Chapter 157 [Extra] Diary 1 [Extra]
A tall, muscular man sat at his computer desk and wrote in his private diary:
"Xiaomei said her collaboration with Luthor ended before his scheme was exposed. The project wasn't illegal and had nothing to do with Luthor's scheme. They even borrowed STAR Labs' researchers and facilities during the process. Ultimately, they only produced a few minor results that didn't match the scale of the experiment. Even the Justice League's covert contact couldn't detect any anomalies, so Luthor was taken into custody and awaits trial. But neither she nor the company suffered much of a blow. I asked about the content of their collaboration."
"Xiaomei said she has successfully launched the 'device' into the multiverse."
"That thing automatically seeks out its target, so is it dangerous? No. I know what it carries. It's a hope, a wish Xiaomei is obsessed with fulfilling. She can't go back to the past, and she doesn't want to change the present. But time and space in the multiverse aren't linear, so perhaps it can reach an earlier point in another universe."
"I know her wishes, and I know she would never harm this world or any other world. But some people don't believe me, and I can't stop explaining and guaranteeing her every time we meet. I thought I had guaranteed her."
"...From that day on, and every day thereafter, I shared her life and death. In glory and in sin."
"I know clearly that she is the most compassionate person in the world. She always refuses to suffer, and therefore refuses to bring pain to others."
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Today, Red Hood was in the safe house with nothing to do, but when he turned on his computer, he suddenly found something different. He had just written a new security defense program. Those guys in the Batcave might not be able to break through the defense in such a short time. So who left a harmless but encrypted program on his computer?
He stared at the extra code and suddenly became interested, trying to figure out who was behind the prank. However, he was not worried that it was a virus. If a virus could invade his computer at will, then the Batcave would probably not be safe - at that time, some old guy would definitely be even more angry.
Red Hood sat in front of the computer and tried many ways to crack the program, but all failed. However, he felt vaguely familiar with it, and his originally relaxed attitude changed. He realized some problems, such as the encryption of the program was obviously to prevent the Batman and the group of lunatics in Arkham, but it made him feel that if he cracked it in his own way, he might succeed.
He stared at the English and symbols emitting blue light on the dark screen and was silent for a while. This program might be a trap aimed only at him, but he pulled the corner of his mouth and decided to give it a try.
He wanted to discover the protected secret and find out who was plotting against him. He entered the password expressionlessly, but as expected, it prompted an error message. So he broke in through the familiar backdoor he had left for himself and soon opened it.
And then Red Hood saw a long diary entry? He was completely baffled, but he noticed the first paragraph mentioned Luthor, STAR Labs, and the Justice League. He thought it was a joke, a made-up story by his admirer or someone else? And who is May mentioned in the diary?
The tone in the diary was so similar to his, except that the protagonist fell in love and blindly favored his lover, but he didn't.
As to whether it was a mistake, he had already started to suspect it long ago, as he hadn't yet developed Alzheimer's disease and hadn't forgotten the obvious loopholes he had discovered before.
This prank was a bit boring, but he had nothing to do today, so he scrolled down and saw the second paragraph.
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"I want to invite Xiaomei to Wayne Manor for my birthday party!"
"This birthday won't be a big one. I won't invite celebrities, dignitaries, or Bruce's business partners. I've long been fed up with them. Only people I'm familiar with will attend. It will definitely be a perfect birthday!"
"Ahfu has been looking forward to inviting Megan for a long time. He's asked me many times to bring Xiaomei his desserts during my night patrols. But actually, I know... Ahfu likes Xiaomei because I like her."
"Xiaomei is my best friend!" (with a smiley face)
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The Red Hood was silenced by what he saw. If he still had some hope before the second diary entry, he wanted to give up struggling after seeing this, even just the first paragraph. The precise pointing out of 'Wayne Manor' did not give him any room for luck. When the names of Bruce and Alfred appeared, he became calm.
The only thought is...
Oh, who discovered the big secret of the Bat family and is using it to make up a story here? How crazy a person must be to do such a cruel thing? He even wanted to take pictures and screenshots and send them to the Batcave, but it might be considered that he came up with some new idea and started directing and acting in it himself.
It was all very humorous.
He even half believed that this was the diary of Jason Todd from some universe! But Red Hood gritted his teeth and couldn't help but reflect on whether he had ever made friends with people in this way when he was a child.
He also noticed a problem. The contents of the diary weren't arranged in chronological order. It seemed quite clever? Someone had to figure it out? He suspected Tim Drake and the Devil Child were colluding to trick him. They were capable of such a thing, he was sure of it. Especially that hint of a romantic connection. If the Devil Child were to write something even more disgusting, he could make it even more disgusting.
The man sitting at the computer desk was about to laugh, but he didn't move. He didn't send the contents of the diary back to the Batcave, questioning who was so bored as to write such a little drama. Instead, he continued to read.
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"Today, B and I had a conflict..."
