[British and American] Jason Wayne's Struggle

Compared to Gotham, New York is more lively at night. At least here, more people dare to go out at night.

Jason's nights are all in Gotham, but he occasionally wanders into New York at night. The superhero's meddlesome nature doesn't discriminate between places.

When he was about to reach the intersection, Jason received a phone call. After answering the call, a clear voice rang in his ears.

"Jason, I'm already here, where are you?"

Jason looked at the back of the girl in front of him and curled his lips: "I'm here too, look back."

A girl with twin ponytails turned around. She had blonde hair and blue eyes and a cute face. She waved to Jason and said, "Hi, I'm here first today."

Jason walked up to her, bumped fists with her, and called out the girl's name: "Good evening, Mindy."

Mindy MacReady was a teenage superhero in New York two years ago. At night, she would wear a purple wig and carry weapons to fight violence with violence and kill to stop killing against the underworld. Her code name was Hit-Girl and she was good at using various weapons. After the death of "Big Daddy", her partner, mentor and father, she returned to ordinary life and currently lives in a foster family.

Jason met her a week ago, when New York was already in a bit of chaos. The reason behind this was that Kim was not content with being just "one of the biggest gang leaders in New York". He was going to remove that "one" and was bringing a subordinate code-named Bullseye with him to stir up a bloody storm in the New York underworld.

At that time, Mindy sneaked out of the house at night to investigate the disappearance of a classmate. When she was almost involved in a gang fight, she was rescued by Jason who passed by.

The little girl was only 13 years old, about the same age as Jason when he became Robin. Out of a subtle mentality, Jason had a fight with Mindy (beating the little girl up a bit), and then accepted Mindy as his partner in New York.

He guided Mindy in physical training, taught her long-range sniping, taught her how to investigate intelligence, and provided the little girl with equipment and weapons for night activities, just as Batman had done for him.

This feels strange because Jason started out as Batman's sidekick, and he learned a lot from Batman, and now he's at the point where he can mentor another kid.

Mindy walked beside Jason, looking upset, and whispered, "Do you think Sophie is still alive?"

Sophie is the classmate Mindy is looking for.

Without waiting for Jason to answer, she asked herself and answered, "Anyway, I want to see the body alive or dead. If I can find those who kidnapped and hurt Sophie, I will make those bastards pay the price. I will pull out their dicks and stuff them in their dicks..."

This girl has a bad temper.

Jason coughed and reminded, "Girls, be careful."

Well, after getting to know Mindy, he roughly understood why Bruce stopped him when he heard him swearing, and for some reason he kind of understood why the old Bat kissed him.

Mindy shrugged: "We are so familiar with each other, don't worry about this little problem. I am very careful in front of others."

It seems that Jason has said this to Bruce before.

They walked together on the streets of Manhattan at night. As the lights came on, many young people passed by them in groups. Countless people were enjoying the bustling night of New York. Jason received another note.

Mindy reminded Jason: "You'd better wear a mask, otherwise there will be too many people staring at you."

Jason complained: "There are a lot of people staring at you, and your short stature is more conspicuous than mine."

Mindy jumped in place and protested loudly, "I'm not short! You were definitely not as tall as me when you were my age!"

Jason couldn't refute this. When he was 13 years old, he was in the third grade of elementary school because of malnutrition in his early years.

As he spoke, Jason's eyes swept across a restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows, and his gaze stopped on a beautiful girl who was chatting and laughing with a man in a suit.

That was Sunny... She seemed to be doing well. Jason had checked the current status of his old friends and knew that Sunny was about to get married. The man sitting opposite her was probably her fiancé.

He didn't expect to see an acquaintance again in such a scene, and Jason found that he couldn't go up to say hello to Sunny because "Jason Todd" was dead, and Sunny was just an ordinary person. It was definitely not a good thing to let her know that Jason was still alive.

Mindy followed his gaze, tugged at Jason's hand, and asked with a hint of concern, "Is that your girlfriend?"

