Selina still left, and Bruce failed to stop her. His blocking action only resulted in three blood stains on his face. When the blood dripped down, the strong smell of blood made him feel dizzy.
.
Returning to the Batcave, putting on the Batsuit, and standing in the sky over Gotham again, he found that he didn't seem to be needed anywhere.
Schiller no longer urged him to submit his thesis, no longer called him every few hours to inquire about the progress, and repeatedly called him into the office to discuss the details of the thesis. Schiller lowered his demands on him and allowed him to have more experience.
Time returns to Batman's identity.
Alfred took care of Elsa's schooling, so he no longer had to do it himself. Dick found his place in the new school, resumed social activities, and no longer had to worry about his mental state.
Elsa is very happy in the kindergarten. She doesn't show any signs of attacking people or trying to escape as expected. Not only can she spend her time during the day perfectly, she doesn't need anyone to tell her stories even when she falls asleep.
Selina is gone, and Batman no longer has to spend time dating, and he no longer has to waste his time fighting criminals, flying in circles over the city with her.
Now, Batman has enough time to do what he wants to do, such as patrol Gotham every night, fight against criminals, develop more and better equipment, deploy more cameras, monitor more places, and let
Everything is under control.
But now, he just stood blankly on the roof of Wayne Tower, thinking nothing in his mind and taking no action.
Bruce Wayne's identity is completely empty. He has finally reached the state he dreamed of. No one needs Bruce Wayne anymore, everyone only needs Batman.
But for some reason, Batman's movements began to lag, and he was no longer so decisive. And now, he is thinking about the reasons for all this happening.
He abandoned all his weak traits and was no longer hampered by trivial matters in the world, but his posture was not so chic and his mentality was not so free.
It was more like he was kicked out by the vast world under the clouds, and the reason these weak ordinary people kicked him out was because he was useless.
Is God able to be independent from the world because He is truly superior to humans, or is it because humans find Him useless in society?
Is God just social garbage in another sense?
So what is the difference between him and those criminals who are excluded from society?
Batman found that he had an idea of not admitting defeat and wanted to prove that Bruce was not useless, but at the same time, he felt ridiculous about this idea, because the person who looked down on Bruce the most was Batman.
Conflicting emotions surged in his chest, and the inconsistent logic once again made him regain the confusion he felt when he first became Batman, so he wanted to find Schiller.
Schiller would ask him some questions that were difficult to answer, but at least this gave him a direction for his thinking. As long as there was a direction, there might be an answer.
Batman came to the campus of Gotham University. He knew that Schiller and Jason should still be in the empty classroom. Without thinking, he jumped from the roof and landed on the balcony of the classroom.
However, there was no sign of Schiller in the classroom, only Jason who was concentrating on reading. Jason was so engrossed in reading that he didn't notice a shadow appearing on his head.
When he finally wanted to take a break, he realized that Batman had been staring at him for dozens of minutes.
Jason was so startled that he almost fell off his stool. He heard Batman ask: "Where is Professor Schiller?"
"He...he's not here." Jason swallowed and said, "He went to help Professor Victor adjust the equipment in the cryo chamber..."
"What are you looking at?" Batman asked again.
Jason glanced down at the book he was reading and said, "Famous psychologists and their theories."
"Do you understand?" Batman asked.
"You can understand a little bit." Jason held the book, tilted his head and said, "I just finished reading the theories of the psychologist named Freud, and now I am reading Jung's. I heard that the two of them
are friends……"
Batman stood there silently, Jason looked at him with his eyes. After a while, he put down the book, looked at Batman and said, "You seem a little unhappy, why?"
Batman didn't speak, he just said: "When will Professor Schiller come back?"
"Not necessarily, maybe I won't come back tonight." Jason replied.
"Then what are you still doing here?"
"Read a book!" Jason shook the book in his hand and said, "Didn't I tell you everything? I'm reading the theories of famous psychologists around the world."
Glancing at Batman again, Jason said, "You seem to be feeling sad. Have you encountered any difficulties?"
Batman was stunned for a moment. It was the first time someone pointed out that he was sad. Not even Schiller said that.
Jason put his head on his hands and said, "I remember, the last time I saw you, you were not too happy, but you are particularly sad today. Why?"
"Why do you feel bad for me?" Batman asked.
"Intuition." Jason shrugged and said, "My intuition has always been very accurate. This is how the Capuchin Gang relies on to gain a foothold."
Before Batman could say anything, Jason slapped the book in his hand on the table. The spine of the book hit the wooden table and made a crisp sound.
He pointed to the sentence above and said, "Look, this is the most interesting point in Jung's theory to me. It's called the 'personality mask'. Do you know what a persona is?"
