Tokyo underground city

Chapter 296 [Sky patching project]

However, just when Lin Huai'en put down his mobile phone and prepared to go to bed, Yuan Ximu's voice suddenly came from outside the door——

"May I come in?"

"Please come in?"

Lin Huaien was a little surprised.

Out of some tacit understanding, Lin Huai'en never invited Yuan Ximu into his room.

After she awakened her talent as a psychic, she preferred to use "accidental encounters" to come to her door.

But maybe it was because I had been running behind Tian Shuiyu all day today, and the two of them didn't have many opportunities to meet.

And for the girl to come to the door at such a late hour, there must be something very urgent.

However, when she opened the door, Hara Yumu acted very relaxed and at ease. Wearing Kamiya Hiiragi's old yukata, she walked quietly through the door, turned around and closed the sliding door.

"I haven't worn a kimono since "Forest of Giant Trees". How about it? Does it fit well?"

The girl stood on tiptoes and looked at her back to Lin Huaien. Her slender figure and relatively casual bathrobe made her beautiful figure look different from usual beauty.

However, Lin Huai'en was puzzled as to why she came to find him at this time——

"What's wrong? Come to me so late."

"I want to talk to you about the next trip. Anyway, I am also the nominal vice-captain of the daytime thief team."

Yuan Ximu sat down cross-legged, and she naturally tucked her legs into the quilt that Lin Huai'en spread beside her——

Because he hasn't slept yet today, Lin Huai'en won't have any feeling of indifference between men and women.

"Next trip?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a while and then reacted: "Are you talking about leaving Tokyo?"

"Yes, did Minister Shino tell you something?" Hara Yumu nodded: "It seems that you are quite interested in Kamiya Chun and Tianshui Yu, but suddenly you feel like you have sensed some danger, and you want to escape. The feeling of this.”

"Escape from here... maybe, but in my opinion, it's just a gentleman who doesn't stand under dangerous walls."

Lin Huaien shook his head: "What's more, now that you and Tanya are in the team, I need to be responsible for your safety."

"But, I don't think you need to think so much about us..."

The girl sighed softly: "Rather than being responsible for our safety, it's better to say that we lack purpose now——"

"Purpose?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a while and asked.

"Yes." Yuan Ximu nodded: "How do you think about the Tianshui Pavilion and the Dragon King Association?"

"...It has nothing to do with us?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a while and replied: "After Shinohara Kaori paid for the Tianshui Pavilion, the daytime thieves team has made back its capital with interest. There is no need for us to participate in the rest."

"Really?"

However, Yuan Ximu interrupted him: "Captain, you are more experienced in finance than me, but even from my perspective, I can see that you have been doing thankless things, and now you think of getting out of it. , isn’t it a little too late?”

"……what are you saying?"

Lin Huai'en was silent for a moment: "Are you saying that if there was no incident between Tianshui Hall and Kamiya Chun, the reward we should have received would have been 200 million yuan instead of 100 million yuan?"

"right."

Hara Yumu nodded simply: "Even if you count the shares of Tianshuikan, this is still an extremely risky matter when the Shinohara family and Dalianji family are at odds - not to mention, Captain Lin, the reason why you got Tianshuikan The shares are also due to winning the gambling battle, and have nothing to do with the [Colorful Deer]."

"...But you made a mistake."

Lin Huai'en shook his head. He didn't hate Yuan Ximu arguing with him like this, because it could also help him organize his thoughts:

"If it hadn't been for Chun's matter, we probably wouldn't have gotten involved with the [Colorful Deer] matter—"

"After all, the Day Thieves are not a team of explorers whose purpose is to 'make money'."

"But... you're right."

Lin Huai'en looked at the girl who was about to stop talking, and suddenly paused: "In terms of results, the results of this expedition are not bad - Shinohara Katori gave us 1.5 billion yen in cash in one go. After removing the transfer and exchange taxes, There is almost more than 80 million yuan, which is far more than the total income from our previous expeditions."

"But if it weren't for the pearls from Tianshui Pavilion, our hunting operation would inevitably be targeted by others——"

Lin Huai'en lightly knocked on the table: "For example, the twenty-odd Tiangang teams around Senyan, they are all well-known corporate figures in Changying Lower City. Without the support of the Shinohara family and Tianshui Hall, the people behind them It is very likely that forces will come to our door and cause trouble for us.”

"But they'll hate us now too..."

Yuan Ximu hesitated.

"I hate it, but I won't do anything." Lin Huai'en replied calmly: "After all, we are 'rescuing people'. Although it is paid, 'giving help in times of need' is better than 'adding insult to injury'."

"Seeing other people being helped in times of need, they will understand that when they are in need, the Daytime Thieves Team is also the one who can help them in times of need. This is enough."

"But..." Yuan Ximu hesitated.

"But we are not saviors."

Lin Huai'en knew what she wanted to say, and took the initiative to say: "We are also ordinary people who have not much relationship with Tianshui Pavilion. The matter of moths flying into the flame may be normal for other teams from the good camp, but I have always believed that how capable we are , how much responsibility does it bear——"

"As a measure, it is profit."

Having said this, Lin Huai'en nodded: "Although giving charity is an expression of kindness, it cannot solve the fundamental problem."

"If it were just one person, I might have given Tsubaki Kamiya a helping hand, but we are now a team—a small business, as Leonardo would say."

"As an enterprise, we have to consider competition and sustainable development."

"In other words, I can now openly express to the eldest lady of the Shinohara family that our daytime thief team saves people without expecting anything in return——"

"But then, when we reach the mid-level dungeon and face various high-level explorers from other regional associations, we will just be a team of good guys who waste our time from level 45 to level 60 on rescuing people."

