Volume 1 Urban War Clouds Section 2 Lorna's Decision Below
Speak to a Chinese man.
Lorna looked him up and down warily, a man of about forty or fifty years of age, with a thin build, a gentle smile on his face, and a modest and well-dressed person, like a high school professor. She hesitated for a few seconds, but the burning sensation in her stomach still prompted her to decide to go in with this strange Huaxia person.
The restaurant quickly prepared a full table of food for them, as well as two low-alcohol drinks, and the middle-aged man only ate a symbolic little and stopped, then sat next to him and smiled silently. Lorna ingested food as fast as she could, but her spirit was always tense, and after experiencing the Radiant Demon, she no longer dared to relax in the city she was in.
The middle-aged man saw that Lorna had almost eaten, so he pushed the drink in front of her, but Lorna did not answer, but looked up and squinted at the person in front of her. She knew that this strange accosting person was certainly not an ordinary person.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man knew that this girl was waiting for him to speak, so he smiled and said straight to the point: "I am the person in charge of the Special Population Management Office of Qiantang City, Zhijiang Province, Zhou Kai." ”
Lorna wasn't surprised at all, she had already sorted out a clearer line of recent events, so she nodded, "You know who I am, where is my father?" ”
"Oh, they've gone back."
Lorna scoffed, "Father really rushed back to the rescue? It seems that you have succeeded, what a good plan. ”
Zhou Kai played with the cup in his hand, and the smile on his face did not change at all, but the words he said were not very gentle: "My country's ancestor Confucius once said a sentence, called 'repay grievances with straightforwardness, and repay virtue with virtue'." Since you have taken the initiative to attack, you should bear our countermeasures. ”
Lorna glared at Zhou Kai coldly, and wanted to open her mouth to fight back several times: this time it was the mutant who made the first move, but is there less time that humans take the initiative to attack? But in the end, she still didn't speak, she didn't know what kind of person this smiling tiger was, and now in someone else's country, the form is stronger than people, so it's better not to anger him.
When her father decided to sabotage the Qiantang Summit, she did not object out of resentment towards humanity, which stemmed from the long-standing conflict between the two races. The jealousy and fear of human beings have made mutants suffer for hundreds of years of killing, plundering and enslavement, and at the same time, mutants are also using superpowers to harm humans, and there are even various signs that the famous assassination of the American president in American history may have been committed by mutants!
Humans and mutants, who is straight and who is resentful?
Zhou Kai's purpose of coming today was not to preach, he gently put the cup on the table, and said in a low voice: "Although the radiation man attacked your camp, he was measured, your home was not contaminated, and no one died, don't worry!" ”
"Really!" Lorna jumped up like a spring and looked at Zhou Kai in a daze, "You... You didn't lie to me? ”
"There's no need for me to lie to you, I'll find out when you get back." Zhou Kai shook his head and smiled.
Lorna sat back in her seat, fell silent again, she finally relieved herself when she heard the Chinese official say that her friend's life was not in danger, the only thing she was worried about now was her father, she clearly saw her father flying in the air, saw the metal fragments covering the original color of the sky, saw the building overturned, and the city was devastated, but when she woke up again, she found that it was completely different. She wanted to ask, but she felt a little guilty, and after a while, she said, "Thank you." I apologize for what the Brotherhood has done..."
"There's a huge gulf between mutants and humans. The long-term misunderstanding and suspicion between the two races has bred the seeds of hatred, which is a bad debt. Zhou Kai waved his hand and sighed, "Anyway, it's not your fault, I only hope that the next generation of your brotherhood can change their original views and live in peace with mankind!" ”
Lorna's thin body curled up in the soft sofa, her big dark green eyes full of gloomy expression, she shook her head vigorously, and whispered: "Impossible, my father's hatred for humans is too deep, he is different from Professor X, he has seen too many crimes committed by humans." The Brotherhood will never be able to reconcile with humanity...", her voice was barely audible.
The scenes in the dream flashed back to Lorna's eyes one by one, the conflict between the Huairou and the radicals, the cannibalism of compatriots, and the rapid extinction of the mutant population, the more she thought about it, the more her heart hurt, and she couldn't help but reach out and hold the front of her clothes tightly.
God, if you don't like mutants, why did you create us...
Lorna was taken captive from distant Canada to China, and it can be said that she has suffered a lot during this time, and now she is huddled on the warm sofa, her stomach is stuffed with food, and the whole person has become very sensitive and fragile, and she can't help but feel sad when she thinks of the sad place, and her tears can't stop rolling down like a flood that bursts the embankment.
"I sympathize with your plight, but this is not a reason for Magneto to wantonly attack the innocent civilians of Huaxia, and if this city is not saved, I dare to assert that the war between the two races must have broken out in full force by now. And all of this is your father's fault. ”
Lorna buried her head in the crook of her arm and sobbed for a while, then wiped the tears from her face with her hand and calmed down. Although the emotions have almost been vented now, the boredom in my heart has not been relieved at all. Her mind was now full of dark memories of her dreams, and she had begun to have some other opinions about what her father had always done.
