Indescribable cyberpunk - #641 - Chapter 625 Keep smiling

If the pollution areas and bone trees that appeared in the lower-level communities alerted the Qianfan City government, then the bizarre deaths that occurred in Community No. 1 a few days ago undoubtedly touched the bottom line. One of the main reasons for compromising to the latter.

Bulwer issued a formal request for assistance to the Archaeological Association on behalf of the Thousand Sail City government, which was naturally a decision made by the senior council.

Firstly, as the Minister of Security, Bulwer has considerable weight and is nominally the top person in charge of security in Thousand Sail City. Secondly, he came to him to convey the message on his behalf because he wanted to save the face of the top management. Although the capitalists are not thin-skinned, if they can save it, No one wants to litter, right?

This time, however, they were destined to be disappointed.

“Your Excellency Bulwer has oversimplified the matter. The Association is not the security force of Thousand Sails City. We have made a request for assistance, but your response was to reject it on the spot!”

A stream of gray smoke blew out from between her thin lips. Virginia looked directly at Bulwer who spoke again, raised her free right hand, and then said,

“Listen, I’m not mocking you after I said the last sentence. At least not entirely. I’m stating the reality. When the epidemic first appeared, the manpower in the association was relatively sufficient. We had both the heart and the ability to help. However, right now While your security forces and Ouroboros were entangled in the lower communities, the association headquarters issued the highest authority emergency mobilization order. About half a month ago, nearly 70% of the association’s manpower in Qianfancheng was redeployed. Mr. Bulwer, You should be able to get some news, right?”

Almost as soon as Virginia mentioned the emergency mobilization order, Bulwer guessed the reason, so that he suddenly realized it the next second.

Yes, the center of the conflict lies in the archaeological exploration operations of Tokyo!

The headquarters of the Archaeological Association did not hesitate to turn against a top consortium alliance for this matter, which shows that they attach great importance to this matter. Thinking further, there are only a few super cities near Tokyo. In order to ensure archaeological operations It will not collapse. It is a certainty that the Archaeological Association will ask for nearby support.

Recently, the Archaeological Association branch in Qianfan City has become almost invisible due to the strange incidents that have occurred one after another.

It’s not that they don’t want to step forward, but that they are unable to do so when a large number of key personnel have been transferred!

“I can understand that if force support cannot be provided, then in theory”

Spreading his hands, Bulwer was determined to extract some residual value from the Archaeological Association. He couldn’t lose his face in vain, right?

“I can’t talk about theory, but I have a few suggestions. Are you willing to listen to them?”

Speaking of this, Virginia stopped taunting the other party. After all, she was the person in charge of the Archaeological Association in Thousand Sails City. If this super city was changed beyond recognition by a cult, she would not be able to please him. .

“Of course, I can’t ask for it!”

The topic returned to the right track. Bulwer straightened his back and leaned forward slightly, pretending to be listening.

“First of all, the Ouroboros organization is by no means an ordinary cult organization. It is likely to be supported by a more powerful cult organization. This can be seen from the timing of their actions and the various special methods they displayed. In a three-year period, It is impossible for the cult organization formed before to have such a background, which means that their plans will never stop at the bottom community, and you must be prepared for the worst!”

The timing of the outbreak of this epidemic was neither too early nor too late, but it happened at a time when the Archaeological Association was in conflict with the top management of Thousand Sails City and it was difficult to escape from Tokyo. There must be something fishy in this, and it was obviously impossible for an Ouroboros organization alone to obtain this. level of inside information.

“Secondly, the abnormal phenomenon that has appeared in Community No. 1, let’s call it a ‘space vortex’, I am sure that it is not an accident, but the layout of the Ouroboros organization’s next plan. You may be able to start with it, and maybe you will There are new discoveries.”

Although the Archaeological Association was not present at the time, they still obtained part of the video data through internal government information.

“Finally, there is probably an informant in the Qianfan City government who has been planted by the other party in advance, and his status is not low. As of today, all the actions of the Qianfan City government have been passive. The game in the past month has not only failed to turn passivity into initiative. , and suffered heavy losses while being led by the Ouroboros organization.”

Now is not the time to say nice things. Virginia’s words are quite straightforward, without caring whether these words will hurt people.

“Every move you make is predicted in advance by the Ouroboros organization. This time you step into their trap. Rather than saying that there is a prophet in the other party’s organization, I believe that someone at the top of the government has become the other party’s ‘alarm’.”

As Virginia spoke out her suggestions word by word, Bulwer’s expression also changed several times. After the former finished speaking, he subconsciously wanted to speak again, but before he could speak, Virginia was stopped again. Ya interrupted.

“As for the above suggestions, the branch can neither help nor will help. Mr. Bulwer need not say anything more.”

