Chapter 351: Formulated Justice
Funina looked at the familiar figures coming one after another below.
Especially the few people with different hair colors who got together made her original pretended expression a little stiff.
But the solemn blue figure sitting motionless in the front row relaxed her originally tense mood a little.
Thinking of this, Funina smiled smugly, and her body was stretched, making her posture in the chair more comfortable.
"Is this the court of Fontaine? Looks pretty good." Wendy took her seat and looked at her surroundings and said, "I wonder if we should build a building like this in Mondstadt."
"What are you building this for?" Yae Miko, who was lying on the shadow head on Wendy's left hand, asked with some confusion.
Wendy replied, of course, "For the show, of course."
Yae Miko: "......"
"It would be nice to have a good pot of tea when you watch a show." Zhongli spoke.
"Old man, didn't you bring a table?"
Zhongli listened to Wendy's words, but just turned his head to look at him, shook his head, and then took his gaze back.
Venti: "......"
Didn't you bring up this topic? Don't you still think of me?
Shadow, Wendy, Zhongli, and Nahida sat on the right side of the central aisle, while Ying, Lodia, Tassel, and Fu Xuan sat on the left side of the aisle.
As if deliberately arranged, Ying was still sitting on Navillette's right hand.
"Tassel, what do you think [justice] is?" Ying thought for a moment, and suddenly asked the tassel next to her.
"Huh?" Ying's sudden words made Navillette, who had been thinking about it, take her thoughts back.
"What do you say is justice? I can't tell." Tassel replied lightly.
"Really?" Ying looked at the tassel with a suspicious expression, in her opinion, there should be nothing in this world that the other party didn't know.
"Of course, this word is different in everyone's heart, and perhaps the vast majority of you can't accept what I define as justice." Tassel bowed his head and said, "In turn, I ask you, what is [justice] in your heart?"
"Justice is a value that refers to the principle of abiding by social norms and values such as justice, fairness, legality, morality, etc., and treating each person or group fairly." Ying replied, "That's what I saw in a book over there."
"That's right, [Justice] can indeed be understood that way." Tassel said, "But have you ever thought about how the word [justice] came about?"
"It's defined." Ying said suddenly.
"Yes, justice is defined." Tassel bowed his head and said, "For example, you have a small world, where there are only three kinds of creatures: sheep, wolves, and grass, and the number of wolves is the least, followed by sheep."
"The wolf eats the sheep, and the sheep eat the grass."
"Wolves hunt a certain number of sheep every day to fill their stomachs, and sheep do their best to avoid wolves."
"But when the world is only that big, the sheep can't hide from the wolves, the number will become smaller and smaller, and the wolves will starve to death because they have no food."
"What will you do when the sheep come to you and ask you to build them a wolf-proof sheepfold?"
"Me? I don't know." Ying thought for a moment, shook her head, and said.
"Isn't it a bad choice?" Tassel said, "Are you thinking that wolves, sheep, and grass have nothing to do with you, and that they can't affect you no matter what?"
"Hmm." The first way of the glow.
"Then add another setting, if all the sheep die, you, as the master of this world, will also die and cause the world to collapse, and the more sheep you have, the more benefits you will get, do you have a choice at this time?"
"Yes, if that's the case, I'll help the sheep."
"I believe that most people will choose this way, because it is related to their own use. Then here comes the problem, your world is only so big, with the wolf's
and the number of sheep increases, because they have no wolf counterbalance." Tassel continued, "The grass is no longer enough to provide the basic survival of the sheep."
Ying opened her mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the tassel, "Are you thinking at this time, why don't I control the number of sheep?"
"In that case, it comes back to the previous topic, do you choose to send the excess sheep into the wolf's belly, or do you want to wipe out the excess yourself?"
Ying: "......"
Ying understands that in this case, no matter what she decides, it is not right, no matter what she chooses, the sheep will eventually die, although her purpose is to maintain the world, but from the perspective of the sheep, she may not think so.
On the contrary, they will become less and less convinced of her as the master of the world.
"Now, do you understand?" Tassel smiled and said, "All you can do is control the number of wolves and sheep from the beginning, no matter which side you favor, and if you make new rules to save this world, neither sheep nor wolves will treat you."
"The sheep hate you for giving their people into the mouths of the wolves, and the wolves hate you for restricting their hunting, and even if you tell them that they will not believe what you say that if one of them disappears, the world will perish, and they will all return to nothingness."
"Because your world is only that big, you have no other choice."
"This is justice?" Ying touched her chin thoughtfully.
