Chapter 17: Borg's Past
"Can you talk about it now?" Nodia stood tall and tall with her hands in front of her, a meter away from Thomas.
Thomas burst out laughing, a smile that was a mixture of resentment, disrespect, and unwillingness. He immediately put away his smile again, and looked up at the white cloud floating in the sky through the gap in the tree: "I have not been able to witness the moment when my daughter came into this world, nor have I been able to protect her well after she was born, I am a complete failure father. She was my only hope of surviving on earth, but he, Mason Kate, destroyed that hope. I have to let him taste the pain of losing his loved ones and let him fall into repentance! ”
"You're unilaterally accusing others of security, that's not right. Perhaps, there is something hidden behind it that you don't understand......" Nodia said as she raised her left wrist and looked at the time on her watch, estimating that the person who would be invited should have arrived.
Sure enough, looking behind Thomas, he saw a familiar figure walking this way.
Thomas noticed Nodia's strange appearance, and also turned sideways to look back, and was stunned for a moment, with surprise and surprise in his eyes.
"Why is she here?" Thomas asked.
"Let's make it clear." Nodia replied. It wasn't anyone who came over, it was Thomas's wife, Matthew.
In a few moments, Matthew stood in front of Thomas, and his eyes were met, and the friendship was deep.
During Alice's hospitalization, Dr. Kate often visited the ward and raised a sum of money for Alice. That night, due to a temporary accident at home, he was unable to operate on Alice. Alice's death had nothing to do with him. He was our benefactor, and if it weren't for him, Alice wouldn't even have had a chance to get into the operating room. Matthew said softly, like a good story. She turned her head to look at Nodia, meaning to give him a little time, and he would figure it out.
Nodia turned away and stopped staring at Thomas, but she didn't look around, just closed her eyes and waited.
"I put them in the outermost abandoned tank on the roof. The tank had been repaired, and the water level was rising by 1 centimeter every 30 seconds, which should have reached the neck level given their height. Under Matthew's gaze, Thomas slowly let go of his guard and resentment.
The roof of the building Thomas is referring to is the roof of the Enlightenment Building, where the warehouse is located. The building is four storeys high, with warehouses at the back and rooms at the front and above floors, and three terraces on top of the building, with upright trees, square tables and round chairs, colourful potted plants hanging from an iron frame, and hammocks, which are placed in their corresponding positions.
The three tanks are on the highest terrace, and the skin is painted in three paintings, like three works of art.
When the two mechs rescued William and Ryan from the tank, their faces turned pale from the cold and their bodies shivered. When they recovered, the two began to ask questions like cannons, and the mecha robot was forced to pick up the important ones to answer, such as "Who are you" and "The person who put us in the water tank is from the school logistics department, have you caught it?" And so on.
During the rescue of William and Ryan by the two mechs, Nodia asks Thomas two questions.
First, how did he kidnap Ryan without others noticing? Thomas's answer was that within a week of joining the company, he figured out the patterns of Ryan's life on campus, the most important of which was that Ryan used to unhook the pendant and stuff it into his left trouser pocket every time he went to the swimming pool to train. This afternoon, he stole the necklace when he collided with Ryan in Miki Park, and sent a message at the right time to ask Ryan to the terrace and take the opportunity to knock him unconscious.
Second, why was William counted? Thomas's reply was that William happened to see him tying up Ryan, so he had no choice but to tie him up. It was just an accident.
Nodia handed Thomas over to Yang and told him to leave the school first after leniency.
Because he received a message from an informant, Charlie showed up.
It's still the same abandoned underground passage. At the other side of the passage, which had been artificially sealed, a bald man in a sweatshirt sat on one knee in a wide leather chair, holding a lit cigar between his left index and middle fingers. In front of him was a long table, and in the middle of it was a mountain of banknotes of various denominations; On the right side of the table, Charlie was pressed to the ground by two big men with his backhand, shouting in pain: "It's not that I don't have money, why don't you give me the goods." ”
The bald man didn't say a word, took a puff on his cigar, then looked up and puffed it into the air.
