amaotonovel Chapter 3647 Reversal Questioning (Part )
Chapter 3647 Reversal Questioning (Part )
Chapter 3647 Reversal Questioning (Part )
"Hello, Mr. Stephen Strange. I am Binns Assentai, a member of the International Relations and Security Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives. This is Ali Tranis, a member of the Solar System Development and Space Affairs Committee. The two of us are the hosts and questioners of this questioning session. I hope you can answer our questions truthfully and cooperate with us to resolve the relevant issues that the House of Representatives is resolving..."
The congressman sitting in the middle had gray hair and looked quite old. Nick reminded Strange in a low voice: "Bins is a post-Cold War veteran and is difficult to deal with. If he asks you questions later, don't answer them if you can. If you must answer, don't follow his train of thought. It's okay to say it's off topic..."
Strange looked like he was listening, but Nick wasn't sure. Strange had many of the typical qualities of a magician, and also had a strong mystical streak. Sometimes it was hard to understand what he was thinking, and it seemed impossible to communicate at all.
"Hello, two senators." Strange nodded and said, "It's a pleasure to talk to you here. Do you have any questions?"
His attitude was obviously a bit too friendly. The reporters at the back and on both sides, as well as the congressmen sitting in front, were all confused. In their impression, magicians should be people with strange tempers - even if Strange was a surgeon before, he had a bad temper when he was a surgeon!
"Thank you very much for your cooperation. My first question is: how did you acquire this ability called 'magic'?"
"It was a coincidence," Strange said. "One day a wizard named Ancient One came to me. She said I had a talent for magic and hoped I could become her apprentice. So I followed her to learn magic until today."
"So this magician called Ancient One is human?"
"Yes, and she was an immortal. I'm not sure how long she lived, but her life span must have been significantly longer than that of ordinary people."
"Okay. So once you gained magical powers, what did you do with them?"
"I have been doing whatever my teacher has done. This includes maintaining the magic defense network, keeping Kamar-Taj running normally, engaging in magical activities in the universe, and so on."
"Does this include joining the Avengers?"
"Yes. I received an invitation from Nick Fury, the director of SHIELD, to join the Avengers, and I get along well with my colleagues."
"You have also joined the solar system development plan?"
"Yes, I am fully responsible for all matters related to magic, including building magic portals, using magic energy to assist equipment in operation, etc."
"In all of the above processes, do you personally think that magical energy is reliable?"
To everyone's surprise, Strange shook his head. He said, "This must start with the source of magical energy. I don't want to deceive anyone. In fact, the human body cannot produce any magical energy. The source of all magical energy is extraterrestrial creatures, commonly known as 'demons'."
"Every magician needs to sign a contract with the demon god to obtain magical energy. Then we use our own practice to better control this energy and do what we want."
"The energy given to us by the demon gods is completely under our control once it enters our bodies. But they can choose not to give it to us. So no matter from which aspect, it cannot be called reliable."
Nick kept winking at Strange, but Strange seemed not to see it and kept throwing out the truth one after another.
Congressman Binns pushed up his glasses and said, "I need to confirm what you mean to prevent misunderstanding. You mean: magic is not a human power; the source of magic power can cut off this power at any time, so that humans will lose magic. Is that right?"
"Yes, in theory. But they also have an interest in humans, which they normally don't do."
"They are profitable to humans?"
"That's right. Earth is special. The demons must have their own agents on Earth - every demon must have one, and there are many demons in the universe. That's why there are so many magicians."
"So why do they have agents on Earth?"
"The Earthlings' faith is good for them."
"You mean they're going to make an illegal religion on Earth?"
"It's not an illegal religion." Strange said, "They didn't just come to Earth in this era. In fact, many myths and legends handed down from ancient times were left behind by the devil. The vast majority of gods believed in by humans today are devils, including God and Satan."
Binns opened his mouth. Since Strange was too frank, the series of questions he prepared were useless, so he had to get straight to the point:
"We heard that you want to establish a magic school in Massachusetts. Since the essence of magic is to sign a contract with the devil, what will the school teach?"
"Of course, it is to teach them how to use the energy obtained from the demon. It's like you bought noodles from the supermarket, but you need to cook them to turn them into bread, and then you can eat them. Baking bread requires skills, and so does magic."
"Okay. I'm afraid I have to ask you this: since magic is unreliable, is it too dangerous to set up a school to recruit students and teach them magic?"
"I don't deny that," Strange said, "but I need to emphasize that learning magic requires talent. If you are born unable to communicate with those mysterious beings, then you will never learn magic; even if you can communicate, your physical affinity will not be good and it will be very unstable. The requirements for learning magic are very high, so there will not be many students. I think there may be only a few hundred people."
"That's a lot," Binns said. "At least to ordinary people, they are walking bombs. Isn't it?"
"No. A bomb can only destroy a street at best. If all the energy in a magician were to be released, the Earth might not even exist."
