Tokyo underground city

Chapter 220 Three-way interview

"Yo."

The Minister of Welfare, who was sitting on his deputy, said hello to Lin Huaien.

On his right side were the two ministers of the Department of Control and the Department of Punishment.

The director of the control department was short and short, but he sat in the middle position; the director of the correction department looked like a soldier, with a straight face and did not speak.

The Minister of Welfare did not drink coffee this time. He sat upright and looked very honest.

Logically speaking, the name of the Minister of Welfare was not included in the three-way interview of the daytime thief team. However, considering that he is familiar with Lin Huai'en and has a certain understanding of Tanya's affairs, he will appear here. .

"Ahem, let's get started."

The little minister sitting in the center coughed slightly and looked at the information: "First of all, please confirm that you two are Lin Huai'en, the captain of the daytime thief team, and Tanya Pav, the unaffiliated explorer of the Moscow Association. Litschko?”

Lin Huaien and Tanya looked at each other: "I am Lin Huaien."

"Tanya Pavlichenko." The girl also nodded.

"I think you also know that Siberia is in 'winter' now, and it is not suitable to go there in terms of climate or environment. But you still applied for it. Can you repeat to me the reason why you applied?"

Although the Minister of Control is short, she doesn't talk nonsense. She deliberately emphasized the "environment".

Clearly, she wasn't referring to "climate."

Seeing Lin Huai'en about to open his mouth, she tapped the notebook in front of her with her pen, intentionally or unintentionally: "Ask it beforehand, if you are just going to Kadchan to collect some materials instead of going to Siberia, there is no need to tell me. Report. But if you later go to Siberia without communicating with us in advance, as the head of the control department of Changying Underground City, I have the right to revoke your team license. If the circumstances are serious, I can even revoke your personal license. license."

Having said this, the Minister of Control turned his attention to Lin Huai'en, obviously speaking to him.

"..." Lin Huaien was silent for a moment and nodded: "Then let me ask a question first. If I kill someone in Siberia, how will the Changying branch handle it?"

Hearing what Lin Huai'en said, the director of the Department of Corrections, who had been showing little interest, suddenly turned to look at him.

The Minister of Control was unmoved: "I think you also know that our Shangcheng Dungeon Association is not a government agency, but an international organization affiliated with the United Nations. In theory, all dungeon explorers in the world are under our control. ."

“But even so, the ‘Urban Underground Association’ is still the ‘Urban Underground Association’, and the ‘Moscow Association’ is still the ‘Moscow Association’.”

The Minister of Control emphasized intentionally or unintentionally: "Although there is a friendly cooperative relationship between us, we are still independent and only need to be responsible to the superior United Nations Headquarters."

"Therefore, if you commit any illegal behavior on the territory of the Moscow Association, you will naturally need to deal with it in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the Moscow Association."

Having said this, the Minister of Control nodded: "We can only play some role when you are deported."

The director of the control department didn't seem to answer anything, but Lin Huai'en just listened to it once and already knew it.

All his actions in the contaminated areas of Siberia only need to comply with the relevant laws of Moscow.

As an explorer of the Moscow Association, Tanya has the right to directly kill the mercenaries she encounters in Alaska.

As her teammate, Lin Huai'en will automatically have corresponding powers, whether temporary or permanent.

Lin Huai'en's question, while confirming the above questions, also turned into an answer to the inquiry of the Minister of Control.

The little minister sighed and looked at Lin Huai'en with a complicated expression:

"We agreed in advance that due to some international reasons, we would join the Urban Association. Although we have always had a relatively good cooperative relationship with the Moscow Association, it is not convenient to take action on the Siberian issue."

“So, if there are explorers who are willing to go to Siberia as ‘volunteers’, in principle we welcome them.”

At this point, the Minister of Control suddenly paused: "But your levels are too low. Tanya is only level 35, and you are not even level 34... I think you should know that in Siberia, your The enemies are all training camp elites who kill without batting an eye, and only the 'graduates' who have passed a series of brutal training are qualified to participate in the 'final assessment' in the Siberian winter."

