Old days in the box

Chapter 252 Be a good man who keeps his word

The roaring thunder continued to sound. In the captain's room, Zhou Xiaozheng and Mr. Murata sat looking at each other, having a conversation that was as simple and concise as possible.

"I don't work for Miss Shenmu, I work for Miss Shenmu! She is our eternal and noble faith!"

Although he was shocked by the man in front of him, when talking about Kamiki Chika, Murata behaved uncharacteristically. He suddenly became very excited and said loudly.

"I can see that, let me guess...she is actually the actual founder of Mitsubishi Modeling?" Zhou Xiao said "Ah, right, right" and continued to ask.

It's not surprising that a man who once held a box and gained divine power from a window wanted to do something in the real world.

"Yes, she is the queen of this business empire. She has brought us not only amazing wealth, but also incredible miracles!"

Murata's expression was as firm as if he was taking an oath. Judging from his appearance, Kamiki Chika must have demonstrated the power of authority in front of her confidants before, and even told them about the window.

But the question is, how much do they really know?

If they only vaguely knew that there was such a god on earth, then Zhou Xiao could still consider how to deal with them, but if they already knew the existence of the box for sure, then this group of people would not be able to stay.

According to what Zhou Xiao knows now, there are two situations in which the box sucks humans into the window.

One is a passive self-defense mechanism, just like the unlucky Murasawa. Except for the current player selected by the box, anyone else's contact should trigger this mechanism, sucking this person into the window and simultaneously withdrawing from the world line. Completely delete it.

The other is for the current player to complete the entire journey and be actively sucked into the window by the box, just like Shenmu Qianhua.

Judging from the fact that these members modeled by Mitsubishi are still continuing their activities in secret, active inhalation does not seem to trigger the deletion of the world line, so they still remember Chika Kamiki.

In other words, although all the extraordinary powers have been exiled in with Shenmu Qianhua, the people and influence she left outside have not disappeared.

"I'm not interested in your company's development history. I just want to know why you sneaked into my room. What are you looking for?" Zhou Xiao shrugged.

"No need to pretend. Since you have mastered that thing, you must know what is going on better than me, Zhou Xiaosang!" But Murata's tone became more excited, and he said to him with a sinister smile.

Thunder flashed outside the window, and the storm continued outside the door, but miraculously it was impossible to take a step further into the captain's cabin, as if he did not dare to overstep.

Good guy, the Riddler is starting to appear on both sides... Zhou Xiao thought to himself.

The current situation is that both sides are pulling each other's back and saying "everyone knows everything", but in fact no one knows how much the other party knows, so neither dares to say what they know.

And looking at the Japanese's enthusiasm for Shenmu Qianka, threatening him with death doesn't seem to work.

Zhou Xiao didn't care about his life or death. In his eyes, Murata's life or death was similar to trampling an ant to death. He didn't even need to think about it. What really mattered was the information Murata knew.

"Okay, let's make a deal, how about you tell me what you know and I'll take you to see Shenmu Qianhua?"

Zhou Xiao quickly changed his strategy and immediately said something else.

"...Are you serious?" Murata was stunned and said tentatively.

"Of course, but you can't hide anything, otherwise our deal will be canceled immediately." Zhou Xiao nodded.

The conditions proposed by Zhou Xiao are simply what Murata has dreamed of doing. Miss Shenmu has been missing for nearly a year. They have done so much just to get her back. Now that the great opportunity is right in front of them, how can they do it? waste?

"I said it, I said it! I met Ms. Shenmu about a year ago. At that time, I had just resigned from the company and opened a small modeling studio in Hokkaido. I was not famous and couldn't get any jobs."

"But at that time, Miss Shenmu showed up. She was a girl who ran into my shop and put down [-] yen to make a custom model. It really shocked me. It was hard to believe that such a young high school student Sheng actually has so much money!"

Murata was half recalling and half telling, while Zhou Xiao was looking for subtle details in his words.

She is indeed only about the age of a high school student, Zhou Xiao thought to herself.

"But then I gradually discovered that this girl is not a simple girl. She would often bring some very valuable gems and ask me to sell them on her behalf, or she would come over every once in a while and ask to make some very weird models, all of which were... About games or anime content.”

"Is it because of your age that you can't go to the gem shop by yourself?"

"There may be some reasons for this, but Miss Shenmu said the main reason is that if a little girl like her suddenly appears with a large number of gems, it will easily arouse the suspicion of others, so it must be released in batches regularly, and also You need to find an older man like me to sell it, so he doesn't look suspicious."

When Murata said this, it immediately seemed that Zhou Xiao's handling of gold and gems was quite amateurish. In fact, they did follow this direction and locked onto Zhou Xiao.

It has to be said that compared to Zhou Xiao's casual attitude, Shenmu Qianhua is indeed more serious and cautious when holding the box, and she is already on guard against this matter so early.

