Chapter 17: A Hint of the Insider
The Second Division of the Military Technology Development Bureau
"I didn't expect it to be careless, if I knew that this was the result, I might not choose Xuanji."
It was a woman who spoke, her face showing a slight uneasiness, standing by the staircase in a white coat, holding the fence of the staircase with one hand and half a cup of coffee in the other.
The woman looked to be in her thirties, wore glasses with a high degree of myopia, and wore a military uniform blouse under an open white coat with a high rank on the collar, the rank of brigadier colonel.
Judging from the current results, Bai Fan fell to her death, Xuanji's life and death are uncertain, and she doesn't know where to go, and the sudden change also broke her plan.
The woman is tall and tall, her face doesn't look ugly, but she has a heavy bag under her eyes and dark circles under her eyes, she is engaged in technology development, and it is common for her to rest irregularly, and she looks a little physically and mentally exhausted.
On the side of the stairs stood a man, not in a white coat or in a military uniform, but in a casual suit, wearing a black leather jacket, who did not look like a member of the Technology Development Bureau, and who also held coffee in his hand, but the paper cup was full, and he did not move.
"As far as I know, you should still have that system." The man ignored the woman's words and asked suddenly.
Hearing this, the woman's brows moved slightly, then she picked up the rest of the coffee and drank it down, casually throwing the paper cup down in the gap outside the staircase fence.
"That's right, the Technology Development Bureau also has a neural linkage system." The woman said bluntly.
The man was not surprised when he heard the news, but just got up and walked over to the woman, casually leaned on the fence and asked tentatively, "Which is the best Barbatos being developed by the Rhythm Maker and the Dawning Alliance?" ”
The woman's eyes widened as she was a little hard to believe that all the information about Barbatos was top secret, and he just said it casually.
"I don't understand what you're talking about." The woman came back to her senses, avoiding the man's gaze and replied.
The man had already learned a little of the answer from the woman's startled countenance, and his temptation had paid off, at least proving that the woman also knew the information about Barbatos.
In this world, there is not only one military, except for the United Army, which is directly controlled by the Joint Powers Council, some other affiliated economies also have their own security forces, but they are not under the direct control of the Joint Powers Council.
In order to balance the armies of these subsidiary economies, the Coalition Army also has to secretly develop some more advanced systems to suppress them, and the neural linkage system and the Barbatos system are both black technologies in secret development.
"Oh, yes, if you don't know, I'm not asking." The man said with a casual smile, and then drank the entire cup of coffee.
The woman put her hand in the pocket of her white coat, her face looked bad, maybe to cover up, she didn't want to stay here, so she turned around and walked back: "If nothing else, I'll go back." ”
The man just smiled and nodded, and then threw the empty paper cup down the gap in the staircase fence as well.
By the time he turned around, the woman had gone far and disappeared from his sight.
At that moment, a dark figure rose from the other corner of the stairs and stood beside him.
The Black Shadow is wearing a pitch-black cloak, which looks like a new type of nano-synthetic material in terms of material, except that the Black Shadow also wears a metal mask.
"That woman is lying, she doesn't have a neural linkage system in her hands anymore." The dark shadow whispered, his voice a little hoarse, but he could hear it clearly, the voice was a teenager.
The man looked back at the dark shadow, and then said casually: "Of course I know, I just deceived her, and we didn't come for nothing, the woman knows." ”
"The other system is on Ah Ke, but she was sent by the Director of the Special Search Bureau to Asia to hunt down the third young master of the Bai family, she failed to assassinate and was killed by Xuanji, she is dead, and her body has been found." The dark shadow added.
Of course, the man knew about this, and not long after she left for Asia, her master had been secretly arrested, and that person was the head of the Special Investigation Bureau, but before he could be interrogated, he quietly poisoned himself in the interrogation room and died.
"Bai Fan is dead, this matter is a bit tricky, as for where Xuanji is now, it's not an important matter, whether Xuanji killed him, or whether he fell from the building himself, now the focus of our work is not here." The man replied as he looked at the dark shadow.
The black shadow also nodded when he heard this, Bai Fan's side is just a clue, since the United Power Council passed the cloud technology development project, a series of confusing and strange events have occurred, and Bai Fan's side is just one of them.
Originally, it was not easy to track down Bai Fan's side through clues, but suddenly the clues were broken, which also made his efforts during this period of time wasted.
"You mean to look for the next clue?" The dark shadow asked again.
The man just shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then said with a sigh: "Although I have the privilege of searching, but the clues on the Bai family and the Technology Development Bureau are all broken, and it is a waste of time to wander around, let's go back first, let me think about it." ”
Hearing this, the black shadow also nodded, agreeing with the man's words, but the black shadow thought of something, so he leaned in front of the man and patted him on the shoulder.
