At night, Gabriel's nightclub is as lively and vibrant as ever.
As before, Lucy was on duty at the door. Today she didn't put on nail polish, but sat by the window watching the unnutritious funny live broadcast, leaning forward and backward with laughter, and glanced at the gap, and saw two familiar tall figure.
She turned off the live broadcast and pushed the window open, "It's you again, and you're here for Gabriel too?"
An Wujiu nodded.
Lucy is a person who hangs around sensual places all the year round, and she saw that An Wujiu's face was not right at a glance, so she quickly smiled and got up to open the door for him and Shen Ti, and after they went in, she sat down and gave Gabriel a call in advance. Telephone.
Sure enough, they didn't make an appointment for this visit, but Gabriel didn't take what she said seriously, saying that he was a guest when he came.
Not long after hanging up the phone, the two entered Gabriel's office. Gabriel got up and smiled at them, "Long time no see."
He took out a bottle of wine from a whole row of wine cabinets behind him, intending to open it, "My vision is indeed correct, you can see that you will be the one who can live to the end."
"Stop pouring, Gabriel."
Hearing An Wujiu's words, Gabriel stopped his movements, looked up at him, and noticed something was wrong. He put down the wine bottle, pointed to the sofa opposite An Wujiu and Shen Ti, and sat on the other side by himself, "What's wrong? You came to find me, it must be something important."
An Wujiu made a long story short, "It's about my younger sister. She has been missing for many years. I am looking for her. Now there is a girl who seems to be her. According to them, her last registered address is here, yours."
Gabriel's first reaction when he heard this was to frown.
"I'm here… "
Seeing his expression, An Wujiu thought, just as he guessed, Gabriel didn't know anything either.
He recounted to Gabriel what the girl had told him on the phone, and Gabriel was silent for a moment.
"No fault."
He said heavily, "So, she might be my... sex doll here, right?"
Saying the word "sexual couple" is like a knife stabbing An Wujiu's heart, Shen Ti can feel that just this word can remind An Wujiu of countless tortures, each of which seems to punish on him.
An Wujiu lowered his eyes, "It should be like this, so I think..."
Before he finished speaking, Gabriel stood up, "Let's go, don't talk about it." He pursed his lips, grinded out a pack of expensive cigarettes from his pocket, and took out one, "Go and see, now They should all be in the dormitory, ask them one by one."
"Thank you." An Wujiu's voice was hoarse.
Gabriel patted An Wujiu's shoulder with a cigarette in his mouth, without saying anything, he led them away to the second basement floor.
Before this, An Wujiu didn't even know that there was a group dormitory specially provided for sex dolls here. It's not a good environment, but it's not too bad. The space is not big, but it's clean and tidy, but it's very dark. It was very dark, with blue-purple light, as if the place was a giant ultraviolet disinfection box, with no sunlight and no fresh air.
The vast majority of sex partners are women. They will rest here when they are not working, or do something they like, but they cannot leave.
Although Gabriel was not the instigator of this group of sexual partners, he knew very well that he was the beneficiary and the villain who trampled on their human rights to make money, so he remained silent.
On the contrary, it was the so-called "broker" who also came to inspect. He saw Gabriel and the two handsome men beside him, and thought that they were also important potential customers, so he took the initiative to introduce them very attentively. Feminine, tragic commodity.
Just like a service item that can be selected by customers, they must be adaptable enough to make every customer feel "satisfied", so almost all sexual partners are forced to install chips with brainwashing functions Plug-ins, in this way, they will not resist when serving, and at the same time, the other party can choose to implant any personality into them, like a customized doll.
"After our debugging, they are absolutely 100% obedient, and our previous customers are the most satisfied."
An Wujiu's hands clenched into fists, for a moment, he wanted to punch the eloquent man in front of him. But he didn't know that he wasn't the only one who devoured these girls.
Not a small group, but a large social system, one that is used to sacrificing them.
And his younger sister is actually one of these victims piled up into mountains, just a small one.
They have been deconstructed from the meaning of being human, alienated into a complete accessory, without self, without the so-called life, and sacrificed to the world controlled by commodity fetishism.
Shen Ti rejected the man's promotion, "You don't need to say anything, we want to ask some questions, so I don't bother you to introduce them."
