Chapter 326 The Vanished Semi-finished Ancient Weapons
Although Raymond didn't have the bad habit of eavesdropping on the sweet words of young couples, after all, the CP9 Yeka was hidden in Nicole's shadow, so people had to be more careful.
His perception ability is now very strong. As long as he concentrates, he can clearly hear the movements of everyone on the ship.
Both Colin and Nicole were the kind of rigorous intellectuals who were obsessed with scientific research, and their vocabulary of tender words was very low. Even though they were childhood sweethearts, and they reunited after a long separation, they couldn't say anything disgusting, which struck Raymond.
I don't think it's inappropriate either.
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"Next door is Lulu's biology laboratory..."
Colin led Nicole to visit and chat, and finally entered his private area on the ship - the mechanical laboratory.
After all, it is a closed room. A man and a woman alone in a room will always make people think about it, and both of them will feel a little uncomfortable.
But fortunately, what was placed in this room was not a big bed tent, but various scientific research equipment that allowed them to speak a common language, and the atmosphere was not that awkward.
The laboratory is densely packed with various tools and scientific research instruments, with a full rough industrial style. Ordinary girls probably won't like this kind of laboratory full of various wrench accessories and oil stains everywhere. But Nicole is a high-end
The mechanic is used to it, and even feels that staying here is the most comfortable place.
Nicole felt around and looked around, picking up some unfinished mechanical parts from time to time and asking questions.
She looked around the laboratory, as if examining the "little territory" where her future self would stay, and muttered: "Oh... your laboratory lacks a lot of equipment."
Colin's tone was also a little helpless, and he said: "Yes, the equipment I brought out from Hex City were accidentally destroyed. Now these are all purchased later, and many of the needs and functions of the equipment cannot be met.
requirements, so the current construction progress of the 'Golden Ghost' is very slow, and there are still many devices that have not been perfected."
After a pause, he continued: "You know, apart from Hex City, there are many high-precision equipment that cannot be bought with money."
Hearing this, Nicole said casually: "I happen to have some on the boat, let's go and move them over later."
As soon as she finished speaking, she didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly her face turned red.
It seems that you are too proactive?
But Colin didn't hear anything wrong and said with a smile: "Okay."
"..."
At this time, Colin asked about Nicole's experience during the period when she left Hex City and was hunted down.
"Nicole, what happened to the teacher back then? I am the teacher's disciple, and I was expected to be wanted by those people... But why is your Noonogen family also implicated?"
Upon hearing this, Raymond on the deck also pricked up his ears and listened.
Not surprisingly...this process can probably explain why Yeka from CP9 has been following them here.
It's not a disaster for my family. It seemed too weird back then.
Generally speaking, no matter how crazy the World Headquarters is, it should not go to such a point of killing everyone and destroying everyone.
"Why..."
Hearing Colin's question, Nicole seemed to recall some sad past events, and anger and sadness immediately appeared in her eyes.
She sighed slightly and said: "My great-grandfather destroyed all the information on the secret research on 'ancient weapons', which angered the senior officials of the World Headquarters who were secretly paying attention to this research..."
After a pause, she continued: "The original data has been destroyed, and all the research results have been burned. No matter how you pursue it, it will be useless. My great-grandfather originally wanted to bear the consequences himself and bear everything, so he calmly made the matter public... "
Colin sighed slightly as he listened. The tragedy in Hex City was still vivid in his mind, as if it was yesterday.
Immediately afterwards, Nicole said: "But those in the World Headquarters are still unwilling to accept this fact. Those conspirators believe that great-grandfather must have kept some key data backups. So...those guys are secretly investigating , arrested and interrogated all those involved in the experiment..."
"The fluctuation gradually turned into a violent suppression... In order to cover up their brutal acts, the headquarters gradually turned into a 'big purge' operation against the Rodriguez family. All blood relatives related to the great-grandfather, All my friends were killed..."
"As far as I know, during that turmoil, the World Government secretly detained and killed at least more than three thousand people..."
When Nicole said this, her eyes were filled with mist.
"Those damn guys!"
Colin couldn't help but cursed angrily after hearing this.
He is a disciple of Grand Master Conny, and many of those who were liquidated and killed were once his senior brothers, sisters, friends and elders. He listened to the numerous crimes secretly committed by the World Headquarters, and his face was full of grief and anger.
Then, he was a little confused and asked: "Why do those guys from the World Headquarters do anything even though the data has been destroyed?"
