I'm not Doraemon, I'm just a salesman

Marianne took a deep breath from the cigarette and watched the phantom smoke and dust dissipate in the air, smiling vaguely and mockingly.

"The result? The result is constant resistance and constant repression. The big companies are killing people while rebuilding the city to make money from it. While we are resisting, we are being deprived of extra space for survival."

"We don't agree with their rules, but they don't care either. They enforce their laws with weapons in their hands, not morality. The barrel of the gun is pressed against your chin. If you don't obey, you will die."

If most of the people in this city had traveled through eight months ago, they would probably not have recognized that this was their own city.

Even...[-]% of them can't recognize themselves.

Isn’t that what people like Marianne are like?Eight months ago, she would not have recognized that this prosthetic person was actually herself. Of course, without knowing it, she might have cheered for her 'youngness'.

But is it really okay to cut off your real body and replace it with these cold steel?Only when the blade that cuts off your arm tears apart your flesh and blood will you know what the helpless pain and sorrow is.

The car fell into a long silence

"How the hell did the world become like this?"

The first one who couldn't help but speak, and cursed as soon as she opened her mouth, was Cui Zhixiu. Her face was gloomy and she said in an irritable tone.

It's not that she feels sorry for the Free Beacon, her "hometown that she has never seen". In fact, her complaints are just for the sake of complaining.

Yes, why?Why did their world become like this?

This is true for his hometown, this is true for Chongsakura, this is true for the White Bear, this is true for Europa, and this is true for the lighthouse.

Everything is changing and that's okay.The world never lacks change.But the problem is, it gets too big too fast.

Who could have imagined that in just over a year, the world would go from a state of great vitality to the brink of world war?

Who could have imagined that in less than eight months, the Free Beacon would complete a huge transformation from a relatively normal country to cyberpunk?

Who could imagine that an entire state would be turned into a plaything puppet in the hands of a company and a tyrant?

Who can imagine that some aliens who are not human can openly occupy the country?

Who could imagine that demons from hell could easily walk around the world and do whatever they want?

Who could imagine that huge monsters are now about to destroy a country every three days?

Who could have imagined...that a priest from Indy might be able to lead everyone to heaven?

Everything will change, but such changes should not be too drastic, but not too outrageous.

Such changes are unbearable and unbearable for any life. Under that change called change, any life will feel the fear of not knowing what to do.

In fact, there is no need to ask so many whys. In the final analysis, after all, isn't there only one 'reason' from beginning to end?

The 'reason' that no one can change, no one can drive away.

This irritating topic made the atmosphere in the car even more depressing. After staying there for a while, Marianne drove to the next place.

Although it's still a bit early, considering the rush, let's prepare to have lunch.

206. The children of the future, the abandoned present

The Queen

As the most famous area in the Big Apple and the largest area, Queens also seems to be the most unpretentious and life-like place.

Perhaps because Queens is relatively large, or perhaps because there are no openly rebellious people in Queens, the area has not received much large-scale repairs and rectifications.

Is this a good thing?It must be true for people living now. After all, they have avoided being sent to the west by a cloudburst bomb falling from above their heads.

But this is also a bad thing. The Queens District, which has not been rectified, has an influx of people who have been driven out in a short period of time, and these people will not be 'changed' like the Queens District.

In fact, even without these outsiders, Queens' problems are looming.

As the largest borough in the Big Apple, Queens can also be said to be the most 'diverse' area.Here you can see people from almost all over the world, with different skin colors, different languages, and different beliefs.

At best, you can enjoy the customs and delicacies of different regions in Queens, at worst...

This place is a natural petri dish for gangs.

Before the change came, Queens was the territory of most of the gangs in the Big Apple.

The famous 'Hell Street' in Marvel comics is based on Queens. The price of diversity and large population is itself a form of chaos!

Now, the Queens District has been directly divided.

Each area is often occupied by gangs composed of people of a certain race or country. They rule the area they belong to and are wary of all outsiders.

Fires do not happen all the time, but there are more than a dozen fires every day. The level of chaos in this place can make outsiders stunned!

Of course, chaos itself is also an extension of its exclusive order.If you want to escape the management of big companies, Queens is the best choice.

Taking Gawara and Choi Ji-soo, Marianne invited them to have lunch at 'Flushing'.

This used to be the largest Chinese gathering place in the entire Free Beacon, but now it is a matter of course——

"This is now the territory of the Qing Gang."