"Then, I'll go." Charlie shouted again.
"Can't go yet. Someone wants to see you, he's already on his way, you wait. The bald man said, tilting his head.
"Who? When did you kidnap tickets? Charlie's breathing became rapid, his voice was higher and lower, and his limbs were curled up in one place.
"Boss, if you go on like this, you will die, the boss hasn't arrived yet, but the person you want is gone, it's not good!" A strong man said.
"Then give him a small sip and continue his life." The bald man squinted at Charlie lying on the ground, hesitated for a moment and said.
Charlie's state eased, and he lay on his back on the ground, exhaling and inhaling gently. He could see a black cloud overhead, and he didn't move, just stayed there and looked at him quietly. Suddenly, a human face came out, slowly pulling his vision back.
"Nordia! They didn't expect it to be you. He jerked himself to his feet and pushed the Nodia away to escape, but was stopped by the two strong men.
"I am willing to use any means to find you. You can go, but I'm afraid you'll never get anything again until you can make up your mind to go to a drug rehab center. Nodia said unhurriedly. He counted Charlie's steps, and when he counted "nine", Charlie stopped.
"Let's talk in another place." Charlie said as he got up and walked forward.
Charlie took Nodia to a normal intersection near Orange Street. They stood side by side to the southwest of the intersection, and the traffic light on the opposite side jumped from red to green in 8 seconds.
"On the same day eight months ago, my laboratory was shut down and divorced, and I thought about death in a state of depression. At that time, I was standing here, and as it is now, there are still 8 seconds for the red light to jump to the green light. With one second left, I strode forward, and the owners of the car that had just started were cursing and giving way to me; As I reached the middle of the half, I stopped abruptly, closed my eyes and opened my hands to meet a speeding car, and at that moment, I thought I could finally be free. But it didn't come true, I still survived, and it was your brother who put the car in front of me and saved my life. Right, thanks to your brother? But I scolded him, in front of all the passers-by. But then, we became friends. Charlie watched as the traffic light jumped back to green for the second time.
"Because of drugs?" Nodia turned to look at Charlie.
"We bumped into him in the underpass 18 days ago, and although he was masked, I immediately recognized him as Borg in terms of his size and demeanor. We were both taken by surprise. ”
"I'll admit, I've seen Borg when I entered JA. Come on, come with me to 35 Orange Street, and I'll tell you everything that happened to your brother. Charlie said again.
Charlie took Nodia into Borg's room, which was simple but cozy, with the curtains half-drawn, and a narrow beam of light shining in. The most conspicuous feature of the room is a round table as high as a bed next to the bed, on which a small square white alarm clock and an upside-down picture frame are placed.
Nodia walked over, sat down between the bed and the round table, and reached out to hold the frame upright. In the photo, Borg is wearing a black suit and Nordia is wearing a bachelor's gown, and they are standing side by side on the lawn with their left and right thumbs up, smiling brightly.
"Borg is not as strong as you think, and there is too much pain in his heart. He told me that his dream was to be an illustrator, but he had to compromise until there were certain realities...... You can see that he really loves you as a brother. Charlie sat down in the corner of the bed, "Twenty days ago, Borg met a very unique woman at the bar and snatched his soul away at once. They had sex that night, but when he woke up the next day, he found that something was wrong with his body, hot and dry, and thousands of bugs were tearing at his body. ”
"My brother's biggest hateful thing is drugs, and he would never touch them...... Is she an Aglian person? Nodia really couldn't hold back her emotions and interrupted Charlie's words.
"Yes, the name is Mijia. At that time, she moved a chair and sat across from the bed, calmly telling Borg that he was now injected with a drug called "L", which was the same as drugs. Yes, she had tapped two gaps in his spirit so easily. She went on to tell Borg that three days later at 10:11 a.m. Aglia would have an action at the Securities Building, and that he would have to do an internal response, and if he didn't agree or wanted to die, they would move you. Charlie looked at Nodia.
