Chapter 39: Battle for Little Bruce [VIP]

473.

The arrival of little Bruce completely changed the ecological environment of Wayne Manor.

We used to be more reserved around Bruce, at least we wouldn't blatantly compete for his favor. But now it's different! This Bruce is still young! He doesn't have the powerful, unshakable aura of the adult Bruce! He can be won over!

So, since he could only stay here for one day, all of us entered the most efficient "battle for his favor" mode.

Damian sat across from Bruce with a serious expression, his tone unusually gentle: "Do you like swordsmanship? If you'd like, I can teach you how to use a katana properly."

Dick interrupted immediately, "Oh, Bruce, don't listen to Damian! Sword fighting is too dangerous. Come, I'll teach you somersaults and acrobatics! These will also help your physical fitness!"

Jason snorted and picked up a box of carefully selected children's books. "Children should read books. Come, brother will tell you a story."

Tim silently pulled out a holographic projection device. "I just put together a great introductory detective course for kids. Bruce, would you like to take a look?"

Stephanie handed over the snacks directly: "Would you like some cookies? You need to eat a full stomach so you can think better!"

Cassandra didn't say anything, but she handed Bruce a furry little bat stuffed animal with an expectant look in her eyes.

Little Bruce looked at this and then that, and the expression on his face gradually became confused.

He seemed to realize something, took a step back, and said politely, "...Are there some problems with your brain?"

Oh no, can't scare little Bruce!

Everyone instantly put on gentle and kind smiles and said in unison: "No problem!"

——Awkward yet polite smile.jpg

474.

While they were vying for Bruce's favor and attention, I chose the right path.

Quietly, he kidnapped little Bruce.

As they were arguing, I tiptoed over to Bruce, bent down slightly, and spoke in a voice as gentle as a child trafficker: "Bruce, do you want to see the animals we have at home? We have cats, dogs, wolves, and foxes."

Kids definitely like furry things! Unless... no, there is no unless!

Little Bruce was obviously very interested in "animals". His eyes lit up, he hesitated for a second, and nodded: "Okay."

So, without anyone noticing, I successfully took Bruce away.

Take! Away!

Victory lies within me!

475.

We had been wandering around the animal area of ​​Wayne Manor for half the day when they discovered that little Bruce was missing.

With me, the animals that were so proud and reserved in front of Damian started to behave very... flatteringly.

A cat came over and rubbed against his trouser leg, a puppy sat in front of him, tongue out and wagging its tail madly, a wolf lay on the ground and whimpered, a mouse bared its belly in front of him, a fox squatted on his shoulder and pressed its cheek against his, a nine-tailed fox hooked its tail around his finger...

Wow, I can tell Bruce is the princess!

Little Bruce's cheeks turned red under the animals' enthusiastic healing.

He raised his head, looked at me, and whispered, "Sister."

My soul was shaken, an unprecedented feeling surged into my heart, and I was instantly radiant.

"I'm here. What's going on, Bruce?" I blinked and asked in the quietest voice I've ever spoken.

Little Blue groped in his pocket, took out a few candies, and coughed softly: "I didn't bring anything more... I can only give you some candies, thank you for playing with me."

Oh my god! Bruce called me sister three times! I have no regrets in my life!

"Thank you Bruce, you are such a sweetheart." I kissed Bruce's cheek and he didn't shy away.

Oh! Big profit!

476.

When Bruce and I returned to the hall, everyone's eyes were fixed on me.

Their eyes were filled with shock, anger, unwillingness, suspicion - and deep heartache.

"How on earth did you do that?" Dick asked in disbelief.

"What kind of magic did you cast on him?" Tim analyzed calmly.

"You must have bribed him with snacks!" Stephanie gritted her teeth.

"Damn it, why didn't I think of acting alone?" Jason gritted his teeth.

"...As expected of Leona." Kashan sighed expressionlessly.

I smiled without saying anything and gently patted Bruce's little head. Bruce naturally didn't even try to hide and let me touch him obediently.

——Their eyes became even more distressed.

The victorious U-god is on my side.

And they are still struggling in the painful abyss of hell.

, I won!

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"No." I raised my eyebrows at them.

Eye Knife

477.

I successfully obtained official care of little Bruce and held my head high all day.

