Hunting Game [Interstellar]

Xifa didn't want to care about non-human beings, and temporarily ignored Shi Qi, who was aggressive and courteous, and walked into the conference room without looking back: "Speaking of which, you don't seem to be surprised to see us two coming here together. Did I contact you in advance, or do you know that he has no intention of continuing to hide his identity this time?"

Behind him, Cang Xingyun was inconspicuously stunned for half a second, thinking about the exact meaning of this "identity" quickly in his mind, then closed the door calmly, and said: "It was an accident in my heart, but It just didn't show."

Xifa couldn't help laughing when he heard that, he casually smoked two cigarettes from the cigarette case, and handed them back to him.

Cang Xingyun did not refuse, took the cigarette and lit it up, and explained lightly: "These seventeen years have been full of loopholes, and the image established by Boss in the past few years is really too different. It is natural for you to be suspicious. At first I was worried, but then I thought that Boss knew you better than any of us, so he probably expected this kind of result a long time ago, maybe it was arranged on purpose."

Xifa was taken aback for a moment, thinking it was quite interesting: "You really know him very well."

"I've been calculated too much, I don't even know if I want to." Exhaling the smoke, Cang Xingyun raised his hands to say "please", motioning Xifa to sit down.

After that, the two stopped chatting and sat down on the single sofas at both ends of the coffee table.

Shi Qi has calmed down, and now she is obediently lying on the master's lap, enjoying the long-lost smooth hair.

I heard about the personnel arrangement earlier. Except for Yunus and Jiyue who are officially assigned, the other three are free identities. Su Shichuan absently rubbed the fox dog's ears and looked at the communicator time with his wrist .Looking up again, he looked at Cang Xingyun and asked, "Where's McGregor?"

"They said they had business, and they left a few days ago. They should be in the black market, the town where we met last time." Cang Xingyun replied truthfully, "I didn't expect you to come today, otherwise I would have notified you in advance. There are only two of us in the church now, Mike will definitely not come back in time, do you think it is necessary to contact other people?"

Su Shichuan shook his head slowly: "No need, you will notify Jiyue alone, and the doctor will not bother you. It's better if he doesn't know."

"So the master really has a plan to arrange when he comes tonight?" Shi Qi turned to look at him.

Su Shichuan gave a flat "hmm" and was not in a hurry to express his intentions. Instead, he outlined the infiltration mission of the imperial agents and his own two-way plan.The ten-year span, the details are complicated, and it is impossible to explain clearly in a few sentences. Su Shichuan only highlights the key points and explains them so that the two subordinates can quickly understand the stakes.

After he finished speaking, the entire meeting room was silent for an instant, and Cang Xingyun looked a little dignified, obviously thinking.

Seventeen frowned, and the dog's claws clenched slightly unconsciously: "I didn't expect Xi Sai to entrust you with the task of infiltrating agents. Isn't this a deliberate embarrassment! The third highness has betrayed, so is he still worried about you? "

"Don't think so complicated," Su Shichuan patted the dog's head reassuringly, "It can be regarded as a reasonable use of Cisse's resources."

"Then you take it too seriously. It takes ten years to train, why didn't you come here sooner?" Shi Qi said, "Anyway, we should cooperate internally and externally. It doesn't matter how you arrange the infiltration."

Su Shichuan glanced at Xifa when he heard the words, but answered Shiqi's doubts with a smile: "This is a buffer period in the preparation stage. I will give you time and I will give myself time. Ten years is not long, but it is not short. , since Cisse doesn't trust me, I must take this opportunity to settle down first and do my best for him, so as to numb his suspicion of me."

The other three people present had different levels of understanding of Su Shichuan's deployment, and Shi Qi was the one who knew the least among them.Moreover, as an intelligent body, Shi Qi's thoughts are particularly pure and clean, and he can hardly talk about the city and the mind. He only knows how to be loyal to his master without distraction.

Because of this, he is more suitable as an executor than a decision-maker.This is the disadvantage that the intelligent body cannot avoid, and it is also the only reason why Su Shichuan can't reuse XVII and must cultivate Xingyun.

Seeing that Shi Qi didn't speak any more, Su Shichuan raised his eyes to look at Cang Xingyun: "Are there any other questions?"

"Tell me about the task you want to give us." Cang Xingyun said.

"That's good." Su Shichuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The first one is the list of agents I gave you that day, be careful to keep it quiet, start from the shallow penetration and deal with it one by one, to ensure that there will be no Important news from the league leaked out of them."

Cang Xingyun: "Got it."

Xifa couldn't bear it anymore and interjected: "The other day I asked you who the undercover agent of the military department was, but you asked me if I wanted to betray you, so why can you just give him the list? And you have already given it?!"

Su Shichuan was startled, and then laughed dumbly.

Cang Xingyun heard the clues, but spoke first: "I have read the list several times, and there is no mention of special agents in the military department." He looked at Su Shichuan, "You don't want to touch him?"

