Chapter 1551: The Sun Chaser (Part 28)
At this moment, Greed, who was standing behind Strange, widened his eyes, because he remembered that the last time he saw the pathological with such eyes was when the pathological first met Batman.
The pathological rarely pays attention to anyone. Most of the time, he doesn't care, and the rest is because he knows that seeing, seeing clearly, and remembering them has no meaning. Most people in this world have no effect on the progress of Schiller's life stage, so naturally there is no need to look.
This indifference is one of the pathological manifestations of autistic patients. They often show a state of distraction in childhood, which is not complete mental disorder, nor is it a normal mind obscured by hallucinations or illusions produced by schizophrenia. They know someone is calling them, and they know someone needs a response.
They don't respond, just because they think it's boring or meaningless, so some people call autism indifference syndrome.
And as Schiller's pathological, the person the pathological focuses on and wants to see clearly is naturally someone he thinks may be meaningful to Schiller or someone he is interested in himself. In short, it can be summarized as useful tools for him and toys that make him feel interesting.
Batman is the former, and Constantine is the latter. But obviously, the process of the pathological's use or research on anyone will not be very beautiful, and it is the same for Schiller himself.
The moment Strange's words came out, Greed knew that something was wrong. He had witnessed the whole process of how Batman was chosen by the pathological and then tortured each other with Arrogance for four years.
Greed rushed up in one step, grabbed Strange's arm and wanted to pull him away, but Strange was like being planted in the ground, no matter how Greed pulled him or gave him eye contact, he didn't move.
Greed's heart was broken. If you want to say which one is crazier, Batman or Doctor Strange, the answer is of course Batman, but it must be the mature Batman in the public stereotype.
Arrogance only faced a young Batman who had just entered university. His worldview was not very mature and was easily shaken. There were also many loopholes in that set of logic of fighting crime, which were easy to be seen and utilized.
But Strange was already the complete body of Doctor Strange, or the ultimate evolutionary body. His worldview was completely mature, his logic was very self-consistent, and more importantly, he didn't have Batman's moral bottom line.
Most of the Shi Difen Stranges in the world can hardly be called traditional righteous people. The number of notorious and blood-pressure-soaring evil things concocted by the Illuminati can be said to be second only to the trouble-making king Reed, and Strange's flexible moral bottom line contributed a lot.
The arrogance and superiority engraved in his bones when he was a top surgeon did not weaken much because he became a mage, and at the same time, there was inevitable pettiness and holding grudges.
Thinking of this, Greed recalled the good times when he was chased by superheroes around New York City for hundreds of laps because of an umbrella. Not everyone has the will of Batman, the DC biological father, to endure and torture each other with Arrogance for so long.
"All Schillers are one person." The pathological opened his mouth: "We are just different personality traits. It makes no sense for a single trait to pursue infinite possibilities. We all need to work for the development of Schiller as an individual."
"Then why work hard?" Strange asked a question, but the tone didn't sound like he wanted an answer. Sure enough, he soon answered himself: "The so-called imitation through Greed's acceptance of emotions is nothing more than to become the same as most ordinary people."
"I am also a doctor, so I know that most patients in this world are pursuing normality. Some patients even asked me in the last second before the anesthesia took effect whether they could live like normal people after the surgery."
"People who can lie on my operating table are not worried about whether the remaining self-care ability after surgery can cope with daily life. They are so afraid of defects because they are afraid of abnormality."
"Even normal people are worried about being the one who is not gregarious all the time. Even geniuses far beyond ordinary people always want to find a sense of identity in the group." The air sound mixed in Strange's tone sounded like the wind blowing another story into what he said.
"So why can't you imitate?" The pathological asked, looking into Strange's eyes and continuing: "You know how pale and powerless those so-called arguments that are not afraid of worldly eyes are. Since you have the ability to disguise as them and integrate into them, why bother to explain your abnormality?"
Strange's expression suddenly relaxed. He looked at the pathological and said: "This is actually a compromise, right? You still love them, so you choose to cover up your abnormality and join them."
"I don't know how you understand love. I don't care about them at all."
"If you really don't care, if you really don't love at all, as you said, you are tired of explaining, then why not do it once and for all?"
The pathological frowned very rarely. Strange stared into his eyes and took two steps back, turned to look at Adam behind him and said.
"I threw the cut-off arm through the passage to the Great World, and it is now on the body of a Shi Difen Strange who just lost his arm in the Great World."
