Chapter 283: The First Encounter of Youth Pi (Part II)
At the end of the alley of the East End Capuch Street, there was a "pop" sound, and the sound of a deadbolt opening from a cellar door was heard, and a dark-haired boy in a red jacket jumped out first, followed by a brown-haired boy with glasses.
The bespectacled boy grabbed his companion's arm and seemed to try to stop him from going out, he said, "Hey, Jason, don't do that, Batman has been hanging around here a lot lately, and if you go out to steal tonight, he'll definitely find out!" ”
The boy, who was called Jason, turned around and said to him, "You told me that the big tire we got before can't be sold, so I have to go, or the younger kids of our Curly Tail Gang will go hungry!" ”
The brown-haired boy continued to persuade him, but Jason shook off his hand impatiently and said to him, "Little slippery head, I know you are very capable, and the famous gang bosses on Elizabeth Street are going to invite you over." ”
"But we are different, the location of Curly End Street is not good, we have to go south to grab turf so that the members can make money, but if we don't have enough to eat, where will we have the strength to fight?"
Slippery pushed his glasses and said, "That's why I'm stopping you, Jason, you're the boss of the Capuch-tails, if you get caught by Batman, then the rest of the members really won't be able to survive." ”
Jason grabbed his hair very irritably, but the little slippery head pulled him to the cellar, and Jason was a little dispossessed, and he pulled him in.
Walking into the cellar, there was a small workshop, with two tattered workbenches with all kinds of tools on them, and only one toolbox was relatively new, and it was placed on a cleaner table.
What is very striking is that on one of the tables is a very large and specially shaped tire with a bat motif printed in the center.
Little Slipper pulled Jason to sit on the chair next to him and said to him, "If you hadn't helped me last time, I would have had my throat cut by those bikers, and you saved my life, so of course I'm willing to help you." ”
Jason looked very young, but he was dressed very maturely, and his demeanor and words were exactly the same as those gangsters, he spat and said, "The market has been so bad lately, and a few young children in our gang can't get a penny." ”
"In order to prevent them from being beaten, I and a few other older people have to help them, but this is not a way to go on."
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the tire on the workbench, pounded the wall a little angrily, and said, "If only I could sell this thing, is there really no way?" ”
Xiao Slipper still said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, when I was in class at the vocational school yesterday, I called a few of my classmates and asked them to come over and have a look, maybe there will be a way." ”
At this moment, there were a few regular stomping sounds from the ceiling, and Jason stopped the little slippery head who was about to get up and said, "I'll go up and have a look, but don't come to look for trouble." ”
Jason opened the cellar door a small crack, and the little slippery head leaned over, and they saw an older fat boy stamping his feet, and the little slipper opened the cellar door and shouted to him, "Hey! Tyre! This ......"
"Oh, here it is! So you live in the basement, I said why did you let me come here yesterday to stomp my feet......"
Tire walked into the cellar door, and the first thing he saw was the bat tire, and he walked up, his eyes widened and he said, "Cool-"
"Wait, is that a sign of a bat? OMG! Did you really do a big deal?! ”
The tire walked up and knocked the rubber on the bat tire, and at this moment, there was a rapid stomping sound over his head, and the little slippery head went to open the door, and his voice came from the door: "Hey, why did you two come together?" Rockets and Red Trucks ......"
As soon as the two of them walked in, they saw the tire standing next to the bat tire, and the tire beckoned to them, pointed to the bat tire and said, "Look! The coolest tire I've ever seen, only it deserves my name! ”
Jason walked up to greet them and said, "Hello, my name is Jason, Jason Todd, the boss of the Capuch-tails, you can just call me Jason." ”
Tires, Rockets, and Red Truck are much older than Jason and Little Slipper, but they're both in their early teens, and the room is actually full of children, but their way of communicating is very mature.
The red truck was the first to come up, he was a black man, like a black gang member and punched Jason, he raised his chin at Jason and said, "I've heard of you, last time you gave that annoying yellow eye a hard shot with a baseball bat with rivets, I heard that he was planted in the hands of someone three years younger than him, and I couldn't believe it, but now it seems that you are indeed a ruthless character......"
Jason wiped his nose and said, "I can't get along here without any skills." ”
Little Slippery interrupted their pleasantries, he knocked on the table and said, "I invited you to come here to solve this tire matter, as you can see, Jason and I plotted to steal the tires of that famous Batman car......"
Slippery and Jason looked at each other, while the other three had curious expressions, and the girl named Rocket said, "How did you do that?" My dad told me that Batman wasn't easy to mess with. ”
"In fact, it was much easier than we thought, and the hardest part was finding an opportunity for him to leave the Batmobile alone."
"And then, how did you pry this thing off?" Tires asked.
Jason looked at the little slippery head, and the little slipper spread his hand and said, "It's not difficult, if it weren't for the fact that Jason and I were too young to lift more tires, we could unload all four of them in one go, leaving only that big guy with an empty shell......"
Imagining the funny scene, several of the children laughed, and Jason crossed his arms and said, "We managed to steal it back here, but the problem is that we can't sell it, because this damn mark is so obvious!" ”
The tire waved his hand and said, "What is this, you guys are doing this, isn't it clear?" Isn't it enough to spray paint? ”
But the red truck walked up to the tire and touched it, and said, "I'm afraid not, this thing is a pattern, it's uneven, even if you spray paint, you can see it, can't you grind it off?" ”
"I've tried, but my current tool can't do it, this metal is too hard, unless you can get a machine tool, it's definitely not working." Little Slipper shook his head and said.