Under the high red lanterns, Marianne was enjoying a very authentic orange chicken. The taste of the chicken, which was sweeter than Panda Express, reverberated in her mouth.

"After the influx of a large number of immigrants into Queens, they all divided their respective areas according to their skin color, nationality, and belief. Flushing has gathered the largest number of Chinese, and it has naturally grown the largest gang."

"The Green Gang is now the largest gang in Flushing, but it is not necessarily the number one in terms of strength. At least the Gulag Gang composed of White Giant Bears and the Iron Dragon Gang composed of Chongqing people are not the ones I know. Easy to mess with.”

"What about the local gangs?" Cui Jixiu asked curiously

"Huh, a local gang? There's no result yet." Marian sneered, whether she was mocking or joking.

Who says that the most powerful gangs in a country must be local gangs?Although the principle that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local coward is universal everywhere, it is definitely not universal in the Free Beacon, the largest immigrant country in the world!

Not many of the mafia that once sprang up in this country were local, coming either from Italy, Ireland or the disintegrating Big Bear.As for the local gangs - it's not that they don't exist, but most of them hang out in Chicago.

And at their peak, local gangs could never completely defeat foreign gangs.

The reason for all this has always been attributed to immigration issues, as well as the government's strong crackdown on gangs in the past.

In short, in Queens, the largest gang gathering place in the Big Apple City, the three rising gangs have divided up all the elite areas, and the remaining territory is basically occupied by the black gangs.

Not many of these local gangs are famous. Just like Marian said, if they want to wait for them to rise, they must first kill each other and compete for a leader.

"Does your government never crack down on gangs?" Gavara asked softly.

Well, as a priest from India, he is actually not qualified to accuse other governments of not suppressing local gangs.

After all, not to mention the rampant gangs in their country, even the current Indian government has always openly supported a group of religious lunatics to smash, smash, loot and burn another group of religious lunatics.

"It used to be, but not anymore." Marianne took a sip of juice, looked at the sky, and said with squinted eyes.

"Our government is finished a long time ago, and those companies don't care about the ideas of garbage people like us. But the 'law' will still operate efficiently and be implemented to the maximum extent."

Let a group of gangs kill each other and harm the people, but then say that the law is being strictly enforced?

Marianne was either out of her mind and talking nonsense, or there was something wrong with her words.

"Sir, Madam, everyone is nice, please give me some money..."

At this moment, a group of ragged beggars suddenly walked across the street. They were holding sticks and covering their eyes with rags. They were either missing a leg or a hand and begged along the street in a miserable tone.

They all seemed to be blind, walking in groups begging.But it was the language that caught Garwala's attention.

Each of these beggars spoke the language of a different country. Gawala was attracted by Hindi, which he was not familiar with. Similarly, Cui Zhixiu's eyes also stayed on the 'comatriot' who spoke his hometown dialect.

"they are......"

"That's the 'Gang of Beggars'." Marianne held her chin with one hand and said casually and calmly.

"They are all people who have committed crimes at the hands of the Youth Gang. They are either gangsters from rival gangs, old gangsters who have failed to repay their debts, or simply guys who committed crimes in Flushing."

"If there is no law to control us, people will naturally come out to maintain the new order. The laws of gangs are also laws. Anything with violence and rules is called law."

"Those who commit crimes at the hands of the Qing Gang will die, and more importantly, they must create enough 'economic value' for the Qing Gang to make up for the losses they caused."

"Those who are asking to be begged are guys who don't even have the value of their labor. They may have a history of running away or committing more serious crimes. They are asked to repay their debts by begging, and [-]% of the money they get from begging goes to the Qing Gang. , [-]% goes to themselves, and the last [-]% is used as their 'retirement benefits'."

"Retirement benefits?" Cui Zhixiu looked confused. He didn't know what kind of retirement benefits the gang had.

"Hey, it's actually just some junk prosthetics." Marianne chuckled.

"If they can really make enough money, the Qinggang will give them a chance and install a garbage prosthetic body as a small favor. Many people are willing to continue working for the Qinggang."

Having said this, Mary paused and pointed to the fierce Chinese men near the street who had different tattoos on their arms and held various weapons in their hands. They were undoubtedly the ones guarding these 'beggars'.

Marianne didn't take it seriously. Maybe eight months ago she would have thought this was a cruel thing, but now she was just calm.

