Time is a peculiar thing.

Just like life, if you take it seriously, it will take you seriously, and if you rudely let time flow through the river of your life, when you come back to your senses, you will find that it has taken away a lot of things in your life.

The emptiness that comes with being swept away is what we generally call loneliness and boredom.

If you're feeling bored, it's time to think about whether you've been too rough with yourself and never really thought about what you want.

Winter passed, leaving Cyber with a wonderful Christmas and Chinese New Year, then spring, summer... On a hot summer day, the weather in Gotham also seems to have gotten much better, and in the well-cleaned old bar in the docklands, a young man with black hair sits at the bar, his head bowed and his head low, like a chicken eating rice.

Cyber has been bored lately, and even idle, and the other day, under the nagging of his father, he actually cleaned up a garden in the open space in front of the villa, and until he sowed the seeds into it, he didn't think it was something he would do.

But that's how it happened... The hand that used to hold the knife now holds the hoe, and every day he cooks, picks up and drops off the children to school, cleans up the house and takes care of the business, except for the lack of a girl in life, everything seems to be complete.

In Gotham, where law and order are getting better and better, Cyber has even dared to go out shopping alone at night recently, and the little bastards who show off their might on weekdays have been missing like a collective recently, at least in the docklands, after a year of ruthless management of law and order under the Devil's Gang, petty theft still exists, but in the last 4 months, there has not been a single homicide in the entire docklands.

It was already one of the safest areas in the whole of Gotham, and in the few limited interviews with the media, the new mayor, Mr. Nestor, praised the rapid economic recovery of Gotham Pier and the improvement of law and order in the entire city, as if all this was due to the young mayor.

But none of this had anything to do with him or Cyber... At least not now.

Probably because he was not sleeping well, he changed his position, supported his chin with his left hand, closed his eyes, and in less than 2 minutes, a low snoring sounded.

Since the beginning of winter last year, Dad's health has deteriorated day by day, so Cyber took over his management of the Old Gun Bar, but with Cyber's character, how could he serve customers with a smiling face?

However, Cyber's management was very rough, very simple, he found a few well-spoken guys from the Devil's Gang to be managers, and he slept until the opening hours of the evening, got up in the middle to cook lunch for Catherine, and then went home to rest with those "professional managers", and then went home to rest, just kidding, Lord Cyber has a very busy day! Where is the time to really do business?

"Squeak~"

The sound of wheels rubbing against the ground came from outside the bar, waking up Cyber, he rubbed his eyes, looked up at the clock hanging on the wall, this point, it should be the little girl after school, Cyber lazily stretched out his hands, stretched his body, and stood up from the bar.

"Click"

The wooden door of the bar was pushed open, and Catherine, who looked unhappy, ran in, her schoolbag dragged on the ground behind her, and from the door, she could see the restarted black car, it should be Kevin, the big brother of the Devil's Gang, he is now the busiest person in the Christian family, but he still maintains the habit of picking up the little girl from school every day.

Although Director Gordon repeatedly stressed that the redeveloped Narrow Island would not be managed by the Devils, after Wayne Enterprises intervened in the matter and invested a large amount of money in the reconstruction plan, rebuilding tall and bright offices and residential areas on the ruins of Narrow Island for one-third of the departments of City Hall, the Devils with Wayne's corporate background naturally took over the underground security of Narrow Island.

Well, it's now called the Ridnay Neighborhood, but the old residents still call it the Narrow Island, but the nascent island that inherited that terrible name is no longer a neglected area, Bruce Wayne's vision is terrifying, and the high-end shopping street he built there at his own expense can attract a lot of customers almost every day, and the Wayne orphanage and cheap apartments rebuilt on the narrow island in the name of the Wayne family have also earned a good name for the Wayne Enterprise, which has rejuvenated its second career.

It is worth mentioning that the three residential buildings built by Cyber privately for the dock workers also received direct investment from a company called the "New Energy Future Foundation" when they were completed, and the second phase of the project is already halfway through, and it is expected that after completion, it will provide low-cost housing for at least two-thirds of the dock workers.

Since it is cheap, there is no need to consider how good the conditions are, but even so, Mr. Cyber Hawke, the "mysterious director of the Port Authority who does not want to disclose his name", has earned a good reputation as "Cyber who does what he says", and even under Cyber's bad attitude, when the old gun bar is open at night, it will receive many workers who commute to and from work one after another.

As for the investment, Cyber knows some inside information, and the other party has no intention of concealing it at all, and Cyber checked a little and knew that the boss behind the "New Energy Future Foundation" has a terrible name.

Bruce Wayne!

"Hell!"

Catherine, who jumped on the chair, grabbed her long smooth blonde hair and screamed like a fried kitten.

"I'm not going to school! I swear, I'm not going!

"Huh?"

Cyber, who was bringing out two plates of lunch covered with insulated tin foil from the kitchen, heard the little girl's complaint, and he put the lunch on the table, crossed his hands on his waist, and kicked Catherine sternly, and Catherine was also waiting for him angrily,

"Why don't you want to go?"

Cyber asked, and the little girl turned her head back, unwilling or disdainful to answer the question.

"Hmph"

A proud snort meant everything, and Cyber ignored her, turned and brought out several more meals from the kitchen, and set them aside, and the angry Catherine showed her determination with practical actions, she looked at the small bowl and the fragrant soup in front of her, she swallowed, but did not reach for the spoon.