After speaking, he came in front of these girls with a dazed An Wujiu.
There is probably no crueler torture in the world than it is now.
Shen Ti knew, so he asked all the questions.
The first girl seemed to be fully conscious, and so was the second, but the answers they gave were all negative.
They have no brothers.
A third even told them with a smile, "My brother sold me here."
The fourth girl was so addicted to drugs that she had trouble speaking, Gabriel told him, "She was transferred from another agent, and she didn't know it when she first came, and later found out that something was wrong. It turned out that it was before In order to control them, their managers intentionally injected them with drugs."
Just as he was talking, the girl in front of him suddenly jumped down, hugging An Wujiu's leg with two thin hands, begging him to give her an "injection".
An Wujiu didn't know what to say, he felt that another extreme and dark value in his body was being restored.
The world really doesn't need a savior, because it's already rotten.
Shen Ti bent down, helped the girl up, and said to Gabriel, "Shouldn't this situation be sent to the relevant institution?"
"She can't afford it." Gabriel said a cruel reality, "I'm not a philanthropist either. All I can do is feed her and clothe her."
No one is involved in the flesh and blood business, sending his sexual partner to drug rehabilitation and rehabilitation, it is very dark and humorous to say it.
"I'll pay for it." An Wujiu said, "I'll give it to you, you help me find a school."
Gabriel sighed, after what happened last time, he already knew what kind of person An Wujiu was, and he definitely couldn't be persuaded.
"Okay, I'll find it for you."
When they walked to the next girl, Gabriel grabbed An Wujiu.
"Listen to me." He took off his cigarette, "I have more than fifty people here, and now there are only four. Ask one by one, are you sure you can bear it?"
An Wujiu raised his eyes, the blue light made his silhouette extremely gloomy, "I can."
Shen Ti grabbed his hand, "No." He exchanged glances with Gabriel, "He's right, you go to rest first, I know everything about you, I'll ask."
"Are you sure I can rest now?" An Wujiu looked at Shen Ti.
"Then you wait for me outside." Shen Ti was firm, "Just outside the door."
The confrontation didn't last long, An Wujiu lowered his eyes, he was always soft-hearted towards Shen Ti.
"Okay, I'll wait for you outside the door, call me if you need anything."
"Okay." Shen Ti hugged him and patted his back, "Don't worry, trust me, okay?"
An Wujiu nodded in his arms, turned around and walked out the door.
He did not go anywhere, just stood outside the closed door, it was very dark here, there was only one staircase, and there was a light above the staircase, it was white, it looked like sunlight. An Wujiu sat on the ground leaning against the door, looking at the beam of light coming in, his whole body was enveloped in a great fear.
At this moment, his sister seemed to be in the same body as him, and he felt the pain of his sister at that time.
Would she also look at the light on the stairs here, thinking that one day she could escape and see the light of day again.
Regret tormented An Wujiu's nerves, he didn't know whether his original choice was right or wrong.
And the two choices that were placed in front of him at the beginning were also hell.
But at this moment, in front of his eyes was still the tender and weeping face of his sister when she was lying on the ventilation duct. She covered her mouth, trying not to cry out.
At that time, An Wujiu was also very young, there was no better way, but to repeat it to his sister over and over again.
[Don’t cry, crawl out, keep crawling to a place where no one is there, find a way to get out, find the little house that says Police, and ask those police uncles in dark blue uniforms to help you, don’t just trust others...]
The younger sister still refused to leave alone, calling "brother" in a low voice.
[Brother will find you soon, okay? ]
When she worked hard to muster up the courage to leave, An Wujiu raised his head, at that time he guessed that he would not be able to get out, he was very scared, afraid that his sister would not be able to survive.
[No matter what happens, we must work hard to live. ]
[Nannan, wait for me. ]
Shen Nan, my sister's name.
The two siblings took their surnames from their father and their first names from their mother.
An Wujiu finally remembered, it seemed that the deeper the memory for him, the deeper it would be deliberately buried.
Father is a man who is not good at making great efforts on names. He loves his mother, so no matter how many suitable alternatives he has, he thinks that his mother's name is the best.
Shen Nan also has a homonym of Sheng Nan, and it is he who thinks from the bottom of his heart that his precious daughter will be better than any boy.
