[Zhongyingmei] The Spirit Master is backstabbing again

On the return trip, the atmosphere in Dick's car was exceptionally calm.

—is calm, not quiet.

Probably something like 'ok, everything is fine, let's sit down and enjoy the afternoon tea time quietly, let our brains and moods go, and not be disturbed by any troubles'.

It's the kind of calmness that they feel when they sit in a rocking chair and sway in a daze while the sun shines warmly on them.

Looking through the rearview mirror at Barbara, who was sitting in the backseat with her head down, Dick asked, "How is the puzzle going?"

"It went very well." Barbara carefully unwrapped the ribbon tied on the box, "Selinia's hands-on ability is great."

"Indeed." As Selinya's origami mentor, Dick immediately agreed.

If the most common fast-track method is 'from entry to giving up', then everything Serenia learned and demonstrated today is 'from entry to mastery'.

——Although she herself has always emphasized very modestly, "I only have some theoretical knowledge... Uh, yes, I searched for the method of 'playing puzzles' in advance, but I haven't had the opportunity to practice it yet."

But her hands-on ability is really strong.

After spending the initial period of unfamiliar hesitation, Selinya put together the puzzle as fast as if the cat on the puzzle pattern had just come alive last night and had played with her all day long.

And from her actions and words, it can be found that she has indeed made very serious preparations before this.

This reminded Barbara on the spot: Serenia worked hard to search and study puzzle knowledge, but also endured curiosity and refused to take apart the puzzle in order to join everyone in the puzzle.

...it's just too cute.

But Selinya's novel and excited reaction also reminded them again that she had a childhood with "no origami, no puzzles, and no fairy tales about little Ally".

Tim, who was sitting in the co-pilot, also looked at Barbara, "But you don't seem to be finished?"

"Oh," Barbara nodded, "it's extremely difficult, and of course it will take a long time."

Well, in fact, they are not willing to end.

They still have a lot of time, take their time, work hard, get together a few more times, and it will be done.

After opening the box, Barbara saw a handful of origami animals lying quietly inside the box.

"..." There are many kinds of origami, including cats, cats and dogs in different shapes, but the one on top is a very common paper crane.

There is also a "hope you have a good day" blessing on the attached note.

With a smile that he couldn't help, Dick joked, "You have to be prepared, maybe at some point they will suddenly turn into little animals that can walk around and come to you to repay you-this is the plot development Right? Celinya said that she was watching the Oriental "Liao Zhai" recently, and according to the results of my search, it should be this kind of story."

"Huh? OK, I will make preparations in advance," Barbara solemnly put away the gift, "Should I also make preparations by the way, in case Damian discovers all this?"

"You should be wary of his sack." Tim made up the knife with a red heart.

When Dick and Tim drop Barbara home, her father, Commissioner Gordon, is also home.

This man who dedicated his life to fighting against evil looked at his daughter gently, "Have you made new friends?"

"Yeah," under the gaze of the other party, Barbara turned the wheelchair skillfully, trying to put the gift box away, "they are a very good group of girls."

What is Gotham made of?

Is it Batman and Robin?Or the Joker and Two-Face?

Both.They are all part of the city.

But besides the vigilantes who insist on justice and the criminals who emerge from the darkness, there are more ordinary people.

In this world of superpowers of all kinds, what normal people can do seems...not very meaningful.

In many cases, some caring people even intentionally cause disputes between vigilantes and ordinary people.In order to question the meaning of existence of those superpowers.

But there are still many people who persist.

They are part of the world, and they are trying to make the world they live in a better place.

It's a lot of people, it's everyone, it's everyone.

James Gordon was such a man.Along the way, he lost a lot—from when he was first transferred to Gotham, gangsters dared to kidnap his pregnant wife to threaten him to mind his own business; Driven mad', the clown brutally injures Barbara.

—but he and Barbara are still here.

That's enough to say to all the evil that wants to destroy them how brave they are.

Holding the box on her lap, Barbara was seriously deciding whether to put them in the room or in the secret base—until her father's voice sounded.

"...Xiaoba?"

"Huh?" Following her father's line of sight, Barbara looked at her knees blankly, and belatedly realized that her legs seemed to be...

It seems to move a bit?

