Devil fruit in comics

Chapter 237 The Court of Owls

After hearing Roger say "guess", Batman unconsciously thought of his destined enemy, the Joker.

Speaking of which, the clown has been "disappearing" for a while, and I don't know where he went.

The sudden disappearance of his old friend made Batman feel a little worried.

According to the clown's past style, when he disappears for a while and returns to Gotham, he will make some unpredictable big events.

The severity of the matter is often directly proportional to the time of his disappearance.

The longer it disappears, the more serious things will happen later.

Although Roger looks completely different from the clown, for some reason, after he said "guess", Batman still thought of the clown.

Looking at Roger, who was only in his early twenties, Batman was silent for more than ten seconds, and continued to say in that vicissitudes and low voice: "I'm not in the mood to joke with you."

Batman's tone was very intimidating, but Roger didn't take it seriously.

If another person said this to him, such as Dakseid, he might still take it to heart.

If you want him to get some attention, at least you have to be a person of this level.

"I'm not kidding you either."

Roger answered seriously.

He really wasn't joking with Batman, and he would never tell anyone that he was from another universe.

Although there are many parallel worlds here, and there is also a guy like The Flash who goes to other parallel universes from time to time.

But Roger still has no plans to tell Batman his true origin.

The world he lives in has nothing to do with the parallel world here.

Batman fell silent again.

Looking at the majestic and intimidating Batman, Roger said again: "In fact, from my personal point of view, I quite admire you. You have basically achieved the limit of what a human being can do."

"You gave up the billionaire life that countless people yearned for, and in this city full of crime, you used your own way to implement justice."

"From this point of view, I admire you very much, at least I can't do this."

Roger's tone was serious.

He really admired the faith Batman displayed.

Just when Batman looked at him seriously, he continued: "However, this does not mean that I agree with your ideas, especially your meaningless principles."

"Don't worry, I'm not a lunatic like the clown, nor a criminal like Carmine."

"I'm not interested in being an underworld overlord, nor am I interested in being a crazy villain who subverts the world."

"If I'm not wrong, you should have investigated in detail what I did in Gotham, and came up with some psychological analysis or behavior pattern analysis results that I may not even know about myself."

"Since you have investigated me, you should know that I am a person who doesn't have much ambition and likes to enjoy life, so you don't have to worry too much about what harm I will do to Gotham or the world."

"In a way, you can think of me as your kind. We are all people who live for our own principles. If you want to use the concept of superhero or super villain to divide, you can think of me as an anti-hero , an anti-hero like your good friend Catwoman."

Under Batman's gaze, Roger talked eloquently.

While he was telling these things, Batman didn't interrupt him, being the perfect listener, listening to everything he had to say.

Although this meeting was arranged by Batman, he did not expect that Roger would say such a thing after the meeting.

What surprised him even more was that Roger seemed to know him very well.

This is hard to imagine for Batman, who pays great attention to the confidentiality of his identity.

If Roger can know that he is Bruce Wayne, he can accept it more or less.

But what Roger said just now proved one thing, that is, Roger not only knew his true identity, but also knew him very well.

"Judging from your current behavior, you really don't pose much threat."

"But what you said is not enough for me to trust you."

After a period of silence, Batman finally spoke.

"It doesn't matter! Trust is not something that can be established in one or two meetings. I will not leave Gotham in a short time, and we will have many opportunities to meet."

"At that time, you will know what kind of person I am."

Roger replied with a smile.

Batman doesn't trust him now, and that's normal.

It would be abnormal if Batman could completely trust him just by his own words.

Without waiting for Batman to reply, he continued, "Okay, that's the end of the previous self-introduction session. Now you can tell me the real purpose of your asking me to meet."

Although Batman didn't say it, Roger can be sure that he would never ask himself to meet him just to ask himself why he knew his true identity.

Although this is also very important to Batman, it is not enough for him to take the initiative to ask to meet.

"You went to the library to find Barbara, and you also took the initiative to find Catwoman on the black market forum. Although I don't know what you are planning, you better not have any thoughts of hurting them."

Batman continued in that low voice.

Although he said so, in fact, this was not his original purpose.

His original purpose was just to know where Roger learned his true identity, and at the same time find out whether Roger had any dangerous plans against Barbara and Catwoman.

However, the development of the matter was very different from his initial expectation, so he didn't bother to continue to beat around the bush with Roger, from figuring out Roger's plan to warning Roger.

"Don't worry about that, I'm quite a gentleman. If it's not necessary, I will never hurt any woman."

Roger's expression was very serious, but in Batman's view, his behavior was more like a clown.

The clown who seems to be a concrete concept of madness sometimes shows Roger's current posture, which is serious on the surface but completely occupied by madness in his heart.

Batman didn't say anything more, and looked Roger up and down with a serious expression.

Then, in front of Roger, he took out the unique bat claw gun and pulled the trigger towards the house in the distance.

Before leaving, he seemed to think of something, took out a bat phone with only two buttons, shaped like a bat, and didn't look like a mobile phone from the multifunctional belt, and threw it to Roger.

"You can use this to contact me."

After speaking, he ignored Roger, pulled the trigger, and quickly disappeared into the dark street under the pull of the claw gun rope.

Roger didn't use his knowledge and arrogance to perceive whether Batman had really left, and picked up the Bat phone in his hand to look at it.

