PFC Chapter 3849 The Nameless Bat (9)
Chapter 3849 The Nameless Bat (9)
Chapter 3849 The Nameless Bat (19)
Schiller took the photo from Natasha, glanced at it briefly, and then looked at Natasha's face: "You want me to give this photo some psychological therapy?"
“No. It’s just that the agent said it might help.” Natasha paused, then continued, “I know you have this talent, but you rarely show it to us. Do you think this will work?”
Schiller sensed Natasha's suspicion; clearly, Natasha didn't believe she could deduce the photographer's psychology and behavior patterns from a single photograph. Perhaps she could deduce some things, but probably not enough to identify the true culprit.
“Indeed,” Schiller said. “I rarely show that because it makes me look like a freak, not very sociable. I bet if I did, Tony would yell and send me to a mental hospital for a full checkup.”
“Is it really that exaggerated?” Natasha looked at him and said, “Even after knowing what you’ve been doing in our universe, Tony still won’t admit that you’re a psychopath.”
"Because his criteria for judging whether someone has a mental illness are flawed. But it cannot be denied that he represents the perspective of most ordinary people. Even if I punched a hole in the universe, they would only think it was a display of my wisdom and power. But to psychic through a photograph looks like madness."
“Well, I should say that the universe here might be more accepting of this kind of thing,” Natasha said. “Because Batman is a freak who can deduce the entire life story of a family of three from a Christmas stocking, which is perfectly normal to people here. So you can use this ability without restraint.”
“Of course I can’t,” Schiller said, shaking his head. “Haven’t you heard? If you act like you can do the work, you’ll be doing all the work from now on. I don’t want to use my talent to get extra work.”
What exactly would it take for you to offer help?
“It’ll cost more,” Schiller said. “The Moon Knight wouldn’t do that, but if you want to hire Dr. Rodriguez, it won’t be this price.”
“I’ll talk to Batman, but only if you can actually help.” Natasha was still clearly somewhat skeptical. She didn’t deny that Schiller had a mind-reading ability, but reading minds from photographs was a bit too far-fetched. Even Professor X couldn’t do it, and the Sorcerer Supreme couldn’t communicate with spirits like that.
“I’ll send him the bill after it’s over.” Schiller said, looking at the photograph. He entered a strange state of concentration, quite different from his usual focus; he looked more serene, as if his soul had completely drifted to another place.
Just as Natasha was wondering if Schiller had truly gone out of his body to investigate the clues, he let out a long sigh.
“Interesting,” Schiller said. “It’s an experimental shot. Or rather, the person behind it didn’t have any expectations when they took this photo.”
"expect?"
"Yes. Everyone has expectations for their work. Even if it's not for an art competition, but just a keepsake, they'll still have a rough idea in mind. For example, they might want a family photo full of happiness, or they might want to build a very cute and adorable snowman."
"Yes, I understand. So the mastermind didn't think that way?"
"Logically speaking, he had ulterior motives for taking this photo. He wanted to create a scandal, and he should have expected some ambiguous atmosphere in the photo. But he didn't. This is clearly reflected in the final product, which is what you all said—the photo is too bland."
"You've identified the reason behind our conclusion, but it doesn't sound very helpful. What does a lack of expectation explain?"
“First of all, this completely rules out Arbidonis as a suspect,” Schiller said. “You might think that the reason the photo is so bland is because his photography skills are too poor to accurately reflect his inner thoughts. But no, I can tell you that the photographer of this photo did not fail to capture an ambiguous atmosphere due to technical problems, but rather because he could not envision the ambiguous atmosphere before completing the work. For Arbidonis, this is impossible. He was not the photographer.”
“Okay, do you want me to give you a round of applause to let you continue?” Natasha wasn’t joking; she asked sincerely.
“No need for that.” Schiller shook his head and continued, “The lack of expectation also means something else, namely, that he lacks the ability to anticipate developments, especially in matters of the sexes.”
"How so?"
“You and the President are two living, breathing people, and you are capable of anything. You two can walk, talk, pose, and may make eye contact or touch each other. Any normal person can think of these things. Based on this understanding, he will conceive of the most ambiguous scene and press the shutter when the scene in reality and the scene in his mind are closest.”
"Isn't that what the mastermind is like?"
“No. In fact, he lacked foresight regarding your actions. This is a fundamental flaw.” Schiller pointed to the photograph and said, “The time and place of this photograph are both wrong.”
"What do you mean?"
"You two weren't flirting at that time; calling it official business would be an exaggeration. You just exchanged a couple of polite words with him after the arrest was completed. Would this be a good setting for taking suggestive photos?"
"Of course not. But maybe he thought we might not have any more contact after this, so he took the opportunity to take a picture."
"No. Don't you realize that forging a photo is a better option?"
"Fake photos will leave traces and will be detected."
