American Comics: Multiverse of Madness - #522 - Chapter 519 Goodbye Old Batman

Tim Drake.

The third-generation Robin of the Bat family is also Red Robin. In the comics, he was friends with the first-generation Robin Dick when they were very young, and he was also a witness on the night Dick’s parents were murdered.

After Jason’s sacrifice, Batman’s behavior began to become violent, and his methods against criminals became more and more ruthless. At this time, Tim realized that Batman cannot live without Robin, and someone must be around him to remind him to remain normal.

With this idea, Tim set out to find Dick and persuade him to return to Batman as Robin so that he could continue to help Batman.

But at that time, Dick had already become Nightwing and often acted with the members of the Titans. He was unwilling to put down his work and only agreed to talk to Batman as Nightwing.

The final result was naturally an unhappy ending. There was no other way. When Batman encountered difficulties, Tim angrily put on Robin’s uniform and transformed into a new generation of Robin to help Batman.

After that, even though Batman repeatedly emphasized that he did not need Robin, slowly, Batman gradually accepted this young man with potential and recognized his identity as Robin.

It seems that the development of this universe has exceeded his imagination. Zhang Yi was originally curious about which Robin Bruce Wayne would find, but now it seems that he has directly skipped Dick and Jason.

There is nothing wrong if you think about it carefully. After all, the Joker and many other villains have been killed, so it is naturally difficult to show Jason’s death.

Today’s Gotham, or today’s Batman, needs Tim, a kind and sincere Robin.

And this is Tim without being blackened.

After sending the rat catcher to the Gotham Police Station, Zhang Yi walked along with Tim heading towards the Batcave.

On the way, the two of them chatted about the ratcatcher.

“Actually, the ratcatcher is also a poor man. During this period, we should help him find his missing wife and daughter. This may help him change his mind.”

“We had already started investigating from the beginning, but there were too many forces involved in the case at that time. The rat catcher was sent in for the crime, while his wife and daughter disappeared without a trace overnight. So much time has passed. , and we can’t determine their location.”

Tim shook his head and sighed. “We can’t even confirm whether they are still alive, and apart from the ratcatchers, there have been a lot of criminals recently, so I’m a little overwhelmed.”

“Oh?” Zhang Yi asked curiously, not expecting that Gotham would become so lively nowadays. “What other famous super criminals are there?”

“Firefly, Clayface, Werewolf, Invisible Guest”

Tim responded quickly, listing off a ton of supervillain names.

“In addition to them, there are also a large group of gangs and a secret organization called the Court of Owls. In short, it is very troublesome.”

It sounds like Gotham now really feels like it’s back to its ‘peak’. Not only are super criminals popping up, but even the Court of Owls has appeared.

This is probably one of the butterfly effects caused by the failure of General Zod. Gotham has always been in a peaceful state. Even if there is evil, it is still in darkness.

And now that the earth has confirmed the existence of aliens, and superhuman beings have appeared one after another, it seems that the Court of Owls hidden under Gotham can no longer sit still.

After thinking about it, old Bruce Wayne won’t be able to take any time off. The Court of Owls is a formidable opponent.

“How long have you been Robin?” Zhang Ye continued to ask, trying to determine where he was in the current timeline.

Hearing Zhang Yi’s question, Tim didn’t know whether he should speak or not. The conversation before was all about super criminals, but now that the question was asked to himself, he was a little hesitant.

Although he knew that the person in front of him was one of his own, and he seemed to be an old acquaintance with Batman, Tim still didn’t trust this person 100%.

After a moment of silence, he finally sighed. “It has been more than half a year, and this is the first time I have acted alone.”

“It’s been more than half a year.”

I silently calculated that it would take at least a few years to train a talented young man to become Robin and now let Tim take charge of his own business.

It seems that this time, I have arrived at least three years after the Zod War, and I don’t know what is happening to young Barry Allen now, or whether he has mastered the Speed ​​Force.

Realizing that Tim had always been slightly wary of him, Zhang Yi didn’t ask any more questions and just silently moved towards the Batcave.

Anyway, everything will be explained after meeting the old Bruce Wayne, and by that time, Tim will no longer distrust himself.

Arriving near Wayne Manor, Zhang Yi took the lead and walked towards the dense forest, which was one of the entrances to the Batcave. Zhang Yi’s actions were also to eliminate Tim’s suspicion.

Sure enough, when he saw Zhang Yi looking as if he was at home, Tim gradually felt relieved. At least this was enough to prove that he was indeed a friend of Batman, and a friend who even knew the Batcave.