Afterwards, he threw the bat phone into the green space in his body.

After meeting Batman, he has no intention of staying here.

But at the same time, he had no intention of driving back to the hotel.

He has slept all day today, even if he goes back to the hotel now, he will definitely not be able to sleep.

More importantly, in Gotham City, where the folk customs are simple and honest, the night is more exciting than the day.

After driving away from Arkham Asylum, he came to a small bar in the city center, drinking whiskey while thinking about what kind of entertainment he would find next.

He's not interested in being a vigilante fighting crime like Batman is today.

Like a criminal, he is even less interested in doing some illegal and criminal things.

After thinking about it, he still decided to find some fun with those famous people in Gotham City.

For example, a super villain like Harley, or a superhero like Batgirl Barbara.

The superheroes who are active in Gotham City are either part of the Bat family or friends of Batman.

Of course, occasionally there are superheroes from other cities.

For example, the Flash and the Green Arrow who come to visit from time to time.

But in general, the superheroes active in Gotham City basically have some relationship with Batman.

Roger just finished meeting with Batman, and has no plans to find these superheroes for the time being.

Since it is inconvenient to find these superheroes today, the only ones he can choose are supervillains like Harley.

If the Joker was around, he would now like to meet one of the most charismatic supervillains in the DC universe.

But unfortunately, no one knows where the clown has gone.

The Joker's old friend Batman doesn't know, and neither does his ex-girlfriend Harley.

Now that the Joker is gone, he'll have to pick one of the remaining supervillains.

He had just experienced Harley's madness, so he didn't have much thought for the time being.

In addition to Harley, the super villains active in Gotham City include Penguin, Scarecrow, Silence, Black Mask, Riddler, Lars Al Ghul, Bane, Two-Face, Killer Crocodile, Owl court……

With a quick flash in his mind, Roger soon had a goal.

The target he chose for himself was not a person, but an organization, a villain organization circulated in the horror nursery rhymes of Gotham.

According to legend, in the night of Gotham, there is such a group of walkers in the dark.

They control this dark city, and anyone who dares to defy their will will be wiped out by the terrifying owl claws.

Even the Wayne family that rules Gotham City is the same.

Because of their terror, Gotham has a scary nursery rhyme dedicated to them.

"Beware of the Court of Owls, always watching your travels."

"Looking at Gotham City from the shadows, hiding in the attic with low walls."

"He is present in the house, and He is present in the bed."

"Don't mention his name, the sharp claws will come to find you."

……

That's right, what he has chosen now is the famous Court of Owls.

In terms of strength, the Owl Court is not particularly strong.

But there is one point that Roger is particularly interested in.

Dionysus factor!

To be precise, Dionysus factor and amber gold.

Dionysus factor is a special metal in the DC world, which has a powerful self-healing ability.

From the outside, Dionysus factor is a green liquid metal.

When the host is not injured, the Dionysus factor is in a recessive state, and cannot be observed by any means.

But once the host is harmed, the Dionysus factor will exert a miraculous self-healing ability, perfectly restore the host, and let the host have the legendary immortality.

Of course, the prerequisite for obtaining immortality is that the Dionysian factor must be pure enough.

Dionysus factor appeared on the earth a long time ago, even in myths and stories, there are figures of Dionysus factor.

It is said that the reason why the earth has the ability to repair itself is because of the Dionysian factor.

The respawn pool of the League of Assassins "Lazarus Pool" is an inferior version of Dionysus factor.

The Owl Court also mixed the inferior version of Dionysus factor and amber gold, so as to preserve the exclusive killer "claw" for a long time.

Whether it is the League of Assassins or the Court of Owls, they all have inferior versions of the Dionysian factor.

In Roger's memory, there is only one person who has obtained the pure Dionysus factor, and that is the clown who is somewhere now.

The Court of Owls is a dark organization composed of various prominent families with a long history in Gotham City.

From the day Gotham was established, they competed with the Wayne family, which represented the bright side of Gotham, for the domination of Gotham.

The generations of the Wayne family have been fighting against the Owl Court, and there are not a few Wayne family members who died at the hands of the Owl Court.

Although the Court of Owls is a dark organization composed of many famous families in Gotham, they have never figured out the true identity of Batman.

Bruce didn't believe in the existence of the Owl Court when he was young, but when Batman, the dark knight, appeared in Gotham, the Owl Court reappeared and tried to solve Batman and Bruce Wayne.

In addition to being interested in Batman, they are also interested in Batman's assistant "Robin".

In their opinion, "Robin" can be the best claw.

In fact, the original "Robin", now known as Nightwing Dick Grayson, was the grandfather of a Talon in the Court of Owls.

In addition to the inferior version of Dionysus factor and amber gold in the hands of the owl court, Roger also has a little interest in these "claws".

These "sharp claws" all have vigorous skills and superb fighting skills, and more importantly, they all have immortal bodies.

Although this immortality is only a certain degree of self-healing ability, it is completely enough for killers like Claw.

Just as the Court of Owls doesn't know that Batman is Bruce Wayne, Batman doesn't know that the Court of Owls is a dark organization of Gotham's famous families.

Although Roger knew some information about the Court of Owls, he had not been in Gotham for a long time after all.

Moreover, it would be too troublesome for him alone to dig out the owl court hidden underground.

So, he naturally thought of Batman, a rich and powerful superhero.

(End of this chapter)