237 Teaching

Martial Hall of the Heero Academy

Fifty-four kids from the team two lined up with their head lowered down. Benjamin did not even dare to raise his head.

He was ashamed, he felt guilty, and he was disappointed in himself. Various kinds of negative thoughts mixed in his mind.

Heero was still sitting on his rocking chair as usual. He scanned the kids calmly. There was no trace of anger or disappointment that was seen on his face.

He had heard the story and it was a lie if he said he was not disappointed. But he did not show it on his face, not even worried about Xu Lingxun who stayed behind to fight the mutant.

The silence deepening and only the sound of a rocking chair creaking could be heard in the big hall.

Heero did not scold them, he did not comfort them for encountering a mutant in the green zone. His silence made the kids uncomfortable.

Of course, it was not that Heero did nothing after hearing the story from the kids. In fact, he was searching online, searching about mutants from his smartwatch.

This was the first time he heard about mutants. Mutant was a human who underwent a mutation. The expert said there was a genetic change, causing the mutation.

As for the source of the mutation, no clear answer could be found online. It seemed the experts had not found the cause mutation yet hence the cure could not be found until now.

Heero opened the Star Forum, looking for more information about the mutants. What he found was quite shocking. If not a post about how savage mutants were, the post would be someone flaunting about killing mutants.

Even a few of them posted a picture. How proud they were from killing a child that turned into a mutant.

No post about sympathizing about mutants could be found. It was as if humanity or at least the people in the Star City had regarded the mutants as their natural enemy.

Here, Heero closed the forum and took a deep breath. It was quite a shocking discovery for Heero. He did not expect the human on Earth would be this cruel.

At least in Heero's eyes, they were quite cruel. Even though the mutants had undergone a mutation, they were still human. It was not like they would lose their mind and turn into a mindless murderer after the mutation.

It was completely different when a human changed into a specter. When a human turned into a specter, the heart also changed. They would naturally hate or instinctively wanted to kill humans to turn the human into a specter. Totally different from the mutant who only underwent appearance mutation.

After a long period of silence, Heero finally opened his mouth with a question, "So… What are mutants to you?"

"Monster!!!" Half of the kids answered in unison.

It was what came to their mind when the word "mutant" was mentioned. At least, it was what the parents told the children when their children asked about mutants.

"Are they?" Heero asked doubtfully.

"Yes! They are monsters, my mom said…"

"My daddy told me the mutants are human flesh!"

"My grandpa…"

The fact mutants were a monster had become a doctrine to the masses. The elder told their children the worst of mutants. They began forgetting the fact that mutants were also human.

Heero also could not blame the kids. They were after all still kids. The oldest was thirteen, they could not be blamed for they did not have their own thoughts. They were influenced by the people around them.

The kids were rumbling about how scary the mutants were. He then clapped his hand, only then the kids stopped and looked toward him.

"Benjamin! What's mutant to you?" Heero pointed out the dejected second prince of the Regal Kingdom.

The dejected Benjamin raised his head and met with his Master's kind gaze. Yes, despite the mistake he made, his Master never blamed him.

Taking a breath, he gave his reply. He would not disappoint his Master again, never. The first step was this, giving an earnest reply to what his Master asked him.

"Mutant is a human who undergoes a mutation. We, the Regal Kingdom, would kill or lock the mutant with violent tendencies, but we will give a place to the mutants with normal behavior. A shelter for them to live until we find the cure!"

"So to me… Mutants are a human who suffered a disease! They look different but it doesn't mean they are not human!"

Heero was surprised by Benjamin's reply. Not only surprised, but he was also delighted.

As for the other kids, they now looked at Benjamin with a strange look. The definition of mutant between them was completely different.

The other kids buzzed, as they whispered to each other. Talking how weird Benjamin was for thinking of a monster as human.

"All right, Kids! Stop with the whisper! Mutant is not a monster! They are human, just like you guys and Benjamin is right. They are the same as us, it's just they suffer from disease!"

Heero lectured the kids, hoping they would change their view about the mutant.

"But they are monsters! They eat human flesh!"

"They look at us as if we are their food!"

"The mutants also had killed many people!"

The kids together voiced out their view which was contradicting what Heero stated.

"All right, who said the mutants ate the human flesh! Raise your hand!" Being contradicted by his disciples, not only he was not angry, he smiled at the kids.

Maybe because Heero did look like someone who was angry, eleven years old boy raised his hand.

"Lin Bao! You said the mutant ate human flesh?" Heero called the boy out. He remembered all of his disciple's names.

Lin Bao nodded his head with certainty. He trusted his father would not lie to him.

"Have you seen it? The mutant who ate the human flesh?" Heero asked smilingly.

The moment Lin Bao heard the question, Lin Bao opened his mouth but no words came out. He wanted to say his father told him about that, but it did not answer his Master's question.

In the end, he still went with his original answer, "My father told me…" The boy answered with his voice lowered.

"So, you haven't seen a mutant eat the human flesh?"

Lin Bao shook his head.

"Then, did your father tell you he had seen it? The mutant who ate the human flesh?"

"I…" Lin Bao flustered, his father only told him the mutant was a monster and it ate human flesh. His father always told him that if he was not obedient, the mutant would eat him.

Lin Bao lowered his head.

"Changpu, you said a mutant had killed many people?" Heero changed his target to another kid who said the mutant had slaughtered many people.

Different from Lin Bao, Changpu gave a detailed answer confidently, at least he thought so, "Yes. It was reported in the news. You can search it online, Master!"

Heero nodded his head.

Looking at his Master, Changpu proudly smiled.

"Then, does this mutant represent all mutants as a mindless slaughterer?"

Changpu's smile stiffened, but then he remembered there were many cases about mutants killing people on the forum. So he regained his confidence and gave his reply, "Yes, there are many cases that mutants keep attacking the people. You will know when you look through the forum, Master!"

"I see…" Heero nodded again and opened the forum. He searched a case where a mutant attacked the people and ran afterward.

"Did you know the reason why the mutant attacked the people?"

This time Changpu frowned. After organizing his answer in his head, he replied with uncertainty, "Because they hate us?"

"Correct! But why do they hate us?"

Changpu fell silent as his mind went blank. As a kid, Changpu's train of thought was quite simple and shallow. It was normal for a kid.

"Because we isolated them! We humiliated them! We condemn and curse their ugly looks! Instead of helping them to find a cure for their disease, we persecute them!"

"If you don't believe me, open the forum and search…" Heero directed the kids to the forum.

There, Heero started to teach the kids that a mutant was in fact not a monster. In most cases, the mutant's attack was caused by the human who harassed the mutant.

The mutant's attack was more like the mutant retaliation to the human who harassed them. For thirty minutes, they gathered in the center of the martial hall.

"I am not saying mutants are good. There's also a bad mutant. They do kill people but don't humans also kill people too? Do you remember the "Crazed Dong Incident"? He is a human but he killed thousands of people. Does it make all people the same as Crazed Dong? A crazed killer?"

"No!" The kids replied simultaneously.

After that, the martial hall's door opened. Everyone looked toward the door and saw Xu Lingxun entering the hall.

He was carrying someone, but no one could see who he was carrying. It was covered with a big cloak, but Heero could see the beautiful amber eyes through the gap of the cloak.

The amber eyes wavered when met with his eyes. Heero smiled gently before he looked back at the kids.

"Good, that's for today! Now, your senior has come back in fine condition! It's time to decide your punishment! Do you know your mistake, right?"

Heero grinned at the kids, causing the kids shuddered as they saw what was awaiting them. Running, the punishment must be running with more training circlet.

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