【Ruijin】Eye of the Storm

"..."

Following Jin's speech, the monitoring room fell into silence for an instant.Kelly glanced at Jin, and the blond guide naturally received the implied warning. He lowered his eyes and lowered his head to stop talking, and only used his fingers to caress the rough edge of the table back and forth unconsciously.

"Let's not talk about this now," An Mixiu withdrew his gaze, half-folded in front of the computer and held the mouse to copy the data on the screen into the mobile hard disk, "Bring over all the previous database and surveillance video tapes, and we will start again Screen it again and see who this C-level guide has contacted before."

Kelly pinched the bridge of her nose and looked at him with raised eyebrows: "Guide Ann, are you so worried about our tower's ability to work? This is a big project."

An Mixiu smiled: "It's a very important matter, it's better to have double insurance."

"It's a pity, frankly speaking, I'm not the general manager here, what you want may be difficult." Kelly paused, then suddenly reached out and patted Jin on the back, "Young man, why don't you go through the back door ?”

"Me?" Jin who was suddenly named couldn't laugh or cry, "Are you serious?"

Kelly sneered: "Of course it's true, who else could it be if it wasn't you? You can go directly to Tower Chief Daniel. This may also involve some information inside the second tower, and no one has the right to direct mobilization except him. "

Jin didn't speak, just stood up straight, his blue eyes fixed on Kelly's eyes for a while.Kelly's heart moved, and she almost couldn't restrain her instinct to dodge for a moment.She coughed heavily, and immediately raised her voice pretending to be annoyed: "What are you dawdling about?"

Jin blinked and smiled: "Okay, Kelly, don't be angry, I'll just go."

After saying that, Jin Chong and the two casually waved their hands as farewell, then turned around and walked towards the gate.The sensor door opened, and An Mixiu and Kelly watched his clothes disappear into the corner of the corridor.The air suddenly became quiet as he left, only the faint electronic sound from the equipment running.

Kelly clicked her tongue lightly, and An Mixiu glanced at her.The female sentinel with long black hair was unmoved, and said to herself: "He is getting more and more sensitive."

An Mixiu stared at her thoughtfully: "Huh?"

"You're not a sentinel, of course you can't feel it," Kelly sat back in a swivel chair and raised her legs, "After all, you used to be a nuclear-bomb-level guide who could control all sentries below A-level, even if you forget how to use it now. It looks like a cabbage, and the abilities that should be in the body are still intact." She paused, "Jin is a little suspicious of our purpose, and he almost wanted to give me a mental hint just now."

An Mixiu was a little surprised, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.Kelly turned her chair to face him, and asked, "What about you, what do you think of Jin? Don't tell me you don't understand what I'm talking about. What's the purpose of the second tower?"

Shi Shiran, the brown-haired A-level guide, stood there with his chest folded, and he couldn't see anything unusual on his face: "No. I'm really just entrusted by someone, and has nothing to do with the tower. I really don't know Jin yet, but from your Judging from his attitude, he is undoubtedly a trusted guide... Even in terms of genetic ability, he is no longer worthy of leading you."

Kelly narrowed her eyes and didn't speak. An Mixiu felt that she was not very satisfied with her answer, so she took the lead to change the topic temporarily: "What do you want to do by taking Jin away?"

Kelly kept her sitting posture, and pointed her chin towards the other door on the east side: "Don't worry, the person in charge hasn't arrived yet."

As soon as her words fell, the door opened in response.Footsteps came from far to near, and when the door was pushed open by a hand, An Mixiu saw Grey's face.

He was wearing a black jacket and leather boots, with a headband on his head, and his expression was always cold.Behind him was a new face, a young man who looked to be about the same age as Jin, and the red scarf around his neck blocked the lower half of his face.

The two stood still in front of An Mixiu and Kelly, and Gray nodded at them as a greeting.Kelly tore off the wrapping paper and threw the new candy into her mouth, and looked at the young man behind Gray with a smile: "Ah, he is the newcomer guide?"

Gray turned sideways for the person standing behind him, and there was not much fluctuation in the voice of the introduction: "Camille, a B-level guide, is here to take some blood samples on behalf of the laboratory."

"Laboratory?" An Mixiu's eyes lingered on his face for a while with interest, as if he wanted to explore something.But Camille was very reticent and did not give him a chance to continue his research.An Mixiu sighed, looked at the unexpected person and asked, "What did you find?"

Gray didn't answer right away, but first opened the closed door of the monitoring room with his authority.

"Guide Ann," Gray suddenly whispered before entering the monitoring room, "Turn down the sentinel's five senses."

The combined sentry can only accept the five senses deployed by his own combined guide, and Grey's order is obviously only for Kelly, another sentinel present.An Mixiu looked at the female sentry beside him, who shrugged habitually, and consciously closed his eyes to accept the hint.

As soon as they stepped into the fully airtight monitoring room, An Mixiu immediately understood why Gray wanted the sentry to lower his five senses.In a small room, the mental wave from the brain of a guide who is about to collapse rages wildly in a form invisible to the naked eye, bringing a strong sense of oppression. This kind of chaos is enough to instantly kill an inexperienced C-level The following sentinels.

When An Mixiu saw the corners of Gray's mouth tightened, he couldn't help sighing in his heart how terrifying the S-level was. He was able to maintain his own restraint in such a harsh interference environment without a guide to adjust, which was enough to show his strength. Powerful, worthy of a humanoid weapon.