"Oh, you are also a student of Professor Schiller, so you should also know that in short, Jung said that in order for people to adapt to various social rules, they must wear a personality mask for themselves."
"We will consciously perform corresponding behaviors due to the subtle requirements of various professions. Once our behavior goes against social rules, we will be regarded as fools by people."
"I think it's really interesting, because sometimes, I can feel it too."
"For example, to survive in Gotham, you can't show weakness. Everyone knows this rule and everyone knows that the other person is bluffing, but none of us exposed it."
"I rely on my strong personality to lead the Capuchin Gang to survive, but in fact, the same is true for the bosses of other gangs who are intimidated by me. We all know that the other party is wearing a mask, and who can gain the advantage depends on whose mask is sticky.
Tighter."
"Do you have a mask?" Jason asked, looking at Batman.
Batman looked into Jason's eyes, and he even suspected that the child in front of him was Schiller, because he asked another question that Batman couldn't answer.
Does Batman have a mask?
Of course he does, his mask is Bruce Wayne, Batman is the real personality, and Bruce Wayne is the mask.
If we follow Jung's theory, Bruce Wayne is a persona created by Batman that conforms to social expectations, a wealthy, uneducated, and carefree rich second generation.
The role of the personality mask is to allow people to live a normal life in society, to be a member of society, and not to be abandoned by society. However, if you break through the mask, you will face such risks.
Just like the existence of Batman, a superhero without a mask at all, completely contrary to Gotham's social norms, so he was abandoned by Gotham society and unable to participate in normal social life.
Jason pointed to one of the passages and said: "Jung felt that if a person's actual personality completely succumbs to the personality mask, it is actually very dangerous. If a person regards being accepted by society as his biggest goal, then he is very likely to
Will obey whatever society expects of him.”
"In this case, he will have no personality of his own at all. The purpose of living will be to become what the group expects most. In order to meet expectations, they may do all kinds of wrong things."
And Jason pointed to a sentence annotated next to the text and said:
"This seems to be annotated by Professor Schiller. He said that the persona needs to have push and pull. If he pays too much attention to social expectations, he must be guided to pay attention to his own needs. If he pays too much attention to his own needs, he must be guided to pay attention to social expectations."
"Only when there is a balance between one's own needs and social expectations can one maintain the stability of the persona. Otherwise, one will fall into the panic of being disappointed by both parties."
Batman moved his fingertips and asked, "Did he tell you how to balance it?"
Jason shook his head and said: "Professor Schiller didn't write it, maybe because it can't be written here."
Then he thought about it and said seriously: "I don't think this matter is that complicated. Sometimes, if you meet other people's expectations, you will be unhappy, but if you are happy, you will let others down."
"But, in the final analysis, people who truly love you want you to be happy, and they will definitely want you to do what you like."
"If a person tells you that you do what you like and it makes me unhappy, then he definitely doesn't really love you, or he thinks he loves you, but in fact he just wants to control you."
"And if I face someone who really loves me, I am willing to sacrifice a certain amount of time and not do things I like, but do things that will make them happy. Isn't that what love is like? I hope you are happy, and you are too
I hope I’m happy…”
"How do you tell if someone really loves you?" Batman asked.
"Didn't I say it all?" Jason emphasized again: "If a person wants you to do what you like, and at the same time is willing to spend energy to do things that make you happy, then he must love you very much.
"
At that moment, Batman thought of many people's names. He was shocked by the number of names, so he froze in place and did not move.
From a broad perspective, there are really many people who want him to be Batman and are willing to spend energy to make it easier for him to be Batman.
Alfred knew that Batman's career was dangerous, but he never said anything to stop him. At the same time, he carefully took care of his life so that he had no worries.
Catwoman really likes the identity of Batman. She sincerely thinks that Batman is cool. At the same time, she is even willing to restrain herself and steal less things to please him.
Dick has always admired Batman and wanted to learn his skills from him. At the same time, when Batman loses control of his emotions, he tries to avoid irritating him.
And Gordon, Harvey, and... Schiller?
Thinking of Schiller, Batman was a little confused. Why did Schiller's name appear on the list?
At this moment, a voice came from outside the door: "Jason, I'm back, what did you see?... Batman, why are you here???"
Just as Batman was about to speak, Schiller walked in and pointed an umbrella at Batman. Schiller's roar came from the teaching building on a rainy night:
"Batman!! You don't learn on your own!! You want to lead others astray?!!!"
Two minutes later, Batman, who was running for his life in the rainy night, thought, Schiller? He is an "ordinary person" living in the human world, while Batman is a god who was kicked out of the human world.
There is no common ground of love between man and God, but hatred runs in both directions and lasts very long.