Jason was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and shook his head: "No, just an acquaintance. My girlfriend is in the Middle East."

They walked all the way to Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, which is the most chaotic area in New York, almost as chaotic as Gotham. Countless gangsters, superheroes, and super villains gathered here. Jason knew of Daredevil,

Jason analyzed the information for his assistant as he walked.

They investigated Sophie's interpersonal relationships. The girl has a mother, a stepfather, and a younger brother born from her parents' remarriage, but they have a good relationship. However, Sophie seems to have encountered some troubles recently and leaves after school every day. Mindy is close to her, but she only knows that she met a sister named Lorna in another school who has a cool personality.

Mindy originally planned to start from the line of "Sister Lorna" to look for Sophie's whereabouts, but after investigating, she found that Sophie's family and other friends did not know the existence of "Lorna", let alone find her.

After knowing this, Jason directly used his computer to hack into the New York surveillance system (during which he found many traces of other people hacking into the system), checked the places Sophie had visited recently, and discovered that she was very close to a green-haired woman, so he speculated that the green-haired woman was most likely "Lorna".

Mindy, who was halfway through: "Wait, you're also a hacker?"

Everyone in the Bat Family is proficient in computer technology and is good at everything from programming to repairing host computers.

Jason skipped the topic and continued, "I checked the green-haired girl again and found out that she is a mutant. Mutants are always wary of ordinary people. I don't know how they knew each other and became close, but I know that the last place she appeared before she disappeared was Hell's Kitchen."

The investigative ability of an adult bat-type superhero is very strong. They can almost be said to be the best detectives in the world, and Jason is one of them.

He started counting on his fingers and counting with Mindy the major events that had happened in Hell's Kitchen recently.

"First of all, Kingpin was fighting fiercely with other gangs, so I think he had nothing to do with it, because he wanted to be the king of darkness in this city, and obviously he didn't have time to bother a little girl."

"Secondly, there is a superhero who calls himself the Punisher. He often comes here to fight with gangsters. He has no scruples about killing people and is very ruthless."

"Finally, recently a man who called himself Purple Man, along with a woman, attacked a group of police officers and robbed several gangs of their wealth. By the way, that woman's name is Jessica Jones. She once opened a pseudonymous detective agency here. She is a detective and also a person with super powers."

"Just two weeks ago, Purple Man and Jessica Jones began to be involved with a gang involved in human trafficking. Not only did they start arresting children, they also went to the New York sewers and came into contact with groups of mutants who were unable to blend in with the crowd after mutation and had weak abilities, so they could only stay together in dark corners for warmth. If anyone is related to Sophie's disappearance, they are the most likely suspects. We will go find trouble with them tonight."

When Jason finished his inference, Mindy's eyes sparkled. She exclaimed, "Did you find all this out yourself?"

Jason spread his hands: "It's easy, it's not difficult to check."

Mindy wondered how it was so easy to investigate. She had been wandering around Hell's Kitchen for days without finding anything, but Jason seemed to be investigating with ease.

A touch of envy and yearning emerged in the little girl's heart. Jason, like her, was an ordinary human without super powers. However, his fighting ability, brains and experience were far superior to hers. If ordinary people wanted to become superheroes, Jason was basically the most suitable reference template.

I really hope that she can reach Jason's level in the future.

Jason had calculated everything at this point and even prepared several backup plans to prevent any accidents, but he still didn't expect that when he changed into the gear he wore in New York - a black jacket, a dark gray high-necked Kevlar without a bat logo, and a mask - and rushed to the place with Mindy, the war had already begun.

Li Qianhuan and Katie were fighting a group of people who were obviously mercenaries in the warehouse.

Mindy, who had already changed into Hit-Girl's gear and was holding two knives, turned and looked at Jason.

"Boss, someone got here before us."

Jason paused, and after hesitating for less than 2 seconds, he decisively raised his gun and shot the head of the gangster who was about to attack Li Qianhuan.

