Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

The imperial guard who was bound here by the [Self-Detection Electrode] seemed not to hear him and did not respond to his voice at all.

Klein therefore became suspicious of his identity and his own speculation. He walked through the wall to the interrogation room next to the cell, and then continued deeper into the information room behind the one-way glass of the interrogation room, where he saw two people with anxious faces. The information clerk was whispering.

"It's completely unreasonable..."

One of them held a thin document in his hand, turned to a certain page, and whispered to the other person:

"The assassin was originally the captain of the guard of Marquis Stein's family. He came from a civilian family. He worked as a guard for Marquis Stein's family for 23 years. He was loyal and his whole family was on board, so he was assigned to the middle section of the ship. security.

You know, the middle part of the ship is full of big shots, and the security force is sufficient. You don't need a strong security force, you just need loyalty.

The Assassin's loyalty was unquestionable, not just because of his long years of service without incident, but also because he had a whole family on board...you know what I mean.

His daughter was even betrothed to a baron, and the wedding was going to be held soon. How could something go wrong at this juncture? ! "

As if to emphasize his surprise, the man looked into his colleague's eyes and asked again:

"How could something go wrong with such a person?"

His colleague took the document in his hand, turned to another page, pointed to the text on that page and said:

"Marquis Stein has three enemies, Mr. Li from the Almighty Council, Mr. Versailles from the Munitions Department, and Mr. Martini from the Maintenance Department of the Ship's Forward Control Room. These three people have a very ordinary relationship with Bishop Wright - they almost There is no interaction, we just pray to the Holy Light together during mass.”

The two of them were completely confused.

"Margrave Stein is an idle prince, he doesn't have any political power, and he is famously kind. How could he conflict with them?"

"Let's not talk about the conflict, just talk about the assassin himself - the assassin came from the sect of Marquis Stein. It is easy to immediately think of Marquis Stein. It is too stupid to so easily expose the person behind the assassination."

"You mean, there is someone else behind the assassin?"

"That's what I thought, but that's not the case."

The two turned to the next page.

"The surveillance records contain information on all the assassin's movements since he boarded the ship. Even sleeping and going to the bathroom are completely recorded, including every movement and word he makes - the assassin is taciturn, so there is not much verbal information, and these There is nothing strange about the information at all.”

The two of them were obviously in a hurry. As the person in charge of the investigation of this incident, if they could not find out the reason, they might really be thrown out of the ship - they had thrown out several prisoners before, and those prisoners The screams still remain clearly in their memories to this day.

"Did someone else take a fancy to his identity and put the blame on Marquis Stein?"

"Margrave Stein is a complete idiot. It stands to reason that although you don't have to worry about retaliation if you blame him, the possibility of being exposed is very high - how can a person who is indifferent to the world be assassinated? What about an archbishop who can decide the fate of most people?”

"Then, as of now, there is only one possibility."

The two looked at each other and said one word together in a low and depressed tone.

"Turing."

The two looked panicked.

"Things involving Turing's invasion should be left to the captain to handle personally..."

"No! We are completely unsure about this matter now. We should report it directly to the captain. Once it is proven that Turing did not do it, it will show the incompetence of you and me!

Incompetent people will be thrown overboard!

And once it is determined that Turing is responsible, our current efforts will be completely useless - Turing will not let us tell this matter! "

"What do you say?"

"As I say, we'll interrogate the prisoner first to see what he can tell, and then we'll make a plan."

"But Bishop Wright has warned us not to talk to that person!"

"We have no choice now to protect ourselves..."

The two discussed again, and then went to the cell with a voice recorder and paper documents.

Klein, who stayed here, began to check the information about the assassin on the computer.

The assassin's name is Tom Hank. He comes from a civilian family in a satellite city south of the imperial capital. His mother's name is Claire Tristy, a weaver, and his father's name is William Hank, a bricklayer. Bricklayers, both of them are deceased, and they never had any interaction with any aristocrats during their lifetimes.

When Tom Hank was in school, he won several city-level honors because of his outstanding sports performance. He was selected by the school coach as a sports exchange student and exchanged to the Imperial Sports School for further studies. During this period, he was recruited by Shi Tai, one of the investors of the Imperial Sports School. Because of the Marquis' selection, he became a guard of the Marquis' family.

The imperial class has been solidified for a long time. It is not easy for people from civilian backgrounds to reach this stage. Tom Hank has become an ordinary bodyguard from a sports champion. Instead of being depressed, his family is very happy, because their family They can no longer make ends meet, and Tom Hank's high salary as a bodyguard can support their family.

Like all young people who enter the aristocratic class, Tom Hanks broke off contact with his family after entering the Marquis. He was very loyal to the Marquis and became the Marquis of Stein in the 13th year of becoming a bodyguard. His personal bodyguard has accompanied the Marquis to various occasions since then. Official records of his various behaviors have been recorded in the conduct record of Marquis Stein, a pure-blooded Marquis.

After reading the records about this person, Klein felt that there was absolutely nothing wrong with him.

'Then, the Sakura Kingdom warrior named Ogami should have descended into the body of the guard named Tom Hank through another way. '

That guard is Ogami - this is what Klein is most certain of. The part of the Northern Bureau [Executor] ability that the director helped him retain in his body makes him extremely convinced of this guess -

When the [Executor]'s idealistic power can determine something, it must be true.

The "Turing Invasion" they just mentioned is another matter entirely.

Klein has never heard any information about the "Turing Intrusion", and this is the first time he even heard the phrase. It seems that this should be an event with a high encryption level, and this event should already be on the ship. It happened, and it was stopped secretly in time by the power of the ship itself, so most people like him didn't hear about it at all.

