Carter looked at the three people chatting happily there and heard some clues.
What my world, your world.
Is that Benjamin an alien?
But it doesn't sound like it. Kai was obviously familiar with him, but Benjamin didn't recognize Kai, which was a bit strange.
But Carter didn't say much to ask. Because she knew she wasn't popular, at least not when Tony was around. The relationship between the two has become what it is today, which can be regarded as a coincidence.
Also while they were chatting, Captain America's Steve also came out with others in disgrace.
As the flagship of the Shadow Bureau, Steve is very busy. He had been tracking down Hydra before, but as soon as he had some clues, he was called to the sewers by Carter, and then encountered a group of lizardmen. However, his team didn't suffer any losses, it's just that everyone looked a little embarrassed.
"It looks like everyone is here, let's get down to business." After watching Steve arrive with several members of the Roaring Commando, Tony immediately said with a serious face.
Kai asked strangely: "What's the matter?"
Tony didn't answer, but took out a tube of blue potion from the mecha.
"This is a potion for those lizardmen!"
Tony pointed at Benjamin: "Thanks to Benjamin, I was able to create this special medicine in such a short period of time."
Benjamin shook his head: "No, I just gave some information about the lizard serum to Mr. Stark. I can't help with much specific matters."
"No need to be modest, Benjamin, you are a very good child." Tony actually comforted others in a very rare way.
But others were more curious about another thing.
Tony has just turned 43 this year (he was born in 1970, and the time is now 2013), and Benjamin is already in his 40s judging from the gray hair on his temples (his actual age is 47). Anyway, it seems that Benjamin is older than Tony, but Tony calls him a child.
Isn't this strange?
But Benjamin didn't have any objection to this, which was very strange.
Carter noticed this very keenly, and this was also a good opportunity to obtain information: "You call him a child? I would like to ask, Mr. Benjamin, what is your birth year?"
Benjamin doesn’t think it’s unusual that he traveled from a parallel world. After all, there are four Spider-Mans: “I was born in Brooklyn in 1984.”
Others were dumbfounded. Was he born in 1984?
If he was really born in 1984, he would be 29 years old now!
You don't look like you are 29 years old.
Kai noticed this: "Peter was born in 1996, no wonder you are so different."
"Well, I noticed his information. The difference between us should start from my grandparents' generation. Therefore, my father was born earlier, while Peter's father was born much later." No one is not curious about the parallel world. What they are like, and they will be more curious about who and what causes the differences between them.
"I see."
Carter got a lot of information, but not only did this information not clear up her doubts, it actually became more confusing. What is this mess?
Kai didn't dwell on this, but pointed to the tube of reagent and said, "Is this an antidote?"
"No, on the contrary. It's poison!" Benjamin said without any abnormality.
"Poison?" Kai asked in surprise.
"Yes, I have already seen the new lizard people created by Professor Connors. They have lost the chance to change back. He... completely transformed those people and turned them into monsters." Tony grabbed Benjamin shoulder, said first.
"This kind of drug can destroy the mutation factors in the lizard people's bodies in a very short period of time, destroying their genes immediately, thereby achieving the maximum degree of damage!"
Steve raised his hand at this time and asked: "You mean to let us kill all those lizard people? They are..."
"I know! I know! They are innocent, but now they may run out of the sewers at any time and harm more innocent people. And Professor Connors...or Professor Lizard is a lunatic. He must be creating something that can spread on a large scale. Lizard Serum, do you plan to wait until everyone in New York turns into this green monster before you solve the problem? Sometimes, we have to make a choice!"
Tony was uncharacteristically speaking some extremely cold words.
Although Tony is not a white leftist, there is no doubt that people of his generation have generally accepted those remarks, so his camp is also very left-leaning, but not to the level of the Holy Mother. This is not like it at all. What Tony could say, it was more acceptable for Kai to say such things, because that's the kind of person he is.
Kai also glanced at Tony in surprise.
After all, this guy was the one who shut down the weapons manufacturing department in anger because he knew that the weapons he made were used by terrorists.
