Jason Confusion Award [Comprehensive British and American]

"Slade—"

For some reason, Jason inexplicably felt that it was nice to have the other party, but...

"Tsk, brat." Slade said seemingly casually, "Those things of yours are still with me, and I haven't taken them away."

He seemed to be saying, you can go and take them anytime.

But Jason knew very well that the other party was giving himself a reason to come back to him.

Unfortunately, they couldn't go back after all.

They were in the right place, at the right time, with the wrong person.

If it had been earlier, remember that all Jasons would not go with each other.If it was later, maybe Jason would have died.If Slade hadn't been in Gotham, if Slade hadn't just come out of the bar at that time, if Jason hadn't followed the sound to the bar, they wouldn't have met.

The time and place are right, but unfortunately, the person is wrong.

They have never been each other's friends, they are just passers-by in each other's lives.

Just like intersecting lines, after a point of intersection, there is a permanent separation.Even if this point is enough to be unforgettable and vigorous, it is only a point.

"Throw them all away, Slade." Jason suppressed the feelings that shouldn't have appeared between them, "Throw them away."

Those things never belonged to Jason Todd, that belonged to Slade's brat.

Jason Todd was, but now he is, after all, not anymore.

Perhaps long after that wedding, Slade's pup ceased to exist.

He has always been Jason Todd, what appeared in front of Slade was nothing but absurdity, indulgence, and bewilderment...

Slade's eyes turned cold a little bit, and he looked at Jason fixedly, as if he wanted to find his familiar figure from the other person.

Is that kid who will turn into "A Hundred Thousand Whys", the kid who persistently chased after him in Gotham, the kid he wanted to give a name to, really the Jason Todd in front of him?

Why do they look so similar, but feel so different to themselves?

For a moment, Slade felt that he might have found the wrong person. The person in front of him was just a person with the exact same face as his little boy.

He's Batman's cub, not his.

Realizing this, Slade found it ridiculous that he had been searching all the way.His anger just now may be even more ridiculous, what qualifications does he have?

The other party has never belonged to me.

"okay, I get it."

Maybe it was wrong from the very beginning. All he had ever had was that little brat who had nothing, not the second-generation Robin who thought of everything in front of him.

Although he said "yes" to Jason, he wasn't going to throw those things away.Those were his cubs' stuff, and what right did Jason Todd decide what to do with them?

Slade stood up from the sofa, he felt that he couldn't stay for a minute.

But when he reached the door, he couldn't help but stop.

He didn't look back, just said: "Someone spent a lot of money on the black market, trying to buy the lives of the Robins."

Yes, Robins.

Specifically, it includes the previous generation of Robin, the current Nightwing, and the third generation of Robin.

As for Jason, because the second-generation Robin died at the hands of the clown in the eyes of the underground world, so no one targeted him.

It's just that Slade couldn't help worrying, so he came.

Now it seems that his worries are superfluous.

Watching Slade go away, Jason wanted to ask Slade to stay with him more than once, but he held back after all.

In fact, he was a little confused, why did he follow Slade when he lost his memory?

Is it because of the fledgling/bird/plot, or does he think the other person is Bruce?

When Slade was no longer in sight, Jason turned and went back into the room, and sat where Slade had been sitting before.

There is still some temperature and breath left by Slade here. Slade's body has the smell of gunpowder/smoke and fire/powder.

Jason used to ride on each other's backs from Gotham to the League of Assassins.Jason, who had lost his memory, took care of bathing, dressing, and eating all by the other party.

Even Bruce never took care of Jason like this.

It's not that he can't do it, but that when Jason was adopted by Bruce, he was already a big kid who could take care of himself.

Only in front of his former biological father, adoptive mother and Slade, Jason has been a real child.

"Slade—"

For a moment, Jason felt that maybe those three views and persistence were not that important, but Jason imagined himself doing things like Slade, and he knew he couldn't do it.

The compassion and care for the weak and innocent seemed to be engraved in Jason's bones.

He has always been a savior and protector, even if his method is killing, he has never changed his original intention.

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When night came, when Bruce came to a gargoyle, he saw the death knell that seemed to be waiting there.

"What are you here for?"

"Huh!" Slade didn't say much nonsense, and moved his hands directly.

