[Comprehensive British and American] Capernaum

Batman got a lot of information from Ronika's words, especially about the eyes. From Ronika's narration, it is very likely that the Eye of Goliath has been on the little girl from the very beginning, but he just didn't find the time to activate it. .Sending Ronika to another time and space, judging from the results, the purpose of the eyes is very clear, it is training the little girl's strength.

Whether it's the force or magic...these are all to make Ronika's body more able to withstand and control the huge energy of the eyes.

And once the other party has a fatal threat, the eyes will take the initiative to rescue the little girl, and then throw it to another time to exercise new strength.As for why Ronika was sent back in advance before her body could fully bear it?Batman judged that it might be because the eyes didn't have enough time.

What is threatening the Eye of Goliath, making it continue to accelerate Ronika's growth, and forcing her to return early?

What is the purpose of the Eye of Goliath?And after returning to Gotham, what did Ronika do and who did she meet?

These Batmans needed to be asked one by one, but before that, he knew very well that he had to gain the little girl's trust first.After all, as a father... Well, he has no face to admit that he is a father, and he knows this very well.

Ronika had a hard life, and admittedly, a lot of it was Goliath's fault, but Bruce had a share too, and he had nothing to deny.

"As Batman, what I need to tell you is about the end of the world some time ago. You have also heard some rumors from the clown. In fact, since a few months ago, Goliath in the space-time gap Marching towards the earth and devouring the planets on the way, we tried to stop it, but unfortunately failed. Just when the alliance thought that everything was irreparable and was about to evacuate the people, Goliath took the initiative to communicate with us, to be precise, communicated with me, and asked To find its eyes, the time limit is three years."

Batman plays the video of the conversation with Goliath to Ronika.

Ronika frowned and thought about it. To be honest, she knew no more about Goliath than Batman. This eye appeared on her inexplicably and took her across the world inexplicably, but she just didn't know the reason, otherwise Already figured out a way to control it.

But she seemed to know something else: "Assassin League."

"What?" Batman was also slightly surprised.

"After the Maliwei incident... Well, if you want to know, I killed Jones, before I crossed over, to avenge Anna, I guess you probably know the whole story of this case, hey, don't look like that Let’s get down to business first. In short, after I came back, I let Marivey go, but Mayor Jones heard from somewhere that I did this and hired a killer, who seemed to be called Death Knell or something. Me. Later, the magician also wrote in a letter to me that his pocket watch gem was a tribal sacred object from his wife, and for this stone, an organization called the League of Assassins in the Middle East has been hunting them down."

Ronika frowned and said, "As soon as I returned to Gotham, someone seemed to know my experience and sent someone to spy on me and attack me. I don't think it's a coincidence. Pocket watch gems can restrain the power of the eyes. I think this is called The Assassins know something, maybe they know more than us."

"The ruins of Guiya civilization." Batman said in a low voice. If Lei Xiaogu knew the secret of the eyes, he probably discovered it from the ruins of that tribe. That's why he kept chasing and killing the people of that tribe. Maybe Lei Xiaogu really Know the truth about the eyes.

"Guiya... I was thinking before, don't you think the pronunciation of Guiya and Goliath... are too similar? Maybe the so-called Guiya civilization is the Goliath civilization?" Ronika looked solemn, "The pronunciation may change due to word of mouth. After I got the letter, I checked the Guiya civilization. According to local legends, this civilization appeared in prehistoric times, which shows that Goliath may have lived many years ago. have had contact with Earth before."

Batman nodded: "Yes, but after that contact, for some reason, it may have left its eyes on the earth. Considering that the gems in the ruins of the Guiya civilization can restrain the power of the eyes, I suspect that the eyes are not voluntary Those left behind are likely to be sealed by its enemies."

That pocket watch gem might be the sealing stone, then everything seems to make sense.

Many years ago, Goliath was attacked by the enemy, and her eyes were sealed on the earth by the enemy. For some unknown reason, the seal was loosened and shattered, civilization became a legend of ruins, and the power of the eyes came to Ronika. , and the Alliance of Assassins discovered the secret of Guiya civilization and sent people to investigate.

"This leads to two conclusions." Batman lowered his face and judged: "First, the League of Assassins must have a sealing stone that restrains the power of the eyes, and there are quite a few of them; There are explanations about the origin of the eyes, and even the host of the eyes can be predicted, otherwise Lei Xiaogu would never be able to locate you at such a precise time."

The situation was very unfavorable to them. Facing Lei Xiaogu's Assassin Alliance, they were completely at a disadvantage in terms of information and props.

For a while, the atmosphere in the Batcave was a little stagnant, but soon Ronika laughed easily, shrugged to Batman and said: "Don't be so nervous, this is not the first time I have faced death threats, and I probably won't It’s your first time, anyway, there are only a few sets of things coming and going, the villain has got the handle on you, the villain knows your origin, the villain decided to conspire... I thought that as a hero, you have long been used to it.”

Batman: ...and come to think of it, that seems to be the case.

"Relax, Batman." The little girl blinked lively, took another cookie from the plate, and asked, "As Batman just now, you wanted to tell me about Goliath, so what else?" where?"

The little guy is very perceptive, Bruce thought helplessly, but some things should have been said long ago.

