Chapter 1776 S: The Great Event of Apocalypse (Forty-Three)

Bruce did not choose to leave Gotham.

Although he had learned from Jack that there was more than one city in the dream, it would be a good idea to develop in other cities, obtain enough resources, and then return to Gotham to compete, but Bruce did not intend to do so.

Batman in the main universe seemed to have planned to take this path. Bruce could understand his idea. Over the years, Batman must have tried countless ways to reverse the situation in Gotham, but he never succeeded. Even a fool should realize that there must be something wrong with this city at a higher level.

Batman spent half his life trying to find out where this wrongness came from. The Joker might know, but he couldn't say it. Others either didn't know Batman well enough or didn't know Gotham well enough, so they were of no use at all.

Batman was like standing in front of the wall at the end of a dead end, constantly looking for possible gaps, but unfortunately the source of this wrongness was more advanced than he imagined. The story of the main universe could not be completed, so Gotham could not be saved.

But now Batman may have learned from some intelligence that Gotham in the dreamland is not affected by this strange abnormality, which means that the high wall that has always blocked him has disappeared, and he finally has the possibility of saving Gotham.

Bruce knows how eager the main universe Batman will be. If he chooses to take the same path as Batman, then he can only follow him. The first person who makes Gotham better is saved, and the second one is just futile. There is no benefit in following the main universe Batman.

After Jack left, Bruce did not rush to find a way to beat the main universe Batman. He is now thinking about a very important question-is Jack really that kind?

Of course, the two of them are friends now, and their relationship is not bad, but Jack is the Joker after all, and the top priority of the Joker's behavior pattern is to have fun watching Batman.

Help Batman? That only exists in dreams or when Batman is about to die.

Jack's behavior of reminding him this time does not conform to the Joker's logic of action. Isn't it more interesting to see Batman fail the exam and get into trouble?

For so long, Bruce's psychology has not improved much, but his level of clown studies has advanced by leaps and bounds, and he has basically completely figured out the logic of the clown's behavior.

Once the clown's behavior is illogical, it proves that there must be some conspiracy behind it. What could it be?

Bruce started to reason from the beginning.

When Jack first came to him, he explained the situation of this world to him, using the words he had said before, "I built a Gotham in the dreamland."

Bruce was indeed misled by him, because he didn't know what kind of authority Jack had in the dreamland. He thought that Constantine, who was in charge of managing the dreamland, might have given Jack certain authority. Based on this, Jack's project could not be too large, so Bruce thought that Gotham was the entire map.

But now Jack told him that the map might even be more than the size of the entire earth, which proves that Jack's authority in the dreamland is amazing, and even if he has authority, it must take a long time to build such a large map.

If this is something he and Schiller have been preparing for a long time, then would it be just a trap of misleading words?

This is not in line with the clown's style of doing things.

The first law of clownology is that there will never be a correct answer to the multiple-choice questions asked by the clown.

The second law of clownology is that if the clown makes the person doing the question think that a certain answer is the correct answer, then it is very likely that the truth of this answer is the most outrageous of all the answers.

Jack first hinted to Bruce that there was only one Gotham on the map, but on the eve of Bruce almost answering the question incorrectly, he came to remind him that the answer he chose was wrong.

So which one is Jack hinting at as the correct answer?

Bruce went through all the conversations he had with Jack in his mind again, and then keenly discovered something wrong. Jack finally said that Bruce knew the answer that Schiller could give him full marks.

Is this another language trap?

Bruce's detective intuition told him that yes, and from this, this sentence is actually guiding Bruce, implying that you should find the answer that Schiller can give you full marks.

So what's wrong with this?

Bruce frowned, holding the pen in his hand tightly, and his brain was working fast.

No, the answer is probably still hidden in Jack's words and actions. What's wrong?

Suddenly, Bruce was stunned. A light bulb went off in his head. Sure enough, the Joker Law he had summarized was correct. Jack was not so kind at all. There was a more sinister trap behind this.

In the reception room of the manor, Schiller laid the newspaper flat on the coffee table, put down the steaming tea in his hand, and took the orange that Elsa couldn't peel from her hand. Helen, who was curled up on the single sofa next to him, asked while eating a pear.

"It's inevitable to be misunderstood by words, right? If you stay alert all the time, it will be so tiring."

"Besides, it's pretty amazing to be able to thrive in the gang system. If you hadn't brought me back, I might have died on the street now."

Schiller took the newspaper from the coffee table and unfolded it. He shook the corner of the newspaper and said, "I'm not referring to the fact that he failed to see through Jack's language trap and chose to stay in Gotham."

"What is that?" Helen showed a puzzled expression.

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Schiller sighed while reading the newspaper: "As you said, in daily life, no one can always be wary of every word spoken by others. If someone deliberately wants to set a language trap, they will be caught. It's normal to have misunderstandings when you come here. Everyone is facing an existential crisis when they first arrive here. Under such circumstances, there is no energy to carefully distinguish every word. This is not even a mistake. "

"When Jack met Bruce for the first time, he used words to guide Bruce, making Bruce think that he only built the city of Gotham, but this was actually not the trap itself, but the foreshadowing of the trap."