"Of course not, it's just a means." Tassel shook his head and said, "Didn't I say earlier, [Justice] is defined, and you are the existence that defines [Justice]."
"You are the master of the world, and you have the right and the power to define your Justice."
Ying: "......"
Good guy, after all that, I thought you were going to tell me something, but in the end, you came to say that your fist is [justice]?
It seems to be quite right, because [justice] is originally defined by the strong.
Navillette, who had listened to all the conversations, touched her chin and frowned in thought.
He did not deny the tassel's point of view, and certainly did not agree with it, because he was the highest inquisitor of Fontaine.
From time to time, Ying's eyes glanced at Navillette, who was silent on the sidelines, and at the same time had some doubts in his heart, that is, why didn't he speak?
Navillette: "......"
"Actually, you don't have to worry about me." Navillette suddenly spoke, "You just keep talking, presumably the people around you are friends you know each other, right?"
"Yes." Ying nodded.
"I guess you already know who I am, I'm the High Inquisitor of Fontaine, Navillette." Navillette continued,
"Although I do not agree with what she calls 'justice' as a judge, from my personal point of view, what she says is 'justice'."
"As a judge, I only need to execute the defined justice, which is the law of Fontaine."
"Huh?" Listening to Navillette's words, Ying glanced at him in surprise,
"There's no need to look at me with that kind of surprise." Navillette shook her head and said, "By the way, that guy up there has been in the VIP table for a long time..."
"Just so that when you first see her, she can look the most handsome she thinks she is."
"But I think she was a little unconfident before, I guess you met her and had some skirmishes, and the reason why she's so confident now is probably because I'm here."
"Still, try to be careful, don't discourage her, I can tell you don't have any ill will towards her."
Funina: "Hehehehehehe....."
Ying: "......"
"Is it really okay for you to directly pierce your own gods like this?" Ying spread his hands and said helplessly.
Navillette
He nodded and said, "Well, that's fine, we don't have to worry about her, just watch our own performance."
"Hmm." Ying nodded.
"Mr. Neverette, it's such an honor that you've come to see my performance!" Linny hurriedly ran over from the side of the stage and said.
Navillette responded, "Oh, Mr. Linney, it must be my pleasure to be here to see you live."
"Looks like Mr. Navillette and my new friends have already met." Lynny said after seeing that he was not surprised in his eyes.
"Almost." "I still know something about the deeds of the famous travelers."
"Very well, Mr. Villette, and the travelers and friends who are here to attend, then I'll go backstage and get ready."
"Hmm." Ying nodded and said to Navillette,
"I haven't introduced it yet, but the people on my right are Tassel, Lotia, and Fu Xuan."
"The first few on your left are, Nahida, Zhongli, Wendy, Shadow, and the Yae Miko above her head."
"Well, thanks, now the show is about to start." Navillette looked at the stage that was ready to start and said, "We'll talk about it when Mr. Linney's show is over."
"Okay."
As soon as Ying's words fell, the originally bright stage suddenly dimmed, leaving only a circular spotlight in the center.
Linny slowly walked from the back to the center of the lamp and whispered to the crowd that had unconsciously filled the seats: "Welcome to the Opéra Opéra Opéra in Opco Opéra in your busy schedule, I am Linny today's performer."
"This is my sister and my most important assistant, Lynette. Here, let's say hello to everyone."
Hearing Linny's words, Lynette walked to Linny's right hand from the darkness on the side and greeted everyone weakly, "Hello everyone."
"Haha, don't look like she's not awake, it's a sign that she's nervous."
Lynette didn't refute Linny's words, but lowered her head and whispered, "Whatever."
"Maybe you think that those of us who have a Vision can freely use the elemental power and change the magic spell." Linny said as he took two steps forward,
"So what I'm making here is that everything that happens on stage today has nothing to do with elemental power."
As soon as Linney finished speaking, an assistant wearing a white mask walked up from the sidelines, and Linny and Lynette handed him their vision.
"Both me and Lynette have taken off the Vision. Hehe, God can't help me now." After the assistant left with the Vision, Linny continued.
"That's the difference between magic and magic, right?" Wendy blinked, "However, this kind of show doesn't mean much to us, and even the mechanism arranged under his tower has been detected by the wind."
"Look good." Zhongli took out a steaming cup of tea from an unknown place, took a sip of tea, and said lightly, "The main show is not this."
"Oh, you know, I'm just complaining." Wendy scratched her head and said, "Then again, old man, where did you get the tea?"
"From Liyue." After speaking, Zhongli put his hands in his pockets, and then took out another cup of tea from his right hand.
Venti: "......"
