Chapter 10 The Complexity of Human Nature (Three More Requests for Subscriptions, Monthly Tickets, Recommended Tickets~)
Inside the café, the discussion of mutants continues. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"That's right, those mutants are a bunch of dogs. A man in a black winter coat and a baseball cap said fiercely. "The last time I drove by a restaurant in a truck, I ran into a mutant minus who was actually working as a waiter there. ”
"I didn't tip him, why should I tip a mutant. "The man's language is rude. "Then I finished eating and went out to find a flat tire. ”
"Needless to say, it must have been that damn little bastard who did it. "The man's inference is unfounded, just because the other person is a mutant.
So he blamed others for his own flat tire, which is unreasonable and unacceptable.
The man was swearing, and several companions echoed him, and it seemed that they were all companions.
In terms of speech and behavior, it looks like a group of truck drivers. Originally, I just went to the coffee shop to kill time with a hot cup of coffee.
But because of this news, it seems to have hooked up this man's anger. "You know, I hated mutants when I was a kid. ”
"There was a little mutant at school at the time, and he cheated every time with his superpowers, and I knew he couldn't be so smart, he must be cheating. "This is already naked jealousy.
"Alright, it's almost time for us to get to work. One of his companions motioned for the guy to stop talking, and it was time to get ready.
"Well, how much. "It looks like the guy is ready to check out and leave, and the man in the baseball cap is ready to pay.
However, the waitress seemed to be a little stunned and did not immediately collect the money and settle the bill.
"I said how much does it cost?" the man in the baseball cap waited impatiently, and he reached out to pat the waitress on the shoulder, but his hand went straight through the other man's body.
"What the hell are you doing!" the man in the baseball cap snapped back a few steps abruptly, roaring angrily. He touched the hand he had just passed through the waitress, as if he was afraid of being infected by something.
"What did you do to my body? You're a goddamn mutant!" the baseball cap man's tone was a little horrified.
"No, I'm sorry, I, I didn't do anything. "The waitress doesn't look very old, she probably looks like a high school student, and she looks like she is working as a temporary worker.
"You're a mutant. The man in the baseball cap shouted again, picking up a round stool that was common at the bar and pointing at the girl.
"Tell you, don't play tricks on me, I've seen a lot of people like you. The man said this, but he did not dare to step forward, as if he was afraid of something.
"I'm sorry. The girl had already begun to cry, with tears in her big pretty eyes. "I'm really sorry, I didn't do anything. ”
"Enough!" Li Jie's mood has fallen to the bottom, what kind of is this. Do these guys who preach that mutants are a threat know how much contradiction they are stirring up?
They can't do anything but cause trouble for this society!
Li Jie couldn't stand these guys anymore, this girl was just an ordinary part-time student, she was frightened.
It's normal for mutants to be in a state of self-protection when frightened, and girls don't seem to be destructive.
But because of the propaganda and propaganda on the TV news, this mutant who can fit into normal life has begun to become unpopular.
Li Jie directly stood in front of the girl with the corbel weighing more than 20 kilograms he had just bought, and directly opened the round stool where the man pointed at the girl.
Because the man looked like he wanted to attack the girl, the girl was about to cry.
"She's just a normal girl, and I don't see her doing anything bad to you. Li Jie's strength was very strong, and the man was almost knocked down by him with a flick of the corbel.
"He's a mutant!" the man continued to emphasize. As if this was the most terrible original sin.
"But now she's just a kid who's been frightened by you. Li Jie stood in front of the man and said very seriously. "Don't be misled by those simple guys, please use your brains. ”
Li Jie pointed to Macaulay, who was still making nonsense on TV, what this kind of person did was meaningless and would only increase negative energy.
Looking at Li Jie's menacing appearance, several of the man's other companions were persuading him to forget it. In the end, he struggled a bit, and finally left twenty dollars to pay a few people for coffee, and left without change.
