Chapter 2065: Knight

Jason was stunned.

He looked carefully at the expression on Clark's face, finding no element of joking, nor the mockery and belittling he had seen before. This reporter named Clark Kent was serious.

"Why ask that?" Jason asked back with some confusion.

Clark lowered his head slightly and said: "Perhaps you understand the news industry, but not enough. After that photo spread in the industry, we figured out the life stories of Jason Todd and Dick Grayson within ten minutes."

"To be honest, it wasn't smooth sailing, right?" Clark was clearly weighing his wording. He was extremely cautious in this regard, and he also fully let Jason feel his caution, and Jason knew this was a method for reporters to gain trust.

"You are both orphans. Please forgive me for summarizing it this way. Although the situations are slightly different, you were indeed both adopted by Bruce Wei En after losing your parents."

"Up to this step, he has nothing to be criticized for..." Clark was clearly stating his own views, rather than the views held by his editor or his colleagues.

Jason knew what that view would be. He considered himself invulnerable, but as long as he thought of the filthy words that might appear on the front page of gossip tabloids, especially the long string written after the name Bruce Wei En, he still felt a bit irritable.

"Regardless, he adopted you when you were most helpless, allowing you to survive in this dangerous city. This is a heroic act, and I am not here to criticize this point."

"But in your life data, it shows that later you both disappeared from his side. Dick Grayson left first, then you also disappeared, and were replaced by another."

"Children always leave home after growing up." Clark's fingers kept rubbing against each other, his attitude even a bit cautious, which was in stark contrast to the strength he had just displayed.

In the past, Jason didn't like this feeling of others treating him cautiously, but this compassionate temperament was too suitable for Clark, even making Jason feel a bit awkward.

"So I am not saying you were wrong to do so. If you left voluntarily, no one could tie you at home. I believe Batman isn't this kind of rigid parent."

"But I am just saying a speculation. I absolutely don't want to lead you, so you don't have to follow my words."

"I just want to say, Batman trained you as his assistants, and he received help from you."

"Regardless of whether he actually needed this help, acting as a father figure in a superhero family gave him the power to dominate others, so he should bear the corresponding responsibility."

"Do you think he fulfilled his responsibility?"

The convoluted wording gave Jason a headache, but his brain, which was good at understanding text, quickly understood Clark's meaning.

"You think Batman abused us?"

"I don't think so, Mr. Todd. My purpose is always to confirm this point." Clark paused and said: "Now almost all newspapers in the United States know about it. I have to figure out the truth before them."

"You know Batman, right?"

Clark pursed his lips, unwilling to answer him, just saying very tactfully: "If he really is this kind of person, I will ensure someone has the ability to execute justice on him. You should know, this isn't easy, and can even be said to be very difficult."

Jason was silent, because he knew what Clark said was right.

Assuming Batman really was an abusive sadist with special hobbies, then with his social status, scientific technology, and force level, this group of orphans adopted by him had no chance to stand up and speak; they would be silent until death.

Jason learned early on that this society was like this: speaking was easy, making a sound was difficult, and getting enough people to hear and pay attention was even harder. And if the world's richest man was obstructing from the middle, then it was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Then Jason began to doubt. Did this reporter named Clark Kent mean that he came here to ensure that if Batman really did something illegal, justice could be executed?

Where did he get the confidence?

Jason dared to say that Clark saw what he was doubting the first moment. The next second, the world spun.

Jason was picked up, and then he discovered his field of vision was getting further and further from the floor.

He was thrown into the sky by this reporter with one hand, and then caught and put back on the sofa.

And he was at least 200 pounds right now.

"I do possess powerful strength that ordinary people find hard to imagine, and I hope to use this strength to ensure justice for everyone." Clark sat back on the sofa and said: "Personally, I don't believe Batman would abuse his adopted son. He isn't that kind of person."

"Although taciturn and bad at communication, his heart pursuing justice is the same as mine. Perhaps he will have many misunderstandings with his children, but they can all be solved in the end."

"Then why did you come?"

"Because procedural justice is necessary." Clark looked at Jason intently and said: "I must give both of you equal opportunities to speak, and even in this situation, give you more, give it earlier, because compared to Batman, you are a vulnerable group."

"Batman has many channels to speak. Even if his identity is exposed, he is still the world's richest man, and Wei En Group's assets cannot disappear out of thin air."

