Hunting Game [Interstellar]

Unknowingly, it was almost three o'clock in the morning, everything was silent, and the Intelligence Department building was so quiet that even a hair falling on the ground could set off an alarm.The agents who had been working for several days without closing their eyes were inevitably tired. Guan He stood guard at the door of the monitoring room, with his hands behind his back, his body stretched straight, but his wandering eyes revealed his absent-mindedness.

Earlier, only the minister and the crown prince went in for interrogation, but Brandt hurriedly left the military headquarters after a while. After such a long time, only His Highness and that unpopular imperial agent were there. What are they doing? ?Is something wrong?

Guan He's mind was filled with the appearance of Brant leaving in a hurry, without even a chance to leave an explanation, letting his thoughts run wildly wildly - Su Shichuan obviously came prepared, and he must have been deliberately arrested because he carried enough to ensure his own safety. Getting out is equivalent to a secret, and the minister's departure can only show that he was convinced by that secret.

At this moment, there was a "click" on the door in the corridor that had been silent for a long time.

In an instant, his thoughts returned to his original position, Guan He settled down, looked at the door of the monitoring room with a calm expression, and when he saw Xifa coming out, he bent down respectfully and called out: "His Royal Highness." Then he raised his head, calmly. He quickly glanced behind the opponent.

Su Shichuan's hands were locked in handcuffs, hanging in front of his body, the front of the shirt inside was half open, the stained blood was slipped away by the sweat, and a large area was smeared, and the ferocious torn wound could be vaguely seen, which made people involuntarily I can't imagine how miserable the other positions that are covered will be.

There were bloodstains on his face, and his eyes were covered with black cloth as usual, but almost at the moment when Guan He took a sneak peek, he noticed that the guy who had obviously lost his sight turned his head in the direction he was at the same time, even He even hooked the corners of his mouth very indistinctly.

"Don't be surprised, I just remember your voice." Su Shichuan smiled meaningfully.

Hearing this, Xifa turned his head to look at Su Shichuan, and then at the young officer who was saluting to him not far away, his eyes glanced at the shoulder patch of the other party, thinking to himself that he had no impression of this major general, so he asked casually Sentence: "You were found out by him?"

"Well," Su Shichuan admitted generously, "he has good ability. If I were Brandt, I would definitely put him in good use."

Guan He was stunned immediately, and couldn't help opening his eyes slightly.

Xifa raised the corner of his mouth unsurprisingly, and said with a smile: "Don't take what he said too seriously, there are always more lies than truth, he clearly knows your thoughts and weaknesses, and sometimes he speaks lies more truth than truth And the most important point, most of the reason why he chose to use words to attract your attention is because he took aim at you. Get up and nail your own coffin."

Guan He: "..."

Su Shichuan suddenly couldn't laugh or cry: "Why expose me?"

Xifa squinted at him, with a cold expression on his face: "Whoever caught you in the net never forgot to tease the captain of the operation, and deliberately said in front of my face, how easy it is to provoke me, you think it's still more than ten years before?"

The admiral who had been exposed was very convinced, but on the surface he still pretended to be calm and explained: "False words must also pay attention to the basis of facts, otherwise it is impossible to confuse the false with the real, so objectively speaking, Major General Guan's ability is really good. .”

Xifa: "If you praise him again, believe it or not, I will dismiss him directly?"

Captain Guan who was somehow involved: "???"

Su Shichuan smiled without saying a word, and calmed down without a choice.

It was the first time that he was satisfied with His Highness Xifa, who had taken advantage of his mouth, and he was so happy that he even looked at Guanhe with a more friendly look, and said lightly: "This prisoner's situation is a bit special, and it needs to be decided by the teacher, but There is no need to imprison him for trial, you can ask Brandt about the specific situation, and I will take him away first."

This passage sounds plausible at first glance, but it actually reflects a lot of information. Rex is the current highest decision-maker in the league, and his decision is enough to explain everything.Su Shichuan mentioned "looking for someone" when we first met, but now it seems that this person probably refers to Rex.

Really let him see, this person is not simple.

Guan He dared to think but didn't dare to ask more questions. After Xifa finished speaking, he bowed his body and replied, "Your Majesty understands, Your Highness, go slowly."

Xifa nodded slightly, and without further words, reached out to grab Su Shichuan's arm, and led him away from the intelligence department through a side door.

