Chapter 170 Chapter 170 Wonderful Reasoning
"Excuse me, what did you just say?" Jason put his hand behind his ear, pretending to listen sideways. "Can you say it again?"
"Since you won't let Li and Tennyson come over, I'll go," Damian said. "You're worried I'll attack them in my territory, so I'll go to theirs. Is that okay?"
Tim raised an eyebrow. "When did Wayne Manor become your territory?"
Damian: "As my father's only biological son, I will naturally inherit everything he has, including this manor."
Dick whistled and looked at Bruce. "Wow, Bruce, your own son is thinking about your inheritance. Are you going to say something?"
Bruce:......
Bruce didn't want to talk, he just wanted to finish his lunch well.
The biggest parenting experience he gained these days is that as a parent, you should not intervene in fights between children unless they go too far.
Otherwise, the struggle will turn from a "children's confrontation" into a "fight to the death."
Jason pointed at the bruise at the corner of his mouth and said, "Look at your handiwork! How can I believe you wouldn't jump up and beat someone up if you got there?"
Damian: "We've already reached their territory. Are they still worried about being defeated by me?"
After several fierce family exchanges, the Wayne family, their four sons and Damian finally understood that it was not that they could not communicate with each other, but that their values and cognition were different from their own.
After many fights and quarrels, the physically and mentally exhausted people gradually changed their thinking from “how could they say this and do this” to “why they did this and do this”, and began to try to build understanding.
For example, now, Jason finally understood Damian's thinking.
Damian didn't guarantee that he wouldn't attack anyone, but he gave up what he considered his "home buff" and promised not to cause any trouble - this was considered "friendly" in Damian's thinking in the Assassin's League.
Damian was also puzzled. "I don't understand why you're so worried. I've told you many times that I'm not a scumbag who would attack a baby. If you're worried about Lee and Ben, then I don't understand even more."
"A creature that felt no pain even when a spear pierced its head, a superhuman whose physical qualities far surpassed those of ordinary humans and whose magic was also superhuman, why on earth did he have to be so cautious?"
Jason couldn't help but pinch his fingers. "Because you saw them in their transformed state. Do you understand what transformation means?"
"I don't understand." There were no cartoons to watch in the Assassin's Alliance, and Damian's confusion was genuine. "And why did you clench your hands?"
"They ate too much at the Italian restaurant... Don't worry about it. To put it simply, these two people have the physical fitness of ordinary people."
Jason ignored Bruce's look, which showed he didn't agree with him giving the information to Damian - because of trust issues, Bruce hadn't given Damian the computer yet.
Honestly, Jason didn't think this was necessary. Damian could be brought to the Batcave and go to Wayne Manor, so what couldn't he know?
Li Hua and Benjamin had both appeared before Damian in their original skins before, so there was nothing to hide. Making it clear now was better than Damian not knowing about their normal states and then poking them with a spear one day and causing problems.
Damian: "So are they human or not?"
Jason: "Li Hua is a human, Ben...most of the time. Anyway, you won't see them until you jump up and attack them at any time."
Do you want to listen to what nonsense you are talking about? What do you mean by most of them are human?
Damian took a deep breath and gave up on the argument. "Never mind. Since you're worried about something as frivolous as that, I can promise not to attack them."
I thought Damian was going to start some more taunting, but everyone who had been fighting with Damian these past few days:???
Why are you so nice this time!
You know, until now they haven't been able to get Damian to give up attacking family members other than Alfred.
They fought several rounds and demolished half of the manor. After much persuasion, Damian reluctantly agreed not to use sharp objects to attack people and to shout in advance before launching an attack.
"I challenge you to test your abilities, to determine if you are worthy of being my brothers and fathers, and if you are worthy of my respect."
Once again, Damian felt infuriated by his brother's pointless questions.
He is just following the Assassin's League's rule that "only the strong deserve respect and can make demands", and he will only fight with those he considers strong. Why do people always think that he is a madman who kills anyone he sees?
