Chapter 778

Selina still left. Bruce couldn't stop her. His blocking action only resulted in three bloodstains on his face. When the blood dripped down, the heavy smell of blood made him feel a bit dizzy.

Returning to the Batcave, putting on the Batman suit, and standing over Cat Getan again, he found that it seemed he wasn't needed anywhere.

Shiler no longer urged him to hand in his thesis, no longer called him every few hours to ask about progress, and repeatedly called him to the office to discuss the details of the thesis. Shiler lowered his requirements for him, giving him time to return to the identity of Batman.

Alfred handled Aisha's schooling, so he didn't need to do it himself. Dick found his place in the new school and restarted his social activities, so there was no need to worry about his mental state anymore.

Aisha was very happy in kindergarten and didn't show the expected phenomenon of attacking people or wanting to run away. Not only could she perfectly kill time during the day, but even when falling asleep, she didn't need anyone to tell her stories.

Selina left, so Batman didn't need to spend time dating, nor did he need to waste time fighting crime to circle the city with her.

Now, Batman had plenty of time to do what he wanted to do, for example, patrolling Cat Getan every night, fighting crime, developing more and better equipment, deploying more cameras, monitoring more places, and keeping everything under control.

But now, he was just standing blankly on the roof of Wei En Tower, thinking of nothing in his mind and doing nothing in his actions.

The identity of Bruce Wei En was completely empty. He finally reached the state he had dreamed of. No one needed Bruce Wei En; everyone only needed Batman.

But for some reason, Batman's movements began to slow down, no longer as decisive and firm. And now, he was thinking about the reason for all this.

He abandoned all weak traits and was no longer tied down by trivial matters, but his posture wasn't that dashing, and his mindset wasn't that at ease.

He was more like being kicked out by the vast human world under the clouds, and the reason these weak ordinary people kicked him out was that he was useless.

Can God be independent of the world because he is truly higher than humans, or because humans feel he is useless in society?

Is God just another kind of social garbage?

Then what is the difference between him and those criminals who are excluded from society?

Batman found that he had developed a desire not to admit defeat, wanting to prove that Bruce wasn't useless, but at the same time, he felt ridiculous about this thought, because the one who looked down on Bruce the most was Batman.

Contradictory emotions surged in his chest. The logic that could no longer be self-consistent made him find the confusion he had when he first became Batman. So, he wanted to find Shiler.

Shiler would ask him some difficult questions, but at least this gave his thinking a direction. As long as there was a direction, maybe there would be an answer.

Batman came to the Cat Getan University campus. He knew that Shiler and Jason should still be in the empty classroom. He jumped down from the roof without thinking and landed on the classroom balcony.

However, Shiler wasn't in the classroom, only Jason, who was focused on reading. Jason was reading too intently, so he didn't notice a shadow appearing over his head.

It wasn't until he finally wanted to take a break that he realized Batman had been staring at him for dozens of minutes.

Jason was startled and almost fell off the stool. He heard Batman ask, "Where is Professor Shiler?"

"He... he's not here." Jason swallowed and said, "He went to help Professor Victor debug the equipment in the cryo-chamber..."

"What are you reading?" Batman asked again.

Jason looked down at the book he was reading and said, "Famous Psychologists and Their Theories."

"Can you understand it?" Batman asked.

"I can understand some of it." Jason held the book, tilted his head, and said, "I just finished reading the theory of the psychologist named Freud, and now I'm reading Jung's. I heard they were friends..."

Batman stood silently on the spot. Jason peered at him. After a while, he put down the book, looked at Batman, and said, "You seem a bit unhappy. Why?"

Batman didn't speak, just said, "When will Professor Shiler be back?"

"Not necessarily, maybe he won't be back tonight." Jason replied.

"Then why are you still staying here?"

"Reading!" Jason shook the book in his hand and said, "Didn't I tell you? I'm reading the theories of the world's most famous psychologists."

Looking at Batman again, Jason said, "You seem to feel very sad. Did you encounter any difficulties?"

Batman froze for a moment. It was the first time he had been pointed out by someone that he was sad, even Shiler hadn't said that.

Jason propped his head with his hand and said, "I remember, the last time I saw you, you weren't very happy either, but today you are especially sad. Why?"

"Why do you think I'm sad?" Batman asked.

"Intuition, I guess." Jason shrugged and said, "My intuition has always been accurate. The Roll-Tail Gang relies on this to gain a foothold."

Before Batman could say anything, Jason slapped the book in his hand onto the desktop. The spine of the book hit the wooden desktop, making a crisp sound.

He pointed to a sentence on it and said, "Look, this is the most interesting point in Jung's theory, called 'Persona'. Do you know what a persona is?"

