Unexpectedly, I received a mandatory leave order today – but unexpectedly, it was given by the supervisor himself.

Even though it's called a "vacation", it's actually more like house arrest: not only was I severely restricted from moving around, my meals were provided regularly, but I also had to cooperate with the welfare department to complete a large number of cognitive tests, as well as inject more daily health tests such as blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse. I don't know exactly what they came to conclusion, but personally, I quickly and naturally settled into the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar body of the moment, even if it seemed like it was just a sturdy adult woman's body.

Of course, in addition to these basic tests, I was asked to show "Twilight" several times, including ten times to be naked, ten times to be asked to wear a full uniform, and there are countless other clothing or special equipment made of countless materials, although I don't know what they are trying to collect, but it seems that the display of ego armor will not have any effect on the original clothing, as if the existence of the two does not belong to the same plane at all. Of course, they also tested the EGO weapon additionally: whether I asked for it to be given to someone else or tried to place it on another platform, if I wanted to recall it, the twilight greatsword would immediately return to my hand in the next moment; They also called in special EGO testers, and through various angles and methods, they rotated to contact Bo Twilight's greatsword - although I don't know what they are known for, but I can feel from everyone's expressions that they are deeply confused and surprised.

It wasn't even the most excessive, and at about two o'clock in the noon I was asked to take a nap, and at first I didn't feel anything unusual, until they cried me out of my sleepy eyes twenty minutes later, and after inexplicably scanning a great circle, they ordered me to go back to sleep; I gritted my teeth, and although I was dissatisfied, I endured it and did it. But these guys were even louder than I thought they would wake me up half an hour later, do more boring scans and checks, and then put me to sleep again...... I laughed and was angry at this, but in order not to cause more unnecessary trouble, I still held on to my dissatisfaction. Finally, at 6 o'clock this afternoon, the Ministry of Welfare informed me that the damn tests were all over and that I could take a shallow break.

I sighed slightly, and I turned around and buried my tired body completely on the soft mattress, and suddenly a soft and warm feeling filled my body, and I didn't seem to feel so comfortable for a long time—especially the forced labor I did yesterday after being taken away by the apocalypse, which made my body extremely sore. I lay quietly on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a slightly sluggish state, thinking about yesterday: the anger, fear, surprise and panic in the eyes of those who died under my knife, but suddenly I noticed a strange phenomenon: these images did not cause me any emotional fluctuations, whether it was regret, or loss, even subconscious justification—at this moment, it was like a cloud of the past, as if it should not exist in my mind at all. Have I completely lost the ability to empathize? Am I really no longer human?! I broke out in a cold sweat, but the moment I realized I was scared, I was relieved - after all, it was at least a testament to my human emotions.

After that, I thought about work again: in a trance, I also seemed to have more different emotions about what I experienced every day: it was so ethereal, but it invisibly stimulated me to fight desperately, and I can only describe it in a more distorted term—a sense of mission.

As is customary, the lower divisions should be officially opened today, including the R&D department, which is full of infiltrating tombstones, and the records department, which is hung with clocks and filing cabinets, and I haven't been in either department for very long—after all, they don't have a very strong need for permanent personnel, and if you are unfortunate enough to be transferred here and do not ask for a permanent ...... What will happen next cannot be recounted at this moment......

And then there's Angela, the elusive guy who duels me at the last moment, giving the Black and Blue team a valuable opportunity to destroy Little Beak; But it disappeared in the final battle that followed...... Damn it! Completely unguessed the purpose of that guy, will she join the day job? How did she manage to be so high-profile and flamboyant the day before yesterday? What does she have to do with the AI secretary in charge? All kinds of unanswered questions haunted me, and I couldn't help but get a little irritable, sighed, and grabbed the quilt to cover my face, like a frightened ostrich.

"Knock knock!" Just as I was caught up in these troubles, a sharp knock on the door suddenly disturbed my rare purity, and I frowned and struggled to my feet from the bed. Put on a dressing gown and open the door.

