By the time Ed got home, it was almost eight o'clock, the sky was pitch black, and only the artificial light sources on the side of the road were still illuminating. It's the first half of the month, and the man-made giant screen covers the top of the head, and the real starry sky cannot be seen.
A day and night on the moon is about twenty-nine and five earth days. That is to say, if the earth is the reference frame, there are fifteen days in the month and fifteen days in the night. In order to match the biological clock of the human body, to create about twenty-four hours a day, a man-made giant screen was built by Anaheim to cover the entire city above the lunar city. In the first half of each month, the real sun filtered by the giant screen is seen during the day, and the giant screen is completely closed at night. In the second half of each month, the opposite is true. During the day, the giant screen is closed and the sun is replaced by artificial light sources. At night, the giant screen is opened to see the real starry sky.
Ed prefers the second half. Even if the entire universe is different, looking up at the stars can still make his heart feel peaceful.
Artificial day and night, like artificial gravity, is a technology that Ed can't understand at all. It is said that it uses the black technology discovered by Queen Diana to a large extent. But where do these black technologies come from? There must be a reasonable explanation.
Ed opened the door, the entrance was dark, and voices came from the direction of the living room.
"You should also know how ruthless the enemy is?"
"But even with revenge, everyone will not survive."
"It seems that I have nothing to say to you."
When I walked to the living room, I saw that CC was watching TV without turning on the lights. Ed turned on the light at will, and the sudden strong light made CC, who had adapted to the darkness, shrink back. The TV broadcast was a TV series that I had never seen before, and the actors were all handsome men and beautiful women. CC was wearing a shirt from Ed's closet, holding a large Harrow pillow from last year's shopping lottery in his arms. Duck sat on the sofa and stared at the TV intently. The hem of the clothes was also very eye-catching.
Ed sat on the sofa and watched it for a while, then realized that this was the recently aired TV series "08MS Squad", which was completely unrecognizable at first because it was not an animation. In the afternoon, I heard people talking about it, it seems that today is the finale? In the picture, the villain who looks evil and maddened starts to bombard indiscriminately with Abu Silas, a circular mobile weapon the size of a mountain.
"Such a big MA is too nonsense." Ed couldn't help but want to complain, "This screenwriter has no scientific common sense at all."
"Quiet."
Ed pouted, not choosing to continue complaining. As the plot progressed, the pictures on the TV and the animations in memory gradually overlapped. For a moment, Ed thought he was sitting in his original home and watching the cartoons that were adapted into TV series. But it was only a momentary illusion, and soon woke up.
It didn't take long for the story to come to an end. The hero and heroine drove the broken MS to the main gun of Abu Silas, staged an oversized version of Huang Jiguang to block the hole, and Abu Silas shot the last of the organic. It crashed to the top of the mountain. Amidst the heart-wrenching cries of the supporting cast, the sad ending song sounded. By the way, this actress who plays Aina is pretty good-looking, so let's go back and search quietly.
"Unacceptable." CC squeezed Harrow's pillow hard, trying to express his anger, "This ending is unacceptable. Are there any blades at home?"
"Maybe there may be an Easter egg after the ending song? It's not too late to decide." Although Ed had watched the animated version, after all, it was two different things from this TV series, and there was no guarantee that the ending would be exactly the same, so I didn't dare to say too much. "Has your personality become more and more broken in recent years? It feels completely different from when you first met."
"I haven't changed at all, or in other words, my change has completely stopped very early. What has changed is the familiarity between us and your understanding of me." CC turned his head and looked at Ed seriously, " Or, before you knew me, did you have any preconceived ideas about my personality?"
Ed pretended not to understand the question and got up and walked to the dining room. There was a pizza from takeaway on the table, half of it was cold. This is probably dinner for myself? Not as good as your own nutritional supplements. Ed muttered to himself as he put the pizza in the microwave.
