Kill them in Cyberman!

Fortunately, Falcon was unconscious, otherwise he would have been so angry that he would have vomited blood after hearing Yoel complain about him like that.

"It's okay, little Anya, Mommy has completed Mr. Albert's mission and will be back soon. I will also buy some delicious food on the way~"

Joel sat on the edge of the building, sending messages to Anya using the terminal while waiting for the pick-up vehicle.

Francia, Chinon Castle

The second assassination happened about half an hour later.

Finns, a man in a suit, walked hurriedly into the banquet hall and came to Hilde who was having dinner.

"Ms. Hilde, those three idiots..."

"Did it really fail?"

Hilde put a piece of cut steak into her mouth and stopped her knife and fork.

"Ms. Hilde, not only did they fail, but they were also captured by Hermes Technology. Do you want us to…"

Finns nervously made the motion of wiping his neck.

"Don't be so nervous. They are just three temporary workers. There are always people who can be replaced in the assassin team. What can they know?"

At this time, it was the younger Hilde who seemed calmer, and this calm temperament gave people the feeling of facing Albert.

"Yes, yes. Then Miss Hilde, what should we do next? The parliament has issued a death order that Albert Hermes must be killed within three days. No one can be allowed to challenge the majesty of the Illuminati."

"is it?"

Hilde wiped her mouth elegantly with a napkin, and it was unknown what thoughts were brewing in her enchanting purple eyes.

"Three days?"

"Those old guys really underestimated me~"

"Since the president of Hermes Technologies wants this matter to be known to the world, I will satisfy him."

"Shooting all the swarms at Newland, aren't they trying to show the majesty of the Illuminati?"

"Then let everyone see the death of Albert Hermes!"

Chapter 98 The First Intelligence

"This is the first person's address information..."

While driving to the destination, Pochi recalled what Nicole said to them before leaving, trying to ease his tension.

"According to most of the data, most of these twenty-something people left Newland for various reasons. It feels like this is no coincidence."

"So keep going, and hopefully we can get some useful new clues."

The more Bochi thought about Nicole's words, the more nervous she became. She couldn't help but pull out the newly bought pistol from her waist, holding the gun with both hands, and cheering herself up.

"It's possible. Just think about the plots of those gangster movies and follow their instructions, right?"

"Wow, wow, I actually wanted it to be a children's channel..."

Just as Bochi was daydreaming, the car stopped at an old residential area on the edge of the city. This was an area where it was illegal to cross the city. Most of the houses were rows of American-style cottages, and the wealthier families also had two-story buildings.

"Pochi-chan, let's review this now. The person we are looking for is called Eddie. He is a 64-year-old man with no children. So just follow me. Don't use the gun unless necessary. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, I'll treat the old man well."

"Come on, I'll go knock on the door."

The two parked the car on the side of the road not far away and walked along the street to the old man's house, which was a two-story building. It was obvious that even though the old man had no relatives, he was still quite wealthy.

"Boom boom boom!"

Yamada Ryo calmed herself down and knocked on the old man's door. It was the first time for her to do such a thing. Although she didn't say it, how could she not be nervous?

"Who?"

The wooden door opened a crack, and cloudy eyes looked out from the darkness like a ghost.

"Hello, Mr. Eddie. We have something to consult you about. Could we spare you a moment?"

"Those who promote sales can get out!"

When the old man saw the young girl coming and speaking so politely, he subconsciously thought she was a salesperson for some product and closed the door to chase her away.

"Eh!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Yamada Ryo knocked on the door again hurriedly.

"I won't buy anything from you anymore, isn't that clear? Get out of here!"

The old man who opened the door again was a little impatient, and it was obvious that he had probably had an unpleasant experience with the salesman.

"No, no, no, Mr. Eddy, we are not salesmen?"

Yamada Ryo said with a bitter face that she was really not good at this kind of thing. If it were in the past, social matters should have been left to the blonde girl.

"you?"

Opening the door a little, the old man saw Pochi cowering in the back.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

The old man's tone was still unfriendly, but he became more vigilant after confirming that the other party was not a salesman. After all, in a place like Newland, anyone could turn to violence for various reasons.

Yamada Ryo thought about it for a moment, and finally decided to tell the truth, "We want to ask you about the accident at the music festival six years ago."

"The festival six years ago?"

"I'm an old man and I've never been to any music festivals. Don't ask me!"

The old man wanted to close the door, but Yamada Ryo was prepared this time and held on to the gap tightly.

"Mr. Eddie, we know that you used to be an employee of the Special Experiments Department of Hermes Technology. I think your work should be related to what happened at the music festival."

Hearing Yamada Ryo's anxious words, the old man's expression changed and he stopped closing the door, ending the stalemate between the two.