"According to some non-public information, the graduation rate of their training camp is only a cruel 4%."

20% of 20%...

Lin Huaien, who has dealt with Catalina, immediately knew where the 4% came from.

"It seems that the big shots in Yemo City only need the 'captain' and the 'ace' and don't need other ordinary elite explorers at all..."

Lin Huaien's mouth felt a little bitter, but he also took a deep breath: "A team with all aces, I know."

Seeing Lin Huaien's expression, the head of the control department couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing her expression, Lin Huai'en knew something was up: "You didn't directly reject my application, which means... you also think I have a high chance of surviving?"

"You... are the highest-ranked explorer in our dungeon after all."

The director of the Control Department hesitated for a moment: "In the internal evaluation of our Control Department, your potential is second only to some white card explorers, and you are an outstanding potential stock that has the opportunity to become a high-level black card."

"You should be stronger than most of Alaska's mercenary graduates, and Tanya's strength is not weak. According to the records of the Moscow Association, last year alone, she killed the Nine Wolf King and a group of mercenaries. Just Alaska’s Invader Squad.”

The control department read the record: "Shoot three people and capture two."

Lin Huaien glanced at Tanya subconsciously, and the girl turned back in confusion: "I don't remember..."

"This is also a problem." The director of the Control Department rubbed his head and sighed: "The traveler beside you is even a patient who has lost his memory..."

"But you still think we have a chance of surviving the Siberian winter."

Lin Huai'en nodded. The more the control department said this, the more confident he became.

"Because the result of the internal evaluation of the Control Department is that your team of day thieves, plus this Ms. Tanya, has more than a 90% chance of surviving the brutal Siberian winter."

The head of the Control Department said without too much hesitation: "And you also have the opportunity to further approach the limit of the upper black card and move towards the white card."

"Every white card explorer is very precious, and there are even fewer white card explorers who are willing to take risks for others."

The Minister of Control said calmly: "So, we will not kill your possibility, but correspondingly, you also need to let us know how we can support you——"

"Although limited by our association status, there is not much we can do."

Just in case Lin Huaien was overjoyed, the director of the Control Department added at the end.

Lin Huaien nodded.

He understood what the Minister of Control meant. Unlike those famous mercenary explorers, most of Alaska's mercenary students were on the "white list" in the official records of the association.

In other words, no matter how many "students" like themselves they killed in the training camp, judging from the official records of the Dungeon Association, they were also "new explorers" who had not had any contact with any explorers.

At most, they are hung with a yellow border because of their experiences before becoming an explorer.

The truly dangerous "mercenary trainees" even forged their registered identities in order to cover up their past criminal records.

Therefore, due to this status, neither the Upper City Association nor the Moscow Association can do anything to these "white explorers".

Therefore, for the mercenaries of Alaska and the explorers of the Moscow Association, what they have is the "unlimited right of self-defense."

And in a place like Siberia where power lines can be cut by freezing, it is already infinitely close to a deep underground city.

This is why Alaska's training camp uses Siberia in winter as the location for students' graduation exams.

And this is where Lin Huai'en is preparing to get involved.

He is also naturally cautious.

So he nodded and replied without much hesitation: "Don't worry, we don't plan to have a direct conflict with them. We are just preparing to work piecemeal to save people at the right time."

"Don't get too close to large villages." The Minister of Control nodded, then shook his head: "Alaska mercenaries, there has been a trend of organizing recently, and the indigenous villages within the contaminated area are all their targets. Recently, even some outposts on the edge of the blockade have been attacked. Your numbers are too small, so it is best to avoid the reality and do what you can after gaining practical experience."

"I understand." Lin Huaien nodded, then looked at the other two ministers.

The Minister of Welfare smiled and winked at him, while the Minister of Corrections looked at him for a while and suddenly took off his right hand——

A prosthetic hand under a glove, to be exact.

"Remember my hand, explorer." The man looked at him: "Even if the cold and wounds can't kill you, they can put you out of combat forever."

