Schiller was sure that he did smell the smell of alcohol. This could not be achieved by using ginger juice instead of beer. He frowned and looked at Bruce, who was just lying quietly on the sofa, breathing evenly and looking like he was sleeping.
It’s on.
If the other person was really just a rich second generation, Schiller wouldn't be surprised at all.
The empty manor, the drunken young master, and the extinguished and unattended fireplace all tell the story of a lonely heir.
However, Bruce Wayne is not just a rich man, he is also Batman, the most self-disciplined man in the world.
Schiller once saw him use ginger juice instead of beer. The spicy feeling can make his performance more natural. Batman's reaction to drunkenness is very good. Even Schiller is not completely sure.
Is he drunk or not?
Therefore, he stepped forward and poked Bruce with the tip of his umbrella. The moment he raised his hand, Bruce made no move. Schiller was sure that he was really asleep.
Batman drinks alcohol, which is really abnormal.
Schiller sighed, turned and walked to the fireplace, and found that there was a lot of firewood on the shelf next to it, but it was not added to the fireplace. Judging from the moisture of the firewood, it should have been added just now, Alfred
Before leaving, get everything ready for Bruce.
Schiller picked up a few pieces of relatively dry firewood and added them to the fireplace. Soon, the flames became stronger and showed all the scenes in the hall before his eyes.
Obviously, something just happened here. In a space where someone has been before, every trace represents a story.
Schiller took a deep breath and began his reasoning.
The most conspicuous mark in the entire hall is the footprints that spread all the way from the door. Of course, these footprints were not left by Schiller, because Schiller would habitually wipe his shoes on the door carpet.
Moreover, this string of small footprints was very small. It looked like it was left by a little girl of about seven or eight years old. Schiller walked towards the door and saw that this string of footprints should have been left by two people, one of whom had a smaller shoe size.
The child with a larger shoe size ran in front, and the other child with a larger shoe size ran behind.
The two of them must have chased me in and were stopped not far from the gate.
Schiller knelt down and looked at the place where the footprints ended. There were some water stains there, which seemed to have dripped from something. Schiller guessed that it should be rainwater on his hair. Combined with the shape of the footprints,
These should be two little girls.
Schiller looked at the door. The dark night sky outside the door began to brighten. The moon set and the sun rose. During the day today, Gotham experienced the heaviest rain in three months. In an instant, it poured heavily outside the door.
Two small figures rushed in from outside the door. Both of them were soaked to the skin and their shoes were covered with mud and water. As soon as they rushed in, Alfred, who was standing by the fireplace adding firewood, hurriedly walked up.
, stopped them.
Standing behind Alfred, Schiller moved a step to the left. He saw the little girl who ran in first. Her face was blurred and her identity could not be determined, but the little girl behind was Aisha.
Aisha's hair had grown very long. After being soaked by the rain, strands stuck to her face. Alfred quickly got a dry towel and wiped their hair, because the girl's hair was wiped.
Drops of water will fall from time to time, and they will fall on the ground near where the footprints end.
The light dimmed again, and Schiller stepped over the set of footprints and came to a place near the sofa. Through the firelight of the fireplace, Schiller saw that Bruce was sitting there reading the newspaper. He saw two little girls one behind the other.
When he rushed in, he stood up and walked towards the door.
For an instant, time stood still, water droplets stopped in the air, and Bruce's walking movements stopped.
Schiller stepped forward and picked up the suppressed newspaper from the armrest of the sofa. He saw that the newspaper stated that the Metropolitan Angelica Troupe had arrived in Gotham. At the same time, it also published
their simple repertoire.
Schiller turned the newspaper over and looked at the folds of the newspaper repeatedly. Then, Bruce, who had already stood up and walked to the door, stepped back and changed his posture.
He stood up with the newspaper in his hand. When he saw two little girls rushing in, he didn't even have time to fold the newspaper again, so he threw the newspaper beside the armrest.
side, and then rushed over quickly.
The way the newspapers were placed showed that Bruce was anxious, but why did Bruce feel anxious? He knew that Elsa was different from ordinary people. Even if she was exposed to boiling water, let alone rain, she would not get sick.
Then the problem may arise with that strange little girl.
Schiller walked back to the footprints, looked at the size of the shoe prints, and then thought of the children he saw in the basement. Their faces and figures replayed in Schiller's mind, and then, the thinnest little girl
The face appeared in his mind.
In front of him, the little girl stood in the front, Elsa stood behind him, trying to reach out to grab her, Alfred stood on the left, and Bruce, who had just walked over, stood on the right.
Judging from the accumulation of water damage, they should have stayed here for a while. Then, the little girl stayed where she was, but Aisha ran out, and at the same time, Alfred chased after her.
The clues near the gate ended here. Schiller speculated that Bruce should have brought the little girl home, but for some reason, the little girl ran out with Elsa on a rainy day, and Elsa chased her.
Come back.
At this time, Bruce may have felt angry, and he scolded Elsa, so Elsa ran out angrily, and Alfred chased her out.
