Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Tommy lay down comfortably. He had to take a good rest this hour to cope with the demands of the afternoon. Tommy quickly took out the footrest and began to slowly lower the chair until he was comfortable. He put on earplugs and then felt comfortable. Closed his eyes.

In this quiet state, Tommy could sleep well. In fact, half an hour was almost enough. Tommy opened his eyes again and looked at the painting on the wall. A somewhat dilapidated ship riding the wind and waves, it was actually quite magnificent.

Many things are still popping up in Tommy's mind. There are too many things he needs to do in the future, and the pressure will only increase in the future. He has touched the bottom line of capital, and capital will definitely gather. There was pressure on him from all sides.

In a trance, Tommy saw the colorful dissolving world again, and his consciousness began to gradually become blurred. Tommy felt that his body was getting lighter and lighter, and many past things appeared in his mind, from childhood to adulthood. Everything he witnessed kept spinning in Tommy's mind.

"Mother!"

Tom even saw his mother, who traveled to and from many places every day. No matter how hard and tired she was, her mother never wanted to leave Tommy behind. Tommy saw his crying mother.

This memory has been around for a long time, and Tommy doesn't even remember why his mother cried. But that night, Tommy remembered that his mother cried very sadly. As a young man, he couldn't do anything, and he didn't even dare to say a word, because Tommy was afraid of being abandoned by his mother. she.

Mother, who was already sweet and lovely, was still pursued by many people even with Tommy, including many people from a higher class than them, but mother shook her head.

Tommy was even scolded and even physically punished by his mother. At that time, Tommy still remembered that his mother looked disgusted and even got angry at him.

"It's all you. Without you, I wouldn't be like this! Do you understand?"

The most profound sentence in Tommy's memory was his mother's roar. As a young man, he probably understood that it was because he was dragging his mother down that her mother could not start a new life.

From then on, Tommy began to be afraid of his mother, and it seemed that his mother was drunk that night and let out all the pent-up emotions.

So Tommy kept what his mother said firmly in his mind. Only serious study can escape from here. Tommy gave up all entertainment. He didn't want to be abandoned by his mother.

However, in the end, his mother abandoned Tommy. She suffered from serious physical problems due to overwork. Tommy still remembers that day when people from the PLC came to the house and temporarily took him in. After his mother was buried, Tommy went An orphanage.

In a daze, Tommy saw the house converted from a car trunk with garbage all over the front and back again. There was laughter everywhere, and many children of all sizes gathered together for entertainment. Outside every room, among the trees, there were Clothesline.

Tommy walked over step by step. What he saw in front of him was unbelievable. It was so real. He even smelled a smell in the air. This smell was unique to this area and was food and food. Some excrement and some garbage mixed in.

Tommy walked towards his former cabin. He stared blankly at his mother who came out of the door. At this time, his mother also saw Tommy and their eyes met. Tommy ran over in excitement.

A pair of cold eyes made Tommy feel a little uncomfortable. Tommy stretched out his hand. At this time, the woman turned around. Everything around her began to disappear, burning like burning paper. Tommy ran over quickly and put on his clothes. The mother of speckled floral dress goes further and further away.

"Mother!"

Tommy shouted, and his mother turned around and smiled, just like the gentle and loving mother in Tommy's memory. Tommy ran over, almost crying.

"I'm so grateful that you've grown up Tommy, and congratulations on becoming president!"

For a moment, Tommy looked at his mother who disappeared in the wind in shock. At this time, in front of Tommy's eyes was a dilapidated cabin, shaking under his feet. Tommy looked out and saw the sea illuminated by the moonlight.

Tommy walked to the dilapidated window in disbelief. Looking at the incredible beauty in front of him, he began to doubt.

"this is true!"

Tommy was startled and turned around. Gene was already standing aside, holding a bottle of wine in his hand. At this time, from the corner of his eyes, Tommy noticed the person behind him, a slovenly and unkempt captain.

Tommy remembered that it was this man and this broken ship who suddenly showed up and picked up Gene.

"real?"

Gene was leaning against the window, and a wine glass suddenly appeared in his hand, reflecting the crystal light under the moonlight. Tommy looked at the moon in the distance, in disbelief, because he had only seen it in some video materials. The moon, seeing it outside for the first time, really surprised him.

Gene poured Tommy a glass of wine, and Tommy swallowed.

"Is this a dream or what?"

Tommy felt everything was so real, Gene smiled.

"You can think of this as a dream."

Tommy smiled and took a sip, and suddenly there was a hot feeling that he couldn't adapt to. The wine was very strong and tasted terrible. At this time, the sloppy John sitting at the bar held up the wine glass.

"Young man, you have successfully changed the future. I toast you."

Gene smiled, and Tommy noticed that the black flame lines on Gene's face disappeared. Tommy swallowed and asked.

"What's the meaning?"

Gene said with a smile.

"Good job, President Tommy."

Tommy was even more confused, but his eyes were still attracted by the moonlight on the calm sea. He couldn't believe it. He wanted to go out, but Gene stopped him.

"You will be discovered if you go out. You can only stay in this room."

Tommy reluctantly took another sip of the strong drink in the glass, when John stood up and smiled.

"You wouldn't have been president, or you would have died."

Tommy looked at John walking over doubtfully, and he asked.

“What if I didn’t run for president?”

John said with a smile.

"Where did you come from? Where will you return in the end? You will die in a garbage dump. Commit suicide out of fear of crime."

Tommy suddenly felt a chill running down his spine, and John laughed.

"That Diego made you bear everything. In the end, you could only commit suicide out of fear of guilt and become the one he took the blame for. But why do you suddenly want to elect the president?"

John asked and Tommy looked at Gene.

