Chapter 37 Chapter 37 There are still experts?! ...
Li Hua did not fly directly to their base, but flew in a random direction. After flying to a place where Nightwing should not be able to see him, Benjamin, who was sitting at the end of the flying stick, adjusted his watch - this time everyone learned their lesson and did not let him take the picture. It was Jason who pressed the watch.
This time, Benjamin successfully transformed into a Kryptonian and brought everyone back to the base at a speed invisible to the naked eye of humans on Earth. He then went to the sun to bring all the children back.
After realizing that the surrounding scene was a stronghold, Li Hua sighed and put away his staff. "Jason, don't blame me for being nosy, but what exactly is going on between you and your family?"
It's normal to be careful and play counter-detection with the other party's parents when going out to play with a friend who has run away from home, but you still have to ask for the specific reason.
Jason also knew that Benjamin and Li Hua were avoiding Nightwing just to accompany him. He sighed and said, "You guys know that I'm Batman's former assistant, right?"
After Benjamin and Li Hua nodded, Jason said, "Actually, I had a big fight with him before I died. Then I ran to Ethiopia to find my biological mother, whom I'd never met. But a guy named Joker was lying in wait there, and my biological mother sold me... He tied my biological mother and me up in a warehouse filled with explosives as part of his deadly game to defeat Batman... And then you know the ending."
Jason Todd died in the explosion.
This could explain why in the report of No. 666, Jason, who was resurrected by digging, had so many shocking injuries on his body.
"I admit that I sometimes act on impulse. I don't always do what Batman asks. He's scolded me many times before, and even said things like 'Nightwing would never act like this when he was Robin'... But Nightwing came to comfort me later, and I regained my confidence. I no longer thought I was unworthy of the uniform... Maybe my self-confidence was too much, so I made a big mistake and lost both my mother and myself. Batman even brought us back and buried us in the same cemetery."
While checking the cemetery, Jason saw the tombstone of "Sheila Haywood". The person he tried desperately to save did not survive.
Lying in this cemetery were his biological mother, biological father, and the adoptive mother who treated him as her own son. They were all silent, and only he crawled out of the soil.
Then Jason realized he had screwed up completely.
Li Hua put his hand on Benjamin's shoulder as he was about to say something, shook his head gently, and then pulled the two of them to sit on the sofa, encouraging Jason to continue: "What's next?"
If the wound is not breathable and remains stuffy for a long time, it will affect healing and may even lead to infection.
The same goes for emotional wounds.
"After I was resurrected, I actually felt a little guilty and scared... You see, I ignored advice and acted on my own, causing such a huge mess... I thought it was perfectly reasonable for Batman to be angry and even fire me. I was even more afraid that he'd say something like, 'I shouldn't have adopted you, shouldn't have let you be Robin'... Although he might be right to some extent, he certainly didn't expect that I'd get into this kind of trouble less than five years after adopting me. I'm probably a stain on his career."
Benjamin: “Are you adopted?”
"Yeah." Jason clenched his hands, a wry smile on his face. "After my adoptive mother died, I was a street kid for a while. Being picked up and adopted by Batman was the second biggest miracle in my life. The first miracle was meeting such a good adoptive mother."
"I should add here that Batman didn't adopt me to be Robin, nor did he adopt me using his Batman identity. I asked for it myself after I discovered his Batman identity after being adopted for a while."
Li Hua and Benjamin's hearts skipped a beat.
As an adopted street kid with a short adoption history, who applied for the job himself and had a first-generation graduate predecessor as a role model, it's no wonder Jason has such insecurities.
DEBUFF is fully stacked!
But the good news is that so far these debuffs are unilaterally imposed by Jason, and Batman has not yet expressed his opinion. Maybe he -
"Then when I left the church to 'start my own business', I learned that Batman had found a third generation Robin less than two months after my death, and the criminal who killed me was still alive. Because he was a mentally ill patient, he couldn't be sentenced to death, so he would live forever."
Li Hua: ???
Benjamin: ???
This DEBUFF can actually be stacked?
