Chapter Twenty-Four: The Friendship of Boys
Jason eventually learns about the video, and because Dick is trying to learn Bruce in front of Jason, the two fight again.
"I really don't know if your relationship with Jason is good or bad"
Barbara helplessly held an ice pack and pressed it Dick's swollen face, and Dick grinned in pain.
During this time, Jason's martial arts skills have improved a lot, and Dick didn't get much bargain, and the left side of the face was even hit directly by Jason's elbow.
"What about the kid... Sizzle"
"Ah Fu went to bandage him, you don't show any mercy to the novice, it's so heavy that fortunately there is no fracture"
"Come on, he's just over two years younger than me, and you don't know how ruthless that kid is, wouldn't it be a loss if I was making it... Hiss, tap..."
"Cover yourself, there must be no difference between 28 and 26 years old, but the difference between 16 and 14 years old is not a little bit"
Although he is only two years old, the boy's growth period is generally only one or two years, excluding Dick's slightly childish face, his physique is even better than most adult men, and Jason is still that thin and small physique, fortunately, he has enough food after coming to Wayne Manor, which will also lay a solid enough foundation for Jason's upcoming puberty.
Dick covered his face with an ice pack and turned his head away from the topic.
"But Jason's martial arts talent is really good, and he made a successful raid the first time he met you."
Although Dick was a little too relaxed at the time, he was actually hit twice in a row by an ordinary imp, which really made Nightwing's face unbearable.
Dick, who was poked in the center, turned around and said he didn't want to continue the topic, and he decided to put the fact that he and Jason were kicked in the trash can of the memory zone when they first met the two most important things in a man, 'Dick' and his face.
Barbara didn't continue the conversation, Jason's progress gave her a big shock, so she turned on the simulation training equipment, turned the gear to the highest level, and began to prepare for today's training.
Dick looked bored for a moment at Barbara's training in the training ground simulated by the trainer and said:
"Do you want me to accompany you in martial arts training?"
"I don't want to release water training."
Barbara knew that Dick would always let out water every time he practiced with her, and Bruce had long since stopped coaching her martial arts skills. She knew it had nothing to do with her gender, just because she was so talented in grappling, so she turned to her expertise and avoided head-to-head combat in favor of dodging techniques.
"Don't release the water?"
“.. Okay? ”
"Hmm"
...........
When Dick was thrown to the ground by Barbara's over-the-shoulder for the fifth time, Barbara stood on top of Dick's head, looked at him condescendingly, sighed, and said:
"Please, absent-minded training is dangerous"
“.. Yes.. Sorry.."
"Forget it, what the hell are you thinking?"
Barbara asked Dick suspiciously.
“.... Nothing."
Dick looked at the empty top of the bat cave, and was a little jealous of a little imp who had just arrived, and Dick couldn't say it anyway.
Barbara and Dick had been together for a long time, and she could probably guess what Dick was so impetuous.
Jason's progress is so fast, but it also explains why he was able to survive alone at the bottom of Gotham. The actual combat experience learned from street fights, after this period of Bruce's teaching, Jason's martial arts skills have really improved rapidly.
It seems that this boy, who always aims to surpass Batman, has finally felt the pressure from outside Batman.
"Speaking of which, Jason's dad is as tall as Bruce, as long as his mother is not only 1.4 meters or 1.5 meters short, Jason will have a high chance of being more than 1.8 meters tall when he becomes an adult."
Barbara knew that Dick and Jason pulled her height in the last time they quarreled, as a trapeze family, there are strict restrictions on height and weight, the height of the Grayson family is not very high, and Dick's biological father is only one meter seven or eight tall, so Dick is estimated to be about this height, so this is revenge.
Dick rolled his eyes secretly, deciding to ignore Barbara's occasional cautious eye.
"What's that?"
When I rolled my eyes, I noticed that what Barbara had just put on the table seemed to be a ticket.
"College Football League"
"Where did you get your ticket?"
Dick got up and walked to the table, and found that it was indeed a football ticket, two.
"I was called back to the cheerleaders at school to help, I've been training for the past two days so I didn't come, I got two tickets, so I took them over and asked which of you wanted to see them, the seats were good"
“.... Do you want Bruce to go."
"Do you think he'll go?"
“... Okay"
Dick thought about it with the ticket, then walked in the direction of the elevator. Barbara was somewhat surprised by Dick's behavior and followed.
Back at Wayne Manor, Dick ran to find Jason with his ticket. Jason was beaten a little badly, and there was a black cloud on his left eyeframe, but this did not affect Jason's happy expression when he saw the league ticket.
Jason's semi-nomadic lifestyle didn't bother him from watching public TV leagues in front of some electronics stores, and this was the first time he had gotten a ticket to the league.
"How about it, let's go together"
Dick asked Jason with two eyes shining, and Jason's eyes staring at the two tickets had already answered Dick's suggestion for his voice.
"Okay, that's it, let's go buy something for cheering later"
"Good"
"By the way, which team do you like? I love Saint-Diwe."
“... I don't have a particular favorite team."
It's not easy for Jason to go to a live league game, so he doesn't know exactly how many teams there are, and it's impossible to watch every team's game, always watching which team's game he touches.
"Oh, it's okay, I'll tell you that San Diwe, the new recruit from last year, is already the main force this year, awesome, Ah Fu, I'll go out with Jason for a while"
"Okay, Master Dick, please come back before dinner."
"No, Jason and I ate out"
Alfred's recipe for tonight seems to be... The sandwich was still cucumber-filled, and Dick was worried that there was no reason to run away.
Barbara looked at the two people who had just beaten you to death, and at this moment they left Wayne Manor with their shoulders on their backs, and rode Dick's locomotive towards Gotham City, turned their heads and asked Alfred suspiciously:
"Is their relationship good or bad?"
"Boys' camaraderie is wonderful"
“...... Totally incomprehensible"