Act One Hundred and One. confusion
When General Yegor saw Bai Ge, he only raised his eyebrows slightly, and did not show too much surprise.
But Director Olufei was stunned, not because of Arsene Hercule's presence, but because of his request.
The highest privilege in the core system of the Library of Alexandria.
This supreme authority, which belongs to the librarian, can simultaneously allocate all the computing resources of the Library of Alexandria, including the school city, and the access to all materials, and even, as long as this supreme authority is obtained, the holder can destroy all the materials of the Library of Alexandria in a single thought.
This authority is so high that even Director Olufei must be cautious and disperse his switches to the nine prototypes of the alchemy dolls of the "Muse" series, so as not to cause an accident due to something one day.
But now, Arsene Hercule is asking for all the authority to be handed over to him?
What is the requirement???
Curator Olufei didn't understand Bai Ge's thoughts at all.
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
He asked Bai Ge back.
"Although it may not be the time to explain these things, since General Yegor is also here, why don't we talk openly and honestly."
Bai Ge looked at General Yegor and said to himself.
"After all, revealing the truth is also part of detective reasoning, or rather, if this matter is not made public, then some people may die without knowing why they died, and the living do not know what kind of victory they have won in exchange."
"This is the choice of the times."
General Yegor sighed.
"No, it's your choice and that of the Speaker."
Bai Ge said.
"It's also a bit ironic, it is precisely because General Yegor invited me to participate in the investigation of alchemy dolls that I know about these things, and I am curious now, what kind of mentality did you have when you invited me? Do you want to use the death of a detective to make things boil up, or do you want me to stop your plans? ”
General Yegor took a sip of wine and did not answer Bai Ge's inquiry.
"Let's reconstruct the whole story, General Yegor."
Bai Ge lowered his hand slightly and said in a seemingly defenseless posture.
"The city of New Macedonia seems to be an insignificant city, it was once the stronghold of the Roman consortium, but it was later occupied by the Sand Tooth consortium, and it is the hometown of Congressman Rhodes Burundisi, but at the same time, what is not recorded in many sources is that the city of New Macedonia was actually the territory of the Alexander consortium at the beginning, and the current representative of the Alexander consortium, Esther Busifaras, was born here, I originally thought that this city just happened to be chosen and became a gathering place for alchemy dolls, but it was not, This is the inevitable place of fate. ”
"Esther Buscefalas had known the current Speaker for many years, Randolph Woodstock, and they may not have been at the center of power in the Pan-Western Sea, but they had become close friends and decided to work together to change the situation in the Pan-Western Sea."
"Later, Esther Buccifalas met Rod Burundisi in New Macedonia, and at the same time became acquainted with the budding Grank Augustus, who was a friend of the two of them, and at the same time gave the two young men a certain amount of support to develop rapidly in their respective consortia, all for the ideals of Speaker Randolph and Councillor East."
"And then, fortunately, the four people with the highest approval rating at the moment are exactly the four people in Speaker Randolph's layout, and even if Councilor Rhodes and Councilmember Grank seem to be-for-tat, this is also a strategy to gain the support of two opposing sides of the ideology, in other words, no matter what kind of member the people choose to become the next Speaker, it is actually the same."
Hearing Bai Ge's words, General Yegor's expression remained unchanged, and he seemed to be listening attentively.
"But that's just a political topic, and if Speaker Randolph's ultimate goal is to be re-elected, then there won't be so much else."
Bai Ge raised his hand to summon the waiter, asked him to take a cup of coffee, and continued while waiting.
"You've also conducted research on forbidden alchemy dolls, and if I'm not mistaken, it's probably a copy of the prototype Philosopher's Stone, and I'm sure Curator Oluffi has also been involved in this research."
He glanced at Curator Olufei, who was silent.
"Brainstorming, the study of the consciousness of the alchemy puppets, these can form a picture, that is, the army of the alchemy puppets that can defend the territory and attack other countries, what General Yegor asked me to investigate is actually an incident planned by yourself."
