"The title of Bandage Killer satisfies Elliot, but it is not satisfactory enough, because the title he really wants is-Batman."
"I don't know what kind of misunderstanding he has about Batman's identity, but since he values this title so much, I don't mind giving this title to him."
"But it's impossible for me to walk up to him and say, you go be Batman and I'll go to jail. Even his not-so-smart brain can tell that this must be a trap."
Bruce, with red eyes, leaned back further, spread his arms to show a completely relaxed posture, and said: "So, I designed a series of more complicated traps. First, let him pass the article published by the Serial Killer Club.
, I learned that there is a killer in Gotham who is very good at skinning, known as the 'Unknown Lady'."
"She collected thousands of different human skins, each of which was flawless. This was a great attraction for Elliot because he hated his own damaged face."
"Coincidentally, in the newly built new Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, this unknown woman happened to share a laboratory with another killer 'Puppet Master' who was good at plastic surgery. Elliot broke in.
At that time, they should be conducting research on subcutaneous tissue activity."
"I had prepared my tissue samples for the unknown lady and the puppeteer, so they recreated Elliot's face exactly like Bruce Wayne's, more like me than me."
"Of course, the problem of his prosthetics still needs to be solved, but it is much simpler than making a new face. Elliot will not let go of the puppet master's collection warehouse, which happens to be
A perfect mechanical leg that is perfectly adapted to his condition, and no one will notice that his leg is strange."
"When he came out of there, he was already Bruce Wayne, but he would not let the matter resolve like this. He had one last thing left to do, which was to kill the man who had been lucky enough to escape.
The little girl from the farm owner's family escaped from his hands because she was the only survivor, and Elliot had to solve this hidden danger if he wanted to start a new life as Batman."
"I put on a bat suit and pretended to chase him all the way. I met him at the home of the little survivor Belika, but he grabbed Belika first and took her hostage."
"In order to save this innocent little girl, I cut my own face with a Batarang and told him all the passwords Batman had, and then he knocked me to the ground until the FBI agents came after me and...
They escorted me to the helicopter."
"From now on, the lives of Elliot and Bruce have been exchanged. Elliot will become Wayne, the richest man in the world, and Gotham's hero Batman, and Bruce will replace him as the bandage murderer and commit crimes for him.
Pay the price for his numerous crimes.”
"It is no surprise that although Thomas Elliot killed many people, he still did not meet the standards of solitary confinement in this prison. Amanda put the bandage killer into a collective cell. I have three
roommate."
"Fortunately, this is a pretty standard prison configuration. Among the four people, one is very strong and one is particularly weak."
"I selected Jimmy as the target, intensified the conflict between him and the big dog, exerted some psychological suggestions on him, and stood on the side of the big dog at the last moment, making him feel that he was alone and helpless, so he fought to the death."
"The whole process is not difficult, but like I said, killing a big dog is not difficult either. If I do it, I can do it much more easily than Jimmy."
"Then what's the point of all this? Just to follow formalism and not kill people yourself?"
"But we all understand that the moral shackles no longer exist, at least in one of Bruce Wayne's personality traits."
"If that's the case, why do we use this complicated, thankless, and overly sophisticated way to manipulate others?"
"I think it's the wrong way." Bruce with gray eyes said, "There must be a better way. It's as simple and quick as instinct. Our goal is to find out this method, find out its key, and then change it."
For our instincts.”
The discussion in the spiritual world fell silent, and several Bruces understood that the answer could not be obtained by discussing theory.
As a result, the two extra figures slowly disappeared. When Bruce opened his eyes, his pupils were covered with red bloodshot eyes. Only a little blue remained in the center of the one eye that was bloodshot due to injury. If not,
If you look closely, you will see only cruel and cold red eyes.
In the dim prison corridor, the prison guards were still pacing and tapping the railings with their batons, making annoying noises.
"Dang, Dang, Dang..."
Red bloodshot eyes covered the edges of the blue eyes, which were much turbid than the clear ocean-like blue eyes. When Elliot woke up, he saw the dissatisfied expressions of a group of people.
"Bruce, what's the matter with you?! You are the senior brother now! Luther and Pamela are your junior brothers and sisters, can't you set a good example for them? If the paper is not handed in, the group will fall asleep, if you don't want to read it
Just say it!"
Victor hit the table hard with the pen in his hand, threw a pile of paper in front of Bruce and said: "Look what you wrote in this week's results?! And I asked you to study that
Formula, where’s the progress? Where’s the report?”
"It's okay if your own project is not progressing. Didn't you promise your junior brothers and sisters to help them push forward the progress? Why are the two of them still like this this week? Even the shit of a dog is neater than the progress of the three of you!"
Victor stood up from the table, raised his voice and said, "Don't you guys understand what's going on now? I have to take you to Arkham Psychiatric Hospital to face Professor Schiller, right?
?”
"Ignore the fact that he is angry, do you think I am a soft persimmon, that's why you gave me three pieces of shit even though I've been urging you four or five times a week?!"
Pamela put her chin on the table listlessly and muttered: "I told you that I have no funds. The last time I planted cabbage, the person in the laboratory next door beat me up within two weeks, and the medical expenses were all gone."
