American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 166 The Hidden Truth Behind the Deaths of Thomas and Mrs. Wayne

Sophia quickly exposed her father's collusion with Batman. The information Sophia knew alone shocked Xiao Xian. Finally, under Sophia's guidance, the information Xiao Xian found in her father's secret room shocked him even more.

Hiring someone to kill someone to settle political or business rivals is nothing. What really struck Xiao Xian as abstract about Batman was that he had never been a good guy since childhood. He taught his classmates a lesson, had Falcone castrate the rival who stole his girlfriend, and most outrageously, he hired someone to murder his parents.

That's right, in this universe, Bruce Wayne's parents were actually assassinated by Bruce Wayne himself.

Based on Falcone's years of covert investigations and the various intelligence he obtained from Bruce at the time, Falcone roughly deduced what happened back then.

It turns out that Bruce Wayne in this world is not actually Thomas Wayne's biological son, but rather the child born from Martha Wayne's affair with another man.

Because Martha Wayne comes from the Kane family, one of the four major families in Gotham City, she bribed the hospital where Thomas Wayne had the paternity test done, which is why Thomas Wayne didn't notice anything unusual.

As Bruce Wayne grew older, Thomas Wayne noticed that Bruce Wayne didn't look much like him, which aroused his suspicion. He secretly had a paternity test done again and realized that he had been raising someone else's child all along.

However, Thomas Wayne, upon discovering that Bruce Wayne was not his biological son, neither made a public statement nor demanded a divorce; instead, he kept the news a secret.

Thomas Wayne did this not because he had any particular hobby, but because he had his eye on the Kane family’s wealth and power, which was also why he married Martha.

Thomas Wayne originally intended to pass on his wealth and power to his descendants through marriage, a powerful alliance between the two parties.

Now that he knows Bruce Wayne isn't his biological son, Thomas Wayne is no longer polite. He plans to kill Martha first so that Bruce can inherit the Kane family's wealth and power, and then kill the bastard Bruce. He will then combine the wealth and power of the two major Gotham families to become the King of Gotham.

Meanwhile, Martha Wayne, known for her infidelity, has found a new love interest, this time with Thomas Elliott, the youngest member of the Elliott family.

Unlike Martha Wayne's previous lovers, this time Thomas Elliott devised a plan for Martha Wayne to first kill Thomas Wayne, then kill Bruce Wayne, and finally marry him with the wealth of both families, so that their children could combine the wealth and power of three of Gotham's four major families.

His parents wanted to kill him, and Thomas Elliott was lurking outside, completely unaware of his predicament. For most people, this situation would be a dead end, but Bruce Wayne was no ordinary man. He first overheard Martha Wayne and Thomas Elliott's phone call by chance, and then sneaked into his father Thomas Wayne's secret room, where he found a paternity test showing that he was not his biological son.

Although he knew his parents wanted to kill him, Bruce Wayne was helpless and could only pretend not to know, secretly looking for a way out. Although Bruce Wayne was nominally the heir of two great families, he was only ten years old at the time and had no confidants. He didn't even have the freedom to move around freely. Even when he went to the toilet, his butler Alfred would watch him from outside.

Logically speaking, the situation for Bruce Wayne at this point should have simply turned from a certain death to a waiting death, but as it turns out, Batman always has a way out.

However, Falcone didn't know what method Bruce Wayne used. The only thing Falcone knew was that Alfred, the butler who had been loyal to Thomas Wayne and had even shielded Thomas Wayne from bullets more than once, secretly found Falcone.

Alfred paid Falcone to stage a shooting, a shooting targeting Bruce Wayne's parents, and promised to make Falcone the gang's godfather after it was done.

Falcone, who was just a small-time boss at the time, would naturally want to take on such a big job. However, Falcone knew his own limitations. He had no ability to find out the whereabouts of Thomas Wayne and his wife, let alone break through their security.

Alfred told Falcone not to worry; he only needed to arrange for people to guard the crime alley behind the theater, and Thomas Wayne and his wife would naturally appear there, and the security personnel would be diverted.

And so, Falcone accepted the job and arranged for an assassin to guard Crime Alley. Sure enough, Thomas Wayne showed up there that day without any security.

Then, at the age of ten, Bruce Wayne inherited the wealth and power of the two families, step by step taking control of the family foundation and the Wayne Enterprises board of directors.

Then came the era of superheroes. Bruce Wayne, under the guise of Batman fighting supervillains, wiped out his former enemies one by one, and Gotham City went from being dominated by four powerful families to being ruled solely by Bruce Wayne.

Thomas Elliott was forced into silence, Oswald Copport was forced into becoming the Penguin, and all politicians and billionaires who did not obey Bruce Wayne were branded by the Court of Owls and then brought down.

As Batman rose to power, Falcone, who had always followed him, gradually grew into the godfather of Gotham. Of course, in the eyes of the thugs, Falcone was the godfather of Gotham, but Falcone knew that he was just a tool in Bruce Wayne's hands responsible for doing dirty work.

Fearing that Bruce Wayne would discard him after using him, Falcone has been collecting intelligence and evidence about Batman for years, hiding it in secret rooms and other places. If something happens to Falcone, this evidence will be automatically released, ruining Bruce Wayne's reputation.

After reviewing Bruce Wayne's information, Xiao Xian raised an eyebrow. Falcone didn't understand why Alfred would help Bruce Wayne, but Xiao Xian guessed the reason, though he wasn't sure if his guess was correct.

After all, in terms of wealth, power, emotions, or women, Bruce Wayne couldn't offer a higher price than his father, Thomas Wayne, to persuade his butler, Alfred, to betray and assassinate Thomas Wayne, with whom he had a life-or-death relationship, unless... the man who cheated on Thomas Wayne and had Bruce Wayne with Martha Wayne was Alfred.

Only for the sake of his own son's life would Alfred betray Thomas Wayne without hesitation, risking his life if discovered, to help Bruce Wayne eliminate Thomas Wayne and his wife.

(End of this chapter)