The schedule was advanced, and Song Lan got on the flight back to District 17 that afternoon.
According to the information Lu Xiang inquired about, it was a long journey from District 17 to the Seventh Neutral Country, especially after the resistance army moved closer to the Seventh Neutral Country. Most flights were stopped, and the coalition government once again had no accidents. The ground betrayed the trust of the Neutral Covenant Powers.
In response to the request for help from the Seventh Neutral Country, the council chose a standstill strategy and asked the foreign dispatch department to symbolically walk around the border trade line of the Seventh Neutral Country to express that they had been here and that they understood what they were thinking.
If there is no death order from above, the foreign dispatch department will naturally be unwilling to wade into troubled waters. A branch of the resistance army is enough to make them jump. Let alone such a force that has brought together at least seven resistance leaders. A number of intelligence reports indicate that the resistance forces will be present at the rally.
Everyone knows that this is a meeting that may change the future of the world, but...
The Council is not in a hurry, and neither is their expatriate department.
The current minister of the expatriate department has always taken a positive and optimistic attitude towards this matter.
Anyway, he will retire in a year or two. Instead of fighting with a group of vicious international terrorists, wouldn't it be nice to go home and spend time with his family and children?
Song Lan didn't care what others thought, but he wanted to give high praise to the mentality of the old person in charge. He felt that if all the war madmen in the "outside world" could think more about their families before provoking a war, then the world might be better. will become more peaceful.
There are rumors that the estrangement between the foreign dispatch department and the council originated from the last escort operation involving Eschenweg army cadre Ashe.
In order to capture Ai Xi, the dispatch department spent a lot of effort, from early intelligence collection to later ambush, and even relied on luck in the end to finally capture this fierce and cunning resistance cadre alive.
Mr. "Emperor" confirmed this statement.
At that time, he was conducting a confidential investigation work "outside" and happened to meet people from the expatriate department, so he helped them without affecting his schedule.
In short, everyone in the expatriate department was full of energy at that time, including the director of the expatriate department.
When arresting Ashe, he also wanted to use his remaining heat before retreating. It would be best to eliminate a serious problem for the coalition government - as long as there is no Eschenweg army, there will be no more than three border cities between the neutral countries and the coalition government. He will be threatened by war again, and when he retires, he can brag to the children at home from time to time, mentioning the tens of millions of international bounty criminals he has caught.
However, a series of actions taken by the council during the escort shattered his ideals.
Although the Council issued a clear order to escort Ai Xi to District 1, it did not send any relevant personnel to respond to them. In the end, Ai Xi was kidnapped by rebel cadres in the territory of the coalition government, leaving them A young man with potential was lost for nothing.
More importantly, the Council's subsequent cold treatment completely dampened the enthusiasm of the foreign dispatch departments, making them no longer able to mobilize the energy to arrest rebel cadres.
The above information all comes from internal communications of MI7.
The sender is Ivan.
This guy found out from somewhere that he was going to visit the seventh neutral country. He sent several pages of information all afternoon. The core content was that he hoped that he could meet with the head of the overseas dispatch department and give some advice to the foreign ministers who were now low in morale. Send departments to encourage us.
After carefully reading the dense text, Song Lan moved her index finger to Ivan's head.
That was a photo taken when he was working as a bartender, and he looked like a simple and honest uncle.
"Add this user to the blacklist?" 』
"confirm"
"Please confirm the reason for reporting"
"Organizing and cooperating with government officials to spread bad information and lure minors (Yelu) to drink"
After finishing the report smoothly, Song Lan finally showed a satisfied smile.
One of the good habits he has developed is never to interfere with politics. He has no idea what the messages from Ivan are about, and he has never participated in discussions on such topics.
As a commoner, Song Lan always believed that the internal problems of the coalition government should be solved by more professional people. As for whether they could be solved in the end, it was not a problem that he needed to worry about.
The reason for his departure and visit to the Seventh Neutral Country was clearly written on the permit.
Visit friends.
So on this pleasant afternoon, Ivan’s usual social media account was blocked for 2 hours.
Regrettably, although Song Lan had been trying his best to avoid participating in discussions on such topics, danger always came to him. He found that the topics on this bus were radical and dangerous, and he was filled with righteous indignation like everyone here. They are all employees of the coalition government's overseas department.
"If the Council continues like this, it will sooner or later lose the trust of the Neutral Covenant Countries. If you ask me, the foreign dispatch departments are all just a bunch of people!"
This angry middle-aged man aroused the approval of other passengers. Not long after getting on the bus, he seemed to have the right to speak in the crowd.
