Jason Confusion Award [Comprehensive British and American]

Looking at Jason, who was drunk and unconscious, if the bartender hadn't sworn that he had just had a glass of wine, just looking at his current appearance, Bruce felt that he wouldn't be able to drink like this even with a bottle of wine .

He walked to Jason's side, and slowly hugged him with light movements.

Even if he was completely drunk, Jason's vigilance did not disappear.Just like what Tim thought, if he really came to touch Jason, he would definitely be attacked by Jason, because the other party has not been included in Jason's trustworthy range.

Even though Jason, who had read the comics, knew that Tim was a good guy, the time they spent together was too short after all.

Because it wasn't Tim who came to touch Jason, but Bruce.Feeling the familiar temperature and smell, even though they were still tense when they met before, at this moment, Jason still subconsciously hugged Bruce back.

He is so familiar with this embrace, even when he was unconscious, he still recognized the other party immediately by feeling.

At this moment, the drunk Jason didn't need to use anger and hatred to cover up his care and love.

Maybe he was really drunk, or maybe he couldn't be more sober.

"Bruce..." A call that seemed to be nostalgic and blamed made Bruce look down at the young man in his arms.

Jason at this time, compared to the child when they first met, has grown into a young man.On his face, the immaturity and stubbornness of his youth were gone, and there were more responsibilities and responsibilities belonging to adults.

This is no longer just his child, the other party is also the father of a child.

At this moment, Bruce seemed to be intoxicated.He temporarily forgot his disapproval of Jason, leaving behind their previous tit-for-tat.He is simply as a father, saying to his children: "Jason, I will take you home."

The bartender who was watching all this felt as if he had eaten a big melon, but under the effect of money ability, the bartender closed his mouth tightly.

After all, I still want to continue working in this bar in the future, so I can't offend the boss, not to mention the boss really gave too much.

Held in Bruce's arms, leaning on the other's firm chest, listening to the steady and powerful heartbeat, Jason completely put down his guard and fell asleep.

When he opened his eyes again and found himself lying on the bed in Wayne Manor in his pajamas, the headache and confusion caused by drunkenness slowed Jason's reaction by half a beat.

He seems to have gone to a bar to drink and get drunk...but how did he come to Wayne Manor?

Jason, who couldn't remember anything, was like a robot with disordered programming, and his brain froze instantly.

But after a while, although he still couldn't remember anything, Jason didn't choose to run away, he just changed his clothes and walked out of the room.

He originally thought that he would see one of Alfred, Bruce, Damian and Tim, or more or even all of them. For this reason, he kept simulating in his mind that if he met them What to say and what to do.

But when he came out of the room, he found that Wayne Manor was empty, not even Alfred.

Could it be that he made a fuss at Wayne Manor after drinking too much last night, and then kicked them all out?

For some reason, Jason suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

After seeing no one in Wayne Manor, Jason came to the Batcave.The authority given to Jason at the beginning was not canceled by Bruce, so Jason came to the Batcave smoothly.

It looks the same as before, but it seems to have changed a lot.

Standing in front of the display cabinet with his uniform on it, Jason couldn't help but recall what he looked like before he died.

At that time, what he thought was to protect Doris and let her leave safely.At that time, he also thought, if Bruce knew that he was dead, how would he react? Would he wait for him?At that time, he thought, no matter what, he must do his best to come back.

Now, he came back from the dead and returned to the human world from the world of the dead, but is anyone in this world happy with the return of Jason Todd?

If he hadn't come back, maybe it was the righteous second-generation Robin who lived in everyone's hearts, not the red hood who was fighting against Batman today.

If he hadn't come back, maybe everyone would still live a good life. With him or without him, it has never been so important to this world.

But if he didn't come back, he would have broken the promise he made to Bruce.Even if the other party might not like the current self, the current self is also Jason Todd.

The young Robin is Jason Todd, and the young Red Hood is also Jason Todd.

If they can accept the former, why not the latter?

Maybe, they never loved all of Jason Todd.

What they love is the child who has never fallen even in Crime Alley. What they love is the second-generation Robin who will abide by Batman's principle of not killing. Todd.

But now this is the path Jason chose.Even if he hadn't been killed by the clown, he would have taken this path, at most he would have been calmer and more rational than he is now.

Jason, who walked out of the crime alley, liked the red hood in the comics the most since he was a child, and he has never been a loyal follower of the principle of no killing.

Perhaps it was doomed from the beginning that he would part ways with Batman in the future.

Different road non-phase plan.

After one last look at the display case, Jason turned and walked in the other direction.He chose not to take the uniform with him, even though it had once been his own.

Just let it be here, let the former Jason Todd be buried here silently.

Perhaps in Bruce's mind, his second son had died a long time ago, and now the one who came back alive was just a devil in Jason Todd's skin.

But Bruce, how can you expect a kid from Crime Lane to grow up the way you imagined?If you really expect that strongly, where did all those Pride and Prejudice come from?

People are always contradictory and complicated like this, Jason hates this, but after all, he still lives the way he once hated.

Mingming wanted to part ways with all of them, but he still couldn't let it go, reluctant.

