Jack reached out and scratched at his freshly dyed green hair, deliberately making a mess of it in order to restore his former appearance as a clown, and he somehow got a bright purple short-sleeved shirt, as if to remind Bruce that he was a clown.

Hearing what Jack said, Bruce didn't react for a moment, and it took him a few seconds to understand before realizing that Jack might be hinting that he didn't do well this time.

Bruce turned his head and looked at the surroundings, this is the basement of a civilian apartment, although it is a basement, but because the apartment has a higher specification, it looks more like a hotel without windows, the environment is warm and comfortable.

The warmth in his belly was that Bruce's body was telling him that he had just had a full meal, and the warehouse data just counted showed that the food in the warehouse was enough for the whole gang of children to eat for half a month.

In any way, it took less than two weeks to gain a foothold in a city like Gotham, which should not be called a blow to Schiller's reputation in the world of education, right?

Bruce expressed his opinion bluntly, but Jack sighed deeply and said, "I'm so glad I'm not your psychology professor, oh, wait, did Schiller say before that the strength of Batman and the Joker will change equally??? ”

As soon as the words fell, Jack swooped to the window of the corridor, far away from Bruce, who looked at him helplessly and said, "You seem to be acting like I'm some kind of infectious disease called failing psychology." ”

"Not likely." Jack grinned and smirked, his steps kept moving, as if he wanted to slip away.

Then he was blocked in the hallway by Bruce, who pushed him into the room, pressed him to sit down on the couch and said, "You make it clear, am I the kind of person who doesn't listen to other people's opinions?" ”

Jack sighed, rolled his eyes, looked at the furnishings, Bruce sat down across from him and said, "I know it's not even an achievement, but after all, it's still a short time, just another month, no, another half a month will be ......"

"Alas......"

Jack interrupted Bruce's words with a long sigh, looked at Bruce with his hand on his face and said, "The formula is wrong, no matter how much you write the calculation process, it is useless, and you will have to eat zero eggs in half a month." ”

Bruce stared at Jack and said, "You're saying I'm thinking the wrong way?" Then tell me what went wrong. ”

"Let's change the subject, Batman from another universe is here, right? Guess what he's doing now? ”

"Which Batman are you referring to?"

"The one older than you."

"I don't think his progress will be faster than mine, after all, this is the Gotham you built, it is my hometown, I must be more familiar with the gangster than him, even if his progress is good, it should only be on par with me."

Jack picked up the glass and took a sip of water, put it down and looked at Bruce and said, "Is there a possibility that he doesn't need to be familiar with the gangsters?" ”

Bruce froze for a moment.

"It seems that when you graduated with honor, it is not for nothing that Schiller was so happy." Jack covered one side of his eye with his hand and said, "You may really be the only Batman in all the universe who doesn't have a talent for psychology." ”

As soon as Bruce wanted to open his mouth to speak, Jack looked at him and said, "I said that I built Gotham in the dream country, and you think that I really only built Gotham - you go to Gotham Airport now to buy a plane ticket to Met, and use your genius mind to do whatever business you want without gangster interference, and you can buy Gotham in half a month." ”

Bruce frowned deeply.

"'This is the Gotham I built in the Dream Realm', I'm not lying, I said I built Gotham, but I didn't say I only built Gotham - a simple linguistic trap and an entry-level psychological suggestion."

"You understand all of this to mean that I've built a city as a testing ground, and you have to complete a certain goal in the city to get a high score, and you haven't even tried to buy a plane ticket to see if it shows any other locations, and your base points have been deducted."

Bruce took a deep breath, and suddenly he reacted again, looked at the Joker and said, "Another Batman has left Gotham?" ”

"Yes, and even if he doesn't want you to open it at all, if nothing else, tomorrow you will see the report of 'Metropolis Surprise Business Prodigy' in the newspaper."

Bruce opened his mouth for a moment, and Jack saw what he wanted to say, so he interrupted him and said, "He can be so high-profile, because the metropolis has laws, and as long as he earns money with his own wisdom, then no matter how many assets are protected by the law." ”

"If someone wants to use illegal means, he can also use the money to hire someone to protect himself, and the worst criminal in the metropolis is nothing more than a bank robber, and it can be solved by hiring two retired big soldiers."

Jack looked at Bruce and said, "What do you think is the purpose of this exam?" Will it test your ability to survive at the bottom of Gotham? ”

Bruce wanted to say yes, but Jack preempted him and said, "Why do you want to take the same exam twice?" If it's to see progress, then there shouldn't be so many variables, and you should still live here as an adult body as before. ”

Bruce really got into thinking, and if there's one thing he's really made in the time since then, it's that he's more aware of Schiller's movements.

In terms of arrogance alone, he's a pretty rigorous guy, especially when it comes to academics, and if this exam is really about seeing if Bruce's ability to survive at the bottom of Gotham improves, then Schiller won't be going to give him a worse start to turning into a kid or something.