"Oh, you are also Professor Shiler's student, so you should know. In short, Jung said that if people want to adapt to various social rules, they must put on a persona."

"We will consciously make corresponding behaviors due to the subtle requirements of various professions, and once the behavior runs counter to social rules, we will be seen as fools."

"I think this is really interesting because sometimes, I can feel it too."

"For example, to survive in Cat Getan, you can't show weakness. Everyone knows this rule and knows that the other party is bluffing, but none of us exposed it."

"I rely on a strong personality to lead the Roll-Tail Gang to survive, but in fact, the bosses of other gangs I scared are the same. We all know that the other party is wearing a mask, and who can gain the advantage depends on whose mask is stuck tighter."

"Do you have a mask?" Jason looked at Batman and asked.

Batman looked into Jason's eyes. He even suspected that the child in front of him was Shiler in disguise because he asked another question Batman couldn't answer.

Does Batman have a mask?

Of course he does. His mask is Bruce Wei En. Batman is the real personality, and Bruce Wei En is the mask.

If according to Jung's theory, Bruce Wei En is the persona produced by Batman that meets social expectations—a rich, ignorant, philandering rich second generation.

The role of a persona is to allow people to live normally in society, to allow people to be a part of society, and not to be abandoned by society. And if one breaks through the mask, one will face such risks.

Just like the existence of Batman, a superhero without a mask at all, completely violates Cat Getan's social norms, so he was abandoned by Cat Getan's society and cannot participate in normal social life.

Jason pointed to a paragraph again and said, "Jung felt that if a person's actual personality completely submits to the persona, it is actually very dangerous. If a person takes being accepted by society as the biggest goal, then he is very likely to obey any expectations society has for him."

"In that case, he has no personality of his own at all. The purpose of living becomes becoming what the group expects most. In order to satisfy expectations, they may do all kinds of wrong things."

And Jason pointed to a note next to the text:

"This seems to be Professor Shiler's note. He said that a persona needs thrust and pull. If you pay too much attention to social expectations, you should guide him to pay attention to his own needs. If you pay too much attention to your own needs, you should guide him to pay attention to social expectations."

"Only when one's own needs and social expectations are balanced can the stability of the persona be maintained. Otherwise, one will fall into a panic of being disappointed by both sides."

Batman's fingertips moved. He asked, "Did he say how to balance it?"

Jason shook his head and said, "Professor Shiler didn't write it, maybe there wasn't enough space here."

Then he thought for a while and said seriously, "I don't think this is that complicated. Sometimes, satisfying others' expectations makes you unhappy, but if you are happy, it will disappoint others."

"But, in the final analysis, those who truly love you hope you are happy. They will definitely hope that you do what you like."

"If someone says to you, 'You do what you like, it makes me very unhappy,' then he definitely doesn't truly love you, or he thinks he loves you, but actually just wants to control you."

"And if I face someone who truly loves me, I am willing to sacrifice a certain amount of time, not to do what I like, but to do what will make them happy. Isn't love like this? I hope you are happy, and you hope I am happy..."

"How do you judge whether someone truly loves you?" Batman asked.

"Didn't I just say it?" Jason emphasized again, "If someone hopes you do what you like and is also willing to spend energy to do what makes you happy, then he definitely loves you very much."

At that moment, Batman thought of many people's names. He was shocked by the number of names, so he froze on the spot without moving.

There are really many people who hope he becomes Batman and are willing to spend energy to make him more relaxed as Batman, from a broad perspective.

Alfred knows that Batman's career is dangerous, but he has never said anything to stop him, and at the same time, he carefully takes care of his life, so he has no worries.

Catwoman really likes the identity of Batman. She sincerely feels that Batman is cool, and at the same time, she is even willing to restrain herself and steal less to please him.

Dick has always admired Batman and wants to learn skills from him, and at the same time, when Batman loses control of his emotions, he tries to avoid him and not stimulate him.

And Gordon, Harvey, and... Shiler?

Thinking of Shiler, Batman was a bit lost. Why did Shiler's name appear on the list?

Just then, a voice came from outside the door: "Jason, I'm back. Where did you read to?... Batman, why are you here???"

Batman was just about to speak when Shiler, who walked in, pointed at Batman with his umbrella. In the teaching building on a rainy night, Shiler's roar came:

"Batman!

You don't study yourself!

And you want to corrupt others?!

!"

Two minutes later, Batman, who was fleeing for his life in the rainy night, thought, Shiler? He is an "ordinary person" living in the human world, while Batman is a god kicked out of the human world.

Between humans and gods, love is not shared, but hatred is a two-way rush, very long-lasting.