The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 1398 Return of the Old Days ([-])

In front of the circular Zen window, the light was dim and soft, coating the outlines of the two men with a layer of halo, Stark looked at the angry expression on Strange's face with a little puzzlement.

In fact, he had rarely seen Stephen so angry. It was common knowledge that Strange had a bad temper, but most of them were only manifested in impatience, poor social relations, and the picky and hypocritical defects he brought out from his career as a surgeon.

But Stark seemed to see him get really angry for the first time. Strange in a suit stood up directly from the sofa. Yes, he didn't wear a robe, and Stark rarely saw Strange. Oddly wearing a robe, it seems that he will only wear the costume of the Supreme Mage when performing large-scale scenes that require battles.

He wears suits most of the time, but it doesn't seem to be to show that he is a high-class person. Stark vaguely remembers that he seems to have said that he hates casual clothes, mainly because he hates the sense of relaxation brought by casual clothes. Perhaps His robes were also too loose for him.

How in the world would anyone hate relaxing?

Stark's knowledge of psychology and behavior tells him that there is a type of people who need constant anxiety and tension, and this most often occurs in professions that matter a lot, and one of the typical ones is a surgeon.

In Stark's profile of Strange, there is no doubt that he is a psychopath on par with Schiller. This pair of doctors is equally mentally abnormal and equally morally bottomless.

The scene written in Stark's anger notebook is because Captain America Steve is his friend. Even Captain America in another world shouldn't suffer this catastrophe and be turned into a monster. His anger is quite legitimate and valid. justified.

But Strange and Steve are not easy to deal with, they are also the typical conflict between civil servants and security personnel, Strange thinks Steve is reckless, Steve thinks Strange is hypocritical, not to mention It's Steve from another universe, and in this case, Strange should be gloating, and he is.

Where is the turning point?It seems that in the scene recorded in the notebook, Captain America Steve, who turned into a monster, was easily teased by the owner of the notebook and an unknown animal.

Strange thinks Steve is too weak?

Stark thought of what Strange said at the end, they paid so much, but only got so little, so did he think this deal was unfair?
But that is also a matter of another universe. As for making him react so much?And what happened in the previous dream universe, isn't Strange's view a little too extreme?
When Stark asked this question, Strange, who was standing next to the shelf, could hardly suppress the anger and viciousness in his tone, and he said like a poisonous snake spitting out venom:

"What really infuriates and humiliates me is that the humans in that dream universe gave away their body, their intellect, their character and got nothing in return - normal social order, huh?"

"Want me to praise these idiots and remember self-deception? Am I to write a hymn to them or their representatives for cowardly selling everything for a scrap? All I can say is 'Damn idiots! ', damn them! Only this!"

"Too extreme." Stark commented rather conservatively.

"Not enough! Tony Stark!" Strange turned around, stared into Stark's eyes and asked, "You have also been a businessman, I ask you, when you sell a product to When you get 100 yuan but no one buys it, who do you hate the most?"

"A buyer who doesn't know the goods?" Stark said tentatively, but he was not very good at doing business.

"Wrong, it's the same company selling 50 yuan!" Strange gritted his teeth and said, "The reason they must die is that they have lowered the price of the commodities we can trade, including human appearance, intelligence, and quality." ! They used their humbleness to feed the appetite of the group of gods, making them think that I am asking for a lot of money!"

Strange took a deep breath, and further explained: "Human beings must be valuable enough, mine, all supreme mages, all mages, and the hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys of human civilization must be valuable enough! This is the basis of all negotiations. Chips, I only care about this!"

"Whoever kneels first will die, it's that simple!"

Stark was silent. As the largest capitalist in the United States and now in the world, he also has another capitalist in his mind. He and they understand better than anyone else how much benefit a joint monopoly can bring. This is All the Sorcerer Supremes are doing - kidnapping all humans in a way, and setting the price on the ground.

Any demon god who wants to reach out to human beings must go through the sheep-killing knife of the supreme mage, that is, the magical defense network covering the earth, shed enough blood, and leave enough benefits, and then the mage takes them to seek higher This is how Karma Taj has worked for thousands of years.

If the demon god wants to invade the earth by force to plunder humans, he will find that what he plunders is far less than what he can consume in a battle with the mages, because the mages will fight bloody battles to the end, and they will pull the earth to death when necessary, and let them spend a lot of energy but get nothing. I realized that this is not worth it at all, so I can only sit down and talk, as the saying goes, get slaughtered.

This has been established for tens of thousands of years. Today, almost no demon god will suddenly have the idea of ​​​​attacking the earth by force. To a certain extent, they have been domesticated by rules and order.

