Chapter 525: The Season of Floating
While Tilan was worrying about how to start the mission and complete the assessment, Blanche on the other side also encountered a similar problem.
"Are there really poor and helpless people on the streets?"
It was already late at night. Blanche was wearing a dark thin coat, with her hands in her pockets, strolling in the city. Occasionally, a car passed by the street and then disappeared.
She was not alone. Behind her was a woman dressed similarly. The other party wore tactical sunglasses, with her hands at her sides, swinging slightly with her steps. If an experienced person, it would be obvious that this woman is an elite operator. Her fingers are always close to her waist, and she can quickly pull out the pistol and the melee weapon hidden in her boots. The sunglasses themselves are a kind of scanning equipment, which can record what they see online at any time.
Inside the slightly thicker coat is an extremely protective inner armor that can resist most bullets. The collar around the neck is not a decoration, but an equipment with actual protective effect.
The woman did not answer Blanche's complaints, but followed silently behind her. As a bodyguard, she signed a strict contract. Unless Blanche asked, she could not talk to her. Even if she did, her words would be recorded and reviewed by personnel. This was to prevent the security personnel from influencing the immature singer through daily communication.
Blanche's self-talk was naturally in vain. In addition to the two of them, the pedestrians who occasionally passed by on the street were mostly in groups of two or three, usually coming out of nightclubs and entertainment venues. The kind of poor and helpless people she expected were really hard to see on the street. After all, this is the central star field, prosperous and wealthy, and there are many welfare policies.
"It's already two o'clock in the morning. I'm a little sleepy. Why don't we go back, Rin." She turned and looked at the bodyguard who had followed her all the way.
The other party nodded slightly, and then Blanche stood there, waiting for the hovercraft to arrive.
At this time, the two of them were on a red steel bridge. The river breeze at night was very comfortable, and occasionally the sound of water could be heard below.
"By the way, Rin." Blanche suddenly remembered something.
"Is your hometown also in the Hemu Star Region?" This bodyguard was recommended to her by the governor of the Hemu Star Region.
"Yes." The other party answered briefly.
"When I first met you, I was in the Central Star Region. I heard from them that you have been working here for a long time and are very familiar with the environment and safety of Academy City."
"Yes." The other party's reply was still brief.
"Then how long have you been here?"
"20 years."
"Wow, so long? I'm only about 20 years old. Doesn't this mean that it has been longer than my entire life." Blanche was surprised.
"Yes."
"Do you like Academy City?"
"Normally, just work." "
Is that so? Actually, I like it very much. I remember that when I was in high school, I really wanted to go to a big city or a prosperous star region. I always heard from my friends and classmates that the Sharpnose Shark Star Region, which is not too far from the Hemu Star Region, is great. The environment and facilities there are particularly different."
"As for the Central Star Region, I just felt it was too far away at that time, just like a distant place that you can see on TV but will never go to in your life." With her arms leaning on the railing, Blanche talked about her memories in the evening breeze.
"When I first came here, the school was afraid that I was unfamiliar with it, so they asked Senior Elklu to take me around for a few days. At that time, everything felt very new, such as the wheat fields and windmills installed in the building, the giant Ferris wheel-like aquarium, the floating restaurant in the sky, all kinds of magical and extraordinary animals, and many stars that I had only seen on TV before."
"The life in the first few months was like a dream. Sometimes when I woke up, I wanted to pinch myself because this kind of life was too different from the past. I felt a sense of panic and fear of loss." After saying that, she looked at her palm.
"Fortunately, I am slowly adapting now."
As a bodyguard, 'Rin' stood quietly by her side, listening to her story without responding, and Blanche also got used to this way of getting along.
Time passed slowly, and in the night breeze, a hovercraft slowly descended and landed beside the two.
Originally, Blanche had walked to the car and opened the door, but perhaps it was the singer's natural ability that made her look back inadvertently. In the night on the other side of the bridge, a tiny light flashed, and then a blood flower bloomed in her eyes, accompanied by a strong electric spark sound beside her.
Almost at the moment when Blanche was hit, Lin threw her to the ground, then pulled out the cylinder with her and threw it.
The metal cylinder separated in the air, and three dazzling silver balls flew out of it. Upon closer inspection, the surface and the inside were extremely complex electronic patterns. When they came out, the three balls burst out with extremely bright light, forming a spherical protective shield covering the surrounding five meters.
