[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

No matter which universe you are in, those who believe in Afujia will have eternal life!

Jason ate Alfred's dinner, the delicious taste on the tip of his tongue made him almost have the urge to cry in this strange universe, the only myth among bats is that Alfred is electricity and light.

"This is great, Fu!" Jason praised sincerely, "Please, please share the recipe, please? I have never tasted this dish at home, I have to go back and make it for them. It tastes so good More people must know about it!"

Alfred graciously accepted Jason's compliment, and said that he would prepare the recipes as soon as he had free time.

"Impossible! You actually know how to cook?" Grayson held the cutlery in his hands, and when he spoke, he realized that his tone was really inappropriate. The whole person froze in embarrassment as if he suddenly forgot how to use the knife and fork, "I I just didn't expect you to have an interest in cooking...I mean, the Jason I know shows reading..."

Jason waved his hand nonchalantly. He knew that Grayson was not malicious. If his speech were put on an ordinary family dinner table, it would be just a joke between the brothers. The only difference was that Jason was not their previous acquaintance. That Jason Todd.

"I reasonably suspect that your Jason can actually cook, uh, can we think of a different nickname? Keep saying that your Jason sounds a bit awkward." Jason rubbed his nose, and he actually noticed every Once when he mentioned "your Jason", the residents here would always show embarrassing expressions except Ah Fu, "Like...Jay?"

Drake was the first to chime in: "I think it's fine, I'm fine."

Then Grayson and Wayne also agreed, and the abbreviation of Jay was finalized and temporarily used as the code name of Jason in this universe.

"Great, then... Speaking of cooking just now, I guess even here, Jie is probably the only member who helped Ah Fu with housework?" Jason said, cutting off another piece of carrot Put it in your mouth, squint your eyes slightly to enjoy the soft and rotten stew, without the peculiar smell of carrots at all, "Praise Ah Fu, this is simply amazing."

Grayson raised his hand to his ear with some guilt: "Does it count if I help Ah Fu clean the crystal chandelier?"

"If my memory is not wrong, Master Richard, you seem to be using an excuse to clean the crystal lamp, but you are actually performing stunts on it." Alfred maintained a serious expression on his face even during the process of making complaints. .

"Pfft!" Drake quickly covered his mouth to prevent the water that was just in his mouth from spraying out.

Wayne ate in silence throughout the meal, and occasionally Jason would notice a stare at him, but whenever he wanted to say something, Wayne immediately turned his eyes back to his dinner, or pretended to There is an important message coming in on the phone, checking

"So, that kid, Robin over there." Drake twisted in his seat with some embarrassment, "Is he B's son?"

"That's right." Jason admitted without any hindrance. Ever since he knew that this is a parallel earth, he has generously presented the grandfather's paradox—if you go back in time and kill your grandfather, then you should Will not be born, since you will not be born, then who is the person who killed grandpa? This concept that made physicists scratch their heads and come up with hypotheses was thrown away, and they began to inquire about the news openly and at the same time explained Give the information, "My dear."

"It doesn't feel right to calculate the time. Although there must be a gap between the two universes, assuming that there is also a son of B here, he should not have the opportunity to... er, you understand?" Drey With his fork in his mouth, Ke frowned tightly and began to mutter under his breath to calculate the time when Wayne might impregnate a woman.

As the "seeder", Wayne sat opposite Drake, with the expression he used when he "sorrowfully announced" a certain event at the Wayne Enterprises press conference, and cleared his throat to attract Drake's attention.

"Tim, you also said that there is a gap between the universes, which means that maybe there is no real son in our universe." Wayne tried not to change his tone or expression too much, but Jay Sen still felt a little uncomfortable from it.

There seemed to be some anticipation, but also a little resistance.

Grayson probably also sensed Bruce's subtle emotional changes, and shifted the topic to the reconstruction of Bluhaven. Although it was still not a topic suitable for chatting at the dinner table, it was obvious that this topic was obvious when facing a table of masked vigilantes. Compared with the relationship between father and son, it is not so heart-wrenching.

Jason had stumbled headlong into Wayne House's library after dinner, and he wasn't limping enough to see the bluntness with which the others faced him—or his face.Jason didn't blame them at all. If he was asked to face Lei Xiao's face, but the soul in it was replaced by a peace-loving soul, he would feel very embarrassed.

Anyway, it's only temporary, everyone bears with each other and it passes.

So Jason was really taken aback when Wayne crept into the library without making a sound.

"Hey, Jason." Wayne twitched the corners of his mouth, showing a strange smile.

Jason could only return an awkward yet polite smile: "Hi, Bruce."

