Bruce didn't choose to leave Gotham.

Although he had learned from Jack that there was more than just Gotham in his dream, and that it would be a good idea to go to other cities to get enough resources and then return to Gotham to compete, Bruce didn't plan to do that.

The Batman of the main universe seems to have planned to go down this path, Bruce can understand his thoughts, over the years, Batman must have tried countless ways to turn the tide of Gotham, but never succeeded, even a fool should realize that there must be something higher in the city that is wrong.

Batman has spent half his life trying to find out where this abercity is coming from, the Joker may know, but he can't say either, and the others either don't know enough about Batman or Gotham enough to be of any use at all.

Batman is like standing in front of the wall at the end of the dead end, constantly looking for possible gaps, but unfortunately the source of this abercity is more advanced than he thought, the story of the main universe cannot be finished, so Gotham cannot be saved.

But now Batman may also know through some information that Gotham in the Dream Realm is not affected by this strange abnormality, which means that the high wall that has always stood in front of him has disappeared, and he finally has the possibility to save Gotham.

Bruce knows how urgent the main universe Batman will be, if he chooses to follow the same path as Batman, then he can only follow him, the first person to make Gotham better is to save, and the second is just in vain, there is no benefit in following the main universe Batman.

After Jack left, Bruce didn't rush to find a way to beat Batman in the main universe, he was now thinking about a very important question - is Jack really that kind?

Of course, the two of them are friends now, and the relationship is not bad, but Jack is a joker after all, and the top priority of the Joker's behavior pattern is to watch Batman have fun.

Help Batman? That only exists in dreams or when Batman is dying.

Jack reminded him this time that his behavior did not conform to the logic of the Joker's actions at all, wouldn't it be more interesting to watch Batman unfortunately?

For so long, Bruce's psychology has not improved much, but his level of clown has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has basically completely figured out the logic of clown's behavior.

And once the Joker's behavior is not logical, it proves that there must be some conspiracy behind it, what could it be?

Bruce reasoned from scratch.

When Jack first approached him, he explained to him the situation of the world, using the same words as he said earlier, "I built a Gotham in the dream country." ”

Bruce was indeed misled by him, because he didn't know what kind of authority Jack had in the Dream Country, and he thought that it might be Constantine, who was in charge of managing the Dream Country, that gave Jack some permission, based on this, Jack's project could not be too big, so Bruce felt that Gotham was the whole map.

But now that Jack tells him that the map may even be the size of an entire earth, this is a surprising proof that Jack has a lot of authority in the dream realm, and even if he does, it will take a long time to build such a large map.

If this is something that he and Schiller have been preparing together for a long time, will it be a trap that is only misleading with words?

This doesn't fit the Joker's style of doing things.

Clowns learn the first law, and clowns will never have the right answer to their multiple-choice questions.

The clown learns the second law, if the clown makes the person doing the question think that a certain answer is the correct answer, then it is very likely that the truth of the answer is the most outrageous of all the answers.

Jack first verbally implies that Bruce has only one Gotham map, but then comes over on the eve of Bruce's almost wrong answer to remind him that you have chosen the wrong answer.

So which is the correct answer that Jack is hinting at?

Bruce went through all the conversations he had with Jack in his head, and then keenly noticed that something was wrong, and Jack finally said that Bruce knew the answer that would give Schiller a perfect score.

Could this be another language trap?

Bruce's detective instincts are telling him yes, and from this point of view, this sentence is actually guiding Bruce, and the implication is that you should go to the answer that Schiller can give you a perfect score.

So what's wrong with that?

Bruce frowned, clenching the pen in his hand tightly, his brain racing.

No, I'm afraid the answer is still hidden in Jack's words and actions, what's wrong?

Suddenly, Bruce was stunned, and a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and sure enough, the clown's law he summarized was right, and Jack was not so kind at all, and there was an even more sinister trap behind it.

In the manor's reception room, Schiller laid the newspaper flat on the coffee table, put down the steaming tea in his hand, and took the orange from Aisha's hand that she couldn't peel, and Helen, curled up in the single sofa, asked as she nibbled on a pear.

"It's inevitable that you will be led by words to misunderstand certain meanings, right? How tiring it would be to be vigilant all the time. ”

"Besides, it's pretty good to be able to be like a fish in water in the gang system, and if you hadn't brought me back, I might have died on the streets by now."

Schiller picked up the newspaper from the coffee table and unfolded it, shook the corner of the newspaper and said, "I don't mean that he didn't see through Jack's language trap and chose to stay in Gotham." ”

"What's that?" Helen gave a puzzled look.

Schiller sighed while reading the newspaper and said: "As you said, in daily life, no one can always be vigilant about every word that other people say, if someone deliberately wants to set up a language trap, it is normal to be led into misunderstanding, everyone is facing an existential crisis when they first arrive here, in this case, there is no energy to carefully distinguish every sentence, this is not even a mistake." ”

"The first time Jack went to meet Bruce, he used words to guide Bruce, making Bruce think that he only built the city of Gotham, but this is not actually the trap itself, but the foreshadowing of the trap."

