The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 2178 Battle of Two Cities! (forty-six)

After Peter asked this question, both of them were stunned.

Bruce had also realized before that gaining the Penguin's trust would be an important part of his plan, but gaining the Penguin's trust was not that simple.

Bruce knew the Oswald Cobblepot of his universe, but he was younger and looked less like a psychopath, and Bruce didn't know the Penguin well enough.

If Penguin has been a gang boss for many years, or even became the mayor, then he must be cunning and difficult to deal with.

Bruce has already collected some information about the logic of Penguin's behavior through conversations with him. The breakthrough is not big enough, so he can only continue to look for flaws in the subsequent conversations.

But at this time, Peter suddenly gave him a conclusion. How did he come to this conclusion?

Bruce asked this question, and he felt that even if Peter couldn't give him a more detailed answer, he could at least give him a few key words.

But Peter hesitated for a long time and only said: "Well... because of penguins."

"Penguin? What happened to Penguin?"

"That is, penguins are social animals. Penguin calls himself penguin because he yearns for the mutual help and friendship of social animals. Well, it reflects that he wants to find a sense of security in the group, but he lacks a sense of security."

Bruce's silence was deafening.

"Would you like to hear this for yourself?" Bruce asked.

In fact, Peter had nothing to say.

From the logic of association, there is no problem with this, but the problem is that if a conclusion only has association but no real evidence, what is the difference between it and a wild guess?

Neither of them could answer this question.

Bruce and Peter are both very typical scientist personalities. The characteristic of this personality is that everything must be true and based on actual evidence, and a complete chain of evidence must be available to make conclusions reliable.

The two most important attributes of science are well-documented and reproducible. Scientific experiments have a purpose. Projects are established based on the purpose. All investigation and research steps are determined in the early stage and then put into practice, and the data of each link is recorded. , draw phased conclusions by repeatedly comparing data, and then draw a general conclusion through changes in the data of the phased conclusions.

With the development of human science up to now, most of the research has systematic methods and steps, which are nothing more than the number of projects that need to be established to obtain a certain result, the number of staged conclusions that need to be obtained, and the summary of the overall conclusion. Difficulty.

Even if Batman makes equipment, he must first conceive the general use of the equipment in his mind, draw a design drawing based on the theories of a series of disciplines such as physics and engineering, and hand it over to the lathe for processing and assembly, and conduct strength and efficacy tests. , find deficiencies, make partial or overall modifications, and then iterate, and finally obtain the perfect bat equipment.

This process means that every link is well-documented. Why a part appears in a certain part of the equipment is very clearly marked on the design drawings, and why it can be on this part. To function, it is backed by extremely rigorous mechanics and engineering theories.

In contrast, from Penguin’s nickname to the gregarious nature of penguins, and then to the more tender characteristics of penguins’ gregarious attributes, combined with Penguin’s childhood trauma, we can analyze his spiritual needs of being accepted and cared for by the group. , it seems like pure guessing.

Because there is no detailed evidence for any of the steps, did Penguin himself say that he came up with the nickname of Penguin himself? Or has he in any way expressed his tacit approval or even approval?

What evidence is there that the animal image of the penguin had special meaning for him in terms of its gregarious nature? What can prove that the combination of the social nature of penguins and the penguin's childhood trauma leads to the conclusion that the source of penguin's sense of security is the care of the group?

This is different from the behavioral analysis method that Bruce is good at. Although detective science and behavioral analysis often seem like guessing, that is just because their observation skills are strong enough and they can see details that others cannot see.

For example, Bruce can capture all traces of hair on a person's body in a very short period of time, including human hair, animal hair, and even the marks left by branches and branches brushing on the woolen coat. This can all be used to deduce this for him. Human attributes provide an extremely rigorous chain of evidence.

There is a short golden hair on a person's body. Based on this observation, several possibilities can be deduced. It may be her boyfriend's hair, it may be dog hair, or it may even be doll hair.

Then observe what kind of attributes this hair has, such as thicker at the root and thinner at the middle and tip. The two are very different and do not conform to the changes in the thickness of human hair. Then you can eliminate an incorrect answer.

Until the conclusion that the inner coat of the golden retriever's double coat is selected with the highest combination of all attribute possibilities among all the conclusions.

Considering that it is not the shedding season recently, the owner who has that layer of hair on his body is most likely bathing the dog or taking it to play by the water, etc., and then choose the conclusion with the highest overall probability, like this The cycle goes back and forth.

Bruce was able to provide evidence for the inferences in each link, clearly explaining why he inferred this way, why he came to this conclusion instead of that conclusion, and what were the advantages of the chosen conclusion in comparison.

In fact, a good scientist does these things every day, and Peter Parker is no exception. His research work is to obtain conclusions through experiments, compare the conclusions together, and find the one that is most beneficial to the purpose of the experiment to continue. experiment.

