[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

The number one Gotham suspect is a young teenager, Tyler Smith.He was finishing his nightclub work and leaving by the back door to go home.The deafening sound waves in the store made him completely unaware that Batman and Robin were behind him. It wasn't until he closed the iron door, blocking the buzzing bass and the crowd's cheers and screams, that Taylor vaguely felt something Two piercing eyes were staring at him.

At first he thought it was a robber.His part-time salary is settled by the hour every day. After all, he is not even old enough to legally go to a bar to drink. Of course, it is impossible to get paid on a monthly basis with a formal employment contract.But in Gotham, no one cares about this paperwork. As long as the employer is willing to pay and the employees are quick enough, other people don't bother to care whether you are of legal age or not.

At the same time, there were robbers who specifically targeted illegal workers like Taylor.They squatted at the back doors of bars, nightclubs, and dance halls, waiting for young illegal workers to appear and rob them. In order not to get into trouble, these young people who were in urgent need of money would not report to the police, but would just touch their noses. I think I am unlucky.All in all, as long as you don't kill people, everything will be easy.

Tyler quietly reached into the inside of his jacket. He hid a screwdriver on his body just to deal with this situation. If the robber was not too aggressive, maybe he could beat him back.

"Well, my conscience suggests that you'd better not do this." The robber's voice was much younger than Taylor had imagined, in fact he sounded like a child.

"What?" Taylor turned around hesitantly, wondering if it was a prank by a kid he knew to scare him, but the moment he turned his head, his feet went limp and he leaned directly against the door so that he didn't fall to the ground.

Gotham's Dark Knight and Robin are double-teaming him from left to right.

"Oh, my God!" Taylor fumbled for the door lock in a panic, trying to hide back into the store—in fact, anywhere, as long as he didn't get close to this black bat that seemed to tear him apart at any time.

"Stay away from me!" he screamed, the door lock that could be found with eyes closed in the past seemed to have never existed at this moment, Taylor could only take out the screwdriver in his arms and wave it in front of his eyes, "Go away I didn't break the law, you can't catch me!"

"Brother, aren't you exaggerating too much?" Robin easily dodged Taylor's chaotic pokes, grabbed the opponent's wrist and took his only weapon with a little force, "We will return everything." Didn't do it!"

"What the hell are you cloaked freaks doing!" Losing his last hope of self-defense, Taylor shrank hysterically at the door and screamed. Since when did Batman control teenagers working illegally?Will he go to jail?He doesn't want to be seen as a criminal, he just wants to save money fast!

"Taylor Smith." Batman stepped forward, a pitch-black bat suit and cape billowing in the wind made him look more like a demon in a ghost story in a dark back alley. I've been to the bathroom first, or I'd be peeing wet by now.

"What's your relationship with Gloria Cooper?" Batman suddenly approached Taylor, and a photo of a girl's life appeared on the tip of Taylor's nose. In the photo, Gloria's eyes seemed to be staring directly at him.

"She's my sister's friend, I've met her once or twice, that's all! Is it because of her suicide? I'm sorry she died, okay? But I really don't know the details!" Taylor panicked Zhang's took out his mobile phone, and almost threw the small palm-sized thing flying, "You can ask my sister! I don't know Cooper at all, really!"

No one answered Taylor's cell phone, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Robin pose as a "thinker" with the wooden crates piled up by the door, and say something that made his blood run cold: "Oh , then maybe we should ask Miss Talia Smith what is the relationship with Gloria?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, you must have misunderstood the person." Taylor's tone suddenly stiffened, and when he asked him about Gloria, he just wanted to play dumb.When the name "Talia" appeared, Taylor began to strongly deny it.

"Don't play tricks, we know that you are running this fake account, and you used the identity of 'Talia' to approach Gloria on the Internet a year ago, what did you do to her!" Batman grabbed Tyler's collar lifted him up against the wall, and compared to Batman's physique, the teenager looked like a miserable chicken, kicking with both feet in the air.

