But at the same time, Batman, who has put himself in Schiller's position, also understands that for people who are trapped in this kind of thinking, he must repeatedly emphasize to them "This is wrong for you, this is not okay" and "You must do this and so on."
It's useless.
Their persecution paranoia has reached a critical stage. No matter who gives them advice, they will feel that there is a trap hidden behind such advice. This is what Batman once thought.
He would go to many people to give him advice, such as Gordon, Harvey and Schiller, but he would not completely trust the advice these people gave him. After comprehensive thinking and repeated consideration, he would give advice to them.
The method and content of the suggestions given are used to analyze the personality of these people and deal with the traps in non-existent suggestions.
This sounds like repaying kindness with revenge, but in this state, it is more like a compulsive behavior. At that time, Batman couldn't control himself, couldn't stop himself from thinking about these problems, one plan after another, one after another.
A record kept circling in his mind.
Of course, Batman wants to save Zatanna. Even if they are no longer a couple, at least they are still friends, and they can be considered old friends for many years. He does not want to see Zatanna embark on such a path of self-destruction.
Just like Schiller, Batman doesn't want to see another madman in the world wearing a straight suit, sitting on a chair and looking at the moon.
Since strong persuasion and suggestions are useless, Batman is not going to persuade Zatanna to go back like Constantine, but said to her: "If you have other methods, you can try it, but I believe you should
It has been discovered that Professor Schiller is not an ordinary person."
"Constantine and I had seen the Tower of Thought in its entirety. It was a majestic structure beyond anyone's imagination. Fragments of his personality lived in this tower. The number cannot be estimated, but perhaps hundreds.
Thousands of them.”
"The memory space of such a person must be very dangerous. We have encountered so many dangers just in the shallow exploration. If you want to take a step forward, you must be prepared."
Batman rarely spoke so many words in one breath. Originally, he was not a talkative person. Therefore, after he finished speaking, Zatanna thought about it seriously, then frowned and said: "
What you say makes sense, just the few memory fragments we have experienced tell us that he is a madman, a criminal, a killer, and he also has a high professional level."
"But I think it's still worth a try. We don't want to stimulate him, we just want to go to the depths of the memory space to take a look at the things he fears most. If done correctly, it will not be discovered."
Hearing this, Batman asked with some confusion: "Can you see what he fears the most?"
"Everyone has something to be afraid of, right? If the weak items we got before are items that have left a psychological shadow on him, for example, the straitjacket may represent his unhappy life in a mental hospital, butcher's knife
It may represent his dark memories of being used as an experimental subject, and the building blocks may represent the mental trauma he suffered in his childhood..."
"These things can be regarded as weaknesses and shadows, but they cannot be called the things he is most afraid of. When everyone asks themselves 'What am I most afraid of', they will have one first reaction, which is often
What they fear most."
Zatanna turned to look at the light spots floating in the air, and said: "Memory is not complete and coherent. Perhaps many people think that their memory is smooth when recalling certain things, but in fact that is not the case.
Many scenes were pieced together from fragments.”
"The ability to piece together these scene fragments into a complete memory is called a memory path, which refers to what clues a person uses to recall this memory."
"For example, some people follow chronological order, first thinking about what they did in the morning, what they did at noon, and then what they did in the evening. Some people use logical memory, thinking about the cause first, and then the result."
"These memory paths can become our passages, and each memory fragment can serve as our springboard. As long as the direction is correct, we can find the thing he once asked himself in his heart, 'What is the most afraid of' by constantly shuttling and jumping?
'This memory scene."
"Then, we can find out the first answer in his heart in the memory of a certain moment, which is what he is most afraid of."
Batman understood Zatanna's explanation, which was nothing more than making the human thinking process more concrete, more like another explanation of human memory.
"The only question is, do you really have any energy left?" Batman looked at Zatanna's pale face and said, "Judging from the process you described, the constant shuttling and jumping will definitely consume a lot of energy.
the power of."
Zatanna pursed her lips, as if unwilling to show weakness, she raised her chin slightly, and then said: "I can't have a weaker willpower than an ordinary person, can I? Bruce?"
Looking at her stubborn look, Batman had some words on his lips, but could not say them out. Zatanna would make such a decision, perhaps because she wanted to prove that her departure without saying goodbye was not without reason.
She wants to prove to Batman that she is indeed doing her best to protect the world.
Constantine, who was standing next to him, sighed after seeing the two of them looking at each other affectionately, and said: "Okay, okay, you two are both messengers of justice. It seems that I can only sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman."
.”
"To be honest, if it weren't for the extremely evil curse you mentioned, which could really destroy the world, I wouldn't be willing to take risks here. But since we are already here, let us go and see what Schiller is.
afraid of what."
Zatanna waved her hand, and countless memory light balls flew around her. Then, the white light gradually dispersed, forming a storm around the three of them. Zatanna raised her voice and said: "Be prepared, let's
The shuttle is about to begin!”
After a burst of fierce white light, Batman found that he was in a weightless space, and the scenery in front of him was rapidly retreating.
Zatanna took the lead, with Batman and Constantine flying behind her as flankers. The three of them began to shuttle between countless light balls, like a spaceship flying through the stars.
Balls of light receded in front of Batman's eyes one after another, and in the brief moment when their eyes met, he saw many afterimages of Schiller's past, but stories he had never understood.
