Charles touched the hot laptop and felt something strange in his heart.
How can a simple video put so much pressure on the CPU? Even the fan starts blowing
Seeing Johnson on the screen still thinking, Charles thought for a moment, moved his fingers holding the computer slightly, and pressed the three keys Ctrl+shift+esc at the same time, trying to pop up the task controller.
But what shocked him was that no window popped up on the screen except Johnson's face.
"What are you doing?" Johnson's voice made Charles' heart tremble.
Charles pretended not to care and replied: "Nothing, I haven't seen the computer for a long time, I was a little curious, what do you think, just tell me the key clue, and we will go back to the surface together."
Johnson said with a serious expression: "Yes, we do know that this is underground, and we also have the possibility of getting out, but no matter whether what you said is true or not, we really don't have the key."
Seeing the anger on Charles' face, Johnson said again: "But I just discussed with the mayor. If you don't believe it, you can go to No. 68 to look for it yourself. But as a condition, you must order your subordinates and yourself to answer all our questions."
"Oh?" Charles was delighted. No matter what, as long as the conversation could proceed, it would be fine. It turned out that only when the strength was equal could there be an equal dialogue. "I agree to this condition."
Soon, Charles was led into a room exactly the same as the previous one. This time, the other party seemed much more sincere, at least the person sitting in front of him was a real person.
There were several people sitting opposite the table, holding white tablets in their hands, looking at Charles with serious expressions.
"Mr. Charles, please answer our questions truthfully. This will benefit both of us." A woman wearing long silver chain earrings spoke first.
"Ask, ask quickly so I can go find the key." Charles answered while holding the human-shaped Shining.
No matter what they wanted to ask, he actually had nothing worth hiding. After all, he was not some hard-working underground worker, nor did he have any information that he was willing to protect with his life.
The woman slid her finger across the tablet and displayed the contents in front of Charles, which were some pages from his diary.
"Mr. Charles, please tell me truthfully, what exactly is this text?"
"Kan characters, haven't you seen them before? Then your foundation's faults are really amazing. So, are you the Foundation?"
Charles gently pinched Shanshan's little arm with his hand, but the arm quickly loosened and turned into a beige tentacle that wrapped around him, and Shanshan giggled.
The woman who was asking the question seemed to have difficulty accepting the scene in front of her. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down before continuing to ask the next question.
"This doesn't seem to be any language used by the people of Earthsea. Can you tell me where this language comes from?"
"How do you know that no one out there uses this kind of language? I've seen you send a lot of people out to gather intelligence."
At this point, Charles' pupils shrank slightly, and he leaned forward, "Did you send out a man named Feuerbach?"
"Mr. Charles, I am asking you this now. Please abide by your agreement with the mayor."
"Answer my question!!" Charles raised his hand and slammed the table hard, and a large piece of the metal table was instantly dented.
The four people in front of him trembled instantly, as if they were frightened by the tyrannical Charles.
"Wow!" All the walls around him became transparent in an instant, and all kinds of guns and cameras outside were pointed at Charles. The atmosphere, which had just been somewhat relaxed, gradually became tense.
The negotiating woman listened to the conversation through her wireless headphones, and then said to Charles earnestly, "Mr. Charles, we can answer this question, but you'd better not destroy the hard-earned peace. No matter what the circumstances, violence is always the final solution."
"Did you send one of Feuerbach's men out to look for clues?" Charles asked her again.
His second mate has the ability to breathe underwater and is equipped with modern firearms. No matter how you look at it, he is very likely the one sent out from here.
"No, there are too many paranormal entities out there. We usually don't go out to understand the situation. Most of the time we capture outsiders, such as you."
Charles breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the other party was unlikely to deceive him in this way. So, there was nothing wrong with his second mate. Maybe he could have a good talk with him when he returned this time.
"If you have any more questions, please continue asking." Charles sat down again, waiting for the other party to ask questions.
Then the other party began to ask Charles about his background, and Charles told him directly without hiding anything.
When hearing that Charles was from the surface, the other party seemed very surprised and began to ask questions about everything about the surface.
But soon, they seemed to have received some hints, and they began to shift the focus of their inquiries to the current power distribution in the sea and the specific conditions of each island.
Charles answered quickly. He also had nothing to hide in this regard, and he didn't think this kind of information was valuable. They could easily get it by just capturing a sailor at sea.
Time passed quickly with questions and answers. When the questioning came to an end, the four people standing in front of Charles were looking at the tablet and whispering.
Charles teased Shanshan pretending not to care, while eavesdropping on the other person's voice with his keen hearing.
"Director, there is nothing wrong with the polygraph. The subject is telling the truth."
"Don't trust this guy too much. I'll compare the data with that of other subjects later."
The other party seemed to be discussing something, but Charles couldn't wait any longer. "Hey, I've told you everything I know. Now it's your turn to redeem your promise, right?"
As soon as Charles finished speaking, the door next to him opened with a "click" and Captain Parker, who had brought Charles in, walked in with a new bracelet in his hand.
"We can let you go, but you must take this with you just in case."
"What's inside?" Charles asked curiously.
"The control bracelet has a sodium cyanide needle. If you make any move that threatens others, we will simply press the switch and kill you." Parker answered calmly.
Charles took the silver square bracelet and put it on his hand. "Let's go quickly. I'm getting impatient."
Parker was surprised to see Charles act so directly. "Aren't you afraid that we will start directly?"
"Do you think I'm afraid of death? You can try. If I die, my daughter will be very sad. I exchange my life for the life of an island. I don't lose anything."
Charles said without paying any attention to Parker and walked out through the open door.
(End of this chapter)