Chapter 744: Night Rain Sad Song (Part 2)

Schiller was sure that he did smell alcohol, which was not something that could be achieved by replacing beer with ginger ale. He frowned and looked at Bruce, who was just lying quietly on the sofa, breathing evenly and looking like he was asleep.

If the person opposite was really just a rich second-generation, Schiller would not be surprised at all.

The empty manor, the drunken young master, the extinguished and unattended fireplace, all of which told the story of a lonely heir.

However, Bruce Wayne was not just a rich boy, he was also Batman, the most self-disciplined person in the world.

Schiller had seen him use ginger ale instead of beer, and the spicy feeling made his performance more natural. Batman was very good at controlling his reaction after being drunk, and even Schiller could not be completely sure whether he was drunk or not.

Therefore, he walked forward and poked Bruce with the tip of his umbrella. The moment he raised his hand, Bruce did not move. Schiller was sure that he was really asleep.

It was really abnormal for Batman to drink.

Schiller sighed, turned around and walked to the fireplace, and found that the shelf next to him was full of firewood, but it was not added to the fireplace. Judging from the wetness of the firewood, it should have been added just now. Alfred prepared everything for Bruce before he left.

Schiller picked up a few pieces of relatively dry firewood and added them to the fireplace. Soon, the flames became strong, and all the scenes in the hall were presented to him.

Obviously, something just happened here. In a space where someone had been, every trace represents a story.

Schiller took a deep breath and began his reasoning.

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

Moreover, this set of small footprints was very small, and it looked like it was left by a little girl of about seven or eight years old. Schiller walked to the door and saw that this set of footprints should be left by two people, one of whom was running in front with a smaller shoe size, and the other was running behind with a larger shoe size.

The two of them must have chased each other and ran in, 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 rain on the hair. Combined with the shape of the footprints, these should be two little girls.

Schiller looked at the gate. 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, it rained heavily outside the door.

Two small figures rushed in from outside the door. Both of them were soaked, and their shoes were also covered with mud and water. As soon as they rushed in, Alfred, who was standing by the fireplace to add firewood, hurried up and 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 could not be confirmed, but the little girl behind was Aisha.

Elsa's hair was already very long. After being drenched by the rain, strands of it stuck to her face. Alfred hurriedly took a dry towel to wipe the hair of the two people, because when a girl's hair was wiped, water drops would drip, and it just fell near the ground where the footprints ended.

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

In an instant, time stopped, the water drops stopped in the air, and Bruce's movements paused.

Schiller walked forward and picked up the newspaper that had been pressed from the armrest of the sofa. He saw that the newspaper said that the Metropolitan Angelica Troupe had arrived in Gotham, and at the same time, it also published their simple repertoire.

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

He stood up with the newspaper in his hand. When he saw that two little girls rushed in, he didn't even have time to fold the newspaper again. He just threw the newspaper next to the handrail and rushed over quickly.

The way the newspaper was placed showed that Bruce was very anxious, but why was Bruce anxious? He knew that Aisha was different from ordinary people. She would not get sick even if she was exposed to boiling water, let alone rain.

Then the problem might be with the strange little girl.

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

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

Judging from the extent of the accumulated water stains, they should have stayed here for a while. Then, the little girl stayed where she was, but Elsa ran out, and Alfred chased her out.

The clues near the gate ended here. Schiller speculated that Bruce should have taken the little girl home, but for some reason, the little girl ran out with Elsa in the rain, and Elsa ran back after her.

At this time, Bruce may feel very angry. He scolded Aisha, so Aisha ran out angrily, and Alfred chased her out.

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

Since he had been teaching Dick, Schiller knew the changes in his handwriting. The content of this letter was that Dick said that he was busy with his studies, so he had to stay at school for a few days and would not go home these days.

Schiller took the letter and frowned. Busy studies? What can be busy with middle school studies? What's more, Dick didn't like to study at all. He wished he could go to school every day and never stay overnight, so that he would not be watched by the teacher to do his homework.

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

Schiller had actually expected this day to come. Bruce's character was really hard to describe. There was always a day when he failed to communicate with Dick, but he didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

Schiller also had some speculations about why they had disagreements. After all, he had seen Bruce's attitude towards the group of children before, and Schiller knew more clearly what the problem was with those children.

For an abused child, frequent changes in environment are extremely disadvantageous to them, which may lead to more serious stress reactions.

Before, Cobblepot rescued them and put them in the basement of a bar. Bruce sent them to the hospital and then took the little girl home. During these processes, the hospital environment may greatly stimulate these children.

Luxurious restaurants and manors are more easily accepted by them because, although the things here have become more refined, they all know the prototypes.

For example, the patterns on the chairs are very exquisite, but the chairs are still chairs. They have the concept of this thing in their minds, knowing that chairs are for sitting, tables are for placing things, and beds are 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 syringe in the nurse's hand for? Why are all people staring at them? Why change clothes? Why lie on the bed?

These unknown things will greatly stimulate them, and the little girl is even more pitiful. Just after leaving that environment, she came to another strange environment, and at this point, she may not have any clear mind.

Schiller found some traces in the corner of the room. It seems that the little girl has hidden here, but it is not difficult to see that after she hid here, Bruce followed again.

