This bat cub looks very weak

Then she hugged herself silently, Dorothy stroked her hair, and the main body held Akutagawa's belt and played with it silently. The two of them were happiest in silence.

At night, Tishia returned to the hotel before the most dangerous period began, and Dorothy was already asleep. Tishia took off her high heels and put her bag on the sofa. She walked to the door of Dorothy's room and looked at the door thoughtfully.

It seemed like after so many years, this was the first time she stood at the door of this child. The party she went to today was where she met some good sisters at various parties. After so many years, some got married and had children, some joined wealthy families, and some continued to hang out at parties.

There was a woman who relied on a child to successfully win over a rich man and become his wife. Even though her husband continued to live a life of debauchery outside, for that woman, all the other people were just her leftovers.

The woman told Tishia not to try to threaten men with children because they would be dismissive. The most important thing was to create time for the children to spend with the men, meet them, call them dad, act coquettishly, and then get sick to deceive the men's sympathy and find an opportunity to become entangled with them.

After the man accepts the child, the position of the hostess will be yours. To put it bluntly, as long as the ultimate goal is achieved, even the child can be used.

Play hard to get.

Dorothy has been very well behaved since she was old enough to understand. She only remembered the only time when Dorothy came to her crying and saying that the nanny abused her, she was so angry that she called the police and had the nanny arrested.

After that, she rarely saw Dorothy cry again.

They didn't spend much time together. For this child, the kind of interaction with the upper class was more attractive to her.

But... the woman's words kept ringing in her ears. If she could achieve her desired goal, the child should be willing, right? After all, she was doing this for her own good!

Tisia opened the door of Dorothy's room and looked at the defenseless girl sleeping soundly on the bed. She decided to be ruthless.

"Sweetheart." Tisia called Dorothy. Dorothy turned over, rubbed her eyes, and looked at Tisia in a daze.

"Mom?" Dorothy called softly.

"Well, honey, come here." Tixia took Dorothy's hand and led her to the bathroom. Dorothy was still a little confused at this time. Although she didn't know what Tixia wanted to do, she followed her anyway.

But when the cold water splashed on her, Dorothy woke up instantly. She looked at Tishia in disbelief, thinking to herself, has this woman finally gone crazy?

As a sane child, Dorothy's first move when she saw Tishia doing this was to run away, but Tishia was quick to grab Dorothy's hand.

Ah, the cold icy rain is hitting my face.

"Sweetheart, be patient, for me and for yourself." Tisia smiled, not caring at all that Dorothy was almost unable to breathe due to the water.

"No...no!" Dorothy dodged the ice water that was rushing towards her and turned her head away in refusal.

Akutagawa's voice in his mind kept shouting at him to kill this woman.

No, it would be hard to explain if I really killed her.

But this is Gotham...

Finally, Dorothy was forced to pour cold water for an hour, and Dixia did not let her change her clothes, so she stood in the living room wet. Dixia did not see that Dorothy, who was standing in the living room with water dripping down her body, had a gloomy look on her face as if she wanted to kill someone.

Well, woman, you succeeded in pissing me off.

The next day, no, in the early morning, Dorothy had a high fever and kept coughing. Dorothy felt that if she continued like this, she might die like before.

Tisia was a little panicked, because Dorothy's fever was very severe this time, something she had never experienced before. Dorothy seldom got sick when she was a child, except for a fever when she was two years old, which was usually a seasonal cold, and she recovered in two days.

Dorothy felt so sad that she wanted to cry, but Tisia didn't dare to take Dorothy to the hospital at this time because she was afraid of what would happen if she went out. She didn't even call an ambulance.

If she had known it would be so painful, she would have chosen to beat up Tisia.

Dorothy had a headache and a fever, and she coughed until she felt like her lungs were about to burst. She was afraid that she would not only have a fever, but would eventually develop pneumonia. If she got a fever and went crazy, she would definitely let Akutagawa take care of her little fool.

Dorothy fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, she saw an unfamiliar ceiling. She turned her head and looked around.

Good, this is a hospital.

Dorothy coughed a few times and felt her throat was a little dry, but there was no one around her. She had saline solution in her hands, but she couldn't walk to the water dispenser far away at the door.

Crying and chirping.

Akutagawa silently handed the water to Dorothy, but seeing that she couldn't get up, he finally chose to help Dorothy up, holding the cup and slowly feeding her the water.

