[Zhongyingmei] Vampires don't want to inherit

"Let's go." Renault's car stopped for about half an hour two streets away from the ruins of the Bingshan Restaurant.

Engineers and workers under the name of Wayne Group are rebuilding the Iceberg Restaurant. Judging from the current progress, it has been carefully designed by designers.The original iceberg style has completely disappeared, and the overall gothic style has been adopted. Renault just took a few glances and knew that it was for his own liking.

But what is the use of paying attention to these things?Reynolds no longer plans to continue operating Iceberg Restaurant.His power and wealth have already been transferred almost, and he is short of officially announcing the news of the vampire's return to the Gotham gang.

The car drove steadily towards the city hall, and he made an appointment to meet with the acting mayor.The atmosphere in Gotham is getting more and more tense, and everyone caught in the crisis can feel the prelude to the coming storm.

After Renault got out of the car, he was surrounded by a group of reporters, who rushed towards him like a shark smelling blood.

This is the first time that Renault appeared in front of the media after the explosion at the Iceberg Restaurant. President Wayne paid a lot of money to find Renault, and the first person Renault saw after he appeared turned out to be the acting mayor.There are many secrets hidden behind this, mobilizing the nerves of the reporters, they can't wait to dig out the whole story of Renault Straw.

"Mr. Straw, are you in good health? President Wayne has been looking for you during the two weeks of your recuperation. Does this mean that the two of you are in crisis emotionally?"

"President Wayne is about to compete with the acting mayor of March for the next mayor. Does your meeting with Mayor March mean that you are more inclined to support March than Wayne?"

"Mr. Straw, the casualties from the Iceberg explosion..."

"Mr Straw..."

The bodyguards held hands to stop the crazy reporters outside the wall, Renault pulled his hat to cover his eyes, and went straight into the city hall.His mental state itself was not very good during the day, and the noise from these reporters made him extremely headache.

Lincoln March was waiting in the office early in the morning, and when Reynolds opened the door, he was standing by the window overlooking Gotham.

"Mr. March, I'm sorry I didn't visit you before. I'm glad to see you recover well." Renault said a few words.

When March turned around, his face was full of worry. He didn't believe that Renault really came to support him.The explosion at the Iceberg restaurant put a lot of pressure on him. After both he and Wayne were assassinated, Raynor's sudden disappearance can basically be related to the owl court.

"It's good to see you're okay. I've been worried when I heard about the Iceberg explosion."

Renault sat on the sofa, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Lincoln March suspiciously.

March also looked a little surprised, "I thought Mr. Wayne would tell you, after all, this is a danger to your safety. Maybe you don't know much about the legend of Gotham—the court of owls."

Renault closed his eyes slightly. He made an appointment with March today for the matter of the Owl Court.

"The court of owls, I know. I even found one of them, but unfortunately he died at the scene of the explosion that day." Renault took out a photo from his pocket. The people on it were all wearing white owl masks, standing The one on the far right of the third row is Douglas, but it is not Douglas who attracts March the most, but the person circled with a red pen.

Only March and Renault knew who the circled person was. March smiled, took the photo from Renault, and burned it with a lighter.

When he looked up, his whole spirit changed, and his eyes became a little more crazy, "You know, but you didn't tell Bruce Wayne. Your feelings for Bruce are not as deep as he has for you."

Renault showed an unhappy expression, he licked his canine teeth, "Emotions are not everything, I can't think of why I should tell him. My instinct tells me that you have what I need here."

March touched his chin thoughtfully, "I think our positions are the same, maybe we can cooperate. Let me introduce myself again, Thomas Wayne II. It's an honor to meet you."

As he spoke, he held out his hand to Renault.

……

"Host, are you sure that Lincoln March is trustworthy?" The system asked when Renault returned to the meeting point of the Court of Owls again. It felt that Batman was more trustworthy than this Lincoln March.

"The focus now is to get back the Bloodline Bible. Batman doesn't want me to meddle in the owl's business, so why should I do it. He takes care of his own affairs. I want to get back my power, without which there is nothing. ’ Reynolds responded indifferently to the system.

Charles has left Gotham.Douglas was confirmed dead, the Penguin was imprisoned in Arkham, the Copperpot family completely belonged to Charles, and he could go back to hell directly after his contract was completed.Before he left, he wrote a long letter to Lei Nuo. In the letter, apart from comforting Lei Nuo, he just reminded him. Strength is the confidence.

Renault thought about it for a long time. He has always relied on his own ability and physical condition, and once he is targeted, he cannot resist.If he can enhance his bloodline ability to the extreme, he will not be restrained everywhere, he will not give Riddler and Penguin a chance to fight back, and he will not delay until Batman stops him.

