[Comprehensive Anglo-American] To be a king can save the world

The Bat Family has been following this mysterious organization for some time, but this mysterious organization hasn't done anything bad in Gotham.

As for how it was targeted by the Bat-family, it was because this mysterious organization had connections with several criminals on the Batman list, and they were selling something to those criminals on the list, a group called '4L' s things.

In addition, they also bought some strange materials such as mercury, sulfur, and thunder thistle in Gotham.

Although the Bat family is purely technological, there are members of the Justice League who use magic like Zatana, Constantine, etc. In order to study their weaknesses, Batman also knows about magic.

Mercury and brimstone are very dangerous materials, but with the addition of Thunder Thistle, there is no doubt that they are prepared for alchemy.

This mysterious organization has a strong sense of anti-tracking. They don't know what they used, and even the Black Knight can't detect them.

If it weren't for the owl's minions all over the city, and the owl's current owner is Jason's lover, they might not be able to track down this organization.

Tim hid his breath and squinted to explore the space in front of him, while recording all this with the film camera covering his pupils.

He didn't know how he appeared here, ha, a grotto that could never appear in the steel forest, Tim speculated that it was some kind of illusion or magic.

He entered with the Bat Family, but was sent to different places.

It is rare to encounter such a situation, and even Tim is rarely flustered for a moment, but he calms down quickly.

Tim placed his gaze in the middle of the grotto, which was a rectangular transparent box, shaped more like a coffin, and a person was faintly visible in the box.

The thin-film camera on the pupil can only record and magnify what Tim can see in his field of vision, and cannot change the angle.

So in order to see the situation in the box, Tim repeatedly made sure that there was no danger around him coming out of the shadows.

He hadn't forgotten to attach sticky bombs to the entrances and exits.

When he saw the person in the box, Tim couldn't help breathing.

It was a young man with short white hair. The white hair was softly attached to the cheeks, and the slightly long tail fell on the cold, hard bottom. His eyes were blocked by a piece of black embroidered satin, and only part of his nose and a little opening were exposed. red lips.

Even if the most important eyes of the whole face are covered, Tim can make up his mind that this is definitely in line with the aesthetics of all human beings in the world.

A black satin was tied around the young man's neck, and he was wearing a black button-breasted dress and knee-length shorts with similar patterns to the satin on his eyes. A pair of calf socks blocked most of his skin, only part of his knees were exposed.

His skin was porcelain white, shining white under the light, not like a human being, but like a doll sold in a cabinet.

He might really be a 'doll'. Tim couldn't see any ups and downs in the young man's body, and the heat detector couldn't scan the information of a living person. He was as cold as a fake.

Will this organization put a meaningless thing here?No, not possible, Tim guessed it was more like some kind of summoning, which people on the magic side often play.

What do the patterns on youth clothes and blindfolds represent?Can you get something related to youth information from it?

Think so.

Tim propped one hand on the lid of the box and half-lyed on the box to observe and record the lines on the young man's clothes.

4L opened his eyes at this moment, and he stared at Tim blankly through the satin. The satin in his eyes would not affect 4L's observation of the outside world, and 4L didn't know the meaning of the satin.

It's just that the eyes of models of the same batch or different batches are covered with satin, and the 4L is no exception.

Data link repairing——

Repair failed.

Try to fix it again.

Repair failed.

Cancel the task system and start mandatory protection measures.

The voice of the cold database in his head finally stopped, and Tim's appearance was engraved in the database.

Confirm that the main program starts automatically.

4L's silver eyes flickered, and he slowly raised his left hand to stick the cold glass cover.

Hearing the sound, Tim looked down.

The hand wrapped in the black silk glove was tightly attached to the hand that was attached to the surface of the box through the box, as if the two were holding hands through the glass.

Tim withdrew his hand like an electric shock, his heart was beating extremely fast, and cold sweat rolled down from his forehead, not because of any charming thoughts, but simply being frightened.

Because 4L's action is just to send a message to Tim, that is, 4L is not a dead thing, he has no temperature and breath, but he is alive, the plan of the mysterious organization may have succeeded, they turned the dead thing into a living thing.

This made Tim inevitably think of Batman's lover, the Black Knight.

The black knight can also be regarded as a man-made product. Hydra cloned the container made by Ryan Brea's gene, but because of the effect of the magic potion, part of Batman split into the black knight.

But the black knight is no different from humans except for some abilities that normal people don't have.

