Holding Bruce's transcript, Thomas sat on the sofa in Wayne Manor and covered his forehead. His mood now was no longer angry, but really worried.
He discovered that he had fallen into a misunderstanding. Professor Speed's words made him think that his son Bruce had followed the path of Batman, and that Batman was an omniscient and omnipotent genius who could do everything well.
In fact, even if Bruce is not Batman, with the large inheritance left by Thomas and Martha, the stable Wayne Group, the old housekeeper who takes care of his daily life, and the handsome appearance derived from genes, theoretically speaking, as long as he
If his ability level is similar to that of normal people, then he will definitely be able to live a much happier life than normal people.
But now it seems that Bruce didn't have time to be Batman, and he didn't make his life very good. On the contrary, it can be said that it was a mess.
It’s not that Thomas’s requirements are too high. The main thing is that Thomas himself is an old-school person. Before he became Batman, he was a relatively traditional Catholic who valued family very much. Even after he became Batman,
Did not forget to save Martha as a clown.
Judging from the logic of his actions, everything he did was to save his family, but he failed.
Therefore, Bruce had just graduated from college and had a lively illegitimate daughter, which was already a bit beyond his scope of cognition.
The United States is not as open as many people imagine. At least in Thomas' time, the Catholics on the East Coast were still very conservative. If the news of illegitimate children or illegitimate daughters were to spread, it would simply lose the entire family.
Face. Hui
But Thomas can still comfort himself that he and Martha died too early, and Bruce will inevitably need other emotional comfort. At that time, he was not deeply involved in the world, so it is not surprising that he would cause trouble.
Thomas didn't know that Elsa was actually a monster in nature. He felt that what Alfred said was credible. It might be precisely because of the irresponsibility of Bruce and Elsa's mother who was not easy to mention that the little girl
, there are various congenital diseases.
What makes Thomas even more unhappy is that it seems that Elsa's various diseases have not been well treated. Now that the matter has happened, she should take responsibility instead of letting it go. This is contrary to Thomas' values.
If these two points are bearable, then it is even more difficult for Thomas to understand that Bruce did not do scientific research well and his college grades were terrible.
Human time is limited, even for Batman. Thomas knows that he can be Batman wholeheartedly because he has nothing to worry about.
As for Bruce, who is still young, of course he has to take care of his work as a vigilante and going to school and writing papers, there will inevitably be one aspect that he fails to take into account.
But what’s going on when both aspects are like this? Huh?
Thomas's main activities in the past few days have been in the West and South Districts. Gotham is a huge city after all. If you don't take the initiative to go to the East and North Districts, you won't be able to see the construction sites there. Even if you see them, Thomas won't be able to see them.
I don't think about what Bruce is going to do.
Bruce had to go through many hardships before he had his own ideas and the path he wanted to take. The twists and turns in this process cannot be understood except through experience. At first glance, it is impossible for Thomas to understand what he wants to do. Even if he did, this man who was hit by life would not be able to understand.
Batman, who has suffered too much, may not have much hope.
Thomas didn't even know that because of Schiller's arrival, the clown in this universe was a sunset king shrimp, so he really didn't understand how Bruce had such good material conditions, a genius brain and a handsome appearance.
It doesn't work to do anything.
Pessimistic people always become more pessimistic the more they think about it. This old bat, who has experienced the most painful tragedy in the world, becomes more and more worried.
This pessimistic speculation was most strongly confirmed when Thomas found a pile of messy diagnostic certificates in Bruce's bedroom.
I believe many people still remember that Bruce once asked Schiller very seriously if he was sick?
Schiller gave an affirmative answer, but it was not just an answer. He once prescribed some medicine to Bruce. Although Gotham's medical system is relatively chaotic, Schiller still adheres to the principles of a doctor, which is to prescribe according to the process.
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Prescribing a prescription is not just a matter of just writing a note. It must go through a series of standardized processes, such as first confirming the diagnosis, prescribing, reviewing the prescription, etc. The necessary step is to write a medical certificate.
According to Schiller's judgment, Bruce may have some spectrum characteristics and high-functioning people's characteristics because his high IQ squeezed the emotional module in the brain, but he is not a typical autism.
In this case, it was impossible for Schiller to write randomly, but fortunately, there is a medical classification for this kind of people, so Bruce's diagnosis was Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
I believe many people have started to feel dizzy when they see this long list of nouns, but the diagnosis results in English are like this. Not only are they very long, but they also have all kinds of strange abbreviations.
Schiller was still worried that Bruce would not understand it, so he deliberately wrote out the full name. Otherwise, he would only write PDD-NOS, which would be incomprehensible to most laymen.
But it was precisely because of this very specific diagnosis that Thomas's fingertips started to tremble a little.
He knows something about medicine, but he is not proficient in psychiatry and psychology. Therefore, his thinking in this regard is similar to that of ordinary people. As long as he sees something "to be classified", "broadness", and "development"
Such words will be associated with incurable diseases.
At that time, Schiller prescribed a lot of drugs to Bruce, mixed with some placebos, so the list of drugs was very long, which looked a bit scary. What was even more scary was that at the end of the prescription, the doctor's signature was Schiller Roth.
Driggs.
