Chapter 18 The Unexpected Arrival of Darkness

Tokyo is still bustling late at night, and the bright lights illuminate the city day and night. In the deserted suburbs, a large furniture company building still has a few lights on, which looks like the hard-working office workers who are working overtime late at night. At the iron gate, under a tree that is so thick that an adult can hug it, a dim light dyes the brick security booth yellow. A drowsy security guard leans against the fence, his hat hanging down, covering half of his face, and the brim of the hat blocks the light above his head, making him sleepier.

The light of the Mazda car dazzled the security guard's eyes, and he instantly woke up. He hastily put on his hat, squinted his eyes to see the car clearly from the headlights, and then smiled and opened the door. Bourbon ignored the security guard's awkward smile and drove straight into the parking garage.

The parking garage was filled with large transport trucks, and some containers were placed directly on the ground. Bourbon took out a small remote control from the car and pressed it. The rear door of a giant truck slowly opened and tilted backwards to form an entrance. Bourbon drove into the truck. After the car was parked, he got out and took Anton Yayoi to an ordinary container nearby. The moment the door closed, darkness took away all vision, and only a voice from the AI ​​was heard: "Identified, visitor, Bourbon. Warning, there is a visitor, unable to be identified, please enter the password."

Bourbon, who was prepared for this, called Kembali and said, "I've brought the man here. What's the password?"

Kenbali, the person in charge of the base, had received a text message from Vodka a long time ago. He waited for Toru Amuro and the others for an hour and was about to fall asleep. When he heard Bourbon finally call, he immediately chose to quickly report the command and then urged: "Hurry up, it's already eleven o'clock. It will take until two or three in the morning to finish. Bourbon, if you don't sleep, I will too." Kenbali is not young. In other companies, he would be at retirement age. Due to his age and old injuries, Kenbali could not survive the night, let alone stay up until the early morning.

Bourbon heard the distress in Kembali's tone, so he quickly gave the command. Feeling the elevator moving, he smiled good-naturedly at the person on the other end of the phone: "You can go to sleep, I'll measure the data. Anyway, this is just the lowest level record, right?"

Kenbari hesitated for a second and answered irresponsibly, "No, but that's fine. I'll give you the project list and you can go test it. All the rooms in Area A3 of the base are available. If you want to stay overnight, go there." He really wanted to sleep. It was just a test, and there was no problem handing it over to Bourbon. Although these tests could not be called low-level tests, Bourbon wanted to find a job, so he had no reason to refuse.

The reason why the newcomer in the base wanted him to lead them was purely because they were afraid that they would do something unnecessary. As the person in charge of the base, he had the highest authority and could directly "execute" the other party on the spot, so as to avoid the trouble of filing reports one level at a time. But after all, Andong Yayoi was a newcomer unanimously recognized by the three code members, especially with the most suspicious Gin as a guarantor, so he had no need to doubt them.

After the elevator moved for about ten minutes, it came to a stop and the cabinet door slowly opened. In front of us was a high-ceilinged hall of several hundred square meters. In the middle of the hall was a black metal table that was more than ten meters long and in an arc shape. The hall was surrounded by rows of bookshelves, which were filled with books. At a glance, they were all books that could be bought in ordinary bookstores. If you didn't tell anyone, everyone would think this was a public library, not a secret base of a black gang organization. At this time, most of the lights had been turned off, leaving only a desk lamp above the table emitting a bright light.

A man with gray hair, a slightly older face and unshaven beard was sitting behind the table in cotton pajamas. He leaned back against the desk lamp, his eyes closed, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Bourbon stepped forward and tapped the table gently to "wake up" the pretending sleepy Kembali. He didn't think Kembali could fall asleep in such a situation: "Kembali, go and have a rest. Just give me your ID card."

Kenbali was sleepy and couldn't help yawning. His eyelids drooped and his tone was listless: "Okay, the medical team has gone off work. We'll talk about the specific tests tomorrow. If you are energetic, take these tests first." As he said that, he handed over a thick stack of paper forms and an iPad.

Bourbon took the 1-centimeter-thick form, flipped through it quickly, and said in surprise, "So many? Isn't this just a test for low-level employees?"

Everything he saw on the table included: shooting, fighting, explosives, biology, physics, chemistry, toxicology, economics, politics, and computers. He could be said to be a man of both civil and military talents, and well-informed.

Kenbali spread his hands helplessly and said, "That's why I told you to hurry up. It will probably be early morning by the time you finish the first few basic tests." Then he looked at Anton Yayoi who had a blank expression on his face and said to him, "Gin likes you very much." That's why he took so many tests.

Bourbon gasped, put his hand to his forehead and glared at Kembali angrily. No wonder the other party let go so quickly. "Forget it, there are so many. Go record your biometric information first. Take the test questions and write as much as you can. Give me your phone. You can't go online during this period."

