Dragon Clan: Thought So Far.

Chapter 248 246. Attack of the Rat Team

Fourteen time differences away, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, postmodern Gothic-style buildings are arranged along the ridges of the mountains. Cassel College stands quietly in the gradually biting wind, shattering The ice crystals are wrapped in the wind, like a god waving a blade to this land.

The central control room of the super artificial intelligence Norma Genesis, which was designed by Mr. Turing and was officially born in 2003, is located on the second floor of the library. This is also the information analysis library of Kassel College. More than fifty experts and interns are working here at all times. The Department of Medicine is even equipped with anti-fatigue equipment for these overloaded workers. and drugs to prevent heart disease.

Norma will use any satellite in the world to monitor this planet all the time, from Alaska to Mexico, from the Bering Strait to the Cape of Good Hope, from Singapore to Siberia, and even the mountains of India and the slums of Libya, as long as the information world appears Any information that may be related to dragons will be aggregated into a central control room for analysis and control by experts.

At its busiest time, the college had to process more than 50,000 suspected dragon-related information every day and prevent this information from fermenting in the online world.

The lights are still bright here today, but even the air seems to be heavy, there is no sound of conversation, everyone is walking in a hurry, and the surroundings are filled with the clicking sound of keyboard tapping at high speed and the hissing sound of printer working.

Professor Schneider, who was on duty, had an ugly face, as if he had just learned that a third-generation species had crawled out of a dragon's lair in Peru, and the Peruvian TV station happened to be broadcasting live there.

As the head of the executive department, von Schneider's prestige in the college is second only to the president, and may be more intimidating than the school board in the eyes of commissioners and students.

No one knows who dares to offend the head of the executive department who has iron-blooded methods and has devoted almost his whole life to the cause of dragon slaying, so that just sitting there he looks like he is holding a short gun and is ready to blow up someone who is not long-term. Eye guy's head.

"A piece of bad news that couldn't be worse. Our executive commissioner found artifacts suspected of being Dragon Age alchemy equipment in Cairo, but the local violent organization 'Omar Kader' has also focused on that thing. Our people are fighting with those The gangsters were engaged in an armed confrontation." A young girl with shaggy hair tried her best to lower her voice and talk to her companions. "Those people believed that anything coming out of the pyramid should belong to Egypt, so they seized the alchemy equipment. Their number It is more than six times our number, and they all possess lethal weapons."

The moment he stood up, the entire central control room seemed to be silent, and even the sound of the intelligence agents typing on the keyboard disappeared. Schneider scanned the entire room with cold eyes, and turned around and left after a few seconds.

The girl was obviously a trainee intelligence agent, wearing a headset and looking frightened.

"That piece of alchemy equipment was made by the Egyptian gangster. They probably didn't do it to protect the country's historical heritage, but because they didn't have enough money... I asked them how much they wanted." The experts around me were able to handle this kind of problem with ease. .

The expert quietly looked at the man who was shrouded in a black coat and hunched like a devil, and the corner of his eye twitched: "It doesn't matter, they have to take life flowers with their lives. The commissioner of the Cairo branch will rush over soon, and Norma will also take them." The criminal evidence of these gangs has been submitted to the Cairo Prosecutor’s Office, and if they don’t pay $80,000 in three hours, they will return the same way.”

Manstein, Guderian and another man with nearly one-third of his body replaced by metal prostheses broke in.

The door of the central control room uses an ancient password security lock to confirm visitors. People who rush in quickly enter the correct password and then forcefully push the alloy door open.

Schneider's lifeless eyes fluctuated. He glanced at the secretary and took the phone.

"Open the conference room and request a meeting from the school board. We are going to be in big trouble." Schneider took a deep breath and stood up slowly.

At the same time, there were rapid footsteps outside the central control room, and everyone became alert. It was late at night, and no students would visit the library at night, and the library would not receive any colleges who wanted to borrow books at night.

The secretary was also an alumnus of Kassel College. She was young but had some mature charm, and she looked very charming. When she leaned down and whispered in Schneider's ear, it was as if a cluster of flower fragrance had wrapped him up.

