The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 4457 Prelude to Darkness (Forty-Two)
Schiller stood up and said, “Batman is right. Your memories have been completely edited, and your emotions have been manipulated. But it’s almost impossible to overcome this power. Because resurrection is a process of reshaping. You are no longer the same person. So what’s gone isn’t hidden away, but was never written into the first place. It can never be found again.”

Damian was still somewhat unconvinced, saying, "But since I rationally know what I should feel at that time, I can also believe that I did."

Schiller shook his head and said, "I told you, love can't be faked. You might be able to fool ordinary people if you try, but you're dreaming if you think you can fool Batman."

After leaving Schiller's room, Damian grew increasingly resentful. Although he inwardly admitted that Batman and Schiller were right—that their resurrection was incomplete—many things had been artificially erased from their memories and could never be retrieved.

However, this doesn't mean they can't rewrite it. After all, even normal memories fade. Some things might still be exciting to recall a day or two later, but after a year or two, that excitement will have diminished. Even much later, they might only remember the event itself, not the feeling. Isn't that just like them now?

So now, they rationally know that something should be exciting, so they pretend they were excited. They rewrite the emotional experience that should exist, even if it's not as intense as they personally experienced it, it's still there. Why can't that be?

That's the idea, but it's actually not an easy task. It requires organizing your memories from scratch and filling them in bit by bit. Even just filling in the most basic information is difficult.

Damian stared blankly for a while, then realized this wouldn't work. So he simply took out his phone and started searching for Batman online.

Unfortunately, it's been so long since his time that it's hard to find any clues. However, a recent news item about Batman is quite impressive: the scene of Batman defeating Steppenwolf.

Because the incident occurred in a scenic area with many security cameras, the scene was naturally captured on camera. Damian opened the video, and when he saw the powerful Steppenwolf being instantly defeated by the Hellbat Armor, his eyes widened and his heart pounded.

"This is too powerful!" Damian couldn't help but think. He scrolled down to the comments section and found that everyone had the same thought: this armor was incredibly cool, and its abilities were ridiculously overpowered. Where did this stat monster come from?!

Damian continued reading and discovered there was another debate thread. The topic was something like, "If Superman had been there when Batman fought Steppenwolf, would Batman have had any chance?"

Damian was furious. "What the hell are you talking about? If Superman can beat the Hellbat Armor, I'll eat this phone!"

Damian started typing furiously. But he wasn't used to this type of phone; typing was slow, and he couldn't understand some of the popular internet slang abbreviations, especially the wildly varied English internet slang abbreviations. He could only Google it while arguing with others, and when he couldn't win an argument, he would go around analyzing the details of the Hellbat armor until he left his opponent speechless.

Bang bang bang!
A sudden knock on the door startled Damian. He scrambled out of bed, only to find it was already daylight. Amanda stood outside and yelled, "Damian! Get up right now, it's time!"

Damian reluctantly got up. Although he wasn't particularly sleepy, he completely disliked Amanda's plan and had already decided to slack off. So he slowly packed up. When he went outside, everyone was already ready to go.

"Here, your gear." Amanda tossed him two guns and a grappling hook. Damian returned to his unit without a word.

"Alright, let me repeat the battle plan. First squad, you'll be responsible for the assault; second squad, you'll be responsible for drawing away the people on the second floor..."

Damian's mind was filled with the details of the Hellbat armor; he was using his limited mechanical engineering knowledge to analyze how the boom drive worked. It looked completely illogical.

Bruce noticed Damien's distraction and nudged Schiller with his elbow, giving him a thumbs up, then said, "You're really something, you got it all done in one night."

Schiller gently shook his head: "It's not me, it's Batman."

“I knew it,” Bruce said. “There’s no Robin who can escape Batman’s charm.”

Schiller smiled. Though he didn't say anything, he agreed with Bruce's assessment. The mastermind's plan was excellent, and he executed it flawlessly, erasing memories with remarkable precision—all the good ones were deleted, while the bad ones remained. This led to this group now gathered here to confront the Justice League.

The problem is that he only deleted the feelings from his memories, not stripped everyone of their emotions. Perhaps it's because if he deleted all the emotions, they would be too much like a humanoid, unable to disguise themselves or remain hidden, so he preserved them.

This leads to a problem: people tend to repeatedly step into the same river. A person tends to repeatedly fall in love with the same type of person.

