[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Roy was initially surprised when he learned that Jason could introduce him to the Punisher.

"The Punisher is from New York, right? Do you know him?"

As far as Roy knew, the Batman family were the protectors of Gotham and few of them went to other places to develop. Even Blüdhaven, which was guarded by Nightwing, was not far from Gotham. How did Jason know the superheroes there?

However, what Roy didn't expect was that Jason not only wore the identity of Red Hood, but was also a publicly recognized Avengers member named Hitman. Therefore, he had a wide network of contacts in the New York superhero circle. He knew people among the Avengers, mutants, and anti-heroes. When necessary, Jason could even get in touch with the best villain, Kingpin.

Jason replied: "Well, I know him, do you want to meet him?"

Roy was really curious about the anti-hero circle in New York, so Jason called Frank and after making sure that he was willing to meet Roy, he gave Roy a small note with Frank's phone number.

I hope Roy can adapt to the life of fighting vampires. Jason is quite optimistic about him.

For some reason, after this incident, Jason felt a bit like a superhero agent.

When he introduced Jessica Jones to S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury asked him, "Do you know anyone who is suitable to join S.H.I.E.L.D." Later, it was because of him that Cassandra was targeted by Fury's eye and was finally pulled into S.H.I.E.L.D.

Then when Jason was stirring up trouble in Gotham as the Red Hood, he would hand over his apprentice, Hit-Girl Mindy, to Daredevil, letting the adult superhero move around with the little girl. Now he has recommended Roy to team up with Frank and Daywalker.

By the way, the group of strange-looking mutants living in the sewers that he pulled over have now established a new gathering place in the sewers of Gotham's East Side with Killer Croc. They hide during the day and come out at night, taking on the night jobs in the East Side, such as the night shift in 24-hour convenience stores, the night shift for security guards, and even specializing in delivering evening takeout and express deliveries.

Even the people in Crime Alley on the ground began to go there to trade items, and it seemed that it was about to become the first place in the world where ordinary people and mutants lived together.

Obviously he just wanted to help more people live well and make Crime Alley less bad, but the formation of this gathering place made Professor X contact him, and he proposed to inject capital into Jason's current asset management company to build more areas suitable for the residence of mutants and ordinary people.

Then, Jason's company, which was originally just an investment and management company for a few real estate properties, seemed to be on the verge of going public.

This development of events even seemed magical to Jason himself.

After some thought, Jason finally came to the conclusion that it was not himself who was magical, but the people of Gotham's Crime Alley who had suffered greatly from the psychopaths and criminals of Gotham, so they were very receptive to all kinds of things, so it would be easier for them to accept mutants... right.

"Oh, right, Yin Sen said that the children need to receive an education, but the situation outside is not very good. Why don't I just build a primary school in the East District and let those mutant children go to class together with the children from the orphanage and Crime Alley. I wonder if Yin Sen is willing to serve as the principal. If he is not willing, then I can get Killer Croc or that fish-scale uncle to come over."

After all, a position like the principal must be held by someone with prestige, Jason thought so, turned on his computer and started typing out his plan.

Anyway, the East District is his territory, and he has no shortage of money or people, so he might as well do more things.

Jason, who was thinking this, had no idea that the magical scene in the East District appeared because of his ideas, which others thought were completely unnatural.

What Jason didn't know was that Magneto, who learned about the development of Gotham's East District from Professor X, had already put Jason into the category of "trustworthy people with unknown thoughts in their heads", and Jason's weight in the mutant community was becoming more and more important.

He is probably the most favorable ordinary person in the mutant community over the years. Well, although Jason can do magic and goes out with a gun to fight crime every day, he is actually not that ordinary.

It is worth mentioning that the popularity of Columbia University's football team is inexplicably rising. In the new round of NCAA popular teams, they jumped from the fourth from the bottom to the second place in one breath.

The reasons why the masses voted for them are varied.

Some people say that it is because this team’s tactics are always awesome, confusing other teams in various aspects.

Some people say yes, they like the team's spirit of hard work, unity, and the courage to move forward against any team.

Others said that it was because the team captain was so handsome and they wanted to ask for his contact information.

But what is certain is that on the day of voting, Katie, Kurt and other mutant friends all dragged their relatives and friends around them to vote for the Columbia University team. Looking at their posture, it makes people wonder if they dragged the entire Xavier College to vote.

God knows Jason doesn't care about this so-called popularity ranking at all, but his family and friends are really enthusiastic. Among them, Jason's apprentice Mindy has really started to like football and now she has to watch every game in person.

Because he had spent half the night writing the proposal, Jason spent the remaining half of the night remembering that his university professor had assigned him a paper assignment, so he opened the paper file, wrote a rough outline, and checked for plagiarism on the website. Only after confirming that there were no similarities or overlaps did he begin to expand his paper.

