Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 610 Chapter 607 A short time
By sensing the tentacles, Zhuang Xuteng could clearly see Mike's expression of loneliness and regret when he walked out of the Ding Xin Mo Founder's Office Building. He had no other good comment in his heart except "You deserve it." Not to mention Mike would be like that, even if it were Zhuang Xuteng, he would definitely have this expression when he heard that he would continue to work for the company with his head up and provoke a guy who couldn't be beaten at all.

Seize the time to pay the "fine", and then leave Dingxin Magic. The farther away you are from Elizabeth Xiao, the better. In fact, Zhuang Xuteng drove the white beast back to the "manor" as quickly as possible, handed the car to the servant, and trotted back to the house. Five minutes later, he was soaking in the hot tub, steam rising in front of him, and every inch of his skin was wrapped in warmth. He was finally able to relax for a moment, and suddenly he felt as if his whole body was about to float.

"It's so comfortable..." Zhuang Xuteng put his arms on the edge of the bathtub, tilted his head back, and used a towel to cushion it. He imagined floating under the buoyancy of the water, but with a modified body—especially alloyed bones—that increased density. Zhuang Xuteng could only let the tentacles of the resentful spirit lend a hand to his hands, and then he succeeded in getting his feet out of the water and resting on the other end of the bathtub.

"I heard from the servant that you came back in a hurry. I thought you were going to come back to get your equipment before going out to do the mission, but I didn't expect you to be here. You rarely take a bath..." Morgana's words continued to approach with the sound of her footsteps, She opened the bathroom door, rolled her eyes, and pressed the button to start the exhaust fan. "You cannot use baths and saunas at the same time, as it will cause people to get sick from heat."

"It's okay, my implant is strong enough." Zhuang Xuteng looked at Morgana, waved to her, and pointed to the water.

"I won't join in the fun, you can just soak in it yourself." Morgana knew very well that if she went into the water, she wouldn't be able to get out within an hour. "I made an appointment for a network connection, just half an hour later. This time is just enough for me to touch up my makeup and change my clothes."

"Okay. If you don't have this appointment, I will definitely drag you in." Zhuang Xuteng smiled and said: "I handed over the task of Dingxin Magic Creation. If according to the standards of a middleman-mercenary, this matter The matter has passed. But you also know that there are always uncertainties in company affairs. "

Morgana's eyes lit up and she became extra energetic. She hurriedly said, "Already handed in? Has Dingxin Mochuang recognized him? Have you already met him?"

"Yes, it's all over. That Elizabeth Xiao came from out of town and personally inspected Palovic's body. The gardeners organization is completely gone. They asked for more money, and I didn't bother with them, so I just gave it to them. "Give it."

"Yes, I'll give it to you." Morgana thought for a moment and said, "Now that it's done, I'll find someone as soon as possible to add you to the family insurance, so that I can get an extra layer of protection. However, You will be asked to change your last name.”

"Change to Reese? Xu Teng Reese?"

"Eh? Are you going to use your real name again? The marriage certificate uses Sen Gang, just change it to Gang Reese."

"I don't think this name is very pleasant." Zhuang Xuteng frowned, then spread his hands and said, "It's just a pseudonym, so I changed it to get benefits first. If I can live peacefully from now on..."

There should be a lot more to say later, but Zhuang Xuteng really couldn't say it - he didn't want to deceive Morgana. Not to mention whether Palovich's commission regarding the "Hundred Hands" Joint Intelligence Center should be completed, the "Special" Business Department may be involved in the murder of his brother Zhuang Teng, and he will definitely conduct an investigation, which will inevitably cause conflicts with the company. intersection.

No matter how good he is at hiding, accidents and risks cannot be completely avoided, so Zhuang Xuteng cannot guarantee "a peaceful life from now on." Furthermore, from the bottom of his heart, Zhuang Xuteng did not believe that the company would let him move freely outside and never let him go. Sooner or later, Elizabeth Xiao will come to him and ask him to obey the company's arrangements. The difference is just whether it is soft or hard.

Seeing Zhuang Xuteng's hesitation in speaking, Morgana smiled and shook her head, comforting him and saying: "A peaceful life cannot exist. We are both troublemakers, so we have similar odors and attract each other. You can't really obey. The company, it’s impossible for me to have a good impression of them, but we can’t kill the company, so what are we going to do if this continues~~~~”

"As long as we can do what we can." Zhuang Xuteng patted the edge of the bathtub with his hand, then stood up and motioned to Morgana for a towel to wipe her body.

