The man is in the Ark, a blood demon scientist

This doesn't make sense—

Chen Huijie gritted his teeth, "Tsk...where's that blood demon?"

"I'm at the Guards Bureau, talking to your uncle."

*

The steamer is opened, emitting wisps of white smoke. An old man with a weathered face picks up plump, white buns or steamed buns with steamed skin on with chopsticks and stuffs them into a plastic bag and hands them to the customers. He grabs the banknotes they hand over, counts them briefly, and stuffs them into his coat pocket, then hurriedly starts a new round of busy work.

The children going to school carried their school bags, dreamed unrealistic fantasies to each other, and crossed the street in groups on the zebra crossing.

The white-collar workers in the company were in a hurry. They grabbed the buns handed to them by the breakfast shop owner and turned away in a hurry.

The two patrolmen were carrying a bag full of buns in one hand and a cup of soy milk in the other. They looked at the prosperous and peaceful scene on the street and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Behind them stands a huge office building.

There is the Longmen Guard Bureau, the core of the city's security system.

The most common sights here are the liaison officers who are busy running between several communicators, and the detectives who are so tired and sweaty that they sit in the lounge, chug two bottles of water, and then set out on their missions again.

It's like a majestic police superintendent sitting in an office chair, enjoying the air-conditioning, giving orders and scolding the world... This is a scene that can only be seen in movies.

A tall and straight man walked through the corridor. His eyes were as sharp as a sword. Just being stared at made people feel as if a sword was on their backs. The police officers who were passing by hurriedly along the way saw the man and bowed their heads in greeting, "Hello, Governor."

"Thank you for your hard work." Governor Longmen...the owner of this city nodded slightly, expressing his respect to the group of detectives who maintained the city's law and order.

Wei Yanwu walked straight into an interrogation room where the Blood Demon was already waiting.

The interrogation room was supposed to be a place to temporarily detain criminals, but in reality, there was no place that could hold a living Kazdel legend unless he came in voluntarily.

Accardo sat in a soft chair that was moved from some office, playing with the handcuffs on the table. His crimson suit was stained with sand and looked a little gray, and his top hat was hung on the back of the chair.

He untied his tie, made an inverted cross pattern on the table, and then looked at Wei Yanwu who was sitting opposite him.

It is often said that if you want to sit down at the negotiation table with Wei Yanwu, you must bring bodyguards first, because just being in the same room with him will make people feel suffocated. Perhaps this is the background of the sword master who is well-known even in the whole of Da Yan - you always feel that the other party may draw his sword at any time and teach you a lesson that you can only reflect on in the next life.

However, the courage that Wei Yanwu gained from years of hard swordsmanship training did not have the slightest effect on Akado.

"Governor Wei, I have long heard of your great name."

"......" Wei Yanwu said nothing. The so-called politician's rhetoric was just a burden in such an occasion where both parties had clear and explicit transaction intentions. He looked at Acardo, guessing that this man was probably going to raise the price.

"Your niece is very good," he said something that could be easily misunderstood... and made Wei Yanwu's blood pressure soar.

But then he gave an explanation.

“Latlan Canon Psalm 82:3-4 – Defend the poor and the orphan, and execute justice for the afflicted and needy.”

"It's rare to see young people with such faith in this era." Akado kneaded the handcuffs in his hands into a ball of rotten iron like plasticine, and pressed them on a piece of white paper beside him. "Unfortunately, as an idealist, she is qualified, but as the future leader of Longmen, this is undoubtedly a drawback."

The Blood Demon pointed at the white paper and said, "I can give you this piece of paper as a gift as part of the transaction."

Hmm? Trade? Upon hearing this, Wei Yanwu's mind began to frantically flash through the human and material resources he could currently deploy.

"I plan to open a laboratory in Longmen to develop 'new power armor' and portable weapon boxes that go with the armor."

