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Chapter 113: Going to work to get off work, Barry is burdened

Looking at Bruce in front of her, gazing at Bruce's mature face, Martha's face was filled with visible joy.

Just like Bruce remembered, compared to his strict and stern father, his mother always had a smile on her face. Especially when she was in front of him, no matter what happened, as long as she saw him, his mother would smile happily from the bottom of her heart.

Although she hasn't seen me for a long time, the smile on my mother's face is still as warm as the sun...

Reaching out her hand, Martha said somewhat sadly:
"You must be exhausted, little Bruce... You are young and strong, but you have to shoulder so much responsibility so early. Even just looking at you, I can feel the pain in your body."

"..."

Bruce was silent, but his reason told him that he should push the woman away because she was not his mother... at least, not his biological mother in this world. Similarly, he was not the little Bruce in her memory.

But there was a long silence, and finally, Bruce just said in a cold voice: "It's nothing."

"No, no, Bruce, I'm your mother."

Martha looked at Bruce worriedly and said with a sad face:
"Thomas and I were absent from your childhood... It wouldn't be like this. We should have been a happy family. I know and understand why you became like this. Just like Thomas and I, we became like this because we lost you."

"But you don't need to worry about this anymore."

Facing Bruce's gradually widening eyes, Martha said with concern: "Dad and Mom are back... Don't listen to your dad's stupid words. It's up to you whether you want to be Batman or not. We will help you."

As she said this, Martha smiled. Although she had tried her best to suppress her smile, the faint scar on her cheek still made her smile look a little eerie and scary.

"Mom and Dad will protect you, no matter who your enemy is, anyone who wants to hurt you, even if they just have such evil thoughts in their hearts, Mom and Dad will help you deal with them!"

Martha said, "It's like a gift from me to you today! Do you like it?"

Hearing Martha's words, Bruce's eyes widened for a moment, and he recalled the stiff smile on the Joker's face, and then he pushed Martha away. Without waiting for Martha, who was full of doubt, to ask, Bruce stretched out his hand to stop her from approaching him, and said with a solemn and indifferent look:

"That's enough! That's it!"

Hearing the indifference in Bruce's words, Martha's eyes revealed a trace of sadness, but this trace of sadness did not shake Martha's spirit. Raising her head again, Martha just looked at Bruce quietly. After a moment, Martha also took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Then she forced a smile and said:

"Little Bruce... has finally grown up."

Hearing this, Bruce's eyes flickered twice, but he eventually regained his composure and did not let this emotion interfere with his rationality.

"No, Martha, you know, you're just from another world..."

Before Bruce could finish, Martha said, "Hasn't Thomas made it clear to you? My child, we don't care about this matter at all."

Having said that, Martha did not choose to continue to entangle, but looked at Bruce and said:
"I knew it from the beginning, but what does it matter? Can a mother's love be erased just because the world is different? Can you be indifferent to our presence just because the world is different?"

"No, Bruce… I can hear your heartbeat. It's little Bruce's heartbeat, not Batman's heartbeat."

Martha looked at Bruce and said, "This is a mother's intuition..."

Bruce: "..."

Bruce remained silent. They stared at each other for a moment, and Martha's eyes showed a hint of sadness. Thomas came over and gently supported Martha's body, which was shaking a little.

They looked at each other, and although they didn't say anything, this couple who had suffered a lot understood each other's intentions with just a glance.

Martha nodded, and seeing this, Thomas reached out and held Martha's hand, expressing her husband's commitment with action.

Turning his gaze back to Bruce, Thomas said in a similarly low but hoarse voice as Bruce's:

"Although this was all expected, there is no doubt that you have hurt a mother's heart."

Bruce: "..."

Bruce was still just standing there, the bat mask with cape attached covering his face, making it impossible to see what Bruce's expression was.

But it is foreseeable that Bruce's heart is definitely not as calm as he appears.

Thomas did not ask any further questions, but simply said, "Martha and I will leave here, and you don't need to stop us, because you can't keep us here, just like you can't even disable the security system of Wayne Manor now."

"I know why you insist on Batman's ideals. Similarly, I also know how to make you give up this unnecessary paranoia..."

"Now, face reality."

Thomas said: "This night sky no longer belongs to you alone."

As he spoke, Thomas and Martha, who had adjusted her posture, supported each other and then turned and left.

During the process, Martha's eyes were still fixed on Bruce's figure, but Bruce remained unmoved until Martha and Thomas walked past Bruce and, under the guidance of Alfred, got into an old-fashioned car that had been prepared long ago.

Looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the hall at the car passing through the gate of Wayne Manor and driving off into the distance, Bruce's body gradually relaxed.

Perhaps because he was too tense before, now that he relaxed, Bruce's body even felt a little weak, and he subconsciously fell onto the sofa beside him.

Seeing this, thinking that Bruce was poisoned by some unknown toxin, Drake and Barbara from the Bat Family immediately ran over and asked nervously if he had encountered any problems, whether he needed to make an antidote or contact other members of the Justice League.

In response, Bruce just waved his hand and then looked at Barry on the side.

Looking at Barry who stuffed his head into the corner like an ostrich pretending that he knew nothing, Bruce was silent at first. Then he shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, Barry... I don't blame you, but now that it has come to this, you have to at least tell me the truth." "Ha... Haha..."

