HBWnovel Chapter 51 The first day I can't hold on
Chapter 51 The first day I can't hold on
Night in Gotham was just about the same as usual.As long as there aren't Arkham's super-criminals breaking out of prison, or some villain with new abilities being born, Night Watch isn't too difficult a mission.
Batman might be able to intimidate and deter criminals with ulterior motives, making them tremble while answering what Batman wants to know.But there are many things like the surface of an iceberg, you never know what lies beneath the surface.Those "under the sea" that Batman can't ask, he needs to use another identity to explore alone.
Usually at such times, Bruce would temporarily take off his black uniform and put on another disguise.
At this time, he was wearing a dark jacket that was full of oil stains and stains that could not be washed off, and the original color could not be seen, and he was wandering slowly in the East District.His hair was disheveled, his eyes were wandering, and his expression was completely numb and indifferent like a wanderer in the East End.With his hands in his pockets and a toothpick in his mouth, he was sitting on the side of the road bored.
Opposite him is the entertainment hall where Jason is working now.
"Hey, Jack Shaw! I haven't seen you for a while!" A young man dressed in hip-hop came over and patted him on the shoulder.
Bruce glanced sideways slowly, and returned: "Andrew, how's your brother's illness?"
The young man named Andrew froze for a moment, but immediately returned to his original expression of indifference: "He's dead."
Bruce lowered his eyes: "Sorry."
Andrew laughed, with a heartless look: "Congenital heart disease is not a disease that we in the East District suffer from. It's his fault that he cast the wrong fetus and didn't have the same birth as Bruce Wayne. Kind of a rich family. But now maybe he has gone to heaven and become God’s angel baby, and he won’t suffer from illnesses anymore, and I don’t have to worry about how to get money all day long. It’s a relief.”
Bruce didn't speak, and stared at the entrance and exit of the entertainment hall again.
"Hey, what about you, where have you been these days, you won't be arrested again and go squatting in a cell."
Bruce took out his wrist from his pocket and showed him: "I went to work in a chemical factory, got injured, got some compensation, and recuperated at home."
Andrew was still a little scared when he saw his wrist, but when he heard the compensation, he immediately patted him on the shoulder with joy: "Yes, it's earned!"
Bruce stuffed his hands back into his pockets, and replied slowly, "Well...it's quite lucky."
Andrew said a few more words to him, and Bruce always responded half-deadly, so he was not interested, greeted him and left.
The entertainment hall opened again, and Jason Todd walked out with a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child.
Jason didn't just throw people out casually or teach his companions a few simple lessons as usual. He dragged the kid all the way east. When the older kid tried to resist, he grabbed his hair and slammed it against the wall.
Bruce frowned, and quietly followed them within a safe distance.
Jason took the kid to the edge of the East End, where there was a tributary of the Gotham River, Mesh Creek.The water in this section of the stream is heavily polluted, and the smell can be smelled from a long distance away.Jason dragged the person to the stream and began to torture him. Every time he got a response, he pushed the child's head into the stream for a long time to prevent him from coming out.
After repeating it several times, the child in his hand saw that the strength of the struggle was getting weaker and weaker.Bruce stepped forward unbearably, and pulled the child out of the water.
"Are you going to kill him?" He glared at Jason and asked almost harshly.
"Where did you come from? What's your business?" Jason fought back fiercely, not to be outdone.
"He'll die if you drown him for a while!" Bruce scolded loudly.
"If you die, you will die. One more death of this kind of scum will benefit Gotham!" Jason retorted.
When he and his mother depended on each other in the East District, the neighbors were a reorganized family. The little sister inside was very cute. She sympathized with Jason and Jason's mother, and often sent them her own snacks.But her brother was nothing short of a demon.
Later, the little sister disappeared.After a long time, he was found back, already tortured badly, and died within a few days.
Jason searched the streets for a long time before he could piece together all the facts. Her stepbrother and his friends pretended to kidnap his sister and asked her parents for ransom.Turns out those bastards...
Later, the family moved away, and Jason never heard from them again, and he didn't see this person again until today.
Even if this kind of devil grows up, he is still a social cancer, and he will eliminate the harm for the people today!
"What the hell did he do, you want to treat a kid about your age like this?" Bruce asked patiently.
"None of your business! I just see him as an eyesore!" Jason refused to cooperate.
"Then you go to the police station with me. Intentional injury is enough for you to stay there for a few nights!"
"Let me go!" Jason struggled desperately.
"Say!"
"Bah! Who are you? Do you think you're Batman! Let go of me, or I'll yell!" Jason spat on his pants.
Bruce said with great interest: "You shout."
Jason choked. He looked around at the remote environment. In order to teach the beast a lesson, he found a place where no one was around.He looked again at the strong arm of the adult opposite him and the outline of the muscular muscles that could not be concealed by the clothes.Finally, he gave up and said, "Let go of me, and I'll tell you."
Bruce let go of him.
Jason rubbed his sore wrist, angry that he was not strong enough to beat this man, so he reluctantly gave a brief description of this dog's animal behavior.
Bruce was silent for a while after listening, and then said: "In any case, this is not the reason for you to kill him."
Jason let out a "tss" indifferently, not taking his words to heart at all.
Bruce persuaded again: "You are only 12 years old."
Jason squinted at him: "So?"
"Murder is a felony," he said.
Jason looked at the huddled figure slumped on the ground, and asked suspiciously: "Shouldn't this kind of person be killed? He won't die, and maybe many people will die because of him in the future."
