[Zhongyingmei] How difficult is it to become a reliable adult

The night was very dark.The night has not yet passed, and the dawn is far away.The dragon's wings fluttered in the dark blue clouds.

The outline of the forest appeared in different shades of black, and the evil dragon folded its wings and descended slowly.

She lowered the hero from her claws, and lowered herself, allowing Barbara to jump off her back.

Barbara touched her dragon scales worriedly. She didn't turn back into the little girl who was flicking her tail back and forth, but just kissed Barbara's hand with her head.

The green was covered with dragon scales, and the giant dragon fell on the ground, waving its tail at them.

Barbara took the brave man's hand and walked into the forest. They turned their heads far away, and the huge dragon disappeared, leaving only a green plant.

It was the right direction for them to choose to flee to the forest, and Barbara was not wrong in her reasoning.There are many Epleys in the forest, and after they saw the brave man and Barbara, they gathered around curiously.

"Are you looking for someone, Nightwing is here with us."

"Nightwing just left, and went to the forest with Little Red Riding Hood."

"We don't know where they went to the forest. Only Little Red Riding Hood knows the way in the forest."

Grandma Wolf drove away a group of chirping little sparrows, "The person you are looking for is deep in the forest, but the only one who knew the way went with them."

Seeing the embarrassed posture of the brave man and Barbara, she said clearly, "She came after her, right?"

Grandma Wolf moved away from the road leading to the depths of the forest behind her, "Maybe you have a way to find them before her. Before that, I will try my best to delay the time."

Barbara nodded to Grandma Wolf, and was about to lead the brave man away.The brave man did not follow her footsteps.

The little girl thought for a while, then handed the red crystal into Barbara's hand, "Go and find them, I will stay with them."

She said seriously, "What kind of person does what kind of thing, the duty of the brave is to fight."

Barbara looked at her, remembering that not long ago, Bruce had jumped off the dragon's back resolutely.She didn't stop her, "Be careful."

She stepped into the deep forest alone.She wasn't moving fast, more like she was looking for something than running away.

Barbara knows everyone in the family.She is both a Batgirl fighting on the front lines and an oracle providing support behind the net.She knows the behavior of other people like the back of her hand.

She spotted her target at the base of a tree, a mark she couldn't find without looking down.

This is Dick's habit and Bruce's teaching. When entering the wild environment, they will make such a mark in order to avoid getting lost and make it easier for backup to find themselves.

Barbara followed the signs one by one, and finally found a hidden cave.The mark stops here, and she has a hunch that this will be the end of this dream.

She took the red crystal and jumped down with her hands.

Granny Wolf's cabin is growing bunches of lettuce, and a few minutes ago they were a bunch of gossiping little girls.

The Brave is the last one to turn into Rapunzel, her lower body is a plant and her upper body is human.Next to her is the lettuce that Grandma Wolf turned into.

The queen walked up to her, "So she is hiding here, where is she?"

The brave man sighed, "If you ask me, I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't stay here."

Her face stiffened and hardened, and the tender skin gave way to the rough vegetal rind. "Look for it slowly." She smiled at the queen.

Only the Queen stood, her long skirt trailing the ground as she looked out into the forest.

As the queen stepped into the forest, a tower appeared in front of Barbara.She quickly thought of the story of "Rapunzel".

She took a few steps, and soon found that she couldn't take another step.The soles of her feet took root on the ground and firmly penetrated into the ground.

Someone spotted her, "Batgirl?"

There are three people under the tower, Jonathan, Damian and Little Red Riding Hood wearing a red hood.Barbara felt relieved, she threw the red crystal to Damian, "Bring it to Little A!"

Green followed her every word and imprisoned her body, and finally

The last word landed, and Barbara turned into a lettuce in front of Jonathan and Damian.

Damian's expression hardened, he and Jonathan exchanged glances, and shouted from under the tower, "Nightwing, pull us up!"

The people on the tower didn't realize the urgency of the situation, so Dick poked his head out through the small window, "Okay, I'll be right there! Sorry, I didn't mean to forget you just now!"

The long, smooth black hair was thrown from the small window and became a long rope.Jonathan and Damian finally meet the real April in a dream.

The hair length is about equal to dozens of my own Aprili.Damian didn't believe her weight could hold his and Jonathan's weight, both of which Dick had dragged up.

Jonathan was the last one to climb over the windowsill, and Damian threw the red crystal to April, "Your stuff."

Ai Puli thumped on the bed, and was pulled back by the long hair all over the floor.Depressedly, she dug out the red crystal thrown by Damian from her long hair, and held it in her hand.

One second, two seconds, nothing happened.

Jonathan said cautiously, "I thought...we'll just bring the red crystal to Ella and it'll be over?"