The congressmen were shocked. Strange continued, "Take me for example. If I lose control now and all the energy explodes uncontrollably, it would probably flatten most of the galaxy. Compared to the mutants you often describe as 'bombs', it's probably the destructive power of an Omega-level mutant."
Now everyone was quiet again. Although they didn't know much about magicians, they knew mutants very well. You had already made the comparison with mutants, and we understood it a long time ago.
"It may be different from what you think. I am not here to lobby you to agree to my building of a magic school." Strange said seriously, "On the contrary, I am here to tell you what magic is, how dangerous it is, and what harm it may cause if it is abused without control."
"If possible, I really don't want humans to use this unreliable power to do anything. But the reality now is: we have to rely on this power in part - at least we must not remove the magic defense network. I believe you agree with me."
"Since humans and magic must coexist, governments and ordinary people have the right to know about this power. Even though I am called the 'Supreme Sorcerer', I cannot deprive you of this right. You have the right to know the truth."
"Magic is extremely dangerous. Magicians are even more dangerous. The demons behind magicians are more dangerous than most things in the universe. We must be extremely cautious and try to control it. If possible, we must also study it carefully and strive to understand the deeper mysteries behind the power so that we can better control it."
"This is why I proposed to establish a magic school. Magic is dangerous, but humans cannot get rid of it, so we must study it more deeply. Even if the source is not in our hands, we must try our best to understand its principles and standardize its use to minimize the danger."
"It's like the steam engine and internal combustion engine of the Industrial Revolution, as well as various dangerous chemicals and bomb materials. They are all dangerous, but they are all useful. Humans have established one discipline after another just to be able to use them to benefit mankind while avoiding safety accidents. Magic lacks these things, but it's not too late to establish them now."
"Unfortunately, basic human science can be learned by almost anyone - most people with normal intelligence can at least learn the basics. But magic is different, because magic is too dependent on talent. This means that there are very few people in magic, so few that there are not even enough to establish a basic discipline."
"If there is no unified school and research institute, they will be scattered all over the world, and it will be even more impossible to produce any research results. What we need to do is to bring together the already scarce talents so that we can do research more efficiently."
"Because there are not enough talents in one universe, we have to look for talents in the multiverse, absorb and accept them, and let them contribute to the magic research of our universe."
"We chose Massachusetts because it is the place in the United States that attracts the most talent from around the world. The Commonwealth has grown into what it is today under the hands of these scientists from all over the world. The academic atmosphere there is strong, the natural environment is beautiful, and the policies for high-tech talents are also very good."
"In short, because it is dangerous, we need to do research; but the threshold is too high and there are too few talented people, so we need to absorb immigrant talents. This is why I advocate the establishment of a magic school. Any other questions?"
Nick, who was standing next to him, was stunned.
The congressmen obviously did not expect Strange to say this. In their opinion, Strange should desperately praise the benefits of magic, emphasize that magic is not dangerous, and emphasize that the school will not cause any harm, so that they will agree to the plan to build a magic school.
But now it's completely the opposite. Strange keeps talking about how dangerous magic is, but humans can't live without magic; there are many active magicians, and in order to minimize the danger, schools have to be built.
What's the difference?
The difference is: if the story is told in the former way, and if the magic school is not built, and something goes wrong with magic later, it shows the foresight of the politicians - "See, I told you that magic is dangerous, right? If we agreed to build the school, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?"
But if the latter statement is true, then if you don't build this school, if anything goes wrong with magic in the future, the politicians will be blamed.
Even if it doesn't really matter whether there is such a school, the public will feel that the path they didn't choose will definitely lead to a good result. They will feel that if a magic school had been built, maybe they would have mastered magic by now, and there wouldn't be any accidents. If the politicians are blocking it, aren't they the ones to blame?
Politicians hate to be blamed. The purpose of politics is to keep everyone from being blamed. After Strange finished speaking, all the congressmen began to discuss frantically, because no one wanted to be the one who took the blame in the end.
And this also solves the problem of no income in the short term. We invite people from other universes to come here to absorb immigrant talents - talents are income. Isn't the United States developed by a large number of immigrant talents?
In the case that people with magical talents are very rare, they absorb talents here, which can not only reduce the number of talents in other universes, but also increase the number of talents on their side, and can simultaneously achieve the two strategic goals of weakening the opponent and strengthening themselves. This is the zero-sum game that the United States likes the most. No matter how you look at it, it is a huge profit.
Strange successfully reversed the embarrassing situation of the establishment of the magic academy by retreating. Although the fact is that the establishment of the magic academy is mixed, at least in name, there is no reason to refute it.
The originally tangled theoretical problems were quickly solved. Now Strange knew why Schiller was anxious to investigate the environmental protection issues during the actual construction process.
Why does this kind of wording that confuses right and wrong, and reverses the cause and effect, seem so familiar? Nick couldn't help but turn his head to look at Strange.
"I think I know who your psychiatrist is."
Strange smiled.
"He may be unscrupulous, but he is definitely not a quack."
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