It is easy to arouse people's emotions by denouncing the council and the company. Most of the people who frequent the "outside world" are businessmen and retail investors. Naturally, they hate many of the overbearing clauses proposed by the company.
However, based on the principle of fairness and justice, Song Lan felt that there were objective reasons for the council's failure to respond to the seventh neutral country's request for help this time.
When the call for help came, the Council's base exploded, and even the Council President was almost assassinated.
Before Song Lan opened the internal video of Kolo Pictures sent to him by Guan Lili, the middle-aged man brought the topic to him. The man walked up with a smile and handed him a bottle of mineral water in a friendly manner. "Brother, what do you think about this? I also have a son about your age at home, and I am very curious about what young people think."
The detective physique is in effect again.
While the middle-aged man brought the topic to him, he also handed him an unscrewed bottle.
The anti-fraud publicity in District 17 reminds you to never accept drinks and food from others on buses from the "outside". Countless people have learned this lesson with blood and tears.
Those who are lucky will find something missing in their body after waking up.
Among them were many unlucky people who never woke up.
"No need, I have it myself."
Song Lan politely took out the water bottle that Lu Xiang prepared for him from his backpack, "The prosthetic doctor said that I can only drink this kind of water mixed with medicine now."
"Prosthetic doctor? Brother, I think you are young and should be in your best health."
"The liver function is not very good."
Song Lan deliberately lowered her voice, "Kidney failure, and some irregular heartbeats. The surgery fee in District 17 is too expensive. My family asked me to help me contact a clinic in a neutral country. This time I came out for the surgery. Now The situation outside is so chaotic, and sometimes I think that maybe dying outside can reduce the burden on my family."
In just one sentence, he showed his personality to the attentive people in the car who were listening attentively.
Organ failure has no value for transplantation.
The family has little money and cannot afford the high cost of surgery in District 17.
This self-introduction was so effective that many people in the front seat suddenly lost interest in him.
Song Lan was worried that the car could reach its destination smoothly.
Exiting District 17 is an endless stretch of desert, with only a few transfer stations along the way. In the words of businessmen, this desert is a natural cemetery. If you throw people into the sand and wait for one night, they will be considered abnormal. Experts from the case investigation bureau came but could not find the body.
This is why Song Lan always tells others that boys should learn to protect themselves when they go out.
When the middle-aged man heard this, the smile on his face became a little embarrassed. After pretending to comfort him for a few words, he retreated into the crowd.
Song Lan chose a seat in the last row. He leaned his face against the window and looked out at the environment distorted by the high temperature. This desert is what it is now no matter what time of the year.
As a boy traveling alone, he had to think more.
For example, the Death Crab's carapace is hard and hot on the butt, making it not a very good means of transportation.
So if possible, it's best not to kill everyone in the car.
Song Lan has a simple wish.
Hopefully everyone on this vehicle will make it to their destination alive.
"Yes, you are quite clever."
As the saying goes, one wave of injustice comes after another. He finally sent away the middle-aged man who had a "key" conversation, and then trouble came to his door again.
The one who spoke to him was a young man wearing a sweatshirt and a hood, covering half of his face.
Wearing a thick sweatshirt in this sweltering desert area, and always covering his face with a hood, he looked like he was no ordinary person.
Song Lan seriously doubted that the young man's true occupation was probably a wizard.
But I hate it when my prodigy friend arrives later than him and goes straight to the seat next to him as soon as he gets in the car. At this time, if he gets up and adjusts his seat, it will have the opposite effect.
He could only pray in his heart, hoping that his wizard friend would not initiate a conversation with him until he got off the bus.
This time, his prayers were not answered by his friends in the upper world.
"There is probably something wrong with the mineral water he handed you. People who talk to them easily will not have good results."
This prodigy friend lowered his voice and already understood everything, "Look carefully, they all cooperate. The strong man in the third row, the woman in the fourth row, and the young man in the sixth row were all his in advance." It’s arranged.”
When everyone is a stranger, it is difficult for one person to heat up the atmosphere, so you need to prepare a few supporters in the crowd in advance.
As for key political topics to mobilize the atmosphere, it is just a rhetorical technique.
When people are in the same camp and work together to defeat dissenters, many threats are overlooked.
"Listen carefully, that man's companions have already found out the identities of most of the people."
This bus leading to a neutral country was a mixed bag of people, but most of them wanted to go to the neutral country to make a fortune. Some people who had just arrived and were relatively low on guard had already told everything about their family situations.
The wizard friend continued to express his high opinion in a low voice, "Those who have no money but are young and strong will be sent to work as illegal workers, those who are doing business will be kidnapped and extorted money from their families, and those who have no special skills will be sent to illegal clinics to be dug up." Empty the organs in their bodies.”
