Chapter 1 "Oh?"

“Oh?” Feng Bujue’s surprise didn’t last long. His rationality immediately suppressed his emotions. In a split second, thoughts flashed through his mind, and he instantly deduced several possible information chains. “This is interesting…” He leaned back in his chair and added, “Since your husband’s surname is Wayne, why didn’t you call yourself ‘Dr. Wayne’?”

“That’s ‘another question’.” Dr. Quin replied, “You have to answer one of my questions first, and then I’ll consider whether to tell you or not.”

She wasn’t stupid. She immediately took a page out of Jue-Ge’s book and applied his conversational tactics.

“Heh… alright.” Feng Bujue smiled and continued, “So… you still want to ask about why I remember where I came from but don’t remember my last name?”

“No, I’ve changed my mind.” Dr. Quin said, “I want to know about your social life. Please tell me the names of a few people who are close to you; such as parents, wife, relatives, or friends… just names will do.”

“None.” Feng Bujue answered without a moment’s hesitation. After a second, he added, “At least, in ‘this world’, there are no such people.”

Hearing this, Dr. Quin looked suspicious. She immediately used common sense to reason and asked, “Are you saying… everyone you were connected to is dead? Gone to another world?”

“I don’t want to discuss this.” Feng Bujue used a very forceful tone to abruptly end the topic.

Because if he went into more detail, he would have to reveal that he was a "player."

Of course, Jue-Ge could lie, but lies like that are easily exposed… It has nothing to do with lying skills; it’s simply because “interpersonal relationships” are one of the easiest objective evidence to verify.

“Okay.” Seeing that Jue-Ge’s expression had changed, Dr. Quin mistakenly thought she had touched some kind of mental minefield in this “patient”, so she took a step back in a timely manner and said, “It’s your turn to ask a question.”

“My question remains the same.” Feng Bujue repeated, “When you introduced yourself, why didn’t you use your husband’s surname?”

Dr. Quin hesitated for a moment before replying, “Before I answer that question, I need to confirm something first.”

“Say it.” Feng Bujue responded.

“You’ve never heard of Bruce Wayne?” Dr. Quin asked.

The reason she asked this was because Feng Bujue’s reaction was too calm when she said her husband’s name.

Although we know… Jue-Ge was a little surprised inside, but he didn’t show it on his face at all.

“Never heard of him.” The next second, Feng Bujue replied without changing his expression.

This was where he could use his excellent lying skills, or rather, his “acting” skills…

“But judging from your question, your husband should be quite famous, right?” Jue-Ge took the opportunity to go downhill and made a counter-probe.

“Yes…” Dr. Quin muttered, while looking down and writing something on the form.

Feng Bujue didn’t need to look to know that what the other party was writing was a conclusion like, “The patient’s common sense memory has fragmented gaps.”

“…My husband is one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in Gotham, the United States, and even the world.” After Dr. Quin finished writing what she needed to write, her attention returned to Feng Bujue’s face. “Even though Bruce is usually low-key and stable, the surname ‘Wayne’ is still too flamboyant in every sense…” She paused. “To make me feel more comfortable in my social circle and to avoid unnecessary trouble, I usually use my maiden name in work settings.”

“May I ask what your full name is?” Feng Bujue asked smoothly.

Although Jue-Ge’s heart was still complaining about the setting that Bruce Wayne was “usually low-key and stable”, now was not the time to dwell on the complaints. He had to grasp the key points of the other party’s words and continue to ask questions.

On the other hand, Dr. Quin didn’t dwell on the fact that the other party’s question needed to be exchanged with another question, after all, she had just asked a useless question, “You’ve never heard of Bruce Wayne?”

Therefore, she directly replied, “Harley Quinn.”

“Hmm…” Feng Bujue listened and deliberately put on a thoughtful face.

First, he wanted to lure the other party to continue to delve into this topic; second, he was indeed thinking about a suspicious point – this name “deviates from the setting.”

Why do we say it “deviates”? Because Harley Quinn is the name of “Harley Quinn”, but before “Harley Quinn” became “Harley Quinn”, her name should have been Harleen Quinzel.

The "Dr. Quin" in front of him was obviously not Harley Quinn; she was a psychologist, that is, "Harley Quinn who had not yet met the Joker"... but her name was "Harley Quinn."

Although this could be explained by “different details in parallel universes” (most of the self-contradictory settings in American comics can be explained by this reason), and the script Feng Bujue came to… was indeed a universe he had never seen before, he still faintly felt… that something was wrong.

“What’s wrong?” After a while, Dr. Quin continued, “Does my name mean anything to you?”

“Nothing…” Feng Bujue tentatively asked again, “I’m just a little concerned… ‘Harley’ is usually a man’s name, and your surname… is also very rare.”

“Yes, people often say that.” As a result, Dr. Quin just casually replied, and then said, “Okay, now it’s my turn to ask a question, right?”

Judging from her reaction, in the eyes of the person concerned, the “suspicious point” of this name did not exist.

For now, it was enough to know this. Feng Bujue didn’t want to get entangled with the other party on a question that was very likely to lead to a dead end. He still had a lot of information to find out.

“Ask away.” Jue-Ge adjusted his sitting posture again and quickly responded.

“Do you remember what happened before you came here? For example… what happened yesterday?” Dr. Quin was cutting to the chase.

“I…” Feng Bujue slightly shifted his gaze, pretending to be trying hard to recall, and after a moment, he revealed a trace of pain. “…I only remember some fragments…” he murmured, “Water… in a place with water… huge wheels, wooden planks, weeds, and… a pink elephant…”

While speaking, he supported his hands on the table, hugged his head, his breathing gradually became heavy, and sweat appeared on his face.

