[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

At 19:00 p.m., Jason hurriedly changed his clothes, picked up the thermos bucket given by Bucky and was about to open the portal. After failing once, he remembered the forbidden magic circle of Wayne Manor. He could only sigh and open the portal in the blind spot of the surveillance camera on the street 200 meters away from Wayne Manor.

Bucky was putting the red arugula into the steamer. He asked Jason, "Will you have breakfast at home tomorrow? If you do, I'll steam a few more arugula."

Jason: “I ate it at home.”

Yalogen is a common plant in the universe. After being cooked, it tastes very similar to pasta and is an important food for replenishing carbohydrates. Among them, red Yalogen has the best taste and a slightly sweet flavor, and is very popular. Ancient One once asked Jason to bring him a bag of red Yalogen, but when Jason came back, she was gone.

So Jason and Bucky had to eat the sack of red Arognan by themselves, and they haven't finished it yet.

When they entered the golden circle, Jason asked again, "Are you really not going with me?"

Bucky gave him a gentle push, moving him to the other side of the aperture.

"I'm not going. You go. It's not convenient for me to go."

Jason looked at him and said seriously, "If you think your identity as the Winter Soldier is inconvenient, then there is no need to worry. Jason Todd is also a dead man, and I am still the Red Hood who can kill people."

His ass isn't much cleaner than Bucky's, okay?

Bucky stood there and smiled at him.

Well, this guy has always been like this, and Jason could probably understand Bucky's concerns.

"You know I've been waiting for the day when you're willing to walk hand in hand with me in front of everyone, right? I don't care about the consequences, because when I decided to be with you, I no longer cared about those things."

Jason closed the portal depressedly and walked to the door of Wayne Manor. Before he rang the doorbell, the door opened automatically. Damian was standing not far away with his hands in his pockets. When he saw Jason come in, he turned and left.

Looking at his appearance, Jason wondered if this devil boy had come to take him into the house, or if he had misunderstood.

Seeing that he hadn't followed, Damian stopped and looked back at him.

"What are you daydreaming about? Follow me!"

Jason followed silently, jogging a few steps to stay alongside Damian.

"How have you been lately? I heard that Oldman sent you to Metropolis to study, and you joined the Teen Titans?"

Damian frowned. "Drake told you that?"

In fact, there are also Barbara and Alfu. Currently, only the three of them have Jason’s contact information.

Jason took out an orange-flavored Fujiya lollipop: "Do you want one?"

Damian glared at him. "Do I look like I need some more candy?"

Jason: "What does eating candy have to do with age? There are people who love eating candy even when they are 99 years old."

For example, the one in his family will be 100 years old next month, and he still loves sweets very much. Going further back, there is also Ancient One, who is over years old, who also likes the sweets he makes.

Seeing Damian's frown relax, Jason added, "I eat candy too, otherwise why would I carry candy with me?"

The devil hesitated for a while, took the lollipop, tore open the wrapper, put it in his mouth, narrowed his eyes, and seemed to be very satisfied with the taste of the candy.

He looks quite cute when eating the lollipop.

Jason sighed, "You've grown taller again. Children grow up so fast."

The last time they met, Damian was barely taller than his chest.

"From what I understand, your current physical age is 11. Are you five feet tall?"

"Don't sound like an elder. I'm exactly five feet tall now."

The kid whined and quickened his pace, no longer looking at Jason. Jason didn't care. Bao Bao was born in 08. Although Talia's growth was accelerated with machines and drugs, his actual age was only 7 years old. He was a real kid. As long as it was not about the crowbar, Jason usually wouldn't bother with him.

"They asked me about your time in the League of Assassins, and I told them, including that you were not affected by the Lazarus Pool, that they would no longer regard you as a monster created by the Lazarus Pool."

Jason was surprised: "Really? I thought their misunderstanding would last a little longer."

Damian clicked his tongue. “Can’t you explain yourself?”

"For that matter, I never said I'm not me, but they think I'm not me, is that my fault?"

Jason suddenly hugged Damian. Compared to his petite size, the child was actually not thin. Even in a short hug, Jason could feel that Damian's body was very strong, and his smooth and unobtrusive muscles contained greater strength than that of an adult.

Damian was so frightened by the hug that his whole body froze. If someone else had done this to him, he would have been unable to fight back. But the moment Jason hugged him, he felt subtly familiar, as if he had often snuggled in this embrace before.

But Jason quickly let him go, and Damian blinked, wanting to say something to sting Jason, but his mind was empty and he couldn't think of anything better to say, and finally they walked through the door together.

There was a family portrait of the Wayne family hanging on the wall right in front of the stairs. Jason didn't look at the photo and walked towards the kitchen.

