[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

The floor of the Batcave is filled with strange glyphs, pentagrams, and words that look crooked like chicken claws.There are large and small patterns, large ones that an adult can lie in and be completely surrounded by, and small ones that are the size of basketballs.

The Bat Cave, which was originally not close to the light and warmth, is now more like a cult sacrifice site.It is best to tie a cow or lamb next to it, the similarity is higher.

Bruce took out a bottle of cool eye drops from the side pocket of his suit jacket and dabbed it. He closed his eyes and waited for the stimulation to pass before rubbing them. The patterns were still on the ground.

When did his Batcave become the scene of a ritual to summon Satan?But in the past few days when he was away, he didn't receive an intrusion alert!The security system here was installed by him himself, and Bruce could tell if there were any traces of damage, but the fact that everything was normal made Bruce even more uneasy.

Because this means that all the ghost symbols were drawn by insiders, and the only suspects are A Fu, Jason, and Dick.Anyone who got into this scene made Bruce feel black, and Batman immediately began to think about what kind of poison would make Alfred, Jason, and Dick do such a thing?How long ago were these things painted?Are they okay?He didn't see Ah Fu when he came home, he thought that Ah Fu went to school to pick up Jason from the time, but if they were under the control of unknown drugs...

"No!" Repressing the anxiety in his heart, he carefully avoided the patterns on the ground—these are important evidences—and walked towards the bat computer to check the monitoring. Wait, when was there a can of water next to the bat computer? ?"Holy water" is also written on it, don't tell him this is the kind that will appear in "The Exorcist"?

Bruce grabbed the disposable medical latex gloves and was about to sample the "holy water" when Jason's voice came from the entrance above the Batcave.

"Well, it won't work. I mean, if you run all kinds of natural science tests, you'll just come to the conclusion that it's ordinary water. Unless you're going to test... supernatural, uh... I think I'd better go to the room to put my schoolbag first... I seem to hear Ah Fu calling me..."

Jason started to back up when Bruce narrowed his eyes, and when Batman's voice: "Come back to me! Jason!" resounded through the Batcave, Jason was already screaming Alfred's name in a backwards Rushing back to the mansion.

Then he was picked up by Bruce and held by his side, and he was carried back to the Batcave like a bag.

What a shame.Someday he'll grow so tall that two Bruces can't lift him!Ah Fu has said that he was not really short when he was a child, and he will definitely win a big victory in height one day in the future.Come on, Jason, add an extra glass of milk, you can.

"Explain." Bruce pointed to the totems all over the floor and the jar of "holy water", and he had completely entered Batman mode except that he was not wearing a uniform. , the Batcave will become a stronghold of a cult organization?"

"Well... Look, didn't there have been animal attacks before?" Jason put his hands behind his back, and slowly stepped back, trying to create a little private space between himself and Bruce.He is not like Dick who can't wait to stick to others. He is an octopus incarnate, and he uses "humans are social animals" as an excuse to rationalize.

"Yes. But those cases have completely ruled out the possibility of human involvement." Bruce still stared at Jason, warning him not to try to escape until he explained clearly.

"Yes, no one was involved. Because everyone who participated is dead." Jason finally retreated to a safe distance where he no longer had goosebumps all over his body, and then he felt something kicked by his heel.

"pat"

M1887 comes up with a gorgeous lay down.Jason looked down at the firearm at his feet, this time he was not in the mood to show Bruce his handsome T-800 revolver.

"I can explain." It was the only line in Jason's head.

"You better be able to." Bruce stared at the thing that shouldn't be in the Batcave at all, and Jason had no doubts that if Batman had heat vision, the gun would be molten to iron by now.

"The murderer is not a human, but a hellhound. Then the dead are all because they signed a contract with the devil. When the time is up, the hellhound will come to take their lives. These are all necessary items to get rid of the hellhound and the devil. The explanation is over .Is there a question?"

Jason spoke quickly and summed up the entire Gotham supernatural vicious dog murder case, and stood at attention waiting for Bruce to pronounce his nonsense.

"My God." Bruce wiped his face and looked at Jason in disbelief, "What did you drink, Jason?"

"What?" Jason looked equally surprised, no, it should be said that he was more surprised than Bruce, after all, he expected Bruce to think he was lying or mentally ill, but he didn't expect this reaction, "No! What am I None! Underage drinking may be possible, but drugs are out of the question! I know all too well the dire consequences of those things. God, Bruce, are you jet-lagged and out of your mind?"

"Then why..." Bruce frowned, as if thinking about Jason's excited rebuttal, but he still looked disbelieving.

"You know, you don't have to trust me, it's okay. But you will always trust your golden boy, right?" Jason raised his hands in a gesture of abandonment. He had been with Bruce for a year and knew it well. The old guy is suspicious.It takes more than three times the effort to convince him than to persuade the average person.Unless you are someone special.

And Jason knew he didn't have that weight yet.

Although Jason hurts every time he thinks about it, he also knows that trust is accumulated over time. He is not Alfred, who took care of Bruce since he was a child, and Dick, who has been with Bruce for nearly ten years.He'll just have to keep trying to get himself one day on the bat's trust list... No. [-].

