The Witch's Taste

134. Chapter 133 Justice in your heart

The Ping'an District, the political center of Extreme North City, the Governor's Mansion and the Star District Council are all located here.

In addition, many dignitaries of the Lu ethnic group also chose to live in the "Gong Nei" near the Governor's Mansion, rather than the "Guanting Street" favored by the island bureaucrats.

Chen Ziang was in charge of driving, while Xia Qingyu sat in the passenger seat, looking out the window silently.

For some reason, the memory of the beautiful boss apologizing to himself in the historical memorial hall suddenly appeared in his mind:

"Chen Ziang."

"In everyone's heart, there are taboos that cannot be touched."

"So I'm sorry, I can't explain this to you..."

It was surprising that Xia Qingyu would say "I'm sorry".

Although the situation was urgent at the time and I didn't have time to think about it, but when I recalled it afterwards, I could realize that there must be some complicated and unknown reason behind Xia Qingyu's sarcastic remarks to her, which is what she said "" A taboo that cannot be touched."

But...what the hell.

Chen Ziang is not the kind of person who likes to get to the bottom of other people's secrets.Even if Yue Gong Ling Nai hadn't told him the truth so far, such as "why she knows her preferences so well", Chen Ziang never minded her.

Some things, the reason why people don't want to tell you is not because they don't want to trust you, but probably because the wound has not healed.

If you ask rashly, the truth has finally been clarified, the damage has been done, and the relationship has almost been destroyed.

"We're almost there." Chen Ziang said suddenly.

"Go into the underground garage." Xia Qingyu gave an order.

After parking the car in the underground garage of the community, the two of them took the elevator upstairs.

The elevator didn't stop on the first floor and went up smoothly.

Through the reflection of the metal door of the elevator, one could see that Xia Qingyu was wearing a white shirt and a high-waisted beige skirt today, revealing her smooth calves and sneakers under the skirt.

No black silk.

To be honest, without wearing black stockings, most of the glamorous temperament of the whole person is gone.As long as you don't look at her black eyes that seem to have no warmth, at first glance, the outfit looks like a fashionable and sexy sweet girl.

Sweet girl... Chen Ziang suddenly shuddered.

It was difficult to associate Xia Qingyu with this word.

"What's wrong?" Xia Qingyu asked coldly, "A seizure?

"It's nothing, the neck muscles are a little cramped." Chen Ziang chose to respond with nonsense.

Sure enough, even though she knew he was talking nonsense, Xia Qingyu didn't care about it, she just turned her head coldly and looked at the panel above the elevator.

The elevator finally reached the 28th floor. Xia Qingyu took out the key and went up to open the door of 2802.

Chen Ziang followed quickly, and closed the door by the way.

Following Xia Qingyu to the bedroom, there was no bed or furniture in the bedroom, only a chair in the middle.

Just as he was about to ask what the chair was for, he saw Xia Qingyu sitting down on the chair, and suddenly a silver key appeared between his fingers.

She inserted the silver key into the void, twisted it slightly, and opened a door from the air.

To be precise, it is a picture the size of a room door, and what appears inside seems to be... the scene behind the wall?

What is the power of this silver key?Not only can it lock power, trap ghouls, and seal clouds, but now it can penetrate walls to monitor the opposite side?

Chen Ziang was amazed, and saw a woman sitting in the opposite room.

The woman's expression seemed a little nervous, and she got up and paced back and forth in the room from time to time, as if she was afraid and anxious about something.

Suddenly the doorbell rang outside, and the woman immediately got up and opened the door, welcoming him into the room.

It was another woman who came in, obviously dressed much more elegantly than her. After entering, she first looked around the surrounding environment, and then said:

"Tsurumi Kumiko, why did you ask to meet here?"

"Ms. Watanabe, it's not safe outside now." Tsurumi Kumiko said nervously, "Many of my friends... have disappeared, and I suspect they have been arrested!"

Watanabe Maho let out a disdainful sneer, and said calmly:

"Dictators are like this. They only use brutal physical killing of dissidents... You don't have to worry. As long as you perform well enough, I can recommend you to join our organization, so you don't have to worry about being affected."

"No." Tsurumi Kumiko refused straight away, "You must let me join you immediately, otherwise I will not cooperate with you again!"

"Tsurumi, you'd better not take yourself too seriously." Maho Watanabe said with a sneer, "I have at least 50 well-known bloggers in my hands. What impact will it have without you?"

"I just can't bear to see you become a victim. Don't be ignorant of good and bad, and turn my goodwill into a bargaining chip... So what's the progress of this month's public opinion work?"

