"What are those little brats plotting now?" Roland asked Bronze Tiger as he sat in his office.
"Looks like Jason's dreaming up another money-making scheme," Bronze Tiger said. "Has the kid got himself a girlfriend? I haven't seen him needing that much money for anything lately."
"I doubt it. I haven't seen any signs of that."
"Maybe there's something he wants to buy."
"Could be." Roland nodded. "Forget it. Have the back-to-school exam papers been written yet?"
"I'm the PE teacher. Why are you asking me?" Bronze Tiger rolled his eyes. "Floyd and Victor wrote them. Go ask them."
"They're both spending time with their families right now." Roland nodded. "The kids have had plenty of fun over winter break. Time for school to start."
"An exam as soon as school starts. You really would pull something like that," Bronze Tiger marveled. "Are you a devil?"
"Meow?" A devil with the upper body of a beautiful girl and the lower body of an ugly python emerged from the shadows in the corner.
"Not you. Go play." Roland gave her a pat. "I think Jason damaged her brain when he tamed her. She doesn't seem very bright."
"These brats are getting better and better at stirring up trouble. I think an exam to get them back into study mode is a pretty good idea."
Bronze Tiger pursed his lips.
"Exactly. That's what I was thinking." Roland nodded.
A few days later.
Cries of misery filled Roland Cathedral. The children who swaggered around Gotham City had finally met their doom—the back-to-school exam.
"Wait, boss! You never said there was an exam today!"
"I haven't prepared at all!"
"I'm done for!"
"Why are the exam papers in a lead box? This feels like discrimination," Kara complained. "I'm a descendant of the House of