"So, you have confirmed the death of 'Sprawling'?"
"It's missing, Mr. Congressman."
“Is there any difference?”
“…”
Silence is also a response.
Congressman Bordeaux leaned back in his chair. His special status allowed him to maintain a certain decency during the interrogation, as evidenced by the soft seat beneath him and his free hands and feet.
At this moment, the congressman's mind was blank, and he didn't know how to deal with the next situation for a moment. All he could do was to mechanically turn the ring with special patterns on his left thumb with his right hand.
The relationship between him and the super-powered person Mansheng is not simply that of a superior and a subordinate, but is infinitely close to that of an adoptive father and son.
There are many advantages in spreading.
His parents died early in a factory accident, and he awakened his abilities a few years after entering the orphanage, so he did not suffer much. He was then discovered by Bordeaux and taken away from the orphanage to be trained separately.
Mansheng is a person with a gentle personality and is very calm in his dealings. Although he is very capable, he is not very aggressive.
Such a young man with good character and ability but without any background is a good choice as a successor from all aspects.
Yes, although it has never been stated explicitly, Councillor Bordeaux has already planned to designate the superpower Mansheng as the next councillor codenamed "Bordeaux".
The ability to be more moderate can make those old bones less determined in sticking to the bottom line. At that time, as long as a certain consensus is reached within the inheritance faction and some interests are ceded to the old bones, Mansheng can be arranged as the next member of parliament with full legitimacy.
Undoubtedly, this violates the unwritten rule of Parliament that the successor can only be chosen from normal humans.
But Bordeaux believes that, tempted by the benefits, he can get a majority of votes in the new proposal.
When this becomes a routine, the overall situation of the parliament will be more favorable to the inheritance faction, and in the more distant future, it may be able to put the entire parliament back on "right track."
Bordeaux, who chose Mansheng, thought so, and so did Nia, who invested more energy in Shi Jin.
But now, for Bordeaux, the plan has been completely disrupted, and he must find a new way to get out of here.
But now, compared with the defeat in the internal struggle, losing a younger generation who is worth caring about seems to be more worthy of my sadness.
Bordeaux returned to the single room prepared for him by the Ministry of Internal Affairs weakly, lay on the big bed and never wanted to get up again.
Similar things happened in other interrogation rooms and single rooms. Whether it was the Bordeaux family or the family of the super-powered "Bomber", they all fell into great grief after learning the truth of the matter.
Among so many people, only one person showed no obvious emotional fluctuations after learning the truth. That person was the "bomber's" sister, a little girl less than ten years old.
She pinched the corner of her clothes and described in detail how her brother refused the offer to read a story to her on the day he came home to visit, and she was absolutely sure that the man was definitely not her brother.
The recorders of the case, while feeling grief over it, also recorded the incident with emphasis.
From this perspective, even if the dummies forged by unknown creatures outside the city can imitate real humans, they do not seem to possess some human emotions.
They can replicate normal work and abilities relatively perfectly, but they behave differently when it comes to emotional issues.
This discovery was reported immediately, so among the ten super-powered people in the Fresnel team and the Jinmo team, those with family members were immediately called in for identification, while those without family members had to continue to be detained.
The rigorous review and identification process lasted for several days until the last day of October.
Because there was only one day between the return of Team Jinmo and Team Fresnel, the command naively believed that more super-powered people would return from outside the city later.
But the reality was not as they wished. As time went by, their mentality sank to the bottom little by little, as if they had already seen the fate of the remaining four teams.
Finally, on the last day of October, the temporary command was disbanded, the exploration part of the second phase of the plan came to an end, and all the super-powered people who did not return were listed as missing in the files.
The overall exploration plan has officially entered the stage of research harvest.
As for the ten super-powered people, since there are always people in the team who have families, they can be cross-verified to a certain extent, and ultimately they were all ruled out as being replaced.
It was also on this day that Lin Qingliu came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs building with a bag containing some sedatives and documents to provide psychological counseling to these super-powered people.
When he pushed the door open, the first thing that caught Lin Qingliu's eyes and nose was the thick smoke and smell of cigarettes.
The sunlight slanted in through the window, forming beams of light on the swirling smoke.
In the single-person lounge (cell), a woman who looked to be nearly fifty years old was sitting with her legs crossed, a burning cigarette caught between her fingers.
Lin Qingliu stretched out his hand and fanned his nose twice, silently strengthening his respiratory system.
“Smoking is harmful to your health.”
Dr. Lin gave appropriate advice.
“Outward exploration is also harmful to health.”
The woman looked out the window at the unchanging scenery outside, without a trace of fluctuation in her tone.
"That's true. Fortunately, I'm just a psychologist. This is not my responsibility."
Lin Qingliu used a non-stick pan tone and attitude to liven up the atmosphere, but the effect was not very good.
But there was no sign of discouragement on his face. Anyway, talk therapy was not the specialty of this half-baked psychologist.
After a few words, activating abilities, reading memories, and implanting suggestions, a complete course of treatment is over. For him, the patient's attitude is not important at all.
"You don't seem angry at all?"
Jin Mo turned his head from the window and looked at the psychologist who looked only half his age.
"Ma'am, there are more mentally ill people in Hope than you think."
Lin Qingliu spread his hands to indicate that he had seen a lot of this and it was indeed the case. At least the lady in front of him had not started to go crazy, otherwise why would he buy stainless steel tableware in his clinic?
"Today I just want to talk to you about the exploration outside the city and solve the inner obstacles that may exist. Of course, if you don't want to talk, then I will stay here for half an hour and then go to the room of the next superpower."
Jin Mo fiddled with the hair that fell to his ears and asked with a little curiosity:
"Who's next?"
"The superpower 'Mercury'."
"Well, then you don't have to go. Give me his time."
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