[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Time flies. Jason has become a sophomore, and his neighbor Peter and Mindy are both middle school students. Peter has started to play football formally, Cassandra has joined S.H.I.E.L.D., and Yinsen's career as the director of an orphanage in Gotham is flourishing.

Considering that Jason's current identity was arranged by Talia and many of his industries were also under this identity, Jason was prepared for his ex-wife to cause trouble for him in this regard, but Talia did not do so.

After all, Jason is an Avenger, and Fury will not allow his identity to be in question. Plus, with Ancient One sitting behind him, Jason is generally safe.

But to be honest, Talia's attitude of no longer paying attention to Jason and completely breaking off relations with him is even more depressing.

They are now completely cut off.

August 2013 came, and it was Jason's birthday, but this time he didn't have a party. He just made a cake for himself, ate it with Cassandra, and was about to go to work. Who knew that a group of people called him.

Not only Captain America, Natasha, Dr. Banner and other Avengers, but also Katie, Qian Huan and others, as well as Cassandra, Jessica and Peter next door, even lawyer Matt from Hell's Kitchen and Punisher Frank called him to send their blessings.

Talia gave him no information, as it should be.

It is worth mentioning that Tony sent Jason a gift box, which contained a computer. After opening it, Jarvis' voice came out from it.

"Hello, Jason, I'm..."

Jason nodded: "I know, you are Lao Jia."

According to Lao Jia, Tony copied his main source code and put it in the computer, which is equivalent to creating a subsystem of an artificial intelligence butler. From today on, he will also provide services for Jason. This is Tony's gift to Jason.

Jason was a little flattered. He knew that Lao Jia was probably not just an AI butler to Tony, but also like a family member.

"Send a thank you email to Tony for me. Also, I'm glad you came to our house. I'll buy a small server for you to stay at home, although it's definitely not as good as Tony's."

Jason said as he squatted down and touched the computer, still with a look of amazement on his face.

Before going to bed, a golden halo appeared in Jason's room, and Ancient One waved at him from across the halo.

"Hi, young man, congratulations on growing another year older. Now, go ahead."

The second half of her sentence was addressed to a half-human-height Paddington Bear doll, and the doll seemed to have its own consciousness and stepped through the aperture and walked in front of Jason.

"He is a magical energy creature that specializes in possessing entities. He is powered by magic. He is gentle and hardworking. He can do simple housework. His intelligence is equivalent to that of a 7-year-old child. Give him a name."

Jason was stunned. "I remember this creature was called a house elf? They should be on the verge of extinction."

"Yes, but I have it in stock, and he and one of my capes are brothers."

Jason picked up the stuffed bear and weighed it. He thanked Ancient One with gratitude and smiled at the stuffed bear: "Can I call you Axel from now on? In figure skating, the Axel jump is the only forward jump, and it was also the jump I was best at before."

Axel nodded slowly, his ears twitching.

Oh my god, Jason really loves this gift.

After another August 8th, Jason's family had two new members, Jarvis and Axel, one was an AI butler and the other was a magic housework elf.

This is simply science fiction and fairy tales coming together in Jason's life.

He sent a congratulatory email to Afu, who had the same birthday as him, through a secret mailbox: [Dear Afu, I am doing very well now. I went to college and I feel that I have learned a lot of knowledge that I didn’t know before. By the way, I sent you the latest model of dishwasher. Sometimes you can leave some housework to the machine. It is definitely more reliable than Bruce. Remember to have a good rest…]

Katie is three years older than Jason, but her birthday is also in August. On her birthday, she made an appointment with Jason, Qianhuan, Laura, and Cassandra to have dinner together. Jason brought a big cake as a gift. But halfway through the party, Katie started to make a fuss with her friends, asking Jason to fulfill the promise they made that year.

"We promised that when I turn 25, you would sing "What's Up" for me, Jay, come on!"

Jason looked like he had a toothache: "God, are you sure? I haven't sung for a long time."

He hadn't sung since his voice fell, so Kurt forced a guitar into his hands and pushed him into the center of the living room.

Jason had no choice but to cough and start plucking the strings.

