826 Straw Bag

The ones who bore malicious intent and hid in the shadows felt their hearts tighten all of a sudden.

"No way!"

"It must be just a fire at Wayne's manor!"

"That's right, it must be just a common fire!"

They were comforting themselves with wishful thoughts.

It was not something odd or strange though, humans would naturally reject any ominous feelings out of instinct, just like the reluctance to face death.

They run from it, fear it, and dread it as much as they can. But in the end, it's all useless.

What was bound to happen would eventually come and nothing would be able to stop it.

No matter how many reasons or excuses they made up, it would end the same because from the beginning to the end, they had no idea whose tail they stepped on.

So did the newly ascended Duke Wayne.

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