"In the last part of my life, I was a homeless kid who thought I had become the assistant of the most ruthless character in the world, a bird driven by revenge, an outlawless man."
While Deathstroke and the others were running wild on the speed plane, such a conversation was happening in the crime alley of Gotham City.In this alley, not far from the theater, there is almost no sunlight even during the day, except for a bouquet of white flowers at the mouth of the alley, presumably in memory of someone who died here in the past.There were two figures in the alley, one almost melting into the darkness, the other looking emotionally unstable.And the latter, in the former's emotionless gaze, talks about his thoughts to himself, and doesn't even care if the dark man wants to hear it."
But now?
Ha!
God bless us, I became a mercenary......
You want me to help?
But what more can you give me?!
You abandoned me when I thought of you as family, and I managed to crawl back from hell!
”"It's been so long, you've never said sorry to me, and you're still like you're nobody, always showing up like this, and then making demands on me?
Yes?!
”"I'm not Robin anymore, I'm Red Hood, I'm Jason Todd, it's none of your business, Batman!"
The shadow in the darkness didn't say a word, but the red hood walking around the alley became more and more excited, and even punched and kicked the trash can next to it, so that the tattered metal bucket sounded like a gunshot.This is Crime Alley, a place of great significance to him and the other party.Batman drove the Batmobile to pay tribute to his parents at midnight, and Jason, who was a thief in the neighborhood, quickly stole the Batmobile's tires.That's when they first met.So now, memories are inundated with Jason Todd, and he can remember what Batman taught and cared for him in the past, and remember his happy life in Wayne's mansion.But all this turned into pain with the memory of the crowbar smashing his head.The man used to believe in Batman so much, believing that he could do anything, but instead of saving himself that time, he let himself die at the hands of the Joker, and soon found the next Robin, Tim, to take his place.Why?!!!!
Sometimes Jason wonders if Batman deliberately didn't come to save him, just because the Joker is his real friend, he is just an insignificant tool, and his resurrection is an accident.Whenever such thoughts come to him, he will stay awake at night, burning with rage, and he will destroy everything around him.However, thanks to the friends of the 'Outlaw' team, Jason has finally passed the psychological hurdle with their support in the years since his resurrection, and he has even been able to visit Wayne's mansion not long ago to remain calm.But he's been waiting for Batman to say sorry, as what Robin wanted in the past, it's just an explanation.But the real Batman never explains what he does, because what happened in the past is the truth and there is nothing to say.So today, Jason thought that the bat asked him to come to Crime Alley to remember the good beginnings of the two of them, and at the same time apologize to him, even if it was a tactful hint of apology.But that's not the case, Batman just wants to use him, just like in the past."
Take me to the Hall of Everything."
The Gotham Shadow in the Darkness said this, and there were no other words, and there was no emotion in the gaze that looked at Jason behind the bat helmet.So the red hood, which he had endured for a long time, exploded again today, and he had to destroy public property to vent his anger."
I won't take your business, the blade of the big caste is in my hands, my outlaw squad will go with the arsenal and Flash Wally to investigate the Hall of Everything, there is no place for you in this operation, do you hear me?
No, there is, your place!
”The sky in Gotham was overcast, and when you looked up from Crime Alley, it seemed as if you could only see a thin gray line, or a line that appeared to be staccato in the acid rain."
You don't have a choice, take us to the Hall of All Things."
The bat stepped out of the darkness, his black cloak dragging on the ground, the rain making him look even more cold and terrifying, and the silent footsteps approached, and he came beyond Jason's punch, looking down at him condescendingly."
Otherwise?
You're going to put me in the hospital?
Oh, or send me to Arkham?
”Jason tapped on his red helmet and leaned closer to the bat: "Come on, you do it, is it that I'm alive to make you feel like an eyesore?"
Am I the obstacle you are now?
”The bat in the rain didn't speak, just quietly watched Jason go crazy, as if everything was in his expectation.When Jason couldn't help but breathe in the eye contact, the bat raised his hand and said in a voice that looked like a demon after passing through the voice changer: "Clown's daughter, Dura Dante, you saved her from the sewers, she has amnesia, forgetting that she is responsible for the 37 serial murders, and that she should be Arkham's patient and should be kept in a cage, and you put her in the abandoned 'Mrs.
Gunn Orphanage' nearby......""
Enough!
She is a patient, and when I am suffering from all kinds of psychotic symptoms, she is the only one who can understand me, she is my friend!
I'll decide how she should be treated, but definitely not Arkham, you threaten me with her?!
”Jason's breastplate was on top of Batman's, and the blood-red bird crashed into the pitch-black bat.But the latter, having completely mastered the weakness of the young man, has completely different momentum, like a predator who is bound to win, and a poor worm who is incompetent and furious."
Yes, I'm threatening you to take us to the Hall of All Things or say goodbye to her."
The dark Batman, the answer given is also very dark, he can see that Dura saved Jason many times for the sake of letting her go, but the premise of this connivance is that she has really lost her memory and is always under his own surveillance.In addition, Jason needs to be obedient, otherwise Batman will take away his adopted son's toys.After the resurrection, Jason, or Red Hood, has never recovered, he thinks he is a normal person, but Bat and Gotham have already seen everything.Jason said that he wanted to treat the clown's daughter, but he didn't, but he just chained her to the abandoned orphanage, and regularly fed her some tranquilizers and psychotropic drugs bought on the black market.Then Red Hood sat in front of the smiling girl and chattered to her in the dark.It's like she's not a person, but a tree hole to talk to, or some kind of big doll.But Jason is convinced that she is in love with herself.But anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is treated as a figure by Jason, a villain who belongs to him, a girl who wears the clown's face as a mask, his enemy and his friend.Given the relationship between himself and the Joker, Batman sees in Jason as if he were another younger version of himself......
And he knew himself, and naturally he knew all of Jason's weaknesses.The dark man knew that the young man would inevitably compromise, because there was simply no other answer to choose, and he would not give his former assistant a choice.After all, the means of the death knell in another world are still too mild in his opinion.