Saying goodbye to Lorotta, Hobert took another carriage to the workhouse, telling Bob that the court session was ahead of schedule and that he was ready.

He then traveled to the Lever Church to seek support from Iconser.

Hobert asked the servants in the church to deliver a message, and after waiting for ten minutes, Captain Iconser of the "Machine Heart" came out of a door inside the church.

His hair seemed to be fluffy again, probably from the Magic Mirror of Arodes recently.

Hobert sighed in his heart: What a sin!

The two men exchanged a few words of exchange and sat down in adjacent seats.

Hobert said: "Bob's case was suddenly brought forward. ”

Captain Iconse was stunned for a moment, and then said with some annoyance, "How can the legal system of the Kingdom of Rune allow such an operation? ”

"That legal system is not designed to protect workers' rights." Hobert smiled, "I'm weak right now, and I need your help." ”

Ikenser was a little discouraged: "If it's to protect your personal safety, or help you collect information, it's fine." But if we go against the powerful people of the entire kingdom of Rune, we may be driven out of Rune. ”

Hobert knew the bottom line of the Church of Steam and Machinery: "Don't describe the contradiction so sharply, we are not against anyone, we are just asking for reasonable rights." ”

He said, "I don't ask you to do anything to stimulate the Kingdom of Rune, I just want your church to promote this matter with respect for the facts."

"Regardless of the outcome of the trial, I suspect that Arnold and the others will use newspapers and other propaganda tools to smear us as much as possible, and then all my efforts will be in vain.

"And if the case is publicized in a respectful manner, then there is a role model for such cases, and workers will know how to defend their rights and interests when they encounter similar incidents."

Ikenser nodded: "That's no problem, I'll go to the archbishop to discuss this matter in a while, I don't think he will object." ”

Hobert looked at the emblem of the church made up of gears and triangular rulers: "Captain Iconse, what kind of era do we live in?" Is it civilized, or is it uncivilized? ”

Captain Iconse was stunned for a moment, and before he could reply, he saw that Hobert had almost gotten up to take his leave.

After seeing Hobart leave, Iconse sat in the church for a long time, and so far it seems that the Kingdom of Rune has reached an unprecedented civilization, but why does an "unprecedented civilization" seem so fragile? So barbaric?

……

At about half past five in the evening, Hobert went to the banquet as promised.

The venue of the banquet was not at Arnold's house, but at the "Rune Kingdom Hotel", which is claimed to be the most luxurious hotel in the world.

The carriages that came here were basically aristocratic carriages with family coats of arms, and the most important ones were exquisite private carriages, and the rental carriages that Hobert rode in were so conspicuous here that even the doorman wondered if he had seen them wrong.

After getting out of the carriage, Hobart saw the huge front yard of the hotel, with fountains, statues, tree scenes, and a huge area of lawn.

Opening the door to the hotel is more like a museum, the lobby is full of works of art, and the murals on the walls and ceiling are stunning.

Hobert looked coldly at everything in front of him, all of which was the other party demonstrating to himself.

The butler who had invited Hobart before was already waiting in the lobby: "Mr. Hobert, please come here." ”

Under the guidance of the butler, Hobart came to a large dining room, and in the center of the dining room there was a long dining table that could seat dozens of people.

There were already more than twenty people sitting by the window, some chubby, some with calculating eyes, some looking at Hobart indifferently, some with smiles on their faces.

On the side of the door, only a chair was prepared for Hobert, as if to give Hobart a psychological hint: you are only one person.

Hobert smiled: "There is a tradition in the Kingdom of Rune, the more distinguished guests come later, but the first you arrive, it is too polite. ”

After speaking, he hung his trench coat on the clothes rack with a comfortable expression, then pulled out his own stool, and sat down opposite more than twenty people with a calm demeanor.

The confidence shown by Hobart made Arnold and others, who had been carefully prepared, a little at a loss in their hearts.

The middle-aged man sitting across from Hobart smiled, "Introduce yourself, I'm the president of the Beckland Chamber of Commerce, Gusta." ”

"Hello."

"I have heard such a theory of Russell the Great." "Nature pursues the law of survival of the fittest, all the weak, unfashionable animals will be eliminated, and all the strong animals will be better reproduced, become more adapted to nature, and the population will become stronger," said Gusta. ”

He smiled and said: "Mr. Hobert, the human world also follows the same law, some people should be eliminated if they are weak, and some people should be better developed if they are strong, and in the end, only those strong people will be left in the human world."

"At that time, human civilization will become more prosperous and more powerful, because all the people who make up this civilization are powerful people."

"It is undeniable that this theory of Russell the Great can explain the evolution of most living things." Hobert smiled, "But are you here beasts?" Are we in the middle of the jungle?

Hobert spread his hands: "The reason why humans have built civilization and curly baboons have not built civilization is entirely because of the 'humanistic care' we have.

"We know how to care for our compatriots, help our compatriots, and then become strong together, this is called civilization. The law of the jungle has no moral bottom line, and can only push humanity to the brink of collapse.

"And a society composed of only a few so-called elites must be falsely prosperous and powerful, because under this theory, without the support of the so-called weak, the struggle of these so-called 'elites' will continue.

"They all think that they are the strongest, and Mr. Gusta, the theory you just made gives them the legal reason to hit each other without any bottom line.

"A society with fierce internal contradictions and no morality to speak of, what do you call a 'civilized society'?"

The smile on Gusta's face vanished, and he stared at Hobart like a poisonous snake staring at its prey.

Hobert looked back, his eyes full of banter, which made Gusta a little unbearable, but in order to maintain decency, he was not very good at attacking immediately.

At this time, a thin middle-aged man next to Gusta said, "Mr. Hobert, do you know the latest medical discoveries?" ”

"I don't know much."

"And have you heard of a recent major anatomical discovery?"

"What kind of discovery do you mean?"

The thin middle-aged man smiled: "Of course, it is a new discovery of human head anatomy. ”

He said: "A university professor dissected the heads of the Southern Continentals, the Rorsted Islands, and the Runnes, and found that the brain size of the Southlanders was significantly smaller than that of the Runnes; It was found that the Rorsted Islanders had a significantly more structure in their skulls than in the Runnes, and the professor believed that the extra brain structure was the structure that the Rorsted Islanders liked to obey. ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz

"People are biologically different, otherwise why is there always thieves and all sorts of criminals in Beckland's East End, while the residents of Queens and West Side never steal?"

Hobert smiled: "Sir, your theory is dressed in science, but it is completely idealistic.

"Or rather, this is a set of theories invented by the Rune people in order to enslave the people of the Southern Continent and the Rorsted Islands with peace of mind."

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