The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 1252 The Farm of Justice (41)

"sit down."

Schiller, who was sitting on the main seat, turned his head and pointed to the seat on the left with his eyes. Although Bruce walked over, his body language still seemed a little stiff, but he was not the only one who was nervous. Greedy Schiller sat on the right Staring at Bruce from his chair.

"What are you doing here?" Greed asked.

"He's here to complain."

"I'm not here to sue."

Two voices sounded at the same time, and then Schiller's deep laughter came.

Bruce turned his head and looked at Schiller sitting in the main seat. The colorful suit and tie were the most recognizable features. This sick Schiller seemed to like to dress himself up, but it was not surprising.

Bruce has seen in books about criminal psychology that the vast majority of serial killers have a certain narcissism complex. They appreciate and love themselves, think that they have unparalleled beauty, and use it like birds in the courtship period. To adorn themselves with brightly colored feathers is an act that is gender-neutral and regardless of age.

But in essence, they are not dressing themselves up, but camouflaging traps, waiting for prey to be attracted by bright colors and jump into their mouths unsuspectingly.

All creatures have the instinct to appreciate beauty. Beautiful things tend to make people relax their vigilance, and the idea of ​​appreciating beauty can also squeeze reason, making it easier for people to ignore traps.

Although Bruce has sounded the alarm bell in his heart ten thousand times, he still sighed in his heart when he saw the sick Schiller for the first time, the dark blue suit fit him well, and so did the white sideburns.

"Well, you're not here to sue." Morbid agreed with Bruce with almost no rebuttal, but it made Bruce's hair stand on end, because Morbid went on to say, "But when you hear other people complaining about your teacher , why didn't you feel angry?"

Bruce lowered his head slowly but quickly raised his head, looked at the sick face, and bared his teeth.

He laughed morbidly and lowly and said, "Well, I didn't mean to suppress you...but you still felt guilty just now, right?"

"Let's get down to business." Greed looked very impatient. He stared at Bruce's face and said, "Arrogance and I are the same person. What's wrong with me complaining to him? But you, you and Arrogance are also in the same group, without you , his work and rest can be half normal!"

"Last night, Lucifer called me." Bruce readjusted his emotions and said, "He said that Schiller's schedule has been completely messed up, or that he can't talk about his schedule anymore, because he Not sleeping at all."

"I know that when this professor was in Gotham, his schedule was not normal. He slept very late and never took a nap, but this is still within the acceptable range, but it is a bit too much now."

"Victor also called me and said that Schiller went to treat Konstantin again, which caused him to almost become a vegetarian, and he didn't get any better, maybe worse."

There was a hint of worry in Bruce's tone, he asked sickly while cutting the food on the plate, "Why do you think this is?"

Bruce tapped his chin with his fingertips and said: "I suspect that the change in the living environment may have caused him to fall into anxiety again."

"I know that most autistic patients follow a regular life. They have obsessive-compulsive obsessions for the regular things in life. It is as big as what to do every day, as small as when to brush your teeth in the morning. It is best to have There is a certain pattern, which is the source of their sense of security."

"But after the broccoli came to Gotham, Schiller's life pattern changed a lot. He came to Arkham Asylum from Gotham University, then went to Denver's Florence Prison, and then went to Seaside City. Such frequent life changes may easily make him nervous."

Bruce made a rigorous inference as much as possible, but Morbid did not affirm or deny him, but just asked: "So, you think this is just a short-term anxiety?"

"I know his long-term mental health is not good outside of his anxiety, but if you want to alleviate this situation, you have to deal with short-term anxiety first, don't you?"

"The problem is, this is not a short-term anxiety." Greedy said: "It is true that his mental state is unstable because the law of life has been changed, but it is not because of changing the environment to live. We are not as fragile as you think."

Bruce frowned, and he asked with some doubts, "Why is that?"

"because of you."

He raised his eyelids morbidly, looked at Bruce from above his eyes, then retracted his eyes and continued to look at the food on the plate and said:
"We and you can see that you are about to be cured. As your teacher, arrogance can certainly feel it."

"A young bird that has been toddling and fell off the cliff many times is finally leaving the nest. This not only means that you will fly to a new sky, but also means a change in Schiller's life stage."

Bruce's Adam's apple moved, he didn't know what expression was on his face,
But for some reason, looking at the two familiar faces in front of him, he felt very strange. He didn't even know that he had such a meticulous observation ability that he could see hundreds of differences from the completely consistent facial features. .

There is no taboo about being sick, he said directly: "Since Schiller came to this world, he has been trying to teach and heal you, although at first it was only because of a special curse in the universe, but it is this semi-compulsive binding, changing the law of life that he recognized."

