old light morning light

Chapter 200 "Nine"

"So you just simply inherited this habit, and you didn't go into the truth of it, did you?"

"Well... As you can see, there is no other path for this slightly dim passage, and all we have to do is go straight."

"Let's go, it's useless to think too much. Maybe it's just the old man's oral habit. We're almost there."

The space in front of me can't be said to be suddenly enlightened, but at least it's not so depressing anymore. A hemispherical vault and matching chandeliers make the style here suddenly strange.

Although at least two-thirds of the light bulbs on the chandelier had been extinguished, it still made the light in front of me much brighter.

There is a rectangular window on the right hand side, it is a door after all.

The passage continued, but Kalinin turned and walked towards the glass door.

The area ahead...

Curiosity drove me to go on and see what it was like in the depths, but it should not be now.

"Kalinin."

"Korozaki."

"If I remember correctly, you are no longer in charge of these things now, are you?"

"Hmph, I didn't expect to see so many people here today."

"A lot of characters?"

"Hehe, you're right, there are so many of them, he cares very much, and also..."

The people in the room happened to see me walking in, and they were about to say something, but they opened their mouths but stopped abruptly.

"Uh, your new assistant?"

A middle-aged man who looked about 40 years old, wearing a beige coat that had been torn on the right side, and an inner shirt of a general navy uniform.

The face is relatively long, and the eyes are squinted from time to time, giving people the illusion of acrimony.

After looking at each other with me, he turned around with a sneer and patted Kalinin on the back. Of course, I couldn't see the expression on Kalinin's face with his back to me.

"If you're going to find an unfamiliar face to take advantage of, it's too raw... and too tender, right?"

He glanced at me again when he mentioned the tender word, as if to confirm whether it was really "tender".

"Assistant, haha, just kidding, when did I say I would compromise?"

As if he heard a joke, Kalinin suddenly laughed twice, as if deliberately doing it to the middle-aged man in front of him... It seems that Kalinin just called him Korozoki, right?
There are also compromises... By the way, the old man just said that Kalinin seems to be promoted, right?

And here it seems that he also said that Kalinin no longer governs these things.

The scope of these things is still too broad, and everything that happened today can be included in it, such as the management of this facility, interrogation or intelligence, or... all of this?
But obviously when he said these things, I could feel that Kalinin's attitude became a little sensitive, and he seemed to be resisting something.

Yes, he just talked about compromise.

So in fact, this is not a real "promotion" for him?
"This is just today's sufferer."

"Bitter Lord?"

"Listen, Korozoki, I have no reason to explain these things to you, but now I, as your officer, ask you to explain why you are here, you should have no way to refuse, right?"

"Hey, man, you're so unsympathetic, everyone knows that's just...uh, okay."

"I admit that you are indeed higher than me in terms of military rank, but you also know that my technical rank has no affiliation with you."

"Therefore, no~can~bong~report!"

As if thinking of something, Korozoki suddenly stretched out his distorted expression, patted my shoulder and walked out happily.

"cut!"

Kalinin snorted coldly, and turned his head to look at the man's back with disdain.

"But I didn't expect you to like this type of boy... Hahahaha..."

The annoying tone came from a distance, making Kalinin's eyelids twitch.

"roll!"

Then there was a roar.

"Korozaki, the director of the bionic physics group, looks quite serious, but in fact he is a bad ratio."

Bionic Physics Group... Director.

"To be honest, I didn't think about why he appeared here at all. This is a very unpopular subject. If this guy and I didn't study in the same class, I wouldn't even know him at all."

"Unpopular?"

"This is a rather unpopular... Oh yes, I forgot to explain to you, this bionic physics group is not a teaching group in the school, but a professional research group of the Naval Institute for Advanced Study under the Alliance Navy."

"The 'seventh induction and magnetic overflow laboratory' mentioned to you just now is also one of the units affiliated to this organization."

So he just mentioned that he is a technical military rank and is not under Kalinin's jurisdiction...

"He just said that many people are interested in this matter?"

"Is it still heard by you? If you have nothing to ask, forget about it."

Kalinin, who had already turned around and was about to go deep into the room, suddenly stopped, and after thinking for a while, he gave me this answer.