This can be seen from the attitudes of this group of people. Take the Allens, for example; they actually harbored no ill will towards Barry. As Damian said, there wasn't any deep-seated hatred between them worth writing about. So even if the love was gone, there was no resentment. They simply wouldn't care about Barry as much anymore, but they wouldn't hate him to the point of wanting to kill him.

They participated in the presidential assassination attempt because they were dissatisfied with the government, since they had died from security issues.

Take Dr. O'Dee, for example. He doesn't care about Ron at all, and he never even goes to see him, because he and Ron have no conflict. Even if you erase their friendship, they would just be strangers.

Dr. O'Deh also targets only the government, so he will actively participate in assassination operations.

Amanda goes without saying; she's a pure hate warrior. She doesn't inherently possess any positive emotions, so naturally, she's very proactive.

Steve, on the other hand, acted strangely. Or rather, he was fine at first, cooperating with Damian in the kidnapping scene. But as Wonder Woman appeared, he started to seem distracted.

For example, during the kidnapping case, he should at least have cooperated with Damian, said something to persuade Diana, or simply pretended to be injured or in pain to gain Diana's pity. But in reality, he did nothing but stand there staring blankly at Diana.

Schiller could see that he had once again fallen into the same trap. Coincidentally, Steve and Diana had fallen in love at first sight years ago. The past memories were gone, but that didn't stop them from falling in love again at first sight. To be precise, Diana might have moved on, but Steve had clearly fallen for her again.

And then there's Damian. There's no Robin in the world who wouldn't be attracted to Batman. The fact that they become Robins means they admire and idolize Batman; they're into that kind of guy.

Even if Damian is Batman's biological son, and didn't come looking for him, the fact that he willingly became his sidekick proves that he likes Batman and wants to fight alongside him.

The old ones have been deleted. But as long as they rediscover Batman, they will still be drawn to him. Because that's who they are. Unless you erase their entire soul and replace it with a new one, people will fall in love with Batman countless times.

Schiller knew exactly why Batman was treating Damian so strangely. Simply put, it was a game of cat and mouse. Did Schiller not understand this tactic?
In fact, once you step outside of Gotham's twisted and dark relationships, everything becomes very clear—Batman wouldn't treat ordinary children this way unless it was intentional.

In fact, whether he was Batman or Bruce Wayne, Batman treated children better than adults.

Even if it could be explained as him hating the idea of ​​the dead coming back to life, Batman usually expresses his dislike by ignoring or not answering, rather than by launching into a long explanation.

Batman met Damian twice, each time exchanging lengthy conversations before coldly leaving. This was clearly odd. If he truly disliked him, there was no need for further words; he could have simply walked away.

Batman is the kind of person who values ​​efficiency, so why would he waste time talking to someone he dislikes and who has no value? He's only doing this to lure people in.

Sure enough, Damian took the bait. In fact, he had already taken the bait the moment he first felt indignant. Many relationships in this world begin with the question, "Why me?"

Of course, these relationships are usually not very healthy. However, "not believing in fate" is indeed a major pillar of human reproduction. If everyone could learn to accept fate in relationships, there wouldn't be so many unfortunate coincidences and unrequited love.

Batman's plan was clearly a success. With just two stimuli, Damian had already begun to re-learn about Batman. And, unsurprisingly, he was once again captivated by Batman. Now, he's obviously completely smitten.

“Time is a bit tight,” Schiller said, “but it has to be this way. If we get them fully committed, someone might get hurt.”

Bruce nodded. Actually, going to try and fool him in the middle of the night was a bit too hasty. But there was no other way; Damian was the most skilled among them. If you didn't distract him, and he really unleashed his full power and went berserk in the hospital, Superman might be fine, but the others would be in serious trouble.

Now, the most capable one has decided to slack off, his mind not on the plan at all. This dooms their assassination attempt to fail. But this is their only chance, and they can't afford to fail. So what will they do?

The group got into the car and sped towards the hospital. Amanda was quite capable, managing to evade various checkpoints and successfully enter the metropolitan area. However, they were already being watched as they approached the hospital.

The piercing sirens of police cars filled the air. Amanda peeked out, cursed, and said to Schiller, who was driving, "Speed ​​up, let's drive straight to the hospital!"

Schiller remained silent, but slammed on the gas. The car surged forward, hurtling towards the hospital at breakneck speed. He ignored the roar of helicopters overhead, crashing through the hospital parking lot barrier. The car slammed into a side gate.

The group quickly got out of the car and rushed in along the planned route. But they ran into trouble before they had gone more than a few steps.

People just keep falling in love with Batman.