amaotonovel Chapter 2407: Bats Fight (7)
Chapter 2407: Bats Fight (7)
Chapter 2407: Bats Fight (XVII)
“…That’s it.” The Lord of Trauma sighed and said, “He disappeared a long time ago. The guy outside who calls himself David is not David himself, but just the largest piece of David.”
"That sounds a bit scary." Barry shuddered and said, "David's energy was divided among his various personalities. Why does it sound so much like...dismemberment?"
"You've been in Gotham for too long." Harley said, then she looked at the Lord of Trauma and said, "I totally understand what you said. David, who has great power, divided himself into many parts, but why didn't he become many of himself, but became you?"
Barry could obviously understand why Harley had such doubts, because they had seen a real example before, that was Schiller.
Schiller's situation is very similar to David's, but opposite. Schiller cannot be considered to have dissociative identity disorder because no matter how many individuals there are, they are all himself, but David is divided into different people. They do not consider themselves to be David and will not work together.
“Why is there such a difference?”
Hearing this question, the Lord of Trauma sighed and said, "We can't know his true thoughts, but perhaps it's because he feels that his existence is meaningless."
Harley and Barry looked at each other again and she looked at the Trauma Lord and said, "What happened, right?"
"A disaster." The Lord of Trauma hesitated, but finally said: "It made him feel very sad, so maybe..."
Soon everyone left the house. Harley was about to say that they had too few clues about reality when she met Batman, Batwoman and Charles who finally arrived and the two groups successfully joined forces.
With Charles around, everyone finally knew what David had experienced in reality, and Charles also gave Schiller's speculation - because of the terrorist attack, David's ego first broke through the moral bottom line and killed the superego, and then because he was trapped by morality for a moment and did not follow his instincts, he failed to save his relatives, and the id representing instinct also hid away in disappointment.
Combined with the information they had obtained previously, everyone roughly sorted out the process of David's mental development to the current chaotic situation.
First of all, David was not mentally stable when he was born, but this is not uncommon. Many people think that their mental problems must be caused by the surrounding environment, but in fact, some people are born more unstable than others, more emotionally sensitive, and have stronger or weaker empathy. People who are above or below the standard line are more likely to have mental problems.
Then in his childhood, because his mother married his stepfather with him, the reorganized family caused David to not have a stable living environment for a long time, which made him feel more pressure. In order to relieve this pressure and protect David, the brain shifted his attention to imaginary friends.
Some personalities that come from toys or dreams are produced during this period, and are essentially the product of David's mental self-protection mechanism.
As he grew older, David's mutant abilities began to gradually emerge. Perhaps at this time, he tried to share his mental power with these imaginary friends. However, because his mental state was relatively stable and had not reached the point of splitting into different personalities, these personalities could not control his body, and their abilities naturally would not be used in reality, so no one noticed his condition.
The turning point came during the terrorist attack, in which the tragic death of his stepfather further deteriorated David's already unstable mental state.
What is even more fatal is that David began to question his own choice. He chose to obey morality at first, but it caused bad consequences and eventually made him deny his own instincts, resulting in two of his superego, ego, and id not working.
So the disaster happened. David's super spiritual energy completely collapsed because there was no administrator to manage it, and was divided up by the personalities that had been hidden in his heart.
On the one hand, the personality that obtains these energies gains extremely powerful superpowers, and on the other hand, because the main personality collapses and is absent, it can float up freely and use these abilities in reality.
However, the only good news among all the bad news is that one of the personalities obtained the largest piece of energy fragment, that is, the God mutant who previously controlled the body and called himself the fifth personality.
Because he gained the most energy and became the strongest, he was able to suppress all the other personalities and control his body alone, preventing those other personalities from floating up and causing trouble.
But looking at the current situation, David in the fifth personality has encountered some troubles. The Lord of Trauma is unwilling to say more, and Harley also knows that this may be related to the battle that Charles saw on the grassland when he first came here.
"Could it be that some personalities have united to try to seize control of the body?" Batwoman speculated: "Since they have their own personalities and abilities, there must be all kinds of people. Some know how to follow the rules and act with restraint, while there must be some who are bold and reckless."
"It's not impossible, and if that's the case, these two factions are definitely to blame. Charles, have you seen members of these two factions in the war before?" Batman asked.
Charles shook his head and said, "I just watched from a distance, but I could see that the personalities of the two sides in the battle were not very strong, not as strong as those we encountered."
"But there are a lot of them, right?" Harley found the key. She said, "This shows that the people who remain in the city may be relatively rational. Although they have different opinions, they still want to solve the problem. But the group on the grassland may be..."
"I think we should find a high vantage point," Barry said.
So everyone turned their heads and looked in one direction. Where else could the commanding height of Paris be? Of course, it was the Eiffel Tower.
