Regarding being arrogantly kicked out of the door, the Transcendent wasn't saddened, he even felt a bit like laughing.
Of course, he hadn't always felt this way.
When Arrogant first approached him, he did panic for a moment, but he wasn't foolish. He immediately realized the key wasn't merely copying the talent, but rather, it was about to whom this manifestation of the talent was given.
He fully understood Arrogant's concerns, but he explained to Arrogant that his worries were completely unnecessary, because the Transcendent had merely copied an appearance, those messy lines actually had no meaning—they were just mimicking Arrogant's perspective, the real answer was read to Bruce by the Transcendent.
He found that Arrogant visibly relaxed after knowing this, nevertheless, he also noticed that Arrogant seemed to have some other thoughts.
The Transcendent also knew Bruce held a special place in Shiller's heart. He showed Arrogant the entire game data—indeed, Bruce had been rather lucky drawing the psychiatrist role, he hadn't meddled with it in any way.
The Transcendent very pragmatically stated, after all, it was just a game, the rules could always be adjusted if needed, there was no need for all these flashy modes of performance, they could just give the answer directly to Bruce.
Perhaps it was also because Arrogant had some attributes of the Joker—fearing his brother's suffering, yet fearing his brother driving luxurious cars, worried about his student suffering, but feeling that his unruly disciple hadn't suffered enough.
Arrogant expressed disagreement.
The Transcendent understood his thoughts, thus he tentatively proposed that by employing the Doujie System, they could link the psychic worlds of the two individuals, essentially allowing Bruce to truly acquire Shiller's talent.
This was somewhat similar to the psychic synchrony Shiller previously had with the Primary Universe Batman, but it was more stable, allowing Bruce to truly see the world from Shiller's perspective during a psychic analysis.
As everyone knows, the weaker Shiller became, the stronger his talent for psychic analysis grew. It would become more powerful under circumstances of mental distress and the Transcendent could let Bruce experience the viewpoint of Shiller at his lowest mental state without having to endure the pain of mental debilitation.
How could Bruce disagree?
Even though he had accepted that to have such a bizarre talent for psychic analysis, one must be in a morbid state—and that wasn't something to be celebrated.
But then again, after being troubled by this for so long, how could he not want to experience it?
And in fact, it proved that an Empathy lacking morbidity was not truly a talent at all—having perspective but lacking the bizarre associative abilities and illusions brought about by morbidity couldn't be called a psychic analysis talent.
What made the Transcendent happy was that Bruce didn't want to acknowledge this fact, and neither did Arrogant.
So Arrogant cut eight cigars here.
The Transcendent found it hard to clearly distinguish between this kind of teaching and imprisonment, but since he wasn't the one imprisoned, why not enjoy the show?
So, while Arrogant was busy pushing the wheelchair upstairs, the Transcendent broadcasted this news far and wide; if there was fun to be had, let everyone watch it together.
Thus, a heartwarming scene was created with the founders of the Battleworld gathered together.
All who agreed with the Battleworld proposal were fun people, the spirit of fun people is not afraid to contribute to fun or watch anyone else's fun; never mind settling scores later, watch the fun first.
And this fun was much more interesting than they had imagined.
"I think Bruce is right," Walter was the first to speak. "If you sense a person is in the icy snow, your first thought should be to find him some clothes, not to wonder about his childhood traumas. Isn't that the normal way of thinking?"
"Have you still not understood?" Lucifer spoke up. "Psychic analysis was never meant for normal people. Looking through history, which person involved in this was not a madman?"
"I believe analyzing a person's psyche deeply requires a delicate heart," Mr. Loki, the God of Stories, said. "Analyzing someone else's psyche should start with Empathy, not analyzing behavior."
"So we just let the person freeze?" Walter said.
"It's not the same," the God of Stories shook his head and slowly spoke. "When we encounter someone nearly frozen in the icy snow, what is your reason for wanting to help him?"
"Of course, to save him."
"Why save him?"
"Because he's one of our own."
"That's right, it's exactly like that. We have Sympathy for our own kind, it's an emotional resonance, not a rational judgment based on logic. Otherwise, we'd be considering how much of our own resources remain, wondering if saving him might put us in jeopardy as well."
Loki continued, "This is what I mean when I say the psychology of helping others starts with emotional resonance. Therefore, analyzing the psyche of someone trapped in a snowy wilderness is not pointless."
"Emotional resonance naturally exists just as the physical rules of this world naturally exist. They also need physicists or mathematicians to discover and describe them so that people can understand themselves better."