"Almost." Su Shichuan explained calmly, "The annihilation of the entire army is too obvious, especially in key positions, which can easily attract the attention of the Imperial Army, unless the agent himself made a major mistake. And that child is very important to me. It’s a bit special, I joined it on my own recommendation at the beginning, and I have to think about whether to do it or not in the end.”

"Can you tell me who it is?" Xifa asked.

Su Shichuan said: "He has changed his appearance, even if he knows his true identity, he can't see it."

"I just want to know who he is," Sifer said.

Su Shichuan was silent for a few seconds, and then made a concession: "You also know it, it was Austin Ducker who was in the same class as you back then."

Sifa was startled, and narrowed his eyes in confusion: "I heard that he was the one who reported me to Cisse at that time. You must know about this, so why hesitate?"

"He was just being used by others." Su Shichuan said patiently, "For the empire, the choice he made is understandable, isn't it?"

"Yes." Xifa admitted frankly, "but even so, no one can deny that it was his choice that led to the current result! You can't ask me to pretend that nothing happened, and treat him as a classmate like before. treat it?"

Su Shichuan sighed: "So I don't want to tell you."

Xifa couldn't understand more and more: "You..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Shichuan suddenly opened his mouth and interrupted directly: "This matter ends here, the plan is mine after all, and the chess pieces used in the layout can only be decided by me whether they live or die. This is the rule , you have the right to question, but not to intervene."

Xifa was so choked that he couldn't even utter a single rebuttal. He stared into Su Xingchuan's eyes for a moment, while the other party seemed to avoid it intentionally, and the two's eyes didn't meet.For no reason, he suddenly felt that coming tonight was a wrong choice, because in the dark side corresponding to the truth, Su Shichuan was so cold-blooded that it made people feel strange.

He called those agents who had been trained by him for ten years "pawns", and at the same time, like the god of death, he arbitrarily controlled their life and death.

He's always been like this?

"The second thing is also a more important one." Su Shichuan continued without hesitation, and said calmly, "According to our original plan, in the end, I will be your internal response to the capture of Baidi Star within the empire, so I must I have to go back, and I can’t leave empty-handed.”

"Assassinate Rex?" Seventeen asked.

"Well," Su Shichuan nodded slowly, "The preliminary plan is already in place, and the time is roughly set on the night of the Alliance's Independence Day in summer, but the specific plan can only be determined after knowing the location of the dinner party, security deployment, etc. .And I don't know enough about the situation of the Seven Star Palace, you must know better than me about this."

"Independence Day..." Cang Xingyun repeated in a low voice, "That means there are still more than three months left, isn't it too late?"

Su Shichuan said: "I also know that time is running out, but I can't afford it."

Shi Qi looked at him with a face of confusion: "What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that Rex doesn't want the 'crow' to be idle, and then arrange some difficult and unshirkable tasks for me." Su Shichuan said.

As soon as the words came out, the other three people present realized that something was wrong at the same time. Xifa narrowed his eyes and said sharply: "What do you mean, is there something wrong with the conversation with him this morning?"

"Probably." Su Shichuan leaned back on the back of the sofa as he said, his expression rarely changed, and he seemed a little hesitant, "Rex wants me to use the life of the two knights from the Imperial Garrison Space Station To express my sincerity to the alliance, combined with my scheduled assassination date, I want to win a space station that has been stable for more than ten years within three months, this condition is not small, it really stumps me."

Now even Cang Xingyun had to be shocked: "The second knight Fengchen and the fourth knight Auman are stationed in that space station. Let alone the strength of these two, it depends on your relationship with Fengchen. Can..." At this point, he suddenly didn't know how to continue, and asked bluntly, "Did you promise him?"

Su Xingchuan raised the corner of his mouth when he heard the words, and his voice suddenly burst into mockery: "This condition is my admission ticket to the league. If Rex can make it openly, it means that he is sure that I will not refuse. .It turns out that I can't refuse, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted in the early stages of the plan."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Xifa said.

"What's the use of saying it?" Su Shichuan asked calmly, "Is it realistic for you to question him and renegotiate the terms with him? Let's not mention whether Rex may think too much, just because I am an outsider On the first day of appearance, the crown prince had a dispute with the mentor, so even if Rex wanted to cooperate, he probably couldn't rashly keep me."

Xifa was noncommittal and did not speak.

Su Shichuan said again: "Based on the information that Rex has, he should indeed know about my personal relationship with Feng Chen, but this information cannot be too detailed, so I speculate that he did not use this to force me to make a decision. choice, and most likely didn't even consider this layer at all."

"How can you be sure?" Cang Xingyun asked.

"Because there is no benefit." Su Shichuan said without hesitation, "Rex is suspicious by nature, and his style of handling things is extremely cautious. He will never make a decision that is not beneficial to himself. In addition, when a person puts forward conditions, and When there is no choice to directly refuse, there is a high probability in his heart that he is eager to cooperate."

"It may also be to let you retreat in spite of the difficulties!" Shi Qi said.

Su Shichuan gave a "hmm" and said, "Indeed, but the possibility is very low."

Seventeen puzzled: "Why?"

