55 · Chapter 55
It's time for another night patrol.
Messiah lowered his hood, and Dog sneaked out of Arkham Asylum, ready to start his own night patrol tonight, leaving the super villains in Arkham who had been beaten by him again far behind.
Ever since Jason started his night patrols, Messiah's strong desire to protect him made him listen to Jason and the others' heartbeats and breathing rates at all times. At the same time, he also started to give the Arkham super villains a beating every two days and a big beating every three days, trying to make sure they couldn't get out of bed or escape from prison.
——In order to keep consistent with his family's schedule, although Messiah's range of activities is the entire earth, he also maintains the habit of conducting global night patrols during the night in Gotham.
Although Alfred had expressed concerns about Messiah's future height more than once, Messiah had always fooled him.
Having shrunk from sixteen to five, no one knows better than Messiah how tall he will grow in the future. In fact, the one who needs to worry about his height is Jason.
How tall can Jason grow in the future?
Messiah was thinking about Jason's physical examination report in his mind. According to the bone development test, Jason would be able to grow to more than 180cm in the future, but Bruce said that Jason's malnutrition in childhood affected his development, and his height might not reach the expected 180cm.
This made Messiah, who was only 165cm tall at the age of 16, fall into silence.
No matter what, as long as he is taller than his brother, it's fine.
Messiah thought, if Jason were to be 170cm tall, then 171cm would be good enough, and if Jason were to be 180cm tall, then he would have to be 181cm tall.
After all, he is my brother...
"Messiah."
A voice called out to Messiah, causing him to suddenly stop.
It was Jason?! But why didn't he hear it...
Messiah froze in place, listening to Jason and the others' heartbeats and breathing rates every moment. According to what he heard, Jason should be in GCPD with Bruce.
But at this moment, the person who called out his name was indeed Jason, but his breathing and heartbeat rate were completely different from Jason's, so Messiah misunderstood him as an Arkham guard and did not pay attention to him.
Jason looked at the Messiah's frozen form, suppressed the urge to sigh, and restored his heartbeat and breathing rate, which had been deliberately altered through manipulation of his body functions.
On the GCPD side, Batman also turned off the recorder that had been playing Jason's heartbeat and breathing sounds.
Once again, the Messiah was defeated by modern machinery.
"Messiah," Jason called out to Messiah, who stood there motionless, "look at me."
Messiah pursed his lips, looked back dejectedly, and inched his way to Jason's side.
"Take me away from here, to where we hang out most."
Jason held Messiah's arm, and the voice changer blurred the emotions in his voice, making it impossible for Messiah to hear his thoughts.
Messiah secretly raised one eye, glanced at Jason, and obediently took Jason with him to jump across the space.
Two figures suddenly appeared on a gargoyle on the eaves of a tall tower in Gotham.
Jason turned on the microcomputer on his gauntlet, and the signal blocker automatically turned on. Then he pulled off the domino mask on his face, and his blue eyes were exposed to the air.
He raised his hands again and cupped Messiah's face, also removing his hood.
Two faces that bore some resemblance to each other were exposed to the air at the same time.
Messiah raised his head obediently, letting Jason hold his face, but his eyes were floating in the air, looking up at the sky and down at the earth, but he didn't dare to look at Jason in front of him.
"Look at me." Jason pressed his forehead against Messiah's, forcing Messiah to look into his eyes. "Messiah, I have something to tell you."
Jason had been on night patrol for three months and had long noticed something was amiss during the patrol.
Gotham's nights were too peaceful, too peaceful to be Gotham. When he was in Crime Alley, Gotham wasn't as peaceful and tranquil as it is now, with only a few thugs robbing people every day.
It was the Messiah who did it.
After Jason noticed this, he instantly realized who did it. He went to ask Bruce, and Bruce also looked very troubled.
"I tried to persuade Messiah, but I couldn't convince him." Bruce took off his bat mask tiredly. "Messiah said he just wanted to protect you and us."
"Perhaps, only you can convince the Messiah."
Jason's thoughts were pulled away from his memories. He looked at Messiah's little face which was full of guilt and felt a headache.
If it had been Bruce or Dick, not the Messiah, who had done this, he would have had a huge argument and fought them to take his freedom back from them.
But Messiah was his younger brother. They had been together since childhood and were closer than twins. They were brothers who had integrated each other's existence into flesh and blood.
It was only after being adopted by Bruce that they broke away from the state of being together all the time.
Jason couldn't bring himself to say harsh words to the Messiah.
