Chapter 3335: Old City New Night (Part 2)

Schiller was looking at his new house in DC.

It must be admitted that this British retro-style decoration, although slightly cumbersome, looks like it can film a few episodes of Sherlock Holmes at any time, but if it is used as a psychologist's clinic, it is quite qualified.

First of all, unlike modern industrial furniture, the right-angle lines of raw wood are softer, adding some changes to the horizontal and vertical, which can well reduce people's tension.

Secondly, the large use of red and brown in soft furnishings, the warm atmosphere is easier to make people relax.

And, the carpets with fragmented patterns and the various exquisite sculptures placed in the decorative cabinets can attract the speaker's attention, distract their attention, and lower their psychological defenses.

Finally, this kind of decoration that looks expensive at first glance will make people feel that every minute they spend here is precious, and the patient's cooperation will be higher.

Not to mention, the outside of the house is also a medieval-style pharmacy. It is called a pharmacy, but it is actually a spice shop, with all kinds of mysterious spices placed on whole shelves and cabinets, giving people a neat and orderly look. The decoration style of the shop is even more retro, Schiller is afraid that one day a child with a scar on his forehead will walk in.

Unlike Arrogance, Greed has no time for any housewarming party. He welcomed the first patient of the day here—Batman.

It has been more than a week since the end of the Pale Knight universe matter. The Christmas holiday is not over yet, the municipal department's work efficiency is not high, and many things that need their cooperation are temporarily shelved. Batman, who has cleared up most of the clues, finally has time to come over.

Accompanying him is Catwoman, who was attracted by the crystal-like spice crystals shining in the spice shop as soon as she entered, and began to pick them out by herself.

Although the style of the house has become the one that Arrogance would like, Greed is still a person who pays attention to efficiency. He has no time to talk for two hours, he directly took out the scale and asked Batman to fill it out.

If Greed feels that there is any advantage to the people here, it is probably that they can indeed sit still. Batman filled out the form for half an hour, and didn't ask a word.

Schiller could see that he was struggling with some questions, but he just didn't open his mouth to ask. Schiller was bored, so he began to look around.

Soon, he noticed the Batarang hanging on Batman's waist, one of which was different from the others.

Batman noticed Schiller's gaze, he subconsciously reached out and touched the dart. Schiller raised his chin and said: "A Christmas gift from someone?"

"It would be even better if it didn't use the hub of a Bat-tire." Batman said evasively.

Schiller curled his lips, showing off a gift is showing off a gift, you have to talk around in circles, isn't it just a dart? He has generations of web shooters and Iron Man suit gauntlets on the second floor of his clinic in Hell's Kitchen, and even has six versions of Captain America's shield, and even a Bucky's arm, which is much newer than the two in Rocket Raccoon's place.

After a while, Batman finished filling out the form. Schiller began to look. Now it was Batman's turn to look around.

The gray mist spit out a camera for a while, and then spit out a camera for a while, Schiller was even too lazy to remind Batman not to waste his efforts, this is a good thing printed with the Bat logo, if it is taken to Bruce's universe, it can be sold as peripheral products.

After reading the scale, Schiller had no energy to care about anything else. Batman's condition was even more serious than he imagined, the depression had developed to the late stage, and he could still walk smoothly now, it was really worthy of being the person with the strongest willpower.

Contrary to what many people imagine, severe depression will bring quite terrible somatic symptoms, including but not limited to severe headache, tinnitus, dizziness, sleep apnea, and intermittent muscle stiffness and weakness. Many depressed patients hospitalized for treatment are bedridden and need someone to accompany and take care of them 24 hours a day, otherwise they have no way to take care of themselves.

Most of the such depressed patients Schiller has seen were pulled to the hospital by ambulances after unfortunately fainting while moving at home. These are considered relatively lucky, and some fell directly on the back of their heads leading to death when they fell, or suffered sudden sleep apnea during the process of taking a bath, and drowned directly in the bathtub.

Therefore, the suicidal tendency of severely depressed patients can sometimes be classified as the same category as the suicidal tendency of cancer patients. Not only because of psychological depression, but also under the condition of physical suffering, they want to end their pain as soon as possible, thereby producing the idea of ending their lives.

In the treatment of severely depressed patients, alleviating somatic symptoms is a very important link, and it can even be said to be the primary goal, because this can weaken their suicidal tendency the fastest.

Batman's mental state was very bad, so much so that Schiller felt that he could stand here alive and kicking now, which was already a miracle. He felt that the fire bloodline of the Valey family might also provide some help. If there were no magical factors, this would be almost impossible.

But the subsequent conversation process was also not smooth. Batman instinctively did not cooperate, treating this as an interrogation. Schiller spent a lot of energy prying open his mouth, so much so that he spent an afternoon, and there was still no progress.

The main problem with Batman in this universe is that he cannot be self-consistent. According to Schiller's analysis of Batman in the memory in the high tower, most powerful Batmans are not healthy, but self-consistent enough.

