【Lusheng】Organization for Human Happiness Promotion

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Lucifer hadn't left Canaan for quite a while, and this time the incident happened so suddenly that he didn't have much time to arrange other things, and it was almost time to leave after finishing his work.Naturally, he didn't have time to prepare any formal clothes for himself.Fortunately, he doesn't plan to come into contact with too many people this time, so it shouldn't be a problem even if he wears his usual uniform.

Lucio had told him in the subsequent contact that it would be better to arrive at Augustley earlier, so Lucifer was about half a day earlier.He was taken to a private mansion a little far from the meeting place around noon.When Lucifer got out of the car, he could basically be sure that it was a safe place, at least he didn't feel any aura of other people within a few hundred meters.He walked through the manicured hedges, and then saw Lucio sitting in the western-style gazebo and flipping through materials—he was the only one.Lucifer's eyes flicked from side to side and then immediately retracted. Before he said anything, Lucio raised his head and smiled at him: "If you are looking for Xiaosheng, he is not here. You and I have nothing to say." He heard it, right?"

"..." Lucifer didn't really think that Sandalphin would be here, but he couldn't help but confirm it.During this silence, Lucio had put down the information and stood up: "This should be the first time we have met officially, right? Although I have met each other in the information before, hello, I am Lucio."

"I'm Lucifer." Lucifer shook hands with him.It was indeed the first time for him to meet Lucio himself. In the past, Lucifer's attitude towards the largest investor in Canaan was direct and complete disregard. Even the money he asked for was Belial's help.As a result, the vast majority of people in Canaan did not know the existence of Lucio, and those who knew did not have the possibility to see him.But Lucifer knew clearly that the Lucio in front of him was actually the highest crystallization of Eden's technology, and it was the blueprint on which he was created.As an organization, Eden has always maintained technical exchanges and cooperation with Canaan. Lucifer and Lucifer can do the same things he can do.Moreover, unlike Canaan who purely studies technology, Eden is also responsible for many other aspects of affairs management, and it is absolutely necessary to have a consistent understanding with Lucio.Especially for Canaan now.

"Please sit down." Lucio pointed to the chair across the table, where the teapot and teacups were already placed: "You must have been working hard recently, right? I've heard a lot about Canaan from the report and Xiao Sheng. , I can know roughly what happened. But this time I called you out because there are still some doubts. I hope you can explain, is it okay?"

"Yeah. I'm also planning to do that." Lucifer put the suitcase in his hand when he came in on the ground, and sat opposite Lucio.If it weren't for the different clothes they wore, it would seem that the mirror-replicated picture could be called a wonderful sentence. Lucifer directly cut to the point: "Just like what was written in the report, I found Lucifer and Belial are trying to make a brand new enhanced person, and have developed the core part. But they hope to use this new enhanced person to change the existing world. It will be destroyed and then rebuilt."

"Is my brother's rebellious spirit? It's very similar to his style." Lucio picked up the teapot and poured tea for himself and Lucifer: "Then because you stopped them, Canaan fell into the situation brought about by the change of director. The commotion is still going on... right? Thank you for your hard work."

"It has been resolved. Just yesterday." Lucifer let out an inaudible sigh: "We suppressed the enhanced people who tried to rebel against Canaan. Maybe you haven't read the newly sent report, but currently Canaan Order has returned to the state it was in before the friend's death, and it will remain so for a long time."

"Stable?" Lucio repeated, smiling: "Stability does not mean a solution. The visible damage has subsided, but the invisible damage is still serious? What I want to know is the damage in this area .”

"The core conflict between strengthening people and human beings?" Lucifer stared at the calm water surface of the teacup, and after a moment of silence, said: "I've been asked this question repeatedly for a while."

"Then I won't be annoying and ask you again." Lucio changed the topic with a smile: "Tell me, what does Lucifer think? At least in my impression, although he has a bad temper , but not a dangerous kid. Did you just call him 'friend'? Do I think you know him well enough for you to answer my question?"

