Chapter 1170 Professor (33)

After hearing the noise coming from upstairs, Schiller didn't even have time to change his pajamas, and hurried upstairs.

Because the incident was urgent, he didn't have time to knock on the door, and pushed it open directly. However, the clown, who had just been awakened by the roar, instinctively jumped out of the bed and ran to the door. The huge black shadow that broke the balcony glass and rushed in chased him.

As soon as Schiller opened the door, he saw clearly that it was a huge humanoid crocodile monster that jumped in. It should be the legendary Killer Croc, but Schiller's first reaction was to feel a little confused.

Schiller was not confused about why Killer Croc appeared here. The sentence he just shouted had already explained the reason. What made Schiller feel strange was why Killer Croc held two kitchen knives in his hands?

Killer Croc has extremely sharp claws, which are his weapons in themselves, and he doesn't need to take any additional weapons.

It's better to say that his huge hands holding two kitchen knives look extremely uncoordinated, and it can be seen that he himself is also uncomfortable holding the small handle of the knife.

But the next second, Schiller knew why Killer Croc did this.

Jack the Clown jumped up from the bed and ran straight to the door. He didn't want to escape, but because there was not much space in the ward. After Killer Croc jumped in, he almost filled the room. He needed a larger strategic space to move around, and now, there was only room in the corridor.

Unexpectedly, just when he was about to roll out of the door, Schiller pushed the door open. Jack staggered and was almost hit to the ground by the door panel, but followed by two cold kitchen knives flying from mid-air.

Obviously, Killer Croc, who became a good friend of Batman, also realized the insufficiency of his long-range attack ability, so he got two low-profile bat darts, which worked miracles with great force, and the effect was even not inferior to the shotgun.

Jack was hit by the door panel, and his center of gravity was unstable. Even if he felt the cold wind whistling behind him, he had no time to hide. The two kitchen knives chopped him on the back and his leg.

With a "sizzle", Schiller was splashed with blood.

In fact, that one blow alone would have been fine, as it only stained the left front of Schiller's pajamas and the right leg of his pants with a lot of blood. However, after Jack was seriously injured, he was still bleeding and ran towards Schiller, shouting, "Doctor!! Help!! A madman wants to kill me!! "

Because of the existence of the Joker virus, this injury was only a minor injury for Jack, but he ran behind Schiller, grabbed Schiller's trouser legs, and the blood spurting out of his body splashed all over Schiller's clothes, almost turning him into a bloody man.

Schiller took a deep breath, first stretched out his hand to stop the killer crocodile who was about to pounce on him, and then, like a court mediator, he began to persuade the two parties to fight.

It was late at night until the killer crocodile was persuaded to go back and the nurse was called to bandage Jack's wounds.

Schiller wanted to clean himself up immediately, but the problem was that Arkham Hospital was not Rodriguez Manor. There was no butler for him here who could make him a clean set of clothes no matter what happened to keep him neat.

So Schiller could only go back to his bedroom and take a shower to get rid of the unpleasant smell of blood, but as soon as he returned to the room, he saw a figure with pointed ears standing outside the window.

Before Schiller entered the door, Batman opened the window first and was stunned to see Schiller covered in blood again.

At this moment, Batman had almost imagined the process of Schiller's crime in his mind.

Judging from the degree of coagulation of the blood stains on Schiller's clothes, the blood should have erupted from bottom to top, and the degree of coagulation of the blood stains on the chest was higher than other places.

This shows that Schiller was probably holding some kind of long sharp weapon, to put it bluntly, an umbrella knife, first piercing the opponent's chest with one knife, then stepping on the opponent's chest with his foot, and then piercing the opponent's throat with the umbrella knife.

No, that's not right, Batman thought, if it was just such a simple killing process, there shouldn't be so much blood on the leather shoes and trouser legs.

Schiller may have done something very cruel before killing the opponent.

Thinking of this, Batman took a step back, reached out and knocked on the window next to him, and then said: "...Are you free now? I want to ask about Dick."

Schiller seemed to have discovered that he and Batman did not live in the same biological clock, so he did not bother about Batman coming so late, but stood by the door, took off his bloody coat, hung up the clothes, and then said: "What's wrong with Dick?"

Batman did not answer Schiller's question immediately, because he found that the emotion he felt at the first time when he saw Schiller's nonchalant expression was not the anger he felt when facing criminals as before, but a kind of fear.

This is very abnormal. Batman does not think that he will be afraid of any criminal.

But the fact is that any human being will feel instinctive fear when facing a monster who has no guilt for cruelly depriving the lives of his kind and is as easy as eating and drinking.

There is a famous saying in psychology, which Batman has also seen. Today, he has a new understanding of it, that is - "Fear saves humanity."

In the long history of human evolution, there have been too many disasters that can exterminate this fragile race, not to mention the beasts that grind their teeth and suck blood, nor the cruel and ruthless natural disasters. In some years, a few more rains may kill many people.

People's fear of everything is a scar in the history of human evolution.