This type of process requires them to repeatedly check the rigor of the previous link at each link, because once there is an error in one link, it can be said that everything is lost.

Therefore, they are very resistant to conjectures that do not have any real evidence or even theoretical basis, because if you dare to add such conjectures to any experimental link, no matter how perfect the experimental plan is, you will dare to collapse.

The reason why Peter felt that he was just guessing after seeing the series of psychoanalysis was because this thing was actually coming up with one conclusion out of thin air, and then another conclusion, and then combining the two conclusions to get one conclusion, and then Use this conclusion drawn out of thin air to guide actions.

If this was really a method used by some kind of psychological medicine, Peter would almost give him the name of disregarding human life.

So Peter couldn't answer Bruce's question - "Why?" And he himself was not very confident, and he didn't expect that if he gave this conclusion made out of thin air to Batman, he would come up with a perfect action guide. Plan, how does he convince Batman that this thing is effective?

At this time, Bruce also felt something was wrong. He asked Peter: "How did you come to this conclusion?"

He felt that this was not Peter's own conclusion, because the logic of his retelling of the whole process was a bit broken, as if he was talking about what he was thinking of, and he was very guilty, and it seemed that he did not believe this conclusion.

"...I said God told me, do you believe it?"

"You told me earlier, let's go."

Peter breathed a sigh of relief.

What he didn't know was that rather than someone claiming that the ability to guess right every time was a subject, Bruce still felt that it was more likely that he had the ability to read minds or be inspired by God. , not only was this the case before, it is still the case now, and it is becoming more and more determined.

Peter opened the plastic curtain above the small iron door and followed Penguin into the room. It looked like the security room of the former garbage treatment plant. A section of container iron house was built behind it. There was a small small room in the center of the room. Small electric light.

Peter walked over and sat down on the plastic chair at the food stall, and at Bruce's prompting, he said.

"Actually, I have something to remind you. Have you seen a Mexican named Kevin hanging out near your house?"

Penguin sat across from Peter and frowned. Peter took the ashtray full of cigarette butts farther away, and then said: "He grabbed a gun from the police in Queens and ran here. I think this It’s not a coincidence, don’t you think?”

"Is the policeman dead?"

Peter shook his head and said: "Not only was he not dead, he was not even injured, but his skin was scratched. He attacked him from behind, cut the safety cord of the pistol with special pliers, and then drove away quickly."

"Then it must not be a coincidence."

Penguin snorted and said, "Everyone knows that if you want to get a gun from Blue Dog, you have to kill people and silence them, otherwise they will catch up faster than hounds."

Then he asked with some confusion: "Do you think that Kevin wants to lure the police here?"

Peter opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "There is something strange about the attack scene. I think they may be a cooperative relationship. After all..."

The Penguin knows what he didn't say, and now everyone wants him to die. This safe house he once built in the Gotham slums is no longer safe because the two cities merged, and it is full of strangers.

Penguin is not surprised that Spider-Man knows he is here. After all, for a super-powered person who can wander around the city, there are no secrets in this city.

But he still didn't expect that Spider-Man would come specifically to remind him that he might have just witnessed a murder in Queens. After investigation, he found something was wrong, but all he needed to do was continue to patrol there. There was no need to call this Kai Wherever the person goes, what will he do?

When he discovered Kevin's movements, he immediately thought that he might be coming for him, and ran over to remind himself that this was different from simply agreeing. He took practical actions to protect himself.

No matter from the perspective of situation or ability, compared to Spider-Man, the current Penguin is indeed a vulnerable group. He also needs Spider-Man's protection, and if Spider-Man can be allowed to stay...

As soon as the Penguin thought of this, there was a commotion outside the house. Peter rushed out first, quickened his pace and ran through the alley at the door. He rushed around the corner and looked around, and saw the familiar figure of a policeman in a blue uniform.

The New York police uniforms are lighter in blue than the uniforms of the Gotham Police Department, so Peter immediately realized that this might be a police officer from the Queens Police Department.

As a resident who grew up in Queens, he is very aware of the tricks of the Queens Police Department. The police here can be bribed by anyone and serve everyone except the law and justice.

So he immediately turned back and said to Penguin: "They wanted to come in to find the lost pistol, but that was just an excuse. They must have been bribed. Let's go quickly."

The Penguin had no time to think and hurriedly ran toward the back door, but most of the New York Police Department had sufficient firepower, and the gangs were unwilling to fight with them. The police drove straight in, and Peter and the Penguin fled frantically.

Seeing the police running around the corner, pointing their guns at them, a dilapidated Nissan car stopped at the end of the intersection, and a brown man with curly hair and sunglasses shook his head at them.

Peter and Penguin had no other choice but to get into his car. The guy driving the car pressed the horn and said, "Hold on tight. Soon you will understand what Gonzalez speed is, Mr. Mayor." .”

"you know me?"

"Of course, I have to say, you did a great job!"

(End of this chapter)