Chapter 149 The Complexity of Human Nature

In the cafe, the discussion about mutants continued.

"That's right, those mutants are a bunch of bastards." A man in a black winter coat and a baseball cap said fiercely. "The last time I drove past a restaurant in a truck, I ran into a mutant bastard, and he actually worked as a waiter there."

"I didn't tip him, why should I tip a mutant." The man's language was very rude. "Then I finished eating and went out to find a flat tire."

"Needless to say, that damned little bastard must have done it." The man's deduction was groundless, just because the other party was a mutant.

So he blamed others for his flat tire. This unreasonable and domineering approach is unacceptable.

The man was talking cursingly, and at the same time there were several companions echoing him, it seemed that they were all companions.

Judging from their speech and action habits, they look very much like a group of truck drivers. Originally, I just went to the coffee shop to drink a cup of hot coffee to kill time.

But because of this news, it seemed that this man's anger was hooked up. "You know, I hated mutants when I was little."

"There was a little mutant in school at the time. He used his superpowers to cheat every time. I knew he couldn't be so smart. He must be cheating." This is already blatant jealousy.

"Okay, it's almost time for us to start working." One of his companions signaled the guy to stop talking, and it was time to start preparations.

"Okay, how much." It looked like the group was ready to check out and leave, the man in the baseball cap ready to pay.

However, the waitress seemed a little stunned, and did not immediately go to collect the money and check out.

"I said how much does it cost?" The man in the baseball cap waited a little impatiently. He reached out to pat the waitress on the shoulder, but his hand passed directly through the waitress' body.

"Damn it! What the hell are you doing!" The man in the baseball cap suddenly stepped back a few steps, and he roared angrily. He touched the waitress's hand that he had just worn, as if he was afraid of being infected by something.

"What did you do to my body? You're a damn mutant!" The man in the baseball cap said with a bit of horror in his tone.

"No, I'm sorry, I, I didn't do anything." The waitress didn't look very old, she probably looked like a high school student, and she looked like she was working as a temporary worker.

"You're a mutant." The man in the baseball cap yelled again. He picked up a round stool that was common at the bar and pointed at the girl.

"Tell you, don't play tricks on me. I've seen people like you a lot." Although the man said this, he didn't dare to go forward. He seemed to be afraid of something.

"I'm sorry." The girl had already started to cry, and there were tears in her beautiful big eyes. "I'm really sorry, I didn't do anything."

"That's enough!" Li Jie's mood had already hit rock bottom. This is all a mess. Do these guys who preach that mutants are a threat know how much conflict they are inciting?

Apart from causing trouble for this society, they can't do anything serious at all!

Li Jie couldn't stand these guys anymore, this girl was just an ordinary working student, she was terrified.

It's normal for mutants to be in a state of self-protection when they are frightened, and the girls don't seem to have destructive abilities.

But because of the advocacy and publicity on the TV news, such mutants who can integrate into the lives of normal people have become unpopular.

Li Jie directly stood in front of the girl with the corbel he just bought weighing more than 20 kilograms, and used the corbel to push away the round stool the man was pointing at the girl.

Because the man looked like he wanted to attack the girl, the girl was almost crying in fright.

"She's just an ordinary girl, and I haven't seen her do anything bad to you." Li Jie's strength was so strong that the man almost fell down when he slapped him with his bull leg.

"He's a mutant!" The man continued to emphasize this point. As if this is the most terrible original sin.

"But now she is just a child who was frightened by you." Li Jie stood in front of the man and said seriously. "Don't be misled by those simple guys, please use your brain."

Li Jie pointed to Macaulay who was still talking nonsense on TV. What this kind of person does is meaningless and will only increase negative energy.

Seeing Li Jie's aggressive appearance, the man's other companions were all urging him to let it go. In the end, he struggled a bit, and finally left twenty dollars to pay for coffee for several people, and left without giving change.

"Are you okay?" Li Jie asked the girl, she was really frightened.

"It's okay, thank you. I just, I was a little scared just now." The girl calmed down her mood just now, and thanked Li Jie.

"Katie, come here." Just as the girl was thanking Li Jie, the man who looked like the store manager called the waitress named Katie over.

It seemed to be talking, Katie seemed to be pleading, but the owner still shook his head. In the end, Katie had no choice but to take off an apron representing the waiter of this store.

"What's the matter?" Li Jie frowned and asked Katie who was walking towards him.

"It's nothing, I just lost a job." Katie smiled, but looked helpless. Then he nodded to Li Jie and walked out of the cafe.

What Li Jie was afraid of happened. As a mutant who is very normal and whose ability is not mainly to destroy, he will lose his job. What about other mutants?

Li Jie remembered that when watching movies, the characteristics of some mutants were very obvious, and people could discover the characteristics of those mutants as long as they paid attention to them.

Will these people be more oppressed? Then burst out under intense pressure? Know that it's not impossible.

That sentence: Where there is oppression, there is resistance. It is not empty talk.

Li Jie paid the bill and walked out of the cafe. He saw the waitress Katie was squatting on the side of the road, choking softly, holding her head in both hands, but her shoulders were shaking constantly, which was a sign of a person sobbing.

"If you don't mind, I can take you home. My car is parked at the intersection." Li Jie knelt down and said to Katie.

Katie's home also lives in Queens, but it doesn't look like her own house, but rents in an apartment building.

Li Jie drove Katie back to his home in a second-hand Ford sedan for fifteen minutes.

"Thank you today, otherwise that man might hurt me." Katie thanked Li Jie again before getting off the car.

"You're welcome, because you didn't do anything wrong, it's just that he scared you." Li Jie shook his head and replied.

Katie smiled, her smile was much prettier than the previous wry smile, she took out a small notebook and a pen from her pocket, tore off a page and wrote her phone number on it.

"Here's my number, I mean, if you want to befriend a mutant."

Li Jie took the piece of paper from Katie without letting her finish speaking. "Of course, believe me, a lot of my friends are weirder than you."

Well, Li Jie is telling the truth.

"Thank you." Katie smiled, got out of the car, waved to Li Jie, and ran upstairs.

Li Jie drove away from here slowly, and he had to rush back to make lunch for the people in the base.

The radio in the radio station was also broadcasting the news that he didn't want to hear, so Li Jie simply turned off the radio and drove quietly.

He didn't know whether Katie's situation today was accidental, or if all mutants would definitely encounter it.

Li Jie can't guarantee that everyone can treat the issue of mutants equally like him, such as the man in the baseball cap he met today.

His attitude towards mutants is another kind of attitude, and it's very complicated. It contains discrimination, fear and envy.

Although he clamored to teach Katie a lesson, he still didn't dare to do it, because he was afraid. And he also talked about the mutants he met in his childhood, because others' abilities or excellence made him feel envious and jealous.

Is this complex and mixed emotion shared by most people? Li Jie's Ford car drove very slowly.

Because the traffic in New York is very congested, just like the various problems hidden in this society. All problems are blocked.

There is no one, or no good way, to solve these problems, and the problem of not getting catharsis is like this rolling traffic.

Forced to be congested on the road, slowing down the development of the whole society.

Katie was very happy today. Although she lost a part-time job, she gained a friend who didn't discriminate against her after knowing her identity.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back." She happily pushed open the door of her house, which was different from the usual hug her mother would give her when she came home.

Today's parents sat quietly on the sofa, and when they heard the news of her return, they just turned their heads to look at her.

And on the opposite side of the parents, there are two strangers. An old man in a wheelchair, and a beautiful young woman with red hair.

"Hello, I think you must be Katie, I want to talk to you, okay?" The old man in the wheelchair smiled kindly.