Donald used to have a nickname because of the colleagues he worked with.

"Creepy Donald."

This is so because others find out that this guy barely speaks, and his personal comment on this is that it is a waste of time to talk about it unless necessary.

This weirdo likes to close himself in his own world, and once he participates in collective action, others are shocked by his robotic efficiencyism and turn away.

But Agnes just liked him in her heart, but this kind of thinking was more hidden.

She is also old, and she no longer has the passion of looking for handsome guys to roll the sheets before, sometimes she feels that this kind of staring, indifferent, and immediate, but can be more profound and long-lasting, and more attractive to her now.

But she was still often angry at Donald's style.

Two weeks ago, for example, Donald reprimanded Agnes when she told him about Dr. Prester, arguing that she shouldn't have planned to threaten graduate students into obeying her with graduation.

Although Agnes had feelings for him, she had long been in a high position, and she had a kind of arrogance that only burned with anger after being reprimanded by Donald, a shitty nerd.

The two had a cold war for a while, and Donald didn't react at all, he was always so passive, even if he wanted to reconcile with Agnes, he wouldn't take the initiative to mention it. His détente was not to deny Agnes access to his lab to talk to him, and that was his habitual way of expressing it.

"What are you up to?"

Agnes looked at the pile of instruments.

"I'm calculating a formula, and we've found some new information in a memory that Navarro has found, which could be a game-changer for the existing scientific system, but I'm missing the arguments, so I've been doing a lot of calculations."

Donald explained to the others in detail what he was doing, because he actually felt guilty about his previous impulsive reprimand of Agnes, otherwise he would have responded to the question with silence if it had been someone else.

Agnes took his notebook and looked at it for a moment, a little amazed at the results, and the emotions she had had had had felt about Donald's reprimand for her had completely dissipated.

"I.... I'm sorry to bother you, but there's something that's already in front of you, and I guess you don't know yet, right? ”

Glancing at the somewhat messy ground around him, Donald estimated that he had been behind closed doors for a few more months, and he always looked like this, and once he was caught up in the research, he began to turn a deaf ear to everything around him.

"What's wrong?"

Donald put on his square-rimmed glasses, scratched at his gray hair, and looked at Agnes with his usual serious face.

Agnes pulled out a piece of paper.

"The Brotherhood is coming, and I guess there's going to be an evacuation order coming soon, so we'll have to get out of here."

Donald pushed his glasses and took Agnes' newspaper and carefully went through it word by word, making sure that Agnes was right.

"So what do you want to do next?"

Donald was a little confused, he didn't know much about anything outside of research.

"Remember what we said? Is it to participate in Dr. Prester's New World Research Program? ”

Agnes mentioned to him the incident that caused their cold war for half a month, and Donald's brow moved without saying a word.

"There really is no other choice this time, come with me Donald, go to the Eastern District, go to the Great Dome .... It doesn't matter if you like Dr. Prest or not, it's not only a mecca for science, it's also a safe place. Forgotten? The year before, the school that had been stormed by the Brotherhood and then massacred..."

Donald held his nose with one hand and let out a cloudy breath.

Agnes is talking about a tragedy shortly after the Iron Plague in 2247, when the NCR's university was responsible for researching some of the pre-war tech items captured from Navarro after the Battle of Navarro, but after an armed raid by the Brotherhood, it became their occupation and all the tech was looted, and all NCR scientists who did not want to submit to them were slaughtered.

The current High Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel, Jeremy Maxson, claims that this is a righteous execution under the Brotherhood of Steel Code, and that the scientists are researching highly dangerous pre-war technology left behind in the enclave, an act that is extremely dangerous for everyone in the wasteland.

And Jeremy Maxson also said that if NCR does not give up the Hoover Dam, close the biochemical research laboratory inside the Hoover Dam, and completely and completely hand over all scientific and technological crystallization, including the Hoover Dam itself, to the Brotherhood of Steel, then NCR will continue to be attacked by the Brotherhood of Steel.

In the eyes of NCR scientists such as Agnes, this is the brutality of terrorists.

Donald finally agreed to Agnes' invitation, saying that he would pack his bags as quickly as he could, and then follow Agnes out of here and all the way east to the Great Dome, which is no exaggeration to say that it is the easternmost part of the current NCR-controlled area, and the road will not be so smooth and easy, but now he has no choice.

Even if he was a nerd, he knew the Brotherhood of Steel would be bad.

Turning her head, she returned to her lab, reassured of Donald's efficiency, unless he didn't know, he waited for someone else's share and no one else waited for him.

Arriving at her office, Agnes began to call some of her fellow travelers for permission to make her way east to the Hoover Dam, where she would rest and continue east to the Dome.

The Great Dome was discovered in 2247 by Dr. Goddard, Vice President of the NCR's Scientific Advisory Board and the number two in the NCR scientific community, during an expedition to explore the pre-war ruins of the NCR's Eastern District under the orders of President Tanti, and his report was the first source of information for the NCR to learn about the Great Dome, a pre-war scientific research facility.

Soon after, Dr. Prester, the president of the NCR Scientific Advisory Board, took over the development and restoration of the Great Dome, and he has been presiding over all work there ever since.

After a phone call and a hard grind, Agnes basically got the official problem out of the face with her scientific diplomat and incorruptible tongue, and the next step was to prepare for the staff.

Paul came to the office to report back to Agnes.

"All the invitations have been sent out, and the graduate students already know about it.... But the total number of people who agreed with them is probably about 10. ”

Agnes shook her head, if it weren't for the threat of the Brotherhood, the number would be much smaller.

"That's it, let's get ready and go."

Paul nodded casually and turned to leave.

But Agnes looked at him and stopped him.

"You wait Paul..."

Paul looked back in confusion, and Agnes walked up to him and stared at him, a look of great concern after a moment.

"Paul, tell me honestly, did you take medicine again?"

Paul's eyes rolled around, and he looked left and right to talk about something else.

"Huh? No, no, I've been working overtime lately lately to do research and I've got a little dark circles under my eyes, okay Dr. Agnes. ”

The other party didn't give up, and reached into the pocket of Paul's white coat and took out a plate of pills.

Agnes held the drug up in front of Paul's face, and he looked embarrassed.

"Okay, I said this thing is not good for you, why are you still secretly using this thing? You're smart enough! You don't need to be like those idiots who don't eat this stuff and can't do anything, you tell me, how much have you eaten? Why do you sometimes twitch your eyelids and roll your eyes? Is it a headache? Yes? ”

Paul was sweating on his forehead and felt like he was being caught smoking by his mother.

The tablet is called Mentat, also known as Minda, and is the most popular drug in the scientific community because it enhances a person's perception and intelligence, and if taken regularly, the effect can even be permanent.

Because of this, it is very popular.

But Agnes knows what the price will be, after addiction, under the dual effect of physical and psychological needs, it is basically impossible to quit, and then the user will be tormented by persistent headaches, and even a drastic change in temperament, and the treatment will be a slow process.

Don't ask her why she knows this, it's an experience she'll never forget.

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