Chapter 8: The End of the Search
Li Su walked into an uninhabited alley and dropped the folder behind the garbage bin. He pulled one out of it, lit it with a match, and threw the burning file on top of the folder along with the match. It was just an ordinary folder with the coat of arms of the Kassel Academy, not a special product processed by the Armament Department, and the flames soon consumed everything and began to burn.
The plastic is scorched at high temperatures and melted into a liquid, like a mollusk crawling on the ground, while the paper wrapped in a folder becomes thin and light after dissipating most of its energy, which is the carbonization process. A gust of wind blows, and a flocculent substance composed of carbonate, amorphous carbon, and charred cellulose rises with the wind, drifting and breaking in the direction of the wind. Some of it swept across Li Su's cheeks, leaving some gray marks on them. But Li Su didn't make any moves, he just silently watched the document burn until it burned to complete ashes. Soon the snow flakes covered the only black on the ground, and everything was pure white again.
He's making decisions. Or rather, he's waiting to make his own decision. He knew he had to take this step, but a great force was holding him back. This kind of force is not the same as the force in physics, it is mental, but in a sense they are just as powerful.
In the end, he made his choice. He closed his eyes and turned on the Bluetooth headset that had been hanging on his ear: "Kaguya-hime, find the location of the beacon for me." ”
"Okay, Mr. Li Su. Beacons are now ......"
EVA was shut down again after the end of the Dragon Abuchi Project, but in the first month of closing, EVA had already thoroughly understood Kaguyahime's core program. According to EVA, in fact, Kaguya is not strictly an artificial intelligence, but a data processing center built on machine learning and big data. I don't know what kind of data is used as a learning sample for Kaguya.,Kaguya has a faint "personality" prototype.。 Over the next two months, EVA rebuilt Kaguya's core program, and then connected her to Li Su's phone as a secretary. Li Su guessed this part, but what he didn't expect was that when he met EVA for the first time across the screen two months later, there was a little girl in a kimono next to her, and the little girl called EVA "Mom".
I don't know what Fingal would think.
"Thanks, Kaguya is awesome." According to EVA's instructions, he praised the little girl twice, and Li Su turned off the Bluetooth headset.
In the end, it was the same as he thought.
Is...... Oops.
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Kroll was a man of great taste, at least he always thought he was classy.
He is fond of tobacco, all kinds of tobacco. From the strong and sweet CHINA BLACK to the light fragrance and elegance of the ASHTON6, he loves them all. Therefore, ten years ago, he used the last of his ancestors to open a small tobacco shop in the city of Oslo, selling not only tobacco, but also tobacco and paper cigarettes. Originally, he was going to make some money to cover his expenses, but he didn't expect that the business was good, and the store became bigger and bigger, and finally he used the money he earned to buy the top floor of a shopping mall. The top floor here is different from the others, half of it is indoors, and the other half is a balcony, and he has already held several good tobacco salons on this balcony, and the guests and hosts have enjoyed it.
"Gee, did I turn on the thermostat?" Kroll patted his head and stepped back out of the elevator. When he gets older, he tends to forget things, which makes him very distressed. However, it seems that because he has been taking care of the tobacconian by himself, he still has a much better memory than a few friends of the same age, which is something he often likes to brag about in front of his friends.
However, it seems that he still attaches great importance to tobacco, and the constant temperature and humidity have been opened before. Just open it, just open it, Kroll sighed as he closed the glass door of the tobacco shop. Just as he was about to lock it, the elevator door behind him suddenly opened with a "ding".
This surprised him a little. The top floors of shopping malls are usually deserted, except for the gourmets who often come to buy tobacco, only the curious and willing children, for whom taking the elevator up and down seems to be a happy thing. Kroll also kept some candy on the counter, and occasionally gave a few to the children when they came up.
He turned around and saw the visitor in the elevator. It was a young girl who looked to have just graduated from high school, with long blonde hair, round-rimmed glasses on her face, and a black backpack on her back.
Rarely, Kroll's always smiling face wrinkled. He spoke, and his voice sounded a little unhappy: "How old are you that you want to smoke?" Is it because your companions are sucking? ”
Although he is an old smoker who is addicted to smoking, Kroll is very clear about the dangers of smoking. Every year, during the off-season of tobacco sales, he always takes a few months to go to communities at home or abroad to educate people about the dangers of smoking, and whenever he sees the decline in the number of underage smokers reported by the government, he always feels a little relieved and feels that he has done something.
The girl didn't speak, Kroll felt that he had guessed right, he patted the glass door behind him, and the glass shook properly: "Go back, tobacco is not something that little girls should touch, isn't it better to have a jewel necklace?" If you're feeling lonely, find a boyfriend. ”
"I'm not here for tobacco. You owe something to a friend of mine, and I'm here to get it back. The girl shook her head and said slowly.
Kroll thought for a moment, and his face was embarrassed. "But I don't owe anyone any money lately...... Girl, are you mistaken? Or...... What's your friend's name? ”
The girl took a deep breath and spat out a name hidden in her heart. "Lucas. Lucass Arlene. ”
Kroll had obviously thought about it, but in the end he shook his head helplessly. "Little girl, I really don't know this person."
"You say...... Don't recognize?! The girl's voice sounded strange. She took off her round-rimmed glasses and lifted her head, which had been hanging down. Kroll couldn't believe his eyes, he saw ...... A pair of eyes burning with golden flames!!
"You say! You don't know ?!! As the girl approached Kroll, the wind gathered around her, the glass door shattered, goblets and tobacco boxes and champagne and magazines ...... Everything was swept up by the wind, colliding with each other and breaking into pieces in mid-air. The girl walked over to Kroll, whose legs were trembling like chaff, and lifted him up by the collar, making him look straight into her eyes.
"Then you, at least remember this." Kroll could feel the girl's murderous intent that almost condensed into substance. Before the killing intent was enough for the girl to kill him, the girl gritted her teeth and said the name of the place: "Fort Aurora." ”
Kroll remembered, and his face changed drastically.