"I feel I need to emphasize once again that I am being merciful by allowing you to participate in my secret activities to uncover the truth about this game."
"I'm not asking you to act with me!"
"Find it out for me!"
“Yes, yes…”
When it was hard to find a confidant emphasized this point for the fourth time, Gu Moli finally gave up arguing with her and responded in a perfunctory manner.
"But since we are going to the emperor's secret base, are you planning to go there alone?"
"Right now, the news that we two escaped from Abnoman prison has probably made all the police officers who were originally asleep get up and work overtime."
"nonsense."
Zhiji Nanxun rolled his eyes upon hearing this: "I have been in this script once before, how could I not have anticipated this situation?"
"Come with me. I have already prepared a base that will be used at this time."
"... .Oh yes, you are the queen."
At this point, Gu Moli suddenly raised her eyebrows imperceptibly: "... Speaking of which, why did you get the title of Queen?"
"ah?"
Zhiji Nanxun, who was leading the way, exclaimed softly, then looked back at Gu Moli in surprise: "You asked about this title... Actually, it's nothing. It's just that I was seen jumping around and making trouble before, and everyone knows that I am a woman."
"so?"
"It's probably because I'm too powerful. After all, there are relatively few female super criminals, and even fewer who have built a faction like me. By the way, that faction was the spoils of my war, but I threw it away as a pawn."
"Then, in this city of Hiro, the most powerful super criminal is undoubtedly the emperor, and as a woman, I also have considerable power, so some people with bad intentions naturally call me the queen. Actually, I originally wanted to call myself the Thunderbolt Demon..."
“It’s an unconvincing aesthetic.”
"It's none of your business."
Zhiji Nanxun took Gu Moli through the streets in the early morning, and at the same time, they turned a corner and walked directly into an abandoned building.
"Come to think of it, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
"Nothing, just to lighten the atmosphere."
“I see.”
It's hard to find a bosom friend, but he didn't care. Instead, he changed the subject: "But speaking of that emperor, I think I haven't told you yet. He is an extreme example of the Ten Commandments."
"What do you mean?"
"If the Ten Commandments are the invincible warriors running on the battlefield, then the emperor is the strategist hiding behind the scenes, planning the strategy. In fact, there is probably no one in the entire city of Hilo who has seen the emperor's true face. They have only heard his voice."
"Including what I saw in the Emperor's secret base before. Although I said that the Emperor and the Ten Commandments were working together, in fact, it was just the Ten Commandments talking to a computer. The real Emperor never appeared in that base."
"So evil?"
Gu Moli frowned. Things that are in the open are never the scariest, because as long as they can be analyzed, their weaknesses can be found. What is truly scary is the existence of the unknown.
"What about the emperor's abilities? No one knows about them either?"
"No."
"... This is impossible. If no one knows his true identity and true abilities, how did he become the most powerful criminal?"
"Because of an attack."
"... an attack?"
"Yes." After entering the abandoned building, Zhiji Nanxun did not take it around the building, but went through the door of the building to the other side.
"A business jet flying from the Empire to Hiro City, under the planning of the emperor, directly crashed into the city government center of Hiro City. You know, it's the floating mansion in the center of Hiro City. The plane went right up to it with a 'bang!'"
"What's the result?"
"The result? What result was there? The Hilo City Government was paralyzed on the spot. The death toll was terrifyingly high. Even the previous generation's Hilo mayor died on the spot."
"Wow?" Gu Moli's eyes lit up when he heard that.
"I know what you're thinking."
They walked all the way to the edge of the abandoned building, and finally Zhiji Nanxun led Gu Moli to find a manhole cover leading to the sewer nearby.
"You are thinking, since the previous mayor is dead, then the next mayor is very likely to be the mastermind, right? Even if not, at least it must be related to the emperor. But unfortunately, this has been clearly disproven, and the current mayor has been found to be innocent."
"Innocent? I don't think so..."
"Even if the person responsible for proving it is a superhero?"
"... .Oh?"
"The person in charge of proving the case is the superhero Psychic. His ability is to read minds. He was specially recruited by the government to collect evidence of crimes. He personally took action to confirm the innocence of the current mayor. His statement is also authoritative."
"I see."
Pushing open the manhole cover, Gu Moli and his confidant Nanxun crawled down the stairs one after the other into the sewer.
And there, there was actually an unusually wide tubular space and a sealed car-like device without wheels. The entire vehicle was supported by two things that looked like paper clips and were placed on both sides of the sewer. The entire passage tube had been completely modified.
"... You just said that the telepath can read minds, right? Has he ever read yours?"
"I can resist his abilities."
“Oh.”
"There is one more thing that happens to be related to you. The person you were wrongly accused of this time is the Thousand Faces Man. He is considered by the outside world to be the biggest intelligence chief in the underground of Hiro City and also the emperor's brother. After the plane crashed into the government, it was he who announced the existence of the emperor."
"... Could it be that he directed and acted it out himself? In fact, the Thousand Faces Man is the emperor?"
"impossible."
Zhiji Nanxun got into the car, and then asked Gu Moli to get in together. The car was quite small, and the two were forced to squeeze their bodies together.
"Move to the side a little, you're hitting my breasts."
"Really? Sorry, I thought it was the back."
"Very well, close your eyes, and I will make sure you can never open them again..."
After a fight, Gu Moli and Zhiji Nanxun finally found the most suitable position, and then Zhiji Nanxun brought the topic back to the topic: "I had this suspicion before, so I found an opportunity to kill the Thousand Faces Man, but the emperor did not die."
"That really suits your style."
“Same here.”
As soon as the accelerator was stepped on, the equipment on both sides of the sewer suddenly burst into a burst of blue flames, and then began to move silently.
"Your base is really secretive."
“It’s not that secret.”
"That's true."
... ... ... ... ... .
Hilo Police Department Patrol Division.
Forced to return to reality from his dream, Aldridge, still with a tired look on his face, walked directly into the office and looked at the young man sitting in front of the computer desk.
"Did you find it?"
"Found it." The young man nodded, his eyes shining like data streams: "At the third target location, they disappeared inside. According to the information, there is a line directly connected to the underground water network. The entire underground water network is being checked accordingly."
"It is recommended to act immediately, otherwise the situation will be unpredictable."
"... No rush."
Aldrich's expression remained unchanged, his eyes fixed on the information on the computer: "The Thousand Faces Man was indeed taken away by the Queen. I'm afraid she is still wondering why the Thousand Faces Man she killed with her own hands appeared again. This will be our breakthrough."
"Won't she be suspicious?"
"So what?"
Aldridge raised the corner of his mouth and said, "No matter whether she takes the Thousand-Faced Man away in the end, I will make him disappear in Abnoman in the end."
"As long as the super criminals outside believe that the Thousand Faces Man was taken away by the Queen."
"The truth doesn't matter."
Aldridge has been the sheriff of Hiro City for a long time. The cruel reality has taught him the simplest truth: sometimes, as an ordinary person, if you want to uphold justice in Hiro City, where supermen are everywhere, you must do whatever it takes.
"Besides, the Thousand-Faced Man himself is very suspicious."
"This experience can be a good test. If he has evil intentions, he deserves to die. If he is truly righteous, the police and superheroes will be responsible for rescuing him. After that, they will also award him a medal and a bonus."
"I see."
The young man in front of the computer desk nodded, but a doubt naturally arose in his mind: If someone is responsible for rescuing him... can he really be rescued
Or... it doesn't really matter