Merit Book·Xinghai

Eighteenth floor.

Walking in the long corridor, Mapp only heard the echo of his footsteps "empty, empty, empty".

The echo can easily make people feel as if someone is following him, and ordinary people tend to feel fear in this environment, but only in this place can Mapp feel safe.

At the end of the corridor, there is a tall door.There are no extra decorations on the door, only some simple lines, but it gives people a sense of solemnity.

Mapp knocked on the door and said in a moderate voice, "My lord, please see me, Mapp."

After a while, a hoarse voice came from the room: "Come in."

Mapu pushed the door open, turned around and closed the door gently, settled down, looked at the man in the black protective suit standing in the middle of the room, then walked over, bowed his head and said, "Master Liuka."

"Tomorrow is the general director's meeting."

After a few seconds, Liuka spoke slowly, it seemed that his reaction was a bit slow, and it seemed that his mind was focused on other places.

Mapp said, "Yes. When there is something I need to report to you first."

After a while, Liuka said, "Well, what's the matter?"

"Please take a look at this document." Mapp put up a stack of hands.

Liuka picked it up, looked at it hastily, and said after a while: "Todd...betrayed?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"According to my guess, he should have known the truth back then, so he developed hatred for us."

"Oh." Sulka said indifferently: "Do as you want, but don't cause too much commotion."

"Yes." Mapp paused for a moment, and then said: "Todd should choose to do it at tomorrow's director general meeting. Then please avoid it in advance to avoid danger."

"Hmm. When will Star Delaan arrive?"

"There are still two months to pass by Delaian Star, and the closest distance is [-] light-years."

"Two months..." Liuka pondered for a moment, then closed his eyes and said, "I still have something to do, you go first, don't bother me if you have nothing to do."

"Yes."

Mapp bowed and saluted, then withdrew.When he closed the door again, he saw that there was only Liuka sitting in the empty room, with his eyes closed, his hands on his stomach, and his whole body was motionless, like a black stone tablet standing forever.

Mapp lowered his eyes and closed the door.

When he came out of the elevator on the seventeenth floor, he saw Davalo standing quietly outside. At this time, she was like a mouse seeing a cat, and she put away all the edges and corners. With lowered eyebrows and drooping eyes, he looked cute and docile.

"How's everything going?" Mapp asked as he walked.

"It's been arranged as you said." Davalo said after following him.

"Where is Singer?"

"Also contacted."

Mapu nodded, and suddenly asked again: "You sent someone to kidnap the mother of the newcomer Si Jian?"

Davalo was startled. She had ordered someone to do this in private a few hours ago. Unexpectedly, Mapu knew about it, and hurriedly explained: "That young man named Mu Zhe makes me feel very Unusual. Although he has promised to find out about Todd's actions for us, and he has indeed sent some messages... But I always feel that it is not safe. So I think, if he can control his only family member, maybe there will be some impact on tomorrow's event Help. I didn't report it to you because it was just a small incident on the spur of the moment."

"What if it arouses Todd's suspicion?" Mapp asked.

"No, I found a group of low-level gangsters who have nothing to do with us. With them as a cover, the people I send can hide in the dark." Davalo said: "It's just an ordinary old lady. His actions should be foolproof. And even if Todd has doubts, there is only one day, and he has no time to do anything."

"Then... what if the young man's rebellious psychology is aroused?" Mapp asked again.

"This... he is a smart man, so he should be able to understand." Davalo said disapprovingly: "Also, I asked them to pretend to extort money, treat the old lady with delicious food, and then arrange for our people to take her away." Rescue him, so that he can owe me a favor."

"Extortion of money?" Mapu sneered, glanced at Davalo, and said, "There are so many people participating in the carnival on the eighth floor, some of them are children of rich families. She is an old lady with ordinary clothes and no outstanding appearance. Why are others staring at her for kidnapping?"

Davalo was taken aback.

