Love Cycle (END) Seduce Fate correctly...

"......, the above is the recent news about Morgan Shipping. They completely blocked the news to avoid stock price fluctuations and public opinion crisis." Frankie Miller Jane said contemptuously, "but it obviously can't hide it from the eyes of the old neighbors."

"Really?" Shi Cunjin's attitude was polite and lukewarm.

The two continued strolling along the quiet garden path. The beams of light passed through the dense branches and leaves. The spots of light were like fish, swimming over their shoulders and sliding down their bodies.

【Jane did not lie to you this time.】

AI Sibyl said to Shi Cunjin through the ear bone conduction headset: [Ten minutes ago, I hacked into the Eastern Alliance database and conducted a detailed investigation of Katesi Morgan, the only member of the Morgan family who attended the graduation banquet. All the information matched.]

Shi Cunjin and Crawford Morgan had only been together for a short time, and they were old friends who could talk to each other. Shi Cunjin was not a surveillance fanatic. He let the AI ​​completely control the neutral zone just to squeeze out more time to study the history of the mainland. He would not monitor the daily activities of his old friend's descendants when he had nothing to do.

The notes he gave to all his old friends' descendants were: I'll notify you when you get married/have a baby/die. (Sibiel, the AI ​​who had not been a voyeur inside the Eastern Alliance, strictly followed this.)

【The Morgan family has been secretly competing for the new head of the family since last year. Two of the five direct descendants of your former friend, Crawford Morgan, are lying in the medical city, namely the 17-year-old youngest son and the 21-year-old fourth son. The news was blocked by the eldest son, Cathy Morgan, and no one knew that they were forced to recuperate. The eldest son of Morgan did a good job of keeping the news secret, and it almost stumped me!

The eldest son is only 10% away from completely controlling the West Coast shipping ports and becoming the head of this generation of Morgan. The third son, who holds the last 10% of the shares, is unwilling to hand over the power to his eldest brother, and they are still in a stalemate.

Shi Cunjin quickly recalled the fragments of his old friend's descendants; deep in the solemn and heavy palace of memory, a few small heads with dark purple hair popped out from a corner of his memory and shouted happily: "Teacher Fate!"

He sighed in his heart. The psychological shadow of his father's generation reappeared at the feet of the younger generation and blinded their eyes again.

【A month ago, the special active drugs sent from the ASEAN to the Neutral Zone arrived 12 days later than originally planned, resulting in two emergency patients in the 19th Medical City in the Neutral Zone not being able to receive the corresponding active drugs in time for the next emergency treatment, and they were dragged to death in the operating room.

The two patients were experimental subjects who voluntarily participated in medical research. They had signed a voluntary agreement and guarantee before the operation. After the incident, I compensated their family according to the contract and quickly handled all the follow-ups, so I did not write this matter in the daily newspaper emails you read. 】

AI Sibyl said, "After verification, the secret competition of the Morgan generation has indeed affected the family business as Jane Ning said, and thus affected the flow of resources in your jurisdiction."

Shi Cunjin hasn't left the neutral zone to socialize for some time.

When anyone has played all the modes of a game, they will inevitably feel tired of the game satisfying their curiosity. In recent years, he has been obsessed with studying the customs and history of various places in this continent. He basically stays in the library of Sky City to read history when he wakes up, so he naturally has less attention to the outside world.

This time, when he made a public appearance at the Prometheus Academy Banquet, he was attracted by Jane Ning's exquisite opening remarks with a brilliant topic within ten minutes of his appearance, and he listened to her talk all the way.

Shi Cunjin did not find this strange, as the Neutral Zone had already renegotiated business with the Jian Ning faction of the Eastern Alliance, but as the real zone leader, he had declined Jian Ning's signature and handshake for three years. If Jian Ning had the chance to meet him in person, he would definitely bring up a topic that would arouse his interest and raise questions.

"The two most popular heirs are still deadlocked and refuse to back down." Fran Jane said in a casual tone, "It's not good for a family to be too lively sometimes. Brothers often argue with each other. The Morgan brothers care too much about family power, act on impulse and allow anger to grow wildly in blood relations. They have forgotten how to seriously maintain the shipping business that their fathers cared about most, and have caused a lot of chaos in the parliament."