Sister? Who is your sister? Don't try to make connections. I'm little Bruce's biological sister.

He was severely despised by his younger brothers and sisters.

So what, thick skin is what you need here.

I took little Bruce to play games, appreciate my flowers and plants, watch movies, and eat delicious food without batting an eyelid.

Until night falls.

Bruce had just finished scratching his eared mouse's chin when I knelt beside him, wiping the cookie crumbs off his fingers. "Alfred baked a caramel pudding, and it's time for bed, boy. But we have to go through three corridors to find the final destination."

His eyes suddenly lit up and he let me lead him through the corridor lined with portraits.

Pushing open the wooden door, moonlight streamed in from the attic's round window, illuminating the cloud hammock suspended in the air—covered with all sorts of stuffed toys, a mechanical dinosaur was using the tip of its tail to make latte art for hot cocoa, and a holographic star track was slowly rotating on the ceiling.

"Is this the secret entrance to the magical world?" He stood on tiptoe and poked the dinosaur's claw at the dangling marshmallow.

I pinched his cheek and said, "It's a treehouse base that's even more amazing than the Wizarding World."

Well, don't forget I'm a versatile person who can both cultivate immortality and master the technology tree! I was secretly decorating this room while little Bruce was playing with the animals!

"Want a bedtime story?" I waved Yu Zhong's 3D picture book. "The kind with real butterflies flying out and songs singing."

Little Bruce stroked the chubby tail and lay in the arms of the furry teddy bear, his eyes misty.

He yawned.

478.

Dick's voice broke through the wooden door as the spring bed creaked. "This newly developed jumping sleep aid is guaranteed to be better than the old hammock... Wow!"

"The decibel level is too high." Barbara calmly fired three darts in quick succession, and Dick fled in panic.

The moment he did a backflip and brushed past the crystal chandelier, Stephanie jumped down from the chandelier and landed on Tim's back. The scented candle that popped out of Tim's pocket had long been replaced by sleeping gas and was rolling lightly to the edge of the Persian carpet.

Lavender purple smoke exploded, and Jason's poetry collection "Little Bear □□" hit his own face with a "bang", and Cassan fell straight down from the bookcase.

The nine-tailed fox kindly brought her a pillow to cushion her.

"You're disturbing Mr. Dinosaur." I pressed the remote control, and the mechanical dragon immediately sprayed out rainbow-colored bubbles.

It forms a tragically thick barrier between us and them.

A holographic projection suddenly lit up amidst the rain of bubbles. Five-year-old Bruce was kneeling on the carpet, examining the three broken pieces of a penguin biscuit with a magnifying glass. "The cause was a high body temperature. He consumed strawberry jam within ten minutes of the crime..."

"I found it last week while helping Alfred sort through his home videos." I blocked Damian's flaming gaze. "Would you like to hear the detective's closing statement?"

Little Bruce had closed his eyes peacefully and fell asleep to the soft music.

When the adult Bruce, who came on patrol that night, opened the attic door, he saw his childhood self curled up in a cat ball surrounded by fur, his fainted son, me taking pictures leisurely, and Damian with his arms crossed.

His eyebrows were raised high enough to stop a Batplane: "Hmm?"

I put my index finger to my lips.

Do not wake the pups.

Damian's muffled voice came from the corner: "...Father, I can actually sing a lullaby too."

479.

Everything is an absolute victory for the eldest sister! Wuhu!

Little Bruce went back after staying for a whole day, but we are no longer afraid of the intersection of parallel worlds caused by the turmoil in the main world. If there are only little cuties like little Bruce, it doesn’t matter how many come!

Just as he finished speaking, a blue light flashed, and several murderous men walked out of the Bat Cave.

Jason held two guns, Dick held a stun gun, and I held a sword.

"Tim, sister, I won't allow you to come out with that yellow-haired guy!"

480.

After a series of earth-shattering speeches, I looked at Tim blankly, and Tim looked at me blankly, and the cookie in his mouth fell out.

Next, the people in the parallel world told us about an incredible experience.

"How is that possible?" I said in disbelief. "Tim would fall in love with a random guy who has no sense of existence and even makes dirty jokes about his adoptive mother. Seriously? From the world's second-best detective to the universe's most romantically savvy? This world is crazy."