If he is a master vampire, he can do more, make Batman fascinated by him, affect Batman's emotions, let him face his own heart... Renault twitched the corners of his mouth, he felt sad for his imagination, Even if he got the "Bloodline Bible" back, what he was thinking about was still about Batman.

Reynolds flew upwards in the form of a bat, and got in through the small opening opened last time.There was no one in the hall, but the chairs were in a mess. Someone should have gathered here just now.Renault vigilantly flew close to the ceiling, hiding himself in the feathers of the owl sculpture, and the system explored the surrounding life breath with the hall as the center.

"Host, there are a lot of life signals outside the fourth door. But their signals are getting weaker and weaker, presumably they are preparing to leave. You have enough time to sneak into the secret room."

Renault lightly fell to the ground, took out the prepared microcomputer from the carry-on list, entered the secret lock on the second door, and waited for the computer to find out the correct unlocking method.The system has been alerting the whereabouts of members of the owl court, and Renault leaned aside and waited quietly.

Lincoln March provided Renault with a lot of help. Without some secret documents inside the owl court provided by March, Renault would still need to spend a long time researching the secrets of owls.

In exactly 10 minutes, the computer provided the simplest and correct way to unlock the door. When Renuo entered the door, he was shocked for more than ten seconds.The room was lined with cabinets reaching to the ceiling on all sides, and behind the glass were all kinds of treasures.

Renault took out the owl mask that March gave him and walked a few steps forward. A black table suddenly rose up, with a computer screen and a small box on it.

Renault closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were already blood red, and he could see dense red lasers in places that were originally empty.The Owl Court adopts a special visual angle so that ordinary naked eyes cannot see the laser, and Raynor's vampire eyes can only see the energy fluctuations to see the dense red light.

On the ring finger of Renault's right hand, he wore the ring of the Court of Owls. After the small box was successfully reviewed, the cover and the laser disappeared together.It seems that the Court of Owls is not that backward, at least they have adopted some modern security measures, but it is a pity that they have a traitor in their midst.

The room houses the treasures of the Court of Owls for hundreds of years, which are protected according to their preciousness.The "Bloodline Bible" that Renault was looking for was placed on the shelf in the farthest corner, and the protective measure turned out to be only a layer of electrified glass.

Almost no vampires in Gotham are willing to come. After all, people here are much more dangerous than vampires. Who knows who will eventually turn into a robber.Even if vampires can meet lonely and thin people, their blood is either poisonous or has unknown drugs, the world is so big, vampires don't want to embarrass themselves.

I don't know where the Owl Court got the "Bloodline Bible", and it was placed on the shelf casually, which made Renault feel inexplicably sad.

The difficulty of getting the "Bloodline Bible" is not as high as that of entering this room. When Lei Nuo held the "Bible of the Bloodline", he was stunned for a while. He really couldn't believe that this kind of task was so simple.

"Host, you seem to have a misunderstanding. The Bloodline Bible is a quest reward, not a quest goal. Your aspirational quest has been completed when you get all the information about the Owl Court from Mr. March." The system reminded.

Renault's process of completing the mission was different from the system's prediction. Many mission goals were achieved ahead of schedule, which is why Renault's final mission can be completed so easily.After all, doing missions from the perspective of onlookers and being one of the mission targets are completely different concepts.

Lei Nuo looked through all the treasures in this room with great satisfaction. There are some treasures with a long history, but it's a pity that Ren Nuo doesn't care much about real wealth anymore.

"Host, the members of the owl court have stayed in one location for a long time without moving, you can leave directly."

"Just leave? No. I think I need to teach the owls a lesson. My name is still on these poor little assassination lists."

Renault directly opened the fourth door. He walked forward along the dark passage and turned four or five corners. He could already see the owl members gathered together.They were leaning on the railing and looking around. Someone noticed Renault's whereabouts, and when they saw the mask on his face and the ring on his hand, they lost their guard.

Below the railing is a huge open space, and members of the owl court are condescendingly waiting for their prey.There are a total of thirteen doors around the clearing, Renault doesn't know where these thirteen doors lead to.Fortunately, the system can help him.

"Host, below is a huge maze."

"Maze?" Renault looked around with great interest. It is not an easy task to build a huge maze in Gotham.From Renault's perspective, the open space really looks like a Colosseum.

The system projected the scanned maze in front of Renault, and Renault did not study the direction of the maze immediately.The first time he saw two dots in the maze, one red and one black, Renault had a bad premonition. If this open space was the Colosseum, then the maze was a cage for grinding away the animality of the prey.

