Psychological Control

"Go forward! One-two-one, one-two-one..." Following the instructions from the instructor instructing our posture, Dillon and I straightened our waists and raised our chins at the same time, took a step stiffly like a mechanism doll, and started Take the first challenge of this roadblock mission.

You must know that although Di Lon is a retired soldier, walking forward in their training has never been an action that pursues aesthetics.Putting on the British queen's guard costume, which is the same as the Halloween costume, I feel like walking out of a little poplar, and I don't have much advantage compared with me.

Goose step from the starting point to the sentry box, then stand still, stand at attention and salute the handover.This part has been very simple so far, our cooperation has not gone wrong, and it is very easy to keep up with Dillon's rhythm.But just after the gun-throwing part, that is, when the challenge was about to end, another four teams that came a little later suddenly appeared at the entrance of the castle square.

Different from those leisurely tourists who held up their cameras and pressed the shutter desperately at us, and even recorded videos, they rushed in quickly and grabbed my attention.It was at this moment that I was a little distracted, and my swing of the gun was obviously half a beat slower than that of Dillon, who was skilled and concise.

The next second that sounded in my ears was the angry roar of the instructor who was guiding us one-on-two.He made a one-time bet with his officer that we could get it all together, and he lost.If you fail the first challenge, you need to go back and practice again.Immediately behind us to accept the challenge is James and Sid, who are also not slow.

Invisibly, we suddenly lost the 15-minute advantage we should have had.Holding the beautifully decorated musket with bayonet, I walked up to Dillon with a somewhat dejected look. "Sorry, didn't follow."

"No need to apologize." Dillon didn't feel anything at all, and he didn't even pay attention to this task. "You are more suitable than me in this military uniform. Sure enough, the camouflage uniform and iron helmet are suitable for me. Except for wearing my formal uniform on the day I was discharged from the army, I really didn't wear it a few times during my service in those years. "

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"Sexy!!!" Amidst the screams of a group of girls watching the tourists, James and Sid completed all the actions in a rigid manner.While the chief guard complained that their movements were still a bit limp, but he could barely pass the reply, he still had the mood to go to the front and take a lot of photos with the girls.

"This is our ins account, remember to tell your friends to follow us. He and I are models, by the way! That one over there is Brian who participated in America's Next Top Model, Stanford student Brian!" When Sid helplessly supported the black bear fur hat and shook his head, saying that he was going to change clothes, James did not forget to mention my name after he finished promoting himself.

“啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！我就说为什么看起来那么眼熟！那个熊帽子挡住了他大半张脸，可是我就觉得好帅啊！那苍白的皮肤和红色卷发...”然后The girls' wolf howls became more frightening, and even alarmed Zoe and Joseph who were still practicing on the other side.

"Hurry up, they're up for another challenge. Take more pictures this time, and the one next to Brian is his boyfriend Dillon from Survivor, right?" Another girl called out to her friend, "That's A trip to Windsor Castle is worth it! Hahaha!"

James, who finally liked to add to the chaos, was being walked by Sidra to change his clothes, while tearing open the next clue card he got from successfully completing the mission on the way.Dillon and I were ready for the second challenge again.

This time I can no longer be distracted by other things. The previous mistake wasted our 15-minute lead.And besides Zoe and Joseph who are also preparing to challenge, there are four other teams of opponents who have just changed their clothes and started training.Tevez and Vera were even more eyeing on our position.

"Go forward! One two one, one two one..."

Walking to the sentry box, he turned forward and walked two beats, then stood at attention and swung his gun.This time I didn't deliberately match Dillon's speed, but based on the previous Dillon's rhythm, I summed up a rhythm law, no longer distracted, but simply followed the rhythm and made actions that were set in my mind in advance .

"Yes, you can do it, young man!" Finally, the guard chief who was standing upright in the middle of the square and making an inspection gesture gave an affirmative answer and handed out the next clue card. "It would be nice if your changing of the guard wasn't accompanied by the screams of those girls watching One Direction."

In the end, the serious officer also completed his achievements of the British sneer, and uttered a British ironic joke that made people think that the black bear fur hat was no longer stuffy.

In the voice of the girls screaming and asking for a group photo, I could only take Dillon and ran up to them quickly, pretending to be sorry and anxious, and seemed to refuse a few times.That's how Dillon turned and went back to the locker room to change out of his red military uniform and black bear hat.

