And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. — Nietzsche

When: in the near future

Venue: RSHF (Research on special human function)

A nondescript building, a seemingly ordinary but simple conference room.

Facing the spotlessly polished floor-to-ceiling windows, stood a young officer, his typical oriental face reflected in the afternoon sun, resolute and handsome. His piercing eyes were staring at the passing pedestrians and vehicles on the road outside the building, as if thinking about something.

No sooner had the door to the conference room been pushed open, and the young officer turned around in a 180° backward turn of a soldier. When he saw a general in the middle of the crowd, he immediately "snapped" his legs together and saluted the general with a standard military salute. The whole action is done in one go, smooth and capable.

"Captain Dong Qi, please take a seat!" The general, who summoned the young officer to take his seat, was obviously of a higher rank, and he returned a military salute to the young officer.

"How long has it been since you entered this room until I came in? Accurate to the minute"

After taking his seat, the general-looking man put down the information in his hand and suddenly began to ask questions to the young officer named Dong Qi.

"About 2 minutes and 30 seconds"

"So, apart from the few people we just came in, how many people have been to the conference room during this period? Can you tell the occupations of the two people who were in the conference room by their clothing and behavior? “

"There was already a man and a woman when I entered the room, and then a total of nine people entered the room, and then all of them left, including the waitress who came in to pour tea. So there are 11 people in total. ”

The general was silent and motioned for Dong Qi to continue.

"Let me start with the men in the room. Criminal police officer or related police officer, around 1.75 meters, left-handed, has a history of smoking for many years, married. “

"Basis?"

"First, although he was dressed in civilian clothes, I noticed that he had a pistol around his waist. Second, I am 1.81 meters tall, and when he got up and handed me a cigarette with his right hand, I briefly estimated the height difference between the two of us. I don't smoke though."

"Third, when I shook hands with him, I found the ring on his left ring finger, as well as his yellowed middle and index fingers."

After listening to Dong Qi's answer, the general nodded slightly and continued to ask.

"Well, what about the woman in the conference room?"

"She's a nurse in the hematology department of the Third Cancer Hospital, at least for now."

"Oh? How did this conclusion come about? ”

"Clearly, the calls she answered betrayed her profession. In the phone call between her and her colleagues, she talked about letting the other party replace her, and also talked about meeting on a blind date on Saturday, and mentioned that she would definitely return to her post to change her colleague within 30 minutes after the matter was over. ”

"As far as I know, there is only one hospital within a 30-minute drive from here, and that is the Third Oncology Hospital."

As for the judgment that it was a hematology, it was because she mentioned the problem of the patient's medication. This drug is an imported special drug used in special blood diseases, which cannot be used in other departments. Also, perhaps because it was not far away, she came to the interview in a hurry, and the shoes and pants she had to change in the future further confirmed my judgment. ”

Judging from the general's facial expression, it can be seen that he seems to be relatively satisfied.

"Judging from the resume provided by the military, he graduated from the military academy, four years in the second squadron of Unit 8341, and five years in special reconnaissance of the special operations force, and you are proficient in grappling, driving, shooting, blasting, and dismantling. During this period, he also studied medicine and law on his own. “

"On the surface, there are both civil and martial arts, but let me tell you, skills are often too many but not refined. People who are stronger than you abound. Young man, it's a pity that I don't need these fancy kung fu"

The general deliberately paused for a few seconds, he was still secretly observing Dong Qi's reaction.

Just like the name, Dong Qi's heart is surprisingly calm, and he doesn't have any emotional changes.

The general smiled rarely, and then he suddenly changed his words:

"It's rare that you can maintain an extremely outstanding ability to observe and think rationally in the midst of these massive factors. But that's not the most important thing. ”

"After a difficult twelve rounds of testing, you became one of the 8 elites we finally admitted. Of course, these 8 candidates are definitely not because of luck, you are from 31,280 top elites in various industries. In fact, 90% of people are eliminated in the first 10 rounds"

"What really impressed me was how you performed in rounds 5 and 7."

"Captain, do you remember those two tests?"

"Yes, of course I do. Rounds 5 and 7 were both real scenarios and live ammunition. In the 5th round, there was an unexpected and critical situation, in which I violated the rules to save a passer-by who had nothing to do with the operation and failed the mission, I thought I would definitely be eliminated, but I didn't expect to pass the test"

Dong Qi couldn't help but think of the moment of lightning and flint at that time, thrilling and short, maybe there was no time for him to think about it at all.

"Actually, it was just a deliberately arranged episode," the general's sharp eyes shone with a certain light.

"But in round 7 you solved the suspect as quickly as possible, and the suspect was a minor! What did you think about it at the time? ”

"I'm also very hard inside. But first, we have identified him through a time bomb in the hands of the suspect and through brutal means. Secondly, his actions have threatened the physical safety of the hostages and all the operatives. “

"It's good, you're acting in a way that's human, not those cold-blooded machines"

"The country needs you now, young man! Believe me, the road ahead will only get harder! But aren't we here to solve the problem?! ”

The general stood up and stretched out his big hand to Dong Qi.

