"What are you doing?"
"Helping you hold this guy off, obviously!"
Thomas Wayne lowered his voice.
"Haven't you noticed how smoothly everything's gone? You caused such a huge commotion today. The Court never lets a slight go unanswered, so there's no way they wouldn't react. But aside from those amateur Cubs, have you seen a single Talon?"
"I know. That's why I stationed Chato at Wayne Manor-to guard against any potential danger."
"Wasn't that to guard against me?" Thomas Wayne shot back.
"Uh-you were already on the blacklist."
"Bruce, you bastard!"
The dark figure carrying the scythe listened quietly to the brothers' exchange. Of course he knew Owlman was merely a stand-in, but what did that matter? Disposing of him along the way wouldn't take long.
"Have you two decided? Which 'Bruce' is going to face me? Or will you both come at once?"
"I'm all you need!"
After Thomas Wayne repeatedly shoved him away, Qin Wei stopped agonizing over whether to stay. He turned and ran deeper into the corridor.
Once he was sure Qin Wei had left, Owlman frowned beneath his mask.
To deal with the Court, he had secretly researched a great deal of information, including material on the Talons.
Conventional Talons were resurrected assassins implanted with electrum compound, but that did not include the original Talon.
Technological advances took time, after all. Before electrum was developed, the Court had used a cruder method to create a Talon-immersion in dionysium.
As the saying went, greater risks brought greater rewards. Immersion severely warped the Talons' minds and faces, but the abilities they gained were far more powerful than simple self-healing.
They were immortal. Even if minced into fragments, they could rapidly regenerate and divide within a short time, provided a single cell survived.
This power that defied the