Jason didn't have much time, Bruce would have been coming back late in the past two days to track down Black Mask, but Alfred would definitely go to the room at 10 p.m. to check on the second post, and he didn't want to use the low-level method of stuffing a quilt in the quilt when Dick sneaked away, and it certainly wouldn't work, so he had to go back and lie down in the bed before 10 p.m.

Thinking about his available time, Jason decided to visit Elsa's apartment furthest from Wayne Manor tonight.

“.... Sure enough, it doesn't work."

Squatting on the roof, watching the dark room opposite, he gained nothing but his cloak crackling in the wind from the upper floors. After looking at the time, the time he had preset in the bat computer monitoring system was almost up, and Jason felt that it was better to start returning now.

But giving up like this made him a little unwilling, squinting at the opposite room for a long time, he found the most suitable angle, installed a camouflaged surveillance camera, and left his first stop.

Smoothly returned to the bat cave along the sewer, because the time to come back was a little earlier than expected, Jason hid in the dead corner of the surveillance camera and waited patiently for a few minutes, and then returned to the bat cave smoothly.

The Batcave was empty, and Jason hurriedly pulled up the surveillance footage to check the situation inside the manor after he left. It was just as he had expected, Alfred came to collect the tray about half an hour after he left, and after finding the tray on the floor, he stood in the doorway and hesitated, but finally did not enter his room, but left the hallway with the empty plate.

After a quick look at the surveillance footage to make sure there was no footage of himself leaving the Batcave, Jason returned the computer to its original state and left the cave to return to his room.

After looking at the performance, it was 9:59, and unless there was any accident, Alfred's biological clock was terrible on time. After a few steps, he climbed onto the bed, and before he even had time to take off his uniform, he wrapped himself in a quilt from head to toe.

At ten o'clock, Alfred's footsteps appeared in the corridor on time, and soon the bedroom door was pushed open, Jason could feel Alfred's eyes to determine whether he was himself or a sample stuffed with a quilt, the time did not last long Soon the door was closed, and the room returned to a dark environment, Jason poked his head out of the stuffy quilt and breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that this time he barely passed the test.

I don't know if Bruce was too confident, or Jason was favored by Lady Luck, until Jason installed a surveillance camera near Elsa's last apartment, and this method of sneaking out under the time difference was not discovered.

Jason didn't have to risk sneaking out with the cameras in place, he just sat in his bedroom and monitored the cameras with the bat computer network.

But there was no footage on camera that Jason had hoped for, which made him doubt his judgment. The cameras were also placed in such a hurry that they could not be detected in a position that could not monitor the entire apartment.

"Jason is still angry?"

Bruce was alone at the dinner table again, and Jason seemed to be angry for a bit of a long time this time.

"I'm afraid this time Master Jason will be angry until you lift your grounding on him."

Alfred wasn't surprised by this, and Jason's behavior was more apt than angry as a silent rebellion against Bruce's decision.

But Bruce doesn't seem to think so:

"He's been on the manor all along?"

"Of course"

Still a little strange, Bruce stood up and decided to go to Jason's room to have a look.

Pushing open the bedroom door, Jason was lying on the bed reading a book. Seeing that it was Bruce coming in, Jason turned his back to him to show his displeasure.

Bruce took two steps forward and stopped, much to Jason's relief, as the surveillance footage he had placed was playing on the laptop computer that was hidden by his body.

"It's been a long time since you've played each other, let me see how much you've improved"

The first thing Bruce said was not Jason's prediction of "this is for your good" or some comforting words of "Black Mask will soon be caught and endure it for two more days", but such an irrelevant and frivolous sentence.

Bruce hasn't actually coached Jason in his training since he graduated from basic training, and Jason's style of martial arts is now more and more his own, and it is true that the two of them haven't played against each other for a long time.

"I'm waiting for you in the training room"

Bruce said this and left the room, leaving Jason in the bedroom torturing whether to watch the surveillance in the bedroom or go to the training room to train with Bruce...

"Are you sure he'll come?"

Alfred asked uncertainly, he saw Jason's stubbornness, not to mention that Jason was still angry about his grounding.

"Of course, he will definitely come"

Bruce didn't care in the slightest about Alfred's question. He knew Jason, so he didn't have the slightest surprise when he saw Jason standing at the door with a face pouting and an unwilling face in his training clothes.

The afternoon battle training made Jason show a smile that he had not seen for a long time. Bruce was amazed at Jason's progress, even though he had long been aware of how talented Jason was in martial arts. Not paying attention, Bruce's punch landed hard in Jason's face, knocking him to the ground.

"It's okay"

Bruce asked, worried, that punch he didn't hold any force.

“.. It's okay, it's me who gets distracted."

Jason got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said unconcernedly, glad that Bruce finally saw him as an equal opponent rather than a child in need of protection.

Looking at Jason's unyielding eyes, it reminded Bruce of the first time they met, when Jason also stared at Gotham legends with this kind of look.

"Do you want to continue?"

"Of course"

Rising from the ground, Jason once again set up for the next round of the fight.

An afternoon of pleasant battle training can't change the fact that Jason is still grounded, so at this moment, Alfred can only stand helplessly at the door of Jason's room, conveying comforting words that are better than nothing for Bruce.

"Master Bruce has already found a clue that can convict Black Mask, so it shouldn't be a few days"

Alfred's words were of course not answered by the room, and the old man secretly sighed and left the door, hoping that Bruce could quickly send the Black Mask into Arkham to resolve the impasse.

Jason in the room stared at the video footage on the computer, he didn't care if Bruce took him on patrol or not, he had more important things to do now. It's just the strength of his fingers tapping on the keyboard that betrays his true thoughts at the moment.

"I'm a kid in Bruce's eyes, damn it!"

Distraught, he threw the computer aside and lay down hard, feeling the strength of the mattress rebounding under the impact.

“... What are you doing, like a little ghost."

When the anger finally passed, Jason felt ashamed that he was like a kid who couldn't get his hands on a toy and lost his temper, and got up and turned on the computer again, checking the surveillance footage, and this time, the contents of the surveillance video made all the remaining anger in his chest completely disappear.

Four's camera monitoring Elsa's upscale apartment in the heart of Gotham City captured the figure of a man dangling past the window, and Jason dared to vouch for more than ten years of experience living with that man, it was him!

“... Found you! ”