[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!

Of course Jason didn't have a system.

He didn't seem to want to mention this matter very much, with an almost irritable expression on his face, he stretched out his hand and rubbed Ruby's head indiscriminately, and said, "It was a long time ago."

His voice sounded calm.

But Ruby has lived with him for so long, after all, she can still hear the emotions hidden in this young child.

Ruby looked him in the eye.

She saw the deep, deep complex emotions hidden under the irritability, maybe there is hatred, anger, sadness, and melancholy, like an overturned palette, various colors are mixed together, and finally melted It turns into a rich, deep, and covering black, as if Gotham is immersed in the smog that never melts.

But this teenager is different.

In his eyes, there is not only the bottomless night, but also distant, twinkling, bright stars.

After seeing the injustice and cruelty of the world, some people choose to remain silent, parasitize in a dark corner, and become a part of the darkness.

And some people, even if they are shrouded in a shadow that is so thick that it cannot be dispelled, they still stubbornly protect the last candle in their arms, even if the raging, bone-piercing wind never stops destroying.

Jason suddenly thought of something, he raised his eyebrows and said, "I found a very interesting thing, you seem to hide a lot of things from me, you are not actually a human being, right?"

Ruby said nonchalantly, "Yeah, I never said I was human."

Jason:  …

Straightforward enough to be speechless.

Ruby went on to say, "But, I thought, after all that's been going on, maybe it's time for us to try to talk it out."

After all, this boy once hugged her desperately, using his flesh and blood to stand between her and the speeding bullet.He had risked his life to protect her, and she wasn't really a cold-blooded monster.So, she thought, maybe she could try to believe again.

It would be too sad to walk in this world, among the crowd, but never dare to trust others.

Jason looked down at Ruby, his blue eyes glowed with a green halo, like a cold and clear pond.

He said, "Okay. But..."

After a pause, he said blankly, "You have to tell me first where all your chocolates come from."

Ruby: ...can we stop talking about this? ?

……

……

Waking up early the next morning, Jason stared blankly at the beer cans that had been thrown messily on the ground.

He tried his best to run his dizzy brain, and recalled what happened last night.

——It seems that the reason is that Ruby said that she wanted to have a good chat with him, to have a heart-to-heart talk, and then said that there must be wine in this situation.

Jason: Shit.

He was going to say that there was no such depraved thing in the safe house, but Ruby actually dragged a case of beer out of nowhere.

Jason, who had forgotten when he bought alcohol: "...Children are not allowed to drink."

Ruby: "You are only a child, I am hundreds of years old!"

Jason sneered: "Only a few hundred years old? I thought you would blow it even more outrageously."

Ruby: "...Stop talking nonsense, are you cowardly? How old are you? Are you still under the legal drinking age?"

She remembered that the United States had to be 21 to drink alcohol, and maybe Jason wasn't that age yet.

Jason, who is still under the legal drinking age: ...

Jason, who was accidentally punched by Ruby on Qicun, immediately became furious: "Who said that? Just drink!"

I don't know if it's because the sense of joy and relief after the catastrophe is too easy to relax, or because of some other reason, Jason actually agreed.

He looked at the box of beer that had been there for an unknown amount of time, and took out two bottles from it in one breath, and opened the cap with a flick of his finger.

He glanced at Ruby: "What's the matter? Are you going to transform into a wine barrel?"

Ruby glared at him, turned into a five or six-year-old, snatched a bottle of beer from him and downed it.

Then Ruby saw that her energy suddenly began to increase, and the growth rate was actually quite fast.

System: As expected of liquid bread.

Ruby's eyes lit up: Unexpected harvest!

Who would have thought that the energy of beer is almost the same as that of dessert?

System: But be careful, you are not immune to alcohol, don't get alcohol poisoned...

However, at this time Ruby couldn't listen at all: what blinded me?It's energy!

So, the two guys, who are supposedly under the legal drinking age, just drank and chatted.

The good thing about beer is that it doesn't make people feel sick and nauseated, and the alcohol content is enough to make people smoky.

then……

Early the next morning, Jason looked at the beer bottles all over the place, and remembered what he had chatted with Ruby last night, so he couldn't help covering his face.

He drank too much last night, and it seemed that he accidentally shared his past... But Ruby also seemed to be quite drunk, and she didn't know how much she had heard.

Looking at Ruby who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, Jason had no choice but to take off his coat and cover her first, then stood up to clean up the mess.

……

When picking up the first shards of glass, a memory of last night flooded in Jason's mind:

"I'm so unlucky, Bruce still treats me like this, the world is not worth it, and I am not worth it!" He said angrily, and smashed the beer bottle in his hand on the ground, smashing it into pieces.

……

While picking up the second shard of glass, a memory from last night flooded Jason's mind again:

"I don't understand. I obviously haven't harmed anyone, but one or two of them feel that I have malicious intentions. Did I eat their rice or steal their cat?" Ruby said angrily while smashing wine bottle.

……

The third shard of glass:

"I just don't understand. Those guys are killing people like hemp, but they have to confess them like treasures and stuff them into that sieve-like Arkham. Why? Are they trying to persuade people with reasoning and spiritual influence?" Jie Sen angrily smashed the wine bottle.

……

The fourth shard of glass:

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo do you all are bad guys, they lied to me to give away the head because I was able to control my body. Drink!" Ruby smashed the bottle angrily.

……

Jason's face became darker and darker as more and more pieces of glass were sorted out.

He seemed to have accidentally said too much.

The same goes for this little guy.

