[Comprehensive British and American] Bat Parenting Encyclopedia

He was so scared... almost threw the four pizza boxes he was holding straight out.

Ibn Musa is a native Egyptian boy, 26 years old this year - at least he has always thought so - the limited childhood fragments in his memory are also related to a small house in the suburbs of Cairo.

His father had a fixed small shop in the tourist area, densely packed with low-cost plastic or metal products decorated in the "Egyptian style" with complicated patterns, filling the small shop inside and out.And Eben helps out in the store, and at the same time works as a part-time tour guide—scattered private tour guides are common in tourist areas in Egypt—all relying on his own English proficiency and the ability to solicit customers through self-recommendation. He earned a lot, and he will inherit his father's shop in the future, so he can be regarded as a promising young man in Egypt.

As for why he forgot many childhood stories, his mother said that it was because he had a small car accident when he followed his father to take some European guests to a museum when he was young.

The driver of the car had a heart attack and was rear-ended by another car. His father's arm was broken. The 6-year-old was not wearing a seat belt or a safety seat. Eben's head hit the back of the front seat. Doctor It is a miracle that he survived.

Like other childhood memories, Eben has completely forgotten any scenes related to the car accident.

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Dick Grayson, who was hiding in the shadow of the aisle next door to the opposite store, took a last deep look at the young Ibn who was sparing no effort to sell Egyptian spices to two Japanese guests. He had curly black hair, brown skin, and the appearance of an ordinary Egyptian youth.

Then Dick put on his sunglasses and turned to face Tim, who was also dressed like a normal tourist beside him.

"So, it's him?"

Tim looked away too, and nodded at Dick.

"He is innocent, that Brainiac's 'spy'...is a kind of biological technology beyond our existing technology, which can be understood as a device that can parasitize the host's brain and extract bioenergy from the host, To supply its own operation. If there is no external force involved, it will be transferred to a new host with the death of the previous host."

Relying on parasitizing different biological individuals, from dinosaurs, to amphibians, mammals, and finally to human beings... This intelligence device from the enemy of the universe has continued to thrive in the long history of the earth, and sent information about it to the distant universe. A message from this blue planet.

"Talia just implanted this thing...in her son?" Dick said he couldn't understand, "Just to control him?"

"Talia has been improved with magic." Tim digs a lot of memories from the future self in the five-dimensional space, "If it is not brainwashed, the fate waiting for Damian is to be possessed by Lei Xiao Aogu—— The reason why Damian was born was to give the head of the devil a young body, remember? So in Talia's view... she is still saving her son."

Dick shook his head again and again, this is really a healthy mother-child relationship...

The threat of the League of Assassins is a problem to be solved in the future. The task of the two people in front of them is to come to Egypt to take down this "spy" known to Tim, and to study, analyze, and decode it... It is hoped that they may be able to dig through this device in all directions. , to find other "internal responses" that Brainiac placed on Earth.

Since it is parasitic in the brain...it probably needs to be dissected.

"Can't we save him?" Dick looked at the innocent Egyptian youth again.

"Unfortunately, no." Tim paused. "I know you are guilty, Dick, and so am I... But the reality is that he died in a car accident when he met this spy when he was a child."

Dick sighed insignificantly, raised his right hand, took off his sunglasses, and walked out of the shadows first, and walked towards Eben's shop, "Then... let's do it."

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Bruce on the watchtower looked silently at Dick and Tim who were going to Egypt. Using the excuse of hiring a tour guide, he took the poor Egyptian youth to an unnoticed alley and decisively knocked the youth unconscious. .

Whether this behavior will directly attract the enemy of the universe, of course Bruce also thought about it.

However, after weighing the risks and benefits, the Batman decides to act - the best defense is always offense.In particular, Brainiac's interest in Earth will forever hang over his head with the presence of Kryptonian Orphans.

Waiting passively, immersed in the illusion of peace and the forgiveness of the enemy, has never been his logic of action.

In the lower right corner of the screen, on another zoomed-in real-time monitor, the titan Taridamian is chasing Beast Boy who has turned into a Robin bird.It was the sudden uproar from Damian that drew both Bruce's and Jason's attention away from the Egyptian operation.

