The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Schiller was sure he did smell alcohol, and it wasn't something you could do with ginger ale instead of beer. He frowned and looked at Bruce, who was just lying quietly on the sofa, breathing evenly, seemingly asleep up.

If the opposite is really just a rich second generation, Schiller will not be surprised at all.

The empty manor, the drunk young master, the extinguished and neglected fireplace, all tell the story of a lonely heir.

However, Bruce Wayne is not just a rich man, he is also Batman, the most disciplined man in the world.

Schiller has seen him substitute ginger juice for beer, and that spicy feeling can make his performance more natural, and Batman is very good at reacting to drunkenness. Even Schiller is not completely sure. Was he drunk or not.

So he stepped forward and poked Bruce with the tip of his umbrella, and the moment he raised his hand, Bruce didn't move, and Schiller was sure that he was really asleep.

Batman drinks, it's so out of the ordinary.

Schiller sighed, turned around and walked to the fireplace, and found that the shelf next to it was full of firewood, but it hadn't been added to the fireplace. Judging from the humidity of the firewood, it should have just been added, Alfred Before walking away, everything was prepared for Bruce.

Schiller picked up a few pieces of relatively dry firewood and added them to the fireplace. Soon, the flames became vigorous, and all the scenes in the hall were displayed before his eyes.

Obviously, something has just happened here. In a space where people have stayed, every trace represents a story.

Schiller took a deep breath and began his reasoning.

The most conspicuous trace in the entire hall is the footprints that spread all the way from the gate. Of course, this series of footprints was not left by Schiller, because Schiller would habitually wipe his shoes on the door carpet.

Moreover, this series of small footprints is very small, and it looks like it was left by a little girl about seven or eight years old. Schiller walked towards the gate, and he saw that this series of footprints should have been left by two people, one of whom had a smaller shoe size The child with a bigger shoe size ran in front.

The two should have come in after you chased me, and were stopped not far from the gate.

Schiller squatted down and looked at the place where the footprints ended. There were some water stains there. It seemed that they were dripping from something. Schiller guessed that it should be rainwater on the hair. Combined with the shape of the footprints, This should be two little girls.

Schiller looked at the gate, and the dark night sky outside the gate began to brighten. The moon set and the sun rose. Just today, Gotham ushered in the heaviest rain in three months. In an instant, there was heavy rain pouring outside the gate.

Two small figures rushed in from the door, both of them were soaked through, and their shoes were covered with muddy water. As soon as they rushed in, Alfred, who was standing by the fireplace adding firewood, hurried up , stopped them.

Standing behind Alfred, Schiller took a step to the left. He saw that the little girl who ran in first had a blurry face and her identity could not be determined, but the little girl behind was Aisha.

Aisha's hair has grown very long, and after being poured by the rain, strands of it stuck to her face. Alfred hurriedly fetched a dry towel and wiped the hair for the two of them, because the girl's hair was wiped From time to time, water drops will fall, just landing near the ground where the footprint ends.

The light dimmed again, Schiller stepped over the string of footprints, and came to a place near the sofa. Through the firelight of the fireplace, Schiller saw that Bruce was sitting there reading the newspaper, and saw two little girls one after the other. When he rushed in, he stood up and walked towards the door.

In an instant, time stood still, the water droplets stopped in the air, and the walking Bruce paused.

Schiller stepped forward and picked up the suppressed newspaper from the armrest of the sofa. He saw that the news that the Metropolitan Angelica Troupe had arrived in Gotham was written on the newspaper. At the same time, it also published their simple repertoire.

Schiller turned the newspaper over and looked at the folds of the newspaper repeatedly. Then, Bruce, who had already got up and walked to the door, stepped back and changed his posture.

He stood up with the newspaper in his hand, and when he saw two little girls rushing in, he didn't even have time to refold the newspaper, so he threw the newspaper beside the handrail, and then rushed over quickly .

The posture of the newspaper shows that Bruce is anxious, but why is Bruce anxious? He clearly knew that Aisha was different from ordinary people, not to mention being exposed to rain, even if she was exposed to boiling water, it was impossible for her to get sick.

Then the problem may appear in that strange little girl.

Schiller walked back to the footprints, looked at the size of the shoe prints, and then thought of the children he saw in the basement. Their faces and figures played back in Schiller's mind, and then, the thinnest little girl His face appeared in his mind.

In front of him, the little girl stood at the front, Aisha stood behind him, trying to grab her, Alfred stood on the left, and Bruce, who had just walked over, stood on the right.

Judging from the accumulation of water stains, they should have stayed here for a while. Then, the little girl stayed where she was, but Aisha ran out, and at the same time, Alfred chased her out.

The clues near the gate stop here. Schiller speculates that Bruce should have brought the little girl home, but for some unknown reason, the little girl ran out with Aisha on a rainy day, and Aisha chased her again back.

At this moment, Bruce may feel very angry, he reprimanded Aisha, so Aisha ran out angrily, and Alfred chased him out.

