The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3346: Old City, New Night (Part )

Chapter 3346: Old City, New Night (Part )

Schiller is looking at his new house in DC.

I have to admit that although this British retro style decoration is a bit cumbersome and looks like it can be used to shoot a few episodes of Sherlock Holmes at any time, it is quite qualified to be used as a psychologist's clinic.

First of all, unlike modern industrial furniture, the right-angled lines of logs are softer, adding more changes in the horizontal and vertical lines, which can effectively reduce people's tension.

Secondly, red and brown are used extensively in the soft furnishings, and the warm color atmosphere makes people more relaxed.

In addition, carpets with more trivial patterns and various exquisite sculptures placed in decorative cabinets can attract the attention of the interlocutors, distract their attention, and lower their psychological defenses.

Finally, this kind of decoration that looks expensive at first glance will make people feel that every minute they stay here is precious, and patients will be more cooperative.

Not to mention, there is a medieval-style pharmacy outside the house. It is called a pharmacy, but it is actually a spice shop. All kinds of mysterious spices are placed in whole shelves and cabinets, giving people a sense of neatness and order. The decoration style of the shop is even more retro. Schiller was afraid that a child with a scar on his forehead would walk in one day.

Unlike Pride, Greed has no time for a housewarming party. Here he welcomes his first patient of the day - Batman.

It has been more than a week since the Pale Knight Universe incident ended. The Christmas holiday has not yet ended, and the municipal departments are not working efficiently, so many things that require their cooperation have been put on hold. Batman, who has sorted out most of the clues, finally has time to come over.

Catwoman came with him. As soon as she came in, she was attracted by the sparkling crystal-like spice crystals in the spice shop and started to pick them up on her own.

Although the style of the house has changed to something that Arrogant would like, Greedy is still a man of efficiency. He doesn't have time to waste on talking to Batman for two hours, so he directly takes out the scale and asks Batman to fill it out.

If Greedy thinks there is something good about the people here, it is probably that they can really sit still. Batman filled out the form for half an hour, but didn't say a word.

Schiller could see that he was struggling with some issues, but he just didn't ask. Schiller was bored and started looking around.

Soon, he noticed the batarangs hanging from Batman's waist, and one of them was different from the others.

Batman noticed Schiller's gaze, and he subconsciously reached out and touched the dart. Schiller raised his chin and said, "Is it a Christmas gift from someone?"

"It would be better if the wheels were not made of Bat-Tires," Batman said, making things even more obvious.

Schiller curled his lips. If he wanted to show off his gift, he should show off his gift. Why did he have to beat around the bush? It was just a dart. On the second floor of his clinic in Hell's Kitchen, there were spider web shooters and Iron Man gauntlets from previous generations. There were even six versions of Captain America's shield, and even an arm of Bucky's, which was much newer than the two at Rocket Raccoon's place.

After a while, Batman finished filling out the form. Schiller began to look at it. Now it was Batman's turn to look around.

The gray fog spit out a camera every now and then. Schiller didn't even bother to remind Batman not to waste his energy. This was a good thing with the bat logo printed on it. If he took it to Bruce's universe, he could sell it as a peripheral product.

After reading the scale, Schiller didn't have time to care about anything else. Batman's condition was more serious than he thought, and his depression had developed to the advanced stage. He could still walk smoothly and freely, and he really deserved to be the one with the strongest willpower.

Unlike what many people imagine, severe depression can bring about quite terrible somatic symptoms, including but not limited to severe headaches, tinnitus, dizziness, apnea, and intermittent muscle stiffness and weakness. Many patients with depression who are hospitalized for treatment are bedridden and need 24-hour care, otherwise they have no way to take care of themselves.

Most of the patients with depression that Schiller has seen were taken to the hospital by ambulance after they fainted while doing activities at home. This is considered lucky, while some died from hitting the back of their heads when they fell, or from sudden respiratory arrest while taking a bath and drowning in the bathtub.

Therefore, the suicidal tendencies of patients with severe depression can sometimes be classified in the same category as the suicidal tendencies of cancer patients. It is not only because of psychological depression, but also because of the desire to end one's pain as soon as possible when the body is suffering, which leads to the idea of ​​ending one's life.

In the treatment of patients with severe depression, alleviating somatic symptoms is a very important part, and it can even be said to be the primary goal, because it can reduce their suicidal tendencies the fastest.

Batman's mental state was so bad that Schiller thought it was a miracle that he was still alive and kicking. He thought the flame blood of the Varys might have helped a lot. It would have been impossible without magic.

But the conversation that followed was not smooth. Batman instinctively refused to cooperate and treated this as an interrogation. Schiller spent a lot of energy trying to pry open his mouth, so that after an entire afternoon, there was still no progress.

The main problem with the Batman in this universe is that it is not self-consistent. According to Schiller's analysis of the Batman in the memory in the tower, most of the powerful Batmans are not healthy, but self-consistent enough.

