A retired magician raises a bucket daily

After work was over, Reed accepted some gifts from Amy, some from the publishing house, and some from fan readers.It's time to get off work. Ms. Amy doesn't have to work overtime today. She said to him in a good mood that the next time we meet should be next year, and you must pay attention to safety in Gotham—I forgot to say that the clown was declared to be in a vegetable state On that day, Ms. Amy called and was overjoyed, wishing to set off 24 hours of firecrackers to celebrate the happy event.

Before the blizzard was approaching, the overwhelming darkness suppressed the sky, and the air was filled with an unpleasant twilight coldness. Passers-by all tightened their coats and hurried past with their faces buried in their scarves.Reed stuffed everything into the trunk, bowed his head when he closed the door, a mass of white hot air billowed and spread out, the inside of the car hadn't warmed up yet, Reed took a few deep breaths, and pulled himself from the heated After being liberated from the building, the icy cold air rushes into the lungs, and several warnings that a blizzard will come at midnight popped up on the phone one after another, ding ding dong dong non-stop.

He bought a crepe on the road at noon to eat, and only Amy brought him milk tea and a few biscuits in the afternoon to fill his stomach. He was already hungry at the moment.Reed turned the steering wheel and decided to have a meal first, otherwise he might faint from hunger on the way before he got home.The tip of his tongue licked his own teeth, and the two sharp canine teeth seemed to be sour, and he felt an urge to bite the skin and suck blood.

I might really be spoiled by Jason.he thinks.

The vampire's face was extremely fair under the passing light-colored street lamps, giving it the feeling of white jade.When he wasn't smiling, he looked extraordinarily indifferent, his brown eyes were covered with shadows by the slender eyelashes, and the light from the road and surroundings was suppressed in his eyes.While waiting at a red light, he reached into the locker in front of the co-pilot and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

Tobacco is not a good thing, of course he knows, before Weber used cigars to gas Melvin, and later... er, Constantine fought against the devil with lung cancer, so when he smokes, he rarely smokes, which is always available here The cigarettes are not so much for him to keep to satisfy his cravings, but for Jason to have nothing to do when he has nothing to do.

Reed lowered the car window a little, and the ignited smoke was squeezed out through the crack along with the warm airflow inside the car.With one elbow resting on the car window and the other holding the steering wheel, he silently watched the traffic ahead.

There was a girl's laughter and obscene whistles nearby, and Reed glanced over. There was a bright red sports car parked next to him, the windows were open, and rock music was coming out of it, deafeningly loud. Around the newspaper, a few young people were crowded in the front and back seats of the sports car. The blonde girl with beautiful makeup sitting near the window was wearing a light white down jacket, but it was not zipped up, and there was a low-necked suspender inside. The skirt revealed a large white breast, and her nose was blown red in the cold winter, but she unexpectedly had a romantic charm.

Probably attracted by the vampire's superior side face, the girl asked him if he wanted to play together. There were other people crowded behind him, and the boy with tattoos all over his neck whistled at him with undisguised desire in his eyes.

The smoke from the cigarette was blown away by the wind unrealistically, the vampire's thin lips were pursed, and his slender fingers tapped on the cigarette butt, shaking off a small section of soot, and followed the wind Rolling away, the bright golden eyes illuminated by the taillights in the distance swept them emotionlessly, retracted their gaze, smoked a cigarette, and drove away along the green light.

So hungry.

He fiddled with the cigarette holder with his tongue and tasted the bitter taste of tobacco.

I really want to go home.

Reid found a nearby shopping mall, because he saw the milk tea shop that he drank in the afternoon on the street.

Many shops in the big shopping mall closed early. He rushed to buy a cup before the milk tea shop closed. He was afraid that it would be cold after too long, so he put a small magic trick on the bottom of the milk tea cup to keep warm without leaving any traces, and then Holding the milk tea, I want to see if there are any shops selling food inside.

"Sorry, are you okay?"

A person walking quickly around the corner bumped into him, and Reed kindly helped him up.

"Thank you, thank you." The person who bumped into him was an elderly man with gray hair and a pair of thin-rimmed glasses. When he looked up, Reed felt a little familiar.

"As long as you're fine..." He said slowly after a second of delay, but the eyes of the old man in front of him suddenly widened under the lens.

"You are..." The old man grabbed his sleeve, suppressed a few hoarse and broken coughs in his throat, and finally said after coughing muffledly: "You are the young man who saved me last time. "

ah.While in New York.

Reed suddenly remembered that when he had just arrived in New York that day, the steel bars on the construction site fell down, and he saved two people, and this old man was one of them.

...but something seems amiss.But his brain, which had been eaten away by hunger, was dizzy, and for a while, Reed couldn't remember what was full of the sense of disobedience.

"Fergus, Mr. Fergus?" Reid recalled that the business card was still in his wallet at that time, "I remember that you seem to be from Atac Industries..."

