Chapter 18: Undercurrents
Also on the night of September 16, Huaguoshan Nature Reserve.
"You, you're in charge of protecting this thing... This is one of our most important tools, and giving it to you is my trust in you and a great honor for you. But if it's lost, or wet, or something... You'll understand the consequences, right? ”
A monkey beside a roaring fire, once an ingredient and then the lowest of the monkey pack, is now the Monkey King's monkey, carefully handing over a lighter to another. The monkey made two gestures in sign language, knelt down and kissed the Monkey King's toes, and then took the lighter into its own dry tree hole.
The circus monkey stood next to the Monkey King and whispered, "I'm still not very supportive of this... Something that pays too much attention to form. ”
"You read the newspapers, right? We don't recognize the words on it, though..."The Monkey King shook his head, and continued, "But I can see from the pictures that those humans... And in doing so, in every thing, the word obedience is deeply embedded in the hearts of all slaves. ”
"And how is it different from the humans you want to take revenge on?" The circus monkey asked rhetorically.
The Monkey King lowered his head, glanced at his furry hands, and after a moment raised his head and said, "I never said I wanted to be different from them... No, it's not that it's no different, it's that we're the same as them now. We can speak, we can think, we can use tools... So why can't we do what they do? ”
The two monkeys, who had already surrounded their lower bodies with some torn fabric removed from the plane seats, were also the only monkeys in the group who were clothed. This is a status symbol... The Monkey King said.
After the two of them left the wreckage of the plane and gained the domination of the monkey pack, they led the monkey pack, which already had rudimentary intelligence, to that place again... When they came back before nightfall, they found more tools there, and brought them all back to their territory, and even the steel plates that were temporarily useless were carried back by them and buried in the thick fallen leaves for later use.
In addition to this, the more noteworthy bonus is a pistol.
The pistol must have been placed in the cockpit by the original owner of the plane to protect against some accidents. Its caliber is not large, with two magazines for a total of fifty rounds, and the recoil is so small that even a monkey can use it, but this pistol is different from the real world, although the recoil and caliber are not large, but its power should not be underestimated...
On the fire, the corpse of a tiger was baking. Tigers don't climb trees, so as long as the Monkey King stays safe in the tree and aims from behind it, he can easily blow its head off.
And the monkeys by the fire are not only members of the original monkey group now... In addition to the same breed of monkeys, there are a few other monkeys, a dozen chimpanzees, two gorillas, and several very small lemurs and finger monkeys, and even a few wolves.
That morning, the Monkey King killed several solitary beasts with his pistol, and then ordered the entire group of monkeys to carry their former predators around the territory in the vicinity of the territory.
Then it shot and killed the leaders of all the herds it encountered. At this time, the animals in the whole forest, although their brains are not as well developed as the two monkeys, are still smarter. So after their Monkey King, Wolf King, or something else were killed in one spot, none of them chose to fight hard, but wisely chose to escape, and some chose to join this new kingdom that had risen lightning in the forest.
Before the Monkey King almost ran out of magazines, the animal kingdom was already huge. And it has no intention of expanding for the time being, just gathering all the new subjects together, and then stabilizing them to digest as much as possible the first gifts they received from humans.
"It's really fun to obey and control." The Monkey King looked coldly at the squatting on the edge of the monkey group, staring at each other, waiting for a few monkeys to cut meat from the roasted tiger with a sharpened piece of iron and throw it to them, a sturdy wolf that was many times larger than the monkey, and then said: "Originally, I didn't understand these two concepts, wolves and dogs... It seems that human beings are indeed much stronger in their understanding of these things, and we also need to learn. ”
"Don't be in a hurry..."The circus monkey sat lazily on the ground, looking at the little starry sky in the forest that was barely blocked by the leaves, and said slowly: "It's only been a day and a half since we learned to speak... We've done a great job. ”
"But it's not enough, it's still not enough." The Monkey King shook his head, "This level of power... In the eyes of humans, it's still like ants. Do you remember the tanks you saw in the newspapers? Do you think that in front of this steel behemoth, even the most ferocious animal in the forest... And what about it? ”
The circus monkey suddenly closed his eyes and said, "Actually, I don't quite understand, your revenge on humans... It's not about why, I don't have a good impression of humans either, and if you want to deal with them, I can't ask for it. But what I want to ask is, what are you going to do? Who exactly are you trying to kill? Destruction of what? And what are you going to do after you've done that? ”
"Hmm..."The Monkey King pondered for a while before he sighed and said helplessly, "I don't know... We know so little about humanity that I can't even figure out who I want to kill..."