Although others only thought that this was one of Tony's many willful behaviors, Kai knew that this guy really felt that he had hurt other people, so he made such a decision. This guy even gets upset and blames himself for not being able to save other people.
It can be said that he seems to have an unruly heart, but in fact he is extremely sensitive and fragile inside.
That is to say, Kai often instilled some more 'selfish' views into him, which prevented him from suffering from any mental illness.
But today he actually said such words.
This isn't like him.
But soon Kai saw the clues.
Tony said this more like comfort.
Comfort Benjamin!
If there's anyone in the world who understands Tobey Maguire's version of Spider-Man better than Kay, it's Kay.
This is also a super virgin!
kill?
He was sad for a long time after killing the Green Goblin!
Not to mention those innocent homeless people who were turned into lizardmen.
"This was my idea!" Benjamin raised his hand.
Kai looked at him: "This doesn't seem like something you would do, Toby."
Benjamin knew that Kai was calling him, just like he called himself Tobey Maguire when they met. To be honest, Benjamin had an inexplicable fondness for such a call. Maybe there really was a person exactly like him in this world. Maybe.
Benjamin smiled and then said: "You know me very well. But it seems you don't know me well enough."
Kai was stunned.
"If you really knew what I went through, you would know. Why I chose this."
These words choked Kai. To be honest, Kai's knowledge of Benjamin was indeed limited to those three movies. If it were just a movie, it would be enough, but Benjamin is a living person, and his life cannot be three movies.
Human life is very long!
"Indeed, I only know some fragments." Compared with life, movies are indeed just fragments.
"Professor Connors, also known as Professor Lizard, did the same thing in my world. I could have stopped it. Really, I had a chance. But I hesitated. I always thought there was a better way. , as a result, things got out of control, and countless people were turned into lizard-men, which led to the death of countless people!"
He took a deep breath: "I am no longer young, and I can't let the same mistakes happen in front of me anymore!"
Kai remembered a piece of news he had seen in his previous life, which was that preparations for the fourth Spider-Man movie had actually begun, and it was said to be related to Professor Lizard. But in the end, nothing happened. Kai didn't pay much attention to this kind of entertainment news at that time, and just looked at it happily and passed it by.
It seems that Benjamin's world line is still developing in this direction.
"I didn't see those three little guys. It seems they were taken away by you. It must have been your idea, right?" Kai looked at Benjamin.
Thinking about it, this is indeed the case. Benjamin is now in his forties, how can he still think like a teenager? People will grow.
No matter where you are, the older you get, the more conservative your views become. This is not a bad thing, because the old people have accumulated enough life experiences, both good and bad, that will teach them one thing, that is, society is always real, and only those old people know what the so-called dreams will turn into in the end.
Because they either fulfilled their dreams or abandoned them.
"Although I choose this way, I still hope that they can continue to do that. People... have to retain some innocence."
A group of people look at me and I look at you, still confused.
Steve couldn't help it anymore: "Are we talking about the lizard people?"
Others looked over.
"I still stick to my point of view. We may have a better way! Those people are innocent!"
Tony, Kai, and Benjamin all looked shocked.
Then the three of them laughed.
"Tell me, Steve. What are you here for?"
Kai finally spoke.
Tony won't explain to Steve, and even if he does, it will turn into an argument. no point.
Benjamin wouldn’t say anything because he wasn’t familiar with him.
Without waiting for Steve to speak. Kai spoke directly to himself: "To protect the lives and property of the people of New York, right?"
This kind of words made Steve's eyes light up, because Americans would never say such things.
For Americans, the responsibility of law enforcement agencies has never been to protect the so-called people, their responsibility is to fight crime!
These two statements may seem similar, but in fact they are fundamentally different.
Supporting this statement is a very famous case. 1975 Washington, DC Warren Eucalyptus!
