Chapter 577 We are the Same People (Part 1)_1

"Morpheus! I'm here to negotiate!"

"You actually dare..."

Morpheus turned around, first of all, a massive ship met his gaze. He hadn't seen such an old and enormous ship in a human dream in a long time.

Then, he floated up, intending to converse with Shiller on the ship's bow. That's when he saw the deck teeming with Shiller clones.

He swallowed the rest of what he was going to say, instead changing it to "…what do you want to talk about?"

It's not that Morpheus was scared, but he was quite aware of the consequences once Shiller dispatched all the clones from the ship. Whenever he imagined such a scenario, he felt his retirement was imminent.

Morpheus, the current dream god, can be considered as a pretty competent deity. He endeavors to maintain the dreams of all sentient creatures, making dreams one of their few sanctuaries. As abstract entities that form the origin of the DC world, they were virtually invincible in this world.

Neither Shiller nor Joker could destroy the Kingdom of Dreams, much less kill Morpheus, yet they found ways to get Morpheus to negotiate with them. Simply put, they use a Shillerlike method.

Morpheus looked at the ship full of Shillers and let out a deep sigh. He then looked at his Kingdom of Dreams, repair just finished after the prior destruction caused by Joker's intrusion. And that was just damage done by a single Joker.

Now, on Shiller's ship, just within Morpheus' view, was the Joker from the previous intrusion and another green-haired Shiller lookalike, along with several strange entities that were quite unusual.

Therefore, not only could Morpheus not attack the ship, but he also needed to ensure that the ship landed smoothly. The slightest shake might result in something or someone falling out. Who would take responsibility then?

So, the dazzling light of the Kingdom of Dreams surrounded the gigantic ship of the underworld, helping it land softly. Standing at the bow of the ship, clad in a black suit and holding an umbrella, Shiller unfurled his umbrella over his head, and then said to Morpheus: "Here's the deal... "

"There is one... or perhaps more than one, whose professional competency is poor but audacity high. He came to my place of work and killed several people."

"His brazen conduct isn't why I want to trouble him. The only problem is that his professional skills are truly lackluster. I need to point this out to him and make him step out of my field of expertise, with no chance to pollute academia with his scarce knowledge."

"Of course, if I'm to find him in the real world, I would indeed seem too overbearing. I don't quite like making enemies everywhere. Therefore, I plan to talk to him in his dreams."

"If he's willing to refrain from intruding upon my professional domain, we might even become friends. I love making friends. Like now, the more friends one has, the more paths one gets, right?"

Morpheus opened his mouth. Shiller had already laid all his cards on the table, and Morpheus felt that if he did not agree, Shiller might take practical action to include the Kingdom of Dreams into his domain and make him leave.

In fact, for Morpheus, finding a person isn't a big deal at all. He doesn't even have to do anything, just a thought, and he would know where the entrance to the consciousness space of the opposite party connecting to the Kingdom of Dreams is located.

The only thing that made him feel unsatisfied was that Shiller drove a huge ship straight into the Kingdom of Dreams. That wasn't the right attitude for asking someone else a favor.

He was just about to speak when he heard Shiller say: "Of course, his actions made me extremely angry, so much so that I stormed here with my ship and disrupted your sleep."

"As compensation, I can leave some of my people here to help you rebuild the Kingdom of Dreams. I assure you that all the flowers and plants will be restored to their original state, unconditionally..."

In front of Shiller, a portal opened with a swish, Morpheus urgently pointed to the inside at said, "Get in now!"

The horn sounded again, and the big ship slowly sailed into the portal. Morpheus, watching Shiller and the others depart, heaved a sigh and formally put his retirement plan on the agenda.

When the ship entered this space, Shiller had no idea who was here. He had some guesses because there weren't many DC World villains associated with psychology and hypnosis.

When he saw a fairy-tale-like beautiful manor appear in his sight, he knew his guess was correct.

However, Shiller didn't drive the ship directly there. He wasn't fond of the slightly rough approach of Marvel Shiller. He stopped the ship a bit away from the manor, then disembarked and walked to the entrance of the manor on foot.

Strangely, the main door of the manor was not closed, so Shiller didn't have to knock on the door. He simply walked in.

Before him was a garden courtyard typically found in European manors. Grasslands symmetrically flanked either side, surrounded by low wooden fences. If you keep walking along the road straight from the main entrance, a giant fountain is waiting.

Around the fountain, fragrant flowers bloomed, mist gently sprayed in the air, refracting beautiful rainbow-like light under the sunlight.

If you continue to walk along the path around the fountain and enter the main building of the manor, you'll find yourself in a magnificent grand hall. A piano sat in front of a French window, creating ringing melodious sounds. Even without anyone playing, there seemed to bounce delightful notes between the keys.

Moving upstairs along the winding staircase and arriving on the second floor, sunlight spilled through the windows, cast mottled shadows that gently floated down the hallway. As Shiller stepped into the hallway, he heard the sound of two people conversing from a half-closed door.

