Chapter 2510: Battle for the Cloak (Forty)

Chapter 2484: The Battle for the Cape (Forty)

Bruce left Jason his phone number when he left that day, but Jason didn't have time to contact him now, because he needed money to rent a house, and he was busy looking for a job.

This was a familiar job for Jason. After all, he grew up on the streets, and he knew where people like him could go to work. Not long after, he found two jobs for himself.

The first one was a worker in a moving company, but it was not a formal moving company, but a debt collection company. In simple terms, it was a moving company that would empty your house if you didn't pay back the money.

In addition to being strong, this kind of moving company also requires employees to look scary. Although they can't really hit each other, they want to look like they are going to blow up your whole family just by standing at your door.

Jason is really suitable for this job. He perfectly meets all the requirements of this kind of moving worker. He is strong and looks fierce. Just a glance at that station makes people tremble.

This kind of work is usually done at night, because the police station is closed at night, and it is not easy for the other party to call the police, and it can also avoid being targeted by certain people.

Jason found himself a daytime job as a postman, not because he is really good at this job, but because there is a shortage of people for this job, the work is heavy, the money is low, and it is far from home. People without work cards are not allowed to do it, but local Americans can earn much more than this by delivering food for the same distance.

Jason mainly relies on the night job to make money. This job is purely for familiarizing with the terrain, and there is enough time and reason to wander around various communities. If he does a good job, he can be transferred to the jurisdiction where Bruce is in two days. He wants to see what this Batman is like.

The moving company needs people very urgently, and they have to start work that night, so even if Jason knows that Peter is still a little sad, he really has no time to comfort him. After all, this job makes a lot of money. After finishing this night, he can find a motel to stay in the next morning. His body is really not suitable for squeezing into Spider-Man’s small bedroom.

Jason had done this job before, but he was still very young at that time, and he was mainly used as a hostage.

Yes, this is actually a very mature industry. Those who can use this debt collection method, whether it is the creditor or the debtor, both parties have some status, that is, they still have to take into account the law and face, and they are not the kind of poor people who are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes.

This leads to too many concerns between the two parties in the confrontation, and the other party can use this concern to gain an advantage.

Pregnant women, the elderly and children are very good props. If the other party asks you to move, you don’t want to move, and you get a row of pregnant women to block the door. If the other party dares to touch it, the bail will be so heavy that he will bleed.

On the one hand, Western law attaches great importance to the opinions of the jury, and the jury likes to be inclined to the disadvantaged. If the victim is a recognized disadvantaged group at the social level, it is easy to sentence him heavily.

On the other hand, perhaps due to religious factors, they don't care much about petty thefts. Many thieves are not sentenced after being caught, and they are released after a few words of admonition. However, if you dare to hurt someone, you will be imprisoned for life, and sometimes even bail is not effective.

So Jason occasionally goes to two parties to play the hostage. If someone doesn't want to move, he will play the role of someone else's son crying and holding someone else's thigh to prevent them from entering the door. If someone wants to collect debts, he will play the role of the creditor's child and cooperate with his "parents" at the door to perform a scene of the landlord's family having no surplus food, which often gets a lot of money.

He also saw clearly how those movers who used violent means did it, so as soon as he started working, the boss patted him on the shoulder and asked him if he was very experienced and how many years he had been in this business.

Jason was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He leaned against the truck with a cold face and waited for departure, which made the boss more satisfied. He liked such people who talked less but still worked.

Taking advantage of the night, the convoy set off quickly. This time they went to the villa area on the edge of Queens. Although it is not as good as Manhattan, it is also an old-fashioned wealthy area.

The car quickly drove to the door of the target villa. The other party's house was brightly lit, and it was obvious that they had been prepared.

Jason and his companions did not speak. They got out of the car and walked into the yard. Two old men rushed out of the house and tried to stop them. Jason did not even look at them and continued to move forward, but he crossed his arms and did not touch anyone.

Most of the others also had this attitude, just walking in with their heads down, not touching the people who stopped them. The people behind carried the boxes of furniture in, and let those people hug their legs and cry, without even looking at them.

The garage door was pried open directly, and the trailer team had been waiting outside. Jason and his companions were responsible for standing at the gate to stop those who wanted to rush out first.

After all, a car is a big item, and it is more valuable than many furniture. If they rush out to stop you, you will lose money, or if you hit someone when towing the car, then you will have to file a lawsuit.

Originally, everything was peaceful. When the people in the house saw so many strong men outside, they didn't dare to go out. Although the male owner of the house hid behind the sofa with a gun, he had no intention of coming out.

