This bat cub looks very weak

"Oh..." Dorothy sighed.

Just when Bruce thought Dorothy wouldn't speak, Dorothy spoke instead. She told him about the accident that happened when she and Strange traveled through time because of America's ability, as well as all the people and things they met in the world they arrived at.

She told Batman about the development of that world and the existence of Batman, what happened between her and Batman, or how the White Wing came to exist. This includes what Dorothy did to the Scarlet Witch.

After listening to Dorothy's three-day "wonderful adventure", Bruce couldn't laugh at all.

Bruce was silent for a long time, so silent that even Dorothy thought he would never speak again.

However, Dorothy half-jokingly said to him: "Do you think I am also rebellious? I will also try to make a device that can suppress my magical power. Then you can even inject me with a chip that can control my actions. In this way, I will not run away or get hurt again, and I will even be able to completely listen to you."

There was a hint of self-mockery in Dorothy's words when she said these. It was unclear whether she was sympathizing with Bai Yi's experience or feeling sad for what she might experience as well.

"Dorothy, don't say that. I promise you that I will never treat you like this." Bruce looked at Dorothy solemnly, and then he said, "I don't know why I treated a child like this in that world, and why I was so obsessed with taking her back. Even when I was not sure whether I could bring safety to the child."

"Although I doubted your authenticity when I knew you existed before, but when I saw that you were really my child, I still felt a little bit... familiarity." Bruce touched his nose. There was actually a kind of hard-to-give-yourself emotion in it. After all, he seldom spoke to others like this, let alone his own child. However, in this situation, he felt that he and Dorothy should indeed explain some things.

"But your mother was still with you at that time, so I was considering my own situation and the years you lived with your mother. I shouldn't have left you behind, so I rejected you." However, Bruce didn't say it clearly in it. He doubted the authenticity of Dorothy at the beginning, and of course he was a little "scared".

There should be no weaknesses in his identity. He didn't need to take over Dorothy and implicitly acknowledge the existence of Tishia. If either of them were kidnapped, and some immoral villains did the same thing again, he would be in big trouble.

Since Tisia was able to raise Dorothy on her own and she lived to this age in good health, the worst that could happen is that I can just give them some money and keep them away from Gotham.

These words do sound a bit irresponsible, but the two women gave birth to two children without his knowledge, and sent them directly to him when they were old enough. How is this different from becoming a father? Not to mention that Bruce is not ready to be a father yet.

However, there are always unexpected things. He didn't expect Tisia to do that, and he didn't expect that something would happen to the Assassin's League. Perhaps if these two things hadn't happened, the two children might not have lived with him.

Thinking of the past, Bruce sighed in his heart and said, "Yes, if it were me, I probably wouldn't ask you to come back to me. This is the right choice for both you and me, but it's different now."

"Since I'm bringing you back, it means I'm proving to you that I will do my best to take care of you, even though sometimes I may not be able to fulfill my responsibilities as a father, after all, this is my first time. I did take care of Dick and the others before... but that's completely different." Whether it's Dick, Jason or Tim, their goal is to be Robin, and they need hard training to fight against evil forces. Bruce will naturally strengthen their training for their safety.

But Dorothy is different, she doesn't need to do these things.

"After all, you are my daughter. Although I have concealed my true identity from you before, it is not only a secret that I hide, but also a secret that everyone in Gotham hides."

"Actually, I'm quite grateful to you. After all, you didn't show any strange expression after you knew my hidden identity. And you are doing your best to help me. And I agreed after you said you wanted to return to New York. I can give you freedom, although sometimes I really don't want you to do something dangerous. This is out of my responsibility to you."

"After all, you are still young. You don't need to take risks in dangerous things. You have me, Dick, Tim, and... Jason by your side."

"If I in that world could give that child some freedom and learn to let go, maybe that child could live a better life in the sunshine, instead of being like them, still burying themselves in the past and shirking responsibility for the mistakes they made."

“Maybe they already understood, but it’s too late.”

