Chapter 71 Ideological Liberation "...Su Beixun, you are still alive!"Megure held the phone in his hand, his tone cold. Although it was expected, when everything really unfolded before my eyes, the complex emotions were hard to explain to outsiders. "It's you, Officer Megure... Oh no, you're not a police officer anymore." Through the speaker, Su Beixun's voice carried a clearly provocative smile: "How terrifying, it sounds like he wants to kill me. I'm really curious about what the scene will be like when we are together?" "Tell me where you are, and I'll be there right now." "Haha...don't worry, I'm not ready yet." Su Beixun chuckled. He began to praise, "You're quite capable! Even though Ishikawa Jōji is a complete idiot, I'm still impressed that you caught him so quickly." Megure thought of the tragic situation at school and took a deep breath: "The text message I received was indeed sent by you! Did you call me here just to let me see this?!" He smiled coldly: "You are still so disgusting! But at this point, do you think this method can shake my intention to kill you?"
Killing intent? Officer Fujisai looked at Megure and secretly raised his vigilance. After knowing that Su Beixun was alive, he also made finding him his first goal, but this did not mean that he could watch someone kill someone and remain indifferent. "Ugh." Su Beixun sighed, and spoke with a sense of grievance: "I thought you understood me, Megure... How could something like this that lacks any aesthetic sense be my work? I only provided the tools, and the ideas were all Ishikawa Jōji's own." Megure didn't waver at all: "Then tell me, what do you want to do?" "…What a low-level temptation." Su Beixun laughed: "You could be more frank. If you ask, will I not tell you?" Without waiting for anyone else to speak, he suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, is Mr. Kudo listening?" Kudo Yusaku frowned and stepped forward and asked, "Are you talking about me?" "Correct!" Su Beixun smiled and said, "You should have read my diary after you got it at Tianshan Primary School, right? Then you should know my purpose." He complimented: "After all, I have always believed that Mr. Kudo, who can write the Dark Night Baron series, must be a smart person." Journal? What diary? Megure looked at the others in confusion. Mao Lilan leaned over to his ear and whispered in his ear. Kudo Yusaku replied: "You are really kind... But how did you know we got the diary?" Su Beixun chuckled: "I watched you enter my elementary school, and watched you leave. I have to say, this idea is very smart!" Megure handed the phone to Kudo Yusaku, who took it and said in a measured tone: "I know you want to prove your ability, but if I may be frank, tempting others to commit a crime is not considered a skill." "You misunderstood." Su Beixun was in a good mood and patiently explained: "Ishikawa Jōji and the others are just my entertainment in my spare time. The one who really made me put in the effort is someone else."
Kudo Yusaku narrowed his eyes: "I'd like to hear the details." "Oh, you are more polite than your son. I like it!" Conan, who was listening attentively, was frowning. Because there were other people around, he was afraid that Su Beixun would call him "Shinichi" as soon as he opened his mouth, so he held back and didn't say anything. I didn't expect to be mentioned in this way. "Hmm...where should I start..." Su Beixun's voice floated out from the other end of the microphone: "You know my experience in elementary school, and you also know my goal of doing great things to prove my talent." "But after graduating from elementary school, I actually spent a long time thinking about what I could leave for the world." "I have been a scavenger, a planner, and a criminal maker... I am famous and the police are helpless against me..." Veins popped in Officer Fujisai's forehead, but he didn't interrupt. Su Beixun's voice continued to float. "But... I'm not satisfied." “I think it’s not enough!” "These things don't give me a sense of limit, or that these achievements are not enough to convince me to stop." Su Beixun said helplessly: "Because I clearly realize that I am just a latecomer who has learned from others! No matter how much and how well I do, I still can't get out of these frameworks..." “If I compiled a book about all the evil people in the world, I would not be confident that I would stand out from the crowd, because many people have done the same thing I have done.” He sighed in mock manner: "But... apart from these, what else can I do?" “…I am deeply confused about this.” He paused and said, "So, I started to look through history, wanting to know what those people who left their names in history relied on?" "And I did... find the answer from it!" His laughter squeezed out of his throat, and the voice gradually became louder! "In the 14th to 16th centuries, the emerging bourgeoisie launched the Renaissance with humanism at its core in order to get rid of feudal constraints!" "In the early 16th century, European countries launched a religious reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church, which broke the authority of the Catholic Church and promoted the freedom and development of individual thought." "In the 17th and 18th centuries, the feudal autocratic system in Europe seriously hindered the development of capitalism, so Enlightenment thinkers represented by Voltaire used rationalism as a weapon and launched the Enlightenment Movement!" "In the 19s and 30s, the workers' movement emerged after the Industrial Revolution, and Marxism and the socialist system were born!" "A lot, a lot, a lot!" Su Beixun's tone was excited and full of passion: "History tells me that all the events that were turning points in the world were the liberation of thought!" "And I want to do that, too!"
