The Uncanny: The Knowledgeable Returns From Warhammer

Chapter 20 Unexpected Changes

The dream in slumber made Aiwen seem to have returned to the golden throne, listening to the emperor's description of the bright future.

Until he was interrupted by a loud voice, he slowly opened his eyes and saw that he was lying on the cold concrete floor of the interrogation room, his body bound by the reassembled limbs of the mechanical heart doll.

It's just that the eyes of the puppet, which were originally as bright as glass, have long lost their spirituality, like a dead thing stripped of its soul.

On the other side, Ikanser Bernard, who had gone back and forth, was arguing with Dick Sebastian, the captain of the Mechanic Heart Squad in Tingen City.

After trying for a long time, Ikanser, who still couldn't convince the other party, could only helplessly scratch his afro, and gave the church's instructions to the other party: "All this is God's will."

Notice that Aiwen has woken up, and the captain Dick, who stopped speaking to refute, pushed the gold-rimmed glasses with cracks on one side on the bridge of his nose, turned and walked out of the interrogation room in silence.

Seeing this, Ikanser seemed relieved, turned his head to Ivan who was lying on the ground and said, "Mr. Stimson, congratulations, you are free!"

"Huh?" Ai Wen was slightly taken aback, wondering if the other party was making fun of him.

Although it was suspected that he was polluted by the moon before, causing blood thirst and black anger, making his consciousness out of control, but this does not mean that he also lost the corresponding memory.

When he just woke up, he was ready to bite his tongue and return to the Golden Throne to pray for blessings once he was threatened.

It's just that this kind of impulse became very peaceful because of the puppet pressed on his forehead, and he couldn't even arouse the desire to attack actively.

"Hehe, when I just returned to Backlund and heard the news, I also showed the same expression as you."

After smiling, Ikanser squatted in front of Aiwen and continued: "There is another oracle that needs to be conveyed to you: You can put aside the family affairs first, and the real threat comes from the outside world."

"If you agree with what this sentence expresses, then I can lift the restrictions on you now."

"The outside world..." While muttering to himself, Aiwen suddenly remembered the existence occupying the moon and the anomalies in the starry sky.

Then he nodded slowly towards Ikanser with a solemn expression.

"If that's the case..." Ikanser skillfully removed it, and the mechanical tentacles on Aiwen waved at him and said, "Let's go to the duty room at the entrance to discuss in detail."

Shaking off the mechanical parts that were pressing on his body, and moving his slightly numb limbs a little, Aiwen discovered that the back that was pierced by the light wings before, and the canine teeth that had grown back to normal.

After pondering for a moment but getting no results, he got up with doubts, got up and followed the other party out of the interrogation room slowly.

Coming to the corridor, most of the damage caused by the previous battle, such as the floor tiles and walls, have been repaired, only the faint figures at the end of the corridor are still busy, and the sound of clanging knocks can be heard from time to time.

This made him wonder how long he had been asleep, and couldn't help asking Ikanser who was leading the way.

Unexpectedly, the other party told him with a smile that nearly a week had passed since the last "accident".

This includes Backlund Diocese, after learning about the location of the Mechanical Heart team in Tingen City, they summoned maintenance craftsmen, and the time when they arrived by train.

"It's amazing efficiency!" Ivan glanced at the busy figure at the end of the corridor again.

Turning around the corner of the L-shaped corridor and coming to the lounge near the stairs, Ikanser handed him a cup of brewed hot coffee, and introduced the members of the Mechanic Heart Squad in Tingen City. .

Including but not limited to the current number of official members, and the two extraordinary sequences they have, namely: the path of the generalist and the path of the voyeur.

Among them, those who belong to the path of the secret-seeker are: Sequence 8 combat scholar, Sariel; Sequence 9 secret-seeker Dirk.

And the path of the enlightened person includes: the appraiser of Sequence 7, Captain Dick; the archaeologist of Sequence 8, Barr; the enlightened person of Sequence 9, Upton; and Aiwen of the same Sequence 9.

In addition, there are three non-staff personnel who are responsible for the daily reception under the signboard of "Tingen Cultural Relics Protection Association".

Hearing this, Aiwen put down the coffee cup in his hand and asked suspiciously: "When did I say I would join you?"

He didn't even mention this matter, but it was done so easily, which made him suspect that when he looked up at the starry sky, the perfect doll floating in the huge mechanical castle near the earth's barrier, and the person he met in the battle later The puppets may have some kind of connection.

