(This plot may have relatively frequent storyboard switching, be careful of motion sickness, I have warned you!)
"What surprises me is that the new generation in this city is far less chaotic and vicious than they appear on the outside. Under their pretentious appearance, they have a calm and far-sighted heart. This will be my brother. Tan’s future lies.”
"What they did shocked me very much, and it all started with the storm that came that night..."
The nib of the pen was raised, and Bruce gently touched the side of the pen with his fingers. He looked up at the heavy rain outside the wooden curtains. The raindrops slapped on the glass, leaving dense water droplets.
The water droplets slid down and disappeared at the bottom of the window sill. On the table, under the dim light of the desk lamp, the tooth marks of a page torn out of the calendar were clearly visible, and a circle was drawn on the date number, written I added a few words, "There are still two days until the paper is due."
Seeing this date, Bruce looked at the progress of the article in his hand. He knew that he should speed up.
The rain outside the window reminded him of the storm he had experienced in the children's gang at the beginning of the exam.
The heavy rain in Gotham not only brought a good night's sleep to the residents of the wealthy areas, but also brought an unnecessary disaster to the children struggling in the streets.
It rains all night when the house leaks. This saying is not just a common saying. Rain leaking in the house is a very scary thing for children, because everyone knows that a cold is the most terrible terminal disease, and a fever is a death sentence. Book,
Therefore, after discovering that the originally safe base was leaking, the first thing that invaded the place was panic.
"Stop it! Stop screaming!" Bruce shouted: "Calm down, as long as we fix the leaks during the day, there won't be water in the night!!"
"What do you know, outsiders? We have to drain the rainwater outside first. Let's go out and find the water pipe first..."
"No, we have to go upstairs first and let them check their drainage facilities. The problem must be with them!"
"But if the water on the street is not drained out, it will still leak if it rains tonight. We should go find those adults..."
"But the gangsters won't listen to us. They will only drain the water at the gate first and won't take care of us. We have to find a way on our own!"
"I also promised someone to send something to me today, I have to go there quickly!"
"You can't leave. Don't you want our home anymore?"
"But if we don't make money, will we all go hungry?"
The room was full of messy conversations. Some children were proposing solutions, and some were refuting solutions. Some children wanted to go out, and some wanted to stop them. The younger children felt scared, and the older children While trying to appease them, the whole scene was in chaos, and Bruce didn't know where to start.
He wanted to reason with these children, but no one listened. He wanted to propose a solution, but many people thought he didn't understand anything. He wanted to appease their emotions, but Batman was really bad at comforting people.
Bruce knew very well that if the water could not be removed from the house and the leaks repaired when the temperature was at its highest, then once night fell and the temperature dropped, the work would be more difficult.
These healthy children may catch colds and fevers, and Jason, who was already injured, may die if he catches another cold.
Bruce took a deep breath and looked around. Then he found a tin bucket, picked up a wooden stick from the side, and knocked the bucket hard.
"Bang! Bang bang bang!!"
Several loud and concussive noises were heard, and all the children looked at him. Bruce let out a sigh of relief and said, "I am an adult, and you are children. You all listen to me!"
There were whispers from below again, and Bruce had to hold the wooden stick, point at the child who made the noise, and said: "If you have any opinions, come and say..."
Looking at the wooden stick in his hand, the child squeaked and cursed in a low voice, but still made no sound.
The anxiety in Bruce's heart urged him to resolve the matter quickly, so he didn't pay too much attention to the wording and seemed very straightforward. He said: "Now, everyone is divided into three groups, namely the ground group, the indoor group and the normal life group...
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"The ground group is composed of older children. They go to the ground to check the drainage pipes and communicate with the gangs. You, you... and you, you guys look stronger, and you are assigned to the ground group..."
"The people in the indoor team took buckets, scooped out the leaking water in the house, and then repaired the leaking area..."
"Everyone who has work to do today will be assigned to the normal life group to earn money to buy food..."
"Okay, now, start working!"
Bruce knocked the bucket twice more hard. All children, look at me and I look at you.
They also know that Jason is injured and needs to rest. If he fails to recover well, the consequences will be more serious. Since he allows this weirdo to temporarily lead the gang, it means that he is still trustworthy. In this case, let's work.
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Finally, everyone got moving, and Bruce breathed a sigh of relief, but within two minutes, a problem arose.
The children in the indoor group came back and reported that there was no bucket. Bruce discovered that there was a plastic gasoline bucket in the nearby warehouse room, so he asked them to use this instead of the bucket.
