Gordon glared at Bruce, and after a while, he patted Bruce on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll admit it, what I told you before was a bit excessive, I know you're a good person, you're helping others as much as you can, and you shouldn't be wanted." ”

"Don't make a fuss, Bruce, this is a matter of human life, the Angelica troupe has only been in Gotham for a few days, and the most famous heroine of the troupe has been killed, she has a lot of fans, we have to give an explanation to public opinion."

"Besides......" Gordon sighed, "Vicky has a pretty good reputation in the industry, and everyone says that she is a beautiful and gentle talented actress, and if she gives up her drama career and goes to Hollywood, she will definitely achieve a high degree of success." ”

"We can't sit idly by and watch such an innocent life be killed, Bruce, you should be able to analyze some clues, can we?"

"I ......" Bruce's arms trembled a little, he didn't feel the restraint that the solid arm armor brought him, nor did he feel the resistance of the wind blowing through the cape, he didn't have a mask on his face, no weapon around his waist, and more importantly, no one here was expecting Batman to appear.

He's not Batman anymore.

Many small clues swirled in his mind, but they were completely unconnected to a complete logic, something was hindering his thinking, Bruce looked closely, and he found that it was a memory that belonged to Bruce Wayne.

Spending all his days drinking, ridiculous chaos, and accomplishing nothing, this is Bruce Wayne, a hopelessly stupid and rotten man who couldn't save his parents ten years ago, and can't save anyone today.

Seeing that Bruce didn't react, Gordon stamped his foot and said, "Please, I really don't know who else to count on but you...... Oh my God, I really don't want to go to him! ”

Seeing that Bruce fell into that stunned state, Gordon pursed his lips a little helplessly, and after a while, he called a police officer and said to him, "Call and let the professor come over, you know who I'm talking about." ”

In Schiller's manor, Schiller is having dinner with Aisha.

He pointed to the broccoli left on the plate with his fork, Aisha shook her head vigorously, Schiller pointed again, Aisha made a sad expression, but still stuck the broccoli with the fork and put it in her mouth.

Just then, Merkel came over and said, "The Gotham Police Department's phone, there's been a murder, Sheriff Gordon wants you to come over." ”

Schiller got up to leave, and Aisha turned her eyes in his direction, and when she saw him turn his back, she immediately spat out the broccoli in her mouth.

Schiller walked up to the phone and asked Merkel: "What's going on?" Where is the murder again? ”

"I don't know, but I heard, the background sound of the phone is quite noisy, maybe in a place with a lot of people?"

Schiller frowned, picked up the telephone receiver that had been set aside, and said, "...... What did you say? Gotham Grand Theatre? The heroine of Angelica's troupe? …… Bruce too? …… Who else? Okay, I got it......"

After hanging up the phone, Schiller said to Merkel: "Be optimistic about Aisha, let her finish the vegetables, maybe I won't come back all night today." ”

With that, he grabbed his umbrella and left the manor.

When I arrived at the Gotham Grand Theatre, it was already raining heavily, and the old theatre was even more mottled by the rain.

Schiller walked in, the hall of the theater, the receptionist at the front desk came over and helped him put away the umbrella, and when he saw that Schiller insisted on taking the umbrella in, the receptionist had to help him wipe the surface of the umbrella clean.

When they came to the third floor, the cordon had been closed, Gordon stepped forward, hugged Schiller, and said, "I'm really sorry that I invited you so late every time, but I don't know why, every time a murder only happens after dinner." ”

"Reasoning always happens after dinner." Schiller shook his head and said, "But perhaps, this will be the most sad murder for me, because I was still looking forward to their drama." ”

At this time, the owner of the troupe walked up and shook Schiller's hand, and when he heard Schiller say this, he explained: "No, Macbeth will be performed as usual, Vicky is not involved in Macbeth's performance, there is no suitable role for him in this play, the heroine is older, and will be played by another more mature actress." ”

Schiller frowned, looked at him and asked, "Was this arranged a long time ago?" Or was it because of Miss Vicky's tragic death? ”

"It's been arranged a long time ago." The owner of the troupe replied, "Of the dozens of Macbeths we have played, it is not Miss Vicky who plays the heroine. ”

Schiller nodded, looked at Gordon and asked, "What about Bruce?" Didn't you say that someone identified him as the first person to be present to find the body? ”

Gordon led Schiller forward and said, "I was about to tell you about this, his mental state is not quite right, you should go and see him......"

Pushing open the door to a room, Bruce was sitting inside, his expression returning to normal and less sluggish, but Schiller could still tell that he was not in good spirits.

After Gordon helped Schiller open the door, he walked out on his own, and before closing the door, he said, "My colleagues and I are going to interrogate a few other people first, you have a lot of time, you can do some psychotherapy." ”

After the door closed, Schiller sat down next to Bruce, who looked at him and said, "Professor, are you going to treat me?" ”

"No, I just want to say, if you think you're not in a good state right now, then go back and rest, and I'll take care of this case."

Bruce was stunned for a moment, he turned his head to stare at Schiller, and when he saw that Schiller was writing medical records, he pursed his lips and said, "That night...... I must have said something that night, whatever it was, it was just drunken talk......"

Schiller bowed his head and wrote, "I don't remember what you said. ”

After saying that, he put down his pen and looked at Bruce and said, "Your face looks very bad, let's go back and rest." ”

Schiller looked Bruce up and down and said, "I know there must be certain emotions that prompt you to do something like this, but if you really feel sad, you can take a few days off work and everything will be fine." ”

With that, Schiller stood up and left the room, and Bruce sat where he was, somewhat incredulous.