It is hundreds of kilometers away from here to return to the Imperial City of the Palace of Seven Stars. Su Shichuan's identity is sensitive, and he should not act too casually before Rex makes a decision, so according to the regulations, he got on the escort car when he came, and the two of them Temporarily separated.Brandt commanded from a distance, and dispatched several special vehicles from the intelligence department to follow the escort to avoid unnecessary accidents.

An hour later, at the main gate of the Silver Head, the convoy stopped.

Su Shichuan was escorted to the car by the guards, removed the blindfold and handcuffs, then looked up at the moon-white palace in front of him, and said with a broken smile: "Rex asked you to arrange a place for me, but you brought me here directly, no Is it appropriate?"

As a rebel branch separated from the empire, the alliance has continued the original tradition in all aspects. Even the imperial city was modeled after the Double Moon Hall, and a silver head was built in the core area, intending to rival the Luoyin Empire. The glory of the stars, so it is self-evident what the identity of the person sitting on the throne of this palace is—however, the alliance has lacked a person who is qualified to sit on the throne for a long time, until the arrival of Xifa.

"What's inappropriate?" Xifa said naturally, "You are a repeat offender of the alliance, isn't it reasonable for me to guard you personally?"

Su Shichuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at him with a half-smile: "You are the crown prince of the alliance, no matter how important a prisoner is, you shouldn't bother him, right?"

Xifa smiled nonchalantly, waved away the accompanying agents, and then put on Su Zhanchuan's back, leading him through the vestibule corridor, and said: "I, the crown prince of the alliance, has been single for 27 years and needs to expand. Harem, it just so happens that you, the mentor of the imperial emperor, are still single, we know each other so well, so don't pretend we don't know each other."

Su Shichuan also laughed when he heard what he said, and joked unhurriedly: "The Luoyin Empire has been established for 400 years, but the traitorous prince slept with his imperial mentor, which is also a scandal for the current emperor. gone."

Xifa laughed loudly when he heard the words, and the laughter stopped after a while, and he suddenly said in a very serious voice: "I don't care if it's a scandal or anything else, I always want others to know that you are mine , I thought about it from the very beginning. It's a pity that I have the status of the third highness in the empire, but I can't decide anything in essence. At that time, I didn't have a clear and complete concept of power, and I didn't have a particularly strong idea of ​​the throne until I came here."

The two walked up the steps side by side and entered the main entrance of the palace.

Su Shichuan looked at him sideways: "What about now?"

"To be honest, I don't have any now, but I've begun to understand why Cisse is so persistent." Xifa said frankly, "Once power is contaminated, it will indeed make people lost, and people will subconsciously desire more, let alone Said that we are princes who have a chance to reach the top."

"You are also contaminated with power, so you won't get lost, and you won't long to stand on that peak to overlook the world?" Su Shichuan asked.

Xifa laughed inscrutablely, and was not in a hurry to answer.

In the corridor on the third floor, he pushed open the door by the window at the end and signaled Su Shichuan to go in.Su Shichuan was the first to enter, and noticed that it was just an ordinary guest room with a remote orientation. Several floor-to-ceiling windows faced the back garden, and there were towering old trees outside the windows. There is a natural barrier, and it is relatively easy to get out.

At this time, the sound of closing the door and Xifa's voice sounded at the same time. He said: "It stands to reason that the person who lives here should be the Emperor of the Alliance, but have you noticed anything unusual?"

Su Xingchuan closed the curtains and turned to look at him: "There are too few people, it's impossible for Rex not to arrange a servant for you, you didn't want it?"

"I can't, I just told you not to disturb me after nightfall," Xifa said.

The light in the guest room was not turned on, and the light only came from the light moonlight penetrating through the window. Su Shichuan stood in the shadow covered by the curtains, raised his eyes and stared at Xifa in front of the door, remained silent for a moment, and then pointed out sharply: " You still don't trust him?"

"I can't believe it." Xifa lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and the red flames flickered slowly in the darkness, "So I won't get lost, and I won't long for it, because I clearly know that I don't really hold the power of the alliance. It is the privilege imposed on me by Rex. Those who respect me, the object of their obedience is not me, but the commander behind me."

