Chapter 2508: Battle for the Cloak (38)

Chapter 2482: The Battle for the Cape (38)

But as if to win the trust of the two buyers who finally arrived, the man began his story. In fact, there was nothing much to say. It was just that one day when he was cleaning, he did not lift the vacuum cleaner properly, causing the vacuum cleaner mouth to deviate, and the label happened to hang outside, and then it was sucked in.

Although the label was finally rescued from the vacuum cleaner mouth, the rope was torn off and the label was scratched. The man obviously couldn't reconnect the rope, nor could he forge a new label. When he got off work, he was discovered by his boss and was required to buy the damaged goods.

Jason read two doubts from it. First, Batman couldn't be so stupid that he couldn't use a vacuum cleaner. Even though Alfred took care of him in his daily life, Batman's mechanical operation skills were full. Not only could he operate the Batmobile and Batplane, but any mechanical equipment in his hands would be obedient and very obedient.

Second, even if Batman did such a stupid thing, he had ten thousand ways to make up for it before anyone found out - including but not limited to instantly twisting a rope exactly the same as the original one and connecting it, completely restoring the scratched label, and at the very least, at least he could convince the store owner who came to let him not bear the compensation.

But the man in front of him who looked exactly like Batman was helpless and waited for the worst result, which was too far from Batman.

So Jason began to ask the man's name and his past in a roundabout way. Now there were no other customers in the store, and the man looked bored to death, and actually chatted with Jason.

The man's name was Bruce, but his last name was not Wayne, but Gordon. He said that his parents were indeed the Waynes, but after they were killed, the Wayne Group collapsed completely, and he was adopted by Gordon. He went to school and studied normally. Because he had no money to go to college, he went to a community college and came out to work.

Because he wanted to investigate the cause of the Wayne couple's death in an impartial manner, Gordon was killed by shareholders who wanted to share the profits. When Bruce was in middle school, he suffered a serious gunshot injury and is still paralyzed in bed.

Because he had to take care of Gordon, Bruce could not do a long-term job and could only do odd jobs everywhere. This toy store was one of his odd jobs. Unfortunately, he got into trouble not long after he came.

Jason could clearly see that the man in front of him hoped to move them through this story so that he could sell it at a higher price. This is similar to psychological manipulation, but it is too straightforward and superficial, and the Robins don't play it.

Jason thinks that according to this setting, this Bruce has some talent but not much. He didn't take up the responsibility immediately after his parents died like in reality, or he tried to do so, but failed, which led to the collapse of the Wayne Group and he was kicked out.

He can take care of paralyzed patients while doing odd jobs, and he is also strong and can take care of himself very cleanly, which shows that he still has some ability, but he is only better than ordinary people.

If we look beyond all these stories, we are now in a dream, that is to say, if the Bruce in front of him is really the Batman of his universe, then this is his image in the dream.

Would Batman wish he was an ordinary person?

Jason had never thought about this question before, but he had many moments when he felt from the bottom of his heart that Batman was hypocritical. Was the death of his parents really enough for him to care about for so many years? Even if he witnessed it with his own eyes, would his willpower that could enable him to overcome everything not be enough for him to overcome the shadow?

Jason also knew that this kind of thinking was a bit of a no-brainer. It was not that he had seen more bad things at the bottom and had the right to ask others not to suffer, so he never said it out loud.

But at this moment, he really felt that Batman was a bit hypocritical. The self-consciousness of the image in his dream to escape the painful reality turned out to be an ordinary person who was nothing.

Jason always felt that Batman had too many unrealistic and beautiful fantasies about the lives of ordinary people, just like those rich people who always kept saying that rich people also have rich people's troubles, and sometimes it's good to be an ordinary person.

Jason knew very well that they thought so, but they didn't give all their property to others. From the perspective of ordinary people, he often thought, since you feel troubled, why not give all your property to me, I will worry for you, and you can live a happy life like ordinary people.

So Jason often sneered at the fantasies of these rich people about the lives of ordinary people. Even if it was Batman who thought so, Jason would only laugh at his stupidity in his heart. If the lives of ordinary people are so good, why do everyone want to become rich? Why do everyone complain about not having money?

The fact is that money is really important. The extra thoughts in the days of being stretched are much heavier and more torturous than the occasional earth-shaking troubles of the rich.

Years are never a butcher's knife, but the years of poverty are. Rich people all seek longevity. If life is really hard and there are so many troubles, are they self-torturing and want to prolong these painful days?