Bruce silently looked at the baby who was hugged and comforted by Xinghuo in time, absorbing the strength to motivate himself from the little hands and feet.

Not only his Helena, there are hundreds of millions of innocent and energetic children like her on the earth, and he needs to fight for a hope for these children.

Jason, who was staring at the fully transparent screen simulating the construction of the earth shield, wiped off his stubble after long yawns, and snorted, "It doesn't matter if I don't sleep for four days, but you It’s different, old man... I think the lesson for the future has already clearly told you that the means to avoid all family disasters is very simple, so simple that there is only one—just don’t die.”

As usual with old guys, Batman took everything on himself. "In order to avoid creating panic," this is the old guy's excuse for himself, "At present, Doctor Strange, Black Widow, and you are included in the scope of knowledge. For the early preparations, we have enough manpower."

If years of wrangling old guys had taught Jason anything, it was that it was a waste of time to argue with Bruce over the simplest of issues.

Jason knew he was hopelessly stubborn, but compared to the old guy?Then he is as easy to talk as Cinderella's fairy godmother.

When the time comes when the car can't be stopped, and other forces of justice such as Superman, Wonder Woman, and Captain America come to question Batman, Jason will remind himself to bring popcorn.

Bruce grunted in response to Jason's sudden urge to fall asleep in a possessive manner, with clear dissatisfaction in his nasal voice.

"It's up to you," Jason shrugged, "staying up too late to kill yourself, don't expect us to clean up the mess for you. You've seen it anyway, we can't clean it up."

The hall of the watchtower fell into silence again, only the faint hum of computers and air conditioners running.

Even after being accepted as a "decent" person, the Red Hood rarely visits the Justice League's space base.

He doesn't deny the inspirational role of Superman, God knows how much he admired the red cape as a child.Today, however, these superheroes in the traditional sense are flying higher and higher, into space.

When Chaoying also has a god-like overlooking perspective, do they still care about the stories in the streets and alleys?

So, Jason appreciates Spider-Man, the good friend of the people of New York.

Speaking of Spider-Man... there were some things that Jason felt needed to let Bruce know.

"I'm being followed, Stark's machine, he thought I hadn't noticed."

Bruce is not surprised by this. Since the future Tim has been known by Iron Man, it is a natural reasoning that Tony will focus on the boys in the family.

At the same time, Tony's choice to follow up just shows that Iron Man has hit a wall with Doctor Strange.

"I don't understand why you don't list Tony as an ally, you know, if you let him do this," Jason waved his hand at the transparent display full of complex data, "it will speed up the progress by at least twice— —Although I don't want to admit that Stark is smarter than me, I at least know how to face reality."

Bruce is noncommittal about this, Tony's ability...of course he can make the most perfect protective shield.But this is still a matter of weighing risks and benefits.

Tony is Iron Man and one of the leaders of the Avengers.Although his ability is irreplaceable, another superhero force he represents also means a huge uncertainty beyond Bruce's control.

Just as Bruce was hesitating in silence and thinking about how to answer Jason so as not to cause the two of them to quarrel, the young man who was always hot-tempered by his side spoke first, "Whatever, whatever you want."

This made Bruce raise his eyebrows irresistibly.

After the crisis in the fifth-dimensional space was resolved, in recent days, Bruce felt more and more that Jason was different.

Today he defined this vague feeling more clearly—Jason seems to have become milder?

The change was not noticeable, not that Jason had suddenly turned into Dick.He is still him, and the conversation with Bruce still can't tell whether he wants to communicate or wants to piss off his adoptive father.

After being guided by clues, Bruce quietly and more carefully observed Jason - Mrs. Shiva and Cassandra both said that human body language can reveal emotions most directly.

Are the eyebrows, eyes and shoulders of the youth relaxed?What exactly did he experience in that space?According to Tim, Jason is actually the key breakthrough for them to defeat Helena in the future.

This reminds Bruce of the "mission" he has to do, but has been avoiding - talking to his children.