"No! We were just talking! God, I swear I didn't do anything!" Tyler finally cried, his shoulders shaking with his sobs, "I swear to God I didn't really do anything other than chat Why don't you let me go!"

"Yeah, it seems that any honest man who wants to make friends with a little girl will choose to pretend to be a girl and approach each other. It's really convincing. I'm almost going to believe you!" Robin said Dramatic cadence, as if Taylor's swearing was a poor performance.

"That's because I'm a woman!" Tyler screamed while crying, causing Robin to subconsciously look at Taylor's lower body, and then got another sharp yell, "Look at the fart La!"

Batman loosened his grip on Tyler, allowing the trembling teenager (girl?) to slide slowly down the wall and collapse on the ground.

"Transgender women?" Batman asked Tyler calmly, a little softer this time.

"You don't need to use such a formal term to cover up. If you want to say that I am a pervert, just say it. It's not the first time I've heard someone say that." Taylor—Talia—stared fiercely at the The vigilante, with a flushed face, didn't know whether it was because of anger or shame or both, "Let me just say this once: I didn't hurt Gloria, she is my sister's friend, she is just like me Another sister! So no matter who you are looking for, I am not the one you are looking for. Get out of your mother｜｜ asshole!"

Robin jumped off the wooden crate and stood awkwardly in the middle of the road, not sure whether to step forward or wait for Batman's order.He felt terrible, not because they found the wrong person, but because he thought he was smart and made the other party suffer several times.

That's right, he didn't know Taylor's mental state. He thought it was a suspect who wanted to quibble, but in fact his words really hurt the other party.

"I'm sorry." Robin fished out a tissue from his belt pocket and handed it to Talia, "I didn't mean to mock your gender."

"Whatever you say, I don't care what you guys think, sympathy or disgust is up to you. Please let me go, I just want to go home, take a shower and sleep, I have an early shift tomorrow morning." Terri Ya refused Robin's tissue, stood up against the wall and wanted to leave, but was blocked by Batman, "What else do you want!"

"B, I don't think the culprit should be him...she, maybe we should let her go?" Robin looked guiltily at Talia, who was in a mess, and turned to look at his unyielding mentor pleadingly.

"No, Robin. She hasn't finished answering my question yet, and her gender doesn't rule out her involvement in the case." Batman's cold answer made Robin flinch, and the Dark Knight turned his gaze back to Teri. On Ya, he recounted his question again: "You said you and Gloria are friends, why did you choose to meet her as a woman?"

"Because...because she's a good girl, I really like her like I like my own sister. I heard her chatting with my sisters, and they complained that there were no sisters at home to play with..." Tai Lia took a trembling breath and continued, "My sister knows about my... condition, and she's the only one in the family who doesn't think I'm sick, but she can't tell Gloria, 'It's okay, I'll give you my older brother as your older sister!' So she made up a cousin who lives in another state, and then I befriended her with a female account, and the three of us would chat about girly stuff online, A boy you have a crush on or something."

Talia's tears flowed down again.

"My sister, she just wants to help. She wants me to at least be online...to be myself. To be Talia, not Taylor. I know it's a lie to Gloria, so I Be careful all the time. And I've been working to save money, and when I save enough money, I'll have surgery, and then..."

"Then you can face Gloria as Talia, and the lie becomes the truth. You can continue to be good sisters, real good sisters, not just through the Internet." Robin Gang Talia, who was sobbing, finished what she wanted to say, "That's why your account was suspended after Gloria passed away, because it was unnecessary."

Robin picked up the tissue again and handed it over, this time Talia didn't refuse.

"Are you done?" Talia took a deep breath, wiped away her tears and snot, and controlled her expression.

"One more question." Batman took out a small piece of paper, on which were written the five most suspicious accounts after Jason's investigation, "Among these people, did Gloria and you or your sister specifically mention ever?"