For example, Batman in the main universe is a very standard mental patient, but his several symptoms match very well, that is, the gear parts are broken, but they can all mesh together, and even the speed is increased by reducing the mass, making him stronger.

The same is true for Arkham Batman. His mental state is also very pleasing. He doesn't even have gears, but the speed of the bearings is so high that he can drill a black hole on the spot, giving him unparalleled execution ability.

Although the performance of Night Owl is not as strong as the first two, its level is also above the average. But it is still turning even if it turns in the opposite direction. Don’t worry about whether it turns in the opposite direction or not, just talk about how fast it turns.

But the Batman in this universe is not like this. He is a part that rotates forward, and another part that rotates backward. When one part breaks, the other part doesn't know about it, and the more it rotates, the more energy it wastes.

In the comics, he has shown his hesitation several times. Even in the final battle of the second part, he did not look very determined and had a strong sense of self-struggle.

Although this may be a foreshadowing of the love line later, in fact, the other protagonist of the love line, Harley, is much more determined than him.

Internal friction is almost an unsolvable problem, because people who don’t have internal friction are sick. For example, Batman in the main universe never doubts himself, so how can we not say that he is an egomaniac?

If internal friction has an end, then it is not a problem. For example, the weakest Batman in the universe has limited energy in his body. When it is used up, he will give up, accept the fact, admit failure, complete his job as much as possible, and fall asleep when night comes.

But the Batman of this universe still has the almost endless energy of the ordinary Batman, but is frantically pulling internal friction. This means that the painful process will be very long, and if it is not stopped, it will be endless torture.

This situation is somewhat familiar - Bruce was like this at the beginning, always doubting himself, pulling himself apart, repeatedly seeking confirmation, wavering, and in a state of embarrassment.

But greed and arrogance are different. He is a person who pursues efficiency. He chooses to skip the series of mutual harm, repeated torture, philosophical thinking, growth and sublimation in the middle, and directly enters the final step - the farm of justice.

"I have a nice farm on the West Coast," Schiller said directly, "and a group of kids on vacation who are planning to spend $5 to fix up their little base. Would you be interested in being the technical advisor?"

Batman was a little confused by the speed of his change of subject. Of course, he also realized that their conversation was not progressing. He had imagined various ways that Schiller would respond, but he had not thought of this.

"Sorry, I'm not free."

"I have to apologize to you, because this is not a question." Schiller stood up, put the pile of scales into the bookshelf and said, "After dealing with me for so long, haven't you discovered that when I offer you a choice, you no longer have a choice."

As the first Batman in the DC universe to be beaten by greed, he was obviously not convinced - until Clark Kent appeared at the door of the house.

Clark was dressed in reporter's attire and carrying a camera, obviously having just rushed over from a press conference.

Schiller bypassed Batman and showed Clark Batman's scale directly, explaining to him in detail what each item represented and how bad Batman's mental state was now.

It’s not that Batman didn’t think about interrupting him and making an explanation, but as for why he failed, we may have to ask how the Kryptonians evolved a pair of laser eyes.

Batman has discovered that when Superman is angry, his eyes turn red, not emotionally, but physically. "Staring a hole through someone" doesn't seem like an exaggerated adjective at this point.

And once Schiller began describing Gotham's current situation to Clark with an exaggeration - diesel and acetic acid - Batman discovered something more difficult to deal with than physical red.

What else could Batman say? He could only curse "Damn blue eyes" in his heart and start thinking about packing his luggage.

"Are you going over to play for a few days?" Schiller asked.

Clark shook his head and said, "I received an invitation from the fighting world. I heard that there are many different people like me there. I plan to go and take a look. At the same time, I also want to exchange news reporting experience with them. They should all be good reporters, right?"

"Mostly, yes, but some are less serious," Schiller said as he walked him out. "But I think you'll still have something in common with quite a few of them."

"Even so, I still have to finish the three reports I have on hand first." Clark stopped and looked at Schiller and said, "Are you really not going to consider accepting the interview again?"

Schiller seemed to be allergic to the word "interview". He shook his head and said quickly:

"I know you are curious about the story behind this series of events and think that if it is compiled into a news report, it can inspire many people and be recorded in history."

"But I really don't want to dictate all the plans to you as an interviewee, because from the perspective of the plan implementer, some descriptions are inevitably biased. Although being misunderstood is the fate of the expresser, if such a conscientious reporter is asked to bear the consequences of being misunderstood, it is inevitable that my conscience will be uneasy."

"Besides, I can't explain my sources. This may make you bear the stigma of false reporting. If this weakens your influence and causes some vicious incidents that only you can speak out to escape, I can't escape blame."

"I can provide you with the contact information of a person involved behind the scenes. I believe her experience is more likely to impress the audience. Come, let me briefly introduce her story to you. Her name is Ruth, a black girl from the slums of Gotham..."