"I didn't understand it at the beginning...but then I heard some rumors, and I roughly understood why."
Nicole showed a helpless expression and frowned: "I don't know where the gossip came from, saying that not only did my great-grandfather fail to destroy the backup research data... but also, the rumor said that the station was used by three people. The disappearance of the semi-finished 'ancient weapon' that the Grand Master jointly restored is also related to his old man."
"The semi-finished product of the 'Ancient Weapon' is missing?"
Colin was also a little stunned and blurted out: "So...the World Headquarters suspected that the teacher had hidden the information and the semi-finished product? Is this why these 'big purges' were launched?"
"Yes... they have obviously been destroyed."
Nicole looked a little complicated and felt aggrieved.
.......
On the deck, after hearing this, Raymond's expression changed slightly, and then he understood the cause and effect of this matter.
"I see..."
At the same time, he was also shocked and thought secretly: "CP9 must have been targeting Nicole and the others for more than a day or two. If there were any definite clues about the missing items, they should have been taken away long ago. This also means that Nicole They may not know it, but there are some doubts about them..."
CP9's urinary Raymond knows very well that since the super intelligence agency will send a captain-level spy to secretly follow this place, it will never be without aim.
Then there must be clues pointing to this matter, making them think that Nicole or Dunlop has clues related to the missing item of the "ancient weapon"!
Hear this,
Raymond turned his eyes and suddenly thought of the key to solving the problem, and quickly used his mental power to communicate with Colin.
"Colin, this is Raymond, no matter what you hear next, don't show any surprise... Now in the shadow under Nicole's feet, there is a CP9 captain [Shadow Fruit] user Yeka, you do this ..."
Mental communication is not like a conversation, where a moment is enough to transmit the information you want to express to the other party.
When Colin in the laboratory heard Raymond's message, his eyes only flashed with surprise for a moment, and he immediately returned to normal.
It was only after he finished listening that he suddenly understood.
It turns out... there is such a dangerous guy hiding next to Nicole!
After a while,
Colin looked at Nicole with a strange look in his eyes. Apparently she had also heard Raymond's mental message.
The two of them smiled knowingly, looking at each other like a normal tacit understanding between lovers.
CP9 Yeka, who was hiding in the shadow, obviously didn't realize that the two people were looking at each other affectionately, and had already exchanged some subtle information.
At this time, the two of them continued to talk as usual.
Colin followed Raymond's plan and changed the topic and asked: "Nicole, then...why were you hunted here by the Oliver family before?"
"When the accident happened that year, my uncle and I happened to be doing some errands outside and were not in Hex City, so we luckily escaped. Later, I heard that something had happened in the family, and we were never able to go back.
Escape to the sea..."
Nicole's brows looked slightly tired as she recalled her years of escaping.
She said: "My uncle and I have been running away for the past few years, always hiding our traces, and there have been no accidents. But a few months ago, we were discovered by the Oliver family in the Banat Sea. Then,
They chased us for more than ten sea areas, and when we got here...if we hadn't met you, we might have been doomed."
Colin asked again: "People from the Oliver family? Are they also under the instructions of the World Headquarters?"
"Maybe not, it's probably an old grudge from business."
Thinking of his uncle with a despicable character, Nicole pursed her lips in disgust and said, "There is a business conflict between the Percy family shipyard of my uncle and the Oliver family. You know, my uncle's business methods are a bit disgraceful.
I offended them because of several large transactions...Now that the family is in trouble, those guys probably just added insult to injury."
"Mr. Dunlop does have a lot of unkind behaviors in business..." Colin showed a hint of disdain in his tone, and he had obviously heard about something about the Passy Shipyard.
"Oh, there must be another reason why they are so persistent in pursuit!"
Suddenly, Nicole remembered something.
After a pause, she continued: "The people in the Oliver family didn't know where they found out that I went to the laboratory to meet my great-grandfather once before the accident. Those guys probably thought I had some ancient weapons in my hands.
', so I kept chasing after him."
Colin recalled a little and said: "Oh, I seem to have some impression... was it the time you asked the teacher for the drawings?"
"Yes! In fact, I didn't even see my great-grandfather that time. I just took some high-end patented mechanical drawings from the bookshelf... I originally wanted to use them to study and then return them, but I didn't expect that
Something happened."
