Chapter 1439 Research on Manipulation (V)
"Elliot is satisfied with the title of Bandage Killer, but not satisfied enough, because the title he really wants is Batman."
"I don't know what misunderstanding he has about the identity of Batman, but since he values this title so much, I don't mind giving it to him."
"But I can't go over and tell him that you go to be Batman and I go to jail. His not-so-bright brain can tell that this must be a trap."
Red-eyed Bruce leaned back further, spread his arms to show a completely relaxed posture, and said: "So, I designed a series of more complicated traps. First, let him learn from the articles published by the Serial Killer Club that there is a killer in Gotham who is very good at skinning, known as the 'Unknown Woman'. ' "She has collected thousands of different human skins, each of which is flawless, which is extremely attractive to Elliot because he hates his damaged face. " "And by coincidence, in the newly built Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, this unknown lady happens to share a laboratory with another killer, the 'Puppet Master', who is good at plastic surgery. When Elliot broke in, they should be conducting research related to subcutaneous tissue activity. " "I have prepared my tissue samples for the unknown lady and the puppet master, so. They recreated a face that is exactly the same as Bruce Wayne for Elliot, more like me than me. " "Of course, there is still the problem of his prosthesis to be solved, but it is much simpler than making a new face, Elliot Elliot would not let go of the puppeteer's collection warehouse, and there happened to be a perfect mechanical leg that was completely adapted to his condition, and no one would notice that his leg was abnormal. "
"When he walked out of there, he was already Bruce Wayne, but he would not let this matter be resolved like this. He had one last thing to do, which was to kill the little girl from the farmer's family who had escaped from him by chance, because she was the only survivor, and if Elliot wanted to start a new life as Batman, he had to solve this hidden danger. "
"I put on a bat suit and pretended to chase him all the way. I met him at the home of the survivor girl, Belika, but he had captured Belika as a hostage first. "
"And in order to save this innocent little girl, I used a bat dart I cut my face and told him all the codes Batman had, and then he knocked me to the ground, until the FBI agents chased me and escorted me to the helicopter. "
"From then on, Elliot and Bruce's lives were swapped. Elliot would become Wayne, the world's richest man, Gotham's hero Batman, and Bruce would replace him as the Bandage Killer and pay for his crimes. "
"Not surprisingly, although Thomas Elliot killed many people, he still did not meet the standards for solitary confinement in this prison. Amanda put the Bandage Killer in a collective cell, and I had three roommates. "
"Fortunately, this is a fairly standard prison configuration. Among the four people, one is very strong and one is particularly weak. "
"I chose Jimmy as the target, intensified the conflict between him and Big Dog, imposed some psychological hints on him, and stood on Big Dog's side at the last moment, making him feel isolated and helpless, so that he would fight to the death. ”
“The whole process is not difficult, but like I said, killing the big dog is not difficult either. If I do it, I will be much more efficient than Jimmy.”
“Then what is the point of all this? Just to follow formalism and not kill people yourself?”
“But we all know that the shackles of morality no longer exist, at least not in one of Bruce Wayne’s personality traits.”
“In this case, why do we use this complicated, thankless, and overly sophisticated way to manipulate others?”
“I think it’s the wrong way.” Bruce with gray eyes said, “There must be a better way, simple and fast like instinct. Our goal is to find this method, find its key, and then turn it into our instinct. "
The discussion in the spiritual world fell silent. Several Bruces understood that this was not an answer that could be obtained by discussing theories.
So, the two extra figures slowly disappeared. When Bruce opened his eyes, his pupils were covered with red bloodshot. Only a little blue remained in the center of his single eye that was congested due to injury. If you don't look closely, you will only see a cruel and cold red eye.
In the dim prison corridor, the prison guards were still pacing, hitting the railings with batons, making annoying noises.
"Ding, ding, ding..."
Red bloodshot covered the edges of the blue eyes. These eyes were much more turbid than the clear blue eyes like the ocean. When Elliot woke up, he saw the dissatisfied expressions of a group of people.
"Bruce, what's wrong with you? ! You are the eldest brother now! Luther and Pamela are your junior brothers and sisters. Can't you set a good example for them? If you don't hand in the paper, you will sleep in the group meeting. If you don't want to read it, just say it directly!"
Victor slammed the table with his pen, threw a bunch of papers in front of Bruce and said, "Look at what you wrote this week? And I asked you to study that formula, where is the progress? Where is the report?"
"It's okay that your own project didn't progress, didn't you promise your juniors to help them progress? Why are they still like this this week? Dog shit is more orderly than the progress of you three!"
Victor stood up from the table and raised his voice and said, "Don't you guys know what's going on? Do I have to take you to Arkham Psychiatric Hospital to face Professor Schiller?"
"Putting aside that he is angry, do you think I am a soft persimmon, so you gave me three piles of shit after I urged you four or five times a week?!"
