Chapter 1449: Research on Manipulation (XV)

"Like I said before, the gatherings I attended with my father when I was a child and the magic season banquets I attended when I grew up were just small-circle chats, talking about which magic materials have risen in price, whose magic tower has exploded again, and which taboos a certain black magician has made new progress in..."

Zatanna covered her forehead and said, "I didn't realize that I lacked common sense about the world of ordinary people."

"I'm afraid I don't think Jonathan and his old friends will talk about some real common sense at the banquet." Schiller turned his head towards Zatanna and looked at her from above her eyes.

"Yes, Zatanna, I think you think too much. The common sense they are talking about must be the common sense in the industry, the kind that can be directly published in papers. It's normal for you not to know it." Constantine hurriedly spoke to comfort her.

Zatanna shook her head and said, "Besides that, my etiquette is also very bad. I even doubt myself a little. It seems that I can't do anything without magic."

"Maybe the irony magic is too convenient." Zatanna pursed her lips and said, "I can float a bottle with a finger, and I can restore the wrinkled carpet to its original state with a wave of my hand. I don't know how many things I have messed up over the years, but I can restore other things with magic, but not this time."

Constantine opened his mouth. He wanted to tell Zatanna indignantly that Crane was a liar who deliberately suppressed Zatanna's self-esteem, but he didn't expect Zatanna to actually realize some truths through this incident.

Recalling the short and passionate love affair with the magician lady, Constantine had to admit that Zatanna was indeed not very mature. This girl has her own advantages, such as being sincere to others, not hiding anything, and having a childish momentum and fresh vitality, like an apple that has just landed. This is what Constantine likes most about her.

But in comparison, she has a lot of shortcomings. Common shortcomings of young people, such as recklessness, not considering the consequences of doing things, and being gullible to others, are not shortcomings, but lack of experience. Zatanna's biggest problem is that she is a child holding a sword.

She has the unique irony magic and mental magic in the entire magic world. She can use it anytime and anywhere without paying any price. She can also enter other people's minds to control their actions. It is needless to think how much covetousness these abilities together will cause.

But Zatanna does not have the self-control that matches her strength. Just like a child carrying gold through a busy city, as long as the problem can be solved by magic, it is not a problem. Over time, the magic is getting stronger and stronger, and the brain is basically underdeveloped.

Constantine can't think of any reason for Zatanna to think that she can use mental magic to deal with Schiller when she sees Schiller's thinking tower, but Zatanna just thinks she can.

She is not underestimating Schiller, but she is too confident in her own abilities. She does have the capital to be proud, but this kind of pride will definitely make her fall when she kicks the iron plate.

Constantine actually wanted to remind Zatanna, but he really had no position to do so, because he was not more talented than Zatanna, and he messed up more than her, so he was not qualified to act as her elder and tell her what to do.

But Zatanna did lack some guidance from her elders. After her father disappeared, there was no one who could control her to teach her when to use her power and when not to use it, and what kind of consequences would come from relying entirely on magic.

Thinking of this, Constantine stopped talking. He thought it was better to let Zatanna fall. Anyway, Schiller was here. He asked Zatanna to go to the chemical laboratory. If something happened to Zatanna, he would not sit idly by.

"What are you going to do?" Constantine asked.

"I don't know." Zatanna stretched out her hands to cover her face and said, she shook her head gently, and the broken hair on her temples shook, which looked a little funny, but also particularly innocent and immature.

"I think you should go and apologize to him." Constantine pulled Zatanna's wrist and said, "It's no use hiding like a turtle. You will feel that you owe him forever. At least an apology can make you feel at ease."

"You can indeed try." Schiller suggested, "I don't think Jonathan will blame you. It is common for young people to make trouble at banquets, and you are a young and beautiful lady. If you apologize sincerely, no one will feel offended."

Zatanna showed a tangled expression on her face, and Schiller's words became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Or do you actually disdain to associate with ordinary people and are unwilling to lower your proud head to apologize to them?"

"Of course not." Zatanna stood up and looked at Schiller angrily and said, "I have apologized to you. I also helped you control other people's minds, which I have never been willing to do."

"I am very sorry." Schiller turned his head back and took a sip of wine. Zatanna's expression just eased a little, and then Schiller added, "You were very familiar when you entered my mind. I thought you did this often."

"It was an accident." Zatanna stamped her feet, but her tone was not so firm. She pursed her lips tightly and said, "I'm just very worried about the evil curse. There must be some truth in this world that makes me sound justified in front of a psychiatrist, right?"

"Yes, Miss, if you tell me directly that you are stupid, I will accept it with pleasure and tell you immediately that you are forgiven."