Li Qianhuan didn't have time to look back to see who helped him. Instead, he dragged Katie, who was accidentally shot, and crawled behind a container in the hail of bullets.

She shouted loudly: "I told you that we should call Kurt as well. With him here, we are not afraid of a melee at all!"

As she spoke, she once again created several colorful energy balls, and used her mind to control them to move to designated locations and explode. Colorful fireworks bloomed, and several more enemies fell.

Katie didn't have the energy to argue with Li Qianhuan. She covered her arms with her hands and sweated coldly. At this moment, Li Qianhuan found that the attack coming towards them suddenly disappeared, and there were continuous screams coming from behind them.

A little girl wearing a purple wig and a domino mask jumped to their side and deftly took out hemostatic drugs, anti-inflammatory injections and bandages from her belt.

Hit-Girl yelled, "Hey guys, do you need any help?"

This behavior of reaching into the belt, finding everything, and swearing while asking for help seemed strangely familiar to both ladies.

Katie subconsciously asked back: "Who are you?"

Hit-Girl squatted down to treat her wounds. She laughed when she heard this: "Well, I haven't appeared in two years, so many people have forgotten me. I am Hit-Girl. I used to be a vigilante, but now I'm back to this line of work!"

After the bandages were tied, she looked up at Jason, who had dealt with the mercenaries and walked over to them.

"He is my teacher and partner, you can call him..."

Jason spoke up: "I'm Jason."

He glanced around and confirmed that there were no surveillance cameras here. Then he took off his mask and smiled at Li Qianhuan and Katie.

The two mutant girls opened their mouths wide, and the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

Hit-Girl looked at Jason in confusion: "Do you know them?"

Jason nodded, crouching down and pointing at himself.

"I'm Jason, alive, not a ghost or an illusion. Long time no see, Katie, Qian Huan."

Qian Huan came to her senses with a start. She suddenly threw herself into Jason's arms and pulled his collar. When she saw the scar on Jason's neck, she cursed him out loud.

"You're still alive? Why did you come to see us now? What's wrong with your voice? Who hurt you?"

She quickly asked a series of questions, tears streaming down her eyes, and in the end she burst into tears and lay on Jason's shoulder, sobbing.

"You clearly, clearly promised me that you would sing "What's Up" for me when I turned 25. When I heard the news of your death four years ago, I thought you were going to break your promise forever."

Jason lowered his eyes and patted her on the back.

He whispered, "Thank you, Qian Huan."

Thank you for seeing me for the first time and not doubting whether I, a person who came back from the dead, was part of some conspiracy. Thank you for your hug and your tears.

Jason was a little hesitant about whether to say hello to his old friends, but now he was glad that he walked up to Qian Huan and Katie and took off his mask.

It felt so good to be reunited with them.

Jason looked at Katie, wanting to know her reaction, and saw Katie with one hand on her hips, tilting her head and looking at him.

Katie raised her lips and said to Jason, "I have a lot to say to you. We will slowly settle the debt of you making me cry every year on your death anniversary, but first I'd better say welcome back to you."

Jason responded, "How are Kurt and Laura?"

Qian Huan replied sullenly, "They are all fine. Kurt is on a mission overseas, and Laura failed the exam, so she is taking extra classes with Professor Hank recently."

At this point, she quickly reached for her phone: "Oh my God, I have to text them and ask them to come to New York."

"No hurry, we have other things to deal with. The fighting here just now was too noisy and has attracted a lot of people's attention. We'd better leave here first."

Jason helped Qian Huan stand up, then suddenly pulled out his gun, stretched out his hand to block the three girls behind him, and looked at the warehouse door vigilantly.

A muscular man in red tights and carrying a stick walked in.

Hit-Girl immediately recognized the man Jason had emphasized when analyzing the intelligence.

Daredevil, the superhero of Hell's Kitchen.

Daredevil also "looked" at these young people. After a while, he frowned and asked, "Why are there children here?"