American Comics: Beginning with Luke the Maker

"That's a good question. Can you accept someone entering your head?" Stephen asked.

"Enter the brain?" Bruce frowned and asked hesitantly, "Is there anything I need to explain?"

"For example, are you willing to show me the deepest memories and darkness in your heart?" Stephen answered honestly.Just like when a patient goes to the doctor, you always want him to know the side effects of the drug and the possible hidden dangers of the treatment before you treat him.Especially in this situation, there is no need to hide anything, because once you get into the other person's mind, the other person will know everything.

Stephen didn't want to do anything to Bruce. In order to avoid any bad situation, of course he had to explain everything to him.

"Memory? Darkness?" Bruce chewed these two words in silence several times in his mind. There were too many secrets and darkness in his heart, and he didn't want to share them with anyone.If it was him before Thanos, he would definitely refuse outright, and then consider finding a way to cure himself.But after experiencing Thanos, he has been able to face his darkness and secrets.

"Will you know all my memories?" Bruce asked in a calm voice after a moment.

"Part of it. Human memory is very vast, unless you think about it deliberately. But generally speaking, only the things you remember the most or care about most will emerge first and be seen by me. Normally, I I will not take the initiative to explore your deeper memories and secrets." Stephen also responded to Bruce's inquiry very carefully.He knows that you must first overcome the other person's inner resistance before you can follow up.

"You seem to be very concerned about my condition?" Bruce did not agree or refuse. Instead, he changed his voice and asked a seemingly insignificant question.He always felt that if it was just his personal problem, it didn't seem worthy of Stephen's attention.

"I care about everything that is corroded by the power of the dark dimension. Especially when it threatens the safety of the universe. Do you remember those fallen mages I mentioned? Each of them brings huge hidden dangers to the world. Ordinary people People don't know, it's just because we resisted beforehand. If I discover your anomaly and don't manage it, the consequences will not only be your personal problem, but also a big problem for the world and the universe. I don't want to say it How righteous I am, but just think that we are protecting our own territory." Stephen corrected and explained.

"I have no problem, what should I do?" A flash of understanding flashed in Bruce's eyes. After getting the answer he wanted, he agreed without delay, and said that he was mentally prepared accordingly. Prepare.

"You just need to relax and don't resist my power. We'll see you soon," Stephen said.

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Bruce, who was relieved, first came to his spiritual world, and then a familiar figure, Stephen, appeared beside him as if he suddenly appeared.

"It seems that your spiritual world has been severely eroded. Do you have serious self-destructive emotions? Or is there too much darkness accumulated in your heart?" Stephen looked at Bruce's spiritual world and let out an ooh, a little amazed.This kind of spiritual world has not gone crazy or suffered from schizophrenia. Should we praise Bruce's tenacious spiritual will and self-coaching ability?

"This is my spiritual world?" Bruce looked at the dark and depressing environment around him, and the atmosphere made people feel desperate and uneasy, and he was silent for a while.

"This is the embodiment of your spiritual world at this moment. It can ignore everything and go straight to your heart. In other words, it is the place that best represents your inner emotions and state." Stephen carefully observed the surroundings and explained to Bruce.

The place they were in was a desolate and gloomy environment. They couldn't see the sky upwards, and they couldn't see the scene ten meters away from the front, back, left, and right, because there was a thick fog around them.What the whole environment brings to people is depression and coldness, which makes people unable to help but feel depressed and suspicious.When ordinary people fall into this spiritual world, it may not take long before they are led by the environment here to gradually collapse, go crazy, and then self-destruct.

"What should I do next?" Bruce looked at Stephen.He was wearing his own bat suit at the moment, and he still instinctively wanted to give himself a sense of security.Even though he knew it was false.

"You can feel if there is anything unusual." Stephen's eyes fell in a certain direction in the mist. "For example, is there something calling you? Or is there an urge in your heart to go somewhere?"

When Bruce heard Stephen's words, he immediately closed his eyes again and felt it seriously.Suddenly, his body began to move, and the mist beside them dispersed in front of the two of them. Bruce just closed his eyes and strode in one direction.Stephen followed behind, a spiritual chain connecting his and Bruce's hands.This helps even if something unexpected happens, after being separated, Stephen can use the power of the spiritual chain to determine Bruce's direction and status.

This is a very important measure.Because in the spiritual world, like fairy tales and dreams, even absurd situations can happen.Even if Bruce is always in front of him now, the next moment, the other person may completely disappear from his sight and disappear.And trying to find someone in the boundless and directionless spiritual world is like looking for a needle in a haystack.Only by making appropriate preparations in advance can we have the means to deal with changes and risks.

But the journey went smoothly, so smoothly that even Stephen was a little surprised.He thought there would be some force that would find a way to separate him and Bruce, but no.

Is it impossible?Still don't care?

These two possible meanings are completely different.

The former means that the other party has not completely eroded Bruce's spirit and become an inseparable part of him.This situation is naturally the best and the best solution.

What the latter represents is somewhat complicated.Maybe they were dismissive and thought there was some conspiracy waiting for them ahead; maybe they thought they were sure of victory and really didn't care.

But no matter what, Bruce finally brought Stephen to his destination smoothly.

That's a familiar manor!

The Wayne family estate!
It's just that it seems to have been abandoned for a long time, covered with vicissitudes of life and weeds. Those dark windows that absorb all the light are like the dark night, easily arousing doubts and fears in people's hearts.Pususu!
The dense flapping of wings echoed in the buildings of the manor, and they were black bats soaring.

