Chapter 1230 The Farm of Justice (XII)
Holding Bruce's report card, Thomas sat on the sofa in Wayne Manor and covered his forehead. His current emotion was no longer angry, but worried. 𫕥
He found that he had fallen into a thinking error before. Professor Speed's words made him think that his son Bruce still took the path of Batman, and Batman was an omniscient genius who could do everything well.
In fact, even if Bruce was not Batman, with the large inheritance left by Thomas and Martha, the stable Wayne Group, the old housekeeper who took care of his daily life and the handsome appearance from genes, theoretically, as long as his ability level was similar to that of normal people, he would definitely live a much happier life than normal people.
But now it seems that Bruce did not have time to be Batman, and did not make his life very good. On the contrary, it can be said to be a mess.
This is not because Thomas's requirements are too high. The main reason is that Thomas himself is an old-fashioned person. Before he became Batman, he was a more traditional Catholic who valued family very much. Even after he became Batman, he did not forget to save Martha, who was the Joker.
Judging from his logic of action, everything he did was to save his family, but he just failed.
Therefore, it was a bit beyond his cognition that Bruce had a lively illegitimate daughter right after graduating from college.
The United States is not as open as many people imagine. At least in Thomas's era, Catholics on the East Coast were still very conservative. If the news of illegitimate children and illegitimate daughters spread, it would simply be a loss of face for the entire family. 𫕥
But Thomas could still comfort himself. He and Martha died too early, and Bruce would inevitably need other emotional comfort. At that time, he was not very experienced in the world, so it was not surprising that he would cause trouble.
Thomas didn't know that Aisha was actually a monster in nature. He felt that what Alfred said was credible. It might be because of the irresponsibility of Bruce and Aisha's mother, who was not easy to mention, that the little girl had various congenital diseases.
What made Thomas even more unhappy was that it seemed that Aisha's various diseases were not well treated. Since the matter had already happened, she should take responsibility instead of leaving it alone, which was contrary to Thomas's values.
If these two points were still tolerable, then Bruce's failure to do scientific research and his terrible university grades made it even more difficult for Thomas to understand.
People's time is limited, even Batman is the same. Thomas knows that he can be Batman wholeheartedly because he has nothing to worry about.
And Bruce, who is still young, of course has to balance his work as a vigilante and writing papers at school, so it is inevitable that one aspect will be neglected.
But how can these two aspects be like this? 𫕥
Thomas' main activity trajectory these days is still in the West and South Districts. After all, Gotham is a megacity. If you don't take the initiative to go to the East and North Districts, you won't see the construction sites there. Even if you see them, Thomas won't think about what Bruce is going to do.
Bruce has gone through a lot of trials and tribulations before he has his own thoughts and the path he wants to take. The twists and turns in this process cannot be understood without experience. Thomas cannot understand what he wants to do at first glance. Even if he knows, this Batman who has been hit too hard by life may not have much hope.
Thomas doesn't know that because of Schiller's arrival, the clown in this universe is a sunset king shrimp, so he really doesn't understand how Bruce can do nothing when he has such good material conditions, a genius brain and handsome looks.
Pessimistic people always become more pessimistic the more they think. This old bat who has experienced the most painful tragedy in the world, the more he thinks, the more worried he becomes.
And this pessimistic speculation was most strongly confirmed when Thomas found a bunch of messy diagnosis certificates in Bruce's bedroom.
I believe many people still remember that Bruce once asked Schiller very seriously whether he was sick?
Schiller gave a positive answer, but it was not just an answer. He had prescribed some medicine for Bruce. Although Gotham's medical system was chaotic, Schiller still adhered to the doctor's principle, which was to prescribe according to the process. 𫕥
Prescribing is not just writing a note. It requires a series of standardized processes, such as diagnosis, prescription, and prescription review, etc., and the necessary link is to write a diagnosis.
According to Schiller's judgment, Bruce may have some spectrum characteristics and high-functioning people characteristics because his high IQ squeezed the emotional module in the brain, but it is not a typical autism.
In this case, Schiller could not write randomly, but fortunately, there is also a classification for such people in medicine. Therefore, Bruce's diagnosis result is Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
I believe that many people have begun to feel dizzy when seeing this long list of nouns, but the diagnosis results in English are like this, not only very long, but also with various strange abbreviations.
Schiller was afraid that Bruce would not understand it, so he wrote out the full name. Otherwise, he would only write PDD-NOS, which most laymen would not understand.
But it was precisely because of this very specific diagnosis that Thomas's fingertips began to tremble a little.
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He knows something about medicine, but is not proficient in psychiatry and psychology. Therefore, his thinking in this regard is similar to that of ordinary people. As long as he sees something "to be classified", "extensiveness", and "development" Such words will be associated with incurable diseases. 𫕥
At that time, Schiller prescribed a lot of drugs to Bruce, mixed with some placebos, so the list of drugs was very long, which looked a bit scary. What was even more scary was that at the end of the prescription, the doctor's signature was Schiller Roth. Driggs.
Thomas is not a native of this universe, so he doesn't know Schiller's famous name in this world, but he knows that Schiller is a clown.
