[Comprehensive] Retirement of the brave

When the doctor opened the door and walked into the medical room, the world began to distort almost visible to the naked eye, and various scenes that did not belong to this world began to flash.Wearing robes, crowns and hair, people flying with swords are chasing in the sky, zombies with rotting bodies walk through the streets, and translucent ghosts float around.

"Obviously," the Doctor showed, carefully avoiding a charging soldier with a grenade, to Bruce, who followed him. "He's scared, and he's trying to scare us and keep us from waking up. He jumped the ditch," But obviously, his ability and knowledge were limited, and he failed to figure out where these things came from."

"You mean—"

"Shh, like those fairy tales say, if you tell him who he is or what his name is, then he will respond. But don't worry too much, I mean, the reality after waking up is actually the same as the reality in the dream Pretty much, you just take out the extra parts of the world, like Tony Stark and the Avengers, and you're done."

"Now," he tapped on the glass of Theodore's medical cabin, "it's time to get up."

"I thought I could be quiet for a while longer."

Theodore in the medical cabin opened his eyes, and said wearily, "I chase after you, even if I hide in, don't you think I'm too annoying?"

Obviously, Bruce thought, this isn't the ignorant kid he remembered, so he's the real one?It is not difficult to see from his words that Theodore chose to hide in by himself.It's hard for Bruce not to think about it, and connect this series of things with Theodore.

"No way, it's really not my style to sit and wait."

"What a coincidence, it's not mine either." Theodore sat up and said sarcastically, "It's not easy to come in. If I leave this dream world now, will you still catch me?" Slightly raised his head, as if looking at the sky outside through layers of barriers, where the illusion of a planet burning was being staged in the sky. "Looking at your distressed appearance, the world is running out of time?"

"I just need your help, at least let these heroes wake up first. Maybe we can find other, better solutions."

"There can be no other way," Theodore was unmoved, "When I know who set up this situation, who caused my appearance, and trapped me and Ivan and that person in the situation From then on, I knew that there would be no other solution than death."

"So it's better for you to keep the status quo, and die unconsciously in your sleep, happy and peaceful. I can also see more of this world, the best of both worlds."

"Theodore."

"Bruce."

The doctor gave up his seat to Bruce, who came with a sullen face, and whispered in his ear while rubbing shoulders: "Think of a way.

"Can you tell me what's going on?"

Theodore raised his head, his eyes were dead silent, "Would you believe it?"

Bruce crouched down and looked him straight in the eye with an equal attitude, "If you will."

"Actually, there is nothing to say. The basic trend is the same as what you experienced, but my waking up is more of a joke. In reality, today is the time for me to wake up." Yes, when Jason was buried in the grave , Theodore woke up from the chaos, with full consciousness.How ironic.

Because of this, his position in Wayne's house is slightly awkward. Even Ah Fu will deliberately ignore his existence at certain times. "I know it shouldn't be, but I always think of Jason when I see him. I'm not a good brother." This is what he overheard Dick talking to Barbara.

As a newly awakened life, it is inevitable that the baby bird plot.The first person he saw when he was born was Bruce, and it was Bruce who gave him his name.So Theodore tried his best to do everything well, from academics to extracurricular activities, eager to get Bruce's approval.

But it didn't.

During that chaotic time, Bruce became irritable and irritable, and he devoted more time to his nightly career, and even went out for a long time to track down.As for Dick, he started avoiding Gotham, avoiding news about it, and fighting Bruce more violently than ever before.

All the points undoubtedly revolve around two: Jason and Bruce's mental state.

As a mediator between the two, Alfred basically stays in the Batcave.

Theodore, with all his efforts, no one had the energy to pay attention to.The eternally empty "I'm back," the ever-empty mansion.

He tries to run away from home, but just in time for Bruce to go after an underground drug chain.He walked for three days, starving and fighting for food in the slums.When he finally returned home nervously, Wayne's house was still the same as when he left.

No one noticed that he was missing.

"At that time, I didn't know your night business, so when I knew, I thought, if I can get rid of all the criminals, then my family can focus on me." Theodore rolled his eyes He hung down, staring blankly at himself reflected in the glass.

The doctor raised his eyebrows, "Oh, this incident clearly tells us the dangers of domestic cold violence. So, what did you do?"

"It's just using power, but who told that guy to leave a part of his soul and power in other universes."

"That's right, souls are attracted to each other because they come from the same source. Aha, this is why the two universes are suddenly attracted to each other." The doctor explained to Bruce dancing.

Theodore interrupted impatiently: "Are you still listening?"

"Listen, please continue." The doctor made a gesture of zipping his mouth.

"That guy's ability has a judgment part, and it's not difficult to master, as long as a standard of good and evil is established." Theodore smiled a little nastyly, "I used it for the first time against clowns, and the business is not good enough. He is proficient, and his strength is not very good. I really didn't expect the clown to cry bitterly and confess his sins, and then committed suicide because he couldn't bear the sinful self."

He still remembers it vividly.

That night, his adoptive father, whom he hadn't seen face to face for a long time, wore his dark overalls and pushed the door in with a chill in his body.

"Did you do it?"

"What?" The boy curled up on the chair and holding the tome raised his head, dazed and innocent.

