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The lobby of the barbecue restaurant.

Xia Feng stared blankly at the newspaper, repeating the names mentioned above in shock.

"White-faced Owl, Mel, Hemer"

Seeing Xia Feng's expression, A Guang asked tentatively.

"Brother Feng, do you know the people mentioned above?"

Lapland's voice came from outside.

"Boss, are you still leaving?"

Xia Feng didn't answer. He walked to the innermost desk in a daze and sat on the chair without saying a word.

If the information in the newspaper is true, that is.

Nine months after he escaped from Rhineland with Ifrit, Hemer and the others finally couldn't withstand the pressure and were caught.

The newspaper was gently placed on the table. Xia Feng scratched his hair in confusion. His thoughts were completely confused.

Something is wrong, there are too many things that are wrong.

Xia Feng remembered that Hemo had forged the scene and data of Ifrit's escape. If the White-faced Owl was also caught, it would prove that the White-faced Owl used his authority to modify some information and assisted their escape.

But why did this matter come to light only 9 months later?

If Rhine Life had determined from the beginning that it was Helmer who let Ifrit go, the most important thing to do would be to immediately detain Ifrit and use Helmer to threaten the escaped Ifrit to return on his own.

Could it be that Ceria also helped?

Now that it has been concealed, why did Rheinland Life take extreme measures after so long?

The inside of Rhine's life was too complicated. For such a long time, it was impossible to imagine what happened.

Xia Feng could not discern the situation of Rhine's life, but he knew that there was the biggest problem in front of him at this time.

That's the newspaper in front of you.

As a state-supported scientific research institution, why would it publish the leakage of experimental secrets by key personnel in newspapers and tell people all over the world?

This is undoubtedly a thing that tarnishes the image, just like someone whose wife cheated on him, and after he was caught cheating on him, he would shout on the street with a loudspeaker, "My wife cheated on her, and her and the adulterer's names are XXX" .”

Rheinland Life is an organization that values ​​rationality above all else. There is no need to persist in things that are irreversible. The most important thing is to stop losses.

But if they think it can still be saved, they will do whatever it takes.

It is somewhat inaccurate to say that the end justifies the means. It should be called the most scientific method.

The gloom on Xia Feng's face became thicker and thicker. It was obvious that this news was not for the people around the world to see, but for him alone.

Sure enough, what he was most worried about happened.

Because Ifrit used Balrog's exaggerated power several times, he finally aroused the awareness of Rhine Life, and the most recent one should be the previous trip to Ursus.

In Rhine Life's files, Ifrit No. 019 was not a successful experimental subject because she destroyed Experiment Base No. 4.

However, even if she did not succeed, she still became the only one, because the Fire Demon Stone had disappeared and merged into her body.

Rhine Life does not understand the mystery of the fusion of flames and demons. They just want to let Ifrit control this power bit by bit by constantly changing her genes. At the same time, they also have to bear the risk of failure.

It is precisely because of this experimental method with a very high failure rate that Helmer chose to let Ifrit escape.

However, on the sea leaving Colombia, facing the attack of the deep sea monster, Ifrit mastered the power of the Balrog for the first time.

Not genes, not body structure, not medication.

But emotion.

The reason Ifrit cannot control the Balrog is because her mind is very unsound. If she continues to stay in the closed Rhine life, she will never be able to grow.

Obviously, Rhine Life does not understand the mystery of the Fire Demon Stone. Out-of-control humanoid weapons will not only destroy things around them, but also destroy themselves.

After Ifrit escaped, they may have abandoned the unstable experimental subject and left her to fend for herself.

However, the subsequent pillars of fire incidents that occurred around the world made Rheinlife pay attention to one thing.

Ifrit was not destroyed by her own power, but was used as a "weapon" by someone.

"Weapons" that can be used have value, so as the "creator" of Ifrit, Rhine Life has only one thing to do, and that is recycling.

"boom!"

Ifrit burst through the door from the yard and grabbed the newspaper on the desk.

After a period of study, she now knows many words, and she has written the names mentioned above carefully countless times.

"Hemer. Hemer was arrested."

At this time, Hongdao and Lapland also walked in. Xia Feng had been silent for so long, and they knew something must have happened.

Hong Dao walked to the desk and glanced at the newspaper in Ifrit's hand, and quickly understood.

As someone who had never known Xia Feng before in Colombia, Hongdao knew Xia Feng's resume quite well.

"Xia Feng, something happened to your friends in Colombia?"

"kindness."

Xia Feng sat behind his desk with dull eyes. To be honest, he was very confused now.

Confusion, this is an emotion that should not appear at this moment. If it was him in the past, excitement, impulsiveness, anger, and rage, these should be the emotions that dominate his behavior.

But now, he is both the executor and the decision-maker.

"Tear!"

Ifrit lowered her head, tore the newspaper into pieces and threw it heavily on the ground.

Then, she rushed out of the door without saying a word.

"Hey, Aguang, stop her quickly."

A Guang, who was standing at the door, grabbed Ifrit. Because of the force of his forward thrust, the tall and thick A Guang was almost brought down.

Holding Ifrit's shoulder tightly, Aguang was also a little panicked. Although he didn't quite understand what happened, it was obviously something big.

"Ifrit, what are you going to do?"

Ifrit gritted her teeth tightly, even her eyes were red.

"I'm going to save Helmer!"

"How can you save me alone? Sit down first and listen to what Brother Feng has to say."

When major changes occur, it is easy to be impulsive, especially when faced with the safety of important people. Impulsiveness is a kind of self-relief from emotions, or even escape.

At this time, people who can calm down and analyze rationally are more valuable, and Hongdao is obviously the latter.

Seeing that Xia Feng was still silent, Hong Dao said seriously.

"Xia Feng, you should understand that this is a trap."

"I know."

Based on Hong Dao's understanding of Xia Feng, Xia Feng was not silent because he didn't know what to do, but because the decision he was about to make might affect many people.

"Xia Feng. You."

At this time, Ifrit's cry came from the sofa.

Different from the playful cries, hurt cries, and grievance cries before, this time, her cries were not loud, but there was a deep sadness.

If you want to describe it, it would be that the crying contains deep emotions, like the helpless and confused cry of a child who is about to lose an important person.

Ifrit raised her head, tears falling from the corners of her eyes uncontrollably.

She looked at Xia Feng sitting behind the desk pleadingly.

"I"

Ifrit didn't say a complete sentence, because she grew up, and growing up means knowing more.

Homer was undoubtedly the most important person to her, but she wasn't sure if anyone else thought so.

The usual coquettishness, arrogance, and arrogance disappeared in front of this incident.

Ifrit didn't have the courage to make any request and could only look at Xia Feng pleadingly.

"I want to save Helmer."

The main text will be updated today. There will be a stream of consciousness extra that consolidates the plot later. If you don’t want to read it and it will affect the main text, you can skip it if you don’t feel interested.