space broker

Two days later, when he participated in the tunnel exploration experiment again, Anton didn't go with Chuba and the others. He deliberately set off half an hour earlier to find Zhang Shuguo at No. 79 Chaonei in the old city.

The old man had just finished his breakfast, and the smell of fried dumplings still lingered in the room.

Anton knew that the old man had a weird temper, and he always refused to answer people when he talked to him. Remembering that he was used to smoking a pipe, he brought authentic Kanto tobacco as a stepping stone.Sure enough, Zhang Shuguo let him into the house for the sake of the tobacco leaves.

Exit No. 79 used to be used exclusively by the Messenger Mission's office, and the facilities in all aspects are much better than the one guarded by the old man in the black market, but the furnishings in the room are still not comfortable, it can only be said to be barely adequate.

Anton sat on a wooden chair that creaked at the slightest movement, and waited patiently for the old man to finish smoking a pipe of cigarettes, "Do you remember me? The first time my brothers and I used the Messenger Corps passage... "

"Your brother is gone." Zhang Shuguo was completely merciless, and immediately exposed his scars, "I told that kid at the end of his way, and you are more competitive. Now that he is dead, you can be at ease. Bar?"

Anton clenched his hands on his knees into fists, "I was wrong about this."

Zhang Shuguo sneered, "Of course you were wrong. Originally, that kid should have died on the bed. He followed you and died in a wild place. How panicky you are. You are like a ball with your dead father! Crazy, it seems that there is no one in the world. What he couldn't do, he filled himself in in the end, and he deserved it."

Anton: "You know my dad?"

Zhang Shuguo dragged Lao Han's legs and walked to the opposite side. There was a stool to sit on, and he squatted on it and filled a bag of cigarettes, "It's not considered acquaintance, just met. Tell me, what do you want to ask me today."

Now Anton can’t wait to have a hundred questions in his heart, but rationally he suppresses all other curiosity first, “I remember when we first met, you said that everyone’s passage is different, just like every The fate of the individual has long been doomed. How did you come to this conclusion?"

Zhang Shuguo drooped his eyelids, "You'll know after watching too much."

This answer is obviously to cope with the matter, but he can't be in a hurry with him. Anton can only hold back his temper and ask again: "Can you tell me a few representative examples?"

Zhang Shuguo raised his turbid eyes, showing a malicious smile, "Example? You are an example, so is your dead father, and so is the boy you killed."

This person can't speak well, can he?

Anton jumped up and kicked the chair away, "Don't be ashamed, you old bastard!"

Wood chips were flying in the air, broken chair legs knocked over the flowerpot, Clivia lay innocently on the ground, but Zhang Shuguo turned a blind eye to it, "Why did you go in?"

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Shuguo squinted his eyes to enjoy the mellow aroma of Kanto smoke, "Never forget why you went in."

Anton frowned: "When you say entering, do you mean entering the distorted space channel?"

Zhang Shuguo clicked his pipe noncommittally, "Since I collected your cigarettes today, I can't take them in vain. Remember, my child, the difference between a person and a person's life depends on the reason you go in. And the place you go is not a place, there Time is not time."

Why does this smelly old man speak like a riddle?

Anton: "You mean the distorted space is static?"

Zhang Shuguo had an expression of "you slowly understand it yourself", "I won't talk to you anymore, just get lost, you still have a long way to go!"

After Anton was kicked out by the old man, he held back his stomach and stood at the door shouting: "I will come back to find you again!"

A voice came from inside the door panel: "Get lost."

Anton went away.

No need to roll, the time to explore the passage is coming.This time the location was relatively far away, Anton rode his motorcycle all the way, and arrived 2 minutes away from the start.

Throwing down his helmet and carrying his long knife, Anton approached and found that the atmosphere was not right.

The supposedly busy researchers gathered in a circle next to the tent, and a large number of members of the embassy group who should not have appeared, led by Li Zhen, and Chu Ba and others on the opposite side were arranged in two rows. look.

"What's going on?" An Dong stood between the two rows of people and looked at Li Zhen. At the same time, from the corner of his eyes, he found that there was one person missing from the messenger group today, and there were only seven on the eighth day of the eighth day.

Li Zhen said: "The experiment is suspended today because we discovered that people from Space B broke into the AMS Space Research Institute and tried to steal our secrets. Now the commanders of both sides are on their way."

Too bad, has the girl's affairs been discovered?

Anton's heart skipped a beat.Didn't the messenger group have an internal response here?Last time the girl entered the AMS to rescue him, it was fine, what happened this time?

Chuba's nostrils were stretched out, "Why do you say that people from our side stole things?"

Li Zhen activated the ring light screen, and saw a surveillance camera that clearly captured the girl sneaking into Professor Lin's office, "If I remember correctly, this girl should be your broker?"

This sentence was said to Anton.

"Yes." The evidence is solid, and Anton has no choice but to admit it, "She and I are an agency broker."

Li Zhen nodded slightly, "Okay, I have written down your testimony."

