musicians of old

Chapter 628: Letter of surrender?

What is the price.

The smile on Laxus's face froze.

Then, together with the other two people on the left and right, it blooms more warmly in a "restart" way.

"Good, good, good."

"Master Fanning is a smart man, with both outstanding talents and stable emotions. It just so happens that the people we like to deal with the most are also smart people, and the qualities we value most are outstanding talents and stable emotions."

Laxus leaned forward, propped up his elbows, and placed his ten fingers on the table.

"Let me think, how many artifact source god remains do you have in your hands now? The first is the most mysterious and dangerous 'Old Days', the second is the 'Fountain in the Painting' in the ruins of the Grand Court School, and then, the missing member of the Bologna School, Miss Joan of the Viscount Nisimi family, whose true identity is probably extraordinary, the purple figure who fought with Owen in the town of Vatnai and the underground ruins, the traces of divinity left at the scene of the 'Carnival' in the South, and the twin girls coveted by the God-Descent Society in the 'Cracking Field'. Since the 'Hidden Lamp' is also in your hands, are there any more possibilities?"

"Yes, they are all buried in the Abnormal Zone." Fanning praised with a smile and reached out to touch the inside of her dress.

His action made Irwin and Salman tense up immediately.

  Fan Ning took out two plastic bottles, one large and one small, unscrewed them, and poured several colorful capsules into his hands.

"Gudu."

"call--"

He put the capsule into his mouth, picked up the water cup and took a few sips, then his Adam's apple moved and he let out a long breath.

"Sorry, it's time, I need to take some medicine first."

Owen and Salman, who had already slightly left their seats, sat down again. Owen looked extremely unhappy, and an inexplicable anger of being played with surged in his heart, but he could not find any evidence or point of outburst.

"Since I got out, my mental condition has become more and more 'spiritual'." Fan Ning didn't pay attention to the faces of the others, but sighed, "I can't remember where I went and what happened inside. Yes, you are experienced and should know about this chaotic situation. If you want to try your luck next time, you may need to send more people."

Owen sneered: "So your attitude is that you did take these artifact remains, but you don't want to hand them over, and you don't plan to cooperate in handing them over, right?"

"No, no." Fan Ning shook his head. "I'm sorry, my memory is indeed problematic now. Now that you mentioned it, I remember that not all of them were buried in the Abnormal Area. I just took one out--"

He placed his empty right hand on the table, and the "old" remains of the ebony-black baton were placed directly in front of everyone!

Laxus was the first to change his expression, and he looked extremely fearful:

"Master Fanning, there's no need to rush to take it out here. We've already seen it in the Symphony Hall."

  The Special Patrol Office has been investigating and researching the remains of the God of Weapons for many years, and has a wealth of knowledge and intelligence. You have to know that every piece of God of Weapons is seriously contaminated, even if it doesn't look so obvious!

The way to make the pollution relatively controllable is naturally to "contain", but "containment" is also extremely difficult and risky. At present, only the wreckage of "Blade" can be regarded as firmly suppressed by Poglelich. The wreckage of "Disaster" has frequently shown signs of being out of control since it was contained three years ago.

In order to prevent the "disaster", the Special Patrol Office repeatedly asked the Bologna School for some ancient books and materials that only the latter had. Of course, there were means of coercion and inducement, but in the end it also paid a lot of benefits and promises.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the Special Patrol Office encountered many obstacles in the negotiation with the Guidance School regarding the "Incinerator" wreckage. They wanted to really hand it over, but they were unable to accommodate it. What if they "entrusted" the Guidance School to continue to accommodate it and send people to supervise it? This is just a change of name, and no real control has been achieved. As for the "old days" wreckage, it was also based on other experiences. The Special Patrol Office speculated that Fanning relied on a certain migration secret realm to suppress its pollution, and constructed a special secret ritual to achieve entry and exit, so that it was temporarily used for music conducting each time.

And now, this thing is out of my hands and just sits on the table!

The process that Fan Ning just took out from the dream did not involve any secret rituals!

  What the hell! I was just praising him for his "stable emotions" in a leisurely manner. This guy is probably not that far from a madman!

Facing the "old days" up close, as a colleague of Fanning and a "Forged Lion" composer who also seeks inspiration from the aura, Laxus felt a sense of threat that he had never felt empirically but felt extremely strong intuitively!

This piece of wreckage is like a work of art or an artistic representation that does not exist in this world. It is beautiful, strange, twisted, and abnormally fragmented!

"Then I don't understand." Fan Ning, noticing the other party's reaction, leaned back on the sofa. "I have finally gotten to the point of the conversation, but do you want it or not?"

"From your performance in the Santaranburg subway incident and the results of the 'Carnival' in the southern continent, it is clear that seizing a piece of wreckage is more important than the lives of the people. Although I, the 'New Moon', am important, I am not as important as 'one third to one quarter of the world', right? Otherwise, you would have more concerns if you invited me to the Special Patrol Office headquarters to put pressure on me."

"Master Fanning, the purpose of this conversation is to reach a certain consensus and an expectation of the future direction of the relationship between the two parties. It is not the kind of thing that requires you to make a choice right now, even if it is delayed for a day."

At this time, Laxus's expression became serious: "You are right. The Special Patrol Office must get all seven pieces of the Artifact Source God Remains. We will try to reduce the cost as much as possible, but we will not change the plan because of fear of the cost."

"But there is no rush. As for the 'old' debris, if you feel it is controllable, useful, and beneficial to your artistic career or mystical research, we support you to continue using it. When you need to gather the debris, you can hand it over to us."

"In fact, this is also beneficial to us. On the one hand, the Special Patrol Office has less pressure to collect the wreckage. You have done it for them with your own abilities. Oh, you are welcome to understand this as 'utilization', because it means that the organization has recognized your contribution and you will get actual rewards in the future."

"On the other hand, you have raised your 'level' a little higher, and are at the top level of a 'new moon'. This is not bad, it is very valuable, and we need it. Anyway, the 'handle' always exists objectively. You continue to climb up with the 'old days', which can be regarded as a 'pledge of allegiance' to enhance trust."

"Pledge of allegiance?" Fan Ning suddenly laughed.

Owen twitched his lips coldly at this time, and said in a low voice: "If the 'style' of the artist is the pillar to resist the spread of the abnormal zone, then the 'style' created or influenced by the 'old days' is a bunch of alien structures built against common sense. Once the base number expands, it will cause the building to collapse. Master Fanning, since he has already studied the pollution characteristics of the 'old days', he should be vaguely aware of this, right?"

Fanning narrowed his eyes, said nothing, and waited for Owen to continue.

Owen's father was a veteran captain of the Special Patrol Department's investigation of abnormal areas. Now he himself has been engaged in artistic supervision for many years. Fanning is not surprised that he knows this.

"You have created many excellent works. The results of the Secret History Research Department's measurements show that most of them are related to the 'old days', but a few are not, such as the two most important symphonies. This is nothing to criticize for an artist. Music creation relies on inspiration from the secret world. A high-level ritual vessel is an important and reasonable way to find inspiration."

"But has Master Fanning ever imagined what kind of response this special contamination mechanism of the 'Old Days' would cause in the mysterious world, the art world, or the secular world once it is made public?"

(End of this chapter)