"After so many years, I understand your original choice, but I also believe that it is impossible for you not to realize that there is only one end for me to be sent to the league - I have to become a puppet of Rex." So far, He smiled silently, and when he spoke again, his voice could not feel a trace of obvious mockery, "Of course, Rex would not make this kind of thing obvious, and on the contrary, he gave me absolute respect, even Even though he built this silver head long ago, he himself has never lived in it for a day."

Su Shichuan said: "He is very strict. It has been 16 years since he betrayed the empire. He still chooses to play the role of a loyal minister to the eldest prince. He keeps his ambitions in check and never falls into the shoes of others. To be honest, I really admire that." he."

"Yes." Xifa nodded slowly, "I used to wonder if I was thinking too much, if Rex didn't plan to use me to conquer the empire and replace it, because he was really good to me, and he was even more helpful in teaching. Picky."

It was obvious that there was something in the words, Su Shichuan was rarely at a loss, he was silent for a few seconds, and hesitantly asked: "Did you find something?"

"This matter is a bit complicated, but in the final analysis it is thanks to your arrangement." Xifa said.

Su Xingchuan frowned and did not speak. Xifa said again: "Back then, Rex led his subordinates to betray the empire and invaded and occupied eighteen asteroids in the distant galaxy to establish the initial base. Was it too smooth for them to gain a foothold as invaders?"

"Indeed," Su Shichuan said, "but no one understands the situation here. The empire's intelligence network did not extend at the beginning of Rex's betrayal. That period of time was completely blank for us, without any relevant information. record—"

"Shi Chuan, do you know the predecessor of Sirius?" Xifa suddenly interrupted him.

Su Shichuan was stunned suddenly, he had a general impression of the information about the entire galaxy.

Although Sirius is located in a remote place, its development in all aspects is very advanced. According to historical records, it is a new star occupied by the Luo Yin Empire due to its territorial expansion more than a hundred years after the founding of the country.In other words, in the early days, this place and its surrounding areas did not actually belong to the Luo Yin galaxy, but were demarcated later.

However, these are well known and certainly not the answer to the question raised by Xifa.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Xifa smiled suddenly. He turned on a non-glare wall lamp, then took out the medical kit from the cabinet and put it on the low table, took out the bandaging items one by one, and explained lightly One sentence: "This is my mother's hometown."

Hearing this, Su Shichuan suddenly realized that the seemingly unrelated fragments had been connected together unexpectedly. He suddenly felt that the reason for Rex's treason might not be as simple as everyone knows.

Getting ready, Xifa looked back and said, "Let's deal with the wound first."

Su Xingchuan took off his jacket and shirt, went to sit bare in the armchair: "I heard from Xingyun that Princess Anna is still alive, and combined with what you mentioned, Rex should be the With the support of the princess, we can quickly establish a foundation, but I don't understand one thing."

Xifa moistened the entire piece of gauze with alcohol, bent over and wiped away the condensed blood scab near the wound little by little: "You say."

The burning pain touched the sensitive nerve endings, and Su Xingchuan felt a burning pain in his chest, but the more it hurt, the more he felt that his thoughts became clearer: "Why is the princess and Rex connected? Your mother's I don't know the situation, but Rex's profile is well-recorded in the military department. I've read it hundreds of times over the years. He came from an ordinary background and has nothing to do with the planetary royal families affiliated to the Rhine Empire in the galaxy. How could it be possible? Persuade the princess to feign death and treason with him?"

"You got to the point." Xifa raised his eyes and glanced at him, "Mother has no reason, even when they were in the empire, there was no intersection between them."

Su Shichuan didn't know why, and looked at him puzzled.

Xifa: "Because she did die 16 years ago, she has been completely dead until now. Back then, Rex just took away her body, and then 'resurrected' the body, and came here in the name of cooperation. Sirius won the initial support, which is how he established his foundation. In the next few years, with Sirius as the center, the alliance began to expand to the surrounding planets, and the affiliated planets reached cooperation through provocations and lures, and the imperial territories would adopt Occupy by force, I have to say, he is indeed a very good careerist."

"Who told you this?" Su Shichuan said.

"No one told me, but I pieced together the truth." Xifa said.

Su Shichuan felt unbelievable. In his mind, Xifa's words and Pei Li's last words resounded alternately - "She is indeed dead" and "Beware of dead people".

What does this mean, and is the suspicion misdirected?

If Xifa's speculation is true, then the key to Rex's layout should be Xifa's mother, Princess Anna. Without this bargaining chip, it will be difficult for the alliance to develop rapidly.