Nicole said this, and then said with a sigh: "My uncle has been clamoring for these advanced patented technology drawings. I thought that it was a patented technology developed by my great-grandfather and did not belong to the Passi family. He must have taken it after seeing it.
Seeking profit, I never showed it to him."
Colin complained slightly: "Well, Mr. Dunlop's character is indeed not very good when it comes to patented technology."
These two people's words were not all lies, but they were said so deliberately, and many of them were meant for the CP9 Yeka lurking in the shadows.
Raymond and Nicole used mental power to communicate before, and confirmed that Nicole did not know anything about the destruction of the "ancient weapon". He also determined that her move to the library to get information was probably to let CP9 The most important reason for suspicion.
Moreover, the fact was as he expected.
The original plan to restore the "ancient weapons" seemed to be a free research project of the three great masters of Hex, but in fact it had been under the supervision of the World Headquarters for a long time.
Everyone who comes into contact with the program is closely monitored.
When Nicole went to the laboratory, the whole process was under the surveillance of secret agents. Even the drawings she took were under the control of the World Headquarters.
After that incident broke out, the World Headquarters investigated all possible leaks of "information" and found that except for Nicole's visit to the laboratory, there was no other way out.
Then the only person who can potentially bring out the information is Nicole!
The reason why the World Government is sure that the data has not been destroyed is because they have asked a prophet to predict it. Although the information they received is vague, the only thing that is certain is...the data is still there!
However, this prophecy came at a great cost, as two top-level prophets died suddenly.
Therefore, the World Government can only arrange for CP9 to participate in the investigation.
(Note: The greater the prediction behavior that has a causal impact on the world, the greater the cost. ‘Ancient weapons’ were once the destroyers of civilization.)
...
Master Connie is a top scientist and a top wise man in the world. Even if he is obsessed with research and has nothing to do with worldly matters, how could he not notice at all that the World Government has reached out to the laboratory?
...
Nicole was originally unaware of the "Shangu Weapon" incident, and there was nothing to deliberately avoid in the conversation.
The two chatted for a long time and gradually got to the point.
At this moment,
There was a hint of tangle on Nicole's face, and then she hesitated: "Um...Colin, can you help me to ask your captain to save my uncle's life? Although I know this request is very meaningless. etiquette, but after all...he is my uncle."
"this..."
Hearing this, Colin pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Nicole, you know, when Mr. Dunlop fired the gun before, he had already committed an unforgivable crime. The captain probably would not agree to let him go. .”
"ah?"
Nicole looked confused and hesitated: "I mean... forget it, uncle deserves it."
When Colin saw Nicole, he couldn't bear it. He changed his tone and said, "However, if you agree to stay on the ship and be our partner, I think the captain may allow your request."
Nicole's eyes were filled with joy: "Really? Is it really possible that Captain Raymond will let his uncle go?"
Colin nodded: "Actually, everyone is very easy to get along with. If you join the 'Ghost Group', you will find that the captain is very easy to talk to and he will listen to everyone's opinions. Maybe you will become our partner. ..Mr. Dunlop will survive.”
Having said this, he said seriously: "However, you may have to completely sever ties with that guy in the future."
"If that's the case, I want to try it."
Nicole nodded.
Colin: "Oh, I will help you mention this to the captain later."
Nicole: "Thank you, Colin."
Colin gave Nicole a tender look and added with a smile: "Of course, even if you don't say it, I will keep you."
Hearing this, a blush appeared on Nicole's face, and she nodded with a thin voice: "Yeah."
At this moment,
A glimmer of light flashed in Colin's eyes inadvertently, and he added: "Give those teacher's drawings to Mr. Dunlop as well, and sever the relationship from now on, and tell him not to pester you again in the future."
"Um."
Nicole: "I don't want to see him again either."
"..."
The relationship between Colin and Nicole is very detailed in CP9's database.
Yeka, hiding in the shadows, recorded their entire conversation without raising any suspicion.
...
Praying to Dunlop was naturally part of Raymond's plan.
Obviously, the drawings Nicole took from Master Connie's laboratory may be the biggest reason why the World Government doubts her.
If it's just some technical drawings, it doesn't matter.
What Raymond is curious about is, when the blueprint is given to Dunlop, who will Yeka from CP9 follow?
Is it Dunlop who got the drawings, or Nicole who knows nothing?
When the time comes, I can find any excuse to expel Dunlop. It would be great if I could also send away CP9 Yeka.