Jason sneered in his heart. He didn't expect Batman to have such a cowardly and evasive side. And this guy here is even more important. Jason glanced at Spider-Man next to him. He didn't fight back when he was bullied. He was ready to wait for the social rules to teach those people a lesson. I want to see how easy this kind of life is.

Jason counted out the change and slapped it on the counter. He took the dolls and checked them carefully. He found that except for the label, every part was intact.

Then he quickly squeezed through the messy counter and took a brand new Christmas bathtub duck from the shelf under the window and stuffed it into Spider-Man's arms.

He turned to Bruce and asked, "Where did you rent a house? I'm in New York for a few days and I need a place to stay. If you can recommend a good place to me, I think I can come here more often."

Bruce was a little surprised, but soon became embarrassed. To be honest, it is quite rare to have no house in the United States. Although there are many people renting houses in big cities like New York, most people just don't want to go back to their hometowns to work. They at least have a house belonging to themselves or their parents in other states.

After all, the United States is so large, but the population is not large, and there is no shortage of housing. In Europe, you can still see people living in buildings. In the United States, except for megacities, the worst city is a small single-family house.

People who don't have a house in the entire United States are either homeless or illegal immigrants. The lower-class people in the United States are poor, and their houses may be very old and they have to pay taxes, but they don't have to rent a house.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, if you can't pay back the loan and the tax, the house will be seized by the bank. This is also the main source of homelessness, because if you can't pay back the loan, your credit score will definitely be at the bottom, and it will be difficult to find a job again. Without a job, you can't rent a house, so you naturally become a homeless person.

Jason asked and found that it was true. Gordon was not injured on duty, but was attacked on his day off. There was no compensation and he had to treat the disease, so he had to borrow a loan.

Because the injury was serious, the insurance could not reimburse much. The loan was used up, but he lost his ability to work and could not pay back the loan at all, so he had to hand over the collateral to the bank.

At that time, Bruce was not an adult and could not work. The two lived with Gordon's old colleague for a while. After Bruce became an adult and made money, he took Gordon to rent a house and moved out.

"Where is Barbara?" Jason asked.

"They are divorced." Bruce reacted as soon as he finished speaking. He didn't know how Jason knew Barbara.

"I mean, don't they have children?"

"Yes, but the girl has been with Gordon's ex-wife and is now studying in another city. Gordon doesn't want to drag them down, so he has never contacted them."

After understanding the basic situation, Jason couldn't help but think in his heart, it's not so easy to take care of a patient who is paralyzed in bed for a long time, and it's even worse if he is paralyzed all over.

"I can introduce you to the place where I rent a house, but don't expect any environment. I have only one requirement for renting a house, that is, it's cheap." Bruce wiped his hands on his apron again and said, "Thank you for buying this, otherwise I will lose a lot of wages again. It's getting late, I have to go to the restaurant to work, goodbye."

Jason looked at his back as he walked to the back door and sighed deeply. For the first time, he felt what it meant to be disappointed. He didn't want to be a rich man or a super genius, but he had to escape reality. Others escaped reality by fantasizing about a better life. You came here to work in Cyber.

Wait, even in fantasy, he was only adopted after his parents died, not that his parents were alive. Has the psychological shadow become so serious?

Jason was filled with emotion, but Spider-Man had already hugged him and cheered, "You are so awesome, Jason! You only spent half the money to buy two toys, and they are both limited editions! So cool!!!"

Jason looked at the two toys that Spider-Man was holding with some disdain. He was already past the age of using a duck to take a bath and holding a doll to sleep. Moreover, even at this age, he didn't need these things to comfort himself. It was too childish.

Looking at Spider-Man's happy smile, Jason still wondered, what's the point of putting a duck in the bathtub when taking a bath? What's the purpose of this thing? Is it just a styling function?

It was totally incomprehensible, but Jason didn't care. He walked out of the gift shop with Spider-Man. Spider-Man happily held two toys and said as he walked, "Actually, this gift shop is a little far from my community, but it's closer to our school. But this Christmas limited edition is only available in this shop. Fortunately, I came early."

Jason agreed with this, because when he went to get the Christmas duck just now, he found that it was the last one except the one in the window. It is also possible that this store only has this one, and if you come later, you may not be able to buy it.

As soon as they walked out of the street where the gift shop was, they turned a corner and heard a shout, "Isn't this poor little Peter? Why are you here?"

Jason looked over and saw a classic American bully group of three people coming over from the opposite side, led by a big guy - at least compared to Spider-Man, he was a big guy.

"Thompson??? You...you didn't have training today? I I I I I I I...I also...I..."