[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

Great Caste Secret House: A few months ago

"Dakla, why do the big castes live in seclusion in this place?" Jason and Dakla walked together in the small courtyard where they first talked.

That conversation helped Jason a lot, and while he may never admit it out loud, Daquela was the best teacher he ever had.Not only the martial arts she taught Jason, but also the thousands of years of experience and tolerance she accumulated to always give Jason a touch when he was struggling the most, allowing him to see the direction that he had ignored before.

And when she and Jason couldn't agree, Daquela was not in a hurry to instill her ideas on Jason.For example, on the issue of revenge, Daquela obviously believes that there are too many more important things in life that deserve attention, so why should he be obsessed with revenge.And Jason believes that revenge is a way to bring the victims or their relatives and friends to a spiritual end.They debated this many times, and Daquela would often be annoyed by him, how come he had learned so much and still hadn't improved at all, but Jason still insisted that revenge was necessary.

Maybe one day, when Jason has accumulated enough wisdom and experience, he will agree with Daquela, but that day is not now.

"I'm still wondering when you'll ask this question." Daquela seemed to be in a particularly good mood today, and Jason wondered if it had something to do with his passing the "purification" ceremony.She claims that Jason is the only person who has survived a complete purification in the past thousand years, but she is not sure whether Jason really has such a high potential value, or it is purely because Jason is too stubborn to refuse to fail.Tsk, are you just so stingy to praise him!

Jason quickly clarified what he meant: "I'm not saying it's not good here, but with the strength of the big caste, you should be able to achieve higher achievements outside, right? Unless there is some reason for you to stay here."

"Well, first of all, it's 'us' rather than 'you'. After going through the purification ceremony, you are already a qualified fighter of the big caste. It's not the ordinary kind, otherwise you think that when you step out of the purification pool When you come out, why do other people bow their heads to you? Even monks who have been here for a hundred years, not everyone can pass the ceremony. Don't underestimate yourself, you little bastard." Secretly hit Jason on the calf with a cane, and every time they talked, Da Kela would do this once or twice, Jason was almost used to it, "Secondly...we do have a hidden world. reason."

"What's the reason?" Jason felt that his curiosity had been ticked off.

"No name." Da Kela looked up at the waterfall that was constantly flying down from a high place, and Jason couldn't help but become serious with his heavy face.

"The Nameless is what the Great Caste has always fought against. They come from an ancient source of darkness, and they existed long before humans had language. They lurk among humans. There is no way for ordinary weapons to kill them. Only we can Restraining Wuming. The push-hand movement that Thalia taught you is a ritual of purification, even if you know the formula and practice the movement, not everyone can use that formula."

Da Kela slowly came to the water's edge, looking at the reflection of her and Jason on the water surface, outside is the snow-capped mountains all year round, but here is always like a paradise full of vitality in spring and summer.

"This is both our base and our refuge from the unknown."

"Wait, what?" Jason felt that his head couldn't keep up. Isn't this supposed to be a heroic legend about a group of hermits fighting against the evil king?Why did it become a group of hermits avoiding the big devil again?

"Oh, you silly boy, use your brains, our enemies are 'darkness incarnate' in the true sense, you don't think we can spread across the world, search every continent for nameless and then kill them?"

"I don't think so, it's a bad idea. So, you guys... sorry, I mean what are we going to do with Nameless? I really don't see how just staying here counts as protecting humanity from threats?"

"In fact, this is the case. We signed an armistice agreement with Wuming a long time ago. As long as they do not persecute human beings, we will not kill them all. We are the thorn in Wuming's side, and they know that we are the only ones in the world who can They pose a threat, but they can't really eradicate us."

Jason understood now.The big caste is like a nuclear bomb to Wuming. When Wuming wants to take action, the big caste will tell them: "Hey! Watch out, I'm still here, don't try to mess around!" But in fact Nameless has an advantage over the big caste. As Dakla said, Nameless cannot be killed easily. Dakla has tried to make weapons that can kill Nameless in the past, but they were unsuccessful.The only advantage of the big castes is their secrecy, an old enemy who cannot be seen or found.

