A battle ridden Bruce Wayne heads back to the house ,at this point The curse has takien full effect And the hallucinations are kicking in. It seems that everywhere he turns that little boy's not far behind. w
While Bruce doesn't directly talk to him he will acknowlege him with a look ,Whether it's a hallucination or not he needs to take it seriously In order to get to the bottom of this.He understands the dangers that hes in I knows he can't go back home unless something is done or the Curse takes him which ever comes 1st .At this point in his life hes not afraid of death some will actually say that he even welcomes it. It may be apparent to the spirits that haunt him he feels this way. As Bruce enters the house he proceeds upstairs and a black cat runs through his legs and as he goes down the hall the guttural moaning sound comes back It could only be described as a rattlesnake's rattle but with a slower tempo and more forceful. The creature Crawls towards him up the stairs He is fully aware of the intent of the creature. As the the threat closes in on him Bruce manages by pure instinct to drop a smoke bomb to conceal himself and head to the nearest room. It Looks like some of the old tricks do work . He concluded that this creatures pursuit is mostly be based on sight but he knows he was lucky to escape that encounter . Now he is able to continue on with this investigation He looks in the Room Searching for some type of clue or evidence as to what happened here. As he opens the closet he finds a journal with the name Kayako Saeki there he finds a picture of a beautiful Japanese girl that Fits the same description as the entity that constantly pursues him but much more lively and much more human like. He thinks maybe at some point she was a victim herself but of what . As he turns the page he come across a family photo which includes the boy the cat and a man who he assumes to be the father and the husband .This is 1st time seen this man I wonder if he is also a victim of whatever happened here. Hr looks to the back of the photo and a name that read Taeko appears As he read the name out loud he feels a presence behind him . A pair of hands grab him he quickly turns around and standing in front of him is the man In the photo covered in blood Before in knew it he had a hands around his throat it felt as if he is trying to break Bruces neck thankfully Bruce still had the his cowl on from the battle earlier in the day only cover by a coat. he was able to reach into one of his pouches and retrieve the iron brass knuckles that his good friend John Constantine gifted to him. They prove to be effective As he was able to fight off the angry spirit using just his fists on of his greatest weapons Only 2nd to his brain Taeko seem to be affected by iron and for the 1st time Bruce was able to see an end to his investigation The spirit fled with Bruce pursuing it He saw possibility to see this through not just as Bruce Wayne but also as Batman He Was led to the bathroom and he came across the boy sitting in the bathtub, this time the boy was not discolored but it looked like hehad life in him.The detective was able to piece together what happened stemming from the plastic bag he had found downstairs with hairs on it. This man was not a victim, ghost or not he can could feel the rage during the fight. It was unmistakable , Bruce knows rage, this man murdered his family over some jealous rage ,But this curse has to end Perhaps only way to end it is to free this family of its anguish. He could never understand how a man can do this to his family he knew he could not stop until he brought Justice to them His main focus was Taeko The key the freeing This family from its vices of anger and rage .The key is simple The key Is what it always has been and is Justice And that was good enough for him to carry on with this.