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"Dick and Jason went to the Metropolis?"

"Yes, Master Bruce"

Just after Bruce negotiated with Luthor about the content of tonight's press conference from the Lex Group, he heard the news brought to him by Alfred when he returned to the hotel.

He had been a little worried that Dick and Jason wouldn't get along well, but it seemed that they were getting along pretty well so far.

"Master Dick is glad to have a brother too."

The Grayson family has been engaged in the trapeze profession for generations. Pregnancy is not a good thing for this profession. Therefore, almost all of the family are only children. Only when they give birth to a girl will they consider conceiving a second child.Even if Dick hadn't been through that kind of thing, his parents probably wouldn't have considered having a second child.

And the arrival of Jason also eased the conflict between Bruce and Dick, which made Alfred very happy.

"Do you need me to inform them of the banquet tonight?"

Bruce and Luthor have decided to hold a press conference dinner tonight on the latest cooperation matters, announcing some preliminary progress of the cooperation matters, on the one hand, to satisfy the curiosity of the public; Shares of the conglomerate and Wayne Enterprises rallied, leading to more financing.

As Wayne's adopted sons, both Dick and Jason seem to need to attend this kind of banquet.

"...no, Dick and Jason don't like this environment very much"

Dick is okay, but judging from Jason's reaction when he got off the plane today, Jason is not suitable for this environment at all.

Coupled with the fact that Jason's identity is still undetermined, this may also become a topic of interest to the media.It's not a good idea to put that kid under the media flash.

"Ok"

Bruce didn't intend to invite two people to this banquet, but that didn't mean they wouldn't come by themselves.

"I thought you were not interested in this kind of banquet?"

Dick was a little surprised that it was Jason who decided to come back for the dinner.He always thought that Jason would be disgusted by such high-society pretense.

"No interest"

Jason stood in a corner and watched the endless stream of people enter the banquet hall. Most of these people were journalists, and there were also many partners who had partnerships with Wayne Enterprises and Lex Group. Of course, there would be theirs too. competitors.

Jason watched everyone carefully like a security guard.

"Then why are you running here?"

Dick smiled when he saw a familiar figure in the crowd, and he almost guessed who Jason was looking for again.

"Superman, Bruce and Superman went somewhere that day, and when they came back, they decided to come to Metropolis. I don't believe this is a coincidence"

Jason lowered his voice and said, he was very sure that Superman would definitely come today.

Dick had said last time that he had a cover-up for being Superman, and mentioned his co-workers as well.

"...oh... Clark!"

The familiar person saw Dick standing in the corner and greeted him friendly. Dick took the opportunity to wave his hand and shouted his name, attracting him from the crowd.

"Dick, I thought you weren't coming"

A mild-mannered man in a cheap gray suit with a striped tie and plaid shirt squeezed his way out of the crowd and came towards them.

After Dick finished yelling, he tried to hide himself in the dark as much as possible. The identity of Bruce Wayne's adopted son could easily become the target of the media on this occasion, especially when the rightful owner had not yet come.

"I don't really want to come to this kind of place, but Jason wants to come"

The big man turned his head to look at Jason gently, and smiled at him friendly.

Looking at the man's smile, Jason felt an inexplicable familiarity from the bottom of his heart, and unconsciously stared at the man carefully.

The black hair was neatly combed and pasted on the forehead, and a pair of old-fashioned black eyes with thick frames covered the blue eyes.Although the cheap suit was ironed straight, Jason always felt that this suit didn't suit a man's figure very well. It was really big and maybe even taller and stronger than Bruce.

"What are you doing here?"

Dick greeted the man familiarly.

"I'm a reporter..."

The man smiled, and Jason realized that there was a reporter's sign on the man's chest.

"Is it okay to ask Bruce if something is over? He will definitely tell you"

"I'm mostly interviewing Luthor, and Louis is here too, so I can't walk away. What are you guys doing here?"

"Jason wants to see you"

"Look at me?"

The man turned his head again, looking at the boy who had been watching him with a gentle smile.

Louis? !There is also the curvature of the man's upturned mouth when he smiles...

"Ah... super..."

Dick quickly covered Jason's mouth, preventing him from calling out the title.

"Don't call out..."

"……Feel sorry"

"It's okay, let me introduce myself again. I'm Clark Kent, a reporter from Planet Daily. Hello Jason"

"...um... hello..."

Jason didn't know why he was so persistent in looking for Superman here, but when Superman himself really stood in front of him, he didn't know what to say at all. Instead, Dick seemed to have finally found a breakthrough, and dragged Clark to the door. In a corner, asking what he wanted to know.

"What did you find?"

Dick asked Clark directly. You can only ask Clark about these things. You don't want to get any news from Bruce.

"Dick..."

Clark was a little helpless.

"Clark, I'm also looking for a clue that may be related to this incident"

"...you should ask Bruce"

"Oh~ Clark, you know Bruce can't say anything at all"

Clark looked at Dick helplessly. He knew that Bruce would never take the initiative to reveal any clues to Dick, and Dick would never ask Bruce for any clues in order to prove himself.

