The break has passed, and the hearing resumes.

"I'm sorry to remind you of the sad things, General Stryker." His Excellency said to Stryker. "But I think that being honest about past failures can prevent us from repeating the same mistakes in the future. As for your actions, I am not a judge and cannot overstep my authority. I will submit a report to Congress, and I think the court will give you a fair answer. ”

Listening to the Chairman's words, Stryker nodded in acceptance.

"Then Mr. Representative." The chairman turned his head and looked at Eric.

"I admit that humanity has hurt you and your fellow citizens, and now I want to ask, if both sides abandon hostility, will you still take revenge for past mistakes?" His demeanor became serious, and he looked at Eric seriously, not relaxing at all.

People held their breath and waited for a reply.

Eric thought for a moment and replied heavily, "Yes." ”

The audience was immediately shocked, and both the people present and the audience in front of the screen felt their hearts beat faster.

"You said you'd get revenge?" The chairman's eyes instantly sharpened, and he glanced quickly and stealthily at the security personnel, and the former soldiers who had already eliminated some of the hostility immediately surrounded Eric as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Yes, I will." Unmoved, Eric stood up and said proudly.

There was an uproar inside and outside the arena, and the former soldiers aimed at his body, but he ignored it and continued.

"I will take revenge, because God has given us such a power, and we have the right to exercise it."

"So, you're going to kill ordinary people?" The chairman said with a gloomy face, the situation changed beyond the expectations of the senior councilor, among the people present, I am afraid that only Trask was the happiest, and now everyone will no longer stare at him, everyone is watching Eric's every move.

"Nope. I think you misunderstood me. Eric unexpectedly rejects the chairman's claims, and people are relieved and then confused as to what he is trying to say.

"What I want revenge is not an institution or a group, not even a specific person, but a rule, an invisible thought that guides human behavior." Eric explained that people are confused, while others are confused.

"When I see what has happened to my compatriots, I feel the same way. I thought about finding out the murderers and killing them one by one in the most cruel way to show justice. But when I wake up from my anger, I often feel confused, what is causing this tragedy to keep happening, just because of the difference between us and ordinary people? If I take revenge on the murderer, will justice come? or lead to greater strife. Whenever I am confused, I ask myself, who is our real enemy? Was it Mr. Stryker, or someone else, and who drove him to do this? ”

Eric frowned slightly, pacing back and forth in the hall, the security personnel listening attentively, not paying attention to whether his actions were dangerous.

"Mr. Stryker," Eric said as he paused at the table across from him, facing Stryker.

"I want to ask you if you have ever been actively violated by mutants in your life."

Stryker thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "No." ”

"Before you came into contact with mutants, did you ever think about harming mutants?"

"No, there isn't. I hadn't even heard of mutants before until ......", Stryker looked at Trask, and the crowd followed his gaze, and Trask's backsliding, feeling more and more uncomfortable.

"So," Eric said, nodding. "If we give up all disputes, I mean, if nothing happened, would you still persecute mutants?"

Stryker was silent, he thought for a moment, shook his head firmly, and said, "No, I won't. ”

He thought for a moment and continued: "I will love my wife and son well. I used to have a home, but now I don't have anything. He bowed his head, hid his face, and began to weep.

I don't know if it's really because he really feels something, or if his acting skills are too real, he cries so sadly that even Eric can't see the shortcomings.

"Okay, Mr. Stryker, I take your word for it." Eric sighed. "I cannot forgive you for your past mistakes on behalf of my countrymen, but I will say that I do not hate you. You are a faithful man who has done his duty, but your duty is too cruel. ”

Hearing Eric's words, the people nodded their heads, and then thunderous applause erupted, and even the security personnel and the committee members on the stage applauded.

Eric's toughness just now made them think that a bloody war was about to break out, but they didn't expect that it would be such a turn of events in the end, if even Stryker can be forgiven, then the reconciliation between mutants and ordinary people is also close at hand.

In any case, no one wants to see their homeland shrouded in war, and not even the high-ranking parliamentarians think that they are as safe as Mount Tai.

Even the president can be assassinated by ordinary people who don't pay attention, so what are the parliamentarians? In peacetime, parliamentarians enjoy the most power, and in wartime everything has to make way for the monster that devours human life and money. In a sense, the military is Congress's worst enemy.

The chairman also seemed to be moved by Eric's words, and he bowed slightly in respect.

