PFC Chapter 2860: The Battle of the Brick People! (4)
Chapter 2860: The Battle of the Brick People! (4)
Chapter 2860: The Battle of the Brick People! (XIV)
Looking at the clear wine being poured into the glass, Schiller was somewhat flattered.
It's not like no one has invited him for a drink, but this is Batman. Let's not talk about whether this Batman is authentic or not, but he is Batman! How many people have been invited for a drink by Batman? !
This is a life achievement as difficult as seeing Iron Man cry and hearing Spider-Man curse! Arrogance doesn't even have these two achievements!
Schiller coughed twice, restrained his excitement a little, picked up his glass and clinked it with Batman. Batman winked at him and said, "So in your opinion, what's the solution to this situation?"
"The ears are almost erected higher than that of a Doberman, and yet he is still acting so elegant." Schiller laughed in his heart and said, "It's actually not that difficult. Compared with the extreme cases I have seen, it's just a piece of cake."
"Tell me quickly." Batman sat up straighter.
"But before that, you have to tell me what you've been hiding from me." Schiller waved his hand and said, "This is not a deal. I just need to know whether my previous guesses about certain people's families of origin are accurate. This will help me diagnose the condition and come up with solutions. Isn't that too much?"
Batman paused, and the hand that was shaking the wine glass also stopped. He turned his head to the side, as if he was recalling something, but soon shook his head and said, "Of course it's not too much, but I don't think you will believe it. No one believes it."
"Since you already know that we are visitors from other universes, you should be able to imagine that there are countless strange things happening in the myriad universes. How can you be sure that the thing you are talking about will be so strange that we can't believe it?"
Batman opened his mouth, but couldn't seem to come up with any better rebuttal, so he said, "Then I have to tell you this big secret."
Batman's tone was not one of smugness or guilt, but more like self-mockery, as if he had told this secret to everyone countless times, but no one believed him.
"It's not without cost that we can infinitely reassemble our limbs." Batman said: "Parts will wear out, but there is a mysterious power that repairs our wear and tear, but this mysterious power is also limited."
Batman's face, which is full of expressions, showed a rare trace of seriousness and darkness like other Batmen. He said: "Every part of our body contains this mysterious power. The limbs that have never been damaged have the most power. The more they are repaired, the less power they have left, until there is no power left at all."
“How many times do I have to assemble it before it runs out of gas?”
"No one knows." Batman shook his head and said, "No one has ever done such a cruel experiment, but there are indeed some unlucky people who are often damaged and find that they can't replace some of their limbs. This proves that the mysterious power in his body is about to be exhausted."
"so what?"
"There is a group of people trying to find a way to replenish this mysterious power." Batman put his hands together to support his chin, and then said, "They found a way to return the mysterious power to its source, which can delay the consumption of power."
"Is this what your parents did?"
Batman's grip tightened suddenly, and he nodded, talking about something else: "Yes, they are fighting for this cause."
"I mean, have they allowed the power in their bodies to return to its source?"
Batman finally couldn't hold it anymore. He picked up the wine glass and poured the wine into his mouth. Somehow he choked and coughed violently several times.
"They have to do this. This is what they told me before they left. I can probably understand what's going on. If they came up with this plan, then if they can't set an example, no one will follow."
"Who are those others?"
"Superheroes of the previous generation." Batman said, "They seemed to have lived in a place called New York before, but they all disappeared one after another the year my parents disappeared."
"It sounds like a sad story."
"But their sacrifice is meaningful." Batman said: "The loss of the mysterious power of the origin is a very fatal problem, and it is not something that has only appeared in recent years. Because of the sacrifice of the previous generation of superheroes, this problem has been delayed for decades, but there is no way to delay it forever."
"So Barbara and Gordon are also implementing this plan, by recruiting volunteers?"
"Not so ideal," Batman said. "Most people think we're scaremongering, even the rest of the Justice League. They think life is going to continue like this."
"So I feel very disappointed that I can't unite them. My parents have done it, but now not only do they not believe me, they don't need me at all. I don't know how I will convince them to go if the crisis comes... I don't want to do this..."
"I completely understand you." Schiller said, "It seems that my guess is correct. Your parents have been immersed in this state for many years. They want to save the world, but they are reluctant to part with their old friends. They have a schizophrenic duality."
Batman agrees. He said, "The two words I heard most often when I was a kid were 'must' and 'don't want to'. They had countless arguments over this. One moment they told me that there were things they had to do, and the next moment they told me that there were things they didn't want to do. I didn't understand what they meant."
"They are also worried that you will fall into the same dilemma as them one day, so they try their best to delay this time." Schiller explained this from another perspective. He said: "At least their sacrifice is meaningful, because you are now a capable adult. If the crisis came when you were a child, you would be even more powerless to save the situation."
