Chapter 30: The Kidnapped Russell
When the paradise bird just woke up, Russell first slapped the confused expression of the paradise bird for the delphinch, and sent her a screenshot as an emoji.
The delphinium is also taking a nap.
She used to lie down on the table every day at noon...... This is a habit left over from when I was in school.
When you have a little bit of free time, you can take a nap with the fragmented time. This will ensure that you have enough energy.
This makes the delphinium sleep quickly, and it can squint for a while in ten minutes. But it also makes the delphinium sleep relatively shallow, and the slightest movement can wake up.
…… It was only yesterday when I was curled up on the sofa with Russell, I accidentally slept too deeply and couldn't wake up.
"Ahh......h
She was woken up by an email sent to her by Russell, and when she woke up, she yawned, cut her hair, and prepared to wash her face and start moving.
She had already discussed with Russell and was going to go directly to the "prototype" home.
At the same time, you can also exercise the paradise bird - this is what Delphinium and Russell have just discussed.
Paradise birds are born with a talent for likability, just like Russell. If Russell were to act with her, it would be easy for people to let their guard down.
And cute plus cute, that's more than double cute...... It's called the lovely fusion effect.
And the Paradise Bird can fill in Russell's most missing part.
Because the birds of paradise can really hit ......
The only abilities that Russell can use as "ultramarine" are the immortal weapon and the decapitation of the saint, followed by his own cat-like reaction speed and agile and light body.
He had explained to Delphinium before that his current strongest power was only available as the "Godfather".
An ability to disregard flammability and directly incinerate any object it comes into contact with...... It can also ignore most physical attacks.
But that ability, once used, leaves a very easily recognizable trace.
Because it wasn't really a flame, a colleague from the Traces Section of the Enforcement Department could find out the problem if they checked it.
Therefore, once Russell wants to use all his strength, he must extinguish his mouth, and destroy everything around him to erase the traces.
But the Paradise Bird is different.
Her abilities are completely "clean" and even have the privilege of killing.
Of course, this privilege is not granted by corporations or churches, but is based on "consensus".
Everyone knows that the power of the Holy Order can only be possessed by the good and the righteous. And once it falls, it dissipates very quickly.
From this point of view, although the Paradise Bird is not a "hero", it essentially enjoys the same powers as a hero.
As a living saint of the Church, if she kills anyone, people will definitely think that it is the fault of the other party, and her actions must be just. Unless there is some ironclad proof that she has fallen from the very beginning...... But it's very difficult.
If you want to exonerate ordinary people, you must find evidence of his innocence, otherwise he is guilty by default; Heroes and saints, on the other hand, have to find ironclad evidence of their crimes, otherwise they cannot be convicted in any way - it is impossible for a company to arrest a saint at the risk of public opinion and diplomacy.
Although Paradisebird looks kind and cute, she is indeed a true bishop. And she is a bishop, not because the power of her holy rank is only at the level of a bishop, but because she is too young and too young.
Even if it's a cardinal, the bird of paradise can defeat half of them.
When she first awakened the power of the Holy Rank, she was able to fight against many psionics on her own without any equipment or training. And now that she has been trained and armed by the church, this seemingly harmless girl may be the best in the Special Enforcement Department.
Delphinium binds her to Russell as an investigative team, also to be able to keep Russell safe.
Now the inferior is gone......
If Russell had another problem while investigating, it would be difficult for her to help Russell.
Delphinium is combative—while her psionic abilities aren't suitable for combat, she can't be too weak to transform through psionic weapons, and it's not pointless to keep exercising on weekdays. But her combat power will not be much higher than Russell, and she may not be as good as Russell who burst out with all his strength...... If you want to make the most of it, you have to apply to the company for a soldier. And that thing is clearly not suitable for the positioning of the emergency scene.
With the new human resources, Delphinium divided the two angels into a battle team and bound Russell and Paradise Bird into an investigation team.
That way, if Russell and the Paradisebird were in danger, the Paradisebird would at least hold out for a while—at least until the angel arrived.
In addition to this, Delphinium has its own thoughts in her heart.
