章 219: Selfish Person

Zhang Jue said, "Kareena. First of all, we have to unify our perceptions. Cheating is indeed wrong and that's certain. If some people want to justify that, I wish that person's family a long and healthy life."

Kareena asked, "Since cheating is wrong, then reporting a cheating should be good, right?"

Zhang Jue nodded, "Of course, the act of reporting cheating itself is not wrong either."

Kareena looked at him with a strange look, "If her behavior is not wrong, why don't everyone let me play with her?"

Zhang Jue gave a laughand said, "Although her behavior is not wrong, she has a problem as a person. I tried to kill you, stabbed you, and ended up accidentally cutting off your kidney stone. Do you think the court will let you pay for my surgery?"

Kareena looked disgusted, "I know what you are trying to say, but your analogy is too inappropriate. Stabbing someone is not likely to cut off a kidney stone."

"Don't care about those details." Zhang Jue waved his hand, "Imagine if a person specializes in fighting counterfeits. No matter who sells the goods, he will carefully identify them and report them to the government. If he encounters a counterfeit, what kind of attitude should people have towards him?"

"It should be admiration." Kareena thought about it and said, "Now the effort of fighting counterfeits is very high, not to mention how much money it costs, and maybe it will also be life-threatening."

"And what if I told you that this person who fights counterfeiting is only trying to get famous or even to sell his own goods better or to take over other people's counterfeit business?"

"That's…." Hearing this, Kareena was a bit torn.

Zhang Jue followed the good advice and added again, "Then what if I tell you that what their family sells also sells counterfeits? Do you still think he's a good guy? Is he still worthy of admiration?"

Kareena shook her head firmly, "Of course not!"

"That's the truth of it." Zhang Jue said with a smile, "His act of fighting counterfeits is correct, but his ultimate purpose is not good. There are this kind of things in this world and you shouldn't look at face value. We should go back to that problem of yours. If she is naturally a righteous person, no matter how she encounters something bad, she will stand up for herself. Do you think your classmates will alienate her? Of course, some extreme cases should be excluded. But I think as long as everyone's persopective are normal, then most likely they will think that she is brave and will never alienated or even abused."

Karena scratched her head, "Then that person should be…"

"It's simple. Although I haven't met her yet. But based on the story itself, she should be the kind of person I'm talking about. Who fights fakes in order to sell them." Zhang Jue sneered, his face full of disdain, "She herself is dirty, but she also said everyone is dirty. She herself wanted all the meat, but she also called others a greedy pig. She pretended to be a noble and innocent, and that person should be avoided at all cost. That's how life really works."

Zhang Jue sighed and gave her a final summary, "Kareena, you have to know that it's never the person who takes the shortcut that people hate, but the one who manipulates it."

Kareena was a reality bender with powerful abilities, but because her parents had protected her so well, her mind was just that simple teenager. What Zhang Jue said was not something she could fully digest for a while, but Zhang Jue was in no hurry. He only kept to only one principle. As long as she didn't do anything bad, it didn't matter if slow for her to digest.

Kareena looked at Zhang Jue, she had actually heard what Yang Xue had said about what Zhang Jue wanted from her. "Why? Why are you so patient in teaching me this?"

Why?

Zhang Jue laughed and looked towards a certain building at Site-17. If he remembered correctly, SCP-239 was lying there.

"I just don't want you to make the same mistake as someone else."

...

Yang Xue was at the headquarters. Of course, Zhang Jue would have known so about it. In fact, Yang Xue just gave him a call that the headquarters side encountered a tricky SCP. It just happens to be her expertise at it. So she'll stay there for a moment and go back to Site-17 afterward.

When he came out, there were two people and only one left. Zhang Jue grunted. He took one last look at Shirley. The little girl was breathing steadily, smiling, and seemed to have had some wonderful dream, but won't woke up. Zhang Jue sat on the edge of the bed, holding her little hand, and didn't move for the entire afternoon.

"She'll wake up."

An old voice suddenly sounded. Zhang Jue looked up and saw SCP-343 appear in front of him at some point. SCP-343 was known as "God" by the people at Site-17. He had voluntarily stayed at the Foundation because he was too powerful to be contained.

SCP-343 has never shown any hostility, and all employees report feeling happier after each visit, so the Foundation has no restrictions on him. He could come and go as he pleased to any part of Site-17. However, Zhang Jue was immune to some of the characteristics of SCP and he did not feel happy after meeting SCP-343.

He even felt a hint of danger. Because this old man was almost omniscient, Zhang Jue did not conceal his hostility.

"Old man, they call you God. Do you really live up to the name?"

"What if I am? And what if I'm not?" The old man said back in Chinese.

Here comes this trick again. Zhang Jue scratched his hair.

"If you're willing to say it, say it. If not, don't say it. It gives me a headache to always hear this kind of talk."

SCP-343 smiled faintly and stopped talking. He was just looking at Zhang Jue with calm eyes. Zhang Jue wanted to go up and grunt at him, but his strength won't allow it.

He could only say resentfully, "Old man, you said that Shirley would wake up. You're not lying to me, are you?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I told you earlier, God doesn't need to lie."

"Good, then I'll believe you for once." Zhang Jue said, "What about the exact time? when will she wake up?"

The old man smiled faintly, "When it's time for her to wake up, she will naturally wake up."

"My God, you…"

Zhang Jue took off his own shoes and threw them at SCP-343. Cursing God and throwing his own stinking shoes at him. On this planet, it was estimated that Zhang Jue was the only one who dared to do that. How could a God be hit by a mortal?

SCP-343 disappeared from his original position and appeared in mid-air. However, he didn't get angry at Zhang Jue's rude behavior. He was floating high above, as if a true God had descended into the world.

An ethereal voice can be heard. "Zhang Jue, have you ever thought that Abby waking up might not be a good thing for humans?"

Turns out that the little girl's name was Abby. But Zhang Jue still thought that Shirley sounded better.

Hearing SCP-343 finish his sentence. He laughed. "Old man, you might be looking at the wrong person. I don't care at all about what it means for humans for Shirley to wake up."

Zhang Jue let out a laugh. "In the morning I just finished educating Kareena to recognize what she is before she can judge others. I can tell you that I still have a very clear perception of myself. I'm an selfish person, as long as my friends my loved ones are doing well, I don't care what happens to all of humanity. If I'm in a good mood, I'll save it. If I'm not in a good mood, I wouldn't even give a single fuck about all of you!"