Is the power of space being used for such a waste?
However, although Wendy thought so, he also learned Zhongli's method and took a glass full of wine from his pocket.
Seeing the incompatible behavior of the two, the corners of Ei's mouth twitched, and his body moved slightly to the left.
Fortunately, except for the stage, everything else is dark, and ordinary people can't see their movements clearly.
"I'm sure everyone is getting a little impatient, and the show will start soon. Lynette will leave for a while to make some preparations." Linny stood on the stage and continued his watch
Preaching, reading the book
"Don't miss her, she'll soon reappear in unexpected ways and be the center of attention."
"Oh yes, yes, one last note." Lynney paused at this point,
"Please choose when you blink carefully."
"The magician's skill is to go from existence to nothing, from nothing to something, and from this there are thousands of changes."
As he spoke, Lynny began to perform a common little magic trick, removing the hat from his head and levitating it in the air without the power of the Vision; and small magic tricks such as conjuring cards and pigeons from empty hats.
"The audience is terrible now, and these traditional magic tricks have long been tired of watching."
After a brief demonstration, Lynny put his hat away and put it on, and as he paced, he touched his chin and wondered, "How can I prove that I am unique? Extraordinary?"
"I've got a puzzle in store."
As he spoke, Linney clasped his hands together and rubbed them vigorously as if he were changing something, as he suddenly opened his hands.
A pigeon flew out of his hand, driving the audience's eyes upward, and at this time, Lynette waved to the crowd in a large transparent glass tank filled with water, wrapped in metal.
"In plain sight, in this water prison, I'm going to make my sister disappear out of thin air."
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lynette jumped into the glass tank at Linny's signal, and she was still waving to the audience outside in the water.
"It's not that difficult, you just need to turn the person into a bubble and make her float out of the tank......
As soon as Linney's words fell, the metal lid above the hanging tank was completely closed.
"Oops." Seeing this, Linny pretended to be worried and walked under the tank to look at Lynette who was struggling in the water, "Don't you let them check the props properly."
"With the lid sealed, you can't even get air..."
"If you're a beginner, you'll be in a hurry."
"Hehe, fortunately, it's me on stage."
"Let's just let you see the real skills."
With a snap of Linny's fingers, the otherwise calm tank was filled with bubbles rising below, and Lynette, who was wrapped in the bubbles, suddenly disappeared, leaving only a body of clothing.
Seeing this, Funina stood up from her seat in amazement, eager to stretch her neck a little more so that she could observe the incredibleness more closely.
"Lynette, are you there?" Lynny continued to perform,
"Don't go too far, you'll run out of mana and you'll have to go."
"Well, I'm back." As Lynette's voice rang out, she also walked over to Linny's side from the other side of the tank.
"Tassel, do you know what's going on?" Ying's eyes widened as she watched Rinney's magic trick turn her head to the tassel and asked.
"I think it was the power of space." Tassel replied, "It's simple, just snap your fingers."
Ying: "......"
"Okay, it's just magic, what are you doing so deep into the principle?" Tassel smiled at the tangled Ying and said, "Or are you going to perform magic tricks elsewhere in the future?"
"That's not it, it's just pure curiosity." Ying shook her head, looked at the two people on the stage, and replied while clapping.
"I don't know, I didn't care." Tassel spoke, "For some trivial things, I usually don't seriously probe, if I care about everything, it will be schizophrenic."
"Aren't you already schizophrenic?" Yingyi pointed out.
Tassel spread his hands and replied helplessly, "So, in order not to split the three of me, I'd better be less nosy."
Ying: It's reasonable, it's convincing, it's got to be you, Tassel.
"The process of magic should be presented on stage, not to explore the hidden hand
Law." Navillette spoke up,
"Of course, if we can easily identify it, it means that his skills still need to be honed."
"Yes, some things are enough to just look at the surface, and there is no need to get to the bottom of it." The tassel chin chimed in.
Ying nodded and said, "I see."
"Thank you for the applause, I'm satisfied with the performance just now." Seeing that the applause from the audience gradually calmed down, Linny greeted loudly,
"But our magical journey is far from over. I've prepared moments that will surprise you even more."
"The magic of metastasis and disappearance can still evolve on top of this."
"I'm sure you'll think that even if the magic of the tank escape doesn't seem flawed, Lynette is still my assistant after all."
"In this case, I still have plenty of room to prepare."
At this point, Lynny paused and scanned the audience with his gaze and continued, "So for the next magic, I need one of the lucky audience members on the scene to participate."
"Come on, trouble my companions to push up the magical chest."