This is also the main reason why this job pays high wages. When people who don't understand hear about breaking into someone else's house, they shake their heads again and again. After all, the owner of the house may have a gun, and if he is hit by a bullet, it will be a disaster.

Anyone who can understand all kinds of tricks knows that there is no need to shoot in this situation. People who can own a villa will not only have one villa. They are guarding here to express that this villa is very important to me. If you take the house away, then the amount of debt owed must be discussed carefully.

But at this time, the hostess of the house seemed to think that their resistance was not fierce enough, and suddenly rushed out from behind the sofa and rushed to the door.

It would be fine if she came alone, but she was holding a baby in her arms, and the baby was crying loudly at this time.

Jason couldn't help but look over there, and he found that the child should be having a fever, his little face was flushed, and his eyes were a little hard to open.

It was obvious that this child was not the child of this woman, and even this woman might not be the hostess of this house. They were basically called in to act.

But the baby in the cradle could not be paid to cooperate in the act anyway. He might just be this woman's prop, and it seemed that he might not survive tonight.

Jason suddenly felt angry. What on earth was this woman doing? Didn't the owner of the house tell her that this was just a formality and no one would be hurt? Why did she have to sacrifice a child's life? Just to get more money? !

When this thought came to him, Jason was stunned again, because he remembered a scene from his childhood.

He was unlucky that day. He was running errands on the street when it suddenly rained heavily. Although he immediately found a roof to hide in, he was still soaked. After the rain stopped, he felt a little sore in his throat, a little blocked in his nose, and a little hot in his body.

But that night he happened to take such a job, to play the role of a son of a man to plead with the creditor. When he arrived in front of the creditor, he had a high fever, his face was pale, his legs were weak, and he couldn't even stand.

The creditor was probably afraid that he would die there, so he gave in without saying a word and quickly sent the two of them away. After the job was done, the boss was very happy and praised Jason for being smart. He gave him 10 yuan more than the agreed price.

When Jason was a child, 10 yuan was not a small amount of money, so he relaxed for several days. Even when he did this job again, he would think that if he made himself look a little embarrassed, he might be able to finish the job faster and earn more money.

Compared with a sick half-grown child, a dying crying child is more sympathetic and makes people dare not say or touch.

After all, half-grown children have their own independent consciousness, and if something really happens, they can say that it is their own fault, but the jury will never blame a child who is still in the cradle. If something happens, someone must take the blame.

The boss who led the team today also thought so. He looked at the woman with a gloomy expression, and finally waved to the members of the moving company as if he had eaten a fly, indicating that they should not go through the main door, but move from the side door.

After all, the size of the side door is limited, and many large furniture cannot be moved out. In the end, they only moved some valuable electrical appliances and small sculptures and hastily packed up.

Jason stood at the door and saw the smug expression on the woman's face. He knew that his guess was right. This woman was also an invited actor, and the baby was just an attached prop.

The anger in his heart was almost unstoppable, and his disgust became stronger and stronger. He almost wanted to rush up and punch this woman.

But his teammates got on the car as quickly as possible, and the car started immediately. Jason was pulled into the car by the people next to him. After getting on the car, he heard his colleagues in the car sighing that today's work was really easy.

But it was true. No matter how heavy those electrical appliances were, they were not as heavy as the solid wood furniture made of precious wood, nor were they as troublesome as those precious and fragile large sculptures. Just moving electrical appliances was like getting paid for nothing.

Everyone's face was full of smiles, and they even joked with the new Jason when they had time. Jason was getting more and more annoyed and just kept a straight face and didn't say anything.

The car took Jason directly to his so-called residence. Jason got off the car and wanted to find a motel to stay in, but he was upset now. After thinking about it, he went to the Hudson River to get some fresh air.

It was almost Christmas now, and New York had just snowed. The biting cold wind at night made Jason sober up a lot.

He suddenly realized that he had changed too much over the years. If he was a child, he would probably be happy with his colleagues, doing easy work and getting enough pay. What was there to make him feel bad?

Jason lay on the railing by the river, looking out at his reflection in the river. Under the dim light of the street lamp, the face gradually changed in front of his eyes, becoming more immature, and then childish.

"Please." Jason heard the little Jason on the lake say: "You sympathize with the baby? Why don't you sympathize with yourself? What if his mother treats him badly? Do you have a mother?"

"What? You said his mother almost killed him? But what's the difference between your mother throwing you in the alleys of Gotham and killing you? I think this is more dangerous!"

"Jason Todd, isn't our goal to survive? As long as we can survive, we will do anything. It's already very hard to survive. When did you have the time to sympathize with others?"

Yes, Jason thought, since when did he have the time to sympathize with others?