[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

When Roy and Starfire went to check on Axia, they couldn't find any trace of Jason and Bucky. At first, they thought the two were missing and were extremely worried.

After searching for a long time, the two men came back by themselves, and Jason said casually that he and Bucky had gone out and finished their business, and they also bought a small spaceship with the bounty money.

It is said to be a second-hand spaceship discarded by a faction of the Plunderers. It is only two-thirds the size of the spaceship of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but its performance is much better than the civilian model. Yondu knew that Jason wanted the spaceship, so he simply sent a message to Jason through the Star Network, asking him if he wanted to buy this spaceship whose functions were all well maintained.

Jason naturally agreed very happily. This spaceship was enough to expand Jason's future activities from the earth to the entire galaxy. If Jason wanted, he could even go to farther places.

After discussing with Bucky, they decided to name the ship "Axel".

Roy, who is still using his girlfriend's spaceship, is speechless. What on earth did you do during the two weeks I was on another planet?!

By the way, Jason not only had an extra spaceship, he also had an extra ginger cat. Roy didn’t know how he had picked up an ginger cat in the universe and even said he wanted to bring it back to Earth to raise.

Jason himself replied calmly: "Nothing, I just saved the world once."

Roy: "..."

After listening to Jason's brief explanation of the major events in the past two weeks, he felt that he was completely convinced by Jason. It has only been two weeks, and you have managed to accomplish so many things.

After that, everyone happily drove the spaceship back to Earth. When approaching the Earth, Roy suddenly remembered something and pushed Spark.

"My dear, how long did it take you to learn how to fly a spaceship?"

Starfire replied gently, "Two months. I'm a pretty good learner. What's wrong?"

Roy jumped up in fright and turned back to look at the spaceship following them.

Jason Todd, a driving genius who dared to pry open the tire of the Batmobile when he saw it for the first time, and who has never been to a driving school for a single day, can drive the Batmobile as sharp as the protagonist of "Grand Theft Auto". His style is wild, and he would have no problem driving a spaceship instead of a car.

Roy had originally prepared to rescue with Starfire in case of an accident on the spaceship next to him, but Jason managed to land his ship safely on the ground.

The momentum was quite strong when it was landing, and the whole spaceship shook when it landed. I don't know who he learned how to fly a spaceship from.

He looked at Jason and broke out in a cold sweat: "Jason, have you ever learned to fly a spaceship?"

While Jason was thinking about where his spaceship was hidden, he replied, "No, I've only seen Yondu, Star-Lord, Rocket and others flying spaceships before. It was the first time I flew one myself after I got the Axel. But fortunately, this thing is not more difficult to fly than the Batfighter."

Roy wiped his forehead and said, "Remind me that next time I get on a vehicle driven by you, I must prepare a parachute and other self-rescue items first."

In the end, Jason asked the mutants to help build an extra-large basement under the Gotham Orphanage, and then opened a portal to put the spaceship in.

Well, that'll do.

However, when they returned to New York, Jason saw Stephen Strange at the door of his apartment. He was wearing a red magic cloak, a yellow mask, and had a serious expression on his face.

Well, Jason was not surprised why Strange was waiting for him at the door, because he had carved protective circles at the Gotham Orphanage and his own apartment to ensure that no one would suddenly show up at his home.

He said in an incredible tone: "I never thought that you were also a member of the masked vigilante, and a student accepted by Ancient One before me."

According to the records left by Ancient One, Jason standing in front of him is Gotham's second-generation Robin, the current Red Hood and Hitman, and also... If he fails to successfully inherit the position of the Sorcerer Supreme in this world line, or turns evil, he will be pushed to that position as another reserve Sorcerer Supreme.

However, Jason himself seemed unaware of the reserve status given to him by Ancient One.

This is a young wizard with outstanding talent. He has mastered two powerful skills, Soul Flame and Blade of the Great Caste, which are used against evil creatures and attack souls. He is also proficient in space magic and exile (exiling enemies to another space) commonly used by Kamar-Taj wizards, and has a strong perception.

