Xia fired up the float car and took off into the air. She glanced at the Delphinium through the rearview mirror and said, "Can you help me contact Miss Paradise Bird?"
"That's what I originally thought. In fact, I have already sent a message to the child. I think they will come immediately after seeing it."
Delphinium leaned on the back seat of the float vehicle and responded calmly and calmly. Her words highlighted a sense of confidence and control over the situation.
"Where is the specific location? I mean the location where they finally landed... Sister, you should be able to find out, right?"
"certainly."
Delphinium replied: "It's the water tower in the pendulum area."
"Water Tower? The tallest building in the Pendulum District..."
Hearing this, Xia fell into deep thought: "Does this mean that they actually didn't coordinate? So they couldn't find any other flat land where the helicopter could land quietly without being discovered..."
"No, Fredricka. Even if they have the means to block the camera, helicopters are not that easy to 'land silently'. Rather, the main purpose of their means of blocking the camera is to delay time.
"Because if you really want to investigate, you can find out easily - not to mention, the helicopter they snatched was an advertising helicopter for Tian'en Daily, with advertising banners and department logos hanging on it.
The place can be seen at a glance...you know what that means, right?”
"I think that means they won't be parked inside the helicopter. Because a lot of people will know where the helicopter ended up..."
"So where do you think they're going after they put down the helicopter?"
"I have no idea."
Xia didn't hesitate and replied sincerely: "I don't want the wrong guess I made to cause my best friend to miss the rescue opportunity. I have no room for willfulness, and there is no display here.
Space for my ridiculous 'personal abilities'."
"——So you came to me and Russell just so that we can help you make a decision? Because you can't bear the cost of your own wrong decision...so you plan to pass it on to others."
Delphinium's tone is light and lively, but her words are as sharp as a knife.
This severely cut Xia's heart, causing her complexion to change repeatedly.
"……I see."
Xia slowly started to speed up, and her voice became lower: "They took the ice water away to threaten Mr. Emperor. As early as this morning, Mr. Emperor had already received the threatening letter, and he notified him immediately
Me, let me help protect the ice water.
"But I...I failed to do this well. But because of this...after Bing Shui disappeared, I immediately noticed it.
"I informed the emperor and rushed over immediately. Since their goal is the emperor, the ice water should be safe before the emperor comes here!
"In this case, the ice water should be in a safe place that is soundproof, will not be disturbed by outsiders, and has enough space. I think the most likely place should be a nearby hotel room."
"Well said."
Delphinium asked quietly: "So, since you have gone so far... are you finally ready to kill someone?"
Xia didn't answer immediately.
She just held the respirator hanging on her chest, which was like a hard mask, put it on her mouth and took a deep breath.
That's a cognitive-enhancement drug.
Originally, Kasumi didn't need this kind of medicine.
As the drug was inhaled, the trembling sensitive nerves throughout her body were calmed down. The surrounding information quickly poured into her brain, and her ability to control her limbs increased accordingly.
"I have been preparing for a long time."
She answered softly in a hoarse voice that sounded like she had just smoked.
Delphinium sighed helplessly.
She had known for a long time that such a day would come.
"Why are you doing this..."
Delphinium shook her head and murmured.
This incident goes back to the month when Bing Shui became the chief reporter.
For the first time, Xia left her usual safe living environment and entered the Lower City. She was only one step away from being attacked and killed by the Uncoded Ones - and the ice water must have been taken with her.
After Bing Shui became the chief reporter, Xia finally woke up from her hazy life.
She no longer wants to be a star or an idol.
She just wants to gain power...at least to be able to protect the ice water and practice her thoughts.
She is not smart, nor does she have the charm that makes people follow her. She can only walk her own path, and the people she values must rely on herself to protect... The strength gained through power will eventually be accompanied by
With the loss of power, the power is lost.
Wanting to become stronger - such a simple and traditional, traditional to the primitive desire. It seems to be incompatible with the environment of this floating island in the steel city.
But Kasumi is serious.
Fortunately... in this era, as long as you have money, many things are not a problem.
She has relied on her father since she was born. On his money, his patience, his connections, and his tolerance.
But she once imagined that she was independent—that she was outstanding, righteous, and shining.
Until that day...that night when the moon could not be seen, Bing Shui's fate was changed, and Xia's will was also changed.