"He could send you messages via email, yet neither Batman nor Luthor could trace his background. This proves his technical skills are very powerful; he might be able to perfectly composite photos. And how did you ultimately handle the scandal?"
“They claim it’s a fake photo,” Natasha said. “The propaganda department denies my existence, and since no one can find out who I am anyway, they just say it’s a computer-generated mannequin.”
"So what if it's a composite photo?" Schiller said. "He probably expected you to debunk it like this, so whether you use a real photo or a fake one, the result is the same. Ordinary people don't have the ability to verify it anyway."
“That makes sense,” Natasha said. “Using photos he took could actually expose him, because at least the camera’s location could be determined from the angle of the shot. But if it’s a composite photo, it’s almost impossible to trace its source.”
"So the topic comes back to my judgment. Why didn't he forge the photos? Because he didn't have a good understanding of behavior in relationships between men and women."
"You mean he doesn't know what constitutes ambiguity?"
"He knows, but he doesn't know how you two are being ambiguous. He may know Batman and Black Widow, but he doesn't know what kind of ambiguous behavior is reasonable in your two behavior patterns."
“That’s normal,” Natasha said. “I guess we’re the first people to have an intimate relationship across two worlds. Most people probably can’t imagine how we get along.”
"No. Humans don't think like that. Humans are very good at putting themselves in others' shoes and drawing inferences from one instance to another. They might draw analogies with people they know who are similar to you, or they might rationalize the content of novels, movies, and animations in reality, and add some of their own preferences, and they can probably imagine the ambiguous scenes between you."
"The mastermind behind it all isn't working?"
"He can't. He lacks that ability to make connections, more like he lacks imagination about the element of sexual attraction in relationships."
Does this require a unique imagination?
"Yes, but it's hard for ordinary people to realize this. Feeling the wonderful atmosphere between two people, judging their mutual sexual attraction, and making sexual associations based on this seems like an instinctive behavior, but it is actually a special talent."
"Some people are highly perceptive. In reality, this means that some people prefer watching romance movies and reading romance novels, enjoy gossiping about the relationship problems between colleagues and friends, are interested in sex psychology, and never miss out on topics related to the sexes; while others are less perceptive. They not only cannot see the atmosphere between others, but they also cannot feel the attraction of the opposite sex when it comes to themselves. They are not interested in stories like 'I love you,' and rarely make associations based on these things."
“I think I understand now,” Natasha said. “So the mastermind is the latter.”
“It’s worse than that,” Schiller said. “At most, others just have no trees on the mountain, but he doesn’t even have a mountain. That’s the strange thing. Even someone who is sexually impotent has hormones and pheromones, and as long as they have those two things, they are inevitably sexually attracted, even if their sexual psychology is perverse or distorted, you can at least see some of that. I didn’t see any of those factors in him.”
"You mean he's asexual?"
"Yes. At least on a psychological level, he lacked sexual characteristics: he lacked expectations of sexual relationships, lacked pheromone experiences, and even lacked social and psychological sexual experiences. This can narrow down the suspect to a very small range."
What kind of people have these characteristics?
"It can be basically determined that they are minors who live in an extremely simple environment, whose bodies have not developed, and who have not received any sexual education. Based on the current hormone levels and development of children, they are probably under 6 years old."
“Children under 6 years old? How is that possible?!” Natasha exclaimed. “A 6-year-old’s brain isn’t even fully developed yet!”
"In fact, this is already a good idea. The information society will give children more social and sexual psychological experiences, and most 6-year-olds who have been exposed to the Internet will not be so naive. So the age may have to be even younger, at least young enough that they cannot understand externally inputted sex-related content at all, perhaps 3 to 4 years old."
Natasha was completely baffled. She said, "But that's impossible. How could such a young child possess the technological skills that Batman and Luthor couldn't track down?"
"Having eliminated all the impossible conditions, what remains is the truth. However, the truth can be interpreted in multiple ways: if a 3-4 year old human child cannot do it, then what if it is not human?"
Natasha paused for a moment, then looked at Schiller and said, "You mean, Jarvis?"
“It could be something similar,” Schiller continued.
Natasha walked to a chair and sat down, a look of reminiscence on her face. She said, "When I was talking to Wanda, she revealed that sex was harder for Jarvis to understand than love. Their intimate relationship was in a state of complete stagnation for a long time because Jarvis couldn't understand human physical relationships."
"This is perfectly normal. You can't expect an electronic life form without hormones and pheromones to feel sexual attraction to someone. And for logical beings, how can they respond if there's no need?"
“I don’t know how they finally resolved things,” Natasha said. “But they’ve already had two kids, so it might be a bit late to discuss this now.”
"Was it helpful?" Schiller asked.
As Natasha stood up and walked out, she said, "Thank you so much, Doctor."