From the perspective of a wizard alone, Jason is powerful enough, not to mention that he is also a member of the Justice League's Bat-family superhero. Although he is not close to his family now, he has all the skills that a Bat-family superhero should have, including combat, reconnaissance, and firearms proficiency, and he has countless plan Bs.

This is a young man with outstanding strength who is still making progress and has the trait of zero deviation. As the Supreme Sorcerer who guards the Time Gem, such a person can simply make them extremely fond of him.

Jason glanced at his hand and said, "Is your hand feeling better? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Stephen said slowly: "The Ancient One is dead."

Jason paused.

For Jason, Ancient One is a friend with whom he can speak his mind. After all, she always has an "I know everything" attitude, and there is nothing to hide in front of her. In addition, she is also a trusted mentor.

She has helped Jason many times, and of course has also caused Jason a lot of trouble. For example, she was the one who pushed for going to the Flashpoint world and going to space. But it is undeniable that without Ancient One, there would be no Jason today.

The person he has always respected from the bottom of his heart, who has a very high status. She doesn't even need to give a reason, Jason will go to space just because of her words, because he knows that Ancient One will not harm him.

It was this person who died when Jason was away from Earth.

According to Strange, Ancient One obtained dark power from Dormammu to strengthen herself, but doing so would eventually get out of control, so she chose to leave on her own.

Moreover, Ancient One did not leave behind a body. Before her death, she asked Strange to burn her body into ashes to prevent it from being exploited by someone with ulterior motives.

"She said... the tutor assigned to you will contact you after you get your master's degree. Also, your magic has reached the level where you can read the Book of Vishanti. If you have time, remember to come to the library of Kamar-Taj to find the king. He will help you."

After saying this, Strange left in a hurry. He had just inherited the position of Sorcerer Supreme and had a lot of things to do.

Jason was confused. He turned to look at Bucky and whispered, “She just left like that?”

Bucky went forward and hugged him.

The next day, they opened a portal and went to a cemetery in Asia. Ancient One's tomb was in a very remote location, but it was kept very clean. Jason sat in front of the tomb in silence for a while.

When he returned, he said to Bucky, "I wonder if my family will feel the same way when they see my tombstone."

Bucky squeezed his hand.

After that, Jason was depressed for a while. Gu Yi usually didn't have a strong presence in Jason's life, but Jason always liked to make more cookies and cupcakes when baking, and put them on a plate together with black tea. After a while, a golden halo would appear on the table, and a hand would reach out from it to take the dessert away.

She was Jason's elder, teacher, and family member. Her sudden death must have been a blow to Jason.

Fortunately, there is always something to do in the daily life of a superhero. Reading, night patrols, and football training can keep him busy. Besides, Mindy has grown up and is going to Midtown High School. If Peter wants to enter this school, they will come to Jason for tutoring.

At the same time, Jason's cooperation with SHIELD deepened. He began to go on missions with Cassandra frequently and met a lady named Abigail Brand, who was a hybrid of alien and earthling, had very good tactical mind and fighting ability, and was a level 9 agent of SHIELD.

Jason vaguely realized that Fury seemed to have not given up his idea of ​​establishing a new organization. The one-eyed man was just accumulating strength and saving talents for the new organization.

I'm afraid even Jason himself is one of Fury's reserved talents.

The days passed by like flowing water, and Jason was really glad to have Bucky's company during this time. It was obviously he who wanted to take care of Bucky at first, but since some time ago, it was Bucky who took care of him more.

When Tim finally found Jason's email address, he hesitated for a while and sent a request for a video call.

After a while, the video call was connected. Jason, who was wearing a bathrobe and looked like he had just taken a shower, was sitting on the computer chair while drying his hair. His collar was slightly open, his chest muscles were full, and his long legs were crossed.

"Xiao Hong? What do you want to talk to me about?"

"I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?"

Tim's eyes lingered on Jason's collarbone for a moment.

Those red marks don't look like they were caused by mosquito bites.

"It seems you are not single now?"

Jason smiled. "Just keep it to yourself. Don't ask about my personal life."

Tim coughed and replied, "Well, I just wanted to tell you that Bruce sent a flower basket to the elementary school in the East District on the opening day, but you didn't show up."

"How can I show up? Jason Todd has been dead for eight years. Do I have to pretend to be dead in public or dress up as a zombie to scare people?"

