Chapter 8: Lost Friendship
Thinking about it while walking, I just feel that many things have happened so far are too unreasonable.
According to everything that happened in the private library just now, it seems that Mr. Situ has disappeared like Xiaoxue, and it seems that the clue to find Xiaoxue's whereabouts through Mr. Situ has been broken. Then the only person who can still have anything to do with this matter and have dealings with Mo is Paul. But it seems that he is in the same group as those who have detained him, and although the scene of Paul in the elevator makes Mo believe that Paul is indeed telling the truth, Mo still feels that he seems to be hiding something from him. Perhaps what he was hiding had something to do with the conspiracy that some people in the Republic were hatching. Didn't the mysterious person you met in librarianship warn yourself? People lie, and there is a problem with purification itself, so what is the problem? Is purification really flawed? Is he connected to the whole thing? The people and things that Mo Yitian encountered in less than two days were beyond the scope of his original cognition, and in his opinion, these were some unreasonable and undesirable existences.
Either way, the truth must be found! Mo was convinced, and he decided to ask Paul for clarification.
It is not difficult to find Paul now, who works in the same branch of the government, the administrative hall, as Mo Beitian. In the Republic, with the exception of the capital, there are six relatively independent branches of government in each of the domains, as mentioned earlier. These six departments are collectively referred to as "associations", such as: administrative councils, financial councils, scientific research and education councils, and so on. They are under the leadership of the central government and have the right to relative independence and self-government. Because it is a federal state, the government departments between various fields can exercise their powers as long as they do not violate the constitution. The six branches of the capital, Seris, collectively known as the "Yuan", are under the direct authority of the Parliament and therefore have less discretion than the localities, but they can formulate the policies of the whole country under the direction of the Parliament, according to the Constitution, which in turn must be followed in all areas. Within each district, there are smaller but equally functional government departments called "guilds". The word "guild" here has a different meaning from the old "guild" and is a term that refers specifically to government departments and has nothing to do with commerce. Below the districts are the various city-states, and the administrative units of the city-states are the same as those of the superiors, but the names are different, and the government units of the city-states are called "halls", and the streets below them and the "offices" under the jurisdiction of each department. Such a complete system allows the huge republic to run in an orderly manner without major problems.
Generally speaking, the size of the administrative hall in a city-state is the largest among the six departments, because they have to deal with the busiest official business, and the administrative hall of a city-state needs thousands of people to work together, and some large city-states even need tens of thousands of people.
The administrative hall in Pallas is medium-sized, with more than 5,000 employees from top to bottom. Each employee has a specific position, which is generally called "stall". Mo and Paul were both assigned to work in the copywriting desk. The basic task of the day here is to process the documents issued by the higher authorities, analyze the contents and analyze the contents that are suitable for the development of the city-state, write suggestions for improvement of the contents that are not conducive to the city-state, and report them to the promotion authorities again. Sometimes they also work with the staff of the Civil Affairs Hall to process the city's old archives and historical materials.
Mo was in a hurry when he left home, he vaguely remembered that today was supposed to be a working day, and if he went to the executive hall now, he would definitely find Paul.
However, when Mo came to the stall where they usually worked, Paul was nowhere to be seen. Strange, Mo Yitian suddenly had a premonition, could it be that even he was missing? Was Paul kidnapped or was something worse happening? Probably not, Mo Yitian immediately denied his idea. Paul is supposed to be someone who is related to the main messenger of the whole thing, or someone under him, and it is obvious that Paul's identity is different from Xiaoxue and Situ He, and he should not be kidnapped. Then there is only one possibility, he is hiding from himself, if this is the case, it proves that he does have something to hide from Mo Zhitian, in this case, Mo Zhitian feels that it is even more necessary to find him immediately and ask him clearly.
So where did this Paul go into hiding? Mo decided to ask their colleagues, maybe he could get a clue from them. These colleagues should not have been involved in this strange incident, they did not deceive themselves. Thinking of this, Mo Beitian calmly walked to the office where he used to work, sat down at the zigzag stall and asked Jiya Shimura on the right side of him: "Jiya-kun, have you seen Paul?" ”
Osamu Shinomura is also a thin-faced man, and he always gives people the impression of being weak. He and Mo are still friends, although not as good as Mo and Paul's friendship, but he is also a person worth associating.
Scarlet Village was a little surprised when he heard Mo Yantian's voice. "Contrary to the Heavenly Monarch, is that you? What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in a long time. ”
"What a stupid thing to say, weren't we still working together the other day? On my birthday, I invited you to come, and you said that your brother was going to come and see you, but you didn't go. What, you forgot? Mo said with a smile.
"Contrary to the Heavenly Monarch, it seems that you are really very sick! I can't even remember the time. You've been sick for half a year. Scarlet Village said with certainty.
"What do you say? I've been sick for half a year? Who told you I was sick? Mo Beitian felt a little inexplicable.
Paul said it! He also helped you get a long-term leave certificate from the office. The head of the hall has seen you with him! I'd love to see you, but I haven't had time, I'm sorry! It's nice that you're healed now. Scarlet Village still replied in a very affirmative tone.
"You say it's Paul? So where is he now? Mo Beitian understood what was going on at this time, and he hurried to ask Paul's whereabouts.
"Paul Jun has been transferred out last month, it seems that he is going to New Alexandria, and there seems to be a real shortage of manpower in the African field! Alas, in fact, I also want to work over there, but my mother and younger brother are here and I can't let go! ”
Mo Beitian couldn't listen to Scarlet Village's next self-talk at this time. He was now figuring out what to do next. Xiaoxue and Situ Heshi have disappeared, Paul is also hiding from himself, and now he has no clue, all the clues are broken, and he is really in trouble. Paul, Paul, you weishenme, he wants to hide from himself, have you really done something sorry for me? Obviously, I've only been imprisoned for one day, and weishenme will be said to be sick for half a year? Are you involved behind this? If I really have a share of you, then should I forgive you, has your friendship with me come to an end?
Scarlet Village looked at Mo Beitian as if he was in a trance, he coughed kindly, and when he saw Mo Beitian relieved himself, he said: "Contrary to Tianjun, I still have a job, so I can't talk to you anymore." By the way, Paul gave me a box when he left, saying that I left it for you, and I haven't touched it, and I'll give it back to you. As he spoke, he took out a black box the size of an open palm from the drawer and handed it to Mo Beitian.
Mo Beitian took the box and was a little puzzled, Paul ran away without a sound and left a box for himself, the contents of this box must be related to these strange things, maybe some clues. Maybe Paul really had some secret that he couldn't tell, anyway, and he figured out the contents of the box himself. Thinking of this, Mo got up and prepared to leave. Behind him, Scarlet Village asked curiously: Where are you going? Aren't you coming back to work? ”
He glanced at Jiya Shimura and said, "My illness is not yet cured, and it is estimated that I will have to recuperate for a while, so you should treat me as if I have never been here." ”
After saying this, Mo walked out of the office without looking back. Not far away, a pair of eyes were staring at him.