[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

"This is the best day of my life!"

The cloak of Robin's uniform drew a bright yellow arc with Jason's backflip, and the boy landed steadily on the top of the Batmobile, with his hands on his hips in a superhero debut posture that he had practiced countless times in private.

Bruce, who had already put on a full set of Batman gear, and Alfred, who was holding a hot drink, watched Jason punching and kicking on the Batmobile like he was on high, and he would do a high-altitude roundhouse kick from time to time. , The two looked at each other helplessly: "Youth", "Yeah, teenager!" After silent eye contact, it was Bruce who stopped Jason who was about to start performing Thomas turns on the roof of the Batmobile. :

"Calm down, you don't want Robin's first mission to be spent sleeping all the way through the night patrol in the Batmobile."

"Hey!" One sentence successfully made Jason withdraw his fist obediently and get into the passenger seat of the Batmobile, folded his arms and raised his head to look at the shiny little black eyes of the bats hanging upside down on the cave roof, "How could I? So unprofessional! This is a serious allegation!"

"Hmph." Putting on the hood and hiding Gotham's billionaire Bruce under the black armor, Batman mercifully let go of Robin, who had just taken office, and drove the driver who was armed with layers of armor like his master. Into the night of Gotham City.

The debut of the new Robin is not as dramatic as Jason imagined.

Not that Jason was looking forward to applause and the crowd screaming, "Come and see the new Robin!".Seriously though, the fact that no one even recognized him as "the new Robin" really hurt him.

Gotham is peaceful tonight (Batman is relieved that he doesn't want to encounter a gang fight or an Arkham escape gala today), but the so-called Gotham calm also includes two things. A back alley robbery, and a burglary.None of the three were organized crime, and even one of them was a dark alley robbery. When Batman and Robin were about to fall from the sky, the "victim" was holding a high heel and hitting the robbery hard with the thin pencil heel. The head of the prisoner knocked on the head and scolded viciously: "Let you rob my mother! Do you think people standing on the street are easy to bully! Didn't my mother be frightened! You are a coward who still robs like others, and you can play tricks in your hands Do you know where to stab someone? You don’t even know how to come out and imitate other gangsters! Get out!”

The robber hugged his head and wailed indistinctly "I'm sorry" and "Forgive me". The whole person pitifully rubbed against the wall and shivered. The theoretical victim leaned on the wall and put the high heels back on his feet. In front of the man, the fierce eyes never left the corner of the wall. After finishing dressing, the woman stomped her feet and walked up to the trembling robber, who bent down and dragged her small silver bag back to her shoulders. Going up, Shun Shun's messy long hair walked out of the alley without looking back.And he missed the unique skill of changing his face in an instant——

No one would pile this up with a charming smile, a wink and a "Hey, does the handsome guy want to relax?" The street girl was beating up a mugger in the alley next door a minute ago.

"Uh, Batman?" Robin, who was standing on the roof with Batman, pointed to the prisoner who looked like he was skeptical about his life and squatted on the ground with his knees hugged. There was also a woman who was trying to compete with her peers, and decided to ask for instructions. The boss's decision, "Which one should we tie? I'm pretty sure that woman took the dick that the man was wearing while taking the bag."

"..." Batman silently gave Robin a look of "shut up and work". Even before the gun could be retracted, it caused the poor guy to whine like a puppy.

"You!" Batman growled and approached the hapless guy, so frightened that he kept wanting to back away, but he could only helplessly dig his body against the thick and cold concrete wall.

"I'm sorry! This is my first day! I only have the experience of being robbed but not yet robbed! I'm sorry!" Mr. Unlucky Ghost raised his hands in front of his face, trying to give himself a sense of security.That already not very handsome face is now full of fingernail scratches and blood clots scraped from the heel, and a piece of flesh was bitten off by himself, and he saw his blood-stained front teeth as soon as he begged for mercy.

"Go to an employment agency to find a decent job!" Batman said, pulling him up from the ground by his collar and pressing him against the wall, "Otherwise..."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes! Please don't kill me!"

Robin stared dumbfounded at the sight of Batman threatening to swing to the roof of another building again with a hook, while the rookie robber, who had a bad start, was still leaning against the wall, trembling and saying sorry, completely unaware that Batman had left .

"Wow, B can be really scary." Seeing Batman in action for the first time, Robin was suddenly glad that he hadn't been hung up and beaten at the scene of stealing Batmobile tires. In fact, Batman gave him The first "welcome to the family" gift was a Batmobile tire, which is now displayed on a bookshelf in his room.

Before the voice of Batman ordering him to follow quickly came from the headset, Robin—Jason—has hesitated for a moment, picked up his tool and swung deftly in front of the rookie robber, poking him cautiously .

"Sir? Hey, cheer up."

"Rololo... Robin?"

"Yeah, the one and only one! (Not so unique)" Jason grinned, tilted his head and folded his hands on his chest and looked around at the robber, oh, maybe it should be called the "former" robber now, "said What's your name, I can't keep calling you Mr. Robber, can I?"