"Maybe." Lucifer said, "I can't give a guarantee like 'he must think so'. I can only say what I understand."

"That's enough. Tell me?"

"Lucifer has become disgusted with humans. He is too obsessed with his pursuit of perfection and freedom, and his negative evaluation of humans has increasingly overwhelmed the positive evaluation, and finally came to the conclusion that he needs to change."

"Only these?" Lucio looked a little surprised: "Didn't anything happen to him in Canaan?"

only these.In other words, Lucifer only knew this.What happened?From the perspective of himself as another individual, Lucifer enjoys almost absolute power and freedom in Canaan.To put it a bit exaggerated, he was actually the king of Canaan.Mr. King seems to want to tear down his country because of caprice without any reason, and creates a shadow of terror to threaten all.And he obviously created Lucifer to protect all of this.This kind of contradiction is beyond Lucifer's comprehension.He shook his head: "I don't understand. You need to ask Beryl for more private matters. Beryl is closer to him, and also participated in his rebellion plan. He is still alive now. It's just that he is on the run now, Need to seize his time."

Lucifer lightly squeezed the handle of the teacup tightly, and the black tea swayed with small ripples: "...in my personal opinion, Lucifer undoubtedly made a mistake. He chose the most extreme way to Deal with all of this. Obviously even if the purpose remains the same, Belial, I, and other enhanced humans, we are his creations, and we will definitely assist him within the scope of our duties. Not to mention the current relationship between enhanced humans and humans. There is indeed room for adjustment, but destruction is bound to be the worst result..."

"Creation? Inevitable?"

Lucio took a sip from the teacup, then smiled gently and said, "I kind of understand why Xiaosheng slipped out. Your thinking and his thinking are completely misplaced?"

Why did the topic turn to Sandalphin here?Lucifer cast an inquiring look.Lucio took out the materials of Sandalphin from the pile of materials he just flipped through.It was a report that Sandalphin had had since she was a child.There are even records before that - Beryl picked up the dying Sandalphine, and then contacted Lucifer.Lucifer threw Eden to erase all information about the child, allowing him to exist as an experimental subject—then, he appeared in front of Lucifer.The subsequent reports are all sorted out by Lucifer himself, so they are all clear, including Sandalphin's manufacturing data, body data, etc.Lucio not only took out the materials, but also took out a small box from his pocket and put it in front of Lucifer.

"This is the earphone that Xiao Sheng wore on his body when he slipped out." He motioned Lucifer to open it and look: "It was the trap he received when you left him at home."

Lucifer frowned all of a sudden, took the box and opened it to check.The things in the box have been disassembled into parts, Lucifer carefully observed their structure.In this world, Lucio continued to explain: "The result of the analysis is that the sound that this earphone can emit will seriously aggravate and strengthen people's negative emotions such as anxiety and restlessness. It is similar to the fact that human beings cannot stay in a high-noise environment for a long time. But still There is an interesting conclusion..."

He pointed to the box: "This thing, because it's still a trial work, only serves as an inducement. In other words, if it's someone like you, even if you listen to it repeatedly, you will probably only find it noisy, but for Sandalphin Said that this thing made him establish a strong hostility to the outside world. Since the day I found him, he has been constantly generating hostility towards the world. He is looking for an outlet. Although it is like a child losing his temper Immature malice, but that's out of my hands because I don't know the source."

He folded his arms and gave a warm smile. "He's scared. I guess."

Lucifer didn't say anything, he just kept silent, gradually showing a look of self-blame.Seeing him like this, Lucio immediately made a relaxed gesture: "I'm just guessing, and I'm not blaming you or Xiaosheng. We are all family members. If there is any misunderstanding, just sit down and talk about it." It can be solved."

"Sorry, I lost my composure." Lucifer took a few deep breaths to restore himself to work.Lucio added: "I persuaded Xiao Sheng to go to the reception tonight, and then you can chat. If you are afraid that he won't see you, I can give you a set of the same clothes."

