The director also heard what Lucas said, and was so shocked by the admiral's words that he didn't return to his senses for a long time.
"This..." The old man slowed down and said, "That's it, we suspect that there may be a problem with the sample."
"How does your research institute do things!" Lucas said dissatisfiedly: "The samples are handed over to you, and you can test them. Can there be problems with such a simple thing?"
"Maybe there was a problem during the transfer process, or it may be that we were mixed into the bag during the test, but the latter possibility is very small. After receiving the sample, our institute activated the A-level alert, and the security system did It's very rigorous." The director said: "Now we can only check one by one."
The captain immediately answered: "It's even more impossible to make mistakes in handover! After I took it from the admiral, I never left, and then I watched the samples get into the hands of the director with my own eyes."
The director frowned slightly and said, "I will investigate the monitoring and access of the laboratory personnel in the past two days."
Lucas said: "Hurry up and find out!"
Loran paused, stepped forward and said to Lucas: "Admiral, even if something goes wrong with DNA, it doesn't matter. There are other investigation directions, such as hotels, where there are more clues. DNA is too one-sided after all."
Luo Ran thought to himself, let go of this sample quickly.
All in all, this trip was fruitless, and if the research institute couldn't find any clues, it would be interrupted.
"Who is it, who can change the sample without knowing it." On the way back, Lucas said: "It doesn't seem to be such a simple matter."
The captain sat in the front, and there were only Luo Ran and Lucas in the back seat. Luo Ran was taking the time to read the official document.
Lucas sneered: "I'm getting more and more interested. Who is that person, who dares to design me like this, I won't give up if I don't find someone."
"Luo Ran, are you listening to me?"
Luo Ran lowered her eyes and said "um".
Luo Ran still held the official document in his hand, smiled and said: "Admiral don't worry, there will always be a solution."
Lucas was stunned.
"Um."
After returning to the company, Luo Ran originally thought there was nothing serious, but was suddenly called to a temporary meeting.
- Falling Ice Country sent new ore samples.
Speaking of this ore, at the beginning Lucas was just a general who went to war and managed the imperial army.
Later, Lucas led the empire to defeat the surrounding small countries, one of which was the falling ice country.
Falling Ice, as its name suggests, is always winter, and the country is full of ice and snow, so food is in short supply all year round, which is one of the reasons why they started the war in the first place.
Lucas conquered the snow and then founded a logistics company at the behest of the Imperial government and the Round Table.
Luobing lacks food, but the advanced empire lacks fuel, and Luobing is rich in ice mines.
As long as the ice ore mined from the ice cave is escorted to the empire, it can be refined into precious fuel, which can be used by all factories, machinery and mechas, which is of great value.
So Lucas' company is responsible for escorting money, ice and grain between the two countries.
This company is not so much a company as it is an armed force. It is merged with Lucas’s army and military department. In order to avoid the goods being robbed by Xingkou on the road, or any small actions of falling ice, they are all escorted by the army.
It can be said that this is the lifeblood of Luobing and the Empire.
The lifeblood protected by the Empire's most powerful sword and shield, Lucas.
"This time, the research institute on Luobing's side is named UNK01." A fat man was describing on the conference room table with a stack of documents.
Unknown 01, a new ore just dug out of an ice cave, may bring more unknown possibilities.
The projection screen is a piece of uneven, smooth and flooded surface, a silver-white stone like ice cubes, but unlike other ice mines, this UNK01 also has blood-red lines, which looks strange and beautiful.
Lucas sat on the main seat with his chest crossed and his legs crossed, frowning slightly at the stone.
Luo Ran asked, "Has this sample been sent to the empire?"
"Yes, it is expected to arrive at the institute the day after tomorrow, and the diplomatic ambassador Luobing will bring a team of experts along with His Royal Highness Princess Luobing and Prince."
"... Two highnesses?" Luo Ran thought, what are they doing here
I saw the minister paused and replied, "Come and marry the admiral."
"… "
bump!
Lucas slapped the table and shouted angrily, "Again?!"
The muscles on the minister's face trembled, and he looked to Luo Ran for help, wanting to cry without tears.
Luo Ran asked, "Why does Luo Bing suddenly want to marry?"
"I don't know if the... Falling Ice ambassador hasn't arrived yet."
"Let those two His Royal Highnesses go back." Lucas said: "I am not a garbage dump."
The minister opened his mouth and looked at Luo Ran again with tears in his eyes.
Luo Ran said calmly: "The admiral is right, what the admiral means is that he is not an object that Luobing can block people at will for any benefit. In any case, everything will have to wait for the ambassador and his party to arrive. After a good discussion, the empire has the strength and dignity of the empire."
