American comics: Today’s big news Chapter 033

Spider-Sense was the most used ability by Connors at the moment.

It was also the existence of Spider-Sense that made him discover Snowhite’s manager’s inexplicable hostility towards him, and also sensed the manager’s killing intent towards the Graysons.

Combining the two, plus some speculation, it was not difficult for Connors to discover that this hooked-nose manager was the murderer who killed Dick Grayson’s parents.

Although the manager was also in the same hotel as Snowhite, it was troublesome to either go to the front desk to retrieve room information or knock on doors one by one to find him, so the first person he contacted after leaving Wayne Manor was Snowhite.

Given the hooked-nose manager’s Ninja Turtle personality, he would most likely be peeking, eavesdropping, and then secretly causing trouble, just like last time on the hotel rooftop.

It was only a matter of time before Dick Grayson investigated the identity of the murderer, or perhaps he had already investigated clearly and was just waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Therefore, to prevent any unforeseen complications, Connors simply intervened directly to accelerate this process.

Thus, the hooked-nose manager, with his head covered and arm bones broken, was thrown into the stadium by Connors.

A loud bang attracted the attention of Dick Grayson, who was kneeling on the ground, lost in his memories.

When he looked up, what he saw was the face of the murderer he had been investigating for the past few days, the one who killed his parents.

Although that face was slightly distorted due to pain at this moment, it did not prevent Dick Grayson from recognizing him.

So, at only eight years old, he pounced on him, kicking and punching hysterically, even biting with his teeth, wishing he could tear the hooked-nose manager into pieces.

However, the manager was, after all, a young and strong adult, and even with one arm bone broken, he was not someone that the eight-year-old Dick Grayson could completely defeat at this time.

But even though Dick Grayson’s mind was consumed by hatred, he did not forget the skills he had learned from his parents at this moment.

Thus, one agile but weak, the other strong but with a broken arm and persistent pain, the two of them performed a dramatic show under the illumination of the stadium’s long-burning lights.

“You find this interesting? Letting them entertain you like beasts in a cage?” Batman’s voice rang in Connors’ ear.

“Not at all, I just knew you would come, so I let them get entangled. Now it’s your turn to make a move.”

Connors said, looking at the Master in a Batman suit that was a full size larger than usual.

Spider-Sense had detected Batman’s presence when Connors entered the stadium, otherwise, it wouldn’t be little Dick facing the hooked-nose alone right now.

“It better be.” Batman said, leaping up from beside Connors, his long cape dragging behind him quickly electrifying and becoming incredibly rigid, allowing his massive and heavy body to barely glide.

At first glance, one might have thought the person inside the Bat-suit was Bane… Connors chuckled inwardly.

Bane had not appeared since breaking Batman’s back early that morning, and Connors wondered what he was plotting again.

Last time Connors faced Bane, he had no strength to fight back and could only passively dodge, but now his physical fitness was comparable to the Master’s, plus the existence of abilities like Master Locksmith, Master of Tricks, and Spider-Sense.

If the two of them met one-on-one, Connors had a good chance of taking him down, but he would definitely get injured.

As for taking down Bane without injury, it was almost impossible at the moment.

In a few thoughts, Batman had already arrived at Dick and the manager. At this time, Dick had gained the upper hand. All the props left by the circus had become his weapons to attack the other party, and now he was even holding a broken rope, trying to strangle the manager.

“Stop, Robin.” Batman shouted to Dick Grayson from the shadows.

Dick subconsciously let go, and the manager next to him seized the opportunity to try and strangle Dick in return, only to be kicked away by Batman.

“You can’t kill him, that will lead you down a path of no return, Robin.” Batman said to Dick, “I know your pain, because I’ve had the same experience as you…”

“It only takes one bad day to drive a normal person insane. A normal person is only one step away from the Joker.”

“After my parents were killed, there wasn’t a day I didn’t want to kill the murderer, I thought about it every day… But if I really killed someone, I wouldn’t be able to turn back.”

“Child, hand him over to the law.”

“I will teach you to gain strength from hatred.”

Dick looked at the hooked-nose manager, who had been kicked away by Batman and hadn’t gotten up for a long time. He was silent for a while, then asked:

“Who are you?”

“I am Batman.”

…

With one hand holding Dick and the other taking out his grappling gun, Batman prepared to take Dick back to the Batcave.

Due to Connors’ intervention, the time when Dick met his enemy was pushed forward, and this hooked-nose murderer was about to face legal punishment.

Dick had no reason to escape Wayne Manor anymore, and Batman also used this opportunity to plant a seed in Dick’s heart, preventing him from going down the wrong path in the future.

However, just as Batman put Dick into the Batmobile and looked back at Connors, he found Connors single-handedly twisting the hooked-nose’s neck.

The hooked-nose, who had been kicking his legs frantically due to pain, immediately stood at attention in mid-air.

“Batman has a no-kill rule, but I don’t.” Connors said to the hooked-nose in his hand, whose neck was already twisted but not completely dead.

Spider-Sense noticed Batman’s gaze on him, Connors turned around and smiled at the somewhat incredulous Master:

“Keep it from Robin—oh, and help me overwrite the surveillance footage here.”

He didn’t explain why he killed the hooked-nose, but instead reminded him about the surveillance, then began to prepare to dispose of the body.

Friends who often kill know that killing is easy, but disposing of the body is difficult. To avoid being tracked by the Gotham police and a series of other characters later, he had to throw it somewhere no one could find it.

The sewer was the first choice, but it wasn’t safe enough. After much thought, Connors decided to throw it into the Gotham Forest.

No one dared to go there, so there was naturally no risk of being discovered.

Using a trick, Connors put his arm around the hooked-nose’s shoulder. Although he was dead, he walked like a living person, swaying with Connors’ movements on the ground.

He looked like a drunkard.

He planned to drive the supercar given by the rich Master to dispose of the body, but a taxi parked by the roadside caught his attention.

Strictly speaking, it was the driver who caught his attention, the same guy who had previously threatened him to buy a gun.

“Gotham Forest.”

After putting the body in the car, Connors said, using a master-level trick to create an illusion. From the driver’s perspective, only one person’s figure could be seen.

Then, with another golden cicada shedding its skin, Connors watched the driver drive the body towards Gotham Forest, somewhat curious about what expression that guy would have when he tried to force-sell military supplies to the corpse.

When he returned to the supercar, he didn’t know what expression the taxi driver had, but his own expression wasn’t much better.

The supercar Master Wayne just gave him was stolen again!

Where the supercar had been parked, there was now only a very familiar motorcycle. Connors walked up to it and found a note on the motorcycle’s dashboard.

The note had a drawing of a lazy black cat and a line of elegant handwriting:

“Did you leave behind a charming little wildcat when you left Wayne Manor?”