"So, you plan to take care of things outside the family for them? For example, use Jane Ning Shipping to replace Morgan to take over the Neutral Zone's demand for Eastern Alliance cargo routes?" Shi Cunjin pointed out the purpose of Jane Ning's invitation to him for a chat while admiring the garden flowers.

"With only one heir, Janeen will not encounter such business accidents caused by succession struggles."

“The Neutral Zone is in need of a new shipping option that is more efficient, faster, and has a high standard of reliability.”

"Since the establishment of the Covenant, the Neutral Zone has become the heart of the continent, a place of pilgrimage for all the sick and the disabled. Cases of forced and helpless death cannot and should not occur here again." Fran Janning said with a smile.

At the same time, Shi Cunjin suddenly heard a clicking sound from Aisibil in the Bluetooth headset: [Someone is sneaking up on us. It’s Kashi from the Northern Alliance, the one who likes to let his dog bite people’s heads.]

Shi Cunjin was amused by AI Sibyl's description and smiled slightly.

Then, along with that smile, there also appeared the image of a black lion-vulture with color-difference eyes. That image expanded from Shi Cunjin's memory like a mushroom, at an incomprehensible speed.

Shi Cunjin had ignored the outside world on the mainland for too long, so when he recalled the information, before the idea of ​​avoiding Kashu three years ago caught up with him, Shi Cunjin first remembered the ridiculous characteristics of Anushka Kashu.

"Maybe we can find a place to have afternoon tea after the party." Fran Jane noticed Fate's fleeting smile, and with her tongue touching her teeth, she blurted out the invitation.

"I will consider the shipping proposal." Shi Cunjin nodded to Jian Ning and said calmly, "Please go back. I will go alone for a while."

Fran Janning's eyelashes twitched as alertly as the tips of a coyote's long ears.

The young councillor smiled conspicuously, his humility making his pale face look less arrogant. "Okay. Anyway, welcome back to the social circle, busy man."

"The social atmosphere within the alliance has changed a lot in recent years. Everyone is trying to be more friendly to allies in order to obtain more new cross-regional cooperation projects." Fran Jane shook her head, "But some stubborn conservatives are always more impatient. They don't trust the cross-regional cooperation method, but they want the benefits of cross-regional projects... Fate, be cautious of some new nobles who can't produce real contracts and faction commitments."

Jane Ning spoke to Fate in a polite and slightly friendly tone: "Many people are studying you. You are always more gentle to the young people... You should pay more attention to this..." Frankie Miller Jane Ning nodded and smiled at the silver-haired doll who was still wearing a college uniform and looked like a student. He said in an unusually gentle tone: "If you change your mind, feel free to contact me."

"See you at the VIP table." Jian Ning said, nodded, turned around and left. But his walking speed was not fast, one beat slower than the normal pace.

[Strange... are you two that familiar with each other? ] AI Sibyl's muttering was transmitted to Shi Cunjin's hearing through the ear bones. Shi Cunjin quickly understood, frowned slightly and then relaxed:

Jane Ning guessed that Fate might want to meet a second person in the closed garden.

He verbally approached Fitra with a close relationship, made some specious provocations, turned around without hesitation, but walked slowly, testing the patience and identity of the second person who was suspected to be hiding and observing.

Fate, with his special identity, reappears in the public eye, and it is a noteworthy event for him to negotiate with anyone.

If he was suddenly attacked from behind again (seeing Fate injured when Fate reappeared in the public eye, he would get valuable compensation, and the probability of successfully signing a new freight contract with the Neutral Zone would be higher), Jane Ning would be able to immediately confirm which zone the person Fate met for the second time was from, and determine the direction of Fate's focus when he re-entered the social circle - if his provocative words did not stimulate the second person suspected to be hiding in the garden, and Fate really just wanted to walk alone for a while, it would not be a big deal if he returned to the VIP seat a little slower.

Over the past three years, Shi Cunjin has happily read a lot of foreign history and gained a good experience of knowledge growth. Obviously, others are not lagging behind in growth.

The current young master Jian Ning reacts much faster than the fourth-year student Jian Ning three years ago, and is also more sensitive and suspicious.