Without fear, they will not stay away, and naturally they will not be able to escape. Only groups that are very sensitive to various natural and man-made disasters are more likely to survive. As a result, fear has been engraved deeper and deeper into the bones of human beings.

And these murderers who should have been regarded as the same kind by humans bring endless fear to people because they are similar to beasts, barbaric, frenzied, and only pursue pleasure. At the same time, they are also similar to natural disasters, indifferent, cruel, but determined.

The instinct of seeking good and avoiding evil that is engraved in the bones of human beings will put them in a naturally weak position when facing these humans who have the same characteristics as the terrible disasters in the history of evolution.

Even if Batman has reached the peak of human willpower, the instinct of human beings will still make him feel cold on his back when facing Schiller in this state.

Now Batman can understand why some serial killers commit crimes again and again, but there are still victims. It is not that those people are not vigilant or do not fight back. What defeats them is not their own kind, but their inner fear.

Seeing Batman stunned there, Schiller walked up to him with a little confusion and asked: "What's wrong with you? Didn't you want to ask about Dick? Why don't you talk?"

However, when Batman saw Schiller in front of him, the more Schiller acted as if nothing had happened, the more he felt the fear bursting out of his instinct, making him want to retreat.

"Dick ran away from home again." Batman tried to get his thoughts back on track, and he said, "Because I took in a kid named Tim Drake, he... is very talented, and really wants to be my assistant, and his parents don't object."

Just as Schiller was about to speak, Batman explained before him, "I didn't agree to his request, he's too young, even if he lives in Wayne Manor, he has to go to school first."

"And, I've told Dick that he's my eldest son and will be my best assistant, and I've told him that he can participate in the investigation of the case, but I need some time to prepare a set of equipment for him to ensure his safety."

"But no matter what I say, Dick I can't listen to it." Batman shook his head gently and said, "He firmly believes that I want to abandon him and drive him out of Gotham." Schiller frowned deeply, and he also shook his head and said, "This does not match my psychological profile of Dick Grayson." "After the Grayson family fell from its heyday, they did not receive any performance invitations for a long time and were in a very difficult period. In addition to financial difficulties, the psychological gap was also very large." "At the same time, Dick and his grandfather were very good friends, so the death of his grandfather was a great blow to him. Coincidentally, during the period of recognizing wealth, the family fell into decline. This kind of blow is likely to make a child become withdrawn and weird. " "But Dick did not Instead of being discouraged, he comforted his parents, worked hard to learn acrobatics, and even played the role of a vendor in the performance, doing everything he could to change the family's economic situation. "

"In order to make money, the Grayson family still tours the country. Needless to say, the hardships involved are hard to describe. What's more, they are looked down upon by others. But Dick was not shaken by these rumors. He still firmly believed that the Grayson family was the best acrobatic troupe in the United States, and he has been working hard to revive the Grayson family."

"He is a very sober, wise and determined child. Excuse me, he is much more mentally stable than you, even now."

"After all, the huge inheritance left by your parents is enough for you not to Don't worry about economic problems, but Dick has to live frugally for a long time, even eating one meal and not having the next meal. "

"But even in such a difficult situation, his mental state is still positive and proactive, and he has no tendency to give up on himself. This is very rare. "

Batman looked at Schiller, as if waiting for a conclusion. Schiller stood there and looked at him, saying: "It took more than ten years of suffering, but it didn't defeat this child. Why do you think that you can change his temperament so much that he can't communicate with him in just a few years?"

Batman opened his mouth slightly, but didn't know how to refute. He found that he was no longer confident about his education level, and even affected his judgment of the facts.

At the beginning, when the young Dick was in the decline of the Grayson family, the tragic death of his dearest grandfather, the family was not as good as before, he had no fixed place to live, and was sleeping in the wind and rain, and was ridiculed by others, he didn't grow up badly. How could he suddenly change his temperament after coming to Wayne Manor for a few years?

Batman hesitated and said, "When Dick first came here, I transferred him to another school several times. Tim told me that he might have been bullied at school, but at that time, I didn't pay attention..."

"He told you, but you didn't care?" Schiller asked.

Batman shook his head and said, "No, he didn't tell me. In fact, I asked him several times, and he answered that everything was fine in school life."

"In fact, he may not be as fragile as you think." Schiller took a towel from the side and began to wipe the blood on his neck. He said, "He is indeed not a native of Gotham, but he has traveled all over the country with his parents and has seen a lot."

Schiller looked into Batman's eyes and said, "I remember I told you that psychology looks like a kind of mysticism, but in fact, the internal logic is as rigorous as mathematics and physics. If you follow a line to the end, there is only one standard answer."

"If a person suddenly changes his behavior pattern, the influence of external factors is indispensable. If you think that you have no influence on Dick's change of behavior pattern, then it is very likely that other people have exerted an influence that you don't know."

"And if this influence is long-term, then it is impossible for it to suddenly erupt now, and if it is not long-term..."

Batman narrowed his eyes. He understood what Schiller meant, so he spoke.

"You mean, someone hypnotized Dick?"

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