Chapter 14: Batman is better

"Huh? Is Superman gone?! ”

Dick's voice on the other end of the line was one of deep disappointment.

"I thought you liked Batman a little more"

"Oh, come on, that's Superman, the most powerful man in the world."

Jason didn't answer Dick, he certainly knew it was Superman, the most powerful man on the planet.

"And what are you doing today?"

Dick's voice came over the phone again

"No, Bruce doesn't know what to do with Superman, I'll train and study at home alone"

Jason doesn't have any foundation, whether it's martial arts or related knowledge, all he can do now is keep training and learning to make sure his fitness can keep up with the role he's playing in now. Fortunately, the new semester in public school has not yet arrived, and he has enough time to do these things.

"Do you need me to spar?"

“... No, it doesn't need to

"I'll be there soon"

“.. Ay? I say.... No, you don't."

Jason stared at the phone that had been hung up and spat out the last few words angrily, he couldn't understand why Dick was the kind of character who didn't listen to anyone at all.

Dick arrived soon, dressed in his tracksuit, said hello to Alfred and ran to the training room.

In the training room, Jason was using the simulator for actual combat simulation training, and Dick glanced at the gear on the simulator, and sure enough, he saw the number three.

The dust marks on Jason's body indicate that he has failed many times, and if it weren't for the simulation training, he would have been beaten into a plug long ago.

"You're in a hurry, boy"

Turning off the simulator, Dick said disappreciatively, although he knew that with Bruce's personality, he would at most make a plan for Jason, and then occasionally coach or something, but it was difficult for a pure layman like Jason to figure it out on his own.

"Humph!"

"Alright, let's do some basic martial arts training first"

Dick was completely unconcerned about Jason's disregard.

"Those Bruce taught"

Jason glared at Dick and said.

"Huh? Did he teach? ”

This took Dick by surprise.

"Alright then, let me see what he's taught you"

“... Don't regret it."

"I'll talk about this kind of thing when you win."

Dick soon realizes that he has made the wrong decision, he originally thought that even if Jason was trained by Bruce, he would not compare to him, a vigilante with years of experience in fighting crime, but Jason surprised him.

Jason may not have professional combat experience, but Jason had a lot of experience in street fighting from the beginning, and he relied on that experience to survive on his own at the bottom of Gotham, and now this experience has quickly grown into an advantage under Bruce's training.

Completely different from Dick's style, Jason has always regarded the Achilles' heel of his opponent as a target due to his thin physique, and has not made any superfluous movements to concentrate all his strength on each attack.

Jason's attack can be directly described in three words: fast, ruthless, and accurate, and Dick, who was a little careless at first, was almost hit several times.

Soon Dick used his rich experience to start a counterattack, Jason's defensive side was still his weakness, and after a few rounds, Dick had the upper hand, saw Jason's gap, Dick tripped him with a sweeping leg, and then the whole person pounced on Jason and pressed Jason to the ground:

"It's not okay to just attack and not defend, ha...."

"Long-winded! Doesn't it mean that the best defense is offense, ha... Hah."

A few rounds of intense exercise made Jason gasp hard.

"Where did you learn this fallacy? Ha... Bruce wouldn't teach you that, would he?"

"Long-winded, I used to strike first..."

This experience is certainly not taught by Bruce, it is the reality of Gotham that teaches Jason this.

"Gentlemen, would you like a drink?"

Alfred's voice came from the side, interrupting the two men's discussion.

"Okay, take a break and come back later"

Dick let go of Jason and walked over to Alfred with a sports drink, only to find that the other glass contained milk.

After Jason walked over, he picked up the glass of milk and poured it directly into his mouth without any scruples.

“.... Jason, it's useless to drink too much milk by nature."

Dick's words hurt Jason, who didn't have time to swallow the milk, squirted out along his mouth and nose, and kept coughing violently.

"Drink slowly, no one will rob you..."

Dick pretended to pat Jason on the back, eliciting a tearful glare from Jason.

"It's noisy, you short Dick, a man will grow taller when he grows up"

"Short. Dwarf? I'm still in the growth period, okay? ”

"I think you'll be a little bit taller than Barbara at most."

"Humph! I don't think you even look like Barbara."

"We'll see, I'm sure I can grow as tall as Bruce"

"Oh, is it? Then I can grow as tall as Superman."

