[Zhongyingmei] At the end of time

Luna sat unsteadily on the chair, the dark circles under her eyes almost fell to her chin, opposite Hawick who was also tired.

Nine days passed, and she barely closed her eyes. As long as she closed her eyes for more than 1 minute, Hawick's men would wake her up by electric shock. She felt that she was on the verge of collapse.

Although Hawick had a rest, fruitless repetitive labor was also a torment for him, not to mention that this kind of abuse of suspects may itself be a kind of torture for civil servants like Hawick.

Hawick pressed the space between his brows wearily: "What's your relationship with Hydra?"

Luna's thinking was so slow that it took a long time to figure out the meaning of this sentence. She didn't even bother to shake her head, and unconsciously closed her eyes and fell into a light sleep. Hawick sighed, and mechanically took out the electric shock device to wake Luna up. .

Opening her eyes seemed to take all of Luna's strength, and she said hoarsely, "You know I won't say it."

Hawick gritted his teeth: "I'll win."

Luna responded subconsciously in a daze: "This is not a matter between the two of us, how can we win or lose?"

At this moment, she suddenly felt time lag, and when she opened her eyes again, she was already in an office.

She looked around dully, tall bookcase, wooden table, familiar pen holder, and...

She turned her head and saw the professor sitting in a wheelchair looking at her worriedly.

She knelt in front of the professor on one knee and put her head on his lap: "Did you miss me?"

The professor stroked her head tenderly, as if she was some kind of kitten or puppy: "Yes, and I also thought of Hawick, so you don't have to worry about being discovered by him."

Luna's voice was very soft: "I'm so sleepy, Professor, and I still have a headache."

The professor pointed his index finger to the side of her head, and she found that her exhaustion was miraculously swept away. Although she was still a little dizzy, she was much better.

She looked up at the professor: "Thank you, I didn't expect to trouble you in the end."

The professor said: "Luna, as long as you say a word, I will ask Logan to rescue you."

Luna tilted her head and rubbed against the professor's hand: "Then I have to think about it."

The professor knew from her tone that she would not agree: "Logan is very worried about you."

Luna raised her eyebrows: "Just like I was worried about him when he was on a mission before?"

Professor: "No... you were obviously excited the day before he left for the mission, and you and Wanda were in love with Wanda as soon as he left."

Luna nodded: "That's the worry."

Professor: ...whatever, as long as you two understand each other.

The interrogation room is monitored, and it is not good for the professor to talk to Luna for too long. When Luna opened her eyes and saw Hawick again, she suddenly said, "Well, I will answer your question, and you answer my question. ,How about it?"

Hawick didn't expect Luna to let go suddenly, he was taken aback for a moment and quickly said, "Deal."

Luna swept away the fatigue before, her eyes were clear: "You ask first."

Hawick turned around and glanced at the surveillance camera, and deliberately moved the chair to prevent the camera from capturing all of her. Luna was noncommittal about this.

He asked the first question: "What is your relationship with Hydra?"

Luna replied: "You know, I'm a mutant, so Hydra used to capture me for experiments before."

Hawick asked quickly: "Did Hydra ever instruct you to do anything illegal?"

Luna smiled: "Sorry, it's my turn. What kind of work did your boyfriend do?"

Hawick stayed on the spot, with anger in his eyes: "Why are you asking this? Who told you?"

Luna said calmly: "Now is not the time for you to ask me questions, please answer my questions first."

Hawick didn't lie, and if Luna really investigated his boyfriend before, he might lose the chance to let Luna answer his question if he was found out.

"Journalists ... and then freelancers."

Luna raised her eyebrows: "What is a freelancer? What exactly does he do?"

Hawick spread his hands, and Luna could only say, "Okay, you can ask."

Hawick repeated the previous question: "What did Hydra order you to do?"

Luna thought for a while: "They just drew blood, took some of my tissues and so on. They once tried to make me go on a kidnapping mission, but I tried to escape on the way there and failed, so I was caught back."

Hawick was obviously dissatisfied with the answer. He frowned and flipped through the material, as if thinking about what question to ask next.

Luna didn't worry about his boyfriend anymore, was mistakenly injured and died in a mutant activity organized by Jack, and used to be a reporter, these news are enough.

She turned to ask, "You live in this building?"

Hawick didn't expect that she would use the precious opportunity to ask such a question, and replied: "If you are busy at work, who will be in the cubicle in the office, and you can go home if you are not busy."

Luna nodded, and Hawick asked, "Have you ever killed anyone?"

"I refused to answer and asked to see my lawyer," Luna laughed.