Pamela put her chin on the table listlessly and muttered, "I said it all I have no funding. The cabbage I planted last time beat up the people in the next lab within two weeks, and I lost all my medical expenses. "
"Then can't you plant some plants that can't hit people even if they go crazy? ! When you chose the cabbage, I told you not to pick plants with long leaves!"
"Besides, I have emphasized many times that any plant may go crazy at any time in Gotham. Why don't you bring a freezing gun into the cultivation room? ! "
A burst of suppressed laughter came, and Victor immediately glared at Lex and said, "How dare you laugh? ! Lex Luthor, you studied the Ark reactor when you were under Schiller, and you started studying sociology under me. You are quite rebellious? ! "
Lex also lowered his head and stopped talking. The other graduate students were all trembling with fear, fearing that their physics professor would take out the freezing gun on his waist and freeze them here. Being frozen is not uncomfortable, but it is mainly too embarrassing.
Victor paced around the table with his hands behind his back, and then he looked at Elliot's face again. The more he looked at him, the angrier he got. He took out his freezing gun, and with a whoosh, an ice cone froze Elliot there.
Elliot didn't react at all. In his eyes, Victor was not Mr. Freeze, but just an ordinary university teacher in the daily life that Batman had to deal with. Elliot had planned to sleep through the entire group meeting so that he would have the energy to go out and be Batman at night, but he was frozen before he could react.
The group meeting was over, and Victor had no intention of thawing. After everyone left, Victor slapped the table and said, "Let Mayor Roy move you to the building, just in time for your fans to see the heroic figure of Batman sleeping at the group meeting!"
After that, he turned around and left angrily, leaving Elliot in the ice with a confused face, completely unable to break free.
Fortunately, Victor didn't plan to let him stay here overnight. The ice cracked at about midnight, and Elliot fell directly to the ground, hitting his head on the chair leg.
He stood up with his head covered, cursed in a low voice, and walked out of the empty conference room. Elliot stood blankly at the door of Gotham University. He didn't even know where he could go.
First of all, Wayne Manor was inaccessible. He had tried it. Thomas was Batman after all. He installed an automatic security system directly on the gate of Wayne Manor, and Elliot couldn't even get close.
Secondly, all bank cards and credit cards under Bruce Wayne's name were frozen, so even if Elliot had the password, he couldn't swipe the card to stay in the hotel.
Not to mention the laboratory and the mysterious outer space base. Elliot's IQ was not bad, and it could even be said to be beyond the ordinary level. His academic performance was also good, but it was limited to university knowledge.
But there are only two types of people in Gotham University now, either pure illiterates who have completely given up, or super geniuses who can rename a series of awards with their surnames.
Elliot couldn't possibly hang out with that group of pure illiterates, but he couldn't touch the edge of genius at all. He couldn't understand any of the projects Bruce had taken over before, and he didn't even dare to communicate with Lex and Pamela, otherwise he would be exposed in a few words.
Elliot thought that the difference between him and Batman was only in appearance. As long as he had Batman's appearance, he could completely replace him and inherit his wealth, status and fame.
And he also had another thought, that is, if he became Bruce Wayne, he would do better than Wayne and Batman. He felt that he had thousands of ways to save the city better than Bruce and Batman.
Elliot thought Bruce didn't do his job. He fantasized that as long as he took over, he would actively develop business, expand charity, and help orphans. As long as the media actively promoted it, everyone would believe that he was the savior of Gotham.
Elliot also believes that Batman is too indecisive and should create weapons of mass destruction to kill gang leaders and bring every street under his jurisdiction. Those lunatics will not have the opportunity to go to the mental hospital, as long as they are caught and executed.
He can let his bat wings infiltrate every level of Gotham, and then completely control the city, becoming the dark city, the real king of Gotham.
Elliot thought that this road would not be smooth sailing. Perhaps the unlucky loser would come to him again and constantly interfere with his great cause. Perhaps there were still many difficult villains that he needed to deal with personally.
But the reality was crueler than he thought, or rather, it was not cruel, but it was too realistic.
What troubled the faker now was not how to fight wits and courage with super criminals and catch them, not how to dominate the world of fame and fortune, not how to dominate the business world, not how to negotiate with the gangs to make them bow down, and not even how to subdue street fights.
Instead, an adult in his twenties had to be controlled by his father, chased by teachers for papers, had no money to take a taxi, had no place to live, and could not find an umbrella when it started to rain. These were embarrassing and ridiculous real problems.
If it was said that Batman's series of experiences in the slums were only because he wanted to imitate the lives of ordinary people and was unwilling to use his genius brain to make himself extremely embarrassed, then these ridiculous disasters suffered by Elliot were purely because he was not good at it.
But the difference between genius and fool is not only in IQ, but also in the subtle and sharp perception of one's own situation and the thinking about the causes of the environment.
Bruce carefully observed the real life situation of ordinary people who are cautious and cannot make mistakes but still fall uncontrollably, and began to think about the causes.
And Thomas Elliot, he began to curse why Bruce could not give him the brain that could solve all problems.