Tomorrow I will have to work in Sidon, so Jill will rest as soon as he returns.

He had a dream for the first time in a long time, and he dreamed that he was sitting on the roof of a tall building. The lights below were colorful, but there was no flickering, not even a hint of a breeze. The vast night sky with no stars, let alone night, is another New York. Suddenly, the wind rose, and the New York above instantly turned into pieces of white wool and fell down.

When I woke up, it was a little late. He had no choice but to rush to Sidon.

Today's weather was sunny, and the white clouds were transparent, like marshmallows floating in the air, which made his originally somewhat boring mood a little better. Nodia was his first guest of the day, and the first guest of all of Sidon.

"I'm hungry, come and have a good meal." Nodia sat down, "Look at it a little more, your clothes are much more pleasing to the eye." ”

"You look like you haven't slept all night." Jill stood upright at the table.

"Spent the night in my brother's hospital room. I wanted to sleep for a while, but I didn't fall asleep after a night. I suddenly felt a little sleepy in the morning, and when I woke up, I thought about coming here for dinner. Nodia shook her head, as if she could shake her drowsy head a little lighter.

"What's up?" Jill asked.

Nodia shook her head: "Investigating." ”

At this time, a message came from Jill's headset: "Your steak is ready." Don't forget to tip. ”

Nodia picked up her red wine glass and sipped it.

When Jill came out of the back kitchen with the steak, several more guests arrived. He had just put the steak in front of Nodia and was about to say something, when a waiter approached and whispered in the direction of the artificial lake, "There's a guest there who has pointed out to let you over." He was so generous that even I, the messenger, gave a $50 tip. ”

"Looks like I don't need it anymore." Nodia laughed.

After walking some distance, through the glass window, Jill could see the side of the man, in his thirties, with a somewhat thin face, a textured back, wearing a pair of black-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses, and the whole person was full of bookish air. He sat in his seat with open knees and closed eyes, dressed in a crisp business suit. On the square table, a "Today's Menu" is placed against the edge, and a black mobile phone is placed vertically to the left of it.

When Jill stepped forward, he slowly opened his eyes: "I'm Gram, the next person you're looking for to negotiate." ”

"I know you."

"That's a lot of unnecessary pleasantries. I know that James and you are meeting here, so I chose this place as well. Graham gestured to the seafood noodles with tomato sauce on the menu, then took out two brand new $100 sheets from the inside pocket of his suit and placed them on top of the menu, pushing them parallel to the corner of the table, "The rest is your tip." ”

Graham sat quietly and waited.

"Frankly, I don't have your black material on my hands." Jill gently placed the pasta in front of Gram.

"Nice view of the lake. I know James sat in that position last time. Graham picked up a steel fork and rolled a few sticks of pasta into his mouth, chewing on them slowly.

Jill stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Grim's every move. After all these days, Fernando still hasn't found any negative information about Gram, which is nothing more than two possibilities, he is really innocent, or maybe he has buried his foundation very deeply. If it's the latter, it's interesting!

"I'm not afraid of you digging up, because no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to dig anything against me. That's why you can't find me if you don't come to me. Grim put the steel fork back on the cloth, picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, "I'm here to tell you that I've decided to side with you." With my support, the remaining minority shareholders will not gossip. However, I will not give in vain, I will be paid equally. ”

"What's the pay?" Jill asked.

"JA's second largest shareholder." Grim picked up the steel fork again.

"So, you're still going to make a move on Solang?"

Grim rolled up a few sticks of pasta with a knife and fork: "Solang was parachuted into the board, and the background is far from as simple as it seems. Compared to Beckett, he may be more difficult to deal with, if he can convince the best, if not, he must slow down. ”

He puts the rolled pasta in his mouth.

"One more thing, the restaurant you work in now is in Solang's name." Grim picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, and stood up as he folded the handkerchief, "I'm done." ”

After a two-second pause beside Jill, Graham took another step forward. Each of his steps was neither big nor small, but the distance was precisely similar, as if he were walking according to a measuring tape.