"But...doesn't that mean that I have to stay here as well?" Jason pointed to his nose, and began to worry if he was being tricked by the thousand-year-old witch, "Since the big caste must remain mysterious, wouldn't it be Does that mean I can't run around?"

"I knew you would worry about this." Daquela seemed to enjoy Jason's panicked expression, and he laughed for a while, "You can leave now, child. I promised you, as long as you can finish Your training. You can go."

"Really?" Jason was pleasantly surprised, trying to find traces of intention to play tricks on the old lady in front of him, "Just now?"

"Actually, Thalia should have arrived when we were talking. If you want to stay, it's not impossible..." Before Daquela finished speaking, Jason had already rushed back to the dormitory, speeding up. Steps to pack your luggage.

He can go home!finally!

Jason didn't know what he was packing. He just stuffed what he saw in front of him into the hiking bag he carried when he came here, and dragged the bag to the entrance.

There stood a tall woman, her hair tied back in a ponytail, talking to Daquela with a slight bow.

"Mom!" Jason continued to drag the bag for two steps, and finally threw it aside, and quickly rushed to Thalia who stretched out his arms towards him.

"Jason!" Thalia gave Jason a tight hug, and then began to hold his face to check Jason's condition from the beginning.Daquela rolled his eyes behind Thalia, and muttered in a voice that both of them could hear: "What are you worrying about, I won't eat him." Thalia then let go of Jason in embarrassment, but Still holding his hand, he bowed to Da Kela again: "Thank you very much for your care."

Jason also bent down, this time he was willing: "Thank you for your guidance, teacher."

Daquela snorted, and finally explained to Thalia, asking her to bring Jason back in a few days, and she had something to give him.Jason was dying of curiosity, but he was sensible and didn't ask any more questions.If Daquela had said that he would know in a few days, then he would know in a few days, not even a day earlier.Don't underestimate the determination of the [-]-year-old woman.

The process of leaving the big caste sanctuary was quite calm, completely different from the rush when we came.Even Thalia's complexion looked much better. Before, she always looked quite tense. Although she tried her best to hide it in front of Jason, but compared with today's relaxed attitude, the difference between the two appeared up.

"Mom." A title that can be easily called out when excited is still a small challenge for Jason after he calms down, but he is quite willing to practice hard to overcome this.

"What's the matter, Jason?" Thalia put down the phone, and Jason saw a few recent messages on the screen that hadn't been turned off, which were instructions from Thalia.

"Uh, is he still bothering you?" His eyes drifted to their driver. This person was not Thalia's confidant in Jason's impression, so he only dared to hint vaguely, hoping that his meaning could be conveyed.

Thalia blinked in confusion at first, and soon revealed a look of sudden realization.

"Don't worry about my father, I've already dealt with it." She didn't explain the "handling" process in depth, but Jason thought it must not be full of laughter, "Now I'm the leader of the League of Assassins. "

Wow, his mother usurped his thousand-year-old demon father, and turned from the second in charge to the chief executive?Great, my lord mother!

"I thought Lei Xiao would be more...difficult?" Jason couldn't imagine that Lei Xiao would be removed from power like this. Shouldn't he have a lot of capable men, treacherous and cunning?

"He really is." Thalia nodded in agreement, "I just have an advantage over others. I never wanted to do this, but he... He threatened someone who should never touch, this Leave me no choice."

Jason watched Thalia's eyes change from sadness to anger to determination.He suddenly understood who Thalia was referring to as the "someone who shouldn't be touched".Lazarus Pond is Lei Xiao's treasure, and only those who have received his gift can use it. Jason has undoubtedly usurped his position and used Lei Xiao's things without authorization.Thalia won't be punished too badly by Rashaw, because Rashaw will turn all his anger on Jason, a wild boy who in his opinion is worthless other than being Batman's former protégé.

Rashaw must have done something after he went to practice with Dakla to make Thalia decide to turn her back.But Jason knew Thalia wouldn't tell him the details.

"Don't worry about him, come on, tell me about the practice of the big caste, Dakla said that you passed the test of the fountain of purification, it's so messed up, do you know how many assassins the alliance sent to receive training before, How many people died in that spring!" Talia patted Jason on the cheek lightly, "Stop risking your life like this, your life should be spent on more valuable things."