Since arriving at the manor, he hadn't even raised a finger against the old servant—speaking of this, Damian felt even more depressed and confused. He hadn't done anything or said anything, so why would his father and brother blame him for this unrelated servant?
He wasn't even allowed to call Pennyworth a "servant" or "menial"...wasn't that Pennyworth's job? Damian couldn't understand how that was insulting; he was just stating the facts.
What he saw and heard here almost completely overturned the cognition Damian had built up since birth, which made him feel very uncomfortable, but he had no way to leave this environment.
Damian tried to make the environment conform to his perception, but he failed and realized that it was impossible.
Compared to the incomprehensible humans, he felt that the silent blue moths were more capable of communication, or Benjamin Tennyson, whose species was unknown.
It is always easier for people to calmly accept the existence of differences in thinking when they are different from others and cannot understand each other than when they are the same kind and cannot understand each other.
"Damian, here we don't rely on force or merit to earn the respect of others."
Bruce couldn't count how many times he had held back a sigh in the past few days.
"Besides, we can't make decisions for Benjamin Li Hua. If your actions make others feel uncomfortable and worried, then you have to accept their decision to stay away from you."
Damian was much more difficult to deal with than the Wayne family had imagined.
In fact, after these days of forced, physical family conversations, they easily discovered that Damian was not the type of naughty kid who could understand but was unwilling to listen to what others said. He was a more difficult type.
Those who have been placed in darkness since birth cannot imagine what the sun looks like.
In Damian's growth, the equating of "kindness" and "cowardice" must be eliminated.
Therefore, he couldn't understand why others were against his behavior, and he expressed his discomfort, which exacerbated Damian's irritability.
Just like the drastic changes to the commonly used game keys and the replacement of glasses with inconsistent degrees, this is a very difficult period of adaptation, but Bruce believes that he and Damian will be able to get through it.
...What else can we do?
A child that had already been born could not be returned. Sending him back to the League of Assassins was absolutely impossible. Bruce couldn't take Damian to Arkham Asylum to apply for a single room to start foster care, and he couldn't jump off a building with Damian in his arms.
That's his son, not a beagle... No, even if it was a beagle, he couldn't do that!
Whether it is a child or a pet, once you choose to raise it, you should be responsible for it until the end.
And Damian isn't so hopeless.
Bruce thought dizzily.
Look, this time he didn't quarrel with me, didn't even talk back to me, and didn't fight with his brothers. This must be a good start.
Bruce still underestimated Damian's ability to act.
Damian did listen to what was said at lunch, and in some strange way he understood it.
At first, Damian really thought that his adopted brother (his father was chosen by his mother, so he couldn't be cheap) was lying when he said that Benjamin and Li Hua were as fragile as ordinary people.
Damian didn't understand the magic side of things, so the authenticity of Li Hua was not discussed for now, but Benjamin had personally confirmed how powerful he was.
Moreover, it is impossible for Benjamin to be the father who gave birth to fourteen such powerful babies and took care of them...
etc.
Damian suddenly realized where he had gone wrong.
Before his cheap second brother, who still had the silly name "Flower Hood", gave him a bath in Titan Tower, he did say "Manseroxen" - that is, Benjamin was a hermaphrodite, and hermaphroditism was indeed common in plants.
So... the one who got pregnant and gave birth to fourteen blue moths might not be the "Ice Ghost" he had never met, but Benjamin?
If this is the truth, then everything connects.
Why does Swampfire, who possesses such strong power, reveal a weak human form like Benjamin? And why are the rest of his family always worried about him getting hurt...
It’s because Benjamin is weak after giving birth!
As we all know, mother animals with cubs are very irritable and sensitive, especially those who have just given birth and are still in a vulnerable state and are raising cubs alone.
The Swamp Fire and Ice Ghost cubs are very strong in themselves, and they are cross-species births, with fourteen born in one litter. Benjamin also has to take care of the children. It is very likely that he was seriously injured and has not recovered yet.