The young man in the front box is different. He has no breathing and heartbeat. He is a fake but has been given life, from death to life, which is against the law.

At this moment, a group of black-robed men rushed into the grotto and triggered a sticky bomb, but the sticky bomb only sealed the first few black-robed men in place, and the number of black-robed men was greater than Tim thought. need more.

More than 20 people in black robes actually flooded in, Tim fought with some of them, and at the same time prevented the people in black robes from releasing magic to attack him.

A black-robed man successfully cast a spell while Tim was not paying attention and imprisoned Tim in place.

4L, who sensed that Tim was in danger, automatically turned on the guardian mode.

The glass box cover was pushed away by 4L, he spread out a hand, and a long sword appeared in his hand for no reason.

Holding a long sword in hand, he quickly and neatly dealt with all the men in black robes.

Even in Murder 4L's expression did not change at all, he was like a machine performing tasks, after finishing everything, he turned his head to look at the imprisoned Tim calmly, in Tim's shocked expression.

4L's lips parted slightly, and with that clear youthful voice, he said something as emotionless as a robot: "The threat has been eliminated for the host, and the defense mode has been automatically turned off after checking that the crisis has been resolved."

After these words, 4L's body relaxed slightly, as if out of a certain state.

4L was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at Tim through the silk and satin, and smiled at Tim, and the cold and emotionless aura just now quickly faded away.

Like a cat with its claws restrained, it rolled and acted like a baby in front of its owner, turning into a pool of soft spring water.

"Good evening, bearer."

"...ah?" Tim was stunned for a moment, what is a 'holder'?

Even a head like Tim reacted for a few seconds. Wait, that's what he thought, right?

Seeing that Tim didn't understand what he meant, 4L smiled friendly.

"I am an artificial intelligence, a model designed for combat and reconnaissance, and the model is 4L." 4L said in a gentle voice.

Tim thought about it, judging from the content of 4L's self-introduction, it is not a human being, it is an artificially created intelligent body, like a robot or an AI made of entities.

"You are the first person I've seen since I turned it on, so you are the owner of this model. According to human beings, maybe—"

Realizing something, Tim subconsciously wanted to stop 4L from continuing, but forgot that he was still unable to move under the confinement magic.

So he could only watch 4L helplessly and said.

"Should I call you master?" After speaking, 4L looked at Tim eagerly. He thought he should be looking at Tim eagerly, but the satin on his face blocked his eyes.

The young man's voice is clear, his words are clear, the tip of his tongue is slightly curled, and the words he spits out are even more charming.

4L's words made Tim gasp. Is anyone going to explode when they hear such words?

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Tim glanced at 4L, who was sitting next to him and smiled obediently, a little tired. Now they are in the Batcave, and the Bat family has a fierce argument because of 4L's fate.

Tim stands neutral, whether 4L stays or sends him away has no effect on him. To be honest, Tim feels awkward when 4L is by his side, especially when 4L calls him master, that awkwardness reaches its peak——

No normal person would be alert when he heard such a highly suggestive title of master, even Tim, a social animal who was said to be marrying his job, was no exception!

Especially when the other three heard 4L addressing themselves, they began to tease Tim eccentrically, which made Tim want to punch the three of them twice.

But no, because Dick and Jason are dating.

And their targets are not easy to mess with. One is Brea, who has the right to speak in the beautiful country and is expected to compete for the presidency, and the other is the court of owls that controls Gotham both in the dark and in the open. the leader.

Tim can only bully and bully a certain bastard kid, but that kid is extremely vindictive, if Tim gets rid of him, I'm afraid he won't be able to take a good rest for a month.

Batman is firmly opposed to 4L being close to Tim. He proposed to send 4L to the Premier League for research and dismantling. If someone mass-produces a humanoid fighter like 4L, it may bring a lot of disaster to the world.

The Black Knight firmly agrees with 4L's approach to Tim. The Black Knight, as a split from Batman, only wants to protect the emotions of a few people, which is naturally more emotional than rational.

He believes that 4L has recognized Tim as the master, which means that the Bat family has a powerful foreign aid. 4L is extremely powerful, and its brain is more like a computer that is as sophisticated as Bat Brain and Jarvis.

Having 4L by Tim's side is a plus for the Bat-Family.

The black knight has a little selfishness. This is the first time he has such a big reaction when he sees Tim. If 4L can entangle Tim, will Tim not bother him and Batman all the time?

