Like a heart being grasped by an invisible hand, Russell's pupils tightened slightly.

His turquoise eyes condensed with cat-like slender vertical pupils.

Whether it's the fact that the other party knows the mother's name...... or his exposed identity, which made Russell feel subconsciously nervous.

It sounds like just a "general manager".

But in front of this title, if you add the prefix of the Big Seven, then the meaning is completely different.

Of the only eight remaining floating islands of this era, the Seven Giants each have a piece. For example, the island of happiness that Russell is about to arrive on is the location of the "head office" of Tianen Group.

Although nominally, this world is without a state, an army, and without laws...... But in reality, the "head office" on each island is basically equivalent to the emperor of the respective island.

Blessedness Group, Hudson Marine Mining Company, Ampulla Biomedical Technology Company, Taoyuan Commercial Company, Sogo Co., Ltd., Tho Lingneng, Shenzhi Heavy Industries - among them, the floating island controlled by Tianen Group is the Island of Happiness.

On each island, there are six other "branches".

In a sense, this branch is basically equivalent to the embassy, and it is much more powerful than the embassy.

Because these branches can also support some small companies on other empty islands, and participate in the rule together. It's just that the influence is much weaker.

These branches do not have a "24-member board of directors", but one of the directors directly under the head office. This director is also the "general manager" of the branch.

Half of these directors are elves who live too long to see their heads.

Their position has never been moved.

There are only twelve positions on the board that can be replaced, with "short-borns" competing for the top. A mortal director who can only live for a few decades, and has burned three-quarters of his life even after ascending to the position of director, it is impossible to compete with these long-lived elves. Naturally, the power that can be held is far less than that of the remaining half of the elf directors.

— In other words.

This old elf, called "Amirus", is one of the eighty-four most powerful people in the world.

Knowing that the person he saved was such a big man, Russell did not feel ecstatic, but his heart sank.

He realized how complicated and troublesome he was involved in.

But he wasn't going to get involved.

So, in the middle of his thoughts, Russell's face showed just the right amount of consternation: "You are such a big man...... Will you even take an empty boat alone without bodyguards? ”

"Bodyguards, it doesn't make much difference whether you bring them or not. Whoever has the courage to attack me will naturally do their homework in advance. ”

The shirtless old elf made a calm and gentle voice: "Look, for example, the current situation...... What difference does it make if I bring it or not? It's nothing more than a few more people dying because of me. ”

"I was only lucky to be able to save you......"

Russell whispered: "At most, I can only say that I won by a narrow margin. ”

Turn the exploits of the bad day into your own...... For the current Russell, there is still some shame.

But that's all he can say.

Because he wanted to shift the conversation away from "Alice".

If it had been an hour ago, Russell would have had a clear conscience and nothing to fear—nothing more than to follow his mother's last words to join his uncle after his mother's death.

But today, the situation is different.

He was told by Bad Day that his mother's death was strange and that he had been a member of the wanted illegal organization "Tower of Babel...... After knowing so many "things that Russell shouldn't know", he didn't have the confidence not to say something that shouldn't be said in front of an old man who had lived for more than a thousand years.

"Thanks to it."

Amirus set his eyes on Russell's psionic armament and smiled with interest, "Thanks to you...... You can take it on the airboat.

"Looking at it, I think of your mother."

- The old man was clearly not fooled.

Wrong......

In other words, this is a flaw deliberately left by the bad day to attract the attention of others.

Expose your small mistakes to hide the big ones - Russell immediately realizes the bad day's thinking.

After a slight pause, Russell cleared his thoughts and immediately showed a somewhat cramped expression: "Yes, Your Excellency." I used some tricks to bring it up. But also thanks to this...... I've just graduated, and I haven't mastered psionic powers, and I can't fight those vicious gangsters without psionic weapons. ”

He tried to steer the conversation in the direction of "illegal carrying of dangerous goods".

Amirus just smiled and didn't dig deeper.

He just showed a nostalgic expression: "This psionic weapon was given to Alice by me back then." She was the one who saved my life...... I gave her this prototype dress as a gift.

