Jack reached out and scratched his newly dyed green hair, deliberately messing it up to restore his old clown image. He also got a bright purple short-sleeved shirt from somewhere, as if
Just to remind Bruce that he is a clown.
Hearing what Jack said, Bruce didn't react for a moment. It took him a few seconds to understand, and then he realized that Jack might be hinting that he failed the test again this time.
Bruce turned around and looked at the surrounding environment. This was the basement of a civilian apartment. Although it was a basement, because the apartment had higher specifications, it looked more like a hotel without windows. The environment was warm and the conditions were comfortable.
The warmth in his belly was Bruce's body telling him that he had just had a full meal. The warehouse data just calculated showed that there was enough food in the warehouse to feed the entire gang of children for half a month.
No matter how you look at it, taking less than two weeks to completely establish a foothold in a city like Gotham shouldn't be called a heavy blow to Schiller's reputation in the education world, right?
Bruce expressed his views straightforwardly, but Jack sighed deeply and said: "I'm really glad that I'm not your psychology professor. Oh, wait, did Schiller say before that the strength of Batman and the Joker
Will there be changes accordingly???"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jack rushed to the corridor window, far away from Bruce. Bruce looked at him helplessly and said: "You act as if I have some kind of infectious disease called psychology failure."
"It doesn't seem like it." Jack grinned and showed a fake smile. He kept walking, as if he wanted to just slip away.
Then he was blocked in the corridor by Bruce, who pushed him into the room, pushed him to sit down on the sofa and said: "Please be clear, am I the kind of person who doesn't listen to other people's opinions?
"
Jack sighed, rolled his eyes, and looked at the furnishings here. Bruce sat opposite him and said: "I know this can't even be called an achievement, but after all, the time is still short, as long as there is one more month."
,No, in another half month..."
"well……"
Jack interrupted Bruce with a long sigh. He put his face on his hands and looked at Bruce and said, "The formula is wrong. No matter how many calculations you write, it will be useless. You will have zero eggs in half a month."
Bruce stared at Jack and said, "You mean my thinking is wrong? Then you can tell me where I went wrong."
"Let's change the topic. Batman from another universe is here too, right? Guess what he is doing now?"
"Which Batman are you referring to?"
"The one older than you."
"I don't think his progress will be faster than mine. After all, this is Gotham you built and it is my hometown. I am definitely more familiar with gangster ways than he is. Even if his progress is good, it should only be the same as mine.
That’s all.”
Jack picked up the water glass and took a sip of water. After putting the water glass down, he looked at Bruce and said, "Is there a possibility that he doesn't need to be familiar with gangster tricks?"
Bruce was stunned for a moment.
"It seems that it's not unreasonable for Schiller to be so happy when you graduated with honors." Jack covered one eye with his hand and said, "You may really be the only Batman in the universe without a talent for psychology."
Just as Bruce was about to open his mouth to speak, Jack looked at him and said: "I said I built Gotham in the Dream Kingdom, but you think I really only built Gotham - now go to Gotham Airport and buy a plane ticket.
Metropolis, without the interference of gangsters, use your genius mind to do any business, and you will be able to buy Gotham in half a month."
Bruce frowned deeply.
"'This is the Gotham I built in the dreamland.' I didn't lie. I said I built Gotham, but I didn't say I only built Gotham - a simple language trap and entry-level game.
Psychological suggestion.”
"You understand all this to mean that I built a city as a testing ground, and you have to complete a certain goal in this city to get a high score. You didn't even try to buy a plane ticket to see if it would work.
If you show another location, all your base points will be deducted."
Bruce took a deep breath, and suddenly he reacted, looked at the Joker and said, "The other Batman has left Gotham?"
"Yes, and it's even under the circumstances that he didn't even think about you. If nothing else happens, you will see the report of 'Business prodigy emerges in the metropolis' in the newspaper tomorrow."
Bruce opened his mouth, and Jack saw what he wanted to say, so he interrupted him and said: "He can be so high-profile because there are laws in the metropolis. As long as he makes money with his own wisdom, no matter how much money he has,
Assets are protected by law.”
"If someone wants to take illegal measures, he can just pay to hire someone to protect him. The worst criminals in the metropolis are just bank robbers, and they can be solved by hiring two retired soldiers."
Jack looked at Bruce and said, "What do you think the purpose of this exam is? Is it to test your ability to survive at the bottom of Gotham?"
Bruce wanted to say yes, but Jack beat him to it and said, "Why do you have to take the same test twice? If it is to see progress, then there shouldn't be so many variables. You should still take the same test as an adult as before."
The body lives here.”
Bruce really fell into thinking. If he had really made any significant progress during this period of time, it would be that he really understood the rules of Schiller's actions better.
In terms of arrogance alone, he is a very rigorous person, especially in academic aspects. If this test is really to see whether Bruce has made any progress in his ability to survive at the bottom of Gotham, then Schiller will not give him
A worse start would be to become a child or something.