"Such a team of silly good guys is the fat in the eyes of all jackals."

Lin Huai'en looked at the account book of the daytime thieves team, and the reflection of the screen was faintly reflected on his face:

"If we want to continue to implement our personality and ideals in the mid-level dungeon, we must master the power——"

"The power of morality is like clouds and fairy tales to our enemies."

"Only real power and money can bring them to their knees."

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"..."

Hearing Lin Huai'en, Yuan Ximu still seemed a little unwilling -

"But if all the 'good people' in the world did this, wouldn't there be a situation where the 'good people' would fight each other?"

"You don't have to worry about that."

Hearing Yuan Ximu's worry, Lin Huai'en stretched out his hand and rubbed her head dumbly——

"For people who cannot understand human speech, we naturally need to use methods that do not require them to understand to communicate with them."

"But for people who can understand human speech, we don't need to use this method."

Having said this, Lin Huai'en naturally looked into the distance:

"Apart from violence, there is a force in this world that can bring people of different origins and backgrounds together——"

"That's ideas and beliefs."

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"So are the Tianshui family and Kamiya Chun people who can understand human speech, or are they people who cannot understand human speech?"

Yuan Ximu finally revealed her thoughts completely.

Lin Huai'en looked at the girl who was staring at him persistently and smiled a little:

"They... they are people who can understand, but have no power."

Lin Huai'en subconsciously thought of the Amaterasu system in the back of Shinohara's house:

"Their backbones have been chopped off, so now they are just slaves without chains."

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"Then, if there is the power of the [Sky Mending Project], are you willing to fight for them?"

After hearing Lin Huaien's reply, Minister Xiao was silent for a moment and suddenly asked.

"[Sky patching project]? Going to the Urban Association's [Astrology Observatory]?"

Lin Huai'en just thought about it briefly and judged the truth of the "Tian Mending Project" from its naming style.

"Yes." Minister Xiao nodded: "The person behind the [Tian Mending Project] is An Xiyan, whom I mentioned to you before. She is the chief astrologer of our Shangdu City. The psychics are all managed by her.”

"...Aren't you afraid of accidents if someone is in charge of the astrological platform?"

Lin Huai'en thought for a moment and asked.

His character is habitually considering all the consequences.

"You don't have to worry about this."

Minister Xiao shook his head: "The psychic is, in a sense, the representative of the collective subconscious sea. The reason why Yuan Ximu came to you to chat about the aquarium is because her personality was guided by the will of the subconscious sea. "

"And psychics at the level of great astrologers, in a sense, can no longer be regarded as pure human beings."

"Although they still have personalities, all their words and deeds represent the waves of the entire Dirac Sea."

"As for ordinary psychics like Yuan Ximu, as long as they don't rely too much on the power of astrology, they won't be affected too much - but from what you said, she obviously relies too much on the 'astrology' Guidance.”

Minister Xiao looked at Lin Huai'en and said with some certainty.

"...I will remind her."

Lin Huaien nodded.

The existence of psychics and psychics has not been promoted among ordinary explorers. Perhaps it is not because they cannot become white cards, but because the risks of becoming white cards in these two ways are too high——

For example, the [Great Astrologer] mentioned by Minister Xiao.

No matter what kind of fantasy story it is, using the power of [divination] will come at a high price, and the danger of synchronizing with the Dirac Sea far exceeds the category of "danger".

At least from what Lin Huai'en saw in the mountains behind Shinohara's house, the Amaterasu system clearly used the power of the underground city.

"But... [Sky Repair Project] is planning to intervene in the internal affairs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association? Doesn't this violate our association's principle of non-interference in internal affairs?"

Lin Huaien thought for a moment and asked.

"So, this is a headache for us too."

Minister Xiao sighed: "On the surface, forces similar to [Hongliu] and [National Explorers] cannot be used. We can only use some means that cannot be regarded as 'interference' to deal with these matters, but compared to being able to [Jupiter] and [Eleutheria] who are directly involved in Tokyo affairs are still far behind."

"But the good thing is that [Jupiter] and [Eleutheria] are also fighting among themselves, so they give us some opportunities."

After hearing Minister Xiao's words, Lin Huai'en fell silent for a moment:

"But... the key is not the process, but the result. Even if one party in the New York Land Association wins in a short period of time and the Upper Metropolitan Association promises not to interfere in internal affairs, it cannot lock in the result..."

"right."

Minister Shino nodded simply: "So there must be a force growing up within the Tokyo Metropolitan Association. Even if they leave the protection of [Jupiter] or [Eleutheria], they can control the entire Tokyo." The situation in the Metropolitan Association——"

"Is this the [New Amaterasu System]..."

Lin Huaien nodded and understood what Minister Xiao meant.

"Yes."

The girl minister sighed: "But among us, there are also people who are worried about the radicalization of the Tokyo Metropolitan Association, so even if the New York Metropolitan Association takes advantage, we are still willing to maintain the status quo."

"But, it's different now?"

Lin Huai'en understood what she meant from Minister Xiao's expression.

"right."

Minister Xiao's eyes also revealed a sense of crisis: "The New York Association is planning to conduct an experiment with the Tokyo Metropolitan Association. We don't know the specific situation, but the consequences are likely to directly harm the entire Tokyo underground city - —Tojoko Castle is also included because it is connected to Shibuya.”

"...What kind of experiment is it that is so harmful?"

Lin Huaien was a little surprised.

If even the Changying Underground City is included...then the Cardchan Underground City and the Florence Underground City, which are connected to the Changing Camp, are also inseparable.