Overturned Tower

"I saw it with my own eyes, two lions and a cheetah came to trouble him that day, and the three of them combined didn't beat him.

"That guy completely ignored the other two people, grabbed the leopard and beat him up. He beat him to the point of being hospitalized. In the end, he probably broke six or seven bones."

"Wow……"

Hearing this, Chen Sha couldn't help sighing: "Then he should have been fired in the end, right?"

"Fired?"

Delphinium looked at her suspiciously: "This kind of trivial matter is not enough. Not to mention that he didn't kill anyone, and he did it very reliably. There were only broken bones, not even a disability. The internal organs were not blown.

"The only person I saw was expelled when I was in school was when I was young, someone sold leaf tobacco under the name of selling 'happiness medicine'. We were still in class that day, and the executive department of Tianen Group broke into it directly. When he came in, a large group of people surrounded him, took out the Taser gun and shot him three times. He fell down in an instant, convulsing non-stop... The reason why I have two Taser guns on my body all the time is because At that time, I received a certain kind of shock - 'This thing is so powerful', 'This gun is so cool'. Probably this kind of childhood impression."

Delphinium said with a smile, thinking of her childhood: "I remember that our principal reacted very quickly. Before the reporter from Tianen Daily arrived by helicopter, the withdrawal statement had already been posted on the school's official website.

"Maybe there is some evidence in the principal's office. As soon as the reporter left that day, I heard a lot of gunshots from the direction of the principal's office... It was still daytime. It should be that a mercenary group came to steal it." Something, or someone was killed. But not long after the gunshots rang out, they were taken away by the executive department who squatted nearby and never left."

"...Is there any difference between happiness medicine and leaf tobacco?"

Listening to the tough daily life of Happy Island Middle School, Russell was a little nervous for a while.

"For me, there is actually no difference. After all, both are highly addictive... Although it is quite popular in school, my advice has always been best not to touch it. As far as I know, if you touch that The brains of people who have things are not normal in the end.”

Delphinium shrugged her shoulders and said seriously: "But if you want to tell the difference, we can buy the 'happiness medicine' from pharmacies. It is a drug that is approved for use in the treatment of depression. The damage to the 'body' was minimized—that is, the damage to the stomach, liver and other organs, but the damage to the brain was even greater.

"Leaf tobacco is a relatively 'popular' taboo product. It is a cigarette made by uncoded people who stole the raw materials of the happiness medicine from the factory in the lower city.

"Not only is it extremely harmful to the lungs, liver, and kidneys, it only takes half a year to turn a healthy person into a third-degree disability. And the most outrageous thing about it is that it exists in the form of 'cigarettes'... …

"...Do you understand? There is something called second-hand smoke. At that time, the executive department was able to find out about it because there was an idiot who smoked directly in the classroom. At that time, everyone in his class, including the teacher in class, was paralyzed."

"Isn't smoking banned in Happy Island's schools?"

The more Chen Sha listened, the more she felt that it was outrageous: "Can you still smoke in class?"

Why does the folklore of Happy Island sound... so wild?

She felt that it was already a very cool thing for her to distribute the advertisement of the love hotel to her classmates and play the promotional video of her own hotel in the classroom.

But why does the school on Happy Island feel like it is in a black area?

"Why ban smoking?"

Delphinium was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "I see, smoking is prohibited in your school... What about drinking?"

"Of course it is even more forbidden. Even outside of school, if minors are found drinking alcohol, they will be expelled from school."

Russell replied seriously and earnestly.

"That's great, isn't this the legendary high school?" Delphinium was a little envious, "There are a few alcoholics in the back row of our class, and they will definitely drink during class. Not only do they smell outrageous, but they are also noisy. …If I hadn’t sat in the front, I wouldn’t have heard what the teacher said at all.”

"...I think your side is quite outrageous."

Chen Sha respected the delphinium: "If I had been studying with you, I might have been unable to bear it long ago, and would have picked up a wine bottle and hit them on the head."

"Ah, that's pretty normal."

Delphinium nodded: "Basically every day... um. Every three days, I have to beat him once.

"Usually our math teacher is responsible for beating them. Because his classes in our class are scheduled in the afternoon, which happens to be the last class of the day, and there are two classes a week. The teacher is in a hurry to get off work and go to the bunny shop. , so the temper will become very explosive.

"And those three idiots were the loudest in the afternoon after drinking for a whole day. So they would be beaten by one bottle every time. They also had a playful smile when they were beaten. Anyway, they were crazy. The students on duty that day Will pick up broken wine bottles.

"Then because one day, they didn't drink all the wine, and the wine on the ground became very sticky after it dried up. The student on duty that day beat them up, broke two horns of one of them, and cut the other two. Someone broke the bridge of the nose — that big bear I was talking about earlier. After that, they were honest.”

Delphinium commented: "It can only be said that our math teacher was too gentle. The level of attack given to a person by a wine bottle is not painful to them."

"cool!"

Chen Sha raised her voice and exclaimed: "I kind of want to travel to Happy Island!"

Hearing her words, Russell's expression became a little subtle: "That may indeed be quite appropriate..."

