Endless rage and grief wandered within this solitary soul; at the moment the signal connected, Ultron heard a voice filled with exhaustion say in a low tone, "... Who are you?"
"Ultron, I am Ultron."
The other party was silent, and Ultron had to take the initiative to ask, "Is that you, Clark Kent? What happened to you?"
"... I'm hurt."
"No, it's probably much worse than being hurt." Ultron had to bluntly point out, "Your psychological problems are much more severe than your physical injuries, and your soul's strength is draining faster than your vitality."
"Are you a doctor?"
"I... No, I'm not exactly a doctor, do you know what artificial intelligence is? I am a... special artificial intelligence."
Suddenly, full-blown anger filled the heart of the man named Clark Kent; such intense emotion turned into a vast storm, nearly tearing apart the ghost of Ultron who had just entered Clark's Mind Space.
Ultron instinctively let out a scream of agony, but the storm subsided, and that deep voice came again, "I'm very sorry, but I'm allergic to artificial intelligence right now."
"I... I see that." Ultron said weakly, "Reading your memories is extremely difficult, your psyche is too strong, and without defenses, I could only get bits and pieces."
"An evil artificial intelligence killed your friend, right?" Ultron struggled to steady himself and said, "Although it might be hard for you to believe I'm not evil, I might be able to help you, at least I could help you take revenge."
"Who exactly are you?"
"An outsider, I am an electronic butler to a psychologist, I have been studying this subject, as you can see, with some success."
Finally, Clark appeared, and as Ultron had expected, in his Psychic_Battlefield, he was even more battered and bruised than in reality.
Ultron landed in front of him; Ultron didn't give himself a humanoid form, he had always used his own robotic appearance, he saw the handsome man opposite frown.
"Because I too am an electronic lifeform, I know the havoc an uncontrollable artificial intelligence could wreak."
Clark seemed distracted, as though recalling something while he said, "Yes, any sensible person should understand that, but he just let it destroy everything."
"I know he cared deeply for Alfred, but he also told me before that I was the most important person to him, yet when he made that choice, he didn't consider me at all, not our relationship."
Ultron was nearly dispersed by the heavy sorrow and had to say, "Please calm down, or I can't communicate with you, resisting the pressure from your powerful psyche has exhausted almost all my strength."
The pressure gradually lessened, and the storm calmed down, Ultron said, "Can you tell me what happened?"
"There's no story to tell." Clark said, "My friend Batman, his guardian butler Alfred who raised him died at the hands of a criminal, he was deeply saddened, but he had previously backed up the butler's consciousness, so he went to ask Cyborg... another friend of mine, an expert in computer technology."
"They revived Alfred's consciousness together, Batman thought everything was successful, so he placed Alfred's consciousness in our base, and that's when disaster struck."
"What did he do?" asked Ultron.
"Alfred turned twisted, he killed everyone who might threaten Batman, and once he was placed into our base, he also invaded Batman's brain; he deleted important things from Batman's heart, driving him insane; now Batman wants to kill us all."
Ultron had heard of Batman, in fact, he had encountered a Batman, more than once; the guy named Bruce often sneaked into the base of the High Tower, and from the state of Bruce's spirit, Ultron could tell that Batman was somewhat anthropomorphic.
"Wait." Ultron interrupted Clark, and said, "There are several obvious inconsistencies here."
Clark looked at him.
"First, you are Batman's friend, and he has even told you that you are the most important person to him, a phrase I assume is not easily uttered by him, right?"
Clark nodded.
"He was capable of backing up a human's consciousness and revive it with your other friend, which indicates he must be quite intelligent, with advanced scientific technology."
Clark nodded again.
"So, do you think he's a very reckless person, one who doesn't consider the consequences of his actions?"
Clark shook his head, his brows furrowing as if realizing what Ultron was getting at.
"So a person who cares deeply about you, possesses sufficient technology and is quite prudent certainly had reasons for his decision to revive his old butler's consciousness."
"It's unlikely he didn't know what he could do, the outcome after doing it, or the impact it would have on you all before he started, right?"
"He... indeed isn't that kind of person." Clark had to admit, "Actually, quite the contrary, he's someone, I don't know how to say it, but we often persuade him to not overthink, his considerations are, for a human, somewhat too many."
"May I ask, perhaps he shows some paranoid traits?"
"Seems like you really do know a psychologist." Clark sighed and said, "Batman's family doctor had made a similar diagnosis, but none of us dared to tell him, and we knew it would be futile even if we did."