The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 3450: Son of Midnight (Forty-nine)

The night in the hospital was very quiet. Schiller gently closed the door of the ward and walked into the corridor. He waved to the nurse on duty who was looking out of the nurse station, and stood alone in front of the window in the corridor, turning on his cell phone.

The situation in the public opinion battlefield is still not optimistic. Many news related to Roxxon are full of noise. The accounts of the comments that Schiller had originally browsed were all blocked. This should be a measure taken by Nick.

But this is obviously not a smart method. This group of people changed the platform and posted their blocked pages, and the comments below were full of conspiracy theories, as if the whole world was persecuting Roxxon.

Schiller knew that Nick had information in his hand. If he chose to report it now, he should be able to get back on his feet, but he chose not to do so, probably because he still wanted to see the reaction of Roxxon Company.

After a day and a night, Dario Agger should have woken up. Faced with the current situation, he would definitely take measures. And from the measures he took, we can see what preparations he has made for his next plan. Nick wanted to wait until he made a move, and then cut off the source of the trouble.

Just as Schiller was browsing the news platform, he saw an entry that quickly climbed to the top of the news hot search list, rising by more than ten places with each refresh - "Dr. Schiller enters and leaves the Roxxon Industrial Energy Building."

Schiller's fingers paused for a moment. He clicked on the news and found that it was a video of himself entering the Roxxon Energy Industrial Building.

He recalled the scene at that time, and it should be taken by the person standing behind him to the right during the security check. At that time, he happened to turn his head, so his profile was captured in the video.

The whistleblower claimed that he was an employee of the Roxxon Energy Industrial Building and also a fan of Schiller. He happened to see Schiller coming to their company while at work today, so he took a photo of him.

However, the writer of this news broke out that Schiller entered the Roxxon Energy Industrial Building at a similar time as the building caught fire. Although it was not explicitly stated, it was vaguely hinted at.

Schiller knew that the fire of Dario Agger's accident would definitely burn him, but he did not expect Dario to choose to approach it from this angle.

This is not a smart angle. Using the leaked video to imply that Schiller was related to the building fire, but Schiller had no motive to do so. And as we all know, he is a psychiatrist and does not have that kind of power.

Sure enough, many of Schiller's fans clarified the news, saying that the news was pure nonsense. Even if Dr. Schiller went to the Roxon Energy Industrial Building a few hours before the accident, it was just a coincidence, and it cannot be said that the doctor had anything to do with the incident.

Although there were conspiracy theories, they were all refuted by fans with reason and evidence. In addition, Schiller had previously left a good impression on the public, so this trending search did not cause widespread discussion except for its high position.

Until a well-known news commentator published a blog post on his personal account - "Are ordinary psychiatrists really that ordinary?"

It was only after a fan sent a private message to Schiller that Schiller saw the article. When he clicked on it, the article had already been viewed hundreds of thousands of times and had thousands of comments.

This article basically says, how can a psychologist who can get along so well with superheroes be an ordinary person?
The news commentator analyzed the details of Schiller's interactions with the superheroes from various angles, and it showed everywhere that the superheroes did not just regard Schiller as an ordinary psychiatrist. The way they interacted was completely like a "superhero gathering".

His argument is also very interesting. In general, when a person with superpowers interacts with an ordinary person, he will feel a little cautious. It's like an elephant playing with a meerkat, and must control his strength to avoid hurting his friend.

He dug up many traces left by superheroes in the media and analyzed their detailed actions to prove that this situation did exist.

For example, when Captain America takes photos with his fans, he will try his best to avoid physical contact with them; when he holds a child, the muscles in his arms are also very tense, and he is obviously controlling his strength.

From this point of view alone, what he said does make sense. Superheroes are indeed more restrained when facing ordinary people, and they are even more cautious when dealing with friends who are not as strong.

For example, when they were in the clinic, if Peter wanted to play games with Steve, he would just go ahead and pull Steve over, but if it was Matt, he wouldn't do that.

Because the physical fitness of the two of them is too different. If Peter exerts a little force, Matt's arm will be dislocated, so he usually won't do that, but will only use words to invite. If they must have physical contact, they will also try to hold back as much as possible.

