Chapter 2557: Whistling Down (XV)

Chapter 2531: The Lights in the House Are Turned On (Fifteen)

The lights in the house are turned on. Under the light, the decoration inside the house is more simple and elegant, with a kind of warmth that the empty manor does not have. When the fireplace is lit, it adds a touch of life.

Schiller couldn't be more satisfied with this house, so when Raven and Zatanna introduced the details, he paced back and forth between the living room and the dining room, admiring the details of the furniture and electronic equipment.

In fact, Schiller knew what was going on without Raven telling him. He had a deep impression of the father and daughter of Sangong Mo and Raven. The main reason was that in the story line later in the comics, it was revealed that Sangong Mo had more than one daughter, Raven, and he had other children, and these children were "original sins".

Coincidentally, Raven represents "arrogance".

In the subsequent war of original sin, Raven, who represents arrogance, showed a powerful force far beyond her father and her original strength, which made Schiller suspect that her power did not come from Sangong or herself, but most likely from the concept of arrogance.

Don't forget that the only designated spokesperson for the concept of arrogance in this universe is Lucifer.

Schiller and Lucifer have a good relationship, precisely because they are both arrogant, but Schiller didn't understand what the relationship between this little girl named Raven and arrogance was when he read the comics.

Because in the comic plot, especially in the first fight against the Three Palaces Demon, Raven can't be said to be arrogant, but can only be said to be the most humble and rational one in the audience.

Her life experience is also very simple. Her mother was bewitched by the cult and gave birth to her with the Three Palaces Demon. She was taken to a place called Azeroth since she was a child, and was protected by the goddess Aze and taught by the high priest of the goddess Aze's granddaughter.

As a result, after the death of the goddess Aze, because the protective power weakened, Raven resumed contact with her father, and learned about her father's evil plan to invade and conquer the earth, so she came to the earth to ask for help.

To be precise, it was to remind the people of Earth to save themselves, but when Zatanna saw so much evil power in her, she thought she must be the devil's vanguard, so she warned the Justice League at that time not to believe her. The Justice League really didn't believe it and didn't even make any preparations.

Later, the Three Palaces Demon really came, proving that what Raven said was true. As a result, the Justice League attacked its friendly forces because it didn't trust Raven at all, and directly knocked down the sage who was resisting the Three Palaces Demon at that time. Even after the Three Palaces appeared, they were still stubborn and didn't believe that Raven was a good person.

From this perspective, no matter who is arrogant, Raven can't be arrogant. Even if Lucifer comes, the best stubborn award must be awarded to the three giants of the Justice League.

This story left a deep impression on Arrogance, because the Justice League has not been defeated, but it is relatively rare to be a clown as pure as in this story.

Someone warned him in advance, but Batman, who was good at planning and making preparations, ignored it. When the crisis really came, he did nothing except attack his friendly forces. He found out his mistakes, but refused to admit it. In the end, he was unable to clean up the mess. It was only when the Teen Titans killed him that the Trinita was brought back. This series of operations can really be called the legacy of Zhongzheng.

Because the plot was particularly irritating, Schiller had a deep impression of it. However, the Trinita was a typical character in DC comics whose combat power fluctuated, and its strength depended entirely on the needs of the plot. For this reason, Schiller had never thought of dealing with him before.

Judging from the comics alone, the intensity of his first invasion was still relatively high, at least it made the entire Complete Justice League in chaos. If it weren't for the killing in the end of the plot, the Teen Titans alone would not be able to do anything to him.

However, since Raven has appeared, the Trinita will come sooner or later. After a little thought, Schiller made some arrangements in his mind, but there is no rush so far. He still has to solve the problem of the house first.

"You have to find a way to change her residence." Schiller looked at Zatanna and said, "I want to buy this house."

Zatanna seemed a little embarrassed. She said, "If we can let her into the other world, we will definitely let her in. The problem is that she carries too much energy. After entering, it will significantly affect the stability of the other world."

"Gotham is so big, and there are densely populated areas everywhere. It is not easy to find a sparse residential area. Besides, there is such a large area behind this house. If it really explodes, going into the forest can reduce some casualties. What do you think? Professor?"

Zatanna looked outside and said, "There are many houses in this community. Why don't you buy the one next to it? Is there any difference between the two?"

"There is a significant difference in price." Schiller replied, "I only have enough money to buy this one."

Zatanna was a little stunned by his straightforwardness. She was about to say that Schiller would still worry about money, but after thinking about it, who in the world would not worry about money? She and Constantine would too.

Some time ago, she and Constantine had been living upstairs in a bookstore. They had finally made some money through business and were preparing to rent a house, but then the economic crisis came and the bookstore's business became worse and worse. Now it was barely enough to make a living, and they still had to squeeze into a room upstairs.

Fortunately, both of them are magicians, and they can make money by taking orders, and their lives are barely passable, but there is no hope for buying a house and opening a branch as they said before the economic crisis.

When Zatanna thought of this, she remembered that she had a big job tomorrow morning. If she couldn't get up or was sleepy and couldn't concentrate, she would have to pay the price again.