Shi Cunjin had no doubt that if he was hit by a virus similar to the one three years ago, he would deliberately use ambiguous words to avoid contact in the last second, and the next second, the young master Jian Ning, who had been in the parliament for three years, would directly flirt with him without changing his expression. People who often sit at the parliament table have a face as hard as a nail.

Shi Cunjin re-adapted himself to the highly concentrated and fast-paced thinking mode of intrigue. At the same time, as he studied the glorious history of each district, Shi Cunjin's interest in this alien continent was rapidly fading.

After this banquet, the next visit to the mainland will be scheduled for 6 months. While Shi Cunjin was thinking about the time, Jian Ning disappeared at the end of the long path in the secluded flower garden.

In an almost seamless second - no idea where he appeared from - Shi Cunjin just blinked, and Anushka Kash, with an expressionless face, was standing in front of him.

Although AI Sibyl had been vaccinated, the moment Shi Cunjin saw Anushka Kash, even the presence of the sunlight shining through the leaves was extremely strong. The golden spots of light burned Shi Cunjin's face like waves of passionate kisses. The fourth-year student who also had bright golden hair stimulated his heart - pure shock, the experience of a ghost flashing on the face in a horror movie was 100%.

Before Anushka could speak, Shi Cunjin said calmly (numb): "Stand far away."

"Morning..." The visitor paused, took two steps back, and then said, "Sorry, good morning."

In just a few seconds, Anushka stared at the senior whom she hadn't seen for a long time. Fate reactivated the long silver-haired holographic doll wearing the basic school uniform. The doll's face naturally had no increase or decrease in fine lines, and it was still the best 20-year-old.

Fate's eyes were as clear as ever, and his pale silver pupils were filled with a light that could see through everything, tranquility, and a kind of detached tolerance. It was easy for people to associate them with newness, integrity, purity, and a blank sheet of paper, which made people subconsciously cheer up and feel that they still had a chance to start all over again and lay out their plans, goals, and life.

Anushka stared at those eyes for three seconds and suddenly understood what her parents meant when they said, "He never changes."

Before today, Anushka had never known how much he longed for Fate's attention. And three years later, he still felt nervous when those eyes looked at him and blinked.

"Jane wants to ruin your first day back in your new social circle. The Alliance has now formulated a complete and strict peace code, and no faction dares to take without giving." Anushka lowered her eyes, stared at the senior's nose, and said quickly and neatly.

"He said that to take advantage of your suspicion and create information asymmetry, hoping that you would trust his source of information more.

Don't believe that Janey will do a good job after taking over Morgan Shipping.

The reason why the secret competition of the Morgan family has not been resolved for so long is that the second son has been missing for nearly a year. The disappearance of the second son is the fuse of the fight between the Morgan's eldest son and the third son. It is rumored that the disappearance of the second son of the Morgan family is closely related to Frankie Miller Jane. "

[What? There is news that I can't find but people in the North District know?] AI Sibyl's self-esteem as an AI was immediately pierced by a bullet called career crisis. It screamed to Shi Cunjin: [I'll be back soon!]

Shi Cunjin was also a little surprised. "If it's true, this should be considered a secret of the core circle of the Eastern Alliance. How come...oh." Shi Cunjin understood instantly and made a judgment like asking: "Kevin...Morgan's two sons are missing in the Northern Alliance area."

Anushka nodded and said, "The two Morgan sons were previously in charge of cross-regional trade and shipping between the Northern Alliance and the Eastern Alliance. Last year, when Jane Ning started to enter the Northern Alliance, they came into contact and got to know each other.

One month later, Morgan's second son disappeared and his whereabouts remain unknown. Six months ago, my Beast Rider team also joined the mission sequence to find Morgan's second son. "

Anushka paused, his voice suddenly slowing down, and he said, "The Northern Alliance will definitely find the Eastern Alliance guy."

"must?"

Shi Cunjin heard something unusual in the conversation and asked in a businesslike manner, "Morgan's second son has been missing in the Northern Alliance territory for a whole year? It snows all year round in the Northern Alliance, 60% of the terrain is frozen rock mountains, and the remaining half is rift valleys. Even your natural gas and energy mines are in the rift valleys... The Northern Alliance rescue law stipulates that if a tourist is missing for a week or an indigenous person is missing for a month, there is no hope of finding the body, and the search and rescue team can give up the search without being held legally responsible."