This is not a bad proposal for Lucifer.So he thought for a moment and then nodded: "Thank you. I'm really sorry for your trouble."

"Oh..." Lucio relaxed and leaned back on the chair: "Please don't be so restrained. Xiaosheng and I have also said that I regard you as relatives. Family relationship is a wonderful thing , although I didn't have any decent brotherhood with Lucifer... But I'm happy to help you. Eden will continue to cooperate with Canaan in the future, just talk to me if you have anything to say. "

"Regarding this. I did bring something that needs the help of Eden to analyze. Some equipment in Canaan is still under maintenance, and it is not suitable to study these things there."

Lucifer moved the teacup away, brought the suitcase to the table, opened it, and pushed it to Lucio to see.Lucio was suddenly attracted by the balls embedded in the box: "This is...?"

"The replica of the new core developed by Lucifer. Although I have restored the structure, I still don't know how it works. At present, I only know that it can bring more tenacious vitality to the fusion object than the existing enhanced people, I hope to hand it over to Eden for further study."

"I see, Eden will accept this." Lucio resealed the suitcase and took it over.Lucifer continued: "There is one more thing. Lucifer left a very dangerous legacy. Currently I have sealed it in Canaan, but I hope to cooperate with Eden to completely dismantle it."

"Disintegration? Is it so exaggerated?"

"I'm afraid this is a weapon that can directly destroy the world." Lucifer said succinctly: "As long as the energy source is connected, it will start to devour everything. If Eden needs to further assess its danger, welcome to Canaan at any time Come."

"Well. Then I will accept this invitation." Lucio replied briskly, and then they all fell into silence for a short while.There is no need to talk about the details of the remaining work at this time, and we can't finish talking. You can read the information in detail later.In other words, the initial communication has ended.But Lucifer was not in a hurry to end the conversation, and Lucio didn't move.After half of the tea in Lucio's teacup went down, Lucifer asked softly: "Is Sandalphin okay?"

"He is not very willing to show up in front of my eyes. I can only say that I provided him with the same accommodation and food as me, but I can't comment on whether he is doing well."

"He didn't mention anything to you?"

"Nothing at all."

Lucio gestured: "Like a curled up hedgehog."

Lucifer was silent again, and it took him a long time before he said in a low voice: "I should... noticed it earlier. I changed his fate, but I didn't let him live happily. It's really..."" Lucifer."

Lucio shrugged: "No one can bear the fate of another person, and you have no obligation to bear it either."

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Not long after Sandalph came to the reception, he felt that he had underestimated this kind of human social interaction.It was quite easy for him to be mixed in with Lucio. With the title of "Lucio's relative", he was successfully introduced to the leaders of various countries-but the situation was more uncomfortable than he thought. After Xi Ou considerately let him be alone, every time he tried to formulate the words, it took more time than he thought.

"Oh—Mr. Sandalphin has a lot of research on coffee? I'm also interested in coffee. If you don't mind, I'd like to hear you talk about brewing in detail?"

Sandalphin felt his face was going numb from laughing, and he still wanted to avoid fighting, so he had to strike up a conversation every time from the trivial, and then detoured the conversation to the question he wanted to ask.He had already wrought a lot of meaningless questions with the middle-aged man in front of him, drank all kinds of drinks and wine for a round, and had to be patient: "It's just some small interests, you can always I found it from other places. Speaking of which, I know that some improved coffee trees are planted in Canaan, and maybe the coffee brewed from the coffee beans produced there may have a special taste.”

"Canaan? Ah, that research institute, right? Is there a plant-related project? I've never heard of it."

"I also heard rumors that the director there has such an interest."

"Does the enhanced person have personal interests? I see, it's more humane than I thought."

OK, almost there.Sandalphin finally turned the conversation around Canaan, and was about to start asking: "What's your impression of the strengthened person? It sounds like..." Before he could finish speaking, a waiter's voice suddenly came from behind: "Special Mr. Li, Your Excellency Mike would like to chat with you."