"Devna!" The moment the door opened, Maxi rushed in, as if something was chasing him, and after a short breath, he suddenly looked up at me and said, "You must come with me now!" ”

My brow tightened, and I quickly asked, "Why?" Where? Why did you come in person? ”

"Come on! If something happens, you have to settle it. Seeing this, Maxi hurriedly explained: "The Central Headquarters, Minister Chesed personally asked me to come to you. ”

"Things?" I was amazed, "Why don't you ......?"

"Eh!" Maxi suddenly interrupted my question, and said to himself, "Let's go...... Time waits for no one! ”

Although there is something strange, since it can make Maxi so urgent, it must also be urgent, I hurriedly agreed, put on a suit, grabbed a black trench coat, and left the dormitory area together.

"Quick, don't go through the previous employee passage." Maxi suddenly reminded me, "It's too anxious, let's take the emergency route." With that, he pulled me around a corner, stopped in front of a gate that seemed to be tightly sealed, and he took out a strange thing that seemed to be an access card from his breast pocket, and displayed it in front of the door, and after a large circle of scans and confirmations of the gate, it finally opened slowly with a heavy sound of mechanical torque, showing me a passage that had never been seen before.

"You...... When did you get permission to enter here......" I asked Maxi in surprise, "I've never been here before, and even ministers don't often go here." ”

"Well, this ......" Maxi scratched his head: "After I took over the minister's business, Minister Chesed gave it to me for the work of the Ministry of Welfare." ”

I pouted, "Why didn't Secretary Marcus ......?"

"Okay, time waits for no one, let's go first!" Maxi urged, and immediately turned and rushed into the unfamiliar hallway in front of him. I shrugged my shoulders slightly and hurried to follow.

As expected, the gate was sealed the moment I walked through, and then slowly closed, restored, and as it was before. In the blink of an eye, the passage under my feet also aroused my interest: instead of the dark and oppressive decoration of the exterior, the striking white was used as a primer, and the surrounding walls were curved to make people feel as if they were in a huge cylinder placed horizontally; All kinds of unnamed instruments are evenly arranged all over the wall, complex but not chaotic; Not only does the ground beneath your feet be very grippy, but it also seems to have some kind of peculiar running aid, which allows you to walk like a flyer even if you simply walk.

"What the hell is going on here?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Who knows." Maxi replied nonchalantly, "Maybe it's just an emergency passage in a hurry." ”

I stroked my messy hair and pouted, "Don't you know?" ”

These words seemed to inadvertently stimulate Maxi, and he was still able to smile slightly, and he immediately fell silent at this time, revealing a poker face that is rarely seen in his usual life. And this also made me faintly uneasy—I actually had a strange feeling of strangeness to Maxi and him, which I have known so far.

The passage was long, but we were even more fast and arrived at our destination in less than two minutes. Maxi stopped in front of an elevator door, and in front of the closed door, he pulled out the card as well, and after the entire process, the door opened, and he beckoned me to go with him.

This is clearly not the end of the passage, it is still extending farther away. The right-hand side of the road led to another large room, where there were more elevators leading to nowhere, and everything around me was so unfamiliar, as if I were in a different world—I couldn't help but shudder and fall into an indescribable momentary trance.

"Devna, what are you waiting for? Marx: They're still waiting for us! Maxi urged, impatiently.

"Right now!" I said yes and slipped into the elevator.

Confirm entry and the gate closes. The elevator doesn't have any floor signs, just two lights that show the status of the operation: it's ready to run, the lights turn from red to green, and then there's a wonderful sense of weightlessness, and it's clear that we're descending somewhere.

"You...... After two days of reporting, do you come here often? During the slightly boring elevator trip, I asked casually.

