Although these shocking words caused great impact and devastating childhood filter damage to Bruce Wayne, in Thomas's eyes, this is how it is.
Those childhood, those beautiful pictures of the past, in Thomas's eyes, some are completely different from Bruce Wayne.
Thomas was born lonely and proud.
At that time, he was still just a child and not yet sufficiently arrogant to be called "arrogant".
His background is very good, but that is only in the eyes of outsiders.
Having a last name like Eliot didn't just bring him benefits.
Because his mother was a servant of the Elliot family.
It is true that Thomas's surname is Eliot. It is true that he came from a humble background and suffered "discrimination" in the Eliot family.
The main source of this discrimination was his father who gave him the surname Elliott.
The encounter between Thomas and Bruce Wayne was not entirely accidental.
Compared with the huge Wayne family, it is obvious that at least within Gotham, no family is stronger than the Wayne family, and no surname dares to compare with the surname Wayne, let alone any person or family. , do not rely on the Wayne family to survive or do anything.
The Elliot family is naturally the same.
Therefore, it is almost logical that Thomas Elliot, because of his natural advantage of being of the same age as the next heir of the Wayne family, became a pawn in the family layout and assumed an important role. He was sent to fight with the next generation of the Wayne family. Generation Heir: Bruce Wayne, Become a Friend.
This friendship, perhaps from the very beginning, was not entirely pure.
Thomas is smart, and he feels he is better, smarter, and more deserving of everything in the world than Bruce Wayne.
However, compared to Bruce, he is just a royal playmate, a tool to make the other person happy. All of his intelligence is reflected in how he disguises himself to prevent the clever Bruce Wayne from discovering the truth of the matter.
I have to say, this is indeed very sad.
Because of this, from the very beginning, Thomas's thoughts towards Bruce were full of jealousy and...disgust that he was unwilling to admit.
This emotion reached its peak after he really completed the task well and became Bruce's only friend.
On the one hand, Thomas, who is also withdrawn and has no friends, actually becomes friends with Bruce. As those people can see, they have close family backgrounds, some are the same age, some are equally wise far beyond their peers, and have the same interests and hobbies...
Thomas didn't want to admit it, but he did feel the joy of having friends and the rare easy life in getting along with Bruce.
On the other hand, Thomas's life was better. Because of his excellent completion of the task, he was rewarded and his status was raised. Even his mother talked in his ears all day long. He said: He must work hard to win his father's approval, he must take good care of Bruce's emotions, and always be his friend.
And more often than not, he is always compared to Bruce, constantly being compared.
Obviously, he is always the loser.
No one can defeat the young master of the Wayne family, no one is worthy of defeating the young master of the Wayne family, and no one dares to defeat the young master of the Wayne family.
The smarter Thomas will win every time he plays chess with Bruce Wayne, but the winner is always Bruce Wayne.
That's how the world works, and it's amazing.
As Thomas and Bruce grew older, their minds became more mature and they had more ideas.
Thomas didn't care what Bruce thought because he'd had enough.
He's fed up with always being compared, fed up with always losing, fed up with always not being able to win, fed up with his mother's nonsense, fed up with his father's discrimination and beatings...
This kind of dark life completely distorted Thomas's already somewhat distorted mind, giving him a crazy idea.
"I'm going to kill my father and my mother, and then I'll be free."
When Bruce and I went to a medical conference, they saw some unrest in the city.
Later, when Thomas grew up, he learned that it was a superhero named Alan fighting against the commotion caused by an evil villain codenamed Icicle.
But at that time, Thomas obviously did not expect this. He only saw the strength of both sides, as well as the "feeling of freedom" brought about by wanton destruction and lack of scruples. More importantly, he discovered a way to kill his parents.
Because Alan's battle with Icicle took place on a busy street, pedestrians were knocked down one by one by cars that were racing out of control, and people died everywhere.
Thomas knew at that time that the method of killing his parents had been hinted to him by God.
At the same time, he also knew that if he killed his parents, he would naturally inherit part of the Elliott family's huge property. In that way, he would be able to embrace freedom even more.
Therefore, when he and Bruce escaped to a safe place and talked about what they saw and heard and exchanged their thoughts, Bruce said: "Maybe I will also become a hero. However, I will do more than that guy. Okay, I won’t let people die like that.”
Thomas's answer was: "That's right. As long as you have stronger power, you can do what you want to do."
Perhaps, on that afternoon, the two children who had survived the disaster thought that the other party meant almost the same thing as themselves.
Maybe, only Bruce thinks so.
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Thomas' plan was quickly put into motion.
He used his clever brain to learn everything about cars, and then successfully broke the brakes at the right time.
However, the car accident happened, but Thomas's parents were not taken away.
Bruce's father performed surgery on Tommy's parents, failing to save his father, Roger, but his mother, Marla.
After learning about the situation, Thomas beat Bruce. People thought that Thomas lost his temper because Bruce's father failed to save Roger. In fact, he was angry because Dr. Thomas saved his mother, Marla. Beaten Bruce.
That summer, Thomas and Bruce went to summer camp together. Thomas's mother came to tell him to go home. A classmate shouted: Thomas is a good baby for his mother.
Thomas lost control for the second time and gave him a big mouthful with the shovel.
Because of this incident, Thomas was sent to Dr. Jonathan Klein's clinic for psychological counseling. Thomas spent the entire summer in the clinic.
He blamed all this on his mother, Mara, and the Wayne family, especially Bruce Wayne.
Dr. Jonathan had recognized Thomas's antisocial tendencies, but he did not allow Thomas to undergo treatment.
Soon Thomas was back at school.