"It's better to start with the periphery of the cloud technology development project, and maybe you can find some clues." The dark shadow said.
Hearing this, the man raised his hand and made a no-go gesture, then looked at the black shadow with strange eyes, and a sentence floated out of his mouth: "If I have the power to directly intervene in the project, do I still need to look for clues everywhere?" ”
At the same time, the woman returned to her office after her coffee, but there was still a person sitting in the chair at her desk.
It was a middle-aged man, the rank on the collar badge was Major General, and the man's hair was a little thin, but his spirit looked very good, and he was fiddling with his watch with Erlang's legs.
"General Fitzrow, I'm sorry, that person just now—" The woman tried to explain something, but was interrupted by a wave of the middle-aged man's hand.
This middle-aged man is General Fitzrow, he is a high-ranking officer of the military's special operations forces, he has a deep friendship with Bai Father, and he came to the Technology Development Bureau this time because of Bai Fan's affairs.
"I rarely care about the affairs of your Technology Development Bureau, but according to the battle sequence, after all, you are also subordinate to the military special operations forces, and the old man's hand can still reach the Technology Development Bureau." General Fitzrow opened his mouth with a remark.
The woman didn't speak, just nodded respectfully, she was very sorry for Bai Fan's death, but in her heart, Bai Fan's death was the result she had always wanted, but she didn't do all this.
She did the work of modifying Xuanji's quest and adding the coordinates of that small village in Asia and the data of the refuge point to her quest code, and she did all this to be able to kill Bai Fan.
Even the assassination of the village restaurant was planned by her, and the only problem she was careless about was the problem of the Rhythmian Battle Armor, which was also taken by surprise by the Director of the Technology Development Bureau before Xuanji set off.
Because she did not obtain this information in time, the well-planned assassination attempt in the Asian village failed, and the combat clones sent to assassinate them were in vain.
The director of the Special Search Bureau borrowed the only remaining set of neural linkage systems in the military from her hands, and she also pressed all the treasures on the Director of the Special Search Bureau is very hurt, but she still did not receive the news of Bai Fan's death day and night, and three months have passed, and all this is still no news.
However, a few days ago, she suddenly received the news that Bai Fan had fallen to his death, and she was about to collapse mentally and suddenly felt alive again, and she only felt that the heavy stone on her chest suddenly disappeared.
She had been looking forward to this moment for too long, this task could finally be over, and there was no need to carry it out anymore, Bai Fan was finally dead, she didn't know who killed Bai Fan, anyway, it didn't matter anymore.
"I'm also here to be held accountable, after all, Bai Fan's death, your Technology Development Bureau is the most responsible, so far, Xuanji has not been found, did Bai Fan kill her?" General Fitzrow said solemnly.
The woman was stunned for a moment, and then approached General Fitzrow with an innocent face, as if it was written on her face that this matter had nothing to do with her, and she did not know it.
"The conscience of heaven and earth, General Fitzrow, the neural linkage system is provided by our Technology Development Bureau, yes, although Xuanji is selected by me, but after all, she is a member of your combat unit, and your people know her better." The woman retorted.
Hearing this, General Fitzrow also found that he was a little out of shape, he shouldn't be as knowledgeable as the woman in front of him, she was right, Xuanji was a member of their combat unit, and he was also the strongest combat force in their special operations force.
It's just that after the Bai family recently put pressure on General Fitzrow, he must find a way to calm down this matter as soon as possible, otherwise the Bai family's shaking will be enough for him and even the entire special operations force to drink a pot.
However, General Fitzrow wanted to put the blame on the Technology Development Bureau as much as possible, so he retorted: "Who knows if there is a backstage on the neural linkage system, and if you take 10,000 steps back, no one knows if the system has side effects, which will make people confused or something." ”
Hearing that, the woman can be regarded as understanding, General Fitzrow came to the Technology Development Bureau in a menacing manner to push responsibility and accountability, and he only wanted to keep his position and not be implicated.
"General Fitzrow, although the Technology Development Bureau is subordinate to the establishment of the Special Operations Forces, you really can't control my head, the direct subordinate of our Technology Development Bureau is the Joint Powers Committee, if you want to be held accountable, you go to them!"
The woman didn't give General Fitzrow any face at all, and even had a ** flavor in her tone, which made the scene embarrassing for a while.
General Fitzrow was stunned, he didn't expect that his rank as a major general would not be able to suppress her, but he knew that what the woman said was right, his rights could only be indirectly managed by the Technology Development Bureau, and the Joint Powers Committee could directly manage this body.
And the Joint Powers Committee is the largest authority in the world, so Fitzrow doesn't dare to make a mistake, and even as long as the woman turns around and makes a small report to the top, he will run into quite trouble.
"Dr. Add, since you say so, we'll see." General Fitzrow stood up and said.
Then General Fitzro departed without looking back.