Schiller returned to the sofa where Bruce was lying and saw a letter on the coffee table with Dick's handwriting on it.
Because he had been teaching Dick, Schiller knew about the changes in his handwriting. The content of this letter was that Dick said that he was busy with his studies, so he would stay at school for a few days and would not go home these days.
Schiller took the letter and frowned. He was so busy with his studies? How could middle school be so busy? What's more, Dick didn't like studying at all. He wished he could go to school every day and never stay over, so that he wouldn't be caught.
The teacher is watching the homework.
Schiller glanced at Bruce again, who was frowning in his sleep. He knew that Bruce might have had some conflicts with Dick, which made Dick unwilling to go home.
Schiller had actually expected this day for a long time. Bruce's character was really indescribable. There would always be a day when communication with Dick failed, but he didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.
Schiller also had some speculations about why they had differences. After all, he had seen Bruce's attitude towards those children before, and Schiller knew better what the crux of the problem with those children was.
For an abused child, frequent changes of environment are extremely detrimental to them, and may lead to more severe stress reactions.
Previously, Cobot rescued them and put them in the basement of a bar. Bruce sent them to the hospital, and then took the little girl home. During these processes, the hospital environment may have
It will greatly stimulate these children.
Luxurious restaurants and manors are more easily accepted by them because, although the things here have become more refined, they all know the prototypes.
For example, the pattern on the chair is very exquisite, but the chair is still a chair. They have the concept of this thing in their minds. They know that chairs are for sitting, tables are for putting things, and beds are for sleeping.
But the hospital is different. There are too many things here that they have not touched. For example, is the pole used to hang the infusion bottle a new weapon? What is the nurse doing with the syringe in his hand? Why do all the people
Everyone is staring at them? Why do you need to change clothes? Why do you need to lie down on the bed?
These unknown things will greatly stimulate them, and this little girl is even more pitiful. As soon as she escapes from that environment, she enters another unfamiliar environment. At this point, she may no longer have any clear mind.
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Schiller found some traces in the corner of the room. It seemed that the little girl had hidden here, but it was not difficult to see that after she hid here, Bruce followed her.
It's obvious that Bruce's measures towards this little girl are almost always wrong. He's paying too much attention and pressing harder and harder, which will bring great pressure.
For children who have been mentally stimulated and abused, their understanding of the world is distorted, and many behaviors that are normal to normal people are very disgusting to them.
Scared.
For example, if an adult walks towards them, it means that they may be beaten, and if someone presses them on the bed, it means that something more terrible may happen.
One person constantly talking to them may mean they are going to be thrown out; one person holding their hand and talking to another person may mean they are being sold.
Such concepts have already been formed in their brains, so these behaviors will further stimulate them.
Schiller outlined Bruce's behavioral trajectory in his mind. It was obvious that in the step-by-step stimulation, the little girl completely lost her mind. She could only rely on instinctive reactions to protect herself.
Based on her physical condition, Schiller believed that she should be able to move for no more than three hours before she would pass out, and after that, she would be sent back to her room to sleep.
But what's even more frightening is that when she opens her eyes and wakes up, she finds herself in a strange environment again, and the stimulation will be even more intense.
They will not understand what it means to "sleep in the bedroom" and "eat in the dining room". They will only feel that they have fallen into a terrible whirlpool and cannot extricate themselves.
At this time, the only thing they can do is run away.
Schiller didn't know what method the little girl used to escape from Wayne Manor, but there was no doubt that she should have successfully escaped, but Elsa also chased her out.
Elsa drove the little girl back to Wayne Manor, but at this time, Bruce made another wrong decision.
He thought he had made progress with this little girl, but in the blink of an eye, she was caught in the rain again, had a high fever again, and almost ran away, which meant that the previous progress was completely lost, and not only did she retreat
Back to the starting point, it’s even worse.
He did not think deeply about the reasons for this failure, but simply expressed his dissatisfaction.
Maybe he was asking Alfred why the little girl ran out, or maybe he was asking Elsa what was going on.
However, Elsa is not an ordinary child after all, she is a wild and untamable creature of chaos. After feeling Bruce's emotions, she ran out of Wayne Manor.
At that time, it was raining heavily outside, Alfred would definitely choose to chase Elsa, and at this time, only Bruce and the little girl were left alone.
Schiller walked around the hall and upstairs, but found no trace of the little girl. He thought for a moment, then walked through the hall toward the garden at the back.
There were also no children's footprints in the garden, but Schiller did find some traces of Bruce's.
Normally, Batman would not reveal such flaws. It seemed that he was in a very abnormal mood while walking this road.
Schiller had already anticipated the result, but when he opened the warehouse door, he still sighed.
A crate in the corner of the warehouse was stuffed with blankets and quilts. Schiller walked over and opened a corner of the plants. Sure enough, he saw a small foot.
All the blankets and quilts were lifted, and there was a little girl inside, but she was not breathing at all.
Judging from the corpse, the death should not have taken more than three hours. The cause of death was excessive malnutrition and cardiopulmonary failure caused by hypothermia.