Since the contract was signed, CC would fly to the moon on the first day of the Anaheim shareholders meeting every year, stay at his own house for about a week and then leave, nominally "concerning about the growth of the contractor". And Ed, who was shorthanded by others, was unable to protest any actions of CC after he understood the astronomical figure represented by the shares that CC transferred to him. Dangerous conversations like the one just now were staged every now and then, and Ed always wondered if CC had noticed something and didn't say anything.
Five minutes later, Ed was still eating pizza, and CC sat at the table with the Harrow pillow in his arms. He seemed in a good mood. It seems that the TV version also has a happy ending? The TV was not turned off, and the sound of advertisements could be heard from the living room.
"Any progress with your Geass?"
Ed swallowed the last mouthful of food and took another sip of water: "Not at all, I still don't know what this Geass is for."
"Geass's ability is closely related to the inner desire of the contractor. Your situation is very special, and I don't know what ability it will be." CC is also very distressed without progress for so many years. If you don't know the ability, you can't use it, and you can't upgrade the ability if you don't need it. , "Maybe your ability is incompetence? It's quite suitable for paramecia, isn't it?"
Ed was speechless, because he thought what CC said actually made sense.
"I'll investigate when I get back to Earth." CC's voice gradually became smaller, "If this continues, I'm afraid I can only go to Tokyo..."
"Why Tokyo?" A familiar place name suddenly appeared. Does Tokyo have anything to do with Geass? Ed vaguely remembers that there is a place called God What Island is related to Geass, not to mention whether this island is in Tokyo, such a place should have been investigated long ago, and it is impossible for CC to leave it as a last option . so-
"Why don't you ask the magical conch?"
Ed stood up abruptly, staring at CC's eyes. Due to the too much movement, the cup on the table was hit by his hand and made a banging sound.
"Isn't this the sentence you used, why is the reaction so big?" After waiting for about ten seconds, CC broke the silence, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, "Isn't it the stalk of a work that I haven't seen? Or , is there any reason why I must never know this sentence?"
Ed was stunned for a while, then bent down to pick up the cup and sat back silently.
"There's a meeting tomorrow, so rest early, I'm going back to my room." CC chuckled, got up and walked to the original room of Ed's parents, which was occupied a few years ago. Opening the door, CC suddenly turned around, "By the way, night raids are not allowed this year."
"Is it necessary to say it every year? They said they wouldn't do such a thing."
"You peeked at my thighs many times just now, right? Although I dress up like this to show my acquiescence to your behavior, it doesn't mean that our relationship is close enough to exchange bodily fluids." CC looked at Ai De was a little happy with a slightly blushing look after being hit, "Good night."
With a click, the door was closed.
At the beginning, Ed felt very tired when dealing with CC. He had to be careful not to leak his mouth, and at the same time complained about CC's various escaping behaviors. A few years have passed, and although there is only about a week of time together every year, Ed has gradually become accustomed to the rhythm of CC. Since last year, the slot has stopped spitting, and he has simply acted dumb to all kinds of temptations. The "magic conch" just now should be a new routine that came up this year, right? You will probably get used to this in a few days.
The night passed, and when Ed woke up to wash up, he found that CC was already preparing breakfast. After finishing packing, Ed went to the dining table and opened the news assistant.
"PLANT infighting! Congressman Aznab has publicly criticized Speaker Klein's ruling philosophy, and the Earth Federation is likely to be the biggest winner?" Ed glanced at the terminal, there was a picture, it was indeed Char. It is estimated that the media is taking pictures out of context. Ed does not believe that Ishaya's political wisdom will do such a thing.
"The most outstanding person award on the moon every five years, who will win this year? Exclusive in-depth analysis of the top ten candidates!"
CC, who was sitting opposite, craned his neck and looked at the terminal: "You are on the top. It won't be long, and you still don't want to do it?"
