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When Jason woke up again, he still couldn't realize what happened. He stared blankly at the luxurious and empty room. He pinched his cheek to make sure he wasn't sleepy or too cold. and hallucinations, or:

"...is this heaven?"

"Unfortunately, you are not old enough to go to heaven"

A smile came from the door, which caught Jason's attention.

Jason turned his head in surprise and looked at the man who appeared at the door.A well-fitting casual outfit showed that perfect figure unreservedly. The man looked at the boy sitting on the bed with a smile, and walked over slowly:

"Fever gone?"

Bruce reached out as if to touch Jason's forehead to see if his fever had subsided.

The steel blue pupils didn't miss the flash of disgust in Jason's green eyes.

"It looks like I've retired, Ah Fu, bring some food for our children."

"Okay, Master Bruce"

An elderly man appeared at the door with a bowl of hot food in his hand, which caused Jason's hungry bowel to groan.

"Hungry, you have been sleeping all day, then eat slowly, and tell Ah Fu if you have any requirements. Ah Fu, take good care of our children, I have to go out beforehand"

"Okay, Master Bruce"

Bruce left the guest room prepared for Jason, put on his equipment and walked towards the Batcave.

As soon as the elevator door opened, an unhappy voice came over:

"You shouldn't have adopted him"

"I didn't adopt him"

"Bruce, you know what I'm talking about"

Barbara came over and stood between Bruce and the computer.

Bruce just looked down at her, walked around her and sat on the swivel chair in front of the computer.

"That kid is nothing like Dick, he's the bottom of Gotham"

"I didn't know you were discriminating against them"

"I'm not discriminating against them. Don't distort my words. You should know that he is definitely not such a simple boy. He can survive without a guardian in that environment, which is enough to show that he is not a simple child."

Bruce looked at the computer screen, thinking of Jason's smiling face just now after the flash of disgust...

"Of course he is not pure, pure cannot survive at the bottom of Gotham"

From the first time he saw that kid, Bruce discovered that he was strong, but not strong enough for a teenage kid to live in the bottom of Gotham, so he was very vigilant, maybe even no less than he.And these are just the early elements, the most important thing is that he is very smart.

As for the two sandwiches he took out, he didn't snatch the one that was well wrapped, but the one he had eaten, because the kid knew that only the one he had eaten would not be filled with strange things ... But it's a child after all, and I still don't think about what to do if there is nothing wrong with his bite.

Bruce smiled and shook his head, continuing his search.

"...Bruce, you know what I'm talking about. You should know how important your identity is to those guys in Gotham underground"

Bruce didn't answer this question. Of course he knew very well how many people in Gotham's underground forces offered a reward for his true identity.

"If the child senses something and runs out to talk nonsense..."

Barbara didn't go any further. Unlike Dick, that kid didn't have any reason to be hostile to evil, and even evil might be the way he survived, so he had no place to be trusted.

Bruce still turned his back to her without saying a word, still typing on the keyboard in search of something.

"Bruce!"

'I'm not asking him to replace Dick, Barbara, don't worry'

"What... no, I just..."

"I don't mean to involve him either, I will send him to boarding school after that, and he will be almost an adult when he graduates."

"...Is it just sympathy?"

Barbara's question caused Bruce to temporarily pause the movement of his hands, and then resumed his work.

"Mr. Pennyworth, may I ask why I am here?"

Jason's sudden question caught Alfred's attention, it didn't look like polite language from the bottom of society and...

"How do you know my name is Pennyworth?"

"No one in Gotham knows Bruce Wayne's butler"

"...That's right, Master Bruce brought you back"

"...Did he find mine?"

"...I don't know about that"

"Oh"

"Is there anything else I need?"

"... Excuse me, there is a puppy with me..."

"You mean Ace? The dog house I made for him just arrived and he slept happily in it."

"...Will you adopt it?"

"Of course, Master Bruce named it Ace, or did it have a name?"

"No...no"

"So what else is there for me to do?"

"No...thank you very much...I'm...sleepy"

"Oh, I'm so sorry. You must be exhausted after having a fever all day. Please have a good rest tonight."

Alfred helped Jason cover the quilt and left the room.

While walking towards the kitchen, he suddenly thought of a question:

"...Strange, Master Jason didn't ask if we plan to adopt him?"

Considering Jason's strange behavior and the strange politeness that didn't fit Jason's identity, Alfred frowned, turned around, changed his destination, and walked towards the big clock leading to the Batcave.