Thanks to the Court's caution, no surveillance cameras had been installed anywhere in Wayne Tower. Perhaps they feared exposing their movements, or perhaps they had never expected anyone to eliminate a well-trained patrol squad second only to the Talons in just eight seconds.
"We have twenty minutes at most. Find Lucius before the next patrol discovers them-wait, is something flashing on your belt?"
As they raced through Wayne Tower's pitch-black corridors, Thomas Wayne caught a fleeting red light in the darkness.
"I installed a GoPro action camera in there."
"You're not planning to expose the Court of Owls, are you?"
Qin Wei could not see his expression, but he could hear Owlman's tone suddenly turn cold.
That put him on full alert.
"Turn it off!" After a stretch of silence, Owlman snapped, "No one else can see what happens here. Do you want to destroy the Wayne Family?"
"I don't understand."
"If the Court of Owls' control over Gotham gets exposed, the Wayne Family will be the first implicated. Those companies are all under my name right now!" Thomas Wayne slowed down. Since Qin Wei had become his partner, he did not want to hide his true thoughts.
"But struggle always comes with sacrifice."
"But the Wayne Family's businesses give me wealth and status. I like money, and I like being at the top, with everyone fawning over me. What about you? Would you give up everyone around you for victory?"
Thomas Wayne's reason was very real.
Unlike Batman, who could abandon Bruce's billionaire identity at any moment to uphold his ideals, everything Thomas Wayne did revolved around expanding his interests. Fighting criminals was more about venting his anger and taking revenge.
That much had been evident in the words he used when first recruiting Qin Wei: "rule Gotham."
So