"As sponsors, the Longmen Guard Bureau and Shihuaiya Group will have the right to dominate the ordering channels in Yan Country for a series of subsequent products from this research." Akado

The experimental site... Shi Huaiya Group has already prepared it. It just needs money and people. Wei Yanwu is relieved. "How much research funds do you need, or how many people do you need to help? Just ask."

The Longmen Municipal Government is extremely wealthy... After all, it is the largest commercial city in Terra, and foreign companies are investing and building businesses here all the time, bringing funds and products into the market.

"Four billion Longmen coins."

"Of course." Wei Yanwu replied immediately. He had seen the demonstration video of Rhine Life's new power armor. 40 billion Longmen coins is a small part of Longmen's annual tax revenue. If it is used to exchange for the local sales rights of a military equipment that can be mass-produced and can enhance the combat capability of individual soldiers, it is completely acceptable.

"Don't worry," Akado knocked on the table, "I have a research and development plan that I'm still drafting. If there are any results, the laboratory can share the patent rights with Longmen."

After saying that, he took out the folder full of drawings from his briefcase and placed it in front of Wei Yanwu.

And then...the word "Gundam" appeared for the first time on the land of Terra.

It took about half an hour for Wei Yanwu to finally understand what the Gundam was while looking at the drawings and listening to the explanation of the Blood Demon opposite him.

Large humanoid war machines...can easily dominate the battlefield, crush military formations, and even possess powerful siege capabilities. They can be used as the military trump card of a large mobile city-state.

It smells so good. Wei Yanwu felt his heart rate soar, but he also knew that the difficulty of making such a good thing must be terrifyingly high, or even a bottomless pit for scientific research. You can only pile money and time into it continuously until you get results.

"The research and development ideas are very clear, but what about the practical difficulties?" Wei Yanwu asked with understanding.

"Don't worry, these drawings are obviously out of touch with reality. They are just my dreams. However, as long as they are based on materials science, energetics, and structural science, they can be manufactured after being reorganized... and the specific performance will not be much inferior to what I just described." Akado began to lay the foundation in his capacity as the director of the engineering department.

"It seems that you are very confident... How much is the estimated cost of this project?" Wei Yanwu was really tempted. The laboratories are all in Longmen, and all the research is also carried out in Longmen. The materials and venues are provided by Longmen. It is impossible for this person to spend a lot of time and energy just to make a pile of scrap metal - he believed that with Akado's experience, he must understand the consequences of this - Longmen just lost some blood, but Akado himself would face a very serious credibility crisis.

Then he saw that the blood demon on the opposite side raised five fingers.

"Probably... 50 billion."

"How much?!" Wei Yanwu had seen big scenes before. Although he wanted to loudly condemn the other party with swear words and ask whether he knew what he was talking about, he still looked calm and composed on the surface, like a carefree rich man.

Others were trembling.

500 billion is just to complete the technology, but there is still no way to get a product that can be put into use.

This money is enough for him to build another mobile city.

"Don't rush to reply, the project plan is here," Accardo turned over the white paper on the table, which was densely written in Colombian characters. He pushed the plan in front of Wei Yanwu.

This piece of paper can be an apology letter, a plan, or even both. It all depends on the media.

......

On the edge of an industrial park in the upper city, a gymnasium once used for martial arts competitions had its arena and spectator seats removed.

This place has now been purchased by the Shihuaiya Group at a huge cost and is used as a testing ground for Akado and others to develop power armor.

The giant electronic display screen on the dome was activated, and the Rhine Life logo flashed by, followed by a string of Colombian text, with Yan Guowen translating below:

[Rhine Life Engineering Department, Kabako Laboratory, Experimental Field No. 1].

This place is now temporarily in a semi-idle state...because most of the instruments are damaged, and the spare instruments are all placed in the warehouse of Rhine Life Headquarters. Penguin Logistics is on the way to Colombia.

Two factories have been built next to the gymnasium, which are responsible for forging and processing materials for the entire experimental project.

