[Comprehensive British and American] Jason Wayne's Road to Struggle

At night, in a hotel near the embassy, ​​Tim talks to the girls at home.

"This business summit of Eastern European countries is full of business opportunities and crises. What is known is that General Yapolev of Ukraine planned to secretly buy a batch of arms from someone, and the black mask mixed some foot."

Barbara's voice echoed in the earphones, and Tim sighed: "Since the Red Hood has shrunk its strength and ignored things outside the Eastern District, the Black Mask has become a lot more arrogant."

If you want to say who is the person in Gotham who can restrain the underworld the most, the red hood is definitely ranked first, even more deterrent than Batman.

Because everyone knows that if you mess with Batman, you will be beaten up and sent to prison at most. Afterwards, you can work it out and pay more money to get out. If you mess with the red hood, it will really kill you. Moreover, the people of the Eastern District under the Red Hood are super united, and the fighting power of those mutants makes people dare not easily provoke them.

Black Mask once coveted those mutants and kidnapped a few of them with relatively strong abilities. As a result, he was chased and killed by Jason for three days and three nights. Is already dead.

"After all, Jason went to study for a Ph. D...."

Jason has been concentrating on his studies in Europe for the past six months, so naturally he has less energy in Gotham, and the frequency of troublesome villains is also much lower.

This topic made Barbara feel a little heavy. They were all followers of the principle of not killing, and acknowledging Jason's deterrent power was also a shake of their principles.

As the only child in the family who was so rebellious that he completely ran counter to his father, Jason was walking out of his own way.

Barbara couldn't help but said, "You know what? Sometimes I feel like Jason's the one of us who's on an equal footing with Batman, and they're all looking for something that works, that saves Gotham. way, and we are just followers of Batman, I would also refute B, but I never thought of violating his principles."

As for Jason, as long as he finds his own way, even if Batman comes in person, he will not care, but insist on his own ideas. The most similar thing between him and Bruce is probably his stubbornness.

Tim laughed. "He's always been like that."

Stephanie said briskly: "I like him a lot, you know? The lunch in the kindergarten attached to East District Elementary School is super delicious, and from time to time there are cookies sent to the children as snacks after naps."

As the years passed, their generation grew up, and Stephanie was the first of their generation to have children. She and her ex-boyfriend have a daughter who is now in Eastside Kindergarten and will start elementary school next year.

"How is the little princess doing recently?"

"Super good, didn't Dong Lian participate in this year's National Junior Figure Skating Championships? That little girl really likes Lian, so I took her to New York to watch the competition, and finally met the Cheshire Cat, but we didn't fight , she also invited us to eat ice cream, it was an amazing day."

Tim raised his eyebrows: "I remember Lian's current coach is..."

"Yes, it's Jason's former coach. She is very talented in this area, and there is a section of her game music "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" with guitar. Guess who talked about it?"

The implication in this paragraph is simply too obvious. There is only one person in their family who has something to do with figure skating and guitar at the same time, and he is the boss behind the Eastern District.

"Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" was the song that Jason slid when he was in the military. At that time, he was still the undefeated champion of the youth group. It was a small candlestick as slender as an elf, and it was even more beautiful than Damian who had just arrived at Wayne Manor. thin and small.

The most important thing is that since Roy and Frank teamed up as vigilantes, the Cheshire Cat also has his own affairs. These two people have no time to take care of their children all the year round. Lian is now almost living in an orphanage in the East End. Last year, he was a little girl. He also recognized Yin Sen, the director of the orphanage, as his godfather.

It is said that when Li An went to learn figure skating, ballet, and piano, Yin Sen took the newspaper for the specialty class, and Roy was only responsible for paying the money. After that, Oliver Quinn, the richest man in Star City, and his wife secretly went to Yin Sen again. More money was played on the Sen card.

Tim was stunned for a moment, and he said slowly: "Can you please send me the video of Lian's game? It seems that I really missed a lot of things while going abroad."

The video was posted quickly. The girl was wearing a purple veil-like costume, jumping briskly on the ice, elegant Bellman, and jumping with a difficult posture... The programming style of this program has an obvious ballet style The traces are so similar to the small candlesticks in the past.

When he knew that the name of the girl's new season choreographer was "John Doe", Tim felt he understood something.

In Gotham, when the police find a corpse and cannot verify the identity of the other person, they will name the corpse "John Doe" and bury it in the cemetery, so this name is equivalent to an unknown death.

Tim has watched every video of Jason's figure skating competitions and he is happy that Jason is now reconnecting with figure skating.

After the chat was over, Tim adjusted his brown wig again, tied his bow tie, and used cosmetics to make his facial features more ordinary and inconspicuous.

Women's clothing for research purposes is considered normal in the Bat House. However, Tim is only two years younger than Jason. He is 23 years old this year, and he is already a full-fledged adult man. Naturally, his height and body shape are no longer suitable for women's clothing.

Usually when he appears on any public occasion as Tim Drake, CEO of Wayne Group, the public will think that he is a promising young man who looks gentle, but in fact is shrewd, resolute, handsome, and has the ability to often go to the gym. A well-trained body.