Under the gaze of two eyes that suppressed anticipation but couldn't help becoming hot, Barbara lifted her leg vigorously.

...and she succeeded.

... After so long of suffering and suffering, she finally.It worked again.

"..."

In fact, neither Dick nor Barbara took the story of "Paper Crane Returns" seriously.

Wow, after all, if Selinya really wanted to give her a small animal that could transform, she would definitely inform and ask her what animal she likes in advance...

This is really a very heavy gift in return.

【Hope you have a nice day】

…Selinya never breaks her promise and she really gives her a great day.

There was a very light [DiDi] notification sound from the background of the system. Through the content displayed on the page, Selinya confirmed that the power of speech spirit attached to the paper crane had been successfully triggered.

After half a second of silence, the system delayed the celebration: "...Congratulations to the host."

This is not a task issued by the system, but Selinya's wish.Even the power that Selinya attached to the paper crane came from her own will, and the phoenix card only played the most basic auxiliary role.

Well, in fact, frankly speaking, this kind of behavior of Selinya is not very - to be precise, it is very inconsistent with the procedural rules set by artificial intelligence.

After all, it neither conforms to the established process, nor does it belong to the tasks he issued.

But the system didn't mention this to Selinya—after he also worked for the host with [self-awareness] instead of [established procedures], he thought that there might really be something in this world that is more important than the task itself. important.

Wrapped in a towel to wipe off the still-dried water droplets on the shark's tail, Selinya shook her tail fin, "There are only 8 minutes left, and I feel a little bit reluctant."

Jason looked at her from a distance, "What? You fell in love with the life of being a mermaid princess?"

"Hey, maybe..." Selinya replied confidently.

——Well, in fact, she fell in love with the life where she could eat ice cream and other desserts anytime during the short two days.

She even got 'my bathtub is broken, I'm doing xxx to make up for my broken heart, isn't that too much! ' Such a universally sound reason.

What a joy! !

Of course, Selinya did not object to the healthy recipes and other plans made by Jason.

To be honest, before this, Selina didn't believe that [someone would pay attention to these little things in her life] this kind of thing could happen to her.

——After all, in the wizarding world, even noble chefs don't think so much, they only think about 'how to make the most luxurious and luxurious food'.

Celinya was touched by what Jason had done for herself, but, but...

The ice cream is really delicious! !Let's study the issue of healthy eating after she eats up this batch!

Without expressing her real thoughts, Selinya began to prepare for her upcoming recovery.

Covering the long tail loosely with the new towel that Jason handed over, Selinya couldn't find her hair band on the cabinet, so she had to flick the fish tail and move it to grab the one that Jason carried with her.

Jason: "..."

Really cats.

Most of the time, cats come looking for people to ask for gifts, food, water, and you to play with her; but sometimes, she has no reason, just to touch you and let you watch her.

"Jason Todd." Selinya has been able to braid her hair proficiently. She leaned over and stared at Jason in the posture of still grabbing her hair, "What are you thinking?"

Getting so close, Jason almost subconsciously retreated tactically, but he forcibly held back, "...what?"

Celinya raised her eyebrows and pointed to herself, "Hey? Did you see my eyes?"

"...Ah." Well, he has been watching.

"I don't think my observation skills have deteriorated." Selina clasped her arms and tortured her teammates as the fish tail slapped on the soft fabric, "You've been distracted for a long time."

"..." How on earth can she seamlessly connect dullness and sharpness.

Forced to look away, Jason replied dryly, "Nothing."

And trying to change the subject, "How's your research on mermaids going?"

"Extreme failure." Hearing this question, Selinya sat back in a moment of melancholy, and even the tail fin that was raised just now drooped down in frustration, "I still haven't been able to study the shark's tears..."

Wanda and the others are not willing to touch her tail more!After trying for so long, Selinya still-was-not crying.

Stroking the long silver tail in frustration, Selina complained in a low voice, "Obviously this is a very rare opportunity, and the research on magical creatures is also a very important thing... Wow, in many myths and legends, it is all based on magical creatures. To save the world!"

Jason: "..."

Such a serious attitude made it difficult for him to find a reason to comfort the other party.

Jason did not find any reason, because soon, he became speechless.