"No more soaking? It's only been a while, and the water temperature is still quite high." Morgana threw the towel over and hit Zhuang Xuteng on the chest.

"That's enough. I've memorized this feeling. I just need to remember it. It's a bit luxurious and a bit dangerous for me to immerse myself in it." Zhuang Xuteng didn't rush to wipe himself, but raised the towel and stretched it hard. Morgana snorted first, then made a tsk-tsk sound in her mouth, turned around and walked away, shaking her hips.

Morgana consulted a chemistry expert about the use of catalytic enzymes in organic synthesis reactions, but Zhuang Xuteng couldn't understand it at all. He calmed down to check his equipment and maintained it one by one. Wiping should be wiped, oiling should be oiled, excess thread should be disposed of, and damaged areas should be sewn and repaired. He knew it was a long-lost moment of peace, like every storm.

When the video call was completed, Morgana was still frowning. It seemed that her problem had not been solved. Zhuang Xuteng patted the sofa next to him, motioned for her to sit down, then took out a piece of paper and started writing on it. He was sorting equipment before, and large and small bags were stacked on the coffee table, so when he was writing, these stacks became a natural bunker. In addition, he used shadows to cover the remaining angles, so even if there was a spy camera in the room, he would not be able to see what he wrote.

"Uh... why don't we just go to bed and cover our heads with the quilt?" The more Morgana thought about it, the more funny she became. She said, "You always say that you are quite smart, but I think you are just bragging!"

"You are still smart. I couldn't even pass high school." Zhuang Xuteng folded the paper, held it in his hand, and took Morgana to get into bed. What he wanted to tell Morgana was about the underground bunker factory. He didn't want anything to happen to Morgana, so he hid the location of the factory and only said that he had discovered something in a very secret place. He described the "Man in a Jar" that the factory was studying, and also told how he tracked the freight vehicle and found that the processed products of the corpse were transported to the Safe Blue factory for use.

Morgana's face turned pale after hearing this. She wanted to vomit, but after rushing into the toilet, she just choked and coughed, and her nose and tears flowed down uncontrollably. Zhuang Xuteng tore up the piece of paper and ate it. Strengthening his stomach would definitely help him eliminate the risk of leaking secrets. As he chewed, he stroked Morgana's back.

"Really..." As soon as Morgana spoke, she choked again. It seemed that Zhuang Xuteng's information had a great impact on her. I saw her pulling out the toilet paper, tearing it off, wiping her tears and blowing her nose, beating her chest with her fists, trying to take a deep breath - after completing a whole set of frantic actions, she gradually began to calm down.

"No need to comment, just know about it." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said: "At present, only you and I know, don't expand further, we both know it well. This kind of coincidence cannot become the norm, and we don't expect it to happen There will be another chance next time.”

Morgana nodded: "I understand, this is not a trivial matter. What you told me... is actually very inspiring and gives me a new direction of thinking. However, I have to slow down. Now my My head is buzzing and I feel dizzy.”

"Adjust it. Do you want me to put some hot water on you and let you soak for a while?"

Morgana rolled her eyes at Zhuang Xuteng and shook her head: "That will make you dizzy even more. Get me a glass of ice water, pure water."

Zhuang Xuteng gave her a hug first and warmed her up before going to get ice water, which would have a better effect.

In the next few days, Zhuang Xuteng stayed at the manor to accompany Morgana without leaving the house. His discovery inspired Morgana, making her think that among the knowledge that the temple had once cracked down on, banned, and sealed away, there seemed to be spells that used the human body as a material. It is definitely impossible to find such a spell again. The company has already "collected" all relevant records, including the fact that there cannot be any backup among the descendants of the temple.

However, there is still hope to find the historical records of the ban on "evil black magic", and there may be a few words of description in them. The darker, evil, and nasty the enemy is, the more the actions of the temple appear to be necessary, important, noble, and worthy of praise. Morgana began to browse through the family library, while Zhuang Xuteng stayed with her.

When it comes to using corpses as materials, necromancy can't give in, and Zhuang Xuteng also has a complete "Encyclopedia of Magic". It's a pity that these magics are all used in the shadow world, and they are definitely different from the spells in the history of the company world. What's more, when it develops to the stage of shadow magic, the theoretical and practical power has also undergone tremendous changes. Zhuang Xuteng could only look at the ideas of Stone Pillar Hall and "Encyclopedia of Magic" to provide Morgana with another perspective on the problem when she was in trouble. It was enough not to make her feel so uncomfortable.