However, the opening of the plastic oil drum was too small, making it very inconvenient to fill with water, so Bruce wanted to cut it open so that the upper and lower parts became two containers with larger openings.
But the problem is that there are no tools to cut them. The daggers in the warehouse are good for stabbing people, but they have no cutting ability. However, the quality of the gas and oil barrels I picked up is not bad, and it took a long time to cut them.
Finally, Bruce found a rusty ax and split the gasoline barrel open, thus solving the container problem.
After a while, the ground team came to report again, saying that the gang really only focused on their front door and did not care about the inside of the street. The drainage facilities were overloaded and the water could not drain out at all. It was impossible to hope for dredging.
In this case, we can only seal up every possible leakage point in the basement and turn it into a can that can isolate rainwater.
But the sealing material became a problem again. The paper shell and wooden board could not seal well, and water leaked in from the door cracks and steps.
Bruce didn't dare to go away to get materials. After all, although these children were strong on the surface, they must be worried in their hearts. If Jason was injured and he left again, these children would definitely be in chaos like headless flies.
Bruce stepped forward and checked the basement door and found that there was no sealing condition at all, and there were leaks in two corners of the basement. Without professional waterproofing materials, the water that leaked in tonight would probably be flooded.
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Bruce thought for a while and made the wisest choice. He said: "Leave here and find another place to avoid."
"No!" Sister Six Fingers was the first to object. She said, "This is our home, we can't give up here."
"It's not that I gave up here." Bruce said calmly: "It's just that we encountered some unexpected disasters and we need to find a higher place to take shelter. We will come back after one night."
"But..." Sister Liuzhi still frowned and said, "Is there any higher ground here? Even if there is, it must have been occupied by other gangs. It is impossible for us to rob those big gangs.
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After saying that, she looked around for a week. After the children who could go out to work left, the remaining children here were very thin and very young. They couldn't be counted on to fight for the territory, let alone to scold them.
"When I came here before, I saw a piece of wasteland in the back street. It has high terrain, a hillside, and can drain water. It should be possible to escape danger there..." Bruce pondered for a moment and said, "The soil under Gotham is very suitable for draining water. If it can be done,
Set up a temporary camp there and we should be able to spend tonight."
"Oh!" Sister Liuzhi suddenly exclaimed and said, ""That's right, we can go there, and we also have a natural campsite!"
Everyone looked at him, and Sister Six Fingers spoke up: "Remember that truck we got back before? It's parked nearby. As long as we build a roof for the truck, we can stay there for the night and come back during the day tomorrow.
tidy."
Bruce's eyes lit up, and he asked: "You got a truck. Does it have an engine?"
"Yes, but it's broken and hasn't been repaired yet. Moreover, the car is very badly damaged. We had Little Slicker come here before. He repaired it for a long time, but it still wasn't completely repaired. I'm afraid it will be difficult to drive it out..."
Bruce nodded and said, "Okay, the first priority now is to find a place to stay. I'll go to the truck first and have a look. If possible, you can find a few people to carry Jason, and we'll move there first."
Several older children nodded, and Bruce took the lead to walk out of the cellar door. Although he didn't bring any equipment this time, he was wearing more practical clothes. His boots were absolutely waterproof, and
Very warm, the jacket can also be used as a raincoat.
It was still raining lightly outside, and as the children said, the whole street was full of water. Bruce wore his boots and waded through various puddles, feeling his feet a little cold.
Bruce looked up and saw some gang members cleaning up the intersection in the distance. They didn't care about this place. After all, the avenue they were on had more potholes and more water accumulation, and the building they were in was...
It is also relatively old, and many places are cold and wet, so we have to work hard to seal it.
Bruce didn't see other members of the Kid Gang, but he saw a small hand sticking out of a basement top window, holding half a water bottle and scooping out water.
It seems that most of the kid gangs are in a similar situation. After all, their bases are underground and this is an old residential area, so water leakage is inevitable.
Bruce walked around to the back of the building, saw the wasteland, and saw the truck, and then he realized that the truck looked familiar.
Isn’t this the one he abandoned before???
"When I saw that truck, I was very surprised. I never believed in fate and opportunity before, but some things are indeed such coincidences. That failed career as a truck driver left me with the only precious thing.
The relic became my Noah's Ark to cross the world-destroying flood..."
In the study room of the manor, Bruce stretched his somewhat stiff neck, and then continued to write:
"During this period of my life, I was surprised to find that I had more positive emotions, and I would even be surprised to find a broken truck."
"At first, I didn't know if this was a good thing, but I heard the children cheering. They were really happy..."
"And this rainy night adventure has just begun..."