Minister: "Yes! Understood."
Lucaston paused, did he mean that
probably.
After the meeting, it was night again, and Luo Ran had to stay overnight again.
The white tea incense in the room has been refilled, the air conditioner is turned on just right, and the air is filled with Lucas' pheromone.
Everything is comfortable, even though Luo Ran has been trying hard not to let herself indulge.
Luo Ran sat on the sofa, reading some official documents and arranging tomorrow's itinerary before going to bed.
After reading a few copies, I suddenly smelled the smell of oil coming from the bathroom.
Luo Ran paused, guessing what Lucas was doing.
"Admiral." Luo Ran gently closed the official document and said, "Do you want me to help you? It may not be convenient for you to do it yourself."
"Can."
Loran asked Lucas to sit aside, while he took the oil bottle.
Lucas hasn't started yet, just opened the lid.
Glancing at Lorraine, Lucas took off his gloves.
Lucas always wears black leather gloves, which matches the military uniform he wears every time, and everyone is used to it.
It's just that Lucas can't actually take it off.
At this moment, I saw that the hand that was not covered by the cloth seemed to be mutilated.
The index finger and middle finger of the left hand do not exist. Instead, there are silver mechanical fingers. The implanted mechanical joints are distinct and can also be controlled by the owner. The right hand is more serious. The last three are all mechanical.
In addition, there are old burn scars on the back of the hand and the palm of the hand. Obviously, this finger is also lost due to the burn.
This was one of the wounds left on the battlefield, and Luo Ran never asked or explored how it came about.
Luo Ran dipped the cloth with oil and carefully rubbed each of Lucas' mechanical fingers to lubricate and care for them.
Luo Ran's movements were very light, her expression was focused and serious, and she was careful not to touch Lucas' skin. After all, Lucas didn't like to have physical contact with others.
Lucas looked down slightly and could see Luo Ran's long soft silver hair and slender eyelashes, and there was a little mole around the corner of his eyes. Those thin lips were slightly pursed because of seriousness and concentration, as if holding back breathed.
His secretary is so serious in everything he does.
"No need." Lucas said, "It doesn't hurt."
Luo Ran gave a soft "um".
Lukas's weapons and mecha are all oiled and maintained by Luo Ran. Luo Ran has long been proficient in this. of.
After a moment, each mechanical finger was oiled and gleaming, Luo Ran got up and stepped back a few steps: "Okay."
Lucas went to bed, ready to rest, but Luo Ran was still reading the documents, just a little bit Luo Ran didn't want to stay until tomorrow.
Lucas frowned slightly: "Sleep."
"Well, I just need a report from the hotel manager." Luo Ran said, "It's about hotel monitoring."
As soon as I mentioned this, Lucas was no longer sleepy, and he got up and said angrily: "Isn't one of them photographed? Are they all broken?"
"Yes." Luo Ran shook his head and said, "There is no way to track down the surveillance. Now I'm going to check the drinks."
After all, Lucas was drugged, it could be a drink or a food.
Luo Ran asked, "Do you still remember what the general ate and drank that day?"
"No."
Lucas can remember all the details on the battlefield, but his memory has always been poor in normal times. He can forget everything he ate yesterday, not to mention that it is random to eat and drink at a dinner party.
The next day the investigation department came to ask Lucas for clues, but Lucas couldn't give any key.
"Ah..." Luo Ran said helplessly, "Don't you remember anything that day?"
Lucas sat on the bed, frowned for a moment, got up and walked to the door and said, "Come here."
"…?"
bump-
As soon as Luo Ran walked to the door with her forefoot, Lucas grabbed her shoulder and wrist and pressed it against the door panel.
"Admiral...!" Luo Ran was startled, but saw the man behind him come up.
The two were very close, and Luo Ran's breath was filled with the familiar smell of tobacco, destroying his nerves one by one.
The smell on Lucas was not the choking smell of cigarettes, but the mellow aroma of tobacco leaves, which belonged to the overbearing power of the earth before the tobacco was burned.
This taste is thick, strong, and spicy with bittersweet, as strong as his people, obviously people dare not approach, but they can't help it, and even a little addicted.
Like boiled spirits, gunpowder smoke and ancient wood, the men's hormones made Luo Ran unable to stand.
"I think about it... you let me think about it."
Lucas locked Luo Ran between his body and the door panel, frowning seriously and trying to recall and replay the scene of the night.
That person seemed to be entangled with him by the door for a while that night
Lucas said: "You don't move."
Lucas thought to himself that he could try to repeat it and see if he could remember any clues.
Luo Ran: "..."