Chapter 426
Because they were worried that taking action would provoke a large-scale search and crackdown, being surrounded by a dozen police officers was already Extremis situation.
After all, if things escalate, the Sentinel Special Services Bureau will get involved, and they will deploy Sentinel Robot and Hound Program, which would be a disaster for the Mutant Underground Organization.
However... one cannot discuss ice with a summer insect.
Given their strength and experience, it's hard for them to understand Su Quan's dismissive attitude.
"You don't believe me?" Su Quan turned to look at Clarice.
Clarice smiled and said, "I believe you."
Could you be any more perfunctory?
Su Quan did not argue, but instead walked around, observing the situation of the Mutant Underground Organization.
After spending half an hour walking around the area, I had a general idea of what it was like...
Food, water, clothes, blankets, quilts, daily necessities, etc., there is a shortage of everything!
The Mutant Underground Organization is very poor. They don't have enough funds or safe enough channels to purchase supplies. Their replenishment and consumption are disproportionate, so they naturally fall short.
As Su Quan walked, he came to the bedroom area, which consisted of converted offices, and bumped into Sonia had just come out of her room.
Sonia naturally didn't give Su Quan a friendly look and coldly asked, "What are you doing here?"
Su Quan looked at her and said with a smile, "When you're angry, don't forget that I have a temper too."
Sonia scoffed, "The thing I find most baffling about human nature is the assumption that every human being has some conscience."
Su Quan scoffed. "Don't criticize me. You're not worthy to judge our relationship."
"I'm not worthy?"
"What do you think this place is? Who do you think we are? We risked our lives to help you, and you're so ungrateful?!"
"Luckily, you have nothing to do with Lorna, otherwise..."
Sonia, filled with indignation, seemed to have been choked, and her voice trailed off.
Sonia was stunned as she gazed at the pitch-black world before her and felt the cool night breeze after the rain.
"Where... where am I... this... this can't be real, can it?"
Sonia pinched herself in disbelief.
It hurts so much.
Is this not an illusion?
Is this... is this real?!
Sonia stared blankly at Su Quan, who had appeared beside her at some point, and asked incredulously, "Where is this place?"
Su Quan waved.
Time rewinds, and historical scenes are recreated.
The once empty alley gradually began to reveal figures that looked like virtual projections.
"This is...you, Clarice, and John?"
"This is Lorna!"
One by one, 'familiar' figures appeared in Sonia, and then the historical events began to repeat themselves.
John led Su Quan and Clarice into the car, while Lorna controlled the police officer to repeatedly smash the trash can next to them.
"This... this happened before?"
Sonia realized what was happening.
PS: The picture shows Sonia.
A cool night breeze was blowing gently.
Sonia shivered involuntarily, whether from the chill or from the shock of witnessing what had happened in the past.
"What I saw was real?"
She saw John urging Lorna to get in the car, saw Lorna frantically smashing the police officers, and saw the police swarm in and subdue her.
Su Quan said Lorna was too brave, that Lorna was arrogant, and she thought Su Quan was shirking responsibility, but what she saw was true...
"If it's true or false, you can ask John. I just want to tell you that the word 'empathy' doesn't suit the listener."
"Just as I don't know how deep your relationship with Lorna is, you don't know how strong I am."
Sonia nodded, somewhat understanding why Su Quan had been ambivalent about helping them on their adventure. It wasn't that he lacked conscience, but rather...
The poor would risk their lives to steal bread and give it to the rich, assuming the rich were homeless and wandering the streets, unaware that the rich were well-fed and clothed and could return home at any time.
The rich may be grateful for the bread given to them by the poor, but they will never consider the poor to be their saviors.
Su Quan brought me here without any warning, so he could easily evade the police. That's why he said that we could leave safely even without you.
It sounds harsh, but it's true!
That's why when he questioned and accused Lorna from the perspective of her savior, using the reason that Lorna was arrested because she saved them, he refused to admit it and directly refuted it.
"I'm sorry, I..."
"Sorry won't work, you have to hug me."
Sonia stared at Su Quan in disbelief, then suddenly burst out laughing and opened her arms.
As you wish.
A moment later, Sonia released Su Quan and said seriously, "I should still apologize to you. My attitude was indeed bad."
"Lorna ... When my Mutants identity was exposed and I was being hunted, she found me when I was in despair and had fallen into darkness. She gave me light and hope."
"She is very important to me!"
"So no matter what, no matter the cost, even if it costs me my life, I will save her!"
Su Quan nodded in understanding; the absence of the character Eclipse had significantly altered the plot.
For example, Lorna, who was the girlfriend of the Eclipse in the original storyline, discovered she was pregnant after being arrested this time.
Now, let alone getting pregnant, she doesn't even have a boyfriend.
For example, Sonia, in the original storyline, had the same role as Xian Zhe in the Mutant Underground Organization, both being support personnel who stayed behind.
But now he has clearly replaced Eclipse and become one of the organization's three giants.
Besides...
In the original storyline, she was John's girlfriend, and their relationship was very stable.
However, on one occasion, in order to save John, she altered Clarice's memories, making Clarice believe that she and John were a couple, thereby unleashing her potential to use Teleportation Portal to save John and the others.
Although the situation was later clarified, the relationship between Clarice, John, and her was no longer clear.
What about now?
Su Quan specifically asked her, and she said she didn't have a boyfriend.
"You brought me here, so you can take Lorna anywhere, right? If we figure out Lorna's location, you..."
"Can you help me rescue her?"
Sonia stared intently at Su Quan, and said with a desperate gamble, "I'll agree to any condition as long as you can rescue Lorna!"
"Any conditions?"
"Any conditions!"
Su Quan smacked his lips, shook his head, and said, "I really want to agree to your request, after all, you are very beautiful, you know what I mean, right? But even without your request, I would still save Lorna."
Sonia was stunned.
Su Quan continued, "The first time I met Lorna, I told her I liked her."
"Ah... then why did you just watch her get taken away? With your abilities, you should have been able to save her, right?" Sonia asked, puzzled.
Su Quan explained with a smile, "Can't you tell? She was already having a seizure and was completely out of control. Even if I could save her this time, what about next time? And the time after that?"
"You... you did this on purpose? Just to teach her a lesson and make her remember it?" Sonia asked in surprise.
Su Quan nodded, then shook his head and said, "Part of the reason is that I wanted to play the hero and save the damsel in distress."
"A hero saving a damsel in distress?"
Sonia was a little confused; this answer was quite unexpected.
Su Quan explained with a smile, "You should know Lorna's personality very well. It's not so easy to get her to open up and let me live happily in her heart. We definitely have to create opportunities and use some tricks."
"The hero saves the damsel in distress. Although it is a cliché, it is undeniable that it works in many situations."
Listening to Su Quan's boastful talk about how to win over Lorna by playing the hero and rescuing her, Sonia couldn't help but find it absurd.
"You've told me your plan, aren't you afraid I'll tell Lorna?" she couldn't help but ask.
Su Quan looked at her. "Can you?"