"Two ...... Two days? yes, it's hard. Maxi replied with a slight stammer, although it was subtle, but it could still feel an indescribable deliberateness, which couldn't help but make me nervous like never before: "Why are you so strange today, and what do you want to do with me?" What exactly happened to the Central Headquarters? ”

"Nothing, just a little tired today. There is also something to find you, it should be up to you to arrange management. Maxi immediately regained his original look, put on his standard poker face, and replied, "I can't guess what the minister arranged, after all, he spends all day making coffee in his little box, isn't he?" ”

"Coffee?" My eyes widened, and I feigned interest and asked, "Well, Minister Chesed is a fan of pour-over coffee." ”

"Uh...... yes, that's right. Maxi swallowed: "I often grind coffee beans for him, boiled and roasted, not to mention how troublesome!" ”

My heart gradually tensed, but I still pretended to be okay and sighed, and said with a smile: "Hmm...... Speaking of which, I still remember the vintage coffee powder you gave me in Nest A, it tasted really good, and I have been saving it until now. ”

"Of course, I know." Maxi said, silently carrying his back behind him: "That's my handpick, you must like it." There was a hint of feigned joy in his tone.

"Poof......" I smiled wryly, just because ...... I don't like coffee at all.

At this moment, it has been basically confirmed that the guy in front of me does not know the work of the Ministry of Welfare at all, and he still knows little about me. I immediately blackened my face:

"Don't pretend, you're not Maxi at all! Who the hell are you?! I immediately showed the power of the Thin Ego and asked him in an unusually serious tone.

There was a brief silence.

"Poof...... Sure enough, such shoddy tricks can't hide from you. The man turned his back to me and giggled.

"Tell the truth." My tone was unusually cold, "Otherwise, you'll hit your head right away." As I spoke, I was about to ride the twilight sword to the man's neck. And it seemed to show considerable cooperation, raising its outstretched hands and slowly turning around.

"Click!" I swung my knife at the side of the chest—and as my hand fell, an object the size of a coin snapped and shattered in half on the ground, sending sparks in the air. Sure enough, this is the optical disguise device, and the man's appearance has changed: the image of the tall man gradually flies away like fragments, revealing a real female appearance, and the smiling head on top of it is Angela.

I frowned, "Sure enough, it's you." I said, pressing the thin shadow in my hand closer to his throat and asking, "What do you want to do?" ”

But Angela looked relaxed and abnormal, as if the blade in front of her couldn't hurt herself at all, she glanced at the dark sword body of Bo Ming: "You can try it." She said defiantly.

"Don't think I don't dare." I replied with the same blank face, "This is your last chance." ”

"Poof—ha......" Angela suddenly twitched and laughed to herself. And this naturally aroused my disgust: "You guy...... Isn't it funny? ”

"Hee-hee, since you're already standing here...... Angela smiled and said meaningfully, "No matter what you do now, I'll win." ”

"What?!" When I was still nervous to reminisce about Angela's arrogant declaration, the long-closed door of the elevator behind me opened instantly—"This is it!" "A large group of civilians in yellow uniforms suddenly roared into the elevator and surrounded me angrily." Get her out! The noisy crowd shouted, looking at me like a pack of hyenas surrounding their prey.

"Which of you dares to come here!" I immediately brandished the Thin Immortal Greatsword to try to keep my distance, but suddenly I didn't pay attention, and Angela, who had regained safety, immediately kicked the big sword in her hand with a side kick, and quickly let the group of guys around me who couldn't wait find an opportunity, and immediately swarmed up and hugged me, and the narrow elevator restricted my movement, and after the initial struggle, I was quickly squeezed out of the elevator by everyone.

"Poof!"

"Ahh

It didn't take long for me to leave the elevator, I completely let go of my hands and feet, and immediately swung my fists and legs to the strong men around me who tried to clamp me and launched a fierce counterattack like a storm, and quickly cleaned up the strong men who rushed in by five by two. Finally regaining my senses, I summoned the Thin Immortal Greatsword, stepped on the strong men who were knocked to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and finally stabilized my position, and once again confronted the noisy crowd.