"If nothing else, it should be. This phone cannot communicate with the outside world. The only person in the world who can contact us through it is the principal."

"Are you sure this is a message from the principal?" Schneider's voice was hoarse and low, like the tip of a sharp knife cutting through hard steel.

"Emergency communications from Tokyo will be sent directly to you, professor, through Norma, skipping the school board meeting. The only person in Tokyo who has the authority to do this is the principal." A rather capable and beautiful Asian female secretary stepped on high heels. He trotted up to Schneider and leaned down to whisper in his ear, while handing over an unlocked mobile phone.

"Wait a minute, the commissioner is negotiating... 80,000 US dollars, they want 80,000 US dollars, it must be a cash transaction!"

During the Greenland ice incident many years ago, Schneider once faced a certain god. Just by looking at each other, his respiratory system was completely destroyed due to the extreme low temperature. However, the college claimed that Schneider suffered severe respiratory failure due to some strange disease and had to rely on assistive equipment to maintain breathing, so he had to drag an oxygen tanker wherever he went.

"Give them money from the school's emergency fund and let our people bring things back to the college from Egypt." The expert's mechanical cipher machine on the left is translating the coded messages, and the cooling fan of the high-frequency computer host on the right is running. The buzzing sound makes people's brains explode, but this Indian guy with a goatee seems to be at ease, as if he is not stressed at all when dealing with the official affairs of the central control room.

Professor Schneider, who was wearing a special respirator and had his back turned to everyone, bowed his head in thought, trembled, and the veins on his forehead twitched slightly, but he still refrained from getting up.

The intern immediately made arrangements with a look of admiration on his face, then turned around and said, "But according to regulations, any capital transfer exceeding 50,000 US dollars needs to be reported to Professor Schneider."

"We have to go to the conference room. It's an emergency. We have obtained the authorization from the principal." The guy who looked like he was unblocking a DC movie superhero spoke first. When he looked up, everyone saw the red eyes that ran through his entire face. Huge scars extending to both sides of the temples.

"Professor Schneider has applied for the school board meeting. Professor Mance, you can go to the conference room on your own." The girl said with a smile.

Mance nodded, looked at each other with his friends, and entered the conference hall along the path Schneider took just now. The secretary put her hands on her knees and bowed to say goodbye to Schneider, who was walking to the hidden conference room at the innermost part of the central control room. It wasn't until the backs of the professors completely disappeared from sight that she finally raised her head and looked at the intelligence agents behind her who had stopped working and looked at her. .

"Please continue to work, we may become busier soon." The secretary said with a smile.
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"Through Tokyo's underground drainage system, the Iron Dome, we can enter the underground of Genji Heavy Industries from any point in the city. Compared to the heavily guarded ground buildings, the only thing we need to worry about when walking through the Iron Dome is that the water may suddenly A crocodile or water snake jumped out. Of course, it would be quite troublesome to get lost in the intricate drainage system."

Chu Zihang repeatedly wiped the Curayu in his hand, oiled it, polished it, and wiped it. The sound of the blade contacting and separating from the whetstone made a rustling sound. Murasame is a classic Japanese sword, made of ancient jade steel. Although even Minamoto is unable to find where it comes from, even the alchemy knife has been tempered with jade steel thousands of times and then sharpened by hand.

Compared with the mass-produced blades made by the equipment department using new super alloys that are cast once and then sharpened with machine tools and finally polished with emery wheels, Murasame's blades are more fragile and easier to damage. Although alchemy knives have self-healing properties, they need to be polished frequently. It is still necessary.

"About getting lost, there is no problem. We invaded the Tokyo City Government's architectural blueprints for the Iron Dome Temple through Noma, and we can find a correct route based on these blueprints."

Caesar was also oiling his two Desert Eagles, loading and unloading them constantly to make sure that the old guys would not stall at the critical moment.

In comparison, Caesar and Chu Zihang almost made the same stereotyped movements, but the difference was that Chu Zihang was just used to sharpening his knives before fighting. The sound could calm him down and slightly reduce his manic desire to kill. And Caesar is really checking the Desert Eagle carefully, because these weapons are not alchemical products and will really jam after being used for a long time.

