"Grace to me?" The wrinkles at the corners of his mouth became more and more obvious, and the old man's eyes were looking for something in Mo Yuan's eyes, and instead, he turned to the window, the sunset was broken, and it was dusk and quiet, "The sunset sinks into the ground, not necessarily, the bright moon will rise." ”

There was no wind.

The rain fell on the road leading to the DHS chamber in a thin and quiet manner.

Xiaofeng paced slowly.

"Isn't this our chief technologist?" A man's voice came from behind, a little familiar, Xiaofeng slowed down and waited for the man to catch up.

"It turns out that he is the chairman of the election committee this time", Xiaofeng nodded to the man, "It looks like we're going to be late, for such a solemn meeting." ”

"How can the meeting start before we arrive?" the man laughed, "why be late?"

"Huh. ”

There was some awkward silence.

Only the silent rain grew denser and denser, like a curtain, covering them.

"Last bombing attack...... You and your family, now, are you alright?" the man said cautiously.

"I'm fine", Xiaofeng's eyes dimmed, "The little girl has been stimulated a lot, and at present, she is still undergoing psychological intervention, and the doctor will check her condition regularly." ”

"Don't worry too much", the man patted Xiaofeng's shoulder, "The child is small, recovers quickly, and will be fine." ”

"Thank you. ”

"This is also the meaning of our Department of Homeland Security's existence," the man's tone suddenly became a little more solemn, "The correct election of important people is an important process to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security can always perform its duties correctly, and we, as those who hold the right to vote, have a great responsibility." ”

"Yes. As Xiaofeng spoke, they walked into the council chamber, where the guards took their umbrellas and placed them in place.

The chamber was spacious and bright—if it was sunny, it was a bit oppressive right now. Ivory columns, marble floors, yellowed walls, red-and-black wooden podiums, and, the last speaker, one of the candidates for the Strategic Danger Intervention and Espionage Logistics Service, Yan Li, concluded his final remarks: "So, only strong deterrence, effective precaution, and the necessary pre-emptive strike can bring security!" His fist slammed into the podium, and then, adjusting his breathing, he bowed, and walked off the podium unhurriedly, towards the waiting area.

In the audience, the seven members of the election committee began to discuss this final round of elections.

Xiao Feng's gaze drifted on the two final candidates in the waiting area, and finally fell on Yan Li's body.

Yan Li noticed Xiao Feng's gaze, and greeted him without the slightest humility of flattery.

"I remember that you hated violence and advocated dialogue. Yan Li said disappre一门ly, took a sip of wine, and the turbid liquid, accompanied by the sound of the bar, rolled down the throat.

"Your words, when, so much?"

"As you get older, there will be more people's words, you are still young, you don't have an experience", Yan Li raised his wine glass, put it in the dim light of the bar, and glanced at the residual liquid in the glass, "The glass is bright, probably, that's it", said that, raised his head, drank dry, and put the wine glass upside down on the bar, "Let's go, you pay, just ...... Respect for the elderly", before the words fell, Yan Li was already at the door of the bar, he turned his back to Xiao Feng, waved his hand, and disappeared into the shaking doorway.

The secret ballot began.

The lobby screen is always ready to show the final results of the poll - for confidentiality reasons, changes in the number of votes during the voting process will not be displayed on the screen.

As the electors voted, the number of votes for both candidates increased in turn – data that existed only in the system. At this moment, there was an error in the voting machine in front of Xiaofeng, and after the voting action was executed, it never got a correct response.

The voting was forced to end, at which point the result was three votes to three.

Of course, all this is known only to the chairman of the election committee and the system support staff on the spot.

"There was a problem with the voting system, and later, the vote was made again. Said the chairman of the Election Committee.

The on-site system support personnel began the emergency treatment.

A window suddenly opened, and the rain outside drifted in, and a guard walked over, closed the window, and walked back to his original position again, he asked his colleague next to him: "What's wrong now?"

"There must have been a problem with the voting process. The colleague next to him said, tilting his head to the side, signaling that a system support staff had come in.

"That's right. The guards seemed to understand.

"It looks like it's going to be voted on again," a colleague next to him, yawning, "we're going to leave work late." ”

"Hey, when are we going to get off work on time," the guard teased, "but it's just a repeat vote, it's not a big deal." ”

"Not necessarily", the colleague next to him suddenly said in a serious tone, and returned to his previous casualness, "Perhaps, they already know part of the voting results internally, maybe the few people who failed the vote...... Even...... One person has become the target of public criticism. ”

"These are all confidential, and only the chairman of the committee has the right to know", the guard thought for a moment, "and the technical personnel, in order to deal with the problem, are bound to know certain details, so not many people know about it, and it is impossible ......to talk about it."

"No, no matter how tightly the program is set up: even the technical staff only know that someone has failed to vote - but they don't know who has failed, and then, all the equipment will be replaced", a strange smile appeared on the face of the colleague next to him, "Even if the chairman of the committee only knows the result of the vote, and no more details are known, in the end-" he said lightly, "the relevant people will also know the whole truth, because the human heart cannot be controlled." ”

"It's a bit esoteric......" the guard scratched his head.

"Well, there's nothing esoteric," said the colleague next to him, taking off his hat and straightening his slightly messy hair, "I'm just a little person, I can't say anything profound," and put on his hat again.

The guard looked at his colleague next to him with some blankness, and suddenly, as if he remembered something: "Are you new here? I haven't met you before."

"Ah, yes, I'm new here. ”

The vote was held again.

In the end, Yan Li had four votes and the other candidate had three votes.

Yes - people, gradually knowing, Xiaofeng voted for Yan Li.

Crowds, groups, interest groups, rumors or facts, such as Teng Man, stretch around.

"Kaede, did you really vote for that hawk?" The surprised female voice on the phone still had a hint of tenderness.

"No, I eventually changed my mind and voted for another one. Xiaofeng explained.

"The vote was four to three. The female voice confirmed.

"Yes, but I did vote for the other one," Xiao Feng paused, "One of the electors who didn't vote for Yan Li changed his mind and voted for Yan Li on the second vote, becoming Yan Li's fourth vote. ”

"People are stupid, you know. ”

"I know. ”

"You seem to have changed a little...... the female voice hesitated, "I...... A little uneasy, I want to be alone, think about something......"

"Well, okay", Xiaofeng looked out the window of the office, at this moment, the sun was just right, he remembered, at that time, he walked out of the conference hall alone, the fine rain fell on his face, as if there was nothing, "Tong", he was about to say, but she hung up the phone, leaving only a void noise, he paused, and continued, "At that time, the rain you liked, stopped." ”