In 1975, Caroline Warren and her friend Joan discovered that two strong men broke into the room of single mother Miriam Douglas downstairs. Warren and her roommate immediately called the police. The police came several times and left without entering the apartment, so Warren called the police again. This time the police said that the police were almost there, so Warren and her roommate ran downstairs to try to stop the gangster from assaulting Ms. Douglas. As a result, Warren and his roommate were also hijacked by these two strong men, and they were ravaged for 14 hours before the three women escaped, and no police came to check on them. By chance, the three victims escaped, and the police finally arrested the two gangsters. Although the gangsters were arrested, Warren still couldn't swallow the feeling that the police had seriously neglected their duties, so he sued the police department.
Unexpectedly, in 1981, the Federal Court finally ruled that the police's duty to the public was a general term, and the police did not have specific legal obligations to a specific citizen. Therefore, Warren's lawsuit against the police department was not accepted.
This almost means that the police have no obligation to protect citizens!
There is also a very famous case of Eucalyptus Gonzales in Colorado in 2005.
After Ms. Gonzalez and her husband Simon divorced in 2005, in order to avoid harassment by her ex-husband, she applied for a restraining order. The restraining order required Simon to stay 100 meters away from Ms. Gonzalez and her children. As a result, one day Simon kidnapped Ms. Gonzalez's three children. Gonzalez called the police three times, but the police did nothing. In the end, Gonzalez had to go to the police station to report the incident on his own. As a result, Simon drove to chase Ms. Gonzalez, and exchanged fierce fire with the police in front of the police station, and was finally killed; but the police found the bodies of three children in the back seat of Simon's car, and Simon was chasing Gonzalez. The lady murdered three children.
Of course Gonzalez sued the police department for its inaction. Unexpectedly, in 2005, the Supreme Federal Court ruled that the police department was not responsible on the grounds that the restraining order was a legal order. If someone violated a legal order, he would be punished by law; but the sanction was The reason is the gangster's violation of the law rather than personal injury.
The U.S. Supreme Court once again reiterated that the police have no obligation to prevent the law from being broken, but have an obligation to bring the violators to justice after the law is broken. The meaning of the U.S. Supreme Court is that the gangster is armed with a knife to kill the victim, and the police have no obligation to protect the victim, but after the victim is killed, the police have the obligation to arrest the gangster.
(After reading the information and seeing this, the author suddenly understood why Americans don’t like the police... Does this thing have any use?!
It is better to buy a gun yourself. From this, it is not difficult to understand why there are so many people in the United States who support gun ownership. If the police can't protect me, can't I protect myself? )
When Chinese people see this, they may find it ridiculous.
But this is indeed in line with the spirit of the US Constitution!
Therefore, the spirit that the Chinese police have always practiced seems incredible to Americans.
But I have to say that these words are in line with people’s expectations of justice!
"That's right!" Steve liked that, and he'd done it all his life. Unfortunately, society does not seem to take this for granted.
"Well, now it is those lizardmen who threaten the lives and property of New Yorkers! And if they are not cleaned up in time, there will be more and more of them! More and more harm will be suffered! Are you planning to wait until things get out of hand? Do you think about solving the problem anymore, or do you solve it when things are under control?!”
Kai, this is sophistry. After all, according to this statement, those innocent people who turned into lizardmen are also included in their protection.
But the problem is that this is reality!
How can there be perfection in the world?
The true meaning of choice often lies in choosing the lesser of two powers that harm each other, and choosing the greater of two benefits!
"But……"
Benjamin finally couldn't help it anymore: "There's no time... Well, Kapton (captain). I know Connors, you have been attacked by the lizard people, which means Connors already knows that he has been discovered!" He will not sit still! As long as you give him time, he will create more lizardmen! By then, more innocent people will be harmed!"
The older Spider-Man finally began to bow to reality. This is undoubtedly the tragedy of idealism!
Kai actually had mixed feelings.
Kai has always flaunted himself as a person of results justice, but he has never said that he will not look forward to procedural justice. In fact, he likes people who have ideals. Human beings need idealists, although the lives of these people are often tragedies.