If the law does not exist, there will naturally be something to fill it.Even if it is cruel and inhumane, it is still better than having no rules at all.

At least people who come to Flushing can now eat and drink normally without worrying about being shot by a few gangsters while walking on the street.

In troubled times, heavy laws must be used. The laws of the Youth Gang are actually far from the cruelest among the big gangs.The Iron Dragon Gang composed of those Chongying people, their treatment of criminals is called cruel...

However, although Marian was very adaptable, the other two were somewhat unable to accept it.

"Then... why are they all disabled?" Cui Zhixiu asked with some unbearability.

"Ah, that's called 'picking and cutting' as they say." Marian lit a cigarette and said calmly

"Compared to beggars with intact limbs, disabled guys are more capable of making people sympathize, right? Sympathy is a luxury these days, so the beggar industry is also very complicated."

Cui Zhixiu unexpectedly knew what "picking and cutting" meant. In the place where this term originated, it also described the cruelest and worst group of people among human traffickers.

Her face turned pale, and then she instantly stood up with redness and suppressed her anger.

"Could they still destroy children..."

"No, only for people over 15 years old." Marianne shrugged calmly.

"The only people who are caught and turned into beggars are those who have committed crimes and cannot repay the losses with labor. There are no prisons in the Youth Gang, so the prisoners have only two ways. Either they are killed, or they use labor to repay their debts and losses, and finally the victims Decide your fate."

"But all this is limited to those over the age of 15. No law can control them under the age of 15. What governs them is the real 'law'."

Cui Zhixiu was stunned for a moment. After saying these words, she suddenly realized that she had never seen a child during the whole journey.

Let alone children, it is rare to even see anyone who can be called a teenager, and when Marianne told her, it all seemed weird.

"In this country, children under the age of 15 are required to undergo compulsory centralized education."

Seeing Cui Zhixiu's doubts, Marianne smiled and narrated leisurely.

"Children under one year old are forced to leave their parents for social upbringing. They are only allowed to see their parents when they are five years old."

"Children over the age of five and under ten are forced to attend 22 days of intensive education every month, and can only leave the socialized intensive care area to meet their parents two days a week."

"Juveniles under the age of 15 and over ten are forced to attend intensive education for ten days a month, but they are deemed to be able to drive on their own and can apply to leave their parents or refuse to meet their parents for deeper education. "

"The above laws are enforced and will not be tolerated. At the same time...the only real 'laws' we enforce in this country will only be in effect against these people."

After saying that, Marianne pointed to the sky, and Cui Zhixiu followed her finger and saw a flying drone. The muzzle hanging under the spiral wing was chilling.

"If you violate a minor under the age of 15, you will be directly executed. In the same way, if a person in this age range commits a crime, he will also be executed accordingly."

"In other words, the law protects these minors from being harmed by us adults, and also protects us adults from being harmed by them. But when adults harm adults, it is not within their scope of management."

Marianne quietly told all the rules of this country, but this weird law made Cui Jixiu feel a strong... indifference.

It’s as if the country has separated adults and minors and no longer treats them as the same species.

Only minors who still have educational value are considered human beings in their eyes, while those who have no educational value will be swept into the garbage heap that they no longer manage.

What is the core of these laws?

Kernel......I'm afraid there is no such thing.

This is not what the law should be like at all, or in other words, it is simply a cruel and bloody screening mechanism.

Divide society and screen out the groups that can be educated and brainwashed, and then there will still be groups that cannot be educated and brainwashed, killing each other and leading to self-destruction.

This is simply another form of ethnic cleansing plan.

Moreover, it is an unabashed plan of racial separation and cleansing. It is hard to imagine how these educated "new humans" and the abandoned "old humans" will be treated differently later...

Just when Cui Zhixiu's thoughts were freeing, Gawala stood up and silently walked towards the beggars.

"Hey, don't mind your own business!" Marianne wanted to call the priest, but he just replied softly.

“Always do something right.”

207. The expected betrayal

This country is full of abnormalities, and its level of weirdness is no less than that of Europa, which is completely mind-controlled.

The law ignores adults but takes care of minors.Coupled with the brainwashing education that exists in children from birth, it is not difficult to see the thoughts of the big corporate rulers who control this society today.

They have completely given up on this generation and want to use the next generation to build a better society in their ideals.

This kind of approach is unbelievable, and can even be said to be completely inhumane.