"Dick is also involved?" Bruce will look really stupid, and Jason is not in the mood to laugh at him. If it were him, he would not believe that Dick, who hadn't shown his face for a whole year, would suddenly Run back to Gotham, and investigate this messy case with him.

"Ask him yourself." Jason took out his mobile phone, dialed Dick's number, and turned on the speakerphone directly.

"Hey, what's up, Wing?" Dick's voice sounded listless.

"It's nothing, just to make sure Dicky Bird is still breathing." Jason bit Dicky Bird like it was an insulting word.

Bruce cast a questioning look at Jason: When did the two of you know each other well enough to call each other by nicknames?

"Haha, very interesting." Dick laughed dryly, and exhaled, "Tell me, what happened again? You are not the kind of person who will make a special call to care about my health."

"Hey! I'm not as heartless as you said!" Jason protested, but when he saw Bruce waiting next to him, he did call because he wanted Dick, so he could only admit it with a guilty conscience. Once, "Actually...can you take another trip to Gotham?"

"Uh... I'm almost all practical classes this week, so it's not easy to miss. Let's see next week?" Dick sounded a little reluctant. Thinking of the cold war between him and Bruce, Jason would bet that if Bruce As soon as the sound is made, Dick will hang up immediately.

"Please, it has to be today, preferably now?" Jason couldn't believe that he would say "please" to Dicky Bird one day, but Bruce's emotional stress index was rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, Jason I can't even imagine what will happen when it explodes.

The case was solved by two people together, so of course they have to die together if they want to die!

"I can't take any more time off, Wing! You know why!"

"I know, just tell your instructor... that your brother is going to die, and your life is at stake. If you don't go home now, you may not see your brother for the last time."

There was a long silence on the phone.

"I'm serious, B is next to me and the whole Batcave is still an exorcism totem. I'm dead. If I die, I will definitely become a ghost to haunt you. I'm super sure that the ghost is real now. I will do it arrive."

"Wait, how did B...I thought you checked his flight time!" Dick sounded panicked too.

"Damn it! He's back, and he's looking super hot now, oh, no, he's really unhappy. He just told me in sign language."

"What's wrong with him!" Dick's voice suddenly turned up, causing Jason to throw his phone away in fright, "I won't use you as a megaphone if I have something to say! Is he showing you that constipated face? Don't Just ignore him, go to Ah Fu, if that bastard is capable, let Ah Fu let him go, otherwise Ah Fu won't let him bother you."

"'That bastard' needs the two of you to explain the activities of these three days." Bruce said suddenly, and it was directly in the quarrel mode that surprised Jason, who almost fawned over him and held the phone towards Bruce. Some more, "And don't bring Jason into it because of the matter between the two of us, Jason doesn't need you to teach him how to use Alfred as a shield, I just need an explanation, why animals hurt people and become demons The contract, and why the entire Batcave is full of totems, and why there are guns here? Jason said you can explain, if you don't have the ability to discuss rationally, well, I will figure it out with Jason."

"You..." Dick's inhaling voice made Jason picture a flushed Dick in his mind who puffed up his chest and tried to make himself look fierce. Judging from Dick's last voice before he cut off the call, I'm afraid reality and Imagination is not far off.

"Don't provoke Jason, just wait for me!"

call ended.Bruce and Jason looked at each other awkwardly amidst the busy tone of the phone.

"Hmm." Bruce raised his eyebrows at Jason's phone, "I think I can save the effort of introducing the two of you."

"Uh, yes, such trivial matters don't need to be bothered by a big man like you!" Jason originally hoped that he could have a good laugh and confuse Dick with him, but when he met Bruce's sharp His eyes froze for a second.

"Bruce, all the files about demons and hellhounds are here. I was going to close the files today. Otherwise... you can take a look first?" Jason could only offer all the information in the bat computer with both hands, and he Obediently wait for the master to lecture you like a little chicken.

Batman keeps a record of every case he handles.From armed robbery on the side of the road, to lunatics like clowns messing up Gotham, he will definitely record the process of the case, the information he collected during the process, and the people he came into contact with.These files form a meticulous network in the bat computer, starting from Gotham and extending to the whole world.

But not everyone's record style can be unified. Bruce's own record is like a rigorous scientific report, and every variable must be registered.Dick's style is much more relaxed than Bruce's, a bit like writing Robin's personal crime-fighting diary.As for Jason?

Bruce is not a person who is obsessed with popular literature. If he is forced to say something, it is probably "The story in this issue is so exciting, please update the next chapter soon!"

He didn't quite understand why Batman and Robin solved the case together. When reading Jason's report, Bruce always felt that he must have solved a fake crime.

After scanning the basic information and background, Bruce’s reading came to the part where Jason and Dick went to the hotel where Henry Powell stayed again, preparing to solve the Cerberus:

"Gotham in the night and the day are completely two-faced. The scars and blemishes that are forced to be exposed in the sun, under the strong neon makeup at night, even the scars and blemishes reveal a morbid and decadent beauty. .

