Humanoids on the way to upgrade [Comprehensive British and American]

The greenery of New York University is very good, and it is very pleasant to stroll on the tree-lined trails.Zoe found that Peter was an interesting person. Not only did he know a lot of unpopular scientific knowledge, but he was also very... good at sports?

When a football volleyed toward Zoe, Peter jumped up and grabbed it before throwing it back hard.

"Watch the penalty!" Peter yelled towards the gang on the field.

The football team laughed and shoved each other a few times, made a rude gesture to Peter, and whistled provocatively.

Peter frowned, he was obviously annoyed, Zooey held him, shook his head and said, "Forget it."

"They hit the ball on purpose. If their goal was me, of course I wouldn't care about it." Peter said seriously, "But they obviously want to hit you with the ball."

"A childish trick," Zooey glanced at the football team on the field, "this trick has long been outdated. Don't worry about them."

Peter shrugged, casually raised the camera and snapped a picture of the court.

Zooey looked at Peter carefully and said, "Do you exercise regularly?"

"...Yes, often," said Peter.

Swinging between high-rise buildings is also fitness to some extent.

Peter's body looks a little thin at first glance, but in fact his muscles are very strong and his reaction is very quick. Zooey guessed that he is probably an agile type.

After the two walked out of New York University, they walked slowly along the street. When they passed the intersection of a block, they were stopped by a person handing out leaflets.

"Hello, can you take a look at our flyer?" The visitor politely handed over a piece of advertising paper.

Peter asked curiously, "Are you parading?"

There are many people holding signs and banners on this street, constantly distributing leaflets to passers-by.Zoe saw blood-red bold characters on the banner - "WEREFUSETOBETHREATENED!!!"

Werefusetobethreatened.

We refuse to be threatened.

"Yes, we are resisting the possible violence," said the person who handed out the flyer to Zoe, a middle-aged man who appeared to be well-educated, with a sincere tone, "We expect more people to join the ranks against threats middle."

Zooey carefully read the flyer in her hand, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Peter looked at the banners and signs in the hands of people not far away, and his expression changed subtly.

The middle-aged man said in a sad tone: "A week ago, a middle school in New York suffered a terrorist attack. The attacker was a mutant. He activated his ability and blew up the entire teaching building. Many children were injured, and three The child was not rescued." He looked very sad, "but the attacker was not caught, nor was he punished by law, he was taken away by his accomplices. We still don't know where this mutant is, I don't know who he is, this brutal murderer is still at large..."

Zoe fell silent, her long red hair covered the expression on her face, she kept flexing and stretching the fingers of her left hand hanging by her side, while her right hand crumpled the leaflets in her hand.Peter's spider sensor started to give warning frantically, and the hairs all over his body stood on end. The spider's instinct to avoid danger gave Peter an urge to flee here immediately.

"Nonsense!" Zoe threw away the leaflet in her hand, looked at the middle-aged man in front of her coldly and said, "You are just publicly opposing mutants in the name of resisting violence!"

The sincere expression on the middle-aged man's face disappeared. He took two steps back and said, "As a human being, you are on their side?...Are you a mutant?"

His words attracted the attention of several people next to him, and they stepped back one after another, staring at Zooey with vigilant and disgusted eyes.

"Hey, it's noon now, we should find a place to have lunch." Peter pressed Zoe's shoulder nervously.

Zooey glanced at the people around her coldly, and said, “You’re right.”

It wasn't until he walked a long distance that Peter breathed a sigh of relief. He pretended to be relaxed and said, "I'm really afraid that you will fight with them."

Peter and Zoe had only known each other for a few hours, but their minds and personalities really fit together, and Peter would have loved to have had a friend like that during his four years at university.Zoe reacted violently to the anti-mutant parade, and the spider sensor would give an early warning when she was angry, all of which showed that she was most likely not an ordinary human being.

"I'm a pacifist, Peter." Zoe brushed her red hair, and she pointed to the food truck on the side of the road, "The hot dogs here look good."

"Yes, I've tried it. It tastes really good. I suggest you add more cheese sauce." Peter said.

When Zoe and Peter sat on the bench by the roadside and munched hot dogs together, their expressions were sullen.

"Don't think about what happened just now," said Peter.

Zooey tied up her long red hair that got in the way, revealing her fair and slender neck.She took a big bite of the hot dog and said vaguely: "You must have heard of a saying—'When they killed the Communist Party, I kept silent because I was not a Communist Party'..."

