Superman's super brain not only has super intelligence, but also has a super memory, although he usually doesn't use it, but this is actually a passive skill, Superman can completely remember everything he sees, and every detail is clear.

The anomaly is not detected when this part of the memory is not invoked, but as long as he wants to recall, he can recall all the details of everything that has happened since he had a memory.

When Lord Superman focuses on some of the anomalies that Batman may have, he immediately recalls certain fragments.

It's true that Batman has not been anomalous recently.

Lord Superman's memories began to go back in time until they stopped at a rather special point in time, the night when they finally managed the Earth and had a celebratory feast.

The party and the revelry were as usual, and so was Batman's silence, but he rarely didn't leave early, but stood in the corner of the party dance floor, quietly watching it all.

Lord Superman could feel that he was happy, because of his observation skills that were far beyond ordinary people, and because of his familiarity with Batman, although Batman did not smile, this gesture was already the happiest performance he could make.

So where does the turning point take place?

Lord Superman recalls that he had drunk some wine that night, and for the first time allowed himself to be a little drunk, so he put his arm around Batman's shoulders and the two walked to the rooftop to blow the wind.

He waved his arms vigorously, saying that he would definitely be able to bring such peace to all the universes, and from now on people would no longer have to be troubled by criminals, and they would be able to live a well-organized and happy life.

And then what did you say? Lord Superman clears the fog of illusions caused by alcohol, and he hears Batman say that although there is no threat of criminals now, people's lives are not called happy.

Lord Superman expresses his confusion because he thinks that Batman has always wanted to build a society free of criminals? Isn't that a perfect society?

But Batman said that there are many people in this world who live in underdeveloped areas, where they are often remote and backward, with poor natural conditions, and they have been poor for a long time and cannot enjoy the convenience of modern urban life.

Or that there are a few people in this world who can enjoy both safety and convenience, and the vast majority are always missing something, and Batman feels that he should make up for it.

Lord Superman vaguely remembered that Batman seemed to talk a lot about city building, technological development, and even the idea of colonizing space, but he didn't listen carefully that night.

What he enjoyed was the constant elimination of criminals, and the reassuring expression on the faces of the people living on Earth when they looked up at the sky made him feel the meaning of his existence, and made him feel that what he was doing was right.

He began to crave the feeling more and more, and that night, he almost couldn't wait for Batman to make him a portal so that he could continue to do this on other Earths.

Batman doesn't refuse, but Lord Superman senses his disappointment.

Perhaps everything had changed since then, and Batman had closed his heart back with an open heart, and he no longer felt that one of the people in the team was his kind, and neither was the lord Superman.

Thinking of this, Lord Superman felt angry and aggrieved, and he instinctively said: "I just hope that justice can be spread farther, I just want to save more people." ”

"What do you think is saved?" Konstantin suddenly spoke, he took a puff of his cigarette, spit out a smoke ring, looked into the air with a slightly dazed gaze and said, "Do you think that the absence of criminals is the ultimate form of human society?" ”

Lord Superman's eyes suddenly widened slowly, he hadn't told anyone about the situation in his universe, so how did this Konstantin know?

"Don't doubt, I'm from the same universe as you, but when you went crazy and messed around on Earth, I hid in the Soul Prison, and I haven't been back to Earth for a long time."

Konstantin coughed heavily, sniffed, and said, "I know that I will definitely be classified as a criminal by you, and then burn my brain, but I'm sorry, I still have something to do, so keep my brain." ”

Lord Superman's eyes flashed red, and at this time Arthur the Clown spoke, "What do you think is a criminal?" Is it the criminal who kills? ”

"Of course, he broke the law."

"So what if he killed this man to save more people?" Arthur the Clown chuckled a few times and said, "Isn't this the same thing you did?" ”

"And if suffering counts as a crime, why are the businessmen and politicians who displaced us and have no food to eat still alive?"

Arthur the Clown lowered his eyes and said, "The law protects their interests, and you defend the law, and this is your justice." ”

If it was before, Lord Superman's heat ray had already passed, but Lord Superman's mind kept circling with what Batman said to him, and Batman once said to him that "the elimination of criminals on Earth is not the end, but the beginning".

At the beginning, Lord Superman understood this sentence as an endorsement of his vision, of course, the elimination of a criminal on the earth is not the end, they also have to save more cosmic earth.