"You're welcome, Captain!"

。。。。。。

"Major!" Rabbit "appeared! “

Dong Qi's memories were interrupted by the sudden call of his subordinates, which was when he first stepped into the organization 10 years ago. Now he is the direct head of this organization.

Seeing the ashtray handed over by his subordinates, Dong Qi found that the cigarette between his fingers burned to a small part. He quickly stood up, and as if he had made up his mind, he snuffed out the remaining cigarette butt in the ashtray.

"Let's go! Are you all together? ”

"Vincent and several experts are already online!"

Dong Qi nodded and walked ahead quickly, he hadn't slept well for several nights. Even though he has always been known for his calm and rationality, it can be seen from the rapid pace under his feet that he can not hide his urgent and slightly excited mood at the moment.

"Well, there's a first-level United Nations ombudsman here!"

"What? My head hurts enough to deal with these politicians! ”

A nameless fire ignited in Dong Qi's chest, and he shook his head impatiently.

After passing through several biometric barriers, he hurried into a huge room filled with all kinds of unknown equipment, and in front of the huge room was an electronic wall of many screens, in which many real-time images flashed.

On the desktop in the center of the room, more than a dozen video devices have been connected to the necessary experts or military leaders in various places. The entire room accommodates almost more than 50 busy staff members.

Obviously, this is a facility for surveillance purposes, which is not only complete but also technologically advanced.

The footsteps have not stopped, Dong Qi's eyes have been staring at the screen tightly, and he asked Dr. Louis, the on-site supervisor AI expert standing on the side.

"What screen is it?"

"Hello 。。。。。。"

Dong Qi went straight to work on his own, ignoring the first-level supervision officer who stood in front of the screen and stretched out his hand to greet him almost at the same time, this was due to his personality.

After receiving his instructions, the somewhat chaotic pace of work in the hall quickly became orderly.

"Look at screen 235. Just 2 minutes ago, we spotted the trail of Target 1, who had just entered the café. ”

"235 Tone Home Screen"

"Colonel, do you need to replay the footage from 2 minutes ago?"

"No, cut directly to the real-time picture, sound and image synchronization!"

As soon as the voice ended, the picture on the sub-screen No. 235 was immediately displayed by the staff on the main screen in the middle of the electronic wall, and the picture and sound of the scene quickly became the focus of everyone in the room.

It is a café with great taste, very typical of the décor and interior layout, while the handwriting on the glass windows is in French. The surveillance footage comes from downtown Paris, France, and the perspective of the picture comes from the cameras installed inside the café.

Three Europeans are sitting around a round table in the café, not in the center of the frame, but in the upper right corner because of the camera.

Dong Qi observed that a middle-aged man with a slight weight in the side picture was dressed in an expensive outfit to highlight his financial strength, and he seemed to have a kind of cunning and shrewdness unique to a businessman.

Sitting in the middle of the round table was a handsome young man.

The young man's attire is not very special, and the watch he wears on his right wrist stands out in the picture, and from a distance, it seems to be a little too dazzling. Dong Qi asked the staff to zoom in on the watch to the maximum extent for a moment of thoughtfulness.

The young man's handsome face and temperament may have been too perfect, and not only the ladies at the table were attracted to him, but the men's eyes were also inexplicably focused on him from time to time.

Next to the middle-aged man was a young man with a thin face, and from the sound of the conversation coming from the audio system, he guessed that he should be the middle-aged man's partner or assistant.

Because the round table was not large, the three of them were a little crowded together.

"Mr. Martin, how's it going?"

The young man buried his head and asked the middle-aged man as he patiently sorted the food from his porcelain plate with the soup spoon in his hand. His movements appear very careful and methodical, almost as if he is working on a work.

The middle-aged man named Martin suddenly turned his head and glanced at the thin monkey beside him. Because the picture is clear, the subtle expressions of each person's face are captured clearly.

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked fellow immediately raised his head, revealing the face of a villain, and said in a sly tone:

"Mr. Dust, we will complete the task you have assigned us as soon as possible, but we are currently experiencing some unexpected difficulties. Well, you'll need to add some budget."

As soon as he finished speaking, both of them stared silently at the young man's face, as if observing his reaction.

The spoon in the young man's hand shook slightly, seemingly imperceptibly. Perhaps to hide his intense disdain for this person and the turmoil in his heart, he did not look up, and was silent for a few seconds without any expression on his face.

Because the duration of this silence was a bit beyond common sense, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, and Dong Qi couldn't help but look at the time on the screen, which was about 7 seconds.

Then the young man looked up with a smile and, as if nothing had happened, said calmly to Martin:

"I don't think it's a big problem, your wife and children are okay lately."

"Good, good, thanks for the greetings, Mr. Dust"

"Mr. Martin, unfortunately, I have an urgent matter to deal with immediately, shall we make an appointment another day?"

With that, the three of them got up and walked out of the store.

Unexpectedly, the meeting between the three of them would end so soon, Dong Qi was a little unexpected, but he was keen, and he immediately asked the staff to closely monitor their follow-up activities.