Obviously, Bruce's measures for this little girl are almost wrong. He is paying too much attention and pressing step by step, which will bring great pressure.

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

For example, if an adult walks towards them, it means they may be beaten, and if someone presses them on the bed, it means something more terrible may happen.

If someone keeps talking to them, it may mean they will be thrown out, and if someone holds their hands and talks to another person, it may mean they will be sold.

Such a concept has already been formed in their brains, so these behaviors will further stimulate them.

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

In combination with her physical condition, Schiller believes that she should be able to move for no more than three hours, and then she will fall into a coma, and after falling into a coma, she should be sent back to the room to sleep.

But what's more terrifying is that when she wakes up and finds herself in a strange environment again, this stimulation will be more intense.

They will not understand what "sleep in the bedroom" and "eat in the restaurant" mean. They will only feel that they are trapped in a terrible vortex 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 run away from Wayne Manor, but there was no doubt that she should have successfully run away, but Elsa also chased her out.

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

He thought he had made progress with this little girl, but in the blink of an eye, she was caught in the rain again, had a high fever again, and almost ran away, which was equivalent to the previous progress completely disappeared, not only returned to the starting point, but also worse.

He did not think more deeply about the reasons for this failure, but simply expressed dissatisfaction.

Perhaps he was asking Alfred why the little girl ran away, or perhaps he was questioning Elsa about what was going on.

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

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

Schiller walked around the hall and upstairs, but found no trace of the little girl. He thought for a moment, then walked through the hall toward the garden at the back.

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

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

Schiller had already anticipated the result, but when he opened the warehouse door, he still sighed.

A crate in the corner of the warehouse was stuffed with blankets and quilts. Schiller walked over and opened a corner of the 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 no longer breathing at this time.

Judging from the corpse, the death should not have taken more than three hours. The cause of death was excessive malnutrition and cardiopulmonary failure caused by hypothermia.

Schiller checked her chest, wrists and sides of her neck. Bruce should have taken some first aid measures. However, the chance of a child of this age surviving such torture was very small, and when she ran back Bruce might have been on the verge of coma when he saw him.

It only takes 10 to 15 minutes for an adult to suffer from heart and lung failure in a state of severe and sustained hypothermia. However, the poor physical condition of this little girl greatly shortened the process. The entire death process may not exceed 30 seconds. So much so that Batman's technological prowess could not save her life.

Schiller sighed and covered the blanket and quilt again. As soon as he stood up, he heard a movement behind him. He turned his head and saw a darker figure appearing at the dark warehouse door.

Bruce stood outside the door, holding a pistol in his hand, but not raising it. His expression was 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 only saw Bruce holding a pistol turning a corner and disappearing from the side of the manor.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, and the sound of something falling to the ground echoed in the empty manor, which was particularly impressive.

Schiller opened his umbrella and walked back to the hall. He saw that Bruce was not there, but the wine cabinet on the side collapsed and the expensive red wine was scattered on the floor.

Glancing over there, Schiller knew that in addition to the two bottles of wine that were missing when he arrived, two more bottles were missing, and they should have been taken away by Bruce.

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

Batman drove his car and drove on the road in Gotham. The night here was very quiet. There was only one car on the wide and straight road. There was no obstruction in front of him, allowing him to drive faster and faster.

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

The Batmobile's top-notch shock-absorbing system prevented him from feeling the vibration when it touched the ground. He seemed to be flying in the 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. His brain affected by alcohol could not judge the direction well, and he did not 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 shaking in his field of vision. Among the layered buildings, he keenly captured a familiar outline.

That was White Community Middle School, where Dick now attends.

The dark car slowly stopped, and the rain became heavier and heavier. The light coming from the middle school dormitory was like a lamp in a dark room, attracting many moths who looked up there.

But soon, the roar of the Batmobile sounded again, and lightning crackled at the end of the sky. The puddles on the road were turned bright white, reflecting the shadow of the Batmobile speeding past.

Only Batman himself knows that he discovered the problem when the little girl fell into a coma for the first time.

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

He felt that the little girl should receive treatment, so he sent her to the hospital. He felt that Dick should go to school, so he sent him to a missionary middle school. Because of the accident in the missionary middle school, he transferred him to a community middle 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 something happened at the boarding school, he was changed to a day school.

When he realized that the little girl might have had a mental breakdown due to too many changes of environment, 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 was not interested in studying, but Batman only thought that he was too young and ignorant. Dick said that he missed his classmates in the choir class, but Batman only felt that this was a difference that must be experienced in life. Dick said that he didn't know where to go. The new school should choose which club is better, but Batman feels that he should have the ability to distinguish on his own.

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

When he was holding the little girl's body and walking 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. , and saw that 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 had been placed in the wine cabinet but had never been opened. .

Batman's mind kept spinning three faces, the little girl, Dick, and Elsa.

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

Suddenly, there was a harsh brake sound, and the Batmobile's protective device was activated, but it had no effect at all. The entire car rolled over, and the engine exploded, bursting into flames.

The flames burned more and more fiercely in the night rain. Such absurd scenes would only appear in Gotham.

Batman crawled out of the Batmobile, his face covered in blood, and in his hazy and blurry vision, his eyes lit up.

A gentle light enveloped him, but he knew that it was all just an illusion. He closed his eyes hard, 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 in the rainy night.