She received the gift of God [Greek mythology]

Pandora stepped into the kitchen and looked at the clock in amazement. It was only after seven o'clock, and most of the children of the Olymboi family had gathered, including Apollo, who rarely showed up before eleven o'clock in the morning. They all silently Look at the LCD TV on the other wall of the kitchen.

The headline below the morning news program is extremely prominent: "BREAKING NEWS: Congressman Zeus Olimboy Allegedly Linked to Disappearance of Anonymous Whistleblower Trailblazer."

No wonder.

Pandora was hesitating whether to withdraw as if nothing had happened, Athena coughed lightly, and took the lead to say good morning to Pandora.Pandora felt like a fugitive who had been caught and showed up, so she agreed awkwardly and sat down casually at the corner of the tail of the kitchen island.The others began to eat breakfast after saying hello, but no one took the lead in chatting, and the atmosphere was naturally very weird.

Putting down the coffee cup, Athena said in a tone that seemed to be summing up for the morning meeting: "Everyone knows what's going on now, so try not to go out recently, and be careful if there are reporters following you when you go out, and don't post online with your real name. any remarks."

"I booked an afternoon flight," Ares raised his eyes from the phone screen, "I have a routine security business in a few days, and I won't be able to come back for a few months. I didn't plan to participate, but it's better than being bored here .It should not affect the old man. You have no objection, do you?"

Athena nodded briefly.

Ares put the used tableware into the dishwasher and kissed Hestia goodbye.Compared with other siblings, the second son, who looks like a mighty macho, has a closer relationship with this aunt.Before leaving the kitchen, he nodded to Hephaestus again: "I'll leave her to you."

"Okay. The journey is going well, and work..." Hephaestus was interrupted by the sound of flip flops in the middle of his words, and Dionysus had an original donut in his mouth , Junxiu had no expression on his face, and walked out directly, as if he was completely uninterested in his father's scandal.Hephaestus took a pat, only to remember what the second half of the sentence was: "In short, as usual, be careful."

"Which flavor of donut would you like?"

Pandora almost didn't react to being called out in such a way all of a sudden.

Apollo scratched his curly blond hair, pouted towards the center of the kitchen island: "You haven't eaten anything yet."

Pandora picked up the most common kind and put it on the plate, and looked at all the staff present as unobtrusively as possible.Hermes was indeed absent.

"He was probably the first one among us to get the news, and he must be busy now." Apollo saw through what she was wondering, and replied with a shrug.

Pandora nodded, without asking what Hermes was up to, and took a bite of the donut.Hestia deliberately reduced the sugar content, and sprinkled a thin layer of fine sugar on the surface, but it was not too sweet, but she didn't have the heart to taste the delicious pastries, and her attention was all on the morning news.

The program host is giving an in-depth introduction to trailblazer.Pandora had heard of this codename, but knew little about it.No one knows the true identity of the person or organization behind this id.This id first appeared 15 years ago, and often broke political inside information to major media in the form of untraceable cross-server emails.

What made this code name really famous was the torch scandal nearly 13 years ago: Trailblazer released hundreds of pages of government confidential documents, internal company emails and meeting recordings, exposing the bidding process of the infrastructure construction plan pushed by the cabinet at that time In it, a leading energy company named "Torch" bribed many congressmen through lobby groups and private channels, hindered the monopoly lawsuit initiated by the Ministry of Justice at that time, and won the bid unfairly.

"Pandora," Athena walked to Pandora's side and pulled her gaze back from the TV. "You were supposed to work in the library next week? Can you give me the email of the person in charge? I'll get in touch with you. Let you delay starting work for a while."

After a pause, she said in a soft tone: "Our father's reasons have affected your personal life, I am very sorry, but this is also to not affect the school library. If you live here, there is no guarantee that no one will chase you for news. "

Pandora could only nod her head to express her understanding while eating and living in Olympoy's house, and forwarded the email address of the person in charge: "How long will it take until the situation subsides?"

