I'm the villain in Gotham

As the Sandman said, the contract is two-way, when Batman and Erberist are connected together by a contract, their memories are also sealed in it.

After death, Batman was ejected from his own body, and was able to see what happened next from Erberist's point of view.

He saw that Urberister exchanged Chaoying's life safety with Doctor Strange, and got the Eye of Agamotto that the Supreme Mage had been guarding.Afterwards, Erberist chanted a spell, used his own power to communicate with this powerful magic weapon, and forcibly reversed the time.

Seeing this, Batman has understood everything.

After starting to suspect that it was a Bruce Wayne memory he was stuck in, he kept wondering why Urberist would have a completely different Batman memory.He even wondered if Urberist had known Batman from another world before him, maybe something happened between them, which forced Urberist to leave there and come to his world.

But now he knew that there was only one Batman that Erberist had recognized and acknowledged from beginning to end, only him, and only him ever.

They started out at the wrong time and place, chose the wrong way to get along, and ended up with Urberister scarred, physically and mentally exhausted, and Batman's death driving him insane.

Batman is trapped in another body of himself, feeling that he is gradually merging with another memory.As the Sandman reminded him, he has always stuck to his heart and never forgot who he is. Now he is not only the mature Batman who has experienced countless setbacks and scars, but also a happy family who grows up in love and care. Big, Bruce who sticks to his heart and beliefs.

He watched his former self get along with Erberist, and watched him go from being outspoken to subtle and euphemistic, from confident and flamboyant to cautious.Before seeing this memory, Batman never thought that his mature and steady teacher, his strong but cautious lover, would once be angry and express his emotions unscrupulously.He used to be ignorant, ignorant, with a sly smile and a burning heart.

Those were the most alive and happy faces Batman had ever seen.

But now, with Batman's death, they are all gone like a gust of wind.

Now Erberist is cautious and self-doubting. He has never refused any request from Batman, and has never been willing to relax his care of his safety. He would rather be scarred than see him suffer a little damage.

Erberist hated himself, thinking that it was his own reasons, his own mistakes, that caused Batman's death.He felt guilty, remorseful, and never forgave himself, and Batman's death became his worst nightmare.

Batman watched him come to Gotham more than 30 years ago, and his travel through time and space left him scarred.Then Erberist saw himself who was only seven years old. It turned out that Batman thought he identified himself at this time, but now he understands that from the very beginning, Erberist came to pursue his soul.

There was no chance, no fate, just a grieving, near-mad dragon who had just lost its master and found a lifeline at the last moment.He desperately pulled the thin grass stalk, his palm was cut with blood dripping from the rough edge, bloody and bloody.

Then he managed, once again, to hold his master's hand.

Batman silently followed behind him, and it was a little difficult to determine whether what Eberist was holding was a straw that brought hope, or a noose that was slowly wrapped around his neck.

He knew what was coming.

For his safety, Erberist transforms the dark forces in Gotham, blends himself into the darkness, and turns into evil.But this alone is not enough, he created another identity, Night Crow completes the agreement with Doctor Strange for him, protecting the superheroes until they grow up completely.At the same time, he remained at Wayne Manor as Lotkea, staying with his master, protecting him at close quarters, and longing for a little false warmth.

Erberist doesn't even feel that he should be thanked. He thinks that all the tenderness and kindness he enjoys now depends on the two hypocritical identities of Lotkea and Night Crow. Once the real him is exposed, everything he has now will be lost Will be reduced to nothing, he will be spurned, loathed, guarded against and speculated again.

But... no, that's not the case.

Batman reaches out, wants to grab his hand, and tells him he doesn't think so.If he could know what Erberister did earlier, he would only be grateful and admired, and maybe he would fall in love with him earlier.

But Batman is now in the memory, his fingers piercing Erberist's body, watching him suffer and deny himself.Batman realizes once again that, like he's still trapped in his shell, he's always wished he could tell Erberist that things aren't what he thinks they are, but now, here, there's nothing he can do arrive.

Batman is utterly trapped in this memory, hating his former self and feeling profoundly powerless at the same time.He was beside Eberrist, always unable to restrain himself from thinking over and over again what Eberister had thought, he felt the same way with him, and at the same time added more guilt and remorse.

He followed Eberrist from Wayne Manor to X Academy, to the universe, and to the safe house in Gotham.

Erberister fainted in a pool of blood, and the ends of his beautiful eyes were stained with a sickly crow blue.Batman knelt down beside him, trying to stop the bleeding from his abdomen.

He failed as always.

In his memory, he couldn't touch anything, couldn't feel the temperature, and didn't know how hot the blood was, but it still seemed as if it dripped directly to the tip of Batman's heart. His back was straight, and only his fingertips were trembling.

After finding this safe house and many things happened one after another, Batman didn't have much time to think about this room, the blood on the floor.He remembered that when he came here for the first time and noticed such a large area of ​​dried up liquid, he thought that the person who fell here might not survive.Of course, he found out later, but it was only now that he truly realized for the first time how much pain Erberist had endured at that time, not just physical/physical pain, but also...

Batman sat aside, silently hanging his head.

……I am proud of you.he thought, and put his fingers over his eyes, his shoulders dropped.