Hawick saw that she had returned to this recalcitrant attitude, but he didn't bother her anymore, but said meaningfully: "It won't do you any good to procrastinate like this."

Luna also smiled: "Is it good for you?"

Although Hawick was exhausted, his mind was still clear: "I really can't detain you for more than fourteen days, but if you go out after fourteen days, aren't you afraid that the world will change?"

Luna felt uneasy, she didn't know what he was planning, but she said unforgivingly: "It's been two weeks since I disappeared before, and you tried to implement that ghost 'separation but equality' but you stumbled, and here I am What earth-shattering things can you do in two weeks?"

Hawick took out a tissue to help her wipe away the physiological tears from the corners of her eyes because she was too sleepy. Luna felt very disgusted at being so close to Hawick, and unconsciously hid sideways.

Hawick's hand was left hanging in the air. He held the paper towel tightly in his palm, and then slowly let go of it, letting the ball of paper fall on Luna's body. He turned and left the room, and slammed the door loudly before leaving.

Not long after, Hawick's little assistant came in. Seeing that Luna's eyes were clear and not as sleepy as the previous few days, he froze for a moment before sitting opposite Luna.

Luna talked to her: "When I was chatting with Hawick just now, I felt that his mental state was not right. How long has he been so abnormal?"

The assistant lowered his head and said, "Half a year."

Luna actually talked to her without hope. After all, the people who took care of her before ignored her questions. If they didn't wake her up when she dozed off, they would be able to stand together like sculptures. Sitting motionless for hours.

Unexpectedly, the little assistant actually answered the call. Thinking of Hawick's attitude towards him before, a guess came to her mind. She thought about it and said, "What a coincidence, I started writing the column half a year ago."

The little assistant raised his eyelids and glanced at her: "I know, he has read every report of yours."

Luna wanted to ask him how he knew, but she was afraid of scaring away a great opportunity by rushing too much, so she suppressed her guess and asked, "Which floor are we on now?"

The little assistant replied: "The second basement floor."

"What floor is Hawick's office on?"

The little assistant and she looked at each other very quickly, then lowered their heads: "Fourth floor, 412."

At this time, the person who usually came to monitor Luna came in and said to the little assistant: "The boss told me to change the shift and asked you to find him."

The little assistant trembled imperceptibly: "Okay."

Luna has been observing the interaction between the two, and that person's attitude towards the little assistant can be called bad.She watched the little assistant leave, and smiled inexplicably at the person watching her.

The professor would brainstorm on Luna once a day for the next two days, to relieve Luna's fatigue a little bit, and tell her what happened outside.

However, Hawick seemed to be very busy in the next two days, but he never showed up again.

Three days later, when Luna's professor opened his eyes, he saw Storm sitting in front of him. Seeing that he had regained consciousness, Storm didn't talk nonsense, and said directly, "Something went wrong."

The professor asked calmly: "Don't worry...what's the matter?"

Storm said: "California has drafted a 'separate but equal' anti-mutant law, and just announced a statewide referendum on whether to pass this state bill."

The professor and Storm went to the lounge next to the office. There are several sofas and a TV here. Usually, everyone often watches TV together here.

Logan, Qin, Scott, and others were already sitting on the sofa, and the host's voice came from the TV: "The California government announced that it will hold a California-wide referendum on November 11th. A feat, if the bill is passed in California, it is very likely to lead to the formulation of a national bill, and the relationship between humans and mutants will usher in a new stage, and there have been precedents before the referendum on controversial moral issues..."

Qin said puzzledly: "It's been less than a month since Hawick proposed 'separate but equal'. How can California move so fast? It's still very troublesome to enact a law."

Logan sneered: "Hawick is a Californian, there must be something behind them, maybe they have already started preparing legislation."

Scott looked at the professor: "Professor, what should we do? According to the current situation, if there is a referendum, the result may not be very optimistic."

Not only is it not optimistic, but everyone present knows that this is almost a doomed situation.

Logan gruffly said, "Are we going to smash the Supreme Court of California?"

The professor glanced at him lightly, and Logan automatically shut his mouth.

Generally, before this kind of large-scale voting, various media will conduct small-scale sampling surveys to grasp the trend of people's choices. The professor pondered for a while and asked first: "How about the results of the polls?"

Scott replied: "Only one small survey came out. After all, the news is just breaking out. In that poll, the proportion of people who agree with the legislation is ... 70.00% three."

The professor sighed softly: "I'll tell Luna later, since we chose to trust her before, there is no reason to isolate her from this matter, and if any of us can solve this matter without bloodshed It can only be her."