Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 1098: Sensitive Juan Jiang

"You want us to participate in Lin Mingmei's performance?"

After returning home and confirming that Shaci's emotions seemed to have stabilized, Juanjiang hurried back to her post and immediately received the task of editor-in-chief.

"Yes, that's right. The higher-ups attach great importance to this performance. Juanjiang, you've worked hard before. After going through all that, you should have been allowed to rest for a while, but there's no other way. The higher-ups specifically asked you to be in charge of the interviews for this performance."

The editor-in-chief smiled bitterly and shook his head.

An editor-in-chief who once had experience as a war correspondent naturally knows how bad the state will be after a trip to the battlefield. Some reporters with poor psychological quality may even collapse on the spot and leave the journalism industry forever.

In this case, the editor-in-chief was very clear about how difficult this task was for Juanjiang.

"Do you need me to help you refuse? Juanjiang."

Hearing the editor-in-chief's words, Juan Jiang frowned slightly.

The editor-in-chief was not in a hurry and gave Juanjiang some time to think carefully.

After a while, Juanjiang took a breath slowly and seemed to have made a decision.

"Editor-in-Chief, I will take this task. However, I hope you can do me a small favor."

"Oh? Tell me."

The editor-in-chief nodded.

Since Juan Jiang chose to take on this task, the editor-in-chief can also report properly to his superiors.

As for minor favors, the editor-in-chief is happy to help as long as it is within his capabilities.

"Thank you, editor-in-chief! I hope to get two or three tickets for the performance."

Upon hearing this, the editor-in-chief laughed.

"You're so good, Juanjiang. You're asking for too much! I tried my best, but I only got one ticket. I didn't expect that Lin Mingmei would capture my precious daughter's heart as soon as she appeared. After learning that Lin Mingmei was coming to perform, she kept begging me to help her find a way to get tickets for the performance."

The editor-in-chief sighed helplessly.

"I really can't help you with this little favor. I'll report it to my superiors. As for whether I can satisfy you, it all depends on what they think. After all, the tickets for the performance were sold out in less than ten minutes after they went on sale."

"Okay! Thank you, Editor-in-Chief. No matter what, I will complete this interview mission well."

"Yes! I believe you can do it."

Juanjiang returned to her workstation and tried to use the company's network of contacts to search for information about Lin Mingmei.

Then, using the excuse of needing to collect information and prepare for performance interviews, Juanjiang successfully left the company early.

Half an hour later, Juanjiang walked into the izakaya where she usually met Xueer.

"Oh? Is there anything special?"

Xue'er sat in the attic, looking at Juanjiang who came in a hurry.

"Yes. Lin Mingmei is coming to our place to hold a performance."

Juanjiang said quickly.

A strange look flashed in Xue'er's eyes.

As the head of the angels, Xue'er already knew Lin Mingmei's true identity, but at VEDA's request, Xue'er did not reveal this information to other angel members.

In this situation, Juanjiang keenly realized that there were some secrets behind this performance.

"This news has been announced in the news."

Xue'er nodded slightly and said casually.

"Last night, when the news was announced, the pub was quite lively. It seems that this singer who has just debuted and has become famous all over the world does have some talent."

Juanjiang shook her head, then sat down and spoke seriously.

"Yes. Lin Mingmei is indeed qualified to be famous all over the world, but, Xue'er, don't you find it strange? Lin Mingmei seems to have suddenly appeared. Before this, there was no trace of Lin Mingmei's existence at all."

"Oh? How come?"

Xue'er straightened her expression, sat up straight, and waited for Juanjiang's next words.

"Well. Please look." Juan Jiang pushed the personal terminal in front of Xue'er, and then played the information she collected one by one for Xue'er to see.

"Here, here, and here are all suspicious points about Lin Mingmei's identity."

"Oh? It doesn't look like there's anything wrong."

Xue'er read it and smiled slightly.

"No, it's a big problem. Xue'er, you and I both know how strict the People's Revolutionary League's Capital College is. According to common sense, a student with excellent qualifications like Lin Mingmei should have left a lot of traces in the Capital College."

"But in reality, I didn't find any traces of Lin Mingmei studying and living in Capital College except this year, no, two months ago."

"is it?"

Seeing this, Xue'er smiled approvingly.

"As expected of Juanjiang Crossroad."

"what?"

Juan Jiang was stunned for a moment, then she understood.

"It seems that this big star is one of our Tianren people?"

"Didn't you come here just to prove this, Juanjiang?"

Xueer asked back.

Juanjiang shook her head helplessly.

"I would rather not know the truth. So, Lin Mingmei's performance is targeting certain people, or a certain force?"

As soon as the words came out, Juanjiang fell into silence.

Xue'er knew that Juanjiang had guessed the truth, so she stopped talking, stood up, took the teapot and cup, and poured a cup of hot tea for herself and Juanjiang.

"According to VEDA's order, this information is not allowed to be disclosed to any angel member except me. Even Feng En is not qualified to know it. But you, Juan Jiang, are different. You have detected the truth with your own keen sense."

"The truth? I'm afraid this is an action by Celestial Being targeting A, no, not A-LAWS, but the Legion, right?"

Juan Jiang asked the question in her mind.

Xue'er didn't answer, but just talked about the time they met when Juanjiang joined the Angels.

"Juanjiang. I believe you should know the purpose of the Aeolian Plan."

Juanjiang nodded, a hint of doubt flashing through her mind.

Is there some unknown relationship between the Legion and the Aeolian Project?

"Ending conflict is the goal of Aeolia, but it is not all. The ultimate goal of the Aeolia Project is to create a new type of human being - the Transformer - who can lead humanity towards mutual understanding and completely end conflict."

"A new human? A transformer? What does this have to do with Lin Mingmei's performance?"

The more Juanjiang listened, the more confused she became.

"Have."

Xueer nodded slightly, raised her hand and pressed a button on her watch, and the world-famous song began to play in the room.

"Because Lin Mingmei's singing voice contains the power to activate the quantum waves of human brains. To some extent, it is one of the key factors that can prompt qualified humans to embark on the path of change to become reformers."

"And the army that uses the human brain to iterate technology may also be able to gain some kind of power from Lin Mingmei's singing and iterate quickly."

"What? The performance was a trap to lure the army? Isn't this putting the lives of the audience in danger?"

Juanjiang suddenly remembered that she had once asked the editor-in-chief for tickets.

Xueer picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

"No. Not at all. We have already made detailed arrangements. The Celestial Beings' Gundams have already entered combat deployment, and the Angels have also begun to move. Once we find any traces of the Legion, we will immediately evacuate the people and take them to shelter."

"But?"

"Please rest assured! As the performance venue, we did not choose a busy area such as the city center, but chose a port far away from the city. Besides, A-LAWS must have noticed it."

(End of this chapter)