Batman nodded, agreeing with this statement, and poured himself some more wine. Of course, this so-called wine was actually grape juice, as Schiller had tasted it just now. As a family-friendly episode, real wine could not possibly appear in this universe, so if Batman wanted to drink more, he wouldn't stop him.
"You said you have a way to solve my current interpersonal communication problems. If you can really do it, you can name your price for the consultation."
"It's a pity that I can't use the money in your universe. I can just collect some of it, but forget about the rest." Schiller tapped the wine glass with his fingers, and then said, "But you are Batman, and your promise is worth a thousand gold. If you promise to do me a favor in the future."
"That will take time for us to find a future." Batman agreed readily. He said, "If you can really solve this problem, even if it's just to delay it once more, before I'm completely worn out and can't be reassembled, I can do you a favor."
Schiller nodded, and then said, "It's probably too late to directly correct personality through psychotherapy. That requires a quiet environment, medication, and long-term treatment."
"Then let's correct the behavior first. I believe your willpower should be able to hold out, and in the end the behavior will be able to correct the spirit in turn."
"First of all, although my principle is that if you don't feel uncomfortable, you don't need to treat it, but considering that most patients with loneliness are unwilling to describe themselves in this way, they often avoid seeing a doctor and insist that they are fine, so I will assume that you feel uncomfortable because of loneliness."
Batman instinctively moved his mouth to refute, but Schiller stopped him well and continued.
"First, change the subject of two out of three sentences you say to others instead of yourself. Don't emphasize how you are now, but ask how others are."
"For example," Schiller said, extending his hand. "After you say 'hello,' take the initiative to ask others how they are. When others talk about how they are, you must hold back and not bring the topic back to yourself."
"A wrong example is, if someone says that I'm not doing well recently, you don't say that I'm not doing well either, and then start talking about how I am, but insist on asking others why they are not doing well and what difficulties they have encountered."
"When he starts describing his difficulties, don't talk about your solution or how you solved the problem when you encountered the same difficulty before. Unless he seriously asks for your opinion, you just need to listen."
Batman covered his mouth with a wine glass. The behavior improvement method proposed by Schiller really hit the nail on the head, because that's just who he is. He recalled his past communications with everyone in the Justice League. Basically, within three sentences, the topic would turn to himself.
For example, when Superman talks about the recent improvements to the facilities in the Fortress of Solitude, Batman will immediately talk about how he recently changed the layout of the Batcave. When Wonder Woman talks about the mess on Mount Olympus, Batman will talk about his feelings when reading the mythology.
Therefore, the topics of all the people who communicated with him never went in depth. Basically, they just said that this thing happened, but did not say what it was all about, because everything they wanted to say was blocked, and then it was Batman's time to talk.
"I was just trying to give them advice..." Batman muttered.
"Humans don't need opinions and suggestions because they never accept them with an open mind," Schiller said. "Even if they do accept them, they will think that it is because of their openness and clear thinking, not because of your intelligence and help to them."
Batman couldn't argue with that.
"Second, when you talk about yourself, don't attribute everything to your own ideas." Schiller frowned and said, "If you can't participate in something, say that someone else is holding you back, not that you don't want to go."
Just as Batman was about to speak, Schiller said, "I know this is a lie, but lies are what humans need most. They only listen to what they want to hear. They can't listen to your true thoughts, and even if they hear them, they can't understand them, and even if they understand them, they can't accept them."
Batman pursed his lips and kept silent again. It was obvious that he felt deeply touched by the fact that he was not understood.
He had also encountered the situation that Schiller described. Superman invited him to a party, but he said he didn't want to go. There was only silence from the other side. It was as if the other party could not find any excuse to explain for him, and seemed to have no obligation to explain for him.
"You may not care about the society behind you, but they still do." Schiller said, "You need to give them a reason to prevaricate the people behind them. If you find a good reason yourself, you don't need others to bother to find a reason for you. They may bother once or twice, but people will get tired."
Batman seemed to have heard it, and he nodded.
Schiller sighed and continued, "Third, when someone mentions you, don't try to reverse the image of you in their words to anyone who hears it, and don't explain it."
"Why?" Batman said, "Should I let them discredit me?"
“Human beings only believe what they want to believe. If they don’t believe you are a certain kind of person, no matter how many times others tell you, it’s useless. If they believe you are a certain kind of person, no matter how much you explain, it’s useless.”
"I know you're confused." Schiller took a sip of grape juice and said, "But smart people understand that so-called explanations and clarifications only exist at the level of axioms. For a specific person, it is extremely difficult to remove prejudices."
"There's nothing wrong with being obsessed with uncovering the truth, but in social situations, your desire will become a knife that others will use to stab you. Once others know how to provoke you, what awaits you next will be a sea of fire and a mountain of swords."
"If you want to achieve social repression, you have to act like you don't care about anything, so that you can be successful in every battle."