"You'd better give me an explanation, or they'll be doomed!" I snarled in surprise. The effect was immediate, the threat of death was enough to keep everyone calm, and some of them had gradually calmed down, and their eyes began to show calmness, fear, and vacillation. The situation seemed to start to get under control, but as I was thinking about it, I suddenly realized that I had overlooked a fatal variable: Angela. And she also appeared unsurprisingly after and tried her best to stir up the situation, she had a deliberate knife wound on her body, with her superb acting skills, half injured and half weak, limping, standing in front of me under the support and embrace of the crowd, and began to speak solemnly:

"Everyone...... See them all, what kind of monster this is! It's such a thing, how much innocent blood is stained! How many of our friends, companions, and relatives have been brutally and mercilessly killed by it?! Angela said, her eyebrows fluttering even more: "It's the devil's door it opened!" It summons the devil from hell! ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd that had just calmed down suddenly became agitated again, and the leading ones were especially excited: "Shrine maiden, burn it!" "Don't fight for the tiger anymore!" They shouted hard, which aroused people's emotions.

"It will show no mercy to anyone!" Angela struck while the iron was hot, and her words became more and more passionate: "And the guys in District 1 often collude and collude with such monsters, take away our jobs, bully our colleagues, and suppress our achievements!" Now we are going to use force to bring us to our knees, can we agree to this?! ”

"Can't!!" The people immediately responded with a tsunami, and their eyes once again regained the same ferocious look as before, and even more resentful than before, and several of them had already drawn their pistols, almost ready to try at any moment. This is undoubtedly a danger signal, and it makes me nervous, but I know very well: the more dangerous the situation, the more I need to calm down, my brain is racing to try to break the deadlock in front of me, but the surrounding area has long been surrounded by all kinds of people, etc., this seems to be in the main area of the work area, but I can't confirm the floor, where is it safe, where is the way out? And who can help themselves? Even though I have power in my hands, I can't use it easily, which makes me feel limited.

As Angela howled harder, the rabble became more aggressive, and even a few bold ones simply rushed to the sharp blade of the Thin Stygian Greatsword, shouting incessantly. I swallowed, even if I killed these guys, it would only be a matter of raising my hand, but it would have made me even more targeted by the public - forcing me to commit murder, ruining my reputation, and finally turning the returnees into a street rat because of it. This is Angela's purpose, and she must not be allowed to succeed!

"Do it! Monsters, just like you killed your mean pig. In a trance, the group of guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead were getting closer. But I had to carefully control the thin shadow like the surgeon in charge, and with the encouragement of the forerunners, more people had the courage to join in the attack on me. Behind me was watched by countless pairs of resentful and angry eyes, and secretly more muzzles, which made me feel like I was stabbed in the back.

"One last warning, don't come near me again!"

"What about proximity? Are you going to kill us like you? ”

"Kill me, and there will be more on top! You can't defeat us! ”

"The big deal is to die with the seniors!"

"You should die, for our colleagues!"

“……”

The situation is becoming more and more passive, and my sanity is constantly being challenged: Am I running now? But Angela is still standing there, and God knows what insidious tricks she'll pull behind her back! The thick human wall blocks all sight, the secret guns and cannons are always eyeing each other, and the pressure of the crowd is always approaching...... Is it really just hands-on?!

"Daphna-senpai!" A familiar shout suddenly entered my ears, and although it was so inconspicuous compared to the noisy crowd, it was enough to bring golden hope to my incomparably tormented heart at this moment, and I immediately turned to the source of the sound like a shark smelling blood, and at the same time waved the twilight, manipulating the power of the big eyes to release an instant of huge twilight. Taking advantage of the opportunity to dodge, he jumped high with the heavy body of a strong man who fell to the ground, stepped on the densely packed human head and quickly fled towards the source of the sound, and finally disappeared without a trace in front of everyone.

It didn't take long for the Thin Shadow to take control, and the people quickly recovered from the blinding flash and began to call out and gather in the direction I was leaving. But as the crowd in the outer circle thinned out, my crazy action was also coming to the end of the aisle. And in the nick of time, just as the situation was about to change, I finally found the source of the voice—Patsy, LaMarcus, Isabel、...... There are six of them, all from the containment team of the Central Headquarters, and they still seem to be equipped with eGo, and they are particularly conspicuous. "Daphna-senpai!" They shouted my name as they pushed their way through the crowd. The people in the outer circle seem to be much less aggressive, and Parcy and the others don't seem to know anything about the situation in the inner circle. In order not to put them in danger, and to get out of the current predicament, "Patsy! I yelled at the six, and then lifted the ego transformation and plunged into the crowd.