In her eyes, the church has always been an outsider...... They joined the Special Operations Department only because of the Church's dealings with the corporation. If you can join now, you can leave another day.
But since there were more than half of the church members in the team, what if something went wrong on Russell's side...... For example, if you accidentally injure an innocent person, or kill a suspected demon, the pot can also be thrown to the Cyber Church.
Although Russell is a hero, he can be exempted from public opinion pressure to a certain extent. But this is not a completely ineffective kind of immunity, but rather a build-up of damage.
The internet has a memory. If, in a later incident, the accumulated negative public opinion is gathered, it is still easy to hurt Russell.
Although there are no signs of such at the moment...... But Delphinium thinks she has to plan ahead and carefully manage Russell's image.
In Happiness Island, the "hero" is the idol with the highest purity. But Russell, as an idol, does not have an "agent...... How can this be?
There are some words that let idols say and do will destroy their personality.
But if it's a broker, it's no problem.
It is necessary to lay out for Russell in advance when he has not yet had problems, so as to avoid the damage caused to him when problems arise in the future.
And this organization, which is used to vent "pressure" and give her an ambush for Russell in advance, was chosen as the church by Delphinium.
But what Delphinium didn't expect was the plan she had just laid out for Russell...... It took less than two hours for the effect to take effect.
Shortly after Russell and Paradisebird left the barbecue restaurant......
To be precise, as soon as they left the gate, they were suddenly stopped by a suspicious person.
He wore a black cloak like a raincoat, his face was flushed, his face was sunglasses, and his face and neck were covered with sweat.
"Ultramarine...... Right? ”
He let out a low, hoarse voice and took off his cloak and sunglasses, revealing his short brilliant blonde hair and bloodshot red eyes: "I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”
The man had apparently been waiting for a long time in front of the barbecue shop to come out.
Russell raised his eyebrows, knowing that the comer was not good: "I can see that I have indeed waited for a long time......"
Today is August 23rd, and it is the height of summer.
And this man didn't know that the Paradise Bird had slept in it. Since he was sure that Russell was here, he must have watched him go in.
He wore a heavy black cloak and stood from about twelve o'clock in the afternoon until almost three o'clock in the afternoon......
After he took off his cloak, Russell recognized the other party's identity.
Because just this morning, he also saw a picture of this man.
"What are you looking for me, God?"
"I'd like to talk to you alone."
Tian sent a word by word reply: "Just me, and you." ”
He stared intently at Russell. He reached out and tapped himself, then pointed at Russell.
Seeing that his fingers were about to point to Russell's eyes, the paradise bird next to him suddenly frowned.
But Russell was not angry.
"Add another child, I'll have to send this child back. I don't want to leave her here alone......"
He just smiled and said, "And it's not troublesome to add her, right?" So where do we go to talk? Cafe? I feel like it's going to be a bit noisy at the bar, or ......"
Russell was in the middle of his speech when he stopped talking abruptly.
I saw Tiansheng lift his cloak and tie a matte roll with the thickness of his fingers tied inside. There was also a timer on his chest that was motionless and displayed as "30", which was directly connected to his prosthetic interface.
"To avoid some not-so-friendly misunderstandings...... Explain this beforehand. It was connected to my chip and exploded at the slightest thought.
"Even if you could wipe my consciousness out of consciousness silently, or put me to sleep, it would explode thirty seconds after I stopped psionic maintenance. If my heart stops, it explodes instantly.
"And maybe it's not powerful enough...... But at least it would be enough to blow up the street.
"Where's the best part? Even if it blew up, I wouldn't die...... Bombs won't hurt me. ”
Tiansheng looked at Russell, who suddenly fell silent, and the paradise bird beside him, who couldn't help but gasp, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Like a victor, he smiled and declared, "Don't go too far, just find a shop on this street." Since you want to take her with you, bring it.
"Or do you want to take me straight back to the Special Operations office? Then I'm okay with that. ”
Russell looked at him in silence, losing all smile on his face.
The pupils are as deep as a quiet lake, and when you look at it quietly, it looks like an abyss.
"Yes."
He replied with a word of gold: "You pick." ”