"Think about it." The circus monkey still had his eyes closed, "If you just want to kill a few humans, like the ones you were in a cage in the first place, then you can do it with just a pistol... And if you want to do something great, then we need more power. ”
The Monkey King also looked at the starry sky and said for a long time, "Tomorrow." Tomorrow, I will find a way to leave the forest and go to the human society. I'll stay with the guns, and you'll help me manage this place while I'm away. You're mine..."
"Prime Minister, Prime Minister." The circus monkey repeats the phrase, "The one whose status is second only to the king in a nation." ”
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It was also the night of September 16, another corner of the world.
Metal walls reflecting white light, simple daily necessities, and a large number of high-tech instruments... All of this suggests that this is a basement where "the shady guys use to hide, and to plot shady things, and to do some shady research".
Of course, this is not a real-world research station, and the purpose of the people here is not so simple...
There were only three people here, an old man with messy gray hair, a white coat, and a cigarette in his hand, a man in a tight black suit and a mask, who couldn't tell his age, and a young woman with a short flat head... Although her hair is dyed black, it can be seen from her eye color and facial features that she is a pure Caucasians.
"I'm here to say goodbye to you." The flat-headed woman carried a simple leather bag and said lightly.
V, who was wearing the mask of Mao Zedong, let out a long snort, and continued: "I thought you wouldn't accept these things, so about the second half of the plan, of course, I won't tell you in advance... Why, again, think I'm evil? Am I a devil? ”
"Nope." The flat-headed woman shook her head, "I just can't accept what you're doing. ”
It seems that unlike the original V for Vendetta, the heroine Eve has not been kept in the dark by V, and she also knows some of V's specific plans on September 15th... Of course, just some, otherwise she wouldn't be like this right now.
The old man in a white coat, who did not appear in the original plot of Vendetta and looked like a scientist, said coldly: "I have a different opinion from his. Eve, you're not a fool. I think you could have thought a long time ago that it was impossible for those servicemen not to shoot ... You're just still stuck in something boring, and you've inadvertently deceived yourself. ”
"It doesn't matter." Eve also sneered, "After I leave, please don't worry about me leaking information here." I don't want to work with you, but I'm at least going to do something like the guys who read your messages. ”
"Okay," the old man flicked the ashes of his cigarette, "then please." ”
"But before I go, there's one more thing I want to ask." Eve changed her words, looked directly into V's eyes, and asked, "I haven't always understood, why is it Mao Zedong's mask?" In you, too, I see some history that is not allowed ... But what you did, except for doing it against the Jiang family, obviously none of them were the same as him. ”
"Hey, hey, hey, hey..."V laughed happily, "This face is very cute, very happy, I like it very much, it's my personal hobby... While mostly personal hobbies, there are some special purposes. Eve, tell me, how has your impression of me changed since you got to know this person? ”
Eve immediately replied: "You want to create a world without oppression, without discrimination, without exploitation, without this axe..."
"That's right." V nodded, "That's what I made you think." You'll think that, and so will everyone else... This is also part of the plan. ”
"But have you ever wondered...", V, pointing to his head, said, "What would the world have happened if it had been him who had won more than a hundred years ago?" At least my answer is that apart from changing the name of the country, racial discrimination and uniform religious beliefs are not necessarily there, but in general, there is no difference from now... You see, on our planet now, there is no longer the concept of the capitalists of that time, because everything belongs to the state. ”
"I don't think I'm anyone, I'm who I am. But in order for people to get to know me faster, I had to make some sacrifices..."