Batman's Owl Godfather

Just now, Lupin swore that Ares recognized Bruce at first sight.

This means that he not only knows Batman, but also knows that the man inside Batman is called Bruce Wayne.

Otherwise, he would never recognize him.

Billionaires are powerful, but in the eyes of gods, they are just short-lived ants.

Bruce also had some guesses in his mind. Katum had said before that Batman had traveled hundreds of thousands of years ago.

It was at that time that Barbatos noticed him.

In this case, adding Ares is not surprising.

However, facing this question, Katum's reaction seemed extremely strange-

"There is nothing strange about this, right?"

The owl said, "After all, Ares is a god, and it is normal for him to have some means of foresight. Isn't it enough for you to know that he knows you? Why bother so much?"

Something is wrong!

Bruce immediately noticed Katum's unnaturalness.

What do you mean by after all, Ares is a god?

Yesterday on the train, Katoom agreed with Bruce's point of view, saying that gods are just powerful people.

Now he changed his mind?

Moreover, Bruce still listened to Katoom about Batman traveling back hundreds of thousands of years ago.

As a result, the owl didn't mention it now.

There must be something wrong.

At this moment, Bruce immediately wanted to report to Lupin that the owl next to him was not right.

Maybe it was chosen by Ares and brainwashed by the god of war, becoming a war-crazed owl.

It should be taught a lesson.

"What's that look in your eyes?"

Katoom noticed Bruce's distrustful look, "Do you suspect that I have a problem?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it."

Bruce shook his head.

Reporting to Lupin was just a joke, he couldn't really suspect Katoom.

The two souls are connected, if Katoom has a problem, Bruce can't escape.

But why did the owl hide it?

Bruce's curiosity was bursting, he wanted to get to the bottom of this matter immediately.

But in the end, he suppressed his restless mind.

Forget it.

After so many years of experience, Bruce chose to believe Katum.

Although the owl is usually not in tune, it will not betray him at the critical moment.

If he doesn't want to say it, he won't ask it first.

Wait for Katum to say it himself one day, or-

He secretly investigates it.

"In fact, I am still more worried about the secret war mentioned by Lupin."

Bruce said, "Not knowing what will happen is the most terrifying. Ares likes to instigate human conflicts behind the scenes and use the horror of human hearts to form the most cruel situation."

It's better not to instigate students to kill each other, right?

This kind of thing, in this world, is unthinkable!

"I can only take it one step at a time."

Katum sighed and said, "It's only one day. Even if Ares wants to do something, it should be too late, right?"

...

The facts soon proved that Katum was too optimistic before.

The influence of Ares was completely revealed just one day later.

On the second day after school started, Bruce ate oatmeal in the hall as usual in the morning.

Katum also stood on the table and buried his head in the bowl of porridge.

When he looked up, his face was covered with oatmeal.

"The kitchen of Hogwarts needs to be reformed."

Katum said dissatisfiedly, "I drink porridge every day, and I can't even eat noodles."

"Are you an American owl?" Bruce asked in confusion, "Why do you have the idea of ​​eating pasta in the morning?"

"I'm not talking about pasta, oh, forget it."

Katum stopped talking, he couldn't explain it to Bruce clearly.

This American really didn't have the habit of eating noodles in the morning, and couldn't understand Katum's idea.

"Wait, tell me specifically, what kind of noodles do you want to eat..."

Just as the man and the bird were arguing, Hermione came over.

She wanted to talk to Bruce about which class to take first this morning.

As long as it was an elective, the two were basically synchronized.

"Bruce--"

Hermione just opened her mouth, and before she could finish her words, something unprecedented happened in Hogwarts Castle.

Boom——

A loud noise spread throughout the corners of Hogwarts.

It sounded like a bell, or a gong, like a signal for the start of a ceremony.

Bruce was still wondering, is there such a big gong in Hogwarts?

Hermione, who was standing by, suddenly covered the back of her hand, revealing an extremely painful expression.

"Hermione, what's wrong?"

Bruce immediately noticed that something was wrong with Hermione, and hurriedly asked.

"No, nothing..."

Hermione gritted her teeth, unwilling to say anything, and wanted to leave with her hand covered.

