At 06:30 in the morning, the alarm bell beside the bed rang, and a wheat-skinned hand stretched out from the bed, blindly pressing down the loud red alarm clock.

Michelle Jones rolled over under the covers, yawned, scratched her tousled curls, and rose sleepily.

As a 'weird' among girls, Michelle's bedroom doesn't look girly at all.She has a large cabinet of science fiction and comics, and on the wall is an excerpt from Martin Luther King's Declaration of Freedom: 'Knowing that we will be free one day.' (Know that one day, we will be free.)

Michelle stretched herself. She took out the frozen food from the refrigerator and threw it into the microwave to heat it up. Then she went to the bathroom to take a cold shower.

"Good morning, dear." When Michelle was shampooing her hair, a white girl with long blond hair knocked on the toilet door, "How are you sleeping?"

"Alive," Michelle said.

She might be the kind of weird, cool, punk girl.

Her roommate has gotten used to her style, the blond girl out making milkshakes while sharing aloud with Michelle about her dreams from last night.In fact, Michelle was not listening. Her roommates and friends had a good family background, and they had developed the character of a little princess. She was a little careless, but she had a good heart.

"...and guess what happened?" When Michelle took a shower and changed clothes and went out, Kelly was biting bread slices in the toaster, and she said excitedly, fiddling with her blonde hair, "then I dreamed He asked me out to hang out! Do you think this is a prophetic dream?"

"Perhaps," said Michelle casually.

She took instant spaghetti out of the microwave and put it on the table, and Kelly went back to her room, humming and fiddled with something.Michelle took out two bottles of drinks from the refrigerator, and Kelly came back, curling up her blond curls with something, and rubbing something on her face as she walked.

Kelly tilted her head and saw that Michelle was eating breakfast without saying a word again, she stretched out her hand and spread some body lotion on Michelle's face.

"Hey!" Michelle dodged back, but there was still a white spot on the girl's wheat-colored cheeks, and she glared at Kelly—actually she didn't want to stare at her, but Michelle looked a little Fierce, she casually stared at her eyes as if she was really angry.

Kelly and Michelle were classmates in high school. She knew Michelle's personality, so she wasn't worried at all. She just smiled and sat down opposite her.

"Don't be angry, Miss Cool, girls always have to put something on." She said, "Otherwise, how can I look good? If I don't look good, I won't be able to join the school's cheerleading team in college, and I won't be able to watch the football team. Handsome guys."

"My beauty lies inside." Michelle was born with facial paralysis, and she was able to keep her face looking cold when she spoke. "I've been researching some other things recently. Talking about love is really a waste of time."

"Yeah..." Kelly pouted, she watched Michelle drinking an orange, and said casually, "I don't know who has a crush on Peter Parker throughout high school, and was almost treated as a pervert..."

Michelle nearly squirted, her eyes widening, and Kelly smiled triumphantly.

"So what if you don't care about his beauty? You observe him bleakly by his side every day, and it's good if you don't scare him." Kelly said, "In the end, Parker still fell in love with Liz Allen. ...the well-recognized cheerleader. If she hadn't changed schools, she wouldn't be so different."

"...I didn't say that I want to be with her." Michelle said, "Unrequited love is a personal behavior, just adding adjuvant to my daily life."

"Ok."

Michelle was eloquent, but Kelly couldn't speak to her. After eating the slices of bread, she started playing with her mobile phone.

"You are such a weirdo, Michelle." Kelly said casually while typing, "In such a developed era, there are still weirdos like you who only have a school app on their mobile phones. Don't you usually use your mobile phone? Are you bored?"

"Don't you panic when you play on your phone?"

"What do you mean?"

Michelle munched on pasta as she tapped Kelly's phone out of thin air with her fork.

"Your shopping software will reveal your preferences, your social software will reveal your circle and family, and every time you share your daily life, you will reveal your whereabouts." Michelle said, "And every time you browse the Internet Records, will remember what kind of person you are. All these data will be transferred to the smart computer, don’t you feel panic? If someone wants to check, they will even know that you have hemorrhoids.”

Kelly put down her phone, she couldn't play anymore.

"But so what? Everyone is doing it now." Kelly muttered, "And the society is so safe, and this kind of public data is supervised by the superhero department. If they know it, they will know it. What's the matter? ?”

"Personal privacy is also a part of human rights." Michelle said, "You can tolerate the secrets in your mobile phone being snooped on now. Ten years later, if someone wants to install a camera in your home, will you agree? A person's rights are People like you who indulge in indifference and are gradually forced less and less."

"Okay, well, you have deep thoughts, I can't understand." Kelly began to nibble on the bread again, and she said vaguely, "As long as I live happily, what do those things care about me? I don't want to."