This also completely explains why they are so disgusted with me recruiting... no, visiting the Ice Ghost Cub and Benjamin.
This was not because his strength was not recognized by his father and brothers, but because the aggressiveness he showed would make Benjamin, the mother, think that he and his cubs were threatened, not to mention that Damian had pierced Swampfire's head with a spear before.
Damian has never taken care of anyone, let alone a pregnant woman (husband). He himself was not born after ten months of pregnancy.
But he could put himself in her shoes. If his mother was in a weak state and someone—an armed person who couldn't guarantee not to attack—mentioned asking to visit her, Damian would never agree.
But Damian is not the "someone" in this metaphor, he can completely control himself and not attack actively.
What's more, Benjamin didn't seem to be that sensitive, irritable or aggressive. It was he who invited Damian to touch the ice ghost cub.
Therefore, Damian believed that as long as he found an opportunity, he could restore his image, and maybe even persuade Benjamin to send a few ice ghost cubs to serve as his Robin.
Yes, Robin.
Damian had heard about Batman from his father, brother, and butler. Although he scoffed at superheroes who only saved lives, it did not affect his desire to inherit his father's recognition and legacy.
Since his father and brother don't let him be "Robin", then he will be "Batman"!
"Batman" must have a "Robin", and Damian doesn't think there is anyone on this planet who is worthy of being his partner and receiving his guidance.
But the ice ghost cubs are not from Earth.
My father's first generation Robin, who is now his younger brother Grayson, also happened to be in black and blue after going solo.
Damian believed that when his "Robin" went solo, even his father would have to admit that the "Robin" he taught was far better than Grayson!
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The author has something to say: Benjamin, who Damian thought was "weak after childbirth", is already floating on Mars.
[Mini Theater] Why don’t you three play together?
Benjamin: Why do they say I'm a big guy wearing so little cloth?
Jason (sharp eyes)
Li Hua (looking away guiltily)
Benjamin: That's weird. Why would Damian think I'm hermaphrodite? Who told him that? Didn't they tell him there were only ice ghosts?
Li Hua (sharp eyes)
Jason: (Looks away guiltily)
【Completely imaginative plot】
Damian to the Ice Ghost Cub: What a nice kid, come and fight me!
Jason might exclaim: How can Bruce's genes be so terrifying? He starts picking up children at such a young age - no, this is snatching children! This disciple is even better than the master!
Tim: Strictly speaking, this isn’t stealing, it’s making an offer.
Jason: (horrified) Isn't that even scarier?! The old man's own son actually has the look of a Deathstroke!
Dick: .....Jason, you should eat less meal replacements, you're almost getting used to it!
PS: Damian's decision to become both Robin and Batman after returning home is from Batman V1, where he first appeared as the young master of the League of Assassins. I found the dialogue between Talia and Damian quite interesting. It goes something like this:
Talia: This child lacks self-discipline. I can't teach him, so I'll leave him to you.
Batman: ?????
(The more I look at it, the more it looks like a beagle mating...)
The Reshgu in this comic was dead at first, and after he was resurrected, he said that Damian was trained to be the strongest weapon. He even called Damian "it" and wanted to take over Damian's body. At that time, Damian directly cursed back.
All the assassins around him turned against him. Ra's eleven. Talia rushed forward to stop Ra's eleven, screaming at the top of her lungs, "Damian! Run!" (Batman V1, Chapter 670, Page 20)
You Augu... you really care about the next generation, but there's no such thing as grandparents, right? (I suddenly remembered that comic where Damian's half-brother accused Reshogu of experimenting on him because "he knew Mother would never allow him to be used as an experiment!")
By the way, the adult Damian Batman in a trench coat comes from Chapter 666 of "Batman V1", which should also be one of the sources for the judgment that the adult Damian is more than two meters tall, because on the sixth page of this chapter it can be clearly seen that Damian Batman is much taller than the people around him, and is even a head taller than the armed police.
【Catch the bug twice】
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