This is actually the contradiction that Bai Ge felt.
If this was a conspiracy really planned by Speaker Randolph, then General Yegor did not need to go to Bai Ge to investigate at all, and he could even use his authority to suppress these incidents, Bai Ge believed that in the case of the Pan-Western Sea system, it would not be difficult for them to manipulate public opinion and news.
And letting Bai Ge investigate and let others know about this matter means that they are not afraid of the truth behind it being revealed.
On the contrary, if no one touched the truth, General Yegor would be very troubled.
Therefore, Bai Ge guessed that General Yegor himself may have some opinions on their plan, but he himself was unwilling to oppose it, so he used this seemingly contradictory means to remind the outside world.
"So, do you want to make these public now, so that His Excellency the Speaker will lose the support of the people and lose the election?"
General Yegor asked calmly.
"No, I've already said it, Speaker Randolph's ultimate goal is not to create alchemy puppets with autonomous consciousness, nor is it an army of alchemy puppets that can kill people at will, these are just gains from chasing goals."
Bai Ge said in a deep voice, his attitude made General Yegor's expression more focused, and the finger movements of tapping on the table stopped.
"I have been thinking for a long time about what kind of things can make the representatives of the three powerful consortiums, as well as a speaker and the general of the parliament, willing to sacrifice their own interests and fight for a common goal."
Listening to Bai Ge's words, Director Olufei looked at his friend thoughtfully.
"The answer is simple."
Bai Ge took the coffee handed by the waiter, took a sip, put down the cup, and snapped his fingers.
"For the future of the Trans-Western Seas, of course."
For a moment, General Yegor's expression became gloomy, and Curator Olufi seemed to have figured out something.
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East Side of Alexandria, inside the villa.
Councillor East watched the TV see the panic on the docks, and then, when the signal went out, he leaned back on the couch and sighed heavily.
"The results started anyway."
"yes, it's something that's been decided a long time ago."
Councillor Grank nodded, glancing at the bewildered police officers next to him.
Then, Grank stood up, and at the same time, all the officers suddenly stopped moving.
The next moment, all of them collapsed, losing their breath.
"Congressman East, do you have any last words to say before that?"
Councillor Grank said lightly to the promoters who were over half a hundred years old.
"Hopefully my ashes can be sprinkled into the New Mediterranean."
Councillor East smiled and stood up as well, revealing a determination that did not belong to old age, and some force around him even began to distort the space.
"That's not going to work, Councilor Easter, it's a felony to pollute the oceans."
Councillor Grank chuckled.
"The MI5 guys may be heading here, hopefully we'll be able to get there."
"It's been a long time since I've done anything with those little guys, and I hope my old bones can hold on."
Councillor East patted his clothes and said as if he didn't care.
Outside the villa, MI5 monitors, sensing the unusual movement of the Ascenders, appeared.
The two councillors walked out of the villa.
Councillor East looked into the distance, at the lighthouse of Alexandria.
"Don't die first."
He said to the people around him.
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Bang –
A loud bang came from not far away, and the restless crowd on the dock suddenly fell silent.
"What happened?"
Song Yufei looked around, looking for the source of the loud noise.
Bang –
There was another loud bang, like the roar of some kind of artillery fire.
She turned her head and looked at her two friends, then at the silent teacher, and at this time, from the road on the side of the dock, many figures appeared.
Those figures were tall and straight, and when they looked closely, they realized that they were not humans, but alchemy dolls with black bodies.
These alchemy dolls are completely different from the human ones they usually see, and they don't have any facial features on their faces except for a red eye.
With riot shields and shotguns in their hands, they seem to be preparing to go out to maintain law and order.
However, Song Yufei felt that something was wrong.
The alchemy puppets quickly blocked the entrance and exit of the dock and raised their shields towards the crowd.