Batman estimated the distance in his mind, and after communicating with Charles, he said, "That's probably the territory of the Wild Fire Gang, and it's probably where their boss is. It's not fair to only listen to one side's opinion. We have to ask their boss as well."
"I have no problem with that, but the guards' personalities around there are a problem."
Everyone turned to look at the Batmobile, who narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you questioning my speed? Get in the car, I guarantee those personalities won't even be able to see my taillights."
After Helen and Doctor Strange took Batman Doom away, they found a nearby room and put him down. Helen began to replace the virus in Batman Doom's body with her own Doomsday spores. As she said, it took about half an hour to complete the task.
After Doomsday Batman woke up, he did not roar or attack the people around him immediately. Helen breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he was successful in the end.
But then they faced another problem, and Batman's mentality collapsed.
The reason is very simple, and it can always be summed up in two words - Superman.
The huge body leaned against the corner of the room with despair. No matter what Helen said, she couldn't make sense. Finally, she gritted her teeth and stamped her feet in anger, saying, "I really don't understand these love-brained people!"
奇异博士眼珠一转，所谓恋爱脑最懂恋爱脑，他清了清嗓子说：“可惜，你还在地球上的时候没打过他，现在终于有了可以和他抗衡的力量，竟然不打算回去了，要是我，我肯定要回去揍他一顿。”
Batman Doom's eyes suddenly lit up.
Helen's eyes widened and she immediately gave Doctor Strange a thumbs up, asking him to continue.
"But it's hard to say." Doctor Strange changed the subject and said, "If I remember correctly, Doomsday's strongest ability is evolution. You have not been Doomsday for a long time, and you have not had much opportunity to evolve. I don't think it is possible for you to defeat Superman."
Batman Doom narrowed his eyes.
"But..." Doctor Strange changed the subject again and again, and continued: "There are quite a few masters in this weird spiritual world. If you compete with them, you might be able to understand their abilities. I heard that there are people who can manipulate time. If you learn this skill, how can Superman be your opponent?"
Helen was knocked off balance by Batman Doom who was rushing out the door, but she immediately gave Doctor Strange a big smile, and Doctor Strange walked over and high-fived her.
Coincidentally, at this moment Bruce, also known as Spider-Batman, is being chased here by the personality that manipulates gravity.
As expected, Spider-Batman was no match for this personality. It's not that he wasn't strong, but the problem was that his opponent's manipulation of gravity seemed to have no limit. Spider-Batman was not the real Batman, so he couldn't think of any strategy and could only withstand the gravity. As a result, he almost had his brains crushed out.
Although he was defeated in his first battle with his new identity, Spider-Batman at least had self-knowledge and knew that he couldn't fight hard if he couldn't win, so he had to run away. As a result, he met Batman Doom, who slammed the door and left in anger.
Spider-Batman gestured to him and shouted again and again, aiming to reveal the information about Gravity King to him, but it seemed that the other party didn't listen at all, and rushed forward with a roar.
Spider-Batman continued to run backwards and bumped into Helen and Doctor Strange who were chasing him. After the two sides communicated, they knew what was going on.
"Hurry up and stop him. He might crush him to death." Spider-Batman's tone was filled with anxiety. He said, "There is no limit to the gravity this guy can manipulate. In the end, even I couldn't stand up."
Helen suddenly widened her eyes and said, "Are you sure? There is no upper limit. Even you... I mean, even Spider-Man can't withstand it?"
Spider-Batman nodded vigorously, fearing that Helen would not take it seriously. But the next second Helen screamed and turned into Doomsday and rushed forward.
Spider-Batman was stunned. Doctor Strange patted him on the shoulder and said, "Unlimited pressure is like pie in the sky for Doomsday."
"what?"
Doctor Strange shook his head and said, "You'll soon find out."
When two monsters, one big and one small, rushed towards Gravity King, Gravity King was stunned for a moment, not understanding how the rookie suddenly turned into a monster.
However, since the opponent was already right in front of him, he couldn't just sit there and do nothing. He first used a hundred tons of gravity to test the depth.
King Gravity raised his hand, and the smaller monster that barely maintained its human form screamed and fell to the ground.
But after a few seconds, the spikes on the smaller one began to change, becoming blunter but thicker, and then he also roared suddenly and stood up straight.
The Gravity King snorted coldly, "Another five hundred tons!"
Spider-Batman watched helplessly as Gravity King's gravity increased again and again, but in just a few seconds, the two monsters were able to stand up again, and as the gravity became stronger and stronger, the muscle tissue on the monsters' bodies became stronger and stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Until the end, Helen turned into Doomsday and rushed to the front of Gravity King under the pressure of who knows how many tens of thousands of times the atmospheric pressure, and knocked him out with a bang.
(End of this chapter)