"Still looking after a year? Consul Eamon is not the type to change the search and rescue regulations for a private individual and do charity for the alien for free. Even if that alien's last name is Morgan." Shi Cunjin pointed out that the points in Anushka's words did not match the Northern Alliance law.

"...Yes." Anushka hesitated for only a second before giving up on patching up the teacher's image. What a joke, that was something that even the teacher's political engagement partner couldn't do. He said, "In the second month after the incident last year, Teacher Eamon approved a four-month search for supplies. When Morgan's second son had been missing for six months, due to his identity, the official secret file was sealed and the search was abandoned."

"But the Morgan family did not give up. They paid a large sum of money to seek help from the experienced beast riders of the Northern Alliance..." Anushka shook her head, "At that time, no beast rider was willing to take on this mission. The heavy snow took away the Morgan sons for six months. It was rare in history that someone could snatch someone from the Snow God."

"But your team is still looking for it." Shi Cunjin pointed out another piece of information in Anushka's previous sentences.

"The Beast Riders can only take on missions in other areas after forming a group." Shi Cunjin recalled the little common sense about the Northern Alliance he had read, "But the Beast Riders are special. They won't set out without a leader..." Shi Cunjin scanned Anushka's current holographic body, and his official tone slowed down slightly, and he asked hesitantly: "...You used a portable holographic implant chip to land on Prometheus? You are in the snowfield now?" Is it possible to have such a strong coordination of nervous responses while working and going to school at the same time?

"Yes." Anushka briefly explained, "All the fourth-year students in the North School take classes this way. It's just a simple implanted chip. Since the third grade, the Black War God has not been online. It is offline to protect my safety when I am distracted."

"In history, few people have been able to snatch people from the Snow God." Shi Cunjin asked, "Why would you want to join a hopeless search and rescue operation?"

"Morgan's second son, Kwenxin Morgan." Anushka's voice slowed down again, as if she was reciting a text in a foreign language that she was not familiar with. "He was Crawford Morgan's favorite child. He was an old friend of yours. Morgan's second son settled in the Northern Alliance when he grew up. I saw your old photo in his inheritance."

"You held the hand of Morgan's second son. Six-year-old Kwensin Morgan took your peace badge and chewed it like candy. You didn't get angry. You loved him very much."

Anushka paused for a moment and objectively added the fate of ordinary people who casually play with the peace badge: "Teacher... Consul Eamon also has a peace badge. Evans, his only descendant, stole it from the safe glass cabinet when he was 15 years old and wore it. He was beaten half to death by the teacher and had to lie in bed for three weeks before he could get out of bed."

——It is really a very precious and legendary badge of honor. The only two living owners of the Peace Badge in the entire continent are Coles Eamon from the Northern Alliance and Fate Sariel from the Neutral Zone.

Shi Cunjin, who never argues with children and whose personality is not biased towards extreme combat, said: "..."

Perhaps because Shi Cunjin's moment of silence lasted longer than the previous silence, Anushka counted the seconds in his mind and turned his eyes to look at the flowers blooming on both sides of the path. He took up a new topic: "I read about your great story circulating for a while."

Anushka looked at the flowers that had just been watered not long ago, and half of the flowers were weighed down by dew. He didn't know the scientific name of the flower in front of him. The Northern Union was frozen all year round, and the flowers could not take root. The Northern Union only had holly and pine trees standing in eternal silence. The flower that Anushka stared at was sprinkled with too much dew, and the blooming flower head was hanging heavily, and the neck branch was almost broken by the dew. He looked at the flower and said, "Of all your old friends, only the one you kept in the central city to grow old is still alive."

"Of all the descendants of the old friends, only Crawford Morgan is still alive. Competition in peacetime is sometimes much dirtier than that in wartime. Some cubs cannot survive in peacetime, no matter how strict you are." Anushka said, "It is better to have one more familiar person in the world than one less. If there is no more familiar people to accompany you, the world is just a strange arena, and you will either die from running or die of loneliness."

“…”

Although the feeling was very faint, Shi Cunjin did sense something heavy, close to the spirit of chivalry, from Anushka's words.