God's will tricks people.
The door was opened from the inside, and Shen Ti was very sad to see the lonely An Wujiu, his chest seemed to be tightly grasped by something, and he was so painful that he couldn't breathe.
An Wujiu realized that they had come out belatedly, and also stood up, "How is it?"
Seeing the anticipation in his eyes, Shen Ti couldn't bear it.
Gabriel told him, "It's not here."
An Wujiu subconsciously took half a step back, as if trying to escape the facts, but in the next second, he raised his head again.
Shen Ti knew what he was going to say, "No fault, if the information provided by that girl is correct, then my sister may be the Lilith who was saved by you once."
Gabriel nodded repeatedly, "It's possible, it might be her." He felt a little rejoiced, and immediately told An Wujiu, "I gave her the money you gave me last time, but you know, the people here She has a strong desire for revenge, so I sent someone to keep an eye on her for a while."
"First she stayed in the east side of City F for a while, but now she seems to have moved to a slum on the outskirts of the west side. I'll send you the address."
He said that he was just sending the address, but Gabriel still drove the aircraft by himself and took the two of them there.
On the aircraft, An Wujiu felt uneasy, he looked at the fading light outside the window, and watched the aircraft heading towards the dark and dilapidated buildings.
On the way, Gabriel asked about the implant behind his ear, "Did you buy the citizen chip?"
An Wujiu said yes, "It's too inconvenient without a chip."
"Then you also have to look at the details of the other party's chip. Generally, this kind of thing is a crime." Gabriel looked around on the aircraft, but he didn't seem to find what he wanted, so he cursed in a low voice, " If I had known earlier, I would just scan it for you at the club, so you can retrieve the number and report it to me, and I will send it to someone I know to check."
An Wujiu did as he said, "Thank you."
"No need." Gabriel looked at the gray night sky ahead and the floating map navigation, hesitating for a moment, "I'm sorry."
"You didn't cause this." An Wujiu said in a low voice.
Gabriel had never encountered such a coincidence and such a boring thing, and it was the first time he felt annoyed.
"Gabriel."
Hearing An Wujiu call his name, Gabriel responded, "We're almost there, what's the matter?"
An Wujiu thought for a while, "You... have you had your sister's operation?"
"Not yet," Gabriel said. "The doctor has scheduled her for next week."
"Don't transplant." An Wujiu's tone was almost demanding, "I know you may have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, but don't do it for now."
"Are you worried about the recent incident of nano-robot contamination?" Gabriel said carelessly, "I've inquired. Those defective products have been destroyed and disposed of, and they won't be used in transplant operations."
An Wujiu didn't know how to explain it to him, after all he didn't have very reliable evidence in his hand, he basically speculated, "Trust me once, wait a minute, now is not a good time to transplant, it is too prone to problems. "
Shen Ti also responded, "Yes, look at those crazy people, if something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret."
Gabriel was a little shaken, he sighed, "It's really been too long."
What he regrets the most is not being able to kill that bastard Maguire with his own hands!
"As far as I know, it's not just the victims who have used nanobots that have been contaminated, but also those who have replaced second-hand prosthetic bodies. It's hard to find the source. The only thing that can be confirmed now is," An Wujiu thought After thinking about it, I decided to tell him, "These should all be related to Chauvin."
Gabriel was really stunned.
Shen Ti asked him, "Can you guarantee that the hospital that performed your sister's transplant has nothing to do with Chauvin?"
Of course not.
Gabriel himself is a person from Chauvin, and many contacts he has come from this business empire. The hospital under Chauvin represents the most advanced medical technology and the best treatment effect, so it is impossible for him not to choose.
"I'm saying this now, you may not be able to digest it for a while, it's okay, you can consider what I said."
Gabriel responded and did not continue speaking.
They landed at 10.32pm and entered the slum on foot from their moorings. Unlike the hustle and bustle of the city, this place is full of deathly silence and darkness. Even light pollution, which is criticized by conservatives, is deterred by poverty.
According to the navigation, Gabriel led them to an old building that was densely packed. There are many poor people living in this place, and the windows here are so dense that it is frightening.
"Let's go up."