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"Sorry, we ministers are all explorers who have retired for various reasons."

After the meeting was dissolved, the Minister of Welfare invited Lin Huaien and others to his office for coffee.

The young man smiled bitterly and pointed to his head: "I am a blue card explorer who has died more than 15 times. Minister Xiao lost all his teammates."

"Lost all my teammates? Blue card stage?"

Lin Huai'en was a little surprised, while the Minister of Welfare took a sip of coffee and sighed with satisfaction; "Heika, Puhei."

"But the rise is suppressed..." Lin Huai'en frowned.

"So, she is now just an ordinary person with deep dungeon experience and rich explorer knowledge."

The Minister of Welfare said somewhat unsurprisingly: "In order to return to the surface, she gave up everything she gained in the underground city."

"Retired explorer..." Lin Huaien nodded. He had heard of this saying - there is a special prop that is applicable to explorers below the white card.

It can clear all the talent points of the explorer, turning them from an explorer into an ordinary person, and then they can return to the ground freely.

But the price is that you can no longer gain level experience - in other words, you are insulated from the dungeon.

"Besides me, Director Shi of the Department of Corrections is the top Zika, but he has been taking medicine to combat the side effects of rising inhibition."

The Minister of Welfare reminded Lin Huai'en: "On your trip to Siberia, you should also pay attention to the instructors at the Alaska training camp. Most of them are upper-level blue cards or common-level purple cards - although they are usually hidden in the dark. They will take action easily, but when they encounter some particularly good trainees, they will make an exception to save people."

"To cover up their actions, they often silence and kill people."

"I think the two of you can handle those ordinary mercenary students."

"But those instructors are different. Although there is ascending suppression, in the high magic environment of Siberia, they are still existences that ordinary red card explorer aces cannot deal with."

"I understand." Lin Huai'en nodded. Regarding the kind reminder from the Minister of Welfare, he almost immediately thought of a way to deal with it: "I will hide in the core suppression space of "Abnormal Body" to avoid them."

""White Wolf King"..."

The youth minister nodded.

But what Lin Huai'en actually thought of was "The Perfect Flower" by Zi Yuan.

Although I don't know if "Perfect Flower" can bloom on the Siberian tundra, you can definitely give it a try.

But not knowing what he was thinking, the Minister of Welfare thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and walked to the closet nearby.

He sighed as he walked: "Forget it, I can't be an explorer anyway, so it's useless to keep this thing, so I'll give it to you."

Confused, Lin Huai'en took the jewelry box handed to him by the Youth Minister, opened it and looked at it:

"this is?"

What was contained in the box seemed to be an unusually classic European pocket watch.

But as soon as he put his hand on the watch body, Lin Huai'en felt something strange about it.

""Mind Image Embodiment Weapon"."

The Minister of Welfare noticed Lin Huaien's shocked expression and nodded with some satisfaction: ""Devil's Clock Hand", you can use "Time Pause" once a day, but the price is that in the next thirteen days, you will Constantly attacked by "Abnormals"."

"If there is an "Abnormal Body" nearby, then it will take the initiative to come to you. If you do not meet the conditions for the "Abnormal Body" to come to you, or the "Abnormal Body" cannot move, or is unwilling to come, then there will be an "Abnormal Body" The Demon of Time is coming to find you."

At this point, the expression of the Minister of Welfare looked a little gloomy: "Of the 15 times I died, 13 of them were at the hands of the Demon of Time."

"The "Elegy-level Abnormality", the "Mind Image Concrete Weapon" of "Hour Hand Corridor"..."

Lin Huai'en swallowed his saliva: "Although it's tasteless, is it really okay to give it to me?"

"It's just useless, that's why I gave it to you to save your life." The youth minister looked at Tanya next to Lin Huai'en with a smile——

"After all, not only Minister Shi, but also Minister Xiao and I were rescued by explorers from the Moscow Association."

He raised his head calmly:

"This is us repaying a debt of gratitude."