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 30th Floor, Skyline Suite.Henry Powell (participant of the devil's contract, place of contract: Belgium, detailed location to be confirmed) occupies the top suite that claims to have the most beautiful night view of Gotham, but he has no intention of experiencing the enchanting magic of this poppy-like city, because he has long been drawn from hell The contract, the devil's soul-searching took away the mind.

The devil gave Henry a rich life, but it also nourished Henry's fear of death.Now, he can only pray that Robin and Nightwing can save his dirty soul from the evil minions.

The voodoo spell material (Appendix [-]) mixed with cemetery soil, pine ash, bone meal and other ingredients drew a protective circle around Henry.It is said that these soul ecstasy messengers from hell can only be seen by the contractor who is about to face death. Facing invisible enemies, Nightwing and Robin can only set traps or amulets in the room as much as possible.

Holy water and salt are indispensable to deal with evil spirits. With the assistance of Agent A, Robin made many salt bullets, which are neatly lying in his belt at the moment, bringing him a safe weight with the M1887 in his hand.Night Wing gave full play to his expertise in electronic technology, modified the hotel's fire alarm sprinkler system, and connected it to the holy water blessed by the exorcism spell (Appendix [-]). Only one button is enough to make the entire suite Bask in the blessing of God.

"It's coming! It's coming! You can't hear him! Can't you see him!" In Henry's call sign, the entrance of the suite began to vibrate, which was different from earthquakes and the resonance brought by large passenger planes, as if there were countless The animal's claws scratched behind the door, but Robin couldn't hear what it should have, the soft sound of the animal's claws knocking on the door, only the wail of the board being torn.

The commotion came and went suddenly.

Until Henry pointed to the night of Gotham in a mournful cry, the magic dog came from the night and broke in through the window.

Robin didn't know the image of the magic dog in Henry's eyes, would it have green eyes?Will it breathe the fire of hell?Robin has too many questions, but he can't indulge his curiosity.

He shoots, shoots, shoots forward through the shattered glass.

Because Robin was standing right in front of Henry, he was a wall, a wall that the magic dog had to hit.And he will fulfill the most important function of a wall - he will protect the people behind the wall. (Even if Robin privately thinks Henry is a villain.)

Did he hit it?Judging from Henry's applauding voice, it should be a hit, right?But how long can the effect last?Robin didn't know, and he didn't want to think about it, because he didn't need to know, he just wanted to protect this sad and poor soul.

Ye Yi naturally also activated the holy water, and the continuous drops of water fell like rain, but it was not at all like the rain in Gotham, always with a touch of bitterness.

Henry's exclamation could no longer conceal his joy. Robin turned his head away, and what burst out in Henry's eyes was that the dying man saw the hope of life.

"Success! The animal fell, and it's there! It's there!" The place Henry pointed to was empty. If he hadn't seen the dead with his own eyes, and the shock a while ago, Robin might have also Thought this was another lunatic.

Sudden accident.

Night Wing recited aloud the spell that was said to be able to exorcise demons (encrypted attachment [-]), but it didn't seem to have the desired effect of the spell. Henry hysterically shouted "left" and "right" behind Robin, but even though he couldn't see Target, Robin also felt that they were gradually losing their advantage.

The holy water stopped at some point.

Robin has fired all the salt bullets.

Henry was still crying.

This is his last chance—

Robin trusted his instincts.

"Exorcizamuste, omnisimmundus spiritus."

He recited the first sentence of the exorcism spell in the direction of the magic dog that Henry pointed out at the end, and it was also the only sentence he remembered correctly in a short time: banish you, every unclean soul.

Robin hadn't heard the dog's final wail, but he knew it.

Tonight, until death himself came to his pillow, Henry could sleep peacefully. "

Bruce never reads Jason's reports in front of him because he's afraid he won't be able to control himself.For example, now he really wants to ask why the character of Night Wing (yes, he really wants to use this word) seems to be a MacGuffin in this plot, and does not appear in the whole battle process. The only role seems to be Used to remind mantras.Did the author have some kind of bias when writing this whole plot?

At least in the Batman & Robin action report, Batman will also get a line or two like: "I am the night, I am the fear, I am Batman!" or "Tell me, will you bleed? "Although as Batman himself, Bruce can't remember when he said these words, but it looks... quite handsome in the plot.

But could he let Jason see himself reading the report and laughing like an idiot?Accidentally being seen by Ah Fu who came down to look for something was Bruce's limit!

He is Batman, he can bear the pain; he can bear the pain, he will never laugh in front of Jason!

This is what Dick Speed ​​saw when he rushed into the Batcave:

Jason looked down at his toes, Bruce's eyes were bloodshot, his hands were clenched into fists and his body was trembling. The figure sitting in front of the bat computer enveloped Jason's relatively thin body like a mountain.

That day, Nightwing remembered the fear of being dominated by Batman (Slap).

During Dick's "I told you not to mess with Jason!" roar, Bruce had a face-to-face conversation with his "ex" Robin in a year.

Jason had retreated to the entrance of the Batcave to the mansion, and finally gave Dick a grateful look.

Sam was right, it's actually nice to have older brothers!