Chapter 474: Faith and Power (Part 1)
At noon, the door of the headquarters of the Skull and Bones Society slowly opened, and even if the people in the front row looked inside, it was pitch black, which further aroused the curiosity of everyone present, and they all stuck their necks out to look.
Suddenly, a handsome man in a suit and leather shoes walked out from behind the door, and he looked very young, probably about the same as Jack.
"Give me what you have in your hands, and then you can go back." The man said lightly.
As soon as the words were finished, the people in line consciously handed over something similar to a card in their hands to each other one by one, and then left obediently.
Shi Xun was dumbfounded, because he didn't know what these people handed over.
So he turned around and saw that Jack was also holding such a card in his hand, Shi Xun asked, "What is this?" ”
"Student ID." Jack replied naturally, "Don't you?" ”
"But I'm ...... Not students here. ”
As soon as he said this, it was Shi Xun's turn, and the other party stretched out his hand towards him, his face expressionless.
"I'm Shi Xun, and I've contacted you before." Because he didn't have a student ID to hand in, Shi Xun had to report to his family, hoping that the other party would be accommodating.
When the man heard this, he still had a cold expression, like someone owed him money. said, "I'm sorry sir, unless there is something to prove your identity." ”
It turned out that the other party just wanted proof of identity, so that they would know who came to the long queue today and were interested in joining the organization, and once anyone missed it, they would have to wait until next year.
They check the true identity of each person one by one by collecting the student ID card, so as to avoid the cost, which can be described as cautious, and after use, they will post a public notice on the campus for these people to come and claim at the designated time.
At present, the only things that can prove Shi Xun's identity are his visa and passport, and these two things are now all in the safe of the hotel where he lives.
Looking at Shi Xun who was at a loss, the other party was obviously impatient, so he said to Jack behind him: "Next." ”
"Wait." Shi Xun said, took off his dimensional bracelet, handed it to the man, and said, "Keep it for me, otherwise you will know the consequences." ”
The other party took the bracelet and looked at it, then threw it into the paper bag full of student IDs, and when Shi Xun left, Jack threw his student ID card into it in a hurry, and then ran all the way to Shi Xun who was walking outside the school gate.
"Hey, Shi, what did you just give Payne? Smart watches? Looks so cool! Jack chattered after Shi Xun, who seemed to have a deep curiosity about the strange Asian.
However, through Jack's words just now, Shi Xun also knew that the person in charge of collecting student IDs was originally named Payne, so Jack may know something about the people inside the Skull and Bones Club.
Thinking of this, Shi Xun slowly stopped, turned around and looked at Jack very seriously: "Do you know William?" ”
"You mean William of House Taft?" Jack also looked at him very seriously.
"...... the Tafts?" Shi Xun frowned.
"yes, that William Taft is the big man of the Skull and Bones Society!" Jack and Shi Xun said as they walked, "The Taft family is the patriarch and permanent manager of the organization, it can be exaggerated to say that the Skull Club is opened by his family, for example, their family is the CEO, although the others are also huge families, at best they are only members of the shareholders' meeting, and their status cannot be compared!" ”
"Then William is the boss here?"
"That's not it, their family is the boss, but William is about the same age as us, and he still needs to be experienced, so he is now in the organization, at most he is at the level of an intern, but it will be difficult to say in the future, after all, there is the Taft family behind him!"
"Looks like you know a lot about this organization?"
"Of course, because my father is a member of the organization and a member of the GH party, I have heard about these furs since I was a child, but it is too detailed for him to tell me, because I am not a member of the organization yet."
"Even your own son has to be kept secret?"
"Isn't it, to say that the skeleton society has a strict secrecy system, it is famous! In the past, many people were held accountable for leaking secrets, and the consequences are unimaginable! ”
Unconsciously, Shi Xun had already walked to the school gate, and he felt that although Jack seemed to be nervous, he was the person he had chatted with the most since he came to the United States, which also gave him some comfort.
Shi Xun seems to be indifferent on the surface, but in fact he is full of enthusiasm, he also longed for himself to be a great person like his father Shi Zhen before, but the matter of Youmei gave him a big blow.
He longs for power, for being respected, and even more for being loved. And now, without Carter's help, he can be said to have nothing, except for the bracelet, he is actually no different from ordinary people.
Shi Zhen let him break into the enemy, in fact, just to avoid embarrassment between father and son, an arrangement to push the boat along the river, in this way, it can also allow Shi Xun not to directly interfere in organizational affairs, free from the circle, if he wants to regain the name of the prince, it is completely determined by his final choice, not to mention that he also has a younger brother, Shi Fan.
"How about having lunch together?" Shi Xun said with a smile.
"Really!?" Jack looked flattered.
The two casually found a small restaurant nearby, ordered two hamburger sets, and then found a table by the window and sat down.
"Shi, there's something I don't quite understand." Jack said as he nibbled on a burger.
Shi Xun smoked a french fries and chewed slowly: "What's the matter?" ”
"Since you're not from our school, how did you think of joining the Skull and Bones Society?"
"In the U.S., it's easy to get ahead if you join that organization, isn't it?"
"I can't say that Freemasonry is a good choice, and I think Freemasonry members should be more knowledgeable."
"Freemasonry? I'd like to hear about it, isn't it a religious organization? ”
"yes, and there are their people all over the world, you wait."
Speaking of this, Jack began to pull up his trouser pocket, and then took out a one-dollar bill and spread it on the table, which was the back of the banknote, he pointed to a pyramid pattern with eyes on the top on the left, and said with interest, "This is the symbol of Freemasonry, you see, it can be equal to the American coat of arms on the right, that makes sense, right?" ”
After Shi Xun saw it, he asked, "Since Freemasonry is so powerful, why do so many people choose to join the Skull and Bones Society?" ”。
"Freemasonry represents faith, and the Skull Society represents power, and people nowadays may think that power is more important, right?"
This sentence went directly into Shi Xun's heart, he looked out the window, and his desire to join that organization became stronger and stronger......