"We should proceed according to the original plan. Lancelot and I are responsible for destroying Kaguya's host. Caesar and Lu Mingfei will lead Chen Motong and Qilan to sneak into the Deadpool breeding pool underground at Genji Heavy Industries to obtain evidence. And destroy their laboratories and breeding bases. This operation was not authorized by the school board, which means that we are fighting alone and will not receive support."

Chu Zihang looked around at the people around him, "In comparison, our task seems extremely difficult. Not only do we have to obtain evidence that the Snake Qiba Family is indeed creating a snake-shaped deadpool, but we also have to get rid of this behemoth that has been entrenched in Japan for many years. Become a blind man who cannot see."

Just as Norma is a ubiquitous eye to Kassel Academy that can help them monitor anomalies in the information level of the entire world, Princess Kaguya also plays the role of two eyes to the Snake Qihachi family.

As long as Chu Zihang and Lancelot can successfully destroy Kaguya's main computer, it will take at least a month to resume operations even if the Miyamoto family head and his Iwali Research Institute make full efforts to repair it. One month is enough time for Norma to invade Japan's information world. Even if they completely turn against the Snake Qihachi family in the future, the members of the two groups will not fall into a too passive situation.

Lu Mingfei squeezed himself into a single sofa at the edge. Eryi leaned on the armrest of the sofa, blinking her big eyes and playing with Lu Mingfei's restless hair.

They finally convinced the principal and asked Angers to go beyond the school board and issue a mobilization order for the world's executive departments to be ready to launch a war against the Snake Qihachi family.

Even for Angers, this was a very risky move. The principal's power was supreme at Cassel College, but the existence of the school board prevented the unrestricted and chaotic development of this power.

If Lu Mingfei and the others were unable to obtain evidence of the existence of a deadpool breeding pond underground at Genji Heavy Industries in the end, the war would inevitably start, and Angers would undoubtedly bear full responsibility.

The beginning and end of the war were not completely controlled. The Camarilla and the Snake Qihachi were both well-deserved behemoths in the hybrid world. A showdown between hybrid organizations of this size would undoubtedly cause unimaginable disasters.

The dead would be in the hundreds, the hybrids would be weakened, and the dragons' recovery would be accelerated.

But Angers could afford the price compared to a supreme being from ancient times who might be awakened.

"I know that there is a sewer under the Cowherd Store in Shinjuku District that can directly connect to Genji Heavy Industries. It is very close to that building, only 20 minutes away." Lu Mingfei said.

Lu Mingfei has only been to one Cowherd shop, Takamagahara in Shinjuku District. The legendary Cowherd Throne Humpback Whale is the owner of that shop.

There is a sewer directly below Takamagahara. Follow it eastward and bypass under Shinjuku Subway Station. You will see Genji Heavy Industries shortly after entering the main pipe. The total length is no more than two kilometers. The last time Caesar and Chu Zihang decided to enter Genji Heavy Industries to destroy Kaguya, they chose this passage.

Lu Mingfei's original intention was to provide a more convenient shortcut for Caesar and Chu Zihang, but he didn't expect that everyone's eyes would be locked on him as soon as he said these words.

Caesar and Chu Zihang looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.

"Junior brother, when did you... get involved with Cowherd's Shop?" Chu Zihang's mouth twitched, and he glanced at Nono and Xia Mi hesitantly.

Nuonuo was still normal and didn't show many strange emotions, but Xia Mi's eyes lit up as if he had heard some great news.

"Is it the kind of Cowherd's shop I imagined?" The junior sister clenched her fists in a gesture of longing.

Lu Mingfei immediately understood what they were misunderstanding and laughed dryly: "There is a post on the Internet that details the sewer map of Shinjuku District. There are only a dozen sewer entrances and exits, most of which are in the sewage treatment station, but one is It was specially marked. The post said that the entrance should have been sealed long ago, but it was preserved because it was connected to the shelter and provided an escape route."

After saying that he really found the post, Caesar took a look and nodded, indicating that Lu Mingfei was not lying.

(End of this chapter)