"Take the train and go to the town where the famous Oxford University is located." After opening the clue card and reading the first sentence, Dillon and I rushed out of Windsor Castle with our bags on our backs after changing our clothes, heading for the train station we left before. gallop.As I ran, I read every detail on the clue cards at a volume that Dillon could hear.

"This time the detour task is divided into water and road. The water task, you will cross the Thames tributary before entering the city, castlemillstream. There you will see the guiding signpost, follow the signpost to find a few small boats moored The location of the mission. Go around the moat with a boat by one person, and finally get the next clue card under the stone bridge at the end point after one lap."

"Task on the road, go to St. Mary's University Church in the small town, and find a bicycle marked with extreme speed in front of the church. Double bicycles, follow the signs along the way to Magdalen College. There you will get the next clue Card. Pay attention to turning back first, the team that arrived earlier has the right to turn back to the team that arrived later.”

Finally, turn around!Dillon and I looked at each other, and we speeded up our pace tacitly.We trotted all the way to the train station, and luckily bought tickets for the train departing 10 minutes later.Just in time to catch up with James and Sid who completed the challenge before us.But this time, Zoe and Joseph did not catch up.

"Speaking of it, Brian. Besides reality TV, what do you want to do after graduating from Stanford?" Although James sighed and complained to Sid for a while after seeing us catch up with them.But after the departure, seeing that there were only the two of us, he brought up the topic again.

When Dillon heard this question, he also looked at me with great interest and said, "You never mentioned this question to me, are you going to use the prize money from the Survivor Competition to continue your studies, or come out to work? Or what kind of job do you like? Young people like to talk about their dreams, but you never seem to mention it.”

I was at a loss for a moment, and it was the first time I experienced the feeling of being speechless when asked.Future job, dream?He was an orphan in his previous life, and managed to survive to pay off his loan and went to college, planning to become a psychiatrist.Because doctors are always more respected than ordinary jobs in the eyes of everyone.

At least after the age of 34, no one will laugh at me as an Asian orphan who did dancing when I was young, and then started to do some physical work when I was old and unable to dance.Then he lived in the third world of the United States all his life, surrounded by gangs, fights, drug addicts and drug dealers.

But after all these bizarre killings and rebirths, and the things that I have never thought about in my life, is my career ideal still to be an ordinary psychological counselor?I have been walking according to the schedule that I made hastily and chaotically in the mental hospital, but I never thought about what I can do after the plan is completed.

I am rich enough now that the survivor bonus allowed me to buy the old house that I have shared memories with Dexter, and even paid off all the tuition loans and still have quite a bit left over.My popularity also proved that it met expectations when James messed up telling the group of female tourists my name.

I even hold a lot of part-time jobs. In addition to reality shows, there are also YouTube channels that get a lot of commissions on a regular basis, and magazine model shoots from time to time.While working part-time while completing his studies, he enjoys the joy of analyzing the psychology of people around him and manipulating them, and gets involved in bizarre cases from time to time.

I never really thought about what I was going to do in the end.In other words, life goals?

Everything I've done so far has been going according to this plan, even Dillon's seemingly sudden appearance was also written in my plan to find a partner.But the plan is only step-by-step, and there is never a unified ultimate goal.It's like a small boat drifting with the waves on the vast sea, but it has no destination of its own.

"Brian?" James' questioning voice brought me back to my thoughts.

"It's nothing... By the way, do you choose water or road for the detour later?" I subconsciously changed the topic without answering the question.But I noticed Dillon's gaze, and it fell on me very seriously.Even if the attention of James and Sid has been successfully diverted by me.

Dillon's unexpected involvement, including his involvement with me and Dexter, gave him a better understanding of me than I had ever expected.It is basically impossible to fool this man.

But I really don't want to show weakness and say to him, sorry, I don't even know what I will do in the future.Doesn't that seem too useless?

"You don't need to rush to conclusions, you are only in your twenties. Why don't you try all the things you have tried, and finally choose a job that you are interested in and can do for a long time." Dillon said at the train station , After James and Sid ran out of the car like flying, they whispered to me.

"I know you can't be like me. You can't settle down and open a gun shop on a side street in Miami. Sitting in the same place every day, watching boring customers. Choose a path you won't regret."