Twenty Seven Years

The Kid King, who was unsure for a while, swallowed his saliva, looked at his companions who were excited, and finally gritted his teeth: "You can come here, but I have something to say before, if you have any bad intentions, all of us Everyone will fight you hard, and at worst, everyone will die together!"

   After all, he is still a child, and he has performed much better than his peers, but he is still immature.

  Verak did not laugh, but solemnly accepted the threat from the King of Children: "Okay, everything will be as you said."

  The four of them took a few steps forward, came to a group of friends led by Kid King, and handed several bags of bread to their hands.

  Kid King took a deep breath, stepped back, and led the four of them towards their residence around the corner: "Come with me."

The situation at the corner was no different from yesterday. The boys were covered with worn-out cloth blankets, while the situation of the girls was slightly better. Enclose the surroundings to form a relatively airtight small space.

  At this time, these children stood on both sides, watching Verak and the other four approaching in fear.

   "Find a place to sit down." Verac showed as much kindness as possible, looking for a place to sit down and talk among the dirty children and dirty blankets.

   "Forget it." Murphy said.

  In such an environment, there is really no place for them to sit down. They sat on things that were so dirty that they could hardly be called blankets, which was just a formality.

   Kevilak finally sat down and called the others to join him.

  Children are sensitive inside.

   They don't sit, children can understand, but there will always be some hurt inside.

  The person who keeps saying that he wants to help him is full of contempt for his current situation, revealing an inexplicable sense of superiority. Maybe before asking about the situation, there will be a gap between the two sides.

  Conversely, in fact, the children also know that their residence cannot entertain others at all, but Verak is still willing to sit down. This attitude is enough to make them feel good and willing to give trust.

  After all, how can a group of children doubt people who give them food, money, and don't mind where they live?

   "Let's have a chat." Verak beckoned to Kid King, gesturing for him to sit over.

   "What exactly do you want to ask?" Kid Wang Qiang pretended to be calm and strode over to sit down.

  Verak saw that the other children were still very reserved, standing aside as if being scolded, and didn't even dare to look at himself, so he asked Murphy to comfort them to sit down and chat together.

   It took Murphy, Obrador, and Kidwant a while to fulfill this request.

When the four of them sat down in a large circle with more than twenty children, Verak smiled and looked at the children and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone, we are not bad people, and we should be the same as anyone you have dealt with in the past." Same. We come from an organization whose lifelong goal is to make the world more equal, free, united, and beautiful, and we found you to find ways to help you get out of your current environment and live a normal life.”

   After Murphy finished translating, the children were still timid.

"Let me introduce myself to everyone first." Verak was not in a hurry to ask about the situation, but first tried to let the children have a preliminary understanding of himself, "My name is Moster Verak, and I come from a man named Bree Because I don’t know Montrego very well yet, I need my friend named Murphy to help translate my words into Montrego for you. The organization I belong to is called International The Equal League, which used to be better known as the Equal Society. We..."

   While speaking, Verak deliberately added a few interesting things, easily amused the children, and inadvertently shortened the distance again.

   Then Murphy, Connie, and Obrador introduced themselves respectively.

When it was the turn of the freckled and short black-haired Kid King, he probably felt the eyes of his companions, so he couldn't help but straighten his body, without any fear on his face, and said loudly: "My name is Jose! I'm from A Wellado! I'm sixteen! The oldest person in here! They're my siblings!"

   "Abelardo...then why did you come here?" Verak asked.

"The state of Abelardo was occupied by warlords! My father and mother were killed by the robbers who took advantage of the chaos! Before they died, they asked me to come to Montrego City! Because this is the safest place in Montrego place!" Jose didn't know where to look, and said with resentment in his tone.

   "And you're living here?" Veraker was startled by the energetic voice of the child.

"I met them when I came to Montrego! We were all helpless! I was the biggest one! So I was their brother and protected them! This place was discovered by Javier! No one usually comes! So we live here!" Jose was breathing heavily, his eyes were strong, but he didn't look at anyone.

  Verak's voice was softer: "How do you usually live?"

"We can't find any jobs here! No one wants us! They say we country people are lazy and steal! They say we have a terrible accent! And we stink! We tried begging! But nobody They will give us money! If found by patrols, he will be beaten and expelled! Juan’s leg was broken by them!” Jose said as tears began to roll in his eyes, he hadn’t told anyone about himself for a long, long time After experiencing difficulties, "We can only rummage through the garbage every day in the dark! Looking for bad food! Looking for ragged clothes that others don't want!"

   "Besides these, do you have any other companions?"

"Yes! They are all dead! Herrera was too hungry to steal and was beaten to death! Gail was shot and killed when he had a dispute with the patrol while begging! O'Donoghue died of illness! Lianna and Roque were frozen to death this winter! Avila, Valdes and the others starved to death..." Jose said the names of more than a dozen companions who had left this world in one breath.

  The atmosphere became very heavy.

  The expressions of Verak and others were even a little ugly.

  The experience of this group of children is much more complicated and tragic than they imagined. They are living a life without a meal, which is not called alive at all.

  After listening to the other children tell their experiences one after another, their basic situation emerged.

  The children come from different places, including from various states and locals from Montrego City. They all lived a wandering life alone because of various things, and then gathered together by chance to keep warm for each other.

  The reason why they came to Menglege City to discuss life was the same as what Jose's parents said—Menglege City was already the safest place in Menglege City.

