69novels Chapter 209
Chapter 209
Bruce.Wayne has had many crises in his life, and so has Batman.
But often, the crises of the former pale in comparison to those of the latter.
Even when Bruce hadn't become Batman, he had survived countless times in the process of traveling the world, but after becoming Batman, depending on his childhood experience, he always seemed to be able to do well in the most dangerous moments, Batman's day-to-day routine still weighs on him.
The harm is not from the body, but more from the spirit-this is a city that is too chaotic, you should not even use simple "dangerous" to describe it, because this word cannot describe half of Gotham's horror.
A more plausible description would be this, imagine you live in a place like this:
Government corruption and bribery have long been the norm, and it has never been news for officials to bully others. Any official organization that should be an umbrella for the people, such as the police station or an orphanage, has dirty deals behind the scenes.
Not to mention those unofficial charitable organizations, God knows how many tragic deeds they have created, and how many tentacles of power extend densely like spider webs behind them.
The inhabitants of this city have no protection, let alone tranquility and peace.Disasters may happen to anyone, and this is completely random and inevitable. In Gotham City, only the middle-aged men are in a relatively better situation, and any other group is very weak.
Batman's work has always been exhausting for Bruce.
But he knew he'd get used to it, just as he'd gotten used to his parents' death after all.
That took a long time.
But he's sure to get used to it.
However, among all the crises Batman encountered, there was only one that truly "scared" Batman.
He will never forget what happened when he first met Superman, the guardian of a city that is closely separated from Gotham by a bay, but completely different or even diametrically opposed to Gotham.
Contrary to all the assumptions he had had, he originally thought that their first meeting would be very awkward.
It could be that Superman is chasing a criminal who escaped from Metropolis to Gotham, and he goes to stop it after causing considerable riots in Gotham City; it may be that Superman suddenly realizes that there is another world full of violence, gangs and The city of crime then descends from the sky with his terrible zeal, and of course he must rush to stop this guy who has the audacity to do whatever he wants in his city.
Or worse, they'll turn against each other for some reason.
Batman is not sure of defeating Superman. So far, the opponent has not shown any fatal flaws. Superman's ability to ignore any physical attack has been recognized by all those who have thoroughly investigated the opponent.
However, starting from the magic side may be an effective means to deal with Superman, since the opponent seems to have never dealt with enemies who use magic.Is there no chance, or is it because I know my situation that I deliberately avoided it?There is a lot of room for manipulation.
But Batman is reluctant to use magic unless necessary.He is a loyal supporter of technology, and his desire to control makes him unable to accept that things are out of control. Batman is wary of any kind of incomprehensible power.
Yet Batman didn't envision his first encounter with Superman as being the case.
He'd just beat up a bunch of mobsters, asking everyone what their leader's secret plan was.
In the empty old factory lay a comatose young man, he got the news he wanted after interrogating the last waking person, he left them contentedly, and planned to leave directly.
Then the energy detector built into the batsuit issued an alarm, and Batman looked keenly towards the place where the strange energy fluctuations appeared, and saw a sight that he would never forget.
A child who may be less than half a meter tall - or an infant, appeared in front of him out of thin air.
Batman has taken him several turns in just a split second, without missing a tiny detail.
He was wearing a well-fitting, clean milky-white little dress, and the big red patch on his chest was very glaring.Judging from the smudges of blood on the corner of his lips, the blood may be his own, but this takes a little bit of Batman with a grain of salt, because he looks too soft and young, and if he really bleeds so much, Bruce is very happy. It is doubtful that he will still be alive.
He was barefoot, and his black hair was matted, which made him look fairly harmless; his eyes were large, round, sweet blue, and filled most of his face, which was also plump.
From any point of view, it is the most pleasing appearance, except for his eyebrows-even if they are not placed on the face of an infant, they can be described as heroic.
After he appeared here, he still looked a little dazed, half bent over like a small animal, rubbed his face with the inside of the wrists of both hands, shook his head awkwardly, and almost sat on the ground because the movement of shaking his head was too big.
Batman isn't fooled by his immature looks and childish moves.
