Chapter Ninety-eight: Journey to Another World: Prison Star Storm (11)
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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Journey to Another World: Prison Star Wind and Cloud (11)
"Then, please leave the target's photos, basic information and deposit here at the same time and place tomorrow. I will collect the remaining part after one week. Ice@Fire! Chinese www..com"
According to the old rules, after Illumi explained the rules according to the script, he was about to leave, but was stopped by the other party.
"Ah, well, Grant Castile rarely shows up, and his status in the Rose Alliance is quite special, so I don't have any photos of him. Although there is some other information, it may not be particularly complete."
Morris seemed to look over with a little uneasiness, which made Illumi suddenly have a premonition of being at a disadvantage. He raised a finger and said in a distressed voice.
"This is very troubling. It is your obligation to provide sufficient information."
The killer's contrasting expression and tone did not surprise Morris, because his years of experience in climbing down made him intuitively feel the dissatisfaction hidden in the other person's distressed tone. He couldn't help but pause, but then made up his mind. Calm down, use your eloquence that you have developed over the years, and start negotiating.
"Yes, I know, that's why I bought Castile's life at a price of 5,000 records. Mr. Beat Dike is a professional in this industry. He should know that even a senior cadre of the Council cannot be worth the price. That's the right price. Indeed, I really hope that the other party will die, but I can't do it with my own strength, so I entrusted Mr. Illumi with the money. This money represents my determination. Do you also want to beat Mr. Dike? If you can continue with your professional ethics, as for the lack of information, I will fully cooperate with you so that you can beat Mr. Dike to achieve your goal."
Illumi stared at the other party expressionlessly. Well, he was now sure that this deal was a loss. Although generally speaking, the lack of intelligence did not make it particularly difficult for him to assassinate a senior cadre at this price. It was a profit, but he was still very unhappy. The other party was so willing to give money at the beginning that he thought he had found a fool. Who knew that was not the case at all? His current mood was like he thought he had picked up a nugget of gold. , but, who knows, it is a piece of gold-plated silver. Even if it is still profitable, there is still a difference. Alas~, Illumi sighed melancholy in his heart.
Morris observed the other person's face, but it was obviously impossible for him to see any emotion from the paralyzed face, so he could only ask again.
"Beat Mr. enemy guest, I don't know???
"How to cooperate?"
Morris was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was saying quickly.
"The day after tomorrow is the year-end review meeting held by the Rose Alliance. Grant Castile will definitely attend. The Badu family is also one of the participating members. I can take you in then. Mr. Beat the enemy can confirm the other party's identity at that time. face, and other defensive measures.”
Illumi made an assessment and concluded that the day after tomorrow was about to end the task at hand. After getting the information, it was time to leave the city and search the next area. He nodded and responded.
"Can."
After Morris left, Illumi returned to his hiding place. After solving some people's livelihood problems, he began to look through the reports he had recently received. Einheimer's intelligence collection was almost complete. The report he has now obtained The contents of the books are basically the same, but the information on finding people with tail-swallowing snake bracelets is complicated and trivial, and the conclusions are usually ambiguous. Illumi went there several times, but in the end he got the wrong person. Quickly browse After a while, he once again saw a piece of suspicious information in a report, which briefly recorded such a paragraph.
[About half a month ago, a man wearing a tail-eating snake bracelet appeared in Caoke Town in the north. After a short stay, he disappeared. According to incomplete investigation, he was suspected to have gone to Luosha. 】
The content was very vague and confusing, and the wording was quite reserved. Illumi frowned. Is this perfunctory? After remembering the name of this organization, he once again looked through the reports submitted by other organizations. As a result, he was surprised that at least half of the reports mentioned similar information. However, it was surprisingly similar. The contents were all extremely vague, as if they were avoiding something. There was only one report, which gave fairly clear hints.
[For specific whereabouts, you may refer to the Rose Alliance’s year-end review meeting. 】
Rosa, the Rose Alliance, and the year-end review meeting are actually connected with the next task. What a coincidence. If we can find other people, it will kill two birds with one stone. Illumi thought, and finally became a little interested in this task. However, the year-end review meeting What exactly will it be? He nodded his cheek, curious.
The day after tomorrow, Illumi, who was sitting in Morris's floating car heading to Rosa, received this answer.
"You'll know this once you go there."
Morris' face was a little ugly, with a look of disgust and avoidance. This reminded Illumi of those reports with the same avoidance, and he couldn't help but deepen his curiosity.
After driving for three hours, they arrived at Luosha. Looking at the cityscape outside the car window, Illumi's big cat eyes couldn't help but open wider.