"Jack wanted Bruce to think he had made a mistake," Schiller concluded.

"Then why did he do this?" Helen asked.

"This is another psychological trap - over exaggerating the mistakes that anyone can make in daily life, emphasizing that someone must be responsible for it, thereby inducing urgency and tension in the other party."

"If I'm not mistaken, Jack said to Bruce, 'Your psychology professor will be very disappointed that you didn't avoid such a simple psychological suggestion' - a common technique for psychologically suppressing others. Fictitious disgust in the surrounding environment that does not exist makes the other person fall into self-blame and self-doubt.”

Helen seemed to be very interested in these theories. She stopped eating, looked at Schiller intently and asked, "Then what is his purpose of suppressing Bruce? To make Bruce have self-doubt and make bigger mistakes?"

"You are indeed very smart, Miss Helen." Schiller put down the newspaper, looked into Helen's eyes and said, "This is to make the other party make forced errors."

“The more you feel that people around you are disappointed in you, the more you blame yourself and feel inferior, the more you dare not participate in normal social interactions, and the more you have to rely on the person who suppresses you. This is a vicious cycle, and its purpose is To manipulate others."

Helen digested what Schiller said, and then understood why Schiller said that Jack's use of language guidance to cause Bruce to misunderstand was just a preparation for a trap.

"He took advantage of Bruce's nervousness during his survival crisis to make him make a small mistake, and then ran to him to exaggerate the importance of the mistake. After Bruce came to this world, he never came into contact with other people's thoughts. In this case, it creates an atmosphere where the whole world is disappointed in you.”

After reasoning to this point, Helen had another question. She asked: "If Bruce is really nervous about this, what mistake will he make? Or what mistake does Jack want him to make?"

"Certainly a bigger, more irreversible mistake."

Helen thought about it carefully, but couldn't think of an answer, so she could only look at Schiller with inquiring eyes.

Schiller picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. He sighed and said, "Being misled by words is not a big deal. Even the most professional psychologist in the world cannot say that he has never misunderstood others. The same is true for me." ”

"Humans are sensory creatures and can only understand each other's intentions from their words and actions. Understanding this itself is the most difficult thing in the world. Misunderstanding is human nature and it is always difficult to escape."

"But if Bruce did step into a real trap, he would have made an even bigger mistake, and that's the one that would really add to the blow to my reputation in education."

"What's that?"

"Helen, let me ask you, if you are criticized for making a small mistake, your parents will be very angry about it, and you still have a chance to make up for it, and you still have a chance to make them not disappointed in you, what will you do? Do?"

Helen thought for a moment and said, "Of course I will try my best to make up for it. After all, I don't want to let them down."

When she said this, Helen was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then she said as if she suddenly understood: "Oh, I understand! My parents love me, so even if I make some mistakes, they will understand me and forgive me."

"But if I desperately want to make amends because I'm afraid of disappointing them, I will be driven by fear, and fear often makes people lose their mind and make bigger mistakes."

"At that time, what was originally a small, understandable mistake may turn into a huge mistake that really makes them sad, and if they show disappointment because of it, I will feel very wronged."

"Because I was worried that they would be angry and disappointed, so I tried to make up for it. Even if I caused greater trouble, they should understand that I did it because I loved them. So an irreconcilable contradiction arose."

"My parents want to educate me not to make such mistakes again, but I measure whether they love me by whether they understand and forgive me."

"And once it comes to asking others to prove their love, the misunderstanding will never be resolved because what needs to be proven is never whether you love or not, but whether you love enough, but it is never enough no matter what."

Schiller looked at Helen with great admiration. He nodded and said, "Jack took advantage of Bruce's small mistakes and the tense atmosphere he fabricated. The trap he created was that he would make Bruce more eager to ask for help." I testify to his academic prowess.”

Helen frowned and said, "Yes, what Jack said to Bruce is equivalent to 'You got such a simple question wrong, your teacher will be very disappointed', so Bruce will definitely try to answer the following questions well, but I still don't understand, according to this idea, what big mistake will Bruce make?"

"Why does he have to answer the questions?"

Schiller picked up the newspaper again, and said while browsing: "Why does he have to answer a test paper when I give him a test paper?"

"Because you are his..."

Helen was choked, then lowered her tone and sighed: "Yes, you are just his university professor, and he graduated from university a long time ago. No graduate will return to university to take the exam organized by university professors."

But Helen hesitated and said: "But I heard that you two have a close relationship. He may regard you as his..."

"Father?"

Helen nodded.

"So he has to take a meaningless exam?" Schiller shook the newspaper and said, "His graduation project is to resist patriarchy. If he fails the exam again, doesn't it mean that I let him off the hook last time?"

"Did you let him off the hook?"

"Have you heard of the Pacific Ocean?"