Bruce stopped tapping his fingers on the keyboard, Jason had been looking up clues related to the Black Mask recently, and every use in the bat computer was recorded.

He didn't ask Jason why he suddenly started looking at the Black Mask on his own without him, he just hoped that the reason wasn't what he expected.

"What are you worried about?"

Alfred looked at the man's back, and with what he knew about the child he had raised, he must have encountered something that was difficult for him to judge

"Jason has been on the hunt for Black Mask lately"

His fingers continued to work, sorting and sorting the various clues he had recorded in his head into their own files.

"Oh, maybe Master Jason just wants your approval, after all, he just had a disagreement with you not long ago."

Children at this age are in a hurry to prove that they have grown up with something to prove that they have grown up, and Jason and Bruce have just had a disagreement before. And Bruce has been tracking down Black Mask lately, and Jason may just want to help. Alfred said unconcernedly.

"If that's all there is to it, that's for the best"

Bruce also hoped that things would be the best as Alfred expected, but he was more worried about another thing, which in theory Jason should not know, after all, Jason had left that place for a long time to stay in the manor, and no one in the manor would deliberately care about the man who had the only relationship with Jason, let alone a small person in the newspaper.

But there are no absolutes in this world. Thinking of this, Bruce's work paused for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed his finger on the delete button to delete all the clues related to the black mask that he had just entered.

The black mask has recently been shipped in a batch, and from the clues, it is speculated that it may be a new batch of high-purity "white powder" worth millions of dollars, and the amount is enough to see the huge quantity.

The foreign arms dealer who was killed by Thalia crossing the border into Gotham last time was, according to clues, the guy who sent the cargo to Gotham, but the goods disappeared after he was killed by Thalia.

Talia killed the man because of another employer, so the Black Mask was supposed to be where they belonged, but they were gone.

The guys who were sent by Black Mask to pick up the goods are all missing. Black Mask is looking for this shipment like crazy, and so far the Gotham Police Department has found almost 8 corpses of Black Mask's men, as well as several unrecognizable mutilated corpses. Judging by the characteristics of the death, it is very consistent with Black Mask's usual methods, but there is no direct evidence pointing to him.

The drug dealers who had a disagreement with Jason were eventually confirmed to have nothing to do with the shipment, but one of them still died, and the madness of Black Mask can be seen, after all, it is not a few hundred dollars.

Bruce looked at the computer with a list of all the people who had direct or indirect contact with the shipment, most of them were dead, and his gaze lingered on one of the names for a long time - Martin. Todd.

He is a member of the Black Mask team and Jason's father, whose whereabouts are unknown.

After thinking for a moment, Bruce eventually put Martin. Todd's name was removed from the list.

“... Are you suspicious that Master Jason's recent sudden investigation of something related to the Black Mask has something to do with his father? ”

Bruce didn't answer Alfred's question, but his attitude said it all.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to hide this from him"

"Black Mask has orchestrated two kidnapping cases, although both have been foiled"

Instead of answering Alfred directly, Bruce told him something that even Alfred didn't know.

"Oh my God"

Of course, Jason didn't know this, at first Bruce thought that these two incidents were aimed at him, and Black Mask always thought that it was because of the acquisition of Wayne Enterprises that he had lost everything, so he always put Bruce away. Wayne was seen as a thorn in his side. But a second, foiled kidnapping case made him suspicious. Those guys are actually in the blues. Wayne comes to spy on the manor when he's not on the manor, and even sets up an ambush near Jason's school.

It seems that the value of that shipment is probably the upper limit of a few million dollars. Black Mask was almost frantically searching for all the people involved in the shipment, and Jason's father seemed to have evaporated from the world, and Black Mask targeted Jason, who knew his whereabouts, in a vain attempt to find the man through this child who was almost equivalent to being abandoned by his father.

"Ah Fu, these days I have been closely monitoring the surroundings of the manor, and I have to say hello to the school and ask Jason for a leave, and during this time, Jason's study will be taken care of by the tutor."

“... Are you here to put Master Jason under house arrest? ”

Alfred was a little unsympathetic to Bruce's overly aggressive approach, and Bruce's attitude was always prone to some contradictions, and the same was true with Dick.

“...... These are extraordinary times."

"I don't think Master Jason would accept this kind of inexplicable punishment"

Alfred looked at Bruce seriously, and Jason's temper Bruce certainly knew that it would be very difficult for him to accept such an inexplicable punishment.

“.... Let's just say I'm still angry."

“.... Ok sir."

Alfred sighed and turned to think about how to tell Jason about this in a slightly tactful way, hoping that Bruce's decision wouldn't be counterproductive......

"What?! What about Bruce? He's still in the Batcave."

Not at all expected by Alfred, Jason jumped up directly after hearing Bruce's punishment for himself, and wanted to talk to Bruce face to face.

"Master Bruce has a meeting today and has left the manor"

Alfred tapped his fingers behind his back, and he didn't think it would be a good idea to let an angry Jason confront Bruce directly.

"Damn!"

After Alfred left the room, Jason could only angrily circle around the room to calm his anger. When the anger passed, Jason slammed into the bed, staring at the ceiling with an empty head.

The contradiction between Jason and Bruce is not this time, this time it is just a larger conflict. Jason really doesn't understand, what is so soft on these guys, if you let him go this time, he will have a next time, if you are soft on him, he will not be soft on the weaker guys than him.

It's just that Jason didn't think that Bruce would ban him for this kind of thing, even to the point that he wouldn't even be allowed to go to school, and Dick would at least be able to go to school.

Alfred stood outside the door until there was no movement in the room.

"What about him?"

The person who had been busy sitting in front of the computer asked without turning his head after hearing the footsteps.

"What about sulking in the room, do you need to ban Master Jason from entering and leaving the cave?"

“... No, if it's too much, he'll be suspicious."

Bruce had removed all clues to the connection between Martin and Black Mask from his computer, though he didn't know exactly why Jason would suddenly start tracking Black Mask himself, hoping it wouldn't be the last thing he wanted to see, Jason's father.