"It is part of my body and soul. If I want, I can immediately become one with it, replace a certain Shi Difen Strange in a certain universe, and then tell all your colleagues in the Great World about the good things you did in this universe."
Adam widened his eyes instantly. He stared at Strange and said incredulously: "Are you crazy? Have I offended you?! Sorcerer Supreme!
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"Not before, but if you refuse me next, then you have." The muscles of Strange's lower eyelid twitched slightly, looking more pathological than the pathological.
"Turning everyone in the universe into an autistic patient, I know you can do it. Everyone is abnormal, then everyone is normal."
Greed also widened his eyes and looked at Strange. The words that almost blurted out were "Are you a bit too extreme?!"
"Are you trying to make me make a choice?" The pathological narrowed his eyes very rarely. When he stared at Strange, that excessive focus was full of pathology.
"If, as you said, you created Greed to be a normal person, then what you have done can fully satisfy your wish." Strange turned back again. This time he walked closer to the pathological, looked into his eyes without fear and continued.
"But if I choose such a path for all life in the universe, then the goal that Schiller wants to give all life in the universe the possibility of infinite development is afraid that it can no longer be achieved."
"If I become the culprit who locks the fate of humanity, then all the efforts Schiller has made so far will be in vain. Civil war will still happen, everything will return to the origin, and the pathological human civilization will no longer have a future."
"Then, do you hope that the Greed you created will faithfully complete his mission, so that Schiller's abnormality will never be noticed again, or let him give up excessive emotional craving, so that I don't have to do such extreme things to treat him, making him sad and disappointed because the goal cannot be achieved?"
Strange kept staring into the pathological's eyes, and the pathological kept staring at him intently. After a while of silence, the pathological lowered his head and laughed deeply.
"Very good." The pathological nodded and said: "Amazing."
But Strange didn't relax his gaze at all, as if he must get an answer from the pathological. The pathological looked at him with smiling eyes and said.
"But what makes you think that I am controlling and manipulating Greed, making him so greedy and refusing treatment?"
Strange was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the pathological with an incredible look. The pathological smiled and sighed and said: "Sorry, just for fairness, I have also set such a trap for Arrogance's students."
Greed covered his eyes and sighed deeply. Strange turned to look at him, seemingly wanting an explanation. Greed snorted coldly and said: "The simplest language suggestion, showing his specialness when appearing, attracting your attention, and using me as a reference, placing himself in a high position..."
"Shi Difen Strange, have you never received a scam call claiming to be a shareholder of Stark Industries?"
Strange widened his eyes, looked at the pathological and then at Greed, and said: "So he is not controlling you..."
"When did I say I controlled him?" The pathological was still smiling, he emphasized his tone and said: "I only said why I created him, I never said what his mission is, or what changes he cannot make."
Greed walked over, put a hand on Strange's shoulder and said: "Forget it, don't blame you, the students of another me are not much better, it can be considered a tie."
But just as Greed looked up, he saw the slightly malicious smile on the pathological's face, and then the pathological said.
"What personality traits will turn into has nothing to do with me long ago, it is completely their own will. Since you are so firm that you can destroy the world for Greed, what is it that you cannot change?"
Greed immediately turned his head and stared wide-eyed at Morbid, but Morbid just tilted his chin at Strange and said, "I really like your resolve. You two chat; I'm leaving first."
After speaking, he walked out of the theater without looking back, leaving Strange and Greed staring at each other.
Soon, Greed discovered that the malicious expression he saw on Strange's face should not be his illusion.
And at this time, the pathological who came to the first floor by elevator looked up at the railing next to the patio on the second floor. Arrogance was standing there, signaling to the pathological that there was movement at the gate.
The door of the thinking tower was being knocked on, and a familiar voice came from outside the door: "Schiller, open the door! Schiller! Are you there? Open the door quickly!"
After the pathological opened the door, Tony Stark was standing outside. Stark was stunned when he saw this Schiller who was obviously different from his friend, frowned and said: "Who are you? Is Schiller there?"
"I am also Schiller." The pathological replied.
"Well, I know you guys. I mean, is the Schiller I know there?... Wait, what is your relationship?"
Stark's animal-like intuition made him feel a chill on his back when looking at this strange Schiller in front of him, and the pathological smiled and said: "I am the pathological. What do you want from that little guy Greed?"
"'Little guy'??!
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And Arrogance, standing next to the patio railing on the second floor, looked at Stark's shocked expression and revealed a triumphant smile.
Tie? Greed lost miserably! Who let him have so many friends? ===== CHAPTER 1552 =====
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