Jill turned around and looked at the half of the pasta that was left on the right side of the plate. He couldn't give an exact evaluation of Gram, and "cold-faced scholar" was the most intuitive word he could come up with. The other party took the initiative to find him, holding clear chips in his hand, which he was happy to see; From another point of view, the other party came forward to help him solve the "problem", and he had to thank him.

He enters the restaurant and finds that Nodia has left.

"Jill, I took two tips just after I went to work, shouldn't I show it?" The waiter who had been talking to Jill before ran over and said.

"Okay, I'll give you coffee." Jill laughed.

There was no special arrangement for today, and after some free time, Jill found a bench next to the artificial lake. The water of the lake is as tender as freshly brewed green tea, and it is so green that it glows cheerfully. He picked up a pebble and threw it in, making the surface of the water ripple like fish scales, making it look vivid and lovely.

He lit a cigarette. The cigarettes he had just bought; He doesn't usually have a penchant for smoking, but he suddenly wants to smoke.

He was thinking about Solang, but thinking about it, Maia's appearance couldn't help but get into his head and linger. If Grim hadn't left the phrase "the restaurant is in Solang's name" before leaving, maybe he wouldn't be so distressed at this moment.

A gentle breeze blew, blowing away the rising white smoke that had gathered in front of him.

When the cigarette burned out, Jill put the cigarette butt into the portable ashtray in the corner of the bench. At the end of the spectrum, he caught a glimpse of a pair of feet standing against the edge of the trail. He twisted his body a little more and saw the whole picture of the man, who was the little boy he met at the burger restaurant who had eaten two giant hamburgers in one go.

Without waiting for Jill to react, the little boy walked to the other side of the bench and sat down beside him. The little boy hesitated to speak, staring ahead. Slowly, he noticed that the sparkle of innocence in his eyes had disappeared.

"Who are you?" Jill couldn't help but ask.

"I'm Vargas of Agria." The boy's voice was still clear and childish, "The actual age is thirty-five. I'm a modified person, and the rest of the rest is mechanical except for the brain. To test Jill's words, Vargas raised his left hand and stretched out the knuckle of his index finger, leaking out the silvery-white skeleton inside.

"What you see is my child's voice and appearance, a kind of remembrance." Vargas added.

"He especially likes burgers." Vargas said again.

"I'm sorry. I think you came to me on purpose, and you should have something else to tell me. Jill interrupted. Vargas was talking to himself like this, which made him even more upset.

"Boomley asked me to come over and relay something to you." Vargas clenched his hands into fists, palms facing down on his knees, looking cute.

"Why didn't he come himself?" Jill asked.

"There's something to take care of, let me come over for him. To convince you, I can say one word, redact. ”

The word "redacted" instantly reminded Jill of what it was like to be at the underground base. With Boakye's wisdom and the city's government, he must have known that the Blade team would chase after him, and when he was fighting with the tentacle robots, the fluid robots agreed with Jill to use the power grid to plant a virus into the base machine, and the program could replace Jil's information with Jayne and Caroline and other members of the Blade team, in other words, all of this became the work of the Blade team. In order for events to look smoother, the time of writing was a quarter of an hour later than Gil's entry into the base.

"I hope your people move quickly, or what happened last night will happen."

yes, it was a big incident that happened last night, at 23:06, and it was also the time when Jill had just gotten out of Nordia's car. According to the report, there was a violent vibration under the Coalition Government Building, and the ground in the northeast corner collapsed, causing the entire building to tilt. Thankfully, there were no casualties.

"One more thing. I'll have to ask you to take me in for the rest of the year. Vargas rolled his eyes to Jill.

"Don't worry, I won't disturb your life." Vargas said again.

"Was this Boomley's idea? Gotta tell me why. Jill put the cigarette in his left hand back into the inner pocket of his suit, and then closed the round iron lid of the portable ashtray.