"It seems more than that now," Dick said.

The tower began to tremble, as if some kind of behemoth was stomping on the ground, and the vibration was transmitted directly to the ground.The panicked birdsong in the forest pierced through the thick soil from the sky.

Little Red Riding Hood turned pale and murmured, "Someone is coming."

A woman in a robe stepped on the windowsill, and no one saw how she appeared.As soon as she stretched out her hand, Little Red Riding Hood's body turned green from the heel.

Jonathan and Damian subconsciously stood in front of April, and she couldn't escape.At this moment, Damian discovered that this long hair was her burden, restricting Ai Puli's actions.

"Little D..." Dick whispered behind him.

He knew Dick had a plan, and it might or might not work, and Nightwing would find a way to turn things around.

But Damian had other guesses.

Everyone in this world has their own responsibilities and roles, and different characters perform their duties in order to make the story go smoothly.

If defeating the witch and the queen only needs to steal the red crystal, everything can be solved with the usual force of superheroes, and Ai Puli does not need to hide in the tower at all.

Solving the problem with the Apriles alone may be troublesome, but it is not completely hopeless.Jonathan lost his superpowers in the dream, which means that the dream has its own set of operating rules.

Damian already felt that his limbs had changed, they were no longer so flexible.He didn't have direct contact with the queen, but his body was occupied unknowingly.

Dick's voice suddenly became distant and erratic.Damian didn't read fairy tales often, and his childhood didn't have room for lighthearted things.

Unfortunately, he had read the original text of Rapunzel's story.That's the part Dick likes, he always wants Damian to be a little more of a normal kid, as if that would make up for what he's missing from his childhood.

In the story of Rapunzel, the witch is irresistible. At the end of the story, the prince and Rapunzel failed to defeat the witch. They just lived in a place far away from the witch.

In the whole story, apart from the scissors used by the witch to cut off Rapunzel's long hair, the only thing that is lethal is the thorn bush under the tower.

The queen approached April.Damian didn't even think about it, he slammed into the queen, like a bullet spiraling out of the barrel, and brought the queen to the window.

Just a little bit, his hands and feet turned green, and it was difficult to even move.

He heard Jonathan's voice, "Here I come!"

His good partner fell on his head with the force that he was afraid that Damian would not break his bones. Jonathan was a charging bull, leading the queen and Damian, and the three fell from the window.

Damian cursed a Middle Eastern expletive.He and Jonathan were alone, grabbing the queen who was trying to rise.The thornbush caught the three falling men, and they became smoke.

The queen struggled to get up from the thorn bushes, her eyes were closed tightly, and blood dripped from the corners of her eyes.

She touched her face and let out a heart-piercing wail, "I can't see!"

The queen was groping under the tower. She covered her eyes and staggered a few steps, falling into the thorn bushes at her feet.

This time luck and rules did not favor her, she, like the other two, turned into flying ash in the ray of morning light shining in from the entrance of the cave.

Dawn came, the only light source in the underground cave, and the time when the tower rarely saw sunlight.

The fly ash rose with the wind, and Ai Puli reached out to fish it.Ashes slipped through her fingers.

"Little D and Joe are too anxious." Dick raised his eyebrows helplessly, "I just wanted to say, let's find a chance to get her down."

Ai Puli lay on the window sill, tilted her head to look at Dick, "Continue to follow the plot, and now I have to wait for a prince to rescue me."

Dick poked her on the forehead. "No prince, ma'am, there's no prince drama around a princess under 15."

Aprili sighed exaggeratedly, "Is there really not?"

She tugged at Dick's hand, "Take me away, Prince Grayson."

Dick gave her a deep look. "Of course. But before that, we have work to do."

He snatched away the red crystal in Ai Puli's hand with one hand, and used the sharp edge to lift the black hair on Ai Puli's shoulders.

To force, to cut.The scattered strands of hair hit the floor, leaving only the miscellaneous feathers on the back of April's head like a bird's tail.

He reached out to Aprily, "Come on, ma'am, let me show you the outside world."

Ai Puli took his hand reservedly, "Okay, but I can't walk, can you carry me away?"

"Okay," said Dick, a kind father, "just this one time."

He lifted Ai Puli and hugged her in his arms, "Get ready—fly!"

A big bird is supporting a small bird, a father is holding a daughter.They fell, and the tower became infinitely far away, and the thornbush and the earth became an illusion, which they smashed through.

The red crystal frayed in the wind, vanished, detached from April's mind and soul.

Rapunzel was free not when she met the prince, but when she left the tower and stepped into the outside world.

The world opened up before her, and April was truly free.

Dick would hold her tight so she wouldn't hurt herself, and they'd fall down to earth and they'd have a safe landing.