Let's have a good talk, he said.

Such a wild word was promised by the existence in the brain.

But if it's just a program, a split body, it's too rude to use it for conversation.

The monkey-faced eagle gave Russell a rather specific address - presumably it would have been difficult for Russell to evacuate if he had changed hands and informed the Enforcement Department.

This can be said to be a kind of sincerity given in advance.

And the other way around...... If Russell is willing to go alone, it can also be said to be more sincere. In response to this second layer of sincerity, the monkey-faced eagle readily agreed that Russell could take Ringo, the "bodyguard", with him.

In other words, after Russell offered to "meet and talk", the monkey-faced eagle took two steps back.

It was at this time that Russell realized that he had indeed become a big man...... Just for him to be able to do something dangerous, others must pay a greater risk in advance as a "deposit" or "bait".

After contacting the monkey-faced eagle, the corpse of the "dust gap" lost its value.

Russell, who was still interested in analyzing the bullet marks, immediately left it and left the room in the dust.

Before leaving, Russell thought for a moment and removed a pen from his desk in the dust.

He opened the cap of the pen and looked at it, and there was no sign of the ink drying up on the nib. Apparently the owner cherishes this pen and uses it regularly.

Then Russell drew a straight line on the table.

The lines it draws are extremely straight, with no disconnection in between. Seeing this, Russell opened the ink capsule of the fountain pen again and checked the amount and solidification of the ink inside.

- About half of it, and there is no sign of solidification.

He raised an eyebrow, then put the pen in his pocket and prepared to take it with him.

“…… Hey? ”

Seeing this, Lin Yi was stunned for a moment.

She tugged at the hem of Russell's clothes and whispered, "Let's take the things from the crime scene...... Isn't it good? ”

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

"Probably."

When Russell heard this, he chuckled, "But I'm not the first." ”

"Huh?"

Needless to say, a fountain pen is quite a valuable thing.

Because in this era when "paper" is very precious, it is very difficult to buy, and it can even be said that it is controlled, the fountain pen used to write on paper is a kind of "luxury applied to luxury goods".

Paper is not precious because of the scarcity of natural trees – although ancient papermaking techniques required the use of bark, that is no longer needed in modern times. The technology that can synthesize food artificially makes it easier to synthesize paper.

The preciousness and rarity of paper is the result of the deliberate control of each empty island.

On the surface, because electronic documents can be easily transferred to each other and carried around, in order to reduce office costs and environmental protection, the use of paper materials is not recommended. Those important files don't even need to be stored in the chip...... Just save it to the network disk. Even if you are scribbling, you can call out a virtual piece of paper in front of you at any time to complete it.

Unless you accidentally walk into the black zone, it is always connected to the internal network of each empty island. Internet speed is basically instantaneous, and it doesn't cost anything. Theoretically, this technique has indeed completely eliminated the classical and traditional "paper".

However, paper also has its own meaning of existence.

Just like the "suspected demon report" on Happiness Island, which is only printed out directly on paper—as long as this information is stored in any way, or even "stored" in the network disk, it is always possible for someone to steal, rewrite, or delete it. No corner of the network is completely secure.

It's also like the case of flower touch...... Psychiatrists' treatment is stored on paper. Including some technology companies, in order to prevent the opponent from finding a psionic hacker to steal or maliciously rewrite the information, they will also encrypt the data and record the key on paper, and even directly record the most critical information with paper materials.

On the other hand, as long as the output and sales of paper can be controlled, people will have to put all the information and documents on the Internet.

The cyber security departments of each air island can find out what they want to know from these materials.

By analyzing these files with artificial intelligence, more detailed and precise advertising can be carried out; And when everyone's information is linked, more valuable intelligence data can be obtained from data analysis. For cyber detectives and psychic hackers, this information stored in the cloud is a huge treasure trove.

Because of this, even paper books have become rare – in order to prevent someone from buying books for paper, and as a result, books have become a luxury symbolic of status.

Only groups or individuals directly under the head office can buy a fixed amount of blank paper. It is used to record some things that are inconvenient to put on the network.

Just like a person who has been typing for a long time, he may have to think about writing his name. It's the same in this day and age......

"For ordinary people who don't have access to paper and don't have access to paper, they basically can't write and haven't written. Because calligraphy is a skill that requires a lot of practice, and the pen must be used at all times, otherwise the ink on the nib will easily dry up. For needers who only use paper occasionally, they prefer to use gel pens. The lithium ester at the tail can ensure that the ink is not easy to evaporate and dry up, and it can also follow up and press the ink down at all times to ensure that the writing is completely smooth.

"So they don't even know the difference between a fountain pen and a gel pen, and they may not even know what a fountain pen is. Therefore, I don't realize what it means to 'write with a pen'. ”

Russell took Lin Ye into the car.

The driver dispatched by Tartarus drove the float car, while Russell tilted his head and shrunk in the corner of the back seat, lazily explaining with his eyes closed: "Obviously, there is not a single paper on the table or in the drawer. But the fountain pen in the dust gap is still here. ”

“…… What does this mean? ”

"Meaning, if the Dust Gap is really alive, the person who took those research records with it will definitely not be the Dust Gap."

Russell whispered, "He took the paper, but not the pen." And this pen absorbs half a tube of ink, and it can still write words...... It shows that it is used almost every day and that it was still used not so long ago. ”

“…… Maybe you forgot? After all, Mr. Dust Gap will not lack this fountain pen. If it's not convenient to take it, it's good to buy a new one when the time comes. ”

"No, it can't be."

Russell said categorically.

As he spoke, he pulled the pen out of his pocket and opened the cap.

He handed the pen to Lin Ye, and the sharp tip of the blade made Lin Yi shrink his head.

She looked intently and saw the dragon-like words engraved on the golden pen on the cap of the pen.

Let the world know that you exist, my proudest son.

"I don't know if it was his father or his mother who left him something, but whichever side it is...... It's all their relics. ”

Russell said categorically: "No matter what, it is impossible for the dust gap to forget to take it away." It's worth more to the dust crevice than those files.

"So there is only one possibility left - those who take the files from the dust gap are the second 'professional killers' to come. That is, the person who was originally invited to kill the dust gap. After making up the dust gap twice, he took all the paper papers in the room.

"So, I thought...... The Dust Chasm probably wasn't assassinated because of us. He happened to die this morning, probably just a coincidence.

"What would have killed him...... Perhaps it's his research itself. ”

If nothing else, the "giveaway scientist" who is not favored by the dust gap may have really researched something.

------Off topic------

The cold is still deepening, and it seems that the seasonal rhinitis, which is steadily triggered by the change of seasons every year, has recurred......

Today's eyes are so itchy, itchy, itchy, and I have a headache, and now I have just finished writing the first chapter, and there is only one more annoyance......

Of course, a chapter is not considered full-time, so you have to eat me a leave note (sad)

It stands to reason that it should be the most cost-effective to send tomorrow, but after thinking about it, I still don't want to take leave at the beginning of the month, so I'll send it-