"Teaching healing and trying to change you became part of his life over the next few years. Yes, it can be painful, but you both feel safe with each other, don't you?"

Sickness sighed softly and said: "But now, the end of the stable life is near, as if you are walking on a road, but someone keeps reminding you that there is a cliff ahead, and you know that you will definitely fall, but I don’t know where I’m going to fall.”

Bruce pursed his lips, just the scene described morbidly made him feel anxious,

The most frightening thing is not the fact that "it will definitely fall", but the tug-of-war between the hope brought by luck and the self-abnegation brought about by the doomed bad ending when taking the next step, which is the so-called "spiritual struggle". internal friction".

"The overwork of arrogance you see, including looking for trouble, non-stop, and staying up late every day, is actually him forcing himself to adapt to the upcoming changes in advance."

"He felt that he had to find something more to do in order to cope with the impending lack of a corner of his life, which we generally call - retirement syndrome."

There was a smile in the morbid tone: "human beings are so strange, they want to take a vacation when they are busy, and they want to be busy when they are completely retired."

"Essentially, when realizing social value, I want to find myself, and when I have time to find myself, I feel that I have not realized social value." Greedy commented: "I want social recognition and self-identity, so I say, Human nature is greed."

"Also, have you ever wondered why in the past few years, other people don't seem to understand you very well, and don't care much about Schiller's mental illness?" Bruce asked morbidly.

Bruce's eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. Since he came to this room, he looked directly at Sick for the first time, as if he wanted to get an answer. Sick took a sip of red wine and said:

"When you were not cured, he put all his energy on you, but now you are almost cured. He can't destroy the fruits of his labor, so he can only torture others."

"So Victor, Constantine, Lucifer all became victims, the essence of which is that Schiller spread the energy of tormenting you on other people, so they suddenly realized at the same time that Schiller was a psychopath .”

Bruce showed a complicated expression. He didn't even know how to evaluate it. He marveled at Schiller's power and wanted to gloat, but also thought that he was the most unlucky one among all the unlucky ones, so he couldn't laugh up.

"Everyone thinks that it's me and Schiller's mutual torture that caused his mental state to be so unstable, but now it seems that it's the opposite." Bruce said thinking.

"The description of 'torturing each other' is also open to question." Greed rolled his eyes and said, "Arrogance doesn't let us fill the hole on the ground floor of the tower, just so that you can go to the dream world and come to sleep."

"So, what are you going to do?" Morbidly asked with interest.

"Originally we had a plan, but it was more traditional." Bruce touched his cheek lightly with his hand, and then supported his temple with his fingers and said: "Simply put, it is to control him first, and then find a place for him to rest and relax." Treatment is the method used to treat ordinary mental patients."

Before the other two could speak, Bruce explained: "Other people don't know much about psychology. Both Clark and Diana believe that finding a place with a good environment to recuperate is the solution to all mental illnesses."

"In a sense, it's true." Greedy said: "But the premise is that a good environment does not only refer to a good natural environment, but also a humanistic environment that makes patients feel comfortable and relaxed. The environment can bring patients Only with a sense of security can recuperation be effective.”

"Arrogance's sense of security comes from a regular life, but it is inevitable that the rules will be broken, so I'm afraid to recuperate..."

"Wait." Bruce said suddenly: "It is inevitable that the rules will be broken? Is it really inevitable?"

"What do you want to say?" Greed narrowed his eyes and looked at Bruce and said, "Do you still want to go back to the days when you tortured each other with him? But with all due respect, it may not be realistic for you to pretend to be crazy in front of arrogance , he knows Batman all too well."

But Bruce slowly opened his eyes wide, looking at Greed with a look that was a little bright in a dim room, and said:
"But... there's more than one Batman."

Then, deep laughter sounded in the empty room, and when Bruce woke up from his dream, the words of sick Schiller were still echoing in his ears:

"It seems that you have indeed been cured."

Bruce sat up from the bed, and Clark, who was swinging the toolbox next to him, turned to look at him and said, "Are you awake? How did you sleep?"

Bruce didn't answer. He just turned over and got out of bed at a very fast speed. After rushing out of the door, he strode into the only room with a telephone in the village, dialed the number, picked up the receiver, and said to the other side:

"Hello? Professor Victor, I have found a way to treat Schiller, but I have to ask you to help me find someone."

"Looking for someone? Who?"

"Pamela Eisley."

　Pamela is Poison Ivy, many people only know that the drama version is called Ivy, so remind me

　
(End of this chapter)