Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Council Decisions

The room fell into complete silence, the whole world seemed to freeze, and the council members stared at Minho in a daze.Thomas also looked surprised, thinking he was joking. Gary stood up, breaking the silence. "Ridiculous!" He faced Newt and his back to Minho - Minho had already sat down, "You should be kicked out of the council for saying such stupid things!" After hearing this, Thomas' slight affection for Gary disappeared at once.Frypan was one of several Guardians who agreed with Minho's suggestion, and he clapped over Gary's voice, clamoring for a vote.Others disagree.Winston shook his head firmly and said something Thomas could not quite catch.Everyone started talking together, and Thomas put his head in his hands and waited for the noise to die down, feeling a mixture of excitement and fear.Why did Minho say that?He must be joking.He thought, Newt said, it was harder to be a walker than to reach the sky, let alone a guardian.

He shrank back, wishing he was thousands of miles away now. Newt finally put down the notepad in his hand, stood outside the semicircle, and yelled at everyone to be quiet.Thomas watched: No one seemed to hear Newt at first, but gradually order was restored and they sat down. "Damn it," Newt said, "I've never seen so many stinkers acting like suckling babies. We don't look like adults, but we do here. Mature, or This council will be disbanded, and a new one will be created." He walked back and forth among the guardians, looking into everyone's eyes one by one, and said these words, "Are you all clear?"

Everyone fell silent, and Thomas expected them to explode again, but was a little surprised to find that everyone nodded—even Gary nodded. "Very good." Newt walked back to his chair and sat down, put the notepad on his lap again, and he drew a few horizontal lines on the paper, "Brother, what you said came a bit suddenly, if you don't mind, I need you to go into more detail." With a tired face, Minho defended his proposal: "It's easy for you Shankers to sit here and talk about things you don't know anything about. I'm the only walker in the council. Everyone here has been to the maze before. There's only one person, and that's Newt—"

Gary interrupted, "If you count me..." "That doesn't count!" Minho yelled, "Believe me, you, or anyone else, have no idea what the maze really looks like. You were stabbed for the same reason as Thomas, you both violated the common law." What a hypocrisy, you flasher..." "Enough!" Newt said. "Say your opinion and shut up." The atmosphere was very tense.Thomas felt that the air in the room was like a piece of glass, ready to shatter at any moment.Gary and Minho looked tense, blushing almost to explode.Fortunately, they finally looked away and stopped looking at each other.

"Anyway, listen to me," Minho continued, sitting down, "I've never seen anything like this before. He's not panicking, he's not wailing, terrified, or scared at all. Guys , he's only been here a few days. Think about what it was like when we first started: huddled in a corner, aimless, crying all the time, trusting no one, unwilling to do anything .We all look dead, and weeks, weeks, until we realize we have no choice but to live like that." Minho stood up again, pointing at Thomas: "This Shenk has only been here for a few days, and he rushed into the maze and rescued two Shenks who had never met before. This kid breaking the rules is nothing but a stupid act, he doesn't understand the rules. I understand, but many people have told him what it looks like in the maze, especially at night, it is even more terrifying. But he still took that step when the door was about to close, all he cared about was the safety of others.” Said Here, he took a deep breath, as if trying to find strength for his next words.

"That was just the beginning, and then he saw me give up on Alby - I left him and let him die. I'm a veteran with plenty of experience and knowledge. Thomas would have seen me give up. Should have followed suit, but he didn't. Just imagine how much willpower and strength it takes to lift Alby up that high, little by little. This behavior is not normal, it's crazy. way of doing! "After doing so much, he didn't stop. Then the Griever came, and I told him we had to separate, and I started to flee, running on a familiar route. This was supposed to be when Thomas was scared to pee his pants, But he remained calm, and after defying all laws of physics and fighting gravity to get Alby up the wall, he single-handedly lured the Griever away, defeated one, and then..."

"We know what you've got to say," Gary snapped. "Tommy's a lucky Flash." Minho stopped him, "No, you trash, you don't understand anything! I've been here for two years, and I've never seen anyone like him. For you, it's easy to say these words..." Minho closed his mouth, rubbed his eyes, and sighed in frustration.Only then did Thomas realize that his mouth was open, and his emotions were in turmoil: he was grateful to Minho for speaking up for him, he couldn't believe that Gary was such a belligerent person, and at the same time, he was afraid of knowing what would happen to him. penalty.

"Gary," Minho's tone calmed down, "You're just a sissy. You never once asked to be a walker, and you didn't even have the courage to go and have a look. You don't even know what you don't understand. I don’t even have the qualifications to talk about it, just shut up.” Gary stood up again, he was about to explode. "Say one more word, and I'll make you look good in front of everyone!" He said while spitting. Minho laughed, raised his hand, and pushed Gary's face.Thomas sat half-sitting, watching the poor man fall into the chair, the back of the chair fell back, and he fell out, breaking the chair in two.Gary was lying on the ground, struggling to get up in embarrassment.Minho took a few steps forward, stomped on Gary's back, and Gary fell straight to the ground again.

Thomas slumped back into his chair, frozen. "I swear, Gary," Minho said dismissively, "if you try to threaten me again, try to say that kind of thing to me again! Say it again, I will make you look good—— before I put you After the arms and legs are discounted." Before Thomas could react, Newt and Winster stood up quickly. They grabbed Minho and pulled him away from Gary.Gary jumped up, his face was full of anger, but he didn't dare to attack Minho.He stood where he was, his breathing was disordered, and his chest was bulging. Gary backed away at last, stumbling back toward the door, scanning the room with burning eyes as he went.Thomas felt bad, thinking Gary was like a murderous criminal.Gary walked to the door and reached for the handle.

"Everything is different," Gary spat on the ground, "You shouldn't have done that, Minho, you shouldn't have done that." He looked at Newt with manic eyes, "I know you hate me, you Always hated me. I've disgraced you and made you look like a poor leader and you should have exiled me. You've been disgraced and the rest of the people sitting here are no better. I assure you, it's all different. " Thomas' heart sank.What happened today was bad enough, and Gary's words undoubtedly made things worse. Gary opened the door and walked out, poking his head back before anyone could react. "And you," he looked at Thomas with burning eyes, "you god-faced bastard. Don't forget, I've seen you before, right when I was in a catastrophe! Other people's decisions don't make sense !"

Having said that, he shut his mouth and looked at the people in the room in turn.Finally, the malicious eyes fell back on Thomas, and he still had the last word: "No matter what your purpose is here, I swear, I will stop you. If necessary, I will kill you." about you!" After speaking, he turned and left the room, slamming the door hard.