Ah Fu was cooking dinner there. He was not surprised to see Jason coming. He took the thermos bucket and said gently, "I'm glad you finally found a lover who can cook. Is he good to you?"

Thinking of Bucky, Jason's expression softened. "He was extremely good to me. He shared housework with me, traveled with me, watched movies and listened to music with me. He was an old-fashioned gentleman, but he was also very open to new things. He had countless good qualities."

Just by looking at Jason's current expression, Ah Fu was sure that Jason and his boyfriend had a harmonious relationship and were getting along very happily.

He said gently, "Bring him back some other day?"

Jason replied affirmatively: "Well, if there is a chance, I will bring him back, and of course my partner will be shown to you."

He was very patient and firmly believed that one day Bucky would let go of the burden in his heart and agree to meet his parents and get married.

He acted very calmly, helped Alfred cook dinner, then went to the Batcave and shouted "Eat!" to Batman and Red Robin who were still busy.

Then they had dinner together. There was authentic Middle Eastern food on the table, including pita bread, hummus, tabbouleh salad, and halwa, which looked very authentic.

If there was anything lacking, it was that there were no meat dishes on the table except for yam and pork ribs soup and a dish of fried sausages.

The only one in the family who has an Arabic taste is Damian. This kid is not keen on meat. He usually relies on soy products and milk for protein supplementation. He also accepts butter and cheese. He only eats vegan cream and occasionally eats some chicken and mutton to supplement the necessary nutrition.

If he wasn't a superhuman whose body consumed more energy, he would probably have become a vegetarian long ago.

Tim feels that Jason actually loves Damian very much. Maybe it's because Jason and Damian's mother had a relationship, so he loves Damian and has some father-son affection for him?

Uh……

He looked at Bruce, then at Jason, and finally at Damian. Thinking of Talia, who dated Jason after Bruce, he felt that the relationship between these four people was simply out of control.

Poor devil cub, having to be in such a messy relationship at such a young age.

Damian had no idea that Tim felt sympathy for him. He really enjoyed the delicious food made by Jason and even chewed it a little faster than usual. He was just a little dissatisfied with the nuts on the after-meal cookies because some of them contained the type of nuts he didn't like, so he pushed them away and tried not to eat them.

Jason said calmly, “Eat it up, it’s shameful to waste food.”

Damian stood up and glared at him condescendingly.

Jason's expression remained unchanged: "Afu, you know, when Damian went on his first mission..."

Damian shouted, "Stop!"

He sat down angrily, stuffed the dessert into his mouth, and then his expression changed. To be specific, his expression could be understood as "Why can this thing be made so delicious?"

In short, Jason was unexpectedly able to control this demon cub. Tim was extremely curious about what dark history Damian had left during his first mission.

In fact, Bruce was also very curious, but Jason had no intention of communicating with him. He examined Bruce and actually found a subtle magic mark.

"It's like a mark, well hidden."

Jason reached out and grabbed a stream of purple smoke in his hand.

He asked the old bat parent: "What female villain did you mess with again?"

This old guy is 22 years older than Jason. He is 46 this year but still as charming as ever. As a playboy, Brucie still often appears in the public eye with his arms around hot supermodels, and as Batman, when he meets the female villain, sparks still fly.

At this moment, Bruce somehow thought of the little Robin who was squatting beside him and watching him being intimate with Catwoman, and the long-lost headache came again.

He replied with a dark face: "Jason, it may not be a woman who did it."

Jason: "Oh, so what male villain did you mess with?"

Tim pouted, covering his mouth as the two looked at him.

Bruce sighed helplessly: "Jason, I just took action with the Dark Justice League recently."

The Justice League Dark is a group of magical superheroes. When you are with them, it is normal to be marked by some magical creatures.

"Ok, then I guess you don't want me to get involved in your business."

Jason stuffed the purple smoke into a glass bottle and handed it to Bruce: "You can give this to Zatanna, or someone else. Since you are okay, I will leave."

"Jason!"

Bruce called out to him and Jason turned around to look at him.

"What's wrong? My boyfriend is waiting for me to go back to bed."

Bruce wanted to ask Jason to stay, but what would happen if he stayed?

Batman still has to go on patrol, can he go on patrol with Red Hood? If not, can he let Jason watch TV or sleep in the manor while he is out on patrol? Will Jason agree?

It's like Bruce won't erase the forbidden magic circle in the manor, Jason won't tell them where he lives when he's not the Red Hood, and there's also the ideological conflict between them over whether to kill or not, some things have no solution.

Bruce may also want to make up for his son who he owes too much, but if the above problems are not solved, any other compensation will be empty.

Jason understood this and took the initiative to say goodbye.

They still care about each other, help each other when they are in danger, and cooperate on Gotham-related issues, but they can no longer be as close as they once were.

Tim looked at Jason's back and suddenly remembered something.