The subsequent attacks fell on this spherical protective shield, splashing violent plasma, and the sound of some kind of glass breaking could be heard.
The first layer of the shield was pierced and shattered, the second layer burst out with bright light, and the third layer turned into airtight silver, like mercury.
Seeing that the desired effect was not achieved, the hovercraft automatically crossed the body to block the line of sight, and the opponent stopped shooting and disappeared.
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Ten minutes later, a number of military and police armored hovercrafts surrounded the place tightly, and the medical boats that arrived also stopped next to the scene of the incident. A large number of autonomous units were scattered in the sky and underwater, constantly scanning and detecting back and forth, searching for suspicious targets.
"Report to the commander, the surrounding one kilometer has been checked, and no target has been found."
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"The medical staff have completed the rescue, and the singer Blanche is no longer in danger of life, but because the bullet position is very close to the brain, whether there are sequelae and side effects, still need to be observed later."
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"The on-site investigation has been completed and has been connected to the central database, and handed over to the 24-bit T1 super-level AI of the Harp Crown Ring Star for analysis and search."
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"The preliminary judgment is that it was a purposeful murder, and the location of the singer Blanche was found based on the movement of the hovercraft."
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"The body of the suspected target has been found, but the body is extremely corroded. It is judged that chemical treatment methods were used before suicide."
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"According to the biological information that has been restored so far, it is confirmed that the other party is the wanted fugitive who has been missing for 12 years, Tywons Watson."
"The firearm he uses is the sniper rifle 'Eluard-X7' produced by the giant military-industrial enterprise 'Eye of Hela'. This firearm was released 47 years ago and is still a common equipment of the front-line special forces in the army. The 'Instant Sound' firing system equipped with this firearm can add the enchanted mark in the firearm to the bullet in a very short time, making it burst out with amazing speed and penetration."
"The bullet carried is the 'Lament' 12.8mm special magic-breaking bullet, which is also under the 'Eye of Hela'. The charge inside is a mixture of pure magic crystals refined from densely refined gunpowder. Just one bullet is worth about 1.8 million federal coins, enough to kill most of the defenseless Sequence 7 Beyonders."
"Before the bullet hit the singer Blanche, it was sensed by the protective gear that Blanche was carrying. The shock field it produced greatly slowed down the bullet's speed and impact energy, so that the bullet did not blow up the singer Blanche's head, and it was deflected to a certain extent, resulting in only piercing the eyeball and then hitting the brow bone." "
The target fired a total of five shots. The first shot hit, the second shot missed, the third shot shattered the outer layer of the protective shield activated by the bodyguard, and the fourth shot penetrated the protective shield, but because of the line of sight, it did not hit the people inside and fell to the ground. The fifth shot was a blind shot, grazing the protective shield and penetrating, without hurting the people inside."
"After the mission failed, the other party threw away the sniper rifle and fled to a certain extent, but the purpose was more to buy time to destroy his own body and avoid leaving more clues."
"The other party also used the banned poison 'Crying' under the 'Eye of Hela' when committing suicide. This poison can eliminate the soul consciousness of a living being and is extremely painful when it attacks."
"Currently, the wreckage and corpse fluid have been collected and preserved, awaiting the results of subsequent testing and analysis."
"According to AI's analysis of the clues, the other party first appeared in the surveillance field at the airport in the central 7th area at 10:37 tonight."
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"Due to the attack on the singer Blanche, the Golden Flame Academy will be closed, all campus activities will be suspended, and all students will be temporarily confined for investigation."
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"Regarding the attack on the singer Blanche, the residents of the Hemu Star Region expressed great protest and dissatisfaction. In just two days, there were about ten demonstrations with a scale of millions of people. They believed that it was the negligence of the Federal Central Council to protect the singer girl from this star region. Browning, the governor of the Hemu Star Region, also expressed regret in the remote meeting and announced that he would consider whether to bring Blanche back to the Hemu Star Region for training and protection according to the wishes of the people of the star region."
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"Many high-ranking officials in the Northwest Region of the Federation expressed sympathy for the experience of the singer Blanche. They told reporters that Blanche was the only singer born in the Northwest Region in decades and should have been valued by the Federation officials. However, the Federation Central Council did not take appropriate protective measures. This negligence hurt their feelings. They thought that it was just like the Federation had not paid attention to the poverty of many Northwest star regions in the past hundred years. It was a manifestation of arrogance and indifference."
