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Chapter 121 "Twenty"

There must be a story in it, something hidden from me.

It has something to do with Kalinin, it has something to do with that girl, it has something to do with Livre, it even has something to do with the things in this bank.

"Ding~!"

"Sir, the No. 3394 safe has arrived, and now it has been automatically unlocked for you."

"OK, thanks."

The dark red light shone on the door of the safe made of unknown materials, reflecting a shining golden light.

"If there is no new instruction, the machine will enter the waiting procedure."

The guide robot leading the way quieted down, and slowly fell into a temporary sleep.

"It's actually an XL safe."

Looking back at the behemoth in front of me, in this deliberately created dark environment, the cold metallic luster is like its protective color, which inevitably makes people feel vigilant.

"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so grand."

You must know that such a safe, even if it is placed in the Imperial Headquarters of the Stellar Bank, still needs to pay very high storage fees.

"Open it first and see what's inside."

"Aren't you, can't you wait for a moment?"

"I... oh."

Wang Zhihan shook his head lightly, he had already stretched out his hands and grasped the gate of the safe, but he only let out a sigh in the end.

He is afraid.

I was afraid that there would not be what I was hoping for, and that the clues related to my missing brother that I had finally found would be cut off again.

That being the case, come on!

"Kudang~chuck~!"

"Lin...Lin Man!"

Since you can't do anything, let me do the bad guy.

"Crackling~ding!"

"Squeak~"

Suddenly there is nothing in the huge space, but if you look around carefully, you can see a small box neatly placed in the center.

"Why... nothing?"

"cough……"

The small wooden box is not heavy, and when you shake it gently, you can hear the subtle sound of the sliding objects inside.

"And nothing?"

But in such a big place, there is really only this one thing... It's really unbelievable.

"No, you can open this yourself."

Wang Zhihan took the box in my hand, but he could still feel that although he was trying his best to control it, the hand he stretched out was still trembling slightly.

An old-fashioned disk, a leather roll of unknown material, a heavily corroded key, and something in the shape of a card.

"elder brother!"

Upon opening the obsolete disk case, what appeared to be an overexposed photo fell out.

Almost at the same time, Wang Zhihan grabbed the photo and called out softly.

The photo is white and yellowish, and from my angle, I can only vaguely see a portrait. As for where I am and what I am doing, I can't see clearly.

It seems that the next clue about his brother is recorded on this disk.

"Then you should look for equipment that can play this kind of medieval images."

Wang Zhihan put the photos back into the disk case, and put them together in his arms.

“14日午前10点，W4坞区W4-21，DC-57E4T7。”

The inside of the leather scroll is engraved with such a line of characters in an elegant font. I don't know whether it is due to the lack of skill of the maker or the soft leather. Many characters have to be squeezed hard to read the leather scroll.

我可以理解为W4坞区21号船台，DC-57E4T7应该是一个什么识别码吧？
Maybe even the ship we're on.

The rusted key was badly damaged. Apart from the fact that it was indeed a key, there were almost no useful clues to be found.

As for this colorful card... Grass!

North Central Joint Trainee Researcher

Augusta Linman

isn't it me?
And my picture!

"Hey, isn't this you?"

"Yeah, isn't this me?"

"North Ring United?"

North Ring... business?
This is too fast, right?

Do they want me to participate in this investigation with the identity provided by Beihuan Trading?
"Why did you go to the North Ring Union?"

After seeing the things in my hand clearly, Wang Zhihan obviously became excited, maybe there was some misunderstanding in his heart.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I don't know what this means."

I have to stroke...

"Look, those people guided us here, so the things in it can be considered as what they stored?"

"In this way, combining the North Ring business and trade that we suspected before, and the North Ring United things that are now taken out of it, this must be a link in their conspiracy."

After hearing my speculation, the aura of the people around me became obviously calmer.

"They want me to use the identity of Beihuan Trading to participate in this investigation. You see, the W4-21 written on it and the following string of codes should tell me where to gather."