"If he announces a press conference, reporters from all over the world will swarm in. Even if half of them choose to speak well for him because of Wei En Group's status, he can make the world believe he is innocent."

"But your opportunities to speak are too few. You are orphans, raised by him, all social relationships are under Bruce Wei En's control, and even your spirit and reason will be influenced by him."

"You have no way to speak out your true thoughts, or you think you have spoken out the true ones, but in fact, you were guided. This isn't fair."

"And, even if Wei En is deep in a whirlpool of public opinion, Wei En Group's industries related to industrial manufacturing and technology won't be affected too much. He will still be a big tycoon. Even if his influence isn't as good as before, at least he will have no worries about food and clothing."

"But if you are affected in this incident—I mean not just losing the lawsuit, but merely standing up to accuse—it might have a earth-shaking impact on your lives."

"I'm very sorry, Jason. There are many such tragedies in this world, and they are still happening now. I can't save them all. They might have won, but the road to their beautiful lives ends here."

Clark lowered his eyelids, his tone lowered, and he sighed and said: "In my reporting career, I have saved more than one such tragedy, but more were those I couldn't completely save. Even with great power, it doesn't work."

"This type of incident caused too much psychological trauma to the victims. Some committed suicide, some drank alcohol. This is their own choice. I can't interfere, and I don't have the ability to interfere."

"After the first tragedy, I understood that I must come as quickly as possible, and then regardless of how complex the interest entanglement is in this, I only protect you—no matter who the enemy is."

Jason felt he was shocked.

He was a bit distracted, and finally heard the sound of Clark clapping, only then did he barely regain his senses.

"I won't hide it from you, I have the ability to distinguish lies, so you only need to answer me this question—has Batman abused you?"

"He hasn't." Jason answered.

Clark's face, however, sank fiercely. He stared at Jason in disbelief and said: "You are lying."

Jason felt panic instantly. He took a deep breath, looked at Clark, and said: "I am not. What I said is true."

"Symbiote, symbiote!" Jason called in his heart: "What's going on? I... how did he..."

"Your heart rate fluctuated at that moment, host." The symbiote's answer was quite calm. He said: "I felt your emotions. If I were to describe it to you straightforwardly, you still hold resentment toward Batman."

"So when you denied this question, both your heart rate and brain waves fluctuated. If the other party has the ability to subtly investigate these two items, then it is indeed easy to be judged as lying."

Clark had already stood up. Jason saw from his expression that he had probably locked onto Bruce's location.

But Jason absolutely couldn't let Clark go find Bruce now, because Bruce was very likely doing some things that weren't easy to talk about, some products of impulse.

And from the other party's strength and understanding of Batman, Jason could also vaguely guess the other party's identity.

Really didn't need more confrontation. Jason thought like this for the first time. Wasn't this matter chaotic enough?

"Stop!" Jason raised his tone, shouted at Clark, and then said: "This matter is very complex. You must listen to my explanation."

Jason could clearly feel Clark's hesitation, but more was anger, simply worthy of being called burning with rage.

Truly a mental patient from Metropolis, Jason thought. Why was he so angry about the affairs of unrelated people?

Of course, it wasn't to say he shouldn't do this. After all, Batman was indeed very irritating, and there were too many problems between them waiting to be solved, but it was definitely not using the Metropolis way of solving problems.

Clark finally stayed behind. He sat opposite Jason again, and with an oppressive force that made even Jason feel a bit unbearable, said to Jason.

"I hope you can tell me the misunderstanding you mentioned exactly as it is, without subjective judgment or embellishment. I only want to hear the process of the matter and the original words of the conversation at that time. If you don't remember, just say you don't remember; don't make it up."

Jason watched helplessly as Clark had already taken out a notebook. His Adam's apple moved up and down, and the muscles of his lips moved in a way that was hard to describe.

Hard to describe meant that even after finishing such activity, he should speak, but he didn't.

In fact, Jason knew he couldn't speak.

Batman indeed didn't carry out physical abuse against him, and psychological abuse was a matter of opinion.

But if the other party was a human lie detector who could even detect such slight emotions, then how exactly was Jason supposed to narrate the matter of him being kidnapped by the Joker, so that this super balance essence from Metropolis wouldn't be so angry that he would slap Batman into the wall and be unable to get him down? ===== CHAPTER 2066 =====