Chapter 279: Gotham Playing House (Part 1)

In the night of Gotham, the cylindrical lights from the car headlights gradually turned from the corner, and then shone straight on the street. A sports car slowly drove to the door of a circus station in the western suburbs of Gotham.

The people who got out of the car seemed to be a young couple. The tall father held his daughter in front, and the mother followed with tickets and bags. On the surface, this was a very harmonious family of three, but everything ended with a scream from the daughter in the father's arms.

"Wow!!!"

"Don't scream." Bruce covered Aisha's mouth with one hand, his voice was tired. Selina came up, took his arm and said, "You'd better not cover his mouth. What if he gets bit again?"

Bruce sighed and took his hand down. Aisha in his arms was very restless and wanted to jump out of his arms, but was stopped by Bruce with his other arm.

And why this family of three appeared in front of the circus, we have to start from the extremely "harmonious" parent-child time in the past few days.

Theoretically, as long as Bruce wants to learn, there is nothing in this world that he cannot learn, including parenting theory. But coincidentally, all parenting theories in this world are basically only in the theoretical stage. In actual operation, these theories cannot be said to be of great benefit, but can only be said to be useless.

There is no parenting theory in this world that teaches you how to deal with an ancient chaotic creature of the universe that was hatched from a part of the soul in a dream. Therefore, after Bruce studied parenting theory for ten minutes, he realized that he might have to create a new subject himself.

But as the old saying goes, practice makes perfect, and the same is true in raising children. After three days of getting along with Aisha, Bruce really found a rule.

I don’t know whether it is the characteristics of chaotic creatures or the characteristics of children. Aisha is very interested in things that move and make sounds.

Originally, this should have touched on Bruce’s area of ​​expertise, such as building a robot or a toy car to play with Aisha, but later he found that Aisha didn’t like to watch moving things, but liked to watch moving people.

How Bruce discovered this pattern is thanks to Selina.

Because Bruce was in urgent need of help, Selina stayed in Wayne Manor these days. The old butler Alfred was very happy, but Selina herself was a little unhappy.

Although it was hard to take care of children, she could endure it for Bruce, but the artistic cells engraved in her bones really had nowhere to radiate, so Selina built a horizontal bar on the lawn of the manor and swung on it when she had nothing to do to consolidate her acrobatic foundation.

Then Bruce found that when Aisha watched Selina playing on the horizontal bar, she would be surprisingly quiet, and could even stay silent for ten minutes.

Bruce and Selina were like a treasure. During the day, Selina swung on the horizontal bar, performing various acrobatic moves to coax Aisha to play. At night, Batman drove his Batmobile and took Aisha to race on the highway in Gotham.

As for why it was the Batmobile, it was because Elsa only liked the kind of car that could make a huge roar. Other sports cars didn't have enough horsepower, so Elsa would start to scream when she sat in them. Only when the Batmobile reached the highest speed could she be a little quieter.

The life of the past two days was that during the day, Selina performed acrobatics for Elsa, such as flying in the air, flying over eaves and walls, drilling fire rings, unicycles, etc. It can be said that if Catwoman's professional ability was a little worse, she would not be able to last these three days.

At night, the roar of the Batmobile would resound through the streets and alleys of Gotham. These days, the criminals in Gotham were completely grounded. No matter who heard the terrible engine sound of the Batmobile all night long, their hearts would be pounding.

But this situation ended on the third night, because the tires of the Batmobile were stolen.

Yes, you read that right. The tires of the Batmobile, which cost tens of millions of dollars, were pried away.

The incident happened on an evening when Bruce was about to take Aisha out. The night before, he parked the Batmobile a little far away, but he didn't worry about safety at all, because the Batmobile and other cars are similar in appearance, and they can be said to be two different species.

There are many car thieves in Gotham, but if they have the ability to pry open the Batmobile, why do they steal cars in Gotham? Isn't it better to go to any car brand and be an engineer?

But things in the world are so unpredictable, and bad luck always comes together. There is really such a genius car thief who gives up being a technical director and engineer and insists on prying the Batmobile in Gotham.

Bruce walked to the Batmobile with Aisha in his arms, and saw his Batmobile with only three wheels left. For a moment, he was speechless.

Of course he had a spare tire, but the problem was that the technology used in the Batmobile was too complicated. Even if he wanted to change a tire, Bruce had to do it himself. But now Bruce was holding Elsa, and he couldn't even spare a minute, let alone drag the Batmobile to the Batcave to change the tire and repair it.

Without the Batmobile, Elsa would never sleep. If she didn't sleep, Selina and Bruce couldn't sleep. If Selina and Bruce didn't sleep, they would be more tired and have no energy to coax Elsa. This became a vicious cycle.

Until they saw an advertisement in the newspaper delivered by Alfred in the morning, it was said that the circus that had been closed due to the Frozen Gotham incident had resumed work.

Bruce and Selina thought that since Elsa liked watching Selina perform acrobatics so much, then the ones in the circus should be even better. If Elsa could be coaxed to sleep, Bruce would have time to repair her. The Batmobile.