There was silence, with only the increasingly loud voice of Su Beixun. Even with Kudo Yusaku's cultivation, it still feels weird and absurd. Everything he knew before was hearsay. Only by dealing with real people could he understand the overwhelming feeling of madness. "You...you want to be a great man?" It was hard to tell whether Officer Fujisai's tone was mocking or shocked. Su Beixun did not deny it: "Great man? You can call me that. Who says villains can't be great men?" "To achieve the ultimate is greatness!" Conan finally couldn't help but speak: "Liberate your mind... What mind do you want to liberate? Do you know the future development trend?" "No, of course I don't." Su Beixun is very frank: "I don't have their foresight of the times, and I don't know where society will develop in the future." "but……" "I know what the most severe constraint on a person's nature is in today's society—" He spoke softly, but it rumbled like thunder: "Morality, and the law!" Everyone was stunned! After understanding what he meant, they felt as if they were immersed in the deep sea, unable to breathe due to the strong feeling of suffocation! Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but say: "You... this is wishful thinking!" Su Beixun calmed down and spoke slowly, "Don't worry, I don't intend to overturn everything... Because I have experienced firsthand how difficult it is to abandon morality!" He sighed, "Morality is deeply rooted in the formation and development of human self-awareness, covering the entire background of civilization, just like a heritage engraved in genes... Even if we recognize it, it is not easy not to be affected!" But he changed the subject: “But the law…is not the same!” "If morality is a person's self-restraint, then law is a rule imposed from the outside." "From ancient times to the present, the most common pursuit of mankind is freedom. Each of us longs to break the restrictions imposed on ourselves by the outside world..." "So, as long as conditions permit, there will be people who can't wait to break free from the law!" Conan grasped the point and asked anxiously: "Conditions? What conditions?!" "It will be kept secret for now." Su Beixun smiled. He continued: "But I made many attempts before I found the final answer." "Meiji Junior High School, for example, was one of my experimental sites in the past...although the results were not ideal." "Experiment? What experiment?" Su Beixun did not answer, but asked: "Mr. Kudo, what do you think? You should be able to see it, right? What kind of abatement law am I using?" "..."
Kudo Yusaku was silent for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice: "It is... a sense of justice..." "That's right!" Clear applause came from the other side: "The more I study, the more I find the relationship between law and morality very interesting!" “I don’t even know, do they complement each other or do they limit each other?” "People hate illegal behavior, but are very tolerant of motives that fit their own ideas." "Just like a murderer is a heinous crime, but revenge for one's mother is easily approved." Su Beixun kept laughing: "So I think I can try to use morality to gradually eliminate people's recognition of the law." "However, everyone's morals are different. There are things that you think are right, but others may not accept them." "Just like giving up seats, some people think it is immoral not to give up seats to the elderly, but some people think there is nothing wrong with it." “So, to be more efficient, I have to find the part that most people can resonate with.” "And the answer is a sense of justice!" Although they were separated by a phone call, it seemed as if everyone could see his confident expression: "Everyone has different moral values, but their demands for justice are similar." "So, as long as the sense of justice conflicts with the law, most people's recognition of the law will be weakened!" How can it be? ! ! Conan was shocked and couldn't believe it: "Use the sense of justice to weaken the sense of law?! How is this possible?!" "Is it impossible?" Su Beixun asked back: "When a detective sneaks into someone's home to look for clues, or ignores traffic laws to catch a criminal, do you think this is wrong?" Conan was speechless and could only stammer, "This... is different..." Su Beixun didn't say anything. But silence makes it even more difficult for Conan to face his own heart. He stubbornly objected: "At least, no matter what, I don't think killing is right!" "That only shows the difference in everyone's moral values, but it does not prove that the method of using moral sense to weaken legal sense is wrong." Su Beixun said calmly: "Just like Inspector Megure, if I appeared in front of him now, he would kill me without hesitation!" "I used his dedication to justice and his anger at my actions to force him to break free from the constraints of the law." Everyone subconsciously looked at Megure. Megure lowered his head, and no one could see the expression on his face. Kudo Yusaku said, "So, you trained a madman who kills for justice in this school?" "Madman? Don't say it so harshly! How about calling him a moralist?"
Su Beixun said: "When I created him, in addition to proving my point of view, I also wanted to use his actions to attract more people who agree with me... After all, it is really troublesome to train them one by one, and he is the only finished product I have produced in the past few years." "Unfortunately, I failed." Su Beixun sighed, "I underestimated his paranoia. I didn't expect his sense of justice to be so extreme." "To put it in an exaggerated way, he would even think of executing someone just because they littered..." "And this kind of behavior simply cannot be recognized by others." His voice became helpless: "So, I finally gave up here." "But it takes too much effort, and I'm not willing to give it up." "And it just so happened that when I created him, I was bored and seduced quite a few people..." "The Fallen and the Defenders... It would be a shame if no one experienced this stage, so I called you..." This is from yesterday, sorry it's late
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