[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

"B, the order in the East District has not collapsed. Those criminals crossed the line a while ago, and they all had their heads blown up remotely last night. Now everyone is behaving themselves. Red Hood is still secretly controlling the situation."

Oracle sent the organized information to Batman, who only replied with "Got it". She couldn't help but pinch her nose.

She knew what it meant to have order in the East District, which meant a decrease in crime rate and that many people could continue to live well with the reputation of the Red Hood.

Those jobs, those salaries that allow people to live on decent work, those children who go back to school, the elderly and disabled who are sent to nursing homes... Jason has devoted a lot of energy and financial resources to Crime Alley and the East District. The money he extorted from drug dealers should have been spent on these places.

At this moment, even Barbara didn't know whether Jason was right or wrong. Everyone Jason killed was actually not innocent, but... as vigilantes, they shouldn't go beyond the law to judge criminals. But to be honest, Jason was actually an outsider, and he was not even a living person in the social sense.

Oracle stared at the computer silently, looking at the photos of people who were spared from harm because of the Red Hood. She closed her eyes and felt very tired.

Hiding some information that would allow Bruce to find Jason directly made her feel conflicted, because it meant that if Jason got lost in the killing again in the future and became a super rebel, she would also be an accomplice.

But she did it anyway.

On the other side, Dick was looking through the documents and was also worried.

Everything starts with one. Sometimes once a person crosses a line and kills one person, there will be a second and a third. One day, they will get lost in the killing and forget their original self. Dick has seen such people, including the former wolf spider girl Katarina.

Jason, you took the initiative to walk into the abyss, but how long can you hold on in the darkness? Can your heart remain as firm as before?

I don't want to be against you.

The path of stopping killing by killing is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you will really fall into hell and become a devil. What's more, Jason has soaked in the Lazarus Pool, and he was not very sober to begin with.

Dick wants to help Jason, but he doesn't know how.

The robin used to be a lively and kind child, perhaps a little bad-tempered, but he would control his temper for the sake of his family. When he was quiet, he was like a beautiful angel. He could play the guitar and sing "Ave Maria" devoutly. When in danger, he would rather sacrifice himself to save others.

No one could guess what Bruce was thinking, but Dick wanted to bring back the old Jason, but so far there was no reliable way to cleanse the effects of the Lazarus Pool.

Fortunately, the Red Hood reappeared, which meant that Jason should have recovered his health. This was the only thing that made them feel relieved, although the existence of the Red Hood meant that the lives of many criminals would be threatened again.

Jason usually patrols the East District and occasionally cracks down on his dishonest subordinates. Gradually, Black Mask and Penguin will not easily touch his territory, which is regarded as tacit acceptance that Gotham has a new gangster boss.

The main reason is that Jason has a bad temper and is ruthless. If anyone dares to touch his territory or people, he will point a sniper rifle or rocket launcher at their heads like a poisonous snake every day. Who can stand this?

Dick wanted to meet with Jason and have a good chat, but Jason was obviously avoiding them. Dick didn't know if there was any reason of his own. After all, he had dated Wonder Girl without hiding it from others, and the fact that they almost got married was also public.

Since Tim went to Titan, Bruce has recruited a girl named Stephanie, formerly codenamed Troublemaker, as the new Robin. She is also the only member of the family besides Bruce who has met Jason so far.

But Jason just exchanged a few words with the girl through his hood using an electronic voice, beat her up, tied her up and threw her in a conspicuous place. When Batman arrived, there was no trace of the Red Hood anymore.

Stephanie's strength is not that strong, but it is not weak either. Jason beat her as if it were a piece of cake, which shows that his strength has really improved a lot compared to before.

Dick muttered, "I wonder if Little Wing is doing well lately."

……

Jason was doing well, in fact, after moving his main activities to New York, he was living a very comfortable life.

In fact, he is a person who loves life and knows how to live it. He likes reading, music, and art. He can cook for himself and keep his living environment clean and tidy.

In addition, he has no shortage of money, and after getting rid of a lot of things, Jason can manage his life pretty well.

He now sleeps until 7 o'clock every day, does morning exercises while listening to foreign songs. He is used to cooking by himself, but occasionally he will follow food guides and check in at various famous restaurants in New York. He insists on taking a one-hour nap in the afternoon, rides his motorcycle to Midtown High School to study during the day, and goes back to Gotham through the portal set up in the closet by Ancient One at night to handle affairs.

