This bat cub looks very weak

Dorothy hung up the phone, got up from the computer desk, walked to the sofa, and looked at Akutagawa who was sleeping soundly. She reached out and touched Akutagawa's forehead. He didn't have a fever, which made Dorothy breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Dorothy tugged at Akutagawa's windbreaker and finally found a bat tracker at the bottom of his windbreaker. It must have been thrown by Batman when he left.

Although letting Akutagawa come to Wayne Manor so blatantly would let Bruce know too quickly that Akutagawa had a relationship with her, Dorothy didn't mind.

Otherwise why would Dorothy transfer Akutagawa here on purpose.

Dorothy walked to the windowsill and threw the tracker into the flower bed downstairs.

"Dorothy, dinner is ready. Do you want to eat in your room?" After finishing all this, Xiao Yi also prepared dinner. Dorothy turned to look at the door, and Xiao Yi was knocking on the door.

"They haven't come back yet?" Dorothy walked to the door, opened it and said to Xiao Yi.

"No, but Mr. Pennyworth is busy in the kitchen." Little Yi replied.

"Well, remember to tell me later that I'm not feeling well. I'll have dinner in my room." Dorothy turned around, walked to Akutagawa and put Akutagawa back into the vest space. She waved to Xiao Yi, "If you ask about today, just say I haven't been out for a long time and I was too tired from playing."

"Yes." Xiao Yi looked at Dorothy's back and didn't ask any more questions.

It was already 8 o'clock in the evening when Bruce came back, along with Dick and Tim. After talking with Gordon, Bruce went to the Justice League headquarters and reported the incident and the space rift to the alliance partners. Then everyone briefly customized a mission.

Because the scope of this incident is not limited to Gotham, but also involves multiple areas. At this moment, everyone only knows what Constantine said about the dark energy from hell, but they are still a little confused about the space rifts that have caused considerable fluctuations in various places.

Because they are not sure yet whether the space cracks were caused by dark energy or the leakage of dark energy was caused by the space cracks. They still need to consider this carefully.

The occurrence of energy fluctuations is very unclear, both in location and time, so there is no rush for this operation. So everyone decided that each person would be responsible for investigating an area.

Batman is naturally responsible for Gotham, Superman is responsible for Metropolis, Wonder Woman is responsible for New York, Green Lantern is responsible for London, and as for Los Angeles, Constantine unexpectedly volunteered to take over. The reason he gave was that the root of the employer's commission should be found in the employer himself.

But it could also be that he felt safer around his employer.

"Bruce, how is Yi...Yilan? Can he protect Taoxi?" Dick suddenly asked when getting out of the car.

"I think it's okay. Elan is very good at making Dorothy happy. After all, I feel that Dorothy has been more cheerful than before in recent times." Tim waved his hand, got out of the car and said to Dick.

"Alas... If I had the time, I think I could make Taoxi happy." Dick said with a little regret.

"This is good. After all, there is someone to accompany Dorothy. I had a vague feeling that Dorothy didn't like going to school, but it would be difficult for a girl of her age to make friends without a circle of peers. Did Dorothy contact anyone after her mother passed away?" Tim said seriously.

"That's true... I haven't seen Taoxi contacting her friends... and it's not easy to go out in Gotham now." Dick said sympathetically.

"..." Bruce walked behind Tim and Dick in silence.

He actually didn't even notice Dorothy's social circle. Indeed, although Dorothy didn't seem to be a lonely child, there were really too few people who contacted her.

"Welcome back, everyone. It's time to wash your hands and eat." As soon as they walked to the door, Ah Fu was standing outside waiting for them.

"Afu, I'm back!" Dick greeted Afu happily.

"Welcome back, Master Grayson, I'm glad to see you so healthy." Alfu smiled at Dick.

After they entered the house, Tim and Dick ran into the kitchen one after the other. Bruce looked around and said to Alfred behind him, "Where's Dorothy?"

"Elan said that Miss Dorothy hasn't gone out to play like today for a long time. She was a little excited, so she was a little tired. She had dinner in the room. Miss Dorothy should rest in the room now. Elan is taking care of her." Alfu said to Bruce.

