Although he had learned from Jack that there was more than just Gotham in the dream, it would be a good idea to develop in other cities, obtain enough resources, and then return to Gotham to compete, but Bruce had no intention of doing so.
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Batman in the main universe seems to have planned to take this path. Bruce can understand his thoughts. Over the years, Batman must have tried countless ways to reverse the situation in Gotham, but has never succeeded. Even a fool should
Realizing that there must be something higher-level wrong with this city.
Batman has spent half his life trying to find out where this abnormality comes from. The Joker may know, but he can't tell, and others either don't know Batman well enough or don't know Gotham well enough to be of any use.
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Batman is like standing in front of the wall at the end of a dead end, constantly looking for possible gaps. But unfortunately, the source of this abnormality is higher than he imagined. The story of the main universe cannot be completed, so Gotham is not
May be saved.
But now Batman may have learned through some intelligence that Gotham in the Dream Kingdom is not affected by this strange anomaly, which means that the high wall that has always been in front of him has disappeared, and he finally has the chance to save his brother.
Tan's possibility.
Bruce knows how desperate Batman in the main universe will be. If he chooses to follow the same path as Batman, he can only follow him. The first person to make Gotham better is to save, and the second one is just in vain.
, there is no benefit in following the main universe Batman.
After Jack left, Bruce did not rush to find a way to defeat Batman in the main universe. He is now thinking about a very important question - is Jack really that kind?
Of course, the two of them are friends now, and their relationship is not bad at all, but Jack is the Joker after all, and the Joker's top priority in his behavioral pattern is to have fun watching Batman.
Helping Batman? That only exists in dreams or when Batman is dying.
Jack reminded him this time that his behavior was not in line with the Joker's logic of action. Wouldn't it be more interesting to see Batman fail the exam and become unlucky?
For such a long time, Bruce's psychology has not improved much, but his level of clown science has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has basically completely understood the logic of clown behavior.
And once the clown's behavior is illogical, it proves that there must be some conspiracy hidden behind it. What could it be?
Bruce reasoned from the beginning.
When Jack first came to him, he explained the situation of this world to him, using the words he said before, "I built a Gotham in the dreamland."
Bruce was indeed misled by him, because he didn't know what kind of authority Jack had in the Dream Kingdom. He thought that Constantine, who was responsible for managing the Dream Kingdom, had given Jack certain authority. Based on this, Jack's project was not
Maybe it's too big, so Bruce thinks Gotham is the entire map.
But now Jack tells him that the map may not even be as big as the entire earth. This proves that Jack's authority in the dream kingdom is astonishing, and even if he has authority, it will take a long time to build such a large map.
If this was something he and Schiller had been working together to prepare for a long time, was it just a trap of misleading words?
This is not in line with the clown's style of doing things.
The first law of clown science is that there will never be a correct answer to a multiple-choice question asked by a clown.
The second law of clown science is that if a clown makes the person doing the question think that a certain answer is the correct answer, then it is very likely that the truth of this answer is the most outrageously wrong of all the answers.
Jack first used words to hint to Bruce that there was only one map, Gotham, but then came over to remind Bruce just before he almost answered the question wrong that the answer you chose was wrong.
So which one is Jack suggesting is the correct answer?
Bruce went through all the conversations he had with Jack in his mind, and then keenly discovered something was wrong. Jack finally said that Bruce knew the answer that Schiller could give him full marks.
Could this be another language trap?
Bruce's detective intuition told him yes, and thinking about it from this, this sentence is actually guiding Bruce. The implication is that you should find the answer that Schiller can give you full marks.
So what's wrong with this?
Bruce frowned, holding the pen in his hand tightly, his mind working rapidly.
No, I'm afraid the answer is still hidden in Jack's words and actions. What's wrong?
Suddenly, Bruce was stunned, and an idea flashed through his mind. Sure enough, the clown's law he concluded was correct. Jack was not so kind at all, and there was a more sinister trap hidden behind it.
In the reception room of the manor, Schiller laid the newspaper flat on the coffee table, put down the steaming tea in his hand, and took the orange from Elsa's hand that she couldn't peel. Next to him, he was curled up on the single sofa.
Helen asked while gnawing on a pear.
"It's inevitable to be misunderstood by words, isn't it? How tiring it would be if we had to be vigilant all the time."
"Besides, being able to function like a fish in the gang system is quite impressive. If you hadn't brought me back, I might be dead on the streets now."
Schiller picked up the newspaper from the coffee table, unfolded it, shook the corners of the newspaper and said, "I'm not referring to the fact that he failed to see through Jack's language trap and chose to stay in Gotham."
"What is that?" Helen showed a puzzled expression.
Schiller sighed while reading the newspaper and said: "As you said, in daily life, no one can always be wary of every word spoken by others. If someone deliberately wants to set a language trap, they will be caught.
