Tang Xueluan yawned, slowly got up from the bed, then opened the door and walked out of the bedroom, ready to wash her face and brush her teeth, but when he walked into the living room, she felt something strange, and then she turned her head slightly to look at The location of the sofa.
A middle-aged man was sitting on it, flipping through what she had been reading recently.
"Dad, when did you arrive?" Tang Xueluan asked in great surprise.
Shu Yunpeng raised his head and looked at his daughter and asked:
"The sun is shining on your butt. Do you usually get up at this time?"
Tang Xueluan said a little embarrassedly:
"I worked late into the night yesterday, and recent events have made me a little anxious...
"Wait, why are you here?"
Shu Yunpeng patted the table with the book in his hand:
"Why do you think I came to you?"
Tang Xueluan asked:
"Because of the matter between Ma En and Xiaoyao Taoist?"
Shu Yunpeng nodded:
"Actually, to be honest, your mother and I never thought that things would reach this level. We thought this was just your little trouble. Although you can accumulate enough experience in the consulting department through Ma En, this In fact, it is just your beginning.
"After you and he have achieved some achievements and obtained the anti-psychic metal for him, even when you parted ways, we actually had no hope that Ma En could really become a level V ability user, let alone that he could What benefits does it bring to our Shu family?
"To put it bluntly, he is the servant we invited to train with you, but it turns out that your mother and I were wrong. What you said when you discussed Ma En with us was all right."
Tang Xueluan said somewhat showily:
"You just said I have good taste, right?"
Hearing this, Shu Yunpeng also showed a look of relief. He and Tang Jinghong always had more expectations for Shu Yun. That was why when Tang Xueluan proposed to go out on her own, he and his wife agreed to her after considering it. decision.
In fact, they were all waiting for their little daughter to return to the Federation. Originally, they planned to wait for her to reach a higher position in a few years, and then rely on Xiaoluan's achievements outside to help her get a good position, and work with her. The sisters join forces and slowly work their way up the federation.
It's a pity that Shu Yun died later.
Shu Yunpeng then asked:
"What do you think the incident between him and Xiaoyao means to us."
After hearing this, Tang Xueluan fell into thinking:
"What does it mean?"
Shu Yunpeng is not really testing his daughter:
"Two possibilities. Xiaoyao may have wanted to harm Ma En. This is actually a very emotional but illogical speculation. Ma En did kill his most outstanding disciple, but we don't know if he was really willing to do it for His disciples paid such a huge price.
"The second possibility is that he doesn't want to take revenge on Ma En. In fact, he really wants to train Ma En into a level V ability user. Maybe he can restrain Ma En by teaching him, but in the end Ma En will still get benefits, and if Ma En really has the potential to advance to level V, so the price he pays for these pills is quite reasonable.
"The second possibility is the most beneficial to us, but in fact both possibilities are good things if they develop according to our expectations, that is, no matter what the situation, we hope to let Ma En become Xiaoyao's disciple. Do you agree?"
Even if the former is the only one who is retaliated against, as the nominal ally of Ma En, the Shu family's credit for obtaining the longevity pill will still belong to them after Ma En's death. It can even be regarded as their "sacrifice" of Ma En. The price is the Federation in exchange for longevity pills.
Tang Xueluan nodded hesitantly:
"But now he seems to be a little wary."
Shu Yunpeng said with a smile:
"When a man doesn't refuse directly, it means that he is actually tempted. He is just waiting for a price. Most people think that he will definitely agree in the end. I think Xiaoyao thinks so too.
"Ma En just can't get over the hurdle in his heart, so you need to give him some encouragement.
"But that's not what I'm here for today."
If it was just these words, there was no need for him to come here to tell his daughter.
Tang Xueluan was also a little curious:
"So dad, what are you here for? I remember that you are usually very busy."
Shu Yunpeng said a little helplessly:
"What do you think I'm busy with? You don't have to worry about me all the time. You just returned to the Federation recently, and there are still many unspoken rules that you haven't really mastered, so I'm actually paying attention to your case. Things, guess what I saw?"
"Dad." Tang Xueluan said in a helpless tone with a hint of coquettishness, "Don't be so secretive. How could I possibly guess that?"
Shu Yunpeng put his hand deep into his arms, took out a document and handed it to Tang Xueluan:
"Look at this thing."
Tang Xueluan took the document and turned it over, and strong surprise immediately appeared on her face.
Because it is full of unfavorable information about Ma En, including previous suspicions about him, as well as several new investigations into him. It is relatively mildly speculated that the senior management behind the massacre of the orphanage where he grew up faked his mental illness. The serious problem is that it is implied that he secretly colluded with Hong Yuan to help him escape. The truce was actually a conspiracy of the Salvation Alliance. He entered the Federation to stay undercover here, and his purpose of contacting Shenxiao was to get in touch with her. The craziest thing. What's more, there are suspicions that Ma En is secretly leading the remnants of the Salvation Alliance.