There is only one kind of green plant in the city - roses, which are planted overwhelmingly throughout the city. Those roses seem to be mutant varieties, each one is as tall as a tree, and the vines are unusually strong. In order to withstand the harsh environment, they are carefully planted outside. There was a huge transparent glass cover, and the roses inside were blooming extremely beautifully. Without exception, every flower was dark red. However, Illumi always felt that the color was a bit uncomfortable, as thick as blood.
The buildings on both sides of the road are all in the luxurious and classical palace style, with golden piping covering the corners, and exquisite reliefs that are lifelike, carved into birds and animals of various shapes, and decorated with lintels, arch columns and ceiling beams.
Beautiful fountains can be seen everywhere on the street. Under the ample lighting of street lights, the white water columns shine with colorful light even in the dark night. Most of the white marble statues are carved into beautiful young people with different shapes and graceful postures. , girls, decorating the streets just right.
A city that is so splendid and full of artistic atmosphere, it is hard to believe that it is on a prison planet, Illumi couldn't help but comment.
“What a gorgeous city.”
"Damn it, what's so gorgeous about such a rough place!"
In response to his words, Morris spat hard, stepped on the accelerator with his foot, and the float vehicle suddenly jumped forward.
"The hairy bones are towering?"
Illumi asked in confusion, but Morris fell silent again.
The aerial vehicle drove towards the outskirts of the city. Gradually, a huge silver hemispherical building could be clearly seen, like an egg shell with half of it cut off, standing in the wilderness. Along the way, there were more aerial vehicles. There was an endless stream of people, all heading towards that building.
When approaching the silver sphere, a roadblock and a sentry post appeared at the front of the road. The vehicle suddenly slowed down and slowly followed the car in front. Morris stopped before driving to the sentry post and showed a A metal card, Illumi saw the other party scanning it and waving to indicate that they could pass.
The float car followed the internal signs and personnel guidance all the way, and finally parked in an above-ground parking lot outside the silver sphere.
"That's the main venue of the review meeting I mentioned. The defense measures are very tight. You can check it out on the spot. Come on, let's go in."
Morris straightened his suit and tie, straightened his appearance, and then said to Illumi.
Illumi glanced at the building in front of him. There was only one entrance, an infrared detector and a monitor hanging above his head. There were lasers for defense on both sides of the door. Once someone invaded or something happened inside, the laser beam would It was activated and the door was sealed. There were four or five security personnel in front of the door. They each held security equipment in their hands and scanned the visitors one by one.
Illumi walked up with Morris and watched calmly as the metal detector swept over them, and the energy detector followed suit. There was no abnormality, and they were allowed to pass. Illumi did not bring any weapons, because Morris had said before that it was almost impossible to take action at the review meeting because of the outrageous defensive measures. Although Illumi had reservations about this opinion, When the situation was unclear, there was no need for him to take unnecessary risks. Besides, if he really wanted to do something, his hands were already the best weapons.
Inside the door was a long metal corridor. Illumi observed it and saw that it also had infrared, monitors and lasers. A metal door blocked the way. Morris took a step forward and faced a small man next to him. said the small screen.
"I am Carter Morris from the Badu family, followed by my entourage, Ethan Ford."
Ethan Ford was a pseudonym given to Illumi by Morris, because his destiny was known to many senior officials of the organization.
"The voiceprint is confirmed, consistent, the iris is confirmed, consistent, the skeleton is confirmed, consistent, confirmed to be Carter Morris of the Badu family.
A clear voice sounded, and then, a transparent light shone above Illumi, enveloping him. Illumi resisted the urge to avoid it and accepted the light from head to toe. Sweeping light.
"Ethan Ford, skeleton registration confirmed, iris registration confirmed, Badu family, both confirmed and released."
As the voice fell again, the door opened silently.
There was still a small space inside, and an elevator stopped in front of them. After the two of them walked in, the elevator automatically closed the door and began to descend. During the short period of operation, neither of them spoke, and silence spread in the small space. .
With a ding, the door opened. After stepping out of the elevator, Illumi looked forward. The interior was decorated like an opera house. At the front, there was a huge stage. A bright beam of light was projected from directly above, surrounded by tables and chairs. Around this stage, a semicircle is formed, and the arrangement is loose and comfortable. A lot of people have gathered in the hall, most of them sitting. Because of this structure, there are basically no people walking around. There is a buzz in the venue, but it is not noisy.
Morris did not sit on the chairs very close to the stage, but found a seat at the back, and Illumi followed him and sat next to him.
