Chapter 379: A Day in the Mayor's Life

After listening to Gilgamesh.

Both Fulu Vajra and Shakya were silent, and both of them invariably maintained this silence.

Although Gilgamesh has a haughty personality, he regards all existence in the world except himself as a miscellaneous practice.

But Gilgamesh, who has such a bad personality, is not a reckless man who can only use his strength, he still has a wisdom that is unparalleled in the world.

Without wisdom, he would not be a unique king.

This time, Gilgamesh was right.

No matter who pushes whom, there will be an ending called "End......

And this ending, called "The End", is exactly what everyone doesn't want to see.

Therefore, everything I am worried about now is actually meaningless.

……

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Three days later.

New York City Hall.

Inside the mayor's office.

Zhou Ran, who was wearing a black suit, was sitting very quietly on a leather chair.

He tilted his head slightly, and his gaze passed through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, giving him an unobstructed view of the bustling city of New York City.

Mayor of New York City......

I have to say, it's a really novel experience.

To be honest, becoming mayor of New York is not in Zhouran's plans at this stage.

Zhou Ran wants to become the mayor of New York.

But he didn't want to become mayor of New York at this stage.

Of course.

It is also because he was forced to become, not by his own initiative.

That happened three days ago.

After solving the clown incident that caused chaos in New York, Zhou Ran returned to the conference room.

Subsequently, he became the mayor of New York City.

And it is still unprecedented, the first to pass unanimous vote, the first person to achieve a 100% probability of being elected mayor of New York.

George Stacy, the initiator, smiled happily at Zhou Ran, and after the election meeting, came to Zhou Ran's side and confessed everything about the plan to him, including the police squadron that surrounded the city government.

Zhou Ran said that he was a little surprised.

Because, in his impression, George Stacy is a very traditional person, and there should never be such an extreme scene.

George Stacy also gave Zhou Ran an irrefutable reason, which was his compensation for Zhou Ran, and the debt for letting Jin go and the matter.

After letting Jin Ji go, George Stacy didn't sleep a day, and he was in regret and anxiety all the time, he blamed himself deeply for this, and his heart was full of apologies to Zhou Ran.

George Stacy also said that this day will come sooner or later, this is the agreement between him and Zhou Ran, and he is a man who respects the agreement very much.

After listening to George Stacy's words, Zhou Ran's surprise disappeared, and the whole person regained his calm, acquiescing to becoming the mayor of New York.

After all.

Either way, this is good news for Zhou Ran.

He achieved a small goal in his life – the mayor of New York City.

The mayor of New York, which was also his ambition.

Now Zhou Ran is a little happy and comfortable.

"Alas!"

Zhou Ran sighed lightly, his gaze slowly shifted, and finally fell back on the desk in front of him.

On the desk, there is an extremely important document.

This is a big event that will affect the future of New York, the future of the whole world.

If this matter is not resolved well, it will lead to countless twists and turns, and these twists and turns are very likely to evolve into quite terrible disasters.

Zhou Ran squinted, reached out and gently tapped the document on the desk, the name of the document was called.

Mutant Registration Act, which is quite a tricky bill.

For this bill, there has always been a 10,000-year-old phenomenon among the New York City councilors, that is, supporters have always been in the minority, and opponents have always been in the majority.

This phenomenon also means that the mutant registration bill has not been allowed to pass.

To this end, Zhou Ran deliberately had a pleasant communication and exchange with the first dogleg and office master he accepted three days ago, Councilor Scowlow.

It was also during this communication and exchange that Zhou Ran was surprised to discover one thing, and the New York City legislators were not idiots.

Although they are greedy by nature, they use the power of capital to knock out the bones and suck the marrow, exploit and enslave the people, and extract the blood of the people, but they also have their own achievements and are involved in various fields.

In short, those who play politics and can become parliamentarians are not fools who love to daydream.

Each of them is extremely intelligent.

Under the narration of Councilor Scowlow, Zhou Ran also has a higher understanding of the mutant registration bill.

From a general point of view, this is just a collision and wrestling of wills between superpowers and non-superpowers.

But from the perspective of the development of the whole world, this involves an extremely important ethical issue between mutants and humans, which is bound to lead to an extremely drastic change, and is bound to cause a bloody scene.

This is definitely not alarmist.

Because.

Once implemented, it means that the human race as a whole will be divided into two parts, one part is mutants, and the other part is ordinary people.

So what to do with these two parts?

Should these two parts be judged by the same law?

Should the two parts be treated with the same standard of benefits?

Obviously, it is impossible.

For uncontrollable mutants, it must be strictly controlled, only in this way can their superpowers be avoided from getting out of control and avoiding particularly serious dangerous accidents.

And this kind of strict control is bound to cause contradictions between mutants and ordinary people.

This is also contrary to itself.

Why do the X-Men, led by Professor X, want the mutant registration bill to pass so badly?

- This is because it is a bill for the benefit of mutants in itself.

They aspire to mutants to have the same power as ordinary people, to live in the sun like ordinary people, and to stay away from all kinds of targeting and discrimination.

In fact, ordinary people do not discriminate against mutants.

More fear of mutants.

When mutants awaken their abilities, they will be manipulated by their own abilities, amplifying their various emotions and feeling omnipotent like gods.

In addition, the abilities of mutants are not all handsome natural abilities and superhuman abilities, and mutants are more animal-based abilities.

For example: octopus, lizardman, kobold, pig-headed......

It's actually very inhuman.