Athena smiled bitterly: "It's hard to say at the moment."

At this moment, Fao sent a message, asking with concern whether Pandora's life would be affected, and also proposed that she could live with his sister, so that a certain normal life could be maintained.Pandora thanked him for his kindness and declined the invitation.Things might get more complicated by going to Fao again, and seeing how Athena looks like, she probably doesn't want anyone to be a possible news breakthrough, leaking information that is not good for Zeus.Especially for a guy like her who has only lived for more than a week, she can't be called completely trusting, but she already knows enough about the inside of the Olymboy family.

After a hasty breakfast, Pandora returned to her room and looked at her mobile phone. Epimetheus sent a message, which was nothing more than asking her not to worry but not to get involved.After she replied, she turned on her laptop and browsed the reports on major news websites about Trailblazer and Congressman Olympoi's turmoil.

Swiping the touchpad, Pandora found the continuation of the news that she hadn't paid attention to just now.

After Trailblazer revealed the power-money transaction scandal of Torch Energy, public opinion was in an uproar, and political circles caused an uproar.Congress immediately initiated and passed a no-confidence vote against the prime minister at the time. The current cabinet was dissolved and re-elected. The support rate of the opposition party rose. The ruling party barely maintained the ruling coalition, but there was a major internal change.It was at that time that Zeus Olimboi's status in the party soared and he rose to an important position in the front row of Congress.

After the political earthquake caused by the torch scandal subsided, trailblazer gradually faded out of public view, but occasionally he would reply and supplement reporters who were looking for follow-up to the previous revelations.However, about five or six years ago, this id stopped its activities completely. Most people think that the person behind it retired after success, or changed a virtual identity for safety.

Pandora frowned and stared at the page.There was one place that caught her inexplicably.

And the revelations obtained by several news agencies early this morning are as follows: it was disclosed by a former employee of the intelligence department. In recent years, Senator Olimpoi has indirectly put pressure on the intelligence department many times, demanding to find the person behind the id Trailblazer.

As a beneficiary of the torch scandal, why is Congressman Olymboy so persistent in stripping off Trailblazer's Internet vest?It has only been a few hours since the news broke, and there are already many discussion threads and even videos on the Internet analyzing it.Of course, conspiracy theories are flying around, and the most echoing statement is: Senator Olimpoi provided Trailblazer with information about the black insider energy bidding, thereby getting rid of political opponents, and then trying to catch the whistleblower and silence it, etc. .

Pandora opened the Bluebird platform, and casually watched the brainstorming of netizens for a while under the hot topic. After the discussion gradually became outrageous ("Olimpoi Senator is a trailblazer, trying to distract the attention of intelligence agencies") Closed the app.

At this moment, the news application popped up the latest development: Zeus Olimboi’s office issued a notice stating that the trailblazer leaked government secret documents and the personal information of a large number of related personnel was leaked at the same time, and should be held accountable, requiring the intelligence agency to strengthen the search for people It is a normal appeal, and there is no violation of authority.But Senator Olimpoi did not respond to questions about why the search took years after the scandal had passed.

The time difference is really concerning.

After confirming a fact on the Trailblazer page of the Federal Herald, Pandora slid open the recent call log, hovered her finger over the name of Epimetheus, paused for a moment, and suddenly turned off the screen.

Not only that, she also removed the phone case, took out the phone card and put it in the old phone, threw the new phone in the closet, then went into the bathroom and closed the door behind her back, and turned on the faucet of the sink.

For this sake, she felt a little ridiculous.She couldn't tell what she was on guard against.

Epimetheus' call came through almost immediately.

"Is it convenient for you to talk now?"

Epimetheus froze for a moment: "Today is Saturday, of course I am at home alone."

"I read the news about the trailblazer," Pandora squeezed the phone tightly, and turned on the tap more, "Then...is it him?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Pandora almost thought that the water was too loud on her side, and Epimetheus couldn't hear her question clearly.

