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Bruce finds that Dex is the one who was dealing the explosives for someone named Piggy Porcello under Falcones nose.

Bruce helps Dex get out of her situation and free her dad by busting the the explosive gel ring and accepts himself as the Batman

Riddler burns down Wayne orphanage.

Bruce finishes his studies at a number of universities and decides that he wants to help the city.

He uses Wayne research to create himself a bullet proof suit and stops a jewelry thief who is using an explosive gel.

Bruce meets Dex and joins the care race. Edward fell off his bike because of the races that have been going on and plants a bomb in Dexs car. Bruce saves Dex

Bruce brings a sample of Dexs car to figure out there was a bomb and Alfred tells Bruce he knows what he’s been up to and to run towards something instead of away from his parents death

The book starts when Bruce is a child and his father is running for mayor and holds an event at the orphanage and Bruce and Ed see each other.

7 years later, Bruce comes home from school and is making himself a modded muscle car and seeking races. Edward is at the orphanage delivering pizza and jealous of Bruce