Chapter 159 Chapter 159 Asking When the Bat Will Return
Tim: "So what's next?"
Jason: “You asked me?”
Tim: "You have experience dealing with unexpected children. After all, you are the father of fourteen children."
Bruce is not on Earth and cannot be contacted. The child now thinks he has been kidnapped and is extremely aggressive. He must not be brought back to the Wayne Mansion.
But considering the Assassin's League and the particularity of this matter, it would be inappropriate for them to contact Talia before Bruce returned and let Talia explain to the child.
Jason: "Nakfuji babies don't just try to kill everyone around them. I think you should call Dick instead of me. Didn't he find Connor earlier? He's off work at this time, and since it's Friday, he has the next day and the day after tomorrow off. He's a real good with kids."
And Dick had taken care of a rebellious and bad-tempered younger brother before.
Of course, Jason himself had never been as difficult to deal with as this Augu brat before. But back then, Dick was a novice, a first-time brother. Now that Dick has two adopted brothers, his childrearing skills must have improved significantly. Surely he could handle the Augu brat...right?
Anyway, Jason doesn't want to take care of another child. Benjamin's fourteen harmless moths that just want to play are driving him crazy. If another aggressive Aug kid comes along, will he still be able to live?
Tim: "But Connor isn't that aggressive, and Connor's biological parents were there at the time... Maybe I can take care of him until Bruce comes back."
"Before taking care of a child, people often have some misconceptions about their own abilities."
Jason, who has experienced this, said.
"If you're just going to lock that kid up in a holding cell and feed him three times a day, then forget what I said. But if you're trying to build a good relationship with him while he's under stress and thinks he's been kidnapped, then I advise you to give up on that idea sooner or later. And before you go in, get someone else to accompany you. I don't want another dead Robin in the Batman's family."
Jason had been on the streets before, and he knew very well that sometimes even children should not be taken lightly, and one should be as vigilant against them as adults.
When people think they are forced into a desperate situation, the aggressiveness they unleash should not be underestimated, especially when this person is an Augu kid.
"Just now when we were giving him a bath, Connor was stabbed in the eye with a comb and strangled with the metal showerhead."
Tim: ".......are the combs and metal tubes okay?"
Jason: "They died very restlessly."
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"I was wondering why you were holding onto a domino mask for so long," said Li Hua, a baby Ice Ghost crouching on each shoulder. "Why do supervillains in your world always love to have children with their enemies? Is it the fate of superheroes to have children with their enemies against their will and without their knowledge?"
Fortunately, he is not a superhero. Although he has no mortal enemies, and although he wants to experience a life that he could not experience in the past, he should forget about becoming a father.
The superheroes would like to say that they do not have such a fate!
But when they thought of Connor and the child in the restraint room, they all lost the courage to argue with Li Hua.
Dick, who was being beaten and shaken by his brothers, was indignant: "Batman just told me to take precautions because he was afraid I would kill someone one day, but now his own son has grown up like this!"
At that time, when he was in a relationship, Bruce not only took him aside and earnestly explained to him the importance of protective measures, but also secretly stuffed contraceptive products into Dick's bag and clothes pockets before he went out on a date. It can be said that he was taking strict precautions.
Finally, when it came to Batman himself, the children he created were old enough to buy milk!
Connor comforted him, "Sometimes even protective measures are useless."
Benjamin nodded, and the Ice Ghost cub above his head trembled its tentacles. "Yeah, think on the bright side. At least there's only one child, not multiple."
Li Hua asked worriedly, "We've brought the young master of the Assassin's League here. Does that child have a tracker or something? Will they find this place?"
Jason: "It's okay. There's a signal jammer in Titan Tower. And they'll probably blame Batman for this."
"It should be his fault. This is the son of him and his old lover."
Dick was still muttering indignantly, but he quickly calmed down.
"But the child is innocent. I want to go and see him. I don't want our little brother to have the impression of his brothers and family as a cold prison cell in the future."
Tim removed the ice pack from his head, pointed to the bruises on his forehead, and said simply, "I advise you not to."
This was what he had just done when he was trying to have a friendly conversation with his little brother and was accidentally elbowed when he asked his name.
Benjamin: "If you don't have the resilience of a swampfire, I'd advise you not to do this."
Swampfire felt no pain from being stabbed through the head with a spear, but Dick would be killed if he were stabbed through the head.
This was one of the reasons they couldn't bring the child back to Wayne Manor even though Alfred was ecstatic.
"If you must go, bring all your equipment. We, your brothers and teammates, will prepare medicine for your injuries outside."