Looking at such a death knell, Bruce was at a loss.

He remembered that he didn't seem to do anything to Deathstroke, why did the other party look like he was coming for revenge?

After blocking the opponent's punch, Bruce jumped back to try to distance himself from the opponent.

But how could Slade let the other party get what he wanted? As long as he thought of Jason's grievances and the rejection he had received from the other party, Slade would be furious.

What's so good about Batman, one Robin after another falls into each other's pockets.And he only wanted that one, but was rejected, this world is too unfair!

Thinking of this, Slade's attack became more violent.

Although he was a little confused by the opponent's posture at first, Batman has never been a person who is easy to bully.

Slowly, the battle situation between the two of them changed from the death knell to the upper hand to an even split.

But what neither of them knew was that there was actually a person watching them all the time in the dark, and that person was Jason.

Watching the battle between Bruce and Slade in the dark, Jason felt that he was not in love yet, as if he was facing the century-old problem of whose mother and girlfriend fell into the river together in advance, who to save first.

Even though Slade didn't say anything, Jason somehow knew that the opponent's fight might be for him.

So who should I help?

Jason had been thinking about this question since they started fighting, but until the end of their battle, Jason couldn't think of an answer.

In terms of the outcome of the battle, the two of them should be considered a tie.

After Slade left, Jason was still hesitating what to do, but Tim appeared beside Bruce, so Jason took a look at Bruce, and turned to chase Slade.

There's no shortage of people in Bruce anyway, is there?

Facing Tim's concerned inquiry, Bruce suddenly looked at Jason's previous location.

He seemed to have vaguely noticed that someone was watching them there.

Only now, I don't feel anything at all.

Could it be that what happened before was his illusion, or that the person before had already left?

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Not long after Jason walked, Slade appeared in sight.

He imagined how Tim appeared next to Bruce just now, and naturally appeared beside Slade as if it should have been like this.

But after all, he still hid in the dark and quietly followed behind the other party.

I don't know whether Slade discovered Jason's existence or not.From the beginning to the end, he never looked back, but subconsciously slowed down a little.

It was as if he was afraid that someone behind him would not be able to keep up, or as if he was accommodating some kid who couldn't walk well.

In this way, one walks in front and the other follows behind. This road seems to last a lifetime.

It's just a pity that they are not the ones who can accompany each other for the rest of their lives after all.

Seeing Slade walk into a bar, Jason stopped in his tracks.

This is the bar where they met in the first place. If you wait outside, after a while, will a guy who is too drunk come out of it and ask yourself, "Are you selling it, how much?"

Thinking of the original scene, Jason was embarrassed and funny.

He looked at the door of the bar with some nostalgia, then turned and left.

Maybe when a person has something, he is also doomed to lose something.

Jason Todd, who crawled out of the grave, had nothing, and then he met Slade.At that time, the only thing he didn't want to lose was Slade.

So he can persistently follow behind each other, in exchange for a future, a possibility for them.

But now, they had countless possibilities, but Jason chose to leave.

He had a lot, and Slade wasn't the only thing he didn't want to lose anymore.

Sitting on the seat closest to the door, Slade watched the familiar figure leave through the glass not far away.

He put down the wine glass he had just drank in one gulp, and pushed it forward: "Fill it up!"

If the figure hadn't left just now, he wanted to pay the bill.

But now, no need, no one is waiting for him outside.

In fact, this is also quite good, with that little brat, he will worry about him even when he goes out to solve his physical/physical problems.

Now, he is finally free.

There won't be a kid looking at him with that kind of eyes, as if he is the only one on the other side.And there won't be a little brat grabbing himself as if he was grabbing the last straw.

It was an eagle, but in the past, his wings were pulled out, and he appeared in front of him in a mess.So, he mistook the eagle that could fly long ago for a cub.

But now, the eagle grew its wings again and flew into the sky.You should also realize that you have admitted and thought wrong in the past.

Now, it's just that everything belongs to everyone, and he can go back to his life before he met each other.

Slade gulped down his refill and stood up.

When he walked out of the bar, he was almost in disbelief. He looked at the place where Jason was standing when he first met Jason.

There is no difference between that place and the memory, but the original person is no longer there.