3 December, Central Europe.

Crystal County has been known as the "Roof of Europe" since ancient times.

This place is bordered by Black Eagle County to the north, Oak County to the west, Crown County to the south, and Eagle County to the east; The whole territory is dominated by plateaus and mountains, with comfortable climate, abundant resources, high terrain and clear regional boundaries.

It's undoubtedly a great place to put down roots, so it's no surprise that in this day and age, it's also the center of power in the federal government.

Twenty percent of the inhabitants living in the county are federal government connections, and most of them are concentrated in Bern, enjoying the best living conditions, business services and security on the planet, protected by the strongest military forces.

Of course, they are also responsible (with taxpayers' money) of prices and housing prices that can be said to be in line with the moon.

Although there are many people who are not used to this, they are helpless, because the "class" of those people is there.

In this Federal-ruled world, "class" is a very important thing.

Although the official has never said that people should be divided into three, six, nine and so on, and has always preached the tone that all men are created equal, everyone knows it...... It's fart.

Human beings are inherently unequal, and no amount of fairness can change that.

Even if humanity were to one day discover some kind of super-resource, which would allow every individual to obtain material satisfaction without working at all, then add to that a system that is relatively fair and just, and that can maintain harmony between people to the greatest extent...... People are also unequal.

Unless the individual differences of the human species are completely eliminated, there will definitely be some advantages and disadvantages in any two people compared together.

So, from a certain point of view, there is no right or wrong way to "classify" people, because it is a necessity.

This kind of behavior happens everywhere and in every one of us.

In early childhood, we are passively divided into cute and ugly children, smart children and dull children.

When they are students, children actively divide into small groups because of their interests, but teachers in school often classify them by their grades; In more complex settings, family background can also play a role, with increasing age over time...... The connection between children with very different family backgrounds will be slowly disconnected.

After stepping into society, "classification" becomes more and more complex and even dangerous; Colleagues in the same unit will be divided into factions in various ways such as where they were born, the college they graduated from, their position, bad habits, etc.

In many cases, the drive of "interests" and the change of circumstances will also change people's "class" and "position", and make people reclassify themselves and take sides.

The so-called "equality" and "neutrality" are nothing but the hypocrisy of the superior and the desire of the weak.

The society we have built has taught us everything, our learning, our efforts, our giving, our struggles...... In the final analysis, it is all about making oneself "unequal" with others.

Because this kind of "inequality" is the real "fairness".

However, the "class" system under federal rule is another kind of "inequality", a kind of "unfair" "inequality".

This system allows many stupid, greedy, unenlightened and visionary mediocre people to occupy too many resources, and allows many sinister, shallow, shameless and selfish rats to unscrupulously dump the interests of those who are good.

Today, a group of vested interests who live above this system and are in the highest position have gathered here...... They are gathered in the new town of Bern, on the east bank of the Aare River, the "Cristo City".

In this small "half of the city", in addition to the federal "cabinet", there are also the administrative headquarters of five special departments directly under the central government: FCPS (Federal Public Safety Commission), EAS (Superpowered Supervision Authority), supervisors, EF (Evolution_Factory, Evolution Factory), and PUT-OID (Alternate Space Traveler Observation and Intervention Agency).

Of course, today's events have nothing to do with these five departments.

These bigwigs have come from all over the world to the office building of the Federal Cabinet because of a "shocking case" that happened a week ago.

The story of this case is not complicated, that is, there is an organization of unknown origin that engaged in a mysterious gambling game on a cruise ship in Sakurafu, and invited a large group of high-level "second generations" of the Federation to participate, and as a result, on the night of the game, the ship and the boat's people disappeared en masse.

That night, there were several "frigates" that followed the cruise ship throughout the whole process, and they were basically private armed forces invited by the "guests" on board, most of whom were mercenaries; After all...... On occasions like this, it is not appropriate to call a warship to escort the ship.

However, some people still used their family connections to find a team of military men disguised as mercenaries, armed with federal weapons and equipment, and drove ships provided by third parties.

It was also the military recorder on this ship that provided valuable evidence for the detectives who came to investigate afterwards.