Michelle looked at her and sighed softly.

"That's why white people are more innocent and careless, because you have never been violated again." She said, "Think about it, the era of segregating black people was not so long ago, and it was hard to achieve equality of race and color, but Now it’s starting to isolate humans and superhumans. Citizens of the United States can’t even walk freely on the territory of their own country. Seriously, don’t you think this kind of thing is inappropriate at all?”

"But this is to protect us. The physique of humans is not comparable to that of superhumans." Kelly started playing with her phone again, and she exclaimed, "Oh my God, George really asked me out!"

Michelle sighed, she threw all the plastic food boxes in the trash can, and then went back to the bedroom to get things.

During her pre-university months of vacation, Michelle joined an organization that fights for equality between humans and superhumans, and she drew some posters that she is taking today.

After Michelle had collected all the cardboard and put on her computer bag, she walked into the living room. Kelly had already finished her meal, and there was no one in the living room.

Michelle walked to the door of another room, but the door was not closed.

Unlike Michelle's cool black-based room, Kelly's bedroom is decorated in pink and tender, with a white princess bed and a makeup mirror. At the moment, Kelly is humming a song while putting on makeup.

"I'm going to be back late today, so I can't drop by to pick you up." Michelle said, "After your date is over, let that boy take you back."

"Okay, I see." Kelly smiled.Her eyes flicked to Michelle's hand as she read, "'We need the truth about Steve Rogers'... who is he?"

"A person who has been forgotten." Michelle said, "I won't read sutras with you anymore, you can go and have fun."

Michelle was about to leave when Kelly said, "Wait!"

Michelle turned her head, and a sweet mist sprayed over. Kelly put down the perfume and smiled sweetly, "Girls should smell better."

Shrugging her shoulders, Michelle left the shared apartment.

On the streets of Queens, Michelle sandwiched her own posters and cardboards. The sensitive characters on them quickly attracted the buzzing little detectors. They all looked like the golden snitch in "Harry Potter" From a look, Michelle deeply suspected that the person who designed this thing was watching a movie at the time, and she has been thinking about whether to sue that person for copyright infringement.

She didn't feel that what she was doing was shameful, so she didn't even want to hide what was on the poster.The Snitch... well, the detector circled her for a while and then flew away.

The whole city is full of all kinds of small robots. Michelle is waiting for the traffic light at the crosswalk, and a small robot is jumping around, counting down loudly how long it takes to wait.Robo-police flies around the road.Before Kelly made a bet with Michelle, she felt that a real person was observing behind the robot police, and Michelle thought that behind the mechanical police was a super artificial intelligence.

Michel walked through the streets and alleys, and finally came to a residential building with cafes and street shops downstairs and red tiles upstairs.She boarded the outer fire escape in the alley, ran up the stairs vigorously, and climbed in from the fire escape on the fifth floor.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, Michelle." A young man was sitting in front of the computer, Michelle walked behind him, he sniffed, "Oh my God, it's unimaginable, what's wrong with you today? You even sprayed Perfume?"

"My roommate sprayed it." Michelle put the posters on the table.

"I want to smell it!" Another girl who looked older than her walked up, and she gasped, "Wow, today is a new start, isn't it, Michelle?"

"Don't make trouble." A more mature young man walked by, and he said, "These posters are very good, beautifully done, Michelle."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"Ansko, did you post on the dark web as usual today?" the man asked the young man in front of the computer.

"Of course." Ansker paused after finishing speaking, and he said, "But... I'm always a little worried, our location is so obvious, won't we be monitored?"

"The whole society is being monitored, and it's inevitable for us." The young man said lightly, "Besides, we haven't done anything illegal, so what if we are seen?"

"Makes sense."

Michelle has been busy all day in this organization, and everyone enjoys it, and the feeling of working together for a goal makes Michelle very happy.What's more, the goals they strive for make girls feel that they are fighting for a better future, which is a great feeling.

Michelle got some texts from Kylie, and it looks like she's having a good date.Michelle was busy, so she didn't reply.

In the evening, the last task was assigned—everyone posted leaflets and posters in different districts and streets.They want to arouse the public's attention to self-privacy first, and then derive it from the current irrationality of treating humans and superhumans.

Michelle took the fliers and posters, and a little paint poke, and headed to her area.

When she came to the neighborhoods under her jurisdiction, she saw that the flyers pasted on the walls last month were already mottled, but no one looked at them on the busy streets.Two young boys were squatting by the wall and playing with tops, without even looking at the wall.

Michelle sighed softly, the good mood just now almost disappeared.

She feels that most of the citizens now have the same idea as Kelly. They only care about how well they live in reality, but they never think that their human rights are being deprived little by little.

