"That's a good question. Can you accept someone getting into your brain? Stephen asked.

"Into the brain?" Bruce frowned, and asked with some hesitation, "Is there anything you need to explain?" ”

"Like, would you like to show me your innermost memories, as well as the darkness?" Stephen answered honestly. Just like a patient seeking medical attention, you should always let him know the sequelae of the drug and the possible hidden dangers of the treatment before treatment. Especially in this situation, there is no need to hide it, because once you get into the other person's brain, then the other person will know everything.

Stephen didn't want to do anything to Bruce, and in order to avoid any bad situations at that time, of course he had to explain everything to him.

"Memory? Dark? Bruce munched on these two words in silence, there were so many secrets and darkness in his heart that he didn't want to share with anyone. If it was him before Thanos, he would definitely refuse it outright, and then think about finding a way to treat himself. But after experiencing Thanos, he can already face his darkness and secrets.

"Will you know all my memories?" Bruce asked in a calm voice after a moment.

"Part of it. Human memories are vast, unless you think about them deliberately. But in general, only the ones you remember the most, or care about the most, will emerge first and be watched by me. Under normal circumstances, I would not actively explore your deeper memories and secrets. Stephen also responded cautiously to Bruce's inquiry. He knows that you must first dispel the other person's inner resistance before you can talk about the follow-up.

"You seem to care a lot about my state?" Instead of saying yes or no, Bruce changed his voice and asked a seemingly insignificant question. He always felt that if it was just his personal problem, it didn't seem to deserve Stephen's attention.

"I care about everything that is being eroded by the power of the dark dimension. Especially if it threatens the security of the universe. Remember what I said about the mage degenerates? Each of them has brought huge hidden dangers to the world, and ordinary people don't know about it, just because we resisted it beforehand. If I discover your anomaly and don't manage it, the consequences will not only be your personal problem, but the big problem of the world and the universe. I don't want to say how righteous I am, but you just think we're protecting our territory. Stephen corrected and explained.

"I'm fine, what am I going to do?" A flash of clarity flashed in Bruce's eyes, and after getting the answer he wanted, he agreed without delay, and said that he was mentally prepared accordingly.

"You just need to empty your mind and don't resist my strength. We'll see you soon. Stephen said.

……

Bruce, who was empty, first came to his spiritual world, and then a familiar figure, Stephen, appeared beside him as if out of nowhere.

"It looks like your spiritual world has been eroded a bit. Do you have severe self-destructive emotions? Or is there too much darkness accumulating inside? Stephen looked at Bruce's mental world and sighed a little in amazement. This kind of spiritual world has not gone crazy, or schizophrenic, should Bruce's tenacious spiritual will and self-guidance ability be praised?

"This is my spiritual world?" Bruce looked at the dark and oppressive environment around him, and the atmosphere made people feel desperate and uneasy, and there was some silence for a while.

"This is the embodiment of your spiritual world at this moment. It can ignore everything and go straight to your heart, that is, it is the place that best represents your inner emotions and state. Stephen looked around carefully and explained to Bruce.

The place where they were was was a barren, gloomy environment, with no sky visible upwards, and no sight ten meters away from the front and back, left and right, because of the thick fog around them. The whole environment brings people depression and coldness, which makes people can't help but feel depressed and suspicious. It may not take long for ordinary people to fall into this spiritual world, and they will be guided by the environment here to gradually collapse, go crazy, and then self-destruct.

"What am I going to do next?" Bruce looked at Stephen. At the moment, he is wearing his bat suit, and he still instinctively wants to give himself a sense of security. Even if he knew it was false.

"You can feel if there's anything out of the ordinary." Stephen's gaze fell in a certain direction in the mist, "Like, what's calling to you?" Or do you feel an urge to go somewhere? ”

When Bruce heard Stephen's words, he immediately closed his eyes again, feeling it seriously. Suddenly, his body began to move, and the mist next to him dispersed in front of the two of them, and Bruce just walked in one direction with his eyes closed. Stephen was right behind him, a chain of hearts connected to his and Bruce's hands. This helps that even if there is an accident, Stephen can use the power of the Psychic Chain to determine the direction and state of Bruce after being dispersed.

This is an important measure. Because in the spiritual world, like fairy tales and dreams, no matter how absurd things are, they can happen. Even if Bruce is always in front of him now, the next moment, the other party may completely disappear from his vision and disappear. And to find someone in the boundless and directionless spiritual world is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. Only by preparing accordingly in advance can we have the means to deal with changes and risks.

But the trail went smoothly, to the point where even Stephen was a little surprised. He thought there would be some force that would find a way to separate him from Bruce, but he didn't.

Can't? Or don't care?

These two may mean very different things.

The former represents that the other party has not really completely eroded Bruce's spirit and become an inseparable part of him. This situation is naturally the best and the best to solve.

The latter represents a bit more complicated. It may be disdain, there is some conspiracy waiting for them ahead; It may also be that they think that they are sure to win and really don't care.

But no matter what, Bruce finally took Stephen to his destination smoothly.

It was a familiar manor!

The Wayne family's estate!

It's just that it seems to have been abandoned for a long time, covered with vicissitudes and wild grass, and those swarthy windows that absorb all light are like dark nights, easily arousing people's inner doubts and fears.

Flutter!

The dense sound of flapping wings echoed through the buildings of the manor, and it was black bats soaring.