"See! The seniors are there! Sure enough, it was the sharp-eyed Isabel who spotted me first, and immediately led a group of colleagues to run in the direction of me. This time, I didn't have to pay attention to people's eyes, and galloped all the way to the exit like a beast in prison, and greeted anyone who stood in the way. After a lot of searching, Patcy and the others found me running wildly, and began to pull out their weapons and threaten the civilian staff around them to make way. But at the same time, the resentful people behind Angela also discovered my traces, and began to rush towards me with countless people murderously, "Stop the fleeing witch in front!" They shouted and began to try to reinstate the blockade on me, and the situation became more and more critical.

But just this level how could it stop me! "Huh!" I took a sharp step, and after slamming into the two guys who were intercepting in front of me, I finally succeeded in meeting the crowd who came to answer: "Senior! "Let's go!! They wanted to deal with us in the back! I said impatiently, and immediately rushed out of the crowd with six of them. From then on, the vast central headquarters hall began a wild journey to the death.

"Now answer my question!" I turned to the containment team next to me.

"Yes senior!"

"Where are we running? Where is it safe? ”

"Headquarters 1st District Hall!" Isabel was a little out of breath, but still replied in good spirits: "There are civil servants in the district there!" ”

"Zone 1?" I frowned: "Now tell me what the hell is going on?" Keep it short! ”

"There is a riot in the 1st and 2nd districts of the headquarters! At the end of the work today, one person was suddenly shot and killed, and then it quickly turned into a mass brawl. District 2 shouted that it would deal with the old and new grudges with District 1 together. ”

"Why did it affect me again? And why is it only the six of you, and the others who can help? ”

"I don't know the specifics, but I heard them shouting that they were going to execute the female devil who killed people everywhere yesterday, and then they rushed here." Patcy replied faithfully, "We guessed you were in danger, so we came first." Most of the others are trapped in Zone 1...... Only we can get out. ”

I was puzzled: "What about the Corrections Department?" Why is no one to deal with this kind of problem! ”

"The exits out of the headquarters are blocked! Calling Angela (AI) and she just told us to stay put. Speaking of this, Patsy showed considerable nervousness: "We don't dare to do it for the time being, but many people have already been killed!" ”

"Whoosh-" As soon as the words fell, a bullet flew past the base of my ear, "not good! The pursuers have fired! I shouted, and immediately lifted the Shadow again to release the flash. At the same time, Isabel also raised the staff (ego weapon: "In the name of love and hate", original owner: the Queen of Abomination), and suddenly the guns were fired behind her, and the relentless crowd finally put down the last mustard and began to kill us at all costs.

"Rest assured, everyone!" Isabel held her wand high and said, "I can handle these bullets!" ”

"These guys are really, getting crazier......" I widened my eyes as I finally came around a corner in the familiar area of my memory...... This perilous and bizarre experience greatly challenged my knowledge of the whole facility, the passageway, the elevator that suddenly appeared and disappeared, and how many secrets I didn't know about it, and I couldn't help but fall into a brief anxiety.

At this moment, the gap between the staff of the containment team and the civilian staff is on full display, and when we still have the strength to spare, the chasing crowd is already a little exhausted. "Up front is the stairwell, dump them there!" Patcy ordered the rest of the containment team that with Isabel's protection, we were able to get rid of the henchworms in no time.

But when we actually rushed to the upper floors of the second district, we found that the situation here was already a hundred times worse than we thought, and the civilian office here had begun to burn on a large scale, and the ground was full of dead corpses. People used every possible obstacle as a cover to shoot their former colleagues around. And the containment team of the headquarters caught during the period was like ants on a hot pot, braving the rain of bullets to mediate in the crowd on all sides, but it was only a drop in the bucket, unable to extinguish the fire of hatred that was growing stronger.

"Daphna-senpai!"

"That old witch is here!"

