There are four television stations in Akiyama City, one public and three private. In this era of rampant Internet, almost everyone has a high-end smartphone and receives the latest information anytime and anywhere through a variety of apps. Traditional media such as television have been increasingly impacted in the last two decades. And news is the first to bear the brunt, leaving less and less space for TV news every year. As for newspapers, other cities don't know that Akiyama's print media disappeared ten years ago.

Akiyama Central Radio and Television Company, referred to as China Radio and Television, is a government-run television station, and it can be regarded as a relatively good mix among these four stations. The whole Taiwan focuses on news and service information, and has a column "Akiyama Express" that has been established for 28 years. Although it won the highest 30% of the ratings in the early days of its establishment, and maintained the ratings at more than 10% in eight years, occupying 50% of the market share, today, when the social news market is fully occupied by the Internet army, this once glorious old column has to make changes in order to survive.

In the 132nd year of the new era, after a long period of brewing, the news center of China Radio and Television came up with a killer feature - "Akiyama Express" real-time news, and set up a real-time news group. The team consists of 15 journalists, 9 videographers, 7 editors and 3 presenters, who have only one mission: to constantly collect or shoot news every day, and then update it 24 hours a day on the Akiyama Express app. Even if it is a trivial matter, it must be made into a TV news broadcast, in short, so that the home page of the APP is in a state of refresh at any time. Because of the practice of journalists, compared with online media, TV news still has a considerable advantage in terms of authority.

In order to keep the content fresh, the column team also refined and compressed the part of the TV broadcast of "Akiyama Express". The broadcast program may not be timely, but it must be a high-quality product. Rush news is all handled by real-time newsgroups. When there is a shortage of staff, non-real-time newsgroup personnel must make up for it, and it is important to ensure timeliness and speed.

As a result, the real-time news group gathers the most advanced equipment and the most capable personnel in Taiwan, and its operating costs are not ordinarily high. Fortunately, with the support of the government, it has broken through many difficulties and developed, and "Akiyama Express" has survived to this day with this idea.

However, the freshness of the news is limited, and any valuable news cannot be missed. Every once in a while, there has to be an explosive news stimulation to refresh the audience. It wasn't necessarily that there was an explosion in the news, but it certainly could be included in it. So when 23-year-old Julie Hanyi, a reporter for the Akiyama Express's real-time news team, was stopped in front of a cordon on Angksi Street, a kilometer away from the University of Ceylon, she was devastated and angry.

*****

"No, I just can't say no."

Early the next morning after the explosion, the resolute voice of the editor-in-chief of Akiyama Express came from the office of the editor-in-chief of Akiyama Express, followed by a slam on the table, followed by Julie's characteristic sugary but hard tone.

"This is definitely not an ordinary explosion, yesterday I called a few teachers at the scene, and each of them could not say a word before the signal was interrupted. Apparently someone listened and then forcibly cut off the signal! After that, the reporters were suddenly removed, was it the police who did it? ”

"It's your freedom to think whatever you want, but you're not allowed to investigate the matter anymore."

"The police are hiding a big thing and sending us away in a few words, do we have to pretend to be confused?"

"Julie! Get back to your post! If you talk nonsense again, I'll suspend you! ”

Accepting the editor-in-chief's angry words, Julie angrily pushed open the door of the editor-in-chief's office, strode into the office area of the real-time news team under the worried eyes of her colleagues, kicked over a chair, and frightened Bob Wright next to her to take two steps back.

"How can this be true? This must be Rolov's old trick, openly blocking the news, it is simply too deceitful! The editor-in-chief is also too soft-faced! ”

Julie turned on the nagging mode and chattered everyone she thought was problematic. When she was finished, Bob cautiously persuaded her.

"Seniors, dissipate your anger, if you don't go, you won't go, anyway, the reports of other media are just that."

"Look at this."

Julie opened her phone and clicked a few times and handed it to Bob. Bob was presented with a number of forum posts about speculation about the bombing of Ceylon University. What casualties are heavy, data are concealed, someone launched a terrorist attack, deliberately caused an explosion. There are also people who see that the first explosion occurred in the cafeteria, and suspect that it was a gas safety issue, and even said that it was a student quarrel and set fire to the cafeteria, etc. Below are the usual comments and ridicule, mostly directed at the government and schools.

"It's all unfounded speculation."

"Now that speculation is everywhere. The more this time, the more the media should stand up and say something authoritative, but look at our ......"

As she spoke, Julie was going to nag again. She sat on the table, her feet in the chair that had been kicked over.

"How did the seniors decide that there was a problem? What if it's really an accident? ”

Julie clicked on her phone again, and this time Bob saw a map of the area around Ceylon University.

