Chapter 776: Deadly Joke (Part 3)

Selina still left, and Bruce failed to stop her. His blocking action only resulted in three bloodstains on his face. When the blood dripped down, the strong smell of blood made him feel a little dizzy.

Returning to the Batcave, putting on the bat suit, and standing above Gotham again, he found that he seemed to be no longer needed anywhere.

Schiller no longer urged him to hand in his thesis, no longer called him every few hours to inquire about the progress, and repeatedly called him to the office to discuss the details of the thesis. Schiller lowered his requirements for him, giving him time to return to his identity as Batman.

Alfred took care of Aisha's schooling, so he didn't have to do it himself. Dick found his place in the new school and started social activities again, and he didn't have to worry about his mental state.

Aisha was very happy in kindergarten. She didn't attack people or want to escape as expected. Not only could she spend the day perfectly, but she didn't need anyone to tell her stories even when she fell asleep.

Selina left, and Batman no longer needed to spend time dating, nor did he have to waste time fighting criminals by circling around the city with her.

Now, Batman had plenty of time to do what he wanted, such as patrolling Gotham every night, fighting criminals, developing more and better equipment, deploying more cameras, monitoring more places, and keeping everything under control.

But now, he just stood blankly on the roof of Wayne Building, with nothing in his mind and nothing in action.

Bruce Wayne's identity was completely empty, and he finally reached the state he had always dreamed of. No one needed Bruce Wayne, and everyone only needed Batman.

But for some reason, Batman's actions began to sluggish, no longer so decisive and resolute, and now he was thinking about the reasons for all this.

He abandoned all his weak traits and was no longer bound by trivial matters in the world, but his posture was not so chic and his mentality was not so free.

He was more like being kicked out by the vast world under the clouds, and the reason these weak ordinary people kicked him out was that he was useless.

Is it because God is really superior to humans, or because humans think that God is useless in society?

Is God just another kind of social garbage?

Then what is the difference between him and those criminals who are excluded from society?

Batman found that he had a thought of not admitting defeat and wanted to prove that Bruce was not useless, but at the same time, he felt that this thought was absurd, because the one who looked down on Bruce the most was Batman.

Contradictory emotions stirred in his chest, and the inconsistency of logic again made him find the confusion when he just became Batman, so he wanted to find Schiller.

Schiller would ask him some difficult questions, but at least it gave him a direction for thinking. As long as there is a direction, there may be an answer.

Batman came to the campus of Gotham University. He knew that Schiller and Jason should still be in the empty classroom. He jumped from the roof without thinking and landed on the balcony of the classroom.

However, there was no sign of Schiller in the classroom, only Jason who was concentrating on reading. Jason was so absorbed in reading that he did not notice a shadow appearing above his head.

When he finally wanted to take a break, he found that Batman had been staring at him for dozens of minutes.

Jason was startled and almost fell off the stool. He heard Batman ask, "Where is Professor Schiller?"

"He...he's not here." Jason swallowed and said, "He went to help Professor Victor debug the equipment in the freezer..."

"What are you reading?" Batman asked again.

Jason looked down at the book he was reading and said, "Famous psychologists and their theories."

"Do you understand it?" Batman asked.

"I can understand a little bit." Jason took the book, tilted his head and said, "I just finished reading the theory of the psychologist named Freud, and now I am reading Jung's. I heard that they are friends..."

Batman stood there silently, Jason stared at him, and after a while, he put the book down, looked at Batman and said, "You seem a little unhappy, why?"

Batman didn't say anything, just said, "When will Professor Schiller come back?"

"Not necessarily, maybe not tonight." Jason replied.

"Then why are you still staying here?"

"Reading a book!" Jason shook the book in his hand and said, "Didn't I tell you? I'm reading the theories of famous psychologists all over the world."

Looking at Batman again, Jason said, "You seem to feel very sad. Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Batman was stunned for a moment. It was the first time that someone pointed out that he was sad, and even Schiller had never said so.

Jason propped his head on his hand and said, "I remember that you were not very happy the last time I saw you, but you were particularly sad today. Why?"

"Why do you think I am sad?" Batman asked.

"Intuition." Jason shrugged and said, "My intuition is always accurate. The Capuchins rely on this to gain a foothold."

Before Batman could say anything, Jason slammed the book in his hand on the table. The spine of the book hit the wooden table, making a crisp sound.

He pointed to a sentence above and said, "Look, this is what I think is the most interesting point in Jung's theory, called 'personality mask'. Do you know what a personality mask is?"