Everything that happened on the future timeline was a deep lesson and warning. Batman always claimed to be always prepared. However, who would have thought that his death would make everything fall apart.

His so-called "preparation" is beyond words.

Bruce can't help but wonder if everything he's doing is meaningless—on a grand scale, if there isn't even a policing system in place that can live independently of him.

He is ashamed of everyone's trust.

On the micro level, if you can't even protect your own home well...if you can't even protect your own children well...

He doesn't even deserve the title of father.

And the daughter he never had, the daughter who disappeared in front of him... made his self-denial reach an unprecedented level.

Bruce recalled that on the day he walked out of the fifth-dimensional space, driven by overwhelming self-blame and self-doubt, he was the first to talk to Dick.

"I'm sorry, Dick... I've been taking you for granted..."

"Oh my god, I knew this was coming..." Dick put down the bottle he was about to clean for the AI ​​nannies, and waved his hand, "Stop it, Bruce. I can probably guess what you went through there, after all, You disappeared for nearly twenty hours."

Clear blue eyes met cold but sad, "If you want to talk, I'm always there. But you don't owe me anything, Bruce, never. You didn't lead me astray, if it was you want to say."

What Bruce wanted to say was completely blocked by Dick...

The clear blue eyes were decorated with faith at this time, "We have a chance to start over, and we will make everything right." Dick assured Bruce earnestly.

What else could Bruce say?When all his worries and pressures are understood by the eldest adopted son?

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Later, before the mission to Egypt, Bruce went to Tim - his most similar and most cooperative partner.

At that time, Tim was recording something quickly on the computer in the Batcave. Before he could put on his uniform, various icons and maps were constantly being called up and marked on the screen.

"Trying to jot down any useful information—who knows if I'll forget something?" Tim said to Bruce.

This youthful smile on his face made Bruce confirm that the Red Robin in front of him was still the stable and intelligent boy, and had not been "possessed" or "replaced".

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine, Bruce," while chatting, Tim closed his eyes and pinched the brows, "except that the computer screen hurts my eyes a little? Ha... I know what you want to ask, Bruce, I'm... fine ,This is real."

"What is left of me in the future after being corrected by the timeline is not some kind of soul, or another personality - if that's what you're worried about. They're just the equivalent of a memory... like a detailed dream .”

Bruce nodded, "I guess it was a nightmare..."

Then he raised his head, casually looking at the various records on the screen with windows stacked on top of each other, and inadvertently... glanced at an X-ray medical archive record of the young Jason.

Tim followed Bruce's gaze and noticed the skeleton diagram he was looking at.

"I...well, the memory gifted by 'I', I know that some of Jason's bones have not been corrected after the clown killed him. Although Lazarus repaired his injuries-but obviously, Not as precise as an orthopedic surgeon."

"There is one that will deteriorate day by day after many years in the future, forming a bone spur, right at his hip joint," Tim pointed to the screen, "there, the place I marked. Over time, it has affected the actions of the Red Hood. He may have able to survive."

"..."

Once again, Bruce realized that he didn't care enough about the children, "I'm sorry, Tim, I let you down and put a huge responsibility on you."

"So the things you're sorry for, they didn't happen strictly at this point in time, Bruce, you don't need to..." Tim pinched his brows again, "And I also have something to tell you, I hope to get Your pardon."

Bruce waited for his answer.

"That future 'me', that memory, told me that he didn't want me to be him—he didn't want me to be Batman." Tim lowered his head, his voice faded, "and I...agreed with him."

So that's why you're recording like crazy?

Bruce was surprised and bitter, "I respect your choices, Tim, whatever they are—so what are you going to do?"

leave?leave?He didn't know if he was ready to lose Red Robin.

"Leave my responsibilities? Leaving Gotham? Leaving you—my family? That's not me." Tim looked at his hands. "You said you needed to build a system that would run itself, and I couldn't Agree more. After eliminating the threat of Brainiac, I will help you build it together..."

"After that? I'll take off my cloak." He looked up at his mentor, with firm and honest blue eyes.

