batman and red hood

"Why prioritize searches for water towers, old roofs, clock towers!?"

Jason sat behind Dick, so fast that he could only shout his own questions.

"Because these places are the most convenient places to hide large bombs. The main lethality of laughing gas bombs is laughing gas, and the volume of the container for storing laughing gas is not small."

"Why can't you find it in the new building??"

"The new high-rise residences have very complete security equipment. It is not easy for the clown to secretly transport such a big thing up there. There are many people and it is easy to be discovered! And most importantly, the purpose of the clown is to spread the laughing gas in Gotham city. Infecting people, the building is too high and the wind is too strong, which is not conducive to the accumulation of laughing gas and is easily blown away, and if the concentration is not enough, it will lose its effect!!"

"Oh!!"

Dick drove the motorcycle towards several locked targets at high speed.After following Bruce for so many years, the experience accumulated in dealing with clowns really played a big role.The expected bomb was found in several locations Dick circled, in a giant clown doll that Jason described as super disgusting, but only eleven were found.

"...What should I do? Dismantle it?"

Jason asked Dick uncertainly, if you think about it conventionally, these eleven should all be fake.

"Damn it... there's not enough time..."

Dick scratched his head irritably. It was less than half an hour before midnight, and he had to find the last one as soon as possible.

"Nightwing, how's it going?"

Batman's question came out of the communicator.

"Not too good, only eleven were found, where are you?"

"The Joker ran off with Harley Quinn as a substitute"

"Can I ask from the clown girl?"

"She and the clown are responsible for half of the bomb planting. She only knows the six that she is responsible for."

"Where is six?"

Dick asked eagerly, hoping that Harley Quinn hid the last bomb that could not be found.But unfortunately, all six bombs hidden by Harley Quinn have been found.

"Damn it, where else?? Where else can an explosion cause poisonous gas to cover the entire Gotham tonight?"

"Nightwing, does wind have to be needed to push the gas coverage?"

"Ok?"

Dick wondered why Jason was asking that question.

"That, I was just thinking, isn't the sewer pipe connected to the whole of Gotham?"

Jason knows quite well that when he steals something to escape or hide something, he will go to Gotham's underground pipe network system, which is simply a maze. The old and new drainage pipe network systems are connected on a large scale throughout Gotham's underground. Bruce has several entrances and exits in Gotham's underground pipe network, which causes Batman to be elusive.

Hearing what Jason said, Dick hurriedly called up a three-dimensional map of Gotham's underground pipe network system.After quickly eliminating several locations that were less likely to be used to install bombs, the old underground drainage system located on the western edge of the city center was determined, which was very suitable in terms of scale and diffusion conditions.

"go!"

"Are the eleven bombs left alone?"

"It must be fake, the one in the underground pipe network is the real one"

Based on Dick's understanding of clowns, he would not set such an easy-to-find location. He has hidden in the clock tower several times, and he probably got tired of it.

The two finally found the bomb in the underground pipe network in the last 5 minutes. Jason felt that the clown's taste could be more limitless. At least the eleven bombers on the ground still looked like pretty good dolls. It's a bit ugly, but the underground one completely copied the clown's own appearance from shape to color matching, it looks like a giant mrj doll.

Dick watched the value of the timer on the doll's stomach keep decreasing, and immediately climbed onto the doll and carefully disassembled the shell of the bomb, leaking the pipeline inside.Carefully cut the outer layer of pipelines one by one, and Bruce rushed over when another layer of pipelines inside was peeled off.

Just as Jason was about to call out, Bruce made a quiet gesture. He didn't go up to replace Dick who was dismantling the bomb, but just stood quietly watching Dick busy.

Beads of sweat dripped slowly from Dick's face, but Dick's hands didn't tremble in the slightest, and he didn't even have a trace of messy breathing. Finally, he managed to cut off the root in the last few seconds. The numbers on the deadliest pipeline timer stopped beating.