"I don't see anything out of the ordinary, businessman," the video conference on the table began to talk.

"This is the CCTV footage we got from a café in downtown Paris."

Dr. Louis, the on-site supervisor AI expert, explained.

"In fact, for the last 70 years, we have been monitoring the behavior of this young man named Mr. Dust."

"70 years?! But he looks like he's only in his 20s? ”

"Not all the time, strictly speaking, there have been 15 times in 70 years, and each time it has never been monitored by us for more than 15 minutes, and 10 of them have been in the last 3 months, including this one. Is that so? Dr. Vincent"

It turned out to be the first-level supervision officer on the side who interjected.

"Well, that's right. Please switch the photo to the home screen. Dr. Vincent, who was sitting at the other end, began to speak.

The main screen shows several photos, all of which are very old. Everyone present immediately knew who the main character in the picture was, because this person was so notorious. There is even that photo of him in the beer hall with the core ** members when he got up!

"Since the Second World War, our Research on Special Human Function Unit in East Germany, or RSHF (Research on Special Human Function), is the predecessor of the current institution. This department has been around for more than 90 years, and at that time, there was no doubt that our research was at the forefront of the world, including the United States and Germany, which at that time were the self-proclaimed world hegemons. Of course, you wouldn't and shouldn't have known this. ”

Vincent is an expert on Jewish Americans. A top figure in the field of neurobiology research, and before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a scientist in the GDR. Straightforward and honest, accustomed to the American way of life, fond of cigars.

He took a sip of his coffee, furrowed his brow, and took a deep and enjoyable puff of his cigar.

With a large circle of smoke exhaled, it seemed that his breathing was much easier. Everyone was curiously waiting for Vincent's next words, and the room was quite quiet, and the story itself was enough to attract everyone's attention.

"At first, that mustache wasn't a sample of our study," Vincent said, pointing to Hitler in a few combinations with two fingers between his cigars.

"It doesn't matter anymore. We started out with the same kind of research on super soldiers that could be used in warfare, and at the same time monitoring the enemy through the 'Deep Throat' planted in the top of the world. Who would have thought that they would accidentally find him"

"One thing these puppets have in common is that they have been implanted with a thumb-sized lens in the back of the brainstem. This substance was obtained by accident after the guy committed suicide, and at that time only 2 or 3 core leaders of the Kremlin High Command were aware of it, and it was one of the top secrets."

"However, we have only made substantial breakthroughs in the scientific and technological research of this lens in the last five years."

At this time, the inspector took over the topic and continued: "In fact, it is also an accident, before the end of World War II, because of the discovery of the cause of Hitler's crystal implantation, the Soviet Union increased its surveillance in East Germany and the actual control area, hoping to find out the real manipulator behind the scenes. And in the years after the end of World War II, the first generation of inspection devices for crystalline materials was secretly developed. ”

"As a result, during the interrogation of many high-ranking ** officials in the prison, it was discovered that there was a mysterious figure next to Hitler, codenamed 'Dust'."

Vincent was not happy that the Ombudsman had robbed him of his words, and forcibly continued:

"This 'dust' lives up to his name, he never wears a ** uniform, but he has free access to any ** core institution and any of Hitler's private residences, including the 'Wolf's Den' and the 'Eagle's Nest'. In the entire ** High Command, I guess maybe no one except Hitler really knows where this mysterious man came from and what his real name is. ”

"And the breakthrough point came from the newly established Israel, whose mossad organization worked hard to hunt down the fugitive ** high-ranking officials, but unexpectedly found the traces of this person in a remote town in Europe"

"But because the detection device was so primitive at the time, we lost him again in the decades that followed, and there was no news until the last few months."

"In the Louvre, at the Sydney Opera House, and in the footage of this café, we rediscovered him. His reappearance seems to be too frequent, a little more deliberate. ”

"Is there anything else special about this man?" This person's peculiar situation aroused Dong Qi's strong interest, after all, after so many years of work, he felt that there were not too many challenges.

"Initial testing found that 90% of the entire brain structure of Mr. Dust was composed of crystals, which are the same substances that Hitler took out of his brain stem when he committed suicide."

"Vincent, you mean 。。。。。。?"

"Yes, the Mr. Dust we've been looking for isn't really human! In contemporary language, it should be a robot! ”。

"You and I share the same opinion, thank you for your elaboration and sharing of views, Colonel Vincent. The dust should be the same as my essence, except that he appeared 70 years earlier than me, because of technology. I don't think there's anything to worry about, and from the point of view of the purpose of this institution to discover special human functions, you have done a very good job, and you can enter the Y-series file classification for traceability investigation as a general case, and there is no need to specifically list this case as an X-file project, saving resources. Thank you, and we're here for today."

The authority of the first-level supervisor is very high, and although Vincent and Dong Qi have something in their hearts, they do not have a seizure. After the First Inspector left, they and Dr. Louis stayed behind. It's not the first time they've done this, and after going through a lot of things, they're used to discussing it in private.

So, the three of them went to a nearby bar that they frequented. At this point, it's already night.