However, it seemed that in order to win the trust of these two buyers who had finally arrived, the man started his story. In fact, there was nothing to say. It was that when cleaning one day, the movement of lifting the vacuum cleaner was not very standard, causing the vacuum cleaner mouth to deviate, and the label was just right.
It just hung outside and then got sucked in.
Although the tag was finally freed from the mouth of the vacuum cleaner, the rope was torn and the tag was scratched. Obviously, the man could not reattach the rope or forge a new tag. He was discovered by his boss when he got off work.
I was asked to buy the damaged goods.
Jason read two doubts from it. First, Batman can't be stupid enough not to use a vacuum cleaner. Even if Alfred takes care of his daily life, Batman's mechanical operation skills are full of points. Not only
He can operate the Batmobile, Batplane, and any mechanical equipment he has in his hands, and he is very obedient.
Second, even if Batman does do such a stupid thing, he has ten thousand ways to make up for it before anyone finds out - including but not limited to instantly rubbing a rope that is exactly the same as the original and connecting it, and removing the scratched
A complete restoration of the label would, at the very least, be able to convince the shop owner who came over to save him from having to bear compensation.
But the man in front of him who looked exactly like Batman was helpless and waited for the worst outcome. This was too far from Batman.
So Jason began to ask other questions about the man's name and his past. There were no other customers in the store now, and the man looked extremely bored, and he actually started chatting with Jason.
This man's name is Bruce, but his surname is not Wayne, but Gordon. He said that his parents were indeed Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, but after they were killed, the Wayne Group collapsed completely, and he was also adopted by Gordon.
I went to school normally, but because I didn’t have money to go to college, I went to a community college and then started working.
Because he always wanted to investigate the death of the Waynes and his wife while handling the case impartially, Gordon suffered a vendetta from shareholders who wanted to divide the profits. He suffered a serious gunshot injury when Bruce was in middle school and is still paralyzed in bed.
Because he had to take care of Gordon, Bruce couldn't hold a long-term job and had to do odd jobs here and there. This toy store was one of the odd jobs he took. Unfortunately, he got into trouble not long after he arrived.
Jason could clearly tell that the man in front of him hoped to impress them through this story so that he could sell it at a higher price. This was similar to psychological manipulation, but it was too straightforward and simple, and the Robins stopped playing it.
Jason felt that if we look at this setting, this Bruce has some talent but not much. He failed to take the lead immediately after his parents died like in reality, or he tried to do so, but failed, which led to
Wayne Group collapsed and he was kicked out.
He can take care of patients who are paralyzed in bed while doing odd jobs. He is also relatively strong and can take care of himself very well. This shows that he still has some abilities, but he is only better than ordinary people.
Looking beyond all these stories, it is now in a dream. In other words, if the Bruce in front of him is really the Batman of his universe, then this is his image in the dream.
Would Batman wish he were an ordinary person?
Jason has never thought about this problem before, but there have been many times when he felt from the bottom of his heart that Batman was hypocritical. Is the death of his parents really enough for him to care about for so many years? Even if he witnessed it with his own eyes, his will can make him overcome everything.
Isn't it enough for him to overcome the shadow?
Jason also knew that his thoughts were a bit unsatisfactory. Standing and talking without pain in the back did not mean that he had seen more bad things at the bottom and had the stand to ask others not to suffer, so he never just thought about it.
, and does not declare it verbally.
But at this moment, he really felt that Batman was a bit hypocritical. The self-awareness of the image in his dream that was used to escape painful reality turned out to be that he was really an ordinary person who was nothing.
Jason always felt that Batman had too many unrealistic and beautiful fantasies about ordinary people's lives, just like those rich people who always talk about the troubles of rich people all day long, and sometimes being a plain-headed ordinary person would also
Good.
Jason knew very well that this was what they meant, but he didn't see them handing over all their property to others. From an ordinary person's point of view, he often thought, since you are troubled, why not give all your property to me, and I will do it for you.
Trouble, you have lived the happy days of ordinary people.
So Jason often sneered at these rich people's fantasies about ordinary people's lives. Even if it was Batman who thought so, Jason would only laugh at his stupidity in his heart. If ordinary people's lives are so good, why do everyone want to change?
You have to have money? Why is everyone complaining about not having money?
The fact is that money is really important, and the extra thoughts you have during hard times are much heavier and more annoying than the occasional earth-shattering worries of wealthy people.
Time is never a killing knife, but poor years are. Rich people all seek immortality. If life is really difficult and there are so many worries, are they self-abuse and want to prolong these painful days?
Jason sneered in his heart. He didn't expect Batman to have such a cowardly and evasive side, and this guy here was even more heavyweight. Jason glanced at Spider-Man next to him again, and didn't fight back even if he was bullied. He was ready to wait.