Bruce knew very well that Schiller was a person who didn't like to be noisy, and he was very strict with his students, and if someone in the class got drunk and raced up the street in the middle of the night, and he caught him, it would definitely have very terrible consequences.

But now, Schiller only persuaded him to go back to rest, and even suggested that he take a few days off, which is almost unthinkable.

Why is this happening? Bruce didn't understand.

Batman was ruined, Bruce wasn't better, he didn't make any progress, he didn't get better, he just made a mess, but the professor, who had always been known for his severity, didn't bother him.

Schiller didn't mess with his mind with a bunch of questions that Batman couldn't answer, didn't press him every step to show his results, and didn't even express his dissatisfaction with the fact that he threw Aisha over without an appointment.

Moreover, when he knew that he was the first witness to this case, Schiller even directly ruled out his suspicion, which made Bruce, who was already ready to make a statement, punch him in the air.

Bruce sat in his chair and thought, but at this time, Gordon pushed the door in and said, "There's a call from Wayne Manor, someone is looking for you, and she says her name is Selena." ”

Bruce looked up at Gordon, who spread his hands and said, "I'm not worried about you absconding, so you can go back now, just before you are arraigned." ”

She ...... Didn't say what to do? Bruce asked.

Gordon shook his head, Bruce walked out of the room anyway, and Gordon sent a police officer to take him back to Wayne Manor.

As soon as he entered Wayne Manor, he saw Selena's figure, and next to Selena, there was Dick.

Selena saw that Bruce was back, he walked up quickly, and said with a scowl in his face, "Bruce, what are you thinking?" Why did you throw Dick alone at school? Do you connect him after school and can't remember? ”

Bruce didn't react, but Selena hugged her arms and said, "Today at noon, about three o'clock in the afternoon, I suddenly received a phone call, it was from Dick's school. ”

His teacher said he called back to his home,

But no one answered, thank you for remembering to leave my contact information, otherwise, Dick would have had to wait all night at school today. ”

Bruce remembered that Alfred had gone to the hospital, and that he had been sitting in front of the hospital all afternoon, and it was probably at this time that Dick called back to Wayne Manor, but no one answered.

At this point, Dick stepped forward, looked up at Bruce and said, "Mr. Wayne, what's wrong with you?" Also, Where did Alfred go? ”

Bruce looked down at him and said, "Why do you suddenly want to come back?" ”

"Because I can go home on Wednesday." Dick replied, "That'...... Isn't it time for me to come back? ”

"You ......" Bruce paused to ask him, "aren't you angry?" ”

"Angry, angry, what?" Dick looked at Bruce a little dazed, and suddenly, as if he remembered something, he said, "Oh, this should be me asking you, Mr. Wayne, aren't you angry?" I didn't mean to ask that, I know you were irritated and I shouldn't have ...... Hmmm......"

Bruce bent down, put his arm on Dick's shoulder, and asked him, "Then why did you hide in school and refuse to come back?" ”

"I didn't hide from the school, because I was afraid of making you angry, I only planned to stay at the school for one night, but then the teacher said that if I didn't go back on Monday, I couldn't go back on Tuesday, and I had to stay on campus for at least two days."

Dick shrugged his shoulders and said, "So I stayed for two days and came back." ”

Selena stepped forward, patted Bruce on the shoulder and said, "I know you're worried about the newspaper stuff and feeling a lot of pressure, but it's nothing, you don't have to care what people think." ”

"What about Aisha? Aisha may still be ......"

"Wow Wow Wow Wow !!"

A loud scream rang out outside the door of Wayne Manor, and a small dark shadow rushed in and crashed headlong into Bruce's arms.

Merkel chased after him, gasping for breath and saying, "Oh, sorry! Mr. Wayne, I really can't catch Aisha, who came here from Rodriguez Manor!! ”

"Wow wow wow wow Aisha kept yelling, and Bruce looked at Dick, who translated, "She said she missed you, and ...... Is broccoli really bad? ”

Bruce looked back at Aisha and asked, "...... Aren't you angry? ”

Aisha was stunned for a moment, then showed a puzzled expression, Dick spread his hand and said to Bruce, "Sir, whatever you mean, but I think Aisha may have forgotten that her memory is really bad." ”

Bruce slowly lowered Aisha and stood in the middle of the manor, feeling like he was caught in a whirlpool.

It was all like a dream, but the warning he had planted before didn't go off, and he was sure it was reality.

He messed everything up, but he didn't get any harsh blame.

Gordon didn't suspect him at all, and even asked him to go home first, Schiller changed his usual strictness and told him to go to rest quickly, Selena was not angry, and helped him get Dick back, Dick didn't seem to want to avoid him, and Aisha completely forgot about it.

It seems like a big deal to Batman, but to them, it's like a small friction that happens every day, no one cares, no one remembers.

And when he was back to the useless Bruce Wayne, he failed to stop the murder, failed to provide any effective clues, failed to solve the case with ingenious technical reasoning, failed to bring the murderer to justice, and failed to save anyone......

But everyone seemed to have forgiven him.

When Merkel lit the fireplace, standing in the middle of the hall by the firelight, Bruce realized for the first time.

No one cares if he's perfect or not but himself.

It's not so much that the world doesn't love God, but that ordinary people, who live absurdly and frivolously, don't care about God at all, as Batman thinks.

Bruce realizes that no one is disappointed when he goes back to the life of Bruce Wayne, whom he always hates.

No one is disappointed that the perfect Batman has been lost.

So, what was he disappointed about?

Bruce felt the fireplace glow again when the lights in the hall came back on

When it was blazing, he was surrounded by warmth again.

A string that had been taut and plucked like a talisman suddenly became loose.