K-type Mage

While looking for someone with "source" in their name, Batcomputer received another photo.

Tim and Dick were chased by the housekeeper to have breakfast. Batman opened the photo with a hard and serious expression, and found that it was two people.

The dark-haired young man with an Asian face had a slightly dull expression, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and the curly-haired young man with a darker complexion beside him was holding his shoulders, grinning brightly, both of them looked at the "camera", that kind of The harmonious and friendly atmosphere makes even a blurry photo totally recognizable.

Which is the "source"?

Batman thought about this question, and kept the photo sent by Zatanna closely.

Dick on the top suddenly entered the communication channel, and his voice was excited: "Bruce! Little Wing woke up!"

……

The first thing Jason thinks of when he wakes up is the strange girl he saw in Bludhaven.

The overly beautiful oriental face is covered with a fan, and the curved eyes are shining, bewitching people's hearts.

I thought it was a gangster with malicious intentions who forced the weak girl, but in fact, I was stunned for unknown reasons after being glanced at. After staggering out of the alley, I ran into Ye Yi who was patrolling at night.

He pressed his forehead, always feeling that he still forgot something.

"Little Wing! You haven't woken up what the hell happened?!" Dick was beside his bed, looking like he wanted to stick out his finger and ask Jason what time it was after he had just notified Batman.

Jason was taken aback by his excitement, and frowned, "A...strange woman." He shook his head, realizing something was wrong, "Wait, how long have I been lying down?"

"It's been one night! Bruce also contacted Zatanna...By the way, Little Wing, are you hungry now, you just have breakfast!"

"No rush." ​​Jason recalled repeatedly, "I had a dream, a young man with an Asian face... two hundred years old, and, Yuan?"

Bruce who just came in: "..."

—too a coincidence.

Although it was a coincidence, the clues could not be ignored, so after obediently eating breakfast and drinking milk under the loving gaze of the housekeeper, the bat family gathered in the bat cave again.

"...This man!" Jason was shocked by the photo, affirming and feeling incredible at the same time, "Although it's just a photo, I did see it..." His eyes fell on the curly hair that looked more outgoing and hearty On the young man's body, his throat choked, and he was connected to the "paper" that Yuan took out in the dream.

——So, this is the best friend Yuan wants to meet?

"What did you dream about?" Batman asked.

Jason glanced at him, subconsciously frowned, but soon relaxed, talking about his "dream" in a flat tone.

Tim clicked the keyboard on the side to check, and then turned the laptop screen to them after the narration with a subtle expression, saying: "My real name is Yuan Shen, and I come from Japan. The owner of a convenience store, my life...is very ordinary. .”

Even vigilantes cannot take care of every corner of the city, especially during the day, but the convenience store opened by foreigners and yellow races has no record of being blackmailed and smashed by street gangsters... There have been several acts of righteousness.

If it weren't for Zatanna's photos and Jason's weird dreams, no one would pay attention to an ordinary resident of Gotham.

Red Robin, who had met Yuanshen before, listened to Jason's description of "Yuan", compared them carefully, and found that apart from the appearance, the commonalities were so obvious that they became distinctive: gentleness, friendliness, and smile.

Jason searched out the equipment he had taken off, and turned around to leave: "I'll go find him, you can figure it out for yourself."

The rigid father-son relationship prevented him from staying calmly and continuing to discuss with them as if nothing had happened; he tried his best to ignore Alfred's worried and disappointed eyes, and left Wayne Manor feeling aching guilt .

Source said that Jason would meet "him from the future".There is no reason for such an assertion, so at this moment, Jason is a little suspicious of what kind of existence the black-haired young man in the dream is—the convenience store owner, Yuan Shen, do you know?

Dick wanted to go with him but was stared at and rubbed his nose. Tim had already set the surveillance near the convenience store.Batman glanced briefly at the back of his adopted son, then pursed his lips and began to look up Yuanshen's information.

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Today in Gotham, it is rare to have good weather.The sun shone warmly on my body.

Yuan Shen came back from a leisurely walk—if he didn’t come back almost all morning, it counted as a walk—and found a super cool motorcycle parked in front of the convenience store.

The driver was leaning on one side, with sharp eyebrows and the unique vitality of a young man. After hearing the movement, the gaze he cast was full of the caution and forbearance of a predator.

The blue-green pupils were not obviously startled after seeing the black-haired young man walking slowly with his hands in his pockets.

Genshen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this young man. He didn't know whether it was disappointment or expectation—there was still some strong chaotic elements, and he thought it was an incarnation of Nyarlathotep who had finally appeared—it was because Poor unlucky ghost.

"Hello." He took out the key to open the door and greeted people, "I'm Yuan Shen, you can call me "Yuan".Come on in, want to talk to me? "

... so calm.Jason Todd, who has the unique vigilance and suspicion of a Batman, is in a complicated mood. The bug in his pocket and the camera at the intersection are running quietly, faithfully transmitting their next conversations and actions to the Batcave.