"Oh, you are also a student of Professor Schiller, so you should also know that in short, Jung said that people have to wear personality masks to adapt to various social rules."

"We will consciously make corresponding behaviors due to the subtle requirements of various professions, and once the behavior is contrary to social rules, people will regard us as fools."

"I think this is really interesting, because sometimes I can feel it."

"For example, to survive in Gotham, you can't show weakness. Everyone knows this rule and knows that the other party is bluffing, but we didn't expose it."

"I rely on my strong personality to lead the Curly Tail Gang to survive, but in fact, the bosses of other gangs who were scared by me are also the same. We all know that the other party is wearing a mask, and who can gain the advantage depends on whose mask sticks tighter."

"Do you have a mask?" Jason asked Batman.

Batman looked into Jason's eyes. He even suspected that the child in front of him was Schiller, because he asked another question that Batman could not answer.

Does Batman have a mask?

Of course he does. His mask is Bruce Wayne. Batman is the real personality, and Bruce Wayne is the mask.

According to Jung's theory, Bruce Wayne is the personality mask produced by Batman, which meets the expectations of society. He is a rich, uneducated, and philandering rich second generation.

The role of the personality mask is to enable people to live normally in society, to enable people to be a part of society, and not to be abandoned by society. If you break through the mask, you will face such risks.

Just like the existence of Batman, a superhero without a mask, completely violates the social norms of Gotham, so he was abandoned by Gotham society and could not participate in normal social life.

Jason pointed to a paragraph and said, "Jung felt that if a person's actual personality completely succumbed to the personality mask, it was actually very dangerous. If a person regards being accepted by society as the biggest goal, then he is likely to obey any expectations of society for him."

"In this case, he has no personality of his own at all. The purpose of living becomes to become the most expected of the group. In order to meet expectations, they may do all kinds of wrong things."

Jason pointed to a comment next to the main text and said:

"It seems that Professor Schiller commented here. He said that the personality mask needs to have push and pull. If he pays too much attention to social expectations, he should be guided to pay attention to his own needs. If he pays too much attention to his own needs, he should be guided to pay attention to social expectations."

"Only when his own needs and social expectations are balanced can the personality mask remain stable. Otherwise, he will fall into a panic of disappointment for both sides."

Batman's fingertips moved and he asked , he said: "Did he say how to balance?"

Jason shook his head and said: "Professor Schiller didn't write it, maybe there is no room for it here."

Then he thought about it and said seriously: "I don't think it's that complicated. Sometimes, if you meet other people's expectations, you will be unhappy, but if you are happy, you will disappoint others."

"But, in the final analysis, people who really love you want you to be happy, and they will definitely want you to do what you like."

"If someone tells you that you do what you like and make me very unhappy, then he definitely doesn't really love you, or he thinks he loves you, but he just wants to control you."

"And if I face someone who really loves me, I am willing to sacrifice a certain amount of time, not to do what I like, but to do what will make them happy. Isn't love like this? I hope you are happy, and you also hope I am happy..."

"How do you judge whether a person really loves you?" Batman asked.

"Didn't I say it?" Jason emphasized again: "If a person wants you to do what you like and is willing to spend energy to do things that make you happy, then he must love you very much."

At that moment, Batman thought of many people's names. He was shocked by the number of names, so he froze in place without moving.

There are really many people who want him to be Batman and are willing to spend energy to make him more relaxed as Batman.

Alfred knew that Batman's career was dangerous, but he never said anything to stop him. At the same time, he took good care of his life so that he had no worries.

Catwoman really likes the identity of Batman. She sincerely thinks Batman is very cool. At the same time, she is even willing to restrain herself and steal less to please him.

Dick has always admired Batman and wanted to learn from him. At the same time, when Batman loses control of his emotions, he tries to avoid him and not provoke him.

There are also Gordon, Harvey, and... Schiller?

Thinking of Schiller, Batman was a little confused. Why did Schiller's name appear on the list?

Just then, a voice came from outside the door: "Jason, I'm back. Where did you see it?... Batman, why are you here???"

Batman was about to speak, and Schiller walked in and pointed an umbrella at Batman. Schiller's roar came from the teaching building on a rainy night:

"Batman!! You don't learn yourself!! And you want to lead others astray?!!!"

Two minutes later, Batman, who was running for his life in the rainy night, thought, Schiller? He is an "ordinary person" living in the world, while Batman is a god kicked out of the world.

Between man and God, there is no common love, but hatred runs in both directions and for a long time.

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