Schiller went back to where Bruce was lying near the sofa, and saw a letter on the coffee table with Dick's handwriting on it.

Because he has been teaching Dick, Schiller knows the change in his handwriting. What is written in this letter is that Dick said that he is busy with his studies, so he will stay at school for a few days and will not go home these days.

Holding the letter, Schiller frowned, busy with studies? What can be busy in middle school? What's more, Dick doesn't like studying at all. He wished he could go to school every day and never stay overnight, so that he wouldn't be stared at by the teacher for his homework.

Schiller glanced at Bruce who was frowning tightly in his sleep. He knew that Bruce might have had some conflicts with Dick, which made Dick unwilling to go home.

Schiller actually expected this day to come. Bruce's character is really indescribable. There will always be a day when he fails to communicate with Dick, but he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

Schiller also had some speculations about why they had differences. After all, he had seen Bruce's attitude towards those children before, and Schiller knew better what the crux of those children was.

For an abused child, frequent changes of environment are extremely detrimental to them, which may lead to a more severe stress response.

Before, Copper rescued them and put them in the basement of a bar. Bruce sent them to the hospital, and then brought the little girl home. In these processes, the environment of the hospital may be It will greatly stimulate these children.

Luxurious restaurants and manors are easier for them to accept, because although the things here have become more refined, they all know the prototype.

For example, the pattern on the chair is very beautiful, but the chair is still a chair. They have the concept of this thing in their minds, knowing that the chair is for sitting, the table is for putting things, and the bed is for sleeping.

But the hospital is different. There are too many things they have never touched. For example, is the pole used to hang the infusion bottle a new weapon? What is the nurse doing with the needle in her hand? Why is everyone staring at them? Why change clothes? And why are you lying on the bed?

These unknown things will greatly stimulate them, and this little girl is even more pitiful. She has just escaped from that environment and then entered another strange environment. At this point, she may no longer have any clear mind .

Schiller found some traces in the corner of the room. It seemed that the little girl had once hid here, but it was not difficult to see that Bruce followed her after she hid here.

It was clear that almost everything Bruce was doing with the little girl was wrong, he was paying too much attention, pushing, and it was going to be extremely stressful.

For children who have been mentally stimulated and abused, their understanding of the world is distorted, and many behaviors that are normal to normal people are terrible to them.

For example, if an adult walks towards them, it means that they may be beaten, and if a person pins them to a bed, it means that something more terrible is likely to happen.

Someone who keeps talking to them could mean they're being thrown out, someone who's holding their hand and talking to another could mean they're being sold.

Such concepts have been formed in their brains, so these behaviors will further stimulate them.

Schiller outlined Bruce's behavior trajectory in his mind. Obviously, under the stimulation step by step, the little girl completely lost her sanity, and she could only rely on instinct to protect herself.

Based on her physical condition, Schiller believes that she should not be able to move for more than three hours, and then she will pass out, and after the coma, she should be sent back to the room to sleep.

But what was even more frightening was that when she woke up and found herself in a strange environment again, the stimulation would be even more intense.

They don't understand what it means to sleep in the bedroom and eat in the restaurant. They just feel that they have fallen into a terrible whirlpool and cannot extricate themselves.

And the only thing they can do at this time is to run away.

Schiller didn't know what method the little girl used to escape from Wayne Manor, but there was no doubt that she should have successfully escaped, but Aisha also chased her out.

Aisha drove the little girl back to Wayne Manor, but at this time, Bruce made another wrong decision.

He thought he had made progress on this little girl, but in the blink of an eye, she was caught in the rain again, developed a high fever again, and almost ran away, which was equivalent to the previous progress completely disappearing, not only returned It's even worse.

He didn't think about the reasons for this failure on a deeper level, but simply expressed his dissatisfaction.

Maybe he was asking Alfred why the little girl ran out, maybe he was asking Aisha what was going on.

However, Elsa is not an ordinary child after all, she is a wild and unruly chaotic creature. After feeling Bruce's emotions, she ran out of Wayne Manor directly.

At that time, it was raining heavily outside, and Alfred would definitely choose to chase Aisha, but at this time, only Bruce and the little girl were left alone.

Schiller turned around in the hall and upstairs, but found no sign of the little girl. He thought for a while, and then walked across the hall towards the garden behind.

There were no children's footprints in the garden either, but Schiller did find some of Bruce's footprints.

Normally, Batman would not reveal such flaws. It seemed that he was in a very abnormal mood when he was walking this road.

Schiller had anticipated the outcome, but he sighed as he opened the warehouse door.

A crate in the corner of the warehouse was stuffed with blankets and quilts. Schiller walked over and opened a corner of these plants. Sure enough, he saw a small foot.

All the blankets and quilts were lifted, and there was a little girl inside, but she was not breathing at all.

Judging from the body, the death should have taken no more than three hours. The cause of death was excessive malnutrition and heart and lung failure caused by hypothermia.