"You're lucky that you weren't burned into a little fool." Seeing that Dorothy had drunk enough, Akutagawa put the cup aside, then took a chair and sat next to Dorothy's bed.

"What happened while I was asleep?" Dorothy looked at Akutagawa, who was wearing a loose black high-necked long windbreaker and a pair of sunglasses covering his slightly aggressive eyes. He had a completely different aura from the one he wore before in the windbreaker.

"You had just fainted not long ago. I wanted to rush over and take you to the hospital, but a man wearing a black tights with a blue V-shaped logo on his chest and a mask kicked the window and came in." Akutagawa said to Dorothy.

Is it... Nightwing?

"I saw that he didn't hurt you so I didn't show up. But that woman heard the noise and came running over in a hurry. Looking at the way she was wearing pajamas, she probably didn't plan to send you to the hospital when you fainted." Akutagawa's tone was a little fierce.

"But when the woman was about to scream and call the police, a man in a black battle suit, a black cape, and a black long-eared mask knocked the woman unconscious." Akutagawa said. He didn't know much about the characters in Gotham yet. Although Dorothy knew who the other person was, she had not yet completely shared her memories with him.

"In the end, those two people took you to the hospital. The doctor said that if you had come a little later, you would not have been burned into a little fool." Akutagawa covered his mouth and coughed a few times, then said.

"Now I'm weaker than you..." Dorothy complained.

"Haven't you always been weaker than me, Lord Dorothy?" Akutagawa said expressionlessly.

Dorothy controlled herself not to roll her eyes.

"Someone is coming." Akutagawa said and looked outside the door. Dorothy lay down silently and pulled the quilt over her, revealing only her face.

"Is Dorothy in this room?" A young man appeared outside the door holding a bouquet of flowers and a small cake box. Dorothy looked at him. He had black hair and blue eyes, was very handsome, and was no older than 25.

Dorothy raised her hand that had not received the injection, and then coughed a few times to indicate that she was the one.

Akutagawa looked at the other person without saying a word.

Dick looked at the two people in the ward, Dorothy who wrapped herself in a blanket, and a strange young man in black.

"Hello, I'm Dick Grayson. I'm here to see Dorothy." Dick put the flowers into the vase prepared by the hospital, then put the cake on the table, and took a stool and sat on the other side of Dorothy's bed. Dick and Akutagawa faced each other.

"Hello..." Dorothy greeted timidly.

Dick could see that it was a fearful expression. Dorothy was afraid of herself. Dick paused and then said to Dorothy with a gentle smile: "Actually, I am your brother."

"Brother?" Dorothy was curious about this definition.

"Yes, but you have more than one brother, little girl."

"But my mother never gave me a brother, so where did I get a brother from?" Dorothy answered Dick innocently.

"Uh..." How should he explain this?

"Pfft." Akutagawa, who was listening in on the situation, couldn't help laughing. Seeing the two people looking at him, he said calmly, "Sorry to bother you."

"Excuse me, who are you?" Dick asked Akutagawa tentatively. Only then did he start to notice the young man in black. Although he ignored him at first, perhaps because he was wearing glasses and hiding himself. But now that he found this young man, he felt that he was definitely not an ordinary person. According to the information Bruce gave him about Dorothy, he did not exist. So what was the relationship between this young man and Dorothy?

"I'm just a passerby. When I passed by the ward, I saw this little girl looking for water, but she couldn't get out of bed and there were no adults around, so I kindly gave her a glass of water." Akutagawa had no hostility towards Dick, so he said more. Of course, it was mainly because Dorothy was controlling Akutagawa now.

"Really? Thank you so much. It was our negligence that left Dorothy here alone." Dick said. Seeing Dorothy nodded, he felt relieved. But this is Gotham. No matter what, he still needs to pay more attention to a young man who doesn't look like an ordinary person.

"Since your family is here, I'll write a goodbye letter." Seeing Dick's defensive eyes, Akutagawa thought there was no point in him staying here, and he didn't want to be tricked by Dick.

"Thank you, big brother." Dorothy smiled sweetly at Akutagawa, which made Dick feel it was unfair.

"Ah."

"Do you need me to take you there?" Dick saw the other person stand up, so he stood up too.

"No, you take good care of her. She was still sleeping when I passed by here before, but she seemed to have a nightmare or something, and kept shouting for help. You should pay attention." Akutagawa said and refused Dick's intention to send him off, then left without looking back.