In the prison in Phoenix, soldiers put away the equipment that terminated the communication. Zero looked at Rein and said, "You have a smart big brother."
"You mean Hart?" Rein nodded and said, "He has always been the pride of the family."
"That is to say, he is worth a lot more than you?"
Rein frowned and said, "You even paid attention to him? Believe me, he's not as easy to deal with as I am."
"It's nothing, no matter how difficult it is, it won't be stronger than Oglock?" Zero smiled.
When Rein marched, the man in front of him turned out to be the speaker of the Dark Parliament, the Oglok who had stood on the coastline for decades as his imaginary enemy. So on this road to bring down Oglock, Hart can't be called an enemy at all, at most it's just a slightly troublesome obstacle? Rein felt absurd, he wanted to laugh, but couldn't. He finally shook his head and said, "Since you want to exchange supplies with me, why don't you exchange others as well?"
"I have this plan." Zero glanced at the capable users in the prison and said, "At that time, these people will be returned to Hart, and they will be treated as gifts. But your soldiers are not good, because I lack workers, and I have to do it There are many things."
"Have a good rest, Mr. Laing."
Seeing Zero disappearing at the end of the corridor, Rein had indescribably complicated emotions.
Winter is over, but spring is still cold. Especially in the dungeon, the temperature during the day is only above freezing, and at night, the water will drip into ice. But as far as Prison 1 is concerned, the temperature is not a big problem. Firstly, there are very few prisoners held here, and secondly, the prisoners who can be held here are not ordinary people. Low temperature is not fatal to them, especially under the condition that they can maintain their own strength, even if they don't wear anything, they won't freeze to death.
Xiu Ya is one of them.
Her prison is very simple, a bed, sheets, a table, a few books and a separate bathroom. Of course, this kind of treatment is only for her. It can be said that apart from not being able to come in and out at will, she is free here, and even her strength has not taken any confinement measures. As long as Xiu Ya is free, it is nothing to leave this small prison, and each of the few prisoners held here can easily do this.
Prison No. 1 doesn't even have a defense system or a weapon platform, and the strongest soldiers in charge of guarding are only at the third or fourth rank. They are not so much guards as the nannies of these criminals. But no criminal dares to leave the prison, even if the prison is useless to them. For above this prison lies the shadow of Oglok.
Xiu Ya has been imprisoned for many days, and with her previous personality, it is estimated that she will not be able to sit still within two days. But this time, she was unusually quiet. The thing I do the most every day is to be in a daze, whether it's in the prison or when I'm out.
Today is no exception.
After casually flipping through a few pages of an old-times book, Major General Blood Knight leaned against the corner in a daze. Footsteps sounded, and a moment later, a strange face appeared outside the prison. It was a man with pale blond hair, a faint smile on his face, a slovenly stubble around his chin, and a pair of sea-blue eyes that gave off a lazy feeling.
But when she saw him, Xiu Ya's intuition told herself that everything was an illusion. Under those seemingly gentle appearances, there was a fierceness that made Xiu Ya secretly wary.
This is not an easy man.
After the guard opened the cell, the man put his left hand on his chest, and bowed gracefully: "I've been famous for a long time, Major General Xiu Ya."
Xiu Ya didn't move, and didn't even speak a word. The man was not angry either, and nodded to the guard, who turned and left before he entered the cell. But after only taking two steps, he stopped suddenly, followed by a clump of icicles quietly rising from the ground in front of him. If he had stepped on it just now, his feet would definitely be pierced by the icicles.
"It seems that Major General Xiu Ya doesn't like visitors." The man said.
Only then did Xiu Ya say lightly: "You are quite courageous. You know that prisoners in Prison No. 1 are not allowed to visit by the way. But not only did you come, but you also showed a look of indifference. Then it can only mean that you are in the eternal prison. You can be counted as the number one person in Night City, at least not so afraid of my father. This is strange, there is no reason why I don't know someone who is not afraid of my father. But I have never met you, so... you are law enforcement from the regiment?"
The applause sounded, and the man applauded and sighed: "It is rumored that Major General Xiu Ya has always acted impulsively, but unfortunately they are wrong. The major general also has a cautious side. Your reasoning is completely correct. I am Zuo Fei, the head of the law enforcement team. With the major general It's the first time we've met."
Xiu Ya wasn't surprised at all, but said coldly: "I don't think many people are willing to meet the head of the law enforcement team, it's not very pleasant. Did your father ask you to come?"