During this time, Yin Sen knocked on Jason's door and reminded him, "Hey, you should go to bed. You have an irregular sleep schedule, so be careful of menstrual disorders."

Jason didn't even raise his head. "It's okay. I'm almost done. I'll go to bed after I finish this. It's just one night. It won't mess up."

Yin Sen: "...Alas, if my daughter were still alive, I would definitely put her in her room and not let her stay up late. Can't your father cure your habit of staying up late?"

Jason retorted: "He likes to stay up late himself, so he has no right to control me."

His habit of being more energetic at night than during the day was developed from following Bruce, okay?

Yin Sen was really convinced now. He thought that Jason should make up for his sleep tomorrow morning, so there was no need to call him for breakfast.

The fact was just as Yin Sen had expected. Jason threw himself onto the bed at five in the morning, rolled under the quilt like a caterpillar, and then fell into a deep sleep.

But Jason was probably destined to be a hard worker, because he had only slept for less than five hours when his cell phone rang.

Jason has several mobile phones, one of which is only known to his relatives and friends, and this phone is never turned off or muted. Whenever his relatives and friends call, Jason will answer the call to avoid missing anything.

He fumbled to open his phone and said dazedly: "Hi, this is Jason."

Cassandra's voice came from inside: "Jason, I have something to tell you."

Jason pulled the quilt closer. Although he was a little unhappy about being disturbed from sleeping, he still steadied his tone and tried to reply in a gentle tone: "Well, what's the matter?"

Cassandra's tone contained a hint of amazement: "You told me to pay attention before, there will be big changes in S.H.I.E.L.D., and to pay more attention to Fury and Coulson, and then Fury was beaten to death two days ago."

Jason: "...Um, the one-eyed man was beaten to death...what!?"

He sat up suddenly, feeling a little dizzy because he got up so quickly. He held onto the bedside table and said, "Kashan, tell me what's going on."

Cassandra spoke in a calm tone, the gist of which was that big things had happened in SHIELD in the past few days. First, Fury was killed (Jason was working with Tim and Barbara at the time), and then SHIELD was originally called Hydra, and they were heavily infiltrated by Hydra, and the former director Pierce was also a Hydra, blah blah...

Finally, Cassandra concluded, "Just yesterday, thanks to Captain's efforts and Fury's planning, SHIELD paid a heavy price to clean up all of Hydra. The Winter Soldier you asked me to pay attention to had two fights with Captain and has now lost his trace. I am helping Natasha deal with the remaining mess."

Jason: "..."

Didn't he just catch a criminal with Roy yesterday, and then stayed up all night to write a plan and a paper? How did the world change so suddenly?

This time he really couldn't think of sleeping anymore. Jason turned over and got out of bed, holding Cassandra: "Stay close to Natasha and take care of yourself, okay? I'm going back to New York now."

He casually left a text message for Yin Sen, opened the portal and walked over. Axel Bear was cleaning with a vacuum cleaner. When he saw Jason walking over barefoot, he quickly went to get his shoes.

Jason lifted his foot, let the bear put the shoes on his feet, and hurried out the door.

Although Jason has never been a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has never admitted that he is an Avenger, he has always positioned himself as an outsider. He can help, but he can't join a camp.

But it was only now that he understood Fury's cunningness.

Natasha is from SHIELD and an Avenger, and so is Jessica. Most importantly, Cassandra is also from SHIELD. If they have any problems, can Jason not help them?

He quickly took the stack of matters that Natasha pushed into his hands, and while dealing with them he learned about the details of what happened, including the battle between the Winter Soldier and Hydra, as well as Captain America. Fury also picked a time to come over and talk to Jason about paying him overtime.

Jason: "When did I start getting your salary?"

Fury showed a delighted look on his face: "You mean you're willing to work for me for free? Then I don't have to pay you."

Jason almost took off his shoes and hit him, but no matter how angry he was, he still took the certificate that represented his status as an "extra-staff agent."

Although he seemed to be trapped in some way, he still had to get the money. Like the captain, he was a temporary worker and was still not an official member of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The only problem that worried Jason was that he did these things to facilitate the search for Bucky's whereabouts, but Bucky disappeared so completely that even the captives on the Hydra side didn't know Bucky's whereabouts.

Where on earth had he gone?

After several busy days, Jason rode his motorcycle back to Queens. After parking his motorcycle, he staggered back. When he passed an alley, someone called him from inside.

"Hey."

Jason turned his head and looked into the alley, and saw the lid of a trash can move, and a dirty man poked his head out.

The man was wearing a ragged homeless-style jacket that he had gotten from somewhere. He walked unsteadily and could hardly stand steadily. As he approached, Jason could smell a strong smell of garbage.

Only those green eyes, which seemed to be blown by Siberian snow, seemed much clearer than before.

The Winter Soldier looked at Jason and said slowly, "You... know who I am?"