"So Dorothy. No matter what happened to you or what you have been through, I hope you can live happily." Bruce smiled at Dorothy.

Bruce's words made Dorothy feel a little dazed for a moment, because Dorothy remembered that before she traveled through time, Cogis had said the same thing to her.

It turned out that they missed her so much in situations that Dorothy didn't even realize.

Dorothy stared at Bruce blankly, and for a moment she didn't even know what to say. Because she could usually deal with anything calmly, but she was actually quite afraid of giving her feelings. Sometimes she was afraid that this was just a dream, and not only Bruce, but also other people, would no longer exist once she woke up from the dream.

After all, once a bond is formed, it can never be broken off, just like now.

She felt so sad. Not only was she sad, but it was also so rare that Bruce would say so many words to her, and these words made Dorothy want to cry.

But Dorothy didn't know why she was crying. Maybe it was because the person she loved expressed his true feelings in front of her. She could feel that Bruce's feelings for her now were not fake. Dorothy knew her true identity. Of course, she felt that she was the fake one and she should not have been integrated into this family. But at this moment, Dorothy suddenly felt that her life was worth it.

At this moment, Dorothy took the initiative to hug Bruce

"Thank you..." Dorothy was like a child who rarely got a chance to vent her emotions. She finally couldn't hold back her tears. She cried very loudly as if she wanted to vent. It was a rare time for her to cry like this in front of others. Even if she would cry before, she would always cry in hiding.

However, Bruce, who had never seen Dorothy so emotionally expressive, was panicked for a moment because he had no idea how to comfort a crying girl, even if the girl was his daughter.

Dorothy was crying so hard that she was out of breath, because she hadn't cried like this for a long time. And her tears couldn't stop flowing out. She felt that she must be very embarrassed at this moment. She was so embarrassed that she didn't care about her face in front of her favorite person.

All Bruce could do at this moment was to hug Dorothy tightly. Perhaps it was because of the feeling this time, Bruce even felt that the girl was much thinner than he had imagined. He had raised her for such a long time, but this feeling was still the same as when he first saw her.

He also couldn't imagine how Dorothy faced everything in that world? Facing escape, facing strangers, and facing herself in that world. Dorothy looked very calm, but this calmness was just a disguise.

Bruce felt that he had finally seen Dorothy's weakest side, and it was indeed the case. Somehow he felt relieved because Dorothy was just a child. She could cry and laugh.

Dorothy buried her face in Bruce's arms. She knew that her tears had soaked Bruce's clothes, but she was reluctant to leave him. Perhaps such scenes were rare, or perhaps Dorothy was craving for the rare warmth. Until Dorothy whispered softly in Bruce's arms:

"Thank you, father."

"Huh?" Bruce seemed to hear something, but he suddenly felt a little unbelievable, because the word "father" seemed like an illusion, and he was a little dazed.

It turned out that he also expected Dorothy to call him father.

Bruce felt the joy welling up in his heart. He stroked Dorothy's hair and said:

"I'll always be there."

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【Bat Theater】

"Have you noticed that Bats is in a good mood lately?" Diana looked at Bruce who was sitting in silence. Although he was silent, the corners of his mouth were inexplicably raised, which made Bruce look even more terrifying.

"Are you serious?" Hal pointed at Bruce. "Does that mean he's in a good mood?"

"Don't you feel it? Bats has become much more tolerant recently, and he doesn't beat people as violently as before." Barry passed by and saw the two talking about Bruce, so he went over to gossip for a bit.

“I agree with that.” Bucky nodded and agreed with Barry. “He’s been a little more lenient with me.”

"But then again, do you feel that Batman has been targeting Superman recently?" Arthur suddenly spoke when he saw several people gathered together.

"Hiss - yes! He just sent Superman out on a mission." Cyborg thought for a moment and answered immediately.

Regardless, the Justice League agreed:

Batman, a heart as deep as the sea.

"A-choo!" Clark, who was flying high in the sky, sneezed for no apparent reason.