"I'm glad to see that this understanding can be reached between the two communities, and I believe it's a good start, as the saying goes, a good start is half the battle, but I think we can work together more deeply to serve our country. Now I would like to ask Mr. Deputy, are mutants willing to play for this country and really become a part of this country? ”

He looked at Eric expectantly, thinking about what kind of benefits he could get from mutants, no matter what, as long as the hearing was successfully concluded, as a politician who ended the confrontation between mutants and ordinary people, he could get the greatest benefit after the president.

But Eric rejected him again.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't." As he said this, it was as if a bucket of cold water was poured on his head, and the warm atmosphere cooled down instantly.

"Mutants don't want to serve the country?" The chairman asked in surprise.

"So to speak." Eric replied.

"So would you like to assist the state in some research?" The Chair put it another way, and he thought that maybe that would make it easier for the other side to accept.

"I don't think so." Eric still refused.

The chairman's mind was starting to get confused, and he couldn't figure out what Eric wanted, and it seemed to him to be as unbelievable as a quarterback who had managed to make a comeback, running into the opposing half with only seconds left before the end of the game, and then neither touching down nor passing.

Not only him, but everyone inside and outside the camera felt incomprehensible, obviously he was still warm just now, but in the blink of an eye, he became as cold as ice?

"What are you thinking, Eric?" The professor clenched his hands, his heart was indescribably anxious, but there was nothing he could do about it, he could only look nervously at the screen.

Auroro and Jean also stared at the picture, and the students did not dare to relax at all.

"Please don't get me wrong." In the silence, Eric's voice rang out, and he began to explain his refusal.

"My refusal doesn't mean that the door is closed for mutants and ordinary people to cooperate, but I can't agree to this kind of exchange." He said calmly. "The vast majority of us were born and raised in this country, and if it weren't for the ostracism and persecution, I think they would also be willing to make money, start a family, buy a house, pay taxes, just like ordinary people, and they should be born with a legal identity, so I won't trade my compatriots with the legal rights that they deserve, because that's what we deserve, and we shouldn't get it again through exchange."

The chairman and some people began to understand his thoughts.

"So how do you think we should work together?" A commissioner asked. "You don't want to serve your country."

"Haven't we served our country?" Eric retorted. "It just didn't get a good result."

"If you can't give any guarantees, and you don't participate in any cooperation, then what rights do mutants have?" The other commissioner was angry, and he asked loudly.

Eric shrugged his shoulders, unconcerned about his displeasure, now that the negotiations had completely fallen into his rhythm, just waiting for the final moment of gain.

"It's a chicken-and-egg issue, there's no point in dwelling on that, you have to take constructive ideas and take the first step." He said nonchalantly.

The chairman knocked on the table, and now he understood that Eric was taking the opportunity to make a condition.

"So, tell me what you think." The Chair said.

"I'm afraid the most important thing at the moment is not what project to cooperate with." Eric said. "I think at the moment we need to first rebuild the relationship of trust between us."

"How?" The Chair asked.

"Let's think about why we can't get involved in peace politics. In the government's project, because of the lack of trust, humans have caused too much harm in the past, and mutants cannot completely put their safety in the hands of others. So, my idea was to create a department dedicated to the relationship between mutants and ordinary people, and it would be responsible for coordinating related matters. We could name it the Ministry of Mutant Affairs, with a person acceptable to mutants and ordinary people as the minister, who is accountable to the president and Congress, but with relative independence. Eric finally said what he wanted, and now it dawned on people that it was a good idea, and since the two sides could not fully heal the rift for a while, then this conditional cooperation could not be a solution.

"Say no first, then negotiate." The chairman turned his head and said to his wife and brother. "He has a deep understanding of our country's negotiation skills."

Huken whispered, "So how do we decide?" ”

"You don't have to decide anything." The Chairman shook his head. "That's not what we're supposed to do, this meeting is good enough so far, let the rest be a headache for others."

So the chairman rang the table one last time and announced that the results of the meeting would be presented to Congress, and the hearing was officially over.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although we cannot reach a specific resolution this time due to the limitations of the mandate, we should see that our results are very gratifying, and maybe mutants and ordinary people are still keeping their distance, but if both sides can treat each other in a responsible and pragmatic manner, then I believe that we will have a bright future."

"Let me conclude by saying that the roots of a tree are deeply rooted in the earth, and in the first few years of its life, it may grow only one foot a year, but when it spreads its roots all over the earth, it grows at an incredible rate until it becomes a towering tree. Hopefully, our relationship will be the same, and that one day a wonderful flower will bear fruit on the basis of this meeting. Thank you all for your attention, thank you. ”

The chairman stood up to the applause of the crowd, then turned his back and called for his assistants.

"Go meet Stryker, he's asking us, and I'm interested in what he has in his hands." He paused, then admonished. "Go quietly, don't alarm those people."

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