"Heh", the purple-edged red gold badge, bathed in the setting sun, shone brightly, flashing in Mo Yuan's eyes, "Do you remember what I said to you when I was in the Fir Library?"

"Whatever your purpose, please don't follow me anymore," Emerald Bee slowly recalled, "That's what you said at the time. ”

"Actually, there is still half a sentence in the back", Mo Yuan paused, "but...... It's enough to remember the first half of the sentence. ”

"The second half of the sentence, I remember......" Emerald Bee bowed his head slightly.

"Is the work of the intelligence group easy?" Mo Yuan interrupted the green bee's thoughts, and slowly walked towards her, compared to the green bee, Mo Yuan was a head taller, "Nothing serious to do?"

-

"What are you doing?" Xiao Lan said slightly, "We are no longer students in the internship stage. ”

"Didn't do anything. Mo Yuan closed the screen.

"Then don't hurry up and study it, the task assigned to us by the team leader," Xiaolan reminded, "This is what we have to do." ”

"Okay", Mo Yuan yawned, "Actually, no one cares whose daughter you are, you don't have to be too ......"

"But I care about it myself", Xiaolan looked at Mo Yuan, with a coolness in her eyes, "Don't hold me back." ”

Mo Yuan wiped the sleeping tears from the corners of his eyes: "Hmm." ”

-

"In fact, you were an important clue to my chosen topic during my internship. The green bee raised his head slightly, watching, getting closer and closer to his own Mo Yuan.

"Optional topic?" Mo Yuan's body gradually blocked the afterglow of the setting sun behind him, and his gloomy figure was inlaid with a pale golden outline.

"You are the only one among the previous graduates who has passed the final subject of the graduation exam", Cui Bee paused, "I checked the information of your exam, and the gray back is the first in the total score of the whole subject, in terms of comprehensive ability, if he is not the only one who has passed the final subject, at least one of them, it is more reasonable." ”

Mo Yuan looked at the green bee, and in his eyes, the appearance of Shi Xiaolan in the academy became clearer and clearer.

"However, you are the only one who has passed, and you are called ......"

"'Extra subjects'", Mo Yuan walked up to the green bee, his face caressed the green bee's face, and the figure covered the brilliance of the badge on her chest, "I remember that the information of the final subjects of the previous exams needs to be authorized to access, and the authorization level is at least ......" Mo Yuan's gaze crossed the green bee and looked at the sky in the distance, "The old man's level." ”

"Yes," she said, half regretfully and half curiously, "since you became the only one to pass this subject, this 'superfluous subject', because of the so-called 'anachronism', has been abolished forever, and as a graduate since then, I, have not had the opportunity to take this subject in person, let alone speculate on the previous courses through the final subjects of the current year." ”

"It is a product of an old era, indeed, it does not meet the requirements of the present era, and it is natural to be abolished", the sky in the distance is still blue and bright, as if the sunset behind it has nothing to do with it, "it will eventually go into the night." ”

Mo Yuan's inexplicable, slightly sad words made Cui Bee a little dazed, and after being a little stunned: "So, if I can dig out the relevant information, what happened in the final subject of that year will be enough to prove my ability to work in intelligence - and I will be able to successfully pass the assessment of the internship period", Cui Bee blinked his eyes, "Moreover, my team leader agreed to my topic selection, and also reported to the director of the department, and got his permission." ”

"That old man, do you occasionally play something out of the circle?" Mo Yuan's gaze fell back on the green bee in front of him, as if asking, as if talking to himself, without waiting for the green bee to open his mouth, Mo Yuan continued, "The people who participated in the final subject in the past can be the clues of your investigation, and Grayback may also be a good choice - he likes the feeling of being in the spotlight, presumably, he will also like to be interviewed." ”

"They are very secretive about the final subjects, one by one. ”

"This is natural", Mo Yuan looked at the badge on the chest of the emerald bee - a brand new complete badge, suddenly, a blood-like red liquid overflowed from the surface of the badge, and the air gradually filled the smell of rust, he knew that it was his hallucination, he let his hallucination spread, he heard his own voice, "They are all required to keep it strictly secret, and so am I." ”

"I'll see you at the Whale Cafe ......," the green bee looked at Mo Yuan's right hand, which was getting closer and closer, and moved back slightly.