"Oh, I'll go right away." The man who was just chatting with Sandalphin nodded, and then politely said goodbye to Sandalphin: "Then Mr. Sandalphin, I will be rude when we talk later. "

After laying the groundwork for a bunch of chatter, Sandalphin almost broke the leg of the champagne glass he was holding.But he still had to say goodbye with a smile on his face.After such a circle, it took him nearly an hour to ask three people, which was too inefficient.It was too bad.Lucio, on the other hand, ate and drank in his free time, as if waiting to help him at any time.This guy dressed up like an exquisite young man this evening. Not only was he wearing a formal suit, but he had also tidied it up specially. Even standing in a corner, he looked glamorous, surrounded by a group of women from time to time.Sandalph really doesn't want to get close to the past.

But if this continues, the chance to inquire about the thoughts of a large number of high-level human beings will be wasted.Sandalphin took a sip of champagne and half-shielded his ugly expression with the glass, thinking desperately.He is now overwhelmingly lacking in intelligence. He can neither effectively threaten the opponent nor do what he likes. Is the fastest thing really violent?But if the violence is triggered too early, it will scare the snake, and it is not easy to escape in this kind of place, which will also cause a big trouble for Lucio.Although Sandalph didn't have a good impression of Lucio, but it wouldn't conversely entrap the person who provided help.Therefore, even if violence is to be resorted to, most of them will be dragged into the alley one by one to solve it privately.But this goes back to the original problem - the efficiency is too low.

He tried his best to think about the method, but probably because he drank a little too much, he felt a little dizzy.He propped his forehead and shook his head, and when he wanted to focus on what was in front of him, a voice like a whisper suddenly sounded in his ears: "How about Xiaosheng, have you figured out a way?"

Sandalphin was so frightened that the champagne splashed all over his face, choking him to cough.Lucio groaned and took out the handkerchief from his pocket: "Little Sheng, you are so careless, I'll wipe it off for you, don't move."

Sandalphin restrained himself not to hit his face with his fist, endured the soreness of being choked, and whispered while Lucio was wiping his face with a handkerchief: "What are you doing...!"

"Because you don't have much progress, so I was wondering when you would come to ask me directly, obviously I said before that I would answer you?"

What he said was too straightforward, leaving Sandalphine with nothing to refute, so he could only hold back his anger in aggrieved way: "...Aren't you still busy with your own business?"

"What do I have to talk about with a big guy like me who is only responsible for paying out money?" He began to say nonsense or truth again, and then suddenly grabbed Sandalphin's arm and brought it close to his ear: "Don't worry, Do you see the door leading to the courtyard over there? There is no one there, go and wait for me over there."

"How long will it take?"

"Soon." Lucio pointed to a man standing on the podium now: "See these speakers talking nonsense? I have to pretend to listen, but I will slip out halfway. ’ He gave Sandalphin his handkerchief and waved goodbye.

"...Better hurry up." Sandalphin had no other choice but to obey.He felt that his face was sticky and full of champagne, and he really wanted to wash his face immediately.After going out from the passage, he found a toilet and slapped the cold water on his face to wake up, and then heaved a long and uncomfortable sigh.

"What's wrong..." He muttered to himself in the mirror.Whether it's the luxurious decorations at the banquet, the beautiful music, or the elegantly dressed humans, it's all like superficial, unattractive, poor-quality syrup to him.He didn't know why Lucifer would give such a high evaluation to such a human society.At least until now he hasn't found any bright spots.The suit he wore was also prepared by Lucio for him, and the scarf stretched his neck a bit.After waking up for a while, he loosened the red scarf, letting it hang loosely, and then he heard a voice behind him.

"Are you here?" He first saw a familiar face in the mirror: "This time, don't make excuses to deal with me, Lucio."

The visitor was taken aback.

The tall, white-haired man looked serious.Hearing Sandalphin say this, he opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.Sandalphin wiped his face and turned around, he still stood there in that posture.

