Even if you have doubts in your heart, life goes on.
The next day, Caitlin still came to the laboratory early - although the joint cooperative experiments in Piltover needed to be suspended for a while and the laboratory still needed repairs, Caitlin still had to keep an eye on it.
However, unlike the energetic look before, Caitlin, who was confused in her heart, was somewhat numb.
In the past, she could think that her job was to pursue the truth, punish evil and promote good, but after being "educated" by her mother, she finally had to admit that it seemed that the position of law enforcement officer had not been what she wanted since her birth.
What I longed for and thought.
Losing her faith and not having a good rest last night, Caitlin looked extremely ugly today, both in her complexion and in her mental state.
Contrary to Caitlin, Zaun's Wei is full of energy.
Because the Piltover laboratory has temporarily stopped working, and a lot of data happened to be transferred to the Zaun laboratory, Wei took people early to wait outside the Piltover laboratory.
Although the people in Piltover didn't look at her very kindly, Wei, who held her head high and her chest high, was very proud - on her chest, a large medal was shining brightly in the sun.
This is the [Level 3 Contribution Medal] awarded to her by Zu An as a reward for her heroic performance in yesterday's bombing.
In fact, just yesterday when the Piltover Evening News blamed Zaun, the Zaun Evening News also quickly published the news about the Piltover bombing.
Although the criminals were all taken back to Pi City, Wei's knowledge alone was enough to explain a lot of problems.
The Zaun Evening News reported the entire incident quite objectively, using Wei's interview transcript as the main content, and put forward the speculation that "the bombing was led by Noxians."
As the person in charge of the joint cooperative experimental project Zaun regional security, after Wei discovered the explosion, she asked the Zaun law enforcement officers to be more vigilant, acted quickly, and proactively provided support. On the basis of ensuring her job, she showed
It was because of Zu An’s humanistic care and professionalism that she received this medal.
Third-level medals are not too rare in Zaun, but for Wei, this is obviously an honor worth bragging about.
Moreover, considering that this was a medal she received "for helping Mrs. Piltover," she naturally had reason to wear it to work.
(She even had to have her salary deducted for violating the dress code...)
Unfortunately, the people of Piltover don't seem to be very "knowledgeable", and they don't have much to express towards Wei, who puffs up his chest and folds his belly, subconsciously showing off his medals.
Only Caitlin's expression when she looked at her changed slightly, with a hint of curiosity amidst the numbness.
"Cough cough cough——"
Realizing that someone had noticed her medal, Wei quickly cleared her throat. She raised her head slightly, raised her neck, and while looking around, she "seemed to be unconsciously" doing breast expansion exercises.
"Wei." After hesitating for a moment, Caitlin finally approached her and whispered, "What does this world look like?"
"This medal -" Wei, who had prepared a long list of introductions, just started, and realized that something was wrong with Caitlin's question, "Ahem, cough, cough, what did you say?"
"I said, what should this world look like?" Caitlin repeated her words in a low voice, "Is it black and white, or a delicate gray?"
"Exquisite gray?" Wei looked at Caitlin as if she were a fool, "What's so exquisite about gray?"
"...That's not what I meant." Caitlin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that her statement seemed a bit complicated to Wei, "I mean, is this world black and white, or neither black nor white?"
"Colorful?" Wei thought for a while and gave an answer that made Caitlin couldn't help but hold her forehead. "There is no black or white. Zu'an is so red, there are deep red and light red!"
Caitlin was a little tired of this kind of conversation that was like a chicken talking to a duck, and the words were different from the words of a donkey. She shook her head helplessly, and then smiled wryly at herself. She was also confused, and ran over to ask Wei...
Vi may be black and white herself, but maybe that's because she doesn't even know what gray is?
"You are so weird today." Looking at Caitlin's state and expression, Wei couldn't help but shook her head, "Why, the Piltover Council didn't reward you? Were you beaten to the end?"
"No." Caitlin shook her head, "It has nothing to do with rewards and punishments. I just discovered something... that was different from what I thought."
"Is it different from what you thought?" Wei looked at Caitlin, who had Riddler tendencies, and after thinking for a moment, she showed a sympathetic expression, "Ha, I understand this, it's that you discovered that the world is not what you thought it was.
, so it feels very sad, right?”
Although deep down she envied Wei's openness and ease, Caitlin still felt unusually irritable when she was pitied.
"It's not as simple as you said!"
"It's almost the same!" Wei spread her hands and opened and closed the new gloves, "When I was a child, I always had a little self-righteous fantasy and thought some things were cool, but unfortunately, these are somewhat stupid in the eyes of others..."
Objectively speaking, this sentence can be regarded as Wei's heartfelt words, and has even touched upon some of her personal dark history. However, to Caitlin's ears, this kind of words seemed to simply categorize the impact on her worldview.
For "the whims of a child".
Caitlin, who was already a little sensitive because of her bad mood, finally couldn't help it this time.
"Not everyone's world can be classified as simply as yours!" She raised her tone, "I'm so confused that I would ask you this question!"
"My world cannot be easily classified." Wei was not angry because of Caitlin's words, "If you just suddenly discover that the world is bigger, broader, and more complex than you thought... then it at most proves that you
Grow up."
"What the hell." Caitlin, who has always been civilized, couldn't help but swore, "I'm not here to talk about growing up with you, I just want to know if there is anything right or wrong in this fucking world.
!”
"Of course." This time, Wei answered without hesitation, "Do you even need to ask?"
"But, there is no right or wrong in some things!" Caitlin looked down at Vi, her eyes widening, "Not everything is black and white!"
"Maybe." Wei was startled, took a step back slightly, and then shrugged helplessly, "So, you want to say that there is no black and white, only gray mixed with black and white?"
"..."
Caitlin didn't speak, just nodded silently.
"But, there is always black and white?" Wei blinked, "Is it white... to kill people, set fires without any scruples, and cause pain?"
"But those are only a few." Caitlin calmed down a little and said tiredly, "Except for a few black and white, the rest are endless gray."
"Then let the range of black and white be as wide as possible." Wei used an understatement and said something that stunned Caitlin, "And, according to you, this world should at least go from pitch black to light black, and then to
Dark grey, light grey, milky white, pure white, right?"
"..."
"Even if it's really just gray... you can look over there!" As if to support his statement, Wei pointed at the Zaun Administration Building in the distance, "That building was also gray at first, and painted with red paint.
It’s not very uniform, but at least no matter dark red, light red, deep red or pink, it’s all red.”