Chapter 26: Russian Roulette
"Oh my God! Soma, you're crazy! Don't do that, Soma, calm down and put your gun down. ”
Soma lowered her gun.
"I'm calm, Juan, I'm just gesturing and trying to feel."
"Oh, Soma, you scared the hell out of me, I thought you were going to do something stupid."
"I will not commit suicide, the government will not give huge compensation for the suicide of the bureaucracy, I must be killed in office."
Soma turned the muzzle of the gun and handed it to Juan.
"Here, friend, do me a favor and shoot me right here."
Soma pointed to his head with her other hand.
"Hey, Soma, stop kidding, it's not funny at all."
"I'm not kidding, I'm inviting you to play a game.
"You just have to take the gun and pull the trigger at me.
"You win without bullets, and your trespass on the forbidden land is written off;
"If you have a bullet, you will lose, and you will wander the world and be wanted by the whole universe, and my family can get a huge compensation."
"No, no, I don't do it, I'd rather be punished by you, how can the punishment for trespassing be on par with the consequences of killing a bureaucrat?!"
"It doesn't necessarily really kill me, it's possible that this shot won't be bullet-free."
"But there may be! Alright, Soma, let's stop playing, okay? Count me in begging you. ”
Soma shook her head and turned the handle of her gun to Morgan: "Shoot at me, and your temporary hunting license will be kept without bullets." ”
"No, I never point a gun at a human."
"Hehe," Soma laughed self-deprecatingly, "the risk and reward are not equal, and I won't bet on it." ”
The handle of the gun turned to Jack.
"Jack, here you go."
"Soma, do you think I'm stupider than the two of them? And I hate gambling, gambling can make people have no bottom line. ”
"That's right, like Henk, he's a gambler, I heard he disappeared last night."
Jack's face was solemn: "Yes." ”
"Before the genetic screening, Genk and you were in a group."
"Yes, follow your orders."
"Yes, I also ordered the security guards who were in charge of maintaining order, and after supervising the others, the same group of people supervised each other's genetic screenings."
"We did as you commanded."
"Very good, it's just that I never knew that you and Henk were twin brothers, after all, you two really don't look alike."
Jack got up from his chair with a "whew" and glared at Soma menacingly: "You're investigating me!" ”
"After hearing that Genk was missing, I was curious for a moment and compared the genetic test reports of the two of you."
Jack's eyes burst into light: "The genetic test report is private privacy!" ”
"Private privacy is for ordinary people, and I'm a bureaucrat.
"It's 100% similar, it should be identical twins, what other explanation can there be?"
Jack gasped like an angry bull.
"Come on, Jack, play a game, you can take two genetic test reports if you win, and you don't have to worry about Henk if you lose."
The anger in Jack's eyes faded like a torch into the abyss, and he took the revolver.
Soma had a grim smile on her face that she had managed to dominate her opponent.
Juan persuaded without giving up: "Soma, stop, stop being stupid, think about your son, don't you want to go to your son's college graduation ceremony?" ”
"I want to go, but I want him to have food and clothing for the rest of his life."
"Then you don't need to do this, you can use other ways to make money, as far as I know, bureaucrats have ways to make money as long as they want."
"I know, I know, but as long as that step is taken, I can no longer have a clear conscience.
"So I'm gambling, betting that I will die with principles today, or leave behind my principles and make a break with my past me."
"But ......"
"That's enough, Juan, don't persuade anymore, you can see this as the last stubbornness of a bureaucrat who has been following the rules for 20 years."
Jack put the revolver to the back of Soma's head.
Soma seemed to let go of his last scruples, jokingly suggesting, "The game is about to start, don't you two bet?"
"If you win, you will write off your mistakes, and if you lose, accompany me to heaven."
"No, I'm not interested."
"I'll follow."
"Morgan! What are you stupid about? ”
"The gun is in Jack's hand, and there are three bullets in it."
Like a bucket of ice water poured on his head, looking at the closed door of the interrogation room, Juan had an epiphany.
In many cases, what appears to be a democratic choice is not a choice at all.
"Okay, I'll follow too."
"My life is up to me!" Jack whispered, pulling the trigger.
"Click!"
……
"Juan, are you interested in politics?"
Soma turned on the holographic projector as usual, writing something very skillfully.
Juan gulped his water, then gasped and said, "Me? Politics? What can I do? ”
"How's the Life Head of the Beautiful Planet?"
"Are you kidding?"
"No kidding, just fix some technical problems."
"You just, I don't believe it."
"As long as I have enough three immigrants, I can make you the head of state through the current system.
"You are the first immigrant, and the second can be Morgan.
"Morgan, do you know why you don't have enough points?"
"I'm too poorly educated."
"Yes, so I decided to do a crash course at Planet Beautiful to improve your education."
Soma's fingers raced through the holographic projection.
"Okay, the formalities are complete, the crash course has started, what's the name? Let's call it 'Ministry of Truth', and the school emblem is 'Pheasant'.
"Morgan, now you're a crash course student in the 'Ministry of Truth.'"
"Don't you have to take an entrance exam?"
"No, according to the "Racial Diversity Proposal" passed four hundred years ago, those idiots actually omitted this proposal when they repealed the "Anti-Racial Discrimination Act", but since it was not repealed, then it is valid, I applied for a green channel for you to enter without examination."
"What do I need to learn?"
"Astronomy, geography, everything, now, you are successful in your studies, you are about to graduate, and you need to have a defense."
"How did I finish my studies so quickly? Awesome, right? ”
"Uh-huh, you're a genius."
"Can't you graduate without exams after you're so awesome?"
"No, the necessary formalism is still needed. Come on, Morgan, graduation defense, what is 2+2? ”
Morgan's usual cynicism appeared in the corner of his eyes, and he said with a serious face: "5. ”
"That's right, you're a genius, you've graduated.
"Okay, the points are full, and I approved your immigration application.
"Now I'm sending the report to that idiot for review, do you think he'll see the problem?"
Juan looked at Soma's unprincipled operation with a smile: "Normal people can see that there is a problem!" ”
However, less than five minutes.
"Aha, the audit has passed, this idiot probably didn't understand the report at all, and I'm embarrassed to ask, this kind of person is also worthy of being my boss?!"