Jason was a little helpless: "Also, I saw that flower basket. There were five locators alone. I couldn't be happy after seeing it."

"Next time I will remind him to send two flower baskets, one with a locator and one without."

Tim glanced to the side, and Jason narrowed his eyes sharply: "Is there someone next to you? Tell him to come out! Either talk to me face to face, or I'm hanging up!"

Tim stood up obediently and spread his hands to the person next to him.

"You saw it. I said he would react like this."

Jason crossed his arms and saw a familiar Batman without a mask appear before him.

"Jason, first of all, I won't interfere with your enjoyment of life, but please be careful about contraception."

Bruce also glanced at Jason's collarbone, causing Jason to roll his eyes at him unceremoniously.

God knows this is the first time Bruce has said such words. Batman feels subtly uncomfortable, as if the cabbages in the field were eaten up by foreign pigs when he was not paying attention.

But Jason had not listened to his discipline for many years, so Bruce could only give him a dry reminder and then continue with business.

"As far as I know, Professor X has invested in the primary school in the East District. This is a good thing. The East District has developed well in the past two years, but a primary school can only accommodate those younger children. Older, adolescent children may need a middle school. I mean, the Wayne Group is also willing to invest..."

But if he accepted the investment from Wayne Group, it would mean that part of Jason's financial situation and part of the development of the entire East District would be exposed to Wayne's eyes.

Bruce didn't know whether Jason was willing to do this, but after reading the East District intelligence submitted by Tim, he hoped he could help.

Even though Jason took a different path from them and had ideological differences with them, the only thing they were the same about was their love for Gotham.

The old bat brother was prepared to be rejected, but after Jason heard what Bruce said, his originally impatient expression turned serious.

"Okay, give me a contact number. I'll let Yin Sen talk to you about this. He's the director of the orphanage."

"So he is indeed your agent."

Tim muttered, earning a glare from Jason across the screen.

Without talking about the principle of whether to kill or not, and just talking about the development of Gotham, Jason and his family still have something to talk about. Bruce hasn't had a good talk with Jason for a long time. Until now, he realized that Jason has really grown a lot in places he can't see.

Jason is very insightful and has a clear and flexible mind. If Bruce looks at Jason from the perspective of a father and the chairman of Wayne Group instead of Batman, he can honestly admit that Jason is still an excellent and admirable young man.

At the end of the conversation, Bruce's mouth curled up slightly and his expression relaxed a lot.

He paused, and said casually, "Are you free to come home for dinner recently? Ah Fu misses you very much."

After saying this, Bruce looked at Jason's expressionless face and felt a little nervous again.

Jason had been away from him for too long, and his personality had changed a lot, making them completely unsure of Jason's current personality.

Bruce also later listened to the recording of Jason's argument with Nightwing during the battle for the cloak. He suddenly realized that they may never have understood this kid, and that the difference in their ideologies had already appeared, but no one realized it.

Alfred later told Bruce that Jason had been very repressed at one point. This sensitive and empathetic child could easily sense the pain of others, so he could not sit idly by and watch criminals continue to hurt others. In a city like Gotham, the most efficient way to completely eradicate crime is to stop killing with killing.

Bruce later asked Damian about Jason's membership in the League of Assassins. He learned that Jason had long since gotten rid of the influence of the Lazarus Pool, which meant that everything Jason had done up to that point had been from his own heart, so they could no longer regard Jason as a madman.

That was a denial of the Jason that was now.

Maybe he also has a problem. He can't always treat Jason as a monster created by Lazarus Pool. Instead, he should get to know him again. Under Alfred's urging, Bruce finally decided to repair his relationship with this kid. Judging from the changes Jason has brought to the East District, this kid still has a side that they haven't recognized.

Jason's reaction was unexpected.

There was a hint of worry in his eyes: "Oldman, are you under a spell, or did you take the wrong medicine?"

Old Bat: "...I don't have it."

Jason stood up, turned around and shouted, "My dad seems to have been tricked by some villain. I'm going home."

A strange male voice replied, "Is it urgent? If not, I have cooked some yam and pork ribs soup. You can take a can and share it with your family."