"It seems that the power of the black market is even greater than I thought. Hearing the president's answer, Shul raised his eyebrows, not minding to reveal his surprise at all, "If you don't have enough influence in the town hall, you can't have the confidence to facilitate the talks or even affect the outcome of the negotiations." ”

"Huh. The president smiled mysteriously, but said nothing.

"Alright, well, I understand what Your Excellency the President means. Of course, Shuer understood, he really understood, the president suddenly came up with such a sentence, and did not hesitate to take the initiative to expose the influence of the black market in the city hall, of course, not because of a short circuit in the electronic brain, but a means of waiting for the price to sell, not only to tell the customer what goods he has, but also to show the importance of the black market, and the price code will naturally rise.

"Whew, I see. Frowning and hesitating for a while, Shul sighed, relaxed and leaned back in his chair, "I need to know how far the black market can go. ”

"To tell you the truth, judging from the current situation, the possibility of holding talks with or without us coming forward to secretly contact is very high, and according to my experience, it is at least as high as 70 percent. It must be admitted that the impact of your battle is too great, the military's motorized troops are almost completely wiped out, only two tank formations and more than 40 individual armors remain, the city defense has reached the edge of the red alert, they will never dare to dispatch easily, and the special combat team of the city hall has not shown up so far, which shows that they are also afraid, so they will take a wait-and-see attitude, if you express that you want to negotiate, most of them are happy to accept. ”

"However, 70 percent is not 100 percent after all, and it cannot be ruled out that a small number of hard-line officials in the city hall and the military will work together to obstruct the talks, and if you have a attitude that it doesn't matter whether you talk or not, you can try, but if you feel that the talks have to take place, then we can intervene." As long as we get involved, I can guarantee that 100 percent of the proposals for the talks will be passed, and that they will be passed as quickly as possible, and I don't think it will take more than a day. ”

"Of course, the fee will not be low, the exact price can be discussed later, and I think that with Mr. Schul's experience, he will definitely not make some decisions that are unpleasant to both parties. ”

"Fair enough. Shuer nodded thoughtfully, "So, what if you go further?"

"Oh, further, it is to facilitate the adoption of the proposals during the talks. Only then did the president show the attitude of a businessman, and his two eyes, which were so fat that they were slitted into a slit, shone sharply, "It depends on what Mr. Shul wants." ”

"Do you want to quote by item?"

"That's nature, your requirements are different, and the price code is naturally different, just like you just want to stand on the edge of the city and see the scenery, and you want to play in a few cities in the sky, the price code must be the difference between heaven and earth. ”

"Oh, I want the Floating City?" Shure asked with a smirk, "Can you help broker the deal as well?"

"I'm sorry, we can't do Sky City, it's not that we don't have enough influence, it's that we don't have the ability to trade. The chairman spread his hands and said honestly, "Since the outbreak of the mechanical apocalypse, the sky city has been unable to be built, and for decades, no new sky city has been born. Now, all the cities in the sky are running at full capacity, and there is simply nothing left to trade. ”

"Moreover, something like the city in the sky is not something that our city can decide, it must be decided by the upper echelons of the capital area, although our black market also has a certain influence in the capital area, but it is much smaller than the local cities, even if we help with our efforts, I can guarantee that it will never pass. ”

"That's a question I wanted to ask just now. Shul suddenly looked at Delia and lowered his voice, "Do you want to go and rest for a while?"

"Hmm, isn't it convenient for me to listen to it?" the girl had recovered quite a bit from her lost soul, and nodded dumbly, "Okay, then I'll avoid it first." ”

"If you want to hear it, I won't object, or rather, I'm more than welcome. Shuer shook his head and said, "But you have to think clearly, once you continue to listen, you will never be able to go back to your old life." If you leave the table now, you are just an outsider, and after we are done, the parties will not specifically target you, and you will still be the happy little girl in the West Outer Ring Road. ”

"Not only that, but I can ask someone to get her back to the inner city and live a more decent life. The president looked at Delia and smiled, "If she wants, I can also accept her to join the black market, I also like this kid very much, his brain is flexible enough, and if he cultivates it for a while, he may be able to achieve a lot of things." ”

"If you leave the table now, your future life will not only not be adversely affected, but will be better, but if you continue to sit down, then I dare not guarantee it. Shul said with a serious expression, "Once you are involved, you can follow us when we are there, but we always have to leave, and it is impossible to judge whether you will be retaliated against by one party at that time, or even the extent of retaliation." So, it's up to you to choose whether to stay or leave. ”

"Uncle, what about your suggestion?"

