"Welcome to my country!" In Ruin Castle, Dum prepared a grand banquet to welcome Li Jie and Banner.
It included a variety of meat and dairy products, as well as fresh seafood, which was not common in landlocked Eastern European countries.
It seemed that Dum had put in a lot of effort. Li Jie even felt that he could hear a hint of genuine welcome in Dum's tone of welcome.
"You're welcome. Please help yourself. After visiting my country, you can taste the delicacies of my country. "Dum, who was wearing the armor of destruction, gestured for Li Jie and Banner to make themselves at home.
Banner looked at Li Jie, and Li Jie also frowned slightly. This was because Dum had mentioned a keyword several times, and that was [My Country].
This was not a good sign. If Dum treated the country and its people as his private property, would he spread dictatorship and one-man rule throughout Eastern Europe?
Imagine going to an Eastern European country in the future and hearing an air broadcast after getting off the plane: "Dear passengers, we have arrived at the 13th Dum Airport. Please bring your luggage and prepare to exit the cabin."
Or when you took the train, you would find that all the stops on the way were: Dum Station One, Dum Station Two, and Dum Station Three.
Even the name of the bus station would become: "We have arrived at the East Dum Station. Passengers who want to get off the bus, hurry up and get off. This bus is heading to the East Second Dum Station. "
Then, everyone's usual conversations might also become very strange. For example, Aunt A asked Aunt B, "Where did you buy this Dum sweater?"
Aunt B replied, "I bought it at the Dum Mall."
Aunt A continued to ask, "Which Dum Mall?"
Aunt B replied, "It's the newly opened Third Dum Department Store on East Forty Dum Road. They're having an event there now! As long as you shout 'DOOM' 30 times in a row and pronounce it correctly, I'll give you a 20% discount! Hurry up and go, or it'll be gone! "
Aunt A clapped her hands and said, "That's right, we have to hurry up. Just get on the bus from the Seventh Dum Elementary School station in front of our door, right?"
Aunt B said, "That's right, hurry up!"
If the above dialogue became the daily life of the people in Eastern Europe, Li Jie felt it was too cruel. East Thirty Dumu Road, East Thirty-One Dumu Road, East Thirty-Two Dumu Road … How many people would get lost here!?
Based on what he saw on the road today, Li Jie felt that Dum was capable of doing such a thing. Perhaps Dum had used his treachery, cunning, and dictatorial rule to cover up a fact that no one had noticed.
In fact, Dum himself was a hopeless narcissist! Li Jie suspected that Dum would say to himself in the mirror when no one was around, "The word handsome was invented for me."
Therefore, after drinking the appetizer, Li Jie wasn't in a hurry to eat. Instead, he looked at Dum and asked, "Mr. Dum, you mentioned 'My Country' a few times just now?"
Dum used a silver knife and fork to cut the sausages on the golden plate. The sausages were dipped in Mexican chili sauce, which was a taste that Dum had retained when he studied in the United States.
He put a well-cut, greasy sausage into his mouth and chewed it clean before saying, "Is there a problem?"
Li Jie used his index finger and middle finger to lightly knock on the table made of redwood, making a knocking sound. "You treat the country as your personal property, and the citizens as your property? That doesn't quite fit our vision. "
"Heh." Dum let out a mocking laugh. "Do you agree that everyone's value is different? Some are brought by birth, and some are acquired through hard work. "
"Do you know how chaotic this country was before I ruled it? There were wars and famines everywhere. Children and women were used as food, and men were fighting crazily. I gave these people a peaceful and happy life, so what's wrong with me managing them from above? "Dum's tone was matter-of-fact.
He didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he had done at all.
Dum said matter-of-factly, "I provided more than 10 million people with food and jobs. They should thank me for keeping them alive."
"It's like you saw two strangers. One is a scientist who can create all kinds of inventions, and the other is an ordinary beggar. Both of them were poisoned, and you only had one bottle of antidote. You would definitely choose to save the scientist, not the beggar. The value of life is different, isn't it? "Dum took a bite of the sausage and continued.
Dr. Banner frowned and said, "I don't agree with you. I don't think the value of life can be simply quantified."
Dum glanced at Dr. Banner and said after a while, "Dr. Bruce Banner, well, you are qualified to say that. I know why you became the Hulk back then. During a gamma bomb test, an unemployed wandering singer broke into the blasting test site. "
"You saved him, but you were irradiated by the gamma bomb. You are qualified to say that, but I still think the choice you made was stupid. "Dum said mercilessly.
"Your life is much more important than a wandering singer. Although you became the Hulk, in a sense, is it a blessing in disguise?"
Banner said with a livid face, "I don't think it's a blessing."
As soon as the conversation began, the atmosphere between the two became very tense. Li Jie was afraid that Banner would kill Dum in anger, so he chose to come out and smooth things over. "Okay, you two. We're not here to discuss the value of life today. "
"Mr. Dum, can you remove these armored guards around you? To be honest, it doesn't really matter whether they're here or not. "Li Jie looked around at the people around him. There were guards and waiters.
Dum didn't refuse Li Jie's request. He nodded and signaled the people to leave. Because some conversations were very private.
"Mr. Dum, first of all, about what you said before. First of all, I don't agree with the idea that the country is an individual's property. This will make the conversation we want to have very difficult. Secondly, the most important reason we're here to see you should be clear. We want to figure out why you want to do this. "
"The integration of Eastern Europe, and even the possible Eurasian integration and global integration in the future, I don't see any great benefits for you." Until now, Li Jie didn't believe that Dum would suddenly have a good heart.
Suddenly, one day, after waking up, Dum decided to carefully change his face. He looked in the mirror and said to himself, "Change the world, make the world a better place! This word was created for me! "
Hmm, that's impossible, impossible.
Li Jie believed that Dum had a deeper reason, and this was why he and Banner came to see Dum.
After Dum finished a sausage, he wiped his mouth with a white napkin and said, "I can answer your questions. First, Latvia is my personal property, and I don't want it anymore. To put it simply, you don't have to worry about this. I will withdraw from Latvia's management level step by step. "
When Dum said this, he used a playful tone and said, "But I don't know what will happen to Latvia after I leave. Maybe worse? "
"As for the second question, I believe I can answer it better. I give up Latvia. I want to pursue the path that I didn't finish back then. I want to become a mage. I heard that you and Kamateki are very familiar with Nightcrawler. Can you introduce me to the Sorcerer Supreme? Maybe I'll become the next Sorcerer Supreme! "
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