"It's just that... I can help you eliminate some of the prejudices others have against you, but more of it requires you to work hard to change it yourself." Morais knew that this matter was not so easy to accomplish. Verak's path is the only one.
It has just begun, and it is destined to be harder than others.
Although there are countless difficulties and obstacles in the future, no matter what, Verak has returned to Lezein alive and successfully joined the Equality Society. He was excited and nervous, but calm and calm: "I understand, I am in prison for these things."
I have thought about it ten thousand times. If I didn’t have the courage and confidence to start over, I wouldn’t choose to come back.”
Morais nodded slightly and sighed lightly. He did not worry too much about Verak who could lead the prisoners out of Damans Prison alive. He only regretted the things that went wrong in the past.
If Verak had realized this a few months ago and made clarification as soon as possible, he would not have to go through these hardships, and he would not have to face resistance that others do not feel in everything he does in the Equality Association.
The differences with Chloe, with the support of Verak and Boyne, there is no need for such a long stalemate. They have already overwhelmingly gone all out to carry out the original plan, turning the World Exposition that the Republic of Bresci has high hopes into.
It has become your own stage.
"What a pity. If it had been earlier, everything would have been better earlier." Morais lamented.
Verak understood what Morais meant by saying earlier. He chuckled, and his bright eyes followed his experience during this period, starting from Nord, passing by Diaz, and passing by Keating: "Things have already happened.
If it happens, I will face up to the regrets and guilt left after making wrong choices, and I will be grateful for the gains along the way."
"He's really changed a lot," Nord said, looking at Morais.
Morais has never seen Verak's past. Ever since he came into contact with Verak, Verak has always been so different. The change he felt was just that Verak changed from false to true, but in fact this happened to be the same as Verak's.
The dividing line in Lark's life: "All I care about is the present and the future, so I will fully support you."
"Yeah." Verak has a kind of calmness that most people don't have, and he calmly accepts what the outside world passes to him.
"It's early four o'clock now." Morais glanced at the time on his watch and explained today's arrangements to the five people present. "At seven-thirty, someone will come to deliver food. After everyone has eaten, we will be there at eight o'clock.
There will be a meeting on the negative floor of the casino, and you will be formally admitted to the organization."
"Okay, I've written it down." Verak said.
Morais drank the water in one gulp: "I came here mainly to tell you about the arrangements. So what should you do and continue doing? I'll go and do my work. See you in the evening."
"See you tonight."
"See you online."
Several people stood up and said in unison.
After Verak sent Morais to the door, he closed the door: "There should be no problem about the training class."
"I never thought that one day I would listen to your lectures." The friend who used to live in the slums became a teacher, and Nord was more excited than anyone else.
"It's nothing. I've talked about it a lot before, but it doesn't mean anything. I'm just copying other people's stuff. Since we really want to cultivate reliable backbones this time, we have to be fully prepared." This training class is different from previous ones.
It's different. In the past, Verak was fooling others, and he only spoke in a half-understanding way, let alone other people's opinions. Now that he sincerely wants to contribute his own strength to the Equality Society, he has to really
Take out useful things and convey them completely to every student.
"I think you can." Keating has always had high hopes for Verak, and he is one of the few people who has always encouraged him. "In prison, you could impress me by talking about equality. Here, you should be even more
Very handy.”
Verak smiled bitterly and sat down: "It's still a little different. When this matter starts to be implemented, I still need your help, teacher."
"I can help you too." Before Keating could speak, Nord smiled and said, "I'll start by helping you train your students."
"But you must have studied hard." Nord raised his head, and Verak took advantage of the situation and focused on him, "Teacher Keating is very knowledgeable, and the Diaz and Murphy brothers have always been calm and proficient in fighting skills. They are also good at both.
You should also work harder to learn Chinese language."
Nord's sense of crisis was not strong: "We both came from the slums, so that's about it. You are so relied upon by Comrade Morais. I should..."
"Verak can speak Bressian, Welsh, Dunman, and a little bit of Bash." Keating pointed out Verak's advantage in languages.
"When did you learn so many languages?" Nord asked in surprise. He originally thought that Verak would be similar to him, except that he knew more about "The Theory of Equality" than him. "Is it possible that you were in prison?"
"It was in prison and after learning a lot from Teacher Keating that I realized how shallow my previous knowledge was." What Worak was most worried about was Nord's attitude of not caring about anything. "If you really
If you want to work with us, do something more meaningful, or at least live a clearer life, you must learn more from now on."
Nord scratched his head: "I don't know a few words..."
"Then let's start by learning to read." Verak didn't think that being illiterate was a big obstacle. What really needed to be broken was the concept they had developed since they were young in the slums, and that these were not things they should learn.
"Okay, then I'll listen to your arrangement." Nord agreed.
"I can teach you." Diaz took the initiative and took the responsibility of teaching Nord the most basic knowledge. "Murphy happens to be still learning Brexi. I can teach you how to write together."
Murphy also nodded to Nord: "You teach me how to say it, and I'll teach you how to write it."
"...Okay." Nord felt a little embarrassed. A native of Brexi actually asked a foreigner to teach him how to write his own language. This embarrassment made him vaguely aware of the importance of knowledge and the sense of crisis. Everyone here was more interested than others.
He knew more, was worth more than he was, and the seeds of his determination to become someone like Verak were planted in his heart.
"Then Diaz will be responsible for teaching the two of them the basic language so that they won't be unable to handle simple matters in the future." Verak became increasingly aware of the importance of knowledge.
Most people in the slums cannot even write their own language. Even if they are oppressed to the limit one day and want to resist, they are destined to be unable to defeat the powerful people who have much more knowledge than them.
