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Chapter 1127

~10 min read 1,933 words

Bruce came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

Facts proved that even if Batman had the heart to not be so serious, all kinds of broken things would make him busy running around.

Now, he had to go home and search for the traces of these born perverts among all kinds of large psychology books.

Ignoring the confused expression on Shiler's face when he left, Bruce rushed back to Wei En Manor without stopping, arrived at the library, and began to search for books that might have clues.

Bruce, who had firmed up a certain goal, had extremely strong action ability. His figure shuttled back and forth between the bookshelves, sometimes stroking the names of the books with his hands, sometimes moving a ladder to take down the books on the top layer, and occasionally kneeling on the ground to organize the books he had selected from the bookshelves.

Between two high bookshelves, a stack of books that was about to reach the ceiling floated over, swaying. If it weren't for seeing the two hands under this stack of books, one would have thought the library was haunted.

Bruce took too many books in one breath, causing him to have to sway his body left and right to maintain balance. Just when he did a left slide step and stabilized the book tower that was about to collapse, Bruce sighed on the spot and instinctively shouted loudly: "Dick!"

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And after this name was blurted out, Bruce's expression stiffened. He pursed his mouth into a straight line, didn't care about the collapsing book tower, and looking at the books scattered all over the ground, Bruce sighed gently.

Just when Bruce was squatting on the ground picking up the books, a series of footsteps came from the stairwell. Jason, holding Aisha, ran up "clatter, clatter, clatter." Seeing the messy books all over the ground, he screamed, hurriedly put Aisha down, and ran over to help Bruce clean up.

"Mr. Wei En, what happened? Did the bookshelf collapse? Did it hit you? Are you okay?" Jason asked with a fast speaking speed.

The hand Bruce used to pick up a book paused. He tilted his head to look at Jason. Jason must have run all the way here again; his cheeks were red, and heat was still steaming from his hair.

Jason Todd was always so active and fast, full of energy, as if he would never get tired. He was simply the collection of all the children in Cat Getan, moving like a rabbit, wise and sharp, and also carried a unique wildness.

Thinking of this, Bruce remembered Dick again. Dick wasn't a Cat Getan local. Coming from Blüdhaven, he was more like a small-town youth on a farm. Compared to Jason, Dick's personality was quieter, and even appeared a bit melancholic.

But Bruce also knew why. A shadow always shrouded the Grayson family. The death of Dick's grandfather caused the Grayson family circus to fall from the top position in the world. Dick always wanted to find out the truth about his grandfather's injustice and let the Grayson family regain its glory.

Of course, it wasn't that Bruce hadn't thought about using the power of Wei En Group to help him investigate, but Dick showed unparalleled stubbornness in this regard. He firmly refused Bruce's help and even strongly disliked anyone intervening in this matter. And now, it had developed to the point where it couldn't even be mentioned or asked about.

Just two days ago, Jason and Dick had a quarrel. Jason heard that the Dick family actually had such an injustice, and immediately wanted to help him investigate. But after Dick discovered his actions, he felt very angry, saying Jason was meddlesome and didn't believe in his ability.

However, Jason was from the children's gang on the streets of Cat Getan. The children's gang paid the most attention to loyalty. If you helped me, next time you encounter any difficulties, I must do my best to help you. Otherwise, I'm a white-eyed wolf who doesn't talk about loyalty.

Jason felt that this reaction of Dick was looking down on him. The two had a big quarrel, making their faces red and ears red. If Aisha hadn't started crying at the end, alarming Alfred, the two might have directly taken action.

Recalling to this point, Bruce didn't continue to clean up the books on the ground, but sat on the ground cross-legged, picked up a book casually and started reading, and then, as if unintentionally, asked Jason: "Are you still angry with Dick?"

Jason hissed, waved his hand, and said: "I'm too lazy to haggle with him. He isn't a Cat Getan local. Outsiders are all like this."

Bruce looked at every move of Jason and felt it was somewhat wonderful. Actually, Jason was the best learner among all the children Bruce knew, or rather, the best learner in liberal arts.

No matter how profound and obscure the text was, he could easily memorize it, and often had philosophical thoughts, with rich literary imagination.

However, his background made him carry a wildness that didn't match the temperament of a scholar, and sometimes he would even appear a bit barbaric, and his speech and wording didn't have anything to do with artistic temperament.

This strong contrast made Jason full of personal charm at a young age, attracting others to unconsciously look at him and explore the secrets behind this contradictory temperament.

