While Weiwei was losing blood while reading, the AI ​​who had taken a leave had some free time.

The first day of June seemed no different from every day before. As long as you looked up, you could see the dark clouds occupying the entire sky above the city. But today, the sky had a different color, and some people couldn't help wondering -

"Who released so many balloons?"

At Gotam Central Hospital, Jane opened the door of the ward and walked out, her face heavy.

She was not staying in her own ward, but in the room of other patients who had come from South Hinckley like her.

After walking down from the courtroom, she found that her injuries seemed to heal faster, and just one day later, she seemed to be more powerful, as powerful as the men who had suppressed her before, but now she could definitely break their heads.

Jane later communicated with other people and found that everyone had the same feeling. However, they could not be discharged from the hospital for the time being. The criminals were detained and the innocent moved out of Gotan. These women who had more or less psychological problems were holding a grudge in their hearts.

Lian Zhen herself has discovered that intellectually she knows that not all men are bad guys, but emotionally she doesn't want male doctors to touch her, nor does she want to communicate with men... This kind of psychological problem may require a long period of counseling to heal. Their bodies are getting better, but it is difficult for them to return to normal life.

"QQ"

When Jane returned to her ward and talked to a few of her roommates, they heard a knock on the door.

But this was not a normal knock on the door. It sounded like a simulated knock from a TV show. But everyone was happy. Jane said, "Come in."

[Good day, ladies, I hope I didn't disturb your rest, are you feeling better today?]

If the nurse was here, she would probably be very surprised. The door was not pushed open, but the voice that came out of the room was an elegant male voice, speaking with an accent like an English butler.

"It's OK," Leah, who was in the bed next to Jane, said modestly, but she soon stopped speaking in that fake reserved tone and asked, "Mr. AI, are you here to collect employment intention forms today as well?"

The voice that appeared in the room was not human at all, but an intelligent AI that simulated the tone of human speech. So after the women knew that they were only talking to AI, their resistance was not so strong. Later, this AI gentleman always came and chatted with everyone, talking about what they wanted and their future prospects, and even playing games with the children.

Sometimes Jane feels that there is actually a gentle psychiatrist behind the AI, but which psychiatrist can talk to several people in the ward at the same time?

Leah's problem is actually also Jane's problem. After the people who came out of the mine were sure that the criminals were punished, their desire to live was much less. For them, dragging their sick bodies to continue living was a torment, but seeing their enemies being punished, seeing that their lives are still valuable, and seeing Jane speaking on TV to bring their weak voices out, this is enough.

On the day of the court's verdict, many people's conditions worsened. As a result, no one died the next day, and many people even felt stronger after leaving the emergency room.

Mr. AI, with whom they had had a lot of communication before, came to ask them about their employment intentions and whether they wanted to continue staying in Gotan or move to other cities. The government has set up a foundation, and the funds come from the property of the perpetrators as compensation and donations from Gotan citizens. Even if they no longer go out to work and want to find a place to live alone, they will not be poor and helpless.

After hearing this, some people want to leave Gotan, this sad place. Although their families have not come to look for them, they have not given up the possibility of returning home... Most of these patients were trafficked. Even if they cannot find their families, they can still go to other cities with subsidies.

Jane hasn't figured it out yet.

In fact, at first, she was a member of the "Leaving Gotan" city, but after she left the court and returned to the hospital, many patients who had only met her once or twice came up to her and said, "You gave us strength."

That made her...very frightened.

All her courage was probably consumed in the past few years of suffering and in the few seconds she spent in court. She did not feel that she had any extra strength and was actually very timid. She also realized that from now on, as long as she stayed in Gotan, everyone who watched the trial would know her past.

She was pushed to the front, and behind her were women who were weaker than her. They stared at her back with confused eyes.

So Jane didn't answer and didn't talk to Mr. AI. She knew that if she made a decision, others would follow her because she was already standing in front of them in a daze.

AI was chatting with other people, and she noticed that many people relaxed their tense nerves a little because of the other party's gentle male voice. As long as they thought that this was not a human being but just a piece of data, they would feel better and more natural... Jane guessed that this should be what the doctors said, desensitization therapy?

"You came a little early today?" Jane walked to the next room, listened to the voices in the room, and whispered, "What's the matter?"

[Because I got an extra day off today, and there is indeed a special event happening today, the Children's Day celebration is about to begin, and the whole city is preparing for it]

Jane was in a daze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Does AI also have...holidays?"

Sometimes she felt that she was not facing AI, but a real person.

[Maybe it's because today is a great day.]

Jane stared out the window and noticed that the gargoyle had changed position, becoming lower, and that it had colorful balloons hanging from its paws, a stark contrast that made it look both funny and cute.

Jane smiled slightly and waved subconsciously——

The gargoyle raised its head.

The woman was stunned.

The gargoyle raised its head and stared at her, then tilted its head, as if the memory of that night had come back to her. The monster spread its wings and flew to the window, with countless balloons waving behind it. Last time it brought hope of escape, this time it brought fairy tales.

The gargoyle knocked on the window.

Jane took a deep breath and opened the window. Then, the stone sculpture used its nimble claws to unfasten a yellow balloon and handed it to her.

"Ah..." She was stunned for a while before she reached out to take it. A smile slowly appeared on her face. She said, "Today is indeed a great day."

