Chapter 1554

The biggest problem with the treatment of Schiller by his friends previously was that none of the people carrying out the treatment possessed professional knowledge in psychology, psychiatry, or pedagogy; they were inferring the process from the results.

For example, they felt that Schiller's excessive greed would cause him to hurt himself, so the result they wanted was to prevent him from hurting himself, thereby deducing that they could not let Schiller be so greedy.

The method to keep Schiller from being so greedy was naturally to help him lower his threshold, and the method to lower his threshold was to watch him every moment and not let him stir up trouble.

This treatment method cannot be considered wrong, but just like all parents in this world who force their children to do things to achieve a result, the starting point is clearly good, but the process is always mutual torture for both sides, and in the end, the desired result is not obtained; it only makes both sides feel that the other is being unreasonable and does not understand them.

And the more the desired result is not achieved, the more extreme the conflict becomes; the last time Stark treated Schiller, it was merely to stop everyone from going to him for medical advice, but this time, Strange has progressed to holding Schiller back through self-harm, and if this still doesn't achieve the effect, the actions of both sides will only become more extreme.

And the difference between Professor X and them is that he is a good doctor and also a good teacher; his educational method is not result-oriented, and he would never say to the students inside the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, "You must become a powerful mutant," or "You must control your abilities for the rest of your life so they don't go out of control."

His treatment and educational methods are often personality-shaping oriented, meaning that by guiding them to make various choices, he lets them subtly stabilize their own personalities and establish correct values, which naturally leads to the aforementioned goals.

Of course, mutants are a very complex social proposition, and Professor X does not have to face one or two patients or students, but an entire ethnic group.

His situation is similar to Odin's; one cannot feel that an individual lacks ability just because they barely passed a test that was far beyond the knowledge level of their race; in fact, Charles Xavier being able to establish the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and the X-Men in human society by his own strength is already a quite remarkable achievement.

Strange and Stark both know this point, so when Charles also came to the room in Schiller's Tower of Thought to participate in the consultation and proposed that he could become Schiller's psychologist, neither of them had any objections.

What made them both have doubts was that Professor X requested that during the process of treating Schiller, Strange and Stark must not interfere; they could fully observe Schiller's situation, but they could not excessively hinder the treatment, nor could they make extreme measures like before.

To tell the truth, Stark and Strange really could not think of anything else that could restrict Schiller besides extreme measures.

"Professor Xavier." Strange said to Charles in his mind: "Since the situation in the Shi'ar Empire's Great Portal star sector is very severe, I definitely have to take the mages there to confront the Annihilation Wave; since that's the case, I'll send Schiller back to Earth first..."

"No, do not send Schiller back to Earth; take him to the front line."

What Charles said completely exceeded Strange's expectations, and he said in shock: "Send Schiller where?? To the front line against the insect swarm??? But..."

Strange was a bit dazed; he didn't even know how to refute it for a moment, and after stammering for a long time, he only managed to squeeze out: "But this is very dangerous..."

"Really? Do you really think that group of bugs can threaten Schiller, who even the cosmic rule deities cannot threaten?"

"But... what is the point of this?" Strange was completely puzzled, and he said: "Schiller is not a combatant; he hasn't even fought with anyone."

"You didn't think so when he held a ballpoint pen against your head, Dr. Strange."

Strange opened his mouth slightly and found that he really had no way to argue with someone who had telepathy, because it was impossible for anyone in this world to be better at bringing up old scores than Professor X, not even Magneto, let alone him.

Fortunately, Charles explained quite patiently: "The method you use to solve Schiller's problem is to find someone to watch him and let him stay in a completely safe environment doing nothing, but if it were you, would you be willing to stay like that?"

"In the process of treating mental illness, doctors often do not encourage the patient's family to let the patient stay at home for a long time, but rather to let them have things to do as much as possible; in cases where the condition is not very severe and there is no aggression, they should normally participate in social interaction and social labor."

"Solitude for a certain amount of time can effectively reduce emotional stress, but long-term isolation often brings emotional depression; if the dopamine secreted by the brain stays at a low level without stimulation for a long time, it is also possible to cause depression."

"I have seen many families of mental illness patients who think that the recuperation the doctor speaks of is just locking the patient in a room, delivering water and food at fixed times, and letting them rest in bed, but in reality, it is far from that simple."

"Emotional regulation is a profound field of study; besides needing to relieve stress for the patient, sometimes one must also provide appropriate pressure for them to let their organs return to a normal operating frequency."

"Clearly, what Schiller needs now is not for you to watch him and let him stay in one place, eating and sleeping every day; you must let him experience another kind of fulfillment and guide his attention toward the correct direction, rather than blindly persuading him, 'You do too much, so now you can't do anything.'"

