How to start Meursault

Two similar but slightly different worlds.Two similar but slightly different black boxes.

The box itself does not want to be broken, nor does it want to be explained. It prefers to keep the truth behind a thick curtain. It has great power and is almost omnipotent, but after all, too big fingers are not flexible enough.

If the means of repulsion are not used directly, there is always a certain delay in what it can do——

manifested through opportunity.

"If I stay here any longer, I always feel that my role will change."

Racking your brains to fight against the world can only be kept in your heart, and you can't say it out of your mouth, otherwise "seeing and respecting people" will have more strange values ​​to strive for.And the opportunity that was finally found was something that seemed 'normal' on the surface.

There are also missions outside of Gotham that require Bruce here to participate.

To be precise, it is another world-class menacing villain.The coming crisis is the type that He Jian would feel too mediocre just by reading the briefing.

He was thinking wildly about whether his own universe would become unbalanced in combat power like here, while listening to the two Bruces discussing tasks from a distance-of course his Bruce had to stay in Gotham, but the original owner couldn't Give him too much authority.

The first is that unless there is mass unrest, his Bruce can't appear on the streets as Batman.

The second is that someone must stay with the two of them throughout the whole process. If they act separately, someone on each side needs to be 'accompanied'.

This is a waste of resources, but considering that the streets have been relatively stable recently, there are still enough people.

Hejian is sure that Bruce here has made a lot of details to Tim that he can't disclose in front of him, so he only has such a few demands on his other self, but——

He Jian felt that his Bruce might not agree.

So he naturally stood up from the chair, stretched his limbs, so that the two people on the other side of the conversation could notice his movements, and then walked away without hesitation.

The Bruce here didn't have a chance to do a full aptitude test on He Jian, so it's not clear how far his hearing range is, but his Bruce would know that the movements meant 'I hear you, please'.

When the eyes of the world line shifted to the 'big event', it was obviously the best time for the two of them to leave this world, and it would be unwise to distract attention on things other than this task.

In other words, it would be unwise to keep his Bruce in this universe for too long.

It's not that He Jian is not interested in information about the next crisis, it's just that he has a choice.

"To be honest, I can't imagine being able to receive 'these' information, but not do anything about it." Tim was absent-mindedly eating the... supper after returning from night patrol, while talking to He Jian, "You don't think Is it a little weird?"

He Jian knew that the words Tim really wanted to use were out of place.

Well, it seems that everyone really wants to ask him this question.And his previous answers all avoided his own 'feelings'.

"No." He Jian showed a well-designed smile, "If I have to say it, I think you guys are weird, but this is a normal species difference, please don't discriminate against me."

Tim wasn't surprised at all.

"Really reasonable." He took a sip of the protein shake thoughtfully, "Not all hybrids fully accept human values, especially when you're not raised by ordinary humans—at least it's better than being raised by a large evil/ Raising older children is much friendlier."

Ha, it seems that Tim and Damian's relationship is still not good no matter how much time passes.

"Wait a minute, your original intention of designing that kind of plan is to help, right? Since you are not interested in Gotham itself?"

This level of reasoning comes naturally to a detective as good as Tim.

"It's better not to put this kind of thing on the table." He Jian made his smile a little more hazy, "Manipulating others because of one's own conscience sounds less grandiose than manipulating others for the sake of a few people Is there a lot?"

Tim seemed to choke on the milkshake.

"Not at all," he grumbled. "It's even worse."

In fact, He Jian agrees with this point of view. The former is usually a character design of a big villain who is not cleaned up until the end or even not at all, while the latter is just a small boss. With help, make amends.

'Hejian Jingren' is looking for an opportunity to change his past, and then cut off his 'plot' in this world.

At this moment, he apologized frantically to Tim and Bruce in this world n times in his heart, and then began to prepare to set a flag against himself.

"I'm sorry, I actually know that no matter how you manipulate others, it's not good." He Jian made himself look like a classic character who wants to change but is about to die. No 'conscience'...and my Bruce doesn't approve of that plan."

"I guess if you asked this before you started, you'd get the same answer." Tim reassured, "Don't worry too much about it, as Robin may hear more disapproval in one night than this." There are many, many things that can be done to help.”

After a while of hesitation, He Jian responded: "I hope so. It's just that I can't go back now, and there's nothing I can do here..."

