Chapter 3779: The School Doctor's
Shiler knew he couldn't escape this disaster, and didn't shirk, just looked at the two of them and said: "I won't hide it from you, in this universe I am in, I have indeed made some small contributions to the development of mankind. But this is not limited to technology or magic, and I am certainly not the leader of the magic side. I'm afraid some of your questions can only be asked to the Sorcerer Supreme."
"I heard you have a good relationship with him." Main Universe Batman said.
"We are friends, but you are also friends with other Batmen." Shiler said euphemistically, "Besides, if something happens in the magic world, the Sorcerer Supreme needs to be fully responsible, so only he has the power to decide where the magic world should go. Although I can make some suggestions, it is limited to that."
"We didn't want to interfere with the magic world of your universe, I just wanted to know some things."
"For example?"
"How do you get so much magical energy?"
"That's a long story." Shiler leaned back, making a gesture to explain in detail, but just opened his mouth and said, "The key lies with the Sorcerer Supreme, so you can only ask him."
Main Universe Batman could feel that Shiler was not lying. In fact, what Shiler said was also the truth. The fact that they can have such abundant magical energy in this universe now indeed originated from the Sorcerer Supreme—but not from Strange, but from the Ancient One.
The Ancient One is the one who doesn't take it, and is invincible against all demon gods in the universe. At that time, Kamar-Taj, although not as rich as it is now, was not very poor, at least much richer than the magicians of DC.
And in the original comics, after the Ancient One died, Strange took over, and the situation of Kamar-Taj actually got worse. Because Strange's force level is not as good as the Ancient One's, and his way of handling things is also very different from the Ancient One's. He belongs to the secluded school, and whether it is the affairs on Earth or the affairs between the universe, his attitude is "the Sorcerer Supreme should not manage worldly affairs too much." He also acts like this in the Illuminati, so the deterrence of the title of Sorcerer Supreme has dropped a lot.
And Shiler actually just extended the Ancient One's way of doing things to Strange's generation, without letting the title of Sorcerer Supreme start high and end low. In essence, it was the Ancient One who laid a good foundation.
If it weren't for the Ancient One's name, those demon gods wouldn't have cooperated obediently at the beginning. So saying that everything originated from the Sorcerer Supreme cannot be considered wrong, let alone lying.
Main Universe Batman and Arkham Batman looked at each other, and they both clearly felt that what Shiler said was the truth. Even if one Batman's feeling might be wrong, if they both felt that Shiler was not lying, then he probably told the truth.
And when Main Universe Batman shared a body with Stark, he also chatted with Strange, and had already had a preconceived impression that he was difficult to deal with. At this time, Shiler said that everything was the credit of the Sorcerer Supreme, and Main Universe Batman recognized this point.
"What kind of person do you think he is?" Main Universe Batman said.
"Shi Difen's personality is not kind." Shiler tapped the teacup with his fingertips and said, "This may be related to his childhood experience. He is a small-town youth who, relying on his own efforts, gained a foothold in New York and became a world-famous Hand of God, the hardship of which goes without saying. Such an experience both tempered him and shaped his personality."
Facing Batman, Shiler didn't say a single lie, because it's too easy to be dismantled in front of Batman. And the set of words used to deal with Robin or people from other worlds in the past is not very useful. Batman always hits the nail on the head and won't stop until he asks for a satisfactory answer. If you don't give some real stuff, he will spend the night here.
Main Universe Batman understood in his heart, and the judgment given by Shiler was exactly the same as his profile of Strange back then.
In his eyes, Shi Difen Strange is a cold, directional interest-based spiritual satisfier. His personality background is indifference, but this indifference to everything brings a special focus. It is this focus that gives him unique talent in magic.
And directional interest means that he is a paranoid and extreme person. When he invests in a certain field, he will use the focus in his personality background to be paranoid in this aspect, only pursuing the benefits of this field, and he doesn't care about reducing or destroying the benefits he can get in other fields for this. He is not the kind of person who wants to take everything; he doesn't want the benefits, no matter how tempting they are, they can't move him.
Spiritual satisfier means that compared to material enjoyment, he prefers spiritual satisfaction. In the field of his directional interests, achieving success and obtaining benefits can bring him the greatest spiritual satisfaction, which is also the easiest way to move him.
From his psychological profile, it can be seen that Strange is not a contradictory person. His personality and psychology are interlinked, using indifference and focus to invest in a certain field, achieving success and obtaining spiritual satisfaction, allowing him to be self-consistent without the need for external objects or the help of others to stabilize his own spirit. This is very difficult for many people to do.
This means that he is almost impeccable in terms of spirit, and it is difficult for others to move him. Even if there are things that attract him in the field he invests in, he can obtain them himself by virtue of his extremely high talent. Or rather, only what he obtains himself will make him feel satisfied, and he doesn't want anything given by others at all.