"But why would they do it?"

"I do not know."

Everything has its own cause and effect, and everyone has their own motives for doing things.

If they already know that I have a very high potential threat to them, then it is reasonable to speculate that the next purpose should be to get rid of me.

In other words, the purpose of this trip is to send me to die?

"Maybe you want to get rid of me?"

"Get rid of you?"

"Let's go, let's go out first, and you can check if there are any clues left."

The substantive action they have made is to send me to the investigation team going to the scene.

Even if the empire's powerful fleet really wiped out the alliance's fleet, such a target would no longer be able to stay within the alliance's actual control area.

Taking a step back, it is impossible to incur uncontrollable risks for an alliance "bait" ship.

After all, no one is a fool.

Then...their purpose may not be to get rid of me immediately. After all, simply staying on the ground, there are countless more efficient ways to make me unable to speak anymore. Why send me back to the uncontrollable sky?

"Lin Man!"

"Well, isn't there anything left in there?"

"It's gone, let's go?"

But since Beihuan Trading has already told me in this way:

"We already know of your existence."

Then there must be a plan for me.

Even if there is no attempt to hurt me right now, there is no guarantee that they have no evil intentions.

"They already know of my existence, someone... leaked the news."

"You mean, there is a traitor among us?"

Could this be you?
Like, but also not like.

"This is just my hypothesis, and it's not clear yet."

If it is said that all of this is a play made by this guy and them, or that problem, there are obviously more efficient and easier to control methods, why would they take this risk?

On the contrary, it made me more vigilant and suspicious.

Evidence, I have no evidence.

Now it seems that one of their goals has been achieved, and I really have to take stronger measures to protect myself.

As for him...

"Then do you still want to go?"

"I should have got my things. If it's really so dangerous, why don't you go?"

If there are no accidents, there will be no further progress in our relationship.

"Well, I'm thinking about that too."

The 14th should refer to the local planetary day. Although the rule of calculating the date through a unified sidereal day is also used in some colonies with multiple stars in the same system, it should not be applicable here in a relatively developed place.

Today is the 13th, so it should be tomorrow.

Wait, so that said, they designed exactly how I would get these things today, and also barely gave me more time to think and react.

Heh heh, it's really cruel to drive ducks to the shelves.

Now that I have appeared in their line of sight, there must be no use for me to hide any longer.

If I can figure out these points, then I can probably infer that this may be a temptation, or a multiple-choice question to judge my identity.

Evaluate me according to my choices to take further action on the basis of...

If I look at it this way, I probably have to go, and I don't have time to prepare any more!

"Since they told you before that they must let me go, then I guess I still have something for you, and I also promised you that I will go, so you can rest assured that I will go."

The expression didn't change much, but I could feel some moving emotions. It seems that this time I still sold him a big favor.

Hope to have a chance to fulfill it in the future.

Alas, weapons, tools and food...

"you know……"

No, no, this guy is no longer reliable, I...

"what happened?"

No, you can't dodge your eyes, at least at this stage, it's better not to arouse his unnecessary suspicion.

Just pretend to think of something important and just leave.

He has already got what he wants, so he should just want to find a chance to get rid of me and study it by himself, right?

"Ah, that's okay, I suddenly wondered if Eiffel is still waiting for us at the place we just registered?"

His eyes are changing, he should be hooked.

"It's okay, it's not something important, my terminal has recovered, just send him a message."

"Ah, it's okay, it's not very polite, why don't you go to him first, I can't run anymore and I'll come after him after a rest."

Basically just follow my words, and there is almost no time to think.

It seems that he wanted to get rid of me a long time ago and left first, but he didn't find a suitable excuse all of a sudden.

He didn't know how many waves had been stirred up in his seemingly calm eyes, this time he hid it very well, even covering up the emotions that should have been there.

It's... windy again.

Hmph, forget it, it's just human nature.

"Okay, then you can rest here for a while, I will go there first."

"Hey, Lin..."

"It's okay, you go."

(End of this chapter)