Chapter 119 · Extra Seven
[Just in case, I'll remind you again that this extra chapter has nothing to do with the main text QAQ]
13.
The little Messiah looked up at Damian. The dark brown young man had an indifferent expression, and his steel blue eyes contained emotions that the little Messiah could not understand.
This was the first time that the little Messiah really observed the Big Damian of this world.
Big Damian looks a lot like their Damian, but while Damian's eyes are green, Big Damian's are blue.
Although the two people's expressions are very similar and they both often have a sour face, they give people very different feelings.
Little Messiah couldn't describe the difference.
Little Messiah tried hard to observe Big Damian, frantically trying to recall Damian's appearance, trying to find the difference between the two faces that only differed in age and eye color.
Suddenly, Little Messiah froze. He stared blankly at Big Damian's face and almost forgot to breathe for a moment.
He found a very familiar expression on Damian's face...
Why……
Little Messiah pursed his lips. Big Damian's expression was very similar to his memory. In the memory of the first world he unlocked, he often showed this expression in the later period, very cold and calm.
It's like looking in a mirror.
Little Messiah couldn't help but wonder.
The reason he was able to quickly determine where Big Damian's sense of familiarity came from was entirely because he himself had had similar experiences.
Little Messiah's face wrinkled up. He didn't really want to recall that period of time. It was a completely horrible and dark history...
When he just unlocked the memory of the first world, he was slightly... well, a little bit affected, and directly regarded himself as the world-destroying boss, and often behaved very much like himself in the first world.
During that time, he would occasionally show an expression similar to Big Damian's, until he was severely ridiculed by Damian one time, and then he reluctantly changed his expression in front of the mirror.
how so……
Little Messiah was a little at a loss. Even if he was slow-witted, he could understand why after he found that Big Damian was very similar to his old self.
Big Damian's body is all him, no, him from the second world, no, that's not right... should I say still him?
Little Messiah was a bit confused, as Big Damian was covered in traces of him. He… couldn't distinguish the two "Messiahs" so clearly when he realized that he had a great impact on the Damian of this world.
I had clearly already decided to make a decisive move...
The little Messiah's body stiffened for a moment, and he silently lowered his head and withdrew his eyes from looking at Damian.
For the little Messiah who has only recovered the memory of the first world, he prefers to cut the Gordian knot in dealing with his former family in this world, just like the Messiah in the first world who directly destroyed the world to stop Superman from falling further.
The little Messiah actually never felt very real.
He had been here before and then left. In the time without him, everyone in this world continued to live their lives normally, so after he left again, everyone should be able to continue to live their lives normally, right?
Just like the parallel worlds that Dad and the others have visited, there are many worlds without him, but it doesn't have any impact.
Including before, he had been to the neighboring world, where he defeated Thanos and destroyed the gems. After he left, everyone in the neighboring world was not seriously affected. So after moving to this world, it shouldn't be much different, right?
In short, the little Messiah had an almost naive expectation about the impact his departure from this world would have on the Wayne family.
Bruce and the others hid it so well in front of the little Messiah that the little Messiah really thought he had not had a big impact on the world, until he saw the remaining shadow of Damian.
He influenced Damian, making the Damian of this world a completely different person.
At that moment, the little Messiah suddenly realized that he seemed to be really important to the Wayne family in this world. He really had experienced this world, really left many traces in this world, and really had an indelible impact on them.
The vague impression that had been suspended in the air fell into reality, and for the first time the little Messiah felt the reality of the world.
The little Messiah pursed his lips and his head almost dropped to the ground.
Damian frowned slightly, looking at the little Messiah who suddenly became depressed, a trace of doubt emerged in his heart.
But this slight doubt soon turned into enlightenment.
Damian thought, perhaps, he would soon get what he wanted.
This was exactly why he was willing to tell the little Messiah the truth, but when his goal was about to be achieved, Damian found that he was not as complacent as he had imagined.
Damian lowered his head, his gaze lingering on the little Messiah for a long time. The lively and coquettish white-haired boy became depressed and gloomy, and his bright blue eyes became dull.
This is a war, and the one who shows weakness first will be the loser.
Damian has always been a winner. He has long become an indestructible warrior, rather than a little prince who is doted on by his brother.
Don't be a coward like Todd, Damian warned himself.
The little Messiah took a deep breath, raised his head suddenly, and met Damian's eyes, who was looking down at him.
"I have no memory of this world, so you don't want to face me, right?"
The little Messiah's expression was terrifyingly calm. He didn't look at Damian's reaction, but continued talking to himself.
"I hurt you, and all I can say is I'm sorry," the little Messiah said calmly. "I can't say anything more. Without my memories, I can't react the way you want, and the words you want to hear shouldn't be spoken by me."
Damian's face looked grim, and the tense lower half of his face revealed his true emotions. He felt a strong sense of anger and irritation.
In his chest burned an unquenchable flame, a flame that had existed there since the death of the Messiah, dimmed by the passage of time, and now flourished once more.
Little Messiah looked up at Damian, his fluffy white hair hanging down neatly by his ears, his clear blue eyes without a trace of cloud in them, and his cheeks were covered with soft baby fat.
But everything has changed.