"So later on, she founded Mitsubishi Modeling?" Zhou Xiao asked. "To be precise, it was she who pushed us to establish Mitsubishi Modeling. At that time, Ms. Shenmu had higher and higher requirements for the precision of modeling, so she helped us enter the Mitsubishi Group and set up a virtual electronics business group, which quickly expanded in modeling. Increase investment in this area.”

What happened in the meantime is not a secret. Whether it is the magazine on the ship or the stories circulating in the industry, it has been clearly stated.

In those short months, Mitsubishi Modeling acquired a large number of top modeling technologies and integrated the top modeling engine in the industry. This engine can not only be used for game modeling, but has even been developed for military and aviation purposes.

"I understand, so she has never appeared in front of outsiders. The only Mitsubishi modeling known to the outside world is you." Zhou Xiao quickly understood what he meant.

It seems that Chika Kamiki has really taken the concept of the manipulator behind the scenes to the extreme, so much so that she was later banished to a box and few people knew about it. In the eyes of outsiders, the sudden decline of Mitsubishi Modeling was just another business tragedy. , no one would associate this matter with a female high school student.

"Yes, Miss Shenmu hardly interacts with anyone, and even we don't see her very often. Although she has no interest in games and animation, she almost always makes these models, so she often We need to ask our opinion.”

“We always answer her half-jokingly to questions like ‘What is the most powerful monster in Japanese games?’, ‘What is the most powerful plant in Japanese anime?’ but she usually adopts our opinions in the end.”

Murata's voice gradually softened, and there seemed to be some nostalgia in his tone.

Zhou Xiao didn't say anything. He seemed to be able to imagine a lonely Sakura girl who knew nothing about games or animation, but came to learn from these technical geeks again and again, making models one by one based on their opinions and bringing them back to the window.

Maybe that's why her extraordinary legions are all weird stuff?

"Do you know what family she has?" Zhou Xiao asked again.

"Never seen it before. From the first meeting, Miss Shenmu has always come alone. Although she is a high school student, her thinking is much more mature than ours. In addition to the software ecosystem, Mitsubishi Construction Under her leadership, Mo has already developed towards life technology and ocean exploration, and what she wants to change is the world."

"Is this why you admire her so much?"

"A girl appears alone, with a maturity that belies her appearance and endless treasures, pushing us to build a business empire, explore and conquer the world - apart from the daughter of a god coming to earth, I can't think of another one. explain."

Even at this time, Murata's eyes still shone with devout faith.

Only then did Zhou Xiao understand why he had a look of nostalgia on his face when he just recalled it - it turned out that those days were precious time for him to spend time with the goddess.

In fact, Zhou Xiao can understand the fanatical belief of him and other core employees of Mitsubishi Modeling. This kind of bizarre experience will give birth to similar worship in anyone, especially the Japanese who are particularly prone to believe in gods.

"Then how did you find me?"

"One month before Miss Shenmu disappeared, she launched a brand new action project to search for people who meet certain conditions around the world, including abnormal weather changes, large quantities of gemstones and gold of unknown origin, etc."

"Although she didn't say who the project was to find, we all knew that the conditions were exactly the same as when she first appeared, so when she suddenly disappeared, we immediately implemented this plan, which continues to this day."

She must be trying to search for other box players... This is reasonable. After all, from the perspective of the box holder, no one is sure how many such magical things there are, and whether there are other similar things in the world. People like him, Zhou Xiao thought while listening.

"So you have funded this cruise ship since then? How many people have you found?" Zhou Xiao then asked.

"In this year, through investment in the Sotheby's auction house, we have targeted more than a hundred people, but in the end they were all found to be ordinary people. We spent a whole year and achieved nothing...until you appeared."

As Murata spoke, his eyes gradually turned to Zhou Xiao. With this brief memory, the fear on his face gradually faded, and instead became excited.

He has seen with his own eyes Zhou Xiao's extraordinary power, which is exactly the same as Miss Shenmu's power that he has seen before, both are equally incredible.

This means that I finally found the right person this time.

Mitsubishi Modeling spent a whole year on the search. The company's capital pool has actually bottomed out and it is on the verge of bankruptcy. It's just that the outside world doesn't know it. But now that it has been found, it is all worth it.

"Okay, I understand everything, so you generally know who you are looking for, and you have the corresponding filtering conditions, but you don't know exactly what you can do after you find him, nor do you know the specific inside story."

Zhou Xiao finally got all the answers he wanted from the Japanese, and stood up from the chair again.

"And this matter involves the secret of Shenmu Qianhua. Even within Mitsubishi Modeling, there should be very few people who really know what you are doing." Zhou Xiao had no more questions and looked directly at the people in front of him. Murata.

Now he has determined that the other party knows very little inside information. He only vaguely knows who he is looking for, and he doesn't know anything about the window or the box.

Except for Mr. Murata in front of him, Mitsubishi Modeling poses no threat to Zhou Xiao. At best, it is just a commercial company that has lost the financial support of cheating and is waiting for bankruptcy.

In other words, the only person who needs to be dealt with right now is Murata, who is too close to the truth.

(End of this chapter)