The man is in the Ark, a blood demon scientist

Chen Huijie and Lin Yuxia are neither of the above two types of people.

They have received higher education that ordinary people may not be able to achieve in their entire lives, attended various political and business venues, accumulated a lot of cutting-edge knowledge of the times, and have a relatively broad vision. Because of this, they also understand that the blood demons that ordinary people fear are nothing more than the Sarkaz, a nation with a weak political status but outstanding individual strength. When they saw Akado hunting Syracusans in Longmen and killing them in the most bloody and brutal way, the young people only thought that this was a provocation to the Longmen gang in a domineering way to gain the right to speak at the negotiating table for themselves, and never thought that a certain old man actually didn't care how the politicians in Longmen would view him. He was just a scientific researcher...

Behind the whole incident was nothing more than a deal between him and Lady Sicily.

If we must label it as "political", that's fine too.

Politics is essentially a matter of compromise.

......

Accardo stood in front of the floor-length mirror, buttoning up his crimson suit with gilded buttons.

Installed close to the body of the suit are a number of metal devices developed jointly by the Rhine Life Originium Technology Application Department and the Energy Department, which are used to amplify Originium skills.

Then he took out a top hat that was also crimson in color from the suitcase, with a strip of pure white satin sewn in the middle.

He arranged the folders on his desk containing drawings of Gundam manufacturing in a row and wrote labels on the shells according to the difficulty of manufacturing.

Of course, most of them were marked with the words "technical limitations, cannot be achieved" in bright yellow highlighter.

A hand-sewn, pale red briefcase opened, and Accardo stuffed a dozen bulging folders into it. The briefcase was made by Quill himself as a birthday present for him last year.

The Blood Demon, dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase, really looked like an office worker. He pushed open the door and saw that the bright living room was empty.

There was a dining cart in the middle of the living room, with six silver plates on it.

Akado opened the cover of the plate and looked at the Yan Guo dishes carefully prepared by the hotel chef. He raised his eyebrows and put the plate on the coffee table in the living room. He sat on the sofa, turned on the TV, and watched the Longmen News today. He only tasted the delicious food.

Inside the briefcase, a metal-clad wooden board was engraved with the coats of arms of the twelve Syracuse families, followed by a string of beautiful cursive characters:

[Syracuse Mobile City-State, New Volsini, City-State Construction General Contractor Designer——

Director of Rhine Life Engineering, Acardo. 】

008. Rules survive through violence

(The plot of this chapter is fictional, please do not apply it to reality)

The superintendent of the Guards ran wildly on the street, causing passers-by to look back frequently.

Chen Huijie rushed to the address Lin Yuxia sent to her.

His complexion became increasingly ugly.

"A hotel owned by the Shihuaiya Group?"

"Businessmen are always speculators." Lin Yuxia shrugged. This action is not elegant for a lady, but it makes her look lively and cute. The guests in the hotel lobby who occasionally glanced at her proved this. Humans are always creatures of appearance.

"Okay, let's get straight to the point. What are you going to do?" Chen Huijie followed Lin Yuxia into a quiet VIP lounge.

"We can't tie up and torture a foreign researcher," Lin Yuxia pulled out a chair and sat down, "but the order of Longmen must be maintained - if it's just because of a diplomatic warrant, we can blatantly chase and kill people on the highway, or slaughter people in the downtown area..."

"I understand," Chen Huijie was sitting opposite Lin Yuxia. She had long been aware of the seriousness of the matter.

If Akado does not suffer any punishment, it will be a huge blow to the entire Longmen’s public security system.

Lin Yuxia did not expect them to arrest Akado and put him in jail. She only hoped that this scientist from Rhine Life could give some explanation to the Longmen Guard Bureau - even if it was just an apology letter on paper, or even no apology letter needed to be written. Just by Akado walking into the Guard Bureau and leaving a piece of blank paper, it would be considered to stabilize the credibility of the public security.

If Akado, as a foreigner, had outstanding strength, he could do whatever he wanted in this city - that would be an extremely bad beginning, which would seriously endanger the future operations of Longmen in diplomacy, public security, and even trade.

The city government can manipulate public opinion and suppress the negative impact of the entire incident in a short period of time, but in the crowded lower city area, someone will eventually spread the truth to other countries and other city-states, and then one day in the future, the sharply intensified contradictions will explode like a bomb, destroying the peace that the city has achieved at the cost of countless deaths.

The lounge fell into silence.

The two ambitious young people who love this city have already made up their minds.

"Leave the negotiation to you?" Chen Huijie looked at Lin Yuxia.

She understood her shortcomings in negotiations, and her overly upright character made it difficult for her to remain rational after meeting Akado.

"I'm thinking about what benefits I should give up in exchange for his compromise. I have to set a bottom line," Lin Yuxia scratched the ends of her lavender hair in distress, with a pitiful look on her delicate face. "We don't have many chips in our hands."

This was originally something that Wei Yanwu or the Rat King needed to deal with, but the two young men already had their own ideals and were willing to fight for them.