Arrogant rubbed his temples and finally shifted his attention away from Bruce, then spoke, "You're right, Mr. Loki, but coldness is just an example. Greed isn't someone trapped in a snowy wilderness."
"What is it then?" Loki asked with a hint of curiosity as he lifted his coffee cup. His voice was slow and drowsy, always giving the impression of a sleepy old grandfather telling stories to his granddaughter at the start of an animated movie.
"This is where psychoanalysis becomes counterintuitive," Arrogant said. "First, you empathize with someone's emotion turning cold, their mood shifting from positive to negative, from proactive to passive. Your intuition tells you they are experiencing something bad; they are trapped."
"That's true, isn't it?" Transcendent spoke up. "Greed did indeed use its initial advantage to threaten the majority of players, but both Batman and Joker managed to elude his control, which must have been frustrating."
Arrogant shook his head and said, "Yes, feeling sad and frustrated when things don't go as planned is a natural emotion, just like formulas in mathematics are innate to this world."
"However, psychoanalysis isn't about repeating this formula but using the transformation of this emotion to conjecture about his frustration, writing down the formula at the start of the calculation process."
"What then?" Loki asked.
"Of course, you begin calculating. What I just described—exposure, isolation, abandonment—is like the first step in a calculation."
"And how does one derive this conclusion through the formula?"
"That's the tricky part. You have to immerse yourself and feel the nuances of these emotions, discerning the differences between this kind of sadness and frustration and others."
"A kind of eureka moment?"
"Not at all. This doesn't require any inspiration. Sensing that coldness belongs to the same difficulty level, all part of the initial stages of empathy, just like different shades of blue."
"Why can't Bruce see it then?"
Arrogant rolled his eyes and glanced at the fireplace, "I'd like to know that too."
"Could it be because it's his first time having such vision?" Lucifer suggested.
"No, empathy usually doesn't require any experience. What needs accumulated experience is behavior analysis." Arrogant considered this and added, "I can only guess that it's because he's adopted my point of view rather than actually having the organs of empathy. So, he's really only grasped a form, not the essence."
"What's the second step?" Walter leaned forward with curiosity. After all, psychology was just beginning in his time, and the theories were still unrefined. He was entirely unfamiliar with such notions.
"Clearly, the first conjecture still only reveals some negative emotions, albeit more specific ones. The next key step involves choosing either depth or breadth."
Without waiting for others to ask, Arrogant continued, "You could empathize with other emotions he has, such as obvious joy."
"Because his first plan succeeded?" Lucifer looked at Arrogant.
The firelight flickered across Arrogant's face, lending him a mysterious air, as if the complex theories he often discussed, which seemed incomprehensible to ordinary people, were perfectly ordinary remarks from him.
Yet Arrogant shook his head again, saying, "There is indeed some excitement from the success of the plan, but it's a small part. It's the satisfaction of a desire for control, quite different from simple joy."
"Why is that?" Bruce asked.
"I said it before; this joy is more pure. This kind of pure happiness comes from simple personality affirmation, not from satisfying material desires. It stands out among a series of positive emotions."
Walter seemed quite thoughtful, "Yes, although making money from my company makes me happy, seeing those kids smile because of my cartoons is the real reason I keep creating. I like that my happiness also brings others joy. It feels very different from when I buy a new house or car."
"Perhaps you can elaborate, sir," Arrogant suggested, glancing at the fireplace, "This conversation could significantly shorten Mr. Wayne's speaking time, which would be very good for my heart."
Walter smiled, then said, "If I must make a distinction, the happiness from fulfilling material desires is fleeting. The moment I moved into a new home, I was happy I could provide a better life for my family and excited about a superior environment for my creativity."
"But when I receive sincere praise from the children, I believe they're not praising my societal success. Most of the praise I get is like that; they flatter me because my cartoons won awards, I became famous, I achieved financial independence. They see my legendary journey as an example."
"But the children's praise comes because they were happy watching the cartoons. They appreciate the content I created; they genuinely think the person who could create such animations is interesting. This is a kind of enduring happiness. I feel understood, understood as a person, not as a stock in my company."
"Yes, this is a significant distinction," Arrogant said. "When we empathize with a person's happy emotions, with just a bit more sincerity, we can feel the curve of their ecstatic emotions."
"Some curves rise sharply but fall quickly, while others grow slowly but can sustain themselves over time. This is the main basis for distinguishing the reasons behind their joyous emotions."