"Where did you know all this?"
"The seventeenth district's anti-fraud brochure, I received one when I was a volunteer in the bureau."
Well, the anti-fraud brochure was indeed compiled by their Publicity Department based on the statistics of recent reports received by the bureau. Although they have promoted these in the "Law Enforcement Manual" and "Law Enforcement Department Love Story", the effect is not It's not obvious, but every now and then someone will come and report, saying that they have a relative or friend who never comes back.
The only good thing was that although the young man had been a volunteer in the bureau, he didn't recognize him.
Song Lan felt that this should be directly related to his record of not reporting to Corey for a month in a row.
The young man seemed to have opened up a chat box, imparting some anti-fraud knowledge to Song Lan, and also told him about the cruelty of criminal gangs in the "outside world".
Once in the hands of criminal groups, the victims lose their human identity and are treated casually like animals.
This time gave Song Lan an ominous premonition.
Could it be that he had misjudged the identity of the young man who had studied the anti-fraud manual so thoroughly? Could it be that he was driven by a strong sense of justice and came to the "outside" to compete with the fraud gang?
This is not a good job.
As the young man said just now, anyone who has anything to do with human trafficking is a dehumanized and dangerous person. If he accidentally exposes his identity and is caught by a trafficker, their torture methods are much more terrifying than death.
Captain Doug mentioned these gangs more than once during the bureau meetings, hoping that the bureau could set up a department to deal with "outside" disappearance cases.
Lu Xiang has submitted the results and plans of the department discussion to Mayor Aureliano, but has not yet received a reply.
Out of concern for the young man's future, Song Lan asked, "Since you know it's so dangerous outside, why did you run out?"
"Because I found true love."
"……ah?"
"She is a girl from the seventh neutral country."
When talking about this matter, the young man changed his previous boastful attitude and his tone became coy and shy, "She has already done her job as a family member and asked me to go to a neutral country to find her."
This topic seems to bring back many sweet memories for the young man.
The girl he mentioned liked painting, but her entrepreneur parents did not support her hobbies and only wanted her to spend her time doing serious work. This made her run away from home in anger and went to live with her grandfather who loved her. .
Grandpa is getting old, and his family has bought a tea garden for him. His biggest wish is to have grandchildren.
In the past week, the young man spent 5,000 watts to buy tea grown by his grandfather, successfully winning the favor of the girl's family.
Grandpa did ideological work for the girl's parents and finally found a way to resolve the conflict.
Since his precious granddaughter is unwilling to inherit the company, this burden will fall on her future husband.
"I have already started taking relevant courses."
After recounting his love history, the young man proudly added, "Although I have never managed a company, I will work hard."
When the young man spoke, the blazing sun outside the car window shone on him, shining brightly.
At this moment, Song Lan finally came to a conclusion about the young man's identity.
There’s no mistake, this guy is definitely a wizard!
There was only one question left in his mind.
How on earth do you have the nerve to provide other people with popular science and anti-fraud propaganda?
Thank you to the leader who rewarded Shinoa-chan’s book, thank you very much~!
Two hundred and fifty chapters of Little Theater:
A certain day of a certain year, a certain day, a Saturday, in the morning
On this day, Song Lan felt that he had caused a big disaster, and he had never been as panicked as he was now.
The group messages on the mobile phone are still scrolling. These friends from all over the world have found common topics, making these group friends who have never met before become brothers at this moment.
And the last few messages he saw were:
"I heard that the fishing situation has been serious recently, and the counter-intelligence department is going to start liquidating again."
"Be careful of the big devil!" 』
"The abominable big devil!" 』
"Big Demon King" is the name given to Lu Xiang. Her terrible reputation has made her friends dare not call her by her first name, making her something comparable to a "mysterious person".
It is said that this stems from the artificial intelligence data screening mechanism of the counterintelligence department. As long as you dare to say something bad about Lu Xiang online, the artificial intelligence will immediately submit the generated data.
Due to Lu Xiang's usual pressure, the group members did not dare to use too strong a tone when condemning.
"The abominable big devil" is the most vicious name they can think of.
Song Lan had to take another look at the group name.
"Lu Xiang praises the group".
Introduction:
"Welcome fans of Minister Lu to apply to join, and I hope everyone can speak freely in the group."
However, these group members who rushed to apply to join thought they had seen through the true meaning of this group, and firmly believed that it was a gathering place for anti-fans disguised as a fan group. Song Lan just slept, and when she woke up, the number of people exceeded 500. .
The good news is that he found so many anti-fans of Lao Lu in the group.
The bad news is that he is the leader of the group.
(End of chapter)