After just a few minutes of discussion, Lin Yuxia took out a business card and dialed the number on it.

Unexpectedly, after answering the call, a slightly childish, soft and tender female voice came from the communicator. The other party did not seem to have a good grasp of Yan Guoyu. She spoke with a slight accent and stumbled between words.

"Hello, I'm Director Acardo's assistant, Quill. What can I do for you?"

"......" Lin Yuxia and Chen Huijie looked at each other, and then she said politely, "Hello, Miss Quill Pen, can we make an appointment? I hope to meet with Mr. Accardo to discuss matters related to experimental cooperation."

After saying that, she sent her electronic business card to the other party using the terminal.

This is very dangerous.

Hei Suo had already warned Lin Yuxia about the danger of the blood demon.

But she decided to come in person anyway.

On the rainy night the day before yesterday, Accardo did not kill the two Syracusans... no, the Sicilians.

Since even Capone and Gambino were able to survive, Lin Yuxia believed that she could bring more benefits and would definitely have the opportunity to negotiate.

In the communicator, Quill hesitated for a moment, "The director has no schedule today. I will go ask for his opinion now."

"Thank you for your help, Miss Assistant."

So the phone was hung up.

The conference room fell silent again.

"Is it possible?" Chen Huijie looked at Lin Yuxia.

"I'm not sure, but we have to make some arrangements first and leave a way to escape," Lin Yuxia got up to open the window, and then used her Originium skills to erode the walls and windowsills.

She explored the lounge again, making the room's architecture part of her spell.

Lin Yuxia's source stone skill is to manipulate sand... This is a very broad concept. After scientific development and years of practice, she can even turn sand into glass, make concrete and bricks sand, and perform many other complex and difficult changes.

There was some sweat on the girl's face. It was obvious that such a high frequency of casting spells was a bit too much for her.

The communicator rang at this time, and Chen Huijie helped to answer the call.

"Hello, Miss Lin Yuxia," the clear and authentic Yan Mandarin sounded in the speech lounge. The voice was not heavy or low, but there was a vague feeling that made people feel that it was difficult to tell whether it was a man or a woman. "I am Acardo."

"Mr. Accardo, I hope to meet with you to talk..."

"Time and place," Accardo interrupted her pleasantries.

"It's at the Longmen Hotel, which belongs to the Shihuaiya Group, where you are staying... VIP Lounge No. 4 in the lobby on the first floor. As for the time... we will wait for you here for 10 minutes," Lin Yuxia glanced at Chen Huijie, guessing when the black raincoats would arrive.

"I understand." There was a busy tone on the communicator and the other party hung up.

But in less than 3 minutes, there was a knock on the wooden door of the lounge.

Chen Huijie stood up and was about to open the door, but the door lock dissolved into blood in an instant, flowing along the door panel to the ground. It was this bizarre scene that made her retract her hand that was stretched out in the air.

Accardo pushed the door open, took Chen Huijie's hanging hand, and shook it politely, "Hello, Superintendent Chen, this is the second time we meet."

The sunlight shone through the glass window and fell on his body, making his crimson suit look as bright red as blood.

After taking off his "Bloodhound" gear, Akado exuded a sense of oppression far beyond that of that rainy night. He was like a vicious beast foraging in the jungle, pacing in the territory that he dominated, examining the prey passing by.

"Yes... the second time we met..." Chen Huijie managed to remain calm. Several times, she instinctively reached out to grasp the Chixiao at her waist - the terrifying sword given to her by Wei Yanwu.

Lin Yuxia was also as if she was facing a formidable enemy, her body was extremely tense. She had already understood that she had made a big mistake - that was, she had defined the blood demon in front of her, whom she had never met, based on only some written or verbal information!

But she still forced a smile and wanted to say something.

"..." Akado frowned. In just a short moment, he felt too many emotions.

It is a sense of justice, responsibility, anger, tension, and even determination.

These emotions were so strong and intense, like a surging river, accompanied by scattered memories, flowing into Akado's heart along the remains of an old friend without any explanation, and he felt it clearly.

Akado immediately determined the true purpose of the two girls in front of him.

Your Majesty, they look a bit like you...

The rings on each finger felt faintly hot.

He suddenly revealed a malicious smile, with admiration in his eyes, "You... don't seem to understand what you are facing?"

With a muffled "clang", a footprint suddenly sank into the floor, and spider-web-like cracks spread outward. Acardo had disappeared.

"?!" Lin Yuxia's expression froze. The blood demon disappeared from the spot like a phantom, and suddenly appeared behind her, poking her throat nonchalantly with his index finger.

"Negotiate?" Akado pressed down the delicate skin with his fingertips lightly, feeling the fragility of Lin Yuxia's trachea. If he used a little more force, the Rat King would lose his only heir.

"Let me teach you two things," Akado disappeared again. At the same time, Chen Huijie's tactical sword fell towards Lin Yuxia's back, and then stopped dangerously.