"Jack wanted Bruce to think he had made a mistake." Schiller concluded.

"So why did he do it?" Helen asked.

"This is yet another psychological trap – exaggerating the mistakes that can happen to anyone in everyday life, and emphasizing that someone must be held accountable, thus prompting urgency and nervousness."

"If I'm not mistaken, Jack would say to Bruce, 'Your psychology professor must be very disappointed that you didn't avoid such a simple psychological cue' – a common technique for mentally suppressing others, creating a dislike for an environment that doesn't exist, and causing them to fall into self-blame and self-doubt."

Helen seemed to be intrigued by these theories, she stopped eating, looked intently at Schiller and asked, "So what is his purpose in suppressing Bruce?" Let Bruce have self-doubt and thus make bigger mistakes? ”

"You are very clever indeed, Miss Helen." Schiller put down the newspaper, looked Helen in the eye and said, "This is to make the other party have a forced mistake." ”

"The more you feel that the people around you are disappointed in you, the more you blame yourself and feel inferior, the more you dare not participate in normal social interactions, and the more you can only rely on the person who suppresses you, which is a vicious circle, and its purpose is to manipulate others."

Helen digested what Schiller had said, and then understood why Schiller said that Jack's use of language to mislead Bruce was just a trap.

"He took advantage of Bruce's nervous spirit during the existential crisis, made him make a small mistake, and then ran up to him to exaggerate the importance of this mistake, and after Bruce came into this world, he didn't have any contact with anyone else, creating an atmosphere where the whole world is disappointed in you."

At this point, Helen had another question, and she asked, "If Bruce was really nervous about it, what mistake would he have made?" Or what mistake did Jack want him to make? ”

"A bigger, more irreparable mistake, of course."

Helen thought about it, but couldn't think of an answer, so she could only look at Schiller with an inquiring gaze.

Schiller took a sip of tea from his teacup, sighed and said: "It is not a big deal to be misled in words, even the most professional psychologist in the world cannot say that he has never misunderstood others, and I am the same." ”

"Human beings are sensory creatures, and they can only understand each other's intentions from each other's words and actions, and understanding this thing itself is the most difficult thing in the world, and misunderstanding is human nature, and it is never easy to escape."

"But if Bruce does fall into the real trap, he's going to make an even bigger mistake, and that's the one that really adds to my reputation in education."

"What's that?"

"Helen, I ask you, what would you do if you were told that your mom and dad would be very angry about it because you made a small mistake, and you still have a chance to make amends, and a chance to get them not to be disappointed in you?"

Helen thought for a moment and said, "Of course I will do my best to make amends, after all, I don't want to disappoint them. ”

When she said this, Helen was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly said, "Oh, I see! My parents love me, so even if I make some mistakes, they will understand me and forgive me. ”

"But if I'm desperate to make amends for fear of their disappointment, I'm driven by fear, and fear tends to make people lose their minds and make bigger mistakes."

"At that point, what was a small mistake that could be understood can turn into a big mistake that really hurts them, and if they show disappointment because of it, I will feel very wronged."

"Because I was worried that they would be angry and disappointed, I tried to make amends, and even if something bigger happened, they should understand that I loved them and did it, so an irreconcilable contradiction arose."

"My parents wanted to educate me not to make such mistakes again, but I measured whether they loved me by whether they understood and forgave me."

"And once it reaches the point where you ask others to prove love, the misunderstanding can never be resolved, because what you have to prove is never whether you love or not, but whether you love enough, but no matter what, it is not enough."

Schiller looked at Helen with a very appreciative gaze, and he nodded and said, "The trap that Jack has created by taking advantage of Bruce's small mistakes and the tension he has fabricated is that he will make Bruce more eager to prove his scholarship to me. ”

Helen frowned and said, "Yes, what Jack said to Bruce is equivalent to 'you answer such a simple question incorrectly, your teacher will be very disappointed', so Bruce will definitely find a way to answer the following questions well, but I still don't understand, according to this line of thinking, what big mistake will Bruce make?" ”

"Why did he answer the question?"

Schiller picked up the newspaper again and said as he scanned it: "Why does he have to answer when I produce a paper?" ”

"Because you are his ......"

Helen was choked for a moment, then lowered her tone and sighed, "Yes, you are just his university professor, and he has already graduated from college, and no graduate will return to the university to take the exam organized by the university professor." ”

But Helen said hesitantly, "But I have heard that the two of you are very close, and he may take you as his ......."

"Father?"

Helen nodded.

"So do you have to take a test that doesn't make sense?" Schiller shook the newspaper and said: "His graduation project is to rebel against patriarchy, and if he tries again, he won't be able to pass the exam, doesn't it mean that I let go of the water in his last exam?" ”

"Did you release the water?"

"Have you ever heard of the Pacific Ocean?"

(End of chapter)