[Hey! Have you heard? Something big happened at the orphanage two days ago!
[What's wrong? I passed by today and found that the entire area was cordoned off, with many police officers coming in and out.]
[I know this. I heard that a wanted murderer escaped to our Jinghai Town and hid secretly in a welfare home. He also took a bunch of poor children hostage.
In the end, the good guy was shot in the head by a police sniper!]
[What! Real or fake? With such a close distance, wouldn’t it be possible for me to pass by the murderer? 】
【……】
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[Hey! Others only know one thing. The most exciting thing is after the police killed the gangster. Guess what?
Pull out the carrots and bring out the mud. The most craziest person in the orphanage who does the most bad things is not the gangster...it is actually the old director of the orphanage!]
[What? Don’t talk nonsense! I know the old dean. Although he is a bit lonely, he is very kind-hearted. Otherwise, how could he adopt so many children?
I don’t have any luxury cars or watches, so I’m very poor...]
[Nonsense? Can the basement of the orphanage be fake?
Of course she doesn't care about fancy cars or watches, but she is even more hateful!
I heard that when the police discovered the secret basement, there were all kinds of tools, human bones, and bloodstains... That scene would have infiltrated as many people as possible!
That is to say, the town was worried about the negative impact, so they did not allow it to be reported.]
【Hiss~ No way?!】
【……】
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[She committed suicide out of fear of crime on the spot? That was really easy for her! How could she bear such a young child! 】
[No, I don’t know how many poor children have been harmed. I heard that the little ones are now sent to special hospitals for psychological treatment, and they are finally out of the sea of suffering. 】
[Tsk! I have gone to the orphanage a few times to donate food and supplies, but I can’t tell you what kind of person she is?]
[Do you know what it means to know people but not their hearts? I used to think that the old woman was not normal. She didn't find a wife and she didn't dance in the square.
Do you believe that I will spend my whole life alone in a welfare home without any intention of doing anything?
It is easy to do good deeds once in a while, but it is difficult to do good deeds all your life. Does she want to accumulate merit and achieve righteousness, or does she want to gain prestige and impress the Chinese nation?
If such a person really exists, he is not a saint, but most likely a pervert!]
[Hey! What you said makes sense. By the way, there were missing children in our town a few years ago? Do you think it has something to do with this? 】
[Stop talking, stop talking, it’s scary to think about it!]
【……】
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[Everyone, the city attaches great importance to the child abuse incident in the orphanage. The impact is very bad. Everyone has to work hard these two days. If you are slightly injured, you will not be in the firing line. You are not allowed to take leave for nothing.
Our Jinghai Town is currently developing a tourist town. If its reputation declines due to this incident, it will affect the jobs of our fellow villagers!
We will have another meeting in the evening to check for any omissions. We should say hello in the publicity department. The media should be careful not to exaggerate and cause greater negative impact...]
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[Director Liu, what’s going on with this case? Why did the National Security Bureau come? 】
[Otherwise, why would I second you here specifically? The water here is very deep, and I heard that foreign spy forces may be involved. 】
[Welfare home? Spies? This... is a bit outrageous, isn't it? What confidential information can they get by going to the welfare home? Is our country enthusiastic about donations? 】
[Who says there aren’t? There are so many children in there, and the supervision is so loose. There are so many things that can be obtained, such as biological samples and genetic sequencing! 】
[Hiss~ You are saying that the basement is not for child abuse, but for children...]
[Shh! Just know what you know and don’t spread it to others. If you have nothing to do, go patrol nearby for me. By the way, if there are foreign faces, just keep an eye out, maybe you can do some meritorious deeds!]
[Yes! Thanks for the advice, uncle!]
[I told you, don’t call me uncle in the bureau!]
【……】
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【Are you telling the truth?】
[It’s absolutely true! My uncle told me this personally. You said there is such a good opportunity to make a contribution, can I not call you? 】
[Hmph! Even though you are a bad guy, you still have some conscience. 】
[Hey! Xiaoxi, let’s finish patrolling and go watch a movie together in the evening? 】
【Virtue!】
【……】
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Listening to the various sounds coming from her ears, the blind girl with white eyes frowned slightly.
She was sitting on a park bench at the moment. If she looked up from here, she could vaguely see the outline of the orphanage's wall hidden among the trees...
The white Bichon Frize in his arms seemed to sense that his owner was in a bad mood, so he closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, not daring to disturb him in the slightest.
"What's wrong, sir? Is the situation serious?"
The man wearing sunglasses stood behind the girl, his voice as gentle as jade.
