Chapter 44: The Beholder
“…… Mr. Ha Xun, I must remind you that most of the members of the Board of Directors have been skeptical about the necessity and feasibility of the 'True Justice' project led by the researcher codenamed 'J of Spades', and if this project does not achieve the necessary results within the scheduled time, then the Board of Directors may reconsider the allocation of such a large budget, we understand your vision as the largest shareholder, but at this moment, I believe that a united board of directors is essential to fight for greater interests...... On the other hand, please pay more attention to the series of ultra vires actions of the 'J of Spades' researcher......"
—A letter from a director of the Romons Group to Ha Xun
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Ling Yu threw away the assault rifle and held the steel cable tightly in his right hand, the magnetic glove instantly slowed down Ling Yu's speed greatly, and the young man flew down from the rope with a slight swing, and behind him, a red blood line streaked through the air and scattered on the top of the elevator that was locked on the ground floor.
Ling Yu grabbed the metal guardrail next to the ventilation duct access opening, and the ventilation duct that had been seized by Arya opened instantly, Ling Yu went directly into it, crawled for a short time, and then kicked through the pipe opening at the other end and landed in the cleaner's dormitory on the second floor.
"I've landed."
Ling Yu raised his hand to tear off the mask and wig disguised as Schultz, revealing a face that had been made up to hide his original appearance, but retained the characteristics of an Oriental, and undid the uniform of a computer engineer - the right leg of the uniform was already stained with blood, but it was not Ling Yu's blood, but a bag of blood that Ling Yu used to confuse the investigators and randomly selected from the hospital's blood bank.
The reason why blood is spilled is to disguise the fact of being hit, so that at the first time, the scope of the investigation can be narrowed down to the target of "leg inconvenience". In order to buy more time for Ling Yu, by the time they had completed the DNA analysis of the blood and found that the owner of the blood was a helpless white-collar worker or a student still in college, Ling Yu had already fled.
He untied the blood-sprinkling device from his waist, removed the blood-sprinkling device, and took off his boots and pants. Revealing the cleaner's uniform that was originally worn inside, the young man tore off the cleaner's uniform to prevent blood from penetrating, wrapped the blood-sprinkler device with the waterproof membrane, and put it in his pocket, then picked up the engineer's uniform pants on the ground, and gently tore them on the right thigh of the pants, and a bullet hole appeared on the seemingly intact uniform, and he rolled up the clothes. Throw it on the ground casually.
Adjusting his breathing, Ling Yu carefully checked to make sure there was no problem, gently ruffled his clothes, disguised himself as a cleaner who had just woken up and wanted to escape in a panic, and then walked out of the door and ran directly to the emergency escape route.
A one-hundred-story building requires hundreds of cleaners to clean it, and it's not easy to run down from the top floor when the elevator is blocked. Therefore, Ling Yu did not arouse anyone's suspicion and rushed out of the escape route directly. The reaction of the Rommens Group was not unpleasant, Ling Yu even passed by a group of assault infantry wearing exoskeletons, and a security device for facial scanning was temporarily set up on the way out of the escape route to leave the building.
But the Rohms soldiers apparently made the same mistake as the Confederate security guards at JFK Airport, after Ling Yu had successfully cleared security by blackening the facial scanner with a hollow eye. They didn't pay much attention to the panicked Asian cleaner at all, and let Ling Yu walk out of the Rommones Group building.
Ling Yu rushed directly out of the square and into the outer blockade organized by the local police, and the local police had no authority to deal with a company like Rohmens, which had a close relationship with Icarus. Even when gunshots and explosions are heard, these poorly equipped local police officers are too lazy to wade into the waters.
It took Ling Yu some time to get rid of the enthusiastic medical staff who were going to take him to the hospital, and on the grounds that he wanted to stay with his family, he left the square, and after changing his clothes at another changing spot, Ling Yu, who was disguised as a tourist, took a few more stops on the subway to make sure no one followed him, and only joined up with the minivan where Payne and Vivien were after the sun had fully risen.
"Honey, how about it, I'm doing a good job~!"
"Yes, thank you very much."
As soon as Ling Yu pulled the car door, Vivien jumped out directly and threw herself into Ling Yu's arms, Ling Yu originally wanted to tear the girl off her body as always, but because she was in a good mood, and considering that this genius child had just performed a rather dangerous task perfectly without any mistakes, she let her little head rub against her body.
"I said I wouldn't be any worse than that wooden man made of binary code."
Children are like this, the girl who was still having trouble with Ling Yu yesterday and didn't say a word in the car that came to Boston has already recovered her sweet tone at this time, but she still doesn't forget to belittle her "competitor".
"Let's get in the car first."
Ling Yu nodded, patted Vivian's head lightly, and then the two of them got into the car together.
"How's Arya's side?"
Ling Yu sat in the back seat of the business car, looked at Payne holding the steering wheel from the rearview mirror, and spoke.
"Headlines."
Payne made a rare joke, then reached out and turned on the car's radio to the news channel.
