[Western Crossover] Am I Batman or Bruce Wayne?

[The female lead's abilities are inspired by Carrie]

Before becoming Batman, Bruce Wayne was simply Bruce.

For six months, above the four-thousand-meter snowline in the Himalayas, he stole away to live an ordinary life.

Yuna Hawthorne, the daughter of a Sherpa guide, had the eyes of an American witch for a mother, and was like the purest sunlight on a snowy plain.

She didn't know that the Hawthorne family curse lay dormant inside her.

That was the last warmth he would know before sacrificing himself.

Until the League of Shadows beckoned, Bruce made that arrogant decision: to cut off contact and protect her innocence.

He didn't know that the League of Shadows' "cleanup" never left survivors.

When an assassin's blade pierced her father's heart, and Yuna was pinned in the snow, on the verge of death, her dormant witch's bloodline awakened violently amid overwhelming hatred and love.

She found her mother's hidden diary in the ruins and learned for the first time who she was, but by then the darkness had already tainted her beyond saving.

Her soul was torn in two: one half was a girl who believed in goodness, the other a monster who had tasted the cruel pleasure of violence.

She hated him for leaving and bringing death in his wake, and hated herself even more for having loved him.

[Highlights]

• Angsty tragic romance: His "protection" was the blade that killed her, and her awakening was proof of how deeply she loved him.

• Mutual salvation: When the Caped Crusader was still Bruce, he gave her warmth; after Bruce became the Caped Crusader, he taught her how to coexist with the darkness.

• Witch x Bat: Two broken souls brace one another at the edge of the abyss. We won't heal each other; we'll just choose to rot together in the light and refuse to become monsters.

The snowy mountains are the beginning, Gotham is the abyss, and love is the only anchor.

Theme: Become one with the light