Academy City's Puppet Master

"Of course, and it's impossible to refuse, isn't it?"

"Be careful, I have heard some bad rumors."

"Don't worry, I've already been stepped on." Ling Xingye said, "Qifan has sent people to visit all the places that may become venues... Ah, this one has already been delivered? The efficiency is really high!"

Seeing the box in Shiranui Tong's hand, Ling Xingye's eyes lit up, and he quickly took it.

Open the box, inside is a pair of glasses - "Prosthetic Eye Proxy".

"Let's go home." Putting on his glasses, Ling Xingye and Hitomi Shiranui boarded the bus together and returned to the apartment.

===Chapter 75 General Council===

"Boss, we're here." Kurotsutsu Ikki stopped the vehicle smoothly and called back.

Ling Xingye, who was sitting in the back seat, opened his eyes and looked at the huge building outside: "Is this the final decision?"

Thirty minutes ago, Passy sent the finalized meeting address.It's not the expected regular venue, but an indoor tennis court. I remember it was just built for this year's Daha Star Festival.

There was no one around, only their car was parked alone on the side of the road.

Kurogane Kakki also instinctively felt uneasy, and he couldn't help suggesting: "Boss, do you want me to call some more people over?"

The theory that this meeting was aimed at Ling Xingye's Hongmen Banquet has long been circulated within the group.But Ling Xingye insisted on coming, and even refused to bring the guards, and went to the meeting alone.

"Don't worry, this is also a place where you stepped on it beforehand." Ling Xingye said, while picking up the travel bag beside him, he opened the car door, "If I haven't come out after ten minutes after I go in, you can go back first."

"Huh? Yes, I understand!" Although his heart was full of doubts, Kazuki Kurogane still nodded in agreement.Before coming over, Qi Fan'er raised the order, repeatedly emphasizing that he must obey Ling Xingye's orders unconditionally.

"Next, let me see what play is prepared..." Ling Xingye got out of the car and strode towards the stadium in front of him.

There was no one in the gymnasium, but as Ling Xingye entered, the indoor lights turned on instantly.At the same time, a faint puff of smoke filled the air.

Just when Ling Xingye was on guard, with the help of the smoke as a background, the holographic projection of Secretary Paci suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Welcome to the General Council, Mr. Ling." Passy bowed, "Please don't be nervous, this is a necessary means to arrange the venue. Because most of the directors will not leave their base easily, so routine meetings are It will be held in the form of remote projection."

As if echoing Passy's words, new projections continued to appear in the venue.

The technology used by the governing council is quite excellent. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't be able to tell that these participants were actually holographic projections.

On the spacious sports field, a round table with twelve seats was projected, nine of them were already occupied, and three were left empty.

And Ling Xingye's seat is one of the three vacancies.The actual tables and chairs in the venue are seamlessly integrated with the projections, and no flaws can be seen with the naked eye.

Passi guided Ling Xingye to his seat, and explained softly: "The governing council has a total of twelve directors, but not long ago, three directors died unfortunately, so there was a vacancy..."

——It seems that the term "quasi-director" is not groundless.

Ling Xingye thought in his heart.

Facing these high-ranking and powerful figures who control Academy City, Ling Xingye showed no signs of timidity.You know, I am the one who talks and laughs with the chairman.

"Speaking of which," he looked around and asked, "Is Chairman Aleister not here?"

"The chairman never attends regular meetings." Passy patiently explained.

Ling Xingye nodded, remembering that Chairman Aleister himself said that the so-called directors are roles that can be "replaced at any time".He must have disdain to attend such meetings at all?

Ling Xingye carefully looked at each of the directors, and found that only four of them responded to him—a slight nod was regarded as a greeting.

The other five didn't seem to see him at all, just silently waiting for the meeting to start.

"Are those one-way projections?" Ling Xingye pointed at them.

Paxi smiled wryly: "Of course not..."

"Heh! Who came up with the idea? You actually found a brat to fill the position?" Some of the directors who ignored Ling Xingye just now taunted.

"A reckless man, he only knows how to fight and kill." A female voice followed, "If you think that you can become a director based on your performance in the previous war, you are still too naive!"

Ling Xingye was expressionless: "Although I expected it, but showing hostility so bluntly...it makes me feel comfortable."

Passy smiled and explained: "Because of your activity, the war came to an abrupt end—this harmed the interests of several of the adults, so..."

The twelve directors have almost no contact with each other, so they don't care who dies and who becomes the new director—as long as their interests are not touched.

Ling Xingye was hostile only because he harmed the interests of certain directors.

But this is a remote meeting, so there is no need to worry about someone getting angry and attacking in person.

After explaining the basic process of the meeting to Ling Xingye, Passy came to the host platform in the center of the round table and announced the start of the meeting.

"First of all, the first issue - the armistice agreement with the Christianity, regarding the 35 magical technology patents that the mysterious side will open to us, the other party proposed new conditions..."

"The second issue is about the positioning of Academy City in the world after the war. Since no sovereign country was involved in this world war, the armistice agreement is very convenient; but the problem is how to obtain the recognition of the sovereign country.