"What are these things?" Tang Xueluan said with a puzzled face, "They don't think this is true, do they?"
Shu Yunpeng replied:
"Of course not, they can't think this is true. The leader of these investigations is Shin Jong-dao, and behind him is the entire neoliberal group, but these are not the focus of our discussion. The point is that the people below him were responsible for the Marx and Engels investigation. Kania is working, and there are several levels of personnel changes below Kania, and the lowest level is responsible for the real actual investigation.
"That's why what you see is so ridiculous and ridiculous, because they deliberately exaggerate the intelligence they collected and the conclusions of the investigation in this way, and they didn't really send the top experts to investigate.
"The fact is that they are afraid of getting a real conclusion, they don't want this matter to be really concluded, because then the outcome may very well prove that Man has no problem at all, and they just want to keep the whole thing vague.
"Because that gives them room to maneuver."
Tang Xueluan said with some confusion:
"But what do they want to do? Isn't this thing beneficial to us?"
Shu Yunpeng nodded:
"This is also my original thought, so in fact, I only thought that the problem in this matter at first was to convince Ma En, but since the neoliberal bastards dare to do this, it must be because they have some problems, and we are already investigating the specific situation. .
"We now suspect that the members of the neoliberal faction are actually hiding something about the Fountain of Youth project, and they are not as eager to get the longevity pill as we thought. These bastards were just pretending before, but in fact this This accident is also good news for us, because Xiaoyao's proposal of longevity pill forced them to reveal their conspiracy.
"This also brought our attention to a professor in the institute who is specializing in research improved through subhuman biotechnology. We originally thought that he was still far away from the success of applicable experiments, but now it seems that he must have hidden something from me. some breakthroughs.
"But don't worry about this, this is something adults should consider.
"Now our focus is on Marne."
After hearing this, Tang Xueluan also felt that things seemed to be getting complicated, but she was still a little unclear about the whole thing. At the beginning, she thought Shen Zongdao was just here to cause trouble for them, but she didn't expect that Shen Zongdao was just here to cause trouble for them. Now it's really time to deal with them.
"Then what do they want to do?" Tang Xueluan said, "Since they don't really intend to find evidence that Ma En violated the contract, wouldn't they be able to do nothing?"
Shu Yunpeng replied:
"They will not do anything to Ma En, and they can't do anything. The purpose of the neoliberal investigation of Ma En is very simple and easy to understand. They plan to use this as a reason to prevent him, Xiaoyao and the federal transaction from being completed smoothly. And this is actually enough.
"Because all they have to do is stall for time. As long as the deal cannot be concluded, the longevity pill will not be in our hands. You must know that even if Ma En becomes a disciple of Xiaoyao, the longevity pill will not be given to us immediately. If you take the whole From a federal perspective, the delay is nothing at all, but the problem is not the length of time, but the point in time.
"Now many members of the Congress are approaching the end of their lifespan. They have all used the Fountain of Youth plan. Many of them are from our Rongbang faction. As long as this drags on, we will have to compromise and choose a better solution. Method - their method.
"As for Ma En, his attempt to obtain the anti-psychic metal may be delayed for several months. If the Federation obtains Xiaoyao's life-extending technology through other methods, his value will continue to decrease, and they may even try to continue Block this matter so that Ma En does not have a chance to advance to level V, but we can also fight back then.
"Generally speaking, as long as he doesn't really find out anything, he will basically be fine. What's funny is that even if he does have a problem, they can't find it out at all according to their current approach.
"So, you don't have to worry so much about him."
Shu Yunpeng actually used to have some doubts about his daughter's liking for Ma En. He felt that she might have been misled by Ma En's character or the identity and background of a former member of the Salvation Alliance, and overestimated this young person with abilities, so she fell in love with him. He was so firm on the matter.
But now he no longer worries about this problem. His daughter does seem to have a unique eye for seeing people.
Tang Xueluan breathed a sigh of relief:
"That is to say, if there is no problem with Ma En, in fact, the most serious thing is that he cannot obtain the anti-psychic metal, then I think this result is acceptable, but we may have to endure their harassment."
Shu Yunpeng shook his head:
"Also, Ma En may make some political enemies. In addition to offending others, being offended by others will also lead to hostility, but this is not that serious to him. After all, you are the one responsible for dealing with these bad guys. The person who did it.
“And this is actually a good thing for us. The more enemies Ma En has, the closer our cooperation will be.
"But do you really want things to go this way?"
Tang Xueluan was stunned for a moment, then asked:
"Should we take the opportunity to let Ma En become a disciple directly..."