The expression on her face kept changing, and she looked very terrified.

Bruce immediately grabbed her arm.

"Don't try to hide it from me."

He said, "What's wrong with the back of your hand? Let me see!"

"Nothing——"

Hermione wanted to fool around, but Bruce didn't listen at all, and held her arm and wouldn't let go.

Of course, he didn't directly pull open Hermione's hand to see what was wrong with the back of her hand like he did when interrogating other criminals.

"It's really nothing." Hermione still wanted to quibble.

Bruce said directly: "I promised my aunt that I would protect you from being bullied at school. If you still want to hide it from me now, I will write to my aunt right away!"

Hermione was confused for a moment.

She vaguely remembered her mother's previous instructions, which seemed to be to protect Bruce herself.

But it was too late to say anything now. Bruce's firm expression had already told Hermione that he would never give up until he made this matter clear.

"I--"

Hermione was extremely confused, and the voice inside told her not to reveal this to anyone.

But who knew that just by chance, Bruce would be right next to him.

Hermione knew his character and would investigate whatever she wanted to find out, no matter how hard it was.

This little bit of concealment on my part will have no effect at all.

"All right--"

Hermione finally made a decision and removed the hand that was blocking the back of her hand.

Then Bruce saw it.

A palm-sized brand appeared on the back of Hermione's hand. The pattern was like a coin with an owl engraved on it.

The color of the brand is fading and slowly disappearing.

"This is!"

Bruce turned his head sharply to Katum.

"It has nothing to do with me!"

Katum immediately defended himself. He didn't know why Hermione had such patterns on her hands.

"I'll ask you again later. You'd better come up with a convincing explanation!"

Bruce is only disappointed with Katum now.

He put his trust in the owl, and now it turned out like this.

The evidence is solid, what else does Katum have to say?

Besides him, who else would be so narcissistic as to carve an owl on someone else's body!

"I really didn't do anything!"

Katum cursed and said, "This owl has nothing to do with me! If you continue to doubt me like this, when the truth comes out, your apology a hundred times will not be enough!"

The owl's denial made Bruce shaken.

If it were anyone else, he would definitely give him a beating first.

But it was Katum——

Bruce believes that he will not betray the owl, but will the owl betray him?

After a long time, Bruce finally gave in.

"I believe you for the last time!"

He said, "If you really lied to me, I will never trust anyone else again!"

After that, Bruce asked Hermione: "When did this appear?"

"I have no idea."

Hermione's face showed a bit of helplessness and panic, "It was fine before, but just after that strange sound came out, my hands became like this!"

"Then what are you hiding from?"

Bruce asked, "If something strange happened suddenly, why did you hide it from me?"

His tone became more and more fierce because he really couldn't understand Hermione's behavior.

Is there anything you have to bear alone, and even your family doesn’t believe you?

"Because there was a voice in my head."

The more Hermione talked, the more aggrieved she became, "He told me not to tell others, otherwise anyone who knows will be killed."

"He? It seems to be a man."

Bruce snorted coldly, "Want to kill me? Then let him do it!"

No matter who it was, Bruce was not afraid at all.

There are many people who want to kill him, and new people have to queue up.

"Did the voice say anything other than threaten you?"

"……have."

Now that she had violated the prohibition of the voice in her head, Hermione had given up and said anything now.

"The voice in my head told me that at twelve o'clock tonight, I would gather in this auditorium.

“There are other people coming besides me.

“At that time, no one will be able to enter the auditorium except those with the mark on the back of their hand.

"We'll have a banquet here and then-"

Hermione paused for a long time, and it wasn't until Bruce got impatient that he finally said the next words.

"Then the glorious secret war begins!"

Hermione almost cried as she said, "One life for another, that's what he said."

Secret Wars.

There was an explosion in Bruce's head.

Lupine's previous words were still echoing in his mind. Did Ares move so fast? It has already started!

"Is there any other information..."

Bruce had complicated thoughts and asked casually.

"No, all the rules will be revealed at the banquet."

Hermione shook her head and said, "The rest is the name of this party."

"What's it called?" Bruce asked.

"The Feast of the God of War!" Hermione cried.