She had already made up her mind that she had to get Cyber to agree to her request today.

But Cyber ignored her, but ate slowly, and I don't know if it was because he devoured part of the saber-toothed tiger's ability, Cyber's original height of 175 was raised by 15 centimeters again in the past year, reaching 190, and his thin body became stronger.

Coupled with the originally slightly lazy expression, he looks like a guy who is not easy to mess with.

It wasn't until 15 minutes later that Cyber put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up a napple and wiped his mouth, he leaned back in his chair, held his tea, and set his eyes on Catherine, the little princess of the Christian family, who had been left out in the cold for 15 minutes, was already pouted at this time, and was about to cry.

"Say, why don't you want to go to school? You're still an 11-year-old, why don't you go to school?

"Huh, Daddy said it all, this bar is for me! You're working for me now, Cyber!"

Angry children are the best to coax, as soon as they saw Cyber talking to themselves, Catherine's grievances disappeared, she held her shoulders with both hands, like a queen, with the crooked suit and school uniform on her body, she looked a special cuteness.

"And don't think I don't know! It's all Lewis and the others who run the bar, you hide here and sleep every day, and run to the narrow island at night for a few hours, and then go home to rest, and our dad doesn't know, you join forces to lie to him. ”

Catherine grimaced at Cyber and ruthlessly pierced Cyber's disguise, which made the corners of the young man's mouth twitch, but he recovered quickly, he looked out the window at the fairly fine weather, he took a sip of tea, turned his head to look at Catherine who began to eat quickly, he saw the stain on Catherine's school uniform arm, and whispered,

"Did you fight with your classmates again?"

"No, I don't even bother to bully those weak chickens!"

Catherine proudly picked up the spoon and waved it, her eyebrows fluttering like a victorious general, "I beat Abraham today!"

"Poof"

Cyber turned his head in an instant, squirted out all the tea in his mouth, he coughed and turned his head, looked at the little girl who was eating very fragrant in a daze, and said incredulously,

"You the principal?"

"Hey, don't swear in front of kids, you bastard!"

Catherine rolled her eyes in displeasure, and said triumphantly as she cut the fish in front of her, "That old bastard tried to harass Barbara behind closed doors, I heard... Then I just barged in and kicked him in the balls!"

Catherine stretched out three fingers and laughed and said, "Hahaha, kick three times!"

"Harassing little girls?"

Cyber's face instantly gloomy, a year ago he was able to bulldoze the entire underground gang on the narrow island for Catherine's schooling, and now that this kind of thing is encountered, it is not difficult to imagine the mood of this guy at this time, but Catherine swallowed a mouthful of delicious fish, grinned with spicy teeth, and said while pouring juice,

"Shhhh I told Kevin... Hiss... Sergey and Steve went to him with someone ... Hiss... It's spicy!I'm going to throw that old bastard into the sea!"

After a long while, Catherine, who felt that her mouth was still numb, coughed a few times, and added,

"But I heard Abraham beg for mercy that Maloney's villain forced him to do it, supposedly to get revenge on Uncle Gordon for capturing his gangsters, and when I got out of school, I saw Barbara crying in Uncle Gordon's arms, and the poor little girl was terrified... And then I felt like going to school wasn't interesting at all, it didn't make sense, Cyber!"

She put down the spoon in her hand and looked at Cyber seriously, "Don't you often tell me that you don't have to do things that don't make sense?"

"Wait!"

Cyber shook his head, "It's bad that Abraham harassed Barbara to get revenge on Director Gordon, but what does that have to do with you not going to school? Not every teacher is a jerk. ”

"But they won't dare to bully me!"

Catherine's eyes became more and more serious, "The whole Gotham knows that Kevin has a feud with every gangster in the city, and every thug knows that I am Kevin's sister, but they don't dare to bully me, and those who dare to do it are thrown into the sea by Kevin, Uncle Gordon is the leader of all the police in Gotham, but he can't even protect his own daughter... Can I count on the teachers at the school to protect me? They lost a school bus the day before yesterday..."

"So I'm not going to school, and as much as I'd love to be like Kevin, a villain that no one dares to bully, I know that you and Daddy and Robin won't agree, so I'm going to learn to fight! I protected Barbara, I love it, and I'm going to protect all of you. ”

Cyber looked at Catherine who was serious in front of him with a complicated face, he rubbed the teacup, he didn't know what to say, as for how many idle gangsters disappeared in the whole city in the year Catherine went to school, Cyber didn't have the spare time to count, and it wasn't just Kevin's hand that moved.

He also did it himself more than once when his hands were itchy.

After a long time, Catherine had finished her lunch, and she looked at Cyber with her eyes, although her father at home said a lot, but if Cyber didn't agree, she couldn't get out of that boring kindergarten school.

"Okay. ”

Cyber put aside the cold tea in his hand, he looked at Catherine, and was also very serious, "It's okay not to go to Gotham, after a while, wait until next year, I'll send you to New York... Xavier's Talent Academy, don't be in a hurry to object!"

He stretched out his hand and touched the little girl's hair,

"You're growing up, but you don't have an idea of how to use your abilities, my fighting style doesn't suit you, only there can you learn how to really protect you, you can protect Daddy and them, aren't you here to protect everyone? It's like you're protecting Barbara, it's a good ideal"

"Do you want to deny what you say?"