RNP Chapter 2926 When Night Falls (44)
Chapter 2926 When Night Falls (44)
Chapter 2926 When Night Falls (Forty-four)
“Go find out what happened,” Schiller said to Constantine. “Go back in time and find out what happened when Barbara was born.”
Constantine did not ask any more questions. He returned after a while without bringing back any video materials. He just said, "It was almost the same as she said. A sneaky nurse took a girl away and brought another one in. The Gordons did not find anything unusual."
Schiller was not surprised at all. The opponent dared to play this trick and would not reveal a flaw in such an obvious place.
"Can we go to an earlier point in time and see where the little girl came from?" Schiller asked.
Constantine said: "The cause and effect is reversed. You have to give me the time and place so that I can go back and investigate. If there is only time, then the location is random. Without any clues, I can't find out."
Schiller tapped his fingers on the table and began to sort out the relationships.
Among the real and fake Barbara, only one is Gordon's biological daughter. Later, the real Barbara said it was her. As expected, the paternity test results would also show that it was her.
The fake Barbara who was caught was indeed the real murderer who attacked three people including Dick.
So assuming this is actually the result of the vampire traveling back in time after running out of tricks, what was it originally like?
Combining the various actions of the Vampire King before, Schiller made a bold guess - I was reborn, and I was reborn the night before choosing my identity. This time, I was no longer the Vampire King who was caught after his trick was exposed, but the Batgirl who was loved by the Bat Family...
Schiller was not just imagining things, he knew this kind of person too well. As I said, fools always think that if they are given a chance to start over, they will be able to turn the tide.
Essentially, it is because they feel that their failure must be due to external reasons. If they cannot succeed, they blame the uneven ground. If you give me another piece of land, I will definitely be able to build a towering building from the ground up.
That's probably what happened.
In the original timeline, the King of Vampires found a way to replace Barbara, sneaked into the Bat Family and caused trouble. He bit three people in a row, causing great trouble for Batman.
But unfortunately, he was finally caught by Batman and the Justice League.
She felt very unwilling and thought that it was not a problem with her plan. She must get up where she fell, so she made a plan that she thought was more thorough.
First, she traveled back in time, took away infant Barbara, and replaced her with a vampire baby.
That's right, Schiller guessed that the vampire baby returned to the Gordons should not be the Vampire King, but a vampire baby that the Vampire King found from somewhere.
Schiller didn't know whether she could have her first baby, but it was possible that the child was born to her subordinates.
Schiller also suspected that the real Barbara, born to Mrs. Gordon, was most likely dead. If not, she was probably being held hostage by the vampire king.
When the vampire incident is nearing its end, Barbara will definitely be caught. At this time, the one caught is actually the insignificant vampire baby. Then the real vampire king will appear as the victim, the real Barbara, to complete the substitution.
Some people may ask, what's the point of going through so much trouble? This series of plans seems to have little effect on the vampire's cause and is very laborious, but this kind of person doesn't think like that.
Their thinking is, didn’t you, Batman, catch me last time? So I’ll make you catch the wrong person this time, and then transition to “So you, Batman, can catch the wrong person sometimes!”
It does sound weird, but this kind of person is essentially unable to gain any sense of superiority by relying on his own abilities. Once he has the advantage of information asymmetry, he will not use this advantage to do anything serious, but will immediately use it to retaliate against those who prevent him from gaining a sense of superiority.
This kind of retaliation takes priority even over all his other undertakings. I use my foresight to replace the most important part of your plan, and then when you follow the original plan and make a mistake, I can laugh at you for the rest of your life.
However, due to their low IQ and limited vision, they are unable to understand what it means that things change with time, and they think that the person they expected will definitely follow the original plan.
For example, if she thinks that the final outcome will be that Barbara gets caught, then she will replace Barbara so that the other party will catch the wrong person.
But she didn't think about the fact that Batman was the best detective in the world and he wouldn't convict someone so easily.
Well, even if there is very solid video evidence and it can be proved that the video has not been edited or post-processed, how do you prove that Barbara was not controlled?
Even if Barbara admitted it herself, how can you prove that she was not forced to admit it by someone?
In the criminal investigation world of the past, this would be considered unreasonable, but since we have vampires, why can't we have puppet magic that can control people to do bad things?
Moreover, Schiller felt that the other party's level of psychoanalysis was probably comparable to Bruce's. She never realized that Batman was actually a very emotional person.
After Constantine left, Schiller took a walk in the garden. Although he didn't look through his memory bank much, he had his own understanding of Batman.
In the stereotype of most people, Batman is an extremely cold-blooded and ruthless person. He can be said to be a law enforcement machine. No one can expect him to bend the law for personal gain.
But in fact, it is not like that. The basis of everything Batman does is emotion. Don't forget what he said - "I am the night, I am revenge, I am Batman."