Shiller was somewhat familiar with one of the voices, the voice said, "It was you who destroyed our plans in the first place! I really don't understand why you would control that girl, and target Thomas's fiancée? It doesn't benefit our plan one bit!"

"Because... because that damn Thomas! He killed my lover! I want to take revenge on him!" Another voice was somewhat shrill, a strange voice that Schiller had never heard before.

"That's ridiculous! You actually think that Doris was your lover, are you insane?"

"She is not Doris, she is clearly Alice! She is my Alice! Besides, we are not strangers to each other, since we met at the Central Research Institute, we have fallen for each other…"

"But… But!!!" That sharp voice became somewhat crazy: "That damn David! I should never have hired him as an assistant, he ruined the relationship between us two, he dared to pursue Alice in front of me…"

The room suddenly quietened down, and a burst of sobbing came: "But now, Alice is dead, that innocent, wonderful, and naive girl, was killed by that damn Thomas... Of course, I need to retaliate! He killed my lover, so I will kill his lover!!!"

"But you failed, you did not succeed in killing Berenna, and you even caused Thomas to get out of our control!"

"Impossible! I can hypnotize anyone! That girl named Anjiele just resisted a bit longer, she will soon kill Berenna under my control…"

"Look!" The sharp voice suddenly raised its tone, "Look at this! Dreams as real as life, this is the result of my many years of researching, a beautiful fairyland that no one has ever set foot in…"

"Impossible for anyone to create such a realistic world in consciousness space like me! No one can resist my hypnosis, because I can modify their consciousness world at will, making them believe in memories that do not exist…"

Another deeper voice sighed, he said: "You are not the only one, otherwise, how did I find you through consciousness space?"

"Humph." The sharp voice snorted coldly, he said: "You are just lucky, Hugo, don't think I don't know, you also just revealed your illegal experiment and were driven out like a dog losing its home!"

"Give up your stupid and useless plan! I will kill Thomas and his fiancée, then hypnotize the whole Gotham, and Metropolis! Using my latest invention, the Brainwave Controller…"

"Teige, I must remind you, in the realm of spirit and consciousness, there is a person you do not understand but is very dangerous, I advise you to stay away from Gotham…"

"No! No! The one called Teige roared loudly: "My lover died there! I must go, I have to find my Alice there, my Alice…"

He began to get excited again, repeating several names over and over, Hugo seemed to be a bit unbearable, he turned around and wanted to leave, but at this time, there was a sudden "knock, knock" sound in the originally quiet room.

Instantly, the room quietened down, this classic beginning of a horror movie made Hugo start sweating, because he knew very well that this was not a building in reality, there could not be accidental visitors, he immediately turned his head to look at Teige and asked: "What are you doing? Who is knocking at the door?"

Teige also converged his obsessed expression, his face suddenly became gloomy and irritable, he walked forward and violently opened the door, but he did not see anyone.

Hugo also came forward, when he opened the door, he saw a few shallow marks on the floor, like tire tracks.

Following these marks to the right, Hugo walked out the door, then at the end of the manor corridor, he saw a small doll riding a tricycle.

The doll was wearing a black suit, with a red bow tie, wearing a white mask, and has very exaggerated spiral blushes on its face.

This completely contradicts the peaceful and harmonious atmosphere of the Fairy Tale Manor at this moment, but what's even weirder is that when Teige and Hugo saw the doll, it suddenly moved, riding that small tricycle, rushing out of the manor along the corridor and stairs.

Without thinking, Teige stepped forward to catch up, and said as he chased: "Hey, you ghoul! Get out of my dream!"

Hugo wanted to stop Teige but did not succeed, the short figure of Teige moved swiftly in his dream.

So, Hugo could only follow behind Teige, and the doll riding the bicycle was faster than both of them, at a lightning speed it rushed out of the manor hall, and after reaching the outside of the manor door, it suddenly took a turn and went around the back of the manor along the side of the lawn.

It was as though Teige had remembered something, he shouted: "No! No! Don't go there!"

The squeaking sound of the tricycle echoed in the manor, mingling with the melodious piano music to create an even eerier tune.

At the back of the manor, there was a small garden. The white dining table and chairs, and the classical European style flower stand were well-arranged. And next to the courtyard fence, there was a huge tree, currently lush.

And under the big tree, in the dense bushes, was an inconspicuous rabbit hole. The doll riding the tricycle shakily rode into the rabbit hole, Teige who was chasing behind screamed, and immediately, he plunged into the rabbit hole.

Chasing the two of them, Hugo quickly stopped, but it was already too late, a cloud of gray mist came out of that rabbit hole, and he was pulled in too.

Hugo, who was sucked into the rabbit hole, felt like he was falling in the dark, time seemed to have passed for a century. After a long period of darkness, when Hugo opened his eyes, he found himself in a classical manor study.

The reddish-brown solid wood bookcase was placed against the wall, the heavy dark red curtain was fastened on both sides of the window by the golden curtain ring, on the metal candlestick by the door, the candle was swaying a dim light and shadow.

And sitting in front of the desk, was a figure somewhat familiar to Hugo, it was Schiller Rodriguez.