"testimony?"

Anton was startled, this is going to make a big fuss!What happened in the past was all coordinated by the ambassadors and messengers in private. Could it be that they can't hold it this time?Thinking of the two members of the Supreme Council sent to the embassy, ​​they must be doing something wrong!

Thinking of this, Anton looked at the ambassadors, and sure enough, he found a middle-aged man full of officialdom behind Li Zhen.

The man happened to be looking at him, and his eyes met. The man showed a hypocritical smirk, and said to Anton: "Don't be nervous, it's just a testimony. I know you have been assisting in the exploration of the passage. This matter has nothing to do with you." It's irrelevant. But that girl...is she really just a broker? A little girl dares to enter the AMS alone without backup, and this courage is very similar to the Messenger Corps."

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Needless to say, on the eighth day of the lunar new year, even the members of the embassy frowned.

Splashing dirty water on the other party's official agency without evidence is really going to cause trouble.

However, the middle-aged man was unafraid in the eyes of everyone, and asked: "Isn't it? The cold war a few years ago was not because the messenger group tried to steal the space restriction? This time the girl's goal is still the same, is it just a coincidence?"

After finishing speaking, he muttered as if talking to himself: "It's a coincidence if you say it. Other brokers are only messing around, but the cousin of the head of the messenger group is dishonest. It's okay to not be curious. .”

Politicians' way of talking around and insinuating is the most annoying, and Chu Ba, who is currently the highest official in the messenger group, is obviously not good at dealing with such people.

"Then what is the plan of the messenger group?" Anton looked at Chu Ba and was about to lose his temper. He was afraid that this guy would be impulsive, so he said first: "Now the two sides are working together, everyone is open and honest, and resources are shared. Seeing the breakthrough Multispace is just around the corner, why does the messenger group steal space restrictions at this juncture?"

"This... I'm going to ask you guys." The man took a step back and kicked the ball back.

Anton sneered, "Or, you guys are guilty of crossing rivers and destroying bridges, so you think that the world is as black as crows, and the messenger team is as unscrupulous as you."

"you!"

Leaving aside whether the other party has any real evidence to prove that the girl is a member of the messenger group, Anton's words are well-founded.Cheng Fengyang analyzed that the other party's bulk imports of ores and industrial raw materials were to be left behind, and it was appropriate to take them out at this time.Who wouldn't know how to insinuate, isn't it just a matter of lip service.

But you have to be careful when you open your mouth. Seeing that the other party was impatient, Anton immediately stopped talking, "I'm just talking casually under your assumptions. I'm just a commoner and don't understand your official affairs. If it weren't for you Once I figure it out, I won’t make wild guesses.”

Anton's words really depended on the fact that he was an ordinary person, and it would be a diplomatic accident for anyone in the messenger group to say it.

The man on the opposite side probably also realized that as his identity, he shouldn't be fighting with a commoner, and immediately put on an official airs to pretend to be sophisticated, but his eyeballs rolled around, and he couldn't hold his fart at a glance.

At this time Jiang Su arrived.

Anton found that he was a little more haggard than the last time we met, and his momentum remained undiminished, but overall he felt very tired.

Jiang Su glanced at Anton first, and then listened to Li Zhen's report.During the period, the middle-aged man wanted to interrupt several times, but was frightened back by Jiang Su's eyes.

Finally, when Li Zhen finished speaking, Professor Lin, who had been standing by the tent, immediately ran over to express his respect for the decision of the Supreme Council and the embassy, ​​but he did not want this matter to expand, let alone affect the experiment of channel exploration, "We have already A major breakthrough has been made, and it really cannot be delayed!"

Jiang Su said calmly: "This girl stole some data from your office, and she used Jiang Yi's ID to log in. Both you and Jiang Yi are currently suspected of assisting her." As he spoke, his eyes turned to the middle-aged man , "This matter has been reported to the Supreme Council by Councilor Song, so the experiment must be stopped before the investigation is clear."

Anton felt that this point of attack was a bit confusing.How could they involve their own people?Looking at Jiang Yi, he saw cold eyes in surprise, as if he was about to swallow a middle-aged man alive.

Sure enough, he didn't expect the situation to develop like this.But isn't the Congressman Song who is making trouble also a member of the Gongmian Society?What does it mean to suddenly aim at one's own people?

At this time, Professor Lin was also extremely shocked, "I'm also suspected?" Turning to look at the middle-aged man, he was so angry that he couldn't speak, "Mr. Song! You, how can you do this!"

Congressman Song put on a straight face, "I am just enforcing the law impartially and fulfilling my supervisory duties."

Professor Lin's eyes were red, and he pointed at him like he was going crazy and yelled, "You conservatives are just trying to tear down the stage, you only want to immigrate the elite! Our homeland has been devastated, and you want to abandon it once and for all. Go to a planet with more resources to build an elite empire! But what about other citizens? Because their genes are not good enough, they can only stay and wait to die? What is the difference between you doing this and an executioner!"