"What is this doing?"
Fang Ru on the side glanced at the alchemy dolls with some concern.
"It's strange, the phone signal seems to be gone."
Chai Wenting raised her mobile phone, and like her, many people present, including reporters, lost contact with the outside world, and for a while, people were panicked.
"I don't know ......"
Song Yufei shook his head, and saw a man wearing a cowboy hat and a leather jacket walking towards the alchemy dolls with several policemen.
"Where did you send them?"
Bounty hunter Henry Lucas asked vigilantly, his hand already sneaking into the holster under his armpit.
"Please don't leave here."
The alchemy puppet replied in an inorganic voice.
"Don't get out of here? No, you should go to the cruise ship to help, who the hell sent you? ”
Henry Lucas was a little confused, there was no alchemy puppet in the plan, and these riot alchemy dolls, if he remembered correctly, should have been temporarily discontinued due to procedural problems.
"Please don't leave here."
However, the alchemy puppet only repeats this sentence, and does not mean to explain.
Bang –
As Henry Lucas spoke, he heard another loud bang.
He could see that a building near the school city seemed to have been shelled, and a corner of the wall was blown open and fell to the ground, causing a burst of screams.
"Wait, what's going on in the city?"
He felt bad and tried to get around the riot-proof alchemy dolls.
"Get out of the way."
Henry Lucas drew his pistol, and almost at the same time, an alchemy puppet of Riot raised the shotgun in his hand.
Bang –
Without any hesitation, the alchemy doll fired.
Henry Lucas's eyes widened, he didn't expect the alchemy puppet to really dare to shoot at humans, he was hit by a huge impact and fell backwards, from under his clothes, red blood seeped out, staining the leather coat red.
In the crowd, there were bursts of exclamations, and everyone suddenly panicked.
Then, taking this as an opportunity, the alchemy dolls pointed their guns at the crowd.
Bang Bang Bang –
Gunshots rang out one after another, accompanied by the rise of blood, and people standing on the outermost side, including the police, were shot and fell down because they had no time to react, and the crowd behind them fell into a huge panic.
They don't know why these alchemy dolls shoot themselves, they don't know why they shoot themselves.
Didn't you say that alchemy dolls can't harm humans?
Now what's going on?
Soon, the police quickly organized a counterattack, and they opened fire on the alchemy dolls under the cover of piers and containers at the docks.
Others directed the crowd to evacuate and took refuge in the nearest house.
Suddenly, from the position of the disappeared Tesis, a huge explosion sounded, and Song Yufei turned around, only to see that the giant ship had reappeared, but it had fallen into the raging flames, and the fire reflected on the dock, showing an extremely bleak color.
"What the hell is going on?"
Song Yufei looked dazed, as if he was in a dream.
At this time, the alchemy dolls that were gradually invading the docks were pouring in from behind the buildings in an overwhelming manner, and their limbs were stuck in the walls, like swarming spiders.
Smack-
Song Yufei was accidentally pushed down in the crowded and panicked crowd, and she saw that the alchemy puppet that had broken through the defensive line was close at hand, and shot the man next to her, and the muzzle of the gun swept over, and it was about to hit Song Yufei.
However, a figure pushed her away and was hit by several bullets, while the alchemy puppet was quickly shot in the head by the police, and collapsed without motivation.
Song Yufei's brain was blank, and she could only see that it was her teacher, Ruan Qingqiu, who fell to the ground with blood soaking her clothes.
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At this moment, in the streets and alleys of Alexandria, countless anti-riot alchemy dolls are sweeping away all living human beings, and they are marching forward, in the direction of the school city, in the direction of the Library of Alexandria.
And behind these alchemy dolls, the current Speaker, Randolph Woodstock, watched it all with a blank face.
"This is a necessary sacrifice for the sake of the future of the Trans-Western Sea."
He said to himself, stepping forward.
The longest day in Alexandria is not over yet.