Young people have good physical fitness, and Jason's recovery ability is also higher than that of ordinary people, so after a while of this, he found that he had gained 5 pounds and his menstruation returned.

Fortunately, he no longer has dysmenorrhea. Once he puts in the tampon, he feels like a brave man again. It doesn't delay the fight at all. Jason just calmly does what he needs to do.

When he was in school, he never made any friends other than Bart, Sunny, and Tim. Later, when Jason thought about it, he reflected that there were some big problems with his personality at that time. Because he was too sensitive, he would easily become irritated when he noticed the subtlety of other people's attitudes.

But now he is not a lucky beggar who was suddenly adopted by the richest man in the city. All kinds of hardships have made him no longer worried about gains and losses, and his character has become much more mature.

In the eyes of teachers and students at Midtown Middle School, Jason is a handsome boy who transferred from Latvia to New York, an unfamiliar place, in the second semester of his senior year in order to prepare for college. He is a great student and although a bit arrogant he has a straightforward personality and a strong fist. After having a fight with the school bully he was inexplicably pulled into the football team.

Even though he is not a superhuman, Jason's physical strength, power, and agility as a superhero are far beyond that of ordinary people. He usually plays as a wide receiver and occasionally as a quarterback. Jason has a good tactical mind, and when playing against teams from other schools, as long as he uses his tactics, he will definitely be able to beat his opponents so hard that they will not know which way to go.

Then when the school held an event, Jason was pulled on stage by the campus band to play the electric guitar. The show they performed was "Hotel California", and he amazed the audience at the beginning by plucking the strings with one hand.

Jason never thought that he had the potential to become a campus star.

But the fact is that all the teachers like Jason, a student with excellent character and academic performance and politeness. The boys admire him and there is a group of girls who want to date him. He has received 40 love letters recently, 5 of which are from male classmates.

After noticing the increase in popularity brought about by his personality change, Jason felt for the first time that some of the things he had experienced in the past were not all bad. At least he had grown from them, and at least now he knew how to deal with people.

In the past, if he wanted to get along well with others, he had to suppress his nature, which made him feel uncomfortable. But when he was in Midtown High School, he did not deliberately control his temper at all, but there were still people who would take the initiative to approach him, naturally ask him to have lunch together, and ask him to play basketball together.

For the first time in his life, Jason felt confident in his people skills.

When Jason went to study magic with Ancient One on the weekend, he asked Ancient One: "Talia said you can see the future. Did you see that I can get everything I have now when I go to school again?"

Gu Yi replied: "In fact, you have always been good at making friends. I thought you realized this when you were in the hospital. The doctors all liked you very much."

Jason coughed embarrassedly. He knew that the doctors were very nice people. He had delivered cupcakes to them last week. As a result, many people asked him if he could sell the cakes.

Dr. Legins told Jason that he had a relative who ran a Turkish kebab restaurant on a street near Manhattan. If Jason didn't mind, he could consign the cakes there for sale. Jason was considering agreeing.

He took out a bag of cookies from his bag: "By the way, you said you liked my cookies, so I made another bag. Do you want afternoon tea?"

Ancient One: "With pleasure."

So Ancient One put the cream oatmeal cookies that Jason brought on the table, and while enjoying afternoon tea with the black tea that Jason gave to his teacher as a gift, he kicked his disciple to Mount Everest and told him to either teleport back by himself or freeze to death there.

She was very confident in Jason's magical potential, and within 2 minutes, Jason came out of the portal he had opened, shivering, holding the hot water bottle that Gu Yi had prepared long ago, and his voice was shaking.

Gotham gangster Red Hood trembled as he complained about his teacher: "You are so cruel."

Ancient One said calmly: "This way you can teleport back and forth between Gotham and New York by yourself in the future."

When he got home after class, Jason quickly took a hot shower and changed into warm clothes. There was a knock on the door. He opened the door and saw Peter from next door looking up at him, looking really cute.

Jason raised an eyebrow: "Your uncle and aunt are working overtime again, littleone?"

Peter responded, "May won't be off work until after six, and I've finished my homework. Jay, can I come to your house and play Lego?"