"Integrity comes at a price", noticing the Emerald Bee's actions, Mo Yuan realized that his right hand was impolitely reaching Emerald Bee's chest, and he withdrew his right hand, "As a regular staff, you have greater authority, but you also have less and more freedom, and you will also face more dangers and accidents." ”

-

"Look, the badge of the blue-edged red gold represents the information-strategy and tactical group. Xiaolan said to Mo Yuan.

"A corner is missing. Mo Yuan said with a flat expression.

"Internship period," Xiaolan said with a smile, "Are you still worried that you won't be able to pass the internship period?" ”

-

"What you do at the Whale Cafe makes me believe that you are a person who longs for freedom", Emerald Bee followed Mo Yuan's words, "You will not stick to the established rules......

"No, I've opted out. ”

"Why? Whether it's the Whale Café or the Fir Library, that casual but confident you," Emerald Bee said reluctantly, "how could you make such a choice?"

"I'm sorry, I'm going back to the house", Mo Yuan turned around, raised his left hand, and waved it lightly, "I'm not interested in your subject, thank you for letting me recall some things in the past, and in return, give you a hint: those secrets that can be kept for a long time are not only because they are completely restricted, but also because the people who carry the secrets are reluctant to mention it." Therefore, if you want to obtain information, instead of thinking about how to pry the other person's mouth open, try to make the other person have the desire to confide in him. “

"Do you think she wants you like that?" the emerald bee clenched his fists lightly.

Mo Yuan stopped and went back to the house: "Why did the old man agree to your choice, he just used you as an interesting tool to test his subordinates and see if they were loyal enough and could keep secrets." ”

"I know", Cui Bee said to Mo Yuan's back, "so what, for him, for the world, even if I am just an inconspicuous tool, but for myself, I am an independent individual with self-awareness, this is the topic I want to do, even if I have passed the assessment of the internship period, I still, I want to continue this topic, because it is my own topic, it is my own topic, it is the topic I want to do." ”

"What's the point?" Mo Yuan asked, "What about knowing the truth? What has been gained has been gained, what has been lost has been lost, everything has been a fait accompli and cannot be changed." ”

"You ......," Cui Bee said, closing her mouth and thinking to herself, "I don't see your sadness at all, I don't see it at all...... It's just my delusion......"

-

Heavyly.

Mo Yuan's eyelashes fluttered and he opened his eyes.

The afternoon sun lazily shone inside the house.

The air conditioner works quietly and the temperature is comfortable.

Mo Yuan got up, came to the desk, turned on the screen, and ran the program all night, showing the results of the run.

Mo Yuan looked at the screen carefully, and then, closed.

-

Mo Yuan walked slowly on the way to the General Affairs Building.

The summer sun scorches everything outside.

Mo Yuan stopped: "Xiang Yu." ”

"No, call me Greyback. Xiang Yu walked towards Mo Yuan aggressively.

Mo Yuan stood there, waiting.

Xiang Yu clenched his fist and slammed it firmly into Mo Yuan's abdomen.

The vagus nerve caused severe pain under the heavy blow, and Mo Yuan clutched his abdomen, bent down, and fell to the ground.

Xiang Yu stepped over him, took a few steps, and said angrily: "Why didn't you die? Why didn't she survive?"

After a while, Mo Yuan staggered to his feet, he looked at the direction Xiang Yu left, looked at it for a while, lowered his body and patted the dust on his body, and under the whispers of the surrounding passers-by, he continued, walking towards the comprehensive affairs building.

-

"I am the person responsible for the confidentiality procedures in your resignation procedures", a tall young woman in a blue-black uniform, with slender eyebrows and eyes, lifted her glasses, "My name is Bai Yu." ”

"Hello. Mo Yuan sat on the chair with a back opposite the white pheasant.

"You were punctual. ”

"I left a little bit earlier. ”

"Okay, let's stop the greetings", Bai Yu took out a document and handed it to Mo Yuan's hand, "Since your work has been exposed to a large number of secrets involving national security, we need to implement confidentiality procedures for you when you leave your job. ”

"Hmm", Mo Yuan agreed, signed at the same time, "I have no objection", and handed it back to the white pheasant.

"Aren't you going to read it carefully?"

"It doesn't make much sense. ”

"Okay," the white bird was not surprised, "there is one thing I still want to explain. ”

"Please. ”

"We will fuzzy the part of your mind that involves state secrets," Bai Pheasant explained, "and afterwards, there are some things that you will no longer be able to recall clearly, or even completely forget." ”

"If my partner's death involves confidentiality, what will happen to this part of my memory?" Mo Yuan asked.

