21. Runaway machines
Sherlock, who had been sitting for two hours, looked as calm as ever, and muttered in a low voice, "The door lock opens automatically...... What are you trapping me here for? ”
Fu Zhao walked briskly, patted his chest with a smug expression: "In order to wait for me to appear, for the sake of saving you once, are you willing to ......?"
"Absolutely not." Sherlock interrupted before the question could be asked, and his meaningful gaze fell on Thor: "The people who have the motivation to do these things are in the Phoenix River Prison, and the only people who have the ability are the members of the special team, and the only people who have both ability and motivation ......"
The time spent locked in the empty conference room was not wasted, but there were no useful clues that came to mind.
Fu Zhao had no hope of borrowing money, so he sighed in frustration and went to the side to entertain himself.
Thor blocked the entrance to prevent the door from locking again, frowning inadvertently as he thought about it seriously, "Well, I'll admit it's a high probability that it's Loki, he's familiar enough with this place, and he's always seen you as the biggest threat." ”
Sherlock shook his head slowly, stood up and walked to the door: "Let's discuss it somewhere else, but let's be clear, I don't think he did it." When I first entered the conference room, the doors and windows were locked, so I checked the message again at that time, and found that the meeting notification sent by Skynet on my phone had completely disappeared. Loki wasn't a system genius, he couldn't do that. ”
The super computing power of the Skynet system can provide assistance for all superheroes at the same time, and it is the strongest soft defense of the Security Bureau. Loki used to rely on divine powers, and after losing his scepter, he had to choose other weapons, and he didn't have much time to learn C to enrich himself, and of course it was impossible to break the system.
Thor leaned sideways and stepped out of the way, his expression stern: "There are only a few people in the city who can break through Skynet and only send messages to you, and most of them are concentrated in the central district...... Did you do it yourself? ”
"I'm still thinking." Sherlock replied briefly, and when he went out, he noticed that there was no one around him, and turned to look at the conference room, "Fu Zhao, let's go...... That's the projection device, can you not touch it! ”
Fu Zhao was in a state of excitement from the moment he entered the conference room with a strong sense of technology, groping for something of interest like in a playground.
The long table that can accommodate about forty people uses an LCD screen as the tabletop, and as soon as he pressed his hand, he heard Sherlock's urging and was looking for a switch: "I know, I know, I'm just curious." ”
Reluctantly leaving the conference room, Fu Zhao followed him depressedly and muttered and complained: "Why should temporary workers be treated differently, I also want to have a meeting in this kind of place!" Although I don't know what decent people generally say when they hold a meeting......"
Sherlock cocked up his wide collar to cover his ears and communicated with Thor: "The Skynet system will sound an alarm whenever there is a change without permission, and there is no movement in the technical department now, maybe we should go over and have a look." ”
"The technical department? Are they the people responsible for maintaining the Skynet system? Fu Zhao, who had very sharp ears, heard a few keywords, and squeezed between the two to interrupt the conversation, "Skynet is an artificial intelligence system with the ability to repair itself, and that group of people are very idle every day, and today I am going to see the new mechanical warriors sent by Iron Man, I guess I am not working at this time." ”
Sherlock's feet suddenly slipped: "Mechanical Warrior...... Why did you know this? ”
The subtext is, why don't I know?
Fu Zhao looked as he should be, and his tone was relaxed: "I heard it from yesterday's chat." ”
"Seems to be the case." Thor interjected on the left side of Fu Zhao, looked at the time and added, "Stark personally donated a group of mechanical warriors to the Central District Security Bureau to help maintain the security of the headquarters, and it is probably shipped over now." This matter was not listed on the intranet, and I also heard others mention it. ”
Most of the other members of the task force had heard about it, but none of them had thought to sue Sherlock.
After all, after the special notice, the probability of receiving a reply with "What does this matter to me" is the highest, and it can also prove that his interpersonal relationship is cold.
Genius is always lonely, and others have become accustomed to avoiding communication with him outside of work.
Fu Zhao patted Sherlock on the shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, I can tell you all the gossip I've heard in the past few days, so you're willing to ......"
Sherlock reluctantly took out his wallet, took out the neat banknotes inside, and solemnly handed them to him: "Take it, and then stay away from me and don't speak." ”
"Understood!" Fu Zhao got his wish and ran quickly to the end of the corridor, and suddenly found something new and turned his head and beckoned to them, "Come and see the mechanical warriors sent by Stark Industries, sure enough, rich people are different......"