"He's inside! He knows we're coming! Looking at those bats, Bruce, who opened his eyes, looked at the oppressive and terrifying building in front of him like a man-eating giant mouth, and reminded him.

"Who? The owner of the power of the dark dimension? Stephen asked softly, feeling the dark atmosphere around him, which suddenly became rich and eerie.

"Another me, or rather, another universe-depraved me." Bruce's lips tugged at the corners of his visor-covered lips, "Of course, maybe he'll give us a big [surprise]." Because I think that's what he's going to do. ”

"Okay." Stephen shrugged. Follow Bruce and keep going.

"Wait a minute, did you hear anyone crying?" Bruce suddenly stopped, his eyes scanned around, and asked Stephen softly.

"No, I didn't hear that." Stephen shook his head, but then reminded: "But in the spiritual world, any sudden abnormality may involve something in your deepest heart, such as memories?" Affection? I think it's the one who is saying hello to you. ”

Bruce's eyes swept over the long-abandoned building, and finally turned around, heading towards the source of the sound he had heard. Stephen behind him didn't stop him, just silently followed behind him.

This is Bruce's spiritual world, and of course Stephen has to come according to Bruce's wishes. Generally speaking, Bruce will be more sensitive than him here, and will be more able to make relatively accurate judgments. Although this judgment may be deceived, Stephen behind him is responsible for this.

The more Bruce walked, the more familiar his surroundings became, and eventually, he came to the side of an abandoned wellhead. Looking at this familiar well, and listening to the sobbing cries below, his heart suddenly felt as if he had traveled back in time, back to the terrible images he had experienced when he fell into this well when he was a child. The creatures that appeared in those pictures and brought him fear are still with him today, and have even become an indelible imprint and totem on his body.

Bruce jumped from the wellhead as Stephen watched, and then soon he climbed out of the well with a child in his arms and a hook and lock.

The child's face is vaguely similar to Bruce's, but at the moment he is sobbing, wiping his tears with his hands, as if he doesn't care who rescued him, and he doesn't feel that he is out of danger, he just cries, sobs, and then a wave of fear affects the surroundings with the erosion of the falling tears.

And Bruce's state was obviously a little abnormal, he seemed to be affected by that, he tried his best to appease the child, but he couldn't do it anyway, but was aroused by the child's fear in his heart, which he thought he had restrained, and his limbs fell to the ground with soreness.

The whole picture instantly became weird, a child stood on the ground crying and wiping his tears, and a man in a strange costume sat on the ground in silence and fear, immersed in some emotion like a distraction. Stephen's figure disappeared when Bruce jumped out of the well, and Bruce didn't realize the anomaly as if he had been erased from his memory.

Eventually, just as the expression on Bruce's face became more and more decadent, the weeping child suddenly lifted the little face that should have been hazy with teary eyes, he reached out to erase the presence of the face helmet on Bruce's face, looking at the distracted face hidden under the mask, the corners of his mouth were torn apart to the sides with an astonishing amplitude, and a terrible and evil smile appeared on his immature face, and at this moment he seemed to overlap with the figure of the clown to some extent.

A black dagger suddenly appeared in the child's hand, and an afterimage crossed, and the bat suit on Bruce's body was almost cut without resistance, but just when the dagger was about to stab Bruce's heart, Bruce, who was sitting on the ground, was dragged back by a huge force, narrowly avoiding the sinister knife.

And Bruce was also in some kind of frequent calling, under this strong pull, as if he had woken up from a dream when he fell out of bed, and suddenly woke up.

Seeing that the prey he was about to hunt successfully escaped, the young Bruce's face distorted into a hideous and terrifying expression, and then the whole person continued to inflate like a balloon, exploding in front of Bruce's eyes, splattering a piece of blood as fine as rain.

Bruce shook his head, and when he looked around again, he realized that he was not in the area next to the wellhead, but was about to come to the door of the abandoned villa building.

Bruce subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, and this time he remembered Stephen behind him. It was when he was sinking in consciousness that he heard Stephen calling his name all the time, and there was a rope that always gave him a bright and insignificant hope like a beacon tower in the wind and rain, so that he would not sink completely. He didn't forget that it was Stephen's last powerful pull that woke him up completely.

"Just now, was it a fantasy?" Bruce thinks he can remain calm and composed in the face of any enemy, but in this spiritual world, his mental fluctuations are extremely frequent and sensitive, and any of his emotional fluctuations are difficult to hide and suppress. At this moment, he still has lingering feelings about the environment that was so real just now that he almost died once.

"A very sharp dismount. You know, in the spiritual world, whoever has the upper hand will have a higher probability of winning. All your weaknesses and everything will be used against you by the other side. Until your heart is completely broken and you are dominated by Him. Eventually, become a fanatic follower of the master behind the forces of the dark dimension. Stephen reminded again.

Bruce nodded silently. He knew that if it wasn't for Stephen just now, he might have been targeted step by step to a complete collapse if he lost his first move. After all, the opponent he is facing is himself!

"In addition, your dark side may have been combined with the other party, and I may take some drastic measures depending on the situation, so you have to be mentally prepared." Stephen added faintly behind Bruce.

Without the effect of crying or anything, Bruce took the lead and reached out and pushed open the door of the villa. The old door creaked and shone into the dark room as it opened.

A thin, dark figure, just at the limit of the light. (End of chapter)