Volume 12: Cafe Heroes Chapter 24: Arrest
"Aren't you going to arrest him and investigate him?"
Looking at the girl's back as she left, Li Lin asked George in a somewhat strange way:
"If we catch a girl like this who is obviously collaborating with the enemy and has a mystical bent, we can interrogate her. Even if we can't get any big secrets, we can at least get some small information, right? Why don't we catch her and interrogate her?"
"No, no, that's what we do on the battlefield, but we can't do that in places like this. If we want to have a steady stream of gossip and trustworthy informants, mutual trust is the most important thing at the beginning. We can't let others down. If we don't trust someone, we don't employ him. If we arrest those who are inclined to the Holy Light, we will really become blind and deaf. And mentor, do you think the Holy Light faction really has no informants and is absolutely just?"
"I always thought you got your intelligence from prophecies."
"There are people who specialize in this, but that is audit work, not initial work."
“…So there really is one.”
I always feel that the structure of the Holy Light System seems to be becoming more and more subtle?
Thinking back on every scenery and thing he had seen along the way, Li Lin always felt that something was wrong.
He was always a non-staff member - yes, until now, Li Lin was not considered a formal employee of the Holy Light faction, and he would be considered so after this Vanguard Officer Conference. Therefore, Li Lin knew nothing about the internal situation of the Holy Light faction, and had no idea what was going on inside.
Apart from the fact that Holy Light was powerful, could not tolerate evil, maintained absolute justice, and went crazy to clean up hell and the universe every once in a while, burning the whole world to ashes, Li Lin was quite unfamiliar with Holy Light. However, on this planet, he saw many embarrassing or very embarrassing aspects of Holy Light.
Grassroots development is simply nonsense, rotten to the core. Although the army is powerful, there is no militia, and the bottom defense port is close to nothing. All the members are regular soldiers , and the embarrassment of no police officers is obvious at this moment. And because it is too dazzling, people with a little dark heart will hardly work around for too long, and what is even more embarrassing is that the Holy Light lacks this kind of ordinary staff the most. Although the top combat power is outrageous, the middle and lower levels wish that one person can do the work of ten people.
It's just that Holy Light has money, really money, super money, and can just throw money at it to get a large number of protection personnel. But this doesn't match the original situation at all. As long as there is a scandal, it will be a devastating disaster for Holy Light. Drop a drop of sewage in sewage, it is still sewage. But drop a drop of sewage in pure water, and the water will definitely not be drinkable. God knows whether there is DDT or other shit in it. So according to the information that Li Lin knows now, Holy Light can be said to be shouting victory on the front battlefield, with hundreds of glass burning, but the internal front is in disarray. Few ordinary people believe it at all.
In fact, it is true. People who are not involved and do not know the inside story will definitely think that the Holy Light is crazy when they see it burning the glass planet for purification. After all, cannibals are also considered civilized. For the so-called "civilized people", this faction that destroys others based on "folk customs" is absolutely crazy.
But for the Holy Light, this is the most intolerable sin. There is no excuse to justify death, not even war.
The meaningless death of any life will make them feel pain and anger. After all, they are the protectors of all living things, which is the most correct principle in this world. What else can they say in the face of a group of murderers and cannibals? Pretending to be civilized, people will say that they deserve it, but truly simple people only follow their inner thoughts, which is to completely wipe out all criminals from this universe without leaving even a trace of DNA residue.
The folklore gained from cannibalism is as ridiculous as the inspiration gained from drugs, or even more disgusting. The latter harms oneself, while the former is well-dressed and whitewashes the evil deeds of killing and cannibalism and is proud of it. This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable.
“Sometimes I really don’t understand how your cultural front works.”
"Why? We are working diligently to promote our ideas and concepts."
"So the fall of the lower class is almost inevitable, right? Who told you not to curry favor with the middle class?"
"There's nothing we can do. After all, we really can't understand the thoughts of those so-called adults, but they are the most monitored pillars of society. What can we do? You have also seen those girls. In fact, most of the informants are old people and teenagers. Except in wartime, there are almost no young and middle-aged people who tip us off. Because they believe in social principles and interests. Relatively speaking, we are the monsters in their society."
"So if you ask me, you might as well just burn the glass. No matter what other mess it is, as long as the glass is burned, those so-called centrists and rational, objective and neutral people will know what to do. Strength is the foundation of maintaining justice. What have you learned from all these years of lessons?"
"No, no, no. Power without ideals is just pure violence. In that case, we would be no different from the tyrants in history, right?"
But to be honest, I really want to be a tyrant.
Thinking about everything that happened on this planet, even the optimistic George couldn't help but sigh.
When ideas are biased, the more knowledge one has, the more one hates the existence of justice. Smart people always think that the world moves according to their ideas, but in fact it is not the case. So once such cognitive bias occurs, one will unilaterally hate and reject the spread of such ideas and thoughts.
This is more terrifying than simple hostility, because it means denying a person's life and all efforts. Even for the sake of the integrity of their own thoughts, they will not acknowledge the existence of the Holy Light, nor the existence of the paradise on earth, and will use all their means and abilities to attack the existence of this idea. Because only by doing so can they maintain their ideal universe. If not, all their actions and thoughts will be in vain.
This is not in their interest, but it is in line with the laws of society. After all, there are only two ways for one class to replace another. But the will is unified.
"Mr. Li Lin, the enemy's position has been determined. We can launch an attack now."
"Then I'll go deal with the mess. Sometimes it's much smarter to just get rid of these people than to be gentle."
Li Lin nodded to George and walked out.
After all, the pain of intelligent creatures lasts much longer than their happiness.
If appeasement doesn't work, violence is the only option. Although the price is the loss of public opinion.
