Chapter 7: The Waves Beneath the Calm Lake
The "Warcraft Garden" prides itself on its vast hinterland, but it is less than 40% of the total facilities open to visitors. The remaining sixty percent is a research block used to breed and breed Warcraft and analyze their abilities.
Because it is a department that conducts state-of-the-art research, only a small number of people are allowed to enter and leave even among Kusuki Happiness Corporation, the parent company that operates the "Warcraft Garden".
On this day, an unreserved figure came to the deepest part of the research block.
A middle-aged man with a sturdy build. He was fair-skinned, sharp-eyed, and dressed in an expensive suit—he was in his mid-thirties. Although the man is intellectual, he gives the impression of being impersonal.
"It's been a long time coming, President Kusuki."
He was greeted at the office by a dark-haired girl in a high school uniform.
Even if the girl's costume doesn't match the scene, the man known as Kusuki doesn't change his complexion when he sees it.
"You're not surprised, Princessaki Demon Attacker."
"Because I've got a report that you're coming."
"I'm glad to have a competent helper, how is the snake doing?"
Kusuki looked at the girl with a stern tone, and smiled happily.
Kazutomi Kusuki, the founder of Kusuki Happiness Corporation, is a powerful person who is known for being harsh. He was criticized for throwing away many of his employees; On the other hand, he did not hesitate to assign important positions to capable subordinates, regardless of age and seniority. According to Kusuki, there is probably no reason to mind the age and gender of the person you trade with.
The black-haired girl manipulates the panel at hand to make the map appear on the office screen. It is a three-dimensional map of the surrounding seabed terrain centered on the island of the string god.
A flashing red arrow floats in the lower right of the map, approaching the island of String God at a slow, barely noticeable speed.
"According to the signs left by the sunken 'gray mackerel', the 'snake' is still moving in a southeast-southeast direction along the dragon vein. Passing through the time around Xianjin Island, the forecast will be between tomorrow afternoon and dawn the day after tomorrow. ”
"Really? It almost went according to plan. ”
Kusuki nodded at what the girl said. His face seemed satisfied, but it immediately showed a haze.
His eyes were fixed on the old stone statue on the office bookshelf—a statue of a goddess with owl wings.
"Hasn't 'her' container come back yet?"
Kusuki asked in a tone with a hint of impatience.
"Don't worry – she'll be back. At your own will. The black-haired girl replied indifferently, but Kusuki shook her head unhappily and said, "I didn't doubt your words, but I was uneasy in my heart. If you miss this opportunity, the next time "Snake" will come to String God Island, it will be four and a half years later, right? I hope to be well prepared. ”
"—I see. So. I'm stepping up a little bit here. ”
"Looking forward to what you do."
The girl's clever judgment finally made Kusuki relax her expression.
"By the way, I heard that someone led the way with the container?"
"No problem. Wu Weiyuan, who has been sent by the Lion King agency to conduct secret investigations, has been arrested, and using her as a bargaining chip can rule out government interference. ”
Only when the black-haired girl mentioned the word "Wu Weiyuan", the corners of her mouth instantly appeared with a smile.
"I see, so is it a blessing in disguise?"
Kusuki said uninterestedly, and his gaze turned back to the map on the screen.
His expression didn't change. However, the girl looked at him curiously and asked:
"You seem to be very happy, President. Am I wrong? ”
"Of course...... The dream I've been pursuing since childhood is finally within reach," Kusuki said, raising the corners of his mouth. His hand reached for the map on the screen, as if to grasp the world.
The girl looked at him with a grim face and a certain cruel smile.
"That's right...... Dreams, yes? ”
......
Yukina, who sneaked back from the villa, handed Chu Ge the mobile phone she had borrowed before, and in order to confirm the kidnapping that Yutomi said about it, as well as the situation of Saya Hua, she called the Lion King Agency.
"How? Have you made contact with Huangsaka? ”
Gucheng immediately leaned his face over and asked in a low voice about the situation, he was very concerned about the affairs of Huangsaka.
"No, when Wu Weiyuan goes on a mission, all contact is forbidden. After all, it was originally a unit that was meant to carry out curses or assassinations...... Ah, assassination missions are rare these days, but these days there is more work to protect important people or undercover spies. Yukina shook her head quietly and said
"Yes...... Hearing you say that, that's all work that will have serious consequences if you leak information. ”
Although Gucheng frowned, he could understand the situation.
Since communication is banned, the representative has no way to contact her except for waiting for Saya Hua's regular report, even the headquarters of the Lion King can't get in touch with her, no wonder Gucheng himself secretly called her several times but no one answered.
"Yes, so, they didn't tell me the content of Sayaka's mission either." Yukina lowered her gaze as if regretfully muttered.
Here you - Chu Ge brought a plate of freshly roasted meat to Xuecai.
I'm sorry, then I'll start—Yukina said as she took the plate.
"It's just that, according to what Master Venerable said, they didn't send Wu Weiyuan, who replaced Saya Hua, over."
“…… Master ...... Ah, meow-sensei......"
Chu Ge's eyes moved, and he remembered the cat teacher named Yuan Tangyuan in the anime.