“…… The massive explosion in Brooklyn has now been proven to have been deliberately manufactured, and although the explosion occurred in an abandoned industrial area of Brooklyn, the mushroom cloud created by the violent explosion can be clearly seen even on the high-rise buildings of Manhattan...... According to the latest reports, the explosion did not cause any fatalities, about 20 people were slightly injured by the shattered glass of the sound wave guide, and the CBI agents who are currently investigating the JFK attack have taken over the investigation, which can prove that there is official evidence that the previous attack and the bombing are related......"
"This bomb should be enough for them to keep them busy for a while."
Ling Yu nodded, "Arya has withdrawn safely." ”
"She'll be the first of us to reach Cambridge." Payne opened his mouth to confirm.
Ling Yu's actions in Boston will naturally become the new focus of the alliance, even if Ling Yu does not show the characteristics of TF, but the alliance will still have its eyes on itself, in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, a new incident must be created in New York. to ensure that the focus of the Alliance's eyes is not taken away from New York.
It was a good choice to blow up the entire safe house of Kronos, because the safe house would inevitably become no longer safe with the screening of the alliance, so according to Ling Yu's arrangement, Arya stayed in the safe house and used the computer equipment there to hack into the external computers of the Romans Group in Boston. The exhaust pipe helped Ling Yu escape, and this invasion with almost no technical content would naturally be quickly discovered by the Rohms Group and CBI agents, so that they could turn their attention back to New York.
In the end, Arya detonated the explosives and blew a qiē into pieces, although it was impossible to completely erase the traces, but within a month or two, the alliance would not be able to get any useful information.
And, more importantly, the massive explosion that could wipe out a neighborhood could put unprecedented public pressure on CBI operatives if it hadn't happened in an abandoned factory. It's a densely populated area of Manhattan, and I'm afraid these CBI agents won't necessarily end up much better than the Secret Service agents who were censored back then.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the Allies to put the main forces on the side of Boston, at least until a thorough screening of New York is completed.
After doing this qiē arrangement, Arya will leave New York for Boston on the train fifteen minutes before the detonation, but she will not get off in Boston, but will go directly to Cambridge. Because Boston has been locked down.
"Our contact just sent a message."
Payne picked up his phone and glanced at it, "As expected. Level 3 blockade, there is no way to get out for the time being. ”
"As expected." Ling Yu nodded to indicate that he knew, and then reached out and touched Vivian's soft long golden hair, "Let's go to the safe house first, and after 24 hours, after the military and police begin to shrink the screening range, we can naturally have loopholes and leave." ”
"Thank you for me, the monastery." Ling Yu closed his eyes. It seems that this thank you is a little difficult.
"We all know that you're right and we're on the right path."
The traffic light at the intersection ahead turned from red to green, Payne released the brake with his right foot, and the car slowly started again.
If the right path. If only it wasn't so difficult to walk.
Ling Yu smiled bitterly and looked down at the girl in his arms, the girl who was tired from the high-intensity use of mental power and worry about Ling Yu had already fallen asleep relaxed in her arms.
At the same time, in Montreal, Canada, at the same time, a young man with glasses was staring at the computer with a frown.
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Montreal, Canada, Rommens Group Secret Research Facility, codename: "True Justice".
It was close to noon, but the bespectacled young man did not go to the main real yàn room, as the technical director of the real yàn room, he had transcendent power, and even the nominal general director could not give orders to him.
And his status is precisely given by Xia Xun, the group's major shareholder.
At this moment, the young man was sitting in his dimly lit room, the room in the underground base had no windows, and the bespectacled young man in a white coat was frowning and staring at the holographic screen.
"I see, are the key words 'Charr, Andy, ACA, JFK' and related logical phrases?" The young man in glasses raised his hand to take off his glasses, lifted the corner of his white coat and rubbed it gently against the lenses, and the silence lasted for a while before he spoke, "Access the Boston branch, the surveillance footage of the attack. ”
"Warning, given that the accessor lacks sufficient strong association authority, the matter will be reported to the Group Board of Directors for the record."
"Do it."
The young man in the white lab coat squinted his eyes and his face was expressionless, and he had access to the central server of the Rohms Group, but if he wanted to access some materials that were not related to the research, then he would be reported to the board of directors by the AI administrator.
"Please select the clip number."
The young man did not speak, but stretched out his hand and lightly touched the holographic screen, and the screen began to play surveillance video, which was the picture of Ling Yu fighting with the Rohms security guard at the door of the computer room on the fifty-seventh floor.
The young man used gestures to control the playback, paused, slowed down, and zoomed in on the content from time to time, and the high-resolution camera and three-dimensional imaging technology exposed Ling Yu's every move in front of the youth's eyes.
"Sure enough, it's you."
After more than ten minutes of silence, the young man in the white coat smiled coldly, then raised his hand and put on his glasses.
"Limiting power is a very smart act, but human habits and instincts cannot be hidden, I know you too well......"
"And, if it's that eye...... It's not hard to explain how to effortlessly paralyze a security screening facility in an instant. ”
"It's a pity that you're in my way now."
"So, let's teach you a lesson."
The young man in the white coat kept a weird sneer, shook his hand to turn off the screen, and picked up the phone on the table.
"Mr. Xia Xun, you may be in trouble."
In the dark room, the cold voice of the young man in glasses could not hide a hint of excitement. (To be continued......)