"And now, she has left the 'beheading of the saint' to you. You happened to save me with it again. ”

Amirus looked at Russell and smiled gently and kindly: "There is no doubt that this is a kind of causal cycle. ”

Russell's heart moved.

Wait a minute.

Mom saved Amirus' words at the time......

That should have been twenty or thirty years ago. Considering that in Bad Day's teenage years, Mom gave the "Sage Beheading" to Bad Day, then she should have gotten it earlier.

At that time, Mom was probably only a teenager.

As a teenager, she ...... How can you save an old elf?

Russell didn't fully trust Amirus' words.

But he recognized the other party's words - with his status, if someone really wants to kill him, "bodyguard" has no meaning. Because the other party must have a way to bypass the bodyguard.

And those Xiao Xiaozhi who couldn't bypass the bodyguards were probably found and arrested as early as the planning stage.

That's what the AI on Sogo does. By reviewing all the information on the Internet, we analyze the psychology and motivation of each person through their behavior.

Eventually, mechanical police were dispatched to monitor the other party before they tried to commit a crime. And after the evidence is sufficient, directly arrest and control him.

Although Russell doesn't know much about Happiness Island, presumably Tianen Group should have similar means.

The same is certainly true of Thotranic.

A crisis that can bypass this defense and directly threaten a director like Amirus...... How could it be solved by a healer like his mother who had no direct combat power?

Seeing Russell silent without saying a word, the old elf sighed softly and slowly stood up from the ground with his help from the corner.

Amirus sighed in a low voice, "Sure enough. Not only do you and your mother look alike, but they also have similar personalities.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of the fact that you're boarding the plane with psionic weapons. Not only that, but your justifiable act of self-defense against these bandits ......"

When Amirus said this, after a little thought, he changed his words: "No, it should be said - the first time to stand up and act bravely, more than 100 innocent people were rescued from the armed thugs, and I was also saved by you." ”

“…… Is that good? ”

"It's a fact. If such a merit is not publicized, it will definitely be impersonated by Tianen Group in the end. ”

Speaking of this, Amirus patted Russell's shoulder, and his tone became a little tougher: "This kind of trivial matter can only be used as a fraction of the love of 'being saved by you' at most." You don't have to shirk it. ”

Russell nodded helplessly.

He didn't do anything at all, these people were all saved by bad days.

This visceral guilt made him reluctant to accept this kind of merit - if the merit of the bad day was stolen by another person whom Russell didn't even know, then Russell would rather let himself do it and thank the bad day afterwards.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if the other party did it deliberately. After accepting Amirus's kindness, Russell felt that his relationship with the old man had been brought closer.

"Where's your shirt?"

Russell asked casually, "I'll fetch it for you." If it's already damaged, you might as well put on my coat first. ”

It's not a deliberate flattery, it's a subconscious courtesy.

The captain has been untied and free, and the airship is about to land.

Russell couldn't just look at an old man who had just been kidnapped and had strangulation marks on his body, shirtless and in shorts, in front of the people on the boat, and even the media.

The habit of respecting the old and loving the young from another time and space also flowed into Russell's heart as he regained his memory. This is also his subconscious reciprocation after accepting kindness.

- I don't want to take advantage of myself, so I try to give back to the other person.

"It's still in my room, the closest room to here."

The old man smiled and said cheerfully, "They are worried that there may be some mechanism hidden in my clothes. So they simply stripped me naked and then tied me up. I have to say, they are smart...... Otherwise, this kind of thing won't be able to trap me. ”

Russell said clearly: "Then I'll go and get ...... for you"

But as soon as he took a few steps, he suddenly realized something.

The cat-eared boy looked back at the old elf in some surprise.

If he fell asleep after being infected with the virus, how would he know where his clothes were?

Case...... Does it mean that this old man did not fall under the control of the virus from the beginning?

Is this to avoid confrontation with the other side?

Amirus looked at Russell who had turned around and nodded slightly at him.

- Although there is no evidence, Russell suddenly feels that Amirus is acknowledging his own speculation.

Russell suddenly had a little self-doubt in his mind.

Did his double reed performance with Bad Day really fool him?