The love in the past is true, the trust is true, the dedication is true, and the promise is also true...

But at the same time, the current anger is real, the hatred is real, and the blood stained on his hands is also real...

He is not like Damian, who was taught by his mother to kill at an age when he could not tell right from wrong. He is sober and voluntarily embarked on this path.

That's his Jason Todd way.

Along the way, Jason saw many things that he didn't see in the Batcave when he was there.When his eyes stayed on a video tape, he almost subconsciously thought of the video from the clown. Did the clown send the video of himself before his death to Bruce?

Jason knew very well that the Joker would definitely do this.But even after watching that, Bruce still didn't choose to kill the clown.

Jason didn't know whether he should be thankful or sad for this.

Fortunately, Batman will not become the one drawn in the comics because of killing the clown, and sad that his own death is not as good as his principles in Bruce's heart.

Is that principle really that important? It's so important that he doesn't want to break it even after his own child dies.

If Jason had to choose between Alice's life and death and his own principles, Alice was his principles.

It's like if Jason needs to choose between Alice and another person when saving someone, Jason will not hesitate to save Alice first, and then try his best to save the other person.

Maybe he will be in great pain because he can't save another person, but if he chooses again, he will still save Alice first.

Thinking of Alice, a softness flashed in Jason's eyes.

After he finishes his work in Gotham, he will go to Central City to meet Alice.Maybe he can take Alice to find Bizarro and the others, and then they go on a trip together.

Thinking of this, Jason couldn't help showing a smile on his face, he looked like a bear who ate honey.But the rare joyful smile on his face disappeared when he looked through the records in the Batcave looking for Bruce and the others.

This video was received by the Batcave around 9 o'clock this morning. To be precise, this video was seen by the entire Gotham around [-] o'clock in the morning.

And the person who did this was, of course, the clown.

I saw the clown in the video telling the rules of his game, and behind the clown were Alfred and Alice!

At this moment, Jason was completely dumbfounded.

He finally understood why Bruce and the others were gone, and he seemed to understand why they didn't call him.

Because the rules of the game set by the clown in the video are: either kill himself, or kill the red hood (Jason), or let Alice and Alfred die.

Granted, Jason has a lot of hatred for the Joker.If he was given a choice, he would of course choose to kill the Joker without hesitation.Even if this is the choice that makes the clown happy in Bruce's eyes.

But Jason is very clear that he has no way to kill the clown, and the choice given by the clown is aimed at Bruce.

If Jason does go by then, Bruce won't kill Jason, he won't kill anyone.But in the same way, Bruce definitely didn't want Alfred and Alice to die.

Perhaps in Bruce's view, Jason's extreme emotions towards the Joker will affect their rescue of Alfred and Alice.Or, he didn't want Jason to face such a thing, and then lose his mind and cause sad results, or because of other reasons.

But no matter what the reason is, is he such an irrational person in Bruce's eyes?

Inside, there is Alfred, who Jason treats as his grandfather, and Jason's daughter, what right do they have to hide from him? !

Jason, who hurried over in another Batmobile, didn't know who to worry about along the way.

First of all, of course he was worried about Alfred and Alice.But at the same time, he couldn't help but worry about what choice Bruce would make.

What if... what if Bruce really chose to kill the Joker?

Even if Jason wanted to kill the clown all the time, he still complained about Bruce not killing the clown, but after he watched "The Bat That Laughs", one of the scenes he least wanted to see was Bruce killing the clown. clown.

If Batman really becomes what he appears in the comics, who can stop him?

Anyway, Jason couldn't do it by himself.

Whether he kills now or not, he will never kill Bruce.

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When that video came out, Bruce was catching up on sleep, Tim was reviewing documents, and Damian was training.

When they saw that video, Bruce didn't say anything this time and slept for another 5 minutes, he got out of bed almost immediately.

Seeing Alfred and Alice locked up behind the clown, and listening to the "rules of the game" the clown said, Bruce tensed up all over.

No one in the Bat family would fail to recognize Alfred.And although Alice hasn't seen her for a while and she's grown a little, they can also recognize her.

So the question is, how did they end up in the hands of the Joker?

Let's not talk about Alice, after all, the protection force around the other party is not strong, but how did Alfred be captured by the clown?

For this question, after checking the surveillance in Wayne Manor, Bruce and the others found the answer.

Magic, magic again!

Even Bruce asked Zatanna to set up a forbidden/magic circle in secret places like the Batcave, but in order to hide his identity, he didn't let the entire Wayne Manor be shrouded in the forbidden/magic circle.

Even those mysterious magicians, Bruce didn't think they could do anything under his nose, setting up forbidden/magic circles in the Batcave, just in case.

It has to be said that this can be called a kind of unconscious arrogance to some extent.And the clown took advantage of Bruce's arrogance.

Whether or not to tell Jason about this matter, Bruce and the others had a little disagreement.

After all, without mentioning Alfred, Alice is Jason's daughter. It would be unreasonable not to tell Jason.

But Bruce couldn't forget Jason's obsession and madness for killing the clown. He was afraid that the other party's irrationality would affect their rescue, and he was also afraid that Jason would care about it and cause chaos.