  In the beginning, Jose had just met his partners, and he still hoped to work hard in the outermost area and gain a firm foothold here. It's a pity that although the outsiders don't know their backgrounds, and if they work hard, they can get a good meal, but they are still too chaotic. After a long time, many greedy people are eyeing them and want to use them to do some illegal business.

In order to ensure everyone's safety, Jose had no choice but to lead the crowd towards the city center. They came to such a place where the law and order improved a lot. No one thought of them, and no one looked down on them. In a dark and damp corner, he lives by picking up trash.

   "The situation between Jose and these children is by no means an exception. I am afraid that such a scene is happening in the whole of Montrego." Obrador felt sorry for the children when he heard it, "We should find a way to help them."

"The problem is that we don't have any money, and the sub-station hasn't been established yet, so we can't suddenly afford the basic necessities of so many children." Murphy shook his head, "What's more, there are so many people like them in the city of Montrego people. This matter can only be discussed in the long run, and there is no rush."

   "Do you have any ideas?" Connie gave her coat to a girl who looked the thinnest, wanting to hear Verac's opinion.

  Verak felt the temperature, and his thoughts drifted away: "The temperature has begun to drop, and these children, the children in the same situation in the city of Menglege, and so many people in the whole of Menglege are running out of time..."

  The coming winter is destined to be difficult.

  In a few months, he wasn't even sure about setting up a sub-station, let alone arranging these more than twenty children.

   But this is something that must be done.

   Firstly, this is their purpose, secondly, they have promised the children, and thirdly, if they hide in this place in winter, they will freeze to death. Standing on the sidelines is equivalent to killing them with their own hands.

  "...This matter needs to be discussed at a meeting. They can't be allowed to stay in this place and starve no matter what." Verak has no good idea to properly arrange the children for the time being, so he can only schedule a meeting to discuss in the evening.

  Kid King Jose silently listened to the exchange of Veraque and others. Seeing that several people were embarrassed, they didn't mean to express their opinions. They snorted coldly and said, "You can't help us, can you?"

Murphy was not in a hurry to translate to Veraker: "I am from Montreco, and my biggest dream and goal is to change Montreco so that the people of Montreco can live a better life. We are really prepared to come here this time. Adequate, but that doesn't mean we can't do anything about your situation."

"You can't help." Jose said with certainty, "Unless you have a lot of money to help us leave this country, or have the ability to change the situation in Montrego, otherwise we can only go on like this for the rest of our lives and die sooner or later. In some event that had nothing to do with Montrego's confusion."

"You are still too young to understand the situation outside, and you know very little about our International Equality Alliance." Murphy said, "We are changing Bresci. The former government of Bresci is so strong that we can succeed. Monreux There’s no reason why you can’t. The biggest problem is time, you urgently need to change, and it will take a long, long time for Meng Lege’s overall situation to be overturned.”

   "After all, what can you help us now?" Jose asked.

   "Without us, as the boss here, what are you going to do with them?" Murphy asked back.

"Reinforce the place first, at least it will not rain and snow. In addition, we need to collect more clothes and quilts, and prepare some dry firewood, so that it is possible to survive the winter. Waiting for the early spring of next year, and then trying to find a job. If you can't, just leave here and go to other places to seek a living, anyway, everyone will be bigger by then, and it will be much better to deal with things than now." Jose really has a plan.

"If the overall chaos in Montrego doesn't end, it won't make much difference where you go. As for what you said to grow up... let's look at your thin appearance first. The actual age of this child is only a few months younger than you, but It seems that no one doubts that you are eleven or twelve years old. What do you use to find a job... To put it bluntly, you still know too little about the outside world. Compared with a few years ago and a few months ago, the outside world is completely different now The scene is almost a purgatory on earth, everyone is in danger, and no one has the strength to help you. Everything must be solved fundamentally, and this is what we are here for, but it is destined to take a long time. "

   "What are you talking about?" Verak didn't understand at all.

   Murphy roughly translated it.

"Help me translate what I'm going to say to Jose." Verak said differently from him, "We will do big things, and we will help with small demands. We will definitely win what we can , We will try our best to fight for those beyond our ability. The purpose of our finding you is to understand your situation and give a helping hand, so you don’t need to worry about us spending so much effort and finally doing nothing.”

   "The International Equality League is absolutely trustworthy." Connie added.

   "There is not much time." Jose is not stupid, he knows what the arrival of winter means to their group of homeless children.

  The emergence of the International Equality Alliance gave him a glimmer of hope when he was helpless. He didn't quite believe it, and had to pour all his expectations into it, waiting for a good result to appear.

   "He said time was running out." Murphy translated.

"I know, it won't be long before the current situation will be considered a luxury for you. If you want to survive and wait until the weather gets warmer, you must either rely on us to find a way to help you resolve it, or rely on yourself to save yourself." Lak fully faces this child who is more than ten years younger than him, who seems to be pressing him every step of the way, but is actually begging helplessly, "One thing we have to admit is that our strength is not strong enough to come here this time. , It is almost impossible to help you completely. But we will never sit idly by, and I can assure you that we will work out a suitable method the day after tomorrow at the latest to ensure that you can get through this winter safely."

  Connie and Obrador all looked at Verac, and Murphy couldn't help but pause while translating.

  Can they really think of a solution in such a short time?

   "It's enough to help us change the status quo before the first snow falls in Montrego." Jose didn't dare to expect too much.

   "I will come and give you an answer on the 24th." Verak did not waver from the deadline he set.