amaotonovel Chapter 3327 Bloody New City (76)
Chapter 3327 Bloody New City (76)
Chapter 3327 Bloody New City (Seventy-Six)
Before Schiller could study the problem carefully, Brad blocked him at the door of his office. The devil finally got anxious.
Schiller was now very interested in meeting him, because his slightly anxious expression seemed to have a few big words written on his face: "I am a fat sheep, come and slaughter me."
In addition, Schiller also needs to figure out what role he played in this series of historical events. It is impossible to say that he has nothing to do with it, but his weird attitude now wavering back and forth does not seem like the mastermind behind some big conspiracy, and he always appears a little powerless.
Schiller invited him to sit on the sofa by the window. Outside the huge French window, Gotham seemed to be the same, but something was different. The chaos in the downtown and uptown areas was gradually spreading, and something was accumulating in the land below, just waiting for the final explosion.
"We have to talk." Brad said, "I know you are not a person who likes to waste time, so I will speak frankly. You should not get involved in the fight between the Vale family and the Wayne family. It is meaningless except to make the situation worse."
"I'm not here to hear your conclusions," Schiller said, looking at him. "Tell me everything you know, and then I'll decide what I want to do."
Brad seemed to have no other choice but to say, "I have stayed here and guided the descendants of the Varley family to grow in order to prevent a bad prophecy."
"Tell me."
"You should have investigated what happened back then. Bakar, a priest of the Order, saved Edmund Wayne who was almost imprisoned. The two of them came to the new continent and defeated General Arkham. Edmund Wayne followed his promise and ruled Gotham Village together with Bakar."
"But you may not know what happened later. In short, Edmund allowed Bakar to spread the beliefs of the Order in Gotham Village. But later he discovered that this group of cultists did not just want faith. They came to the New World from afar to fulfill an ancient prophecy."
"About 40 billion years ago, when the Earth was just born, an ancient god came to the newborn Earth. The high temperature and fire here made him feel comfortable, and he regarded this place as his new home."
"But as the Earth gradually evolved, it began to cool down, and life gradually emerged, until humans appeared. The structure of the Earth was no longer suitable for the gods to survive, so they left, but left behind a group of believers."
"The gods worshipped by this group of believers exist in the form of a huge, extremely hot ball of fire, just like the sun hanging high in the sky. But they believe that their gods are greater than the sun and will one day return to the earth and turn them into eternal beings in flames."
"After humans left primitive society, this group of believers went around the world to spread the belief in fire, forming many religions related to fire, and the Order Cult is one of them."
"The Varley family is the founder of the Order, and they also know the most secrets. It is rumored that they once faced the gods in ancient times and reached a deal with them."
"Deal? What deal?"
"They have obtained the bloodline of fire, and likewise, they must welcome their master back at the right time."
"In what way?"
"Make the earth hot again."
Schiller raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect this answer. He looked at Brad and said, "You mean, their gods came here once when the earth was still a big ball of fire, and thought the living environment here was good. When they left, they were reluctant to leave, so they left a contact number for the indigenous people who came later, and planned to come often when they were free?"
"To put it simply, this is it." Brad nodded.
"I have a few questions," Schiller said. "First, since it came to Earth so much earlier than humans, why didn't it try to change the environment here?"
"Because the Earth is special," Brad replied. "I can't explain the specific reasons to you, but the Earth plays an important role in the universe and not everyone can move it. In your words, he is just a tenant and has no right to renovate the house."
"Then how come his followers can do it again?"
"Because his followers are human. Humans are also special. They can transform the earth in the way they want. In a sense, they are landlords."
Schiller nodded, then asked, "What would happen if that god came back? Would the earth be destroyed?"
"No, but it will become suitable for him to live in, which is the hot and hot sphere 40 billion years ago."
"That is to say, the earth will not be destroyed, but humans will perish."
"Yes. And from what I understand, his followers have been working towards this. They firmly believe that this is the end of humanity."
“It’s very creative,” Schiller said, “but the fact that humans have not yet been destroyed means that their plan has not succeeded.”
"Not exactly. They need to wait for an opportunity." Brad went on to explain, "They need to wait for the stars to move to the designated position before they can summon their Lord and throw themselves into the embrace of the eternal flame."
"What does this have to do with the Varley family?"
"The Varleys carry the blood of fire. When the stars return to their proper positions and they chant the spell, the old flame will descend."
“When will the stars return to their proper positions?”
"I don't know, they seem to have their own set of criteria for identification," Brad said. "It's completely different from ours."
"And what role did you play in it?"