Charles's explanation was very simple and easy to understand, and Strange naturally understood it, but the magical thing about psychology and psychiatry is that the things they treat are invisible and intangible, so when there are no results, most people will remain in a skeptical state.

However, Strange, who is also a doctor, still held a relatively scientific attitude in this regard, so he said: "Alright, I think we can try it, but once Schiller has the risk of losing control, we must stop the treatment and think of another way."

"Of course." Charles's voice was still very gentle, and Strange could even imagine his confident smile.

Good doctors in this world all have enough confidence in their professional level, and Charles Xavier is naturally the same, but unlike Strange, he is very good at explaining, especially good at explaining to people who do not have knowledge in this area.

On the way Strange opened a portal and went with Schiller to the Shi'ar Empire's Great Portal star sector outpost, Charles was still explaining to Strange the reason why he did this.

"Schiller is not a control freak; even if he were, he couldn't possibly understand everything in this universe; the human life form dictates that they cannot see the future like gods, and there are always accidents in the future."

"Then we can utilize this point; people are always quite busy when dealing with accidents; the bigger the trouble, the greater the pressure, and the more energy that needs to be invested, and Schiller naturally won't have time to worry about anything else in the process of dealing with accidents."

"Human chaos always shocks even gods; we are best at making some small matter full of loopholes and accidents, and the reason Schiller didn't frequently deal with accidents before is that he didn't formally participate in any matter at all, always standing behind the scenes planning everything."

"Then why not let him truly participate in events like other superheroes? Anyway, the probability of him getting hurt is minimal, and even if there is an accident, Schiller's friends like Tony Stark won't sit idly by."

"Sounds feasible." Strange replied, but soon he asked again: "Then how can we let Schiller participate in this event like a superhero?"

"Then how do superheroes participate?"

"Superheroes generally participate under his arrangements." Strange replied somewhat helplessly: "Regardless of whether they are aware of it, and regardless of whether they are willing, they are always pushed to participate in some event unknowingly under Schiller's plan."

"Then why can't we change to another person? Let others make the plan, and let Schiller complete it?"

"But how would Schiller be willing?" Strange revealed a bitter smile and said.

"He is willing to do nothing under your company, so how can you not persuade him?"

Strange frowned and thought for a while, then said: "You mean, if we directly say to him, 'Stop making those complex plans behind the scenes, go to the front and fight,' he definitely won't be happy, but if we say, 'You should go back to Earth and stay, doing nothing,' then he might be willing to go to the front line to fight."

Charles sighed; he actually didn't mean that; he meant that since Schiller is willing to make concessions for his friends, then going to talk to him properly would definitely persuade him, but Strange's understanding wasn't wrong either; compared to staying on Earth and having people accompany him twenty-four hours a day, it's better to go to the front line and watch the fun.

Therefore, he remained silent and didn't speak again, and Strange, who had grasped the essence of the window-opening effect, grabbed Schiller, who was about to act alone, and said: "Don't go, come with me later to attend the war meeting of the three major empires."

"I'm just a psychologist; why would I go to attend a war meeting?" Schiller asked, looking back at Strange with some confusion.

"Don't think I don't know; you actually know how to fight too; later I'll go contact Thor and let him recommend you as a staff officer at the war mission arrangement meeting, to go to the front line to lead troops and fight."

"Ah?!"

Schiller let out a confused exclamation; he stared at Strange and said: "Are you mistaken? Me leading troops to the front line to fight?!"

Strange, however, had no intention of joking at all; the more he thought about it, the more he felt Charles was right; the more Schiller wanted to hide behind the scenes, the more he had to let Schiller stand at the front; the more trouble Schiller had to deal with in front of him, the less time he would have to formulate future plans, and at the same time, he wouldn't be too painful because of emptiness.

Thinking of this, Strange felt that just talking to Schiller alone was useless; he had to communicate with Stark and Thor first to ensure that the human coalition could have enough say at the war meeting later and could put Schiller in a suitable position.

Strange and Schiller came together to the outpost that had already withdrawn to the edge of the Great Portal star sector, and after sending Schiller to Professor X, Strange came to the place where the representatives of the Nine Realms were holding a meeting.

Besides the few fleets brought by Odin, the Nine Realms had no other soldiers; their combat units were mainly individuals as powerful as the Iron God or other superhero teams like the Avengers from other universes.

And when Strange proposed his intention, everyone was shocked; Stark stared at Strange's face and said.

"Let Schiller go to the front line, are you crazy??!

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