"Messiah."
Jason called Messiah's name again. Messiah's eyes wandered for a moment, and he finally made up his mind to look Jason in the eye.
Messiah had already made up his mind, "I just want to protect Jason. Night patrol is very dangerous, and I didn't clean up all of Gotham. I only targeted a few of the more dangerous guys, just a few."
However, the moment he met Jason's blue eyes, all his excuses were gone.
Messiah looked at Jason, his blue eyes staring at him full of tolerance and helplessness.
If Jason got angry with him and yelled at him, Messiah would know what to do, but Jason just looked at him helplessly and tolerated all his desire to control and protect him.
"Messiah, I know you're just trying to protect me. I actually think you're doing a good job." Jason smiled, his blue eyes surprisingly bright. "I like the idea of beating those scumbags in Arkham so hard they can't take care of themselves and making it impossible for them to escape again."
"But this cannot be for me. Your principles should not be compromised for me."
Jason knew that Messiah had recently been studying the laws of various countries and trying to punish evil and promote good in accordance with the law. This had become Messiah's principle of action.
Beating criminals every day to prevent them from escaping prison is obviously inconsistent with the Messianic principle of following the law.
This is a private affair.
"Personal feelings made you violate your principles, which is wrong." Jason looked into Messiah's eyes. "No one should give in or change for anyone else."
The Messiah did not speak.
In this world, after he had the ties of his family, many of his actions were indeed manipulated by his personal emotions.
...We can obey the law and act in accordance with the law, but there are also personal factors involved.
Messiah thought that there were actually many legal provisions that he disagreed with, but Bruce's principle was to leave the judgment to the law, so he would act in accordance with the law even when he disagreed.
This is also a personal affair.
Jason suppressed the urge to sigh and used all the gentleness he had in his life: "Messiah, I hope you can have your own life. You shouldn't revolve around me."
"It would be nice if I could have a little respect and privacy while having my own life."
Jason looked at Messiah's depressed expression and joked to him, "I don't want to be bumped into by you while we're kissing like Bruce."
Messiah's downcast expression brightened as embarrassing memories came flooding back, a hint of guilt appearing on his face.
He, he didn't want to... He was just worried that Bruce would get hurt again...
Just a few weeks ago, during a night patrol, Messiah heard Bruce's heartbeat suddenly speed up and his breathing slow down. He mistakenly thought that Bruce was injured, so he immediately teleported to Bruce's side.
Messiah rushed up aggressively, and then met the eyes of Batman who was kissing someone.
Batman's embarrassment can be seen even through the bat mask.
The black-haired woman in a dark green dress released her hand from Batman's neck, and raised her red lips dangerously: "My love, is this your new adopted son?"
"Thalia..."
The embarrassed Messiah didn't dare look at Batman anymore and teleported away as if escaping.
And this happened more than once... Messiah even caught Robin kissing Batgirl.
The Messiah's head was almost buried in the ground, and his toes were digging the ground frantically.
"I, I will try my best to respect you and give you privacy." Messiah whispered, "I've actually been lowering the frequency of my monitoring of Dad and Dick recently..."
As for Jason, of course not.
Messiah was afraid of losing. Metropolis was suddenly destroyed on an ordinary morning. He was afraid that once he stopped paying attention to Jason, Jason would die suddenly like Metropolis.
Jason sensed Messiah's anxiety and fear of losing him.
Although he didn't know where Messiah's uneasiness came from, he still made a promise to Messiah.
"Believe me, Messiah." Jason rubbed Messiah's forehead and said seriously, "I won't abandon you, and I won't die where you can't see me."
"Put your trust in me. I won't let you lose me."
Messiah looked into Jason's blue eyes. He would have backed down and stopped killing for Jason and Bruce.
Now, he would also give in for Jason and no longer stubbornly pour out his desire for control and protection on Jason.
"Okay." Messiah nodded slowly, making a promise. "I will no longer try to keep all danger away from you, nor will I monitor you every moment."
"I will give you my respect and return your privacy."
Messiah also rubbed Jason's forehead and said in a muffled voice: "You must protect yourself, Jason."
Jason smiled and said proudly, "Of course, I'm a Blue Jay."
"I won't die easily."
【Author’s words】
The flag has been raised, so of course it must fall.
Happy Children's Day to all the little angels! 50 red envelopes will be randomly dropped in the comment section of this chapter. Even adults should celebrate Children's Day——[kiss][kiss]
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