It was the back of his hand that felt a slight chill first. Jason lowered his head and saw the mermaid tail silently approaching him.

Selinya: "..." Well, she still felt that Jason wanted to touch it.

Although the other party broke the bathtub at home as if he was stimulated before——but judging from his expression and eyes, he should, probably, not hate merman tails, right?

Jason looked like he had been hit by a stiff bullet, and the way he stretched out his arms was not at all relaxed.

The hand with gun calluses and scars slowly pressed against the constantly swinging fish tail, and the slow movements seemed to say 'You can hide, I will stop'.

Jason tried his best to maintain the appearance that his expression didn't change much, resisting for a while, as if nothing had happened, trying to convince himself that he was not excited.

Mermaid scales are... a magical species that is smooth to the touch, soft and thin.Not exactly as imagined.

After putting his palms together, Jason even felt a throbbing from under his fingertips.

'...? 'Is it the beating heart from the fishtail?

Of course there was no pulse in the tail, and no heartbeat could be felt.

It took Jason the next moment to realize that it was his own heartbeat.

If...if the study of magical creatures was really important enough to save the world.

So now, the rescued No.1 should be him.

"..." The palm slid across very lightly, but Selinya visibly flinched.

Jason raised his hand subconsciously, "Pain?"

"It's not hahaha," Selinya finally couldn't help it, she curled up and laughed softly, "It's a little itchy."

"..." So Jason didn't let go.

Well, presumably humans are greedy.He is also one of them.

Once... the last time he got a hug.Tails now, later... only more.

Before officially becoming Robin, Jason had experienced a lot of training and learning.The content is very complicated, including fighting skills, means of hiding one's identity, how to eliminate one's whereabouts, and of course, one has also learned... how to endure pain.This is essential knowledge when dealing with the enemy.

On this point, Jason Todd has used his last life to hand over the learning results.

Jason felt that he probably did a good job.

But it didn't occur to him that joy and emotion were just as much—even more unbearable.

It's as if the dream that he always wanted to hold in his hand but didn't want to miss it, is now overflowing in his palm.

Celinya flicked her tail fin, "I think we still have hope to continue this research direction..."

Because it's really itchy.It was like the occasional sleepy three-headed dog vaguely stepped on the back of her legs.

If things go on like this, maybe we can seize the last chance to catch the shark's tears...

Jason wasn't sure if the current state of the mermaid's tail would also reflect Selina herself—maybe there would be some?

He can only be sure that Selinya is healthier than before, at least when holding her wrist, she will feel a little more fleshy than before.

They shared this close breathing together. Jason looked down at Selina, seeing the smile on her lips, "If I..."

"—"

At this moment, Jason felt the touch under his palm change.

The scales suddenly disappeared and became more delicate...

Hold.

"!!" Jason jumped out at such a speed that it seemed that at least two hundred fully armed goblin tribes with a height of [-] meters were chasing him.

But he didn't forget to lift off the towel and wrap Selina in an instant.

...Although the system thought earlier than Jason, it opened the backpack and released the previously stored clothes two seconds before the end of the transformation.

Looking at the back of Jason who was almost knocked out, Selinya: "...?"

"Did I do something wrong?"

system:"……"

I think it's hard for me to answer this question.

"System," Celinya bluntly moved the temporary table around the barrel, "Check my physical records, I feel that the heartbeat in the mermaid state will be faster than in the normal state."

I have done a lot of self-study on the Spiritual Words, and I am very confident, "It shouldn't be an illusion."

System: "...OK."

After receiving news from Professor X and Barbara one after another, Selinya was completely sure that her wish had been successfully realized.

Silently opened the file that only she could open—yes, [Only herself], even the system couldn't open it, and Selinya put a check mark after a certain two lines.

How simple is this sketching action, it only takes less than a second.

But it took them a long time to finally have such an opportunity.

Sometimes Selina really can't tell whether the fate of the world is cruel or kind.

"...Host, I'm sorry to interrupt you suddenly, but you'd better turn on the TV to watch the live Gotham news." The system's voice sounded abruptly.

Advanced artificial intelligence, with the function of manipulating electrical appliances, turned on the TV in the living room, and Selinya saw an all-too-familiar face on the screen.

"...The Joker."