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"Things are still fermenting. As the singer Blanche has been in a coma for several consecutive days, more and more people are beginning to worry about her condition. In addition, many extremists have appeared in many Northwest star regions. They use various means to express their resentment in a self-harming way, and use this to tell more local residents that the words of the Federation Central Council are not credible. They will only deceive the people of the Northwest star regions again and again."
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"The continuous spread of extreme emotions has not only caused waves in the Northwest star regions and the Federation Central Star Region, but because of the heated discussion of this matter, more and more residents of other star regions have begun to pay attention to the Northwest star regions, which have been less discussed in the past."
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"Some experts and scholars say that because of the policies implemented by the Federal Central Council in the past 300 years, the economic gap between the star regions has gradually widened, and wealth has been too concentrated in the central star region, while the lives of residents in many remote star regions have rarely improved. This long-term gap has planted the seeds of anger among the people in the local star regions, and this incident is just to stimulate and expose it in advance."
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"In order to calm the agitated emotions as soon as possible, the Federal Central Council invited the retired 'Hand of Life' Marcelin Eranzi, a highly respected Light Feather Sequence 8 and a master in the medical field, to go to the Academy City of Harp Coronet to help treat the singer Blanche."
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"Fourteen hours after 'Hand of Life' Marcelin Eranzi arrived at Harp Coronet, the singer Blanche finally woke up, and after a simple make-up, her appearance was still beautiful and flawless."
"In front of many cameras, the young singer expressed her gratitude and thanks, and hoped that those who loved her would protect themselves and not participate in overly dangerous and intense activities. Afterwards, she sang a lullaby in front of many reporters from the star regions to calm everyone's emotions."
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"Because of the singer Blanche's awakening and the continuous live broadcast across the star region for several days, the fierce public emotions not long ago finally eased. Blanche then showed people far away in her hometown her life at school and the situations of several other singers who were her friends. This move slowly turned the topic to the singers at school, and residents of various star regions also enthusiastically discussed the singers they knew and loved." "Under the high-intensity
guidance and monitoring of the authorities and many media, the previous fierce emotions slowly cooled down, and then the focus of the topic gradually shifted."
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"It has been a month since the singer Blanche was attacked. The news and videos about the previous protests on the Internet have slowly disappeared, and the atmosphere of the entire Academy City has gradually subsided. On the surface, everything is returning to its original state. However, in places that the public does not know, many personnel changes have been made at the top of the Central Council."
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"The singer Idria has been relieved of her teaching duties at the school and has returned to the Shuangshu Star Region to recuperate. A new singer tutor will be selected in the next semester. During the break in May and June, the six singers at the school will be arranged to study other courses."
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"The head of the Song Girl Supervision Department of the Federal Tribunal, Volanke, announced his resignation. The deputy head and several patrol officers also resigned with him. The new head of the Song Girl Supervision Department will be Xian Ke, a core official of the Tribunal's Network Supervision Department. He said that he would use his previous experience in the Network Supervision Department to strictly prevent the leakage of the singer's personal privacy and whereabouts, and said that he would use the power of super AI to protect the environment around the singer."
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"The giant company 'Eye of Hela' was investigated by the Inquisition. About 152 high-level investigators led their teams to raid the company bases of 'Eye of Hela' in various star regions and temporarily supervised many senior personnel in the company. During the raid, some conflicts broke out, and about 3 investigators died. 16 members died after failed rescue. At the same time, two of the senior executives of 'Eye of Hela' also died in the crossfire during the conflict."
"For the resistance and resistance of the giant company 'Eye of Hela', some members of the Federal Central Parliament severely criticized it, saying that it was an attempt to violate the 'Giant Company Restraint Act' formulated by Her Highness Emuralin four hundred years ago. There was also a lot of discussion within the Central Parliament. Many people supported the severe investigation of 'Eye of Hela', while others believed that an overly intense investigation would only intensify conflicts and would not help solve practical problems."
"In the following week, more and more representatives of giant companies spoke out in the parliament to protest the Federal Central Government's unfair and violent investigation of giant companies."
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"This will make too many people feel disappointed. About half of the Federation's taxes are supported by us. Why do we have to suffer such unfair treatment? Haven't we surrendered enough rights? Has the Central Council forgotten who gathered around Her Highness Isainessa to establish the original Federation and bring about everything today?" Doug von Noshanlin, chairman of the 'Eye of Hela', a representative of a giant company, responded in an interview with reporters.
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In June, the summer solstice, the rain gradually fell on the city.
(End of this chapter)
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