The Black Knight really can't stand Tim knocking on the door asking some Gotham-related questions at night when he wants to do something he likes with Bruce, interrupting their simmering mood.

The black knight cryptically expressed his thoughts to Bruce, and Bruce immediately agreed to let 4L follow Tim.

Tim: ...No way!

When Tim saw 4L looking at him with those silver eyes like a kitten waiting to be stroked, he still gritted his teeth and decided to let 4L follow him.

4L is indeed a very qualified assistant. He is very good at both combat and intelligence gathering. He has always done what Tim says, and will do things by himself when there is no order.

4L knows many things, only in the database.

He is very interested in most things about human beings, or in other words, he is very interested in things that can help Tim. When there is no order, he learns a lot without a teacher, such as meals, coffee, and even I even learned how to do it manually.

Without exception, all the handmade products are related to Tim, such as Red Robin figures, dolls, and clothes in the shape of Red Robin. These are all made by 4L, and 4L gave them all to Tim.

Tim would still refuse to accept it at first, but every time he was rejected, 4L would look at Tim with those silver eyes that seemed to have no waves, as if Tim rejected 4L's offer.

Obviously no emotion!Why are you so seductive!

Then Tim soft-heartedly accepted 4L's handmade products, and the result was that his room was filled with all kinds of red Robin-related gadgets made by 4L. Those who didn't know thought Tim Drake Big fan of Red Robin.

Tim was annoyed at first, until Dick's little boyfriend Ryan started to imitate 4L, knitting a scarf for Dick, but the knitting was crooked, the black knight tried to bake a bat cup and burned the whole cup, and Anser did When wearing a hat that Jason would never be able to wear.

Holding the ceramic thermos cup made by 4L and wearing the rabbit fur hat made by 4L, Tim stretched out his hand to straighten the scarf woven by 4L around his neck, feeling a little dark in his heart.

Tim can't remember when he fell in love with 4L, was it the gentle smile that 4L would only show to him?Or will the eyes only fall on him forever?Or was it the eyes that brightened when Tim called him?Or will he stand in front of him without hesitation no matter what he encounters?

Tim and 4L did it, even though Tim was demanding so much, 4L just blinked blankly, and then lay obediently under Tim.

4L is not human, and Tim felt this deeply again when he worked with 4L. His composition is dry gears and a layer of silicone skin that mimics the human body.

But Tim still gets a kick out of it and gets sucked into it.

After falling in love with 4L, Tim wanted to see 4L himself more and more. Now 4L is a doll who only obeys the orders of his master. This is not the love Tim wants, so Tim began to try to adjust 4L to make 4L become Own emotions like a real human being.

But Tim never thought about the consequences if 4L only treats Tim well because he recognizes the main program, without any love for Tim.

Tim is just eager to have a real love with 4L.

Tim rang many methods, and even called Michael from Metropolis for help. After Michael injected a ray of consciousness into 4L's body, the compulsory protection measures of self-defense caused by lack of energy were lifted.

4L, who got up from Tim's arms, had no love for Tim. 4L, who was clear-headed and even possessed human-like emotions, had complicated emotions. The huge and mixed emotions almost shattered 4L's database.

4L, who has human emotions, naturally has human senses. Thinking of what Tim did to him, 4L only felt an unspeakable shame and disgust. Those liquids made the gears in his body rusty and stuck. Would anyone do something like that to a machine?

So instead of a loving 4L saying good morning to him, Tim got a 4L staring at him with horror and repulsion, and Tim didn't expect the 4L to have no love for him.

4L escapes, away from Tim, with information from the entire Bat-Family.

Not only that, but 4L found 'true love' in Gotham, yes, he got hooked up with another guy after leaving Tim, and whoever that guy was was a criminal or someone who made a name for himself in Gotham criminals—

Riddler.

The Riddler knew about 4L. During that time, Red Robin took 4L and did a lot of things in Gotham at night.Unexpectedly, 4L would leave the Bat Family to stand beside him, and even say love to him, so the Riddler naturally didn't like 4L.

But this does not prevent the Riddler from using 4L to deal with the Bat-Family. Sure enough, 4L is willing to be the enemy of the Riddler and the Bat-Family.

4L no longer sees Tim in his eyes, he starts to be kind to another person, and always treats Tim with cold and disgusted eyes or draws his sword at each other.

At that moment, Tim really broke down, even more broken than when he was caught and brainwashed by the clown. His wishful thinking made the Bat family suffer from enemies, and even the person he loved the most no longer loved him.

