Chapter Twenty-Eight: Learning How to Be Family
Dick looked at the video surveillance footage of that day repeatedly, and found no physique similar to the person who had appeared near the homes of the five victims.
“... Ahhh
Dick gave up and threw himself into the chair, dangling back and forth with the force of the impact, thinking for a moment that Dick tried to use the computer to connect remotely, but stopped halfway through the connection.
"Nerve-wracking, if Bruce knows about my hacking back door, he'll be able to track him back soon"
Looking at the interrupted computer intrusion, Dick thought for a long time.
“.... There's no way, although I don't want to, but it looks like I can only go to the computer once..."
The human identification software in the bat computer is a self-improving intelligent software system developed by Bruce himself, and the accuracy will become more and more accurate with the improvement of the database, with the increase and accumulation of criminal records in the database over the years, even if you use plastic surgery, it can scan it for you.
Batman is a nocturnal creature, so Dick can only go during the day if he wants to "borrow" a computer without the owner's permission, especially early in the morning.....
So the next day, just after dawn, Dick appeared in the Batcave.
Someone was ahead of him, though, and Alfred was in the Batcave with Jason, who was eating breakfast, with what was obviously an early meal, and there was no doubt that they were waiting for him.
"Would you like to have an early meal? Master Dick"
“... Oh, Ah Fu, can you tell him not to spy on me"
"If you don't have a main computer trying to hack into the Batcave"
“... Okay"
Dick was not surprised at all that his actions had made Bruce aware yesterday that the security system of the bat computer was designed by Bruce himself, how could he not know about these backdoors.
Dick gave up on himself and took the tray from Alfred's hand, and ate the sandwich inside, which was fortunately not cucumber filling.
Jason had finished his breakfast and was practicing operating the computer. The level is so bad that Dick can't see it. Think about it, not to mention Jason, a highly professional computer like the Bat Computer, he hasn't even touched an ordinary computer before. Those shortcuts that had become an instinct for Dick, Jason still needed to practice according to the comparison table.
After breakfast, Dick took over control of the Bat's main computer from Jason and began to use the Batcomputer's vast database to compare the surveillance footage in his hands.
The state-of-the-art processor quickly found out that there were almost a dozen matching people from the crowd, and although the number was still a bit large, it was much better than looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Jason, is there that one of the dozen people?"
Dick turned back to Jason, who looked at it on the computer screen and said:
"I can't see the hand, I'm not sure"
Jason's answer was tantamount to shattering Dick's hope that he would find his target quickly, and after scratching his head, he said:
"There's no way, let's track down these dozen people."
"Can you find someone?"
Jason was a little surprised, it was already surprising to find people with similar physiques from that surveillance video, only five of these people could see the approximate appearance, and the others couldn't see the angle of their faces, and even a few were directly backs.
"Hmm... As long as you can be sure, it's basically easier to find."
Dick said as he operated the computer, enlarged a man with a small half-side face, used the software to make up the 3D simulation of the bones, and then turned to the front, and a man's face with inverted triangular eyes appeared in front of Jason.
"Wow.. That's what that... What the... Is that the technology used to restore dinosaurs? ”
"Simulated restoration, you say?"
"Right"
"It's not the same, the dinosaur's one is completely simulated by human conjecture, this repair software is to compare and repair the basic composition data of human bones, its database has all the basic components of all human bones, as long as there is no human mutation and other repair similarities can reach about 60-75%"
"Isn't it 100%?"
"Of course not, only bones can be found regularly, and the exercise intensity, adhesion and body fat ratio of muscles, and even the different fat and thin positions caused by different physiques, so it is impossible to completely repair them."
Dick said as he operated the computer to manually change the 3D portrait he had just generated, the lower half of the face was slightly fatter, the upper half of the face was fatter, and the overall face was slightly fatter...
Soon the screen was filled with several different faces, but the general outline looked somewhat similar.
"How? Teach me"
Dick's three-dimensional image of the avatar in a few clicks aroused Jason's curiosity.
"Do you want to learn?"
Dick watched Jason's motionless eyes staring at the big screen, and a mischievous impulse took over:
"I won't teach you"
The shining green eyes immediately dimmed after hearing Dick say this:
“..... Don't teach to pull down, I'll ask Bruce to go"
With that, Jason left the Batcave in a rage.
"Master Dick, you're not good like this."
Alfred's disapproving voice came from behind Dick.
"Haha... How can I say that, it feels like teasing a little wild cat, and if you're not careful..."
"Master Jason is not a wild cat, you shouldn't treat Master Jason with that kind of attitude that is not teasing, it's rude"
"Oh please, I don't have a brother, and the only one who is close in age is Barbara, but she's a girl.... Well, I guess what I did was a little too much."
Dick has no brothers, and although Bruce is not much older than him, he has always been his nominal adoptive father, so Bruce always has a superior attitude towards him, which is one of the things that Dick is very unhappy about, even though he is twelve years older than him, but he always looks like he is always right.
"I don't think Master Jason cares about this kind of thing, but taunting and provocation are not the right way for brothers to get along."
Alfred put a cup of black tea in Dick's hand, he had thought that Bruce could learn from Jason how to be a better father, but now it seems that Bruce is not the only one in the family who needs to learn how to be a family.
“... Well, when he comes down, I'll teach him, as long as he still ignores me"
However, based on Dick's observation during this time, Jason's kid's self-esteem is super strong, and it is estimated that he will ignore him in a short time.
"You should apologize for your previous offense first"
“.... I'll apologize."
It's just that Jason's short time was much shorter than Dick expected, and it didn't take long for him to run out of the elevator again, and he stood beside Dick and said very unhappily:
"Bruce told me to go with you to 'Charlie'"
“... Uh, doesn't he want your help? ”
"He said he's going to check on Luthor's side with Superman recently, let's go find that information monger"
Dick rolled his eyes secretly, how could he think that Bruce didn't realize the importance of that "Charlie" in this matter? But from this point of view, Luther's side seems to be more stinging, otherwise he would not let go of tracking this Charlie.
The reason why Bruce asked Jason to come over is that Dick can naturally guess it, and the intelligence traffickers often don't show their true colors in order to protect themselves, even if you can guess that it's him, but there is no solid evidence to do anything about it, but Jason can recognize him, even if it's just a recognition, but this can at least prevent them from going astray due to errors in judgment.
"Okay Robin then, see you tonight at that abandoned old opera house in Gotham's West End"
"See you or leave, Nightwing!"
Hey! The first time I hear my code name from someone else's mouth, I feel super satisfied, almost like my long-term efforts are fully recognized.