Never interfering in the government affairs of any super city. This is the key to the Archaeological Association’s ability to maintain a neutral existence among the major forces. Virginia obviously does not want to make a mistake in principle. She paused for a few seconds and waited for Bulwer to digest what he just said. At the same time, he stared at his face and said,

“The branch will not sit back and watch the cultists create terrorist incidents in Qianfan City. Our small remaining manpower does not mean that we will stand by and watch. In fact, we have already started taking action. As for the process, as I just said, before the ‘alarm’ is turned off, In order to prevent the news from leaking out, I’m afraid I won’t tell you.”

Seeing that Bulwer was deep in thought again, Virginia did not have the habit of thinking with strangers. She stood up and said that there were still matters to be dealt with in the branch and left first.

Pushing open the door of the Security Department office, the sunlight shining through the dome enveloped Virginia, but her head was half lowered, half of her face was sunk in the shadows, and she casually threw the cigarette between her fingers into the trash can next to her. , behind the lingering smoke exhaled from his mouth was a pair of eyes that were lost in thought.

In the waiting area not far away, two subordinates, one tall and one short, wearing the uniforms of senior investigators of the Archaeological Association, stood up and hurried forward.

He casually took out an oval-shaped crystal stone from his pocket. The clear material scattered crystal light under the sunlight. Virginia’s eyes paused on it for a short time, and then quickly threw it to the subordinate beside her.

“There is no special reaction. Bulwer’s soul is normal. Through observation, he may be an arrogant guy, but he will not betray the government and join a cult.”

This trip was not just for chatting with Bulwer or making some suggestions. The crystal stones that Virginia had brought with her were soul stones created through special processes within the Archaeological Association.

Compared with the hue value detection instrument with blurred boundaries, one of its functions is to detect the vast majority of people whose souls have been eroded. The detection range can cover several meters around the holder without being discovered.

It can be said that this is an object produced by the Archaeological Association specifically to target cultists.

The only shortcoming is that the materials for making soul stones are quite scarce, and the production process is extremely complicated, so that there are no more than 10 soul stones in the entire Archaeological Association. If it weren’t for Qianfan City’s urgent request for help this time, Wei Ji Whether Nia can apply for the Soul Stone remains to be seen.

Moreover, internal testing by the Archaeological Association found that these items cannot be replaced at all on the earth. It seems that they are products of another world and need to be purchased at high prices from several special organizations. Not to mention that most of the time they are still priced but not available. .

Recently, an organization called Shuojin Chamber of Commerce has emerged, and it has successively launched many special goods in this area. The association is actively contacting them, and I don’t know if they have achieved results.

“President, where should we go next?”

The subordinate’s request brought Virginia’s attention back to reality.

“It’s okay for the head of the security department. Let’s change someone to continue the detection. We must ensure that no one involved in the scavenger plan is left behind. This method is cumbersome, but it is better than the Qianfan City government casting the net everywhere like a headless fly. The passive approach of trying to rely on luck and wait for the fish to bite is much more effective.”

As Virginia walked out, she lowered her voice and continued to speak to the subordinates beside her,

“Find a way to contact the people from the Weird Studio through connections within the association as soon as possible. His failure to contact the Qianfan City government so far probably means that he has seen that there are cult believers at the top of the government and is worried about exposing his identity. It can be speculated that his current situation is not good either. , it is definitely not an easy task for one person to fight against the entire Ouroboros organization and the ‘monstrous monster’ hidden behind it. Hehe, rather than wasting time with guys like Bulwer, I would rather meet him This ‘director’!”

Facts have proved that Virginia’s guess was correct, and Zhu Jue’s current condition is really not good.

In the living room of the private clinic, Gu Yingxing held a roll of gauze in her hand and looked anxiously at Zhu Jue, who was lying on the sofa with his face pale, as if he had lost his soul.

There was a tear on the outer edge of his right arm, and blood was still flowing out. This was a wound that should have healed in the blink of an eye, but now it couldn’t be healed. No matter how many sprays and ointments he sprayed, it didn’t help. !

“What happened to him? What happened in the deep world? According to the plan, you should bring him out!”

Suzi sat next to Zhu Jue, her eyes fixed on the man in black robe who had already woken up across the table.

“That’s what he asked for. Weird human being.”

The great race answered Suzi unhurriedly, its eyes resting on Zhu Jue’s body. With its ability, it naturally knew what the latter was going through at this time.

From the moment it left the deep world alone and saw Motoko swinging the Mikazuki sword to cut Zhu Jue’s arm, it realized what the latter was asking him to guess in the temple lobby.

It is precisely because of this that it knows how crazy the thoughts of the human being in front of it are!

“Heh~~~”

Just when Su Zi was about to continue saying something, a hoarse inhalation sound suddenly sounded. Zhu Jue’s body jumped straight up from the sofa, and his already pale and disfigured face was covered with cold sweat.

At this moment, Zhu Jue’s eyebrows were filled with smiles.

He picked up the wind chime in his arms, put his face up and rubbed it back and forth on its neck more than a dozen times.

At first it was a silent smile, then after a while he grinned and let out a muffled laugh, and finally turned into a hearty laugh.

The wound on the arm has long since recovered, leaving no trace of scar!