Chapter 2204: Battle of Two Cities! (Forty-Six)

Chapter 2178 Battle of Two Cities! (Forty-six)

After Peter asked this question, both of them were stunned.

Bruce had realized before that gaining the trust of the Penguin would be an important part of his plan, but it was not that easy to gain the trust of the Penguin.

Bruce knew Oswald Cobblepot from his universe, but he was younger and did not look like a mental patient. Bruce did not know the Penguin well enough.

If the Penguin had been a gangster for many years, or even became the mayor, then he must be cunning and difficult to deal with.

Bruce had collected some intelligence about the logic of his behavior through talking with the Penguin, but the breakthrough was not big enough, so he could only continue to look for flaws in the next conversation.

But at this time, Peter suddenly gave him a conclusion. How did he come to this conclusion?

Bruce asked this question, and he felt that even if Peter could not give him a more detailed answer, he could at least give a few key words.

But Peter hesitated for a long time and only said: "Well... because of penguins."

"Penguins? What's wrong with penguins?"

"That's right, penguins are social animals. Penguin people call themselves penguins because they yearn for the kind of friendship of social animals that helps each other. Well, it reflects that he wants to find a sense of security in the tribe. He lacks a sense of security."

Bruce's silence was deafening.

"Listen to it yourself, does this make sense?" Bruce asked.

In fact, Peter had nothing to say.

From the logic of association, there is no problem with this, but the problem is that if a conclusion is only based on association but no real evidence, what is the difference between it and blind guessing?

Neither of them could answer this question.

Bruce and Peter are both very typical scientists. The characteristics of this personality are that everything must be based on real evidence and there must be a complete chain of evidence for the conclusion to be reliable.

The two most important attributes of science are traceability and reproducibility. Scientific experiments are purposeful. According to the purpose, the project is established. After all the investigation and research steps are determined in the early stage, they are put into practice, the data of each link is recorded, and the interim conclusions are obtained through repeated comparison of the data. Then, a general conclusion is obtained through the changes in the data of the interim conclusions.

Up to now, most of the research has systematic methods and steps, which are nothing more than the number of projects required to study a certain result, the number of interim conclusions required, and the difficulty of summarizing the general conclusion.

Even if Batman makes equipment, he must first conceive the approximate use of the equipment in his mind, draw the design drawings based on the theories of a series of disciplines such as physics and engineering, and hand them over to the lathe for processing and assembly, and test the strength and effectiveness. If there are deficiencies, partial or overall modifications are made, and then it is iterated to finally obtain the perfect bat equipment.

Such a process means that each link is traceable. Why a part appears in a certain part of the equipment is clearly marked on the design drawing, and why it can play a role in this part is backed by extremely rigorous mechanics and engineering theories.

In contrast, the association of the penguin's nickname with the penguin's gregarious nature, and then with the more affectionate characteristics of the penguin's gregarious nature, combined with the penguin's childhood trauma, to analyze his spiritual needs for being accepted and cared for by the group, seems to be pure guesswork.

Because there is no detailed evidence for any of these steps, did the penguin say that he chose the penguin's nickname himself? Or did he express his acquiescence or even approval in any way?

Is there any evidence that the special meaning of the penguin as an animal to him is reflected in its gregarious nature? And what can prove that the combination of the penguin's gregarious nature and the penguin's childhood trauma leads to the conclusion that the source of the penguin's sense of security is the care of the group?

This is different from the behavioral analysis method that Bruce is good at. Although detective studies and behavioral analysis often seem like guesses, it is only because their observation skills are strong enough to see details that others cannot see.

For example, Bruce can capture all the traces of hair on a person in a very short time, including human hair, animal hair, and even the traces left by branches and twigs brushing against a woolen coat, which can provide him with a very rigorous chain of evidence to infer the attributes of this person.

A person has a short golden hair on his body. Based on this observation conclusion, several possibilities can be deduced. This may be her boyfriend's hair, dog hair, or even doll hair.

Then observe what kind of attributes this hair has, such as thicker roots, thinner middle and tip, which are very different and do not conform to the law of change in the thickness of human hair, so a wrong answer can be eliminated.

Until the conclusion of the inner layer of the double-layer hair of the golden retriever with the highest probability of all attributes is selected among all conclusions.

Considering that it is not the shedding season recently, the conclusion that the owner can get that layer of hair on his body is most likely to give the dog a bath or take it to the waterside to play, and then choose the conclusion with the highest comprehensive probability, and repeat it in this way.

Bruce can provide evidence for the inference of each link, clearly explain why he makes such a conjecture, why this conclusion is not that conclusion, and what is the advantage of the selected conclusion in comparison.

In fact, a good scientist does these things every day, and Peter Parker is no exception. His research work is to obtain conclusions through experiments, compare the conclusions together, and find the one that is most beneficial to the purpose of the experiment to continue the experiment.

