In addition to super intelligence, Superman's super brain also has super memory. Although he doesn't use it normally, this is actually a passive skill. Superman can completely remember everything he sees, and every detail is very clear.
He won't notice any abnormalities when he doesn't call up this part of his memory, but as long as he wants to recall, he can recall all the details of everything that happened since he had the memory.
When Lord Superman focused on certain anomalies that might exist in Batman, he immediately recalled certain fragments.
It's true that Batman hasn't been acting weird recently.
Lord Superman's memory began to go back and forth until it stopped at a very special point in time, which was the night when they finally completed the security management of the earth and held a celebration banquet.
The parties and carnivals were as usual, and Batman was as silent as ever, but it was rare that he did not leave early, but stood in the corner of the party dance floor, watching everything happen quietly.
Lord Superman can feel that he is very happy, because of his observation ability that is far beyond ordinary people, and because of his familiarity with Batman. Although Batman does not smile, this gesture is the happiest expression he can make.
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So where does the turning point occur?
Lord Superman recalled that he drank some wine that night and allowed himself to be a little drunk for the first time, so he put his arm around Batman's shoulders, and the two walked to the rooftop to enjoy the breeze.
He waved his arms in high spirits and said that he would definitely be able to bring such peace to all the universes. From now on, people would no longer have to be troubled by criminals and would definitely be able to live an orderly and happy life.
What did he say next? Lord Superman pushed through the haze of hallucinations caused by alcohol, and he heard Batman say that although there was no threat from criminals now, people's lives could not be called happy.
Lord Superman expressed confusion because he felt that Batman had always wanted to build a society without criminals? Isn't this a perfect society?
But Batman said that there are many people in this world living in underdeveloped areas, which are often remote and backward, with harsh natural conditions. They have been poor for a long time and cannot enjoy the convenience of modern urban life at all.
In other words, there are only a few people in this world who can enjoy both safety and convenience. The vast majority always lack something, and Batman feels that he should make up for it.
Lord Superman vaguely remembered that Batman seemed to talk a lot about city construction, technological development, and even the idea of colonizing space, but he didn't listen at all that night.
What he enjoys is constantly eliminating criminals and watching the people living on earth look at the sky with relieved expressions. That makes him feel the meaning of his existence and makes him feel that what he is doing is right.
He began to crave this feeling more and more, and that night, he almost couldn't wait to ask Batman to make him a portal so that he could go to other earths and continue doing this kind of thing.
Batman didn't refuse, but Lord Superman felt his disappointment.
Perhaps everything has changed since that time. Batman has closed his heart that was already slightly open again. He no longer feels that anyone in this team is his kind, and neither does Lord Superman.
Thinking back to this, Lord Superman felt angry and aggrieved. He instinctively said: "I just hope that justice can spread further. I just want to save more people."
"What do you think is salvation?" Constantine suddenly spoke up. He took a puff of cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, looked into the air with a slightly blank look and said: "Do you think human society is a society without criminals?
The ultimate form?"
Lord Superman suddenly widened his eyes slowly. He had not told anyone about the situation in his universe, so how did Constantine know?
"No need to doubt, you and I are from the same universe, but when you were going crazy and messing around on Earth, I hid in Limbo. I haven't been back to Earth for a long time."
Constantine coughed heavily, sniffed, and then said: "I know you will definitely classify me as a criminal and have your brain burned, but I'm sorry, I still have something to do.
, so keep my brain."
Lord Superman's eyes were flashing red, but at this time, clown Arthur said: "What do you think is a criminal? Are the murderers criminals?"
"Of course, he broke the law."
"So what if he killed this person to save more people?" Arthur the clown laughed lowly and said, "Isn't this the same thing as what you did?"
"And if causing pain is a crime, then why are the businessmen and politicians who are leaving us homeless and without food still alive?"
Clown Arthur lowered his eyes and said: "The law protects their interests, and you protect the law. This is your justice."
If it had been before, Lord Superman's heat ray would have been hit, but Lord Superman's mind kept thinking about what Batman said to him. Batman once said to him, "The elimination of criminals on the earth is not the end, but the beginning."
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At the beginning, Lord Superman understood this sentence as an approval of his idea. Eliminating one criminal on the earth is certainly not the end. They also want to save the earth in more universes.