When the guide's life is dying, the instinct of the brain will make them unconsciously seek help from the powerful sentinels around them.It seemed that they had sensed the unique aura of the sentry. From the moment Gray and the others stepped into the monitoring room, the C-level guide who was restrained on the chair struggled harder.

Under Ge Rui's gesture, Kelly and An Mixiu immediately stepped forward and pressed Level C's shoulders from left to right. Camille took the blood drawing tool from the tool table next to him, and quickly moved it from his forearm. A tube of fresh blood was drawn.

Before everyone could react, Gray, who had been standing still, suddenly reached out and took a scalpel, aiming at the skin on the back of Class C's neck and slashing down hard.He nimbly peeled off the flesh on both sides of the incision, and dug out a bloody chip from inside the guide's body.

Everyone was shocked, watching Gray put the chip into the white medical tray with tweezers.

"What is this?" Kelly couldn't help asking.

"Since two months ago, there have been a total of 13 victims." Gray said in a deep voice, "they were all implanted with such chips. Once they enter brain death, the chips in their bodies will also self-destruct. "

"All the victims were transformed into guides?" An Mixiu asked.

"Not necessarily, there are guides and sentries, and the grades are all between B and D."

"No A-levels?"

"Not yet." Gray said.

An Mixiu was puzzled: "Since people are constantly being victimized, why has there been no progress in the investigation of the tower? Couldn't there be any clues from their previous surveillance footage?"

"It's useless," Camille interrupted suddenly after being silent for a long time, "We found that the previous surveillance videos of these people have been tampered with, including their own memories. They may not even know that they have been transformed into sentries or guide."

"..."

Everyone's expressions became extremely heavy, Camille pulled the scarf, lowered his head halfway and continued: "To tamper with memory requires the support of an extremely powerful wizard, and a little carelessness will cause mental backlash, so never No one has tried it before, and everything is only based on the principles of books. It is almost impossible for all guides, even the best A-level guides, to successfully tamper with the memories of so many people at the same time, and to modify the traces almost seamlessly. .”

"Theoretically speaking, if you want to meet the conditions for tampering with memory," he paused for a while, and looked at Gray slightly, "I am afraid that only the top of the pyramid - the S-level guide, can do it. arrive."

Camille took the chip and blood samples back to the research laboratory in the tower first, and the atmosphere in the remaining three people was a little dignified.

Jin is currently the only S-level guide known to the tower. Before he and Gray completed the binding, considering the strong attraction of the S-level to unbound sentries, the existence of Jin has been strictly kept secret by the tower, so the real Not many people know about Jin's S-rank status.After Kim and Gray officially experienced the first combination fever, the two of them have been performing tasks together until the accident happened.It didn't take long for Jin's file to be revised as an ordinary B-level guide.

If the conclusions proposed by Camille are followed, in the worst case, King will undoubtedly be accused as the number one suspect in this series of sentinel transformation cases.

About 15 minutes later, An Mixiu received a call from Jin, probably meaning that he had obtained the information, and came to ask him what to do next.

Although it is now known that there is no need to conduct a second investigation, in order not to arouse Jin's suspicion, An Mixiu still reported his encrypted work email to Jin, and then hung up the phone and left the office under the watchful eyes of the other party's combined sentinel.

Finally, there were only two of them left. Kelly crunched the candy, turned her head and asked Gray, "An Mixiu was sent by the second tower to monitor Jin, you know that, right?"

Gray took a cup of hot water from the water dispenser, took a sip slowly, and acquiesced to the problem.

"You know Jin better than I do. About that potion... Do you really think he can escape the investigation smoothly and get rid of this matter?"

The paper cup in Gray's hand was squeezed into a ball by him, but when he spoke again, his tone was extremely cold: "It has nothing to do with Jin."

"So many people have died, the pressure of public opinion is one aspect, and the superior has already reached the limit of patience. Jin himself has no memory of being held hostage," Kelly said, "If he is really pulled out by the superior to block the gun , What should he say? He didn't even have a chance to defend himself."

"Gerry, let me remind you one more thing." Kelly stood up and walked behind the silver-haired sentinel, looking very strong, "You and I both know that the earliest formula of that potion came from the tower. It should be completely eliminated tomorrow morning." Why did the destroyed illegal/prohibited/drugs appear outside? You have to consider the worst-case scenario—Jin’s S-level ability has not been restored for a long time, could it be because——He was forcibly injected a year ago The same medicine?"

"He didn't." Gray interrupted her suddenly.Kelly frowned, and asked uncertainly, "What did you say?"

"Jin was not injected with illegal/prohibited/drugs." The light was ups and downs in Gray's purple eyes, but his tone was very firm, "I am his sentinel, and I can feel that his ability is not because of this Suppressed."

Kelly choked on his answer, and nodded slowly after a long time: "...that's good."

The black-haired female sentinel walked to the door a few steps, and looked back to see Gray still standing there without moving.The subtle emotions pervading everywhere made Kelly recall Jin's face inappropriately, she took a deep breath, and quickly turned her back: "The combined guides, all abilities can only be used by their sentries. Therefore, unless the combination is forcibly dismantled, even if it is an S-level, it is meaningless strategically. Since the opponent wants to have an S-level guide as his own, the fastest way to unbind the Golden Whistle is to kill his sentinel. "

"Gerry, someone obviously wants to kill you," Kelly said, "Kim... he's sharper than us, and he's right—there must be moles in the Tower."

TBC