I'm not a hero, but I didn't say I couldn't beat you.

"Sylvia, tell me, if everyone who shares the same interests as Stanley is not suspect, then who will be the suspect?"

Sitting on the desk of a certain senior federal official who was unfortunately invited to have tea, Fuer flipped through the suspect information file given to him by Hartz and asked casually.

"Well, I don't know. I only know that, in a sense, that guy named Stanley is indeed a very pure person. His ideas about research are so pure that they can make some academic hypocrites ashamed. . He simply thought that this research would bring him fame and fortune, and he could use it to slap people who opposed him in the face, so he did it."

"Yeah...that's really pure——"

Fu'er closed the document in his hand and closed his eyes.

The investigation lasted for a month, and basically all the suspected targets had gone through some scrutiny. Even if there were more or less dirty deals between these guys, they were just dirty deals.

Compared with [End of the World], this bunch of morons who only make small profits is really overestimated.

But here comes the problem. The warning of the Doomsday Clock still exists, even 1/3 minute faster than before. This represents a threat that is still approaching them step by step.

So where is the mastermind? It’s impossible that Mother Earth accidentally lost her mind and planned to play the “Twelve Rings of Spring Festival” to wish everyone a good year. Regarding this situation, the higher-ups have indeed become anxious.

In the case of the highest-level transfer, there is no result at all in 2 months?

Just by virtue of this efficiency, many people are at risk of being impeached.

Recently, there have even been arguments that NO.15 itself is a threat.

But to Fu'er, the ideas of those idiots were so stupid. Who didn't know that NO.15 was a threat? Even he still thought that NO.15's current unstable miraculous situation was still a big problem. threats.

But the question is, what does this threat bring? How did it come about? Who secretly planted the conspiracy?

You can't dismantle the display of a time bomb and treat it as if the bomb is no longer there.

They took risks and did so many ways to try to "fish" out the mastermind, just to defuse this "bomb."

Otherwise, everyone should simply follow the federation’s simple approach.

Forget about "dealing with" No. 15.

Of course, the above is just talk. If you really ask them to "deal with" No. 15, those guys will definitely not be able to do it.

One is the value of NO.15 in addition to being a threat, and the other point is...

Who can guarantee that forcing them to "deal with" No. 15 is not the purpose of the other party's conspiracy?

Those guys are so noisy that no one would have the guts to take the blame.

No wonder Harts said those guys are just smoke bombs being pushed on the stage. If you can't figure out what the other party wants to do, just take out a ball of yarn to deal with it!

Anyway, everyone can't solve it, at least they can delay each other's time.

But delaying time...can't delay it for too long...

Fu Er sighed and stretched.

Suddenly, he had an idea.

"you say--"

"The mastermind behind the scenes...could he be someone who is contrary to Stanley's position?"

Precisely because that guy is simply not decent...Does that mean that it is easier to use?

"The positions are contradictory...you mean to provoke the general?"

"It's not impossible. You see, every time I use provocation against Harts, it works."

Fu Er dug out the list of all the members who participated in the discussion on the NO. 15 disposal plan that Cleers had given him. Among them, those highlighted are of course the research group headed by Stanley who hopes to send NO.15 back to the intrinsic world. On the other hand, there are also many people who do not agree with sending NO.15 to the intrinsic world. .

It was just that at the time, Stanley's suspicion was so great that everyone else basically only did the most basic back-up.

"If there happens to be such a person who has a bad relationship with Stanley and has conflicting positions, and when he stops letting Stanley do anything, how will our innocent researcher react?"

Fu'er said while flipping through the list of names.

"That will probably arouse Stanley's remaining competitive spirit and fight him to the end——"

"Then if this person's purpose actually happens to be consistent with Stanley's purpose, then... wouldn't Stanley become the best [alibi] at this time?"

Fu Er was thinking about a few names and looking for them on the list.

"Ah... I found it——"

He saw a politician named [Andrew], a businessman named [Pals], and a scholar named [Owens].

Without exception, they all firmly criticized Stanley's plans and arrangements at that meeting.

This was also the name mentioned by the [World Sustainability Association] when Stanley was being interrogated.

"Hey, I have an impression of this guy——"

Sylvia pointed at the scholar [Owens].

Full name: Barry Owens. His degree is a PhD, specializing in miraculous biological regeneration technology.

"When I was monitoring Stanley, he seemed to have mentioned this person's name and had an angry expression on his face."

"Then it seems that their conflict is indeed not small. Let's go, let's go find Hartz."

It's time to continue investigating.

………………

The next day, Fule got the news from Hartz.

Dr. Owens has not been seen in his laboratory for nearly a month. Even since a few years ago, his experiments have made little progress and results. Even though he still occasionally attends major academic exchanges, meeting, or a special meeting like the No. 15 solution, but he didn’t seem to focus much on academics.

Of course, the political world has only scratched the surface, and there seems to be no intention to enter the core of the federation. Some people once said that he began to give up on himself after his application to join the Atlas Academy was rejected a few years ago.

But in Fu'er's view... every piece of information just symbolizes that the other party's suspicion level is rising sharply.

"Hartz...forget it, Miss Milani, can you find him?"

Ignoring a certain "reckless man" in front of him who only knew how to fight, Fu'er asked into the communication headset.

"Yes, or in other words, the other party has not hidden his whereabouts at all. Half a month ago, after he attended the last disposal meeting on NO.15, he took a private flight to a small island in the Pacific Ocean for investigation. Went on vacation.”

"It seems... I have to go and meet him..."

"If you are looking for that Barry Owens, I can give you some advice-"

The strange yet familiar voice inserted into the communication was just like the one he investigated in the abandoned ruins more than a month ago.

"Mr. Clears, please do not intervene in communications with such sudden intrusions."

First, it was Milani’s helpless voice.

"Oh! Sorry, sorry! Because I just finished an experiment, I remembered that the investigation here is not over yet, so I came over to listen. I didn't plan to say anything, but you mentioned that Barry Owens , piqued my interest.”

Although there was an apology in his tone, Fu'er always felt that this guy did it on purpose, just to scare others.

But since the other party brought information about the target, Fu'er naturally had no reason not to listen.

"It sounds like...Mr. Clears, you know Owens?"

"Well, I know."

Clears paused, as if remembering something.

"If I remember correctly...I rejected his application."