Instead of answering his question, Bruce said, "You're too hostile."
"Oh." Jason snorted.
Bruce was thinking, Nemo was right, Jason was a child who was too easily influenced by the environment, and in just a few days, his temperament was completely different from that little assistant in the clinic.Now he is more irritable and irritable, but he still has his own set of values that are either black or white.This child is very dangerous, if he is not careful, he may slip into the abyss.Like Dick, he lost his parents when he was young, and he is so different from Dick. Dick has received enough love since he was a child, so his eyes on the world will always be gentle, but Jason met Nemo. He had never been treated kindly by life before, so after leaving Nemo, he also began to take revenge on life.
This is one of the thousands of ordinary kids in Gotham East.
They hate Gotham, and they hate the world.Just like him at 8 years old.
In just a few minutes, Bruce made up his mind.He would do Nemo this favor and teach the boy carefully.
"You quit your current job. Go right back," Bruce said.
Jason looked at him like he was looking at a mental patient, and finally concluded that this person might indeed be sick.
He gave Bruce a blank look, and walked around him to get out of here.
"Follow me, I'll talk to the amusement hall owner." Bruce grabbed his arm again.
"Do I know you? Why do you care about me? Are you from Arkham? Get out of here, crazy!" Jason yelled frantically.
"Just because you're living in my house," Bruce said.
Jason seemed to have been cut off in an instant, and he was a little dazed.
"what?"
"I said, you live in my house now."
"You...you are...?!" Jason cried out.
"Don't bark!" Bruce squeezed his arm.
He stopped immediately.
He was dizzy for the rest of the trip, and this man named "Jack Shaw" went to the entertainment hall to help him resign.The boss was not very willing to let him go. After all, it was much cheaper to hire a kid like Jason than to hire an older kid or an adult, and he was also good at playing, better than 16 or 7-year-old kids.
But Jack Shaw named a man named Matchstick Malone again. When the boss heard about it, he immediately let him go.
Jason has a further understanding of Batman's supernatural powers.
Then they went back to the safe house together, but before entering the safe house, he deliberately changed back to Batman's black uniform.
After entering the room, he first stood in a surveillance blind spot.As long as the angle of this position is right, there is absolutely no way to see what he said clearly through the camera.
Jason stood stiffly opposite him, not at all as arrogant as before, not even as deliberately presumptuous as before.
"Why don't you want to go back to the doctor?" Batman asked.
Jason lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked, "Did the doctor ask you to persuade me to go back?"
"No." Batman answered him.
He only asked me to take care of you, and he didn't ask you to go back or not.
Jason was silent for a while, and then said: "I want to be a vigilante, and I want to be the guardian of Gotham like you and Robin. Doctor Nemo doesn't want me to do this. But I study magic with him, and I hope that one day , you can use your own power to save and protect Gotham."
Batman looked at him blankly.
"You can't even protect yourself now." He coldly pointed out the gap between his ideal and reality.
"I know, that's why I want to exercise myself in this way. If I stay under the protection of Dr. Nemo, one day, I will become weak."
"This way? By killing people?" Batman continued to ask in a cold voice.
"I didn't intend to kill him, I just wanted to avenge the tragic death of innocent people!" Jason retorted.
"quibble!"
What else did Jason want to say, but Batman immediately said: "If you kill someone, you are no longer qualified to uphold justice and justice. What qualifications do you have to represent justice and decide a person's life? You are just a murderer!"
The boy looked at him unconvinced, but he couldn't think of a more favorable way to fight back at him.
Batman sighed silently, and said, "You can't protect Gotham like this."
"Then what can I do? No one taught me! I can only use this way!" Jason roared.
"I've been watching you for days," Batman said.
Jason didn't know what he meant.
"I can teach you," Batman said.
Jason's eyes widened in disbelief.
"I will teach you fighting skills, and I will teach you to understand and know the real Gotham."
Jason's eyes widened.
"Can I be your Robin?!" he said almost eagerly.
"No, I don't need Robin," Batman said.
Hearing this answer, Jason was not very disappointed.He still looked at Batman expectantly.
"I will send you some books and materials. Each document needs to be read within a time limit. This is a preliminary inspection. When you pass, I will tell you what to do next."
Jason nodded desperately.
"I have only one request of you," Batman said.
"Obey. Absolutely obey."
Jason didn't reply in time this time, he wasn't sure if he could do the request.
Batman continued: "Do you know why Robin retired?"
Jason tentatively said, "Because you love him so much, are you scared by his injury?"
"No, because he acted against my orders," Batman said.
"I don't need such a Robin, and likewise, I don't need such a student."
Thinking of Dick's distraught look, Jason immediately panicked.Immediately promised: "Okay, I will definitely listen to you."
"Then you can live here well, don't go to any other jobs, and I will find someone to come over in two days to handle the enrollment procedures for you. You are 12 years old now, and you should go to school."
When Jason heard this, he immediately wanted to protest, but when he thought that he had just promised to obey the order, he had no choice but to nod.
But on second thought, he actually had the opportunity to study, which was something he never dreamed of before!So happy again.
As Batman was leaving, Jason called to him.
"Is Jack Shaw your real name?" he asked.
Batman doesn't respond to him and just walks away.
Jason, who didn't get an answer, wasn't very disappointed.He was even a little excited.Happiness came too suddenly, and he was actually favored by Batman. So, does the wish he buried in his heart really have a chance to come true?
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