Admittedly, I was not surprised by the fact that I was the target of public criticism, but I was shocked by the extreme reaction of both factions. The two sides immediately shifted from offensive and defensive battles to battles for me. "The devil from above! Don't want to let the garbage in District 1 take advantage of the crowd again! "Daphna Senpai protected us! You wicked things! Damn the minister! "Catch her!" "Protect her!"

Since then, it has been fully established that such a riot was not a simple conflict at all, but a deliberate attempt by someone - a plan to destroy our flesh and incomparable appeal, to completely separate the upper and lower classes! But even so, at this moment, I am still extremely confused: I do not want to be coerced by District 1, which is undoubtedly equivalent to acquiescing in their arrogant arguments and pushing the contradiction into an even more irreconcilable abyss; I don't want to be forced to have a direct conflict with the people chasing after me and rushing around me, which will make more people think of me as a monster. "You guys! I won't be led by the nose by you. I made up my mind, ignored all the guys who tried to fight for me, and rushed straight to the other side of the hall.

"Senior, where are you going?" This sudden move was the most unsettling to the containment team, who were probably caught in it themselves, and who needed a backbone especially at the moment - even if I was still being controlled and manipulated by the same invisible hands. In such a crisis, for the first time, I realized how embarrassed and helpless I was without my companions.

"We can't go anywhere!" I just shouted, but I didn't have any more confidence in my destination, so I had to get to the nearest exit as quickly as possible and try to call for help from the people outside.

The containment team didn't seem to fully understand, but staggered to keep up, driven by the dire situation and the untreated injuries. Join me through the rapid bullets and the death in hot pursuit, and come to the staircase corridor that is about to reach the upper first floor.

"Daphna-senpai!"

A sudden and eager call went straight into my ears, and even more stimulated my already tense brain. Predecessor...... The words that have resounded in my head countless times and always make me smile, even if they are uttered in such a fervent and soft voice, but at this moment, everything is particularly harsh and terrifying. I suddenly slammed my spirit, and immediately stopped in place as if I had been electrocuted—"Senior...... You're here. ”

The voice came from a group of clerical workers who were also dressed in yellow uniforms, but darker in color, and were District 1 employees. They were also with their colleagues in the Second District, each carrying a publicly issued P50 pistol, and some of them even had blood on their faces, like executioners who had just executed a prisoner. One of them looked exceptionally strong and majestic, and seemed to be their leader. "It's really hard for us to find, senior." He spoke, his words filled with bloodthirsty murderous intent and hypocritical kindness: "You should help us to clean up those beasts of the Second District. ”

I was silent, just glaring at them with extra ferocity. The large eyes that covered the twilight shone brighter, releasing a solemn warning.

The man seemed shocked and said, "Senior, why are you doing this? The warning seemed to work, but instead of what I expected, the situation became more and more out of control and extreme, and the man became more hysterical: "Do you want to watch the untouchables of District 2 kill us all?!" How close we used to work together, shouldn't we be on our side at this time?! He growled in growing rage, his face as nervous and twisted as a wolf.

"I'm not going to kill for you. You should cease fire immediately – don't push me to get serious. I slowly backed away, giving one last warning. At this time, the situation couldn't help but help the containment team around them also feel deeply uneasy, "Don't fight anymore!" We can have a good talk. They persuaded each other, but the EGO in their hands still did not let their guard down.

"You're our containment team! Come and help us! The guy roared in utter rage, causing the rest of the group to become irritable and agitated, and they couldn't wait to raise their guns, as if ready to fire at us in the next second.

"Bang bang!" Just when we were at a loss in the face of the predicament in front of us, suddenly there was a noisy gunshot behind us, and the main force of the second district who was returning to the main lounge also moved closer to the same stairwell at this time. They roared, but horrified by the heavily armed containment team and the massive force of the first sector behind them, did not immediately open fire, but shouted, "Monster! Something in Zone 1! Come out and die! Not to be outdone, District 1 also responded: "A pariah is a pariah!" There is no upbringing thing, who is afraid of you! ”

Since then, the two teams have faced off in such a tense confrontation, with a hedgehog-like containment team in between, but the atmosphere is subtle and abnormal, like a pile of powder kegs, which may erupt at any time......

