Chapter 501 Night view and heart-to-heart talk on the rooftop
After the conversation, it was already evening.
"Is Zi Jin going to go back first?" Alana asked suddenly.
"Are you going to do something?" Tilan knew that Alana must have a reason for asking this suddenly.
"Yes, I probably need help." The other party did not hide it.
"I can go with you." Although he may not necessarily take action, he can also escort Alana to avoid any accidents on the way.
"Thank you." Alana expressed her gratitude.
After that, the three of them left the sanatorium and went to the place Alana mentioned.
About 40 minutes later, the three of them stopped in a courtyard. This is a civilian residential area, and the surrounding night market is quite lively.
After getting off the car, Tilan touched the tall black lion beside her, and then looked at the corner of the house not far away. Although the light was dim, she had already found Gun standing there. She
stamped out the cigarette butt in her hand, and Gun walked over.
"You are finally here."
"How is it, did you find anything?" Alana asked.
"I found some, but I may have to use a little violence." He answered, then looked at Tilan and Soga who didn't know much, and then explained.
"It's like this, when you went to find Sen in the afternoon, I found Diuk, no, it's this kid."
As he said, he opened the door and pulled out a thin young man from inside. At this moment, he was tied up and had tape on his mouth, so he couldn't make a sound.
Seeing this scene, Alanna couldn't help but cover her eyes, but didn't say much.
"Diuk, tell the big sister how you were coerced and surrendered by the other party." Gern kicked Diuk's butt, then tore off the tape.
"I really have no choice, big sister Alanna, I didn't mean to surrender, I was forced." When he saw Alanna, he immediately cried.
He was very afraid of black mercenaries like Gern, but Alanna was much easier to talk to and gentler, and he knew this.
"I know you have many reasons. Don't worry, I'm not here to blame or retaliate against you." Alana comforted him to calm him down.
"But you must tell me what you went through, how the other party found you, and what evidence do you have in their hands?"
"I... I..." He was still hesitant at this moment, but when Gun twisted his knuckles and approached step by step, he was immediately afraid again.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you."
"This is what happened..." He began to recall the situation that day.
...
"In other words, when you were off work, you were dragged into a small room by several strong men and threatened severely. They also asked you to leave a contract paper seal, video recordings and other things, and warned you of many things, so that you had to be nervous, right?" Alana concluded.
Listening to these words, Tilan on the side wanted to laugh a little. It felt like a plot in some kind of film and television drama, but for ordinary people, it was indeed scary enough.
She touched the black lion beside her and asked it to stay in the shadows and not move around, so as not to scare the young man who was talking to Alana on the opposite side.
"That's right." Diuke nodded vigorously, and then continued to beg for mercy.
"Do you have any clues about the other party? Who are they?"
"This... one should be in our group, but I didn't know him before." He remembered something.
"Who?"
"He is not in this area, he should be in Area 7. I remember his general appearance. He must be one of the 'connectors', because at that time, in order to quickly convince me, he showed me the same ability and cut off my way to contact other people." Diuke recalled the man.
"Tell me, his appearance and characteristics, I should have seen everyone in the team, but some of them are not familiar."
When the team expanded, even Alanna, the founder, did not dare to say that she knew all the members, but at least she had seen most of them.
"I'll tell you, he has dark black but slightly yellow hair, dark green eyes, and a bit fierce appearance. When he smiles, his right cheek will unconsciously pull, giving people a bit of a creepy feeling."
"This..." Alanna couldn't remember there was such a member at all. If it was really as Diuke said, she should have an impression of such a striking person.
"I don't remember this person." Soga also shook his head.
"I seem to have some impression." Fortunately, Gern remembered something.
"He might be from the East District, that is, the subordinate of 'Mad Wolf' As."
"'As?" Alanna remembered something.
"If he is his man, it doesn't seem strange." After saying that, she sighed.
"'Mad Wolf' As is a very good driver in the East District. People who often play racing know it." Soga explained to Tilan.
"He not only plays, but also organizes a group of people, often organizes racing activities and the like, attracting some young people who like excitement to participate, and collecting entrance fees. Originally, such people have nothing to do with us, but unfortunately, a new member found that As happened to have the talent of a connector, so he rashly invited him, and then he was tricked out of the information."
"After that, he found Alanna and expressed his willingness to join the 'Z' group, saying that he really likes such a rebellious team."
It's really too relaxed and casual, Tilan commented in her heart. The 'Z' group is so loosely managed, but it can still survive until now. It is really a kind of luck. Maybe it's because there was no conflict of interest in the team before, so it has always been peaceful.