"There are indications that the United States of America is taking the opportunity to seek leadership on the scientific side. According to the assessment, the threat level is high!"

"The third issue - in response to the previous issue, we have decided to take a response to the 'Yiduanlan Festival' to show the world the scientific and technological strength of Academy City in the next open day. For this reason, the Information Division applies for open Please vote for the technology of confidentiality level 3..."

……

Throughout the meeting, Ling Xingye was just observing, because he was not a real director and he had no voting rights.

Not only him, but the other nine directors rarely spoke, and almost listened to Passy's words throughout the whole process.

——these are issues that have been discussed and decided on.

Ling Xingye knew in his heart that this meeting was the "Teaching Bureau" to familiarize himself with the environment.

The meeting lasted for [-] minutes. After the end, several directors carried out the attitude of "ignoring Ling Xingye" and disappeared immediately.

Only Oafune Monaka and Bei Jijimin came over to say hello.

Finally, Director Shiokishi issued a threat: "Little devil, it's not easy to be a director!"

Director Shiokishi is in charge of the military, and Ling Xingye knocked on the door of the governing council directly with combat power. Once in power, he can be said to be the most direct competitor of Director Chaogishi.

Therefore, Director Shiokishi's attitude is quite clear.

Even if Ling Xingye himself didn't have this idea.

From Ling Xingye's point of view, the governing council looks beautiful, but it is actually just a puppet under Aleister's hands, which is really not a good job.

Attending the meeting today, Ling Xingye only regarded it as watching a play.

"It seems that you failed to learn the most important thing from today's meeting!" Shiokishi finally said before leaving, "Passy, ​​please explain..."

Passy shrugged: "Twelve director seats, three vacancies—the directors will also be killed."

See you in the picture...

"Finally, the good show is on..." The corners of Ling Xingye's mouth rose, revealing a happy smile.

He sat upright on the chair, interlocking his fingers—the silk thread unfolded!

===Chapter 76 Killing Ling Xingye===

The tennis hall was filled with smoke, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the murderous intent against Ling Xingye filled the entire space unabashedly.

Paxi showed a helpless wry smile: "Maybe you don't believe me now, but I have absolutely no malice towards you, it's just an exception..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a bang, and an instrument on the ceiling was exploded, and Percy's projection disappeared.

The smoke originally used as a holographic projection screen instantly flooded the entire tennis court, completely blocking Ling Xingye's vision.

At the same time, dense and heavy footsteps came from around.

There are enemies, and more than one!

Ling Xingye judged - and the enemy is not an ordinary human being, it should be a heavy machinery such as a robot or a driven armor.

Sure enough, the muffled sound of the wind tore through the smoke, and a shell fell to where Ling Xingye was just now.

Then there was a bang!

But before that, Ling Xingye had already left the place, the travel bag was opened, and the puppets inside had already attacked.

There was a sound of metal clashing in the smoke, and a moment later, a mechanical foot with wheels flew out, and landed at Ling Xingye's feet in a low arc.

Ling Xingye had seen this type of driven armor—it was in the video data of the Siberian battlefield.

"Enemy-destroying" three-legged medium-sized artillery special drive armor!Even dispatching active military equipment, Ling Xingye was even more sure that Director Shiokishi was behind the scenes.

"Worthy of being the 'chief'! It seems that he has been prepared for a long time!" A loud shout came from the smoke, and the voice was a young man.

Although he was just speaking normally, under the amplification of the loudspeaker, his voice was like thunder, rolling in from all directions.

This also made it impossible for Ling Xingye to judge the enemy's true position.

The real number of enemies is not many, because no driver was found in the "enemy-destroying" drive armor that was destroyed just now, obviously it was autopilot or remote control.

Ling Xingye waved his hands and fingers, and the puppet ran wildly in the smoke, and soon destroyed a driven suit again, which was indeed an empty plane with no driver.

"In the end, you want to use these things to deal with me?"

In terms of threats, these driven suits are not as good as ordinary automatic puppets, Ling Xingye is a little disappointed.

"Of course not if you are still in your prime." The enemy's voice rolled over, "But how much power can you display now? Without the 'Blessing of Blood', you are just an ordinary person!"

"'Blood Protection'? What is that?" Ling Xingye walked in the smoke, and the puppets kept walking around him, defeating every driven armor encountered.

"Sure enough, the silver blood in your body is as thin as that of ordinary people, that's why you didn't notice it!" said the enemy.

"Should I be aware of something?"

"Didn't you find it? In this smoke, the blood of silver has been sealed."

"Have it?"

"Really, if I knew your condition was so bad, I wouldn't have to work so hard to get this kind of thing." The other party complained.

"It seems that the suppression is not thorough enough." Ling Xingye muttered.If the enemy hadn't lied, then this kind of smoke aimed at the blood of silver would be known to be Yanshi's masterpiece without even thinking about it.

"In that case, let's try this!" As soon as the enemy finished speaking, he heard a burst of noisy and disorderly noises coming from all directions.

"What the hell is this!" Ling Xingye frowned, and continued to manipulate the puppet to move towards the exit.

"Huh? How is that possible! Why is that puppet still moving?" The other party made a wavering voice, "Why is 'ability decline' useless?"