"Look, I know Gotham's villains are basically all guys who fantasize about Batman or Bruce, but aren't you taking the fantasy a little too far?
This is the first time I've seen someone turn himself into the stand-in in a look-alike romance."
Zuo Ci had thought reading the comics would have given him some tolerance for this stuff. But when he actually saw the scene before him, he still couldn't keep it together.
Honestly, the feud between Thomas and Bruce was pretty simple. It all began with a car crash more than a decade ago.
Thomas's parents, who were in charge of the Elliot Family at the time, had been involved in a car accident. As luck would have it, Bruce's dad, who had still been alive back then, found them.
After doing everything he could to save them, Bruce's dad managed to save Thomas's mother, but his father unfortunately passed away.
And that was why Thomas Elliot came to hate Bruce Wayne.
At this point, you probably think Thomas resented Bruce because his father died, right?
Wrong. He hated Bruce because his mother survived.
Simply put, Thomas Elliot thought his parents were both idiots, that he was a genius, and that the Elliot Family ought to be run by a genius like him.
So he deliberately orchestrated a car crash. Once his so-called parents croaked, he would instantly inherit the entire family!
But the Waynes ruined everything!
For all the years that followed, he had held a grudge against Bruce Wayne, one that had grown into outright madness. Even now that he controlled the Elliot Family, his hatred hadn't diminished in the slightest.
Hatred taken to its extreme, much like love taken to its extreme, could twist people in all sorts of bizarre ways. Thomas was no exception.
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