"If you ask me, he is really a bit strange, but it might also be that I am a bit strange." Jason also sat down, picked up a book, supported it on his knee with one hand, and said:

"Cat Getan is full of strange people, right? Outsiders coming to us will all appear out of place. Everyone here, even including rich children, never shows weakness to others. Dick is really the gentlest person I've ever seen."

Speaking to this point, Jason seemed to remember something interesting. He laughed and then said: "When we quarreled, he wouldn't even curse, and was even very shocked by the dirty words I used to curse him."

After finishing, he raised his eyes to look at Bruce and said: "The professor told me to be more tactful when talking to elders. I've finished the tactful part. Can I say the truth directly now?"

Bruce touched his head somewhat helplessly. Jason scratched his head and said: "Dick seems to have never integrated into Cat Getan. He is always on the line between home and school. The people he knows, besides these people in Wei En Manor, are rich children in private schools that are expensive to death."

"But I can't just let him walk into Cat Getan like this." Bruce sighed gently and said: "He is different from you. He is far from ready to face these darknesses."

After finishing, he also looked into Jason's eyes and said: "For people like us who are already in hell, there's no need to drag an innocent person in. When he finishes learning all the skills, he will eventually leave here, return to his hometown, return to that beautiful and peaceful small town, and live the life that normal people should live."

Jason paused, and finally nodded and said: "What you said is also right. If he is just coming here to go to school, there is indeed no need to contact those dark things."

"Cat Getan itself is abnormal. All the social rules he learned here are not applicable after leaving here. There is also a possibility that it will leave him with huge psychological trauma, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't learn."

Bruce hugged Aisha over and stopped her behavior of gnawing on books. While stroking Aisha's head, he said: "Dick has a complete family. This is his luck, so there is no need to live the same life as unfortunate people."

"But he doesn't seem to understand this." Jason touched the side of his temple gently again and said: "But I can't explain this to him. It seems like he is an outsider, but clearly I am the outsider."

"Didn't you tell him about your life?" Bruce asked.

Jason sighed deeply and said: "He seems to envy me very much. My God! Can the life of looking for food in the garbage dump every day still not persuade him to give up his enthusiasm for this city?!"

"I told Dick many stories of our difficult survival, but his attention seems to be only on various exciting, intense gunfights, and fighting wits and courage with criminals, or stealing other people's car tires, this kind of criminal event."

"Those things about being dizzy from hunger, shivering from cold, bleeding and getting injured and almost dying, he doesn't care at all, or it's also possible that he hasn't experienced it, so he feels that it's nothing."

Now, Bruce had nothing to say. Dick was completely walking his path again.

A rich child who had lived in luxury since childhood, even if he was interested in bottom-tier life, was only interested in the violent and exciting parts they hadn't come into contact with. As for the parts of hunger and cold, as long as they hadn't experienced it personally, they wouldn't know how uncomfortable it was at all.

Although Dick wasn't as rich as Bruce Wei En, when he was young, the Grayson family was still a circus famous all over the United States. Wherever they went, there were praises and applause. He was also brought up by his grandfather. Old people were always extra doting on children. Compared to these children in Cat Getan, Dick could be said to have grown up in a honey pot.

So, Bruce encountered a problem that all parents in the world would encounter: wanting Dick to recognize reality, but also fearing that he would be hurt by reality.

Thinking of this, Bruce warned himself that he must have patience. This kind of thing couldn't be completed in a day or two. Fortunately, Dick wasn't old, and there should be a long time before he finished all the courses. This was enough for him to grow up.

But thinking about it again, Bruce discovered that he encountered another problem. If he wanted to fight against these born murderers, he needed an assistant. At least now, he needed someone to help him organize books and materials.

Previously, this kind of work was done by Dick, but recently, Dick would rather stay at school than go home. So, Bruce put his gaze on Jason. He thought for a while, and then said: "I think we are the same kind of people. We are all children who grew up in Cat Getan. Now, there is a group of extremely vicious criminals to deal with me. I hope to get help. Jason, are you willing to help me check the materials?"

Jason opened his mouth. He leaned his body to the outside, sized up Bruce from head to toe, as if he didn't know him, and then, he opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "My God! Are you really Batman? You actually know how to speak properly!"

Bruce dropped his gaze on the book, his expression becoming somewhat complicated. After a while, he looked into Jason's eyes and said.

"I just forgot to say, the point we are most alike is... having the same professor."

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