
Nāga emerges, having possessed O-Sensei's body, and swiftly overwhelms the companions. Vanquishing their opponents, they corner Burr at the gate, but Burr turns Soul Breaker against himself, opening the doorway. While Batman and Ben battle Schlangenfaust, Richard and Shiva prevent the sacrifice of the children and engage the cult members. However, they encounter Schlangenfaust, who is revealed as one of Nāga's demonic servants. They also learn from Ben that years ago he had tracked Kobra after discovering that Rip was one of their members and that he learned that due to an obscure prophecy, Burr means to become Nāga's earthly avatar.Īrriving by plane, Batman, Richard, Shiva and Ben parachute down and penetrate Kobra's defenses through a set of catacombs. Needing assistance, the three recruit Ben, and together they track the cult to a heavily fortified island where the cult has taken the gate and are preparing to open it by sacrificing several kidnapped children to Soul Breaker. They head for Gotham Chinatown to inform Shiva, the resident crimelord, but the cultists attack them there and Schlangenfaust uses the distraction to steal the sword. During this fight, Richard learns that Bruce is Batman and that Schlangenfaust is looking for Soul Breaker. Richard travels to Gotham City to ask Bruce for help, but they are attacked by a gang hired by Burr's chief killer Schlangenfaust. Years later, Richard discovers that millionaire Jeffrey Burr, leader of a dangerous snake cult named Kobra, has gained possession of the gate. The chamber then collapses, leaving only the gate intact.


Bruce and the others kill the demons, but to close the gate, O-Sensei sacrifices himself by entering Nāga's realm. This gate opens to the home dimension of the serpent god Nāga four of his servants emerge and devour Rip before turning on O-Sensei and his students. One night, Rip penetrates the forbidden door and kills Jade with Soul Breaker, which is the key to a mystical gate O-Sensei was guarding. O-Sensei eventually entrusts Shiva with Soul Breaker, a Muramasa sword in his possession, but otherwise remains secretive about a certain door at the monastery's outer perimeter. In Bruce Wayne's younger years, while training himself to become a vigilante crime-fighter, he travels to Nanda Parbat, a secret monastery in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, where he meets its caretaker, O-Sensei, and five other students training in the martial arts Shiva, Richard Dragon, Jade, Ben Turner and Rip Jagger.