In front of the cash register, Yuan Shen took out a folding chair from behind the shelf and poured himself a cup of red dates and wolfberry tea, and now sat on the recliner with the steaming enamel cup in his hand; his series of movements were too smooth, and his reaction When he came over, Jason had already obediently sat on the folding chair, looking at the gentle and quiet pair of dark eyes across the cash register, which seemed unchanged from the dream.

...Don't even think about it, he knows that someone in the Batcave must be bluffing why he is so well-behaved.

"Hello, Yuan, I'm Jason Todd." He cleared his throat and decided to give his real name, "You seem to know why I'm here."

"You have elements that I am familiar with." Yuan Shen replied calmly, "I'm sorry for that, Jason." He lowered his eyes slightly, "Did you see a beautiful oriental girl, or a curly-haired dark-skinned girl?" youth?"

"..." Jason stared at him with sharp eyes, and answered slowly, "Oriental girl."

Why are there two choices?He thought quickly, the latter one was obviously another young man in the photo, who was presumed to be Yuan's "lost friend", why did he mention him here?

"...It will really cause trouble for people." Yuan Shen complained, took a sip of tea, and bit a wolfberry to ponder for a while, "Well, I don't know what you saw in the dream." He said this with a subtle tone Impatient, "But there is something I have to say first."

"What you see and hear are just phantoms that have been blinded in the past." He looked directly at the person who had been resurrected from the dead, and denied what the other person had seen in his dream with an expression of indifference.

Jason Todd must have met his past self in a dream.Yuan Shen realized this when he saw the other party.Even if it was just a dream, to be able to find this place so quickly——

Under Jason's subtle gaze, he calmly took a sip of tea to suppress his anger.

Jason and his companions had something to prove Yuanshen's identity, and there were no surprises at the description of "curly-haired dark-skinned youth"—just that.

...that's the only thing left.

I'm a little lucky that I'm holding the teacup in my hand now, otherwise if I lose it and fall, it would be a complete failure to cover up.

Yuanshen has never minded other people's temptations, he is tolerant and friendly, naturally because he has his own judgment on certain things--it is very regrettable and annoying that now he hates being known and peeking into that layer because of a certain big Complex emotions and thoughts generated by liars.

"So, Orpheus failed to bring out his Eurydice?" Jason asked after he had finished thinking.

After confirming that the other party didn't know what happened in the dream, he carefully observed the other party's expression.

Compared with the tired traveler in the dream, the current convenience store owner looks... Holding a teacup, he looks like an old man.

"I know this. It's Greek mythology, right?" The black-haired young man who gave a similar answer rolled his eyes with a smile.

"..." Jason blinked, "You turned around?"

"Young man, you ask too many questions." The source of the phantom, who already knew when the dream was from his question, said with deep interest, and poured himself another sip of health-preserving tea, "For an unknown person like me, this If you try, the elders in the family will be angry."

Whatever he said, the old bat would be angry.Jason rolled his eyes in his heart, but at the same time he was more sure that Yuan Shen had a strange elder mentality to some extent.

"You really lived for more than 200 years?"

"Yes, I fell asleep for a long time afterwards."

"What is the identity of that oriental girl? Is the death in Gotham this month related to you?"

"It's really late for you to ask. Well, I don't mind answering. God's incarnation, it does matter." The black-haired young man put the empty enamel cup on the table, and looked at the young anti-hero with half a smile, " Let me remind you, the United States is the birthplace of that thing-Cthulhu, have you heard of it?"

After the separation of the world, the settings that were originally overlapped and distorted were corrected, the two-dimensional literary giants were stripped off, and the three-dimensional literary giants reappeared. The Cthulhu mythology system that was born in the United States in the last century in the history of the earth also quietly became a niche influence. Deep hobbies lurk in the shadows of this world.

Literary youth Jason Todd's expression was blank for a moment. After struggling to understand the meaning of the other party, he thought of the text message sent by the magician Zatanna - [Outland Gods Invasion].

The Batcave has accelerated the search for all information related to the Cthulhu mythology as a basis for facing the crisis.

"...but isn't that written?" he asked.

"There are devils and angels in the Bible, why doesn't Cthulhu exist?" Yuan Shen spread his hands indifferently, "The so-called inspiration, some people can capture those eternal darkness." The existence of higher dimensions, occasionally Will be seen by mayflies.

Speaking of this, he was a little curious about his own body level, and he didn't know what kind of image it would be if he was captured.

Jason couldn't help but looked at the other party more carefully, and said, "You look...very familiar."

"Because the alien world I've lived in for more than 200 years is a restrained worldview." Yuan Shen said that there was nothing to hide, and replied honestly, "I think I'm super powerful!" He smiled and said in a cheerful tone, "After all, I survived the restraint worldview and maintained my sanity as a human being!"

...that being said, it feels really powerful.In the writings of Lovecraft and subsequent writers, the protagonist hardly loses his mind and tends to the tragic ending of madness.Jason thought for a moment, but the suspicion hadn't disappeared completely, and the curiosity came back.

"—don't you wonder why I found you so quickly?" he asked.

"Don't try it, kid." Yuanshen laughed lazily, "Even if it's only half a month, I still have a good understanding of the city of Gotham." He said, "For example, the Dark Knight and his little bird? "