"Oh, give me some confidence! Our Gotham lives are extremely tough." Jason shrugged pretending to be relaxed, and turned his head like Damian.But the pain from being slapped on the back of the head told his mother that he would not accept this.

"I'm serious, Jason." Thalia frowned tightly, and the emerald green stared at Jason's blue-green, "I hope you regain your sanity, but if you regain your sanity, what you do is If you don't take your life as your life, then I'd rather you just sit there stupidly, at least I won't let anyone endanger your life easily, even if it's yourself."

Jason felt as though his face was on fire beneath his skin, and he bit his lip and whispered sorry.Only then did Talia stop her stare, and the two began to talk about training and other trivial matters.

The place Thalia took Jason to was still the mansion with the Lazarus Pond, but compared to a few months ago, there were more people coming and going here.Probably because Thalia took over the alliance relationship.Thalia asked the servant to take Jason's luggage and put it in the room, and took him to the other end of the mansion, an area Jason had never had the chance to set foot on before.

"Damian is now with your father, and from the few times he tried to contact me, it seems that he is not as happy there as he imagined." Thalia pointed to the several screens on the giant computer screen. messages, each more anxiety-provoking than the last, looking like the sender was on the verge of a meltdown, "I can imagine my dear being... wary of Damian's background, but Darmian Mian seems even more dissatisfied with the fact that my dear rejected him and chose his new disciple as his assistant."

Jason felt that the series took up two-thirds of the message, and the curse on Red Robin could fully show how deep Damian's resentment was.

"So? Now that the Lei Xiao crisis has been resolved, can we bring the rice back?" Jason felt that if he continued to leave him in Gotham, maybe this kid would go crazy and slaughter the city.

"Rice? I really don't understand what you children's preference for nicknames is. Isn't it good to call the names chosen by your parents properly? Let others call you some strange abbreviations, some of which are not very elegant." Tully Ya complained a few words, Jason deeply suspected that the indecent nickname referred to Dick, "No, it's not time to bring Damian back yet, I may be the leader of the Assassin League, but the distance to completely tame this behemoth There's still a way to go, and Damian will be the target of criticism when he gets back. Besides, I'm sure Damian will feel a lot more settled when you get to Gotham."

"Oh. Yes, but... what about you? Don't you need help?" Jason was a little surprised that Talia would let him go home instead of asking him to help, "I can help, how long have I been It's not there anymore, it doesn't make much difference to go back sooner or later. Besides, Batman now has an efficient assistant."

Thalia's response was a heroic wave of her hand, telling Jason not to underestimate his mother's ability. She was a woman who grew up beside the demon leader from birth, and no one knew the League of Assassins better than her.

"Speaking of Gotham, I've already prepared a set of equipment for you. Let's see what else needs to be modified. The prototype is already available, and the modification will be very fast." Thalia made a set in front of Jason. The 3D projection of the armor is a set of armor that covers almost the whole body. Even the domino mask that Jason is used to is removed from the head and replaced with a full-face helmet. There are two small horns on the head, which looks special from a distance. Like an urban legend in Gotham.

"This armor looks heavy, but if you look closely, it is actually designed with scales, so it won't hinder movement..." Thalia carefully introduced the advantages of this set of equipment to him, it can be said that wearing this suit A, jumping off a building won't kill you.

Jason received this kindness, but he would never run around the streets wearing such armor!

"No, thank you." He simply declined the idea.

"That's right! I also think that the fire protection function should be enhanced. I'll let them modify it, and hand over the next version of the sketch tonight." Thalia took out her phone and was about to give an order to an unknown developer.

"No no no no! Mom, I mean, no armor!" Jason hastily reached out and covered Thalia's phone, "I don't want to dress like Batman II! This looks like a fan at comic-con How about cosplay?"

"We can change the design. Like remove the bat ears?" Thalia tempted.

"I'm not the armor type... A full-face helmet is very good, it can filter out the pollen of poison gas and poison ivy, but the armor is too exaggerated, just leave the breastplate. Like this."