Schiller checked her chest, wrists and sides of her neck. Bruce should have taken some first aid measures. However, the chance of a child of this age surviving such torture was very small, and when she ran back
Bruce might have been on the verge of coma when he saw him.
It only takes 10 to 15 minutes for an adult to suffer from heart and lung failure in a state of severe and sustained hypothermia. However, the poor physical condition of this little girl greatly shortened the process. The entire death process may not exceed 30 seconds.
Even with Batman's technological strength, he could not save her life.
Schiller sighed and covered the blanket and quilt again. As soon as he stood up, he heard a movement behind him. He turned his head and saw a darker figure appearing at the dark warehouse door.
Bruce stood outside the door, holding a pistol in his hand but not raising it. His expression was a little dazed.
He was in a trance, as if he didn't realize he was standing in the rain.
As soon as Schiller took a step forward, Bruce turned around and walked back. When Schiller walked out the door, he only saw Bruce holding a pistol turning a corner and disappearing from the side of the manor.
Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, and the sound of something falling to the ground echoed in the empty manor, which was particularly impressive.
Schiller opened his umbrella and walked back to the hall. He saw that Bruce was not there, but the wine cabinet on the side had collapsed and the expensive red wine was scattered on the floor.
Glancing over there, Schiller knew that in addition to the two bottles of wine that were missing when he arrived, two more bottles were missing, and they should have been taken away by Bruce.
Schiller turned his head and looked out the window. The Batmobile roared, and a black shadow flew towards the sky against the backdrop of lightning.
Batman drove his car and drove on the road in Gotham. The night here was very quiet. There was only one car on the wide and straight road, and there was no obstruction in front of him, so he drove faster and faster.
The surrounding scenery became increasingly blurry in his field of vision, and he began to be unable to clearly feel the existence of speed.
The Batmobile's state-of-the-art shock-absorbing system prevents him from feeling the vibration when it touches the ground. He seems to be flying in the rainy night, just like those bats passing by at low altitude.
Batman thought he was going to the Batcave, but in fact, the direction of the car had completely deviated from the intended destination. His brain affected by alcohol could not judge the direction well, and he did not know where he was driving.
Suddenly, he felt that this road was somewhat familiar. He gradually slowed down and looked at the buildings that had been swaying in his field of vision. Among the layered buildings, he keenly captured a familiar outline.
That's White Community Middle School, where Dick now attends.
The dark car slowly stopped, and the rain became heavier and heavier. The light coming from the middle school dormitory was like a lamp in a dark room, attracting many moths who looked up there.
But soon, the roar of the Batmobile sounded again, lightning flashed at the end of the sky, and the puddles on the road were turned into bright white, reflecting the shadow of the Batmobile speeding past.
Only Batman himself knows that he discovered the problem when the little girl fell into a coma for the first time.
He has always looked at these issues from his perspective, including not only this little girl, but also Dick.
He felt that the little girl should receive treatment, so he sent her to the hospital. He felt that Dick should go to school, so he sent him to a missionary middle school. Because of the accident in the missionary middle school, he transferred him to a community middle school, and because of the previous
His community middle school was too far away, so he was transferred to a closer community middle school. And because something happened at the boarding school, he was changed to a day school.
When he realized that the little girl might have had a mental breakdown because of too many changes of environment, Batman realized what he was doing to Dick.
When he recalled all this, he found that Dick had expressed it to him more than once, but he didn't care at all.
Dick said that he was not interested in studying, but Batman only thought that he was too young and ignorant. Dick said that he missed his classmates in the chorus class, but Batman only felt that this was a difference that must be experienced in life. Dick said that he didn't know where to go.
Which club should be chosen in the new school, but Batman feels that he should have the ability to distinguish on his own.
He never thought about the consequences of such an education method, just like he never realized what he had done wrong before sending the little girl back to her room to sleep, but he suddenly realized that he planned to change
By that time, things had become irreversible.
When he was holding the little girl's body and walking on the way to the warehouse, he felt that the body in his hands became heavier. Suddenly, he saw a familiar face. He saw that it was Dick.
, and saw that it was Aisha.
As a result, he could only return to the hall of the manor in a hurry, but the fireplace there could not give him any warmth. At this time, he saw the red wine that had been placed in the wine cabinet but had never been opened.
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There are three faces constantly swirling in Batman's mind, the little girl, Dick and Elsa.
On the road leading out of the city, the roar became louder and louder, and the speed of the cars
It's getting faster and faster.
Suddenly, there was a harsh brake sound, and the Batmobile's protective device was activated, but it had no effect at all. The entire car rolled over, and the engine exploded, bursting into flames.
The flames burned more and more fiercely in the night rain. Such a ridiculous scene would only appear in Gotham.
Batman climbed out of the Batmobile, his face covered in blood, and in his hazy and blurry vision, his eyes lit up.
A gentle light enveloped him, but he knew that it was all just an illusion. He closed his eyes hard, and when he opened them again, he saw something rolling in front of his eyes.
It was a circle of light that looked extremely bright in the rainy night.
This chapter has been completed!