This time he dressed himself as a reporter, wearing black-rimmed glasses, holding a camera and a notebook, and walked into the banquet hall. The host of the banquet chatted with the Latvinian Minister of Commerce.

He whispered to a button on his collar: "Is that His Majesty the King not here?"

Barbara replied: "He hasn't arrived yet, it is said that there are too many outside reporters, you know, as the only dictatorial real power holder in the world, he has attracted much attention.

so...

Tim breathed a sigh of relief: "That's okay, that's a troublesome person. If he's around, I won't be able to move if something happens."

Get things done before that guy comes.

Barbara chuckled, while Tim walked quickly through the crowd without a trace. After reaching an empty balcony, he looked at the monitoring position, found a dead corner, and fell off the railing. And sneaked into the ambassador's study all the way.

The bugs, surveillance, etc. are all put away, and by the way, I browsed through some materials. Tim is familiar with these things, and tidied up the traces before leaving.

But for some reason, Tim always felt that everything went too smoothly, which made him a little uneasy, and his intuition told him that something was wrong.

On the way back to the banquet hall, Tim found that the surrounding defenses had become tighter, and there were many more guards wearing uniforms with the emblem of the Latvinian royal family near the garden.

It seems that His Majesty the King is coming.

Tim glanced at the balcony and felt that he might not be able to return to the banquet hall the same way, and it was even more impossible to climb over the wall and leave here from another place.

At this moment, a guard stopped him: "Hey, where are you from? What are you doing here?"

Tim paused for a moment, turned around, and made a flinching look: "I, I'm a reporter for Milijian International News Post, and I want to take some pictures of the embassy."

The guard frowned: "What's so interesting about these scenery? Give me the ID."

Tim took out the ID card he had prepared a long time ago and was about to hand it over. The guard's companion also came over when he heard the movement here.

"what happened?"

"There's a reporter with a grain of rice hanging around here."

"What are the reporters doing wandering around here? What documents are they looking for? Let's take them and ask them first, and check their background. We can't let any suspicious person go."

The guard's companion was undoubtedly a very responsible type of work, but Tim began to complain in his heart. His current identity was temporarily done for investigation, but he couldn't stand scrutiny.

Anyway, the information is also in hand, why don't we just run away?

Tim was dragged away in silence, his arm muscles gradually tightened, ready to exert strength at any time, and then someone stopped them.

"Why did you take my reporter away?"

Tim was stunned for a moment, then turned his head suddenly, and saw him leaning on the white marble railing on the balcony on the second floor, part of the lights in the banquet hall shone on him, reflecting his handsome face, making Tim Tom could see the smile on his face.

Jason waved to one of the guards: "Searle, he's the reporter who made an appointment with me. He said he would do an exclusive interview with me. Let him come up."

The guard immediately stood up straight: "Yes, Your Excellency Pennyworth!"

So Tim, who almost became a prisoner, was sent up in a friendly manner, and when Tim approached Jason, he couldn't help but be amazed.

It's not like he hasn't seen Jason wearing a suit and leather shoes. At that time, he looked like a very good and admirable young man. People appreciated his youth and talent. As a superhero, Jason was dangerous and tough. The hairs stand on end, the vigilance and defense can't help.

The current Jason, but when people glance at him, they will directly ignore his youth and appearance, and can't help admiring his demeanor and demeanor.

But for some reason, in such a Jason, Tim saw the shadow of the mocking bird that he had glimpsed in his youth, sitting alone next to the gargoyle.

Tim froze for a while before Jason stroked his forehead.

"Why are you in a daze? Didn't your kid drink on the way here?"

Tim took a step back and coughed: "No...I mean, I didn't drink, and thank you."

"You're welcome."

Tim looked up at Jason, and asked suspiciously, "Aren't you a PhD student at Latvinia National University? Why did you come here?"

Jason handed Tim a glass of wine casually.

"Because my doctoral supervisor is the president of Latvinia National University, it is not uncommon for students to work for the supervisor and also serve as the secretary of the supervisor."

Tim took a sip and spit it out after hearing the words.

"Your doctoral supervisor is the principal?"

Isn't the president of Latvinia National University f*cking Dr. Doom!

The sip of wine sprayed directly onto Jason's coat, and Tim quickly put down his glass and pulled out a tissue to wipe it off.

Jason grabbed the hand that was brushing against his chest: "That's all right, all right, if you can't clean it, forget it."

He glanced at the hall not far away with a headache: "That bastard Doom has left all the work to me. I have to go and say hello to the ambassador. You kid has caused me some trouble."

Jason is now on a diplomatic visit with Dum, and to some extent it also represents Latvinia's face. It is absolutely inappropriate to wear such a dress with red wine traces in the past.

Tim: "Uh, I pay you ten times what you paid for the suit?"

Jason glared at him, and Tim immediately responded with a sincere apologetic expression.

"never mind."

Jason sighed, took a look at Tim, took off his coat, and reached out.

"I'm about the same size as you, take your clothes off for me."

Tim took off his clothes obediently. Fortunately, the suit he was wearing was the same as the one Jason was wearing. It was pure black, and although the fabric and tailoring were a bit old-fashioned, it was by no means inferior, but Jason put on his suit After that, it looks a bit empty.

