Chapter 2807

The group discussion time soon ended, and Greed pushed up his glasses, saying: "Next, each academic discipline will begin to issue consultation opinions, starting with psychoanalysis."

Arrogance maintained his posture, not even really looking at the documents in his hand, merely thinking for a moment before saying: "Martha's mental state really has nothing to analyze; one can only say she is a woman with a rather traditional elite education background, a wealthy man's wife, and a mother who dotes on her son."

"The elite education background made her value etiquette and rules, making her law-abiding and self-disciplined; after marrying Thomas, she followed his lead, not interfering with the general operational direction of Wayne Enterprises, but thanks to her good education, she could offer Thomas useful suggestions and provide him with great emotional value."

"She is undoubtedly someone close to children, harboring high hopes for the child in her womb, full of love and anticipation; she showed no particular tendency toward religion, although she appeared devout for social participation, her inner self leaned more toward atheism."

Greed suddenly tapped the table with the documents, saying: "You really are padding the word count, get to the point!"

"Well, from the state Martha displayed in her hotel room, one can see she suffers from long-term anxiety; I mean, at that time, she wasn't truly panicked, she even felt a sense of security."

This was obviously a counterintuitive answer, as the other personality traits turned their gaze toward Arrogance; although they knew most of the time psychoanalysis is baseless, they knew that since Arrogance said this, he must be confident in persuading others.

"Let's first sort out the timeline," Arrogance suddenly extended a finger and said: "You all think Martha went to the hotel during which stage of her illness?"

"Perhaps it was the anxious period when the monster was first discovered." Greed proposed a possibility, saying: "At that time, Martha was somewhat fatigued, but her mental state was still acceptable, without obvious manic symptoms, indicating her condition had not yet worsened."

"No, quite the opposite." Arrogance put forward a completely opposing view, saying: "Martha going to the hotel likely occurred when her condition had deteriorated to an irreversible point."

"Why?" Greed frowned and asked, because as an experienced psychiatrist, he tended to rely on experience in diagnosis, since he bears responsibility for his patients.

Experience told him that Martha's condition at the time was indeed not severe, because he had seen too many terminal patients, and they were not in such a state.

Arrogance, however, insisted on shaking his head and said: "I can tell you very responsibly that her condition is not due to lack of severity, but because she has recovered."

"I know you're wondering, an ordinary person basically wouldn't possess such self-healing ability, and I even doubt that the psychologists Martha could access in that era had the capability to fully cure her."

"But don't forget, you said this isn't a complete mental illness; the monster is real, and the real existence of the monster is the root of all abnormality."

"The fundamental reason ordinary psychiatric patients cannot self-heal is that the monster indeed does not exist, only existing in their hallucinations; in their unrecovered state, the monster will not actively leave."

"But Martha is different from them; the monster she faces is truly real, which means if the monster leaves, the root of the pathology disappears, and Martha can enjoy normal life, making self-healing not impossible."

Immediately afterward, whispers came from below, as everyone discussed this possibility; at this moment, a person wearing a wizard's robe, Shiler, spoke up: "You mean, Nyarlathotep left, why?"

"Then you should ask them." Arrogance said: "Dealing with these abnormal beings is your job; I'm merely telling you Martha's true condition from a psychoanalytic perspective."

"Don't rush, I haven't finished yet." Arrogance interrupted the magical-side personality trait about to speak, saying: "I can affirm that in the hotel room, Martha did have a certain sense of security, but if analyzed carefully, to obtain this current sense of security, she must have paid a price, hence her long-term anxiety."

Trading the future for the present is common in gambling, so those who do this have a gambler's resolve to burn their boats, and I saw this resolve in Martha.

Combined with what I said earlier, Martha is actually a rather traditional mother, and this gambler's resolve appearing in her is very strange, as it does not match her education background or family environment.

"Whether the Kane family or the Wayne family, they would not teach Martha to be a gambler, because they have no need to do so; these two families need conservative rulers, as long as they preserve their existing resources, it's enough; if they produced an heir with an aggressive personality, only wanting to win big with small stakes, that would be a disaster."

"So where did Martha's gambler mentality come from? This is precisely why I say Martha is not severely ill, but has recovered, as such a catastrophe can fundamentally change a person."