Zhuang Xuteng's main focus is still on the training of sensing multi-tentacles, and he is waiting for news. He asked Sister Lucy to secretly investigate whether Dingxin Mochuang Peicheng Branch had started paying bonuses. It doesn't involve specific people or any actions. As long as Dingxin Mochuang pays bonuses to employees, just tell them immediately.

If he wants to track down the "Special Department", he has to start with the only clue - contact person Jeremy Dot. It was true that Zhuang Xuteng had his phone number, but if he called rashly, it would be difficult to ensure that there would be no problems. Besides, it is unknown whether Elizabeth Xiao and her gang have left Peicheng. This level of intelligence basically means whoever inquires will die, unless there is an informant within the company.

There is no other way but to deduce the internal situation of the company from indirect information, such as bonus distribution. The smooth distribution of bonuses shows that the turmoil in Dingxin Mochuang Peicheng Branch has been greatly reduced and that it can carry out business normally. In other words, the branch's work performance has been affirmed and the pressure from the headquarters has been reduced, so Elizabeth Xiao should be allowed to return to the headquarters.

His logic was correct, but he overlooked one point: What if Elizabeth Xiao and her team had another mission in Peicheng?
Dingxin Magic is a giant company, its business covers various industries, fields and corners, just like blood vessels to the human body. Zhuang Xuteng is not the focus of Dingxin Mochuang. It is to continue to promote social and public work projects and continue to sell new execution puppets "self-driving vehicles." The company regards Peicheng as a key publicity city and launches a "pioneer project" here. Of course, it needs sufficient power to protect it. You know, Dingxin Magic is very aware of what kind of resistance it may encounter. External disruptive forces like the Gardeners are just a symptom of the problem; constraints from investors, internal agencies, and constitutional government are the real threats.

In order to deal with the Gardener organization, following the advice of a mercenary and withdrawing all intelligence combat teams from the headquarters was actually quite outrageous. That is to say, the Peicheng branch repeatedly assured the headquarters that it would use its remaining strength to maintain the company's business, and this plan was passed with difficulty. Fortunately, the final result was good. Palovich died and the branch's business was doing well, so the bonus could be distributed smoothly.

The branch made a huge bet, and they were lucky enough to win. If we only look at last year's results, several enhanced people died, the real culprit could not be found, and the Pioneer Project was temporarily stalled. These are enough for the branch management to drink. In other words, they can now get bonuses as usual, thanks to Zhuang Xuteng’s hard work.
Having achievements does not mean that mistakes have been made up for. Elizabeth Xiao stayed secretly as a special correspondent of the head office. She wanted to eliminate all unstable factors for the Pioneer Project. The first target is Brewer Pace, to check whether he is acting in a submissive manner and whether he is doing his best in the promotion. Several other companies are also investigating him, and Elizabeth Xiao is the latest to intervene. Her current main job is to re-establish an analysis system to compare the investigation results of the other three companies to see if they can verify each other.

She also has other tasks, including re-evaluating the overall security situation in Peicheng, especially studying how to avoid the recurrence of enhanced people being killed, and ensuring the safety of company employees. Now the headquarters no longer mentions the topic of "finding the real murderer". So much time has passed that the old clues have lost their meaning—and there aren’t many clues. Unless something new is discovered and can be traced, it is better to remain a "confused account".

If we don’t find the murderer, we must strengthen the protection of company employees. At present, it seems that the murderer is very interested in enhanced people and turns a blind eye to junior employees with relatively low combat effectiveness. Elizabeth Xiao tried fishing, but no hook was biting at all. The "fish" seemed to be blind. In fact, Elizabeth still doubts that Scarecrow Nike is the real murderer, but his implant scan and shadow energy analysis are all correct, which is more solid than the alibi.

Elizabeth Xiao could only strengthen security while staring at Nike, urging Mike to act quickly. However, Zhuang Xuteng had deleted and blocked all contact information of Mike. He would not be disturbed by Mike in the manor, so Mike was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Zhuang Xuteng noticed it, but still ignored him.

Two weeks later, it was finally confirmed that Dingxin Magic would issue bonuses, and Zhuang Xuteng would also start taking action.