"Controlling people's hearts, manipulating human nature, and guiding them towards virtue may seem difficult to other upper-class individuals, but for me, it's not a hard task."
"With just a little wisdom in play, I can easily handle it."
Listening to Mokaka's statement, Yun You gently nodded.
Indeed, though the girl is incredibly arrogant, the current harmonious situation in the camp shows that her ideas have some feasibility.
However, Yun You is very curious; Mokaka is clearly a child of nobility and heir of Hugo Pharmaceutical, a large enterprise. She has lived in luxury since childhood, and not only the lower class—the air from their level she probably hasn't even breathed much.
This person, who by rights should become an oppressor, why does she consider things so comprehensively and even stand on the side of the weak?
"Where did you learn all this?"
Yun You curiously glanced at Mokaka, and asked softly, "Logically speaking, a noble young lady of your age should prefer high-society balls and luxury goods, right?"
"Mokaka, why are you doing these thankless tasks?"
Yun You's words were a bit sharp, but Mokaka did not mind.
"Of course, from the books."
The pink-haired girl elegantly placed her wine glass filled with milk tea down and said frankly, "Some old books with red covers, now basically out of circulation."
"But those principles are quite interesting—the ideas of equality for all, rational distribution of resources, innate human rights, I learned all of that from them."
"As for why doing these things..."
"It's simple."
Mokaka gently brushed her bangs and said seriously, "Don't you think doing this is cool?"
"My peers and those young lady friends spend their days indulging in pleasures; their daily topics are either chasing stars or using family influence to date handsome boyfriends, juggling three, four, five, six, seven of them. Just listening to it sounds unbearably vulgar and meaningless."
"But I'm different! I'm thinking about saving others. Regardless of whether the person is a prisoner or a lower-class civilian, in my eyes they are worthy of help; I will become their leader and savior, to personally help them create a better future!"
"Just in terms of perspective and level, I'm already far ahead of them. This feeling of being way ahead is one of the few things that can make me happy nowadays."
Upon hearing this response, Yun You's previously passionate heart gradually cooled, and his gaze toward Mokaka also gained a touch of helplessness.
The little girl finally understood why Yuanbao earlier said she didn't like Mokaka much.
This girl is not a "Transformer," nor is she like Old Jin and Jack... truly hoping from the heart that the world becomes a better place, hoping ordinary people can escape suffering, and willing to tirelessly strive for it as a Warrior.
Mokaka, or rather Vivian Hugo, is essentially just a naive girl.
She does not understand the true meaning of those books and merely thinks that doing such things is cool and impressive, a way to demonstrate her uniqueness. Thus she embarked on what others see as a path of rebellion.
Just as she said...
She won't personally experience hardship or put herself in the shoes of the lower-class or ordinary people. She sees herself as a great and aloof savior.
And because of this, she won't participate in the distribution among people in the camp, eating those tasteless compressed biscuits. Instead, she uses her family's enterprise connections and Hacker abilities to smuggle in batches of unimaginable delicacies for the prisoners to enjoy.
There's certainly no problem with this, just like Yun You thought earlier, private property is sacred and inviolable. Mokaka's ability to smuggle food onto Floating Island is her own talent, and no one has the right to criticize.
It's just...
Yun You no longer sees her as a leader sharing Old Jin's ideals.
No matter what, Mokaka certainly counts as a kind girl, and it's her inherent kindness that drives her to do such things, but... she's limited to kindness.
[In essence, she's just a rich family's young lady playing a game called "revolution."]
Master Zero gave his sharp critique without any reservation, sharper than what Yun You thought.
And the little girl indeed has no way to retort.
The current situation indeed tells this story.
In other War Gangs' eyes, Mokaka is a revolutionary who intends to disrupt their foundation, an existence with whom they share a life-or-death struggle.
But in Mokaka's own view, this prison journey is merely a rather challenging "game." She sees "changing the overall ecology of the Floating Island" as a very cool game goal, and encountering obstacles prompts her to use family influence to "cheat."
What to do about food and medical shortages? Issue an order in the Black Market, throw out a sum that seems like a fortune to others...but merely pocket change for her, and smugglers will eagerly deliver supplies.
Afraid of danger? Not a problem, as the heiress of Hugo Pharmaceutical, Mokaka certainly has her own bodyguard mercenaries, though not many, she can still gather dozens of Mercenaries and several Apprentice Death Gods.
Her life is nearly free of troubles, and whatever she wishes to do, she can do without concern, as her surname means that regardless of the danger she encounters, there will always be an enterprise and noble father backing her up.
"Perhaps the reason Mokaka wants to run for mayor is simply on a whim, wanting to be a unique 'good official.'"
"After all, she won't lack money her whole life, so naturally she won't oppress civilians or crazily amass wealth."
Yun You sighed helplessly, significantly lowering his expectations for Mokaka, even inwardly criticizing his own expensive master.
"Old Jin, Old Jin, who would have thought you'd be smart all your life yet choose such a girl as mayor."
But on second thought, it really can't be blamed on Mokaka.
After all, this girl is her age, and she's a few months younger than Yun You himself, not even sixteen yet in virtual age, raised in affluence, how could she understand the suffering of the people and become a true revolutionary?
It's simply impossible.
So up to this point, Yun You doesn't plan to say much more, simply casually stating, "What do you plan to do? How can I help you?"
"Hurry and solve the problem, then leave this island with me."
"Our time is precious and can't be casually wasted."
Listening to Yun You's change in tone, Mokaka's expression on the headset suddenly became slightly disappointed.
Clearly, she doesn't understand why Yun You is so disappointed.
However, the little girl still wore a calm demeanor, briefly silent, then touched the headset and said seriously...
"It's simple; I'm going to use 'music' to inspire those who are addicted to killing."
"I'm going to... form a band!"
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