Unlike ordinary civilian equipment, this recorder can withstand external pressure even if it sinks into the deep sea without damage, and the signal it emits will only be searched by the military's special receiver; For 72 hours after the power is disconnected, the recorder will continuously send out a high-intensity, clear positioning signal, after 72 hours, as the built-in battery begins to weaken, at this time the device will automatically go to sleep, and the internal information will be the highest priority.

Although the images captured in this recorder are valuable, they ...... The actual progress of the investigation has not been much faster as a result.

On the morning of the incident, the navy of Sakurafu received a signal from the recorder, and they immediately sent people to salvage it, and it took half a day to get the instrument up.

However, after the things came out of the water, because the people who handled them were unwilling to peel the hot potato, the rights and responsibilities of who would "receive", "check", and "investigate" were stunned for nearly 48 hours and were not clarified.

Don't think that this is a long time, in a group where bureaucrats are so hard to return and become a common practice, it is normal for this kind of thing to be delayed for ten and a half days and months. Unless someone up there is willing to take care of things very actively, ...... Not to mention this kind of big case that is likely to set yourself on fire, even if you plan to apply for a mouse in the office, it will take you three or four days...... Don't complain about the purchaser, when people receive your application, they still have to get a bunch of documents and collect the signatures of seven leaders to get things done.

That's it...... A very urgent matter, being kicked by a group of local bureaucrats in Sakurafu for two days of "ball", finally cleared up the relationship, found a middle-level commander from the civilian class, and led a group of local ordinary soldiers to investigate as the "temporary leader".

The commander was also well aware of his situation, and the case ...... After checking, the main credit goes to the leader, and he is at most sharing the soup when others eat meat; If the investigation collapses, then he is a temporary worker who carries the blame, and the specific posture to carry depends on the severity of the incident.

Pity...... Even if he thought it through in his heart, he had no choice but to go up.

On the third day after the recorder came out of the water, the investigation team finally looked at the footage recorded inside, and it was generally ...... This is a maritime version of The Clover Files; In this video, you can see ships flying in the sky, see living people being torn to pieces by telekinesis in mid-air, and you can even enjoy a scene under the sea through a night vision lens after the chaotic camera and the intermittent screams.

The commander in charge of the operation only looked at it for a while and then had an idea - "It seems that this suspect has a strong mana, let's notify EAS!" ”

This pot was shaken, and the work was delayed for half a day.

To make a long story short, anyway, this case has missed the best opportunity to track down from the beginning, whether it is EAS or FCPS, it is impossible to find out who will take over.

After a week of going around and around, it was almost time to find out who was missing even if there was no video, and the parents of the missing people finally gathered in Bern for this "emergency meeting".

At the meeting, the emotional participants denounced everyone they could or wanted to attack.

"You're in charge of law and order, that's your problem!"

"You're in charge of shipping, you dare to say you don't know where this ship went?"

"You're in charge of gambling, and you dare to say you haven't heard any rumors?"

…… It's all nonsense.

Everyone here is in charge of something, running something, and each of them has strong connections, financial resources and other resources; It's just that...... They really don't know about this, and if they know, how can they put their relatives at risk?

In fact, more than half of them don't even know that their missing children have gone to Sakura's House, everyone is a busy person, who has time to care about where their little ancestors go every day to spend their days drinking?

Therefore, the "speeches" at these meetings are either simply venting the anger and anxiety of the disappearance of their children, or they are relatively calmly using the disappearance of their relatives as a bargaining chip to achieve their own political goals.

In short, this high-society meeting was not orderly and efficient, and was probably as chaotic as the aristocratic parliaments of ancient Greece and the British House of Lords during World War II.

Even Shinichiro Arai, one of the ten cabinet assistants who presided over the meeting, could not control the situation, and when he found that his rational speech and guidance were meaningless, he simply took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose, pretended to rub his eyes, and lowered his head...... Start closing your eyes and recuperating.

According to his estimates, this "meeting", or this catastrophe, will undoubtedly be long; Considering that smoking is allowed in the conference room and drinking water is provided, these guys can at least make it to the next meal.

OK...... After the argument went on for more than an hour, something happened.

Who would have thought that at this moment, in this place where the security is so strong that "not even a fly can fly in" in theory and in practice, an uninvited guest has actually broken in.

It was a woman, a woman who could dwell in the "shadows" and move through the shadows.