For example, the main universe Batman, he is a very standard mental patient, but his several symptoms fit very well, that is, the gear parts are broken, but they can all bite together, and even because the mass is reduced, the speed is increased, making him stronger.

Arkham Batman is also like this, his mental state is also very gratifying, he doesn't even have gears, but the bearing speed is too high, directly drilling a black hole in place, giving him unparalleled execution.

Owlman's performance is not as strong as the first two, but the level is also above the average line, but turning backwards is also turning, don't care whether it is reverse or not, just say whether it turns fast or not.

And Batman in this universe is not like this. He has one part turning forward, one part turning backward, one part broken, and the other part doesn't know, turning more and more fiercely and wasting energy.

In the comics, he has also shown his wavering several times, and even by the decisive battle stage of the second part, he doesn't look very firm, and the feeling of self-pulling is relatively strong.

Although this may be for the foreshadowing of the love line later, in fact, the other protagonist of the love line, Harley, is much firmer than him.

Internal friction is almost an unsolvable problem, because only people who don't have internal friction are sick. For example, the main universe Batman never doubts himself, so how can you not say he is an arrogant person?

And if internal friction has an end, then it is not a problem. For example, the weakest Batman in the universe, his internal energy is limited, and when it is exhausted, he gives up, accepts the facts, admits failure, and completes his duties as much as possible, falling asleep when night falls.

But Batman in this universe still has almost endless energy like an ordinary Batman, but is frantically pulling and frictioning internally. This means that the painful process will be very long, and if it is not stopped, it is endless torture.

This situation is still a bit familiar—Bruce at the beginning was like this, he always doubted himself, pulled himself, repeatedly verified, wavered, and was embarrassed.

But Greed and Arrogance are different. He is a person who pursues efficiency. He chooses to skip the intermediate series of mutual harm, repeated torture, philosophical thinking, and growth sublimation, and directly enters the final step—the farm of justice.

"I have a nice farm on the West Coast." Schiller said directly, "There is also a group of children on vacation, who are planning to spend $50,000 to fix their small base. Are you interested in being a technical consultant?"

Batman was a bit confused by the speed of his topic change. He naturally noticed that their conversation had no progress, and he preset various responses for Schiller in his mind, but he didn't expect this one.

"Sorry, I'm busy."

"I also have to say sorry to you, because this is not a question." Schiller stood up, put the pile of scales into the bookshelf and said, "After dealing with me for so long, haven't you discovered it yet? When I propose a choice to you, you already have no choice."

As the first Batman in the DC universe to be beaten by Greed, this one obviously didn't quite accept it—until Clark Kent appeared at the door of the house.

Clark was wearing a reporter's outfit and carrying a camera, obviously just rushing over from some press conference scene.

Schiller bypassed Batman, directly showed Batman's scale to Clark, and explained in detail what each item represented, and how bad Batman's current mental state was.

It's not that Batman didn't think about interrupting him and then arguing, as for the reason why he didn't succeed, maybe he had to ask how the Kryptonian evolved a pair of laser eyes.

Batman had already discovered that when Superman was angry, his eyes would be exceptionally red, not emotionally, but physically red. "Staring a hole in someone" didn't seem like an exaggerated adjective at this time.

And after Schiller began to describe Cat Getan's recent situation to Clark with added vinegar—adding diesel, adding acetic acid—Batman discovered something even harder to deal with than physical redness.

What else could Batman say? He could only curse "damn blue eyes" in his heart, and then began to consider the problem of packing his luggage.

"Are you going to play for a few days?" Schiller asked.

Clark shook his head and said: "I received an invitation to the Battleworld, I heard there are many different me's there, I am preparing to go over and take a look, and at the same time I want to communicate with them about the experience of news reporting. They should also be very good reporters, right?"

Schiller said while sending him out the door: "Most of them are, but there are also some who are not so serious. But I think you will still have common topics with many of them."

"Although I say so, I still have to finish the three reports in my hand first." Clark stopped his steps, looked at Schiller and said, "Are you really not considering accepting an interview anymore?"

Schiller seemed to be allergic to the word interview. He hurriedly shook his head and said at a fast speed:

"I know you are very curious about the behind-the-scenes story of this series of events, thinking that if it is compiled into a news report, it can inspire many people until it is recorded in the annals of history."

"But I really don't want to dictate all the plans to you as an interviewee, because from the perspective of the plan executor, some descriptions are inevitably biased. Although being misunderstood is the fate of the expresser, if I let such a conscientious reporter bear the consequences of being misunderstood, it will inevitably make me feel uneasy."

"Besides, my source cannot be explained. This may make you bear the infamy of false reporting. If this weakens your influence, leading to some vicious events that can only be voiced by you escaping, I am to blame."

"I can provide you with the contact information of a behind-the-scenes participant. I believe her experience is easier to move the audience. Come, let me briefly introduce her story to you, her name is Ruth, she is a black girl from the Cat Getan slums..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3336 =====