I'm the villain in Gotham

Facing the equipment in a cave, the black bats above his head, and Bruce with a serious face, Tony was speechless for a moment.He never expected that Bruce would tell him such a secret after what happened tonight.

...Especially when he beat him just now.

Ah, so is it too late to apologize now?

No, what an apology, just because of Lotkea's matter, it doesn't hurt to beat him up.And they met once before, he actually pretended to be like a stranger!Not honest at all, not enough friends!No loss, no matter how you think about it.

——Besides, Tony thought it would be crazy enough for a rich second generation like himself to become a superhero in this world, but his friend told him today that he was too?God, it surprised him even more than Nick Fury had long hair.

Oh no, it seemed that the latter surprised him more.

Tony removed the image of the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. with the long hair on his head from his mind, and by the way, he also cleared out a lot of messy thoughts caused by being too shocked, and finally asked a serious question: "So, is that you tonight? Do you know what happened?"

Bruce nodded and said coldly, "Yes."

"Okay..." Tony muttered, "Since you came in time, I won't beat you in armor."

Bruce: "..."

He didn't say anything, and brought Tony to the bat computer.Tony glanced at the huge computer and clicked his tongue, as if he wanted to comment on something, but he held back considering more important things: "Well, I guess you didn't bring me here just to visit you equipped."

Bruce nodded: "I need you to do me a favor."

Tony spread his hands: "Let's hear it?"

Bruce said seriously: "But before that, I ask you not to disclose anything or anything I said to you today to a third person." He added: "Including Jar. You can't enter anything into your computer About the information between me and Batman, so that the information will not be stolen one day."

Tony was stunned: "...I thought it was you who came to me for help instead of the other way around?" He said dissatisfiedly: "And you don't believe in my technology, how could Jar be hacked?!"

"I'm just in case." Bruce pointed out calmly: "Since you choose to reveal your superhero identity in public, be prepared to be targeted. But you don't want to know, in Gotham , what would they do to someone connected to me if information about me leaked out."

That's why he doesn't want to tell too many people who he is.Alfred is his assistant, and currently only he and Zatanna know his identity.And the rest, whether it's Lucius or the Wayne couple, they're just guesses.It's not a good thing to know too much, and Bruce didn't dare to take this risk until he was sure that he was capable of protecting them, or that they themselves were capable of protecting themselves.

As for Tony, he, like Zatanna, is a longtime friend he has known, and he trusts them, as well as their ability to protect him.

Tony was still very upset, but he had to admit that Bruce was right.Gotham is a city where the weak eat the strong and don't play by the rules. Besides, there are many people who are closely related to Bruce. Unlike him, he only has one pepper—at least on the surface.

"...Okay." Tony said reluctantly: "I agree, now tell me about your request?"

Bruce said, "You've got to take Lotkea to New York and keep him safe until my problem is resolved."

"Wait, what did you say?" Tony looked surprised: "What do you mean 'until my problem is solved', what problem did you encounter?"

Now that he has revealed the secret of being Batman, Bruce has no intention of hiding it: "I recently met an enemy," he said bluntly: "I think he may have learned my true identity, For safety's sake, Lotkea can no longer stay in Gotham."

The Wayne couple had already gone to Europe on his hint, and now the only thing he worried about was Lotkea.

"...No, wait a minute." Tony couldn't stand anymore, he circled around in a small area: "You warned me not to reveal your secret just now, and now you say that you have someone who may know your identity enemy?"

"Are you kidding me?" was written brightly on Tony's face: "That's how you keep your secrets???"

"A lot of the tactics he's used against me have been very effective, almost figured out my thinking pattern," Bruce added, taking a look at Tony, "before I was Batman."

"...Oh, okay." Tony also realized the seriousness of the matter: "There is an enemy hidden in the dark who has been eyeing you before you put on the black invisible clothes, This is really great." Tony said, after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong: "Well, there is another question, did you realize that your enemy knows your little secret today?"

"About half a month ago," Bruce said, "but today I almost confirmed it." As he spoke, he quickly tapped a few times in front of the computer with his ten fingers, calling out the names of the five men who attacked the institute today. Image: "After putting them in a police car, I investigated the identities of the five individuals."

Tony asked, "Are they sent by your enemies?"

"It's understandable," Bruce said.

"Okay, I probably understand." Tony said, "But there is one more question, what are you going to do with Lotkea's mental problems?" He clicked irritably: "Obviously he doesn't want me to know, I don't want us to worry about him, but I can see that he is obviously..."

"I know." Bruce's face sank slightly: "I'll figure it out, you just need to take care of his safety."

Tony is skeptical: "That sentence is not convincing at all."

Bruce was silent for a while, then said, "You should know about Erberist."

"I heard you said it several times." Tony raised his eyebrows: "I remember that he saved Lotkea last time, and he also saved your parents. Anyway, I don't have a bad impression of him."

