Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 261: Snake Swallows Elephant

Option 30 40%, Option 30 [-]%, Option [-] [-]%.

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【Option [-]】

[Pre-investigation]: The thing that can make a lot of money is the female corpse?It doesn't make sense at all.Check your various records, and then ask people you know if they know anything.

……

The young woman said, "Leave it to Zheng Zhuo to decide", because Zheng Zhuo's [subconscious vote] can still work.

It does work, but it is still difficult for Zheng Zhuo to make a judgment.Because among the options given there, three of them are similar.

But in the end, they still decided the winner.

"Let's investigate first."

He said.

The white car drove into the moving crowd, and was driven into the distance by the crowd.When coming down from the viaduct, the deep holographic glasses made a "beep".

The light turns from red to green, indicating that it is fully charged.

Zheng Zhuo didn't turn it on.He picked it up and stuffed it into his inner jacket pocket.

There is a living person inside.Or maybe, a living Cyberghost.No matter how it is defined, Zheng Zhuo believes that it has a certain ability of analysis and thinking.

Now that you have the ability to analyze and think, you will use means that may harm the interests of others in order to achieve your own goals.

Zheng Zhuo has no plans to use it for the time being.At least not planning to use it until he figured it all out.

He was afraid that it would "kidnap" him.

He couldn't bear it if a disagreement suddenly caused his car to explode or something.

……

Because of the riots of some protesters, traffic was blocked on the road.It was already late at night when Zheng Zhuo returned to his apartment with the young woman and brought two servings of "Abint is delicious" fried rice.

I have to say, it's really messy here.It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening, and there were still many punk-like guys puffing and misting in the dark corridors.

Zheng Zhuo walked away from them.

"I'm still a company employee, right? The accommodation conditions are so bad..." He opened the lock and said in a low voice.

The staff is messy and the corridor walls are dirty.The lights don't work, the elevator is full of rust, and the terrace and corridors haven't been cleaned in years.

"Be content. You obviously overestimated the level of accommodation in this world."

As soon as Zheng Zhuo entered the room, the young woman followed behind.

She closes the door.

"I was looking at my hologram and saw my apartment. You'd never imagine what it was like."

……

Curiosity made Zheng Zhuo finally read it.The result made him a little regretful.

He never thought that people could live so much like livestock in a farm.He feels that he has updated a lower limit understanding of people, society and ideology... He doesn't think this is a good thing.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Zheng Zhuo ate some fried rice to suppress his shock.I have to say that [Level 2 Calm] might still be effective. At the beginning, he would feel flustered because the young woman was sleeping next to him, but now that the young woman is changing clothes next to him, he doesn't feel much.

"(...Isn't this a good thing?)"

Zheng Zhuo faintly felt something was wrong.But he decided to ignore the feeling that something was wrong.

Deciding to investigate first, he began to check the records stored in his holographic glasses.This time, he checked more carefully than ever before.

It is checked from the start of the itinerary.

30 days ago... 15 days ago...

Zheng Zhuo believes that 15 days ago is a critical time point.Because he still remembers that when he woke up, he heard the radio saying "Wilt Fox, the owner of Fox, who was attacked 15 days ago, is dead."

But he didn't find any changes in himself at that point in time.

Companies, apartments, two points and one line.

"(...Is my life too monotonous?)"

Zheng Zhuo began to feel sorry for the owner of this itinerary.Although that is himself.

And this itinerary has changed from yesterday...that is, the day before Zheng Zhuo woke up as "Zheng Zhuo".

Before this day, Zheng Zhuo had to work overtime at least until past 11pm.But today, he left the company at 5 pm.The records show that he took 2 days of paid leave at this time, on the grounds of [sudden physical discomfort], and rejected the joint diagnosis and treatment services provided by the company and the hospital.

At the same time, he rushed to order the cold storage, and then went straight there.

A few hours later, Zheng Zhuo saw that his own bank statement was being withdrawn rapidly.He bought a lot of things... including pre-orders for the car's autopilot system and level 2 components, and went to [Night Street].

It's time to figure it out.Zheng Zhuo now knows that his course of action is [Leave from the company at 5 pm (he must have brought Shen's body with him at this time)] - [Go directly to the cold storage] - [Store and go to spend time and drink].

But he still didn't understand what happened in the company building that day.

"According to what I read on the card...Shen should have been killed after shooting Wiltfoss. That is, he was killed 15 days ago."