If there were any groupies here, they would definitely be extremely surprised. Chao Ge, whom they admired so much, was standing behind the blind girl with a low eyebrow like a servant.
"Well...it's not bad, but weird..."
The girl spoke without much emotion in her tone.
"eccentric?"
"I sent many listeners to the town to inquire about information, including several government stations and criminal investigation agencies. Judging from the intelligence collected from all aspects, the disappearance of the dean this time seems to be just an accident?"
She sorted and digested the collected information in her mind, and roughly restored the events of the previous two days...
"The cause of the matter should be that the Zhao Hu we sent there accidentally exposed his whereabouts, which led to the police coming after hearing the news.
Later, Zhao Hu took hostages in the welfare home and was surrounded and shot to death. Unexpectedly, the police then searched the welfare home, and then by mistake, the director was exposed to the underground laboratory..."
"What?!" Chaoge's expression changed when he heard this, and he immediately knelt down on one knee and said in fear.
"It was my subordinate who failed in his duty and made such a big mistake in selecting the target. Please punish me!"
"Chaoshu" just "looked" at him lightly.
"This is not your problem. Even I didn't expect that Zhao Hu's status as a fugitive would actually bring us such big trouble.
I said this thing is weird, but that's what's weird...
How could a mere operation to capture a fugitive cause such heavy damage to the entire orphanage that only a few listeners were left who had lost their command?
Even though the operational team was transferred from outside, the dean was unable to grasp their information in time.
But regardless of the scope of investigation or security, the director could not wait until the police surrounded the orphanage before responding. She would have moved the people long ago.
Although the dog-catching teams that were active around this time caused some trouble to the listeners, they were not so unnoticed that they didn't even have time for Zhao Hu to escape.
unless……
The dean didn't think it was necessary to transfer Zhao Hu at first, but by the time he realized something was wrong, it was already too late..."
She stood up slowly and frowned while facing the direction of the orphanage.
"The strangest thing is... even though the police had disguised themselves in order to get close to the orphanage, and the director made a mistake in response due to a moment of inadvertence.
But with the strength of the dean, even if he encounters a front-on attack by the army, he should not be killed without any news being spread..."
"Kill?!" Chao Ge was shocked when he heard this.
"Sir, you...you mean...the dean has...
No! It’s impossible. Could it be that the dean is deliberately faking his own death to escape?”
He knew the existence form of the "gods". How could that kind of monster... be killed?
"No... the dean is indeed dead, and the spiritual link between me and her has been completely severed...
Otherwise, why do you think the Nest ordered us to come over for follow-up investigation?"
Seeing Chao Ge's horrified expression, "Chaoshu" seemed to feel that this was damaging to the majesty of the "god clan".
"Huh! Just like all living things, even if the body dies, the brain will still survive for a while.
The brain is not immortal, but it is not fatally injured and can maintain short-term activity.
But if the main body of the brain is destroyed instantly..."
"Sir, what do you mean, Dean, her brain tissue was destroyed in a very short period of time, such as...sniper killing?" Chao Ge said in shock.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but under normal circumstances, how could a human kill the dean in this way?"
"Hmm... Could it be that the dean wanted to fight to the death at the last moment, so he was killed by a police sniper..."
"emmm..."
"Chaoshu" fell into silence and did not answer for a long time.
After all, the scene where the fugitive was arrested was so chaotic and the situation was unknown at the time, so she couldn't say that she could completely rule out this possibility.
But she was still very confused. After all, the dean would never take action unless absolutely necessary.
If he showed his strength in front of humans just because he exposed an underground laboratory, it would not be in line with the dean's behavior pattern, and it would only arouse greater suspicion among humans.
What's more, when there is no guarantee of escape...
Manslaughter? Fire breakout?
It seems that this incident cannot be explained at all except for similar coincidences.
If it is really a deliberate targeting by humans, unless the other party has obtained the detailed information inside the welfare home in advance, it is impossible to achieve such a watertight...
If it weren't for the fact that the parasitized "families" couldn't betray and every move was under surveillance, she would have begun to wonder if someone of her own had leaked the existence of the orphanage...
"Even if the director's death is indeed a coincidence, the current situation is that the senior officials of China should have indeed noticed some abnormalities in the welfare home.
The missing bodies of Zhao Hu and Dean are proof of this.
There is also no news about that action team, and it seems to have been deliberately hidden.
We are temporarily unable to determine the completeness of the corpse, and we cannot determine how much information the other party can obtain about us from the corpse...