Bruce nodded: "He knows Lotkea, he should have known him a long time ago, I even suspect that he came to Gotham just for Lotkea."

"What?" Tony asked in surprise, "You mean the two of them are friends?"

"It's unlikely," Bruce said pertinently, "Although Erberist's attitude towards Lotkea is... ambiguous," he frowned and said the word: "But Lotkea doesn't like it." He, he even hated it when I mentioned Erberist's name in his presence."

He lowered his eyelids and fell into a state similar to thinking: "Today Lotkea's attack is because Batman is close to him. He is very resistant to my image, or you can say-afraid," Bruce murmured: "Maybe He’s been hurt by someone who looks like that before, maybe it’s something to do with him leaving where he lives and coming to Gotham.”

"It's also possible that the guy named Erberister did it, you want to say that, right?" Tony sneered, "I see, so your battle plan is to find him and beat him up, right?"

"No," Batman frowned and glanced at him: "This is just one of the guesses, and I'm not sure."

He has learned a lesson from his recklessness last time, and he will no longer arbitrarily judge the truth of something without definite evidence.Besides, although Bruce had this guess, he didn't actually think it was the truth.

Erberister's style of acting is indeed quite violent and unreasonable, but Bruce has not forgotten that he is also a night raven.

Urberist is cruel and bloody to the evil, and the night raven is gentle and considerate to the weak.One cannot be so divisive, and Bruce thinks that Erberist himself is the two rolled into one.One moment he was directing the villains to kill each other, and the next moment he could gently pick up the injured girl and tell her not to be afraid.

Bruce didn't think Erberist would do anything out of the ordinary to Lotkea.

Tony still looked disbelieving, Bruce thought for a while, and said, "I will find him and ask what happened, but he is still innocent until the truth is investigated."

He didn't tell Tony that Berrist was the Nightraven, just as he wouldn't have told Tony who he was if it hadn't been for the threat Lotkea was under.They all have their own insistence, and Bruce will at most defend him a few words, but just like Professor X and Doctor Strange did, he will not take the initiative to reveal Erberist's other identity to anyone.

"The truth is better as you said." Tony glanced at him and didn't say anything more about it: "Tomorrow I will bring Lotkea to New York. You'd better get this mess done quickly."

"Okay," Bruce paused, "but I can't tell him the reason directly. Lotkaia has been researching alien technology recently, and I hope to cooperate with Stark Industries in the name of Wayne Enterprises."

"Are you kidding me?" Tony said dissatisfiedly, "The technology of those aliens is not a problem, I have already..." I used them on my new armor!

Touching Bruce's eyes, Tony rolled his eyes: "Got it, I'll dig out that pile of trash."

After the two discussed it, Bruce and Tony left the Batcave.They walked out through the hidden door in the living room, and the old butler was standing not far away, raising his eyebrows when he saw the bruise on Bruce's face.

Tony waved his hand and said quite comfortably, "Thank you, you're welcome, he deserves it."

Bruce: "..."

He had no rebuttal.

Tony's armor was still standing outside the villa, and when he saw him coming, he automatically opened up a space that allowed one person to walk in.Tony glanced back at Bruce: "See you tomorrow."

Bruce nodded and said in a deep voice, "See you tomorrow."

Lotkea hadn't slept yet. Looking through the window, he saw Iron Man soaring into the sky outside the manor, and disappeared into the dark sky in an instant.

When he walked into the villa, he noticed that Bruce and Tony didn't mean to come in, maybe they had something to say.At first, Lotkea didn't pay much attention, but then he realized that Alfred seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally preventing him from going to the living room.

Since that was the entrance to the Batcave, Lotkea had to think of a possibility.

Bruce wouldn't...plan to tell Tony who he was, would he?

But this doesn't seem to be in line with Bruce's usual rules of conduct?Not even the Waynes knew it.If he really planned that, something important must have happened.

Lotkea sat on the bed and thought for a long time, but he didn't think of any particularly important events that happened recently.

He has been following Batman's night watch all the time, so there shouldn't be anything Bruce knows that he doesn't.

...Could it be that there is a problem with the identities of those masked men today?

After much deliberation, he felt that this was a possibility.In order to avoid another accident, Lotkea has been paying attention to Bruce's movements, and plans to continue to follow him on night patrol tonight.

Not long after Tony left, Lotkea heard Bruce come upstairs.

The footsteps were very subtle, as if they were very cautious, and then the footsteps stopped outside the door of Lotkea's bedroom and did not move.

Lotkea immediately buried himself in the blanket and closed his eyes.

Hopefully Bruce will just pretend he's asleep when he comes in and stop calling him.To be honest, although he was comforted by Tony, he still didn't want to get too close to Bruce himself today.

Bruce stayed quietly outside the door for a while, as if he didn't intend to come in. It didn't take long for the sound of gentle and careful footsteps to go away.

Lotkea opened his eyes, a little puzzled.

...What on earth is he here for?