But if there is a different kind among them, allowing the gods to easily get what they want, it will cause all other demon gods to have alienation, and the ambition that they can replace them.

Strange walked back to the single chair and sat down, the anger seemed to have been digested by him, but a deeper coldness emerged from his face, cold and sad, indifferent and pity.

So contradictory, Stark thought, and yet surprisingly harmonious.

"They not only sell their own interests at a low price, but also ours. When they make a deal—I'm sorry, whether they are voluntary or not, they are no longer the same kind, and I will destroy them."

Stark was pretty sure Strange didn't feel guilty when he said that, not the slightest bit.

The expression on Stark's face slowly changed, and another deeper thing that didn't belong to him emerged on his face. It was another darker soul, and he almost couldn't wait to join this conversation , he asked in that deep tone:
"Even if it's against fairness?"

"Seeking justice from the Demon God is foolish."

"I mean the destroyed humanity."

"Similarly stupid, the trolley problem, I choose to kill one because I have no morals."

A straightforward answer that made Batman choke. People in this world are frighteningly simple, rude, and righteous.

"Even if that 'one' might be yourself someday?"

"I will go to grab power to prevent myself from being tied up. If I am lucky, I will adjust my posture to derail the train that killed me. Everyone will die together, also because I have no morals."

Equally selfish and arrogant beyond reproach.

If a person has no morals, then there is no moral dilemma. Whoever hurts me deserves to die. As long as I don’t die, it doesn’t matter who dies. The perfect logical closed loop.

"So are you protecting all 'human beings'? Or in a narrow sense, the human beings on this earth?" Batman asked again.

"I am one with the human beings on this earth, I am them, and they are me." Strange didn't hesitate at all.

"Do you think you represent them?"

"I'm not a party leader." Strange began to show complete impatience, as if the person across from him asked a stupid question.

"Are you still saying that even if there is one human being who disagrees with me, I cannot represent them? Are you still saying that we should establish a Kama Taj opposition party, and then the two of us will take turns in power, so that we can represent all Is the will of man the real democracy?"

"There is no such democracy! I am completely one with human beings because I don't have to do these things, do you understand? I can let the demon gods plunder at will, and it can't hurt me anyway. My contribution is my position, and my justice is mine. democracy!"

Very powerful statement, but Batman still finds holes in it, he is very good at these logical games, and he is confident that no one can beat him.

"Of course you will not let it go, because you are also enjoying the order of the earth, and you are not just paying and sacrificing unilaterally." Batman pointed out.

"Of course, I'm not that great."

"Then your contribution is not only defending the public interest, but also defending the self-interest, then human beings don't need to accept your favor."

"of course."

The people of this universe have a candor that confuses Batman, whether it's a yes or no answer, they don't leave a little middle value, and they don't understand the reason for leaving room for conversation.

"Then why did you..."

"Because I have no morals."

Closed the loop again.

"I will not portray myself as a great person who is dedicated to the public. Whether you believe it or not, I don't care about reputation, and I don't care how people who are destroyed or survived by my choices think of me."

Strange leaned forward, elbows on his knees, looking into Stark's eyes, or rather Batman's eyes.

"I don't pay for certain people or things. I don't pursue meaning and morality. I only pursue clear thoughts and a complete state of mind. As long as I can convince myself, there is no need to try to convince anyone."

Ultimate idealism, it's easy to understand, so Batman said: "I understand."-but he actually understood it, better than anyone.

They are like looking in a mirror, but because of Batman's stronger sense of morality than anyone else, at the other extreme, they also seem to be enemies.

After Batman left, Stark, who listened to their conversation, was also thoughtful, but his thinking was completely different from Batman's. He looked at Strange and asked: "So the ancient one is destroying the whole earth'human beings?" ’ Afterwards, can you regain your sense of well-being, without guilt?”

"It was just an accident, but even if it wasn't, it would be. We are the same kind of people. This is the most important reason why she chose me."

"If one day we..." Stark was pessimistic as always.

"Everything we do is to stop the 'if someday we' from happening," Strange emphasized.

"Isn't this a gamble?"

"Yes, Schiller has been betting from the beginning to the end, and I am too, from the Holy of Holies to Asgard, from the SHIELD to the mutants, there is no one time, even at the very beginning, we have not yet reached the peak of humanity , in terms of strength and wisdom, they are not qualified to represent ordinary people."

"But we have never, not even for a second, struggled with the agreement of all human beings. We have no guilt for those who may have sacrificed on this road, and we have no apology for weeding out the sand and gravel in the tide of the times."

"why?"

"Because we have no morals...we must have no morals."

(End of this chapter)