[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Jason sometimes brings some snacks for his friends in the club. After all, there are only a few people in the figure skating club, and everyone is quite caring towards him as a junior. Jason also intends to get along well with them.

In addition to the club leader Meryl, her male ice dancing partner Elvis, and Jason's good friend Sunny, he is also relatively familiar with a Mexican-American named Penco, a black lady named Anya, and a blonde girl named Lily. They are all single skaters and train with Jason under Coach Ed. Mr. Rick, another head teacher in the club, leads two pairs skating groups and two ice dancing groups.

The total number of members in the club is small, which is normal. After all, figure skating is a niche sport and is prone to injuries. Professional athletes have a short career because they need to do jumps on the ice, such as triple jumps and quadruple jumps. This means that the human body has to jump into the air and turn 1080°-1440° before falling down. At the moment of landing on the ice, the human body needs to withstand a pressure of at least five times its body weight, which is equivalent to being stepped on by an elephant's foot.

In addition, this sport is very expensive. Amateur courses cost about 3000 US dollars a year. If you receive systematic training, the annual tuition is more than 2 US dollars. The annual tuition for the top coaches is 20 US dollars. If you hire a dedicated coach, the fee will be additional.

Figure skating is an artistic sport, so it is best for figure skaters to take a minor in ballet, classical dance, artistic gymnastics, etc. to make their body movements more graceful, which is an additional expense.

Next are the ice skates. Good professional ice skates cost US$1500 a pair. If the training intensity is high, you need to change them frequently. It is basic to change four pairs in half a year. You also need spare skates and have the skates maintained once a month.

Finally, if you want to participate in the competition, the Figure Skating World Championships are held in a different country every year, while another A-level event, the Figure Skating Grand Prix, has six sub-races, which are held in the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, and France. If you want to participate in the finals, you must first go to two of the sub-races to accumulate points. The finals are also held in a different place every year. In any case, the airfare and accommodation fees will definitely be a lot.

Then we need to find a good choreographer to choreograph the program for the competition. Figure skating competitions are divided into two items: a short program of 2 minutes and 40 seconds and a free skating of 4 minutes and 30 seconds, so we need to choreograph two programs, which cost about 2 US dollars in total.

In addition, it is impossible for athletes to go on the ice to compete in long underwear or sportswear, so they have to buy costens (competition clothing), one set each for the short program and free skating. If they can get on the podium, they also have to participate in exhibition skating, which means a total of three sets. A good costen starts at US$3000, and three sets cost US$9000.

Fortunately, Bruce lacks everything else except money. Sending his children ice skating is just a piece of cake for him. The cost of Jason's figure skating lessons for a year is less than one-tenth of the price of a Batmobile. And the Batmobile has been damaged quite a few times. The reason why it only exploded five times a year was because Arkham's performance was not good that year. It took ten times to pass the test.

Sunny ate the oatmeal milk cookies that Jason brought over, enjoying the rich milk flavor and sweet taste blended together. As the soft and tasty cookies melted in her mouth and flowed into her esophagus, she was almost intoxicated by the delicious taste. Jason's cooking skills were really amazing!

She looked at Jason who was sitting not far away. The boy was tying his shoelaces carefully. The laces of ice skates must always be tied tightly to ensure that they will not suddenly loosen when they are spinning or jumping. Otherwise, accidents are likely to happen. After all, figure skating is called "an adventure on ice" and the risks are higher than those of ordinary sports.

Sunny found that Jason always liked to sit in the corner, with the light shining on his profile and the other half of his face hidden in the shadows. His brow bone and nose bridge were like sculptures, with deep eye sockets and green eyes like clear lake water, with a crystal blue color in the sun.

When she first met Jason, he looked much thinner and shorter than his peers, and it was obvious that he had been malnourished for a long time. Now, he had been fed with good food by the Wayne family for more than half a year. Not only had he grown a lot taller, but his thick hair was as black as ebony, with a luster that had never been seen on the best furs. His delicate skin was as white as the first snow in winter, and his already handsome appearance was eye-catching to the point of sharpness.