"He's worried about you"

"I know, but I'm not a kid anymore"

"Okay, I tell you it's okay, but promise me that I will never go after Luthor"

In the end, Clark compromised. Anyway, if he didn't compromise, Dick would definitely follow him all the time.

"Clark"

"It's a quid pro quo, Dick"

Clark would never compromise without Dick's guarantee.

"...Okay, I promise I won't go after Luther alone"

"It's a promise not to go after Luther, Dick"

"Clark"

"This is Metropolis, Dick."

"...Okay, so what did you find?"

In the end, Dick compromised. Of course, you can't fool Superman with a word on Superman's territory, so Dick can only give up the idea of ​​starting from Luthor.

"Bruce found some mud balls from the warehouse where I found the poison gas last time. According to the composition analysis, the mud balls are similar to the mud balls he found when he traced the clues in Gotham, and they probably came from the same place."

"that's it?"

"Bruce also isolated some bloodstains from things in the warehouse. After comparing the DNA samples, it was confirmed that they were a group of criminals in Gotham. The poison gas sample I gave Bruce, after laboratory analysis, should be a variant of the scarecrow's poison gas sample. .”

"Gone?"

"There are no more at the moment, so Bruce decided to take over Luthor. He mentioned the joint scientific research on biological neurology with him to see what his plans are. Ah, Louis is calling me, so I'll go first. Dick remember you Promise me."

"I know~"

Clark gave Dick a few more words, and walked towards a woman in a red dress. Jason looked at the woman, she was indeed pretty good-looking, and she should be the one Superman had a crush on.

"What are you looking for?"

Jason has been chasing crimes with Bruce, sometimes accidentally forgetting that Dick is also a vigilante.

"You know Professor Esma Crowder, right?"

"The professor of biological neuroscience?"

Jason had the impression that Bruce was tracking the man's disappearance the night he stole the Batmobile's tires.

"Two years ago, Luther came to Bruce to discuss this cooperation project, but according to Luthor's consistent behavior, Bruce didn't think this matter was as simple as it seemed, and followed the clues and finally traced it to Esma. .on Claude"

"This is very strange? Isn't he a professor of biological neurology?"

"It's not surprising that Luther hired him, but it's strange that Luther didn't include him in the research team list that Luther gave to Bruce"

"That means he was secretly hired by Luthor?"

"Yes, and he just started a scientific research project using microorganisms to repair the damaged nervous system of the human body not long ago. A fund under Bruce's name dedicated to supporting the development of science and technology also injected funds into this project. Bruce doesn't think that the two are completely It doesn't matter, in case you find an excuse to shelve this cooperation project, I plan to see what's going on here first."

"The result was kidnapped by a scarecrow"

"...Jason, don't jump to conclusions without solid evidence. Bruce should have taught you this."

"But it's obvious, isn't it?"

Dick sighed, Jason was still inexperienced.

"In fact, both Bruce and I suspected that the Scarecrow might have united with Esma long ago, so it's hard to say whether it was kidnapped to study a new type of poison gas or disappeared for other reasons, and this new type of puppet gas is also very strange. Not like a scarecrow style”

This is what Dick has never understood. With the control desire of Scarecrow in the second stage of middle school, how could he develop such a puppet-type poisonous gas that can manipulate the human body? No matter how you think about it, it should be some kind of fear-type poisonous gas. Unless he was commissioned to develop.

"Is it Lex?"

Jason asked.

"...I don't know. At the most critical moment in the pursuit of the clue, it was cut off by accident"

Every time Dick thought about that mistake, he wanted to slap himself twice. If he hadn't been so reckless at that time, he wouldn't have let the clues he had finally traced be broken like that.

Jason looked at Dick's displeased side face, and a thought suddenly emerged vividly in his mind:

"Dick the time you got hurt?"

Hearing what Jason said, Dick turned his head around, and the face that always had a hippie smile now only had a serious expression:

"Jason, has anyone ever told you that your intuition is so annoying..."

"No, you are the first one, it looks like I guessed right"

"Yes, it was that time, I almost died and I couldn't keep the clues in my hand, cut!"

Jason didn't know what to do next, the mistake seemed to hit Dick hard.

"So this time, I have to catch the straw man no matter what. Otherwise, I can't really be independent!"

Dick looked at Bruce who was giving a speech on the banquet stage, and said fiercely.

"What kind of person is Luther? Is he more evil than the black-faced man?"

Jason's living environment at most allowed him to know some gossip, and he was a little curious about Luthor. Is he the same as the villains in Gotham?

"No, how should I put it? That guy is completely different from those lunatics in Gotham. He is closer to a bad guy in the traditional sense. He has the ambition to participate in politics, and his biggest hobby is to make money... Make money by any means... He is a greedy guy"

Dick looked at the shiny bald head that appeared in the crowd and said.

"Is he Luther?"

Following Dick's gaze, Jason also found the bald head. At this moment, the bald head had already walked to the banquet stage, and he naturally put his arms around Bruce's shoulders to announce the joint decision of the two companies to the reporters below.That smiling face made Jason want to knock all his white teeth out.

"I dislike him!"

"Me too!"