Because of this, in Batman's view, a person like Strange is very difficult to deal with. He himself has mastered powerful magical power and can hardly be subdued by force; he has almost no weaknesses in spirit, more like a dragon egg without seams. Let alone flies, even if you find a saber-toothed tiger, you can't bite a mark, it's really very difficult to deal with.
But Batman is Batman after all, he has gnawed on any hard bone, it's nothing more than biting it to pieces or taking it slowly. Batman knows that to obtain magical power or establish a Human Alliance, Strange's bone must be gnawed. Since that's the case, he chooses to take it slowly.
"Mr. Strange's experience is very admirable, reminding me of my friend Clark Kent. He is also from a small town, do you think they will have common topics?"
Shiler's alarm bell rang. Bringing a group of Batmen over, Nick was about to explode on the spot, and if he brought another group of Supermen, the entire Congress would explode. Although Congress is useless, no one wants the septic tank to explode, right?
Shiler thinks this is Batman's naked threat. If he doesn't spit out something today, Batman will call Superman to stir up trouble.
He sighed in his heart and said: "Although the growth environment is similar, the family environment and personal quality are different, which naturally leads to vastly different personalities. If you ask me, Shi Difen is afraid that he won't have any common topics with your friend. They both have similarities and are completely different."
Main Universe Batman understood Shiler's hint. Although Batman is not particularly familiar with Strange, he knows Superman very well. If Strange and Superman have both similarities and diametrically opposite points, then many things can be inferred from this.
What kind of person Superman is, Batman probably knows better than Superman himself. Main Universe Batman began to think carefully about the similarities and differences between Superman and Strange.
This is actually not a very difficult question, because it is obvious that the overlap of their personality traits was raised in the same environment, that is, the countryside and small towns.
Batman is certainly not the kind of person who would discriminate against regions, but he knows very well that the countryside and small towns are actually more closed to news than big cities. There are pros and cons to the slow circulation of news, but the personality traits that such an environment can shape have their unique features.
For example, because there are not many channels to obtain information, and there are no channels to confirm the value of information, people from small places are often more likely to believe in "free heart evidence." They are more willing to use the values and methodology already shaped in their hearts to judge whether a piece of information is true or false or useful.
In contrast, people in big cities are more willing to "information mutual verification," that is, to verify whether the information they know is right or wrong by obtaining other information. This is a more objective way of judgment, but it cannot be said to be necessarily higher than the former.
Superman and Batman are representatives of these two ways. Superman is more willing to do things based on the concept of good and evil in his heart; he feels that if a person is doing something wrong, he must stop it; while Batman pays more attention to laws and evidence, and his premise for catching people is that a person has violated the law and there is evidence.
It seems that Superman is cleaner and neater, without so many scruples, but this is actually just because he received extremely good education in the Kent family. His inner concept of good and evil happens to conform to public ethics, and if someone teaches him crookedly and reverses the concept of good and evil, it will definitely be a disaster—like Homelander.
Batman's way seems indecisive and may miss many opportunities to stop evil, but as long as he believes in laws and rules in his heart, he is actually believing in public ethics, and it is not easy to cause big mistakes.
The same personality trait between Strange and Superman is that they are more willing to believe in free heart evidence. Strange also does things based on the concept of good and evil in his heart, rather than necessarily following laws and rules.
Then again, what kind of concept of good and evil does Strange have in his heart?
Batman believes that this is exactly where he is completely different from Superman. Superman's concept of good and evil comes from his happy family, and Batman doesn't need to investigate to guess Strange's family situation.
But in fact, what is truly opposite is not their definition of good and evil—it's not that Strange would feel that it is normal for a person to be evil, burning, killing, and looting; he knows it is not normal, but he doesn't care.
Superman hates evil like a foe, Strange is indifferent; Superman helps the world, Strange takes care of himself. He doesn't have such strong empathy, he only cares about what he wants to care about. Laws and morality condemn this indifference, but Strange is more willing to follow his own heart and doesn't care about external rules.
Superman received too much unconditional love from his parents, and he wished he could pour this love into everyone in the world; Strange almost never received love from anyone for no reason, and the praise, flattery, and love he received came from his talent and strength. He accepted them all, but didn't take them seriously, and naturally had nothing to share with others.
If Superman's inner world is a vibrant rainforest, then Strange is probably a desolate desert. If you have to judge the high and low, no one is qualified to judge except themselves. If you have to find some laws from it, it is probably "how the world treats them, they treat the world."
After thinking through these, Main Universe Batman's heart probably had some rules. He finished the last sip of tea in the cup, thinking about whether to take this night travel opportunity to contact this famous Sorcerer Supreme. ===== CHAPTER 3780 =====
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