Thomas is not a native of this universe, so he doesn't know Schiller's famous name in this world, but he knows that Schiller is a clown.
It's actually hard to say that Batman went to see the Joker for medical treatment. If the Joker looked at him carefully and saw that he was sick, then Batman must be seriously ill. But if the Joker didn't see that he was sick, Batman would still be sick.
After the prescription was filled and the fee was paid, his illness became even more severe.
As the saying goes, if people don't agree to open the windows, then if you propose to lift the ceiling, everyone will definitely agree to open the windows.
If Thomas doesn't agree with his son to become Batman, then show him Bruce's poor report card and a stack of mental illness diagnosis certificates and prescriptions, then he will definitely agree to Bruce becoming Batman.
After all, being Batman is better than being a mental patient. Martha's tragedy has fully demonstrated this to Thomas. Being anything else is better than being a madman.
A few minutes later, Thomas, who was sitting on the sofa, had these medical certificates and receipts in his hand in addition to the report card. He simply took off the mask, revealing the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes that were full of traces of vicissitudes of life.
Jason, who had just finished his homework, ran downstairs to drink water, and saw Thomas worrying there.
Dick was deceived by Thomas and therefore did not trust him. Tim seemed a little afraid of Thomas, but Jason was the only one who was quite interested in Thomas.
"What's wrong with you?" Jason walked up and asked, "Do you need help?"
When Thomas didn't answer, Jason took another step forward, leaned out and glanced at the pile of paper in his hand, and then showed an expression of sudden realization.
Although Thomas didn't answer him immediately, he was also observing his reaction. Seeing Jason's unsurprised expression, he asked with some confusion: "Have you seen these things?"
"Of course, I was right next to the professor when he was writing the diagnosis. I even asked him for advice on spelling words."
Thomas hesitated for a moment, and then he waved to Jason. Jason took two steps forward in a daze. He could feel that Thomas meant no harm. Sure enough, Thomas gently rubbed his head and said, "Don't tell others.
, okay?" Hui
"Who are they referring to?" Jason asked very bluntly. Before Thomas could speak, he said, "Are you referring to these people in Wayne Manor? They already know it."
"It's impossible for Bruce to deceive Alfred. All his things are kept by the butler. Dick has the closest relationship with him and often enters his bedroom. I'm afraid he has seen it a long time ago. Tim is very smart and has already seen him."
I got the words out of Dick."
"As for Aisha... I suggest you put these things back quickly, otherwise they will get into Aisha's stomach tonight. She is the most efficient shredder here."
Thomas stared at Jason with his wrinkled eyes. He saw two completely different temperaments in Jason's eyes, one was the wildness that belonged to the chaotic streets of Gotham, a dark city, and the other came from knowledge and philosophical thinking.
of intelligence.
"No father wants his son to be sick." Thomas said. Just as he was about to say the next sentence, Jason jumped in front of him and said, "But no son wants his father to be sick. You think you are not sick?"
?"
Thomas looked at him blankly. Jason put his hands behind his back, lowered his eyes, and said, "If you weren't sick, you wouldn't have broken three of your own son's ribs and forced him to follow his friend."
Go to other cities instead of healing at home."
Thomas looked down at the diagnosis certificate again. He found that he was really good at tolerating a lunatic, whether it was Martha the Clown or Bruce. Once he learned that they might have a mental illness, Thomas had only expectations for them.
Let them take care of themselves.
Thomas sighed deeply and stood up. He turned to Alfred and said, "Book a ticket for me. I'm going to Kansas."
Before Alfred could respond, he heard a "boom" and a violent explosion coming from the gate of Wayne Manor.
Thomas instinctively pinned Jason down. When the explosion ended and the smoke dispersed, Thomas saw the door of Wayne Manor collapse, and in the night, a slightly familiar figure stood outside the door.
"Joker..." Thomas narrowed his eyes, his Batman instinct buzzing, but the person who appeared outside the door was not the Schiller he had already seen, but another clown.
He was wearing a truck driver's uniform, holding a half-eaten chicken drumstick in one hand and a bomb remote control in the other.
"Hello, my name is Jack. One of my colleagues, oh, a former colleague, called me to tell me that my little bat actually found his father. I have been busy with work recently and have not been able to visit.
,Nice to meet you, Mr. Batman."
Thomas didn't talk nonsense to him at all. He took out three batarangs from his waist and threw them over. Clown Jack rolled on the spot, shook his head with a smile and said: "The great Batman, I don't want to listen to the poor clown."
Just say a few words and then take action?" Hui
Thomas loaded the pistol while staring at Clown Jack, with an expression on his face that seemed to say, "I want to see what other nonsense you can tell."
But what Clown Jack said next made him slowly widen his eyes.
Jack showed an exaggerated smile, limped up to Thomas, took out a crumpled note from his pocket, and patted the note on the coffee table confidently.
Thomas only glanced at the note, and then froze. At the same time, Jack's voice rang in his ears.
"You can't hit me, otherwise tomorrow, the whole Gotham will know that the bullies Wayne and his son refused to pay back the money they owed, and even beat up their creditors!"
"That's right, your son owes me $100 and he hasn't paid it back yet! Well, this is an IOU and it cannot be denied. Let him come back and pay it back!"