Michelle felt a little downcast. Unexpectedly, just as she walked across the road, she heard a familiar voice say in surprise, "Michelle? Why are you here?"

Michelle looked up, and she saw Peter.

"Peter, Peter?" Michelle was also stunned, "Why are you here? When I asked Ned earlier, he said you were out."

"Yes, I just came back." Peter smiled. "It's been a month since I graduated from high school, right? You..."

He couldn't help looking at the posters and leaflets in her hand. The words 'privacy is a right that citizens should enjoy' and 'humans and superhumans should have equal rights' were too obvious.Being a superhuman, a quasi-superhero, Peter felt a little awkward.

"...It's okay, you don't need to show such an expression." Michelle said softly, "I know that your family may have some connections with Stark Enterprises, and I also guessed that your identity may not be so ordinary... But I I won't be harsh on you because of this, and that also violates the meaning of 'equal rights'."

"Oh, uh..." Peter looked at the fast food restaurant behind him, and he smiled, "How about I treat you to dinner?"

……

It's been a magical day.Michelle thought.

It never occurred to her that she would be able to eat alone with Peter one day.Peter had always admired Liz when he was in school, and at most she only got the title of "weird classmate" by his side.

"You wear perfume?" Peter said when he came back from the counter.

Peter insisted on taking the meal for two by himself.It was Toby who brought him and Garfield up. Although Toby always liked to tease him and Garfield, and he was a bit sloppy, he was like a playboy who was liked by girls. Bicha taught very carefully.

"Yes." Michelle was quite happy at first, but she was a little frustrated when she heard Peter say this. "You also think that girls should be fragrant and make-up?"

"I don't think wearing perfume is suitable for you." Peter sat down opposite Michelle, and he said, "A special and cool girl like you is not suitable for such a sweet smell."

Michelle froze.

"What did you say?" she murmured.

Peter looked up at her, smiling again.

"It's your freedom to make any changes to your image," he said, "I just personally think that you are very special, and there is no need to use other modifications."

At that moment, Michelle suddenly felt that she did not have a crush on the wrong person.

Michelle lowered her head, drinking a drink to cover up her embarrassment.She has a good way of teasing people and talking coldly, but she doesn't know how to maintain this atmosphere, so she just doesn't say anything.

"Are you going to study at Imperial College soon?" Michelle whispered after a while.

"Yeah, what about you?" Peter asked.

"Another average university," Michelle said.

Michelle’s heart was a little disappointed.Almost all the students entering Empire State University are not ordinary people, and most of them are superhuman.Michelle hoped that Peter was a boy from an ordinary family. She thought that when she first set eyes on him, Peter was ordinary.

She had known for a long time that they were not the same way, but she was still a little sad.

"What's wrong with you?" Peter looked at Michelle, he said, "You have been mysterious throughout high school, why do you look a little heavy today?"

"Nothing," Michelle said.Pulling herself together, she just doesn't feel like she's going to be able to eat any more of these things, she stands up, and says, "I'm going to... uh, post these things, so let's talk about it next time."

"But……"

Peter wanted to say something, but Michelle's cell phone vibrated suddenly.

She took out her mobile phone, and when she saw the message, she froze in place. Peter saw that her expression was wrong, and he said, "What's wrong?"

Michelle's lips turned pale.

"Something happened to my friend."

hours ago.

Kelly wandered around the bedroom.She had her makeup done and her hair done, but was struggling with what to wear.

The door of the closet was wide open, and various skirts were thrown on the bed.Kelly hums a song. She wears a floral dress and pretends in front of the mirror that she is a seriously ill British noble daughter, and then puts on overalls and pretends to be a bully.

Picking and picking, two hours passed.Kylie finally picked out a yellow knee-length slip dress.

After thinking about it, she wore a small heart-shaped collarbone necklace around her neck, and changed the matching earrings.

perfect!

Kelly felt that she was very beautiful and cute. She put on her high heels, picked up her small satchel, and walked out of the house humming a song.

When she was about to reach the gate of the club where George was, she refilled herself with perfume.

In the club, Kelly saw George and his teammates practicing basketball, so she sat by the auditorium, waiting quietly, watching George grab the ball and dunk, and cheer for him.Finally, after a long time, the big boy finally finished training.

He held the ball in his arm and looked to the side. Kelly hurriedly raised her arm to greet him. George smiled, showing his white teeth, and he waved.

Kelly was waiting for him outside the club.She lowered her head, lifted her toes, and turned around on the ground with her heels.

"Kelly!" George finally took a shower and changed into regular clothes and rushed over.Kelly looked up and smiled. George's hair was still wet. He looked at her in amazement and exclaimed, "You look so beautiful today."

"Really." Kelly pretended not to care and smiled.