"It's almost the same as last month." Tsurumi Kumiko swallowed her anger and handed the document in her hand to the other party, "Look at it."

"Didn't you leave the electronic version?" Watanabe Maho took the file and asked with a frown.

"No." Tsurumi Kumiko shook her head hastily.

Watanabe Maho sat down by the bed, began to read the work reports on the paper documents, and at the same time unceremoniously commented one by one:

"You're not doing well enough here, you have to learn grand narratives, understand...every victim's case is not isolated, behind it is the structural oppression of the entire society..."

"...It's like writing a novel. You can't design that one villain will be played today, and another villain will come out tomorrow. If you repeat it mechanically, everyone will get tired of it...you have to establish a long-term, grand, and difficult to defeat for everyone. the ultimate enemy, so that we can all be united for a sustained, long-term struggle."

"...Yes, this operation case is very good. The organization praised your achievements last week... But there are still some shortcomings, you know? Debates on the Internet need to be heated up..."

"...Go to a forum with a higher proportion of men, find a few posts with more extreme statements, and post them with a vest to provoke... A common enemy can increase group cohesion, don't I need to teach you?"

"...The vast majority of people on the Internet do not have the ability to think independently. When they see the news itself, they will quickly form a judgment in their minds, and then read the comment area just to support their judgment... If most of them If the comments are all negative, then they will simply shut down and leave, and the fire will not be ignited..."

"...So, what publicity effect should your news achieve? The hot comments in the comment area below... At least in the area of ​​the first screen, all comments must be sent by our own people, and the water army will push the comments to the top … Most people read the comments with at most two swipes of their fingers. After occupying the first screen, the direction of public opinion is basically fixed, and they are allowed to vent freely in the future, and they can ignore it..."

In the next room, Chen Ziang watched all this silently, suddenly felt a little creepy and shuddering.

"How is it?" Xia Qingyu said with a sneer, "This is the person you want to protect from Takano Seiko, how do you feel now?"

"Shengzi Gaoye is indeed committing a crime. What about these two people? I won't test your IQ. I can tell you that the current law has no way to deal with this kind of person, because when Gao Tianyuan joined the Federation Star Alliance, the One bill is to ensure 'freedom of speech' and 'freedom of the media'."

"The so-called freedom of speech does not mean that anyone can speak freely, but that when the enemy organizes a large-scale public opinion war, you cannot use the simplest authority to block to defend - Gao Tianyuan has lost its greatest home advantage .”

"Seiko Takano's actions cannot reverse the current disadvantage in the public opinion war in one fell swoop, but she can at least slow down this deterioration. Of course, some people who are obsessed with law, morality and justice may disagree with me. "

She took out the mobile phone she carried with her, quickly pressed a long series of complete numbers, and handed it to Chen Ziang:

"This is Maho Watanabe's cell phone number. As long as you call now, the other party will immediately leave with suspicion, thus avoiding the fate of being killed by Seiko Takano. Of course, more people will suffer from it in the future. .”

"Come on, choose. Tell me what is the justice in your heart?"

The corners of Xia Qingyu's mouth were raised slightly, and her cold smile seemed to have a magical power of bewitching people's hearts, which made Chen Ziang hold his breath involuntarily.

135.Chapter 134 The mastermind behind the scenes

What is the justice that Chen Ziang has been upholding?

When studying in colleges and universities, the justice in everyone's heart is simple and pure, which is to defend the rule of law and protect the people.

However, after stepping into the society, the young operators realize how complicated the world is.

In many cases, if you choose to defend the rule of law, you cannot protect the people; if you want to protect the people, you cannot protect yourself.

Most of the students chose to go with the crowd, not seeking merit but seeking no faults, but because he embarked on a more dangerous path, he had no chance to re-examine his own values.

But in this dilemma right now... Xia Qingyu, you are such a devil!

If he wanted to fight danger head-on, Chen Ziang would not hesitate, but now he has to choose between procedural justice and substantive justice.

If you choose the former, these two guys who can be evaluated as bad guys in all aspects, as Xia Qingyu said, can continue to do evil and harm others by taking advantage of the loopholes in the law;

But if he chooses the latter, then his persistence and belief all the time...

………………

Then, he thought of his sister.

It is not so easy to change the professional habits, thinking patterns and values ​​of two generations of people, even if you are no longer a security officer.

But just as Xia Qingyu hinted: now it is only a choice between procedural justice and substantive justice, and I will encounter more difficult choices in the future. How to stick to my heart is the most important thing.

What is your own heart?

It is to maintain the order of a civilized society, it is to protect more innocent people, it is to save one's sister... But they also have a priority, and the latter is more important than the former.