"Today is to go to work." Ed took a sip of milk leisurely. "In the end, Queen Diana has the final say who wins. There is no more effective method than Prince Roland blowing the pillow, right?"
"What a despicable tactic and so unfair to the other candidates."
Ed smiled and continued listening to the news.
"Shocked! Netizens took pictures of dragons in their selfies! Is it fake hype or subversion of science?"
"How did this thing make the headlines?" Ed felt that he needed to be really shocked. Does the algorithm of this news assistant have to be changed again, "I will recognize you as a South China tiger, and as a dragon, you are everyone. Are you a fool?"
"How can you be sure that there are no dragons in the world?" CC reached out and took the terminal to open the details and opened it, looking very interested, "After coming into contact with the supernatural power of Geass for ordinary people, you Do you still choose to believe in your common sense? Or is there something else that shackles your cognition and makes you think Geass is reasonable and dragons are unreasonable?"
"Even Geass has a past principle that seems to be reluctant to say. Dragons are purely fantasy creatures, right?" Ed didn't understand why CC would be interested in this kind of news, "If dragons really exist, where? I'm not surprised that both the Apostle and BETA came out."
CC raised his head and gave Ed a deep look, but did not speak.
"I'm done eating, let's go first."
"hair."
"Eh?"
"My hair is up." CC continued to look down at the news, and pointed at the top of his head, "Isn't it going to win Prince Roland's favor? At least get a better image."
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Ed was the first to come, sitting alone in the largest conference room at the Anaheim headquarters.
This is Anaheim's true headquarters, located in one of the city's most central locations. This building does not have any R&D and production functions, but is purely an administrative building. This conference room is the fixed location for the annual general meeting of shareholders and the board of directors.
With the exception of Prince Roland, who represents the sovereign Queen Diana, and himself, who lives on the moon, almost all shareholders attended the meeting remotely. Generally speaking, only when a shareholder wants to court the lunar forces for some reason will go to the moon for a meeting in person.
For example, PLANT's neutron interference canceller was successfully developed last year. Speaker Siegel Klein wanted to secretly jointly develop a nuclear-powered MS with Anaheim, so he came to the meeting in person. At that time, he also took this opportunity to get online with Speaker Klein, and used a powerful PPT at the Indian CEO level to draw pictures to the other party such as "Gundam's father self-hosted the architecture design", "The new system that only adjusters can use freely", etc. After several big cakes, plus multiple means of pretending to be his daughter's die-hard fans, signing a non-disclosure agreement, and donating to PLANT, he finally succeeded in getting a small neutron interference canceller from the opposite hand. Of course, the moon's detached status and symbol of absolute safety are also important plus points. Ed can be said to be standing on the shoulders of giants in negotiations.
Should it be only yourself and Prince Roland this year
The door of the conference room was pushed open, and Ed stood up reflexively, and was about to greet him, only to see a middle-aged blond man walking in. The man was dressed in a dark blue suit and looked to be in his forties, with a short beard above his lips and a clean shaven under his chin, giving him a shrewd look. He quickly looked around the conference room and found Ed who was standing, with an affectionate smile on his face, and walked over quickly.
"Dr. Adrian, long time no see." The middle-aged man stretched out his right hand.
"Long time no see, Mr. Klein." Ed shook his hand. I didn't expect this guy to come again this year, is there anything else
"I brought you some PLANT specialties. I'm ready to hurry. I hope you don't dislike it." With that, Klein took out a flat square box from the inner pocket of his suit jacket and handed it to Ed. The box is the size of a palm, and the packaging is so beautiful that you can't see what's inside.
"Where, you're too polite." It shouldn't be a big deal, but now is not the time to look at gifts, Ed took the box and prepared to put it away.
"Speaking of which, His Excellency Prince Roland hasn't arrived yet." Klein moved his body closer by handing the gift, and his voice was very low, "I want to invite Dr. Adrian to lunch after the meeting, but I don't know if Dr. convenient?"