"I'm Nathan." The former robber - Nathan crouched down in front of Robin, perhaps because he was facing his (at first glance) harmless little assistant Robin instead of the scary Batman , he doesn't look as hysterical as before, and he can have a normal conversation.

"So, Nathan, I have a big truth here, I don't know if I should tell it or not." Jason had a serious expression on his face.

"Please... please tell me?" Nathan simply sat down on the dirty floor, obediently like a primary school student listening to the teacher's lecture.

"You have no future as a robber, no, it should be said that you have no future as a gangster." Looking at Nathan, who was ashamed, Jason felt that he should say something to comfort him, "You have to know that this kind of thing is also a matter of talent. It doesn't matter if you have strength. Robbery is not as superficial as you think. Look at the place you chose. Although the light is dim, it's true, but you have thought Where are you going to escape after the robbery is successful? There is not even a fire escape ladder here, so why don't you just walk out of the alley with the stolen property?"

Nathan looked terrified, and he almost wrote "How do you know" on his head in bold bold letters.

"That's great, your victim may have called the police by screaming or pressing the emergency number on the mobile phone, and the police came in from the alley and you just fell into the trap."

"Then...then what should I do?" Nathan asked humbly for advice with a correct attitude.

"So you have no talent, simple, you should..." Jason clicked his tongue in disgust, but in the middle of speaking, he suddenly seemed to be strangled by the neck, and abruptly turned the words he was about to say, "Go Find a decent job. Robbery has no future, you know? Next time something like this happens, B will not let you go so easily!"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes! Thank you, my lord, I know!" As soon as Batman was mentioned, Nathan immediately turned back into a frightened little chick, nodded his head in reassurance, and ran out of the alley without a trace.

Jason raised the hook gun and fired it at the protruding edge of the roof of the building next to him according to the training tips. He pulled the trigger to let the rope take him up, and when he was about to reach the top, he jumped and retracted the hook claws and landed on the roof.Batman was on the other side of the roof operating a pocket computer on his wrist.

Before Jason could ask what he was doing, the unique sound of the Batmobile's engine was gradually approaching.

So Batman would personally go to the Batmobile to grab his personal stolen goods. Could it be because the long-distance call for a car still fails... right?

Or is this a new feature?New feature for anti-theft?

Forget it, it's better not to know - the Gotham-style survival instinct made Jason feel that his life would be very difficult if he looked closely.

"Hey, B! Am I okay?" He chose to obediently follow Batman into the Batmobile and head home, resisting the desire to ask questions along the way, until they returned to the Batcave and began to file the case that happened today Only then did Jason approach nervously.

Bruce didn't answer him immediately, but stared at the bat computer. The system was extracting the background information of the parties involved in the three violent crimes encountered today.

The first robbery they prevented together was done by a gang of dropouts. Knowing that there is no existence, the backstage is causing trouble everywhere. In the past, they entered and exited the juvenile prison many times because of group fights and threats.All in all, they are a group of soft-bodied bastards who bully the good and fear the evil. They can only rely on their physique and the fancy fists and embroidered legs they learned from online teaching videos to pretend to scare the public.He was easily knocked unconscious by Batman and Robin and tied up waiting for the Gotham police to sign for it. This disappointed Jason, who was looking forward to the first mission to beat the villains in a cool way.

The second burglary was a bit more troublesome than the thugs. It was a pair of experienced thieves who were about to cut open the barbed wire fence at the backyard door of the St. Paul thrift store, intending to remove large items stacked in the backyard.As soon as the female thief in charge of the car saw Robin jumping out, she stepped on the accelerator pedal of the truck to the bottom, intending to knock him into the air, but ignored Batman who was approaching from the side, and was pulled out of the driver's seat and fell to the ground, losing her driving The truck was quickly regained control by Batman without causing too much damage.The man who started the burglary found that the operation failed. He originally planned to abandon the woman and escape from the front door of the thrift store. When he arrived at the front door, he found that Robin had come here to wait for him when Batman took over his partner. There was no suspense. .

The third robbery was the unlucky novice Nathan, but it probably won't be the next time.

At least Jason hoped so.

Nathan's personal information was displayed on the bat computer, and Jason scanned his qualifications at a glance. The most evil thing Nathan has done in his life is probably the most evil thing he has done in his life. Staff, the poor guy probably got a bacterial infection in the process of handling seafood. Always come on time for bills and rent.

"As I thought, this guy is not made to be fierce and fierce. Anyone who really wants to do this knows, don't provoke Gotham's street girls, they are very difficult to mess with, and most of them are controlled by gangsters. Robbing a street girl is tantamount to stealing money from gangsters, and it won’t end well.” Jason saw with his own eyes that a customer who was going to sleep in vain was beaten half to death and dragged out, and then the police came to their neighborhood within a few days Check to see if anyone has seen that hapless ghost.