After escaping from danger, Lin Yuxia activated her Originium Skill immediately, turning the entire room into quicksand, leaving no place for people to stand. Only solid sand and gravel condensed under her and Chen Huijie's feet.

"First," blood flowed out from nothingness and turned into countless flying needles that swept towards the two of them. Lin Yuxia had to gather all the sand and reinforce it into a sphere with a hardness comparable to metal to isolate the dangerous blood.

Akado took advantage of this opportunity to stand firmly on the sand ball, then suddenly turned his body, and with the blood demon's terrifying physical fitness, he kicked it to pieces.

Lin Yuxia was kicked to the ground when she was caught off guard. Chen Huijie jumped back high, drew out his tactical sword and threw it at the blood demon below.

The spell is interrupted and no more quicksand is generated.

"Negotiations are always based on the premise that the forces of both parties are equal," the Blood Demon said slowly as he turned his head slowly to avoid the flying tactical sword.

Chen Huijie stepped on the ceiling, which had become crooked because it had partially turned into quicksand, and used the force to leap towards Akado. She no longer held back, and regardless of whether she would hurt Lin Yuxia, she took off the rarely used scarlet sword with sheath from her waist, placed it across her chest, and then swung the sword with all her might - she couldn't pull out the Scarlet Sky, so she could only use its power as much as possible with the sheath attached.

"Chi Xiao!" she whispered, her face turning pale instantly.

Then, dazzling sword light instantly spread to every corner of the room. It was sharp and fast enough to cut through heavy armor.

The high-frequency collision of metals produces dense, sharp collision sounds.

Akado held a pitch-black dagger that appeared out of thin air in his hand and swung his arm casually, blocking all of Chen Huijie's attacks, blocking everything she had cultivated with dozens of years of sweat and hard work.

"Then," he rushed forward and hit Chen Huijie's palm with the hilt of the sword, causing her to instinctively loosen her fingers in pain. Chi Xiao stabbed straight into the ground, like stabbing into a piece of tofu, and the blade quickly sank into it, leaving only the hilt outside.

After all, Chen Huijie was a top student who graduated from the Royal Victoria Guards College, so he immediately fought back fiercely with his fists and feet.

But the other party still maintained a casual attitude and parried all her attacks.

Accardo shook his head. He had seen the most terrifying boxing in his dreams. In his opinion, Chen Huijie's attack was too weak and immature.

He snapped his fingers, and Chen Huijie's body, which was swinging her fist, froze instantly. The strong feeling of suffocation and coldness brought by the stagnant blood made her face pale, almost the same as the blood demon. Akado clenched his right hand into a fist, controlled the strength, and then punched Chen Huijie's lower abdomen fiercely. The other party widened his eyes, trembled violently for a few times, and then knelt in the arms of the blood demon.

"Any political system, its rules, its order, are all based on violence. If you want to change something, to control something, first of all, you must have the power to influence the will of others."

Akado ended the spell and casually threw Chen Huijie from his arms to the ground. His nonchalant look formed a sharp contrast with the two miserable looks of the two people.

"Remember, the rules rely on violence to survive. Before you have enough power, any tricks you play are nothing more than a clumsy performance by a clown in the troupe."

The blood demon of Rhine Life looked down at them from above.

009. Kapak Network Labs

There is no doubt that Lin Yuxia and Chen Huijie are truly talented people. Both their talents and study habits are impeccable.

But they are far from enough to change the city of Longmen.

At that time, they will not only face their peers in school or in the workplace, but also older people from other countries, even from Yan Country, who are dozens or even hundreds of years older than them and are immersed in politics.

When it comes to manipulating rules and laws, no one is more clever or more sinister than those politicians who are born to manipulate people's hearts.

Akado taught the two young men a lesson today: If you want to sit at the negotiating table, you must first have military force that matches that of the other party...at least, you must have the ability to escape.

When Chen Huijie regained consciousness, he saw the pure white ceiling. It was so white without a single flaw, just like... just like the skin of a blood demon.

Damn it, Acardo...

She was about to sit up in shock, but someone had already held her shoulders and pushed her back onto the bed.

"Yuxia has been taken away," a woman with strong ancestral blood sat beside the bed and gently stroked Chen Huijie's forehead with her palm, "Xiao Chen, four of your ribs are broken. You need to rest for a few weeks."

Only then did Chen Huijie feel the occasional stabbing pain in his chest.

"Lin Yuxia...is her injury serious?" Chen Huijie felt that even someone with her physical fitness had broken bones, so Lin Yuxia, who was also beaten up by the Blood Demon, must be in an even more miserable state.

"......" Madam Wen Yue's expression became a little strange, "Yuxia only suffered some scratches and injuries from falling, but the black raincoats found her on the ground and judged that she might have hit her forehead and fainted. The hospital diagnosed that she did not have a concussion, just a little redness and swelling."

"Huh?!" Chen Huijie looked at Madam Wen Yue in surprise, but only got a positive answer again.

Then she closed her eyes dejectedly, feeling a little dazed.