Because their knowledge is shallow, their struggle is only based on the present. The government can easily appease them with only small profits and continue to make them willingly work for the powerful and powerful.
If you want to give them the ability to resist, protect themselves, and see further, they must obtain equal educational resources so that everyone has the right to learn.
This is the same logic as equality.
Being deprived of the right to study, unless there is an extremely rare opportunity, they will only be able to work in the worst jobs throughout their lives, and there will be no accumulated advantages at all. They will only get worse from generation to generation, completely blocking the path to advancement.
After the upward passage is locked, they can only feel that they are the bottom class, a pariah, and a parasite. They are accustomed to being illiterate, unable to enjoy the right to study, and have no resources, thinking that this is how they were born.
Once you feel that there is nothing wrong with it, there is no hope anymore.
Verak hopes that they will regain the ability to discern what is right that has been taken away by the powerful.
He secretly made up his mind to break down the barriers built by the nobles and plutocrats, take back what they had occupied, and redistribute it to those numb people, so that they could gradually regain their former glory and wake up. Everyone is a human being, everyone is a human being.
They are all lives with at least a soul and a sound personality. They are born as human beings and should not enslave each other or create injustice.
"I want to have time to practice my marksmanship and fighting skills with Monlego." Verak didn't want to just improve his knowledge. He and Morais both firmly believed that only by being strong in force can those who pretend to be asleep listen to them.
say.
Although physical combat such as Mongolian combat is not as effective as hot weapons, and one shot can directly knock someone down, Verak learned a little bit of it in a prison football game and found that it is still very effective. If there is danger in the future,
He doesn't have a gun, so he can use his fast and fierce fighting skills to deal with several people at the same time.
"I can use a gun, but I can't say it's accurate." Diaz waved his hand, "As for Monlego fighting skills, our family used to run a martial arts school, and I can guarantee that I will teach you well."
"Okay." Verak's impression was that Chloe was the one who was very good with guns.
Before his identity was exposed, he had been working as a shooting coach in a shooting club. At that time, Chris often met him in the club as a student, and gradually developed good marksmanship.
It's a pity that Chloe hates Verak very much, and as the leader of the Equality Society, she is busy with work, so it is impossible to teach him marksmanship. If he wants to improve his ability in this area, he can only find Mo Mo, who has a veteran background.
Rice, maybe Morais can share with him some veterans' rich combat experience.
"I have a copy of Equality here. I ask the three of you to copy it carefully and keep a handwritten copy for yourself." Verak walked to the desk and told him and Keating that they had spent countless days reading it.
I picked up the new "On Equality" that I had revised and polished at night.
"No, no, no, we all have it. When we first joined the organization, everyone was given a copy," Nord said.
"Yes, it is in my room now and can be read at any time." Diaz also said.
Verak put the special "On Equality" on the table for the three of them to check: "First, the final gain is completely different from writing it by hand and reading it again, and it will also help you to read."
Facing Verak's half-serious and half-joking joke, Nord could only smile awkwardly.
"Second, this one is different from the printed version you have."
When Verak was halfway through speaking, Nord picked up the notebook and opened a page at random: "This one was also copied by hand."
"That's right." When Verak looked at the notebook, his eyes were very soft, "When I was in prison, in order to pass the time and consolidate my beliefs, I dictated the content of the Theory of Equality to Mr. Keating. He immediately
I wrote down every word in this notebook and made more valuable changes. Later, we made adjustments to the content many times..."
Diaz and Murphy both turned sideways, and together with Nord, they looked at the book "Equality" with dense theories, Verak, and Keating's different opinions written on every page.
"It is more comprehensive and detailed than the existing printed version widely circulated in Lezeinli." Verak sat back on the sofa and smiled at each other with Keating, "So it makes more sense for you to read this."
"Okay, then it's up to you." Nord handed "Equality" to Diaz first, "You write faster, you copy it first, and after you copy it, Murphy and I will copy it together."
"Yeah." Diaz did not give in and accepted the book "Equality" which was of great significance to Verak.
Verak took another sip of water and glanced at the sun hanging in the west outside: "Even if the training class starts earlier, it will still take some time. The goal I set for you is that before the training class starts, everyone will have one
Hand-copied version.”
How many people responded?
"Then Diaz will go copy it first, Nord and Murphy will communicate and learn from each other, and Keating and I will talk about other things." Verak made arrangements for the next few hours.
"Then I'll go back first." Diaz took "Equality" and left.
Nord and Murphy also went to the next room to learn from each other's strengths. One taught how to speak, and the other taught how to write.
"Teacher, Morais will definitely organize a meeting today to discuss how to persuade Chloe to continue the plan of fake peace talks. He will probably invite me to participate, and I will find a way to bring you in." Verak expected that after the meeting,
There will also be an important meeting between the backbone and senior management.
"Don't be too reluctant. There are very few people in the Equality Association who will accept you now." Keating considered Morais's problem and reminded, "And your identity is a bit sensitive after all. If they have a bad impression of you tonight
, you'd better not get involved in important meetings, otherwise it may affect Morais."
"That's right...he and Chloe are evenly matched now, and no one can convince the other. If I were included when everyone is hostile to me, I'm afraid Chloe would get caught." Verak realized that he couldn't think about it.
week.
Keating breathed a sigh of relief: "In the final analysis, the most important thing now is for you to integrate as soon as possible and break their prejudice against you, so that you can legitimately participate in some important decisions. As for tonight, it will be the final moment that determines their perception of you.
The most important part is that you must be prepared.”
"I know." Verak also knows that their initiation ceremony tonight is very important. If he and Morais handle it well, they might be able to win the favor of some people tonight and completely eliminate prejudices and doubts in the future.