"At first the big sister disagreed. After all, As didn't have a good reputation and had been reported to have bullied others before. But the other party sincerely mentioned it several times, saying that he had changed his ways, and then the big sister slowly relented."
"Okay, don't say it, Soga. This is one of the few things I regret." Alana shook her head. She was too soft-hearted at the time.
In this regard, Soga had to shrug at Tilan and shut up.
"What should we do now?" Tilan was curious about how Alana would solve this problem.
"What should we do? Of course we should go find 'Mad Wolf' As. Since he is his subordinate and one of his followers, it is useless to find his younger brother." Geen said that they could go now.
"What about him?" Alana looked at Diuke who was still afraid.
"Take him with you. It's just right for Diuke to identify him and ask As why he never contacted the organization again after the incident that night. Even if the big sister asked him, he deliberately didn't reply."
"There are only four of us, no, five people?" Soga looked around.
"When they are racing or traveling at night, there are often more than 20 or 30 people. When they encounter activities, there may be a hundred people."
"If it is normal, it is not a problem for the big sister to call hundreds of people with one phone call, but now." Soga said that it is a bit difficult.
"No, you are wrong, Soga." Alana pressed her hat and then looked up at the sky.
"Yes, I was abandoned and betrayed by everyone in the team, but the reason why I can be the leader is not just relying on everyone in the group." After saying that, she turned around, her bright pink and purple eyes blinked slightly, and a confident smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.
"I'm a well-known celebrity. People who like me line up in long lines on the street. Do you really think I can't attract a few people?"
"Don't think so. I just sing well."
Then, under the gaze of several people, Alana performed on the spot how to hold a temporary street performance and the professional organization and operation capabilities of the music company.
"Yes, that's right, tonight, the location is the East Roundabout Street in the center 7th District." She explained to the agency on the communication, and then made a reassuring gesture to several people.
"Enjoy my performance later."
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The night breeze was cool, and the East Turn Street would be an hour later.
Tilan sat on the rooftop terrace, where she had a great view. She could see the increasingly lively streets below and the fans who had come.
Like colorful dots, they emerged in the night, and then gathered together. The scallop-shaped stage carried by the aircraft slowly descended from the sky, and then Alana, who had changed into her performance clothes, made a shining appearance.
First there was a warm greeting, and then there was the gradually noisy sound of the sound system.
Is this the performance ability of a big singer? Tilan watched this temporary performance from scratch, which took only more than an hour to complete, and felt that she had learned a lot.
If she were to organize such a temporary performance, how many people would come? She couldn't help but think.
Sure enough, she was still a little embarrassed. It was too temporary and she didn't know what to sing. Besides, her style was not rock, so she probably had to choose songs specifically to suit such a scene.
While she was in a daze and thinking, a hovercraft slowly descended and stopped beside Tilan.
Soga jumped down, came to the edge of the rooftop, sat down with Tilan, and took a look at the black lion next to Tilan. The mighty lion was lying on the ground with its eyes slightly closed, as if taking a nap. Its smooth lion mane fluttered in the night breeze, looking very comfortable.
"It's really beautiful. When I have money one day, I also want to raise a beast like this."
The words interrupted Tilan's thoughts. She raised her head and looked at Soga beside her.
"Are you ready?"
"Ready, I have greeted some members of the fan group. After the performance, they will not leave immediately, but will ride motorcycles with us."
"Then how did Alana explain to these fans tonight's activities?"
"Explain? No need to explain, just say that I will lead everyone to have a carnival tonight."
"That's enough." Soga said that Tilan was too young and didn't understand people's hearts.
"Zi Jin is always so thoughtful, but let me tell you, most people don't think so much. It's like when you suddenly get hungry at night, you just go to a restaurant on the street that looks good and have a decent dinner."
"There's not so much advance planning, not so many grand ideas, everyone just makes a living, looking for some happiness and excitement." After spending these two days together, Suo Jia also understood what kind of girl Ti Lan is.
"You top students always think that the world is very ideal and must operate according to certain rules, but in fact, most people live by instinct."
"Thinking about this kind of thing is too tiring. It's better to drink some wine and find some good-looking people of the opposite sex you like."
"I know." Ti Lan shook her head silently.
"I know that people don't actually think so much." She looked at the crowd below who were waving glow sticks enthusiastically to the music.
"But when one day, many people are expecting you to make a choice, when many people are placing their hopes on you, you can't just live in a muddle-headed way. That way, many people will be disappointed, and you will let down many things, which will make the ending very sad and heartbreaking."
"Well, maybe you're right. After all, no one has ever expected anything from me, and I don't know what that feels like." Soga rested his hands on his head, leaning against the wind.