Zatanna covered her chest and took a deep breath. She grabbed her bag and walked out the door in high heels. As she walked, she turned back and said, "I'm going to apologize to him now. I don't need your psychological treatment!"

After Zatanna left, Schiller shook his head helplessly, and Constantine also sighed and said, "What a stupid girl."

"Bruce is not much better than her." Schiller held the wine He covered his mouth with his glass and said, "Or maybe Bruce a few years ago was more deadly than her."

"I appreciate the beauty and vitality of these young ladies, even when they are stupid. Their innocent or shy performances can always provide some aesthetic value to the people around them, making people smile knowingly, but stupid young boys don't have this function."

Constantine grinned and said, "Bruce Wayne must be an exception. I think his face should look good with such an expression."

"But seriously, Schiller." Constantine put down the glass, leaned forward, stared into Schiller's eyes and said, "Who is that Crane? Are you sure it's okay for him to teach Zatanna?"

"Jonathan once described to me that Zatanna is a bit like Bruce before, and I don't agree with this, because Because he has not made a deep understanding of Bruce before making a rash judgment. "

"Zatanna is indeed a bit reckless, and has poor self-control. She relies too much on strength and lacks brains, but she is a normal person. From any perspective, she is not a mental patient. These shortcomings are just shortcomings that ordinary people have. "

"To a certain extent, I think Zatanna's reliance on strength is not even a shortcoming. If you are born with three hands, would you deliberately not use the extra one? If you use it, will it be called abuse? For Zatanna, magic is as simple as instinct, so why not use it? "

"So she doesn't need to be taught at all. She will understand it by herself after a few years of fooling around, but I assert that Jonathan's purpose of manipulating her will not succeed. "

" Why?" Constantine asked in confusion, and then added: "You see, it took Professor Crane less than a month to make Zatanna start to doubt herself."

"It only took me three days to make Bruce doubt himself."

"I'm not comparing your academic levels."

"But that's the fact." Schiller shook his head and repeated with a stronger tone: "Jonathan Crane's attempt on Zatanna Zatara will not succeed. He lacks something very important."

Constantine raised one eyebrow, leaned forward, stared into Schiller's eyes and asked: "What is that?"

"Love." Schiller uttered a word, and he said very confidently: "Jonathan Crane is a natural killer, he has no ability to love."

Constantine stared at Schiller, hoping that he would give a more in-depth answer, and Schiller did as he wished, but first asked: "Have you read any books about the Stockholm complex?"

"A little bit. ”

“I repeatedly emphasize to my students that patients with Stockholm complex are not masochists. They don’t like violence and control. No one likes these. They fall in love with the perpetrators because they feel love from violence and control.”

“So are they really loved?” Constantine grasped the key.

“In many cases, yes, but this love may be distorted. If the kidnappers hate the victims, they can just kill them instead of imprisoning them. Many kidnappers who imprison victims for a long time are motivated by distorted love.”

“The murderer pours strong and distorted emotions that are illegal and immoral on the victims. The victims are not wooden. In the scene of imprisonment, they will feel this emotion more or less.”

“Emotions are very complicated. There are bound to be many different sides in one emotion. Even the most distorted emotions have a gentle side that is easy for ordinary people to accept. Once the victims accept this side, the self-protection mechanism of the brain will spontaneously persuade them to accept those more distorted things, and then persuade them to accept violence and control. ”

“During the process of imprisonment, the victim has no other emotional source, but feels fear and panic. The only source of security is the emotional bond between the murderer and the victim's understanding and beautification of the murderer. When the victim relies on this sense of security for a long time, he will naturally feel that he cannot give it up. ”

“Even if they have been rescued, they still habitually seek this sense of security, which will be presented in the form of Stockholm complex. ”

“This is from the perspective of the victim. The industry often analyzes similar psychological states from this perspective, but if you look at it the other way around, the murderer can actively cultivate this complex if he masters this mentality. ”

Schiller looked back at Constantine and said in a very ordinary tone: "This is not difficult. Even if I am not very skilled, I can train not only one, but many at the same time."

Instantly, Constantine was covered in cold sweat. He stared at Schiller for a long time and then looked away. He covered his mouth with his hand, coughed twice and said: "You mean, Jonathan Crane has no ability to love, so he can't do what you did to Bruce?"

Schiller nodded.

"In other words, you love Bruce?"

"Yes, as his teacher."

Constantine's facial features wrinkled, and he said in disbelief: "...Love deliberately led him to voluntarily accept harsh imprisonment?"

Schiller nodded, and his attitude shocked Constantine. Then he heard Schiller say.

"Otherwise, with Gotham's trivial matters, where would he get the private time to adapt to the multi-threaded thinking mode after the personality traits split?"