Figure skating is a sport that favors beautiful women. Good-looking people are more pleasing to the eye on the ice than ordinary people, and naturally it is easier for them to get higher program content scores. Jason definitely has an advantage over others on the ice.

After all, he is the school hunk.

Sunny had seen pictures of the teenage Bruce Wayne and Jason's adopted brother Richard Grayson in the Alumni Memorial Room. They were both charming men with extraordinary looks. It could only be said that the rumor that the Wayne family was specializing in black-haired, blue-eyed handsome men (Jason's eyes were green, but that didn't have much of a difference) was true.

It's really unique to have three generations of school handsome boys in one family.

She went over and sat next to Jason. "Didn't you say yesterday that your brother would be home? How was it? How was it like hanging out with a real person? I heard your brother was super popular at school."

"By the way, his record is even more brilliant than yours. He played for half of the school's football team by himself."

As she said this, Sunny burst into laughter.

Jason unscrewed a bottle of water and replied calmly, "His friend had something to do, so he didn't come back."

Shanni sighed, a little regretful: "No wonder you brought cookies for us to eat. Are they left over from the previous night?"

Jason hummed, "It's only one night. These cookies take three days to go bad. They're safe to eat now."

"I don't mind this. Anyway, the food you make tastes good even if it's left overnight."

Sunny stuffed another cookie in her mouth and said vaguely, "I'm just curious about what kind of person Grayson is. There are still legends about him in the school. You know, there are a lot of girls who like him."

A rebellious young man who quarreled with his father and spoke without thinking, but was still a popular person. It was said that he was the core figure of the Teen Titans, deeply trusted by the team and favored by the mature superheroes of the Justice League.

He is the former Robin and current Nightwing who is more popular than Jason and better than him no matter how rebellious he is.

Jason lowered his eyes, thinking of Barbara's barely concealed rejection and defensiveness, and he could almost understand other people's attitude towards him.

Bruce originally said that Jason could join the Teen Titans during the summer vacation to try to develop his teamwork skills, but he ultimately chose to reject the proposal using the excuse of figure skating training.

No one knew that Jason leaned against the head of the bed with his legs hugged, staring at the moonlight outside the window until four in the morning when he fell asleep. Surprisingly, Jason was not angry about the fact that his predecessor Robin didn't like him, even though he always acted very angry in the past.

He just felt a little cold in his heart.

The sensitive boy knew that when he first arrived at Wayne's house, even Alfu was a little bit repulsive to him, but it was the kindness of the old man that made him finally accept Jason, but not everyone is like Alfu.

Everyone thinks that Jason is worse than Dick Grayson, but he will never give up being Robin. This identity is his now. Bruce chose him, which proves that Batman recognizes him and Batman is the right one. Jason swears that he will do better and prove that he deserves the title of Robin!

In the eighth month after Jason Todd entered the Wayne family, Dick returned home for the first time, but he had no intention of meeting his successor. After rushing back to Wayne Manor in the middle of the night, he first had a big quarrel with Batman, even fighting, and then went to the Teen Titans angrily, preparing to hang out with his friends during the summer vacation.

He didn't want to acknowledge the gangster who invaded his family and stole his past code name. For Alfu's sake, he decided to pretend that Jason Todd didn't exist. However, some things cannot be solved by avoiding them.

A few days later, Nightwing, who had just returned from a stroll on an alien planet, saw the Batmobile at the entrance of the Teen Titans base.

He paused, frowned, stepped forward and called out in confusion.

"B?"

The door of the Batmobile opened and a little Robin in a red, yellow and green uniform jumped out. Honestly, Dick was inexplicably pissed off to see Jason in a uniform that was supposed to be his.

Nightwing suppressed his anger and looked at Jason with a cold expression that tried not to show rejection: "What are you doing here? No, how did you find this place? How did you know I was here?"