"I won't hide it from you," Brad said. "I am indeed a devil, but I am also trustworthy. I must fulfill the contract I signed."
"Who did you sign the contract with?"
"Edmond Wayne." Brad said after a sigh, "He gave his soul to the devil to ensure that this land will always be under the rule of the Wayne family."
This clue was so important. Schiller immediately thought of Edmond Wayne's deal with the East India Company. So his real trading partner was not the East India Company, but the devil Itlegan?
"What is your relationship with the East India Company?"
Brad shook his head and said, "I was not involved in the transaction between them. My transaction with Edmund was later. At that time, Gotham City had been built and he was leading the workers to build the dam."
The clues in Schiller's mind gradually came together.
He knew that the current Batman was not a descendant of Edmund Wayne at all. In the comics, Batman and the Angel of Death were both descendants of the Wallace family.
Well, the devil Brad has already broken the deal, because although the Wayne family still rules Gotham in name, the bloodline has actually been replaced.
So Brad didn't know about this?
Schiller immediately understood that Bakar erased his own existence, let his descendants inherit the Wayne family and vigorously promoted the Wayne family just to deceive the devil's eyes.
When reading the comics at that time, Schiller felt a little strange. Edmund defeated the corrupt General Arkham, Bakar defeated the corrupt Edmund, and then let his descendants inherit the Wayne family and live under the name of the Wayne family.
So the question is, where are the true descendants of the Wayne family?
Edmund is not young. Even if he had been displaced in the first half of his life and had no chance to start a family, there was still a lot of time from the time he took over Gotham Valley to his death. It was enough time for him to get married and have children, right?
If Bakar really wants to do good for the Wayne family, why not just become a minister to take care of the orphans and raise the young bloodline of the Wayne family, isn't that enough?
After all this trouble, in the end, people with the surname Wayne are still descendants of Bakar?
This proves that Bakar let his descendants live under the name of the Wayne family not because he admired Edmund Wayne's righteous act and inherited the surname in his memory, but because he had other intentions.
After Brad told Schiller about his deal with Emond, he realized that Bakar did this to deceive the devil.
As long as the family that rules this city is still named Wayne, Brad will not be considered to have violated the terms of the deal, and he will not delve into it.
Bakar should have deliberately left two bloodlines, one to replace the descendants of the Wayne family, and the other to survive under the name of the Vale family, this was also to confuse Brad.
After all, there were only a few people in that era who did not leave behind bloodlines. As long as there was such a bloodline, Brad would not have thought that the current Wayne family was actually descendants of the Vale family.
Brad raised Paul all the way to monitor him to prevent him from knowing the truth one day and overthrowing the rule of the Wayne family, causing him to violate the contract.
It has to be said that Bakar and the Order's trick of replacing the prince with a cat was really brilliant, even the devil was fooled by them.
Then Schiller realized that the fundamental purpose of their doing this was to fulfill the prophecy.
The devil can gain benefits from transactions with humans, and they absolutely do not want humans to be destroyed, so Brad will definitely stop the prophecy.
Then the key figure in the prophecy, the descendant of the Varley family with the blood of fire, must be precisely guarded by him. Brad did just that, hovering around Paul to make sure he had no plans to fulfill the prophecy.
But the Order was clearly one step ahead. The Varley family had more than one descendant, and their real killer move was hidden in the most dangerous and safest place - the Wayne family.
While Brad keeps a close eye on Paul, the Order can use Batman to fulfill the prophecy.
This can explain why the Order's puppet Odein Company always appears where Brad appears. They are also keeping an eye on Brad to make sure that this demon is really fooled and will not suddenly jump out to interfere with their plans.
At the same time, it can also explain why the upper class must target Batman, constantly killing people close to him and making him a lonely man, because they need him to become a madman so that they can manipulate him to fulfill the prophecy.
Recalling the real cause of Alfred's death, Schiller understood that the Order, which had been keeping an eye on Brad, discovered that Brad had contacted Alfred and gave him a diary. They were worried that Alfred would learn about Batman's life experience, so they used the equipment of the Odein Company to kill him.
As for Jason, it was probably because he discovered the truth that Batman was manipulated by the upper class, and Batman trusted him very much at the time. In order to prevent him from influencing Batman, they wanted to use the Joker to get rid of him.
What puzzled Schiller was Jason's survival. From the series of measures taken by the Order, it can be seen that they were shrewd and cautious, and their layout spanning hundreds of years had almost no mistakes, but they missed Jason.
Why didn't the Joker kill Jason, and who sent him to Blüdhaven? Was it just a coincidence, or was there someone secretly resisting the Order?