While Thomas was in the clinic, Bruce Wayne's parents were killed. Thomas felt that justice had finally been served. This was great and worth celebrating!
Since his mother controlled the family money, Thomas had to obey her orders against her will so that his mother would let him into medical school.
Later, Thomas's mother contracted cancer, and he had to stay in Gotham City to take care of her. He thought this was God's punishment for him, and he blamed Bruce Wayne even more.
At the same time, Bruce, who lost his parents, left Gotham inexplicably and began traveling around the world.
Thomas was very envious.
Envy Bruce's freedom.
Mara continued to compare Thomas to Bruce, and Thomas became more and more silent and distorted.
After that, he finally killed his mother Mara, changed his will to make himself the heir, and left Gotham.
Years later, Jonathan, the doctor who treated Thomas' psychological problems, became Gotham's villain Scarecrow, and Thomas, who had become accustomed to silence, changed his name and code name.
Silence.
He's out there traveling the world, but the whole world is against him.
He heard Bruce Wayne's name everywhere and everywhere.
Silence heard how cool Bruce was, how he swallowed up the Elliott family's business, and how he inevitably became Gotham's most indispensable name.
He also heard another unique name for Gotham.
Batman.
I don’t know why, but I’m extremely convinced that Batman is Bruce Wayne! Bruce Wayne is Batman!
He clearly didn't have any evidence, didn't do any investigation, and even after being away from home for many years, he didn't know anything about the current Gotham, the current Batman, or Bruce, but he still concluded based on intuition alone that Bruce and Bruce Batman must be a man and believe it.
Bruce's wish came true once again.
He always seems to be like this, having everything, getting whatever he wants, and getting whatever he wants.
Lack of friends?
How can it be. Someone will naturally filter out the friends who are most suitable for him.
"Why is he always like this! Why can he have all this naturally without any effort!
Why can his wishes always come true...
Obviously...
I am the better one!
I am the one who deserves all this more! ! "
Thomas watched Bruce Wayne chatting on the TV, and the anger that had accumulated in his heart for many years finally exploded at a certain moment.
"I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him! I'm going to take back everything that should belong to me!
money! Power! Fame! free! strength……
everything! ! "
From that moment on, he had a crazy plan.
He wants to kill Bruce Wayne, and then... take his place, become him, and get everything from him!
"Both Bruce Wayne and Batman can only be killed by me! Because everything about him, including his life! It's all mine! It's mine!!"
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Thomas has always been a man of action, and this was proven when he cut the brake line.
As the person who was most familiar with Bruce Wayne, Thomas used to talk to Bruce Wayne about everything. After all, at that time, they were "friends".
Thomas immediately began his plan.
He was a medical student himself, so he easily joined a hospital and became a doctor.
After having a normal social identity, his investigation and life became much more reasonable and "normal".
No one cares about why a Gothamite is so interested in Bruce Wayne, and no one cares about why a Gothamite always asks about Bruce Wayne, and no one cares about why a Gothamite always returns to Gotham. Tan.
While constantly paying attention to Bruce Wayne, Thomas' plan is also progressing in other stages at the same time.
Taking advantage of his status as a doctor, he naturally got to know a lot of capable and qualified plastic surgeons.
After carefully selecting his target and plan, Thomas kidnapped a doctor's wife and daughter, then blackmailed him and gave himself bit by bit plastic surgery to look like Bruce Wayne.
Yes, what Thomas said about replacing Bruce Wayne is on a physical level, a replacement in a realistic sense.
And the face he is currently facing Bruce Wayne is a fake face.
After undergoing repeated surgeries, Thomas finally has a face that is almost identical to Bruce Wayne's.
As long as he kills Bruce Wayne and kills everyone who might see the fakeness of this face, his plan will be completely successful.
So, after killing the doctor and his wife and daughter, Thomas returned to Gotham.
began his own journey of revenge.
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"Thomas...what are you talking about?"
Bruce was certainly not a man easily defeated by words. He stood up slowly with a cold face, looking at the strange friend in front of him, many possible doubts flashed in his heart.
However, soon, his thoughts about his friends being controlled, brainwashed, and replaced were all overturned by the friend himself.
Thomas also stood up with a weird smile.
His tears could still only be seen in his eyes, and the skin on his face began to undergo strange deformations.
Bruce recognized it at a glance, which was the reason for wearing a human skin mask.
"Oh, what a pity. I cut off this mask with great difficulty. Do you like this face, Bruce?
still……
You prefer your own face. "
Without uncovering the edge, Thomas inserted his hand into the scalp and used scratching to tear off a piece of face that seemed to be still bloody.
Bruce looked at Thomas' face under the mask in shock.
That was, his own face.
"Bruce..."
Watching his face appear on other people's faces, Bruce still felt a weird sense of distortion and unreality.
Almost at the same time, he also thought of Thomas' purpose.
"Thomas, do you want to take my place, be me."
Bruce whispered, "I'm afraid you don't know what you're doing. You're going to regret it."
Until this moment, Bruce was still thinking about his only childhood friend, hoping that he would wake up at this time.
However, Bruce himself knew very well that that was impossible. No criminal will show any remorse in the face of the fact that he is about to succeed in committing a crime.
Apparently, he's always right.
"Bruce, maybe, I should show you something else, you see."
Thinking about Bruce's face, Thomas took out a small object from behind and threw it in front of Bruce.
That's a batarang.
"Thomas..."
Bruce's face was full of fatigue, numbness and seriousness.
The same face was full of madness and excitement.
"Bruce! Meet the judgment!"
A batarang was thrown.
A shout echoed through the empty room.
"From...your own judgment!!"
(End of chapter)