Klein was very interested in the way Ogami came into Tom Hank's body, because what this ship possesses is not only technological power, but also the most powerful supernatural power in the world-the Holy Light. 's blessing.

Being able to bypass the blessing of the Holy Light and occupy the body of someone on the ship through invasion can itself illustrate the fact that the force that brought Ogami down is so powerful that not even the Holy Light can stop it.

'Such power has exceeded my knowledge. ' Klein thought.Thinking of this, he became more determined to communicate with Ogami.

When he arrived at the cell, the interrogation of "Tom Hank" had ended, and the two interrogators left the cell with absolutely nothing to gain.

After they closed the door, Klein's voice appeared in "Tom Hank"'s ears:

'I am Crane Justus, whom we met before. '

"Tom Hank" didn't respond.

Klein tried to gain his trust:
'You should know that Chen Yan and I have cooperated quite a lot in the island chain, and you should also know that I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. I am going back to the island chain now to see if there are any survivors... Although I don't know Whether they survived or not, but I won’t be reconciled until I see it with my own eyes... I guess you are the same. '

"Tom Hank" still didn't respond, just raised his head.

Klein followed his gaze and saw the one-way mirror on the side of the cell.

He couldn't see what was on the other side of the one-way mirror, but he knew what Ogami meant.

'As long as you have a way to communicate with me in your heart, you can communicate with me through your heart. '

When "Tom Hank" had the idea of ​​​​communicating, a special temporary spiritual link was established by the spiritual power of the [Executor].

This special temporary spiritual link uses the different mental radio frequency bands of the two people as the encryption key, forming an information flow that only two people can use and does not exist in the spiritual consciousness of others.

After Klein waited quietly for three seconds, a voice sounded in his consciousness:
'Wright III was born to know, and I think it would be better for such a man to die. '

Klein became confused by this reply:

'Can you tell me why? '

Ogami lowered his head again and replied to him after a moment:
'He is the proof of the existence of the old era, the dead who should have died long ago. His existence proves that life can really be immortal-this is something that should not exist. '

Klein understood what he meant: for him, it was best to kill this kind of person, but if he couldn't kill him, there was nothing he could do.

Klein couldn't understand:
'I'm not trying to excuse him, but I have to say that Wright III is a pretty good person. He distinguishes between public and private matters. There has never been any rumors of taking sides in the struggle. As one of the top leaders of the Choir, he has not He has lived in temples for a long time and spent most of his time among the people, praying for ordinary people. '

Ogami’s reply was quick:

'The truth is definitely not what you know it to be. '

Ogami did not fully understand the matter at this time, and the only thing he could know was that "Wright III in this world must have the memory and personality before entering the server" - this was personally told by the programmer in the BIOS It's his business.

Klein said to him: 'Maybe we need to have a chat. '

Ogami's reply was simple and non-negotiable: 'That will only happen after meeting Chen Yan. '

Ogami obviously has his own thoughts, and Klein understands that he cannot let the other party express those thoughts, which are also the motives of the other party's actions.

Klein found it difficult to deal with it. He felt that the other party's will was very strong, which meant that the other party's mind was very firm and his strength could not shake it.

'Chen Yan may not be alive anymore. '

Klein tried to tell him what had happened these days:

'The second coming of the apocalypse came in the form of a meteor - a supergravity celestial body streaked over the planet, causing a tsunami, destroying the planet's ecological structure, causing the entire planet's seawater to freeze, and destroying the oceans. The natural ecology deteriorated rapidly. Until a few days ago, the clouds under the stratosphere began to condense, and a kind of extremely low-temperature snow began to fall... There were almost no living people on the earth. '

He didn't know if Ogami knew these things, so he had to explain things clearly so that Ogami could understand the current situation.

'The lighthouse goes out, everything is destroyed, the star chain is lost...the mechanical hive cannot bear it. '

Ogami said as if completely irrational:

'I want to go back, you can go or not. '

A little anger appeared in Klein's inner helplessness:
'Of course I want to go back!But do you know what the situation is now?This ship has now almost completely become a closed fortress. They have begun to use forbidden extraordinary power to completely seal the ship to avoid the coming [impact]! '

He did not explain what [Impact] was or where his information came from. He just said to Ogami:
'When [the impact] arrives, all survivors on the entire planet will usher in the real doomsday!Including the mechanical hive you thought might have survived! '

Ogami asked him:

'In that case, why do you want to go back? '

Klein responded this way:
'This place is meaningless to me. It's better to go back and figure out what to do, maybe I can find a glimmer of hope. '

Ogami replied to him thus:
'You don't want to tell me what you really think, and I don't want to tell you what I think. We can't completely trust each other. It's better for this conversation to end here. '

Klein is overwhelmed. He is now isolated and helpless. An important purpose of finding Ogami is to get Ogami's help and do something through joint strength.

But looking at the current situation, basic communication between the two is problematic, let alone cooperation.

Ogami obviously has his own plan. Everything he has experienced has given him a unique perspective, and this perspective has given him the ability to transcend all current situations and think at a higher level. As long as he doesn't speak, there will be no One can understand what he is thinking.

Klein was going to tell him everything and send out an invitation, and then he would make the decision:

'This ship will be closed soon. After it is closed, they will do one thing - they will make all the people on the ship lose their bodies and upload their consciousness. Their consciousness will be in a cyclic biomass controllable core. Survive in servers powered by fusion reactors until the end of the natural disaster... or until the next generation comes. '

Klein couldn't imagine how shocked Ogami was in her heart after he finished speaking.

After a moment of silence, when Klein was about to give up, Ogami's voice finally sounded in his consciousness again:
'There is no next generation, this is the end of the world. '

He is determined:
'No matter what, we're going to at least have a back door to the outside world on this ship. '