“Relax, Jack… take a deep breath.” Dr. Quin was deceived. In the face of Jue-Ge’s actor-level performance, she had no chance.

“Strange…” Feng Bujue gasped for a while and muttered, “Whenever I try to recall what happened in the short term, I feel a headache and nausea, and the fragments that flash before my eyes… I myself don’t know what the logic is.”

He was definitely talking nonsense… In fact, every scene and object he mentioned in his sentence just now was said after careful and prudent consideration.

Obviously, an ominous plan had been born in Feng Bujue’s mind, and the "fragments" he revealed were the foreshadowing he had laid here.

“Do you want to rest before continuing?” Dr. Quin was a person who followed the rules and had medical ethics. Even though the police put a lot of pressure on her, she would not abuse the patient or make hasty decisions in order to complete the task.

“No need…” Feng Bujue said, “I’m fine…” He wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and squeezed out a smile. “Besides… it’s my turn to ask questions now.”

“Phew…” Dr. Quin exhaled, added a few strokes to the form, and then said, “Please do.”

“Hmm…” Jue-Ge pondered for half a second and asked, “What do you think of Batman?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Dr. Quin’s expression changed slightly. Then, she thought for a few seconds before replying, “Although many people think he is a hero, in my opinion, he is the same as other so-called ‘superheroes’. To put it nicely, they are ‘vigilantes’; to put it bluntly, they are ‘outlaws’. It is undeniable that these people have made certain contributions to the stability of society, but if people like them are not supervised, sooner or later… they will create more trouble than criminals can create.”

Quin’s “view” is what most people in the upper class would have.

This is also very normal – people who live in the upper echelons of society will naturally unconditionally support and maintain the existing social system, because this system is formulated and controlled by people of their class, and they are also the biggest direct beneficiaries of this system; any existence that has conflicts of interest or ideas with people of their class is an object they hate and try to eliminate.

Therefore, in the eyes of the upper class, the difference between superheroes and criminals is actually not that big. It is nothing more than the difference between surpassing the system and ignoring the system; the difference is that criminals can be “eliminated” by the system, but heroes cannot, because heroes’ actions are usually supported by the people… that is, people of other classes.

As a result, the wealthy and powerful started singing the “threat theory” and proposed the so-called “supervision”; but… what is “supervision”? Who will supervise? Isn’t it just the system that the wealthy and powerful themselves formulated and that is beneficial to them?

This is undoubtedly ridiculous.

People who succumb to the system are no longer qualified to talk about true justice.

Because justice never compromises, what compromises… is only people.

Heroes never compromise, and if they compromise… they are no longer heroes.

At least, that’s what Feng Bujue thinks…

Therefore, Feng Bujue didn’t care about the content of Quin’s words at all. What he cared more about… was the other party’s expression and other subtle reactions.

According to Feng Bujue’s observation, the change in Dr. Quin’s expression when she heard the word “Batman” and the length of time she took to think about the answer both indicated that she was only surprised that “Jack” suddenly turned the topic to the realm of superheroes and had no other thoughts.

In other words… she didn’t know that her husband was Batman.

“Speaking of which…” After a brief pause, Dr. Quin said again, “You don’t know the names of well-known entrepreneurs, but you can say the names of superheroes?”

Her words clearly had a tendency to guide, she wanted Feng Bujue to follow this direction to recall and say something.

“Ah… these memories are very clear in my mind.” Jue-Ge was also happy to further expand on this topic. “I can easily say the titles of ten superheroes and supervillains.”

“Super… villains?” Dr. Quin showed a puzzled look again.

“Yes, supervillains.” Feng Bujue captured something from her tone, and he took the opportunity to continue, “Like the Riddler, Scarecrow, Toyman, Weather Wizard, Captain Cold…”

The series of titles he reported at this moment were also carefully considered.

First of all, he avoided “Penguin” and “Two-Face,” whose current situation had already been mentioned in the script introduction.

Secondly, he also avoided those villains whose titles were directly their names… such as “Ra’s al Ghul”, “Bane”, “Lex Luthor” and others.

In addition, he also avoided those aliens and monsters that no longer belonged to the category of “criminals”, such as “Doomsday”, “Black Adam”, “Solomon Grundy”, “Zod” and so on.

And also… he deliberately mixed some villainous characters who did not operate in Gotham but appeared in the stories of Superman and the Flash into this list.

To sum up, Feng Bujue, without reporting anyone’s name and only saying a bunch of nicknames, threw out a question that was enough to test the timeline of the script and the connection between different heroes.

But what he didn’t expect was…

“These people you mentioned…” Dr. Quin’s expression didn’t seem to be lying, “…I’ve never heard of them.”

“Huh?” Feng Bujue was stunned when he heard this.

“I’ve never heard of the so-called ‘supervillain’ either.” Two seconds later, Dr. Quin added, “A criminal is a criminal. Can criminals wear capes, put on masks, and give themselves ridiculous nicknames like you just said, just like heroes?”

At this moment, Feng Bujue finally understood why the opening introduction used real names to refer to Penguin and Two-Face, and why the narration gave those two quite positive evaluations.

“I see…” Jue-Ge immediately thought in his heart, “This is a ‘DC universe without supervillains’…” He looked up at the Quin in front of him again. “All the villains are not blackened… are they all good people?” He then thought again, “That’s not right… there are still many guys who were ‘black’ from the beginning… Could it be that those guys were also not born or whitewashed for various reasons?”

Just as he was thinking, a system voice that should have appeared long ago but had been delayed… came at this moment.

【Main Quest Triggered】

Almost at the same time as the first word sounded, Feng Bujue skillfully summoned the game menu and looked at the quest bar.

The main quest in the quest bar was also simple and straightforward – 【Kill Batman】.