Quill Pen got up very early today and ordered the most expensive breakfast in the hotel for Akado - Akado was not particular about food other than blood, as long as he could digest it.

Then the little girl from the Liberian tribe drove the Happy Birthday sports car to the factory next to the laboratory.

Today, Feather Pen was wearing a gray and white turtleneck sweater on the upper body, a black long skirt on the lower body, a pair of small leather boots, and a briefcase that she made herself... It was the same style as the one she gave to Akado, but the color was different.

At this time, she was wearing a yellow safety helmet, holding a communication terminal, standing on the platform, referring to the spreadsheet on the display screen, and directing the workers to test the special blast furnace required for processing experimental materials.

The Originium power supply device at the bottom was activated, the blast furnace was ignited, and the thickened hetero-iron group and a piece of D32 steel were loaded into small compartments made of silicon carbide bricks.

Light blue flames erupted in the furnace wall, and the rapidly rising temperature caused the lights in the factory to be distorted.

The strong hot wind blew on Quill's face, lifted up her short hair that was scattered on her shoulders, and her long skirt was fluttering in the wind.

The girl looked at the communication terminal with empty eyes. For some reason, she always expected someone to call her, even if it was just to chat about the recent changeable weather - this communication terminal was newly bought in Longmen, and only Akado's phone number was saved in it.

*

The conversation finally ended.

Akado stood up and was about to walk out of the interrogation room.

"......" Wei Yanwu suddenly exerted force on his foot, and the foot of the stool embedded into the ground, making a cracking sound like broken tiles. He seemed to want to get up, or...

"Yan Nation's swordsmanship..." Akado stopped and looked down at the bleeding holes that suddenly appeared on his chest. "Is Governor Longmen also so sentimental?"

"Now, there is no Governor of Longmen here - there is only a parent who wants justice for his child." Wei Yanwu turned his head and replied calmly, but his glaring eyes concealed a terrifying scene like a real dragon emerging from the abyss.

He didn't carry any weapons...he himself was the sharpest sword in Longmen!

In an instant, the majestic sword light poured out like an ocean!

They seemed to understand that they were slashing at an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, so they were happy and excited, with the same rage as their master, surging faster and faster!

010. Crow standing on the treetop

From a distance, the top floor of the Guard Bureau's tall building looked like fireworks exploding, with glass fragments mixed with brick powder bursting out.

Except for Acardo and Wei Yanwu who were fighting on the top floor of the entire Guard Bureau, all other staff members had evacuated outside early and assisted the detectives in blocking the area around the office building to prevent any unauthorized persons from entering.

Countless walls were destroyed and the office area had long been reduced to ruins.

Akado threw his severed left hand to the ground. The blood spurting out of the wound swirled and coagulated in mid-air, actually reconstructing muscles and bones.

The broken limbs on the ground melted into blood, floated in the air, and slowly solidified into a dagger.

He moved his left hand, which had recovered along with his torn clothes, then grasped the dagger made of blood and slowly walked towards the smoke-filled office in front of him.

Wei Yanwu was lying on the ground covered with wounds. If he couldn't interrupt the blood demon's spell, every drop of his blood would become a weapon to attack him.

"We can still use the explosion of the Originium heating pipeline to fool the people now. If we continue to fight, it will be a terrorist attack."

Akado swung the blood dagger to block the red sword energy that Wei Yanwu slashed with his fingers, "I don't care. The Blood Demon is already notorious, and it's impossible to make his reputation worse."

"What, showing mercy to the weak?" Wei Yanwu suddenly jumped up, and used his palm as a knife, slashing at the blood demon in front with lightning speed.

In the fierce fight that had taken place over the previous few minutes, he had interrupted Akado's spells several times with such fast and fierce attacks.

But this time, Akado displayed his Originium skills without using any words or even any action guidance.

Wei Yanwu's movements suddenly froze, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

He watched in disbelief as Akado opened the collar of his suit and took out a thin metal instrument that looked like a card.