There are Schiller who is reading, there are Schiller who are in the examination room, there are Schiller who are driving, there are Schiller who are sleeping...
Time flies by, and memory is like a stream of light. In the process of the soul's shuttle flight, memory becomes the best scenery, just like the scenery passing by the train window. It is not shockingly beautiful, but it always makes people feel good.
It feels like a faded old photo.
Just when Batman was immersed in observing each light ball to see what kind of memories were recorded, Zatanna in front suddenly shouted: "Prepare to land!"
Batman held his breath and concentrated. The next second, a severe feeling of weightlessness hit him. A burst of white light flashed. When he stepped on the ground again, the first thing he heard was not the sound of footsteps falling, but Zatanna's scream.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Batman immediately turned his head to look, but before seeing Zatanna, he first saw Schiller in a tight suit and a mask.
Before he could speak, Constantine's scream came from behind: "Zatanna!!! Did you jump wrong?!!!"
"Zatanna, who was busy avoiding the attack of the straitjacket, shouted: "I didn't! I danced according to the compass pointer! The direction of the psychic magic is absolutely correct!"
"Then why did we come back here?!" Constantine turned into ashes again and appeared in another direction, but in the next second, he was pulled to the wall next to him by the laces of his straitjacket.
Batman took a closer look and found that this was the same memory space where he got the straitjacket before, and it was also the review room. The three of them had just fallen out of the previous door.
With no time to think about it, the three of them began to run away again. When they were in their prime, they had to fight with Schiller for a while. Now that the three of them have exhausted a lot of physical strength and energy, there is no hope for a head-on confrontation.
Finally, the three of them rushed into the tool room downstairs. Zatanna gasped and said: "How is it possible? The pointer is obviously pointing here, there is no way I jumped wrong..."
After saying that, she took out a compass that exuded magical brilliance and whispered: "This is something left by the Archmage Merlin. There is no way it can go wrong..."
Hearing the sound of metal clicking again, Zatanna gritted her teeth, waved her hand, and the storm swept past, and several people returned to the shuttle again.
Zatanna took out a compass, stared at the pointer on it and said, "I won't make a mistake again..."
"Get ready for landing!" Zatanna shouted again. The next second, the same dizziness, the same white light, the same sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, the same scream...
Batman felt that the confused expression he saw on Schiller's face in the tights was probably not an illusion, and they returned to the consultation room again.
This time, Zatanna was no longer surprised. He said firmly: "This proves that the place we are looking for may be right here!"
"Get rid of him first, I'll use the compass to guide the way!" Zatanna shouted, and the three of them started running again, but this time, Schiller may have been stimulated, and the desire to pursue was even stronger. The three of them were in this place.
I walked around the building several times before getting rid of him.
Constantine was so tired that he could hardly get up. He looked at Zatanna and said, "You should have used this plan earlier, so we wouldn't have to be in such an embarrassing situation..."
"No one can predict the future." Zatanna sighed and said, "Fortunately, we now have an understanding of the terrain here."
He held the compass, the light on his hand lit up, the pointer rotated wildly, and then stabilized in one direction. Seeing this, Zatanna pushed the door open again and ran out, then stopped at an intersection and said, "This way!"
She turned and ran over, and the other two could only follow behind him. They made another big circle, and Zatanna stopped in the corridor. She said, "No, it should be here, but why is there no room here?"
"Upstairs or downstairs." Batman said, and just when Zatanna asked again, he said: "It should be downstairs, remember? The exit we found before..."
Zatanna showed an expression of realization and said: "The thing that Schiller resists the most...that's right! The exit of this world may be connected to two roads, one is to the buffer zone, and the other is to
The answer room we want!”
"Let's go!" Zatanna started running again. She quickly rushed down the stairs and reached the first floor. She happened to bump into Schiller who was patrolling. The three of them had to speed up their pace again.
Schiller's speed became faster and faster, and the lace almost touched the ends of Zatanna's hair. She used her last strength and rushed into the cafeteria.
In an instant, the white storm swallowed up the three of them. The shuttle process took less than a second. After landing again, they came to a door.
Zatanna was almost unable to move at all, but she still held on to the door frame, stood up, and gasped: "Okay, let him be cruel..."
"So, let's see, what on earth would such a scary professor be afraid of?"
The remaining two people had almost no strength, including Batman, who was in the best condition just now and withstood most of the firepower. There were wounds on his arms and waist, and his clothes were stained red with blood.
He was also a little curious about the answer, because when Zatanna told the principle of this shuttle jump plan, Batman thought of a question.
What does Schiller think he is most afraid of, what others think he is most afraid of, and what he is actually most afraid of? Will the answers to these questions be the same?
Obviously, the door in front of them will tell them the answer to their first question, which is, what Schiller thinks he is most afraid of.
This is still a topic that interests Batman because, if the answer exists, Schiller is not as impeccable as his verbal style.
This may not be used against him, but it can be used to laugh at him.
The next second, Zatanna opened the door, and the three of them walked into the room full of light.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the grass, the flowers blooming one after another, and the woods in the distance, but these were not as eye-catching as the huge object in front of them.
It was a huge, extremely majestic, towering into the clouds, covering the sky and the sun - broccoli.