So she simply said: "I know that the price of this house must have dropped because of the supernatural incident. If you drive Raven out and the supernatural incident is gone, maybe the real estate agent will regret it again."

"Why don't you buy the house first, let Raven pay you the rent, and let her live here for a while first, so that if something happens to her, you can solve it in time, and she won't blow up the whole city."

Schiller also saw that Zatanna really had no choice. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "I have no problem, but this lady..."

Zatanna poked Raven with her elbow, and found that the other party had no special reaction, so she knew that he must be a country bumpkin who had never participated in the fighting world and didn't know Schiller's famous name.

So she had to say: "This professor is quite famous, and in the society of ordinary people, he is a very powerful psychologist. He can teach you how to vent your emotions without holding them back. Maybe when your emotions are smooth, you can control this power yourself. What do you think?"

Raven didn't respond. She nodded, but soon said: "I have no money and can't pay the rent."

"Then go out and work!" Zatanna raised her voice and said: "Go to work in my bookstore. We changed the first floor of the bookstore into a coffee shop, selling English breakfast and coffee. The business is not bad, but we are short of a strong enough cargo handler. I think you can do it."

Raven was about to say something, and Zatanna said helplessly: "It's good to have a job these days. Do you know how many people applied for the job when I posted it? The first one who came yesterday was even a crocodile!"

Raven didn't seem to know how to refute , so he could only nod. Zatanna said: "The bookstore is in the turntable area, not too far from here. I'll leave you the address and give you Constantine's old car. You drive to work, don't take the subway or bus, otherwise it will explode on the road and you'll be finished."

"If she drives to work and explodes on the road, won't she be finished too?" Schiller said: "Are you counting on fewer people on the road than on the ground?"

Zatanna sighed and said: "Then we can only open a portal. Damn it, we're almost out of money to buy materials."

Zatanna left in a hurry, leaving only Schiller and Raven. Soon Schiller was ready to leave. Before leaving, he said to Raven: "Don't move the supernatural props arranged in the room. I will go to sign the contract tomorrow morning and bring some daily necessities in the afternoon."

Raven sat straight and nodded. Schiller found that her joints were stiff, as if she was really a sculpture. This was a serious somatization symptom.

But think about it, a child who is born without knowing anything has been taught to suppress emotions and not have any emotional fluctuations, which means that her emotion processing organs have never worked, and she will not be able to process emotions.

In other words, she will not laugh when she is happy, and will not cry when she is sad. She does not know what the instinctive actions of these emotions represent, and she has no outlet for catharsis.

Now it is good, moving and opening a psychological clinic is settled, but the first patient is too difficult. From the current situation, I am afraid that I have to reshape my entire personality before I can have hope of healing.

Schiller kept thinking on the way back. He originally thought that curing Batman was the end, but he did not expect that there is always a mountain to climb.

However, Schiller admitted that he has not been a psychologist for a long time. Greed is greedy. Since he came to Gotham, he has not conducted normal psychological consultation. Most of the time he has been engaged in theoretical psychology. He also needs to go back to check more information about applied psychology.

The next day, Schiller arrived as scheduled. The landlord had obviously sent someone to check the house and found that the supernatural events had not decreased. In the end, he had to accept his fate and sold the house to Schiller at a very low price.

However, Schiller knew that the trouble was not over yet. The real estate agency had lost a lot of money, a lot of money that would hurt the rich. If the supernatural phenomena disappeared one day, he might have other ideas.

But Schiller didn't care about so much. He had met many neighbors in the manor area in the West District before. Most of them were old-fashioned rich people, but they all moved to the South District one after another. Schiller was basically the last batch to leave.

If you want to open a private psychological clinic, in addition to handling formalities, customer groups are also very important, so Schiller has to draw up a list of people for the housewarming party and make the party very decent, so as to attract future customers.

But holding a party is not so simple. The previous parties were basically held in a pathological way. On the one hand, the obsessive-compulsive disorder and cleanliness of Arrogance would make him too serious when dealing with certain details, wasting time. On the other hand, Arrogance also prefers to be alone and will not hold parties if it is possible.

But in fact, banquets and gatherings are the most common forms of social interaction in Europe and the United States. Every little thing has to be a party, and there is no need for any reason for neighborhood gatherings. It is possible that my family has changed a lawn mower and invited the neighbors to come over for a party. It is nothing more than getting together to find something to do.

But Schiller's housewarming party obviously cannot be done this way. He needs to invite a lot of people. The banquet needs to be exquisite and decent, but at the same time it cannot be too extravagant and lavish. There needs to be a sense of privacy to strengthen the connection with the guests.

For the first time, Arrogance felt that he was pushed by this society. In the lives of ordinary people, you can't just not contact others if you want to. Socializing is both their emotional need and their survival need.

In this extremely complicated and noisy pot of the secular world, no one should think of being a self-righteous rose. No matter how beautiful the flower is, it is no different from boiled vegetable leaves after being boiled three times in boiling water.

The best way for a lonely person to roam freely here is to be that piece of ginger that no one can tell its true face from.

Schiller Ginger