"I'm impressed." After a moment, Shi Cunjin said with a sigh.

"The Northern Alliance's information database has not yet been connected to the Covenant." Anushka said, "I didn't think of taking credit for this." He clicked his tongue, "If it weren't for Jane Ning using this incident to harass you..."

Shi Cunjin laughed and said, "I haven't said anything yet."

Anushka stood quietly for more than ten seconds with her face facing the flowers. Her expressionless face seemed to be thinking, or trying to restrain some emotion. He said coldly, "I have read your stories for a while, and I know what you will do and say. Thank you, refuse, keep your distance, and draw a clear line. Or, you know that there will be no reward for doing these things, right? You are good at attacking, but you are even better at counterattacking with the enemy's questions and methods..."

"Oh, so." Shi Cunjin interrupted. Simply because he didn't want to let too much conversation dominance turn the young man into an idiot again - if people hold the conversation dominance for too long, they will inevitably develop unrealistic desires for expansion and excessive control - Shi Cunjin gently touched the topic at the right time and said with a smile: "It sounds like someone has rehearsed similar conversations many times day and night. How many times have I rejected you in your imagination?"

“…………”Anushka started standing quietly again.

The silver-haired senior with an almost ageless face smiled and said, "Why don't you say anything? Topic expert."

Anushka twitched his lips twice. He was standing in a bad position, with not much shade from the trees above his head. So the holographic sun almost dried him up at this moment. He had to open his mouth to breathe the moisture in the air to survive. Or maybe Fate had activated some strange network plug-in and stabbed his throat just now. He had to open his mouth to survive. Anushka pursed his lips to form a straight line and opened his mouth: "Do you want to go on an adventure with me? I will graduate this year. In the next five years, I need to patrol the wild land alone. If I come back alive after five years, I will directly enter the top 20 seats in the Northern Alliance Parliament."

He paused and said, "Morgan's second son is missing in the North. We have found the initial target for the expedition."

Shi Cunjin blinked his eyelashes and looked at Anushka intently, his expression was completely different from his gentle tone.

The silver-haired senior stood under the mottled shade of the tree, some light golden spots fell on his shoulders, some on the tip of his eyelashes. He squinted his eyes, his silver pupils were shallow and transparent, his eyes were focused and motionless, which reminded Anushka of the terrifying frozen lake that seemed crystal clear but was actually a hundred meters deep.

The pair of eyes stared at him, their gaze was light and yet heavy as high-intensity water pressure… three, four… Anushka took a few steps back and stood in the dense shade of trees three steps behind. The coolness of the shade could not dispel the burning heat that was exploding in his heart.

"I'm familiar with your past adventure stories." Anushka said, "In the entire continent, the Northern Alliance is blank on your adventure map."

"What a wonderful and heart-warming invitation." After a moment, Shi Cunjin said.

Anushka pursed her lips and was about to say something when Shi Cunjin shook his head, "As for the second son of Morgan..." Shi Cunjin remembered what Jane Ning said with a smile, "Contact us later." Is there anything else that is unclear?

The successors brought up by Nero Janning have the same way of finding chips. If there is no good chip, then make one yourself.

Shi Cunjin said to Anushka, "I have some idea about where the child is."

Anushka frowned, feeling heavy in her heart. For someone of Fate's status, "some clues" basically meant that the matter had been settled and the answer was known. This was another polite refusal.

"There are still five minutes left before the speech begins. Are you the second round or the first?" Shi Cunjin took the initiative to break the silence and started walking back. "It's almost time to go back now. Come on, student representative, don't be late."

"You have been out of the public eye for three years." Anushka followed up and changed the topic again, "The foreign representatives are studying the glorious history of the mainland in the past, but I think that except for Anthony who was removed from the Northern Alliance, other records are still blank."

"Oh." Shi Cunjin walked forward and smiled. "Consul Eamon has a strong personality and doesn't like to do charity... He has been in office for forty years and is a supporter of an era. It is difficult for him to change the early system. I am already surprised that he can let you out to participate in the Prometheus project."