"Twenty-five years and my life is still

Twenty-five years have passed, and my life remains turbulent

Tryingtogetupthatgreatbighillofhope

When I struggled to reach the starlight in the sky..."

After singing two lines, Jason looked at Katie and Kurt, Laura and Qian Huan in surprise, because they actually sang along with him.

Well, they would never leave Jason alone.

Jason calmed down and continued playing the guitar. When he sang "And I say, hey...", everyone started laughing while singing.

Life is probably like this. Sometimes they have to make some choices that will make them heartbroken, but there will always be sunshine in life.

Of course, for a hardworking person like Jason, even if he goes to a friend’s birthday party, he will still go out for a night patrol after the party is over.

His night patrols now have no regular pattern. Sometimes when he's in the mood, he'll patrol Gotham for a week straight, and then not show up in New York that week. Sometimes, if it's exam week, he won't patrol at night at all, letting Mindy and Laura go out and play together. It can be said that he is quite free.

When he patrols New York at night, he is naturally the masked Hitman, and when he patrols Gotham at night, he is the Red Hood.

Jason went to Gotham today.

The East Side of Gotham has now completely become Jason's territory. He enjoys a very high reputation here. As long as they are in his territory, no matter who the criminals are, even if Black Mask comes with all his force, he will be defeated by Jason.

Yin Sen took the account book to report to him. Jason looked at it for a while and asked without looking up: "Did you know that a patent you made when you were an engineer was nominated for the Engineering Design Award in the awards organized by Mr. Fantastic?"

Yin Sen paused, lowered his head and laughed, "It was Tony's recommendation that got me nominated, right?"

Jason: "Well, why don't you go meet him? He would be happy to know that you are still alive."

Yin Sen seemed to be in a good mood: "Let's talk about it later, I will go to see him."

This was Yin Sen’s own business, so Jason didn’t interfere too much. He packed up his equipment, slung his motorcycle over his shoulder, and went out like a tiger patrolling its territory.

In fact, nothing usually happens to him. After all, big things don't happen every day, and most criminals don't dare to cause trouble in the territory of the ruthless Red Hood for fear of being shot in the head. There are only a few lucky ones like Mr. Freeze who can keep their heads because of the cooling function.

But Jason has other troubles besides criminals.

After breaking a few more muggers' legs, the sound of wind was heard behind Jason. He nimbly moved out of the way and saw the petite Robin rushing over and beginning to attack.

Alas, this naughty kid is here again.

Damian's strength is getting stronger as he gets older. Jason used to rely on his size advantage and age bonus to pin Damian down with one hand, but now it is impossible. The naughty boy's strength has long been stronger than that of an adult.

He dodged Damian's attack and asked, "Didn't you just make peace with your father? Why don't you stay by his side and come to trouble me? Be careful that the Court of Owls comes to arrest you again."

Damian roared, "How dare you mention the Court of Owls!"

A while ago, the Court of Owls caused some trouble and wanted to cause trouble for the Wayne family. Jason had just been discharged from the hospital when he learned about this from Yin Sen.

Remembering the miserable state of Dick the Claw in the Flashpoint world, Jason had long had a negative impression of the Court of Owls, so he carried a lot of high-quality explosives to the base of the Court of Owls.

Unexpectedly, Batman and Robin were also inside the Court of Owls, so Jason almost affected them when he detonated the explosives.

"I just wanted to deal with those bad guys. It was an unintentional mistake that I got you involved. How could I know that you were so incompetent that you would be caught by the Court of Owls?"

Jason dodged and explained at the same time, but he was actually a little guilty. Jason swept Damian to the ground with a leg sweep, hoping to escape, but Damian was like a little leopard. He twisted his waist hard, did a backflip to avoid the attack, and then picked up a stick on the side of the road and hit him.

Jason subconsciously wanted to dodge, but when he saw the stick-like object clearly, he subconsciously froze.

It was a crowbar, and because Jason was distracted for a moment, the crowbar hit Jason's shoulder smoothly. The severe pain made him come to his senses, and he kicked little Robin in the abdomen hard. Damian groaned and flew several meters away.