On the one hand, if the start is different, the criteria for judging progress will also change accordingly. On the other hand, in reality, Bruce is not a child and cannot become a child again. It is meaningless to test this kind of virtual hypothesis.
“What do you think is the most important thing to get out of a situation?”
Hearing this question, Bruce narrowed his eyes, and Jack continued: "I want to escape from a certain environment."
"The prerequisite for getting out of a certain environment is to first realize that the environment you are in is abnormal."
"Come on, Batman, Gotham is not normal! What other city besides Gotham requires a child to put so much effort into keeping himself safe and filling his stomach? In any other city, you could
Use this wasted energy to spread your wisdom."
"But I don't understand what the point of this is." Bruce said, rubbing the cup with his hand, "Is it just a brain teaser?"
"The latter part is a bonus question." Jack scratched his hair again and said, "Okay, it's not like I can't answer the question. What do you think about gangsters?"
"There are pros and cons."
"What are the disadvantages?"
As soon as Jack finished asking this question, he clicked his tongue and said, "I'm still not used to Schiller's tone, so I'll just say it."
"You and the vast majority of people in Gotham don't realize that the real harm of gangs is not about breaking the law."
Bruce listened very seriously. Jack paused and then explained: "The meaning of the law is relative. If it does not protect us, we naturally do not have to obey it. This is my point of view."
"From Gotham's perspective, gangsters' violation of the law is not a big deal, and it has nothing to do with justice. The problem is that most industries that use violence to protect their interests obliterate the necessity of labor, which will completely destroy a person's values."
"Let's put it this way, I worked hard in the factory for a day and earned twenty dollars, while old Joey next door earned a thousand dollars by playing stud. Is my labor still meaningful?"
"No one in this world will work because they love labor. What people love is the fruits of labor. And if they can directly skip the labor and get the fruits, who would not do so?"
Jack tapped the table with his fingertips, and Bruce could see that he was imitating Schiller's movements again.
"The existence of gangs is equivalent to using violence to skip the labor process, or at least to help members who maintain violence avoid labor. This will allow people who benefit from violence to establish a concept that when they are short of money,
What they want is not working in exchange for money, but violence in exchange for money."
"If this is just a part of the society, then other producers can provide for their plunder, but if the whole society is full of such people, or the concept of the whole society is that I have to work hard to master violent means to obtain benefits, then
It’s destined to create a vicious cycle.”
“When all social individuals regard the plundering industry that does not involve production as the ultimate goal, a huge problem will arise, that is, the plunderers will not cherish the fruits of others’ labor they plunder, because they have not devoted the relevant energy. This
This will reduce their risk aversion when making decisions, and in the end they will lose their pants due to miscalculation of risks.”
"I worked hard for a day, and the twenty dollars I received will be allocated to food, water, housing and other necessary resources for survival. If I have extra money, I will consider the risk of not being able to obtain these resources in the future.
So save your money, because you work hard, so you have to be careful with every penny you spend."
"Old Joey got a thousand dollars that fell from the sky. Compared with the little money that other people earned through hard work, he would only think about how to make himself have a thousand dollars or more every day in the future."
"I have seen many people whose views on money have been destroyed." Bruce said: "Some have taken advantage of the times, and some are just lucky, but what these people have in common is that they mistake luck for their own ability.
Spend recklessly, invest more, and then lose it all overnight.”
"To put it bluntly, if money comes too quickly, you will lose the concept, and you won't feel bad when you spend it, but this is not a benign way of development. This is why Schiller continues to weaken the gang." Jack curled his lips and said.
"Gotham is not normal. Gangsters are not good things. Some of the positive meanings they provided in a certain era are not so good at all. If the system is really solid enough, it will not be broken just because of the death of an important figure.
It collapses at the first touch.”
"On the other hand, a system that collapses because of the death of its spiritual leader will collapse sooner or later. It makes no difference whether it is sooner or later. Or rather, if they do not transform, the consequences of rigidity may be worse than the consequences of collapse.
"
Bruce covered his forehead with his hand, sighed and said: "I understand, this competition is not about who can thrive in the gang system, but who can break out of the system, and even worse, who can break this system.
.”
"And how to establish a new order after breaking this system." Jack added.
Bruce suddenly had an idea, and his genius wisdom came into play again. He looked at Jack and asked: "Will the Gotham you built in your dream be affected by that mysterious dark power?"
Jack showed a smile for the first time, he snapped his fingers and said: "Very good, you have grasped the key. I can only tell you that the level of the dream world is much higher than you think, and it can even
An archangel fell unconscious into a dream."
"The dark forces cannot invade here..." Bruce stood up from the sofa. He turned to look at the door and said, "In other words, Gotham has the possibility of being completely saved."
Jack also stood up, looked at Bruce and said: "At the same time, who saves, how to save, and what becomes after saving are the key."
Bruce was suddenly stunned.
Jack gave him a bright smile and said: "The test paper is worth zero, but you still have a chance to get your professor to give you a perfect score. You know the method, right?"