If you can't have both, what should you do?

What can I do myself?

"Have you figured it out?" Xia Qingyu asked lightly.

Chen Ziang was silent for a moment, then sighed and said:

"I'm not saying that I want to give up the justice or conscience that I have always upheld, but I think... I should be able to let go of the rules and regulations that I have been used to in the past when necessary."

"Very good." Xia Qingyu turned her gaze back to the opposite side, "I'm glad to see that you are still alive, and it saves me from having to arrange for a kindergarten that is willing to take you in after you leave."

"When did you realize that I... was trapped in the shackles of this old thinking?" Chen Ziang asked tentatively.

"I don't know." Xia Qingyu said coldly, "I'm not a kindergarten teacher."

"Can we stop playing with this preschool teacher?" Chen Ziang said helplessly, "Also, thank you very much."

Xia Qingyu didn't answer, but Chen Ziang wasn't sure if she hummed.

Because through the silver portal screen, you can see a lot of water stains suddenly seeping from the opposite room.

The water stains first appeared around the door, and then quickly spread along the wall, quickly soaking large areas of wallpaper.

"You turned on the humidifier?" Watanabe Maho said suddenly.

"No." Tsurumi Kumiko just wanted to check the air conditioner, but suddenly fell into the water.

That was a weird thing disguised as a water polo!

The "water" in the strange body is almost completely transparent, and the refractive index is almost 0, so it is completely impossible to distinguish with the naked eye when it is stationary.

But as Tsurumi Kumiko stepped into it, the water began to be stirred up, and the weirdness quickly emerged—it was a strange mushroom-like water shape, the lower body was slightly slender, while the upper body was bloated And swollen, like some terrible swamp monster with its huge mouth open because of gluttony.

Tsurumi Kumiko, who fell into it, immediately fell into the suffocation of drowning.

She waved her limbs in panic, trying to pull herself out of the weird body, but the water entangled her tightly like a gel, until her chest was filled with sewage, her eyes were white and protruding, and her body was bulging It was swollen, drowned alive in the strange body, and did not make a sound.

Watanabe Maho jumped up from the bed in fright as early as the first time the weirdness appeared, and then forced himself to hide the fear in his heart, trying to bypass the weirdness and rush to the door.

When the weirdness digested Tsurumi Kumiko on the spot, she had already rushed to the door of the room, twisted the handle hard and opened the door, she was about to escape, and hoped to be completely blocked in the next second.

Two drowned walked in through the door.They have the appearance of humans, but their whole bodies seem to have been soaked in water for a long time. They have large areas of festered skin, and their bodies are full of swollen and deformed flesh. They hold Watanabe Maho's arms from left to right and quickly Press her against the wet wallpaper.

"Stop!" Maho Watanabe yelled in horror, "I'm a federal citizen, you can't kill me!"

"Is she from the Federation?" Chen Zi'ang asked in a low voice in the next room.

"So what." Xia Qingyu said with a sneer, "It's just a pawn for exploring the way."

"If she is killed by Seiko Takano, will it cause diplomatic damage?" Chen Ziang asked with a frown.

"Is this something you should consider?" Xia Qingyu asked coldly, "Do you want to transfer to the foreign affairs department?"

"It's not impossible." Chen Ziang started talking nonsense, "You know, Ling Nai's father is the Minister of Foreign Affairs..."

Then, Xia Qingyu's eyes almost showed a murderous light.

Chen Ziang was relieved to be stared at by his boss with such a vicious gaze.

Sure enough, this was the way to deal with a poisonous tongue—to confront her, at the cost of angering the leader.

Although Chen Ziang wasn't the kind of character who would intentionally tease his boss, but if he was ridiculed next time, at least he wouldn't have to be scolded and unable to retaliate.

Looking at the opposite side, the two living dead had subdued Watanabe Maho.The strength of their arms was so great that Watanabe Maho didn't even have the thought of struggling, but just looked in the direction of the door in fear.

Seiko Takano came in from the outside.

The first time Chen Ziang saw her, a certain unbelievable feeling filled his brain - because Ms. Gao Ye is really too thin now, her cheeks are deeply sunken, the stork bones are more prominent, and there are many hairs in her hair. There are many silver threads, and the wrinkles are deeply piled up. It is no exaggeration to describe her haggard appearance at this time as "shattered and bony".

But there seemed to be light shining in her eyes, and the condensed will was like coke still burning in a charcoal kiln. Although it didn't look like much flame at first glance, no one would doubt the astonishing heat contained in it.

Chen Ziang wasn't sure how long she hadn't rested, but she was obviously using her willpower and her last breath to support this physical body to live with difficulty.