"To get to the University of Ceylon, the route of the police must be to take Onkesi Street in front of the south gate. There is only one trail to the north, which is too difficult to access. I was stopped on Nexey Street and along the way I saw fire trucks entering, but no police cars entered. ”

"No police cars?"

"It's understandable to say that the police move faster than the reporters. But I asked the residents of the neighborhood, and when they heard the explosion, they ran out to see the excitement. But until the blockade was raised, they didn't see a few police cars driving over. The blockade line is pulled up to a kilometer away, plus the evacuation of teachers and students in the school, how many police do you think it will take? ”

"This, so what?"

"So that group of cops probably gathered at the school before the explosion. What are they going to do? Dinner party? It's clear that something happened to the school, and maybe it had something to do with the explosion. ”

was said by Julie Ying, and Bob also felt reasonable. But after all, he is a cameraman who has only been here for less than half a year, and he doesn't have the courage to do what follows.

"Are you alright, Bob? Let's go, let's go. ”

"What? Where are you going? ”

"Go to the University of Ceylon."

"Didn't the editor-in-chief let me go?"

"Whatever, we'll do ours."

"Don't, senior, I'm ......"

"Less nonsense, let's go!"

Real-time newsgroups are free and can be deployed whenever needed. The combination of reporter and cameraman is also optional, but Julie always partners with Bob - she likes to manipulate newcomers. But on the other hand, she hates to be manipulated.

The Arctic countries have a great deal of press freedom, but Rolov is probably an exception. This old man, who dominates the mayor's seat, manipulates the media as he pleases. In her two-year career as a journalist, Zhu Liying has been choking several times.

This time, she was determined to find out. Past experience has repeatedly taught her that there must be something strange behind this explosion.

*****

The fire was largely extinguished at around 2 a.m., and the police investigation team followed into the rubble left behind by the fire and began its work. It has been determined that the first explosion occurred in the cafeteria, starting from the kitchen and igniting the canteen. The latter two explosions occurred in the second and sixth student dormitories, respectively, and police found a lot of similar residues in three places. Preliminarily speculated, it was left behind by the EXP crystal bomb.

This is a bomb that uses EXP mixed with explosives, which is concentrated into a solid crystal with a content of about 30% EXP, and the characteristics of EXP can be converted into various substances by using the characteristics of EXP to shape the characteristics of the crystal into flammable. When detonating, the explosives burn first, and the EXP crystals are shattered to form an impact force, and in this process, the EXP crystals are scattered and burned, so as to achieve the effect of first explosion and then ignition.

The power of this bomb is average, but by burning EXP crystals, it can easily form a fire that is difficult to extinguish, allowing the fire to spread quickly and create chaos. The investigation team determined that the three explosions were caused by such bombs. Judging by the scale of the explosion and the extent of the damage, two were used in the canteen and one in each of the two dormitories.

The dormitories were lightly damaged, with only a few floors of the façade torn open and the cafeteria burned to the ground of a skeleton. The only fortunate thing is that the police controlled the range of movement of teachers and students at the time of the incident, and there was no one in the three explosion points. However, 25 students, 2 teachers and 4 police officers have been confirmed to have been injured in the explosion, 8 of whom are in serious condition and are receiving emergency treatment and are not out of danger of life.

The above forms the main part of the damage report before Rolov. He read it once, placed it on his desk, stretched his upper body as best he could, leaned his neck against the back of the chair, and rubbed his eyes.

It was just after 7 a.m. He only returned to the office in the early hours of this morning, and he hadn't slept much during that time, and now he was haunted by a sandman. But he can't rest yet, and there is something that must be solved immediately.

Rolov lit a cigarette and took a slow puff, half of which he swallowed as he was so engrossed in his thoughts. He coughed violently, grabbed the teacup on the table, and it was empty, so he had to put it back in place and cough vigorously a few times.

EXP crystal bombs are not something that anyone can do, four bombs is not a small number, plus there are police guards near the explosion site, with Trikoff's ability, he can place the bomb himself and then escape, it is impossible to do it at all. He was supposed to have helped—the inside line provided for him by the organization that secretly controlled him, causing a fire to help Trickev escape. And this inside line is likely to be a member of the school's teachers and students. After the police take control of the school, no outsiders can enter the school, and the bomb can only be prepared and used by the personnel inside the school.

But now, the frightened teachers and students have withdrawn from the school, and the homeless out-of-town students have been arranged to stay in hotels. At this time, it is obviously inhumane and unrealistic to control them into the school for investigation. Of course, the police can continue to investigate in the traditional way, but time does not allow, and if this inside line is not found out, it will be difficult to play chess in the future.

