In the sky city Midgar, on the top floor of the Shinra headquarters building, the president's office.
The spacious president's office has been renovated, and all the furniture and decorations have been replaced completely in accordance with the personal aesthetic taste of the new president Rufas. The setting sun shines into the office through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, reflecting a different kind of beauty.
In the office, Tuckers' supervisor [Zeng] was wearing a black suit and was standing in front of a gorgeous desk reporting intelligence to Rufas.
Rufus sat on a large and comfortable leather swivel chair, holding his chin in one hand and lost in thought.
"... Kingdee Amusement Park was destroyed at least 1/3 of the venue, and a rough estimate of the number of casualties was more than 3,000, not counting the tens of thousands of missing people."
He once reported in detail the consulting information he collected from various aspects:
"According to the survivors' descriptions, they saw a silver-haired man with wings fighting fiercely with a giant dragon in the air, and then several legendary summoned beasts appeared, including the mysterious giant thunder wolf. There is no doubt that
, a fierce battle broke out between Heather and his party and Sephiroth at the Golden Butterfly Playground, and the object they were fighting for should be the treasure held by the city lord Dio."
"...City Lord Dio is definitely dead?"
Rufus raised his eyes and looked at Zeng, who bowed respectfully:
"Multiple evidence shows that the city lord Dio died under the sword of Sephiroth. The half-scorched remains of the corpse excavated from the ruins of the city lord's fortress three days ago also confirm this."
Rufus leaned back on the sofa chair and tapped his index finger rhythmically on the desk. After a long time, he said: "No matter what the treasure is, it must have fallen into the hands of Heather or Sephiroth."
Hands, there is no point in delving into it anymore... What will be their next movements?"
"Sephiroth's whereabouts are still unknown. Heather and his team took a ferry to the Wutai area."
"Wutai... I have found out clearly that the banned novel series "Evil Hero" that has been popular underground in Wutai these years is his work!"
Rufus punched the table with hatred: "Forget it, father, he actually vilified Shinra in the book as an evil company that only knows how to use 'erasure' to suppress all opposition, and also wrote me as
A fool who insists on his own way and likes to be flattered by his subordinates...bastard!"
In recent days, when Rufus was tracing Heather's past, he unexpectedly discovered that Heather was actually a best-selling novelist. This also explained why the other party had a continuous source of funds. Further investigation almost broke Rufus's nose.
I was so angry that it turned out that Heather's work was actually the "Evil Hero" series of novels that Shinra has repeatedly banned in recent years.
This series of novels takes the perspective of a lonely anti-heroic wandering warrior and describes a fantasy world ruled by the evil company 'Garlean'. Because the description of Garlean's company in various aspects is too similar to that of the Shinra Corporation
Similarly, the novel was completely banned by Midgar shortly after its publication.
But not long after, the Wutai underground market in the far west began to circulate the "Evil Hero" series of novels again, and they sold more expensively. There will never be a shortage of people who hate Shinra in the world, so this series
The novels sold extremely well. The Shinra Company, which had just ended the war and accepted the surrender of Wutai, did not dare to push Wutai too hard in the far west, so Wutai became the basis for the spread of the "Evil Hero" series of novels around the world.
hotbed.
In the novel, the Garlean Company is basically copied from the real-life Shinra Company. Gaius, the president of Garlean, is an ambitious man who likes to stand on elevators and talk loudly. His son Zenos has the same personality as his father and he especially likes to listen. His subordinates praise him and call the person he likes his 'best friend'. Like Rufus, he is also a handsome man with blond hair.
The protagonist in the book calls himself the "Warrior of Darkness" and is known for his ruthless methods. He will never show mercy to his enemies, but he will occasionally show some kindness when facing the oppressed and weak people, and he will gradually improve from time to time. The bottom class raises the banner of rebellion against the Garlemal Corporation, which is a completely cool novel. The novel series has now reached its seventh volume, "Evil Heroes 7: The Revival of the Armored Dragon Legion," and people at the bottom level all over the world are banging their bowls and waiting for updates.
Although the novel only retells what Shinra has done, it is an unbearable insult to Shinra, especially Rufus, who considers himself a hero who saves the world. How can he endure this?
You bastard! If I had known better, I would have installed remote-controlled explosives on that motorcycle!
After hammering the table, he almost became a master of table cleaning. Rufus finally calmed down his anger and straightened his messy blond hair: "Intensify surveillance, especially on Heather, don't let go of any clues..."
Didi didi——
At this time, Zeng's cell phone suddenly rang. After getting Rufas' permission, he apologized and answered the phone:
"Hey, it's me... um... I know where it is. What's wrong? Hmm... eh? Send the photo over immediately!"
He hung up the phone and looked at Rufas: "The ancient seed temple located in the dense forest at the southernmost tip of the Eastern Continent has disappeared!"
"Disappear?" Rufus frowned: "Is it the literal sense of 'disappearing'?"
"According to eyewitness reports, the whole thing disappeared... Ah, wait a moment, the photo has been sent to you, please take a look."
Zeng handed the phone to Rufus with both hands. The latter took the phone and looked at it, his brows furrowed even deeper.
The photo on the phone showed a dense jungle with no end in sight. The camera was shooting from the top downwards. There was an extremely huge pit in the center of the jungle. The edges of the pit were neat and smooth, as if cut by a mysterious force.
Then another photo was sent, showing the original appearance of this place. A huge pyramid-shaped temple full of historical atmosphere is located in the middle of the dense forest. Its shape and size exactly correspond to the potholes in the previous photo.
"Moving the entire temple... Heather and his party don't have time to do such a thing. It must be Sephiroth's handiwork."
Rufus's brain was running rapidly:
"The Ancient Seed Temple...Golden Butterfly...Sephiroth...Jenova...the temple must have some secret buried there. The secret is so important that Heather and Sephiroth will try to snatch it at all costs. I guess that will be enough." Could the thing that changed the destiny of the world be the cause of the destruction of ancient species two thousand years ago? Zeng, what do you think?"
"Heather and Sephiroth are both the most outstanding and powerful people in the world, and their vision is unmatched by anyone. What they are fighting for must be crucial and closely related to the fate of the planet. Now think about it, Heather is close to Ellie
Si’s thoughts may not be so simple.”
"You mean... he also sees the importance of the descendants of Alice's ancient race? What they are fighting for is the Promised Land? Well... it's very possible."
Rufas pondered for a while and issued the order:
"Give Scarlett a president's order to prepare the No. 1 cannon and the No. 2 cannon so that they are ready to fire at any time."
"I understand. President, you are trying to..."
"I will intervene on the battlefield when the fight between Heather and Sephiroth is at its most intense. By then they will understand why Shinra Corporation can rule the world!"
Rufus stood up, looked at the sunset outside the window with his hands behind his back, and murmured: