Chapter 776: Deadly Joke (Part 3)

Selina still left, but Bruce failed to stop her. His blocking action only resulted in three blood marks on his face. When the blood dripped down, the strong smell of blood made him feel dizzy.

Returning to the Batcave, putting on the Batsuit, and standing in the sky over Gotham again, he found that he didn't seem to be needed anywhere.

Schiller no longer urged him to submit his thesis, no longer called him every few hours to inquire about the progress, and repeatedly called him into the office to discuss the details of the thesis. Schiller lowered his demands on him and allowed him to have more experience. Time returns to Batman's identity.

Alfred had taken care of Elsa's schooling, so he didn't have to do it himself. Dick had found his place in the new school, resumed social activities, and no longer had to worry about his mental state.

Elsa is very happy in the kindergarten. She does not show any signs of attacking others or trying to escape as expected. Not only can she spend her time during the day perfectly, she no longer needs anyone to tell her stories even when she falls asleep.

Selina is gone, and Batman no longer has to spend time dating or wasting his time fighting criminals flying around the city with her.

Now, Batman has enough time to do what he wants to do, such as patrol Gotham every night, fight criminals, develop more and better equipment, deploy more cameras, monitor more places, and let Everything is under control.

But now, he just stood blankly on the roof of Wayne Tower, thinking nothing in his mind and taking no action.

Bruce Wayne's identity is completely empty. He has finally reached the state he dreamed of. No one needs Bruce Wayne anymore, everyone only needs Batman.

But for some reason, Batman's movements began to lag, and he was no longer so decisive. Now, he was thinking about the reasons for all this happening.

He abandoned all weak traits and was no longer hampered by trivial matters in the world, but his posture was not so chic and his mentality was not so comfortable.

It was more like he was kicked out by the vast world under the clouds, and the reason these weak ordinary people kicked him out was because he was useless.

Is God able to remain independent from the world because He is truly superior to humans, or is it because humans find Him useless in society?

Is God just social garbage in another sense?

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

Batman found that he had an idea of ​​not admitting defeat, and wanted to prove that Bruce was not useless, but at the same time, he felt ridiculous about this idea, because the person who looked down on Bruce the most was Batman.

Conflicting emotions surged in his chest, and the once again inconsistent logic made him regain the confusion he felt when he first became Batman, so he wanted to find Schiller.

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

Batman came to the campus of Gotham University. He knew that Schiller and Jason should still be in the empty classroom. Without thinking, he jumped from the roof and landed on the balcony of the classroom.

However, there was no sign of Schiller in the classroom, only Jason who was concentrating on reading. Jason was so engrossed in reading that he didn't notice a shadow appearing on his head.

When he finally wanted to take a break, he realized that Batman had been staring at him for dozens of minutes.

Jason was so startled that he almost fell off his stool. He heard Batman ask: "Where is Professor Schiller?"

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

"What are you looking at?" Batman asked again.

Jason glanced down at the book he was reading and said, "Famous psychologists and their theories."

"Do you understand?" Batman asked.

"You can understand a little bit." Jason held the book, tilted his head and said, "I just finished reading the theories of the psychologist named Freud, and now I am reading Jung's. I heard that the two of them It’s a friend…”

Batman stood there silently, Jason looked at him with his eyes. After a while, he put down the book, looked at Batman and said, "You seem a little unhappy, why?"

Batman didn't speak, just said: "When will Professor Schiller come back?"

"Not necessarily, maybe I won't come back tonight." Jason replied.

"Then what are you still doing here?"

"Read a book!" Jason shook the book in his hand and said, "Didn't I tell you everything? I'm reading the theories of famous psychologists around the world."

Looking at Batman again, Jason said, "You seem to feel sad. Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Batman was stunned for a moment. This was the first time someone had pointed out that he was sad. Not even Schiller had said that.

Jason put his head on his hands and said, "I remember that the last time I saw you, you were not very happy, but you are particularly sad today. Why?"

"Why do you feel bad for me?" Batman asked.

"Intuition." Jason shrugged and said, "My intuition is always very accurate. This is what the Capuchin Gang relies on to gain a firm foothold."

Before Batman could say anything, Jason slapped the book in his hand on the table. The ridge of the book hit the wooden table and made a crisp sound.

He pointed to the sentence above and said, "Look, this is what I think is the most interesting point in Jung's theory, called 'personality mask'. Do you know what personality mask is?"

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"Oh, you are also a student of Professor Schiller, so you should also know that in short, Jung said that people have to wear personality masks to adapt to various social rules."

"We will consciously make corresponding behaviors due to the subtle requirements of various professions, and once the behavior is contrary to social rules, people will regard us as fools."

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

"For example, to survive in Gotham, you can't show weakness. Everyone knows this rule and knows that the other party is bluffing, but we didn't expose it."

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

"Do you have a mask?" Jason asked Batman.

Batman looked into Jason's eyes. He even suspected that the child in front of him was transformed by Schiller, because he asked another question that Batman could not answer.

Does Batman have a mask?

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

According to Jung's theory, Bruce Wayne is the personality mask produced by Batman, which meets the expectations of society. He is a rich, uneducated, and philandering rich second generation.

The role of the personality mask is to enable people to live normally in society, to enable people to be part of society, and not to be abandoned by society. If you break through the mask, you will face such risks.

Just like the existence of Batman, a superhero without a mask, completely violates the social norms of Gotham, so he was abandoned by Gotham society and could not participate in normal social life.

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

"In this case, he has no personality of his own at all. The purpose of living becomes to become the most expected of the group. In order to meet expectations, they may do all kinds of wrong things."

Jason pointed to a comment next to the main text and said:

"It seems that Professor Schiller commented here. He said that the personality mask needs to have push and pull. If he pays too much attention to social expectations, he should be guided to pay attention to his own needs. If he pays too much attention to his own needs, he should be guided to pay attention to social expectations."

"Only when his own needs and social expectations are balanced can the personality mask remain stable. Otherwise, he will fall into a panic of disappointment for both sides."

Batman's fingertips moved him. Asked, he said: "Did he say how to balance?"

Jason shook his head and said: "Professor Schiller didn't write it, maybe there is no room for it here."

Then he thought for a while, and said seriously: "I don't think this matter is that complicated. Sometimes, if you meet other people's expectations, you will be unhappy, but if you are happy, you will disappoint others."

"But, in the final analysis, people who really love you want you to be happy, and they will definitely want you to do what you like."

"If someone tells you that you do what you like and make me very unhappy, then he definitely doesn't really love you, or he thinks he loves you, but he just wants to control you."

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

"How do you judge whether a person really loves you?" Batman asked.

"Didn't I say it all?" Jason emphasized again: "If a person wants you to do what you like and is willing to spend energy to do things that make you happy, then he must love you very much."

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

There are really many people who want him to be Batman and are willing to spend energy to make him more relaxed as Batman.

Alfred knew that Batman's career was dangerous, but he never said anything to stop him. At the same time, he took good care of his life so that he had no worries.

Catwoman really likes the identity of Batman. She sincerely thinks Batman is cool. 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. At the same time, when Batman loses control of his emotions, he tries to avoid him and not stimulate him.

And Gordon, Harvey, and... Schiller?

Thinking of Schiller, Batman is a little confused. Why does Schiller's name appear on the list?

At this moment, a voice came from outside the door: "Jason, I'm back, where did you see? ... Batman, why are you here???"

Batman was about to speak, but Schiller walked in and pointed an umbrella at Batman. Schiller's roar was heard in the teaching building on the rainy night:

"Batman!

You don't learn yourself!

You want to lead others astray?!

!"

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

There is no love between man and god, but hatred runs in both directions and for a very long time.