Well, maybe he was a little deceived, because Batman just put on a vigilant posture, and threw a bat dart directly.The level of vigilance in his heart has been raised to a very high level, but he was limited by the posture of the other child, so he didn't directly make a move.
Maybe because he finally felt a little more comfortable, the little baby put down his hands and looked up at Batman.
His eyes were fixed on Batman's helmet—very noticeable, given that he was only a tiny bit tall, and his head was thrown back almost to the point of wanting to see what he wanted to see. It made people worry whether he would break his delicate neck because of this action.
Batman arched his body slightly and shifted his center of gravity downward. This was originally a precursor to an attack, but the baby who suddenly appeared was dazzled by Batman's action.
Then he did something that Batman will never forget.
He raised his arms in that typical baby-demanding cuddle motion anyone could understand, and ran toward Batman waddling on his calves.
No panic.no fear.No disgust.
There isn't any kind of negativity that people should have when facing Batman, or even being in this dangerous place.
Batman saw pure joy and joy in his face, unabashed trust and love radiating from his face and body movements, he still looked a little weak, he needed comfort, he needed help, and he didn't Tried to hide this.
He sprinted toward Batman with his hands raised high.
"Kitty!" he shouted childishly, "Kitty!"
For a moment, Batman believed that he was controlled by some strange force, so he couldn't avoid this little baby who was full of doubts.
He slammed into Batman's leg, wrapped his arms around Batman's calf, and began to try to climb up from Batman's calf.
"Let go." Batman let out a threatening growl, "Listen, I don't care who you are or what purpose you have, just let me go—"
He tried to tear the little baby off his legs, and the little baby, who looked very difficult at first sight, let go of his hand quite obediently, and was held by Batman under his armpit and held in front of him.
"You..." Batman said, just uttered a word, the little baby suddenly broke away from the hands that Batman was holding him tightly, and threw himself into Batman's arms.
He was so strong that even Batman couldn't stop him.
This is undoubtedly another proof that he is different.
"Kitty." The little baby didn't do anything else, just yelled softly, and raised his hand to touch the pair of receiving antennas on the top of Batman's helmet that were made into bat's pointed ears.
"It's a bat, not a kitten." Batman said in his low voice, trying to scare the baby in his arms with his terrifying voice at close range.
However, this little baby who may be only one or two years old just stared at Batman with his innocent eyes, mainly the antenna on the top of Batman's head for a while, and showed a toothless smile.
He buried his head in Batman's arms, and within a few seconds, his breath became long.
Batman took the baby back to the Batcave.
"I'm assuming that you can't give birth to such a big son in one day today, sir." The old butler Alfred recovered after being shocked for a moment, "Will I be honored to see that the Wayne family has grown a son today?" A member?"
"He's not my son, Aff," Batman said wearily, holding the sleeping baby in his arms with one hand. "I picked it up on the road. He's not an ordinary kid, watch out." , Aff."
"Being able to fall asleep next to Batman, I have to say that this young master is really talented." Afu nodded, "I will prepare the items he needs right away. Before that, please take care of him temporarily."
While the two were talking, Karl, who had regained his strength after a short rest, woke up.
He lifted his head from Batman's arms and stared at Alfred curiously.He had never seen such an old man before, and the wrinkles on Alfred's face and his gray hair were very novel to him.
Alfred, aware of his gaze, lowered his head and gave Carl a rather restrained smile.
Carl also laughed, and he said to the old housekeeper, "Hello."
"Hello." Alfred responded gently, this rare exposed tenderness caused Batman to look sideways, but Alfred didn't pay attention to his master's emotions, "What's your name? What do you want?" ?"
"Kal. El (Kryptonian language)." Carl said with his arms around Batman's neck, hesitating for a moment before asking, "Chocolate milk?"
He straightened up a little so Alfred could see the blood on his chest.
The old butler glanced at Batman, lowered his head before Batman could react, and told Carl softly, "Chocolate milk will be here soon."
Looking at the back of the old butler who never looked back, Batman lowered his head, looked at Carl who was looking up at him, and had a premonition that a life he would not like was about to begin.