"It's because of Mr. Jean's arrival that I discovered a lot of things."

Gene took out a cigarette, lit it, and handed one to Tommy. Tommy looked at the wine in the quilt, which was crystal clear under the moonlight.

"I found that the entire human society is actually very fragile. It only takes a little bit of stuff to collapse. After you left, Mr. Jean, I stayed there for a long time. Finally, I went to a small boat and listened to the news on the small boat. It was only after a few low-level people talked about their stories that I made up my mind to run for president.”

Gene laughed and blew out a puff of smoke.

"Actually, the most important thing is that I remembered my childhood dream. It was your arrival, Mr. Jean, that awakened my childhood dream."

Gene nodded and said.

"Everyone has dreams when they are children, and I am the same."

Tommy asked with a smile.

"Mr. Jean, what was your childhood dream?"

Tommy took a puff of the cigarette. The cigarette tasted very good. He didn't know what type it was. It tasted much better than the cigarettes he had smoked.

"Dream! Maybe, my childhood dream is to become a hero."

Tommy nodded.

"Mr. Jean is the same as me. Because of your arrival, I saw the shadow of my childhood hero in you, so I want to do something. I want to be a hero, a hero of this era."

Gene was a little shocked, he looked at Tommy, and then said.

"Your appearance is really unexpected Tommy. My interaction with you is basically limited to the few days when I went to CA State. We had several meetings. I shouldn't have gone to your state assembly building."

Tommy swallowed, and he realized that this place that looked like a dream was not a dream. It might be like the soul leaving the body and traveling to another space. This explanation might be better.

Tommy pressed his forehead, not knowing what to say now.

"Mr. Jean, why did you bring me here?"

Gene said with a smile and a sip of wine.

"I just want to see you once. This may be the last time. It's so much better to meet you once. I hope your dream can come true."

Tommy said thank you, he said.

"It's great that I can see you again, Mr. Jean. Do you think human society is really hopeless?"

Gene flicked the ashes of his cigarette, took a puff and exhaled the smoke. The smoke slowly disappeared on the wine glass. He smiled helplessly and nodded.

"Only in my eyes, as someone who has experienced human society for hundreds of years, it seems that humanity is hopeless. But living humans still believe in hope and still think about a better future."

Tommy laughed, he stood up and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and said.

"No matter what happens in the future, I think we humans will be able to overcome the past as long as we work hard."

Gene hummed, and Tommy looked at John aside and asked.

"Sir, why are you here?"

John grinned, showing his dark teeth. He looked at Tommy with terrifying eyes and said.

"I have experienced the ugliest things in human beings, and I am still the same, except that I understand a lot of things and have reached many places, but the result is the same. Go back, this is not where you should come."

Tommy hummed, then Gene stood up, the two shook hands, and Gene said.

"Hope you can find your future."

"Well, I will definitely do it, Mr. Jean. By the way, Mr. Jean, I once met an old man in this place."

Gene asked with a smile.

"Why do you say that all of a sudden?"

"She said her name was Le Xiao, and I saw a large cemetery."

As soon as Tommy finished speaking, he noticed the shock in Gene's eyes, and John laughed.

"I haven't heard anyone mention her for a long time. This girl should have ceased to exist and disappeared a long time ago."

Gene did not answer this question. He just took a puff of cigarette, exhaled the last puff of smoke, then put out the cigarette butt, and suddenly said with serious eyes.

"You should go back."

As soon as Gene finished speaking, the originally calm sea surface suddenly became rough. Tommy almost lost his balance, and his body began to become blurry and transparent. John seemed to be in a hurry, and at this time, a blue light flashed across, and Tommy Mi looked out, and Jean was standing on the sea under the moonlight. The sea in the distance was rising violently, and a huge wave was rising.

John had already gone to the captain's cabin next to him and held the steering wheel firmly, he roared angrily.

"Buy me some time. This is not the body of the Devourer. We must move immediately. We can't stay in this place anymore. Damn it, I didn't expect it to come so fast."

Tommy found that his body was almost invisible and his consciousness began to blur. At this time, Gene on the sea turned his head and said with a smile.

"Remember to work hard and fulfill your own dreams, President Tommy."

Tommy nodded, and a series of dark tentacles appeared on the sea, and a large group of things emerged. In an instant, Gene turned into blue light and rushed over, but he was soon caught by the group of things floating from the sea. Something engulfed.

Tommy swallowed. Under the moonlight, a red dot appeared in the middle of this monster composed of countless tentacles. The red dot gradually expanded, revealing a blood-red eye.

Tommy looked at him in astonishment. At this moment, a hand pressed on Tommy's eyes. It was Captain John.

"Don't look, it hasn't discovered you yet. Stick to your own ideals until they are realized."

Tommy woke up in a trance. He was sweating profusely and looked at the paintings on the wall. He glanced at the time and saw that it was just 2:05 noon. Tommy was breathing heavily. He hurriedly got down from the chair and picked up the water glass. After taking a long sip, Tommy finally settled down.

The meeting didn't start until 2:30. Tommy lit a cigarette and thought about the dream he had just had. He remembered everything, but it seemed like it was not a dream. Tommy didn't want to think about what the future would be like, but all he needed to do now was As the two people in the dream said, stick to your ideals until the day they come true.

Tommy laughed as the phone rang with an assistant calling.

"Mr. President, Mr. Collins invites you to dinner."

Tommy thought for a moment and then laughed.

"Just reply to him, I'm free at 8pm."

After hanging up the phone, Tommy's eyes became determined. This Collins is the boss of the new energy company. As for why they have endless new energy, Tommy has never understood much, or he knows part of it, but he doesn't know much about it. Not all, he also wants to know what are these new energy companies that can dominate the country. (End of chapter)