Her father shook his head:
"No, it's too late, and Ma En may not listen to us. The more you urge, the more you will push him away from his destination. After listening to what I just said, you should be able to realize that that is the premise of all their methods. The condition is that we can successfully delay time.”
Tang Xueluan asked curiously:
"So do you have a solution to the problem?"
Shu Yunpeng said:
"Otherwise, what do you think I'm here for?"
"Under the circumstances that Ma En is protected by the armistice agreement, what they are doing now is the best way in theory. They can only resort to 'suspecting Ma En has violated the contract', so in fact, it is difficult to deal with them. We have to start from this aspect.
“They have to do it without being exposed to the truth, so we just have to proactively give them the truth.
"We can take the initiative to initiate an examination of Ma En's memory."
Tang Xueluan's first reaction to this proposal was surprise and incomprehension:
"This condition sounds quite unacceptable. I don't think Ma En will like this solution very much."
Shu Yunpeng said:
"This is the most thorough and clean method. As long as Ma En dares to show his mind, he can directly disrupt their plan. I believe Ma En is also a strong man with this kind of determination, and we can also add a small condition.
"That is, after the examination, Ma En will erase the memory of the examiner, leaving only the results of the examination. In this way, any of his secrets will not be revealed. I remember that this is actually an ability that Ma En is particularly good at, right? ?”
After hearing this, Tang Xueluan calmed down a little, and this proposal became more and more feasible in her mind. After all, whatever privacy Ma En did not want to be known, it could be completely eliminated by erasing the memory. In theory, It made no difference to him at all.
And based on her judgment of Ma En, he could indeed overcome this small psychological barrier.
Then there's only one question.
"If Ma En really has some shady secrets." Tang Xueluan looked at her father and asked, "What should I do?"
Shu Yunpeng replied:
“I don’t think the situation will be that serious, but if it really comes to this level of necessity.
"Then it depends on Ma En's true ability. As far as I know, he is a very strong psychic. First of all, I can assure you that Shadow will definitely not take action, and there are no other Level V psychics in the Federation. .
"I just said that Kania is the most senior member of the investigation into Ma En except Shen Zongdao, and she has also received anti-psychic training that can deal with people with abilities of Ma En's level, and as a researcher, she She can also skillfully use various psychic snooping equipment, and has many years of experience in experiments and work in the psychic field. Combined with her excellent psychological level, Kania is the best candidate professionally.
"I am also very sure that Shen Zongdao has a way to get her to do this. If you read Kania's first report carefully, you will clearly realize that she did not really doubt Ma En at that time, and in fact she did not The more neutral faction in the institute.
"That means convincing her is not a simple matter."
Tang Xueluan also knew this:
"But now she is on Shen Zongdao's side."
Shu Yunpeng once again took out some information:
"Because she has a weakness that is easily influenced, Kania was once the deputy of the Alice Project, and her teacher killed other members of the project except her, according to the reconstruction of the incident by federal experts , the institute at that time was dying one by one, and the later the death was, the better the private relationship was with Alice, the experimental subject at the time.
"According to our speculation, Gulan used this method to threaten the young reality warper, and in the end when he was about to kill his most outstanding student, Alice finally succumbed to him, and That terrifying evil monster was born.
"Although you may not be able to tell it, in fact Kania has always felt guilty about what happened back then. Many of her actions undoubtedly reveal this. Kania has proposed several plans to try to cure Alice's Mentally damaged, but all with little success.
"A talented researcher like her is quite arrogant at heart and doesn't want to pay attention to anything except the things she cares about. This is why her report during the investigation of Ma En was a bit sloppy. Of course, she still guaranteed her professionalism. Literacy.
"And Shen Zongdao was able to send her, he must have taken advantage of her weakness.
“This allowed Shin Jong-do to take advantage of people who were more capable than himself and keep himself out of the situation, but Shin Jong-do didn’t realize that the weaknesses he could exploit were also weaknesses we could exploit.
"Although I don't have any information or other resources that can help you, I can leave the entire process of this matter to you, and then Ma En can use this information to find ways to manipulate Kania's heart. .
"This is definitely not an easy matter for him. The madmen in these institutes have anti-psychic devices in their heads and have received professional training. Therefore, even for him, this is an extremely dangerous challenge. If he is not sure , we can also think of other ways.
"But this is only the worst case scenario. If his mind is strong enough and there are no problems as we expected, then it can be easily broken down by just arranging an inspection. Then you just need to let him complete the deal with Xiaoyao quickly. alright."
Tang Xueluan realized something:
"If we really did something dirty, wouldn't Ma En really break the truce?"
Shu Yunpeng said with a smile:
"Yes, but only we know."
(End of chapter)