But--!

Su Shichuan was puzzled: "How could he bring the dead back to life?"

"Actually, I didn't notice any difference." After applying the anti-inflammatory medicine, Xifa took a piece of clean gauze to cover the wound, and then carefully wrapped the bandage around Su Shichuan's body to fix it. The fake 'crow' came to me out of the blue and told me that the woman was just a thinking corpse and told me to be careful."

"He told you," Su Shichuan instantly grasped the point of the question, "Could it be that Rex put her..."

"You guessed it," Sifah said with a half-smile, "Rex had someone transform her body, leaving behind a skin that looked like a real one, with an intelligent system embedded inside—" Glue the bandage, He stood up straight, lowered his head, and looked down at Su Shichuan's eyes, "So she is just an intelligent body with a special material."

Su Shichuan was shocked!

"But this is where my real doubts about you started." Xifa smiled with his eyes bent, stretched out his hand to scratch the bridge of his nose boldly, and joked, "I didn't even notice the difference in my mother, that' The crow is fine, can I not think about the reason for this?"

"The intelligent body is highly simulated and restored. It can deceive people, but it can't deceive the same kind." Su Shichuan shook his head with a smile, "It seems that it was really right to let Shi Qi come with you, otherwise I would be very troublesome."

Xifa asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Su Shichuan said: "I'm afraid you have too much affection for Rex, the mentor, and I'm even more afraid that one day I will have to do something to your biological mother. At that time, I'm afraid you won't let others know about our relationship."

Xifa heard the deep meaning, and was stunned suddenly: "So you are here..."

Su Shichuan said flatly: "The arrangement and deployment by me is true, but it is not for the current empire, but for you."

……

At the same time, the Luo Yin Empire garrison space station.

News came from the communication channel listed as the top secret, and the monitoring personnel immediately notified the second knight stationed here.

It is an image data composed of multiple photos. It can be seen that the shooting angle is very obscure, and there are inevitably occlusions at the four corners of the picture, but the captured target is extremely clear, and there are many close-up details for the reviewer to clearly see the target's wounds, etc. detail.

At the end, the person who sent the message also added a text message, he said: [Teacher Huang is safe for the time being, the transfer destination is unknown, and will follow up and investigate as soon as possible. 】

During the whole process of calling and consulting, Feng Chen's face was gloomy, his aura was extremely cold, and all the subordinates who accompanied him on the scene were silent, not daring to say a word.

After the brief report, Feng Chen didn't say a word, picked up the optical computer which stored the confidential information, turned and left the main control room.As a result, Aning, who was sleeping soundly, was first awakened by the light brain, and then he was beaten violently, and finally hugged the light brain with a bruised nose and swollen face, and listened to Feng Chen's scolding while looking at Su Shichuan's photo.

Admiral Feng scolded again exactly what he had scolded when he heard the "take the initiative to arrest" two days ago, and when his anger subsided, he lit a cigarette, smoked in silence, and then said: "He's going in." Alright, what's next?"

Aning puffed out his swollen cheeks and looked at him pitifully: "The situation inside is unknown. Teacher Su said that it will take time to understand the situation after entering. Let me wait for the notification."

Feng Chen raised his eyebrows: "Are you waiting here?"

"Otherwise where are you going? I am a smuggler this time, so it is impossible to stay in Sirius for a long time." Aning rolled his eyes and comforted him, "Don't worry, it's normal to get into the alliance in this way and get punished." , Su Jiao can walk by himself, which means—”

Before he finished speaking, Ah Ning was overwhelmed by the murderous aura, and suddenly felt a chill on his back, and he didn't dare to push anymore.

The degree of understanding between the two is different. Aning only noticed that the injury was not serious, but Feng Chen noticed that the wound was caused by some torture device.

The person who judged Su Shichuan was Sifa Tranze, this was the first judgment in his mind.

The second is that he is returning the sentence he received in Prison No. [-] that day.

Ten years is enough to make a person completely unrecognizable. Feng Chen is not a person who trusts feelings. His rationality determines that he must take the worst outcome into consideration.

After a long silence, he finally said, "When is the next time you're going to make a purchase?"

Aning replied: "After half a month, I have made an appointment with Professor Su, and he will give the first batch of information."

"Alright then," Feng Chen pressed the cigarette butt out, "I'll go with you then."