"My father said that this is a 'mutant desert', a vast territory, but not a single compatriot exists. He believed that this was the result of genocide and that the Chinese were not innocent, so he planned the operation. ”
Zhou Kai coughed lightly twice and said with a wry smile: "In fact, there is no 'mutant desert' at all, it's just your misunderstanding. ”
He stretched out his finger and pointed at himself, "It's okay to tell you, I'm a mutant." ”
"You're... Mutants!? ”
Luo Na's body froze, and she stammered and pointed at Zhou Kai, how could this be, could it be that this statement circulating in the clan was wrong?
She looked around alarmedly, and the customers in the restaurant didn't seem to hear their conversation, and then she whispered, "You lied to me!" Not even Professor X is aware of your presence. That's impossible! ”
"It's still the same sentence, believe it or not." Zhou Kai waved his hand to signal Lorna to calm down, and replied, "Huaxia mutants have special talents, we are born with the ability to hide our aura, even if Professor X is in front of me, we can't recognize my identity." ”
Lorna's mouth was slightly open, speechless in surprise. This sentence rumbled in Lorna's mind like the bell in the church bell tower, and the time of the day greatly refreshed her understanding of the world. She has no other thoughts, a drowning person just wants to grasp the life-saving straw in front of her. If the Brotherhood could hide its breath, wouldn't it...
Her voice trembled a little: "You... How do you do that? ”
"It's a shame I can't answer that question, we didn't deliberately learn how to hide, it seems to be an innate trait."
Suddenly, Lorna became interested in this mysterious eastern country. Thinking of this, she opened her mouth and said to Zhou Kai: "Mr. Zhou, I want to stay here for a while and feel the life in China." May I? ”
"This..."
Zhou Kai was very embarrassed by this, but he couldn't stand Luo Na's soft grinding, so he had to make an agreement with her in three chapters: not to cause trouble, not to reveal his whereabouts to the clan, and not to reveal the secrets of the Huaxia mutants. If she can do it, agree to her staying. Lorna didn't let it go.
"I may be away for a while in a few days, if you need help, you can find this person." Zhou Kai took out a pen and paper from his jacket pocket, wrote a phone number, and handed it to Lorna.
Luo Na was overjoyed when she got Zhou Kai's promise, she was afraid that the official would regret it, so she took the note and smeared oil on the soles of her feet.
Zhou Kai looked at the girl's departing back, smiled bitterly, picked up the glass on the table, and returned to a certain day a month ago.
...
When Chen Lu brought Lorna Dann to see Zhou Kai, he was really taken aback.
"What are you fuss about?" Chen Lu said in a rough voice, "I brought this female doll back, didn't I do it to help you?" With her in her hands, I don't think Magneto dares to make a mistake. ”
Zhou Kai was so angry that his face was crooked: "A dignified nuclear physics expert, you came up with such a bad idea!" A group of big men threaten a girl, and they don't want to lose face? ”
Chen Lu retorted with disdain: "Oh, this war is the same as doing an experiment, the process is to be cautious, but sometimes you don't need to light a catalyst and it can't succeed." In the same way, I use small means for the sake of victory, what's the big deal! ”
How do you say that, hooligans are not terrible, I am afraid that hooligans are educated, and if you reason with this kind of old hooligan with a high level of education, he can pull out a lot of truths, and it will be no problem for you to pay your salary next month.
Zhou Kai could only take out some private goods: "You have to give me extraneous branches!" Aren't you surprised that the mutants are having such a good time, but there's no wind at the headquarters? You don't know what kind of person our Minister Han is. ”
"In the past, even mosquitoes flew over to check a male and female, and you said he didn't know anything about this?" Zhou Kai lowered his voice, "Now that things have developed to this point, I can't see the true intentions of the high-level can't see clearly, but the water in this is definitely very deep." Lao Chen, you are not a person in the special group system, I advise you not to get involved too deeply. ”
As soon as he said this, Chen Lu understood, he stood up and left without saying a word, and the girl followed like a puppet. "I really can't play with you people who are engaged in politics, and I don't know if you will be sold by you one day. I don't care, let's go! ”
Zhou Kai didn't keep him, but only shouted at his back: "Release the person as soon as possible, do you hear?"
Who knew that this old rascal released people was such a way to release people, Zhou Kai searched for several days with his mental power to find Luo Na's traces, and at this time, Chen Lu had already patted his ass and returned to the Central Research Institute.
Zhou Kai drank the remaining drinks in the cup, got up to check out and prepared to leave.
It seems that he guessed correctly, the high-level may have other arrangements for him, leaving Qiantang this time, I don't know if there is a chance to come back.