He couldn't help asking, "How much weight have you lost?"

"8 pounds? Or 10 pounds? I forgot, I have been super busy in the past six months, and I don't have much time to eat and exercise."

Jason eats his lunch at the office, but he still manages breakfast and dinner by himself. Sometimes, if he is not busy, he will boil water, and then use this pot of boiling water to cook boiled eggs and vegetables, beef, chicken breast, and whole grains Use bread to solve the problem. This kind of food is quick to make and can fill you up. If you are busy, just wash an apple, eat a piece of bread or a corn and finish the job.

He hardly pays attention to the taste of food now, he is the only living person at home, and it is boring to sit at the table to eat in a serious manner, and he can deal with it casually and then go to work, which can reduce some loneliness.

As for the pot that was often used to fry, fry, and fry various foods, and fed Bucky 20 pounds, it has not been used for half a year, and the oven is still used frequently, but the baked cookies and cakes They are all given to the children in the East District to eat, and he has no time himself.

Jason took a deep breath, sorted out his expressions and words, and went to communicate with the ambassador with a smile. As Dum's chief aide-de-camp, under the situation of his boss, Xianyu, he can take charge of most things, and respond accordingly There is also a lot of work.

Tim stood in the corner holding the suit stained with wine, watching Jason chatting happily with the old foxes at the banquet, looking like a young political talent.

At that moment, he subconsciously thought, is all this what Jason wants?Does what Jason is doing now make him feel worthwhile and happy?Or is it the only way Jason wants to go, including everything he does now?

He didn't understand, but he vaguely felt that the one in his memory who flew on the ice with the music, played the guitar in the music classroom in the afternoon, would drag him to lunch, and then said to him, "I will definitely go to many places in the future, The person who writes down all the stories he has seen" seems to be two different people from the current Jason.

The strong sense of separation formed between the past and the present is like light and shadow. No matter when it started, Jason had to let go of his dreams and dedicate everything to Gotham.

After a while, Jason seemed to feel that Tim had been watching him, and then he turned his head and smiled at Tim, as if to appease, maybe the light would soften things, making Tim almost think he was delusional .

Otherwise, why did he feel that at that moment, Jason's eyes contained something that could be called tenderness?

Tim stood in the corner until the party was over, and then Jason took Tim out of the embassy, ​​even driving him back to the hotel.

On the way, Jason asked Tim the purpose of coming here, he just nodded without saying anything, but on the second day, Tim received all the information he wanted, and the next day the red hood Appeared in Gotham again, carrying the RPG in a particularly domineering manner, and bombarded Black Mask's home.

Afterwards, the forces in the Eastern District also caused a lot of trouble for the villains on the underworld in Gotham. The Red Hood announced one thing in this way, that is, he is not dead yet, as long as other people dare to cross the line, they will be waiting for bad luck. .

Before the incident got Batman involved, Jason had to go back to work again because of his boss Xianyu, but the gangsters in Gotham did remain honest for a while because of the deterrence of the red hood.

Tim thought that maybe his words had affected Jason, and later, out of a delicate mood, he would go to the East Side of Gotham in the spare time he squeezed out.

In fact, the East District is very interesting. Some mutants will walk on the street openly, especially when the elementary school is over. It can make people smile involuntarily, which is a scenery that cannot be seen in other places.

The changes in the East District in the past three years are really amazing. Last month, a new square with a fountain pool was completed, and there is also a small park nearby for the entertainment of the residents here.

Seeing all this, Tim can also understand why Bucky refused to elope to the universe with Jason.

It is precisely because he really loves and understands Jason that he cannot allow himself to become a stumbling block to Jason's dream.

Later, Tim's wandering area spread to the whole of Gotham. He would shuttle around the streets and alleys with his camera in his arms, inspecting the city for which he had poured countless blood and sweat and wanted to protect it. A faint sense of accomplishment rose in his heart. From the beginning, the anxiety, tension, and pressure brought about by being a vigilante seemed to gradually fade away in such a time.

Until one day, he heard a guitar sound near Gotham Park.

Tim followed the sound and walked over, and saw Jason, who was wearing a red sweater and looked like a college student, was sitting on a bench holding a guitar and playing the guitar slowly. A fat orange cat and a blue cat Snuggled next to Jason, the tails of the two cats were intertwined, looking very intimate.

He subconsciously raised his camera and took a picture of this scene. The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Jason looked over.

Tim pursed his lips, raised his hand and smiled: "Hi, Big Red."

Jason blinked and nodded, thinking what a coincidence.

He just took the family's pregnant cat out for a walk during a rare vacation, and met Tim at this place.

This... where they first met (Chapter 4).

The author has something to say:

Jason actually doesn't like his current job. His dream was to be a writer and then travel around and fight for justice. But as a son of Gotham, as long as Gotham is decaying for a day, he can't let go of Gotham and live what he wants. Some days, and the changes in the Eastern District made him understand that he can't give up the current path. He must continue to grow stronger, increase his wisdom and means, so that he can hope to change Gotham. Xiaohong must have felt something.