"Hu~~"

After taking a long breath of relief and wiping the sweat off his face, Dick didn't realize Bruce's arrival.

"Where's the clown?"

"Give it to the police"

"Is this true?"

"right"

Bruce took a little effort to find out the real bomb location from the clown's mouth and rushed over immediately, but it seemed that Dick had already found the location first.

"Ah, well, let Gordon take care of this stuff, let's go back and continue eating"

Dick climbed off the doll and rubbed his sore eyes. , and then found that Jason had been staring at him.

"what happened?"

Dick asked Jason strangely.

"……nothing"

Compared with Dick successfully dismantling a bomb, Jason was more concerned about Bruce's unconditional trust just now, and Bruce didn't even bother to go over to have a look.

"Aha, I see, I was so handsome just now, I fascinated you!"

Dick smiled and walked towards Jason with open arms.

"No"

Although he was indeed a bit handsome, Jason would not admit it.Seeing Dick approaching, Jason instinctively took two steps back.

Just two steps back, Jason suddenly felt something tripped under his feet, and then a slight click sounded in the underground space.

Before Jason could react, Dick suddenly rushed over from where he was and threw him to the ground, followed by Bruce's black figure, the huge black cloak covered all three of them, and then A sound like a balloon popping suddenly sounded, and then a cheerful Christmas music filled the space accompanied by the sound of fireworks.

Jason looked out from the gap between Dick's arms. Fireworks were constantly spraying out from the belly of the clown doll. An ugly turkey doll ejected from it and shook back and forth. With a piece of paper, cheerful Christmas music is issued from the turkey's body.

"...a fake bomb?"

"No, it's a real bomb"

"But……"

"It can only be said that we were lucky, this time the clown didn't release the laughing gas bomb"

Dick said seriously, his expression really made Jason unable to relax, if the bomb this time was real, his behavior just now almost put them all in trouble.

"Why did he do this?"

Jason looked at the piece of paper that said "Merry Christmas" and couldn't understand it.

"I said he is a lunatic, so it is possible for him to do anything, sometimes just for entertainment, everything is a game to the clown, it's just that the game props are different, this time We were lucky and came across a fairly harmless game item. The clown actually set up a chain bomb..."

Dick was a little dissatisfied that he hadn't discovered this chain line just now.

After returning to Wayne Manor, Jason had completely lost his appetite. After washing himself, he casually ate a few Christmas dinners, and then found an excuse to return to his room.

"What's up with him?"

Dick picked up a strangely shaped gingerbread and threw it into his mouth, wondering Jason's reaction.

"It tastes good, but Ah Fu, are you going to take the abstract style now? Why can't I see what this look is?"

Dick took another one, carefully distinguishing whether it was a five-pointed star, a human figure, or something else.

"Master Jason did that. I think Master Jason might be scared, after all, this is the first time he has come into contact with a bomb"

"Jason? This kid has a talent for cooking..."

Dick looked at Jason's back and fell into thought.

Jason returned to the room and lay on the bed only to realize that his legs had been shaking.

"What a shame!"

I tried hard to control my trembling, but it got worse.

"Hope not to be found..."

After relaxing, Jason realized how nervous he was the moment the bomb exploded.How on earth did Dick manage to not panic at all at a time like that?

Jason was lying on the bed, his mind was full of Dick's expression at the moment when he was dismantling the bomb, without a trace of panic, without any doubts at all, just like he had done that action hundreds of times, cutting the thread, arranging, Analyze, cut the thread until the bomb is completely dismantled.

"When can I do that too?"

"Do that?"

A voice cut in, and Jason almost jumped out of bed in fright.It was only after turning around that Dick squatted beside the bed and stared at him twice.

"...What are you doing?"

"Night raid, save me some space"

Dick climbed into bed and got into Jason's bed while talking.

"Attack your sister at night! If you want to attack you at night, go attack Barbara at night!"

