American comics: What kind of evil intentions could Batman have?

Chapter 268 Batman: Bane, we're brothers!

Chapter 268 Batman: Bane, we're brothers!

"Bane! An old friend!"

Chen Tao affectionately put his arm around the other person's shoulder: "It's been a long time."

Bain remained expressionless and didn't say a word.

The surrounding monks, the witch Radama (whose "curse mark" was half-formed), and the dead man also joined in, forcefully watching Chen Tao.

"..."

"Have you seen enough?"

"Come with me, Batman," Bane said. His wrinkled face remained impassive.

He turned around in the manner of a character from a very American kung fu movie, and Chen Tao followed behind him with a strange expression.

The monks and the two third-tier villains behind them bowed together, clasped their hands together, and respectfully saw them off. It was truly absurd.

Bain led Chen Tao along a very quaint cobblestone path and wooden staircase, and finally they arrived at a room.

Bain pulled back the screen, lowered his head slightly (he was over two meters tall), and went into the room first.

The room contained nothing but a small table, two futons, and a few sticks of incense.

Oh, and there's a pot of tea too.

Chen Tao and Bain sat facing each other on the futons. Bain skillfully poured Chen Tao a cup of tea with his large, fan-like hands and radish-like fingers.

This damn teacup was ridiculously small, not even as big as Chen Tao's palm. Chen Tao grabbed it and drank it all in one gulp.

Bain, who looked like a brown bear, was still performing the tea ceremony in a serene and detached manner, like a young girl. Chen Tao could no longer tolerate it.

"I need your help," he said bluntly. "You have to help me reconnect to the Origin Wall—"

"Always in such a hurry, Batman."

Then he heard Bane's slightly hoarse voice: "Busy saving the world again, huh? You never stop. I thought when we met again, you'd first ask what I'd actually done, instead of always thinking about your own things."

Before Chen Tao could speak, Bain continued speaking to himself:

"I traveled the world searching for my biological father, but to no avail. During this time, I gradually realized how ridiculous my obsession with you was. Whether I was trying to destroy you or help you, it all meant nothing to me, and it shouldn't have been the direction of my life."

"So please go back, Batman. I won't help you anymore. I've been living in seclusion here for a long time, cultivating my character and completely letting go of all my obsession with you. I will never be obsessed with you again."

Bain said, "You know what? When I found out you were coming today, I was even a little excited. I was looking forward to severing all ties with you completely."

"Uh, Bane..."

"Let me finish speaking!"

Bain waved his hand:

"You're a stranger to me now. If you want to have a cup of tea with me, I might oblige, but why drag me into saving the world for no reason? Forget about it. I'm just a hermit living in the Himalayas."

"The world and justice need your help," Chen Tao said.

"It's you who needs my help," Bain corrected. "If it were in the past, I might have been persuaded and helped you without hesitation. But that's no longer the case."

He said with great sorrow:

"I tried to chase you, to conquer you, and then suffered every day and night after failing. You have no idea what that pain was like."

"Then I thought I had let go, I thought I was at peace, I thought I was helping you because I wanted to obtain those legal statuses from the government. That's how I lied to others, and that's how I lied to myself. I even believed my own lies. But it was all nonsense."

"Bane, listen to me first..."

"You're the one who needs to listen to me, Batman!"

Bain became slightly agitated, his eyes glazed over as he was lost in memories of the past.

His childhood was spent in prison. In that era, Bain solidified his ideals, came to understand his destiny, and forged that boy into the person he is today.

"I once had that dream. As a child, I dreamt of my future self, and I told myself that I would become the perfect combination of mind and body, a living example of human superiority. I told myself that the blood of a king flowed in my veins, the blood of my father. The world belonged to me, and one day I would rule it."

"I told myself that when the time comes, all of humanity will bow down before me like livestock, as weak as sheep."

"I have told myself that there are not many people who can stand above ten thousand people, and I am one of those one in ten thousand. On my road to world domination, there is only one threat left."

Bain stared intently at Chen Tao.

"fear."

"The fear hidden within me, only fear, will prevent me from obtaining what is rightfully mine. Once I conquer my inner fear, I will possess everything I deserve. I will be invincible and become the ruler of all things!"

"And you, Batman, you. For so many years, I have seen you as the embodiment of my inner fears."

Even after giving up on opposing you, I still instinctively follow in your footsteps.

"This meaningless obsession with you is like a reading addiction, which has bound me to become a comet revolving around you. In order to overcome my fear, I have become a slave to my fear."

"However, now the roles have reversed, and the situation is different."

Bain, trembling, made his declaration: "I have overcome my fear. I am no longer obsessed with you. I, you. We have nothing to do with each other. There is no connection anymore. My life and its meaning no longer revolve around you."

He said, "So whatever your demands or pleas, I will never help you again. Because I have no more reasons to."

"Bane, I told you, the world must..."

Bain's expression gradually calmed down, and he poured himself another cup of tea. Although the ceiling of the room hadn't changed, Chen Tao inexplicably felt that the entire space had become much more spacious.

Bain's voice came to his ear:

"I'm a villain, not a superhero. How the world is is your problem to solve." Bane picked up his tea, took a sip, and then raised it as if to show him off.

"You won't get any help from me, Batman. I have no right to help you."

"You and I are brothers."

"So Batman, you'd better know... what the hell did you say?"

Bain, who wanted to continue, suddenly stopped talking.

He could no longer play the role of a wise and experienced senior; his eyes widened in disbelief: "Say that again?"

I said, you and I are brothers.

Chen Tao said, "My father, Thomas Wayne, had a close relationship with your mother many years ago."

As Bane heard Batman say this, he took a photo out of his magic belt and showed it to him.

Bain immediately splashed tea on the photo to test if it was a mud face.

no problem.

This is a genuine photograph; in it, his mother is standing arm in arm with Thomas Wayne.

Chen Tao looked at Bain's incredulous face.

This photo is real, and it's also true that Bane's mother and Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, had a close relationship.

These are all absolute facts.

The original comic does mention this plot, but in the original history, it wasn't Chen Tao who found the photo; it was Bane who found it.

The photo successfully misled Bane, making him believe that his father was Thomas Wayne. He even took the photo to Gotham to find Batman to acknowledge him as his father.

Of course, true to the comics' usual pattern, the final conclusion of this family reunion was that Bane was not Thomas Wayne's son, but the fact remains true.

Chen Tao had prepared this photo a long time ago. His original plan was to take it out and make the other party stop attacking if something went wrong when fighting Bane.

However, for various reasons, this trump card has never seen the light of day.

This time when Chen Tao came to see Bain, he brought this card with him, and it came in handy.

(End of this chapter)