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Just like that, they booked tickets and came to support the circus the day after it opened.

In the past, this circus in the western suburbs of Gotham was quite popular. There were many animal training performances here, especially there were several powerful acrobats who could perform many difficult acrobatics.

However, since Gotham was suspended for a period of time due to ground damage, the circus's business has not been very good. This time it reopened, the circus owner warmly welcomed the Waynes.

Not only because they arrived very early, but more importantly because Wayne had money. If he was happy and invested a sum of money, the circus might be able to expand to a larger scale.

Originally, the circus owner wanted to invite the family of three to sit in the front and middle seats, but Bruce refused. On the one hand, it was because the lights there were too dazzling, and it was too close to the fire ring, which made it a bit hot. On the other hand, because of love Sha's appearance is different from ordinary people. There are too many spectators in the middle, making it easy for people to spot her.

Bruce and Selina chose to sit in the rightmost corner of the front row, which was very close to the circus toilets and exits. If something unexpected happened, they could leave immediately.

The audience came in in twos and threes. There were more people here today than on the first day, but there were still no seats available. The boss standing at the door of the backstage had a gloomy expression, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with this situation.

He heard some noise coming from the background, turned around and lowered his voice, yelling: "What are you doing? Why are you making such a big noise? Didn't I remind you? Wayne is coming today, please be honest." Click, idiot!"

Then, he complained as if he was venting his anger: "It's all your fault! I still need wages. Why can't you just be like lions and elephants and work hard for me as long as I give them some food?"

"As you can see, the business of the circus is not good, so I can only give you one-third of your salary this week."

Several acrobats backstage were very angry after hearing this. One of them, a rather tall man, stood up and said: "Hey, Henry! You can't do this. We have been working here for a long time and have earned enough tickets for you." Money, what we perform are dangerous and difficult projects, we are exchanging lives for money, you can't be like this..."

"Grayson, you better be honest! Do you still think now is the time for your Grayson family's reputation to be known all over the East Coast?"

"Don't forget, your father, old Grayson, was reduced to a pulp during an important performance and smashed your family's sign. Otherwise, how could the noble Grayson come to perform in a small place like mine?"

"Don't expect more. Listen, your wife is not in good health and she takes time off every now and then. She is a burden to begin with. Giving you a full salary is already an exception for me..."

The tall man named Grayson opposite had bulging veins. Several companions around him came up to hold him and comforted him in low voices. Finally, he waved his fist, said nothing, and walked back to the crowd.

The circus owner mocked like a villain and said, "Don't think I don't know. That little dragster from Grayson's family also wants to do this. But he must be careful and don't fall like his grandfather." Turned into meat paste..."

Hearing someone cursing his son, Grayson couldn't bear it anymore. Regardless of his companions who were pulling him, he walked up quickly, punched the circus old man directly, then pointed his finger at his nose and said: " You also said that Wayne is sitting outside, and you have to point at me for this performance today."

"If I leave now, are you going to use those lions and elephants to try to get money from Wayne?"

The circus owner wiped his nosebleed. His neck and face were red with anger. He stared at Grayson and said, "You'd better finish this performance well. If something goes wrong, your family will be in trouble." Everyone, get out of here!"

Grayson snorted and turned around to leave.

In the audience, Bruce and Selina were still waiting for the performance to start. Suddenly, they heard the bell ring twice. Then, a half-year-old child came over carrying a basket. He asked, "Want some pancakes or something?" Bread? Fried onions and cheese slices, only 15 cents each..."

Selina looked into the basket he was carrying, which contained delicious food, but Bruce looked up at the boy's expression and said, "You seem unhappy?"

The boy said expressionlessly: "If you don't want it, I'll ask someone else."

"Bring me a pancake and two slices of cheese." Selina said to him. The boy lowered his head and took out the food from the basket and handed it to Selina. After discovering that Bruce gave an extra 10 cents as a tip, he He returned the money in a panic and said, "A portion is only 15 cents. Your tip is too much..."

"You don't do this job often, right?" Bruce looked into his eyes and said, "In circuses and theaters, the tips for vendors and flower girls are almost the same as the prices of the things they sell..."

Selina also nodded and said, "I also did this job when I was a child. If you don't tip well enough and fail to achieve the goal, you will be beaten."

The boy sighed and said, "I'm not a hawker. It's just that the circus owner couldn't stand my father, so he didn't let me perform on stage and only let me do this kind of chore."

"What do you do? Are you an actor?"

Selena looked the boy up and down and found that although he was young, he had a well-proportioned body, long arms and legs, and some muscle marks on his arms.

"Of course I am an actor, and a member of the famous trapeze artist Grayson family. My dream is to become a great trapeze artist like my great-grandfather, but..."

As he said this, he looked back at the backstage, as if he was afraid that someone was staring at him. He said, "Thank you for your kindness, but 10 cents is too much. I only need half of it. I have to go to someone else. Goodbye."

Selena took the money he returned and muttered, "Grayson family? I seem to have some impression of them. They should not be from Gotham, right? There are not many such innocent children in Gotham..."