In this case, Tim became even more curious. If there was such a person, why had he never heard of Bruce before?

Arriving all the way into the Bat Cave, Zhang Yi first saw the old man sitting on a chair drinking coffee.

Seeing his old friend again, Zhang Yi’s calm face finally showed a smile.

“The last time we said goodbye, things have changed a lot, Bruce.”

Seeing that the young people back then have become quite mature now, old Bruce Wayne also felt a little emotional. “Yeah, I thought I would never have the chance to see you again.”

Seeing that old Bruce Wayne was still putting on airs, Zhang Yi hugged him without saying a word. After experiencing so much, perhaps only the two universes at the beginning could bring the most cordial feeling to Zhang Yi.

Perhaps in Bruce Wayne’s eyes, Zhang Yi has only been away for a few years, but as far as Zhang Yi is concerned, he has not seen this old man for decades.

“I want to eat the braised noodles you made.”

Bruce Wayne, who was about to say something, was choked by Zhang Yi’s words and rolled his eyes.

“That’s called spaghetti.”

“Italian braised noodles.” Zhang Yi chuckled.

The feeling from that time came back again, and Bruce Wayne’s eyes calmed down when he looked at Zhang Yi who was playing tricks.

At this moment, he could be sure that the person in front of him was the same person back then.

“Wait.”

After uttering his words in a neutral tone, Bruce Wayne pushed Zhang Yi away and turned towards the secret passage leading to Wayne Castle.

It didn’t take long for Bruce Wayne to place three plates of noodles on the dining table. He also took out a few bottles of wine.

Zhang Yi and Tim, who had already changed out of his battle clothes, sat together, enjoying the hard-won supper.

For Tim, this is definitely hard-won, because he has been here for so long, and this is the first time he has seen the old Bruce Wayne cooking in person. He was the one who cooked before.

“Where are Kara and that silver-haired kid? Why aren’t they here?” Old Bruce Wayne opened the cork of the wine bottle, poured himself a glass of wine, and then looked at Zhang Yi.

“They are living in the wasteland now. After we left here, we found an earth with no civilization. Although it is inconvenient to do anything there, it is still peaceful now.” Zhang Yi replied casually.

But these words sounded like thunder in Bruce Wayne’s ears.

“Earth where civilization has ended? What happened? A nuclear war?”

In his prediction, the only possibility that could end the earth’s civilization was the outbreak of a nuclear war, which would eventually cause the entire earth to be enveloped in radiation. Only in this way would it be called a ‘wasteland’.

“Absolutely.” Speaking of this, Zhang Yi sighed.

“That Earth has been occupied by super villains, and there was an ultimate battle there. All the super villains joined forces to launch a war against the superheroes.

Being familiar with the abilities of superheroes, coupled with the passive response of the heroes, eventually led to the villains’ victory. They almost annihilated all the superheroes and divided the entire world. “

“How can this be!?”

Before old Bruce Wayne could speak, Tim on the side couldn’t help but exclaimed.

In the eyes of this fledgling boy, heroes are invincible existences. He cannot imagine that one day the heroes will fail and let the villains carve up the world.

But Bruce Wayne didn’t say anything. After experiencing the events of General Zod, no one can understand the diversity of the universe better than him.

At the same time, no one knows better than him that heroes can also fail.

“What happened next?” Old Bruce Wayne looked at Zhang Yi.

“By the time we arrived, that world had been under the rule of super villains for forty years. Those guys didn’t know how to manage the world at all, which also led to chaos and moral decay throughout the wasteland.

As a leader, the villains were immersed in the victory of the year and couldn’t extricate themselves. They were intoxicated every day. Pietro and Carla and I gathered some people to overthrow the rule of those villains and are rebuilding the wasteland. “

Regarding the wasteland, Zhang Yi has dealt with most of the difficulties in one go. After all, there are too many things happening there. If you really want to cover everything, it might take three days and three nights to talk about it all.

And old Bruce Wayne also heard that Zhang Yi was hiding something. Presumably their experience in the wasteland was far from as simple as Zhang Yi said.

“After a while, it will become more stable over there. Then I will pick up Pietro and Carla and come back to have a look.” Zhang Yi smiled and continued.

“By the way, Pietro has found a girlfriend now, and Kara has also found her brother from another parallel universe. You can also meet him.”

Hearing this, old Bruce Wayne also smiled. After experiencing despair, nothing is more satisfying than happiness.

Raising the cup, old Bruce Wayne gestured to Zhang Yi.

“They deserve it.”