Court of Owls Comes to an End

It was already the day after Ba Di revealed his identity.

The entire day was filled with fluctuations. Whether it was Wayne Enterprises ' stock price, the city government, the police department, or the World News Daily, the story of Batman's identity had begun to spread throughout the world, making headlines in all newspapers and becoming embroiled in various controversies.

It was nothing more than a series of issues concerning human rights, law enforcement authority, Batman's unauthorized abuse of power, and so on, constantly debated and broadcast live on television. With Alfred wiretapping the government, he even knew that the FBI was preparing to arrest Bruce; all they needed now was evidence against Batman, a pretext, and witnesses. After all, bringing down a powerful capitalist wouldn't be easy to handle.

Killing the Joker in front of the whole city might give them 'conclusive evidence,' but Wayne Enterprises ' legal team has already begun to work, and throughout the day, Bruce has refuted everything so thoroughly that no one can argue back.

At night, Gotham remained shrouded in dark clouds.

In the shadowy Gotham City, there is a Legends.

Legends in the night of Gotham, there lives a group of shadow walkers who control this dark city. In this city, anyone who defies their will will be destroyed by the Talons of owls, even if you are the ruler of the city— the Wayne Family.

"Beware of the Court of Owls, they're always watching your every move."

Peeping at Gotham City from the shadows, hidden among low walls and attics.

He is with you in your home, and with you in your bed.

Never utter a word of his name, or his Talons will bring you your head.

Have you heard this nursery rhyme?

In the darkness, Ba Di and Nightwing walked through Wayne Tower. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, a faint glimmer of cool moonlight shone through the clouds, making it a rare and perhaps relatively clear night.

"Of course I've heard it. Please, Bruce, it's just a nursery rhyme. Do you really think it's true?" Nightwing to the side, the dim moonlight reflecting off his black bodysuit, highlighting his strong, young, and powerful physique.

Ba Di glanced at Nightwing beside him. Although the boy hadn't experienced much, he understood and did things better than Bruce had done back then.

In the near future, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Batman name will be passed on to Nightwing.

This is also one of Bruce's many small wishes.

He was also an accomplice of Ba Di in Gotham's reforms.

"There are some inherited customs that are worth studying."

"If a black cat walks past you, it might mean you're about to have some bad luck!"

"Thirteen people are sitting at the table, which foretells that someone will die sometime tonight at midnight!"

"Alan Wayne, my great-grandfather, understood the power of superstition, and thus he was one of the first to eliminate the thirteenth floor in his own building."

Nightwing paused, watching Ba Di's retreating figure, the thin, dim moonlight casting shadows on his sides. "So, you want to tell me this is true?"

Nightwing listened intently and seriously as Ba Di began to speak.

"Interestingly, to truly verify this superstition, you have to leave a gap between the twelfth and fourteenth floors, a fake floor, in order to contain the bad luck brought by the number thirteen."

"Therefore, Wayne Tower does not have thirteen floors."

Ba Di walked to the elevator; they were currently on the twelfth floor.

"Alfred, stop the elevator."

"Yes, sir."

After ordering Alfred to stop the elevator, Ba Di rolled up his suit sleeves. He wasn't wearing Batman's suit because there was no fight. Knowing so much information, it would be foolish to still have to engage in a hand-to-hand combat with the Court of Owls at the end.

Reality isn't a novel. Only novelists would deliberately create a final battle, but Ba Di had already dealt with the Court of Owls personnel gathered inside Wayne Tower.

Yesterday, they were under Ba Di's mental suggestion, which prompted them to summon the owl's response and gather at Wayne Tower, and that was the end of it.

"Hmm!" | Ba Di tensed his jaw and arms, his hands bulging with strong muscles as he slowly pulled open the elevator door.

He peered into the elevator shaft, into the dark depths, between the elevator doors on the twelfth and fourteenth floors, where there were elevator doors on the thirteenth floor.

There is no button for the thirteenth floor, not even inside the elevator.

The thirteenth floor cannot be entered in the usual way.

Ba Di entered the elevator shaft, leaped across to the other side, grabbed the iron ladder with both arms, and began to climb. Nightwing followed.

"Owls are one of the few birds that do not build their own nests."

Instead, they seek out abandoned nests or nests of hostile birds, find them, and take them over.

In other words, they invaded enemy territory and built their nests in the enemy's home.

As he spoke, Ba Di went to the thirteenth floor and opened the elevator door directly.

As the door to the thirteenth floor opened, Nightwing's eyes widened, staring in disbelief.

Inside was a spacious office, bathed in warm orange light from above. There were at least sixty people, all dressed in expensive, well-fitting suits and slender evening gowns, wearing white owl masks, as if attending a party.

However, they are now lying haphazardly on the ground, on the table, and on the desktop, unconscious.

There might not have been this many people here originally, but at Ba Di's suggestion, the members of the Court of Owls held their recent meeting here. Of course, not all of the Court of Owls members were here, but it was still quite alarming.

Felix Fulton, a renowned philanthropist in Gotham.

"An De Lie Fu Lu De, a billionaire..."

"Kathy Ibanezku, a famous socialite, the daughter of the former mayor..."

"Yufimiya Sullivan, daughter of a mafia Family..."

"Yarbert Mokson, the newly appointed powerful woman of the Mokson Family..."

Nightwing saw that several people who had lost their masks were prominent socialites, philanthropists, and even high-ranking members of the other two of Gotham 'Gotham Family Family.

There are also a large number of Gotham crime Family, Falcone family, the Maroni Family, the Sabatino Family Sullivan Family, the Reilly Family, the Dimitrov Family Ibanezku Family, the Moxon family, the Odessa family, the Odessa Family Mokson Family, Yakuza Elliot Family, and so on, involving people from both the underworld and the legitimate world.

This is practically controllable, allowing them to dictate the situation and power in Gotham.

"They... are the Court of Owls?"

Nightwing stared in disbelief; it was too shocking. He had never known that the nursery rhyme was true.

"Yes."