It's normal to have misunderstandings when brought in. Everyone faced an existential crisis when they first arrived here. Under such circumstances, there is no energy to carefully distinguish every word. This is not even a mistake. "
"When Jack met Bruce for the first time, he used words to guide Bruce, making Bruce think that he had only built the city of Gotham, but this was actually not the trap itself, but the foreshadowing of the trap."
"Jack wanted Bruce to think he had made a mistake," Schiller concluded.
"Then why did he do this?" Helen asked.
"This is another psychological trap - over exaggerating the mistakes that anyone can make in daily life, emphasizing that someone must be responsible for them, thereby inducing urgency and tension in the other party."
"If I guess correctly, Jack will say to Bruce, 'Your psychology professor will be very disappointed that you did not avoid such a simple psychological suggestion' - this is a common technique to suppress others from a psychological level.
Fictitious disgust of the surrounding environment that does not exist makes the other party fall into self-blame and self-doubt."
Helen seemed to be very interested in these theories. She stopped eating, looked at Schiller intently and asked, "Then what is his purpose of suppressing Bruce? To make Bruce have self-doubt and make bigger mistakes?"
"You are indeed very smart, Miss Helen." Schiller put down the newspaper, looked into Helen's eyes and said, "This is to make the other party make forced errors."
“The more you feel that people around you are disappointed in you, the more you blame yourself and feel inferior, the less you dare to participate in normal social interactions, and the more you have to rely on the person who suppresses you. This is a vicious cycle, and its purpose is
Just to manipulate others."
Helen digested what Schiller said, and then understood why Schiller said that Jack's use of language to guide Bruce into misunderstanding was just a preparation for a trap.
"He took advantage of Bruce's nervousness during his survival crisis to make him make a small mistake, and then ran to him to exaggerate the importance of the mistake. After Bruce came to this world, he never came into contact with other people's thoughts.
In this case, create an atmosphere where the whole world is disappointed in you."
After reasoning to this point, Helen had another question. She asked: "If Bruce is really nervous about this, what mistake will he make? Or what mistake does Jack want him to make?"
"Of course it was a bigger, more irreversible mistake."
Helen thought about it carefully, but couldn't think of an answer, so she could only look at Schiller with inquiring eyes.
Schiller picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, sighed and said: "Being misled by words is not a big deal. Even the most professional psychologist in the world cannot say that he has never misunderstood others. The same is true for me.
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"Humans are sensory creatures and can only understand each other's intentions from their words and actions. Understanding this itself is the most difficult thing in the world. Misunderstanding is human nature and it is always difficult to escape."
"But if Bruce did step into a real trap, he would have made an even bigger mistake, one that would really hurt my reputation in the education community."
"what is that?"
"Helen, let me ask you, if you are criticized for making a small mistake, your parents will be very angry about it, and you still have a chance to make up for it, and you still have a chance to make them not disappointed in you, what will you do?
Do?"
Helen thought for a moment and said, "Of course I will try my best to make up for it. After all, I don't want to let them down."
When she said this, Helen was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly said: "Oh, I understand! My parents love me, so even if I make some mistakes, they will understand me and forgive me."
"But if I desperately want to make amends because I'm afraid of disappointing them, what drives me will be fear, and fear often makes people lose their minds and make bigger mistakes."
"At that time, what was originally a small and understandable mistake may turn into a huge mistake that really makes them sad, and if they show disappointment because of it, I will feel very aggrieved."
"Because I was worried that they would be angry and disappointed, so I tried to make up for it. Even if I caused greater trouble, they should understand that I did it because I loved them. So an irreconcilable contradiction arose."
"My parents want to educate me not to make such mistakes again, but I measure whether they love me by whether they understand and forgive me."
"And once you get to the point where you ask others to prove your love, the misunderstanding will never be resolved, because what you have to prove is never whether you love or not, but whether you love enough, but it is never enough no matter what."
Schiller looked at Helen with great admiration. He nodded and said, "Jack took advantage of Bruce's small mistakes and the tense atmosphere he fabricated. The trap he created was that he would make Bruce more eager to ask for help."
I attest to his academic prowess."
Helen frowned and said: "Yes, what Jack said to Bruce is equivalent to 'if you answer such a simple question wrong, your teacher will be very disappointed', so Bruce will definitely find a way to answer the following questions well, but
I still don’t understand, following this line of thinking, what big mistake would Bruce make?”
"Why is he answering questions?"
Schiller picked up the newspaper again and said while browsing: "Why does he have to answer when I give out a paper?"
"Because you are his..."
Helen choked for a moment, then lowered her tone and sighed: "Yes, you are just his university professor, and he has graduated from university long ago. No graduate will return to the university to join the university professor organization
For the exam.”
But Helen hesitated and said: "But I heard that you two are very close, and he may regard you as his..."
"Father?"
Helen nodded.
"Then he has to take a meaningless exam because of this?" Schiller shook the newspaper and said: "His graduation topic is to resist the patriarchy. If he tries it again, he will fail the exam. Doesn't it reflect his last exam?