Talia took the small piece of paper, read each ID carefully under the dim light of the street light, and pointed out one with some hesitation: "I remember it seems to be this, 'Finny G', um, it should be this. Ge Luo Liya said that she sometimes acted very childish, but my sister thought it was just pretending, you know... Girls deliberately pretend to be stupid and let other people take special care of her like that? I don't have any impression of the others, these What is the problem? You keep talking about suspects, I thought Gloria committed suicide? Could it be..."

"Thank you for your cooperation. I will come to you again if necessary." Batman left the scene with the hook gun without hesitation, leaving a threat implying "don't try to escape" as usual, and his face turned pale and was still in shock. Talia.

"My God! My God!" Talia patted her chest, as if she was still immersed in her own terrible reasoning, "but...why did the police say she committed suicide?"

"Hey, sister, calm down." Robin poked Talia and called her out of her own world, "Uh, I still have wet tissues, do you want more? Do you want a comb? It's not good for you to go home like this." Jason compared Talia's messy hair in a bird's nest after this torment, and the dirt on her trousers can be covered with a coat. This kind of violent hairstyle is walking on the road It's a bright neon sign saying "I'm so miserable, you're welcome to hit me when I'm down."

"What kind of hero actually wears a comb?" Talia looked at the fan-shaped wipes, flat comb, and facial tissue in Jason's hands, and burst out laughing, but she still thanked her Take the comb and start flattening the hair.

Robin signaled Talia to keep the flat comb, shrugged and put away other cleaning supplies, "Many times we finish dealing with prisoners who raped women, and they would want to make themselves look tidy before leaving the scene. And… I asked privately, and someone said that the act of brushing my hair is therapeutic, and it’s not heavy anyway, so I’m used to having one with me. It’s proven to be helpful.”

"Ha, if you ignore that mouth, you really are a caring little gentleman." Talia stuffed the comb into her pocket, patted the top and trousers, "When you get older, the girls who have a crush on you must have queue".

"I...I'm very busy, focusing on the task of maintaining peace in Gotham!" Robin lowered his head to hide his embarrassment with the action of drawing a hook gun, and took one last look at Talia before leaving, "Trust me, Whoever caused Gloria's suicide is responsible for it. And... I like Taylor a little more than Talia. I mean... being yourself doesn't have to be a total denial You used to be, right?"

With a "come on!" and a thumb, Robin's figure flew in the direction Batman left, leaving Tyler standing still looking up at the night sky of Gotham.

"Now I know why people say Robin is Wonder Boy."

Shaking his head, he put his hands in his trouser pockets and started on his way home.Although the screwdriver was lost, Taylor felt particularly safe with the cheap plastic flat comb in his pocket.

***

Jason caught up with Batman on the rooftop at the next block.He knew that his conversations with Tyler were being transmitted to Batman through the headset, so when he got closer and saw the slightly upward angle of Batman's mouth, Jason was at a loss.

"Good job, Robin." Batman said, pulling away the cloak to wrap Jason in, blocking the cold wind blowing in front of him, "It's much better than the first time."

His sight was blocked by the black cloak, but what Jason felt was incomparable peace of mind and satisfaction——B praised him!Jason made himself a fool laughing in the darkness.

The wind stopped, and Jason reluctantly showed his head, grabbing the cloak with both hands to prevent Batman from taking it off: "B, the weather is getting colder."

"what do you mean?"

"Hey, isn't there a winter version of Robin's uniform? Trousers or something."

"Dick didn't make that request..."

"However, you haven't doubted that Grayson is not a superhuman in the past ten years? His superpower is to prevent the cold!"

"Focus, Robin, we have another major suspect to investigate."

"Oh! Good! This one can finally be beaten!" Jason finally let go of his cloak and jumped out, walking quickly in the cold air, "Hurry up, old man, we don't have a whole night Time can be wasted! GO!"

Watching Robin rush out like ADHD, Batman couldn't help complaining a little into the headset: "This is so difficult, Penny One."

Penny One, who was on standby in the Batcave, responded to the master's complaint with a meaningful "hmm".

——Did you know?My dear master.