The elevator here is very difficult to use, the lights inside are flickering, and the voltage is unstable. They reached the 13th floor, followed Gabriel out, rounded two corners, and came to a door.
There was a small hole in the door, but it was blocked, and the window was dark, as if there was no one there.
Gabriel knocked on the door a few times, but there was indeed no response.
"Won't you move again?" He was a little upset, and knocked a few more times, but there was still no response.
The three of them stood at the door for quite a while, An Wujiu was about to ask the people next door, when suddenly he saw a slender figure walking from the depths of the dark corridor, wearing a large black hooded jacket, the hood was on On the head, wearing a mask, only showing a pair of eyes.
She was holding a bag in her hand, which seemed to contain some food, and she seemed to be a little lost. She looked up and saw the three people in the distance, and her first reaction was to turn around and leave.
An Wujiu knew that it was her, he chased after her and grabbed her arm.
Lilith's eyes were terrified.
At such a close distance, An Wujiu discovered that her right eye was a replaced prosthetic eye, which was different from her original pupil, with a purple shimmer in the moonlight, it was strange and not similar of.
Shen Ti quickly recalled the girl's appearance the first time she saw her. At that time, she probably just finished brainwashing, so her mind was not clear, and she probably didn't remember who saved her at that time.
Just looking at the facial features, she is not the same as An Wujiu.
"Don't be afraid." An Wujiu said to her in a very gentle tone, "Do you remember me? The last time I was at..."
"Let me go." Lilith interrupted him, pulled out her hand, took a step back, and retreated into the darkness.
Gabriel quickly helped him explain, "Lilith, you always remember me, he is the one who redeemed you last time, didn't I tell you? Don't be afraid, we just want to ask you some questions today, no? I want to take you back."
Lilith avoided their sight, lowered her head halfway, the knuckles of the hand holding the bag were raised, and the plastic rubbed against each other, making a small rustling sound.
"Then, let's start asking?" Gabriel looked at An Wujiu and gave him a wink.
An Wujiu's eyes never left Lilith, he didn't try to approach her, and kept her a safe distance, "Excuse me, do you still remember your family?"
He thought about his words, for fear of making her sad, "For example... do you have brothers and sisters? Lilith, is this your real name?"
When he asked these questions, the air was as still as semi-solidified jelly, making him suffocate.
Lilith was silent for a while, then raised her head and told him, "Lilith is my real name, Lilith Jin, I have no siblings, I am an only child."
Her eyes looked at An Wujiu very bluntly and emptily. This glance was like a thorn, stinging hard on An Wujiu's heart.
"Do you remember correctly?" Gabriel walked closer, trying to make her think again, "You should be sober, think again? Is there really no brother? The girl who has been looking for her brother is you wrong?"
Lilith shook her head and told them with certainty, "No, I don't have a brother."
"If there is nothing else, I'll go back first." After Lilith finished speaking, she looked at Gabriel again, "Please, don't let anyone stare at me anymore."
Gabriel seemed to have been stabbed, and froze in place.
"I actually mean well..."
But before she could finish speaking, Lilith left from the three of them, passing An Wujiu silently.
Shen Ti raised his head, looked at her receding back, and saw her open the door and return to her own small house.
Gabriel was very anxious, "What should I do? This is not it." He glanced at An Wujiu, "Why don't you go back with me first, go to my place to rest for a night, and we will look again tomorrow to see if there is anything else. Method."
"What do you think?" Shen Ti asked An Wujiu.
An Wujiu was silent for a while, and agreed to Gabriel's proposal.
Shen Ti held his wrist, almost leading him along.
In fact, An Wujiu looked fine, but it was because she looked so good and stable that Shen Ti was worried.
Leaving this building, An Wujiu was enveloped by the cold air in the middle of the night.
He suddenly felt something was wrong, and his keen premonition made him turn his head and look in a certain direction.
"I'll get the craft over here," Gabriel said.
Shen Ti suddenly said, "Although it doesn't look like her in appearance." He turned his face and said to An Wujiu, "But I feel that it is her."
The fragile and cold eyes were exactly the same.
"Perhaps there is a reason she can't tell..."
Shen Ti's premonition was very strong, a powerful force instructed him, telling him that it was the child who was related to An Wujiu by blood.
"Let's go up and try again."