Jason got acquainted with the operation method of the projection, and quickly began to modify the appearance of the armor. In the end, only the breastplate and the protective gear below the knees remained, oh, and of course the helmet.

Thalia severely criticized this as the costume of a gangster on a motorcycle.

Regarding the issue of equipment, there was no further discussion until the mother and son returned to the big caste for the appointment as agreed.I have to say that Jason is actually looking forward to something from Daquela, which feels like a graduation gift.

As soon as they walked through the hidden portal, Jason knew something was wrong.

It was so quiet.

Thalia also noticed the abnormality, and the two hid in the shadows, carefully moving towards the deep sanctuary.Then they found dead bodies all over the place.The monks, each still holding a weapon in their hands, were hardly any of them whom Jason hadn't taken under his tutelage.These are all his teachers who are kind to him, and now they have been killed by unknown enemies.

"Dakla!" Jason found Dakla's body by the Purification Spring. The lifeless old woman looked thinner than before. Her cane was left aside, and one hand was still soaked in the spring water.

"There's no time to make you sad, little brat." A familiar voice came from above Jason's head, and he looked up to see Daquela's translucent soul floating there, "The gift I want to give you is already over there Yes, pick it up."

Jason looked along where her soul was pointing, and there were two simple but sharp twin swords lying in the fountain of purification.

"This is the blade of the great caste, and it is only effective against evil things. It is yours, Jason, take it."

With tears in her eyes, Thalia stepped forward and looked up at the old man she respected: "Dakla, tell me who did this, and I will do my best to avenge you with all the strength of the Assassin League."

"Stupid girl, you always think about hatred and hatred. No wonder your son is also like this." Da Kela cast a disapproving look at Thalia, and sighed, " This is not something you can get involved in, Thalia. It's an anonymous effort, and we've been attacked."

"No." Thalia clearly knew what it meant to be nameless, and what the big caste meant to them.

"That's the thing, now you are the last warrior of the big caste, Jason. You must stop Wuming, this time you must stop them forever."

Thalia desperately did not want such responsibility to fall on Jason.She sent Jason to the big caste for training so that he could protect himself, not for him to be the savior of mankind, protecting the whole world from the evil spirits of darkness thousands of years ago.

But Jason has obviously taken over this burden from Dakla, and he even went to the deepest temple, which is an area that Thalia has never been qualified to set foot on.When he returned, he had clearly had the clues he needed.Because that was the look Thalia had only ever seen on her dear detective's face.

That represented her determination that she could never stop.

After all, she couldn't persuade Jason to put on the full suit of armor, but at least he listened to the advice once and didn't put explosive|||explosives into the hood—what was the kid thinking!He put the explosives close to his head, and said it would be a good tool for a surprise attack!And that vulgar color, is he going to be a target?

"Don't worry, Mom." Jason looked at his newly acquired red hood with a smile, "I use this color for my own purpose. It's just to confirm something. Ah, and the design of that gun, I will first Keep it, try to see if you can do it, and let the technicians not force it, I know this technology is a bit...advanced."

Angrily, Thalia handed Jason's blueprint, which was said to be some kind of energy gun disguised as a pistol, to the weapon engineer of the Alliance, and gave top priority to all Gotham news.

It didn't take long for her to hear about the Red Hood's bloody presence in Gotham and Batman's full pursuit of him.

Ubud, who was in charge of handling such important news, looked at the fierce eyes of the hostess, and broke into a cold sweat for Batman who was far away in Gotham.You must know that the last time the hostess showed such eyes, Lei Xiao O Gu was usurped.

Eldest young master, whether your father's second half of his life can be lived safely and smoothly is in your hands.Don't play it off...

Before Ubud's prayers were over, the informant sent another message that the Red Hood had done something enough to give Batman a cerebral hemorrhage.

He drew a huge red bat on his chest, took a melancholy selfie next to the bat light, and posted it online on his leave-in account.In less than 24 hours, that photo has been frantically reposted more than [-] times.

Eldest young master, Ubud thinks that if you were beaten to death by your own father, you must have asked for it yourself.