When an ordinary mutant awakens his abilities, he or she becomes a half-human, half-beast freak.

Therefore, it is understandable that ordinary people fear and discriminate against mutants.

Leave that behind.

The existing mutants may be able to live in harmony with humans.

But there will certainly not be harmony between the offspring of these mutants and the offspring of humans.

Mutants with superpowers will never be willing to live in harmony with ordinary people who don't have superpowers.

They will climb up, climb to higher classes, and even evolve into entirely new classes.

This is not only because of the ambition achieved by the particularity brought about by superpowers, but also because of the various discrimination and suppression that human beings have against mutants.

Repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with straightforwardness.

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye.

There are still too few mutants like Professor X who are pure good guys and honest people.

In short, it is by no means a simple matter, and it contains a lot of uncertainty.

Zhou Ran rubbed his head and couldn't help but sigh.

He's got the mutant registration bill going through, and he's got it.

The terrifying power contained in Superman makes him a god on earth, so that his will can be carried out in this world.

The meaning behind the name Superman also made him want to be half a saint, change the bad things in this world, and create a new good order.

He can't be sorry for Clark Kent!

Superman Clark is not only DC's light, but also one of his favorite superheroes.

Zhou Ran also considered becoming an extremely happy ancestor.

But he doesn't want to be an ancestor who plays with the world, he wants to bring a little change to the world.

He prefers construction to destruction.

He prefers self-restraint to indulgence.

Yes, destruction and indulgence are easy, self-restraint and construction are difficult.

But it is precisely because of this difficulty that it will bring incomparably bright light.

There is, of course, another extremely important reason.

The world hasn't been sorry for him, and the world hasn't hurt him.

On the contrary, he once turned into a terrifying clown in the night when he didn't know it, causing a series of bloodsheds, destroying the world and hurting the people of this world.

It is true that those strangers in Zhou Ran's heart are like waste NPCs in the novice village, dispensable.

But he still felt a little guilty in his heart.

Because, in these dispensable waste hearts, he has always been the light of New York.

The lights of New York have to be like the lights of New York, aren't they?

People are contradictory, and Zhou Ran is no exception, he is also very contradictory.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Ran's mouth, pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "Anyway, this is an ambition of mine, and it is also an important goal of mine. ”

"Now that I've achieved it and become the mayor of New York City, let's be a good mayor and make New York what I want it to be."

Zhou Ran took out his mobile phone from his arms, clicked on the phone book, scratched for a while, and stopped at the place that began with the letter X, which was the object he wanted to call.

The man's name was Charles Francis Xavier, and he was a very kind old fellow who was a college professor and had founded a school in New Jersey under his private name, Xavier School for Gifted Teens.

That's right, Zhou Ran is going to call Professor X.

He and Professor X had met several times, and the two had a good relationship and a fairly good friendship.

As for how did you meet?

That, of course, was smashed out of the green Franklin.

Zhou Ran once donated a lot of money and materials to the Mutant Academy in his private name.

As a wealthy man with a lot of actual wealth, Professor X does not lack Zhou Ran's money, what he lacks is a precious sense of identity, a friendship and respect for mutants.

And Zhou Ran also fulfilled Professor X's requirements, and naturally became Professor X's friend.

"Toot, toot, toot......"

After a busy tone, the call went through.

"Alas!"

Zhou Ran sighed lightly, smiled and quipped: "Professor Charles, you are really a busy person, it took so long to answer the phone......"

"Ha, Congressman Jake, you're kidding me again, compared to you, I'm not a busy man, I'm just a rat hiding in New Jersey and not daring to see people." Charles shrugged his shoulders and quipped with a smile.

After making a joke, Charles's expression became a little serious, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and he asked in a deep voice, "Councillor Jake, do you have anything important to say?" You know, you've never called me much, and after so many years of acquaintance, you've called a pitiful lot, and every time there's no good news......"

Zhou Ran raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Professor Charles, this time it's not bad news, but great news." ”

"Oh, by the way, you're going to change what you call me, please call me Mayor Jake, I've been Mayor of New York for three days, and I'm sitting on the mayor's throne now, and I have a document in front of me!"

"A very important document for the whole world, I am considering whether to sign and pass it, Professor Charles, I think you should know what I am talking about!"

When Charles heard this, his eyes widened suddenly, his expression became extremely solemn, and his lips trembled: "It's the mutant registration bill!" ”

"That's right!" Zhou Ran snapped his fingers, picked up the document on the table, then put his legs on the desk casually, and said with a smile: "Professor Charles, this document on my desk is the Mutant Registration Act!" ”

"It can be seen that the content of this bill is already very perfect, and it does not seek special welfare treatment for mutants, and the purpose of the bill is also very good, to seek a belated fairness and justice for every mutant."

"I know that the professor has put a lot of effort into it, and I also want to implement what is in the bill, which coincides with my past thinking, but when this document is placed in front of me, I know its weight."

"Professor Charles, with your wisdom, you must know what I am worried about at the moment!"

"It's not that I don't want to sign, but I ......"

After listening to Zhou Ran's words, Professor Charles fell into silence.

As one of the proposers, how could he not know about the various hidden dangers that existed in it?

With his wisdom, how could he not have predicted the next wave of exaggeration?

With his life experience, how could he not be aware of the rising contradictions between mutants and humans?

The future is good, and the goal is good.

But the process of achieving it is not necessarily beautiful, it is likely to be bloody.

And this process, it is also very likely that that a good future will never come.