"I went to check on Miss Dorothy, and she was indeed a little tired."

"I understand. I'll go see her." After hearing what Alfu said, Bruce didn't know what to think. Finally, he felt that he wanted to go see Dorothy.

Two table lamps were lit in the dim room, illuminating the two people on the bed. Xiao Yi was sitting on the edge of the bed, hugging Dorothy across a blanket. Dorothy was lying on Xiao Yi's body. She was looking at the system interface, sorting out things about the side quest.

She said she felt uncomfortable before, and it was actually true. First, it was the mental energy consumed by summoning Akutagawa, and then it was the injury caused by using Akutagawa's body. Although it did not cause any serious harm to Dorothy herself, she felt tired psychologically. Add to that the battle with Deathstroke and the subjugation of the cursed spirits, all these strange things piled up together and there was always some consumption.

"Do you think the Joker is dead?" Dorothy asked. That was the only question that bothered Dorothy.

The clowns in different worlds have different fates. There are only three possibilities. One is that the clown possesses the Dionysus factor that makes him immortal. The second is that the clown dies, but his spirit still exists, and the next clown will appear. The third is that the clown in this world dies.

"Whether the clown is dead or alive, it poses no threat to you, right?" Xiao Yi's gentle voice seemed to have a hypnotic effect.

"It's not a threat to me, but that doesn't mean it's not a threat to Bruce or other people." Dorothy looked at the picture of the Joker on the screen.

Although the Joker has brought pain to many people, it has also brought a lot of things to watch. Otherwise, with so many villains in Gotham, why did Jason get killed by the Joker? Among so many villains, the Joker is the most difficult one.

Dorothy sneered at the thought.

"Knock knock..." There was a knock on Dorothy's door.

Dorothy and Xiao Yi looked at each other quickly, then Dorothy left Xiao Yi's arms and lay back on the bed. Xiao Yi stood up and made the bed for Dorothy.

Bruce saw this scene as soon as he opened the door. However, when he stepped into Dorothy's room, he suddenly felt an unusual breath, which forced him to look around vigilantly, but he found nothing.

"Mr. Wayne." Xiao Yi greeted Bruce.

"Well, how's Dorothy?" After Xiao Yi spoke, Bruce immediately retracted his gaze, walked to Dorothy's bed and looked at Dorothy who was a little drowsy.

"I just took Miss Dorothy's temperature. Although she doesn't have a fever, her temperature is a little high." Xiao Yi said to Bruce.

"Have you taken the medicine?" Bruce looked up at Xiao Yi.

"I've already eaten." Xiao Yi replied.

However, Dorothy did not eat it.

"Well, you go out first. I have something to say to Dorothy." Bruce said to Xiao Yi.

"I understand." Xiao Yi nodded to Bruce, then looked at Dorothy and turned away.

"Dorothy." Bruce sat down by Dorothy's window and called her name in a gentle tone.

"Mr. Wayne..." Dorothy blinked and looked at him.

The moment Bruce entered the room, Dorothy saw that he noticed something, but he quickly covered it up. She would probably investigate it herself or ask Xiao Yi later.

"Dorothy, I mean, if, if... you want to stay here, stay with me and Tim, I don't have to send you to New York. You can stay as long as you want, and we will protect you." Bruce took Dorothy's hand and said seriously.

"!" Dorothy widened her eyes slightly, expressing her surprise at what Bruce said.

Dorothy could tell that Bruce was not lying when he said this, he really wanted Dorothy to stay, but... Dorothy didn't know how to deal with it.

According to the character setting established before, she should have agreed to Bruce with great surprise. However, Bruce said this when he noticed something unusual in Dorothy's room, which made Dorothy have to be alert.

Why would he change his mind and not send himself away?

"Well... Mr. Wayne... I'm so glad, I'm so glad that you can let me stay." Dorothy held Bruce's hand in return, she sat up and rested her forehead against his hand, like a prayer posture.

"But... I'm afraid of this place..."

