Batman!
Owlman immediately launched an attack, but Batman didn't engage; he jumped backward, leaping down a floor.
Owlman looked down and, without realizing when, a grappling hook had already grabbed his ankle.
As Batman descended, the grappling hook also pulled Owlman down the building with him.
Owlman had set a trap to catch Dick, but wasn't Dick also a trap set by Batman?.
"Now, we finally meet!"
Owlman landed on his back with a dull thud, but his equipment had excellent impact resistance, so the fall didn't hurt him, though it did slightly delay his movements.
The moment he landed, Batman's attack had already arrived!
Owlman, like Batman, was proficient in various combat techniques, so when Batman's attack arrived, he immediately began to guard with his fists.
Batman forcefully tugged on the grappling line, pulling the grapple attached to Owlman's ankle, causing him to lose his balance.
But Owlman reacted extremely quickly, shifting from defense to offense, actively swinging a hook punch towards Batman, which was blocked by the opponent's arm guard.
When Owlman prepared to continue his attack, the hooked saw on Batman's arm guard suddenly flew out. Fortunately, Owlman's facial shield automatically closed, deflecting the shuriken from Batman's arm guard.
But this also allowed Batman to regain the offensive. He used his most skilled combination of continuous moves to launch a sustained attack on Owlman, leaving Owlman unable to parry for a time.
This time, unlike in the original movie where Batman was beaten by Owlman for various reasons, it was the other way around.
Relying on his understanding of his opponent, Batman immediately gained the upper hand.
But Batman knew the opponent was largely unharmed; indeed, as Dane had said, Owlman's power armor was extremely sturdy, and he didn't know what material it was made of.
However, while this armor enhanced Owlman's offensive and defensive capabilities, it also reduced his flexibility, especially at the joints, where the connections seemed somewhat uncoordinated. Batman seized this weakness and attacked fiercely.
The weakness that Batman could discover, Owlman naturally also knew, but this was a necessary sacrifice to enhance the suit's functions. Owlman was also curious to see that his opponent's suit could possess both flexibility and power.
Batman's technological prowess was higher than he had imagined.
However, if Batman thought he could defeat him by exploiting this weakness, he was sorely mistaken.
This less flexible armor characteristic was both a forced choice and a trap; once Batman chose to attack there, he would fall into a trap Owlman had set beforehand.
When Batman kicked Owlman's joint again, the adaptive system on the suit immediately activated, detaching from Owlman's personal control and, at an extremely fast speed, locking Batman's foot, just as if a bear trap had automatically closed.
"The ancestors of the Wayne Family were hunters, weren't they?" Owlman's laughter reached Batman's ears.
Immediately following, the hydraulic transmission system on Owlman's suit automatically output maximum force, delivering a heavy blow to Batman's head.
At this point, Owlman's suit system temporarily took over the armor, recorded and analyzed Batman's recent combat pattern, and then launched a counter-attack.
"You don't trust artificial intelligence, do you?"
Owlman might not know Batman that well, but he knew that the other person was very similar to himself; they both questioned everything, even their own tools.
Therefore, Batman would never have expected that the preceding struggle was all to allow this counter-system to collect all the information it needed, and then retaliate against Batman's fighting style.
Having spent a long time with the Syndicate's metahumans, Owlman understood one truth: mortals have limits, and sometimes they must acknowledge this.
Thus, Owlman, who questioned everything, entrusted himself to the suit, allowing artificial intelligence to guide his movements.
The effect was very significant; no matter how powerful Batman was, he was still just a person. His computing power could not be stronger than artificial intelligence, so he was temporarily suppressed by Owlman.
However, this did not come as a surprise to Batman; he defended steadily, he was waiting.
When he had been suppressed by his opponent for five minutes, Owlman's suit suddenly stopped moving.
Owlman immediately understood that his opponent had done something. He wanted to restart the suit, but he was informed that user permissions had been locked.
He couldn't move; Owlman was a bit surprised.
"When?" he asked, maintaining his motionless posture.
"From the beginning."
Batman's suit could disperse into the opponent's suit in the form of nanoparticles, overwriting the opponent's system, but first, the opponent had to activate that system himself.
Owlman thought he was being caught off guard, but in fact, both of them were.
He quickly figured out the problem but wasn't disheartened: "It seems we two are indeed very similar, aren't we, Bruce Wayne?"
Batman tore off Owlman's mask. Beneath the mask was a handsome face, only for some unknown reason, it was stained with the same fatigue as Batman's face.
"Now, we finally meet, Little Thomas Wayne!"
As he spoke, Batman suddenly extended his palm forward, and at the same time, a gunshot rang out. Batman closed his hand, as if grabbing something.
He flipped his hand, and a yellow copper bullet fell to the ground.
He looked towards the source of the gunshot and saw Catwoman standing there, holding an M1911 with a smoking barrel.
"Selina, what are you doing?"
"Does that even need asking? Of course, I'm getting rid of this scum!" Catwoman said coldly, her pistol still not lowered.
And Batman stood in front of Owlman, shielding him from the gun.
"What are you doing now, Bruce?"
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