The forced calmness brought about by the large amount of analgesic drugs made Bruce's breathing rate gradually slow down, and aside from the euphoria that made people hallucinate, countless scenes began to replay in Bruce's mind.

He had dreamed of the happy family life he should have had, the tall and calm Thomas, the gentle and beautiful Martha, who were by his side and spent one peaceful and happy day after another.

But the scenes of Thomas in these dreams can't coincide with the Thomas he met today, they are too different.

But what makes Bruce feel paradoxical is that the Batman Thomas he met is completely consistent with his father in terms of action and behavior, and he doesn't think this is the effect that plastic surgery or cloning can achieve.

More fragments, more details, far beyond the normal human brain began to overwork, and all the details were comprehensively analyzed in just a few minutes.

Shattering like mirrors in an instant, Bruce opened his eyes and felt a little dazed.

He finally understood where those contradictory feelings came from, and this Thomas gave him a sense of strangeness, but at the same time a sense of familiarity.

This familiarity does not come from Thomas's face and figure, in fact, this Batman Thomas is much older than Bruce's memory, and his body is not the same.

Originally, Thomas was a businessman, although he would go to the gym in order to maintain his majestic image, but it was obviously impossible to have such strong and smooth muscle lines as this Batman Thomas, nor did he have such a dark temperament.

Originally, such a big difference should make him feel unfamiliar, but inexplicably, Bruce just felt that the expressions and words made by this Batman were somewhat familiar.

After thinking for a while, Bruce stood up from the couch, and a sharp pain invaded him again, Bruce clutched his chest and stood there for a moment to gasp, then shouted at Alfred, "Alfred, before...... What about the bonsai I brought back from hell before? ”

Alfred walked over and helped Bruce to speak, "That little devil called Hexagon always fights with Aisha, so I sent it to Rodriguez Manor." ”

Hearing the familiar last name, the corners of Bruce's mouth twitched down visibly, but as if he couldn't hear it, he said to Alfred, "Can you go and get it back?" I'm going to use it tonight. ”

Alfred nodded, this is not difficult, it was originally fostered by Merkel, and it only needs to be picked up by car.

After Alfred left, Bruce pursed his lips, looking a little uncomfortable, he leaned on the railing and slowly walked to the basement, which is now his laboratory, the bats are not here, and the bat equipment is in the cave in the suburbs.

After arriving in the basement, Bruce wanted to start the lathe to make something for himself, but he found that the injuries on his body were so severe that he could only lie on the control panel and move for a few minutes.

Bruce slowly stood up, then turned to sit down with his back against the bench, gasping slowly and heavily.

And between the wheezing, there was an abrupt series of hurried footsteps.

Just as Bruce's eyes darkened and he tried to pull out the analgesics and take them, he felt his arm being tugged.

In the dimness, he heard an anxious call.

"Bruce! Bruce! Wake up! …… Bruce! ”

Bruce felt unexplained anxiety, and he feared that when he came to his senses, another series of troubles awaited him.

His physical condition, which was already approaching his limit, made him instinctively want to escape, but his last reason told him that the voice that woke him up was very childish, so he had to wake up.

Between the black fog and dreamy light and shadow, Bruce saw the faces of Jason and Tim, and also saw Dick standing far away at the door of the laboratory.

"I said, something must have happened to him!" Tim reached out and snatched the pill from Bruce's hand, Jason took the pill bottle and let out an exclamation, "Oh my God, where did he get this good thing?!" ”

Jason hurriedly stuffed the medicine bottle into his pocket, and Tim watched his movements and asked with some confusion, "What?" What kind of medicine is this? ”

"It's a regular analgesic! Not those secondary processing rags! Even if you get the current living hell, you can sell it for a high price of forty or fifty dollars, and for those addicts, let them trade their lives for it. ”

Jason said as he stepped forward and rolled Bruce's eyelids, sighed and said, "He's taken too many painkillers and is now in the stage of losing consciousness, what the hell is going on?" ”

Tim turned back and turned Dickla over, and as he walked he said to Dick, "Don't you see?" He's not in a good mood, he must have met something last night. ”

"He ......" Dick hesitated, but when he saw Bruce leaning on the lab table with a pale face, he still spoke, "The night I ran out with him after arguing, I met a weirdo, he claimed to be Batman, and I thought ......"

"What do you think?"

"He's more like Batman than Batman."

"Oh my God, stop kidding!" Tim patted Dick on the back and said, "Batman is here right now." ”

"It must have been an imposter who injured him!" There was a sudden hint of anger in Dick's tone, and his unstable mental state made him look a little startled, and Tim hurried to reassure him.