Anton Yayoi had no opinion on this. For him, it made no difference whether he had a mobile phone or not. He had already searched the Internet for a long time, and now it was all in his mind. The organization was too lazy to detect whether the other party used the iPad to cheat, so the test questions were all on paper. Anton Yayoi took the paper test questions, and Bourbon took the iPad.

"Okay, Akamaru and the others are on duty, you guys go ahead." Kenbali yawned again, waved goodbye to them, and took away the desk lamp that was the only source of light.

"Hey, Kenbali is always so thrifty that he doesn't even want to pay more for electricity." Bourbon watched Kenbali go away with the light source, so he had to take out his cell phone and turn on the flashlight.

When the flashlight came on, Bourbon deliberately pointed the light at Anton Yayoi. In the darkness, the dazzling light blinded Anton Yayoi instantly, his pupils shrank rapidly, and he couldn't help but shed tears. He knew that this was a normal reaction of the human body, so he closed his eyes and waited until Bourbon moved the flashlight away before opening them.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were here." Bourbon said apologetically.

Lie, Anton Yayoi thought, he didn't move at all. Moreover, he could feel that Bourbon not only shone his pupils but also took his blood when he was blinded. However, he said nothing, just nodded slightly to accept Bourbon's apology.

Bourbon took the ID card and led Anton Yayoi to the medical team. Although most of the medical team members had already left work, there were still many people organizing evening activities, so there were quite a few people on duty in the medical team, and the lights were bright as far as the eye could see.

"Lord Bourbon." The man was wearing a white coat, but he didn't wear it properly. The buttons were wrongly buttoned, and the sleeves were lifted above the elbows. There was a large brown stain on the hem. Andong Yayoi sniffed it and found it was coffee. It seemed that he was a person who didn't care much about his appearance.

"Did Kenbali tell you? You're new here, enter your information." Bourbon handed over his ID card, and Akamaru nodded, "Lord Kenbali told me before, it's Lord Andong Yayoi, right? Please follow me."

Although Akamaru has been in the organization for many years, Yayoi Andong was brought here by Bourbon himself at the behest of Kenbali. He is different from the other low-level employees, so he is very considerate to call Yayoi Andong. The most important thing is that he has not been given a code name for so many years. If he is not a third-generation black, he is not qualified to enter this base.

Yayoi Andong didn't feel anything about this address. He looked at Bourbon and asked, "Are you going to wait for me or leave?"

"I'm going to B1 to play for a while. If you're done recording, ask him to take you there." Bourbon pointed at Akamaru, meaning that he should take Yayoi Andong there. Although Akamaru didn't have a code name, he was the one with the highest status among all the staff on duty.

Yayoi Andong nodded. He had no objection to who took him where.

Compared to the test, the information input was very fast. It was just a 3D facial scan, pupil information input, and a tube of blood draw. Under Yayoi Anton's deliberate control, the blood drawn was ordinary blood, and it did not bring disaster to the base. After all, under the pressure of a tube of divine blood, these complex electronic products might not be as simple as a temporary failure.

There were no complicated or painful tests, at most a little bit of blood was drawn. The human body experiment movies such as "Zombie" and "Hell Hospital" playing in Yayoi Andong's mind finally stopped.

Half an hour later, the information entry was completed, and Akamaru took him to the B1 training room. This training room was far away from the medical team, on the fifth floor underground, and needed to pass through a lot of inspection equipment. If Akamaru hadn't had enough authority, they wouldn't have been able to find Bourbon. In fact, the low-level employees in various departments of the base didn't know that they were actually in the same base, and the entrances to each department were different. They were afraid that just a small employee would come in and expose the location of the base, which would be in vain.

Most people who entered the base through other entrances thought they were coming to a small gathering place, not such a large base. Their entrances and range of action were smaller, basically only one or two rooms. Only the heads of various departments and code members could run around in the base. But even code members like Bourbon who had the authority to move around did not know the real location of the base. All he knew was the entrance to the furniture company. No one knew where the elevator went for ten minutes.

Akamaru pushed open the first security door of the training room and gestured to Yayoi Andong to go in. "Master Andong, I won't go in. There are noise-canceling earplugs on the right hand side of the door. I suggest you wear them before going in. The shooting area is behind that security door."

An Dong Yayoi nodded, thanked him, and went in obediently to put on the earplugs. The quality of the earplugs was not very good, and sound could still be heard faintly. It should be because too many people had used them, causing them to become a little loose.

He pushed open the heavy security door and saw the empty shooting range. Bourbon was standing at the shooting area, holding a gun with a serious face. He fired one shot after another without hesitation. The bullet shells rolled all over the ground, making a metallic collision sound. The empty echo showed the size of this shooting range, so large that An Dong Yayoi thought of building safety in an instant. I wonder if there are any buildings on it. There are so many hollows underneath. Will it really not collapse?