"Are you okay?" asked the girl, who was really frightened.
"It's okay, thank you. I just, I just got a little scared. The girl calmed down her mood just now and thanked Li Jie.
"Katie, come here. Just as the girl thanked Li Jie, the man who looked like the store manager beckoned the waitress named Katie over.
As if they were talking about something, Katie seemed to be pleading for something, but the shopkeeper shook her head anyway. In the end, Katie had no choice but to take off an apron that represented the waiter in this store.
"What's wrong?" asked Katie, frowning, as she walked towards him.
"It's nothing, it's just a loss of a job. Katie smiled, but looked helpless. Then he nodded at Li Jie and walked out of the café.
What Li Jie was afraid of happened, as a mutant who is very normal and not mainly destroying, he will lose his job, what about the other mutants?
Li Jie remembers that when he watched the movie, the characteristics of some mutants were obvious, and people could find the characteristics of those mutants as long as they paid close attention to it.
Are these people going to be more oppressed, and then explode under intense oppression? It's not impossible.
That sentence: Where there is oppression, there is resistance. It's not an empty phrase.
Li Jie checked out the bill and walked out of the café, and saw the waitress Katie just now squatting on the side of the road and choking softly, holding her head with both hands, but her shoulders were constantly shaking, which was a sign of a person sobbing.
"If you don't mind, I can take you home, my car is parked at the intersection. Li Jie crouched down and spoke to Katie.
Katie's family also lives in Queens, but it doesn't appear to be her own house, but rather rents in an apartment building.
It took 15 minutes for Li Kit to drive Katie back to his home in a second-hand Ford sedan.
"Thank you today, or that man would have hurt me. Katie thanked Lee again before getting out of the car.
"You're welcome, because you didn't do anything wrong, he just scared you. Li Jie shook his head and replied.
Katie smiled, her smile much better than the previous wry smile, and she pulled a small notebook and pen from her pocket, and she tore off a page of paper and wrote down her phone number.
"Here's my call, I mean, if you're willing to befriend a mutant......"
Li Jie didn't let Katie finish her sentence and took the piece of paper in her hand. "Of course, trust me, many of my friends are weirder than you. ”
Well, Li Jie is telling the truth.
"Thank you. Katie smiled, got out of the car, waved at Li Jie and ran upstairs.
Li Jie drove away slowly, and he had to rush back to make lunch for the people in the base.
The radio in the radio station was also broadcasting the news he didn't want to hear, and Li Jie simply turned off the radio and drove quietly.
He didn't know if Katie's situation today was accidental, or if it was something that all mutants must have encountered.
Li Jie can't guarantee that everyone will be able to look at the mutant problem as equally as he is, such as the man in the baseball cap he met today.
He has a different attitude towards mutants, and it's very complicated. It contains discrimination, fear, and a hint of envy.
Although he clamored to teach Katie a lesson, he never dared to do it, because he was afraid. And he also talked about the mutants he met in his childhood, because other people's abilities or excellence made him feel envious and jealous.
Is this mixed and mixed mood owned by the majority of the population? Lee Kit's Ford is slow.
Because the traffic in New York is congested, just like the various problems that lurk beneath this society. All the questions are blocked.
There is no one, or no good way to solve these problems, and the problems that are not cathartic are like this rolling traffic.
Forced to be congested on the road, slowing down the development of the whole society.
Katie is happy today, although she lost her part-time job, she has gained a friend who knows her identity and does not discriminate against her.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back. She happily pushed open the door of her house, unlike her mother would give her a hug when she usually came home.
Today's parents are sitting quietly on the couch, and when they hear the news of her return, they just turn their heads to look at her.
And on the opposite side of the parents, there are two strangers. An old man in a wheelchair, and a beautiful young woman with red hair.
"Hello, I think you must be Katie, I want to talk to you, okay. The old man in the wheelchair smiled kindly. (To be continued.) )