In the original book, because Yukina was going on a school trip, she was asked to bring the ancient city over when she went to the Lion King's String God Island branch, but in fact, the ancient city only saw the cat envoy demon controlled by her.
However, Chu Ge remembered that he seemed to have read the identity of the decryption of the novel party somewhere in the post bar before the crossing, and the real body of Master Yuena Yuan Tangyuan seemed to be a beauty of the elf clan, with a long mandate and an ageless appearance.
"In other words, Huangsaka is still on a mission?"
"At least I can't be wrong with being alive."
Yukina replied forcefully, as if telling herself.
She didn't know what the purpose of Saya Hua's visit to the Azure Paradise was, but if she couldn't continue her mission, the Lion King Agency should immediately send another Mai Wei Yuan to take over.
On the other hand, from the fact that "Mai Weiyuan, who replaced Saya Hua, has not arrived", it should be inferred that she is still safe.
As for how the Lion King knew that Sha Yahua was still alive and something like that, Chu Ge felt that it might be like in Xiuzhen's novel that there was a life lamp that could show life and death, and I am afraid that this was also a means of restraining and preventing betrayal.
"But, in that case, why didn't that guy come over to pick up Hitomi?" Chu Ge said with some doubts, knowing that he had always been a weakness, he did not have the ability to scan the shielded places on this artificial island.
"I don't know...... It is also possible that after handing over the pupil to the senior for protection, she was relieved. Because as the protector of elementary school students, seniors are the strongest in the world. ”
"Well, that's not right...... you're right."
Xuecai's easy-to-misunderstand narrative made Gucheng can't help but complain, the basis for what she said is that the fourth true ancestor is the strongest vampire in the world, but she was told by Yukina to be like Gucheng is the world's strongest young girl + Lolicon.
In the final analysis, Gucheng didn't think that Shayahua trusted him so much, after all, even he knew the physique of the protagonist who attracted trouble in Gucheng, and under normal circumstances, Shayahua would definitely not give Yutomi an order to come to Gucheng if he didn't want this matter to be more chaotic.
On the whole, Saya Hua probably couldn't meet with Hitomi for some reason, and it seems that she is in a more difficult situation than she imagined.
"Uh...... Perhaps, the eldest sister was planning to meet Liliu. Hitomi seemed to care about the silent Guru and Yukina, and muttered.
"Lilleau? Who's that? Gu Gu narrowed his eyes in surprise and asked
"She's My Sister"
"Sister ...... Hitomi?"
"Yes, she was locked up with me at the research institute of Kusuki Happiness Enterprise," Hitomi explained little by little in a short sentence
In addition to Hitomi, there is a girl who has the same experience.,It's an unexpected piece of information.。 But on the other hand, there are other parts that are relieving—the previously imprisoned pupils are incredibly calm; And she's still showing up strong.
If Hitomi wasn't the only one locked up, and her sister was in the same facility, both questions would have been resolved. And Saya Hua still continues to search for a girl named Liliu, and this assumption can also feel quite convincing.
"I think I've heard the name Kusuki Happiness Company somewhere."
"That's the funder of the Azure Paradise, and it should be mainly responsible for the operation of the [Warcraft Garden]."
Chu Ge immediately answered the questions about the ancient city, and there was a relevant introduction under the road map on the wall of the villa.
Among the people who come to Paradise to live in this kind of villa, the people who can live in this kind of villa are basically either rich or expensive, and the opportunity to promote the company to this group of people will not be missed by any company, and the huge business opportunities contained in Paradise can be seen from here.
"Oh, there's a ...... in the Blue Paradise brochure I remember that they were a company that handled the import, export and breeding of Warcraft for industrial use......"
Gu Gu's expression became serious as he spoke. If what Hitomi said is true, she is not involved in an ordinary kidnapping incident, but an organized crime involving a company.
"—means that the company that runs the Azure Paradise is the main messenger who kidnapped them?"
"In this case, you can also understand the reason why the Lion King sent Saya Hua, because it is the job of Saya Hua's foreign affairs personnel to deal with organized international magic crimes."
After saying this, Yukina's expression also became serious. Kusuki Happiness Enterprise is a well-known company, and even if the Lion King agency comes forward, it will not be able to step further without conclusive evidence, so Saya Hua will secretly conduct a search.
Wu Weiyuan, who has assassination skills, is the most suitable talent to perform submarine spy work in the enemy position, and even Chu Ge nodded in approval of this idea.
"So if you assume that Saya Hua is caught now, the other party may not dare to attack Saya Hua because he is afraid that we will reveal the kidnapping and other information that Yu Hitomi learned here, and at the same time keep Saya Hua as a bargaining chip?" Chu Ge speculated according to his own thinking.
"How could a powerful multinational magic company on the other side be afraid of a few high school students? They don't know the identities of the two seniors! Yukina shook her head in denial.
"That's probably because we're guests staying in the most exclusive villas? After all, a few high school students don't seem to be big people, but being able to live here probably means that our family may not be ordinary, maybe it's the child of a big person, right? In this case, they will definitely not dare to reach out casually unless they investigate it clearly, right? Chu Ge once again said another guess of his own.