[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Jason always had confidence in his intuition. He subconsciously believed that the aftermath of the Avengers' battle with Ultron in Skovya was very serious, so when the war ended, he really wanted to open a portal and leave.

But he failed to activate the transmission, and the figure of Zatanna, the chief magician of the Justice League, appeared and smiled at Jason.

"Baby bird, your father asked me to stop you."

Jason rolled his eyes helplessly. "He just wants to satisfy his desire for control. I've been living outside of his control for too long, and he must be very unhappy."

Zatanna responded gently, "Don't say that about your father, okay? He just cares about you."

Cassandra clenched her fists and looked at Jason, asking with her eyes whether he wanted her to go up and beat up the female magician so that Jason would have time to escape.

Jason waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary. The old man was very persistent. Since they had already caught his other identity, he could escape once and they could catch him again in the future.

He sat in the corner a little depressed. When Charles boarded the battleship, he saw Jason had a look of an unhappy cat on his face. He did not succeed at all in protecting the post-war joy of many people.

Professor X has always been a considerate elder, and Jason is also a child he has watched grow up.

He moved his wheelchair to Jason's side and asked gently, "Jason, why do you look unhappy?"

Jason looked at him, and Professor X understood and connected Jason's brain, and the young man's voice sounded in his mind.

[Charles, if you were a government official, would you be dissatisfied and fearful when you saw the Avengers, Mutants, and Justice League unite? ]

Professor X was surprised. He originally thought that Jason was worried because his other identity was exposed, but he didn't expect that Jason was thinking about this problem.

[When mutants first worked with the Avengers, I think some people were already dissatisfied and wary of this. ]

Jason blinked, he didn't expect that Professor X had realized this problem before him. He wanted to ask Professor X why he was willing to lend a hand to them again and again even though he knew this clearly, but then he figured it out.

Regardless of whether it will cause fear among some people, given the professor's character, he will not fail to lend a hand to save people. At the same time, regardless of whether some people will be afraid of them, the X-Men helping them will indeed improve the reputation of mutants in society.

He said something to the professor in his heart.

[We all need to be careful from now on. I have a bad feeling.]

Professor X looked at Jason with a hint of worry in his eyes.

[The one you need to be most careful of is you, Jason. You are the one who connects the Avengers, the Justice League, and the mutants. If I were those politicians, you would be the first one I would deal with.]

As for the mutant community, it has been attacked by ordinary people more than once or twice in recent years. Professor X has rich experience in this regard. The worst case scenario is that the relationship between mutants and ordinary people will return to its worst stage.

Moreover, the Brotherhood and the X-Men are still in an openly hostile relationship. Magneto will take action when he is in a bad mood. At times like this, the X-Men have a need to exist as a balancing force.

So Professor X had told Jason before that the credit for holding up the entire city this time would go to Wanda and Lorna, and Magneto would not show up, and it would be as if he had never appeared. This is also a consideration for the mutants to protect themselves.

The X-Men and the Brotherhood have always been a relationship of light and darkness. They have different ideologies, so they are hostile to each other, but when the time comes, they will cooperate.

Jason's situation is very special. The identity he is using now - Jason Najim Pennyworth was forged by Talia and dealt with by Fury and Tony. Ordinary forces cannot find anything wrong when investigating, but it is by no means without flaws.

It's like although Jason interferes a lot in the East Side of Gotham, he actually always lets Yin Sen be his spokesperson instead of standing in the front.

After all, he and Natasha have the same problem in this regard. They are both people without identities. This alone restricts Jason a lot. His willingness to accept Fury's recruitment is also related to this, because SHIELD can protect his identity.

But since Fury thinks so highly of Jason, Charles can only hope that the one-eyed man can protect Jason.

After communicating with Professor X for a while, knowing that Professor X also had an idea about these things, Jason relaxed a little. Then he saw Professor X glance to the side and smiled.

"I won't bother you any more."

As he spoke, he pushed his wheelchair away, and Jason looked at the old bat brother who was walking over, a little stiff.

Little Robin crossed his arms, looked at Jason and sneered, "Hitman, ha! You have many identities. I didn't expect that the person who looks the most lawless is actually a member of the Avengers."

Jason narrowed his eyes, he stood up and looked down at the naughty kid: "There are many people with criminal records among the Avengers, you devil boy."

Damian: "It seems that you really don't consider yourself as a person on the father's side?"

Jason chuckled: "Has he ever treated me as his own?"

"Super Killer!"

Batman's voice got a little louder, and then he looked at Jason and gave him a communicator.

"When you have finished your work, come find me yourself."

"Don't talk to me in that commanding tone!"

Jason threw the communicator back.

He turned around and wanted to leave.

"I'm glad to see you went to college and that you did well."

Jason paused, and turned back to glare at Batman: "Are you threatening me?"

"I don't know why you would consider that a threat, but no, I'm just plain happy that you're going to college."

Jason snorted and laughed. "Yeah, if it weren't for my stupidity and mistakes, I would have been in college a long time ago, and the lunatic who killed me is still alive and well now, just because the Gotham judicial system will not punish a mentally ill person. I thought you already understood that there is nothing more to talk about between us."

"Don't be like that. You went home for dinner a while ago."

"That's because you look like a psychopath too. I can only go back and give you a checkup!"

Jason knew he should be more rational, take the communicator and leave, but he was really unhappy because Hitman and Jason Nigime Pennyworth were his secret identities. Once exposed, it would mean that Batman would know all his secret identities and he would have no privacy at all!

They have known each other for so many years, but Jason still doesn't know how controlling this old Bat is? The word "respecting other people's privacy" has never appeared in his dictionary!