I want to teach those people a lesson based on social rules. I want to see how easy it is to live like this.
Jason counted out the change and slapped it on the counter table, then took the doll over. He checked it carefully and found that every part was intact except for the label.
Then he quickly squeezed through the messy counter, took a brand new Christmas bathtub duck from the shelf under the window, and stuffed it into Spider-Man's arms.
He turned to Bruce and asked, "Where did you rent a house? I need a place to live in New York for a few days. If you can introduce me to a good place, I think I can come here more often."
Bruce acted a little surprised, but it soon turned into embarrassment. To be honest, it is quite rare to have no house in the United States. Although there are many rental houses in big cities like New York, most people just don’t want to go back to their hometown to work.
, have at least one house in other states that belongs to you or your parents.
After all, the United States is so large but has a small population. There is no shortage of housing. In Europe, you can still see people crowded into buildings. The worst cities in the United States, except for megacities, are small single-family buildings.
The people who don’t own a house in the entire United States are either homeless or stowaways. The lower-class people in the United States live in poverty. Their houses may be old and they still have to pay taxes, but they don’t have to rent a house.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the loan cannot be repaid, the taxes cannot be paid, and the house is repossessed by the bank. This is also the main source of homeless people, because if the loan is not repaid, the credit score will definitely be at the bottom.
It’s very difficult to work. If you don’t have a job and you can’t rent a house, you will naturally become a homeless person.
When Jason asked, he found out that this was indeed the case. Gordon was not injured on the job, but was attacked on his day off. Without compensation and medical treatment, he had no choice but to borrow a loan.
Because of the seriousness of the injury, the insurance could not reimburse much, so I spent a lot of money on the loan, but I lost my ability to work and could not repay the loan at all, so I had to hand over the collateral to the bank.
At that time, Bruce was underage and couldn't work. The two stayed with Gordon's old colleagues for a while. After Bruce became an adult and made money, he rented a house with Gordon and moved out.
"Where's Barbara?" Jason asked.
"They are divorced." Bruce reacted as soon as he finished speaking. He didn't know how Jason knew about Barbara.
"I mean, don't they have kids?"
"Yes, but that girl has been following Gordon's ex-wife and is now studying in another city. Gordon doesn't want to drag them down, so he has never had contact with them."
After understanding the basic situation, Jason couldn't help but think to himself. It makes you want to be an ordinary person. Patients who are paralyzed in bed for a long time are not so easy to take care of. If they are completely paralyzed, it will be even worse.
"I can introduce you to the place where I rent a house, but don't expect any good environment. I only have one requirement for renting a house, and that is that it is cheap." Bruce wiped his hands on his apron again and said, "Thank you for buying.
Take this, otherwise I will lose a lot of wages again, it is getting late, I have to go to the restaurant to work, goodbye."
Jason looked at his back walking towards the back door and sighed deeply. For the first time, he felt what it means to hate iron but not to make steel. It is not appropriate to leave nice rich people and super geniuses alone. This is not about escaping reality, but others are escaping.
The reality is all fantasy and a better life. You come here to work in cyberspace.
Wait, even in the fantasy, it is just that the parents are adopted after their death, not that the parents are not dead. Is this psychological shadow serious enough?
Jason was full of emotions, but at this time Spider-Man had already hugged him and cheered, "You are so awesome, Jason! You only spent half the money to buy two toys, and they are both limited editions! It's so cool
Already!!!”
Jason looked at the two toys Spider-Man was holding with some disgust. He had already passed the age of using a duck in the bath and holding a doll when sleeping. Besides, even at this age, he didn't need these.
It's simply too childish to comfort yourself with something.
Looking at Spider-Man's happy smile, Jason was still a little confused and thought, why is it necessary to put a duck in the bathtub when taking a bath? What is the function of this thing? It only plays a styling role?
He couldn't understand it at all, and Jason didn't care. He walked out of the gift shop with Spider-Man. Spider-Man happily held two toys and said as he walked: "Actually, this gift shop is a bit far from my community.
On the contrary, it is relatively close to our school, but this time the Christmas limited edition is only available in this store. Fortunately, I came early."
Jason agreed with this point, because when he just went to pick up the Christmas duck, he found that it was the last one besides the one in the window. It is also possible that this store only has one, and if he comes later, he may not be able to buy it.
As soon as they walked out of the street of the gift shop, they turned a corner and heard a cry, "Isn't this little poor Peter? Why are you here?"
Jason took a look and saw a classic American bullying group of three people walking across from them. The leader was a big guy - at least compared to Spider-Man, he was a big guy.
"Thompson??? You... you didn't train today? I, I, I, I, I, I, too... I..."