But the good news is that they now seem to have mistakenly believed that this is a secret biochemical experiment by a hostile country..."
Having said this, "Chaoshu" seemed to have a little ridicule on his face.
"Yes, this is the normal reaction that humans should have. After all, in their short history of civilization, the biggest enemy of humans has always been humans themselves..."
Chaoge remained silent.
"Chaoshu" continued without caring.
"Our top priority now is to find the two corpses and eliminate as many traces of our existence as possible. In addition... we need to find the girl named Xiaoyu!"
"Xiaoyu? Are you from the same family as us?" Chao Ge asked doubtfully.
"Same as you? Haha! No, that is a more perfect container than you!"
Chaoge's expression changed slightly, but "Chaoshu" didn't care at all about the inner activities of a mere puppet.
"'Chao' has issued an order. Since the director is dead, from now on, I will officially take over the tasks of the orphanage and become the new director!
However, the current fit between this body and mine is too low, and the time I can appear is greatly limited.
Only by getting that girl's body can I truly have the strength to compete with the other deans of the Tenth Academy!"
"Sir!" Chao Ge looked panicked.
"Ha!" "Chaoshu" looked at him with a slightly mocking look in his eyes.
"Don't worry, even if I change the container, your little lover will not die. On the contrary, you should be happy.
Because...she is free!"
free?
These two words seemed to have some kind of magic power, which made Chaoge stunned for a moment.
It wasn't until he met the cold gaze of "Chaoshu" that he woke up as if from a dream, his back already covered with cold sweat.
"Sir, you will definitely become stronger after changing the container, and we brothers and sisters will only work harder to serve the Gods!
Humanity is a lonely sail that is about to capsize, and only the gods are the ark that truly flies to freedom!"
free?
That's just a luxury wish.
Whether it is to control his chess piece or to eliminate the risk of leaking secrets, Chaoshu will never be free.
"Haha!" "Chaoshu" nodded with satisfaction.
She doesn't care whether Chao Ge really thinks so in his heart, because they will never return the "body" of the family members to their "will"...
"By the way, sir, oh no, it should be the dean now!
As for the whereabouts of Xiaoyu, can’t you use your spiritual link to sense the approximate location?”
"No, what Xiaoyu accepts is the same frequency as the dean's spirit. Currently, only the dean can sense the other party's existence remotely.
Even the 'nest' can only be sensed indirectly through the dean.
This is just like your human nervous system. If the spinal nerves that are the link are broken, no matter how strong the signal transmitted by the brain is, it will not be able to sense your lower limbs."
It seems that he is very satisfied with the new title, "Chaoshu" actually revealed some secrets of spiritual synchronization without hesitation.
Apart from some core secrets, there was no need for her to keep secrets about these dependents whose life and death were in her hands.
Chao Ge nodded.
Although there is a "nest" that is similar to a central brain, the division of labor and hierarchy among the gods are actually very clear.
Unless there are special circumstances, "The Nest" will not micromanage everything.
Although they are all controlled by the "nest", each protoss is an independent individual. It seems to be influenced by the parasitic family members, and has its own independent way of thinking and personality characteristics.
After getting along for a long time, he gradually figured out some of the habits and hobbies of the "adult" in front of him...
"So in the current situation, we can only collect intelligence and send listeners to re-establish contact with the other party.
Go ahead and investigate her whereabouts, I want that girl..."
After saying this, "Chaoshu"'s expression suddenly relaxed, as if another personality came online, and his cold expression gradually became more agile.
"Huh? Brother, this is..."
A somewhat confused Chao Shu tilted his head, feeling the surrounding park environment with a puzzled look on his face.
However, the next moment, as if he sensed some familiar scenes, his pale eyes suddenly looked in the direction of the orphanage, and his whole body started to tremble.
"Brother...Brother, here...could this be..."
"Xiao Shu, don't be afraid! I'm here."
Feeling a little distressed, she gently hugged Chaoshu into her arms.
Chao Ge raised his head and looked at the mottled walls of the orphanage in the distance with complex eyes.
There...is the "home" where they were raised.
But it is also... the source of their biggest fear deep in their hearts...
And today, this source of misfortune suddenly disappeared?
That dean who was as terrifying as a demon, who created them and then led them into the abyss...how could he die so easily?!
There was a wave of despair in his heart.
That extremely dark fate seemed to have a glimmer of light.
Is this a joke of fate, or... the hope that has been buried deep in my heart for a long time, and I almost no longer have any illusions?
He felt Chaoshu hugging his trembling body tightly.
At this moment, Chaoge's eyes were dim and unreadable...