In the town of Langeta, north of Akiyama City, there is an epidemiological research center, but that is just a disguise to the outside. Like the University of Ceylon, it is the core research institute of EXP, and the finished product was produced a month ago, and it is worth a little more. The one that was stolen was a sample type, which was mainly used for experiments, while Langeta's was a prototype type, which had a certain use value.

Since the studies of both sides were laid out at the same time, so did the sources. Since the gang can find the sample type, they must also know about the existence of the prototype type, and even guess the approximate location. No matter how you look at it, it is not safe to leave the core in Langeta and must be reclaimed.

But how do you recycle it? The enemy is still lingering in and around Akiyama City, perhaps they have already taken aim at Langeta, just waiting to get it themselves, they will rob it. So put the core there? No, absolutely not. The University of Ceylon has shown itself a lesson from the past, and this gang will do whatever it takes to achieve their ends, and no matter what, they can no longer allow the town to be destroyed. Not to mention the difficulty of blocking information, once one's status in the eyes of the citizens declines, it will be difficult to recover.

Rolov pondered, and before he knew it, the ash burned out was longer than the remaining cigarette butts. He flicked off the ashes of his cigarette, took a puff and snuffed it off, then dialed down two phone numbers.

*****

Within 20 minutes, three people entered Rolov's office one after another. Akya arrived first, followed by Leo and Andora. Rolov looked at Andora suspiciously—he didn't call the man.

"I'm asking Leo, and if there's any news of those people, let me know." Andora explained, "They killed the teacher, and I don't want to let them go on any longer." ”

Rolov glared at Leo in disgust, and Leo turned his head and pretended not to see.

"Andora, you're not a cop like Akeya, and you don't have enough fighting power like Leo, it's just a burden to go."

"I know that my request is unreasonable, but I also ask Lord Rolov to look at the teacher's face and satisfy my willfulness!"

Seeing the determined gaze in Andora's eyes, Rolov no longer dissuaded, got up from his chair, and paced in front of the three. First, Akya was introduced to Andora, and then, Rolov read him through the report, as well as the speculation on the inside line in the report, as well as the next move and the outline.

When it came to the inside, Leo glanced at Andora - unsurprisingly, he was in a daze.

"Does that mean there's an inside line in the school? Like a teacher, is it an inside line that was bought by the enemy? ”

"It's not clear if it's bought out," Rolov said, "but it's a sure thing." ”

"That'...... What happened to the teacher, will it be played out again? ”

"Maybe."

Andora suddenly had a feeling that those familiar names and faces had become unfamiliar in an instant after a few words from Rolov. Obviously, this insider knows Professor Trikoff, and it is likely that he also knows himself, or even knows him. He could be whoever was around him, who could it be?

"Damn it!"

He thought of a few people, and immediately denied it, but he couldn't completely deny it, he was confused by this unidentified person, and Rolov saw it in his eyes, and it was clear.

"It's true that you're feeling uncomfortable, but you can't communicate with the people on campus or expose your whereabouts until it's settled. If you can't do it, get out right away. ”

“…… I'm fine. Andora replied.

"Then I'll go on."

Then, Rolov unveiled his plan to retrieve the core at the Langeta Center for Epidemiological Research. In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy, he called in the armed police and went to Langeta. The trio of Leo, Andora, and Akya are to go together.

However, the core was not brought back by the armed police, but handed over to the trio for safekeeping, and the armed police rushed back to the city in two ways, so the purpose of such a fanfare was to lure out the lurking enemy. Once they have taken the bait, the trio will take the center car and bring the core back safely.

"So it's just the three of us when you come back?" Leo asked, spreading his hands.

"As long as the enemy takes the bait, you will be much safer." Rolov replied easily.

"That's not 100% safe, is it? Can't you just find a few people to follow us? ”

"This group of enemies is not stupid, and the armed police will attract attention if they follow. But don't worry, with Akeya here, even if there is danger, it's nothing. ”

Receiving Rolov's affirmation, Akeya also asked Leo for a guarantee.

"I think the mayor's plan is reasonable."

"But there are only three of us!"

"IMHO, if it was yesterday's level, I could have dealt with 20 people myself."

Leo choked on speechless, and he looked at Andora again. Andora listened to the crowd with a blank expression, not participating.

Neither of them had an opinion, and Leo couldn't continue to refute it.

"Okay, I'll just do it."

"Okay, let's meet at the police station in two hours. Andora, don't forget to come into contact with anyone, not even acquaintances, from now on. ”

"I know."