"It would be better for him to come out to Connor than to the yellow-haired guy. At least Connor won't abandon him when he's in danger." Jason picked up Tim's cookie and made a bold statement.

"I'd rather believe that he wants to increase the shares of Wayne Group and Drake Group..." Stephanie said. Under Tim's angry gaze, Kasan pushed his little cookie in front of Steve.

"My condolences." Barbara patted her shoulder.

"I think I can still save it..." Tim raised his hand weakly.

"Hurry up, hurry up and locate! If we don't go now, Tim will be kidnapped by that yellow-haired guy!" Dick, Jason and I in the parallel world are now frantically typing on the keyboard of the Batcomputer.

I think they might have imagined the keyboard was the yellow-haired guy's face, and they hit it so hard that it was about to break.

The moment we located the specific coordinates, the three men didn't need us to rush them. They picked up their weapons and rushed in with high spirits.

...It seems like he really has a lot of resentment about this.

481.

"Tim." I looked at him kindly.

"...Yes." He turned his head to look at his family members who were surrounding him, and silently shrank himself smaller.

"If... I mean if, Tim, you are really bisexual..." Dick hesitated.

"We won't discriminate against you, Baby Bird." Jason put his arm around his shoulders.

"After all, you see, Bruce's cousin is a lesbian, and Damian likes non-lesbians. It shows that our family is very tolerant." Barbara said while facing Damian's murderous gaze.

"Don't suppress yourself, Tim. At least we had a happy time." Stephanie took a deep breath, wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked directly into Tim's trembling blue eyes.

Cassan nodded in agreement and threw a bat spike in front of Tim like lightning. "But you can't lie to Steve and don't hide it from your family."

Tim slowly raised his hands, moving away from the batarang that was just a centimeter away from making close contact with him. "I still feel... I'm innocent."

"We all know this, Derek." Damian jumped onto the table and looked down at him. "These are just some friendly reminders. Deceiving others to gain affection is the most shameless thing in the world."

"Isn't this completely ignoring what I said?!"

482.

Tim angrily ran to the other side away from us to type on his keyboard.

He was hunched over his computer in the Batcave, typing away furiously, trying to vent his frustrations with code. A few of us watched him quietly from the side, exchanging glances.

"When will he calm down?" Stephanie muttered.

"It should be soon." Dick stroked his chin. "Tim is a good and sensible boy. We'll just have to wait until he figures it out."

"I hope so." I raised an eyebrow. "If he really sulks, we'll be the ones in trouble."

"That's right." Jason nodded and whispered, "Last time he was angry, he directly marked the place where I hid the alcohol on Bruce's surveillance system."

"Jason is not allowed to drink underage!"

"???No wonder……"

"Why do you think I suddenly have an extra half month of patrol duties?"

We silently looked at the boy typing indifferently in front of the screen and decided not to provoke him for the time being.

Well, while the future described by the parallel world is certainly terrifying, we won't doubt Tim just because of the parallel world. We've lived together for so long, it would be ridiculous to be shaken by a few words from someone in the parallel world.

483.

Next, we welcome a world where Xiao Qiao comes out, a world where good and evil are reversed, a world where a nuclear war destroys the Earth, a world where we are all comic book characters, a world where we are all vampires, a world where laughter rules the world, and a world where we are all Lego figures...

World... You are so strong that you have been able to hold on until now.

Amidst the ongoing chaos, Tim finally finished typing his code, breathed a long sigh of relief, and stood up.

"Alright." He flexed his wrist and smiled cheerfully. "I've optimized this 'parallel world visitor system'. From now on, only worlds we approve can interact with us."

When did we get this parallel world visitor system? Ah, so Tim built it on-site using all this parallel world data. That's all right then.

Our little genius is really responsible!

Stephanie couldn't help but take a photo: "Great! Finally I don't have to be surrounded by a bunch of weird people watching me anymore!"

"Wait." Dick frowned. "You said... 'we approve'?"

Tim gave a meaningful smile, picked up his coffee cup and took a sip. "Yeah, since everyone wants to watch the fun, let you pick the version you want to watch."

We looked at each other and suddenly rushed out of the Batcave.

A few minutes later, popcorn, potato chips, desserts, cola, Sprite, ice cream...

"I'm ready!" We gave Tim a thumbs up.