He carefully looked at the expression on Clark's face, and found no joking elements, nor any of the joking and belittling he had seen disguised as seriousness. This reporter named Clark Kent was serious.
.
"Why do you ask?" Jason asked with some confusion.
Clark lowered his head slightly and said: "Maybe you know the journalism industry, but not enough. After that photo spread in the industry, we found out the lives of Jason Todd and Dick Grayson within ten minutes.
."
"Honestly, it's not all smooth sailing, right?" Clark was obviously thinking about his words. He was extremely cautious in this regard, and he also fully let Jason feel his caution, and Jason knew that this was a reporter's attempt to gain trust.
methods for people.
"You two are both orphans. Please forgive me for generalizing like this. Although the circumstances are slightly different, you were both adopted by Bruce Wayne after losing your parents."
"Up to this point, he has nothing to criticize..." Clark was clearly speaking his own opinion, not that of his editor or his colleagues.
Jason knew what that would look like. He thought he was invulnerable, but when he thought about the dirty words that might appear on the front pages of tabloids, especially the long string written after Bruce Wayne's name, he still felt it.
Somewhat irritable.
"No matter what, he adopted you when you were most helpless and allowed you to survive in this dangerous city. This is a heroic act, and I am not here to criticize this."
"But your biographical information shows that you all disappeared from him later. Dick Grayson left first, and then you also disappeared and was replaced by another one."
"Children will always leave home when they grow up." Clark's fingers kept rubbing each other, and his attitude was even a little cautious, which was completely different from the power he showed just now.
In the past, Jason didn't really like the feeling of others treating him with caution, but this compassionate temperament was so suitable for Clark, and even made Jason feel awkward.
"So I'm not saying that it's wrong for you to do this. If you leave voluntarily, no one can tie you up at home. I believe Batman is not such a rigid parent."
"But I'm just making a guess, and I definitely don't mean to guide you, so you don't have to follow my words."
"I just want to say that Batman trained you as his assistants and he got help from you."
"Whether or not he actually needs this help, being a father in a superhero family gives him power over others, and he should assume corresponding responsibilities."
"Do you think he's done his duty?"
The convoluted wording gave Jason a headache, but his brain, which was good at understanding words, quickly figured out what Clark meant.
"You think Batman abused us?"
"I don't think so, Mr. Todd. My purpose has always been to confirm this." Clark paused and said, "Now almost all newspapers in the United States know it, and I have to find out the truth before they do."
"You know Batman, right?"
Clark pursed his lips and was unwilling to answer him, but said very tactfully: "If he is really this kind of person, I will ensure that someone has the ability to execute justice on him. You should know that this is not easy, and it can even be said to be very...
difficulty."
Jason was silent because he knew what Clark said was right.
Assuming that Batman is really a sadist with special habits, then given his social status, science and technology, and level of force, there is no chance that these orphans adopted by him can stand up and speak out, and they will remain silent until death.
Jason understood early on that this is how society is. It is easy to speak, but difficult to speak out. It is even more difficult to be heard by enough people and attract attention. And if the world's richest man interferes, it will be difficult to achieve success.
Then Jason began to wonder, what this reporter named Clark Kent meant was that he was here to ensure that if Batman did do something illegal, justice would be carried out.
Where did he get his confidence?
Jason dared to say that Clark saw what he was wondering about the first time, and the next second the world was spinning.
Jason was lifted up, and then found that his field of vision was getting further and further away from the floor.
The reporter threw him into the sky with one hand and then caught him and put him back on the sofa.
And he's at least 200 pounds now.
"I do possess unimaginable power, and I hope to use this power to ensure justice for everyone." Clark sat back on the sofa and said: "Personally, I don't believe in bats.
Xia would abuse his adopted son, he is not that kind of person."
"Although he is taciturn and not good at communication, his pursuit of justice is the same as mine. He may have many misunderstandings with his children, but they can be resolved in the end."
"Then why did you come?"
"Because procedural justice is necessary." Clark looked at Jason intently and said, "I must give both of you equal opportunities to speak. Even in this case, I have to give you more and give it earlier, because
Compared to Batman, you are a vulnerable group."