Superheroes don't have this kind of self-awareness when they are with Schiller. Peter often rushes into the clinic like a cannonball, rushes around the kitchen like a headless fly looking for snacks, or squeezes through the refrigerator when Schiller is rummaging through the freezer, and reaches for the seasoning bottle when he is frying eggs.

Due to the existence of the gray fog, few people could hit Schiller, so they naturally didn't have this worry.

After being recorded and magnified by the camera, such habits do seem to be different from the way superheroes treat other ordinary people and appear to be too relaxed.

So far, the analysis is reasonable and well-founded. Schiller also admitted that this is indeed a loophole they exposed under the camera. Ordinary people will not notice anything if they don't look carefully, but if a behavioral analysis expert stares at it frame by frame, he can still see some problems.

Now that it has been exposed, it only means that Dario Agger is indeed capable, or that he was prepared and felt that he had something on his hands.

However, the second half of the article is a bit weird. The critic concluded from the above analysis that Schiller might be a mutant.

His reasoning process is roughly this: If Schiller is a genetically modified person like Captain America, or a person whose technology changes life like Iron Man, then there is no need for him to appear as an ordinary person. Anyway, there are people with super powers around him, so there is no need for him to hide.

Since he appeared as an ordinary person, it means that he did not want to expose the fact that he had superpowers. But if it was not shameful to obtain superpowers through ordinary means, then he chose to conceal it, which must be because the way he obtained superpowers or the superpowers themselves needed to be concealed.

The only identity worth hiding might be mutants.

Because of the discrimination that has always existed, most mutants in society who do not have obvious abnormalities in appearance will choose to conceal their mutant identity. After all, the mutants who live abstractly on the Internet are a minority, and most people still pursue a stable life.

Most mutants are like "I won't tell you unless you ask me." Even if I'm discovered one day, it's because you didn't ask me, so you can't blame me for hiding it.

Even a perfect mutant like Scarlet Witch, who has almost no weaknesses, is evasive about her identity. Unless asked directly, they will just keep silent or be vague.

So if someone has superpowers but is unwilling to show them, then he is very likely a mutant.

Then, the critic took Schiller's being a mutant as an established fact and made subsequent inferences, mainly speculating on what superpowers he actually had.

The following reasoning is very logical. Since you are a psychiatrist, you must have used your superpowers to achieve your current professional status, so your superpowers must be related to psychotherapy, maybe mind reading.

Then the critic made some irresponsible speculation at the end of the article, saying that Schiller might have used his mind-reading skills to obtain secrets from many patients and then made a profit from it.

Schiller continued to scroll down, and the comments section was in an uproar again. But unlike the previous favorable situation, this time Schiller's fans were unable to support themselves and could be said to be losing ground.

Because the behavioral analysis conducted by this critic in the first half is relatively reasonable, and the evidence provided is sufficient, it can basically convince most people who click in.

Although his irresponsible speculations were not based on any evidence, they were consistent with the public's stereotypes. Such articles were easily praised as well-founded professional speculations, and then widely spread, and finally regarded as the new bible in a certain circle.

The article spread faster than Schiller had imagined. Less than half an hour after Schiller saw the article, the term "#Schiller#mutant" was ranked first in the trending searches.

And it’s not just one software that ranks first. Mainstream media platforms, news platforms, and short video platforms all ranked first.

As soon as Schiller opened the chat software, he saw messages popping up in the filming group he had created for the documentary.

First, Steve shared the original URL of the article, and then Peter shared a video. Natasha made a puzzled expression and took a screenshot of the hot search discussing whether Schiller was a mutant.

The rest is filled with emojis of people laughing wildly.

Schiller opened the chat bar and sent a series of angry red faces. Others did not stop, and sent more and more emoticons.

Schiller set the group message to do not disturb. Just as he was about to exit the chat software, a message inviting him to join the group came in. The inviter had Professor X's avatar.

Schiller thought he had something to do, so he clicked "Agree". But as soon as he joined, everyone was sending welcome emojis. Schiller looked closely and saw that the group name was "Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters Alumni Group".

Well, well, now I am joining the mutant family. Schiller sighed helplessly.

He just happened to find an old acquaintance among those people who were fighting with pictures. That was Harley, who was pretending to be a mutant. Her smile was the most wild, almost catching up with the real Harley Quinn.

Schiller remembered that he had pretended to be a mutant before. It can only be said that it is not that there is no retribution, but the time has not come yet.