Bruce thus knew that Tim had made up his mind.

And on Tim's side, after the dust settles, he has something he wants to do, someone he wants to save.

He had simply thought that everything could be washed away by starting over.But he felt that something very important was missing—something more important than his life.

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And then, now, it was time to talk to Jason anyway... Bruce realized that he had been subconsciously avoiding it.

He and Jason... the history is too complicated to tell.

How to speak?So as not to be embarrassed, so as not to tear up the broken and fragile relationship with Jason again?

"Well—" Bruce cleared his throat, breaking the silence in the watchtower hall, "Tim told me, you need to see the bone, the hip bone."

Heh - I really know how to find topics.Bruce just wanted to shake his head, and the first sentence mentioned something related to the clown back then, and he really has negotiating skills...

Jason, however, seemed...not touched by the scales.

"Well, I know, little Timmy told me." His eyes were still fixed on the data in front of him.

This is crazy—a short boy who is obviously smaller than himself, has 20 years of memory and experience overnight, and still earnestly asks him to see an orthopedic department?

In order to stabilize his mental state, Jason decided to call Tim "Little Timmy" in the future to maintain the dignity of his crumbling brother.

"Jason—" Bruce decides to be honest.

It's not that he doesn't know how to get along, he just...is unwilling to face the problems between the two of them, because it means putting his most vulnerable self on the table.

"What are you doing this time?" Jason hummed helplessly, "I told you I'm not as smart as Stark, this pile of calculations and data almost killed me..."

"Do you have time?" Bruce said regardless. "We haven't had a serious... chat yet."

Before Jason could answer, Bruce said directly, "I apologize to you for my helplessness..."

Jason: "...?"

At first Jason didn't understand why Bruce was suddenly apologetic.He still maintained the thinking posture with his chin resting, and gave Bruce a little attention from the data.

Looking at the serious and sad eyes of the old guy, Jason's puzzled eyes gradually became clear.

Hmph, what else could it be.

It's not the first time the Don has apologized to him for what happened to the Joker.But this time... Bruce's desperate look was different from before, which made Jason a little overwhelmed.

Jason blinked, looked around, and realized that there wasn't going to be any other member of the Zhenglian to save him from the awkward conversation that was about to happen.

And they are still in the universe, there is no place to escape, Jason can't open a hole in the watchtower in order to escape.

Isn't it too obvious to put on your own hood now...

This is the old father's heart-to-heart time.He had been looking forward to it.but now……

He scratched his hair and exhaled deeply, "I don't need it, Bruce."

"It's not angry," he held up his hand, stopping Bruce from continuing, "I hope you'll listen to me this time—I don't need your apology, it doesn't mean I don't care anymore. "

"It doesn't mean that I will be your little follower from now on, and I will completely obey your orders." Jason raised the corners of his mouth and smiled confidently.

"My choice, my attitude, has nothing to do with you, it has nothing to do with me," he said. "My anger at you, for so many years, has controlled me and limited me."

"It's not like I'm saying—I forgive you, Bruce," he paused. "I did. I just, couldn't forgive myself."

"In addition to those ego and stupidity, I always thought that forgiving you would be a betrayal of myself." He turned his gaze back to the screen, stubbornly not looking at the other party in the conversation.

"And now," Jason clenched his fists, "I've made peace with myself."

Jason didn't hear any reply from Bruce.

This made Jason breathe a sigh of relief.After dissecting himself naked/naked/naked, he doesn't know if he's ready for any comments—whether they're compliments or thanks.

I don't know how long it took.

"I'm happy, happy for you."

Jason heard Bruce say.

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The extremely embarrassing and sincere dialogue almost occupied Jason and Bruce's entire attention, so they both missed the new progress in the Titan Tower on the monitoring image in the corner of the watchtower's main screen.

The Beast Boy had turned back into a human form, and he was rubbing his back that hurt from the baby's slap.

Noticing Raven Ruiwen's contemptuous eyes, Garfield was unwilling to defend himself, "Hey, I'm not being hypocritical, if you don't believe me, try it, she's really strong!"