He stared at Sandalphin for a while, and Sandalphin was a little uncomfortable by him, and walked over from the edge of the pool: "Is there still something on my face?"

"No." The man returned to his normal expression, tried to smile after thinking for a while, and said, "San Defen, this suit suits you very well."

"Ah?" Sandalph raised an eyebrow: "What did you say suddenly? Do you want to change the subject?"

"No." The man... Lucio shook his head.I don't know if it is Sandalphine's illusion, at least from the attitude point of view, he no longer feels the brisk and calm feeling that Lucio has always had before.Although the appearance of Lucio in front of him has not changed at all, his temperament seems to have become softer and calmer.This made him look more like Lucifer - Sun Defen immediately turned his head away, but he still couldn't control his attitude and softened accordingly.This is Lucio getting serious, right?Isn't that just what I want?He walked silently into the shadows of the courtyard.Lucio also followed.They stood side by side leaning against the wall for a while, and the music of the reception came faintly from the other side of the wall.

Sandalphin spoke first: "What I want to know is actually very simple. Do human beings have the idea of ​​replacing Lucifer? If so, I want the specific names of those people."

"Replace?" Lucio froze for a moment: "Why do you ask such a question?"

"You just have to tell me yes or no."

Lucio was silent for a while, and then replied: "Canaan has no plans to replace the existing enhanced human beings. The production project of enhanced human beings has been completely suspended. Even if the director is replaced now, there will be no successor. In quite a long time There will be no change in time."

"A considerable amount of time is...how long?"

Lucio seems to be thinking: "If you want to replace the existing director, you need to be completely biased towards the existence of human beings. A new human being, or a fully obedient enhanced person. It may be decades, it may be several years. One hundred years. According to the current service life of the enhanced human, it is still a very distant future."

"Is what you said true...?" Sandalphin didn't seem to believe it: "If that's the case, why didn't you tell me from the beginning? Is this something that has to be delayed until now?"

The other party was speechless.Leaning against the wall, he let out a long breath.

"Yeah," he murmured, "why didn't I tell you from the start?"

Why is something wrong with Lucio.Sandalph felt a little weird.But he continued to ask: "Then what exactly do human beings want Lucifer to do? They don't trust Lucifer, do they? After all, what role does the Human Happiness Promotion Organization play? Don't be fooled by those meaningless words Me, watch and stuff and advice and stuff, I've heard enough."

Lucio didn't speak.He lowered his eyes and said helplessly: "...Is there no practical significance? Maybe it is. But Canaan strengtheners themselves will not receive very specific instructions. I still hope that you understand, I really can't say too specific here , because it involves mutual restraint within human forces. Once you understand the purpose of any party, you are already in danger."

"What about him?" Sandalphin gave a rare sneer: "He knows a lot, isn't he dangerous? What is he? A casino chip? Let humans win and win?"

"Sunda Fern..."

Sandalph felt the blood rushing to his brain a little bit.He had to restrain himself and take a few deep breaths to calm himself down again.Lucio looked like he wanted to reach out to touch his shoulder, but pulled it back.Sun Defen stared at the pool in the courtyard at night and said bitterly: "That person is just enduring... Enduring... Why should he be patient! He taught me not to endure pain! Why is it his turn to..."

He lowered his head, his shoulders trembling slightly.Lucio pursed his lips tightly, and it took a long time before he could utter his voice: "So, you escaped because..."

Sandalphin suddenly raised his head, and he stared at Lucio warily: "...what does this have to do with you?"

"I'm not going to do anything. I just want to get to know you better."

"What's the need?" Sandalphin's appearance with a gun and a stick in his hands was unprecedented. He stared at Lucio like a beast caught in an enemy state: "Although I stayed here, I never said that we What kind of friendly relationship has been reached. It’s just that each other needs the information that the other party has. It’s just right that human beings don’t plan to move Canaan for the time being, so I don’t need to worry. I will slowly achieve my goal by myself. You bother. Of course, if you plan to collect the accommodation fee, I have no choice but to tell you that you owe it first."