Benjamin took a deep breath, exhaled, and inhaled again. He grabbed a cub, buried its head in its belly, and took a deep breath, finally calming down.
As a hero, Benjamin would leave room for maneuver in most cases and would not take the opponent's life - of course, except for those who are immortal.
But this is on the premise that the other party does not harm his family.
Let’s put ourselves in his shoes. If someone really killed his family, Benjamin wouldn’t care if that person was a human or something else, he would make sure that person died an ugly death.
As a hero, Benjamin understands Batman's desire to follow the law and the principle of not killing. Not killing itself is not something that should be condemned. After all, Batman is different from him and does not have the power to enforce the law.
Moreover, once the character of "Batman" is established, then "Batman" is no longer a person but a symbol, and a symbol cannot be changed.
If it was Benjamin himself who died and suffered all these things, Benjamin would be relieved, because he has always been a carefree guy, otherwise he would not have become good brothers with someone who had tried to kill him many times.
When he put on the Omnitrix, he realized that he was no longer an ordinary person, but the hero BEN 10.
But that was his, Benjamin Kirby Tennyson's, choice, not Jason Todd's.
As Jason's good friend, from Jason's perspective, Benjamin now has only one opinion -
"Jason, I know a friend who told me that you can actually live well without parents, and your friends can be your family."
Jason sweatdropped. "Are you trying to persuade me to sever the father-son relationship? It's not that serious..."
The most extreme, angry and irrational moment in my life was when I thought about tying up the Joker and putting a knife to my neck to force Batman to either kill me or the Joker. I never thought about severing the father-son relationship!
"Don't say that, Ben. We still need to go back and take a look."
Li Hua said this while Jason looked at her with a look of "It's great that there is still a rational person here."
"After all, if I don't go back, where will I get the chance to beat someone up?"
"Jason, do you want to question Batman first or kill your killer first? If you want the former, I can help you save the situation. If you want the latter, I don't want to kill anyone, but I can help you distract Batman and prevent them from getting in your way."
It would definitely be more effective if you take revenge yourself.
Li Hua suggested: "Why don't we kill your killer first, and then bring his head to question Batman."
Adults make the choices, their children want them all!
Jason: This is even more irrational!
No. 666, please take care of this. Li Hua is saying something very serious!
"Thank you for your concern, but that's not what's bothering me," Jason said. "I'm actually thinking...how can I get Batman to approve of my approach? I've actually been thinking about tying up the Joker in front of him and convincing Batman to kill him."
Li Hua and Benjamin looked at each other: It's over, Jason seems to have lost his mind.
Otherwise, why would something like killing an enemy be outsourced?
And is there any necessary connection between wanting Batman's approval and wanting Batman to kill people in front of you?
Is Batman the kind of person who would perform a water-melting beheading when he feels like it?
Benjamin said tentatively, "Why do you need Batman to help you with revenge? You can do this kind of thing yourself."
Number 666 couldn't help but say, "Most intelligent creatures tend to act contrary to their long-standing ways of doing things only in the short period of time after experiencing a major change. That's called 'hot blood.' But if Batman didn't kill the Joker after that burst of anger, he would be even less likely to do so after calming down."
Jason wasn't upset by this outcome he had anticipated. "So I was just thinking... I knew it was impossible for the old Bat. Just like what you said, No. 666, if he would kill the Joker for me, he would have done it long ago."
Number 666 pointed out: "So, compared to your own death or the life and death of your enemies, you actually care more about whether Batman loves you? Your pain comes from the uncertainty of this answer?"
“…”
The living room fell silent for a moment. Even the flying ice ghost cubs noticed that the atmosphere was not right and flapped their wings more gently.
No. 666: ...Did I say the wrong thing at the wrong time again?
No. 666: "This is just my speculation, sorry. I'm just a machine that simulates the emotions of intelligent creatures. Most of the time, my words are free of subjective emotions and responsibilities, even if those words seem too ruthless to others. I deeply regret this."
Alas, the previous host was right, it really is not good at comforting people.