"So you think you should give him an 'Introduction to Robbery' class to lay the foundation for his future criminal career?" Bruce finally turned to face him, his gloomy expression instantly washed away all remaining excitement and joy from Jason.

"No!" Jason yelled to help himself clarify, "I didn't mean that! I just wanted to emphasize that he is really not suitable for this kind of thing. That kind of mistake is too stupid. You can go to Crime Lane to catch a kid. No... well, I was a little too exaggerated afterwards. Sorry?"

As Bruce's eyes narrowed and the corners of his mouth curled down more and more, Jason finally realized that he seemed to be really bad.

"Hey." Bruce sighed deeply, rubbed his temples that were aching because of the cold wind tonight, looked at the boy in front of him who was staring at the floor with his head down, and a few hours ago he was so energetic. Hot confident looks like two different people.

"Listen, Jason. Our work is serious, and when we put on this uniform, we are exposed to corresponding risks. Not just our own physical injuries, but the people we come into contact with— Prisoner or victim—their state of mind."

Jason raised his head slightly, his eyes puzzled, and he didn't understand why Bruce said this all of a sudden.Of course he knew that Robin was a dangerous job, so he trained very seriously, perfecting all the offensive and defensive movements entrusted to him by Bruce, and wrote down all the stealth tips, as well as how to deal with poison or suspected Explosives...he takes this responsibility seriously, he really does.

"At the scene, our every move may stimulate the criminals to take more extreme and irreparable methods, or turn the victim who has already been physically and mentally injured into the perpetrator at some point." Bruce said. As if thinking of something, his eyes fell far away on the huge coin displayed in the Batcave, representing the double-faced man.

"So... that's why you don't talk much when you're dealing with a case? I thought it was to keep Batman's mystique so that no one would guess your identity." Jason thought for a while, I always feel that something is wrong, "But Robin talks a lot. If it's for the sake of secret identity, then even Robin should not speak... oh... oh!"

"I suppose that means you understand?"

"You said that if Batman is the darkness and fear of Gotham, then Robin is a light in the darkness, making people feel that there is still hope. I thought it was because Robin was trying to draw attention to Batman. Something that can catch a criminal by surprise, like a spotlight in a theatre. But it's not just that, is it?"

Jason swallowed, and mustered up the courage to speak out his thoughts under Bruce's calm gaze:

"You let Robin play the role of talking, comforting the victim or gagging around the prisoner, because we...we are younger and easier to get close to, just like ordinary people who are easy to relax when they see women and children. Compared to you—Batman—Robin is less likely to trigger negative things, right?"

"And you talk about how to carry out a correct robbery with a man who is desperate and desperate for violent crimes. Have you ever thought that if he listens to you and really upgrades his criminal methods, what will happen? How many potential victims are there? And you have to take responsibility for the harm suffered by the victim and his family. As you speak, are you mentally prepared to take such a risk?"

"No, I'm just..." Jason felt his cheeks burn and his eye circles tingle.

"You just didn't think about it that much. You're very excited, this is your first actual combat, and you're too high." Bruce cut Jason's words and said all the reasons he expected in one breath, not surprisingly Seeing the speechless teenager biting his lower lip, he lowered his head again.

"Go take a shower and go upstairs to sleep. You have to go to school tomorrow morning, and we will have a good talk about this matter when you come back from school."

"Yes, sir." Jason knew his voice sounded like he was about to cry, and he was pretty sure Bruce could hear it, but he couldn't control that, and rushed to the Batcave shower, Jason just felt like he never He had never felt so ashamed before, and he didn't feel ashamed when his former classmates laughed at him for having a father who was in prison or a mother who was a drug addict. He was more angry and wanted to beat those people's mouths hard.

But Bruce didn't have a bad word, and he didn't even yell at him.That sigh was like a slap in the face to Jason.

He let Bruce down.

Give him a home, train him and educate him, Bruce, who is more like a father than Willis Todd within a year of getting along.And he let Bruce down on the first mission.

No wonder Bruce always has a complicated look on his face every time he mentions Dick, but there is always an unconcealable miss.Of course he will miss Dick, Dick must be a better son and better partner than Jason - they are the legendary "Dynamic Duo"!

When Jason came out of the shower with red eye sockets, Bruce still kept his back to the Batcomputer, leaned his head back on the chair, and remained silent.

Jason, who was also silent, tightened the towel on his wet hair, and walked quickly towards the stairs leading to the mansion, but he didn't expect the announcement coming from behind him to make him almost lose control of his tears again.

"I hope you do better next time, Jason."

"So... so I'm not... fired? I can still be Robin?" He turned expectantly, but Bruce had already turned his back on him and went back to work on the data on the Batcomputer.

"Remember to ask Ah Fu how to deal with the swollen eyes. If you can't wear the domino mask tomorrow, don't go on night patrol."

"Understood, boss!"

Jason walked eagerly, calling Ah Fu's name as if saving his life, and rushed back to the mansion.

He swears that he will do better, better and better!

Bruce didn't give up on him.

— the best day of his life.