"Hand over the monster that killed our colleague." Someone in the second district shouted out the conditions.

"Devna saved us, she's going to help us!"

"It was because she summoned the door, because it was the monster! The ceremony and the gate are in the first district, and you are also complicit! ”

"You pariahs deserve to be hanged by monsters!"

"They knew the monster was coming back and killing us all! Didn't the upper echelons tell me on purpose! ”

"What do you untouchables know?!"

"Who do you say are pariahs? Upper class disease! ”

"That's you! Cheap thing in District 2! ”

“……”

The scolding between the two sides intensified, and the space given to us became more and more constricted—"Enough is enough......" Finally, I made up my mind, breathed a sigh of relief, and showed the power of twilight in the golden flames and the dim twilight: "Let's put an end to this." ”

"Senior...... Seniors calm down! The murderous aura gushing out from behind me immediately caused the containment team around me to be extremely uneasy, and they immediately tried to calm my emotions, but unfortunately I had lost confidence in solving the problem, holding the big sword in both hands, and slowly chanted: "Just kill some......"

The containment team widened their eyes one by one: "Seniors don't ......"

"Toot-toot-toot——!" At this moment, the entire facility suddenly sounded a secondary alarm, and at the same time, all closed exits were immediately opened, and several heavily armed masked soldiers teleported into the arena and directly shot and executed several leading civilians on the periphery. Seeing this, the rioting employees in the two districts of the headquarters immediately dispersed like frightened birds, and then the emergency response team led by the Corrections Department finally arrived immediately, intercepted those who had fled from civilian duties, and immediately blocked the entire department. The situation was brought under control almost instantaneously.

A small tragedy is finally over, before an even bigger tragedy is about to happen.

What followed was the expected follow-up, the removal of corpses, the disposition of the entire department, and the death of countless civilians in the follow-up process, which was far from something I could interfere with. As for myself, I was not questioned, nor was I taken in for investigation, nor was I told me about the passage or the elevator, as if it were a secret that I had to keep and rot in the grave.

"Why are there so many employee problems lately?!" When dealing with the work afterwards, Minister Geburah of the Corrections Department complained angrily with a paper cigarette in his mouth.

During this time, I met the returnees who came to help. When the real Maxi rushed in to inquire about me, I almost drew my broadsword and made a big hole in his head.

"Brother Devna! What are you doing? He immediately collapsed to the ground, wailing incessantly.

"I'm sorry." Looking at Marx and Rocky, who arrived immediately after me, I retracted the thin shadow and apologized deeply to Maxi: "I didn't mean to, I just ...... Too nervous. Later, he reported Angela's actions of impersonating Maxi to the other returnees, which also attracted the attention of Marx, Loki, and others, and decided to discuss a solution tomorrow.

I was not immediately ordered to return to my room, but was sent to the minister's office at the headquarters of the Central Committee by a message from Pasi.

Admittedly, I don't know what the imp minister is going to find me for. But on the way to the office, I was really fed up with the strange looks of the employees in the headquarters - whether it was from the first or second district, and now I just want to end it as soon as possible.

"Enter...... Come in. As I knocked on the office door, Minister TipherethA greeted me with some restraint but seriousness: "Employee Devona. ”

I smiled and nodded, and stinted into the office, closing the graffiti-painted door. Looking around, the furnishings here are still as I remember them, with the same exquisite and elegant decoration as the outside: red carpets, golden windows, and chandeliers that emit a faint light; The small room was full of materials that had been sent, and behind a small and delicate desk was the busy figure of Minister TipherethA, which looked inexplicably funny but distressed. "Madam Minister, is there anything you are looking for me?" I said with a calm head.

"Ah...... I'm sorry I'm too busy to greet you properly. As she spoke, she immediately sat up, revealing her petite mechanical body from her desk—admittedly, compared to the other ministers, Minister TipherethA was indeed extremely delicate in appearance, and his actual height was only roughly as high as my chest, and the same box-like yellow body was tied with a line of colored ribbons, which looked like a little girl in a box. What's happening today...... A lot of people died, and a lot of jobs were created. ”

"I deeply regret that, Minister." I said with a sigh. "Maybe Patcy has already reported the details to you, but there's only so much I can do on my own, after all, ......"

