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Chapter 625 Keep Smiling
If the polluted areas and bone trees in the lower-level communities alerted the Qianfan City government, then the bizarre death that occurred in Community No. 1 a few days ago undoubtedly touched the bottom line. One of the main reasons for the eagerness to compromise with the latter.

On behalf of the Thousand Sails City government, Bulwer sent a formal request for assistance to the Archaeological Association, which was naturally a decision of the high-level council.

Firstly, as the Minister of Security, Bulwer has enough weight, and he is also the top person in charge of the safety of Qianfan City in name. Nobody wants to litter, right?

This time, however, they were doomed to disappointment.

"Your Excellency Bulwer thinks things too simply. The association is not the security force of Thousand Sails City. We have made a request for assistance, but your response is to refuse on the spot!"

A gray smoke spewed out from the thin lips, Virginia looked directly at Bulwer who spoke again, raised her empty right hand, and said,

"After listening to my last sentence, I'm not mocking you. At least not all of it. I'm stating the reality. When the epidemic first appeared, the manpower in the association was still sufficient. We both have the heart and spare energy to help. While your security force and ouroboros were entangled in the lower-level community, the headquarters of the association issued an emergency mobilization order with the highest authority. About half a month ago, nearly 7% of the association's staff in Qianfancheng was transferred out. Mr. Bulwer, You should get wind of it, shouldn't you?"

Almost at the same time Virginia mentioned the emergency mobilization order, Bulwer guessed the reason, so that he suddenly realized the next second.

That's right, the central point of the contradiction lies in the archaeological exploration in Tokyo!

The Headquarters of the Archaeological Association can not hesitate to turn their faces for this matter, and directly confront a top consortium alliance, which shows that they value this matter. Thinking about it further, there are only a few super cities near Tokyo. In order to ensure archaeological operations It won't collapse at this point, and the Archaeological Association's request for nearby support can be said to be a certainty.

Recently, the branch of the Archaeological Association in Qianfan City has been almost invisible due to successive strange incidents.

It's not that they don't want to come forward, but that they have more than enough energy under the premise that a large number of backbones have been transferred!

"I can understand that if armed support cannot be provided, then on the theoretical side"

Spread your hands, Bulwer is determined to squeeze out some surplus value from the Archaeological Association, this face can't be lost in vain, right?

"I can't talk about theory, but there are a few suggestions. Are you willing to listen?"

Speaking of this, Virginia put aside her thoughts of continuing to ridicule the other party. After all, she is the person in charge of the Archaeological Association in Thousand Sails City. If this super city is completely changed beyond recognition by the cult, she will not please her. .

"Of course, I wish for it!"

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

"First of all, the Ouroboros organization is by no means an ordinary cult organization. Behind it is likely to be supported by a more powerful cult organization. It can be seen from the timing they choose to attack and the various special methods they display. Generally, a three-year It is impossible for the cult organizations formed before to have such background, which means that their plans will never stop at the bottom communities, and you must prepare for the worst!"

The timing of the outbreak of this epidemic was neither too early nor too late, and it was chosen at the time when the Archaeological Association and the top management of Qianfan City had conflicts and it was difficult to escape from Tokyo. level of insider information.

"Secondly, the abnormal phenomenon called 'space vortex' in Community No. 1, I can be sure that it is not an accident, but the layout of the next plan of the Ouroboros organization. You may start from it, maybe you will There are new discoveries."

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

"Finally, the Qianfan City government probably has an informant placed in advance by the other party, and their status is not low. As of today, all the actions of the Qianfan City government have been passive. The game of nearly a month has not only failed to turn passive into active , and suffered heavy losses while being led by the Ouroboros organization."

Now is not the time to say good things, Virginia's words are quite straightforward, regardless of whether these words will hurt people,
"Every move of yours has been predicted in advance by the Ouroboros organization. This time you stepped into their trap. Rather than saying that there are prophets in the other organization, I believe that someone in the high-level government has become the 'alarm' of the other party."

