Chapter 1143 Eric and Charles' Discussion

"I'm just going to go see the kids, you guys chat first." Maura seemed to understand something and took the initiative to find an excuse to leave, leaving Charles and Eric alone.

Eric was also filled with emotion. Although Maura was a CIA agent, she was indeed sincere to Charles (after all, ordinary people would not be able to hide their thoughts in front of Charles), and she was very good at judging the situation.

"Cherish the person in front of you, Charles. Although Maura has a child, you can have a child of your own."

"Thank you for your reminder. We will consider this matter carefully." Charles responded. "You must have something to talk to me about today, right? Otherwise, I don't think you would take the initiative to look for me."

"Didn't you use your ability to spy on my thoughts?" This time Eric didn't question her, but smiled knowingly.

"I haven't done this for a long time. Now, except for special necessary circumstances, I will not easily pry into other people's thoughts. Just like you said, even if I know all your experiences, how can I dare to say that I can experience it personally?"

In the past, Charles always thought that he could empathize with others by experiencing the pain in their minds, but after experiencing Eric's despair, Charles finally figured out one thing -

That is, no matter how convenient your abilities are, other people's memories are just memories after all. Never easily claim that you can empathize with them.

This can be considered as Charles’ growth after experiencing the apocalypse!

"You finally understand what I mean. You have a good grasp of your abilities, which have brought you a lot of convenience and made you ignore the feelings of humans. Memories can be shared, but experiences cannot be perceived. But that's not why I came here today."

Eric took out a thick stack of newspapers from his backpack, which were all materials cut out from various newspapers.

"These are all the reports about mutant crimes this week. You should have seen that the number is not exaggerated. Almost all of them are about the dark material of mutants. Did you know about this?"

"I'm sorry, I really don't know about this. I've been dating Maura in my free time recently, so I haven't read any newspapers, let alone bought so many different newspapers."

Charles responded while flipping through newspapers. The newspapers were from different newspaper companies, such as the New York Times, the New York Herald, the Hudson Times... Almost all the different newspapers were reporting on mutant crimes.

Some reports are completely false, and many reports are just reprints of the same thing, but the smear campaign is very obvious. Although the text does not specifically mention mutants as the problem, the entire report is telling the public that mutants are a criminal group.

"It is obvious that public opinion is wrong now. All public opinion is smearing the mutant community, but how much of the human population are mutants? How many mutants are there? There is no way to compare it with the number of crimes committed by the vast ordinary population.

These media are not fools, it is impossible for them not to know this, so do you think this is normal? I think there is definitely a mastermind behind this matter, but I don’t know what their purpose is. ”

"You are right. This matter seems to be more complicated than I imagined."

Charles also felt a bit of a headache. To be honest, this was the first time Charles heard Eric analyze a problem so calmly. If it were the previous Eric, he might have gone straight to the newspaper companies and blasted them on the spot.

"Who do you think is behind this? The force that can control so many media outlets and discredit mutants is definitely not a small force. The authorities themselves don't like the mutant community. It's even possible that the military has taken action. Of course, as I said, this is just my guess. It's hard to find evidence in these matters. But if you investigate it yourself..."

Eric didn't make his words very clear, but Charles still understood what Eric meant - as long as Charles went around to various newspapers to check, he would naturally know who was secretly coveting the mutant group.

"Wouldn't it be too sensitive for Eric to do this..." Charles was a little hesitant, mainly because the news media reports themselves did not directly harm the mutants. If he directly copied the past of these newspapers for this reason, it would not be in line with Charles' usual style of being kind to others.

"Charles, I think I need to retract my previous judgment. Although you have grown, it is not much. Why do you think this is a trivial matter? When the Nazis wanted to attack the Jews, they also publicized the crimes of the Jews all over the world.

Let's put aside the fact that the Jews do have problems. This propaganda strategy is to make ordinary people feel that mutants are not a group of people, and to divide the entire society's cognition. Once they plan to take action against mutants in the future, no one will react.

People will just think that mutants are criminals and should be sent to prison. Once this deep-rooted concept is formed, mutants will really become born criminals. This is a new type of racial discrimination, even more serious than the discrimination between blacks and whites. "

"And the reason I came to you first was naturally because I knew that this kind of thing couldn't be solved by violence, so I hoped you could take it seriously. But now it seems that even after I've said this, you still don't seem to realize the precarious situation of the mutants.

Charles, you disappoint me."

Eric was not looking for trouble, but the news media that had been fermenting during this period had already fully told Eric that someone was playing tricks, but Charles did not take it seriously.

"I'm sorry, Eric, that's not what I meant. You do make sense. So, I'll let Scott and the others investigate the cause and effect for two days. Of course, I'll go to the New York Times in person to see if there's anything fishy going on. If there's any information, I'll contact you."

Charles was awakened by Eric's persuasion. Yes, if we don't pay attention to the public opinion base of mutants now, how can we save the reputation of mutants once it is ruined in the future? Especially since most people in America are brainless and can be easily instigated by the media.

"By the way, the CIA controlled by Mora can also be used. Since you have a good relationship, you can tell her. If she is willing to help, that would be the best. If she is not willing to help, that's fine too. You don't need to force her. If she is willing to help, it means that you are quite special in her heart."