Chapter 20: What Books Have You Read?
Although the time has not yet reached dusk, the bottom of Tongshen Island is still dark. Only the brilliant and dazzling neon lights kept flickering on and off.
Sitting in a floating car flying smoothly at high speed, the light of the neon signs around him was dragged into arcs of light. It's like sitting in a time machine, and there are elongated colored streamers in all directions-
Ringo had never seen a floating car flying so low.
Objectively speaking, its height is actually not low. Even in terms of ground clearance, it was twice as high as the hovercar she was in when she was working in the Thothronic Enforcement Department.
- However, the buildings on Tongshen Island are too tall.
They are close to 400 meters above the ground, twice the height of an ordinary float car. But the outrageous thing is that it even goes to the chest of the complex of the island of Tongshen.
Yes...... The only difference between this place and the previous one is that when you look up from here, you can already see the sun's rays.
But these floating cars are still wrapped in the complex.
They weave graceful arcs through the gaps of the bridges built in these towering buildings.
This is also the first time that Ringo has taken a floating car, and he will have the feeling of "always feeling like he is about to crash".
At first, she was so frightened that she couldn't take her eyes off the front, and the first-person drag racing scene shot made her adrenaline secretion to the point that the chip began to alarm.
Russell and Ringo's elongated float allows five passengers. In addition to the two of them, there was also the tall, good-looking long-haired black woman just now, and the driver who was always silent at the front.
In front of them, on the left and right, there were two floating cars each. Staggered up and down, flying around them.
If someone shoots at them, the eight small floats can be used as a barrier against bullets.
And because they staggered up and down, they didn't block Russell's path or their view.
…… In Sun Island, even the doctors have never had this kind of treatment. If it weren't for the admonition of professional ethics, I'm afraid she would have subconsciously turned on the camera function at this moment, recording that she might not see this wonder for the second time in her life.
"It seems that my speculation is correct."
Ultramarine said leisurely beside her.
His clear and soft voice is reminiscent of the senior who spoke softly with a gentle smile and glasses in his student days.
It was a temperament similar to that of the "captain" that Ringo admired and had a crush on.
The difference from her captain is that at this moment Russell still has a superior temperament that makes her dare not speak loudly...... Obviously, just a few minutes ago, I didn't feel this way.
But after Ultramarine's muttering to himself, it was as if something slowly sank down to him.
If you want to describe it, it is like a cloudy tea leaf becomes stable, and a floating broken tea leaf gradually sinks to the bottom, making the tea clear. However, if you hold up the teacup and shake it slightly, you can make it cloudy again...... It's this level of ease of change.
This young hero, who is obviously codenamed with the color "ultramarine", but does not have a single half of the "ultramarine" ornament on his body, is chatting with the black-haired woman with a cold temperament, and Lin Yi can't understand something -
"I can't help but admire your speed of response when things are about to get out of control, and your pragmatic work attitude."
Ultramarine smiled, her tone and expression gentle, kind and polite: "It's delightful, it's admirable, it's ...... Had to be satisfied. ”
But for some reason, Lin Yi always felt like he was laughing at something.
Mainly because of the dark-haired woman across from Ultramarine, who was equally respectful but had a thorn in it. Using this as a mirror, Lin Yi could barely detect that the atmosphere between the two was not as friendly as it appeared-
It's just that the people of Tongshen Island like to talk like this, when did Mr. Ultramarine learn it?
"In fact, your omission of information about your lord has caused us a lot of trouble."
The woman with her long soft black hair blocking one eye, and a cold and elegant woman with slender horse ears said calmly: "If we knew in advance, the hero Ultramarine of Happiness Island, who is known for his purity and kindness, is actually such a 'traditional' and 'wise' hero in his bones. We're not going to ask you to do that.
"But now that everyone has been invited, even if there is any bitter fruit that has been brought, we can only swallow it. Since everything is due to the problem of our intelligence work, there will be people who will bear the price in the future for the current response. Please also do not worry too much, everything can be done according to your subjective will, and we will fully cooperate; All consumption standards have been temporarily upgraded by two levels to the standards of the head of the department. ”
“…… What are you talking about? ”
Lin Yi, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but ask.
Originally from Sun Island, he grew up in an environment with a strong academic atmosphere...... For Lin Yi, this kind and seemingly amiable but inexplicably aggressive way of speaking was a bit difficult to understand—she would rather go back and see more.
Russell, on the other hand, only showed a soft smile without malice.
His emerald green pupils were clear and clean, like jewels in its purest form.
It was a face that seemed to anyone to have nothing to do with conspiracy or politics.
But what he said had nothing to do with his personality: "She's complaining, I'm too good at acting."
"If they had known that I wasn't a stupid white sweet, they wouldn't have invited me over to take the blame. But since I saw through their plan before I was recruited, it was a testament to my wisdom, so they accepted it.
"Since the plan to make me a rubber stamp that can only be carried out has failed, then the only way to deal with this matter is to carry out the plan B that has been prepared in advance—to really obey my command and obey my orders.
"As for the price of choosing the wrong person, there will naturally be people who will be held accountable. Probably a spy sent to Happiness Island by Shenzhi Heavy Industries...... The gentleman or lady who thinks I'm harmless, innocent, easy to take advantage of, and hostage. ”
“…… So they're trying to hold you hostage? ”
Lin Ye suddenly realized.
Her ability to comprehend such long sentences is infinitely close to that of a bear breaking a stick—she can basically only remember the information of the last sentence.
So the girl was suddenly full of hostility towards the black-haired woman, like a pet dog barking at a stranger: "Don't believe them, Mr. Qing! They have lost face with you, and they will not rest on their laurels...... What the book says! ”
Hearing this, Russell and the woman both looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Lin Yi sighed softly, vaguely realizing that he might have said something wrong, and closed his mouth hesitantly.
But she didn't understand what was wrong.
"That's already the story of the previous paragraph."
Russell said mildly: "The so-called 'temptation' is like this. It is precisely because I don't know whether I am a friend or foe, whether it is easy to deal with or grasp, that I need to be tempted. Pay a small price to seek more benefits, or cut off the stop loss as soon as you realize that something is wrong.
If, after a temptation, you know that you are invincible and not easy to handle, but you still do not change your attitude, then what is the use of the temptation itself?
In other words, since you plan to test it, you naturally have to prepare two plans in advance. Because they had already anticipated another possibility. The so-called 'temptation' with only one kind of plan is not just a formality of self-deception?
"You've seen too much as a teenager, Ringo.
"At the end of the day, the so-called 'face' is the least valuable thing.
It is precisely because some people have nothing, can't do anything, and can't go further substantively, so they will pursue 'face' and 'respect' to anesthetize themselves. Tell them it's great to stop here. ”
"It's like...... Is that kind of thing cute too? ”
Lin Yi's brain was overloaded, and he subconsciously replied: "If it's really big enough, you don't need to care...... Creak?! ”
She quickly realized what she had said, blushing and her ears sticking up.
She immediately covered her face, and her face was even red to her collarbone.
Russell and the black-haired woman's expressions suddenly became strange.
“…… You usually watch it, it's not just teenagers, right? ”
Russell looked at Lin Ye with some hesitation, and calmly made up for it.