Jason leaned against the wall, holding his shoulder and breathing heavily, feeling annoyed. He didn't know if Damian did it on purpose, but seeing the crowbar really made him feel uncomfortable.

He looked at the naughty kid lying on the ground, trying to get up with his hands on the ground, and said coldly: "Devil cub, I don't want to play with you anymore, let's end it tonight."

"Wait! I have something else to ask you!"

Jason paused and spoke briefly.

"explain."

Damian gritted his teeth and asked, "Mother has changed. She... tried to control Father a while ago. Her temperament has obviously changed drastically. Father said that she was affected by the Lazarus Pool. So I want to ask you if you know how to remove the influence of that pool."

Jason's heart moved and he chuckled. "You asked me how to remove the influence of the Lazarus Pool? So there are still some among you who think that Red Hood is not an outlaw who went crazy because of the Lazarus Pool?"

Damian got up and coughed twice while holding his wound.

He whispered, "You looked a little abnormal when you took me on missions before, but I can see that you have never been truly crazy and have always been rational. Moreover, you are much calmer now than before. I think you should have completely overcome the side effects of the Lazarus Pool."

Damian never thought of Jason as a madman. Even though most people who knew Jason during his Robin period thought he was completely crazy now, in Damian's opinion, Jason was a very rational person since they met.

This is also one of the reasons why Damian has some respect for Jason in his heart. No matter how annoying Todd is, his firm determination is indeed unmatched by many.

Jason was a little surprised. He was silent for a while and then sighed.

"There is only one way to overcome the Lazarus Pond, and that is to resist its temptation with all your strength. Do not fall into depravity, and stick to your original intention. Outsiders cannot help you, you can only rely on yourself."

"You can't do that either? Mother sees you as a partner..."

"Ambition is more important to her than love now, so we broke up. You are also an Augu, so you should know better than me how much she would not want others to interfere with her heart and decisions."

After Red Hood said this, he threw a smoke bomb, and when the smoke cleared, his shadow was no longer there.

Damian looked at the empty alley, narrowed his eyes, angrily kicked the trash can at the entrance of the alley, took out his grappling hook and left.

He was on patrol tonight with Batgirl. Barbara had regained her mobility last month through high-tech rehabilitation technology provided by the Osborn Group.

She saw Damian coming back and asked gently, "Robin, where did you go before?"

Damian said with a sour face: "It's okay."

But in the following night patrols, Robin's movements were always a little slow, and Jason didn't control the strength of his kick. When the child came home, he locked himself in the room and unzipped his clothes, and he could see a big bruise on his belly.

He unhappily took out the ointment and muttered while applying it: "Damn Todd, he actually dared to break up with his mother."

"What breakup?"

Damian looked up and saw Nightwing squatting on the windowsill, looking at him seriously.

"Damian, what happened to your injury? Barbara told me that you went to the East District before. Who hurt you?"

Damian said nothing.

Nightwing continued to ask: "Was it Red Hood? He was the one who hurt you?"

Damian replied honestly: "I attacked him first. He didn't want to get involved with me."

"Is that right?"

Nightwing landed lightly on the ground, walked to Damian, reached out and touched his wound, and Damian took a breath.

"You need to get checked out. Jason is very strong. You may have some broken bones."

Nightwing's frown deepened, and Damian heard his whisper.

"He's getting more and more outrageous..."

……

Jason sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at the X-ray that Yin Sen had taken urgently. He found a slight crack in his shoulder blade and felt angry and proud at the same time.

"That kid is getting stronger and stronger."

Axel walked over to him with bandages and medicine in his bear paws, and after Jason finished complaining about Bao Bao, he fell headfirst into Axel's furry belly.

He said weakly, "The first game of the new football season is next week."

Axel's ears twitched again, and he patted Jason's back gently with his bear paw. The projector not far away turned on and projected the address of the nearest hospital on the wall.

"Jason, do you want me to contact a vehicle to take you to the hospital?"

Jason: "No, Lao Jia, this is just a minor injury, there's no need to go to the hospital."