"I used to think that you were too young, and I wanted to wait until I said it, but I waited, and I realized that I couldn't wait until the day I could say it." Bruce sighed secretly, "What Batman wants to say has already been said just now." After finishing speaking, the next thing is what Bruce wants to say."

Ronika: ...so my dad is really a genius?

Bruce didn't know the madness in his daughter's heart. He rubbed his temples and said, "My handling of this matter between Sharon and you is very bad, no, maybe it's too shallow. It's true that I can find a lot reason--"

For example, he was too young at the time, 25-year-old Wayne had just returned from his studies, with a passion to save Gotham, but he was beaten badly the first time, if there was no Ah Fu, maybe Master Wayne About to bleed to death.

His youthfulness brought many problems, for example, he had zero tolerance for Sharon, so that he took his anger on Ronika.As God testified, when he excitedly returned to his home, he saw that the courtesan who had broken up with her a few years ago was actually living in his parents' house with a little girl, and was bullying Ah Fu. He was almost stunned.

Wait, this is not included in Batman's learning category!

When he learned of Sharon's calculations, this anger reached its peak. It's not that he hadn't thought about taking the child over to raise him, but Sharon held her daughter tightly, and even hinted that if Ronika didn't take it away, she would would commit suicide in public to accuse Wayne (although Bruce thinks she probably wouldn't, the woman was dying), and he'd only just been Batman, and Gotham alone was killing him.

Several times, if he and Dick hadn't taken care of each other, they would have been so cool on the spot.

He filed a lawsuit with Sharon, in addition to the property division, it was about the ownership of the custody of the child. Of course, the Wayne family could use some means to take Ronika back and leave Sharon with nothing.But before the court sentencing, he had visited his daughter once, when Ronika was still young, and he may not remember clearly.

I don't know what Sharon said to her. Bruce just said hello and stretched out his hand, and the little girl cried earth-shatteringly, as if she saw the gangsters under Falcone... Seriously, It's just that other children didn't cry like this when they saw the fierce Batman in the middle of the night, and tried to scratch him with their little paws.

"No, I don't want to...leave Mom." The little girl's crying was heartbreaking, "Mom, I want Mom, I don't want you!"

I want mom.

These words made Bruce's movements stiff on the spot. He seemed to be able to see the boy in his memory, crying on the dead body of his parents like this, hysterical, heart-piercing, longing for his mother to open his eyes and respond to him.Please, don't let me leave them, please, I want my mother.

Martha Wayne could never respond again.

The police took him away from the dead parents, and the boy screamed, yes, like some dying animal, it wasn't the sound of a human child.He clasped his hands tightly on the ground next to the corpse, his little ten fingers were covered with blood, leaving long marks on the ground, until he passed out, he refused to leave his parents.

Sharon may not be the best mother in the world, but Ronika needs her, is attached to her, and cannot live without her.

This is the reason why Bruce gave up fighting for custody rights, and he tolerated Sharon's lion's big mouth and cut off part of the property to the other party.This was originally his fault, and it was his carelessness that caused such a bitter fruit that Ronika had to choose one of her parents.If she doesn't lose her father, she will lose her mother.

After this, Sharon seemed to be very afraid of losing Ronika's heart. She probably felt that if the father and daughter reconciled, she would have no value in existence, let alone revenge on Bruce.So, every time Bruce went to see the child, she would brainwash Ronika for several days, so that every time the child saw his father, it was as if he had met an enemy.

Let's talk about it when she's older, Bruce told himself. He'll explain it to her when the child is older and she has the ability to tell right from wrong.

But there are many things that cannot wait.

When Ronika grew up day by day, she seemed to firmly believe that her father was abandoned and irresponsible, and abandoned their mother and daughter.Out of a certain fear and avoidance, although Bruce has been paying attention to protecting the other party and giving gifts every year, he is less and less afraid to see her.

Moreover, feelings are born of getting along. When the child grew up far away from him, even though he knew in his heart that Ronika was his child, Bruce still couldn't feel too strong a love for his daughter.He is indeed Batman, but he is just Batman, not a god, let alone a saint.

Even Batman makes mistakes, and makes them all the time.

The Joker was his mistake, Two-Face was his mistake, Thalia was his mistake, and Ronika... too.

When Ronika forcibly intervened in Batman's sight in such a way and posture, he found that his daughter no longer needed him. She learned the cause and effect of these things.

"You may think this is all an excuse I made." Bruce looked at the little girl and said slowly: "Sharon and I were wrong from the beginning, we have no feelings, I was young and frivolous, and she had ulterior motives, but anyway, None of this is your fault, but our mistakes will ultimately be borne by you."

Ronika is the most innocent person in this mistake.

"There are multiple universes in this world. If according to the principle, everything is possible to happen, then I sincerely hope that in a certain universe, I made the opposite decision, even if I took you from Sharon Take it from there, even if you hate me for it. Or, in another universe, you are the crystallization of love between me and your mother."

"Everyone makes mistakes," Ronika just repeated calmly. "I hate that you didn't ask me, but I know now that's not the case."

It turned out that her father had also tried hard to win her over. It was not that she was not needed by anyone, she was also expected, even if the final outcome was still like this.But as long as it is expected, that's enough. Ronika Wayne is not an unwanted child, so that's enough.