"...'Then they killed the Jews and I kept silent because I was not a Jew; then they killed the Catholics and I remained silent because I was not a Catholic; I spoke'." Peter finished the rest of the sentence quickly, "yes I know, Martin Niemuller's famous quote. My uncle loved it. When I was in elementary school, I went to visit the World War II memorial. He told me what it meant."

Zooey nodded heavily, "So I shouldn't keep silent."

"I understand, as my uncle once told me 'with great power comes great responsibility'." Peter took a sip of his Coke, "When you have the ability to do something, you have to do it. I don’t really understand them. At best, I just saw reports about them in textbooks and news. I sympathize with what happened to them, but I’m also angry that mutant extremists have done things that endanger society.” He bit his straw and said, “ I don't want to stop anything - but you should also learn to protect yourself, Zoe. There are a lot of people parading there, if you quarrel with them, they are likely to attack you."

Zooey froze for a moment.It was only at this moment that she had a better understanding of her new friend.Zoe has the ability to read other people's minds, if she wants, she can read the thoughts in anyone's mind.Zoe usually doesn't use her telepathic ability, but even if she controls it deliberately, the thoughts and mood swings of the people around her will be clearly revealed.

The middle-aged man that Zoe met just now distributed leaflets to them, the mood swings in his brain were negative and extreme.

And now, Peter spoke to her with genuine concern.

"Peter," Zooey couldn't help asking, "are you so...sincere to everyone?" She couldn't find a suitable adjective.

They'd only known each other for a few hours, and Peter didn't need to say these words of reassurance to her new friend who was almost a stranger.

Embarrassed, Peter stammered, "I, I just..."

——I just feel very guilty for smashing your house, and I can't bear to let a girl who is suspected of being a mutant face the extremists who are parading.

Zoe didn't say that she was a mutant, and Peter just guessed like that, but he trusted his instinct that this girl was not an ordinary person.

"You are just a good person with a kind heart." Zooey thoughtfully helped him complete the rest of the sentence.

The two of them looked at each other and laughed.

……

Zoe was going to work in the bakery in the afternoon, and she and Peter exchanged emails, phone numbers, and Twitter accounts before parting ways.

She also gave Peter the address of the bakery where she worked.

"This store is very old, and there are many branches in the United States. The bread they make is super good!" Zoe said, "I am an apprentice there, you can try it when you are free."

"I know this store, but I've never been there, it's too far from my home," Peter said.

Zoe thought for a while and said, "Next time we meet, I'll bring you hand-baked cookies. Do you like pineapple or raisins?"

"Pineapple!" Peter was very happy.

Zoe didn't tell Peter that the owner of this bakery is a wizard, and all kinds of cute and interesting breads are actually in the shape of magical creatures in the magic world.

When Zoe arrived at work, her boss Lola was busy in the kitchen.

"Thank goodness, you're here!" Laura looked like she was about to collapse as she spilled flour all over the chopping board. "How do No-Majs manage to cook in the kitchen without magic?"

"Keep your voice down, Laura!" Zooey glanced at the guests who were picking bread outside, "Go out, I'll leave this place to you."

Laura was relieved.

The original chef of the bakery was Lola's father. He was old and broke his leg while carrying flour. He needed to rest for a long time. Lola's father planned to bid farewell to his beloved shop and oven and return to Illinois. I went to the countryside for the elderly.Laura was forced to inherit the family business—but she had been studying at the Beauxbaton School of Magic in France. She could only use magic, and she couldn't understand how the No-Maj kitchen utensils were operated.

But the bakery still had to continue to open. After a few days of closure, Laura recruited Zoe, the new baker, and the store finally resumed business.

Laura went to greet the guests, and Zoe cleaned up the messy kitchen and started to make cookie molds.

Suddenly the phone rang, and Peter sent a new tweet.

——"You can't decide where you came from, but you can decide what kind of person you become."

The accompanying picture is a little squirrel gnawing nuts that Peter took at New York University before.

The author has something to say: When the little sojourner didn't recognize Zoe → This girl's back is so beautiful, let's take a picture first.

When the little sojourner recognized Zoe → I smashed this girl's house down, I feel so guilty, I will find a way to make it up to her.

When the little sojourner prevents Zoe from having conflicts with others → This girl is a mutant, and she lives in the disgust and fear of others every day. It's so pitiful. I want to enlighten her and treat her better.

Zoe: ? ? ?

Then they happily became good friends.

……

The heroine's real identity is a joke, and the wizard's ability is only incidental.

Just like Scarlet Witch's ability is to modify probability, but she also has chaos magic, and the combination of the two can modify reality.

Before the person falls, Zoe will be smashed many times_(:з」∠)_ until she goes berserk.

……

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