"I'm scared of this place. It's the first time I've seen my mother do that to me. It's the first time I've experienced such a horrific explosion. I'm scared of the people around me. That girl pushed me down the stairs just because she was angry, and then you told me that my mother died in this place!"

Bruce couldn't see Dorothy's expression, but he could feel that the girl in front of him was trembling and filled with fear. Her voice was choked with sobs, as if she was shouting out all the emotions that had been hidden for a while.

"Sorry... This is my fault." Bruce didn't know why he said this after listening to Dorothy's words. If he hadn't been so tough and directly snatched Dorothy away from Dicia... If he had acknowledged Dorothy from the beginning...

"Mr. Wayne, this is not your fault."

Dorothy's words interrupted Bruce's thoughts, and he suddenly woke up. The thoughts just now were things he would never think about.

"Although our time together was short, I'm very happy to meet you, very happy to meet Brother Dick and Tim, and very happy to meet Alfu." Dorothy raised her head and looked into Bruce's eyes. Her eyes seemed to become bright because they were wet with tears. The warm yellow light made her look a little unreal, which made Bruce suddenly feel a little confused.

"I think I should leave for a while, whether it's because of physical reasons or because I'm afraid of this place. I can take care of myself, and Ilan can take care of me." Dorothy lowered her head slightly so that Bruce could not see her expression.

"Dorothy." Bruce suddenly hugged Dorothy.

"Mr. Wayne...?" Dorothy froze instantly when Bruce hugged her.

Nonsense, Dorothy is most afraid of being hugged.

"Sorry, kid. You can come back anytime you want." Bruce said this to Dorothy while hugging her.

"..." Dorothy was silent for a while. She looked behind Bruce, wondering what she was thinking. After a long while, she responded sullenly:

"Ah."

Outside the door——

"Tsk, why does Bruce say that! Taoxi should be allowed to stay." Dick said somewhat indignantly as he heard the voice from inside the door.

"Bruce has tried his best, and Dorothy is really sensible, otherwise no one would understand him for someone who keeps things to himself." Tim sighed slightly. To be honest, he still wanted to play a few more games with Dorothy.

"Alas, it seems that Miss Dorothy needs some time before she can continue to stay here..." Ah Fu said with some regret.

Looking at the three people standing at the door and eavesdropping, Xiao Yi twitched his lips helplessly. Who knew that as soon as he walked out of Dorothy's room, he saw these three people standing outside the room, listening in as if they were listening to gossip, and when they saw him come out, they forced him to listen with them.

Hey, hey! I'm still just an outsider!

"Everyone, the conversation inside is probably almost over. How about... we step aside for a while?" Xiao Yi reminded gently.

"Don't rush them, they seem to be still talking." Dick looked like he wouldn't leave until he heard what he wanted to hear.

"Hey! No, those are footsteps!" Tim seemed to hear something different.

"Oh no! Bruce is coming out! Let's go!" Dick reacted immediately, stood up and left the door, ready to run away.

"Wait..." However, Tim was a beat too slow, but he quickly grabbed the back of Dick's clothes, and Dick could not escape after being pulled by Tim.

Dick Grayson! Let's die together!

"Tim Drake!!" He knew it! This Robin is a black-hearted person!

"What are you doing?" The door was opened, and Bruce saw Dick and Tim pulling each other outside Dorothy's room, while Elan next to them had an expression of "I didn't see anything".

Ask Ah Fu? He is currently in the lobby on the first floor, waiting for a few gentlemen to come downstairs for dinner.

"We are exercising! Right! Tim!" Dick turned around, put his arm around Tim's shoulders and said to Bruce with a smile on his face. Bruce also looked at Tim.

"How is Dorothy? Does she need to be checked by Dr. White?" Tim ignored Dick's clumsy joke and looked at Bruce and asked.

"Nothing, I'm tired from going out and I'm asleep now." Bruce said to Tim. He turned to look at Xiao Yi, who was standing aside as a background, and said to Xiao Yi, "Come to my study after dinner. I have something to ask you."

"Yes, Mr. Wayne." Xiao Yi responded with a slight bow.

Xiao Yi stood at the door, watched the three people leave, and then walked into Dorothy's room.