John and Mary left the platform, stretching out in midair and reaching for the Horizontal Bar ahead.
Thirty thousand spectators held their breath.
Snap.
The last nylon fiber snapped.
The Main Rope broke completely, losing its tension and hanging limp.
Weightlessness engulfed John and Mary in an instant. Their smiles froze as they plummeted toward the ground thirty meters below.
Terrified screams erupted from the audience. Everyone thought a fall from that height meant certain death.
On the elevated platform, Dick's eyes widened. He gripped the railing with both hands, unable to make a sound.
Cold sweat soaked his back. He watched his parents plunge, watched Mary's hand reach out in despair.
The world fell silent in that instant. Only the severed rope swayed in the air.
The VIP section.
Yang Ming already had a coin pinched in his right hand. He was ready to imbue it with tremendous kinetic energy and throw it, severing the Backup Safety Net's fastenings so it would deploy early.
But he stopped.
His observation haki sensed another, far more violent surge of kinetic energy.
A black shadow suddenly dropped from the Steel Beam on the left side of the dome.
A black cape spread in the rushing air, blotting out the lights overhead.
Bruce Wayne stared at the two plummeting figures.
Another scene overlapped his vision.
A dark alley. A scattered pearl necklace. A muzzle flash. Two bodies lying in pools of blood.
The tragedy from twenty years ago overlapped with reality at that moment.
Bruce's eyes reddened.
He would never allow this to happen before his eyes a second time.
Absolutely not!!!
Bruce twisted at the waist, forcibly changing his posture in midair as he raised his right arm.
Bang!
The Grappling Gun fired a high-strength Carbon Fiber Rope that latched firmly onto