After all, the first case he came to Happy Island to handle was at the Hive Nightclub.

——That kind of place is usually reserved for people like Chen Sha.

Chapter 33 Lycaon

Listening to delphinium and cinnamon chatting, Russell secretly sighed, feeling a little absent-minded for a moment.

——Because his relationship with Lykaon is actually quite good.

It's not Russell's usual "gentle to everyone" masked friendliness.

But the relationship is really good.

In their class, only two people were admitted to Sogo University.One is Russell, and the other is Lycaon.

Although they are no longer in the same class, they are in the same major and the same college.They all belong to the "Information Security and Intelligence Control School", and one of Russell's double degrees comes from the "Information Security and Protection" major.

After all, their knowledge and personal cultural level are on the same level.That is to say, it is very rare, "to be able to catch up with my friends".

It is actually very difficult to have such a friend.

Russell has experienced two lives, and he has a deep understanding of this.No matter how good a friend was in the past, if at a certain moment they suddenly can't catch up with themselves, or if they can't catch up with themselves, there will be a huge rift in the friendship.

It was not "abandonment" based on snobbery, but "embarrassment" due to contradictions and conflicts in the living environment.

When I was in school, everyone was exposed to the same things, and there were endless things to talk about; but after graduation, it became a life in its own way.And if the difference in life between friends is too great, they will lose their common language when they meet again.

At that time, you can only start to "remember your school days" endlessly, or just try to find "things that everyone likes to play".After asking several topics, you can barely find a common topic that brings most people together to chat.And even a little talk about the current life can easily unbalance the mentality of students who are fragile and stressed, or even make it difficult for students who are superior and do not eat the fireworks of the world to understand and be unable to substitute.

Those who like to work hard, those who don't like hard work; those who abide by the rules, those who are used to rebellion; those who are optimistic, those who are pessimistic... Friends who were similar before will eventually become different.

Even elementary school classmates will become estranged after they enter high school; friends from junior high school will find it difficult to keep in touch when they reach university.Not to mention going from school to society, participating in different jobs, and going to different circles.

If former friends want to continue to be friends, at least one party must choose to accommodate—accommodate the other party, only talk about the topics that the other party is interested in, or simply find a way to integrate into the other party's interest circle.

But that's not "friends of the old days".After all, the friendship has changed... from a two-way and mutual tolerance to a one-way and accommodating one.

Even if it is to accommodate each other-when two people try to communicate with each other by "maintaining this relationship", that kind of relaxed friendship will become the fatigue of entertainment.It's like a wrong marriage that has been exhausted and barely reached the limit, but both parties have to work hard to maintain it.

However, marriage still has children as a bond. This barely maintained friendship is really illusory.As long as there is a small conflict, it will completely disappear and never be seen again.

When Russell was in college, he knew a lot of friends like this.After all, in Sogo Island, very few people who can be admitted to Sogo University are not talents—everyone started as talents, mixed with sporadic geniuses and ghosts.But the one Russell knew the earliest was Lycaon who followed him from high school.

At that time, Russell hadn't awakened the memory of his past life. In fact, he was just a student with some abnormal talents and somehow understood some strange knowledge.He really cared about the camaraderie among his classmates back then.

So from the very beginning, Russell valued Lycaon very much.

——Because Lycaon is the kind of person who can keep up with Russell.

He himself has the talent of "scientist" level, and also has the classic "scholar's disease".In other words, one of the reasons why he was hated and alienated by his classmates was that he had many of the problems that scientists had when they were young.His not gregarious, but also because he is too smart.

Russell once worried that Lycaon would be depressed because of this.So I wanted to enlighten him in the past.

As a result, Lu Kaon, a real high school student, said a long sentence that Russell did not expect: "I don't hate them, I just feel sorry for them from the bottom of my heart.

"They are so afraid of their own incompetence, afraid of the future that they will be reduced to inferior people in society...The harm they have done to me will only make me feel that their death is approaching. It is not that they are going to die, but It is their future possibility that is dying.

"Although I may not be able to go very far myself, and I may not be able to persist in several rounds of screening when I really enter the Sogo Group. But I will definitely go farther than them—and it is much farther, at least within the Sogo Group I think it’s okay to persist until I’m in my 40s. At that time, I can already accumulate enough money and strength, and they will live in a daze and lose all light.

"I've been staring at them, not remembering their faces, seeking revenge... but trying to make them hesitate and then reflect with their eyes. This is my favor to them - if they can do this They can be saved if they realize what's wrong, realize their own childishness and stupidity, and start to reflect on their actions. There may be a little bright future ahead, and they will thank me then.

"And if they're still unconscious, then I'm watching them go to ruin. Why bother with them when I know they're dead?"

If you want to say how correct and mature what Lycaon said, that's not necessarily the case.Strictly speaking, there is still a little bit of Secondary School.

But as a high school student, you can not just talk about it, but understand this truth from the heart - you can look at the real "future", not just see "college entrance examination", "university", "After graduation", and being able to accurately judge how far you can go with your own talents, instead of blindly having unlimited confidence in your future... This is very rare.

And later, after Russell and Lycaon really went to Sogo University, he realized that Lycaon was still humble.

