Chapter 6: The Shadows
"Beginning in 2627 AD, there were 160 million registered orphans in the Federation, and by 2633 this year, aside from the record of accidental deaths, there was an inexplicable loss of 400,000 children's files...
Most of them disappeared suddenly, and most of them had training records in Xinghai before they disappeared, and all their social records were through your hands before entering Xinghai, and they were all concentrated in the Gertu Social Security Bureau, can you explain to me? ”
In a gloomy room, a bald fat man sitting on a hard-backed bench, with a pale face, looked at the short-haired blond man in front of him.
"It's none of my business ... I don't know anything, I want to see my lawyer! ”
Connor muttered weakly, his eyes blank.
"You still have three hours, if you don't explain, I'll go to your head and get it myself"
Stark leaned down, turned his face to the fat man who was slumped on the stool, and pointed to his head.
"You can't help it...
Even President Rennes can't help it...
I can't be blamed for this ... ”
Just hours earlier, Connor had been invited to watch a strange confession through hidden glass------ Oshouting of the police station had been shot by a young man with tactical glasses and put on a brainwave harvesting helmet.
Half an hour later, the former chief of the Gertu police station was carried out like a cripple with straight eyes.
Connor knew that behind the other wall of that room must be Nicholas, the former attorney general of Gertu.
Since the invention of the consciousness virtual machine, human learning and cognitive abilities have been greatly enhanced, and the problem brought about by this is that through professional virtual machines, it is basically possible to restore what is recorded in the individual's mind.
If it weren't for the forcible ingestion of data in other people's brains, which would lead to an individual entering a semi-vegetative state, a large amount of personal privacy would be flooded and leaked, and eventually even lead to the collapse of society.
This dark way of obtaining data, which is close to the death penalty, has always been a method that all mankind has vigorously resisted, and has been banned for many years, and at one point people almost forgot that there is such a cruel and inhumane method of interrogation.
"It seems that three hours is too much... Borg, press him to the operating table! ”
Stark straightened up, snapped his fingers at the man in the Black Tower behind Connor, and turned to get ready to leave.
"Nope! I tell you! I had to! Or I'll die! ”
When the fat man was grabbed by the collar by Borg with one hand, Connor's pants were wet all at once, and he really didn't want to be in bed and be a vegetative person for the rest of his life.
Stark turned around and nodded at the black bear, and Connor was thrown back into his seat.
"Six years ago, just after the New Year, the Xinghai headquarters recommended a man with a mask, who called himself an "angel". On that day, he carried an encrypted message from Speaker Vannas of the House of Lords, which contained everything I had done since I became a public servant."
Connor looked at Stark:
"Do you have a cigar? No, smoke is fine... ”
Stark glanced at the fat man, picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table behind him, tore open the package, took out two cigarettes, lit them together, and inserted one into the fat man's mouth.
"Hiss~~~"
Connor took a deep breath, his face recovering slightly.
"They gave me terms I couldn't refuse... Give me a piece of land for one of the Seven Kings of the Alliance... ”
"The Domain of the Seven Kings ... With such a big breath, whose family? ”
Stark's eyes flashed when he heard this.
"Jack Frio's ... Connor took a puff of cigarette and took nearly half of it.
Starck pulled another cigarette out of the case, lit it and handed it to Connor.
"Could it be that ... The disappearance of flamenco and his son, who was also responsible? ”
Looking at the fat man, Starck asked again.
"I don't know... Flaminco had previously entrusted me with the transfer of his wife and children to the Confederates through Laupa, and I immediately reported this to the angels.
Originally, everything was arranged, but I don't know if there was a leak, they didn't come... ”
"Why would you believe that they could give you such a big gift?"
After listening to this, Stark felt that this was simply a fantasy, you must know that among the lords of the Allied Army, the Seven Kings are the most powerful of the seven families, but because in the Second Great Patriotic War, the Allied Army and the Imperial Alliance were defeated by the Federation, so each of the major families of the Allied Army sent one of their descendants to the Federation as a proton.
Among these protons were even those who participated in the Third Great Patriotic War of the Federation and made great achievements.
"Because ...
They showed me information about their manipulation of previous presidents...
Including the current president--- Rennes-Andali... ”