A strange silence spread between the two of them. It wasn't until Wayne noticed the novel "The Eternal King" in Jason's hand that he had a topic: "You like reading books just like...Jay."

"Yeah, I guess so. It's good to read, mainly because it doesn't cost money. You also know that the kids in Crime Lane don't have the spare money to play with new things. At least they won't drive people out when they go to the library. It's nice to have heating in winter and air-conditioning in summer." Jason said while rubbing the back of the book, Wayne looked a little surprised, and Jason probably understood the reason for the other's surprise when he turned his head.

He probably thought that Bruce must have found out that he had a son who was living outside, and then took him back to raise him since he was a child, so the relationship between him and Bruce was so good.

"Sorry, the story of why I changed from Wayne to Todd and back to Wayne is very complicated. I can only say that apart from the difference between blood and non-blood, the experience between me and him went from Robin to death There's hardly a big difference."

"but you……"

"Bruce doesn't seem to hate me?" Jason shrugged, "Because I really don't hate him, even if he didn't save me in time, it was really my own stupidity to say that. I believe Jay won't because of this. And you are to blame."

"He did say that he forgives me for not saving him." Wayne replied with some depression, "but he expects me to kill the Joker, which I really can't do. Whether I'm Batman or not, I can't kill people."

The blue and black traces of fatigue under the eye circles of Wayne in front of him are obvious. The turmoil caused by the red hood in Gotham and the chaos in Bruhaven really made him physically and mentally exhausted.

"Have you ever thought about why Jie would want to kill the clown? Apart from the fact that the clown separates you from each other?" Jason simply closed the book and looked at Wayne with his chin propped up. "He won't know you Kill the principle, but he still forces you to do it, and even asks you to choose between yourself and the clown."

Wayne was silent and didn't speak.

Jason muttered "typical blues" before posing for the counselor you'd see on TV: "Let me talk about my vision: When I die, I think I'm going to be the clown. I am the last one among the victims. I feel sorry for Bruce and Alfred. I know they will be sad when I die, but if my death can put an end to the clown's evil deeds, then sacrifice me, happy brother Tan, I think it’s a good deal.”

"It now looks like my sacrifice was worthless, the Joker is still hurting innocent people, Batman has a new partner, Gotham is still a smoky city. No one remembers Jason Peter Todd for this city. Everything that the city dedicates. So I have to do it myself. I will do what Batman dare not do. I will let those who are not afraid of Batman know that there is a more murderous existence than Batman. I have the crime of Gotham in my hands. If you ask them to go east, they dare not go west.”

Wayne excitedly opened his mouth to argue for himself, even forgetting the pronoun they agreed on: "How could I forget Jason? In my heart, he is my son! His childhood has been ruined by a criminal father, I don't want to I hope he still has a murderer father! I know that Jason wholeheartedly hopes that Gotham can become a safe and peaceful city, and there will be no more children living on the streets like him. Everything I do afterwards will not forget to honor Jason's wish!"

"Wow, that's good." Jason applauded Wayne calmly, "But does your son know? From my point of view, your cold treatment of the clown seems to be that you have no reaction to his death, Changing Robin is like changing a secretary. You know, after I was resurrected, I trained with a group of hermit assassins who lived at least a hundred years old. Before that, my soul went to another universe. Don’t worry about the reason. There are quite a few alien spaceships that have been blown up, and being wanted is a common occurrence. I dare not say that your son’s experience will be the same as mine, but I can be sure of one thing, if he just wants to kill the clown for revenge, you will still When something happens, the clown's body will be sent to the mouth of the Batcave."

Wayne had that dead face of "I'm not happy, I don't talk" again, making Jason feel like he was talking to a wall.

"Whatever, just to tell you that your son needs his daddy, not the damn Batman." Jason picked up the book and tucked it under his arm, and put his hands in his trouser pockets to leave, but Wayne grabbed him Hold the arm.

"In your universe..." Before Wayne could finish, Jason broke his hand away from the opponent's hand, and easily answered the question he wanted to ask.

"I didn't kill the clown." Jason laughed, with a reserved but still very villainous smile, the kind of smile that Wayne has only seen on Talia, "It's a pity that he can only lie on the bed now He is living on a tube. Oh, I also prepared a sympathy card for New Years and holidays, wishing him a speedy recovery, and fruit baskets. After all, we have known each other for so long."

Wayne watched Jason leave the library, and it occurred to him that he had forgotten that he had come to Jason for another purpose, which was to find out about his possible biological son.

Jason's super-S speech and smile at the end reminded Wayne of his past with the Devil's Daughter.

It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?