Damian, who had finally succeeded in being put to sleep, escaped from the cot and returned to the Titan Lounge, where he and Beast Boy had a new round of death sight competition.

Garfield rolled his eyes—the stare hurt his eyes.

But then the alarm sounded!Using Robin's fastest reaction speed, Damian leapt and rolled to the console, and manually turned off the alarm—a move rarely seen in Robin's embarrassment.

Everyone held their breath and concentrated, not daring to breathe, it was even quieter than performing a mission stealthily!

After a full minute, Xinghuo covered his chest.

"Good... didn't wake the baby up."

What's the matter with this alarm!

The Beast Boy tapped on the keyboard and looked at the monitoring around the Titan Tower.

"Amazing! My pizza arrived. I ordered four, and there's something for everyone!"

!!!

Damian really wants to fight this green kid again!

Is this Titan Tower a place where you can order takeout at will?

So it was an innocent pizza delivery man who arrived at the main entrance of the Titan Tower, facing the base hidden by Ruiwen's magic as an ordinary two-story building, knocked on the door in confusion, and raised the alarm!

"No one says superheroes can't order pizza!" Garfield protested, "How can frozen be compared to fresh?!"

Who's going to get the pizza?are you green

You will break the security protocol of the Titan Tower!And Riven's magic!

Beast Boy has no sense of crisis.

"Let Riven go through the wall."

The black-haired magical girl who buried her face behind the book said coldly, "Impossible."

The Beast Boy had no choice but to run over, "The taste of pizza is your favorite, Raven. You don't want to eat frozen food, do you? Raising children is hard work, you should reward yourself."

Seeing that the pizza boy with the red hat is about to knock on the door again, causing a new round of alarms, and Damian looks like he is about to fight the Beast Boy...

The baby cried really badly, not to mention the loud voice, the helplessly waving little hands and feet really made people feel distressed.

Ruiwen could only close the book and float away——

So, when Peter Parker, pretending to be a delivery man, pressed down the red hat with the logo of the pizza brand, turned his head casually to look at the scenery, and then turned back to see... a punk girl with black and purple short hair who appeared almost out of thin air Son, staring at him coldly.

He was so scared... almost threw the four pizza boxes he was holding straight out.

This girl actually escaped his spider sense...

Although Raven has been reported more than once in news reports and on the Internet, Spider-Man Peter was taken aback by the other party's unfathomable abilities.

Ahem, it's okay... This also fits the personality of a pizza delivery guy.

As long as he ignored Tony's exaggerated jeers on the communicator.

The author has something to say:

*Jason has hip joints and bone spurs. This is from the official, Detective Comics Volume 968. It was also pointed out to Jason by Tim in the future, but the official way of pointing it out is when Big Tim and Jason were fighting hhh ...

"Here, I pointed it out to you, you're welcome."

_(:з」∠)_

*The future timeline of Detective Comics 966 is so miserable, the official setting is that Big Tim doesn't want to be Batman but has to be Batman, Dick briefly wears the cape after Bruce's death, but finally returns to Bruce Rudhaven, went back to the family, "In the end, the circus kid did what he always did, and he chose to look forward";

Jason was even worse, "his story was over before he could take over the cape."Tim went to find Jason for a whole year, and finally Jason lost a leg and an eye in a fight with a pair of 100-plus assassins in the Himalayas, (!!! Officials?!) and then lost his life Hope... (The cartoon shows the disabled Jason sleeping on the street, still smoking...don't hit me, this is official!)

Damian wasn't much better either.The setting is that Damian put on that turtleneck punk bat suit during Tim's search for Jason, saying that during this period Damian almost razed the entire city to the ground (???)

What happened to Damian was not clearly stated next, but Little Tim asked Big Tim, "What did you do?!"

Big Tim said "I did what I had to do."

Little Tim: "You monster!"

Based on the above, it is guessed that Big Tim should be able to kill the bear boy with his own hands...

[Compared with the official series, it will never be better than the series]

You can read Detective Comics 966 according to your interests. Big Tim's paintings are quite handsome.