How could the body be found by himself 2 days ago?Didn't the police take the body away?Why is this corpse worth money?

Zheng Zhuo thought there would be a warrant for Shen, so he asked the young woman to investigate the news, but to no avail.

In order to obtain further information, he thought, he would contact the only person who might know...

... Contact the old bear to come out.

……

Zheng Zhuo kept checking the information, and found that the sky was twilight.After that, he slept through the day and then dated Old Bear at night.

The lights are on.

The smell of tobacco leaves wafts everywhere in the open-air tavern.

The lights are blinding.The bladeless fan whirred.

Zheng Zhuo rested his hands on the table.On his left hand is a dozen [Cannonball] beer, and on his right hand are several plates of fried meat made from unknown dishes.

And opposite him, sitting was a big fat man with an unshaven beard.He wears oversized square-frame glasses, is tall and strong, and can hold two Zheng Zhuo by himself.

"Are you still looking for a co-worker on vacation?"

This person is the old bear.He holds up a bottle of beer.

"cheers."

Zheng Zhuo also raised a bottle and clinked glasses with him.

"Please have a drink."

"I heard that you made a lot of money, and you don't reply to me... just drink beer?"

"Ham. Don't mention it. On the day I called you, I drank too much for some reason, and I couldn't remember anything when I woke up." Zheng Zhuo said.

"Don't remember anything?"

The old bear retracted his neck exaggeratedly.

"I don't remember anything. I asked you to come out just to ask, what happened to me that day?"

"My God, what's wrong with you, how do I know? Hey, can you drink like this? Did you buy some illegal reinforcement components privately, and burned your head?" Looking at Zheng Zhuo, "That day... what happened that day? Let me think about it... Nothing really happened. I remember that the foreman was busy, and the guy who was in charge of managing the utility room asked for leave again, so I asked you to go to the building to store it. Take the ink cartridges from the printer. Unexpectedly, after about ten minutes, you ran back very nervously. The ink cartridges were thrown on the table, and you said that you were going to ask for leave and leave early. I want to call you after work at night. Well, it’s still you who told me that big money is not big money.”

"Ah ha ha."

Zheng Zhuo laughed dryly.

"Hey, I mean, you are really asking for leave at this juncture, and you have forgotten what you are doing." Lao Xiong waved at Zheng Zhuo, "It depends on how you explain to the supervisor. He originally asked for leave because he could not find the key. , very busy. You still insist on asking for leave. He was so angry that he almost spit fire!"

"Can't find the key?"

"Don't you even forget this? Mr. Foss and the others have set up a [paradise plan]? It is about surface work on simulating personality, letting the deity play in sleep... and so on. It's that kind of routine Micro-innovation deep dive game project. Only the head of the development department and Mr. Fosse have the key of each project. Now that Mr. Foss is dead, the supervisor suddenly lost the key authority. Now the whole department is looking for it. Who was the key accidentally transferred to? Before you asked for leave and left, you were also arrested and searched the holographic glasses, can you forget this?"

"Uh……"

"Hey, you asked for leave for these two days, Foos' younger brother took over the company. Even he ended up looking for this thing. After all, without the key, the entire project cannot continue to be recorded, and the entire project will be shut down... The company's stock has already fallen. This kind of small project can't be left alone."

"I see."

Zheng Zhuo took a sip of wine.He has probably figured it out.

This so-called "key" was probably stolen by Shen Shen.After all, she said, her goal is to stop the 【Paradise Project】.

I say I can make a lot of money...

I'm afraid it's because the "key" has something to do with Shen, and you plan to sell this secret to the next head of Foss, right?
Zheng Zhuo was thinking.

And the old bear beside him had cleaned up the dishes on the table and drank several glasses of beer.

"Hey, buddy, are you going? It's almost ten o'clock."

"Go first. I'll sit down for a while."

"Hey, are you still staying up late? You're going to work tomorrow."

what.

If he didn't say anything, Zheng Zhuo almost forgot about it.

……

【problem】

[What action will be taken tomorrow? 】

【Option [-]】

[Go to work normally, return to the work station, investigate the utility room where he found abnormality]

【Option [-]】

[Continue to ask for leave and investigate Shen's holographic glasses at home]

【Option [-]】

[Continue to ask for leave, but go to the company, and at the same time investigate Shen's holographic glasses and the utility room where he found the abnormality]

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