Tony Stark, codenamed Iron Man, is not only a superhero, but also a representative of the city's local tyrants, responsible for the security of other areas and does not serve at the headquarters, but he throws out a huge amount of money to support the central district in three days, and sends red envelopes to other members when he has nothing to do.
In short, very popular decent people.
In the open area at the end of the corridor, the new mechanical soldier donated by Iron Man turned on the basic action function and slowly walked to the top floor under the leadership of the technical department personnel.
The mechanical warriors themselves are staggering in weight and large numbers, and the elevators cannot carry all of them, so they go up the guò stairs.
Fu Zhao caught a glimpse of their backs in the stairwell, so he talked to the staff of the technical department: "Assigned to different floors to be responsible for guards?" I always feel that the machine is slow...... Well? Have you just connected to the system but haven't debugged your actions yet? ”
The shells of these two-meter-tall mechanical warriors are painted in gold and red, which is basically the same as the appearance of Iron Man's own armor, but the head is not anthropomorphized, and the structure of the machine is completely retained, and only the eyes are lit up with a faint blue light.
Fu Zhao stretched out his hand and touched the cold shell of the other person very curiously, feeling that the Gundam figure he had collected was completely incomparable!
The mechanical warrior at the end of the queue voluntarily stopped, meekly and silently standing in place.
Saul used to be colleagues with Stark, and he was used to seeing this kind of high-tech product for a long time, so he was not very interested.
Sherlock, who was passing by, only glanced at it and walked in the direction of the elevator, and when he passed by the high-tech, the light in the eyes of the mechanical soldier whose function was not fully turned on suddenly brightened, and he quickly rushed in his direction!
Fu Zhao was about to touch the machine that was said to be very expensive again, but he stretched out his hand but touched it empty! The steel humanoid defense machine suddenly became nimble, not at all like it didn't have an opening function, and its movements when attacking Sherlock were amazingly accurate!
"Be careful!" Fu Zhao exercised his intuition for danger again and played a role again, and he did not stop the machine, so he had to remind him sharply.
The tall mechanical warrior raised his right leg and kicked hard at the place where Sherlock had been standing, and pounced on the air with no sign of stopping!
The staff in charge of commissioning was quite shocked: "Impossible...... I definitely didn't turn on the combat function, every qiē is factory setting, and the drive energy of the machine is still half full! Why are the other products okay......"
There was only one one that went on a rampage, and although two consecutive attacks failed, the machine would not be frustrated, and he always locked Sherlock with his eyes.
Thor reacted and pulled Sherlock aside, still not falling down after being punched in the abdomen, but kept coughing because of the shock to his internal organs.
Fu Zhao tried to approach the machine from behind, and asked in a hurry: "Don't you still have a hammer, you can use it as a weapon." ”
"Keep it at home, I won't be able to lift Thor's hammer after losing my strength!" Thor clutched his injured abdomen, his face pale.
The staff calmed down from the panic and reminded on the side: "The switch to control the energy is behind the back, and it will be fine if it is completely turned off!" ”
"Behind the scenes? Don't you have a remote control for such a high-tech thing! Fu Zhao rolled up his sleeves on the fire, stepped on the wall and jumped high with his strength, and appeared like lightning behind the back of the machine qì person, and his hands touched wildly, "Where is the switch?" Where is it! Oh needless to say, I just accidentally removed the entire control panel...... Do I need compensation? ”
All the movements of the machine and the people immediately stopped, and they stood in place like death, and the chaotic sound suddenly fell silent.
Fu Zhao hung one hand on the back of the machine qì man and breathed a sigh of relief, revealing half of his face from above his shoulders and smiling at the victim: "High-tech or something, just don't rely on it...... Spectrum ......"
Sherlock looked at him, his pursed lower lip slightly raised, and there was a subtle trust in his gray eyes, which were forever marked with mockery.
"Bang!"
The mechanical warrior whose blue light dimmed his eyes could still raise his hand after the energy was turned off, and his right wrist was bent inward and contracted, revealing the muzzle of the black hole to easily aim at the target.
Sherlock's expression froze on his face, and he slowly fell to the ground in disbelief, clutching the spot where he had been shot.
The sound of a bullet leaving the chamber echoed in the corridor, making Fu Zhao in a trance for a moment, but his brain was clearly aware of a problem.
In fact...... Even if he didn't go to Sherlock, the locked door of the conference room would open at some point, and the people locked inside were in a hurry to get back to the office to confirm the situation, and the corridor leading to the elevator was the way to go.
Someone needed Sherlock to be here at that fixed time, just in time to meet an out-of-control mechanical warrior.
- Sherlock !!