It turned out to be an infighting between the conservatives and the radicals of the Gongmian Academy. No wonder Congressman Song wanted to get involved in the Supreme Council. He wanted to use the topic to restrict the research of the radical party's multi-space!

It seems that those who bought ores and industrial raw materials with Cheng Fengyang should be conservatives.

Anton suddenly admired Cheng Fengyang a little.This guy is doing business with the conservative faction of the Gongmian Academy, earning money and getting information from the radical faction. At the same time, he also has contacts with Tianying, and also serves as a consultant for the messenger group.

Fog Grass!How can he venture into the world like this? He is completely a politician. If he is given a head of the embassy or messenger, Dangdang, I am afraid that he will be more open than Jiang Su and Shiwu.

Thinking of this, Anton couldn't help looking at Jiang Su, but saw a flash of fire in his eyes, which then turned into a strong helplessness.

Sigh~ Brother Ji is really hard-pressed, he doesn't worry about anything, Jiang Yi is involved in this incident as "suspected of assisting", and I don't know how he should deal with it.

Looking back at Jiang Yi at this time, he was calm from beginning to end, but when he looked at Mr. Song, his eyes were full of sarcasm and hostility.

That's right, although this brother is a little shy and scheming, he wholeheartedly wants to crack the multi-space channel and save all citizens like a savior, so now he is only afraid that he can't wait to overthrow the conservatives and just step on the ground to crush them.

However, Anton later discovered that he was still too naive in front of politics.

He only saw the internal strife in the Gongmian Academy, but he didn't think about it a step further. If he wanted to resume the experiment, there was an easier shortcut besides overthrowing the conservatives - grab the girl, hand it over to the Supreme Council, and get rid of the suspicion .

Moreover, sacrificing the girl alone, not only Jiang Yi and Professor Lin, but also the messenger group can be separated.

So when Fifteen showed up with Twenty Four and several other members of the messenger group, Anton found that there was a commercial vehicle with iron windows behind them, and a bad feeling immediately rose in his heart.

Why don't you want to hand over the girl!

Fifteen ignored Anton's gaze, and went straight to Jiang Su and Congressman Song, "The messenger group has arrested the suspect suspected of sneaking into the AMS to steal. She is a professional broker. The messenger group handed over the suspect to the embassy group in accordance with the extradition treaty." , I hope that this matter will not affect the normal cooperation between the two spaces."

Fifteen I fuck you uncle!You assigned the task to the girl, now you throw her out to cover the bag if something goes wrong?

At this time, Twenty Four brought the girl out of the commercial vehicle.I saw her face was calm, her hands were handcuffed behind her back, and her feet were also shackled, so she could only move forward in small steps.

A blood vessel burst in Anton's neck.

He finally understood what Cheng Fengyang meant by "everyone is a pawn in fifteen eyes"!

Just when his chicken blood was about to erupt in seconds, he saw Jiang Su's eyes: don't be impulsive.

But Anton ignored him and began to scout the terrain instead.

His motorcycle was 30 meters away, and he didn't pull out the key. If he ran away after grabbing the girl, it was not impossible to escape.

As long as he leaves here, he will have the confidence to get rid of the embassy, ​​and then take the girl to find an "artist" to get a fake identity here, and then hide it under your noses and let me see where you can find it!

Anton is a white man in front of politics, and he is very reliable in terms of quick wit and action.

And Jiang Su, who knew his temperament and ability, naturally knew what this kid wanted to do, and immediately said: "The embassy promises to investigate the truth as soon as possible without any external interference, and guarantee the safety of the suspect."

Shiwu also saw Anton's ferocious expression of wanting to blow other people's heads at any time, and he knew in his heart that if some things were not made clear immediately, no one would be able to stop this kid from making a fuss, "According to the agreement to end the Cold War, we will Any crimes committed by space citizens in other spaces will be handed over and only handed over to its space ambassadors, and I believe the commander will abide by the agreement."

Anton glanced at the two commanders respectively: Can the two of you make big things smaller?

Jiang Su & Fifteen: Yes!

Anton's clenched fist finally let go a little.

Fifteen secretly heaved a sigh of relief, "Then let's hand over the suspect." After speaking, he gave Anton a look: "Be honest with me, I'm advancing by retreating."

Anton: Go away!

Looking at it, Jiang Su only felt warm in his heart.In the brutal political struggle, only Anton could make him and Fifteen compromise.But in the future, it's better not to involve Anton in this kind of thing, he is not suitable for this environment.

With Jiang Su's promise and the constraints of the official agreement, Anton was a little more concerned about the girl's safety.

At this time, taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was focused on the handover process, Jiang Yi approached quietly and whispered, "Don't leave for a while, let's meet in Tangdi."

"what?"

Jiang Yi: "This kind of investigation procedure is extremely cumbersome, and it usually takes three months. I don't want to waste time."

An Dongxin said that this brother is really hardworking, "You want to enter the passage privately?"

Jiang Yi nodded slightly, "Are you coming?"