Damian heard the voice of the little Messiah. The voice seemed to come from the horizon, yet seemed to be right in front of him.
“You’re going to meet the people you want to meet.”
The little Messiah's gaze lingered on Damian's tense face for a few seconds before drifting to the young man sitting on the bench reading a medical record.
"But before that, come with me and see the world, okay?"
The little Messiah extended an invitation to them.
Just like the Ship of Theseus, is it still the same ship after all its parts have been replaced? Is he still the same person after losing his memory and rebuilding his body?
Little Messiah has been avoiding thinking about this problem. He is happy and joyful enough now, so why should he embarrass himself by thinking about such a complicated problem?
But now, the little Messiah who had to face it had his answer.
He is still the same person after losing his memory and rebuilding his body, but humans are creatures that are constantly growing and changing. When faced with the same thing at different stages, humans will have different feelings.
The little Messiah will face it all, but before that, he wants to experience another stage.
He still has a lot of time, enough for him to resolve all his regrets.
Damian got everything he wanted, but felt incomparable regret. For the first time, he realized how cowardly he was.
Jason, sitting on the bench, shook the medical records, exhaled lightly, and gave up his disguise.
"Since you've already discovered it, don't pretend you didn't see me, you little rascal."
Jason complained lazily, put down the medical records and walked to the little Messiah. He stretched out his hand and ruffled the little Messiah's hair. The little Messiah quickly covered his head to avoid Jason's evil hands.
"Don't touch my head! I want to grow taller," the little Messiah screamed. "If I don't grow to 1.9 meters, it's all your fault!"
The little Messiah successfully protected his hairstyle and hid behind Damian, saying, "Your disguise was so poor. I saw it right away. I pretended not to see it so as not to hurt your self-confidence."
Damian silently watched the chase and fight between little Messiah and Jason until the three of them were angrily driven out of the hospital by a passing nurse.
The night breeze is cool tonight.
Damian stood in the night and suggested leaving before the eager little Messiah could speak.
A hint of understanding flashed in the little Messiah's eyes, and he did not refuse Damian's departure.
"It's okay, I can do it alone, and Jason's with me." The little Messiah blinked and smiled at Damian. "Next time we meet, maybe you'll see a surprise."
Little Messiah thought that Damian only wanted to see him with his memories, so Damian chose to remain silent at this moment and did not correct Little Messiah's misunderstanding.
Jason sighed, and as he passed Damian, he lowered his voice and spoke quickly, "Sometimes I think it's a good thing that Messiah has lost his memory. He can laugh to his heart's content, without having to shoulder any responsibilities, and he won't be as depressed as before."
"However, I'm the least qualified to say these things, so I choose to remain silent," Jason whispered. "It was me who changed Messiah and caused all this."
The "white tyrant" as he was called was born because of him and died because of him. He caused his brother to lose him, and then lost his brother.
After reuniting with Messiah, Jason only showed excitement at the beginning of the reunion, and spent most of the rest of the time hiding his emotions, pretending that nothing had happened.
Of course he hoped that the Messiah could recover his memory, but he hoped even more that the Messiah could be happy.
Is the Ship of Theseus still the same ship after all its parts have been replaced?
Jason has his own answer.
——He does not need to rely on parts and hull to identify the Ship of Theseus; his soul will guide him to recognize the Ship of Theseus.
"Can we go now?" Little Messiah took Jason's hand, shook it, and said coquettishly, "Come on, let's go. I want to see Gotham now—"
Jason lowered his head and raised an eyebrow at the little Messiah. "There's a place with a panoramic view of Gotham. Do you want to go?"
The little Messiah's eyes lit up instantly: "Of course!"
14.
Jason Todd, also known as Red Hood, relied on his magical talent to overpower his brothers and snatch a spot from a list limited to three people, successfully joining the team to find his stupid brother who ran away from home and went to the wrong world.
At this moment, the Red Hood who came to the parallel world was experiencing an earthquake in his pupils.
"What the hell is this..." Jason stared at the scene in front of him in amazement, "This isn't the Messiah I'm looking for."
This is a pure white building, suspected to be the base of a cult - this is purely Jason's subjective judgment, but he thinks that anyone who sees this scene will suspect that they have accidentally entered a cult base.
There were many people in white clothes sitting in the hall of the building. At the front of the hall was a huge screen. The people in white clothes were watching the images playing on the screen enthusiastically, as if they were worshiping gods and listening to oracles.
A grown-up version of his little brother—the only Wayne kid who wasn't a vigilante—was giving a world domination speech on screen, promising to bring all criminals to justice and bring happiness to everyone on Earth.
Jason was shocked.
Looking at the people in white in the hall cheering as Messiah Pro spoke, Jason realized for the first time that the little Messiah actually had some talent for being a cult leader.
Is this still my stupid brother? He must have come to the wrong world.
While traveling across the world, Jason, who was separated from Bruce and Superman, thought solemnly.
【Author’s words】
I'm about to die here, because it's a bit disconnected from the main text, it's really about to get stuck, it's so stuck that I once suspected I was mentally retarded
I'll say it again, the main text is set up so that everyone has forgotten about this incident, and it has nothing to do with the extra chapters. Please treat the extra chapters as independent and irresponsible extra chapters. QAQ
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