Isn't it something I should know?
"I understand."

The smell of candles...

There is a faint scent in the air, like an old-fashioned candle extruded from pewter quartz in the past.

Walking into the innermost door of the room, there is an inquiry room. Of course, we are on the side of the inquiry room, and there is also a dark window in the middle.

Through this window we can see what is inside.

The man who shot me had his hands locked in the restraint clips on the table, and his head was raised with a blank expression, as if he had maintained this position for a while.

"Sir Kalinin."

Sir, it seems that I don't know his position and rank at all, but he never emphasized these things to me.

"Find a seat and sit down."

After Kalinin nodded to a person who looked like a recorder who stood up next to him, he motioned for me to sit down casually.

I can't see who is on the other side of the table from my angle, but this design doesn't seem to allow us to see the person in charge of the interrogation, right?
"Is this the previous record, or is it the same as in the detention center, it only communicates with us in insignificant places."

"I don't want to read it, give it to him."

Kalinin waved his hand and pushed the hand holding a document in front of me.

"Riti Eshik Oswald, 32 years old, worked in the Sixth Metal Processing Department of the former United Metal Mining Industry, and his position was a mining investigator."

"Esik was born in a local aristocratic family of a declining principality. He showed a special talent for machinery and chemistry since childhood..."

What is this, check the water meter?
I'm not at all interested in who this guy's family is, thank you!
Don't tell me this whole book is such a garbage account, right?

"January 5"

"The communication records show that neither your superior nor the company's delegation has any relevant instructions, and you have no cooperation projects with the alliance navy."

"Yes, I lied before and have nothing to do with my company."

"So you are not appointed by the company to board this ship, but for another purpose?"

"Lenghu, no answer."

...Fortunately, the inquiry is recorded at the back. Is the guy's reaction and demeanor recorded?
"Lengheng" is okay!

"Then let me ask another question, who ordered you to do this?"

"Subject continues to remain silent."

"Then how did you know the mission of this warship, and how did you get in there with weapons?"

"Still silent."

"We suggest that you cooperate. No irreparable damage has been caused so far. You should actively cooperate in seeking to reduce the penalty."

"Haha, loss... loss, no, you don't understand what loss is!"

"I don't know what a loss is, what does it mean?"

"Haha...hahaha..."

"Subject suddenly fell into a state of insanity and was forced to inject sedatives. End of questioning."

What the hell is this...

Compared to a transcript of the Alliance Navy's inquiry, I feel more like reading a wild script from nowhere, and it can even be said to be... a free online novel?

Then I have to complain in my heart: This is quite a burst existence in the literary world of stalls.

If the level of the author is like this, then it is better to give up this line of work early and find a good class to forget about it.

"January 5"

"The subject's mood tends to be stable, and the results of the biological test show that the subject has a long-term history of injecting caffeine drugs."

"Have you heard that there are some cult organizations in the empire?"

"Oh, you mean, a cult?"

"Yes, I've heard, I know, of course I know."

"Then you must have heard of 'Averys Carol', and what do you know about it?"

"Do you want to know about the carol, prejudice, to which I can only answer you prejudice, pride and prejudice."

"bias?"

"Can you explain a little bit about that?"

"People's vision is always easily restricted or disturbed by external forces. To put it simply, it is more like moths, you know, those moths that are constantly flying towards the flame."

"Even if you don't fully understand it, you still pursue it blindly until you die. Look, how sad and sad..."

"Speaking of the point, what does this have to do with singing?"

"Oh, you don't need to worry, you don't need to worry..."

"I mean, we can't be like this, blind... You know, let's have light, let's have light."

"Light?"

"You mean the carol will be the light?"

"Want to bring light to people like moths?"

"No, you misunderstood. If it's just pure light, it's no different from a flame."

"The moth that ends up dying in the fire just dies in a different place, by the lamp."

"Then please explain what you mean by 'light' just now."

"Light...light...hehe, hahahaha, bright, light is bright..."

"The subject's emotional state fluctuates violently, and there is a tendency to self-harm. This questioning is temporarily suspended."

(End of this chapter)