"Who is that red dot?" Renault closed his eyes and asked in a low voice.

"Batman (Bruce)." The system and Raynor said the answer together.

The next moment, Renault disappeared into the dark corridor.

Raynor descends into the maze in the form of a bat, and the maze is much larger than he imagined.Even with a map as a reminder, he has walked into a dead end several times, which made him even more irritable.

He could clearly smell the blood on Bruce's body getting stronger and stronger, which meant that Batman's injuries were getting more and more serious.What's more, in this maze, there are not only the injured Batman, but also Batman's enemy - the claw.

Renault simply gave up looking for directions according to the map provided by the system. He was not sure if he continued to search randomly, and whether Batman could persist until Renault found him.Renault simply closed his eyes, and through the intensity of the bloody smell, he found a direction and flew over.

The walls of the labyrinth are very smooth, seven or eight meters high, and there are spikes on the top.Even if someone can climb up, they will be severely penetrated.This is not a big problem for Renault, he can fly after all.

Batman didn't know how long he had been in the maze. He was mentally exhausted and physically weak. He drank some water from the maze just now to allow him to continue.Every time he walked a path, he would draw a notch on the wall to remind himself.

He turned around and entered a cul-de-sac, which was covered with pictures.There was Bruce Wayne, Batman, the Waynes, the Robins, and his lover, which made him feel real anger.

Batman stared intently at a drawing of a sacrificial offering, feeling the face of the chained sacrificial offering slowly transforming into his own.Suddenly he felt someone behind him, and he immediately raised his vigilance.Just now he saw his parents in a hallucination, and he also saw the people from the owl court. He wasn't sure if it was an enemy or a hallucination.He turned around, and what he saw was Renault Straw looking at him with a smile on his face.

Another hallucination.

It's impossible for Renault to be here. He should be busy reorganizing his vampire empire at this time.This is the same as the parents' hallucination just now, Batman was propped against the wall, his eyes fixed on Renault who was getting closer.

"Reynolds" stopped, and stretched out his hand to him, and he also stretched out his hand. When he touched it, he turned sideways and knocked "Reynolds" to the ground. The owl flew up and grabbed Batman with its claws. Face.Batman sent the Batarang into the owl's body, and the owl groaned hoarsely, and fell to the ground.

Batman shook his head vigorously, and the owl on the ground switched back and forth between the main body and Raynor, reminding him that he almost killed Raynor that night.Panting heavily, he propped himself against the wall and left. He had to find the members of the Court of Owls and kill them one by one.

When Renault found Batman, he was moving forward step by step, the face on the visor was dripping with sweat, and Batman's breathing was heavy and short, making one suspect that he would completely collapse in the next step.

Raynor landed not far from Batman, his original anger towards Batman was replaced by infinite worry, and he ran towards Batman without thinking.

Batman stopped walking when he noticed Renault, he swallowed hard, and looked at Renault who appeared again, he felt the anger burning the last of his energy.The Court of Owls really found his soft spot.

His mind was chaotic, replaying the night when the Iceberg Restaurant exploded over and over again, Renault fell into his arms again and again, Riddler and Penguin were laughing wildly.The only thing keeping him going is his hatred for the Court of Owls.

Now, again.The Court of Owls tried to hit me with the same scene again, and I couldn't do what they wanted.Batman secretly made up his mind and waited quietly for the fake Raynor to approach him and kill him with one blow.

Renault could feel the violent aura on Batman's body. Batman's eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were already chapped.Renault stepped forward and hugged Batman. He didn't know how Batman persisted. There were countless wounds on his body, and his blood was mixed with unknown blood.

"Bat, Bat, are you okay?" Renault touched the small wounds on Batman's body, but they were not fatal. The real danger was Batman's mental state.

"Bat..." Renault anxiously examined Batman's body, and Batman, who had been obediently in his arms, plunged his bat dart into Renault's chest.Raynor looked at Batman in disbelief, Batman pushed Raynor away with a low, dry threat from his throat.

"Owl, I will not submit to you. Whatever you try to do, you will not succeed."

Renault clutched his heart, the sharp part of the bat dart inserted by Batman was made of silver, which once again caused damage to Renault's not-so-healthy body.

"Should I be thankful that he didn't soak these bat darts in holy water this time?" Renault panted and pulled out the bat darts and threw them aside.He could see that Batman's mental state was extremely bad, maybe he saw himself as an enemy in the hallucination.

Renault was not sure if he could pull Batman out of the illusion, his blood red eyes stared at Batman's eyes, the power of vampires penetrated into Batman's heart little by little, Renault wanted to use his ability to create hallucinations to pull Batman away. come out.

