Chapter 67: Brothers Against Brothers (2nd Watch)
As soon as George said the words to arrest Arthur, everyone in the room was stunned, especially Hanks, who stood still, as if he had heard some joke, he really couldn't imagine that his boss's brother would come to the Night Stalker's office to arrest his brother. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"On what charges did you arrest me?" Arthur remained calm, but from his cold tone, everyone could hear the anger.
"You have destroyed ten neighborhoods of New York and killed nearly 2,000 innocent civilians, do you think you can escape the punishment of the law?"
"Huh?" Arthur was stunned and said, "How do you know?"
Arthur had always thought that Dr. X had tampered with the memories of all those who had nothing to do with them, leaving only the memories of the military or S.H.I.E.L.D.
"I don't know how you changed everyone's memory, but I know it's you, and it's you who committed that heinous deed!" George excitedly came to the desk, grabbed Arthur's collar, and roared.
"So what, do you have proof?" Arthur said fearlessly: "Even if you are the chief of police, you can't arrest people indiscriminately without evidence."
Arthur's indifferent attitude completely angered George, and he swung a punch at Arthur, who did not dodge and received a punch from George head-on, but the person who was beaten did nothing, and the person who hit the person retracted his fist in pain.
George is just an ordinary person, and the power of his fists is not much better than a mosquito bite for Arthur.
"Come with me and turn yourself in, accept the punishment of the law, even if you are a mutant, you should obey the law!" George said to Arthur in a serious voice.
Arthur slowly sat back in his chair and instead of answering George's words, he asked rhetorically, "When did you know I was a mutant?"
The relationship between mutants and humans has always been bad, and many humans can't accept it even if their relatives become mutants, Kane is an example, after he first awakened his ability, he was kicked out of the house by his own family, and he still doesn't get along with each other.
"I've always known that!" George sat down dejectedly, and then said sadly: "You have behaved differently since you were a child, your strength is far greater than that of adults, and you always hide something from me, then I knew your identity as a mutant!"
"Then why don't you expose me!" Arthur was puzzled: "You are a human, and I am a mutant, why don't you kick me out of the house like other humans!" And after my father and mother die, I will be raised! ”
"You're my brother!" George suddenly raised his head and said excitedly, "Whether you are a mutant or not, you are my brother."
George's words moved Arthur inexplicably, but he still asked with a straight face: "That's how you treat your brother, come and arrest me without an arrest warrant!"
George's face turned slightly pale, his bloodshot eyes looked at Arthur, and he said with a clear conscience: "The mistake you made this time is too serious, I can't sit idly by!"
"You used to use your ability to eat black and white at most, but you still maintained the minimum bottom line, so I turned a blind eye, but you killed a whole two thousand lives this time!"
Arthur sneered when he heard this, and said disdainfully: "It's just a little human life, what's the big deal!"
"You!" George couldn't say all the words in anger, he trembled and said, "In your eyes, is human life so cheap?"
What George is most afraid of is that Arthur treats human life like a mustard, he has been paying attention to Arthur's night stalker office before, knowing that although Arthur is a little unscrupulous, he still maintains the minimum human bottom line, never kills innocents indiscriminately, and even sometimes punishes those criminals, although he doesn't think so, but he is still very satisfied with Arthur in his heart, not everyone has the strength to stay calm and restrain themselves.
As the chief of police, George has seen too many mutant criminals, those who don't know the height of the sky as soon as they gain power, always get lost in the pleasure brought by power, and act as a traitor, while George has always observed Arthur, seeing that he abides by the minimum moral bottom line, wandering between black and white, earning legal money, and George sometimes blocks a few troubles for Arthur.
The reason why George has never wanted Arthur to continue to run the Night Stalker Office is just because he is worried that Arthur will be in danger, as Arthur's strength grows, the tasks he accepts are becoming more and more dangerous, George is worried that Arthur's life will be in danger, so he will persuade Arthur to quit this kind of knife licking blood as soon as possible, but his personality is too old-fashioned, and the method he uses has caused Arthur to resist, and the relationship between the two brothers will become more and more stiff.
"Let's go, the U.S. government will help me settle this matter, and you will only bring trouble to yourself if you arrest me!"
Arthur is not a wolf-hearted person, how can George not see his intentions, but there are some things that cannot be touched by ordinary people like George.
"If you continue like this, you will only go into the abyss of crime!" George wanted to continue to persuade Arthur to turn himself in, but Xiao Yue'er on the side interjected.
"George, you don't know the inside story, this incident has nothing to do with Arthur, he is also passively involved in ......" Just when Xiao Yue'er wanted to explain, Arthur suddenly burst into a loud cheer.
"Shut up!" Arthur said angrily: "What do you explain to this ruthless and unrighteous person, if you have evidence, arrest me, and if you don't have evidence, get out!"
Arthur suddenly lost his temper, which startled Xiao Yue'er, but completely angered George.
"You're hopeless!"
Arthur sneered and said: "Whether you are saved or not, it is not your turn to be an ordinary person, you should go back and take care of the affairs of ordinary people, we mutants, you should be less involved!"
George was trembling by Arthur's words, "Hmph! Since you don't treat me as a brother, we will break away from brotherhood, in the future, you will follow your way, I will cross my bridge, don't let me catch the evidence of your crime, otherwise I will definitely arrest you with my own hands! ”
After saying that, George walked away with hatred, but he didn't see the gentle eyes of Arthur looking at his back.
Xiao Yue'er didn't expect Brother Arthur to be stiff so soon, she persuaded Arthur bitterly: "Brother George is so excited because he doesn't know the inside story, why don't you let me explain it clearly."
"No need to explain, it's okay, it's just this opportunity to draw a line with the George family!" Arthur explained.
Xiao Yue'er immediately realized: "You want to protect the George family."
Arthur deliberately fell out with George, he wanted to protect him in disguise, as Arthur's trouble got bigger and bigger, his enemies would become more and more, Arthur was afraid that one day his enemies would use George's family to threaten him, so it was better to draw a line with George, so that everyone knew that his relationship with George was not good, but it was beneficial to George.
"I don't know if George can know your hard work!" Xiao Yue'er said quietly.
"He doesn't need to know, and I don't want him to know!" George's affection for him, Arthur could feel, and all he could do for George was to protect him and his family.
Arthur didn't feel for long, and drove to the suburbs of New York with Scott and Kane, who had an account to settle with a bald head.