Jason, who finally came to his senses, tried hard to kick Dick off his bed.

"Don't make trouble, attacking her at night will make her disabled. It's snowing tonight and it's very cold."

"Do you think I'll believe it?"

Jason slammed a pillow on Dick's face, so he wouldn't believe the nonsense that Dick was afraid of the cold. Would the boy who patrolled around with Bruce with bare legs in winter be afraid of the cold?Besides, although Wayne Manor is old, it will be remodeled according to the times. The wall structure is all insulated. Even if there is no stove, the temperature in the room will not be particularly low. How could it be cold? Feel cold let alone Dick.

"Hmph, with your strength, it's like scratching an itch"

Dick slammed the pillow back hard and said provocatively.

"Ah! Ah?!"

Dick's words successfully aroused Jason's competitive spirit, and Jason picked up the long pillow on the bed.

"Do you want to fight?"

"Oh, as if you could beat me"

Jason slammed the pillow in his hand towards Dick, and then jumped on it. The two wrestled together. The bed that Jason always disliked so much that he couldn't sleep finally reflected its bigness. The advantage is that two people fight from one side to the other without worrying about falling.

"Cough cough!"

There was a coughing sound at the door, and the two people who were fighting fiercely turned their heads to look at the two figures standing at the door.

Bruce stood at the door and looked at them expressionlessly, while Alfred stood behind him, with his hand on his chin indicating that he was the one who coughed just now.

Bruce glanced at them and said something about taking an early rest before turning and leaving.

"Master Dick, the injury on your back is still not healed, please rest early, please stop the pillow fight game before going to bed."

Alfred thoughtfully stated an irrefutable reason.

When Jason's bedroom door was closed, Dick simply lay down on the bed and said:

"Wow, it's been a long time since I played a pillow fight"

"You used to play often?"

Seeing that Dick didn't seem to intend to go back to his room, Jason simply gave up and lay down directly.

"Yeah, when I was young, I often played with my father before going to bed, and then I was scolded by my mother"

Dick said it was something about his childhood, and sometimes he would miss that time, the carefree happiness.

"Since Bruce adopted you, hasn't he played with you?"

"...Do you think he looks like someone who can play this kind of game?"

Dick asked back with a half-smile, Jason recalled Bruce's character and said:

"will not"

"Then it's over"

What Dick didn't say was that it wasn't just because of Bruce, he was also immersed in the pain of losing his parents. Fighting criminals seemed to be the only thing he needed to do at that time, following Bruce all day, training and studying took up Most of the time, it is already impossible for him to play pillow fights or anything.

"...You've been with Bruce for a long time, right?"

After a long silence, Jason finally spoke again.

"Yeah, I've been fighting crime with him since I was 9 years old"

"Then do you know about his relationship with Catwoman?"

"Catwoman? You mean Serena?"

"right"

"Why are you interested in her?"

"I saw that day, she seems to have an unusual relationship with Bruce"

"Oh, she is indeed extraordinary, she almost became Mrs. Wayne"

"Hey?"

Jason recalled the attitude of the two of them on the rooftop that day.

"Why aren't you married?"

"Well... how should I put it, Serena really listened to what made Bruce's heart flutter, and Bruce's status is special, Serena also has an advantage in this aspect, but in the end it still didn't work, the two people's personalities are not very good, Serena's His personality is like a cat, he can do whatever he wants, don't look at Bruce hugging a bunch of beauties all day long, in fact, he is not the kind of character who will compromise, Bruce even bought a ring, but the last two people still can't In short, their relationship is basically in a state of being an enemy or a friend now."

"enemy?"

"That woman has an inexplicable desire for jewelry, she likes to steal jewelry, so I"

"Isn't it money?"

"No, it's jewelry. When Bruce was dating her, he gave her a lot of gems, but she still likes to steal them, so from this point of view, she can't marry Bruce..."

"That's it"

"What about Mr. Freeze?"

"He, he..."

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