Jason was well aware of the stubborn nature of his family members, and he never thought he could stop Dick from the beginning.
He knew his family's abilities well. Even if the child had a weapon, he couldn't do anything to Dick. Tim was injured only because he let his guard down against the child who pretended to cooperate, and because he held back and didn't fight back because the child was a child.
If this were an adult, they'd have a ton of ways to get out of harm's way without getting hurt, but Batman's fight guide clearly doesn't include how to fight an armed child without getting hurt.
No matter how ferocious that child was, the physical examination report showed that he was just an ordinary Earth human without any superpowers. Children's bones are more fragile than adults', and if they overexerted themselves, the child would suffer further injuries.
Dick went there confidently. Half an hour later, Dick, with several knife wounds on his body and a messy expression, returned to the reception room. "I thought you confiscated all his weapons?"
Jason: "That's true. Connor Li Hua and I gave him a bath ourselves. I even threw his clothes, which were marinated in mud, into the garbage disposal a long time ago."
On the one hand, the clothes were dirty and smelly, and on the other hand, Jason and others thought that the child was a victim of a cult and might have some evil things on him, so they had to separate the two at all costs.
Dick pulled out a sharpened Robin Dart, "So what is this?"
Tim quickly checked his belt, and after counting it, he found that he was missing a dart.
It must have been taken away when he was fighting with that little devil just now!
Robin darts are Robin's main means of long-range attack. They are usually placed on the belt in the most convenient position, and there are so many of them that it is almost impossible to notice if one is missing.
"Sorry, Dick, it was my negligence..." Tim felt terrible when he realized that he had been taken advantage of by a child and his family was injured because of it.
"It's okay, Tim. People make mistakes all the time." Dick certainly didn't think of blaming his brother. Seeing his third brother's low mood, he comforted him, "Look, these are just superficial wounds. You don't even need stitches."
Jason: "It's normal for young people to be unskilled in their work. Besides, having a Robin Dart stolen by a League of Assassins kid is nothing compared to Batman having his Batmobile tires stolen by a street kid."
Benjamin: "Yeah, Batman had his Batmobile stolen by a guy from out of town who came to Gotham."
Li Hua: "Yeah, Tim, look, Batman's son's grave was also dug up by someone else."
Jason: "Really? So don't be discouraged. The old guy is much more accomplished than you in terms of having things stolen. The age difference between him and the 'criminal' in the aforementioned incident is much greater than the age difference between you and that kid. And don't you just take off your Batman vest and rob the house?"
Others: “….”
Although they all knew these things, when they were put together, it suddenly seemed that Batman had a miserable life.
After five days of struggle, all members of the Justice League finally restrained Doomsday, who was still in a dormant state, using various technological and magical methods, and exiled him to a cold and dark desolate star region, embarking on the journey home.
Having solved such a dangerous factor without any injury, everyone felt happy and relaxed. They chatted about family matters on the returning spaceship, and when they entered the space where they could receive the Earth's local area network, they heard Batman's communication device emit a receiving notification sound like a Gatling gun firing.
Batman, who was originally chatting with his comrades, felt his heart skip a beat and immediately pulled out his communication device to check the messages. The others also stopped what they were doing and cast concerned glances at him.
In this information age, it is very normal to receive a few messages when the Internet is disconnected for a few days, but it is definitely not the case with Batman.
If only Batman's communications were bombarded, it meant it was a Gotham or family matter, and a very, very urgent situation.
Batman flipped through the communications and found no mention of what had happened. It was just thousands of messages from different people with roughly the same meaning.
"When will you be back?"
The senders include Alfred, Dick, Jason, Tim, Barbara, Stephanie... These people sent the most messages. Even Benjamin and Li Hua, who are not from the local universe, sent two messages.
His eldest son, on the other hand, single-handedly sent hundreds of messages, many of which were sent simultaneously. Although the sending times were very irregular, they were mostly concentrated on weekends and when Dick was off work.
Looking at the news in Gotham and Blüdhaven today, the only major event recently was that the Joker escaped on the day he left Earth, but was thrown back that night by Dick and others who were taking over as "Batman", and no casualties were caused.
Even Batman, who is resourceful, didn't know what was going on, so he had to ask his comrades: "What happened to Earth recently?"
The other members of the Justice League pulled out their contacts. Besides advertisements, bank statements, and other daily information, there were also a few messages from their children. The content was roughly the same:
"When will Batman come back?"
...What exactly happened during the time they were away from Earth?
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