If it's Batman in a normal state, Renault can be 100% sure that his ability is invalid, after all, this is a person with extremely strong personal will.And now that Batman's mental state is unstable, maybe he can succeed.

"Bruce, look at me. Bruce..." Renault himself was in a panic, he didn't know what Batman saw in the hallucination, he could only keep calling Batman's name.

Batman seemed to be forcibly pulled to a fork in the road. On the one hand, Renault changed from a human to an owl and then to a human again and again, and on the other hand, Renault stood there and called him over and over again.Batman finally collapsed from the torment of the double illusion. He fell to his knees and held his head in his hands.

Seeing Batman's unprecedented fragility, Renault struggled to pull Bruce into his arms. He half-forcibly aimed Batman's face at himself, lowered his head and sent his canines into Batman's neck.

It was difficult for Renault to describe the taste of Batman's blood. When the blood poured into Renault's throat, he trembled all over. It was a taste completely different from Renault's imagination, but it unexpectedly made people feel that it was a bat. Heroic taste.

The purpose of Raynor's blood-sucking is not to fulfill his own grievances, but to solve the substance flowing in Batman's blood that makes him hallucinate.At this time, he regretted so much why he was a vampire instead of a light race, otherwise a purification would solve the crisis.

Renault controlled the speed at which he sucked blood, and the unknown substances remaining in Batman's body became less and less, and his sanity gradually became clearer.When he regained his sanity completely, he saw Renault smiling at him with blood on his lips.

Renault noticed that Batman had regained his sanity, and supported Batman against the wall, distanced himself from Batman.

"Why... are you here." Batman opened his mouth, and the first sentence was to ask Renault's purpose.After he finished saying this sentence, he knew that he had said something wrong, but this question must be asked anyway.

On his way to track down the whereabouts of the Court of Owls alone, Batman was attacked by claws several times.When he arrived at this maze, he knew that he had to pass this level by himself. He never thought that Renault would appear here at this time.

Renault pursed his lips. He knew Batman was suspicious, but he really didn't expect that the first sentence he said when he saw him was like this.

"Are you going to tell me now that the Court of Owls is fake?" Renault avoided Batman's question and started a new topic.

After all, it was Batman who kept telling him that there is no court of owls in Gotham. Now this maze is a mockery of Batman by the court of owls. Is it just the influence of a personal emotion?

Batman has been silent for a long time, which is a huge blow to Batman. The court of owls really exists, and the Wayne family has been watched by a pair of eyes for generations.

"I saved you, don't you want to say something?" Renault's red eyes were fading, he blinked at Batman deliberately, licked the corner of his lips, and sucked the dried blood into his mouth.

Batman knows that in this scene, he is the only one who can make Raynor drink blood, and Raynor pulls himself out of the hallucination through blood sucking.Batman stood up leaning against the wall and walked over to Raynor, and he approached Raynor, trying to give him a kiss.

This kiss is very unbatman, but it is necessary. An intimate kiss can soothe two confused hearts at the same time.Batman was mentally damaged and left with after-effects, and only he knew that Raynor made him feel better by his side.

Renault didn't accept the kiss as readily as before. He put his hands between the lips of the two, stepped back slightly, and sighed, "Bat, we're done."

He averted his eyes, didn't dare to look at Batman's face, his voice trembled when he spoke, but Raynor had to make it clear, he had to.

After Batman listened to Raynor's words, he was silent, half kneeling there like a statue.He had already been mentally prepared, starting from the night he knew about the deal between the Red Hood and Renault.

Looking at Renault's pale face, he felt his heart being tightened.He should get Renault back. Bruce Wayne has countless ways to please his lover, as long as he wants, he can do it.But these small means can only maintain the sweetness for a period of time, and cannot completely solve the problems between the two.

He knew why Raynor chose to separate from him, he could never be just Bruce Wayne, he was still Batman.What's more, Batman is the real him. At the fork between Gotham and Raynor, the direction of his eyes will always be Gotham.

Love is wholehearted, heart-to-heart, and unhesitating.But he couldn't give Renault a complete Bruce Wayne.He has dedicated all of himself to Gotham, he cannot change himself for Raynor, nor can he force Raynor to change for Batman.

Renault only waited for Batman's silence, and the remaining hope in his eyes was extinguished little by little.

Renault stood up on his own initiative, and stretched out his hand to let Batman stand up with his own strength.This time, the physical contact between the two people no longer had the ambiguity and excitement of the past.

Both of them knew that their once love and sweetness were completely over.