But in fact, don't they care about chaos?

After all, Bruce didn't trust Jason in his heart, or Jason with blood on his hands.

Is this really my son, is this really the flower blooming in that crime alley, that light in the darkness?

Could it be that the Jason Todd he loved, cared about, and wanted to protect was long gone?

The resurrected one may have already been a completely different existence.

Bruce doesn't want to think about his children like this, but sometimes he can't help doubting everything like this.

How could the price of resurrection be so simple?

In this world, is there any savior who has never been doubted by everyone?

But this is the path Jason wants to take, the path he knew he would choose in the future.

In the end, Tim and Damian couldn't talk to Bruce, and they didn't choose to tell Jason.

When the clown saw that Jason was not among the people who came, he smiled and said, "Have you made your choice yet?"

"Have you already killed the cute bird, or—" the clown purposely moved closer to Bruce, "are you ready to kill me?"

Bruce looked around, but couldn't find Alfred and Alice.

There is a little red blood in his eyes, which makes his already frightening eyes look even more frightening.

But Batman may be able to scare the world, but the Joker has never been one of them.He seemed to be immune to all fear, as if he were part of it.

He doesn't care about fame, he doesn't care about profit, after he has grabbed a mountain of banknotes, he can set fire to it without hesitation.He doesn't care about his own life, he even wanted to provoke Batman to kill himself more than once, just to make him fall.

The clown doesn't look like he cares about anything.

If he had to say the existence he cared about, maybe it was only Batman.

He seems to be the biggest catastrophe arranged by the world for Batman, and how to overcome this catastrophe determines whether Batman will become a god, a man or a demon in the end.

With Batman watching, the Joker looked a little more excited.

"Speaking of which, it was your cute little Robin bird who inspired me to come up with this brilliant idea." Said the clown, "how much he seems to care about me, you never know everything that happens between us s story."

Batman only saw Jason's obsession with killing the clown, and saw Jason's pursuit of the clown, but he never knew that he had killed the clown again and again, and then failed again and again.

The Joker and Jason are the only ones who know about this matter.

Because of misunderstanding and conflict, Jason would not take the initiative to say this to Bruce, and the clown naturally would not.

He was happy to see this scene, the confrontation between their father and son, Batman's pain, Jason's resentment, all these were wonderful to the Joker.

If possible, he really hoped that all this could go on forever, but if it continued, maybe he would really die in Jason's hands.

In this world, how can there be any immortal existence?That is the domain of the gods, and the Joker is not a god, he may just be a joke between God and Batman.

The self-healing factor on him will also be consumed, and as Jason kills him again and again, the self-healing factor on him is consumed extremely quickly.

The Joker would rather die at the hands of Batman than at the hands of Jason.

And as long as Batman does it, he will give his little bat a big gift.

In this world, clowns will die, but clowns will not die.

Because there will always be clowns who die, and there will always be new clowns.

Just like reincarnation, as long as the evil is not destroyed, the clown can last forever.

But how can evil be eliminated?

Bruce: "Where are they?"

"As long as you make a choice, they will appear naturally." The clown had to admit that magic is really an interesting existence.

In the past, he teamed up with a magician to kill Batman's second Robin.

And now, with the help of magic again, he has the existence that Batman cares about in his hands.

Batman's hands were trembling slightly. For a moment, the videotape recording the whole process of Jason's death flashed through his mind. Barbara's collapse while lying on the hospital bed flashed through his mind. look.

It wasn't the first time that the thought of killing the clown appeared in his mind.

Who wouldn't want the person who keeps hurting you, hurting the people you care about, gone forever?

Bruce has never been a saint, he thought about killing the Joker many times, but he didn't do it in the end.He's Batman because he's given up on the idea over and over again.

But this time, can he really give up?

When faced with the life and death of Alfred and the life and death of Alice, would he let them both die in order not to kill the clown?

To say how much Bruce has deep feelings for Alice, it is actually not.His feelings for Alice are based on Jason's love for the house.But Alfred is different. In Bruce's heart, Alfred is like his other father.

Whether it was the innocent childhood, the years of losing everything, or the choice after returning from travel, everything was spent by Alfred with him.

That is one of the most important existences in his heart, even comparable to Gotham.

How could he just watch that old man die because of his own choice?

Maybe Jason was right, as early as when the opponent appeared, as early as when the opponent hurt the first person, as early as when the opponent killed Jason, as early as when the opponent attacked Barbara, he should have Send the clown to hell so he doesn't have a chance to hurt anyone.

Because he knew that the clown might have cooperated with the people on the magic side, Bruce notified Zatanna, but it took time for the other party to come, and Bruce was not sure if they could afford to wait.

Maybe he should call Jason, at this moment, Bruce couldn't help thinking.

He didn't know what happened to him, since Jason came back, he seemed to be under some strange magic, and he didn't look like himself in the past.

Now because he was worried about Alfred's situation, Bruce didn't think about it, but he took note of this question.After saving Alfred and the others, maybe he should really think about what is wrong with him.

And if Alfred hadn't been saved... no, there wouldn't be such an if!