After being guided by Russell himself, Xia finally realized her willfulness and naivety.
She stopped trying to escape the traces of her father and began to seriously consider what she could accomplish through Dodgson's influence.
So Zaixia seriously explained to her father Dodgson what she wanted to do, and after Dodgson's advice failed... this stubborn girl, with a sigh from her father, chose the highest standard of Ampoule Biomedical.
"Neuro-enhancement Surgery."
"I still remember that after you had the operation, you kept vomiting for several days. You couldn't eat a mouthful of food, so you had to rely on infusions to survive."
Delphinium murmured softly: "Isn't it better now?"
"I'm almost healed," Xia's tone was very calm, "The surgery has greatly strengthened my perception and reflexes, allowing me to become a 'strong man' like my brother in one step. And such rapid growth
, naturally there is a price to pay.
"I'm lucky enough. This surgery is so expensive that I can even buy one-third of the community where my brother lives; and it even has a 20% death or paralysis rate. People who want to do it but don't have the money, do it
People who can't survive the surgery... Compared with them, I'm already very lucky.
"My own savings cannot even support the post-operative recuperation of this surgery. My father loves me so much and trusts me. He believes that this is not a temporary capriciousness or fantasy, so he paid for the surgery.
And when he loves me so much, he can still endure the fear of failed surgery and comfort me in turn...
"I am really lucky to have such a father."
"Do you regret it?"
Delphinium asked softly: "Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet. Is the operation painful?"
"Ah, yes. To use an analogy... well, it's like a toothache. Only it doesn't hurt in the teeth, but in every part of the body - from the depths of the brain to all the skin.
.The skin was cut open, and the nerves were extracted inch by inch, spliced, strengthened, and replaced. This process cannot be anesthetized, but my ability to control my body was taken away. I couldn't even move a finger.
"It's more like torture than surgery. As the nerves strengthen, the pain will not be numb, but will continue to deepen. If it weren't for the gag device, I would have bitten off my tongue or screamed in agony.
The throat is broken.
"But even so, halfway through the operation, I started to vomit continuously. I didn't choke to death because the nurse who had been prepared in advance removed my vomitus in time.
"I vomited because my skin sensed the smell of blood and particles in the air. Because I sensed electromagnetic waves sweeping through my body and tiny currents flowing through my body. I couldn't feel it originally.
Things came rushing over in one breath. At the end, I could even taste the feeling of the nano-tweezers cutting my nerves, feeling that the external foreign objects gradually became one with me.
"It was like what I felt when I was eating later. I could feel the food vibrating, my teeth biting it, and my tongue stirring it. The food was churned into disgusting residue, slowly sliding down the esophagus... and I could even feel it.
Trace amounts of food were still clinging to my esophagus. The foreign body sensation made me constantly want to vomit.
"...If I have to say whether I regret it or not, I definitely regret it. If I had to choose again, I might not have the courage to choose to undergo surgery; if such an operation happened again, I would not have the confidence to survive it. Not to mention
After that, there were other surgeries to cut off limbs and install prosthetics. Ordinary people may not be able to easily identify the difference between their bodies and prosthetics, but I am different.
"That foreign body feeling is with me all the time. It makes me suffer, makes me uncomfortable, and makes me awake. It also makes me more agile... able to exert the performance of prosthetic bodies that other people are far from able to exert.
"I'm afraid of that damn surgery, I'm afraid of it. It has brought a lot of inconvenience to my life, so why can't I regret it?
"...But now, I am so lucky. I am lucky that I have undergone such an operation. This allows me to protect you and kill you, and gives me the confidence to come here in person, instead of standing as a vase at the far end.
, the safest place to pray.”
When Xia said this, she paused slightly.
"If I don't regret it... I think only a born hero like my brother would not regret it. After all, I am just a man-made counterfeit, a mass-produced machine created on the assembly line.
"But at first I just thought...even if I were a vase, I would have to sharpen my teeth and make a solid steel vase made of money, steel, flesh and blood and pain.
"Even in the ugliest and most embarrassing posture - I will personally participate in it and use my own power to protect and save. Instead of standing aside, feeling pity and idly watching.
"I just want to smash the heads of those scum with my own hands and let these wanton madmen bleed... Even if the price of all this is to smash my comfortable life so far, smash myself...