"Then are you going to the streets to deal with what 'Luka' left behind? I can go with you."

The itinerary makes logical sense.

But only logically.

He Jian knew very well that his Bruce was being 'manipulated' by him on purpose - when Bruce, who disapproved of the plan, knew that He Jian was going to go out, he naturally asked for his company.

So it ended up being three people walking down the street in daylight in casual clothes.

Luca, his friend Alvin, and Luca's distant uncle Bruno.

And the people Luka wanted to meet were not the gang members he had manipulated, but Angelica who was very friendly to him.

His footsteps were actually heading in the direction of the gang, but—

'You know what I'm going to do, don't you? ' He Jian clearly read out what he wanted to say in his heart.

'The plan I left them is very convenient, but it is based on the premise that no major changes have occurred. If I want to do this, I have already envisioned the outcome. '

'Very tragic result. '

No response.

'You think they can stop me?Timmy is yours, you should be able to sense what he is thinking, he has been tricked by me to come here.My Bruce is here too.Still have the confidence to let them stop me naturally? He Jian continued to read indifferently, "Or do you think this result is not bad, I can be a new villain?" '

'But I'm not interested in this Gotham, and my Bruce will never let go, let me stay any longer, the two Bruce may have conflicts before, this is also a trouble for you, right? '

A minor traffic accident suddenly occurred on the road ahead, blocking an intersection unexpectedly.

Luka didn't smile, but with a slightly worried expression, he stopped and scanned the intersection, as if he was worried about whether there were any injured.

’ Or, you can let the story end with Luca.Make amends, and it's over.Little people, little stories.Timmy will understand. '

'As for dear 'death', I think the story of Asclepius can be referred to. '

A few minutes later, the intersection narrowly reopened to traffic.

And after the three of them moved forward for a while, at a street corner that Luca was very familiar with, Angelica appeared in a hurry, with disheveled clothes and blood on her head, who was hiding in a hurry.

When Angelica saw Luka, she had almost no time to think about who this familiar face was. She was running for her life.

Or rather, she was trying to find a doctor who could treat her head wound before being attacked again by her 'guest'.

But she was grabbed by the wrist by the familiar man.

Before she attacked him with swear words and nails, the slightly worried voice of the other party finally reminded Angelica who it was.

Luca.Luka who has been missing for a while.

—Luca who disappeared after being introduced to Petersen by her.

"What happened to your head injury?" asked a worried Luka.

Three hours ago, she was hit on the head by that bastard and passed out. Ten minutes ago, she suddenly woke up naked and found that she was tied up and was about to be killed, so she pretended to remain unconscious , when the pervert approached, she knocked the person unconscious with the top of her head—although this may have aggravated her head injury, and then cut the rope with the knife in the fainted pervert's hand, picked up her clothes and fled.

"Attacked by a lunatic." Angelica wiped her forehead and found that the blood hadn't started to coagulate at all.

Luca's eyes darkened slightly.

"I'll take you to the hospital." His tone was beyond doubt.

No, she doesn't go to the hospital, just find an underground doctor who can suture.Hospitals are too expensive.

I don't know if it was a little lack of oxygen after running for a while, or because she lost too much blood. Angelica felt that as the time she stood still increased, the light around her began to feel more and more dazzling.If it wasn't for Luca's tight grip on her wrist, she might be a little unsteady.

"I'm fine." Angelica forced a smile and tried to pull her hand out, "Why don't you tell me about you! Where did Peterson take you? Both of you are gone. Willy can't find it You're going to go crazy."

Luca looked at her with a strange, slightly sad look.

Is she speaking too softly?Indeed, she herself was a little hard to hear——

"I can hear you clearly." Luca used a movement that didn't know what was going on, and put Angelika on the ground steadily and quickly, and then freed up a hand to put on her forehead.

Possibly looking at the wound.He also opened her eyelids and touched the side of her neck.

A boy that Angelica had never seen before, who looked about the same age as Luca, squatted down and looked at her as if he was really worried about someone he didn't know at all.

"Can you still remember when and who attacked you?" said the unknown boy.The voice is a bit illegible.

And the voice of Luka reporting a series of words that Angelica couldn't understand at all seemed as distant as the background sound.

She's going to die, isn't she?

Angelica mentally cursed as long as she could.

"Three hours. A pervert I've never seen before."

Then she passed out and couldn't hear Luca's very strange laugh.