"Sandall." Lucio reached out and grabbed his arm: "Wait a minute, it's dangerous for you to act alone. I didn't mean to make you angry."

"Let go." Sandalphin shook off his hand and took a few steps back: "After all, you are just on the human side..."

"You too, Sandalphin." Lucio looked a little at a loss, he kept reaching out, but he didn't approach Sandalphin rashly: "If... I just said if. If you are for Lucy Phil, if he wants to destroy human society. He would not want such a thing to happen."

As soon as he finished saying this, Sandalphine stuffed his breath in his throat as if he was choking, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists.

"The world is undergoing drastic changes." However, Lucio did not stop his words, and he tried to talk to Sandalphin with a soft and persuasive tone as much as possible: "Pure destruction Won't change anything and will hurt you-" "Shut up!!!"

Sandalph roared, and he turned around and grabbed Lucio by the collar: "He won't want it? Of course he won't want it!!! I've known this kind of thing for a long time!! ! He willingly put himself in the same position as a sacrifice - but what does that matter to me?!"

"Sundaph...?"

"Shut up! Don't call me with that person's face and voice!!!" The intense resistance and anger he saw for the first time rolled in Sandalphine's pupils.No, maybe not the first time I saw it.But that didn't detract from his surprise.The knuckles of Sandalphine holding his collar turned white, and his voice trembled with anger: "That man is so loving and just, and he loves this world unreasonably. But why?! So do I have to tolerate this world taking him away? Why don’t I turn the outside world upside down first, and it doesn’t matter if he hates me!!!”

"I won't hate you...!" Lucio grabbed his wrist, showing a slightly anxious and even regretful expression: "It's just that if you do this, you will become an enemy, no matter what...!" His The voice gradually weakened: "Anyway, I'm only hostile to you... I don't want to be like that."

"You guy... you've been talking meaningless things in a tone that irritated me from the very beginning, what do you know, that person doesn't even care what I'm thinking! If I become his enemy , he will destroy me mercilessly, I did this knowing this, what's the use of talking about it now...!" Sandalphin shook off his hand again, this time he Feeling that the opposite party didn't seem to want to let go, he struggled and snapped Lucio's fingers rather forcefully: "So what if you just acted like I hated him? It's just a few days ago. It doesn't matter how you look—!"

He pushed Lucio out hard.The buttons of Lucio's suit were ripped off during the resistance, and the front placket came loose.He was pushed back a step in a daze, and Sandalph stared at him fiercely with eyes of resistance: "Enough...! Farewell!"

However, before Sandalphin turned to leave, his eyes paused on Lucio for a while, and then the expression on his face suddenly froze.

The edge of the handkerchief was exposed from Lucio's pocket.

Sandalphin felt for a moment that time seemed to slow down, or was stretched.He will never forget what happened only half an hour ago.Lucio gave him the handkerchief.And he had just used that handkerchief in the bathroom sink.The handkerchief, too, was still in a ball, stuffed in his pocket.He reached out to touch it stiffly, Lucio's handkerchief was still in his pocket.

So, where did the person in front of him get the second handkerchief?

Sandalphin approached each other slowly step by step.Then he reached into the man's pocket and pulled out the neatly folded handkerchief.Then he took the crumpled handkerchief from his pocket.When the two things were brought together, Lucifer realized that something went wrong.

"Sandall." He stretched out his hand and lightly pressed on the shoulder of Sandalph: "I'm sorry, I'm worried that you won't see me, I want to confirm your situation..."

"Lucy...Phil?"

Lucifer was silent for a moment, then nodded.He feels guilty for cheating Sandalphin.But Sandalphin's reaction didn't look like anger or resistance, but he didn't show Lucifer an expectant and warm smile like he did in the atrium before—he smiled, but it was twisted. Like a weird cry: "Ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Both handkerchiefs fell from his hands, and he buried his face in his palm tremblingly: "I'm like a fool..."