It's actually hard to say that Batman went to see the Joker for medical treatment. If the Joker looked at him carefully and saw that he was sick, then Batman must be seriously ill. But if the Joker didn't see that he was sick, Batman would still be sick. After the prescription was filled and the fee was paid, his illness was even worse.
As the saying goes, if people don't agree to open the windows, then if you propose to lift the ceiling, everyone will definitely agree to open the windows.
If Thomas doesn't agree with his son to become Batman, then show him Bruce's poor report card and a stack of mental illness diagnosis certificates and prescriptions, then he will definitely agree with Bruce to become Batman.
After all, being Batman is better than being a mental patient. Martha's tragedy has fully demonstrated this to Thomas. Being anything else is better than being a madman.
A few minutes later, Thomas, who was sitting on the sofa, had these medical certificates and receipts in his hand in addition to the report card. He simply took off the mask, revealing the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes that were full of traces of vicissitudes of life. 𫕥
Jason, who had just finished his homework, ran downstairs to drink water, and saw Thomas worrying there.
Dick was deceived by Thomas and therefore did not trust him. Tim seemed a little afraid of Thomas, but Jason was the only one who was quite interested in Thomas.
"What's wrong with you?" Jason walked up and asked, "Do you need help?"
When Thomas didn't answer, Jason took another step forward, leaned out and glanced at the pile of paper in his hand, and then showed an expression of realization.
Although Thomas didn't answer him immediately, he was also observing his reaction. Seeing Jason's unsurprised expression, he asked with some confusion: "Have you seen these things?"
"Of course, I was right next to the professor when he was writing the diagnosis. I even asked him for advice on spelling words."
Thomas hesitated for a moment, and then he waved to Jason. Jason took two steps forward in confusion. He could feel that Thomas meant no harm. Sure enough, Thomas gently rubbed his head and said, "Don't tell others. , okay?”𫕥
"Who are they referring to?" Jason asked very bluntly. Before Thomas could speak, he said, "Are you referring to these people in Wayne Manor? They already know it."
"It's impossible for Bruce to deceive Alfred. All his things are kept by the butler. Dick has the closest relationship with him and often enters his bedroom. I'm afraid he has seen it a long time ago. Tim is very smart. I got the words out of Dick.”
"As for Aisha... I suggest you put these things back quickly, otherwise they will get into Aisha's stomach tonight. She is the most efficient shredder here."
Thomas stared at Jason with his wrinkled eyes. He saw two completely different temperaments in Jason's eyes, one was the wildness that belonged to the chaotic streets of Gotham, a dark city, and the other came from knowledge and philosophical thinking. of intelligence.
"No father wants his son to be sick." Thomas said. Just as he was about to say the next sentence, Jason jumped in front of him and said, "But no son wants his father to be sick. You think you are not sick?" ”
Thomas looked at him blankly. Jason put his hands behind his back, lowered his eyes, and said, "If you weren't sick, you wouldn't have broken three of your own son's ribs and forced him to follow his friend." Go to other cities instead of healing in your own home.”
Thomas glanced down at the diagnosis certificate again, and he discovered that he was really good at tolerating a madman, whether it was Martha the clown or Bruce. Once he learned that they might have a mental illness, Thomas had no more expectations for them. Let them take care of themselves. 𫕥
Thomas sighed deeply and stood up. He turned to Alfred and said, "Book a ticket for me. I'm going to Kansas."
Before Alfred could respond, he heard a "boom" and a violent explosion coming from the gate of Wayne Manor.
Thomas instinctively pinned Jason down. When the explosion ended and the smoke dispersed, Thomas saw the door of Wayne Manor collapse. In the night, a slightly familiar figure stood outside the door.
"Joker..." Thomas narrowed his eyes, his Batman instinct buzzing, but the person who appeared outside the door was not the Schiller he had already seen, but another clown.
He was wearing a truck driver's uniform, holding a half-eaten chicken drumstick in one hand and a bomb remote control in the other.
"Hello, my name is Jack. One of my colleagues, oh, a former colleague, called me to tell me that my little bat actually found his father. I have been busy with work recently and have not been able to visit. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Batman."
Thomas didn't waste any time talking to him. He took out three bat darts from his waist and threw them at him. Jack the Clown rolled on the spot, shook his head and said with a smile: "Great Batman, are you not going to listen to the poor clown's plea before you start?"𫕥
While Thomas loaded his pistol, he stared at Jack the Clown. The expression on his face seemed to say "I want to see what other nonsense you can come up with."
But what Jack the Clown said next made him slowly widen his eyes.
Jack showed an exaggerated smile, limped to Thomas, and took out a crumpled note from his pocket, and slapped the note on the coffee table with confidence.
Thomas only glanced at the note, and then he was stunned. At the same time, Jack's voice rang in his ears.
"You can't hit me, or tomorrow, all of Gotham will know that the bully Wayne and his son didn't pay back the money and beat up the creditor!"
"That's right, your son owes me $100 and hasn't paid it back yet! Here, this is the IOU, it's irrefutable, get him back to pay it back!"
Thomas' eyes went dark. 𫕥