"Arkham." The hoarse voice suppressed the majestic anger.

"I thought he was committing suicide in repentance, in order to atone for his sin."

"Tell me what you did in it."

Theodore was pinned in the chair by his collar, he struggled impatiently, "Hey, you hurt me."

"Nothing, I didn't do anything."

Batman pressed further: "Don't quibble, the surveillance shows that you suddenly appeared in the clown's cell that day. Are you a superpower? An alien or something else? Are you really Theodore?"

"Then what do you want from me?" Theodore's heart suddenly filled with irritability, "An impostor, a pretender, to prove that your home education is all right? Then no one will say to you,' Punish the criminals? See how many criminal reserves you have trained, it really is the Batman who brought fear to Gotham, isn't it?"

Batman grazed Theodore's ear and pierced the back of the chair, and he took a half step back, "Do you know you're killing someone?"

This time it was disappointing.What are you disappointed about?Theodore felt a little sick at the belated reproach.Ha, a man who never cared about me is disappointed in me, did he expect anything from me before?

He looked down at the wrinkled collar, and said coldly: "First of all, I don't think clowns can be counted among people, and second, I really didn't do anything." He twitched the corners of his mouth, "You just Treat it as justice from heaven."

Theodore tried to calm himself down, he didn't want to fight, and he didn't like to fight.Calm down, he said to himself, why hurt yourself for someone else?

But there was still unstoppable sadness and grievance in my heart.

But obviously, Batman is not ready to let this matter go easily, "That's not justice, Theodore, that's not it. Only the law can judge criminals, not you. You are just implementing your own justice."

"Do you know what you're talking about?" Theodore's eyes widened in disbelief, as if Bruce had turned into some unspeakable monster.

He who borrowed Bai's power knew very well that the law still had limitations, but Bai's power could never be diverted.Right is right, wrong is wrong, clearly.

"But the law can never punish the criminals in Arkham, you understand. Time and time again, they escape from Arkham as easily as leaving home, and the clown even regards these as games with you." Theodore decided Look at him: "But that doesn't mean justice doesn't exist."

"Bruce, the law is not always just, and true justice does not exist only in the law."

"I'll say it again," Batman said with a low air pressure, "this is not a reason for you to kill someone."

Arguing, breaking up, repeating the cycle.After hearing the news, Dick came back in a hurry. After failing to reach an agreement, Theodore fought him. Naturally, Theodore's small body couldn't beat Dick, who had received Bruce's training, and was directly beaten into a coma.If it weren't for Theodore's special ability, Dick probably wanted to imprison him in Arkham as well.

The last quarrel broke out after Theodore woke up in the hospital bed, and everyone looked at him with disappointment and hopelessness, as if he had really done something unforgivable.

But the problem is, he never felt that he was wrong.

The boiling emotions prompted him to say nothing, "I think Jason would be grateful to me if he was still alive. After all, his so-called family not only failed to avenge him, but also let him die worthless."

"Oh, and now they're still trying to get justice for his killer's death, and they're willing to—"

Dick put his arm firmly on Theodore's neck, and said with red eyes: "Shut your mouth, or I don't mind knocking out all your teeth."

Theodore blushed, and said in a hoarse voice, "What? Did you become angry from embarrassment when I told the truth?"

"Dick, that's enough!"

Bruce called out the furious Dick, and Alfred came in with the water instead.He watched Theodore cough for a long time, drank half a glass of water slowly, and said worriedly: "Master Theo, the master just doesn't want to see your hands get killed."

"I know." Theodore touched the burning neck, his eyes were bright and clean, "I am no longer a kid who wants to do something to get attention, it's just a different idea."

Before closing the door and leaving, Alfredi seemed to hear the child lying on the bed whisper: "It turns out that the human heart feels like this."

Then Theodore left Wayne's house quietly.Arkham, Bludhaven, Star City... Each has news about the inexplicable deaths of criminals who have not been punished by law. Who knows if it is true or not?

Even the Flash went to Bruce urgently one day, saying that he found that Reverse Lightning couldn't bear the high-speed movement because of his body, and died at his door when he wanted to do something.Ask great advisors if they know what's going on.

Ares, who tried to start a war, was soon discovered by Diana that half of his body had turned into a stone statue, and he could only maintain the posture of holding his sword and shield high forever, enduring the washing of the sea.

He can fight the sea to the death.

For two years, everyone seemed to have a sword of Damocles hanging high above their heads. Even if they escaped the trial of the law by chance, they could not escape the justice that fell from the sky.The latest news is that Lex Luthor did not believe in evil and tried to do something to Superman, but fell into a coma and has not yet woken up.

Judging from the examination results, his brain cells were extremely active, and he seemed to be indulging in some exciting dream.Not surprisingly, it may be that everything goes well in the dream, but when I wake up, I am getting old and powerless.The huge gap between reality and dreams will probably drive this careerist crazy.

Bruce tried to find Theodore and talk to him, but never got the chance.Until a newcomer suddenly appeared in Gotham - Red Hood.

The turnaround came.

The author has something to say: Send it from the real world, are you happy?

This story tells us that it is faster to dream if you want the bat family to be safe. (For details, please watch the various operations of the DC editor on the Batman)