He packed up the glass fragments and put them in a cardboard box, sighed, turned his head to look at the sweet Ruby who was still sleeping, walked to her side and sat down, looking thoughtfully at her sleeping face.

This child also seems to have an unhappy past.

Although the memory is not very clear, Jason can still deduce from the few words in his memory that this child should have experienced more than one betrayal.

But in the process of getting along with her on a daily basis, Jason was completely unaware that this was a person who had received such serious psychological harm.

Any of the horrible things that happened to her would be enough to drive a normal person crazy.

And this kid has endured so much alone.

The most commendable thing is that her eyes are still clear and bright, she still maintains kindness to the world, and she still hasn't hurt anyone.

Some people think that it only takes one bad day to drive a person crazy.

For Ruby, no matter how bad the day is, it will always pass, and she is still willing to look forward to the future.

Because once people lose their expectations for the future, they also lose the meaning of going on.

Vulnerable people find excuses for their vulnerability and shift responsibility to others.

A strong person only smiles at the prejudices and injustices that come from fate, then picks up his strength and moves on.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Jason knew in his heart that he was inspired by this child.

……

So when Ruby woke up, she saw Jason sitting next to her, looking at her with very complicated eyes.

Ruby: ...?

She sat up vigilantly, slipped off her coat, and stammered, "You, are you awake?"

Jason nodded.

Ruby became more alert: "I didn't say anything strange last night, did I?"

Jason couldn't help but reached out and rubbed her little furry head, the soft touch made him narrow his eyes comfortably: "No."

Ruby breathed a sigh of relief.

Only now did she have time to search for yesterday's memories from her drowsy brain.

Although she only remembered some fragments, from those fragments, she could piece together some images about Jason's past.

Ruby: ...I seem to understand why he wants to kill the clown so much.Alas, it's not easy for this kid.

Just when she was about to comfort Jason and discuss what to have for breakfast by the way, she saw Jason scowling and said in a cold tone:

"Okay, get up and get ready for training."

Ruby: ...

Ruby with a teary cat's head: Listen, is this what a person said?

……

So Ruby and Jason's life in the safe house began.

Perhaps it was because the last Black Mask incident really left Jason with lingering fears. He gradually began not to leave Ruby alone in the safe house, and he would take her with him most of the time.

At the same time, he gradually did not object to letting Ruby possess him. Ruby was so moved by this, she wrote a blank check on the spot: "Jason, you are so kind, don't worry, I will kill the clown when I have a chance." In front of you, let you take a good breath!"

Jason:  …

Are you using the clown as a means of transportation or something?Also "drive" the clown over?

And during his time on the field, Jason would basically bring Ruby with him, especially when fighting.Because of this, the urban legend of the red hood became more and more evil.

What is invulnerable to swords and guns, coming and going like the wind, flying over walls, going to heaven and earth, eating children alive, what red hood is actually a spider spirit, what red hood kills Batman in seconds with one punch... one by one is outrageous.

Ruby said: "It's nothing else, what the hell is eating a child? The clown's mouth is so bloody red, and no one told him to eat a child?"

The only time Jason won't bring Ruby is when he's having a meeting with a gang of gangster drug dealers.

Jason's explanation for this is: "Children should not participate in these occasions, so as not to be taken badly."

Ruby said: "It's okay not to take me, but can you buy me some food with the money you got from exploiting those drug dealers? You haven't compensated me for the chocolate last time."

Jason almost hit Ruby on the head with a chestnut: "Chocolate, chocolate, why are you full of chocolates!"

……

So, during the meeting that day, Jason looked at the group of drug dealers sitting below with a blank expression, and his mind was full of chocolate.

The drug dealers were discussing the issue of business expansion. They said: "...The business situation is good recently. Black Mask was cured by Batman. Many industries on his side have declined sharply. Maybe we can take this opportunity to expand our business Seize the market."

"I recommend engaging in arms!"

"The ammunition is saturated enough, why not engage in underground intelligence transactions!"

"Intelligence is too easy to overturn, so it's better to engage in pornography or gambling directly."

Several drug dealers couldn't stop arguing, so they simply came to ask the red hood who was wandering all the time: "Boss, what do you think?"

Only then did Jason come to his senses, he couldn't enter the state for a while, and subconsciously said: "... Otherwise, make a chocolate factory?"

Drug dealers: ...

Seeing the dumbfounded expressions of the drug dealers, Jason almost couldn't resist the urge to cover his face: ...Damn!It's all Ruby's fault for talking about her chocolate every day, so angry!

The drug dealers didn't know if the red hood was joking, and they all glanced at the gun that was slapped on the table by the red hood, and bit the bullet to discuss the feasibility of this proposal.

"This... Gotham's candy industry seems to be quite saturated. There are several companies under the Wayne Group that do this, basically accounting for more than 90.00% of the market share..."

"If we do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make any money..."

Jason's face turned half dark when he heard the words "Wayne Group".

He paused for a long time, and then held his breath, holding the gun and said: "I don't care, do it for me!"

Anyway, even if it doesn't work out, it's these drug dealers who lose money!

……

So, for the next period of time, Ruby could receive box after box of chocolates brought by Jason every day.

Ruby was particularly surprised: "Jason, where did you get so much chocolate? It's a brand I've never heard of, although the taste is so-so."

She carefully opened the packaging bag and read out the brand name on it:

"The Ditto brand chocolate...? Is this name targeting me!?"

System: Although, why do you want to be a Dittomon by yourself?

Guilty Jason: "Coincidence, coincidence."

Of course he wouldn't tell Ruby that behind the boxes of Ditto chocolates were the bitter tears of those drug dealers when they faced the chocolates they produced but couldn't sell...