The gargoyle flew back again, and Jane didn't even have the time to touch it. It was still squatting at the lowest point of the wall behind the hospital. From here, Jane could see children on skateboards cheering as they walked through the alleys, old people walking their dogs slowly, and office workers hurrying by... The city was slowly waking up, and Jane suddenly felt a little unhappy. Why didn't anyone touch the gargoyle next to her?

Don't they find it cute?

Maybe she could go, Jane thought, clutching the balloon.

She returned to her room, tied the balloon to the head of her bed, and in the surprised eyes of her other roommates, she began to rummage through the drawers, looking for clothes donated by others - she couldn't walk out of the hospital in her hospital gown, and the windows on the first floor were sealed, so she had to leave the hospital first and walk around a hundred meters before she could get to the back wall of the building.

[Madam,] AI suddenly spoke up, and just when Jane thought he was going to stop her, he said, [There is an unpowered cell phone in your bedside table. You can get shoe covers in the conference room on the fourth floor. You can get free masks on the third floor...]

Jane was stunned for a moment, then took out her phone. She realized that the AI ​​needed the phone to locate her at all times and to chat with her. She smiled and asked, "Is this surveillance?"

[No,] the man said softly and calmly, [This is protection.]

When Jane went out with her cell phone and headphones in her pocket, she realized that although others were hiding in the ward, they were actually watching her secretly.

She took a deep breath and turned around.

"It's okay... I just want to go to the back door."

Following the AI's instructions, she first went to the fourth floor to get a pair of shoe covers, then put on her windbreaker and mask. On her way out of the third floor, she noticed a man dressed differently from ordinary doctors saying to the others, "Can't you do this? Even gargoyles can do it better than you!"

The girl who was almost crying because of his scolding walked at the end, muttering softly: "The gargoyle can replicate it after watching it once, but how can anyone do it to this extent..."

They hurried into the elevator, and the man's red cloak seemed to have a spirit and lifted up and pressed the elevator floor button. The man's eyes swept over Jane who was standing motionless outside the elevator, and his cloak moved again, and the elevator door that was about to close opened again. Jane was startled, turned around and ran to the staircase.

She still couldn't stand being in a closed, small space with the opposite sex, even with other people around.

She ran all the way to the first floor. Fortunately it was still early, so she pulled up her mask and left the ward.

The sky was still gray. The entire Gotham City Center Hospital was quite large. Jane looked at a small building in the distance. AI told her, "That's the child care center."

She watched silently for a while, walked through the corridor, lowered her head and hurried through the hall, passing other people's cars. She could hear her heart beating like a drum, and the voice of the AI ​​seemed not so clear. She was not sure whether the AI ​​was speaking. Finally, she walked out of the hospital gate under the gaze of the guard.

"It's just like in a mine," Jane seemed to be talking to someone or to herself. There was only a door between them. She turned around and felt as if she had passed through some non-existent barrier. She wanted to say something now. "When I was there, besides people like me who wanted to escape, there were also people who saw our miserable condition and ran away in fear. They were all right. This is what the doctor said. Cowardice is not wrong..."

No one requires a person to be brave or to stand up after suffering violence and suffering, just as no one requires Jane to stand in the witness stand in court. Even if she doesn't go, it may just make the trial process more tortuous.

The hospital has created a new wall to separate these victims from normal people, but Jane realizes that this is a psychological separation.

…They are trying to protect themselves with a negative attitude.

Because facing things actively will inevitably lead to getting hurt, and people's eyes are all hurtful, and Jane understands this.

She walked slowly forward according to the AI's instructions. She stared at the pedestrians, cars, gargoyles, and the advertisement for the movie "Gargoyles and Gotham" on the street. Then, she ran.

Just like the wind...

No one will come to catch her.

Her body ached slightly, but a strange power accelerated the healing process, and she felt that she was becoming stronger every day. Jean Merope turned a corner along the high wall of the hospital and rushed towards her destination. She felt happier than she had in many years.

She guessed that her fellow patients would ask the AI ​​what she was doing, the AI ​​would tell them, Leah would look at the others in surprise, and then they would rush to the window.

Jane finally stood in the alley. She walked in holding on to the wall. Two naughty cats rubbed against her calves and ran past, making her shiver.

There are people opposite the gargoyle, more than one.

A young, handsome man was squatting, not taking the gargoyle's balloon, but stroking its stone wings like a pervert; a man who looked older was talking on the phone, looking at his companions with helplessness. A woman was eating bubble gum, she looked beautiful and generous, next to her, a man was playing cards, and another man wearing a top hat, was surprisingly tall, he noticed Jane, then turned around and said a few words to his companions.

"You got it, Daniel?" McKinney said to the guy touching the wings. "I'm telling you, this isn't magic. You're trying to explain magic with science?"

"Never mind him," said their companion, the beautiful woman Lula. "Come on, Jack, the app says the circus is open, let's go find some fun."

"Our magic is often mistaken for magic by others..." the man squatting in front of the gargoyle muttered, "How do these wings support its body? It can't fly at all. It's just an ordinary stone sculpture."

They are all magicians, or you can call them the "Four Horsemen of Apocalypse". They have committed many serious crimes, but now, they have all "turned over a new leaf". However, as magicians, after seeing those "provocative" words in the promotion, these people could not help but come to Gotam... It was a vacation, but also to expose the true face of their colleagues - how did the guy who called himself C make the gargoyles fly?

"That's..." Jane took a deep breath, "That's not an ordinary stone sculpture!"