"Don't make a fuss, I said let you choose. Shuer pondered for a moment and said, "As for the uncle's suggestion, you should leave the table now and forget about this matter completely." ”

"But I still want to stay. Delia bit her lip and said, "I want to be involved." ”

"I don't judge, but I warn you that this is not a good time for young people to look forward to adventure and excitement. ”

"That's not the reason, I'm not that ignorant, but I know that you actually want me to stay, uncle, right? The girl completely regained her usual agility and showed a sly smile, "Since you said that you were going to hire me that day, uncle, you have actually chosen me, right, I don't know what uncle wants me to do for you, but it must be a very important thing." ”

Tsk, this kid is a little too sensitive. The corners of Shuer's mouth twitched, and he secretly poked Moria's back in the snicker, and glared at Saf again, he knew that his plan could not hide from the two closest women, but he didn't expect that even this dead child could see through it.

In his original plan, it was indeed for some purpose that he planned to push Delia to the foreground and become his agent, which could be regarded as an experiment, so he intended to bring the relationship between the two sides closer. But with the contact in the past few days, Xiuer actually hesitated, worried about whether this burden was too heavy for her age, so he advised her to stop here.

"I know that you are good for me, uncle, but you don't understand, I didn't care about my previous life at all. The girl looked away and looked into the distance, although she could not see it, but Shul knew that it was the direction of the Tower of Babel, "I also have my dreams, and my intuition tells me that as long as I continue, my dreams will come true." ”

"Of course, even if I don't do this, maybe I will be tricky, and when my uncle is pestered by me and has a headache, he is willing to help me realize my dreams, but my parents have taught me since I was a child that there is a reward for paying, and I am willing to pay for it, so uncle don't drive me away, okay?"

"Snort. Xiuer sneered disdainfully, "I said, you make your own decisions, you can stay if you want, and leave if you want, what does it have to do with me." ”

"Hey. ”

"Hmph. Shuer snorted coldly, turned his head away from the little guy's hateful smiling face, and continued to say to the president, "Then continue our previous topic, I have always wondered, does the capital area really exist?"

"Theoretically, it does. The president hesitated for a moment, but still sighed, "I've doubted it over the years, but in the end I still believe in its existence." ”

"It's just that no one has ever actually seen the Tokyo metropolitan area with their own eyes, right? ”

"Well, for decades, there has been no transportation, people are stuck on isolated islands, and no one has actually been there. It's not that no one has tried, and Castle in the Sky has also tried a few times, excluding death squads trying to get to the capital area by land, even if they can't get to the capital, being able to reach other cities is a victory step. ”

"The result?"

"Heh, do you still need to ask?" the guild leader smiled sneeringly and shook his head, "The ground is already their world, and no team can reach their destination alive." ”

"You can't either?"

"Mr. Shure, I think you have a misunderstanding. The president sighed, "Although our whole body has been modified, we are still human, not machines. ”

"But you can leave the Floating City and live on the ground. ”

"No, we've never lived on the surface, our base is an underground bunker. Although the president had a straight face, Shure could see that he was not lying, "Ground city, Tower of Babel, city in the sky, underground bunker, this is the standard configuration of every city in the sky before the mechanical apocalypse, the underground bunker is mainly responsible for energy supply, through the Tower of Babel to transport energy to the city and the city in the sky, the surface city is mainly responsible for agriculture and industrial production, providing necessities for the city in the sky, and the city in the sky is mainly responsible for scientific and technological research and efforts for the progress of civilization." ”

"After the mechanical apocalypse, the ground fell, and some of the underground bunkers were also devastated, which directly led to the collapse of the Sky City. In order to fight against the machines, we modified humans and normal humans have to join forces, because we have special bodies, so we live underground to maintain the normal operation of underground bunkers. Why do you think our black market has a great influence in every city, on the one hand, the city in the sky needs the existence of the black market, and on the other hand, it is also because only we can hold the underground bunker. ”

"We can completely mechanize ourselves and lose all vital signs so that we can move freely on the ground, but we can't last long, so we can indeed move on the ground for a short time, but we can't move for a long time, so we, like other humans, are prisoners on an isolated island, and we can't go anywhere. ”

"Then why do you believe in the existence of the Tokyo metropolitan area?"

"Because there is video communication, there is the exchange of goods, and through the shuttle, you can also interact with text communication. ”

"These can be faked. ”

"Mr. Sauer. The president sighed again, "What do you want me to believe? If it were you, it was a lie? Do you believe that these are the traps of mechanical creatures? Or do you want me to believe that we are just mechanical animals, slaves in captivity to make up for their lack of creativity? If it were you, which would you believe it?"

"It's so desperate, Mr. Shure. ”