Hearing Bruce's voice, the corners of Barry's mouth twitched twice, and there was a slight embarrassment on his face.

On the other hand, Ron somehow found the Joker's head that Bruce had placed in the Batcave waiting for analysis.

Looking at the head that fans called "Ugly Master", Ron also looked around with interest.

Should we say she is worthy of being the clown's wife? Martha's craftsmanship is indeed very exquisite. She clearly cut off the clown's head, but the overall impact was not great. The cross section of the neck was smooth and flat, and the sharp knife pierced in, cutting along the texture of the bones and muscles. Although he did not see it with his own eyes, Ron was sure that the cutting process must have been extremely smooth and harmonious.

But before she became a clown, Martha was a good girl who had never even killed a chicken, but now she can use such knife skills so skillfully.

Sure enough, it has something to do with the mysterious energy environment that has been completely integrated into Gotham's air circulation...

Thinking of this, Ron looked at the Gotham sky through the window with interest.

Before joining the World Tree, there were many things in this world that Ron could not understand. For example, in Gotham today, it was hard to imagine what kind of environment could produce such a great people.

And now, through the new member benefits, Ron has a very clear understanding of the secret energy. After having a full understanding of this basic substance that constitutes all things and even the spirits of living beings, he found that many things that were previously incomprehensible can be felt more or less through the connection of secret energy.

At least now, it's not just talk that Gotham will change everyone.

Thinking of this, Ron also felt the special secret power hidden in the smile on the clown's head.

Or it could be said to be a special secret energy creation - the Dionysus factor.

In the DC universe, the Dionysus factor is a green liquid metal. It only repairs itself when the host is hurt. At other times, the Dionysus factor is hidden and cannot be observed by any means. The Dionysus factor was not born in Gotham. It existed on Earth long before human civilization grew. It also appears in many mythological stories. It is also because of the existence of the Dionysus factor that the Earth has the ability to self-repair that other planets in the universe do not have.

Thinking about this, Ron looked at Bruce beside him. Bruce was also looking at Ron. It was obvious that Batman had a lot to ask Ron. At least, he wanted to find out what his parents' arrival would cause and whether it would lead to irreversible consequences.

"Actually, you can rest assured about this~" Seeing Bruce's concerns, Ron said with a smile:

"Now Thomas is considered the World Tree, that is, a special non-staff member of the world itself, and a wedge connecting the two worlds. In this case, the appearance of him and Martha will not cause a time and space disaster due to material exchange. Of course, this is only for the world. Anyway, judging from the personalities of Thomas and Martha, they will never let Gotham continue to hurt their beloved little Bruce~"

Hearing this, Bruce nodded in his heart - as long as the impact of the matter can be limited to Gotham, that's enough. Although it's still a headache and a thorny issue, at least it won't attract the attention of other people in the Justice League.

"However, during the reincarnation process, the remaining poison from another world may also affect this world, so you'd better be prepared in advance."

"...Got it." Bruce nodded and was about to ask something else, but he saw Ron throwing the clown's head at him.

"Keep it well, maybe it will be useful in the future."

"……What's the meaning?"

Listening to Bruce's words, Ron said indifferently: "Although it may sound strange to say this, the Joker is your best partner when facing an enemy that is difficult to defeat. Of course, you can also choose to refuse and let your parents in another world see how brave you are when you grow up."

"..."

Bruce didn't say anything, just stared at the clown's head that Ron threw at him for a while, then said, "He's dead."

"You just think he's dead."

Ron said, "If you think about it, in the ancient ballads and stories, heroic epics are always accompanied by miraculous healing, eternal youth, and victory over death..."

"The magical herb that can keep people young from the time of Gilgamesh, the fountain of youth in a town in the ancient Macedonian Empire, the strange beast that can make you live for three thousand years with just one ride, and the flesh of a mermaid that can make you live for eight hundred years with just one bite..."

"Its essence is the Dionysus factor, a special secret energy structure."

Hearing this, Bruce narrowed his eyes and looked at the clown's head in his hand.

"This secret energy structure is called the 'Dionysus Factor'. It is a magical ingredient that can only be observed and take effect when one is near death. The Joker possesses the highest purity of the Dionysus Factor."

After hearing Ron's words, Bruce more or less guessed what Ron wanted to express. But in the end, Bruce just shook his head.

“This is just courting disaster.”

"No, this is the greatest pleasure for him. I believe he will be happy to help his dear Batman~"

As he said this, Ron patted the non-existent dust on his shoulders and said, "You can ask Barry about the rest. Things here are finally done. I'm going back to rest."

As the voice fell, before Bruce and the others could react, a space door appeared behind Ron. He stepped into it, and then Ron disappeared.

Looking at the empty place, Bruce nodded thoughtfully, then clapped his hands and said, "This matter ends here...Drake, you and Barbara will rebuild the defense system of the Batcave. Todd, you will strengthen patrols during this period, at least to determine the current activity area of ​​those two people."

Needless to say, those two people must be Old Bat and Mrs. Joker.

It was a tough job, but Todd had no objection and simply nodded.

Then Bruce turned his gaze to Barry.

"Barry, let's go have a meal first."

Hearing this, Barry, with a sad and desperate face, was dragged by Bruce to the restaurant nearby.

(End of this chapter)