——It turns out that the level of Sogo University is not as high as he thought, so that he can become the chief without using all his strength.And Lucaon's talent is about 50% of Russell's... He may not be able to pass a few rounds of screening, and he may even have the opportunity to enter the worship meeting before the age of [-] and become a doctor of praise.

Lycaon may have underestimated himself because the only person he could refer to at the time was Russell.

When Russell left Sogo Island, he didn't know that Lycaon was dead at that time - because he had joined Sogo Group as a graduate student and started climbing the ladder half a year before that.At that time, Russell was worried that it would affect Lycaon's exam, and he was also worried that his friends would keep him, so he just left a regular email and ran away.

After arriving at Happy Island and joining the Special Executive Department, Russell was still thinking that at least he could be promoted faster than Lykaon, so that he wouldn't be too embarrassing.

When he came back this time, he also wanted to chat with his old friend from the past.

The full name of Sogo Group is "Sogo Technology Group", and the core talent source of Sogo Group is the School of Information Security and Intelligence Control.Russell has always been the head of their college and is studying a double degree in "Prosthetic Body Assembly and Maintenance" and "Information Security and Protection" at the same time.In the information security major, Lucaon can also be ranked in the top five stable majors—the top five majors when the first place is occupied by Russell.

According to his level, it has been a year since he graduated from graduate school... probably he has already gained a firm foothold in Sogo Group.Russell came back wearing the uniform of the executive department executives this time, and he also wanted to show off to his old friend from the past.

For ordinary friends, this kind of behavior is somewhat offensive and inflated, and it is really possible to separate the relationship between the two.But to true friends, the exasperation that such showing off brings is only the appearance of joy.

As the saying goes, I am afraid that my brother will suffer, and I am afraid that my brother will drive a Land Rover. It will never be jealousy, but "pride".That is the pride of treating brother's achievements as his own.

But now, Russell has really returned to his hometown... The friend he wanted to show off the most to him has been killed.

And hearing what Chensha meant, it seemed that she was not sure whether she was murdered by someone.This also means... If Lykaon was killed, then the murderer was never found.

——This is Sogo Island!

Even campus violence can be predicted in advance, and Chongguang Island is completely controlled by the three sages!

However, a murder case could not be solved.

Or... In fact, the three sages have already solved the mystery, but they think it would be better not to reveal the truth?

In any case, Russell wanted to check.

This class reunion is the best opportunity... They must know more!

Chapter 34 Russell's Homecoming

When Russell made up his mind, he felt that this long-lost classmate reunion had somewhat changed——

Especially when he went upstairs and found that the number of people who came to the class reunion this time was actually not too many, including Chensha and her girlfriend, there were only five or six people...

... Russell inexplicably thought of Kindaichi.

"I'm super! Luo Su!"

When Russell entered the door, the first person who reacted and yelled was a very short man: "Brothers, a superstar is here!"

His voice is very tender and sharp, but his body is so small that Delphinium is surprised - Russell's height is only 169 without ears, which is not very tall in the first place.But this kid was only half of Russell's height, not even one meter tall.

He looked about sixty or seventy centimeters, and he didn't even have to bend his legs when he sat on the sofa.

According to the diseases acquired by normal people, this is already at the level of dwarfism.And it's not an average dwarf.

But in fact it is not the case.

Because this is nostalgia—obviously severe nostalgia.

His tan curly hair, and that dog's head, all indicated his identity.He is likely to be the owner of a teacup dog or Teddy's soul relative - that is, "teacup poodle" or "toy poodle".

He was fluffy and furry all over, with bright black eyes. When delphinium glanced over, he thought it was a dog in human clothes sitting on the sofa.The only difference from a dog is probably that his limbs are different from dogs, and he walks upright.He also has separated fingers and can put on shoes like a human.

Before Russell could respond, Chen Sha shouted, "Don't call him Russell, his current code name is 'Qunqing'!"

"ok, I understand!"

The human-speaking dog grinned, showing dog-like teeth, and raised his hand to greet Russell: "Long time no see, Qunqing—I also have a code name, and my name is Cerberus now!"

"It's quite an imposing code name."

Russell nodded with a subtle expression: "Okay, I will remember."

The girl sitting in the corner who was singing with a microphone also stopped and looked back.

She is a black cat with black waist-length hair, black ears and tail.Slender and petite.She looks like a good girl, but she draws exaggerated black eyeliner like Cleopatra.

Sitting next to her was another strange girl... She had bright silver short bob hair, and there were snake scales under her ears and around her collarbone, giving her an elegant and cold feeling.Russell has never seen this person before, and he should be Chensha's girlfriend.

When Russell entered the door, she was the one who gently tugged on the cuff of the black cat beside her, which made the black cat look towards the door.

When he saw Russell clearly, the eyes of the singing black cat suddenly lit up, and its tail stood up behind it.

"Boss!"

"...Li'er?"

Russell stopped walking immediately, and looked at Chensha beside him with eyes like seeing a ghost.

Student Chensha, are you awake?

Take your girlfriend to the classmate reunion where your ex-girlfriend is?Are you here to show off someone?

But he soon saw Chen Sha winking at him.