"The latest invention of the Originium Arts Application Department is a disposable portable staff that allows the caster to carry it close to their body and assist in the construction of spell models. It is suitable for any occasion. The disadvantage is that the production cost is high, and the number of uses will be extremely limited due to the strength of the Originium Arts."

Akado threw the staff, which was scrapped due to overload and was emitting wisps of black smoke, to the ground and considerately crushed it with his foot to prevent anyone from picking it up and reselling it on the black market - he didn't want to see the disastrous scene where Rhine Life's patented product was surrounded by copycat versions before it was officially released.

The Blood Demon did not finish off Wei Yanwu who was unable to move.

"The blood of the Great Yan royal family is truly extraordinary. Even if the blood flow in your body has stopped, you still maintain extremely active vital signs." He shook his head, "While you are still a little away from shock... let's chat casually."

After being cleaned and reconstructed with blood, the suit on Akado's body became bright and neat again, probably a change from [slightly worn] to [brand new].

"......" Wei Yanwu's face turned pale and he couldn't say a word. He just felt cold to the bone - his body temperature was rapidly dropping.

Acardo solidified a bench with his blood and sat in front of Wei Yanwu. Then, like a magician, he took out the plan that had been folded several times from his bag and stuffed it into his coat pocket. "I've read the Current Affairs News of Longmen Newspaper. It seems that you have been trying to change the situation in the downtown area in recent years."

"But now it seems that you have given up your plan and are trying your best to tidy up those slums, preparing to hand it over to your successor to completely resolve the potential conflicts between urban areas."

"Chen Huijie? I think that girl's name is this. If she only worked in the Guards Bureau, she might become an outstanding superintendent who will go down in history. But if she is the leader of a city, she will appear too upright and will intensify the inherent class contradictions... Ha, I am really old and can't bear to see the innocent ideals of young people being tainted by this dirty reality."

The Blood Demon looked towards the broken ceiling, where the sunlight was falling, lighting up the dust in the ruins into a faint golden color. He stretched out his hand and patted Wei Yanwu on the shoulder.

Governor Longmen, who had already lost consciousness, fell headfirst to the ground. Blood began to flow again, pouring out from the wounds all over his body, forming a pool of blood on the ground.

*

Akado walked in the shadows of the city, humming a cheerful tune in the ancient Sarkaz language.

No one could understand what he was singing.

The tune is so cheerful and bright, but... it hides a kind of sadness and desolation, which breaks the barriers of language and time and goes straight to people's hearts.

The blood demon was in a very good mood.

"Longmen...what a surprise." Today he met two young men with flawless ideals, and then met the owner of this city...an old dragon with a passionate heart.

"Crow," Akado suddenly stopped, his expression became indifferent, and he looked into the darkness behind him.

A person wrapped in a black robe, wearing a black top hat and a bird-beak mask on his face, whose gender could not be seen, walked out.

He half-knelt on the ground and said in a hoarse and low voice, "King, Munin will follow your guidance."

The name Munin comes from the follower of Odin, the father of the gods and the king of the gods in the Norse mythology of another world. His name symbolizes "memory", while his other companion, Hugin, symbolizes "thinking".

"Where is Fukin?"

"Miss Protect," replied Muni.

"You don't look comfortable lurking in City Hall," Akado looked the crow up and down, blood dripping down the corners of his clothes.

"Those wearing raincoats and the ninjas from the East Country are very sharp... I won't fail again." Wu Ni lowered his head. He didn't know which generation of Crows he was. Fujin, as his partner, had secretly penetrated the underworld. Before he came, Crows had already iterated dozens of times.

"Then return to your post," Akado walked out of the darkness of the city, put on the sunglasses that Quill gave him, and basked in the sunshine.

His bright red eyes were hidden by sunglasses, and even when he was walking in the crowd, he could not hear their panicked cries.

He has never been a person who cares about other people's eyes, so when did he develop the habit of "wearing sunglasses at certain times"...

Akado recalled.