"Because the 'crow' he has seen is not a person who will retreat in the face of difficulties. The strategy varies from person to person. I believe that Rex will not make such a low-level mistake." After finishing speaking, Su Shichuan was silent After a while, he spoke again very cautiously, "If my guess is correct, Rex probably wants to use my hand to break the deadlock between the Alliance and the Empire."

"Indeed." Xifa agreed, "Although it is not yet time to officially declare war, the garrison of that space station has indeed restrained the expansion of the alliance. For such a long time, Rex has been holding back for so long, in my opinion, it is mostly because Not sure, but now that you're here..."

He raised his eyes and looked at Su Shichuan: "As a high-level executive of the empire and an old acquaintance of the second knight, he is sure that you will know the security deployment of that base very well. You are the trump card of the empire, but now he is holding it in his hands , it’s a pity not to use the place.”

"That's right." Su Shichuan said, "In fact, the cooperation has already begun. This condition must include some temptations out of distrust, but more of it is to use me to remove the nail that the empire wedged at the door of the alliance. So One kills two birds with one stone, and Rex is sure to make money without losing money, which is in line with his character."

However, when the voice fell, Su Shichuan suddenly fell silent.

Feeling the hand stroking the back stop, Shi Qi looked up at his master, and at Cang Xingyun not far away.

The two quickly exchanged glances, Cang Xingyun understood, and said: "Even if you can analyze his motives clearly, you still need to make a choice in the end. Boss, your decision will really kill Feng Chen." to change?"

Su Shichuan did not speak, but remained silent.Cang Xingyun knew that he had listened, and there must have been some hesitation in his mind, or he had already begun to hesitate, but he was only pretending to be calm on the surface.

"Of course, if it were you, I believe you would be able to do it." Cang Xingyun continued, "Anyway, you never know what regret is."

"Cang Xingyun, what are you talking about?!" Seventeen said angrily.

"It's okay, let him talk." Su Shichuan raised his eyes to look at Cang Xingyun while talking, and curled the corner of his mouth with a half-smile, "But who told you that I don't know what regret is?"

Cang Xingyun froze for a moment.

Su Shichuan said: "It's just that I only regret it after the fact. I just want to make sure that even if I regret it, it is impossible to change the reality that has already taken shape."

"You are too cruel to yourself," Cang Xingyun laughed dumbly, "I regret it afterwards, isn't it that there is no room for regret?"

Su Shichuan also smiled: "Just know it in your heart, don't say it."

After closing the words, he put down Seventeen, stood up and straightened the folds that didn't exist on the neckline: "Rex said that Xifa has military power in his hands, and he can mobilize the mecha teams of the military department at will for my use in capturing the space station. This matter has already There is no room for maneuver, I have to do it, now I just hope that all the previous speculations are correct, and I hope that Rex really doesn't want to use Fengchen to embarrass me."

Sifa still sat firmly on the sofa, and asked lightly: "So your plan is to use a space station, plus the fourth knight to communicate with Rex?"

"Ah."

The night was dark, the meeting was over, Su Shichuan planned to stay in the church for a few more days, Xifa would naturally choose to stay with him.Seventeen turned back into a human form and ran to clean up the guest room, leaving the other three in the conference room, smoking in silence with their own concerns.

"Did you say anything else?" After an unknown amount of time, Cang Xingyun suddenly took the initiative to speak, "I can see that you have something on your mind. I'm afraid your worries are not limited to those just now, isn't it because of inconvenience?"

The meeting room was filled with smoke, Su Xingchuan took one last deep breath, and then put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray: "No, it's because I didn't clear my mind."

"Do you mind telling me?" Cang Xingyun said.

Su Shichuan: "I mentioned to you that Perry left two prophecies at the end, one of which is about 'beware of the dead', and now we default that person to be Princess Anna."

Xifa was taken aback, this was the first time he heard Su Shichuan mention the prophecy, and he never thought that he would have a connection with the princess.

Su Shichuan knew that he would have doubts in his heart, and met Xifa's gaze almost at the same time when he looked up. He didn't explain much, but signaled with his eyes to be calm.

"Another prophecy told me not to hesitate when making a choice." Su Shichuan said, "To be honest, as soon as Rex put forward the conditions, I thought of Perry's words, so I was even more hesitant. The prophecy said The coverage is too wide, I have been choosing all my life, and every choice is worth hesitating, but she told me not to hesitate..."

Cang Xingyun said: "You are worried that if the prophecy comes true, Feng Chen, whom you can't bear to leave alive, will become an irreversible resistance. You are also worried that if the prophecy does not correspond to this event, you end up killing Feng Chen by mistake .”

"Yes." Su Shichuan pressed his forehead tightly, rubbing it as if very tired, "These are the worst two outcomes, and I don't know which one to choose."

"I asked myself in my heart, is it possible to attack Feng Chen? If it is possible, then do it, if not, then let him go. If he is stubborn and insists on fighting for the empire, then I will cripple his hands and feet, Let him recuperate in a place far from the war."

"He can hate me, as long as he doesn't die."