Stomach began to ache, and Reed grinded his teeth, feeling even more hungry.

"I've resigned," said the old man. "My daughter passed away recently due to...an accident. I came back to attend her funeral—are you in a hurry? Are you in a hurry to go back?"

"Ah, I, I'm going to buy some food and go home." Reed suddenly didn't know what to say to the other party, and his original desire to get rid of it and go home faded a little.

"If you don't mind, may I treat you to something to eat? There is a restaurant here that is still open. My daughter used to like that restaurant very much."

"..." Compassion is really a terrifying emotion. Reid couldn't say anything to refuse. The old man in front of him looked up at himself so kindly and softly, as if he was something he could do in this world. The last hand to hold.Reed's lips moved, but he still compromised, "Okay."

"When are you going back?" Jason kicked the cat-playing boy on the sofa on his calf, attracting the other's stare, "I ate the meal, and fought, what are you still doing at my house? I quarreled with the old bat. ?”

"TT<" Even though Damian lost the fight, he still had an expression of 'I'm the best b' on his face. He didn't seem to hear Jason's words, so he just sneered twice: "I decided to take over Eden's job." Follow-up feeding!"

Reed was right, pups are troublesome creatures.Thinking of this, Jason rolled his eyes at Damian, and he didn't even want to if he could.

Jason glanced at the wall clock, and the pointer on it was already pointing to [-]:[-] pm. According to their estimation, Reed should have arrived home safely by now. Metropolis and Gotham are not far away, and even if there is a traffic jam, it will take less than three hours. Hours.Jason walked to the window and looked outside. It wasn't raining or snowing yet, but the wind was a bit strong, and the trees underneath were bent down, and the dead branches made dry rubbing sounds at night.

Why haven't you come back yet?

He frowned, took out his mobile phone and made a call, but the phone didn't ring, and it took a few seconds for a mechanical female voice to indicate that the number had been shut down.

problem occurs.Jason's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition emerged in his heart.

Jason hung up the phone and found his own program on the phone.Reed has the trackers he left on him, except for a few nano-trackers that may disappear due to metabolism, there are six or seven on the things he wears.

However, at this moment, all those trackers disappeared from the display.

The last place it appeared was...a big shopping mall in the metropolis, not too far from their publishing house. That was the data from an hour ago.

And the tracking program he put on the car can still be seen, but the car has been parked in the underground parking lot for a long time.

"What are you doing?" Damian watched as Jason put on his combat uniform, put his weapons in order, loaded the bullets into the clips one by one, and tied the butt strap... Robin hugged Bai The cat stood up vigilantly from the sofa, thinking that they might have a second fight today because of Eden, "Todd, do you still want to fight with me?"

"I'm going out for a while." Jason put on his coat, and took the newly repaired red hood that unlocked many new functions. "I'll take the cat back for you to raise for a few days, and then return it to me."

"What happened to that vampire?" Hearing what he said, Damian guessed something, and frowned, "I also—"

"It's none of your business," Jason cuts off when he finally turns his head to look at him, and Damian notices that his expression looks a little annoyed, but it's not like it used to be... like Crazy, even the voice is still unusually calm, "Go home."

After saying that, Jason went out, and Damian was pinned in place by that look - because that look was so fucking like Bruce.

It wasn't until the roar of the motorcycle motor came from outside the window that Damian came back to his senses, feeling ashamed and angry at himself for the few seconds just now.

The cat in his arms nudged him obediently, and Damian looked down at her, his dark green eyes, which were too similar to Jason's, fell into those flawless ice blue vertical pupils.

"For Eden's sake, excuse your rudeness for now, huh, Todd."

The motorcycle drove for a certain distance and reached the bank of the river. The dim street lights on Gotham Road seemed to be wrapped in thick black clouds, and the light was so dim.

It started to rain, and there were fewer and fewer people on the street. The raindrops hit the ground heavily, as if they were holding the idea of ​​drowning Gotham. The thick humidity rose, and the city on the other side was covered by fog. , I can't see clearly.Jason straddled the motorcycle and turned on the phone again under a tree. The call that was broadcast was still off, and the signal point disappeared in the world, no matter how hard he looked for it, he couldn't find it.With his fingers, he wiped away the drops of water that slipped from the gaps in the leaves and fell on the screen of the phone. The light blue light illuminated the side of his face pale.Jason paused for a while, remembering the last location where Reed disappeared, retracted his phone, turned the handle of the motorcycle, and finally looked in the direction he came from.

The warm light in the apartment room was turned off, the door lock closed with a click, the aftertaste of dinner still lingered in the room, the back of the TV was hot, and there were still a few coats that had been blown cold on the balcony. The quilt on the bed was not folded and spread out randomly.

But no one stays in it, everything here seems empty.