"The Aglians are working hard to fit into your lives, either to make life more enjoyable or for some purpose. I'm the latter, and I've been sent by Boomley to deliver a message to you and them. He had to make an appropriate number of appearances. ”

"It's good to be wary."

"That's something you guys look like." Vargas responded and said.

There is a particularly tall oak tree on the opposite side of the lake. At this moment, the sky at the top of the oak tree was covered in a thin mist, like a secret place. Jill suddenly had a question, and Vargas was able to answer it.

"In return, how about you answer a question from me?"

Vargas nodded.

"Why does it get dark five minutes earlier than the day before? Why are the weather and temperatures so abnormal? Jill knows that they are the same answer.

"The people at JA didn't give you the answers you needed?"

Jill shook his head: "I asked, but the answer was not comprehensive. ”

"So I'm looking for something to add. Okay, for the sake of your affection, I'll tell you all about it. On the same day he arrived on Earth, Boakye launched the 'Second Mirror' to the North and South Poles, a reaction force device that generates a specific force field to visualize the magnitude of tidal friction and thus change the speed of the Earth's rotation. 5 minutes is their maximum and also tends to the tipping point of power. Boakye's aim was to completely reverse the two major time zones of the earth's east and west, and to establish an Aglian time order here. The unusual weather and temperatures were just incidental products that he found amusing. ”

"What a big move." Jill sighed, "But I think it's so hard to go through so much trouble that it would be better to choose a city in the Eastern Time Zone as the landing place in the first place, which should be possible, right?" ”

"Yes. For some reason, the spacecraft ended up landing in New York. "Suffice it to say, you're on Boakye's green list now." ”

Vargas's words turned sharply, and Gil was a little stunned, but didn't show anything, "What's the Green List?" ”

"Boakye categorized all earthlings into four parts, ordinary people were put on the white list, those who had important positions or attracted his attention were put on the green list, those who could be used by him for a certain operation and on both sides of the JA were put on the red list, and those who had to be eradicated were put on the black list. On July 1st, before you passed the Queenstown Bridge and eliminated the two patrol drones, you had already been discovered by Boakiye, because you were a black household, and with this relationship with Beckett, you were naturally put on the green list. Then, you've made several appearances with the guys from the JA Blade team, and it probably won't be long before you're on the red list. You have to be careful! ”

Jill stood up with the portable ashtray in his hand, and the sky at the top of the oak tree grew thicker.

"Are you going back?" Vargas removed his hands from his knees and hung down on the bench, "I know your address, I'll find it myself later." ”

"The access code is 3515." Jill said as he walked towards Seaton's restaurant.

As he worked, Jill was a little absent-minded, and three times he came to mind the steak that had been thrown by Nordia with a steel fork on it.

He decided to call Nodia, but there was no answer.

Worried, he took a leave of absence from John. Strange to say, except for a wave of guests at noon today, there were no guests coming back after that. And when he took leave, he could see that John's face was somewhat worried.

He was going to go to Grace Hospital. After changing his clothes, he walked out of Sidon, and just got into a taxi, he received a call from Caroline: "Borg is dead. According to the watchman, Nodia sat in the ward for an afternoon without saying a word, and did not let anyone approach; He had just left the ICU 10 minutes earlier. I was 2 minutes late. I found his phone in a trash can in front of the bar, and it showed that the most recent calls besides mine were Nodia's father and yours. I'll look elsewhere. ”

Jill hung up. After thinking about it, I still asked the taxi master to go in the direction of Long Island.

Vargas had arrived, sitting cross-legged on the window side of the coffee table, munching on a burger.

"You fill your stomach with burgers for every meal every day?" Seeing the mountain of hamburger paper, Jill asked curiously.

"My body is mechanical and doesn't have much demand for the taste and texture of food. Hamburgers have a special meaning to me, as well as a steady supply of heat to keep the body functioning. For me, it's motor oil. Vargas said.

Jill turned and walked towards the bathroom, "You sleep in the bed." The bed linen is new. ”