"You won't be able to remember the sacrifice of your partner, or even the whole thing. ”

"I can't accept it. ”

"You've already signed," Bai Yu's finger tapped lightly on the document at hand, "Besides, you know that this is not up to you." ”

"If", Mo Yuan lowered his voice and said slowly, "It's just to protect the secret and prevent leakage, there is no need to blur this memory." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Is it possible to tamper with this memory?" Mo Yuan looked into the white pheasant's eyes, "Tampering with this process involving confidentiality, the death of my partner, into another paragraph, which has nothing to do with confidentiality, my imaginary process." ”

"No, I can't. ”

"Why?"

"Vague memories don't create new memories, it just makes you have difficulty recalling and can't remember the past", Bai Pheasant's gaze coincided with Mo Yuan's, "and tampering with memories produces new memories." The former is permissible, while the latter is prohibited by the Science and Technology Ethics Committee. ”

"Wouldn't it be okay even if I volunteered?" asked Mo Yuan.

"The former, because research is allowed, has developed relatively mature tools, while the latter, because research is prohibited, can even be barely used......"

"Do you really want me to believe this kind of argument that there are no devices?" asked Mo Yuan.

"What do you mean?" the white bird looked for something in Mo Yuan's sight.

"You used to be a professor at the Institute of Brain Science at Sugi University, and then, for personal reasons, you asked for your resignation," Mo Yuan recounted calmly, "After that, you came to the Department of Homeland Security's Strategic Hazard Intervention and Espionage Logistics Division, and became a person in charge of handling the confidentiality procedures in the affairs of the resignation. ”

The white bird didn't speak, but continued to look at Mo Yuan.

"Is a young professor willing to do such a boring job?" asked Mo Yuan.

"What do you want to say?"

"You left because your research violated the rules of the Science and Technology Ethics Committee, and for your personal reputation", Mo Yuan leaned forward and put his hand on the table, "giving you the opportunity to leave voluntarily." And this boring job can't win you for the old man", Mo Yuan's fingers tapped lightly on the table, like a tooth for a tooth.

"How much do you want to ......?"

"Do you need evidence?" Mo Yuan opened the wrist device in his left hand, and a detailed document was projected in front of the two of them.

"What do you want?"

"I, I'm giving you a chance", Mo Yuan leaned back slightly, leaning back on the back of his chair, "Don't you want to do a memory modification experiment on an active-duty Department of Homeland Security agent?"

"I ......"

"Old man, I also hope to have actual research data, right?" Mo Yuan turned off the projection, "After all, the data obtained from the experimental subjects of death row prisoners and other subjects, people in that mental state, even if the old man thinks it is of reference value, will you, as an aspiring scientist, be satisfied?"

The white pheasant, suddenly, smiled, her slender eyebrows and eyes stretched, and she took off the glasses she was wearing: "I'm not short-sighted, I just like to see the world from behind the glasses." ”

"It's a little weird, but I can understand you. Mo Yuan tilted his head slightly, as if he wanted to pass through the white pheasant in front of him and see farther behind.

"I suppose it would be too boring for me to ask you how you got this kind of information," said the white flycatcher, putting his glasses back on, "but I still want to ask you a question." ”

Mo Yuan nodded.

"You were disheartened and offered to resign, and then ......," the white bird closed his mouth, "Forget it, actually, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Mo Yuan didn't respond, his eyes closed slightly, and he looked at the white pheasant's lips.

"This is indeed very tempting to me", the white flyer's lips opened and closed, "of course, it must be of value to you, I don't believe that you will raise ...... for me for nothing"

"That memory, I hope to be modified like this. As he spoke, Mo Yuan handed over a note.

The white bird took it, read it carefully, tore it up, and put it in the recycling device.

"I'm going to plant a seed in that memory, and then it's going to grow, and it's spreading, and it's going to replace the memories that already exist," the white flycatcher explained slowly, "and the general direction of its growth, I'm sure it will do what you expect, but the subtleties are unpredictable." ”

Mo Yuan lowered his head.

The white bird waited for Mo Yuan's reply.

"I understand", Mo Yuan sat upright, "I am willing to take the risk." ”

"I will report to the Commissioner," Bai Pheasant added, "and I have a contract with him......"

"As soon as possible. ”

"Okay. ”