"What about taking it apart and selling only tire rims?" Rockets are proposed.
"Actually, I can't take it apart." The little slipper touched his sideburns, but the tire was a little surprised and said, "You can pry it off, but you can't disassemble it?" ”
"Yes, but it's a technical issue, the reasons are complicated, and in short, we can't take it apart and sell it separately right now."
"It's a bit of a problem." The red truck touched his chin and said: "I know that there are a few people who play modified cars, and they may like such tires, but you only have one now, at least two of them, so that no one is willing to accept them, otherwise they can only be hung on the back of the car as decorations, in that case, they can't be sold at a high price,"
"If you can melt it into a bullet, maybe my dad will be a little interested in it." Rocket went on to say: "This metal looks very hard, and it might work as a shield." ”
Little Slipper sighed and said, "If I can melt it away, do I still need to come to you?" ”
"My mom knows a lot of people, but it can't go through her hands."
The tire patted the bead on the bat tire and said, "I love it too and would love to buy it home, but my mother is a widow and I don't want to cause her unnecessary trouble." ”
Seeing all three of them say this, Jason inevitably showed a look of disappointment, but Red Truck said, "Why can't you take this tire apart or sharpen the pattern on it?" Is it simply that your skills are not enough? Or is it a problem with the tools? ”
"Looks like you know a lot about it." The little slippery head walked up to the workbench and said, "The tools are the main problem, look at what we have here?" There were only rusty wrenches, taper and pliers, and the only thing that worked well was this old jack, which unfortunately was also about to break. ”
"If there were furnaces and hydraulic presses, things would be much easier."
"We can figure out a way from this direction, you can even steal Batman's car tires, is it difficult to get a hydraulic press?"
"Of course it's difficult." "Don't forget, Jason and I are not as old as you, and it's not easy for the two of us to bring back such a big tire, and we can't move those professional workbenches and big machines at all." ”
"It's simple, as long as you help us write the homework of the vocational school, we will help you move!"
Xiao Slip pushed his glasses and said helplessly: "I repeat, our teacher can see the difference in handwriting." ”
"Then you let us copy the answer!"
"That's right! Copy the answer! Rocket echoed, and the wildly dressed girl wrinkled her nose and complained, "I don't want to do my homework!" But my dad insisted on me to write it, and he said he couldn't afford to offend the teacher there, what nonsense! ”
"Let's do it, but we have to plan again, I think there's someone who can help us......"
Xiao Slippery looked at the few people next to him, and they all glanced at each other. Apparently the same name came to mind.
"Copote!"
"Where is he now?" Rocket asked.
"Oh, I know, he seems to be going back and forth a lot between the East End and the mental hospital lately, and he should pass the street next to him, and we'll just go there and wait for him."
After saying that, a few people pushed open the door of the cellar and ran out one after another, and then you pushed me and ran to the street next to it.
At this moment, they heard a scream, and then saw a little girl with black hair and blue eyes, standing at the entrance of the alley, several people stopped, and Jason was surprised and said, "How can there be a little girl here?" ”
Xiao Slippery also narrowed his eyes and said, "Looking at his clothes and dress, he shouldn't be a child from the Eastern District, but a child from the Southern District." ”
Rocket ran first, and several people ran after her, and Rocket grabbed the little girl's shoulder and said, "Who are you?" How is it here? What about your mom and dad? ”
"Wow!!"
The little girl screamed, and several people saw the fangs in her mouth, and took a few steps back in fright, and Jason said, "...... Could it be that her parents abandoned her here? ”
"No, look at the necklace around her neck, it seems to be a gemstone, if you really want to abandon it, there is no need to bring her such a valuable necklace......"
Jason stepped forward with some hesitation, he saw that although this little girl had a mouthful of fangs and eyes that looked a little strange, she didn't mean to bite, he touched her head, then looked left and right, and said, "We have to take her out of here, in case those gang members patrol over, this little girl will be in danger." ”
"Really? If his parents come to him, you might get in trouble, and those rich guys are the best at biting back! ”
Jason didn't refute him, but ripped off the necklace around the little girl's neck, and then put it in the pocket of his clothes, and said, "If they come to me, I'll leave the child where they are, let them take it away, and this necklace will be my reward, and I won't lose it anyway." ”
As he spoke, he picked up the little girl with some difficulty, and the rocket took the little girl from his hand, and said, "I'd better come, let's go back to your base first, and then take advantage of the time to find Copter, and see if there are any people like her parents nearby." ”
Just as the group was walking back and about to return to the underground base, a crisp whip sounded, everyone ducked back, and a slender black figure appeared at the end of the street.
Jason, who was hiding behind the building, opened his eyes wide and said, "Black cat! It's a black cat! How could she be here? Doesn't she only come out at night? ”
"Who is the black cat?" Little Slipper asked him.
"The head of the Four Snitches in the East End, he is a very powerful thief, and he has stolen almost all the jewelry stores in Gotham."
"Thank you, little friend, for complimenting me, but I still have to say, put down the little girl you are holding."
Catwoman flicked her whip again, and the frightened few people retreated.
"She's your daughter? No! Wrong! I heard that you are also from the Eastern District, how can you have a daughter who is dressed so richly? You shouldn't ......?"
Jason waved his hand backwards and said to the rocket, "Don't put her down, the black cat could be a human trafficker!" ”