Chapter 166 I Have Experience in This Area
Kevin didn't know what happened last night.
Because he didn't stay at the farm.
But from the expression on Charles' face and Logan's gentle attitude towards Laura, we can know that they must have had a heart-to-heart talk.
In the movie, Charles didn't convey his words to Logan before he died. I believe that he conveyed them to Logan well in this late night when no one disturbed him.
Logan may have been persuaded by Charles to agree to send Laura to North Dakota to find the Garden of Eden mentioned by the nurse.
Then, they went to buy a yacht, named it Rising Sun, and lived on the Rising Sun from then on.
This was Charles and Logan's plan, and Kevin listened without saying anything.
Only Caliban complained, "I think they must have forgotten me", but it was obvious that neither Charles nor Logan had forgotten him.
After so long, they have already become a family.
After having breakfast at the farmer's house and saying goodbye to the farmer, everyone set off again.
Taking out the map leading to North Dakota, Logan told Laura:
"I am only responsible for sending you there, but if you say there is no so-called Garden of Eden there, I will no longer listen to you. When the time comes, you can do whatever you want by yourself..."
"Logan, don't do this to the child."
Charles wanted to persuade him.
Logan was about to respond to Charles, but then he heard Laura say:
"...Okay."
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Logan paused as he was about to start the car, and looked at Laura with a surprised expression:
"Wait a minute, can you talk!?"
Laura glanced at him and didn't continue.
Charles couldn't help laughing when he heard it:
"I never said that she couldn't talk."
"But...it's been two days! She didn't say a word before!"
"If someone always yells at you and treats you unfriendly, then you won't think about talking...Don't look at me like that, this is Laura's idea."
Charles said with a smile, and Logan's eyes twitched constantly.
As for Laura, she noticed Logan's expression when she was sitting in the back seat. She snorted and took off the children's sunglasses on her head, put them on her nose and looked out the window.
Logan couldn't do anything with her, muttered something and cursed, and started the car to North Dakota.
During this period, Kevin didn't interrupt, he just picked up his mobile phone and filmed several people.
Charles looked at his raised mobile phone and asked curiously:
"What are you doing?"
"Shooting a daily family video, you guys just continue, don't care about me."
Kevin said with a smile.
He planned to record a video about Laura, and then use post-production dubbing to explain Laura's identity and what the Alkali Group was doing.
"He plans to bring down the Alkali Group through online public opinion."
Logan suddenly said, and he explained to Charles:
"Yesterday he had already released a video of the original Alkali Group branch, and his appearance was already known to most people, otherwise why would he wear glasses and stick on a beard today."
"Internet..."
When talking about the Internet, Charles showed a little dullness.
Of course, Charles knew what the Internet was, but for an old man like him, the Internet was just a special communication tool in his cognition.
As a result, Logan now told him that he could use the Internet to deal with the Alkali Group?
Seeing Charles's confusion, Kevin patiently explained:
"The 21st century is the information age. No matter what it is, it can be posted online to attract other people's attention. Mutants are now being persecuted. This is a certain fact. As long as we send this information to the Internet, we will receive help and sympathy from countless people."
"...Can it be done?"
Charles didn't quite understand. He looked at the rearview mirror blankly and met Logan's eyes.
"Don't look at me, I don't know, although I think what he did is useless."
Logan's understanding of the Internet is at most to create the identity information of online taxi drivers on the Internet. He doesn't know much else.
For these old guys from the last century, the Internet is indeed a very mysterious existence.
Realizing that the young and old in the car were basically "special people" who had little access to the Internet, Kevin put down his phone for the time being and began to explain to them:
"Under normal circumstances, the videos I posted online would be quickly deleted by the Alkali Group. If that's the case, then it would be useless for me to do this.
"But I have a special way to ensure that the video is always circulated on the Internet. Even if they want to ban it, the video will pop up from other places.
"And the Internet... can connect any corner of the world. As long as a certain number of people know what the Alkali Group is doing, no matter how they hide it, they will eventually usher in a bunch of opponents."
Charles probably understood what Kevin was saying, but he was still a little worried:
"But the battle between mutants... and humans has been going on for a long time..."
"How long is a long time? A hundred years? Or two hundred years?"
Kevin asked back.
The fight between mutants and humans seems to have been going on for a long time, but they really appeared in the public eye in the 1960s.
The mutant group headed by the Black Emperor tried to cleanse the world by launching nuclear bombs and establish a society headed by mutants.