But he said immediately: "Why do you ask that?"

"The approximate time of trailblazer's inactivity was the same year as his disappearance."

"It's just a coincidence."

She sneered: "You have clearly acquiesced just now." She looked at herself in the mirror and the clean and spacious bathroom behind her, and there was a hint of mockery in her voice: "My instincts have always been accurate. The councilor agreed to help me pay my tuition, take me in I'm borrowing because I'm his adopted daughter, right? That makes sense, there's no free lunch in the world."

Epimetheus sighed, pacing back and forth, creaking the floor: "You don't know anything, and you don't need to know anything. Even if Zeus wants to extract his whereabouts from you, even you and I I'm completely at a loss as to what's going on with him, it's impossible to do what I want over there, and it's impossible to harm you, a little girl, so I can only treat it as a charity."

"You..." Pandora swallowed the question that came to her lips abruptly.

Did Epimetheus send her to Olymboi's house to live with him, did he also intend to inquire about Zeus through her?She can't ask that directly.

But Epimetheus was no idiot.They know each other well enough.

"How is it possible!!" The other party roared angrily.

Pandora kept the receiver away from her ears, waited for a few seconds, and said, "I didn't mean that. I know you won't."

Epimetheus seemed to be rubbing his face frantically, and would do it while moaning and sighing every time he was upset.

"I was going to wait until you graduated from college to tell you everything."

She pointed out poignantly: "But your plans always fail without accident."

"But how do you want me to explain it to you? And this kind of thing. Obviously, the less you know, the better, and the less the better!" Epimetheus took a deep breath and slowed down his tone, "In short, your adoptive father is still you The adoptive father in the memory, if someone from the Olymboi family asks, there is no need to hide what you knew before, it will be suspicious."

"Ah."

Epimetheus lowered his voice, and he solemnly warned: "Also, if someone inquires about your life before you were adopted, especially about your biological parents, don't reveal too much, just say that you were too young at that time. , I can’t remember clearly, and the adoptive parents rarely mentioned it.”

Pandora didn't answer right away.

"what happened?"

"No," she reached out and touched her trembling vocal cords. In the mirror, she looked more dazed than before, but a little scared, "Is that what you planned to tell me later?"

Epimetheus choked, and said lightly, "No. I have nothing to tell you."

lie.

Pandora closed her eyes: "Okay. Anyway, I will be back for Christmas, so don't try to prevaricate me."

The other party sighed helplessly, but relaxed a little: "Got it, got it."

"Then that's it, be careful too, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Pandora took cold water and slapped it on her face.After turning off the tap, she opened the mobile browser.After a pause, she turned off the wifi connection, turned on the mobile data network instead, and then opened the browser.

The input box of the search engine is like a long and narrow white drawer. I don’t know what I will see after opening it.

She was surprised at how suspicious she was.Only at this time did she realize that the seven years spent with Prometheus had left a deep mark on her body.Most of the memories before puberty are actually vague, but she still remembers that Prometheus would suddenly squat down at unexpected moments, look at her when she was still young, and teach her gently but seriously: don't talk to strangers. Go, don't accept gifts from others lightly, don't trust them, believe in others' goodwill, but be wary of them...

"Then I also have to wonder if you are a bad person, Dad?" Pandora once asked rhetorically after entering middle school.

Prometheus smiled and blinked his deep eyes: "Of course."

"But it is wrong to doubt dear ones."

"What's wrong? Doubt and affection are not mutually exclusive," Prometheus ruffles Pandora's hair despite her protests, "If I'm really a bad person, I'm no longer dear to you Is there anyone?"

"..." She couldn't answer at that time.

In retrospect, this may have been the last serious conversation between Pandora and her adoptive father.

"Pandora, your heart will give you the answer, but before that, you must confirm it with your own eyes and ears."

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