Morris seemed to relax at this moment, and he explained to Illumi with a wry smile.
"There is another reason why I don't want you to take action at the review meeting. It is the central computer identification just now. This is part of the responsibility tracking system here. Once recorded by the computer, it will automatically record according to your heat source reaction. If something happens to your location, you can know it immediately by just checking it."
"Too much trouble."
In response, Illumi just replied briefly and concisely.
After waiting for almost half an hour, everyone seemed to have gathered. Suddenly, all the light sources above their heads were extinguished, leaving only a beam of light in the center of the stage. Illumi waited, not knowing what he would see.
A man in a black suit walked up, holding a thick stack of paper in his hand. After standing in the beam, he made some regular welcome speeches and then began to read out the report in his hand with a serious face.
"Annual report for the 436th year of the Imperial Calendar. The completion of indicators this year has declined slightly compared with previous years. Compared with the previous five years, the absolute numbers have decreased by 0.7%, 2.3%, and 4.5% respectively year-on-year. , 6.7%, 7.1%. It can be seen from the figures that the overall situation is unfavorable. This is only the absolute value of the objective figures. In terms of the quality of the goods, there has been a significant decline??????, this year A total of 763 pieces of goods were received, of which the Rose Alliance provided 58%, and the Durus Badu family accounted for 0.005%. Among them, there was one special-grade product, 312 first-grade products, and two second-grade products. Grade goods?????, 23 pieces of goods that cannot be used for commodity trading, and the quality of defective products has increased by 3.8% year-on-year??????????"
The boring and lengthy speech made Illumi feel strongly funny after being stunned. The strict security measures, the vague and avoidant attitude towards the review committee in countless reports, and the hidden anger that Morris did not want to mention made him imagine countless times. The dark possibility, the result, what did he see? An extremely serious business meeting?
"What is this? Year-end business summary meeting?
Facing Illumi's speechless and mocking tone, Morris simply replied.
"No, the bottom is the point."
"The next step is the second step. The vested interests of each organization in the coming year will be distributed according to the principles of openness, justice and fairness, and the distribution data will be published using the actual goods display method. Of course, according to the routine, the goods can be appropriately withheld, but this year's overall proportion is not allowed If it exceeds 5%, we will make adjustments to the goods out of the warehouse after counting the wishes of each organization, and the third stage of the auction will be held tomorrow."
After the master of ceremonies finished reading the report, he once again said something that made Illumi confused. However, he didn't care anymore. He would know it after reading it.
"Then, let's start with the Rose Alliance. There are 442 pieces of goods in total, including 265 first-class items and 177 second-level items. Based on quantity and quality, the Rose Alliance can obtain 67% of the vested interests." The man on the stage said with a said with great passion.
"Huh? I thought that special item must have been provided by the Rose Alliance."
"That's right. There are no goods below second-grade products. I guess it was all raised by Grant Castile."
"Can't they compare in terms of quantity or quality? This year, they account for the majority again. They are worthy of being a member organization of the Council. They are incomparable to small organizations like us~"
"Forget it, it's good that people can think of giving us soup when they eat meat. The supplies obtained from this transaction are not included in the overall budget for Niflheim. Everyone knows it well, boring Making money is the right way, if this matter is revealed, everyone will be dead."
With his extraordinary hearing, Illumi heard a few whispers. Suddenly, a group of beautiful boys and girls walked up to the stage, followed closely by various strange animals. When they came on stage, the emcee quickly began to introduce them, including some basic data such as appearance, race, age, grade, etc.
Seeing this familiar posture, Illumi finally understood that this was actually a trading meeting for mutant populations and rare species. However, compared to ordinary sales, the focus here was on the internal relations among the suppliers. Coordination of interests.
After figuring it out, Illumi also lost interest and watched indifferently as the names of the organizations were announced one by one, and then the 'goods' were displayed one by one. However, suddenly, he realized that these scenes were actually very inconsistent.
Every man and woman on stage had a bright, brilliant, elegant, or hearty smile on their face. Their movements were performed naturally, with no trace of reluctance at all. The animals were not restrained, but they seemed to have Spiritually, everyone lined up in an unusually tame and obedient manner, and climbed up from the edge of the stage in order. Even some species that were obviously natural enemies of each other seemed to turn a blind eye and live together peacefully.
This abnormality made Illumi narrow his eyes slightly, but as soon as his curious and inquiring mind arose, he suppressed it. It had nothing to do with him, so he continued to read calmly.