"Batman has many channels to speak out. Even if his identity is exposed, he is still the richest man in the world, and the assets of Wayne Group cannot disappear out of thin air."
"If he announces a press conference, reporters from all over the world will flock to him. Even if half of them choose to speak well of him because of the status of Wayne Group, he can convince the world that he is innocent."
"But you have too few opportunities to speak. You are orphans and were raised by him. All social relationships are under the control of Bruce Wayne. Even your spirit and reason will be affected by him."
"You don't have a way to tell your true thoughts, or you think you speak your true thoughts, but you are actually guided. This is unfair."
"Also, even if Wayne is caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, Wayne Group's industrial manufacturing and technology industries will not be greatly affected. He will still be a rich man. Even if his influence is not as good as before, at least he will have enough food and clothing."
"But if you have been affected by this incident, I don't even mean just losing the case, but just coming forward to accuse, it may have a tremendous impact on your life."
"I'm sorry, Jason, there are many tragedies like this in the world, and they are still happening. I can't save them all. They may have won, but their road to a better life ends here."
Clark lowered his eyes, lowered his tone, and sighed: "During my career as a journalist, I have saved more than one such tragedy, but most of them cannot be completely saved, no matter how powerful I am.
"
"Such incidents have caused too much psychological trauma to the victims. Some commit suicide and some become alcoholics. This is their own choice. I have no way or the ability to interfere."
"After the first tragedy, I understood that I must come as quickly as possible, and no matter how complicated the interests are, I will only protect you - no matter who the enemy is."
Jason felt himself shocked.
He was a little absent-minded, and finally he finally regained consciousness when he heard the sound of Clark clapping his hands.
"To tell you the truth, I have the ability to detect lies, so you only need to answer this question for me - has Batman ever abused you?"
"He didn't," Jason replied.
Clark's face suddenly sank. He stared at Jason in disbelief and said, "You are lying."
Jason instantly felt panicked. He took a deep breath, looked at Clark and said, "I didn't. What I said is true."
"Symbiote, symbiote!" Jason shouted in his heart: "What's going on? I...how did he..."
"Your heart rate fluctuated at that moment, host." The symbiote's answer was quite calm. He said: "I felt your emotions. If I want to describe it to you straightforwardly, you still have resentment towards Batman.
"
"So when you deny this problem, your heart rate and brain waves will fluctuate. If the other party has the ability to detect these two data in a subtle way, it will indeed be easily judged as a lie."
Clark had already stood up, and Jason could see from his expression that he might have locked Bruce's position.
But Jason must not let Clark go find Bruce now, because Bruce is very likely to be doing something that is not easy to talk about, something that is the product of impulse.
This would be even more difficult to explain if Clark saw it, and judging from the opponent's strength and understanding of Batman, Jason could vaguely guess the opponent's identity.
There really is no need for more confrontation, Jason thought for the first time, isn’t this messy enough?
"Stop!" Jason raised his voice, stopped Clark, and then said: "This matter is very complicated, you must listen to my explanation."
Jason could clearly feel Clark's hesitation, but more importantly, he was angry, almost furious.
What a psycho from the big city, Jason thought, why is he so angry about unrelated people?
Of course, it doesn't mean that he shouldn't do this. After all, Batman is indeed very annoying, and there are too many problems that need to be solved between them, but they are definitely not solved in the Metropolis way.
Clark finally stayed, and he sat across from Jason again, and spoke to Jason with a pressure that even Jason felt was unbearable.
"I hope you can tell me the misunderstanding you said exactly as it is, without any subjective judgment or modification. I just want to hear what happened and the exact words of the conversation at that time. If you don't remember, just say you don't remember.
, don’t make it up.”
Jason watched helplessly as Clark took out his notebook. His Adam's apple moved up and down, and the muscles on his lips moved in an indescribable manner.
Indescribable still means that after doing such activities, he should have spoken, but he didn't.
In fact, Jason knew he couldn't say it.
Batman did not physically abuse him, but psychological abuse was a matter of opinion.
But if the other party is a humanoid lie detector who can detect even such slight emotions, then how on earth is Jason going to describe the fact that he was kidnapped by the Joker so that the super-scale guy from Metropolis doesn't get angry and kill the bat?
Xia slaps it into the wall and can't even buckle it off?