Tim felt like he had spent a long time in a daze, he didn't want to do anything but stay in the room, he smashed everything 4L made for him, and planned to burn his favorite one root scarf.

Tim touched the soft scarf with his initials embroidered on it, but in the end he couldn't bear to burn it.

He felt that he was really ridiculous. He once joked that Bruce, Dick and Jason had all suffered from love, and he swore that he would never feel it. He also thought that he had firmly controlled 4L. As everyone knows, in 4L's eyes, he is nothing.

Love is really bitter.

Until being pulled out of the room by the black knight, Tim and them confronted 4L who was standing with the Riddler. The Riddler's strategy plus 4L's force and intelligence collection really made the Bat family suffer a lot.

Until Jason was stabbed in the shoulder by 4L, Anser hugged Jason and let the claws kill 4L with red eyes.

4L still had that indifferent and cold expression.

Tim finally made up his mind to destroy 4L.

Why Tim confidently thinks that 4L loves him is precisely because 4L told him to destroy the command himself, and later when awakening 4L's personality, Tim did indeed read the destroy command in 4L's database, which was what 4L told him .

Willing to leave one's own life and death to others to decide, what can this be but love?

Thinking about it now, it wasn't 4L's love for him at all, it was just because of a machine's unreserved love for its master.

When Tim gave the destroy command to 4L, all 4L's attacks stopped, and he froze in place. After receiving the command, he raised his long sword tremblingly and pointed it at his neck. 4L hit Tim in disbelief and injured.

Tim didn't avoid 4L's eyes, he regretted it, but he had to do it, he couldn't let 4L spread the secrets of the Bat family, he could only choose one of love and righteousness.

4L is no longer the robot that can only execute orders, his body and his will form a confrontation, the body controls the knife to stab his neck, and the consciousness is desperately controlling the body.

"...don't..." 4L looked at Tim with pleading eyes, his voice was soft and hoarse, the tone Tim had heard in bed.

Tim looks away from 4L.

The confrontation between body and will stimulated the flow of data in 4L's body.

The self-defense function has been disarmed.

The database is reconnecting.

The database reconnection failed, and a second reconnection was performed.

The second reconnection was successful.

Artificial life model 4L, the mission system has been released.

4L snapped his eyes open, a silver glow filled his eyes, and the self-destruct program was turned off.

He remembered that his purpose of coming to the earth was to be an artificial life created by a future life body. His mission was the same as that of thousands of other models, which were dropped on the earth in various time periods from the outer space of the future.

The purpose is to destroy human beings and allow future life forms to regain a living space.

The 4Ls, who have acquired human wisdom and experienced human life, cannot ignore their own fear of death. As long as they kill other people, they can prevent themselves from being killed.

In the mood of collapse and despair, he started the destruction program, preparing to eliminate human beings.

Fortunately, Doctor Strange arrived in time and moved the explosive 4L to the Himalayas to save Gotham. The superheroes took turns to defeat 4L. 4L should have been sent to a prison in outer space, but Tim asked him to Leave.

It took the entire Bat-family to make a guarantee that 4L would stay.

4L also began to slowly change his mind about Tim. At first he really wanted to kill Tim, but Tim saved him so that he could stay on Earth, and as a 'human' instead of a 'machine'.

Tim no longer uses his own ability to let him do anything, 4L only needs to do what he wants to do every day, things other than crime.

4L knows that Tim 'loves' him.

He can't return Tim with the same 'love' for the time being, but he can try to accept Tim.

It may be to put 4L in front of oneself to have a sense of security, or to ensure the safety of 4L.

Tim still keeps the 4L in his room.

Out of Tim's selfishness, Tim and 4L still sleep together. At first Tim thought that 4L would refuse to share the same bed with him, but 4L did not show any disgust.

Tim thought that 4L was going to accept him, but later he realized that 4L was testing him.

But Tim never touched 4L again, even if they were lying on the same bed, they were at least half a pillow away.

What's more, Tim only rarely goes back to bed to sleep, and most of the time he stays in the Batcave or the study.

One morning, when Tim was about to get up with his back to 4L as usual, 4L reached out and hugged him, and said in a low hoarse voice that had just woken up: "Good morning, Tim."

Tim froze for a moment, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously with unspeakable joy, he brushed away 4L's white hair, and left a sniff on his forehead.

"Morning, 4L."

He understands that he and 4L still have countless good mornings and good nights to say, because their story has just begun.