"No... you're right." Jason covered his head and said, "Yes, I do care whether he loves me. But I'm afraid of knowing the answer I already know... I'm afraid of hearing from him that he doesn't love me."
Benjamin suggested, "Jason, there are so many people in the world. Why do you have to stick to the love of just one person?"
Li Hua: "That's right. Don't live under the gazes and rules of others. Children have to grow up, and parents can't control them forever. Didn't you say before that running away from home is a family tradition? Then why don't you just not go back? Run away for a few years, find a new spiritual support, and then go back and show him that you can live well without him!"
"Wait a moment," said No. 666. "The evidence you three have been citing for so long is all Jason's unilateral opinion and intelligence he gathered along the way. This evidence doesn't support your conclusion, Jason. I don't understand emotions, but I do understand analysis."
"Your main arguments are twofold. First, you said that Batman quickly found the third generation of Robin to replace you after your death. Since 'Batman' and 'Robin' in your argument are both professions, let's exclude the issue of adoption and just discuss the profession aspect. Then I need to ask you one thing - when you became the second generation Robin, how long had Nightwing graduated?"
Jason urgently recalled Dick's shock and anger when he returned home one day and suddenly discovered he had a younger brother and successor, something he had no idea about. "Um... I don't know the exact time, but it should be soon."
No. 666 continued, "Since Batman treats his own child this way, it proves that he changed Robins out of necessity for the profession, not out of any deep feelings for his predecessor."
Jason: "No, Nightwing is also adopted."
This didn't bother No. 666 at all: "Does Nightwing spend as much time with Batman as you do?"
Jason: "Much longer than me, definitely more than ten years now. Nightwing went solo after he became an adult. I remember that when I was adopted, he seemed to be attending college somewhere else."
No. 666: "Look, Nightwing, who has been with Batman longer, has experienced this. So according to your logic, finding a replacement in a short period of time means that he doesn't love the person. So if we calculate the ratio between the time they have been together and the time it takes to find a replacement, Batman loves you much more than Nightwing does. After all, Nightwing has been found two successors."
Jason: "But... Batman didn't kill the Joker."
No. 666: "It's been a while since he stopped killing people. You don't have to completely change all your habits just to show you truly care about someone. That person still breathes and is still alive. Are those who don't die for the one they love all heartless monsters? Of course not, because if that logic were true, then there would be no intelligent life. Some people prove their love through death, and some prove it through life."
Jason: “…”
"You don't seem to understand. I'm sorry. It's my problem. Let me put it another way."
Seeing that the child didn't respond, No. 666 thought that maybe his explanation was not clear enough and the child didn't understand.
It makes sense. When it first heard these words from its previous host, it didn't understand them at all.
So number 666 changed his statement: "Simply put, according to your logic, as long as Batman is alive, it means he doesn't love you enough. The way you want him to show his love and care shouldn't be to kill the Joker in front of you, but to commit suicide in front of you."
"But if you continue to follow this logic, it's easy to solve. While you can't subjectively make Batman 'love' you, you can objectively make him 'love' you. Just kill Batman."
Everyone: ???
etc? !
"...So, to summarize, unless Jason can find more compelling evidence, such as witnesses or physical evidence, your two existing arguments alone cannot support your conclusion. Without a firm conclusion, any large-scale campaign based solely on 'I think' is worth considering."
After No. 666 finished speaking, he found that the three children still didn't respond, as if they were dazed. He thought that maybe what he said was too profound, so he changed his way of saying it.
"To put it simply, just ask people directly. If you don't dare to ask Batman, then ask Nightwing. Ask what happened back then. Don't rush to imagine the void shooting."
“…”
"Why aren't you talking? What did I say wrong? I was just objectively analyzing Jason's logic."
Jason exhaled. "...Wow, that's classic logic that appears extensively in Omnic Crisis movies."
Benjamin had a complicated expression on his face. "Li Hua usually says these deadly things in a serious manner. Did he learn that from you?"
Li Hua slapped his thigh angrily: "I'm an engineer, I knew it was an ice cellar (yandere) the moment I heard it!"
No. 666: "...Listen to me carefully, you little brats!!!"
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