Indescribable cyberpunk - #615 - Chapter 602 The Awakener

“Awakened One?”

Turning on the computer, he found the same channel that was playing on the TV screen in the window, and went back ten minutes. Gattuso looked at the interview, holding a brand new banknote in his hand without having to lower his head. He pinched it with two fingers. With a rough idea of ​​the number in his mind, he turned back to Zhu Jue with a wink and said,

“Those are all publicity stunts, used to attract some idiots. I know the guy who talked to the host. He is the leader of a small sect. He has come to my store before. His bargaining skills are not good enough. Not as smart as me. But a few words are true. Recently, I heard people say that many believers have mental problems.”

“Huh? Tell me carefully.”

Zhu Jue took out another stack of banknotes and threw them in front of Gattuso, then took a bag of peanuts from behind the counter. Hearing the jingling sound behind Motoko as he began to disassemble parts, he pulled a chair from the side and moved it under his buttocks.

Gattuso quickly stuffed the money into his pocket, picked up a bottle of wine and two disposable paper cups from the side of the chair, served Zhu Jueman first, and then drank a glass of wine himself.

“In our line of work, we have to do ‘market research’ from time to time. We know what customers want in order to know what products to buy, so I have several Qianfan City Religious Forum accounts in my hand, and I occasionally discuss business there, probably Since a week ago, some people on the forum have said that they have seen visions. At first, everyone thought it was a joke. However, in just a few days, there are more and more posts claiming that they have seen visions. I guess the people in the show just now are also Because after seeing these posts, I made up the remarks of an awakened person.”

I retrieved two forum webpages from my computer’s browsing history. I didn’t need to search for them. The first few hot posts contained content about illusions.

Zhu Jue originally thought that these people might be infected people, or they might be “fishing posts” from members of the Ouroboros organization, but he scrolled through several posts in succession and followed Gattuso’s explanation.

Frowning, Zhu Jue realized that things were not simple.

These people who had hallucinations were in good health without any signs of illness, and most of them were extremely devout believers. In order to prove this to Zhu Jue, Gattuso also specifically contacted people he knew in the religious circle of Qianfan City. Friends, among them are those who have visions.

He was neither an infected person nor a follower of the Ouroboros organization, but he could see the illusion. Zhu Jue immediately thought of the scene he saw in Gadamon’s illusion.

Anyone who passes by the area where the bone tree is located will be mentally affected. The area where the bone tree exists in the entire Gadamon illusion is naturally not just the intersection.

But what Zhu Jue didn’t expect was that someone would start hallucinating so quickly.

At the same time, Zhu Jue also noticed that the believers who had the illusion may belong to different sects, but without exception, they were all very devout believers within the sect.

Because one is predisposed to believe this kind of thing in terms of personal will, so he is more susceptible to influence?

“Ha! I take back what I just said about him being incompetent. This guy is a talent. He actually thought of taking this opportunity to organize a spiritual retreat to make money.”

Zhu Jue was still thinking. Gattuso, who was watching the show, suddenly sneered,

“If you think about attracting believers from other sects to be your moneybags, aren’t you afraid of being approached for revenge?”

“Come to Gattuso, what did you just say?”

Repeating it subconsciously, Zhu Jue followed the middle-aged man talking on the show, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

“I just said that he wanted to take this opportunity to create a spiritual society and absorb people from other sects under his control. However, this kind of behavior breaks the rules. If it goes too far, those who say God bless you all the time These guys are not shy about beheading people. Strictly speaking, sending people to see God is included in their business.”

Although he was quite dissatisfied with the young man next to him for ignoring him, Gattuso couldn’t stop the smile on his face as soon as he touched the bulging pocket, so he quickly repeated it and even explained it thoughtfully.

“Zhu Jue, the things are done.”

There is no doubt about Motoko’s hands-on ability. Even without any drawings, she could restore the lantern to 70-80% with just an illustration and using miscellaneous parts in the store.

“Well, let’s go, we still have to get some clothes.”

Now that I have the things, there is no need to stay here anymore. I ate the remaining peanuts in my palm in one gulp, took out a few banknotes, folded them and stuffed them into Gattuso’s jacket pocket, and then raised his hand to point at the person on the screen. said,

“This amount of money is considered a deposit. As long as you help me get the guy’s contact information, I’ll thank you very much!”

After saying that, no matter how surprised Gattuso was, Zhu Jue took the two of them away.

“The first thing to talk about in this press conference is about the epidemic that has appeared in the lower city of Qianfan City in recent times. I hope that friends from the press can spread the information I will mention as widely as possible!”

At 3 p.m., Newcastle stood alone on a makeshift podium on the side of the street outside the epidemic prevention center, facing a dozen reporters.

The snow had stopped at noon today, but the sky was still dark.

The snow swirled around Newcastle in the cold wind, and occasionally fell on him, dyeing his rather good-looking brown windbreaker into spots, making him look quite embarrassed.

At the same time, in a hotel near the epidemic prevention center, Zhu Jue and three others were watching the live broadcast in the room.

“This notice will be on the search list of Thousand Sails City within the next hour, ensuring that most people can see it.”

Of course, just a press conference is useless. In order to ensure that the members of the Ouroboros organization can see it, it must be pushed to a conspicuous position in the shortest possible time.

Suzi is responsible for this part of the work, and her approach is very simple. She spends money to buy some trolls and forces this video to be the top trending search in Qianfan City.

“Is there any secret in this?”

Zhu Jue, who had already changed into a black robe, was now looking at the instrument he got from Kane.

It is different from the guiding incense and is specially used by the cadres of the Ouroboros organization. However, Gu Ginkgo did not achieve the expected effect after using it. It only played the role of entering the illusion of Gadamon. This made Zhu Jue prepare to borrow this The object’s attempt to find Gadamon’s location failed.

“Maybe it’s because I didn’t accept Gadamon’s transformation as completely as those people?”

Noticing Zhu Jue’s little movements, Gu Yinxing thought for a while and asked.

“I’m not sure yet. I didn’t feel too much Gadamon aura from Kane when I fought with him before. It might be something else assisting them. We’ll see if we can get any clues. I caught those guys.”

Zhu Jue handed the utensil to Gu Yinxing, and took out a mirror from the space ring. He stared at the mirror and reached out to pat Suzi’s shoulder.

“Help me find a book, “The Actor’s Self-cultivation”!”