"Finally, there is the only special item on display this year, provided by the Cork Town Hell Two-Headed Wolf Organization. They can get 0.5% of the vested interests."
The emcee finally brought the atmosphere to the final stage, but after the words fell, boos could not help but burst out from below, and the whispers gradually increased. From time to time, several shouts questioning unfair distribution could be heard. In the face of such noise, at this time, the stage A man walked up to the corner again, and almost at the same time, Morris's hateful voice sounded in Illumi's ears.
"That's him, Grant Castile!"
Illumi looked over. The moment he saw clearly, he subconsciously felt a sense of disgust. Illumi was a little confused. He didn't know why he suddenly had such an unknown and violent reaction. He looked at the other person up and down. , a man in his forties, average-looking, but dressed a little more elegantly and gorgeously, nothing special. What made him so unhappy? Illumi stared at the other person thoughtfully, and suddenly an idea came to him. Flash, it's the aura. This man has a similar feeling to Elephant, both with a twisted sense of perversion. Noticing this, Illumi's brows furrowed slightly unnoticeably by a centimeter.
Grant's voice echoed in the venue, and it was just as Illumi imagined, full of false elegance and hypocrisy.
"Let me explain, regarding this special product, I personally appreciate it very much, so I am planning to take a photo of this artwork. Since it is not exported to outsiders, the distribution of vested interests of the Hell's Two-Headed Wolf Organization will not change, but , as compensation, I am willing to provide 30% of my private vested interests to the Two-Headed Wolf Organization of Hell. To add, I can draw 45% of the 67% vested interests of the Rose Alliance."
Grant looked determined to win, and his suggestions gradually reduced the opposition below, and finally disappeared. Grant smiled with satisfaction, snapped his fingers and said.
"So, please enjoy this artistic treasure."
The only beam of light in the venue dimmed, and the entire venue fell into darkness. Then, a melodious sound of silk and bamboo gradually flowed out, and the lights also turned on. After reaching sufficient brightness, Illumi saw the huge display stand , the black curtain originally behind the emcee had been raised, revealing the scenery behind it.
This is a simulated Japanese-style courtyard. The ground is covered with fine white stones as white as snow, and exquisite precious stones are stacked together in an orderly manner. A vermilion arch bridge passes through the courtyard, and a simple stone lantern stands at the end of the bridge. Several wooden steps lead to an elegant pavilion with bamboo strips hanging above the eaves.
A girl wearing a complicated long furisode kimono slowly walked out from the depths. She was blocked by bamboo strips. The girl's chest and above were not visible. All she could see was the gorgeous red and purple kimono, which was printed with large swaths of gorgeous peonies and wisterias. Illumi's heart suddenly jumped violently. That figure seemed familiar.
The girl's figure was completely exposed, and Illumi felt that his breathing seemed to be slightly stagnant. A golden paper fan with bright red patterns was held in the girl's hand, covering her entire face. However, it was spread over the The aqua hair color behind her was so familiar that it was difficult for him to mistake her.
Illumi stared blankly as the girl in front of him walked down the steps and began to dance slowly on the fine white sand. Her movements were elegant, and every move she made was filled with a demure charm and refined temperament. She danced for a while. , the girl gently removed the fan on her face, revealing a delicate face, a pure smile bloomed on her lips, like a lily trembling in the wind, pure, innocent, innocent, and so of nature.
The audience booed again, pulling Illumi back from his thoughts, just in time to hear Grant's proud explanation.
"Are you wondering why such an ordinary girl is a special grade? Now I will show you the evidence."
The light dimmed, then turned on again. This time the light was much more dazzling than before. Illumi couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly. It was just like the sun, he thought in his heart. Then, he suddenly reacted and looked at the girl. Go, sure enough, the girl's hair and eyes have taken off their disguise and are constantly changing colors.
"This light completely simulates the sunlight in nature. Under this light, the hair and eyes of this work of art will have a discoloration effect. This is a masterpiece of God and a miracle of nature???"
Grant's face was full of intoxication, and he kept talking excitedly, and at the right time, there were exclamations from underneath.
Faced with all this, the familiar girl still smiled innocently, smiling so happily, as if she had not foreseen everything that was going to happen in the future.
It was indeed Celluloid, but it shouldn't be. At least the Celluloid he knew would never dance obediently even after being sold. What's more, Illumi couldn't believe it either. Celluloid could actually smile like this, and more importantly, she exposed her hair and eyes without any problem at all.
Illumi finally couldn't help but asked the doubts in his heart.
"Has she, those goods, been controlled?"
"It's not convenient here. Let's talk about it later."