Anushka lowered his eyes and slowed down his pace. He was taller than Fate, and his walking posture was also the common two-step-one-step walking posture in the Northern District. He had to slow down to maintain a suitable social distance with Fate. "Yes. Consul Emon will leave the reform of politics and the promulgation of new laws and systems to the next Consul of the Golden Crown. That way, the other three districts will be more likely to accept the voice of the new Consul of the Northern Alliance, even if the new Consul is very young."

Shi Cunjin understood something but didn't respond.

"Senior, I would like to invite you to go on an adventure with me, to explore the unknown deep in the North." Anushka lowered her eyes and walked step by step along the path that Fate had walked. "You have been in Sky City for three years to study the history of the continent, and our journey will last five years."

"The North is very wild and barren, signal stations cannot be widely used as infrastructure, and your technology does not work well in the North... I am the best beast rider of this generation, we are partners, my beast brothers and I protect you, and you guide me with your abundant knowledge. There are many unknown mineral resources and glacial energy oil veins in the North... In the past, the four regions did not communicate with each other, and we mined some precious oil veins without knowing it at the time. It took us many years to realize how much these rare natural oils can contribute to the technological system that advances the times."

"Senior, I invite you to be the first outsider to go deep into the North Territory. Our combination will make everything go smoothly." Anushka said softly. There was no boasting in her tone, nor any humble request, just narration, as if narrating a historical answer that has been stereotyped, circulated, and written into textbooks.

"It seems like you've really caught me." said Shi Cunjin who was walking in front.

Just in response to the tone of the senior as if he was talking to a brat. Anushka had a blank expression on her face, and could not help but take two steps forward, walking on the right side of Shi Cunjin. Her figure, which was half a head taller than the other, immediately covered half of Fate. The tall shadow slid gently over Shi Cunjin like a curtain, covering Shi Cunjin's head and face.

"Ah." Shi Cunjin responded softly, "Remember we just met fifteen... Is it eighteen minutes now?" Shi Cunjin looked ahead, the quiet garden path was about to end, and he could vaguely hear the sound of the orchestra playing in the auditorium from behind the wall. He said, "Don't get too close, Kashi."

"Anushka." Beixiao reminded him stiffly. After a few seconds of pause, he continued, "I don't feel like we've been apart for a long time. There's no sense of strangeness in our conversation. We started chatting the moment we met. Even if today is the first day we met in our lives, we have a good conversation, we respond to each other, and we have the same ideas about each other—" Anushka paused again when her silver eyes swept over him, and then said in a hard voice, "—We are as close as brothers born to be. It's normal for us to be close."

"..." Shi Cunjin couldn't deny this. Indeed, it didn't seem like they hadn't seen each other for three years. They got right down to business in the first minute of their meeting, and after nearly 20 minutes, they were even imagining a five-year adventure. Less than 20 minutes into their reunion, they were already thinking about the future.

This future is full of fascinating unknowns and thick information gaps. When "Fate Sariel" traveled around the mainland, he hated the disasters and losses brought about by the information gap, but he also found it difficult to ignore all the unknown basic energy that could push the world forward and accelerate technology and medicine to drive away disasters and death. Shi Cunjin: "You really did a lot of homework."

"It's not homework." Anushka walked side by side with Shi Cunjin, and he looked at the garden path that was about to end. "I just read your story many times, saw you through the eyes of many people, got to know you, and then came to invite you."

"Would you like to go on an adventure with me?" Anushka stopped at the corner of the path and turned to face the silver-haired senior.

Beyond the emerald green flower wall, the deafening music of the celebration ceremony swirled like a hurricane on the open-air stage. The air was already faintly filled with the aroma of festive sweets. Some people were singing loudly, some were cheering for their grades and the graduation gifts that filled the front row of the stage, and some were shouting that a brand new day in history began from this moment!

Was it the holographic sunlight that was too hot? Was it causing him to sweat? No, the holographic landscape had a constant temperature of 25 degrees.

Was it the music that was too loud? Was it causing his cardiopulmonary function to accelerate? No, the garden wall was programmed to -70% soundproofing.

The two suspicious thoughts flashed across his mind, and Shi Cunjin could always tell what his needs were directed at. He seemed to have regained the excitement he had when he first discovered this chaotic continent.

"Okay." Shi Cunjin looked at Anushka and gladly accepted the invitation.

—《Love Cycle》—