"Sure, I bought a set of EV3 Lego robots, which are quite interesting."

Jason stepped aside to let the child into the house and put a pair of newly bought children's slippers on the floor. Peter trotted after Jason, chattering about what he had done at school.

The child was not an annoying brat. He knew Jason liked quietness, so when he first went to Jason's house he just watched TV quietly. To put it bluntly, the child was lonely and wanted to find an adult to accompany him.

Then, Jason started buying a bunch of educational toys for his home, such as Lego, 3D maze balls, small magnetic balls, Jenga, and Tower of Hanoi.

May was embarrassed at first, as she felt that Peter causing trouble for Jason by always coming to his place, but Jason told her not to mind, as he felt a little lonely living alone, and he was very happy that Peter was willing to come and accompany him often.

And Peter is really sensible. He never touches Jason's things. When leaving, he even asks Jason if he has any garbage to throw away, and he takes the garbage bag away.

After hanging out with devilish kids like Damian for so long, Jason almost thought that all the kids in the world were the ones who deserved to be beaten, but Peter changed Jason's perception of children.

Later, when Jason was in a good mood, he would take Peter out to play. He taught Peter how to play chess and throw darts. Sometimes he would just leave the child at home for dinner. Finally, for some reason, when Jason was doing morning exercises on weekends, Peter would run out with him, and Jason also taught the child some self-defense techniques.

So Peter liked to stick to Jason even more. In the child's mind, Jason was handsome and cool, super smart, knew a lot of things he didn't know, was great at fighting and playing ball, cooked delicious food, and had an extremely cool motorcycle. No child could resist such an older brother.

Gradually, Mei would feel at ease to leave her child to Jason when she had to work overtime. Sometimes, when Jason's classmates asked him to go out to play rugby, Jason would first drive his motorcycle to the elementary school gate to pick up Peter, and Peter would climb onto Jason's back seat amid the surprised and envious looks of his classmates, and then the two would go to the stadium together.

Jason's teammates now call Peter "Jason's brother" when they see him. If Peter goes to watch the Midtown High School football team's games, he can always sit in the best VIP seats, with a group of cheerleaders around him stuffing snacks into his hands.

After a while, Jason's voice came from the kitchen: "Peter, you have dinner with me tonight. My girlfriend sent me a piece of M12 Wagyu beef that was just grilled, but I can't finish it by myself."

Peter was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to react: "Jay, you have a girlfriend?"

Jason cut the beef with the vibranium knife that had cut the rope of Batman's grappling hook, and said without turning his head: "Yeah, shouldn't you have known that I'm no longer single? You were there when I rejected Kelly's confession."

The kid immediately remembered this. Kelly is currently the school beauty of Midtown High School and also the captain of the cheerleading team. Last week, she mustered up the courage to confess to Jason, but was rejected by Jason with the words "I have a girlfriend".

Peter was shocked: "I thought that was your excuse for rejecting Kelly. Besides, you moved here for a few months and we haven't met your girlfriend."

Jason came over with two large plates of delicious and juicy beef and patted the child's head calmly.

"Now you know, my girlfriend's name is Talia. She's usually in the Middle East. We're in a cross-border relationship."

Peter nodded blankly. To Peter, who was still an elementary school student, love was too far away. But when he saw Jason's eyes softened when he mentioned his girlfriend, he thought Jason was very handsome.

Jay must have a very good relationship with his girlfriend.

There was a series of car accidents near New York that day, so May worked overtime until 10 o'clock in the evening before coming to pick up Peter. At that time, Peter was already lying on the sofa, sleeping soundly with his head resting on Jason's thighs.

Mei took the sleeping child with a trace of saliva at the corner of his mouth from Jason and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Jay, Peter must have caused you trouble again."

Jason shook his head. "No, he never causes me any trouble. He's very well behaved."

Mei weighed the child, smiled at Jason, and kindly reminded him, "New York has been a bit chaotic lately. It's better to go out less at night. Also, don't go to Hell's Kitchen."

Jason responded, turned around, changed his clothes, and jumped out of the window.

Even though Jason's territory is in Gotham, as a bat-like superhero with a strong desire for control, it would be strange if he didn't investigate the reasons for the chaos in New York.