"No, you're mistaken, Devna." Seeing this, the minister hurriedly explained: "I don't mean to blame you, on the contrary, I want to thank you." ”

I was speechless for a while, and stood in place a little stunned: "Sense...... Thanks to me? ”

"Yes. Thank you, thank you for everything you've done here, today and in the past. The minister nodded affirmatively, and then said to me, "I have known you for a long time, just as you have always known me. I've been mad at you, too...... But trust me that I didn't do it because I hated you. ”

"Hmm!" I was somewhat flattered: "Minister I ......"

"I just hate myself." TipherethA continued: "I hate this self who can't always catch up with enoch, and this self who always understands enoch. ”

"Enoch......" I said silently, a rather unfamiliar name, so rare and so poor in my memory, but I guessed by instinctive awareness: "It's Minister Tiphereth B...... ? ”

"Hmm." The minister admitted, "You don't seem to have much memory of him......"

"I was also surprised by that. There seemed to be only a few fragments of memory, vague images, broken words. I brushed my hair and said.

"He was my best friend ever, he was smart and taught me a lot; But I'm always depressed, thinking about things I don't understand every day. TipherethA said, with a real sadness that anyone could feel, "You should understand, Devna, we're not really machines - just humans who should be resting in peace, but have been pulled here to work. ”

"Yes, indeed." I nodded, "As promised." ”

"We were wandering in the suburbs - until [DATA EXPUNGED] found us, and she took us to the [DATA EXPUNGED] institute." TipherethA recalls the old days: "But the people there were very nice and kind to us. The minister suddenly changed his words and said sadly and gently: "But suddenly one day, it seems that the laboratory is in crisis, and enoch him...... At this time, he took the initiative to participate in the experiments of the institute, and then he never came back......"

"It's a tragedy...... indeed," I sighed to myself.

"I used to think I could manage everything here on my own." The minister said, the atmosphere was particularly sentimental, "But today's events have once again destroyed my self-confidence, just like before." ”

"This ...... It's not all your fault. I tried to reassure Minister TipherethA, "It is clear that there is something behind today's situation. ”

"Maybe." The minister had two mechanical hands in his hands, sitting on a stool and shaking his two short legs one after the other, looking a little cute, "I believe that the Director, he will be able to lead our souls out of here." She said, looking up at me, "Now...... I'm counting on you too. ”

I was silent for a moment, "Can you please tell me why?" "I have the only doubt.

"Mr. Director, he believes in you." Minister TipherethA replied: "He has shown all of us his trust in you and asked us to believe in you as much as he trusts him. ”

"I ...... I don't understand......," I stammered, "why not someone else?" But apparently the minister could not answer my question, but said very earnestly and eagerly:

"At the very least, please have confidence in the Director, he's the most reliable person in this place."

She said, handing me a small chip: "This is the Central Headquarters, and everything from Minister TipherethB's past. She added, "Everything we have here is meaningful, please keep hope and hope." ”

My mind went blank for a moment, and I mechanically took the chip, stood there for a long time, took a long breath, and finally came back to my senses and said, "Thank you, Miss Lisa." Goodbye. I bowed deeply to her, and Minister TipherethA was quite surprised and moved by my real name, and I smiled at her and left the office.

For the rest of my life, I was immersed in the memories and contemplation of this crazy day, and even if it didn't lead to anything for a while, it was still the answer I had to seek.

And when I hastily ate dinner and meet the members of the headquarters, their eyes were reflected in their strange eyes—they seemed to be wary of beasts and monsters, or haters of traitors...... But whatever the reason, I felt a strong discomfort as if I had been paraded on a cross, and at the same time a strong and unprecedented fear swept through my body, and even though I had the power of the apocalypse at the moment, such uneasiness permeated every pore of my body like a mite, and made me uneasy.

Until I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes, I didn't hide the light again.