair. Same.
The most important thing is his attitude of not being alarmed when dealing with things, and being calm when big things happen.
No wonder they can gather them all in a place like Gotham: losing father and mother, having a net worth of over 100 million, grudges between wealthy families, family blood feuds, making bad friends by mistake, in the period of rebellion...etc., etc. A dbuffed boy develops into a bat. A hero instead of a late-night ghost bat.
It can be said that Batman is the person in the entire DC world who should be darkened the most. He is already full of negative states.
It's hard to say anything else. In terms of childcare, this old housekeeper must have filled it directly.
"Well... I will introduce Clark Kent's father to you later. You two will definitely 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 flying in was sitting on a balloon and holding a cat.
If he hadn't heard this person's name and description from Master Bruce many times and was deeply impressed by the key description of "sitting on a balloon", the old butler would have hit him with a hammer.
Despite his age, his skills have never fallen behind. After all, he was originally a soldier.
After realizing that this was the young master's new friend, Alfred felt relieved.
Although Master Bruce has never made friends that are very public, at least he has another friend, which is a good thing.
Originally, Alfred was going to be more direct and let the thorn vine man, who he had guessed was here to help, quickly understand some situations. Unexpectedly, he was asked two questions when he came up.
Before he could formulate a verbal answer, the other party said inexplicably that he wanted to introduce a friend to him.
This guy's brain is... Oh, that's right. no problem.
"Mr. Thorny, I..."
"You're so kind, Old Bat didn't tell you my name?"
"Um...Mr. Adrian, I think..."
"Relax, Sir Alfred, just call me Lynn. Did the old bat say anything before he left? Did he...oh, is this coffee, does it have sugar added? Give me a sip."
Alfred originally thought that communicating with his own young master was difficult enough, but he didn't expect to meet a real master today.
"Mr. Lynn, please follow me."
Alfred simply didn't care what Linn said or asked, he went straight to the topic and told him everything he knew.
Alfred, who was wearing a formal suit and carrying aristocratic elegance in every move, was walking in front and talking. Lynn, who was wearing a modern combat suit and carrying a cat on his shoulder and drinking coffee through a straw, was walking behind and sipping.
As the two of them walked along the long corridor of the castle, they felt like they were out of place in time and space.
"...So, he suspected the existence of the Court of Owls again because of a certain clue. Then you knew all the details and told him. After that, he disappeared, right."
"That's right." Alfred replied: "He said he found the cancer in Gotham and wanted to end it with his own hands.
This is the clue he found. "
Alfred said, handing a stack of documents to Linn.
"This thing... looks so familiar..."
Linn finally remembered after turning a few pages.
Isn't this the document in the safe that he got from the guy named Nathan?
Raising their heads, an embarrassed Linn and a confused Alfred looked at each other.
"Um...Old sir, don't get excited yet. I should have given this thing to him...
But don’t worry! I know how to find him! See you! "
Being looked at by a lonely old man with a resentful look as if he had found the murderer of his son is not something that a thick-skinned person can handle.
Lin En feels a little regretful now about this matter...
"Sigh... I wish I could just do it myself from the beginning."
The balloon took off and Lynn left Wayne Manor.