"If she hadn't experienced it, she would have no reason to develop this gambler mentality, unless something forced her to burn her boats; from her daily life, aside from a theoretical monster, I can't think of anything else that could drive her to this extent."

"Some new elements have emerged in Martha's personality." Arrogance opened his palms and gestured, saying: "The impact on her personality is profound, almost like reigniting the flame of the soul; I prefer to call it a great maternal force, which I often see in Wanda."

Upon hearing Wanda's name, everyone's expression turned solemn; obviously, the personality of the Scarlet Witch, as seen by all of Shiler's personality traits, is quite strong and powerful.

"Martha has completely transformed." Arrogance finally said: "She survived a terrible disaster and likely, through her own wisdom, won a small victory, or put another way, in a completely unequal battle, her frail body earned her a breath of respite."

"The opposing side might think Martha is a fragile ordinary person, and letting her catch her breath for a moment wouldn't affect their plans, but these non-human entities struggle to understand how such great maternal force could forge what kind of powerhouse."

"Martha's actions in the hotel are absolutely not an unfounded attack during a mental illness episode, but rather her deliberate, thoughtful use of the extremely precious breath of respite to make her final resistance, everywhere imbued with astonishing power."

"This is absolutely not a disaster, but a work." Arrogance slightly raised his tone, saying: "Just like we once were."

The conference room fell silent for a moment; they obviously recalled the bishop's metaphors, they were born of a great pregnancy, and Martha is a true mother, so the abnormality her final strength nurtured cannot possibly be merely horror and eeriness; it must contain her resistance, even revenge.

From this perspective, the hotel cannot be simply interpreted as a contaminated place; it might be part of Martha's plan.

And if all the abnormal phenomena in the hotel are seen as the work of a single behind-the-scenes manipulator, one can easily conclude that the delicate yet fragile balance in the hotel is fundamentally not a coincidence, but intentionally designed by someone.

If Martha truly turned the hotel into this, and her purpose was resistance and revenge, then this delicate balance must necessarily conceal some secrets, which might be the key to solving the hotel problem.

"Now let's talk about little Bruce." Arrogance continued: "Since we haven't seen him in the hotel, we can't temporarily judge his recent mental state, but I've always been concerned about one thing: will Batman be chased so miserably by the Joker, is he serious?"

Greed obviously had thought about this issue too, saying: "The root cause of little Bruce is his lack of purity; he wants to use the power of evil gods to solve Gotham's pollution, but in reality, he doesn't truly want to submit to evil gods, nor does he wish to accept their ways."

"It's clearly visible that this Batman, although he kills, is also like Daredevil, a kind of anti-hero, his goal is still to save people, but I don't think he can be like the Punisher, indifferent to killing, because given Gotham's pollution, criminals can also be innocent; who knows, without pollution, they might become good people."

"So I think little Bruce will be so miserable because he always carries a guilt complex." Greed scribbled on paper, then said: "Even if Jerome is actually working for his own job, or simply causing trouble for Batman, not very noble, but he still tries to avoid by three li, even feeling ashamed to use the Batman name."

But Arrogance shook his head again, saying: "I think you're still too experience-based; if it were an ordinary Batman, maybe it would be like this, but don't forget, his mother Martha might have been contaminated during pregnancy, so the child born would certainly not be normal?"

"I previously observed little Bruce's behavior patterns; at that time he was still young, his personality development incomplete, but already appeared unusually irritable, his emotions unstable; although he claimed it was pretense, I could see his personality has a certain downward trend."

Collaborating with evil gods might just be a manifestation of personality issues; he thought he had the ability, but in reality, most Batmen wouldn't take this risk; this more extreme choice tendency is actually very hidden, but I believe this is precisely the best way to influence a person's life trajectory.

Greed looked toward the operator sitting in the rear seat; the operator lowered his head to flip through the papers, those being older memories, namely little Bruce's time at the magic academy.

Soon, the operator spoke.

This Batman perhaps indeed inherited some emotionally unstable genes, but his choice to cooperate with evil gods must be the result of more hidden influences after his birth.

Almost all personality traits perked up their ears.

"You all think, if all this is Martha's plan, and she deliberately left behind brainwaves, where would she let her ghost drift?"

Greed subconsciously wanted to answer the hotel, because the abnormality appearing now is the hotel, and Martha had been there, but it seemed the operator didn't think so.

"The problem still lies with Wayne Manor."