Chapter 8 Slides
It's an abandoned building, with messy sand and gravel poured under square concrete pillars, and tattered wind-blocking plastic sheeting fluttering to convey the chill of the night.
Anduin, dressed in a DIY shirt commonly seen by American otaku with a keyboard painted in rudimentary glue paint, slatched the projector to the concrete ceiling and slouched down from the scaffolding.
In front of him was a group of strangers in strange costumes, who were either gloomy as water, curious and suspicious, or indifferent, whose names could be called out in an instant if the intelligence officers of the Ameritan police system were present.
Magneto, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Meatball, Fireman, Avalanche, and many more
That's right, Andu's contact with this moment is the mutant radical force led by Magneto, the Mutant Brotherhood.
"I didn't expect that the keyboard warrior who has been in trouble in the city recently would actually stand aside with Jin He, the leader of the gangster empire. ”
Max Eisenhardt, or Magneto, had no expression on his face, and he wore a metal helmet and said to Anduin indifferently.
"To each his own, I helped him run for president, and he provided me with a network of underground forces. Anduin shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "I'm here to make a deal with you. ”
With that, he pulled down the roller shutter of the white curtain, and the portable gasoline generator roared into operation, transmitting electricity to the projector.
"The history of the mutant transformation program can be traced back to World War II, and in order to gain an advantage in this protracted war, major countries have tacitly carried out taboo experiments in secret. ”
Anduin pressed the remote control button, and the projector on the ceiling faithfully brought up the next picture, reflecting it on a rough white cloth.
The doctor in a white coat pricked a needle the thickness of his arm into the arm of the "test subject", and the bubbling turbid liquid was like magma, causing the subject's whole body to convulse and convulse, and the terrifying screams emitted penetrated the black and white photographs and imprinted deeply in the hearts of the viewers.
Looking at Anduin's slides.
"The experiment didn't go well at first, so the scientists had to resort to some 'unconventional means'. ”
On the slide, the content of the black-and-white photographs is increasingly inhumane and borders on demonic acts.
A withered, withered human head had been stitched to a pig's neck with needles and threads, its eyes cloudy as it gnawed on a suspiciously shaped gel;
The hood woven with wire is forcibly placed over the child's head, and as the electric gate is pulled down, the visible electric spark blooms in the air;
Pregnant women with Rokko are dissected and the fetus that has already formed inside is placed in a cylindrical petri dish filled with nutrient solution;
The slides flow like a comic strip, projecting scenes of horrific spectacle onto the retina.
"Enough, really enough....."
Magneto's daughter, the Scarlet Witch said in a choked voice. Her younger brother, Quicksilver, stepped forward and silently supported her.
"A long time ago. The solemn old man said slowly, "It reminds me of the days of Auschwitz." ”
He unbuttoned the cuffs of his suit, and the numbering data left by the brand on the skin of his wrinkled arm had not faded after years of scrubbing.
Anduin chuckled lightly and continued: "War is a catalyst for science and technology, and after investing a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, various countries have quickly achieved gratifying scientific research results.
Elixir to fill the human senses, life-extending genetic modification, and even the Nazi zombie army have appeared one after another.
With the end of World War II, these forbidden experiments were not banned due to their promising prospects, but instead went underground, led by a special department, which is the mutant transformation program that you have been working on combating. ”
As Anduin's words progressed, a color image finally appeared on the slide, showing an old officer with a gloomy appearance, and the military insignia on his chest silently revealed the fact that he was a major general of America.
"William Stryker, a major general in the U.S. Army, served in the Vietnam War and is now responsible for the implementation of the Ameritan Mutant Transformation Program. ”
Anduin's introduction didn't seem to have much effect, and all the members of the Brotherhood present were very familiar with the old man on the screen, and they were eager to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
Magneto wiped his steel helmet and said coldly, "Mr. Keyboard Man, I want to make it clear that although we in the Mutant Brotherhood are eager to destroy Stryker and the experimental base he is in charge of, we have not been able to find his location, and I would be very grateful if you could provide us with this information." ”
The group of mutants behind Magneto were also eager to try, just waiting for Anduin to report the latitude and longitude of William Stryker.
Anduin, however, shook his head with a smile and said, "No, no, no, I think you've misinterpreted me. ”
"Huh?" Magneto was a little puzzled, this keyboard warrior used Jin Ji's network to find the address of the Brotherhood all the way, and after putting a large slideshow on it, he refused to provide the location of William Stryker, what kind of trouble is this?
"Now that we are all a society governed by the rule of law, it is against peace to fight, kill and kill, and there is no future for the federal government to engage in any armed struggle. ”
Anduin shook his finger and said, "Don't you want to save your fellow citizens who were abused by William Stryker? There are many ways to do this, and the option I offer is the one with the least casualties and the most benefits. ”
“..... What do you mean?" asked Magneto, who couldn't keep up with Anduin's train of thought for a moment, with a frown.
"In America, where bureaucratic capital reigns, any attempt to challenge the social order will be devastated, which is why your mutant brotherhood has been hit a wall and has not been able to thrive. ”
Anduin rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "But have you ever thought about participating in this political game as an American citizen, excluding the factor that you have extraordinary abilities?"
Magneto is worthy of the generation of masters who can achieve a double doctorate in biology and physics through self-study, and immediately understood the key point in Anduin's words,
"You mean you want me to participate in society as a citizen?"
This moody and colorless magnetic controller was a little crying and laughing at the moment, "Do you know how bad my reputation is among the general public? Even if I pull the lamp and reincarnate, I'm afraid it's almost the same as me, right?"
"Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, completely rewrote the social reality of discrimination against black Americans.
Anduin's mouth full of white teeth looked a little oozing in the beam of the projector.