"I disobeyed orders, acted on my own, and put myself in danger. This is why I'm not a qualified partner. But the situation was critical, and I had to check on the other side. Even if I was a little carried away, why did he blame me like that? We should all calm down. So after the incident, I left him and ran away."
"I was a little depressed and inexplicably angry, but when I was sitting alone on the terrace of the high-rise building, I suddenly saw Xiaomei. She was dressed differently from usual. She looked like 'Alice.'"
"I greeted Xiaomei, changed into casual clothes and played with her. I also invited her to the first safe house I set up - I wanted to share this secret with her."
"While we were still on the road, Megan said the Mad Hatter was mean. She had originally agreed to play Alice, but because of the different eye color, the Mad Hatter said something nasty, so Megan didn't want to play with him anymore. Then I threw this matter to B."
"I have a photo with Xiaomei! (heart)"
(Photos attached)
The young man in the photo has a smile on his face and looks relaxed and happy. The little girl next to him has blonde hair and green eyes, dressed like Alice from the fairy tale. She looks very young, with childish and ignorant eyes. Probably because the photo was taken candidly, there is curiosity in her eyes when she looks at the camera.
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That young face was far too familiar to Red Hood, he had seen it countless times in the mirror, but on the contrary he had no impression of 'Megan'.
Red Hood gradually believed the guess in his heart that perhaps this was not a prank... He carefully considered the description and words in the diary, and discovered a terrifying phenomenon between the lines.
Is that little girl named 'Megan' connected to the super criminal who was supposed to be in Arkham? You have to know that the Mad Hatter is not someone who gives up easily. He is ruthless and cruel. If Megan was the child actor he had hired, then even if he had to forcibly brainwash her or use other means, he would not let her go so easily. It is possible that he had other concerns, and that threat suppressed his crazy paranoia.
And Jason knew about this, but didn't investigate further? Why did he let go of this clue that was right in front of him?
His finger next to the mouse moved and opened his search library. He wanted to know who this 'good friend' was. If his guess was true, then there should be her equivalent in this universe. So he quickly did facial recognition, used the name as a search condition, and waited for the results.
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"I saw Deathstroke again in the League of Assassins. He said he was hired by Mei to see how my training was going. Then he used his communicator to call Megan."
"I heard from May that I defended her, which is good, but after the death of 'Jason Todd', what about Batman?"
"Xiaomei isn't very good at lying, so I know that he found someone to replace me two weeks after my death. I heard that it was a smarter Robin, and the Bats protected him more closely. They were almost reluctant to let him go on night patrol alone."
"Oh, that's wonderful."
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The diary entries were out of order, but Red Hood was familiar with his own tone and was well aware of what had happened to him, so he could easily discern the timeline. Perhaps the Jason Todd in this diary entry had also experienced resurrection from the dead, crawling out of a grave and soil six feet underground, then regaining consciousness and being reborn in the Lazarus Pool.
But protecting Xiaomei? This sentence made him suspicious.
And May is related to Deathstroke, which makes Red Hood more suspicious, but he can't grasp any clues and can only continue watching.
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"Gotham is in chaos today, but Xiaomei's college entrance exam still has to go on, so I'm going with her—I knew they wouldn't be able to fight any better."
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Red Hood thought that this was indeed a pair of childhood sweethearts. From their youth to adulthood, they seemed surprisingly innocent. It was obvious that they had a good relationship. Moreover, Jason was extremely firm in his choice, turning their youthful friendship into deep affection, and he never wavered.
He suddenly saw the search library prompt next to the screen, so he temporarily turned his eyes away from the diary and repeatedly compared the faces found by the system. None of them completely overlapped with "Meghan". Even when he compared with the people named Megan who were screened out and met the age range he set, he did not find anyone who matched.
He didn't know why he felt terrified. He opened the diary window again and tried to scroll down, but he only saw the last entry.
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"I know Megan is the Joker's adopted daughter, but does she know that?"
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Red Hood practically jumped up from his chair.
The author has something to say:
Write your first diary entry
I took a screenshot and showed the diary content to my friend. My friend said: (Thinking) Writing a diary, reading "Being the cutest Xiaomei in the world, my girlfriend and my daily life."
Me: Jason who wrote in the diary: No one knows how much I love her, but if you see it, congratulations, now you know.
Friend: I remembered a meme, wait for me to find it.
Friends: Have you seen my cat? She's not lost, she's just so cute I wanted you all to see her.jpg
Write the second diary entry
Me (screenshot of Red Hood’s review): Click to see the silent breakdown.
The extra chapters will not be updated very frequently, and Jason's diary can only reveal this much at most, and then there will be a chapter about the Batman's reaction.
But then I thought, what if the clown's photo album was exposed (×) This kind of extra story can still be written.
If you have any good ideas, you can also put them forward.
And since it’s a special episode, everyone can also actively contribute (hands on hips) and let me eat your food!
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