What is revenge based on?
Is this rational thinking?
Is it rigorous logic?
Is it because Bruce Wayne is a heartless logic machine that he chooses to be a vigilante in a city instead of being the ultimate ruler of the earth, which he could easily be?
It is not unfair to use this word to describe Luthor. If someone uses it to describe Batman, his level of psychoanalysis is probably similar to Bruce's.
The basis for Batman to punish criminals is emotion, and the basis for him to adopt Robin, train them, unite the Bat Family, and lead the Justice League is also emotion.
If Batman could be a ruthless leadership machine and completely treat the Bat Family and the Justice League as his own companies, these two organizations would not be able to be infiltrated by vampires.
Again, with Batman's leadership, he can lead these two organizations to what they are now, and even Aquaman can't let him off so much.
So Batman is actually more emotional than many people imagine, especially when it comes to people he cares about. He is extremely hypocritical. Many things are no longer negotiable. Instead, you can do whatever you want. If something goes wrong, I will cover your losses.
Looking through the history of the Bat Family and the Justice League, we can basically find such moments. Is it true that the predictable Batman did not foresee anything before they got into trouble? I'm afraid not. Most of the time, he was fully aware of the consequences, but he just didn't want to stop it.
Therefore, Schiller could predict what kind of storm would happen in Wayne Manor when Batman returned.
He tortured Dick like that, at least under the pretext of doing it for Dick's own good, and the most terrible harm he caused was pulling out two of his teeth.
But the mastermind behind this wanted Barbara to die.
Those two videos were like a noose around Barbara's neck. They were shown in public to so many people. Even if Barbara was rescued by Batman and woke up, she probably would not be able to face the mistakes she had made.
Schiller returned to the manor hall on time.
The Robins sat on the sofas on the left, Gordon Constantine and other eyewitnesses sat on the sofas on the right, Batman sat in the middle, and the vampire Barbara sat opposite him.
"Did you deal with Mary?" Schiller walked slowly to his seat and sat down, crossing one leg over the other, his ankle touching his calf.
Batman shook his head in silence.
All the Robins could see how angry Batman was, and they all hung their heads, not daring to breathe.
Only Starfire, the real Barbara, was talking.
She was probably talking about how she discovered the whole conspiracy and escaped from the vampires, debuted under the code name Starfire, and has been lurking around the Bat Family, silently protecting the members of the Bat Family.
But Batman's first words left her unable to answer.
"Are you a superpower?"
"what?"
"I say, are you an ordinary person, or someone with super powers?"
"My parents are the Gordons, so of course I'm an ordinary person. I know you can't believe that I did all this as an ordinary person, but I..."
"So why are the Starfires from other universes super-powered?"
Schiller couldn't help laughing, so he had to cover his mouth with the cup. He actually didn't know who Xinghuo was, but he vaguely heard that he seemed to be a young superhero.
But the Batman in front of him had been to the fighting world. Although he was called back by the system to maintain the universe, if he had made good use of the time before that, it would not be a problem to line up two or three.
Normally Batman wouldn't do this; they would rather stay at the base and exchange intelligence about each other's universes. And given Batman's character, the intelligence they exchanged would be quite comprehensive.
Although Starfire is not a particularly famous hero, Schiller thinks she might have something with Dick. Anyone related to Robin is on Batman's key target list, so it is not surprising that Batman would exchange information about Starfire from other universes.
All I can say is that the Vampire King is still the Vampire King, but Batman is no longer the simple Batman of the past. The time it takes to queue for two copies is enough for him to find out the household registration of the alien isomorphs of the people around him.
Note that if the Vampire King replaced Starfire from the very beginning, then in the perception of the locals in this universe, Starfire has never had superpowers, but is just an ordinary superhero with strong physical skills.
If Batman hadn't opened his eyes to the universe through the fighting world, he might not have found anything wrong with it. Who says that ordinary people can't be superheroes?
But as far as Batman knows, the Starfires in all other universes are aliens with superpowers, and they don't look like this. The two can be said to be completely different.
Batman released to everyone the information he got about Starfire from other Batmen.
And precisely because Starfire is not very famous, she is not like famous superheroes who want a variant in each universe. Instead, almost all universes are similar in appearance, racial abilities, and the only difference is the details of the uniforms.
Everyone looked at Spark in the file, then looked at the person standing in the hall, and they had to admit that the two were completely different.
The Spark in the information is not delicately beautiful, but full of wildness. There is always anger between her brows, and her flowing red hair is like the flame of revenge. Even if you just look at the picture, you can see the burning and indomitable fire of her soul.
And the one standing in front of them, how should I describe it? If Schiller were to describe it, he would use a rather impolite word, which is "trying to draw a tiger but ending up with a dog".