And this kind of process requires them to repeatedly check the rigor of the previous links in each link, because once one link goes wrong, it can be said that everything is lost.

Therefore, they are very resistant to conjectures without any real evidence or even theoretical basis, because if you dare to add such conjectures to any experimental link, even the most perfect experimental plan will collapse for you.

The reason why Peter thought he was guessing after seeing that series of psychoanalysis is because this thing is actually to come up with a conclusion out of thin air, then come up with another conclusion, and then combine the two conclusions to get a conclusion, and then use this conclusion obtained out of thin air to guide action.

If this is really a method used by some kind of psychiatric medicine, Peter would simply give him a reputation of taking human life lightly.

So Peter couldn't answer Bruce's question - "Why?"

And he himself was not very confident. He didn't expect that if he gave this conclusion out of thin air to Batman, he would come up with a perfect action guide plan. How could he convince Batman that this thing was effective?

At this time, Bruce also felt something was wrong. He asked Peter: "How did you come to this conclusion?"

He felt that this didn't seem to be Peter's own conclusion, because the logic of his retelling of the whole process was a bit broken, as if he was saying whatever he remembered, and he was very guilty, and it seemed that he didn't believe this conclusion.

"... Do you believe me when I said that God told me?"

"You should have said it earlier, let's go."

Peter breathed a sigh of relief.

What he didn't know was that compared to someone insisting on saying that this ability to guess blindly and always guess right is a certain subject, Bruce still thinks that it is more likely to be superpowers such as mind reading or being inspired by God. Not only was it the case in the past, but it is still the case now, and it is getting more and more firm.

Peter lifted the plastic curtain above the small door made of iron sheets and followed the Penguin into the room. It looked like the security room of the former garbage disposal plant. A section of iron house with a container was built behind it. There was a small electric light in the middle of the room.

Peter walked over and sat down on the plastic chair of the food stall. After Bruce reminded him, he said.

"Actually, I have something to remind you. Have you seen a Mexican named Kevin hanging around near your house?"

The Penguin frowned as he sat opposite Peter. Peter moved the ashtray full of cigarette butts a little further away and said, "He stole a gun from the police in Queens and ran here. I don't think this is a coincidence. What do you think?"

"Is the police dead?"

Peter shook his head and said, "Not only did he not die, he was not even injured. He just had some skin scrapes. He attacked him from behind, cut the security rope of the pistol with special pliers, and then drove away at high speed."

"Then it must not be a coincidence . "

The Penguin snorted coldly and said, "Everyone knows that if you want to get a gun from the blue dog, you must kill people to silence them, otherwise they will catch up faster than the hounds."

Then he asked in some doubt: "Do you think Kevin wants to lead the police here?"

Peter opened his mouth and said hesitantly: "There is something strange about the attack scene. I think they may be in a cooperative relationship. After all..."

The Penguin knew what he had not finished saying. Now everyone wanted him to die. This safe house he had built in the slums of Gotham was no longer safe after the fusion of the two cities. There were strangers everywhere.

The Penguin was not surprised that Spider-Man knew he was here. After all, for a superpower who could roam over the city, there were no secrets in this city.

But he still didn't expect Spider-Man to come here to remind him. He might have just witnessed a murder in Queens and found something wrong after investigation, but all he needed to do was to continue patrolling there. There was no need to care where this man named Kevin went and what he was going to do.

The moment he discovered Kevin's movements, he thought that he might be coming for him, and hurried over to remind himself. This was different from simple recognition. He took actual action to protect himself.

Whether in terms of situation or ability, compared to Spider-Man, the current Penguin is indeed a vulnerable group. He also needs Spider-Man's protection, and if Spider-Man can stay...

Just as the Penguin thought of this, there was a commotion outside the house. Peter rushed out first, quickened his pace and ran through the alley at the door. He rushed to the corner and looked around, and saw the familiar figure of a policeman in a blue uniform.

The blue color of the New York police uniforms is lighter than that of the Gotham police uniforms, so Peter immediately realized that this might be the police from the Queens Police Department.

As a resident who grew up in Queens, he knew too well the tricks in the Queens Police Department. The police here can be bribed by everyone and work for everyone, except for law and justice.

So he immediately turned back and said to the Penguin: "They want to come in to find the lost pistol, but that's just an excuse. They must have been bribed. Go away."

The Penguin didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly ran towards the back door, but most of the New York Police Department had sufficient firepower, and the gangs were unwilling to fight with them. The police drove straight in, and Peter led the Penguin to flee wildly.

Seeing the police running around the corner and pointing their guns at them, a dilapidated Nissan car just stopped at the end of the intersection, and a brown man with curly hair and sunglasses shook his head at them.

Peter and Penguin had no choice but to get in his car. The driver honked and said, "Hold on tight, you'll soon understand what Gonzales speed is, Mr. Mayor."

"Do you know me?"

"Of course, I have to say, you did a great job!"