"Who are you?"

“The news media is still…”

"We are the victims of the accident, old man."

Pochi rarely interrupted from behind.

"I want to know the truth of the matter and give my family a ..."

Pochi's almost pleading tone made the old man frown.

Finally, the old man seemed to compromise. He opened the door and let the two in.

"Alas, it's been six years, and I still can't hide. Come in, I'll tell you what I know."

After saying that, the old man walked towards the room dejectedly.

Yamada Ryo looked at Pochi behind him in surprise and gave her a thumbs up.

"Good job!"

After the two men entered, the old man locked the door tightly, as if he was worried about incoming robbers.

The two entered the old man's house. The old furniture and appliances made it look like a house from the last century, with almost no trace of the cyber age.

Although the room was tidy and clean, it still gave Yamada Ryo and Pochi a feeling of thick dust, as if it was the traces left by time.

Arriving at the table, the old man asked them to sit down.

"Even the victims back then were able to find me, which shows that you have strong determination."

"That's why I'm willing to tell you. No matter what you do in the future, I hope you can make up for the mistakes I made back then."

"Mistake? What happened back then, Mr. Eddy?"

Yamada Ryo was a little anxious.

"Don't worry, because I don't know much. It was an experiment, and it was carried out in the grounds of the festival, which is Development Park No. 4."

"Why did you choose an area where there are a lot of people? Experiments like this should be kept secret, right?"

In response to Yamada Ryo's question, the old man shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Everyone in the remaining project felt strange about the leadership's decision."

“No one has explained to us why a theme park would be built above a laboratory for the entertainment of a large number of people.”

"But I still have a feeling today that this decision is related to the project itself."

"What is the project...?"

"This matter was kept strictly confidential from beginning to end. Everyone was doing their own job well. We didn't even know what each other was doing. In our agreement, the company could check our memories at any time to prevent information leakage."

"hiss-"

Yamada Ryodu couldn't help but gasp. The confidentiality measures were too strict.

"Then Mr. Eddy, may I ask..."

"I know what you want to ask, kid."

"Cough cough cough..."

The old man coughed a few times and took a sip of the water on the table.

"Although I don't know exactly what we are studying, I have some new guesses recently."

"recent?"

Yamada Ryo and Pochi were both surprised.

"Yes, it was recently. I wonder if you are still following the recent news?"

"Mr. Eddie, are you referring to the Hermetic Technology and Illuminati thing?"

Yamada Ryo first thought of the various conspiracy theories about Hermes Technology and the Illuminati that have been making the rounds around the world recently.

"No, it was before..."

"The previous...?"

"Mr. Eddy, are you trying to talk about research on psychic powers?"

Pochi raised his hand to speak.

The old man looked a little excited.

"That's right!"

"It's about the study of psychic energy, although I don't know what we are doing on the spot."

"But based on the information from the press conference about the assassination of President Hermes, I had a hunch that my original job might have been related to the so-called psychic power."

Chapter 99 Psychic Fragments

Previously, when solving the historical problems left over in Cologne, Albert and Lucy had entered the archive storage room on the sixth underground floor of the Hermes Building. The area on the three floors above the archive storage room was where the core of the intelligent body that controlled the entire building was located.

It is precisely because of the huge computing power core that the Hermes Building can be used as the hub of Hermes Technology in Newland City. Massive amounts of information flow in and out every day. In order to ensure the security of the process, the information in and out is encrypted and decrypted by intelligent entities.

At the same time, the intelligent body's network monitoring and firewall can also protect the building's system from remote intrusion by hackers to a certain extent.

The second assassination failed completely before it even began, and the three killers were captured by Lucy and others. Since the top-floor office was damaged by a helicopter and was still being cleaned up, Lucy imprisoned them on the third underground floor and used the equipment there to read the memories of these three people.

"That is..., I can't see anything?!"

Looking at the three people who were tied to metal instruments and had fallen into an unconscious state, Lucy removed the wires connected to her body.

Her actions yielded no results. The brains of the three people were "protected" by special devices, and would explode on the spot if forced into.

What really made Lucy feel weird was that even with the help of Eros, she couldn't crack the device that protected the three people's brains, because there was a special energy interference in that thing. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the psychic power that Albert mentioned.

"This is the assassin sent by the Illuminati to kill me. He doesn't look very smart."

Albert came in at this time. Lucy knew without asking that he had gone out at lunch time. The bastard must have gone out for lunch before coming back.

"How long has it been since I last had a proper meal?"

Such a question suddenly flashed through Lucy's mind, and Eros instantly gave her the answer: 2195.43 hours.

After a little over three months, Lucy felt like she was almost forgetting what food tasted like.