Jason's expression was also angry, in fact, he was the worst tempered of the three, in Gotham, every kid who messed around on the streets had a violent temper, Jason immediately turned to Tim and said, "Aren't you going to crack the combination lock?" Go to the warehouse, open the gun cabinet! ”

"No, don't, come back......" Bruce cried out in the haze, "Do me a favor, do me a favor, Dick...... Dick! ”

Hearing Bruce call his name, Dick instinctively walked over, and Bruce seemed to be completely unconscious, but instinctively shouted, "Dick, help me press that button in the third row...... Plans, drawings in the drawer. ”

Dick turned to open the drawer, but he flipped through the blueprints and said, "There's no new blueprint, aren't these all ordinary bat gear?" ”

Jason and Tim also walked up, and while Bruce was silent, the three of them studied it, and finally Jason said, "He probably needs new bat gear, but those things are in the cave now, so he wants to make a new one." ”

"Then why didn't he take it? …… Oh, he can't drive now. Dick suddenly realized.

"Dick, you stay here to take care of Bruce, Tim and I drive to get the gear, remember, don't let him take any more pills, drug addiction is no good." After Jason finished speaking, he pulled Tim quite vigorously and left.

Dick sat next to Bruce and began to cry again, he didn't know if Bruce could hear it, but he still said to himself, "I'm really sorry, I didn't know that weird guy was trying to hurt you that day." ”

"Actually, I should have noticed that he wanted to use me, and I should have known that he didn't have a good heart, but I was so angry at the time, I think you just deliberately wanted to accuse me."

Dick...... Dick ......" Confused Bruce called out Dick's name and made a sound like a mosquito buzzing, and Dick couldn't hear what he was saying, so he leaned closer.

Now Bruce didn't think rationally at all, and the impact of a large amount of analgesic drugs left him with only instinct, so he stretched out his arm and took Dick into his arms.

Dick's eyes widened in shock, and he felt Bruce hold tightly, his powerful arms squeezing his chest.

He was like a sponge, and after such pressure, love and tears were squeezed out like a waterfall.

Dick began to cry loudly, like a newborn baby, he didn't know if he saw tears in Bruce's eyes, but sadness and grievances and more, he didn't know what emotions were, he could only vent them with crying.

It wasn't until Dick began to cry in Bruce's arms, and those clips of their relationship were replaying in his mind, that Bruce realized that behind the alternation of patriarchy, there was exactly the same father and son looking in the mirror.

Bruce felt that Thomas was so stubborn, imperious, and old-fashioned that he was like a piece of wood that didn't make sense, but maybe at some point, Dick saw him that way.

Thomas made judgments without knowing anything, and used violent means to force Bruce to accept his ideas, but Bruce did not do the same with Dick.

He seemed to have the patience to communicate well, but he didn't really understand Dick at all, he didn't know why he was like this, he didn't know what he wanted, he interpreted it all as nonsense.

When many people are children, they feel that their parents are stubborn and inflexible, which is simply unreasonable, and they also say to themselves in their hearts that when they become parents, they must not become like this.

But if they could really do it, there wouldn't be so many awkward and painful family relationships in this world.

When people are in a low position, they beautify themselves, thinking that with their own willpower, even if they are in a high position, they will be able to maintain purity.

But when they are really in a high position, they will think, human nature cannot stand the test, I am just for myself, what is wrong with me.

The same goes for paternity.

When I was a son, I wanted a father who was reasonable, understood and communicated.

When I was a father, I thought, I have given him so much, I am so busy with work, and I am under so much pressure, can't it be my son who understands me?

Human beings are inherently incomprehensible to each other, and they never learn any lessons from history, and patriarchy is the epitome of both.

Therefore, the alternation of patriarchy has been carried out thousands of times, and when it falls on everyone's head, it is still extremely painful, and no one is exempt from vulgarity.

And this kind of pain didn't bring Bruce any growth, it just made him realize that he was immune to the weaknesses of human nature, but what made him feel fortunate was that everyone was like this.

Then, this made him realize that the solution to the contradictions in the patriarchal change is not to let go of the other party, but to let go of himself.

As long as you don't beautify yourself as a perfect person who is absolutely right, has strong willpower and self-control, you will not feel that you will be able to do better than anyone, and you will be able to solve it, which will bring about the oppression of being a father and the resistance of being a son.

As a father, the path I pointed out is not perfect, so if you listen to it, it is up to you whether you want to go or not, as a son, my life plan is not perfect, so I still need the opinions of others.

Only by abandoning the unjustified arrogance and self-glorification that come from the inferior nature of human beings can there be room for each to take a step back, and the space left for these can accommodate love and understanding.

Of course, there is also a possibility, Bruce, who is sitting on the ground, thinks, he takes a step back, but the other party has to inch in, when the time comes, what will he do?

At this time, Bruce thought again, what is the difference between patriarchy and power?

Father and son have a biological blood connection, however, this is not perceptible in reality, the so-called blood is thicker than water, more refers to the emotional connection, the difference between paternal power and power, is love.

And the essence of love is not to move forward aggressively, but to retreat with consideration.

Once there is no love, the relationship becomes outright exploitation and oppression.

And what to do in the face of pure exploitation and oppression, Bruce knows that he has already learned this lesson.

(End of chapter)