"He had to compromise. Borg mentioned to me that because of the stock market turmoil, there were waves of people who went to the Securities Building to do business during that time. In order to prevent Agria from moving, two teams of police and the Blade Squad in the two districts of the city will work together to patrol the interior and perimeter of the building every day. On the same day, it was Borg's turn to inspect the building, and he went to the building's centralized control room and implanted a piece of Sitapo audio in the system and asked it to play on time at 10:10. Charlie said again.
Combined with the Hebrew explanation, Nodia could understand what Charlie was referring to as what Sitapo was for.
As for what happened next, he knew it all. At 10:11, Agria's craft emerged from above the building, creating a "magnetic screen" around the building, and using quantum teleportation to evacuate the people inside. When breaking through the periphery, the collision between them constantly destroys the furnishings inside. At the moment when the breakthrough was successful, there were successive small-scale explosions inside, destroying the entire securities building and making it history.
"During the time that Borg stayed here, he didn't want to quit his addiction for a moment, and often tied his limbs to the bed. But there was one time when I couldn't bear it, so I had to take some clothes, and all the previous efforts were wasted. Later, he was imprisoned in the Blade Squad's small dark room. It was that night that he was addicted to drugs again, and at first the Blade Squad wanted to force him to comply, but then the other party compromised for fear of accidents. He told him that he had to choose this person, and that's why I was in JA. Charlie said again.
Charlie sat quietly for a while, looking at the picture frame in Nodia's hand, the photo of the Borg, "Actually, it was actually Borg who killed himself." To be cautious, Borg and I would usually communicate with Bill code, and the accurate message sent to me that day was for me to bring a copy of the drug and prepare a small copy of the high-purity Azur Tl. ”
"It took my brother's life?" Nodia is still in disbelief at the fact that Borg committed suicide.
"It is a white powdery heavy metal element, small purity will not cause any harm to the human body, but if it is high purity, even only a trace can cause irreversible damage to the human brain and nerves, and the final result is only one, death." When the last two words were spoken, Charlie's voice plummeted, as if he was trying to avoid these two heavy words, hoping to lessen the damage to Nodia.
"He, why did he do that?" Nodia gently placed the frame back on the round table.
"Because I'm tired. The pain of loneliness, guilt, and self-blame overwhelmed him, and he slowly lost even the courage to live. When I received his text message, I must have rejected it at first, but then I figured out that as a friend, I should respect my friend's choice. After all, it's not wrong to say that I killed Borg......"
"That's how it is." It turns out that this is the truth he has been looking for.
Nodia looked at the photo in the frame, got up, and said as she walked out the door, "How can I blame you!" Shouldn't I be the culprit? Now, I've tried to look forward. As he left the room, he closed the door again.
Charlie continued to sit on the corner of the bed, thinking about it, and two lines of tears flowed involuntarily.
At a quarter past 2 the next day, the East Coast water level continued to rise, pouring into New York City, engulfing the streets and all underground facilities. The water stopped rising when it reached a height of one floor, and after five minutes, the water began to recede rapidly, sweeping away most of the marine life and debris from the streets that had entered the city. At the same time as the sea receded, an ocean whirlpool appeared 1,200 meters southeast of the Statue of Liberty. The whirlpool grew larger and larger, turning the otherwise calm Hudson River into a raging wave, causing passenger ships and yachts moored on either side to collide with each other with a knocking sound.
At the time, Fernando was napping in the lab. The whole JA suddenly shook violently, throwing him from the chair to the ground. The fall made him sober up, and when he got up, he immediately called up the three-dimensional image of JA's exterior and found that there was a whirlpool in the southwest direction of JA, and the shaking was caused by a reef collision.
"What kind of strange phenomenon is this?" He then pulls up a three-dimensional image of New York City and looks at what is happening in the middle of the night with his mouth wide open. Tomorrow, he thought, the whole of New York must be very busy.