Chapter 895: Alien Watching
“Benny”.
A strange face appeared, swimming upstream in a hell where corpses were everywhere and rivers of blood flowed.
The other students and teachers all ran away, trying to leave the school in a panic and fear, but Benny was the only exception. He headed towards the source of the disaster.
Calm, calm and unhurried.
There was a blazing gas fire in the lockers in the corridor. The orange fire dispelled the darkness and coldness, but it could not make people feel warm and safe. Instead, it was more like a purgatory on earth. Hidden under the calm was an abyss of endless difficulties and despair. Benny calmly said Pass the lockers and continue forward.
The whole feeling is very weird -
Benny does not behave like a hero at all, a hero who is ready to turn the tide, punish evil and promote good, and prevent disaster. In the midst of panic and fear , his calmness is more like a wandering soul floating outside the world and not seen by mortals, walking between fears and witnessing the suffering of the world.
Everything is too calm and peaceful, just like the temperament conveyed in the whole movie:
Trivial daily life, boring conversations, a peaceful day, from this chaotic and bad world Cut an ordinary and ordinary section into the world, and then let violence break in, but coexist with violence.
Benny was as calm as an outsider and a bystander.
Although he saw violence happening, he always turned a blind eye.
Does this refer to everyone in real life?
In an instant, the defense is broken——
No one is willing to admit that he is cold-blooded, and no one is willing to admit that he is weak.
Those network keyboard warriors are always frothing at the mouth to express how much they hate evil and how brave and good at fighting, as if they can kill three hundred strong men with one punch, and justly condemn the cowardice of others, but they are really in danger. When the time comes, these "tough guys" may be the first ones to pee their pants.
Even if that’s not the case.
When you see real danger and violence, how many people dare to come forward? How many turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear? How many people have closed their eyes and covered their ears in the snow in front of their house, pretending that nothing happened?
Everything is like an elephant.
The elephant is clearly in the room, but no one talks about it, or even pretends that the elephant does not exist, as if violence, discrimination, and prejudice have always existed. People are either too stupid to see it, or too smart to pretend to see it. not see.
Same as the picture in front of me.
That kind of weirdness filled the Lumiere Hall quietly.
Then.
Benny saw Alicia in the conference room with her legs stiff and unable to move. All the other students climbed out through the windows, but Alicia just stood there, feeling helpless and trying to escape. But his footsteps were stuck in place.
Benny stepped forward to lend a helping hand and helped Alicia escape from the window, but he did not leave himself and turned around to continue wandering in the corridor.
call.
The Lumiere Hall let out a breath——
If Benny is referring to the audience, then at least they will not be stung, or the sting will be slightly less. .
Benny helped Alicia.
Furthermore, who knows, the reason Benny didn’t leave was to help more people. Those weird perceptions just now were all random thoughts. Maybe Gus didn’t have such creative intention, it was entirely due to the audience’s own over-interpretation. .
Maybe Benny is that hero.
A ray of hope lit up in my mind, and my tense nerves relaxed a little.
In the orange firelight, Eric saw Mr. Ruth.
Ruth was evacuating the students and asking them to leave as soon as possible. When he turned around, he saw the black muzzle of the gun.
“…Eric.”
Ruth was stunned.
Eric stepped closer.
Ruth stepped back repeatedly, "What are you doing? Put down the gun!"
Eric fired in the air, "I don't want to."
Ruth's knees hurt Weak, fell to the ground, "Put down the gun, let's talk. Let's..."
Eric, "Shut up!"
The scene turned, and outside the school, Anson continued to walk through the crowd. The school is smoking, and there was an explosion in the direction of the gymnasium. Everyone heard the noise, and now they are all running out, but they have not left completely——
No one knows what happened specifically, Thinking it was a fire or something, one or two people came over to watch the commotion curiously.
Perhaps, Anson is the only exception.
He stared at the school with panicked eyes, panting and hurriedly walking through the crowd, completely losing his ability to react. He just kept searching in the crowd, and the focus of his blue eyes collapsed.
Then.
Pause, take a deep breath, look forward quietly, just like that, wait for a short while, then raise your right hand and shout.
“Dad!”
It was only then that I swallowed, my throat was so dry.
Anson took two steps forward to meet his father.
My father ran over and said, "The school is on fire." Obviously he didn't understand the situation.
Anson bent down slightly, as if his knees were a little weak. After the tension subsided, the follow-up reaction came, but he quickly stood up straight, "Are you okay?"
Father, "It's okay." He looked at Anson carefully and wanted to comfort Anson, but he didn't know what to say.
Anson couldn't help but look at the school, "I saw two guys going in..."
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
The sound was accompanied by screams, and the figures escaping from the school building were all crowded together.
Anson's shoulders also shrank, "They were carrying big black bags and camouflage equipment."
"God..." Father subconsciously grabbed Anson's arm.
Anson, "Where did you just go?"
Father, "I just..." After all, he couldn't say any more, his eyes avoided, and he tried to give Anson a hug but still couldn't move his body, "I'm sorry..."
Anson glanced at his father, what? Without saying anything, he looked back at the smoking school.
Dingle bell, jingle bell—
The school fire alarm went off.
Benny was still swimming upstream, and when he turned a corner, he saw Eric and Mr. Ruth.
But Benny still didn't turn around, stood on tiptoes, lowered his voice slightly, and continued to approach.
Lumière Hall's breath was suddenly cut off, and his heart jumped into his throat:
So, Anson is not the savior, Benny is.
Well, how could Benny be alluding to ordinary people who are insensitive and turn a blind eye to violence? Benny should be a hero who is usually invisible but dares to stand up at critical moments, hiding among ordinary people.
Movies are just like thousands of Hollywood works. The hero appears at the last moment to turn the tide and save the world. Such narratives have long been accustomed to it, even independent films from the Sundance Film Festival are no exception. Branded in the blood of Hollywood, it is not surprising.
However.
Eric noticed the movement and turned around.
Eric looked at Benny, and Benny looked at Eric.
Bang.
Eric pulled the trigger, and Benny fell to the ground, bleeding all over the ground.
The entire Lumiere Hall fell into silence. Even breathing and heartbeat were cut off in silence, like a free fall that would never land. The sound of hunting wind came to the ears, freezing the soul into ice bit by bit.
All speculations and imaginations come to an abrupt end.
Then, Eric turned around and looked at Mr. Ruth lying on the ground again. Ruth could not take his eyes away from Benny, and just watched quietly and for a long time.
The same goes for the Lumiere Hall.
(End of this chapter)