The two meetings with Rong Yuanjian in private, although she seemed confident and calm on the surface and seemed to have completely controlled the situation, in fact, these two meetings put a lot of pressure on her.She always felt that she was actually under the control of the other party, especially the sense of terror brought about by the flashing of the other party's eyes in the memory at that time, which made her feel uneasy.

So a plan suddenly popped up in her mind, which she thought was perfect after repeated scrutiny, but at this moment it turned out to be full of loopholes.

Just listen to Mapp continue to say: "If he can't even see through this, then it's even more impossible for him to get the words out of Todd's mouth. Then you can infer that there must be something wrong with the information he gave you, or Todd saw through it. Your business uses him to pass on false information to you, or the two of them are on the same team."

"What if he sees through but doesn't care about the old lady? It's meaningless for you to do so. If he uses this to deceive you, it will make you step into the pit even more."

"If he cares about the old lady very much, what you do is planting a seed of hatred in his heart. Even if he obeys you today, he will turn against you one day in the future."

"Then...then what should I do?" Davalo hurriedly opened the bracelet and said, "Maybe it hasn't started over there, so I'll ask them to cancel the action."

"No need!" Mapp grabbed her wrist and said with a gloomy face: "Just do it, and the arrow will never return. But in the future, you will do your intelligence work for me, and don't engage in such unnecessary little tricks." !"

"Yes, I... I understand." Davalo bit her lip and said softly, "Then how will this matter... end?"

"You don't need to end it, just pretend you don't know." Mapp narrowed his eyes, thinking of Todd's current betrayal, his eyes were gloomy, and said: "Afterwards, both the mother and the child will be dealt with."

Davalo's heart trembled, he lowered his head and said, "...Yes."

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"Seventeen ship owners, 23 general directors, about two-thirds are already under our control."

While talking, Todd buttoned his cuffs, adjusted his tie in front of the mirror, and lifted his hat.He was wearing brand-new clothes, with every opening on it shining brightly, ignoring that face, the whole person looked heroic and had an outstanding temperament.

This is Tao De's home. Like other Si Jians, he lives in an ordinary two-story villa. A water circulation system is installed in the yard, and the clear springs are flowing, which is very quiet.

Rong Yuan sat on the ground outside the window, watching a few ants walk past him in a neat queue.

There are many races and spaceships coming and going on Leucas Ao, so it will naturally bring all kinds of insects inadvertently.Although there are strict detection and insect killing devices on the spaceship, there are still some lucky little guys who sneak into the ship.These insects cause a lot of trouble for the maintenance department, but the absence of them in the field still feels wrong.

The ants shook their antennae and crawled across the ground.

Rong Yuan said: "I thought you should have been loyal to Mapu and the others in the past, why do you have such a force hidden in your hands besides the Supervision Department?"

"It is precisely because I was... loyal in the past that I cultivated such a force."

Todd said sarcastically, after checking his clothes in the mirror for the nth time, there was nothing wrong with them, he pressed the cuffs, and then he turned into an ordinary middle-aged employee.

He walked outside the door, stood not far from Rong Yuan and said: "You should understand that when you give your heart and soul to someone, you are not afraid of doing too much for him, but hate yourself for doing too little, wishing to be able to Solved all the problems for him."

"Our Supervision Department has authority over Auqi after Mapu, so I can know a lot of things without checking. In the past, in my opinion, there were many problems on Leucasao, and many people did it. I know about things that endangered Leucas, and some people secretly slandered Leucas and even planned rebellion. But when I asked Mapu for instructions on how to deal with these people, he refused."

Todd said blankly.Of course, at that time, he didn't feel that Mapp had various restrictions and vigilance against the Ministry of Supervision, but naively accepted Mapp's explanation, thinking that he didn't want the Ministry of Supervision to make too many enemies, or that he had other reasons. arrange.