Since then, mutants have gradually become known to the public, and slowly evolved into a situation like 20 years ago, where humans and mutants seemed to be irreconcilable.
Overall, the open fight between humans and mutants lasted less than 70 years.
Seventy years is simply a trivial page compared to the long history of mankind.
And there is actually not so much deep hatred between the two races.
The most active mutant villain and the most well-known mutant extremist by ordinary people is only Magneto.
When Magneto disappeared, mutants gradually disappeared, and the hatred of ordinary people against mutants will slowly disappear and shift.
In this case, the video released by Kevin will attract others' sympathy for mutants.
Kevin continued:
"The battle between mutants and humans has not lasted as long as imagined, and mutants are now the vulnerable group, while humans are naturally sympathetic to the vulnerable group."
Logan did not refute Kevin's words.
Because it is true.
Charles was thoughtful. He had just taken medicine and his mind was still clear, so he could think about some complicated things.
He thought of the battle between himself and Magneto Eric. One of them tried to make mutants and humans live in peace, while the other wanted to establish a country that belonged only to mutants.
They seemed to be right, but also seemed to be wrong.
Originally, Charles no longer wanted to think about these things, because these things were no longer important to him now.
But after hearing what Kevin said, Charles vaguely realized that perhaps another way for mutants and humans to coexist peacefully was about to appear.
Charles put on a listening posture, he wanted to hear more.
Kevin thought that he was free on the road anyway, so he began to explain to Charles:
"In fact, it all comes down to one word, 'propaganda'. In my opinion, mutants are too bad at propaganda. You have not grasped the key points of modern society at all.
"Are mutants a threat? Of course, but they also have some people helping everyone, such as the X-Men.
"But why can everyone only see the threat, but not the efforts of the X-Men? The problem lies in propaganda.
"The government has defined mutants as a threat, especially the Brotherhood headed by Magneto, which has been doing things that make humans hostile. In the past, newspapers and television were full of similar news, but on the contrary, there were very few positive news about mutants.
"How many mutants have been abandoned by their parents because of their mutant abilities, and how many mutants have been bullied because of their unique looks.
"People can only see what mutants do to humans, but never what humans do to mutants... What I am doing now is to make public what humans do to mutants, so that everyone can see how many cruel things they have done."
Kevin was like the pyramid scheme leader, describing what he was doing with great emotion.
But what he got in return was Charles' deep worry:
"But in this way, mutants will be more hostile to humans..."
"That involves the second question." Kevin raised his finger and made a number two, "Why should humans and mutants be considered two groups?"
"...What?"
Charles was a little confused, and Logan frowned.
Kevin smiled and said:
"I remember someone once did a study that all people actually have the X gene in their bodies, the difference is whether the X gene is dominant or recessive.
"If the X gene is activated, he will become a mutant. On the contrary, if the X gene cannot be activated, he will be an ordinary person for the rest of his life.
"That's why there are two ordinary families, but mutant children are born.
"Humans may become mutants in the future. Everyone's race is actually the same, so mutants should not be hostile to humans, and humans should not be hostile to mutants."
In fact, it is precisely because of this that the Alkali Group is in a passive position.
Because everyone has the X gene, no one can guarantee that the genetic food developed by the Alkali Group will only work on mutants.
In addition, most people have always been blind, but they realize that the things produced by the Alkali Group are harmful. Even if Kevin does not incite them personally, they will spontaneously organize to deal with the Alkali Group.
Charles finally understood what Kevin said. He closed his eyes and was silent for a long time before slowly asking:
"This matter... is difficult to do, right?"
"Fortunately, I am relatively experienced in this area. ”
With the work experience of the Water Group, Kevin will be able to handle these things easily.
But before that, Kevin has to set up a publicity company first, and choose a few congressmen who are unhappy with the Alkali Group to win over. Only in this way can the plan proceed more smoothly.
The topic ended here, and Charles no longer asked Kevin what to do.
He is old, and often can't tell who is who, and can't take care of these energy-consuming things.
He chose to believe Kevin and Logan.
At least Charles believed that Kevin was really thinking about them.
The topic ended, and the car fell silent again. It continued along the road to North Dakota for several hours. When it was about to approach the next service station, Charles suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.
"...Logan, what's in the back of our truck?"
"Uh..."
Hearing Charles' question, Logan didn't know how to answer it.
Because right behind their truck, in that big black bag, was the body of X24, who Kevin asked him to take with him.
And looking at Charles's expression now, we can tell that X24 is about to be resurrected, otherwise Charles would not have asked Logan such a question.