Chapter 57: Chivalry
Xuanzang didn't expect such an answer. In a steel town in the wilderness, in a decadent bar that sells low-quality industrial alcohol brews, hearing the word chivalrous not only gives him a strong sense of dislocation in time and space.
"You should be glad you asked about it first, rather than recklessly and straight into the wrong, I mean, if you're unfortunate enough to have that in mind." The bartender said pretentiously, "He will show you that justice still exists in this world." β
He seemed happy to tell the story to outsiders, and when he put down the rag in his hand, he pulled a barstool and began to tell it.
The town has changed hands many times in its history, and various groups have occupied it, and it is no longer possible to trace the origin of the first inhabitants. Whoever they were, after discovering this town built almost entirely of steel, soon moved into this ideal haven in large numbers.
They excavate a large number of useful items from abandoned towns. Guns, water purifiers, batteries, everything one can think of, this place is stocked to keep the entire town alive for hundreds of years.
However, a very unsatisfactory flaw in Gao Zhen was exposed a year later. It is located in the middle of several settlements, at the intersection of paths connecting several towns. When its existence was discovered, the rich town of Gozhen soon became the target of major powers.
Robbers, legions, slave owners, armed caravans...... The inhabitants of the town of Gao changed again and again, and finally one day, the lack of resources caused by the war overwhelmed the contenders, and they decided to reconcile. As a result, the town of High became a neutral town, which could accommodate people from any faction, and as long as there was no fighting in the town, anything else could be done.
The market began to develop naturally, along with the revival of hotels and bars. This is a luxury in other towns, but in High Town, where almost all travelers pass through, the traffic is large enough to support the relatively bustling service industry.
"You're saying that a long time ago, Gao Zhen was as developed as it is now?" Bai Long took a big sip of the wine in the glass, slapped the glass on the table, and said without changing his face, "But even if the parties reach a settlement, what can they do to ensure the security of the town?" With such a complex personnel structure, I don't believe that any management can control it. β
The bartender looked at her in amazement, refilled her drink, and said, "That's right, Mademoiselle." In the beginning, the rules didn't bind the townspeople at all. At that time, the mayor of the town organized a security team and promulgated several versions of the law, but the effect was never satisfactory. There are always armed forces that are stronger than the security forces, and there are always people who think that the law is unfair.
"So next, we're going to talk about the knight. From one day onwards, it was discovered that those who had crossed the line would always be caught at night and thrown in front of the gates of the vigilantes. No matter how strong that person is, as long as he commits a crime, he will be punished by some mysterious person without exception, and never more than that night.
"Because the people who were arrested were basically picked off their hands and tendons, and their tongues were cut out, they couldn't tell who they were captoring. All forces also sent people to closely monitor at night, but those people were always stunned at critical moments, and they could not see the appearance of the mysterious person. Even the cameras that took a lot of effort would have failed when the man had made a move. β
The white dragon listened attentively, and forgot to drink the wine in his hand. "And how did you find out about this chivalrous man in the end?" She asked.
The bartender said, "We haven't found him. β
"That's amazing." The white dragon smacked his lips.
"The management was initially uneasy, after all, that person had unbelievable and terrifying power, and it would be a piece of cake to wrest control of Gao Zhen from them. But that man doesn't seem to have any interest in power, and he hasn't used his power to do anything bad, he's just here to do justice and eradicate all discordant existence for this town. So the people gradually accepted him, even though they never saw him. β
"An invisible guardian is indeed amazing...... Xuanzang took a sip of Coke and asked the bartender, "Why don't the foreign vendors seem to know about this?" β
Bai Long said: "You don't have any confidentiality rules, tell us that you will kill people and kill people or something like that." β
The bartender replied with a look of shame: "Miss, you are very imaginative...... The vendors are unaware of the existence of knights because they are generally only concerned with their own business. And there are still many people in Gao Zhen who do not recognize the authenticity of the legend of chivalry, and prefer to think that it is the blessing of the gods. It's normal for people to have different opinions. But if you want me to say, how can a god do a good deed and not make a noise? β
You know the temperament of those guys, Xuanzang said with a dark smile.
"Nice story, nice coke, thank you." He threw a few more bottle caps at the bar and told the white dragon to leave.
"What do you think, that knight?" Bailong asked.
Xuanzang said: "It's probably the monster that sent out the broadcast." β
"We are on the same page." Bai Long sighed with emotion, "What a great sentiment it is to work hard for many years to cultivate into refinement, just to become a partner of justice!" β
Xuanzang smiled, but his heart was full of puzzlement.
Has it taken so much time to restore human intelligence from animal bodies, and with such great power, but only to stay in this town to eradicate evil?
There are two possibilities. For one, Takajin hides something very important to the youkai.
Second, it's really full of positive energy.
"I think it's the second one."
"What?" After Xuanzang said his analysis, Bailong gave such an answer, which made him wonder if he had heard it wrong.
"What do you think, what can it do to make it have to do this righteous act?" The white dragon spread his hands and said, "Can't think of it, right?" On the contrary, the second option is more likely. Have you ever noticed that knights never kill. β
Xuanzang pondered: "Indeed, it just makes people incapacitated and handed over to the security team to deal with." In fact, it doesn't make much sense to insist on this, they are all half-dead, and handing them over to the security forces is not directly exiled to the wild, leaving them to die a natural death. β
The white dragon said: "The key lies in these obsessions of it. Only the kind of psychopath who really wants to do justice will do some ritualistic and eccentric acts. It doesn't kill people, presumably because it thinks it puts itself above justice and makes itself the rule itself. In other words, not doing those things relegates it to the same level as criminals. β
"Makes sense...... Xuanzang muttered, and then looked at Bailong with strange eyes, "How can you understand so well?" β
"The logical model of human beings is such a naΓ―ve thing."
"So, how do we find it?"
The girl rolled her eyes and said, "It's not easy, let's just commit a crime." β