But did I understand it wrong?
Lord Superman felt that his head began to hurt.
After the Lord Superman hesitated for a moment, he still looked at the young Bruce next to him and said: "The universe we are in..."
He briefly introduced the situation on his own earth and said: "Then that night Batman said to me, 'Destroying criminals on the earth is not the end, but the beginning.' What do you think he meant?"
Bruce was stunned for a moment, and then he said: "'I hope you can stay and build our earth with me,' that's what I mean."
Lord Superman was completely frozen.
Then he reached out and covered his eyes, feeling that his head was buzzing.
How can the above sentence be translated into the following sentence? Are these two sentences even remotely related?!
At this time, Bruce added: "But what he wants to express is actually, 'Our lives will have a new beginning, and so will the relationship between us.'"
Then Bruce asked curiously: "Then how did you answer then?"
Lord Superman covered his eyes with one hand and put one hand on the table in front of him and said: "At that time, I said, 'Yeah, if your portal is built fast enough, we can indeed start to bring justice to more universes.
Already.'"
The rest of the people present, including Owen on the stage, all shouted "boo" at Lord Superman.
"Your reply is almost equivalent to saying on a date, 'If the car to pick you up comes earlier, we can go home earlier and chat online.'" Bruce shrugged.
"I'm not...but why can't he speak more clearly? Can't he just say 'We got along very well before, and I hope we can continue to be together', or simply say 'I don't want to build a portal, we should
Stay on Earth together', why not?"
"Because he's Batman."
In Schiller's ward, by noon, his hands had been freed, so he could carry oatmeal by himself.
And Batman came in again. He raised an eyebrow slightly at Schiller and asked: "How is it?"
"I was just going to tell you about this." Schiller pointed to the chair next to him with his chin, and Batman sat over it.
As soon as Batman sat down, Schiller said, "I've come to a very surprising conclusion."
"What?"
"This Batman is not sick."
Batman showed the biggest change in his expression since joining the game, saying he couldn't stand it anymore.
"I know you are surprised, but don't be surprised yet." Schiller stirred the porridge in his hand with a spoon and said: "This is a conclusion I came to after thinking about it for several hours, although he is indeed amazing, and I am also a little bit
I don’t believe it, but the Batman of this universe is almost never sick.”
"Almost no disease, does that mean you still have it?"
Schiller shook his head slightly and said: "He has some mild depression, but it cannot be called depression. He also has some very normal work anxiety, but it still cannot be called an anxiety disorder."
Batman's hand froze completely.
Schiller looked at him and told him an even more shocking news: "He is not cured, but he is not sick at all."
Batman was lost in thought.
"But the results are not yet clear." Schiller took a sip of porridge and recalled: "You know what you care about most, how he views the death of his parents is what defines whether his mental state is normal.
standards, and this is not a topic that can be easily touched upon.”
"What do you want me to do?" Batman looked directly at Schiller and asked, and then he said: "I will cooperate with you as much as possible."
Schiller looked at him without saying a word. After a while, Batman said: "You know that every Batman that I, we, Thomas and Martha have seen, the state we have shown makes them feel extremely guilty.
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"He felt that their deaths shaped us completely and shaped us as a patient who suffered, or at least suffered, which is a very crushing fact that I'm sure they've been trying hard to accept, but haven't quite succeeded in."
"And you want them to see that at least one of the Bruces survived it and came out of the shadows through his own efforts, leaving almost no sequelae."
"Will there be one?" Batman asked.
Schiller stopped stirring the oatmeal and said: "The vast majority are like you, the scars have been engraved into the personality, a small number are like my students, barely healed, and some..."
Schiller shook his head and said nothing, but Batman could understand what he meant, and part of him could not help but slide down deeper into the abyss until he became unrecognizable.
Schiller paused and then said: "You help me find a consulting room and make sure there is no one there all night, and I will do the rest."
Batman nodded and left immediately.
When Schiller turned to look at the window, he found Beibat playing basketball with the male caregiver in the basketball court downstairs. He jumped high and dunked into the basket, with his black hair hanging down from his temples.
Schiller closed his eyes, and classic images from the Batman movie trilogy began to flash in his mind.