Schiller checked her chest, wrists, and the side of her neck. Bruce should take some first aid measures, but the chances of a child of this age surviving such torture are very small, and when she ran back When seeing Bruce, he may have been on the verge of coma.

It only takes 10 to 15 minutes for an adult to suffer from cardiopulmonary failure in a state of severe continuous hypothermia, but the poor physical condition of this little girl shortened this process extremely, and the entire death process may not exceed 30 seconds. So much so that Batman's technological strength failed to save her life.

Schiller sighed and covered the blanket and quilt again. He had just stood up when he heard a movement behind him. He turned his head and saw a darker figure appearing in the dark warehouse door.

Bruce stood outside the door with a pistol in his hand, but he didn't raise it. He looked a little dazed, as if he didn't realize that he was standing in the rain.

As soon as Schiller took a step forward, Bruce turned around and walked back. When Schiller walked outside the door, he saw Bruce turning a corner with a pistol and disappearing to the side of the manor.

Suddenly, there was a bang, and the sound of something falling to the ground echoed in the empty manor, making it particularly intrusive.

Schiller opened the umbrella and walked back to the hall. He saw that there was no Bruce there, but the wine cabinet on the side was upside down, and the expensive red wine was scattered all over the floor.

Glancing over there, Schiller knew that in addition to the two bottles of wine that were missing when he came, there were two missing bottles, which should have been taken by Bruce.

Schiller turned his head and looked out the window. The roar of the Batmobile sounded, and a black shadow flew towards the sky against the light of lightning.

Batman drove his own car and sped along the road in Gotham. The night here was very quiet. There was only one car on the wide and straight road, and there was no obstacle in front of him, making him drive faster and faster.

The surrounding scenery became more and more blurred in his vision, and he began to be unable to clearly feel the existence of speed.

The peak damping system of the Batmobile made him feel no tremor when it touched the ground. He seemed to be flying in a rainy night, just like those bats passing by at low altitude.

Batman thought he was going to the Batcave, but in fact, the direction of the car had completely deviated from the intended destination. The brain affected by alcohol could not judge the direction well, and he didn't know where he was driving.

Suddenly, he felt that this road was somewhat familiar. He gradually slowed down and looked at the buildings that had been swaying in his field of vision. Among the layers of buildings, he keenly caught a familiar outline.

That was White Community High School where Dick was now attending.

The dark car stopped slowly, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the light shining through the middle school dormitory was like a lamp in the dark room, attracting many moths looking up there.

But soon, the roar of the Batmobile sounded again, lightning flashed across the sky, and the puddles on the road were turned into bright white, reflecting the shadow of the Batmobile speeding past.

Only Batman knows, he discovered the problem when the little girl first passed out.

He has always looked at these issues from his perspective, not only including this little girl, but also including Dick.

He thought the little girl should go to treatment, so he sent her to the hospital, and he thought Dick should go to school, so he sent him to a missionary high school, and because of the incident at the missionary high school, he transferred him to a community high school, and because of the previous His community middle school was too far away, so he was transferred to a closer community middle school, and because of an accident in the boarding school, he was changed to day school.

When he realized that the little girl might have had a mental breakdown because of changing the environment too many times, Batman realized what he was doing to Dick.

When he recalled all this, he found that Dick had expressed it to him more than once, but he didn't care at all,

Dick said that he is not interested in studying, but Batman only thinks he is too young and ignorant. Dick said that he misses his classmates in the chorus class, but Batman only thinks that this is a parting that must be experienced in life. Dick said that he does not know Which club should be chosen for the new school, but Batman thinks he should have the ability to tell the difference.

He never thought about the consequences of such an education method, just like he never realized what he did wrong before sending the little girl back to the room to sleep, but he suddenly realized that the things he planned to change By then, things had become irreparable.

When he was holding the little girl's body on the way to the warehouse, he felt that the body in his hands became heavier. Suddenly, he saw a familiar face. He saw that it was Dick. , I saw again, it was Aisha.

As a result, he had no choice but to return to the hall of the manor in a panic, but the fireplace there could not give him any warmth. At this moment, he saw the red wine that he had kept in the wine cabinet but had never been opened. .

Batman kept circling three faces in his mind, the little girl, Dick and Elsa.

On the road leading out of the city, the roar became louder and the speed of the vehicle became faster and faster.

Suddenly, there was a piercing sound of brakes, and the protection device of the Batmobile was activated, but it didn't work at all. The whole car rolled over, and the engine exploded, bursting into flames.

The flames burned more and more vigorously in the night rain, such absurd scenes would only appear in Gotham.

Batman, who climbed out of the Batmobile, was covered in blood, and his eyes lit up in a hazy and trance-like vision.

The gentle light enveloped him, but he knew that all of this was just an illusion, he tried hard to close his eyes, and when he opened them again, he saw something rolling in front of his eyes.

It was a circle of light that looked extremely bright on a rainy night.

Say it again! No matter how many changes, it is 10,000 words!