Lost everything."
"Then you can't plant some crazy plants that can't hit anyone?! I told you when you were choosing cabbages, don't pick plants with long leaves!"
"Also, how many times have I emphasized that any plant may go crazy at any time when it arrives in Gotham. Why don't you bring a freezing gun when you enter the cultivation room?!"
There was a burst of suppressed laughter, and Victor immediately glared at Lex and said: "You still have the nerve to laugh?! Lex Luthor, you were studying the Ark Reactor when you were under Schiller, come under me and start studying it.
Sociology, you are quite rebellious?!"
Lex also lowered his head and stopped talking. The other graduate students were all trembling with fear, fearing that their physics professor would take out the freezing gun from his waist and freeze them here. Being frozen was not uncomfortable, but it was mainly because it was too embarrassing.
Victor paced around the table with his hands behind his back, and then focused his eyes on Elliot's face. He became more and more angry as he looked at Elliot. He took out the cryogun, and with a "swish" sound, an ice pick hit Elliot.
Otto was frozen there.
Elliot didn't react at all. In his eyes, Victor was not Mr. Freeze, just an ordinary college teacher that Batman had to deal with in daily life. Elliot had planned to sleep with him.
It took a whole group meeting to have the energy to go out and be Batman at night, but ended up being frozen before I could react in time.
The group meeting was over, and Victor had no intention of unfreezing. After everyone left, Victor slammed the table and said, "Let Mayor Roy move you to the building, just in time for your fans."
Look at Batman sleeping in the team meeting!"
After saying that, he turned around and left angrily, leaving Elliot in the ice with a confused look on his face, completely unable to break free.
Fortunately, Victor didn't intend to let him spend the night here. The ice cracked around midnight, and Elliot fell directly to the ground, hitting his head on the leg of the chair.
He stood up covering his head, cursed in a low voice, and walked out of the empty conference room. Elliot stood at the door of Gotham University blankly. He didn't even know where else he could go.
First of all, Wayne Manor cannot be entered. He has already tried. Thomas is also Batman after all. He directly installed an automatic security system on the gate of Wayne Manor, so that Elliot can't even get close.
Secondly, all bank and credit cards in Bruce Wayne's name have been frozen, so even if Elliot has the password, he cannot swipe his card to check into the hotel.
Not to mention laboratories and mysterious outer space bases, Elliot's IQ is not bad, it can even be said to be above the average level, and his academic performance is also good, but it is limited to college knowledge.
But there are only two kinds of people in Gotham University now, either pure illiterate people who have given up completely, or super geniuses who can rename a series of awards after their last names.
It was impossible for Elliot to hang out with those purely illiterate people, but he was completely unable to touch the edge of genius. He couldn't understand any of the projects that Bruce had taken over before, and he didn't even dare to interact with Lex and Pamela.
Communicate more, otherwise the secret will be revealed in just a few words.
Elliot thought that the only difference between him and Batman was appearance. As long as he had Batman's appearance, he could completely replace him and inherit his wealth, status and fame.
And he also has another thought, that is, if he becomes Bruce Wayne, he will do better than Wayne and better than Batman. He feels that he has thousands of ways to do it.
Can save the city better than Bruce and Batman.
Elliot thinks that Bruce is not doing anything serious. He imagines that as long as he works, he will actively develop business, expand charity, and rescue orphans. As long as the media actively publicizes it, everyone will believe in him as the savior of Gotham.
Elliot also believes that Batman is too indecisive, so he should create weapons of mass destruction to kill gang leaders and bring every street under his jurisdiction. Those lunatics will not have the opportunity to enter mental hospitals.
Just catch them all and execute them.
He can let his bat wings penetrate into every class of Gotham, and then completely control the city and become the Dark City, the true king of Gotham.
Elliot thought that this road would not be smooth sailing. Maybe that unlucky loser would still find him and continue to interfere with his great career. Maybe there would be many difficult villains that he needed to solve with his own hands.
But the reality is more cruel than he thought, or rather it is not cruel, but the reality is too realistic.
What bothers this impostor now is not how to outsmart super criminals and catch them, not how to dominate the world of fame and fortune, not how to dominate the business world, not how to negotiate with gangsters and make them surrender, not even how to subdue street fights.
Rather, an adult in his twenties still has to be controlled by his father, chased by teachers for essays, has no money to take a taxi, has no place to live, it starts to rain but can’t find an umbrella, these embarrassing and ridiculous real problems
.
If Batman's series of experiences in the slums were just because he wanted to imitate the life of civilians and was unwilling to use his genius brain, which made him extremely embarrassed, then these ridiculous things that Elliot suffered
Disaster, purely because of his taste.
But the difference between a genius and a fool lies not only in IQ, but also in the subtlety of one's own situation, keen observation and thinking about the causes of the environment.
Bruce carefully observed the real-life situation in which ordinary people were cautious and could not make mistakes but still fell unstoppably, and began to think about its causes.
As for Thomas Elliot, he started cursing, why couldn't Bruce give him the brain that could solve all problems?