Victor felt a chill run down his back. Humans were naturally afraid of being watched. If someone could not only spy on them, but also alter things at will, even directly distort reality, it was enough to make one's hair stand on end.
"This tells us two things," Schiller continued. "His psychic abilities are limited. Either he has a limit on quantity and can't alter human memories across a wide area all at once, or the quality isn't good enough and the altered memories aren't perfect. The more he changes, the more mistakes he makes, so he simply stopped trying to erase every trace."
Victor nodded. "That's true. Although I've never witnessed Professor X's abilities firsthand, I imagine he could do it easily. If the other party could do the same, he wouldn't have let us notice Jonathan had vanished."
"Exactly." Schiller nodded. "Jonathan must have noticed that too. Although the other party could subdue Superman, if he were powerful enough to brainwash all the humans in a large area in an instant, there would be no need to sneak into the police station, much less take Jonathan away. Wouldn't it be more convenient to simply control everyone and have them walk out?"
"Besides," Schiller continued, "the fact that he never realized Jonathan wasn't actually a professor shows that there are probably flaws in his mind-reading abilities too..."
"Wait." Victor interrupted Schiller. "Why is that? He can subdue Superman, yet he can't read Jonathan's true thoughts. Does that really make sense?"
"Everyone has their specialty." Schiller pushed open the restaurant door. "Superman is indeed powerful, but if he hasn't encountered this type of enemy before, he may not have much defense against them."
"But Jonathan is different. He's a psychologist. No psychologist would fail to protect his own mental world."