"I've had a bad relationship with my family since I was a child. They raised me just to be beaten and scolded at will, without any care or expectation."
"Shan, you and Alana are different. You are students from the best universities in the Federation. Many people will want you in the future, and many people in your family will probably expect you to make a different career, so you have to think and think about a lot of things." She stood up and took out a few cans of drinks from the backup refrigerator of the hoverbike.
"Sometimes I envy you for being able to talk about the future of the country and the future of mankind. Many people like me only have a superficial understanding and can't quite understand what you are saying."
"But I also think that you often think too highly of people, or that in education, teachers dare not tell you that in fact most people are despicable. At least there are too many such people around me."
"You are always thinking about the future, civilization, and the country will become better, but those people are not so noble. They only care about whether they can find some excitement and fun tonight. Even if you are a hero who sacrifices for the continuation of civilization, in the eyes of those people, you are just a big fool."
"They have no empathy, because empathy is too tiring at the bottom. You can see all kinds of garbage happening every day. If you sympathize with them one by one, you can forget about living."
"If I were the top leader of the federation, I would not spend the time to care about this group of people every day. I would just give them living conditions that are barely enough to keep them from starving to death, maintain force, control order..."
"Uh, why do you sound more and more like the group of people I scold every day." Soga took another sip of his drink.
"Well, it seems that everyone is equally smart. So they all think this way."
"You see, this is how it has been for thousands of years. Maintain a general order, and then focus on a small number of people who can control the overall situation."
After hearing this, Tilan did not rush to refute, but thought of another thing.
"Aren't you an old member of the 'Z' group? Alanna has always talked about a future where everyone is equal. Have you never thought about it?"
"Well, I just think about it. I don't think it's reliable. How can everyone have equal status? Even among the connectors, the powerful people receive more attention than the less powerful people, and everyone likes them more."
"This kind of preference cannot be hidden."
"So, I don't think absolute equality is possible. At most, it is superficial equality. You can't insult each other casually."
"This is actually not bad." Tilan thought for a while and said.
"So, what do you think of what Alanna said, Zijin? I think you must have your own set of ideas." Soga threw the empty can out, then raised his finger and shot out a small electric spark that exploded in the air.
"I've thought about equality before, but later I realized that this issue has no results. The current relative equality is already very good. If we continue to pursue 'equality', it will be suspected of coercion and moral kidnapping." Tilan shook her head.
"It's just that there are many deviations in the law and execution, which makes people feel that it is not equal enough. But this is not a problem of concept, but a problem of specific implementation. If people are bad, no matter how good the law is, it will be useless."
"The biggest problem is how to allow the vast majority of people, including most of the lower classes of society, to maintain dignity. I'm not talking about superficial dignity, but really having the confidence to refuse unreasonable requests and things."
"Some seemingly unfair and unequal things happen, but in fact many people don't have the right to refuse, because if they refuse, their lives may be in vain and their families will suffer."
"My hope is that everyone can have room for choice. With such room, large companies will not dare to exploit employees without bottom line, because this will cause employees to leave and choose more suitable jobs."
"Once forced, many things become unpleasant." Tilan said softly.
"As for other pursuits, I think everyone is different. Let everyone who has free time pursue them at will. I think the greatest joy and happiness is to be able to freely do what you like." Tilan thought about it and said her gradually clear ideas.
"You can form a connecting 'circle' with your favorite friends to share joy and experiences, and gain everyone's recognition and praise. You can also leave any 'circle' or group at will, live in seclusion in a busy city, and live a comfortable life alone."
"Education and medical care will no longer be a huge pressure. Everyone can afford it easily, and they can enjoy their old age without having to work hard."
"After listening to Zi Jin's ideas, I feel that you are far more idealistic than Alanna. However, if you want to do these, it is not as simple as forming a 'Z' group like Alanna."
"Even someone like me who doesn't read much knows that when Her Highness Aimuraline carried out reforms, the interests of so many people were affected, and it took a fierce civil war to quell the opposition."
"In other words, you also want to become the next color-level singer and let the Federation change color again."
"That kind of thing is too far away. I can't even think of it." Standing up, Soga exhaled, threw the can in his hand far away, and watched it fall in a long arc.
"As for me, I just want to teach that guy named As a lesson today and vent my anger."
Hearing this, Tilan couldn't help but smile. Although it was a bit like talking to a cow when talking to Soga, she felt much more relaxed. At least Soga didn't feel bad, right? She thought someone like Soga would laugh at her and deny it.
"Well, include me too."
Sometimes, she is not such a sentimental person who worries day and night. She still has some small hobbies. She likes to be lazy, sleep, and likes new things.
(End of this chapter)
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