After they reestablished contact, Jason never asked Dick another question. No, he no longer mentioned any family members other than Alfred and Damian. As long as Tim didn't say anything, Jason wouldn't ask.

Jason said he felt Bruce wouldn't want him to get involved in their affairs, so he didn't ask if he felt the same way about other people.

I don't know since when the gap between them has become so deep.

Tim felt a little uncomfortable, he felt that everything shouldn't be like this, Jason was his former Robin, the teenage superhero that all the teenagers in Gotham idolized, and the figure he pursued when he was young.

After he became Red Robin, he consciously inquired about Jason's previous deeds as a superhero working with Batman. Batman's gloomy and paranoid nature was not as serious as it is now. He would let a tired Robin sleep against him during meetings, and he would carry his children to the ward when Robin was infected with an alien virus.

Jason is also the only Robin who can drive the Batmobile with Batman's tacit consent before he reaches adulthood.

The death of the second Robin changed Batman so much that Tim finally decided to take the initiative to find Batman and become Robin in order to pull him back from the brink of losing control.

They shouldn't be like this.

……

For Jason, he just went home and looked around. He couldn't help but worry about the family photos and, well, the movie night he had forgotten in Arkham, but he didn't have to force himself to let go of those.

After all, they are all adults and he has more important things to do. It is not worth it to fuss over these things. If he really has to make a fuss with his family over these things, Jason can't bring himself to do it. So now he can go home for a meal, which is a very good result for him.

Since it wasn't too late to get home, Jason took Orange and Axel and played with them, then put on Hitman's gear and went out for a night patrol.

Of course, it was a one-man night patrol, because his little apprentice Mindy recently became Cassandra's disciple, so Jason simply left the little girl to Cassandra.

Anyway, every time Fury sees Mindy, Laura and other talented juniors who are close to Jason, his one eye seems to shine. It seems that he is happy to pay Mindy a temporary worker's salary.

The next day, Jason and Bucky enjoyed a breakfast of soft, sweet red agar that had been steamed overnight, and a cup of honey milk. Then he rushed out of the house with his briefcase, drove a Hummer to Hell's Kitchen to pick up lawyer Matt, and went to the court together.

As a trainee lawyer, it is normal to go to court with your mentor to broaden your horizons.

Lawyer Matt is the kind of lawyer who is good at defeating the strong with the weak. No matter whether his client comes from the bottom of society or whether his opponent's employer is a gangster or a consortium boss, he can always use his mouth to confuse others.

So don't underestimate him because he just opened a small law firm in Hell's Kitchen and often volunteered to help the lower class people with lawsuits. In fact, this guy's fighting ability is well-known in the entire New York State judicial community. He is the kind of gold medal lawyer that you may not be able to hire even if you have money.

By the way, Lawyer Matt is Jason’s schoolmate and he also graduated from Columbia University.

Jason knew even more. For example, if this buddy encountered a bad guy who was too powerful and he couldn't win the lawsuit, he would put on the Daredevil uniform at night to punish the bad guy. He was a ruthless person who would beat up the bad guys if he couldn't win the lawsuit. Most people couldn't afford to mess with him.

As his new assistant, Jason not only served as Matt's assistant when he took on cases, but also invested in renovating his law firm and drove the boss to work on cases every day.

Matt returned the favor by mentoring Jason without reservation. He was well versed in criminal law, but he also had an understanding of civil law and was especially experienced.

Most of Jason's friends in New York knew that he had been hospitalized by a psychopath in Gotham, so he had complained to Jason about Gotham's judicial system, saying that if those criminals were in New York, he and his victims would have been sued to death one by one.

Jason could only smile awkwardly at Matt's lawyer's remarks, but he still felt warm in his heart.

With such a mentor, Jason naturally grew quickly as a lawyer. He liked his current life. During the day, he worked as a lawyer to seek justice for the lower class people, and at night he went to seek justice in person during night patrols. He was also accompanied by Bucky, Orange, and Axel.

Until Fury started giving him trouble again.

"Jason, we found a Hydra research and development base in Skovya. Their leader, Baron Strucker, seems to be there too. The Avengers will have to go out as a group to take over the place this time."

"Are you joining the assembly, Avengers?"

Hydra?

Jason glanced at Bucky, who was bathing Orange, and whispered back, "I'll join."

Fury was super satisfied with Jason's answer.

After hanging up the phone, he said to Natasha: "Your student no longer denies that he is an Avenger. It seems that we have finally succeeded in undermining Batman's foundation."

Cyclops looks very proud of himself. Of course, he has the right to be proud. After all, over the years, bat-like superheroes have been known for being extremely reliable. There have been countless people who have wanted to poach Batman, but no one has ever succeeded.

Fury is the first to succeed.