Little Robin: "Tracker."

Nightwing; "what?"

Little Robin said coldly, "It's in your arm. I have it too."

Nightwing was silent for a few seconds, then cursed: "...Fu|ckBatman!"

He actually had a tracker implanted in his body? Why the hell didn't he know about it? When did it happen?

Jason didn't want to talk any more with Dick Grayson, so he quickly explained the situation in a barely fluctuating tone.

"Arkham is rioting again. Batman is dealing with the Joker and Bane's alliance, but Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze ran off to Blüdhaven in an hour. Batman asked me to come and inform you. He asked us to stop those two together, arrest them if possible, and take them back to Arkham."

Dick was stunned by the amount of information, and then covered his forehead: "I just returned to Earth, and I ran into this..."

Wonder Girl Donna Troy walked up and put her arm around Dick's shoulders: "What's wrong? Do you need me to help you if you're in trouble?"

"No!"

"Do not."

Dick and Jason rejected her in unison. This was the Bat family's business and there was no need to involve others. Then they looked at each other strangely.

Wonder Girl couldn't help but laugh: "You two really have a good chemistry, so you are brothers, superheroes from the same family, right?"

Donna Troy is Wonder Woman's assistant and comes from Paradise Island. She is not opposed to the new Robin because she has a younger sister of her own and decided early on that if her younger sister wants to become a superhero in the future, she will be willing to share her code name with her.

"He and I are not brothers."

Dick and Jason spoke in unison again, but this time there was something sinister between them.

Dick looked at Jason and found that the boy's expression was like a hedgehog with its spines erected, and he seemed to have no good impression of him at all.

Well, he had originally thought that as a Gotham teenager and the one who inherited the title of Robin, Jason Todd might have a little bit of admiration for him, which might have made Dick willing to suppress his temper when he first met Jason, but obviously he couldn't expect a gangster from Crime Alley to admire and respect Robin.

Jason turned around and got into the driver's seat: "Time is running out, it's time to go."

Nightwing turned around and hugged Donna. The two young people who were in an ambiguous period looked at each other and laughed.

Donna patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on with your brother and don't bully him, okay? You two are going to catch a criminal together."

Dick couldn't help but laugh and said, "You know I never let personal emotions interfere with the mission. Wait until I come back."

He quickly kissed Donna on the cheek, turned around and jumped into the Batmobile. The next second, the door closed, the sound of the engine starting sounded, and whoosh, Batman sped away.

Dick got into Jason's car and almost fell over before he even sat still. He reacted, "Wait, why are you driving? You're still a minor!"

Jason held the steering wheel, looking puzzled. "Being a vigilante is illegal, so it doesn't matter if I'm underage, right? I'm allowed to drive the car."

Dick: “…He let you drive the Batmobile?”

How is that possible? Dick has been Robin for so many years and he has never driven the Batmobile!

Jason blinked. “Who do you think taught me how to drive?”

Robin thought, what's so strange about this? He had even removed the tires of the Batmobile. As for Bruce allowing him to drive, it was because he and Bruce once hid in a speedboat when they were disrupting a gang arms deal, and they were almost taken out of Gotham Bay. Later, Jason felt that if a similar situation happened again, he would always make sure that he could get himself back after knocking down the criminals.

So when Batman saw little Robin with his face upturned, his cape clutched, his big eyes shining, asking him to teach him how to drive, he was silent for two seconds before finally agreeing. The teaching aid was the Batmobile that every Robin had dreamed of. He also taught him how to drive a yacht and even a Batfighter, just to be prepared.

As for Dick, he learned it from his girlfriend when he and his high school classmate were kissing in her brother's car. Bruce was too lazy to teach him again after knowing it.

However, Bruce usually does not allow Jason, a minor, to drive. But this time he was busy fighting the Joker and Bane, so he didn't know that after hearing "Go call Nightwing to stop Mr. Freeze and Harley Quinn", little Robin immediately took the keys of a Batmobile and rushed out.