Alfred refused to say anything about the unnutritious quarrel between the two young masters, he just took advantage of the spare time to take the drink glasses from Dick and Jason's hands to prevent them from falling victim to the quarrel, and then calmly exited the training room to make other preparations during the quarrel between the two young masters.

“.... Does Ah Fu really have no superpowers? ”

Jason, who suddenly found that something was missing in his hand, said with some suspicion.

"Oh... I think that's his superpower, after all, he can fill his teacup with tea when Superman isn't looking."

When Dick found a rag to wipe the milk that Jason had just squirted off the floor, Jason suddenly heard from behind him:

"You know Superman well?"

"Uhhh I guess I know him very well, he and Bruce are friends, they often work together, and they have helped me a lot."

"He... It's true.. Can you shoot a laser from the eye? ”

Jason asked curiously.

"It's not a laser, it's a thermal vision, of course, he can also do surgery with thermal vision."

Dick wiped the milk off the floor and sat down, amusedly looking at Jason's awkward expression.

"That's... He.. Can you really see through objects? ”

"Of course, but not lead, x-rays?"

"He has a lot of strength?"

"Well, I don't know the upper limit, Bruce's computer probably has it, but it's a common thing to lift a plane or something."

"Does he hang out with Bruce a lot?"

"I can't say it's frequent, mostly because of that kind of thing, but Superman occasionally takes Bruce to his parents' farm in Kansas, and I've been to beautiful places. I'll take you to play when I have the chance."

"Huh? He still has parents? ”

"Of course there is"

"Are his parents aliens too?"

"No, his parents are ordinary earthlings, and Superman is adopted"

"He's really an alien?"

"Of course, Superman is 192cm tall, weighs 235 pounds, has a birthday that can't be specifically determined, but should be a little smaller than Bruce, in addition to super vision and super hearing, he can hear the sound of the whole earth, but he has filtered it out as much as possible, the Iron Man is invulnerable, he also has a secret base in the North Pole, Bruce has permission to enter by the way, I also have it, and he has a secret identity in ordinary society, currently single, but he has a good impression of one of his colleagues named Louis, that woman is very beautiful and powerful, How else do you want to know? ”

Dick smiled and looked at Jason, who obviously had a stomach full of questions he wanted to ask, but he just wouldn't ask.

“... Nope"

"You're interested in him, aren't you?"

This is not an interrogative sentence but an affirmative sentence, Jason's interest in Superman has been shown without hindrance, but with Dick's understanding of Jason, he will not admit it, this guy is very similar to Bruce.

"No!"

"What's so hard to admit about this, he's superhuman, would anyone not worship him?"

Jason didn't continue Dick's words, but after thinking for a long time, he said:

"Batman is better"

"Huh?"

This was not what Dick had expected.

"Batman will protect Gotham, Superman won't..."

Jason gives the reason, Superman is invincible, so what? He won't come out when there is a murder in Gotham, he won't come out when Gotham's bottom is dealing in drugs, and he won't come out when the people of Gotham are hungry.

It's always Batman who stands up, it's Bruce Wayne.

"Uh... It's not what you think, it's Bruce who doesn't let him meddle in Gotham's affairs"

Regarding Superman's abandonment of Gotham to protect the whole earth, Dick must avenge his idol.

"Huh? Why? Isn't it easy to solve if there is a superman? He's sure he'll be able to catch the guys in Gotham with ease. ”

"Hmm.... How so? Even Superman has things he can't do, he can really catch these, and then what? What evidence do you have to throw them in jail?"

"Uh..."

"You see, Gotham is too complicated, there are a lot of things behind it, there are quite a lot of troublesome things, Superman can indeed catch anyone before committing a crime, but there is nothing to be done about the forces behind them, Bruce just knows this and forbids him to meddle in Gotham's affairs, Superman himself knows, so he generally won't interfere unless it's particularly necessary"

“...... He's not a big deal."

In Jason's mind, Superman has always been described as a superhero who can do anything, and some guys will even think that Superman is far better off handling Gotham's affairs than the Batman who doesn't exist or not, and this is the first time he has heard that Superman can't solve everything.

"Well, that's why Gotham has the need for us to exist, so let's rest and continue training."

“.. Oh"