As Virginia uttered her suggestion word by word, Bulwer's expression also changed several times. After the former finished speaking, he subconsciously wanted to answer, but before he could make a sound, he was caught by Virginia again. Ya interrupted.

"For the above suggestions, the branch can neither help nor will it help. Your Excellency Bulwer doesn't need to say anything more."

Never intervene 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. Pause for a few seconds, waiting for Bulwer to digest the content just now And while staring into his face, said,

"Will the branch sit by and watch the cultists create terrorist incidents in Thousand Sails City? We don't have many people left, but it doesn't mean we will stand by. In fact, we have already started to act. As for the process, as I just said, before the 'alarm' is turned off, In order to prevent the news from leaking out, I am afraid I will not inform you.”

Seeing that Bulwer was lost in thought again, Virginia did not have the habit of thinking with strangers, so she got 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, Virginia was shrouded in sunlight through the dome, but she was half-hanging her head, 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 from the mouth is a pair of eyes lost in thought.

In the waiting area not far away, two subordinates, one tall and one short, wearing the uniform of a senior investigator of the Archaeological Association, stood up and walked forward quickly.

He casually took out an oval spar from his pocket. The clear material scatters crystal light under the sunlight. Virginia's eyes lingered on it for a short while before throwing it to the subordinate beside him.

"No special reaction, Bulwer's soul is normal. Through observation, he may be an arrogant guy, but he will not betray the government and take refuge in a cult."

This trip was not just for the purpose of wrangling with Bulwer or making some suggestions. The spar that Virginia carried with her before was a soul stone produced by a special process 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 detected.

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

The only downside 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. Whether Nia can apply for the soul stone is another matter.

Moreover, the internal inspection of the Archaeological Association found that these items could not find any substitutes from the earth, as if they were products of another world and needed to be purchased from several special organizations at a high price, not to mention that most of the time they were still in a state of price but no market. .

Recently, an organization called the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce has emerged, and has launched many special goods in this area one after another. The association is actively contacting it, and it is not known whether it has achieved results.

"President, where are we going next?"

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

"The chief of the security department is fine, so let's find another person 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 also better than the Thousand Sails City government casting a net like a headless chicken. It’s much more effective to be passive and wait for the fish to bite by luck.”

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

"As soon as possible, find a way to contact the people of Weird Studio through the relationship within the association. He has not contacted the Qianfan City government so far. I am afraid that he has seen that there are cult believers in the high-level government. He is worried about revealing his identity. It can be inferred that his current situation should not be very good. , it is not an easy task for one person to fight against the entire Ouroboros organization and the 'giant monster' hidden behind it. Heh, rather than wasting time with a guy like Bulwer, I would rather see This 'director'!"

Facts have proved that Virginia's guess is correct, and Zhu Jue's current state is really not very good.

In the living room of the private clinic, Gu Yinxing was holding a roll of gauze in her hand, looking anxiously at the sofa lying on her back, her face pale, as if she had lost her soul.

There was a gash on the outer edge of his right arm, and blood was still flowing out. For him, this was a wound that could heal in the blink of an eye, but now it couldn't heal, no matter how many healing 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 beside Zhu Jue, staring at the man in black who had already woken up across the table.

"That's his request. Strange human being."

The great race answered Suzi unhurriedly, and its eyes stayed on Zhu Jue, knowing what the latter was going through with its ability.

From the moment it left the deep world alone and saw Suzi swinging the crescent moon sword to cut Zhu Jue's arm, it realized what the latter was asking him to guess in the temple hall.

It is also because of this that it knows how crazy the human being in front of him is thinking!
"Heh~~~"

Just when Suzi was about to continue to say something, there was a hoarse inhalation sound, and Zhu Jue's body bounced upright from the sofa, and his already pale and disfigured face was covered with cold sweat at this moment.

At this moment, Zhu Jue's brows and eyes were full of smiles.

Picking up the wind chime in his arms, he leaned his face up and rubbed it's neck back and forth a dozen times.

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

The wound on the arm has long since returned to its original state, without leaving any scars!
(End of this chapter)