But did you misunderstand?

Lord Superman felt his head start to hurt.

After Lord Superman hesitated for a moment, he still looked at the young man Bruce next to him and said, "The universe we are in ......"

He briefly introduced the situation on his own earth, saying: "Then Batman said to me that night, 'Eliminating criminals on earth is not the end, but the beginning', what do you think he meant?" ”

Bruce was stunned for a moment, then he said, "'I want you to stay and build our planet with me,' that's what it means." ”

Lord Superman froze completely.

Then he reached out and covered his eyes, feeling his brain buzzing.

How can the above sentence be translated into the following sentence? Are these two sentences even the slightest bit related?!

At this time, Bruce said, "But what he wants to say is, 'There will be a new beginning in our lives, and so will our feelings.'" ’”

Then Bruce asked with some curiosity, "Then how did you answer at that time?" ”

Lord Superman covered his eyes with one hand and propped one hand on the table in front of him and said, "At that time I said, 'yes, if your portal is built fast enough, we can indeed start to do justice in more universes.'" ’”

The rest of the people present, even Owen on the stage, let out a "boo" at Lord Superman.

"Your reply is almost the equivalent of saying on a date, 'If the car that came to pick you up home had come earlier, we would have been able to go home early and have an online chat.'" Bruce said with a shrug.

"I'm not...... But why can't he make it clearer? Couldn't he just say, 'We had a good time, I hope we can stay together', or simply say, 'I don't want to build a portal, we should stay on Earth together', why not? ”

"Because he's Batman."

In Schiller's hospital room, by noon, his hands had been released, so he could carry his oatmeal by himself.

And Batman came in again, and he raised an eyebrow slightly at Schiller and asked, "How's it going?" ”

"I was just going to tell you about it." Schiller gestured to the chair next to him with his chin, and Batman sat down.

As soon as Batman sat down, Schiller said, "I came to a very surprising conclusion. ”

"What?"

"This Batman isn't sick."

Batman showed the expression that has changed the most since he joined the game, and he can't hold it back.

"I know you're surprised, but don't be surprised." Schiller stirred the porridge in his hand with a spoon and said, "This is the conclusion I have come to after many hours of deliberation, and although he is indeed amazing, and I am also a little unconvinced, the Batman of this universe is almost not sick. ”

"Almost no illness, that is, there is still it?"

Schiller shook his head lightly and said, "He has some mild signs of depression, but it can't be called depression, and he also has a little bit of very normal work anxiety, but it still can't be called an anxiety disorder." ”

Batman's hand froze completely.

And Schiller, who looked at him, told even more shocking news: "He was not cured, but he was not sick at all." ”

Batman fell into deep thought.

"But the results are not yet certain." After taking a sip of porridge, Schiller recalled: "You know what you care about most, how he thinks about the death of his parents is the criterion for determining whether he is mentally normal, and this is not a topic that can be easily touched." ”

"What do you want me to do?" Batman looked straight at Schiller and asked, then he said, "I'll try to cooperate with you as much as I can." ”

Schiller looked at him and didn't speak, and it was a moment before Batman spoke, "You know that every Batman I, we, Thomas, and Martha have seen, and the state we show makes them feel extremely guilty. ”

"He thinks that their death has completely shaped us, a painful patient, or at least ever suffered, and that's a very devastating fact that I'm sure they've been trying to accept but haven't quite succeeded."

"And you want them to see that at least one Bruce has survived strongly, and has come out of the shadows with his own efforts, leaving little to no after-effects."

"Will there be?" Batman asked.

Schiller's hand stirring the oatmeal stopped, and he said: "The vast majority, like you, has been carved into the personality, a small part like my students, barely healed, and a few ......"

Schiller shook his head and didn't speak, but Batman understood what he meant, and some of them slid inexorably deeper into the abyss until they became unrecognizable.

Schiller paused and said, "You help me find a consultation room and make sure there's no one there all night, and I'll do the rest." ”

Batman nodded and left immediately.

When Schiller turned his head to look at the window, he found Bei Bat playing basketball with the male caregiver in the basketball court downstairs, jumping high and dunking into the basket, his black hair hanging down from his sideburns.

Schiller closed his eyes, and the classic images from the Batman movie trilogy began to flicker in his mind.

(End of chapter)