[Comprehensive British and American] Superhero Manual

Although Carl only knows a few parallel worlds, the experiences of Batman he knows are similar.

——In an alley in a dark night, an eight-year-old boy lost his parents under two gunshots. The flames of hatred and anger burned in his heart. After years of travel and preparation, he became Batman, determined to save the city.

However, the world Carl lives in now is different. It is no longer the Wayne couple who were shot dead in the dark alley, but their youngest son Bruce Wayne.One of the couple who lost their beloved son became the violent vigilante "Batman", and the other became insane under the great grief and became the "Joker".

The reason why Carl knew these things was that Batman told him in Wayne Manor.

Go back to an hour ago.

Carl left the dilapidated residential area and followed Batman to the Wayne Manor in this world. He was surprised by the dilapidated scene around him.

The ancestral mansion of the Wayne family was originally magnificent, showing magnificence everywhere, and even the plants and trees in the garden were carefully taken care of.

But what is displayed in front of Karl now is a dilapidated mansion covered with cobwebs and covered by thick dust. The grass and trees have long withered, and the steps to the door are also shattered with cobweb-like cracks. Stepping on it, the fragile stones It was broken into small pieces as if relieved.

The unpopular mansion is empty, like a ghost house.

When the door of the mansion was pushed open, it also made a heavy "squeak" sound as if it was overwhelmed, and the dust flew everywhere, covering Karl's body.

But Batman turned a blind eye to this and just walked in on his own. Carl waved his hand, patted the dust off his body, and quickly followed.

Batman gently placed the clown in his arms on the only sofa not covered by dust, and then reached out and took off the mask on his head.

Under the bat hood is a weather-beaten face, the man's sideburns are already a little gray, and the stubble on his chin is also messy.

Anyone who saw such a face would never have thought that this person would be the feared violent vigilante Batman in Gotham City.

Carl stood awkwardly in this dilapidated hall, crossing his hands back and forth uneasily. He looked at the slightly older Batman opposite him, a little at a loss.

"Son, you can sit down wherever you want." Batman sat down beside the Joker and said to Carl.

"Okay." On the way here, Karl had already confirmed his previous guess, so he was in a very complicated mood now, and didn't know what to say.

But when he sat cross-legged, the words he thought were hard to say poured out.

Karl didn't mean to hide the fact that he came from the parallel world.In fact, when traveling to these parallel worlds, Karl has never wanted to hide his origin. The first reason is that he stays for an indeterminate time. Even if he doesn't say anything, his sudden disappearance will arouse suspicion from others.The second reason is that all the people he has met so far are good people, and it will not have any bad influence because of this.

Originally, Karl was a little hesitant to tell the Batman in this world at the beginning, but after knowing the identity of the other party, the hesitation in his heart disappeared.

He first introduced himself as briefly as possible, mainly mentioning his Kryptonian abilities.

Then, looking at the burning eyes of the man opposite, Carl whispered what he knew about the Batman in the parallel world——Bruce Wayne.

The Batman of this world—Thomas Wayne, after hearing what Carl said, obviously showed a heartache and relief expression.

He was heartbroken that his child had suffered such a tragedy when he was young, but he was also gratified by the achievements of the other party.

For a long time, Thomas and Martha have been regretting what happened in the alley that day. They have made countless wishes to various gods, hoping that their children will come back, no matter how much they pay.

When he knew that such a thing really happened in the parallel world, they exchanged their own deaths for the lives of their children, Thomas' first reaction was disbelief.

But when Carl told more details, the image belonging to Bruce Wayne gradually filled up in his mind, and his child really lived well and had his own life—even in a parallel world.

Thomas looked down at the clown who was still in a coma, his wife Martha, everything that had happened was circling in his mind, intertwined with what he had just known.

After losing their child Bruce, Martha was in tears all day long, and Thomas was also very upset, and his whole person was depressed a lot.

He had no intention of managing the business belonging to the Wayne family, but entrusted it to his friends, among whom Lucius Fox was the one he trusted the most.

And Thomas himself became a doctor according to his own interests.

Now that this happened, however, Thomas was even more indifferent to Wayne Enterprises.

It seems that the decline of the Wayne family has also become a foregone conclusion.

Thomas is very worried about his wife who is mourning and crying all day long. Although he himself is deeply grieved, he still hopes that his wife can get out of the sad plight that imprisoned her.

However, the overwhelmed wife couldn't listen to the persuasion at all. Her sensitive nerves were stimulated by her husband's words, and all the pain of losing the child was poured on her husband for a while.

She believed that it was because of her husband's incompetence that they lost their children.

When Thomas once again advised Martha to be happy and not to indulge in sadness too much, the other party grinned and showed a strange smile.

She cut the corner of her mouth with a knife and painted a big smile on her face with blood.

She laughed and said, "Whysoserious?"

The insane Martha became the clown of Gotham City. She painted a big clown smiling face, and her makeup was exaggerated and broken with oil paint.

In order to prevent the clown from doing evil in Gotham City, Thomas used various technologies to become Batman, wandering in the night sky of Gotham City.

He has no "no-kill principle". Over the years, while stopping the Joker, Batman has solved countless other criminals.

He becomes withdrawn, aloof, and does not cooperate with anyone.

The old butler Alfred, who saw all this in his eyes, was naturally distressed. He also wanted to work hard to make the Wayne family better, but it was still in vain.

Just five years ago, when Thomas returned to Wayne Manor covered in bruises from stopping the clown again, his loyal butler Alfred silently handed in his resignation.

Thomas naturally agreed, or he had already intended it.

Since then, Wayne Manor has slowly fallen into disrepair.

Until now, Thomas met this boy who claimed to be from a parallel world, and learned the news about his child from him here.

In fact, Thomas still has doubts in his heart, but he prefers to choose to believe.

So there was some eagerness in his expression, hoping to learn more about Bruce from Carl.

At this moment, the clown lying on the sofa gradually woke up, and she also heard what Carl said about Bruce.

"Where is my child?!" The clown jumped up from the sofa almost suddenly, even though her physical strength had not yet recovered, she still nimbly grabbed Carl's skirt.

In other words, although Carl subconsciously wanted to avoid the clown, he suppressed the thought and stayed where he was silently.

There was nothing he could do with such a mother, only silence.

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