"Because of the debt, Mr. Stimson!" Ikanser held his coffee, lay back on the chair opposite the long table in the lounge, and explained as he pointed to the direction of the deep corridor:

"The last accident caused serious damage to Rupert's Gate. According to the calculations of the Backlund Diocese, the total value of the destroyed items exceeded [-] pounds. The most expensive expenses included several sets of mechanical dresses, and almost Rupert's Gate lost its function, follow-up repair work!"

"I wasn't the one who moved first last time..." Ivan took a sip of coffee calmly, feeling the bitterness slowly dissipating from his mouth.

"So you only need to pay back [-] pounds!" Ikanser blinked slyly and said:

"These expenses are deducted from your subsequent paychecks, and only half are deducted each week, so it doesn't need to be a huge burden."

"Well... where are the other people here?" Ivan chose to change the subject, after all, he still doesn't know what 2 gold pounds means.

Regarding this, Ikanser just shrugged his shoulders and said, "Bar is still receiving treatment in Backlund. As for Captain Dick, Salier, and Old Dirk, although their strength is not serious, considering their mental state, I think I gave them a long vacation, so I will temporarily manage the Mechanic Heart team in Tingen City."

"By the way, Upton has returned to the team and is tinkering with his bicycle in the mechanical laboratory. I have to say that he is a hardworking and talented kid."

While speaking, Ikanser suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "As encouragement, I brought him a copy of Emperor Roselle's bicycle manuscript."

"It's Roselle again... Such a familiar name!" Ivan was a little lost for a moment.

Roselle's diary... Roselle's tortoise... Roselle's demon... Now the so-called Roselle manuscript appeared again.

The other party is like a ghost that is everywhere, but it always fails to grasp the key point, which makes people confused.

While the memory was tumbling, his head began to swell, and Ai Wen couldn't help pinching the space between his brows.

I always feel that there seem to be two different memories overlapping with Roselle, but I can't tell what it is.

At this time, he heard Ikanser say again: "As for your next job, you don't need to be on duty in rotation. You come here from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm every day to learn the relevant knowledge that a superhuman must have, and you have normal rest on weekends. .”

"After Salier returns to the team, I will arrange corresponding mysticism courses for you!"

"After all, as a member of the Heart of Mechanics team, we have to participate in operations in the future, and extraordinary incidents are generally extremely dangerous. We can't directly drag recruits who don't understand anything into the battlefield. This is very irresponsible Behavior."

Regarding the arrangement proposed by Ikanser, considering that his own strength is not stable, and he did not get any obvious feedback when he prayed to the emperor before, Aiwen did not object aloud.

Moreover, when he became an interstellar warrior, he underwent a long training period, and he also deeply realized the profound meaning of the phrase "sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in wartime".

"If the so-called extraordinary events are as dangerous as angel statues, we really need to understand and prepare more about them." Aiwen thought to himself.

Then he said pointedly: "How are you going to deal with the matter at school?"

"It's us, Mr. Stimson!" Ikanser smacked the bitterness of the coffee in his mouth with a smile, and then said slowly:
"We have basically announced the cause and effect of the incident to the outside world, but concealed the part involving the extraordinary, so in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a vicious murder that occurred due to the robbery of ancient relics, and you are one of the victims! "

"In addition, the task force that came with me from Backlund last time basically ruled out possible dangers that may arise in the future. We have also issued a warrant for Mister Pichai. The police department and the seven churches will At the same time launched a hunt for him."

"However, divination shows that he has recently left Tingen City, and seems to be planning to avoid the limelight... You know, the hunt will be a long process."

"Mister Pichai escaped?"

Hearing this, Ai Wen suddenly frowned slightly, and then slowly relaxed, sighing secretly: "After all, it was just a dream, and I didn't really unscrew his head!"

On the other side, seeing Aiwen nod his head slightly, after thinking for a while, he seemed to have nothing else to say, and drank the coffee in his mouth in one go, and Ikanser stretched.

While getting up and rubbing his eyes, he walked to the compartment of the lounge and said:
"Well... there is still an hour until lunch time. I need to go on duty at night and take a nap first. I will go to the arsenal in the afternoon to look through it. If there is anything left, I will find you a weapon."

"During this period, you can browse the materials you want to see in the library, or you can go to the mechanical laboratory and find Appleton to make inventions."

(End of this chapter)