"The actions of every inspector in the Ministry of Supervision can be traced at Aoqi, and there is no way to hide from Ma Pu's eyes. But I think I must take the initiative to do something for the sake of Leucasao. So later, I secretly cultivated such a force."

"Its name is White Scavenger."

Rong Yuan looked at the spring water flowing in the yard, and asked: "The personnel...are the family members of Si Jian who left the headquarters before?"

"Yes. On the surface, they left the headquarters to live the lives of ordinary people, but some of them - most of them are children, or my people." Todd said: "There are also some members who come from orphanages, most of them are girls .Because the quality in all aspects is not enough to be selected as a secretary, they all left the thirteenth floor after the age of 12, went to other ship floors to go to ordinary people's schools, and changed their identities smoothly. They lurk in various places according to my order. It can be activated when necessary, assassinate, poison, alienate, steal important information, etc."

"They were still young when they left you. What method do you use to ensure that their loyalty will not change?" Rong Yuan asked, "It's only one step away from making the only son of the seventeenth-floor ship owner fall in love with Aphra. Why would someone who can marry into a wealthy family give up all of this just because of your order?"

"Grace, drugs, hypnosis, or keeping important people in my hands, and some things with special effects obtained from adventurers, there are all kinds of methods." Todd said shamelessly. Said: "If a person wants to accomplish anything, he must use something. I don't think there is any problem with this, but I know you must not be used to it. So, after... After this incident, if any of them If you are still alive, please release the control over them for me, and then distribute all my savings over the years to them. Frankly speaking, I still saved a lot of money."

Rong Yuan didn't speak.But Todd knew he would take care of the girls.

Because this is a very soft-hearted person, but also a person worthy of entrustment.

Todd finally put a memory card beside Rong Yuan and said: "Here is the list of everyone, my account password on Starnet, the arrangements I made these days, etc. You can see what needs to be improved place. I'll go first."

"where to?"

"Go see someone."

Rong Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he understood, he watched Todd leave, with a little jump in his steps, and a little joy and joy in his back.

He went to meet that person with a very happy mood.

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Countless alloy shelves are lined up in rows like the bookshelves of a library. There are no books on the shelves, but densely packed small grids, and each grid is filled with photos and some sundries.

This is the "cemetery" of Leucasao.

On a spaceship, every inch of space is precious.Therefore, although the existence of this cemetery is to give people a place to place their thoughts and sorrows, the use fee of each small grid is very expensive, and at the same time, a high maintenance fee is charged every year.Once the storage fee is suspended for more than a month, the items stored in the small compartment will be packed in a small box and thrown into space.

Todd pressed his cuffs to restore his true appearance, then put a piece of bread and two candies in a small grid, clasped his hands together, and closed his eyes in remembrance.

In the photo in the grid, there is a little girl with braids, bright eyes and a lovely smile. It is even more regrettable to be placed in such an environment.

Behind the photo is a small white jar slightly bigger than a fist.There is also a small box under the jar, which contains a hairpin, a small skirt decorated with colorful flowers, an old doll, a fairy tale book that the girl once liked most, and small cards she made by herself.

Todd used to have nothing. This grid was originally managed by Maple, and the annual storage fee was also paid by Maple at the beginning. The teenager in pain couldn't think of it at all.Even later...Ma Pu used Todd a lot, he noticed it, but he still felt that Mapu was an elder who would silently care about him, he was close to, trusted, and even relied on him in his heart.

Of course, after Todd started working, he began to pay for the storage fee himself.He always remembered this place, but in the past, perhaps in order to avoid pain, Todd actually rarely came to this place.However, looking at the girl's smile now, Todd no longer felt sad, nor was he full of hatred for Mapu and others. He only felt peaceful and calm, and even had a faint sense of joy that couldn't wait.

He stroked the smiling face of the girl in the photo, looked down at her, smiled slightly, and said softly, "Irene, I'm going to see you soon. I'm sorry, I... have become a very bad person now ...Will you still want to play with me when you get there?"