On the one hand, if the start is different, then the criteria for judging progress will also change, and on the other hand, in reality, Bruce is not a child, and it is impossible to change back into a child, so there is no point in testing this kind of virtual hypothesis.

"What do you think is the most important thing to get out of a certain environment?"

Hearing this, Bruce's eyes narrowed, and Jack continued, "It's trying to get out of some kind of environment." ”

"And the premise of wanting to jump out of a certain environment is to recognize that the environment you are in is abnormal."

"Please, Batman, Gotham is not normal! What other city besides Gotham needs a child to put so much effort into keeping themselves safe and filling their bellies? But if you change cities, you can use all this wasted energy to spread your wisdom. ”

"But I don't see what the point is." Bruce rubbed his hand over the cup and said, "Was it just a brain teaser?" ”

"The latter part is a plus." Jack scratched his hair again and said, "Okay, it's not that I can't get through the topic, what do you think of the gangsters?" ”

"There are pros and cons."

"What's the downside?"

As soon as Jack finished asking, he pouted and said, "I'm still not used to Schiller's tone, so I'll just say it." ”

"You and the vast majority of people in this Gotham don't realize that the real danger of gangsters isn't about breaking the law or anything."

Bruce listened attentively, and Jack paused before explaining, "The meaning of the law is relative, and if it doesn't protect us, we don't have to obey it, that's my opinion. ”

"From Gotham's point of view, the gang's violation of the law is not a big deal, and it has nothing to do with justice at all, the problem is that the vast majority of industries that use violence to protect their interests obliterate the necessity of the existence of labor, which will completely destroy one's values."

"Let's put it this way, I made twenty dollars after a hard day's work in the factory, and old Joey next door made a thousand dollars with a stud, is there any point in my labor?"

"No one in this world will work because they love labor, people love the fruits of labor, and if they can skip labor directly to get the results, who will not do it?"

Jack tapped the table with his fingertips, and Bruce could see that he was imitating Schiller's movements again.

"The existence of gangs is equivalent to skipping the labor process by violence, or at least helping the members who maintain violence to be relieved of labor, which creates the perception that when they are short of money, they think not of work for money, but of violence for money."

"If this is only a part of the society, then the other producers can provide for their plunder, but if the whole society is full of such people, or if the whole society is that I am trying to master the means of violence to obtain benefits, it is doomed to create a vicious circle."

"When all individuals in society regard the unproductive plundering industry as the ultimate goal, there will be a great problem, that is, the predators will not value the fruits of the labor of others they plunder, because they have not put in the relevant energy, which will make them less risk-averse when making decisions, and finally there will be no pants left to pay for the miscalculation of risks."

"I worked hard for a day, and the twenty dollars I got will be allocated to food, water, housing and other resources necessary for survival, and if there is money left, I will consider the risk of not being able to obtain these resources in the future, so I will save the money, because the work is hard, so I must be cautious in spending every penny."

"Old Joey gets a thousand dollars from the sky, and compared to the little money that everyone else earns by hard work, he will only think about how to make himself a thousand dollars a day or more in the future."

"I've seen a lot of people whose view of money has been destroyed." Bruce spoke: "Some of them are riding the wind of the times, and some are just lucky, but what this group of people have in common is that they mistake their luck for their own ability, squander it, increase their investment, and then lose it overnight." ”

"To put it bluntly, if the money comes too quickly, you will lose your concept, and you will not feel distressed when you spend it, but this is not a benign way of development, which is why Schiller keeps weakening the gang." Jack pouted.

"Gotham is not normal, gangsters are not a good thing, some of the positives they provide in a certain era are not that good at all, and if the system is really solid enough, it will not collapse just because of the death of an important person."

"On the other hand, a system that collapses because of the death of a spiritual leader is going to collapse sooner or later, and it doesn't make a difference if they don't transform, and the consequences of ossification may be worse than if they collapse."

Bruce reached out to cover his forehead, sighed and said, "I see, this game is not about who can be a fish in water in the gangster system, but who can jump out of the system, and even more, who can break the system." ”

"And how to establish a new order after breaking this system." Jack added.

Bruce suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and his genius wisdom came into play again, he looked at Jack and asked, "Will the Gotham you built in your dreams be affected by that mysterious dark force?" ”

Jack smiled for the first time, snapped his fingers and said, "Very well, you have grasped the key, I can only tell you that the person of the dream world is much higher than you think, and it can even make an archangel fall asleep unconsciously." ”

"Darkness can't invade here......" Bruce got up from the couch, turned his head to look at the door and said, "In other words, Gotham has the possibility of being completely saved." ”

Jack also stood up, looked at Bruce and said, "At the same time, who saves, how to save, and what becomes after the salvation is the key." ”

Bruce was stunned.

Jack gave him a big smile and said, "The paper is worth zero, but you still have a chance to get your professor to give you a perfect score, you know the method, right?" ”

Schiller: ▼_▼

(End of chapter)