"He's inside! He knows we're coming!" Bruce, who opened his eyes after looking at the bats, looked at the depressing and terrifying building in front of him like a man-eating maw, and reminded him.

"Who? The owner of the power of the dark dimension?" Stephen asked softly, feeling the suddenly dense and gloomy dark atmosphere around him.

"The other me, or rather, the fallen me from another universe." Bruce's lips covered by the helmet twitched, "Of course, maybe he will give us a big [surprise]. Because I think, this That’s what he would do.”

"Okay." Stephen shrugged.Follow Bruce and continue forward.

"Wait a minute, did you hear anyone crying?" Bruce suddenly stopped, glanced around, and asked Stephen softly.

"No, I didn't hear it." Stephen shook his head, but then reminded: "But in the spiritual world, any sudden abnormality may involve something deepest in your heart, such as memory? Feelings? I think This is the one greeting you."

Bruce glanced at the long-abandoned building, and finally turned around and headed towards the source of the sound he heard.Stephen behind him did not stop him, but just followed him silently.

This is Bruce's spiritual world, and of course Stephen must follow Bruce's wishes.Generally speaking, Bruce will be more sensitive than him here and can make relatively accurate judgments.Although this judgment may be deceived, Stephen behind him was prepared for this.

The further Bruce walked, the more familiar the surrounding environment became. Finally, he came to an abandoned wellhead.Looking at the familiar wellhead and listening to the sobs below, his heart suddenly felt like he had traveled through time and returned to the terrible scenes he had experienced when he fell into this well when he was a child.The creatures that appeared in those pictures and brought him fear are still with him to this day, and have even become an indelible mark and totem on him.

Bruce jumped from the wellhead under Stephen's gaze, and soon he climbed out of the wellhead with a hook and a child in his arms.

The child's face was vaguely similar to Bruce's, but at this moment he was sobbing and wiping his tears with his hands. He seemed not to care who the person who rescued him was, and he didn't feel that he was out of danger. He just cried and sobbed. Then waves of fear eroded and affected the surroundings along with the falling tears.

Bruce's state was obviously abnormal, and he seemed to be affected. He tried his best to comfort the child, but he couldn't do it anyway. Instead, the child aroused the fear in his heart that he thought he had restrained. His limbs were sore and he fell to the ground.

The whole scene suddenly became weird. A child was standing on the ground crying and wiping his tears. A man in strange clothes was sitting on the ground silently and fearfully, as if he was lost in thought and couldn't extricate himself from some emotion.Stephen's figure disappeared when Bruce jumped out of the well, and Bruce seemed to have his memory wiped, unaware of this abnormality.

Finally, just as the expression on Bruce's face became more and more decadent, the crying child suddenly raised his little face that should have been filled with tears. He stretched out his hand to wipe away the presence of the helmet on Bruce's face and looked at it. The absent-minded face hidden under the helmet, the corners of his mouth were pulled open to both sides at an alarming rate, and a terrifying and evil smile appeared on the immature face. At this moment, he seemed to overlap with the clown's figure to some extent. .

A black dagger suddenly appeared in the child's hand, and an afterimage passed by. Bruce's bat suit was scratched with almost no resistance, but just when the dagger was about to stab Bruce's heart , Bruce fell to the ground, but was violently pulled back by a huge force, narrowly avoiding this insidious knife.

And Bruce was also amidst some kind of frequent calling, and under this strong pull, he suddenly woke up as if he was awakened from a dream when he fell from the bed.

Seeing that the prey he was about to hunt successfully escaped, Bruce's face as a child twisted into a ferocious and terrifying expression, and then his whole body continued to expand like a balloon, exploding in front of Bruce's eyes, spraying out a fine-like Rain of blood.

Bruce was shaken and shook his head. When he looked around again, he found that he was not in the area next to the wellhead, but was almost in front of the abandoned villa building.

Bruce subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, and this time he remembered Stephen behind him.It was when his consciousness was sinking that he heard Stephen calling his name all the time, and there was always a rope like a beacon tower in the wind and rain, bringing him a bright and insignificant hope, which would prevent him from sinking completely.He didn't forget that it was Stephen's last strong pull that completely woke him up.

"Was it an illusion just now?" Bruce thought that he could remain calm and collected when facing any enemy, but in this spiritual world, his mental fluctuations were extremely frequent and sensitive, and any of his emotional fluctuations were difficult to hide and suppress. go on.At this moment, he was still frightened by the extremely real situation just now, where he almost died once.

"A very sharp attack. You know, in the spiritual world, whoever has the upper hand has a higher probability of winning. All your weaknesses and everything will be used against you by the other party. Until your heart completely collapses and you are manipulated by him. Master. Eventually, become a fanatic believer in the master behind the power of the dark dimension." Stephen reminded again.

Bruce nodded silently.He knew that if it hadn't been for Stephen that time, he might have been targeted step by step until he completely collapsed after losing the initiative.After all, the opponent he faces is himself!

"In addition, your dark side may have been combined with the other party. Then I may take some drastic measures depending on the situation. You must be mentally prepared." Stephen added faintly behind Bruce.

Unaffected by the crying or anything else, Bruce reached out and pushed open the door of the villa immediately.The old door creaked, and light shone into the dark room as the door opened.

A thin, dark figure loomed just at the limit of the light. (End of chapter)