The two had afternoon tea together, and they watched a movie in the cinema near the club. In the dark, George quietly held her hand.

When they walked out of the movie theater, the two began to feel embarrassed again. They pretended that nothing had happened just now, and kept their distance as friends.

It was getting dark, and George wanted to take another walk with Kelly, but unexpectedly, his coach called him and told him to go back immediately. The game scheduled for next week was suddenly brought forward, disrupting all the plans. training plan.

"Kelly, I'm sorry..." George said shamelessly, "I thought I had nothing to do tonight, so I asked you out..."

"It's okay, I'm already very happy today." Kelly smiled sweetly.

George hailed a taxi on the side of the road and opened the door for her.

"Tell me when you get home," George said. "Next time, I'll make it up to you with a big meal!"

Kelly said goodbye to George through the glass. After she fastened her seat belt and told the driver the destination, she couldn't wait to start sending messages to Michelle to share today's happy date.Accidentally, she couldn't help swiping the screen, and sent a lot of patterns of stars and hearts.

She guessed that Michelle must still be busy, so after sending the message, she began to select photos. She originally wanted to send a photo of her and George to her personal account, but then she thought that she hadn't passed George's yet. With permission, he posted a selfie of himself drinking a drink instead.

Kelly has been playing with her mobile phone, she has not recovered from the happy date just now.

At this moment, the car vibrated, as if it had run over some rock. Kelly raised her head subconsciously and looked outside, then lowered her head to continue playing with her mobile phone. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong... She raised her head and saw It was already dark, and there were no cars on the road, only a few street lights!

"Did you drive in the wrong place?" Kelly looked at the driver.

The driver didn't know when he put on the mask, and he stared at the front intently, as if he didn't hear Kelly's words.Looking at his mask and white gloves, Kelly's heart suddenly panicked.

"Stop," she said, "Stop or I'll call the police, and I—ah!"

The driver suddenly rushed over, and the two wrestled in the car. The man's strength was countless times stronger than the girl's. He reached out and grabbed Kelly's cell phone, throwing it out of the car window.He controls the steering wheel with one hand and holds Kelly's wrist tightly with the other.

"Let me go, what on earth do you want? Do you want money? It's all in the phone, you, you—"

Kelly couldn't go on.

Now mobile phones have basically replaced credit cards and cash in the past. The first thing the driver does is to throw away the mobile phone. He doesn't want money, so he wants to...

Kelly screamed. She flailed her arms hard but couldn't get away from the man. She began to undo the seat belt as she struggled.The driver saw her plan, he immediately locked all the doors, and deliberately turned the steering wheel, letting the car rush towards the dark woods outside the road.

Kelly lost control of her body and was thrown like this, so she couldn't unbuckle her seat belt while shaking.

The car came to a stop in the woods after a tail-swipe.The driver turned off the lights. In the darkness, Kelly felt a shadow pressing on her. The man's fingers pointed at her clothes, and Kelly screamed and cried. She kicked and kicked, but she was not the driver's opponent.

The man messed up her beautiful hairdo, and her lovely little necklace was broken. Kelly cried in despair and fear. She begged the driver, but the man called her a slut/bitch.

At this moment, a spotlight came from outside the car window.

At that moment, the two people in the car froze.

Kelly, who was forced to be pushed down on the seat, slowly raised her face, the white light illuminated her tear-filled blue eyes, and also illuminated the man's unbelievable, frightened and obscene expression.

Kelly stared blankly at the white light falling from the sky, it was a round robot policeman.It shines a strong spotlight on the driver's face.

[Warning, please surrender immediately.Otherwise start coercive measures.Warning, please surrender immediately, otherwise...]

The sound of machinery echoed in the sky.

The driver's eyes gradually twisted.

"You're dreaming, you guys, ah—!"

Before he could finish his words, the glass behind him was shattered, and one hand grabbed his collar and pulled him out of the shattered car window abruptly.The man rolled on the ground in pain, his body was cut by broken glass.

The gray robot based on Iron Man mercilessly pressed him to the ground. On the other side, the robot police flew down, and even the light became a softer one.

Kelly, who had already become dazed with great fear, saw its round white body begin to deform, and turned from a ball into a white skeleton robot, with the light still emitting from its forehead.On the other side, another robot came and covered her with a blanket.

At this time, the skeletal robot opened the car door. It knelt down on one knee, and a projection appeared above the robot's forehead. In the picture was a policewoman in uniform.

"Don't be afraid, child." The female policeman said softly, "No one can hurt you, and you can go home right away."

Kelly was wrapped in a blanket, and she sat there in a daze.

A few seconds later, under the gentle gaze of the woman, Kelly suddenly began to cry.

The robot lowers its body,

It gave her a cold hug.

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