"No, it's entirely my own will. In fact, it took me a lot of effort to appear here without the speaker's eyes and ears. To be able to stand here, the manpower and material resources spent are definitely beyond your imagination. So you see, Time is so precious, it is the same for you and me. Then I will not beat around the bush, Major General Xiu Ya, I hope you understand that you are also a member of the council. For the sake of the overall situation of the council, please answer my questions honestly. A question." Zuo Fei said seriously.
Xiu Ya sized him up and said, "You aroused my interest. Ask, I'll listen."
"What is Proseus?" Zuo Fei asked suddenly.
Xiu Ya's expression froze, and the air in the prison dropped sharply to freezing point. The surrounding walls, including the floor, were covered with frost. This thin layer of frost extended all the way to Zuo Fei's feet, but stopped a few centimeters away from his feet, and then gradually disappeared. Only then did Xiu Ya say: "It seems that the saying that law enforcement teams are everywhere is true, but I didn't expect that there are shadows of you even by my father's side."
Zuo Fei said indifferently: "The original intention of the Law Enforcement Team was to ensure that the Parliament would not become a tool of some people and go astray. So even the Speaker, we have the obligation and right to monitor. The Speaker himself knows this, but He doesn't know who's in the Law Enforcement Corps."
Xiu Ya sneered, "It's not that he doesn't know, but he doesn't care at all."
"Regarding this point, I don't want to make unnecessary excuses. How about asking us to return to the original question?"
Xiu Ya said directly: "I don't know much about Proseus. From some people's mouths, I generally know that it is not something on Earth. But it is undeniable that it is powerful, very powerful, powerful Enough to wipe out any life on this planet."
"Then what is the speaker's reaction to Proseus?" Zuo Fei asked again.
"He doesn't care." Xiu Ya spread his hands and said, "He cares more about the current war."
Zuo Fei was silent, but it was Xiu Ya's turn to ask: "Why does the law enforcement team know this?"
"Major General, the council is in a very dangerous stage." Zuo Fei sighed and said, "The council is not the speaker's personal tool. In the position of the council, there are at least a few positions that even the speaker must respect. But now, The speaker has obviously embarked on a very dangerous path. According to our investigation, in the past six months, more than half of the materials of the assembly have been mobilized by the speaker in his own name, but in the end they disappeared. On the other hand, the funding needs of the abyss project are increasing The bigger it is, the bigger it is that other members of parliament have already doubted whether it is necessary to continue this project, but the speaker alone suppressed all opposing voices."
"But these are not the most important thing. The important thing is that we found a terrible thing."
Xiu Ya frowned: "What's the matter?"
"About the origin of this war."
"Although I was not in Eternal Night City at the time, I also heard that the fuse of this war was caused by the Hall of Valor's flagrant violation of the treaty and attacking one of our cities, isn't it?" Xiu Ya said.
Zuo Fei smiled, shook his head and said, "It's not that simple."
"After the attack in the Shadow City that day, the Ninth Knight Rein was ordered to investigate, and we were also in the investigation team, so it is not difficult to get a few corpses of the intruders." Zuo Fei with his hands behind his back, looking Said outside the cell: "After this incident, the Speaker declared war on the Hall of Valor. The reason for declaring war is based on the fact that these invaders came from Asgard."
"They do have Asgard marks on them."
"That's limited to their clothes, Major General. It's very easy to forge a batch of such clothes." Zuo Fei said in a deep voice, "The truth is, these invaders are indeed some kind of biological weapon, but They are not from Asgard. During the more than one year of war, we have paid close attention to the actions of the Hall of Valor, and found that they have not released similar weapons in any battle. Even the Hall of Valor The young master of the Augustus family was almost cornered, and he didn’t use these powerful weapons, which doesn’t make sense, Major General.”
"Then in the Speaker's private account, we found an interesting record. Before the Shadow City was attacked, a considerable sum of money was paid in the Speaker's account, which was used to purchase a batch of supplies from the Council, It includes several raw materials used in biological weapon experiments. What makes us curious is that these materials eventually disappeared, as if the world had evaporated."
Xiu Ya stared at him and said, "What do you want to express?"
"Deal." Zuo Fei raised a finger and said, "From all kinds of coincidental signs and unexplainable capital operations, we probably pieced together a prototype of the event. The speaker used his own private funds to purchase Humanoid weapons and self-directed a farce of an attack, used as an excuse to start a war. And as far as we know, there happens to be one place that specializes in the production of humanoid biological weapons... ”
"Asmo!"
Xiu Ya looked at this man and said, "Do you know what you're talking about? You're questioning my father, the speaker of the parliament."
"Of course I know. In fact, I was authorized by several wealthy families to investigate this matter secretly. The purpose is to prevent the speaker from using his own selfishness to drag the entire parliament into the abyss." Zuo Feining decided said.