Also, if Red Hood stirs up trouble in the future, they can just go to New York to cause trouble for Jason. How convenient!

"Hey, boy, why are you arguing with the people from the Justice League? Do you know each other?"

Tony appeared at this time. He put his arm around Jason's shoulders and gave Batman a provocative smile: "First of all, I apologize for our child's rude tone. Then I will take him away. If the Justice League has any other matters, please contact Captain America. He is the one who is in charge of these matters."

He gave the captain a look, and the captain came over helplessly and spread his hands towards the Bat family.

"Hitman is in a bad mood right now. If you have anything you want to say to him, you can tell me and I will pass it on."

Batman replied in a low voice, "No, I will contact him later when he is in a better mood."

After that was the post-war meeting. The entire Skovia was destroyed in the war started by Ultron. There were certainly casualties, but with the efforts of the Avengers, the Justice League, and the Mutants, the casualties did not exceed a hundred people. This is not even a big problem on Earth where all kinds of disasters occur frequently.

The only problem is that many people believe that someone needs to be responsible for Ultron's existence.

There is no doubt that this matter is directed at Tony. When Tony heard this question, his expression was a little strange, as if he felt guilty and self-blaming.

Jason looked at the government official who made the trouble and narrowed his eyes, but the official did not dwell on the issue. After Tony took the initiative to say that he would bear the damage, the matter seemed to have come to an end.

A city was destroyed because of them and many people lost their homes.

The Hulk disappeared on his spaceship.

The Avengers are joined by War Machine (Rhodey), Falcon, Vision, and the runaway siblings Wanda and Pietro.

What was giving Jason more headaches at the moment was something else.

For example, when Jason was speaking on stage as a representative of Columbia University's graduation ceremony, he saw Bruce Wayne appear below. He scanned the auditorium again and saw Tim and Damian.

Damn!

Jason's face darkened instantly. He exhaled heavily and went on stage to deliver the speech he had prepared for a month.

His master's degree came earlier than expected. After all, the paper he used to obtain his undergraduate degree was published in the industry's top academic journal, which attracted a lot of attention at the time. After he cooperated with lawyer Matt, the cases they handled were also very exciting. In addition, his new paper also occupied the center position in the top journal. The school gave him the degree this time as an exception.

By the way, professors in the school generally have journal article indicators, that is, they must publish at least one top journal article within a year. Jason usually includes the name of his supervisor when publishing papers. Jason's supervisor is currently enthusiastically inviting him to continue his doctoral studies, but Jason remembered that Gu Yisheng said before that the supervisor arranged for him could fully serve as his doctoral supervisor, so he rejected the professor's retention and prepared to wait patiently for news from the new supervisor.

To be honest, Jason's speech was full of inspiration. It was like chicken soup for the soul but not greasy. It was an article with a positive style. Jason wrote it very carefully and had memorized it by heart.

But for some reason, when he knew that there were old bat relatives in the audience, he felt very uncomfortable. Maybe it was because they knew his identity as the gangster Red Hood.

He is clearly an anti-hero who kills people without mercy. To those who know him, isn't it strange for him to speak such inspiring words about truth, goodness and beauty?

And after the speech, Bruce Wayne was the first to applaud. Jason felt that this was extremely shameful and embarrassing. This was truly a dark history!

Jason suppressed his discomfort, walked down the stage with a calm expression, walked over to the Parkers and Peter, and hugged them.

"Thank you for coming to my graduation, dear Aunt May, Uncle Ben, and Peter."

He ruffled Peter's hair and found that the boy had grown quite fast. The last time they met, he was just over 1.6 meters tall, but now he was almost 1.7 meters tall.

Peter threw himself into his arms, looking up at him with bright eyes: "Jay, I want to apply to Columbia University in the future."

"Okay, then I'll write you a letter of introduction."

Jason smiled at him gently, then looked at Bucky who was wearing a mask beside him, and walked up to him and kissed him through the mask. Bucky hugged him and tightened his arms, as if to convey strength, telling Jason that he was here and they could face anything together.

Cassandra held out her hand: "Jay, hug."

Jason hugged his sister again.

After the graduation ceremony, Jason took photos with his dear neighbors, lover, and sister. The atmosphere was warm and the scene was beautiful.

Aunt May took Jason's hand and invited him warmly: "Jay, let's go to the dinner party."

Jason glanced again not far away, took a deep breath, and made up his mind not to look at them again.

He smiled at Aunt Mei and said, "Okay, let's go to the dinner. I also want to leave. There are too many irrelevant people here, but I just want to be with you now."

He didn't want to stay here anyway.

Damian looked at Jason's figure, his face as dark as if it could drip ink, and he smiled sarcastically at Tim.

"Look, he's having a good life now, he doesn't need you to join in the fun, and you drag me along."

Tim shrugged nonchalantly: "I was just curious about how he was doing, so I came to see him."

"Yeah, so you didn't expect him to take graduation photos with you, and you didn't wear this outfit on purpose."

Damian glanced meaningfully at Tim's suit, but Tim's expression remained unchanged.

"I am different from you. I will attend a business negotiation later, but you only need to attend the charity gala tonight."

As the president of Wayne, Tim is very busy.

Damian tutted and walked away with a Grumpy Cat expression.

Tim looked at his back, a hint of obscurity in his eyes. He never thought that Jason would ignore them so completely. It was obvious that he had a new life of his own.

And the man who kissed and hugged Jason is Jason's current girlfriend?

They were wrapped up so tightly that they didn't even dare to show their faces. They were no better than Dick and Talia!