Chapter 48: What's the use of home?
'I can't avoid this one.'
After hanging up the phone with Dr. Mei, Ai Yue couldn't help but sigh.
Kalpas's problem was indeed rather special. In addition, when the "New Poison Pupa" was first established, every application from Dr. Mei seemed extremely sensitive, so Ai Yue was not too surprised.
"Rose, I'm going to be out for a while. You should be more restrained online." Before Ai Yue was about to leave, he did not forget to instruct Prometheus, "By the way, monitor the entire network from today on. If you find any abnormal coma cases, tell me."
"I see." Prometheus didn't even turn her head, like a homegirl addicted to the Internet, "Go quickly, Dr. Ai Yue."
'My daughter is disobedient and my heart aches.'
Ai Yue walked out of the research institute with a heavy heart, and then saw Sakura standing at the door waiting for him.
"Dr. Mei just told me to take you to the meeting place." Seeing Ai Yue's gaze, Sakura took the initiative to explain, "Come with me, Dr. Ai Yue."
"Just call me Ai Yue." Ai Yue walked beside Sakura. "Didn't you always call me by my name before? Why did you change back to that recently?"
Sakura gave him a subtle look and didn't dare to say, "Because I didn't know you were so powerful before."
To be honest, the fox-eared girl's initial impression of Ai Yue was just "a genius boy who could alarm Dr. Mei", but no matter how talented he is, it will take time to realize his talents. At least for now, Sakura can still treat him as an equal.
Who would have known that after Ai Yue entered the Fire Moth, it was as if he had eaten some kind of fertilizer, his growth rate increased with each passing day, and now he has become a big shot who can be compared with Dr. Mei, Vill-V, and others.
This made Sakura feel a little bit of awe.
However, seeing that Ai Yue was still as calm as ever, the girl couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and during the conversation, the way she addressed him changed back to the way it was at the beginning.
The meeting place was in the comprehensive building of the Fire Moth Base, which was also the place where Ai Yue was initially reviewed. The two came to a conference room on the third floor, where Dr. Mei was already waiting.
However, in such a large conference room, there are only Dr. Mei and Kevin here, so it seems a bit empty.
"When is the meeting?" Ai Yue glanced at the conference room. "Just the four of us?"
"Of course not." Dr. Mei sighed with a complicated expression, "In fact, everyone is waiting for you. Sit down, and we'll start soon."
So Ai Yue found a random seat and sat down, while Sakura stood behind him, acting as a bodyguard just like Kevin.
Ever since the old Poison Pupa was destroyed and the new one was established, she no longer needs to lurk in the shadows and point the blade at her own people.
It feels really good to be able to live under the sunshine nowadays.
As Ai Yue sat down, Kevin turned off most of the lights in the conference room. Soon, several projectors installed on the ceiling responded. They rotated their lenses and projected corresponding portraits towards the seats at the other end of the conference table.
Although they were portraits, the projections had actually been processed. Apart from the rough outline, nothing else could be seen clearly. Ai Yue didn't even need to wait for these people to speak, to know that their voices must have been processed as well.
This group of people really demonstrated the fear of death to the fullest.
"Hello, Dr. Mei, and Dr. Ai Yue, whom I meet for the first time." A total of five projections appeared on the opposite side, and the first to speak was the one in the middle, who seemed to be the one with the highest status. "Regarding your request to release Kalpas, the prisoner imprisoned in the 'Deep Place', I think there are still many details that need to be discussed."
Just as Ai Yue thought, his voice had been specially processed, making it impossible to tell his gender and vocal characteristics.
Ai Yue blinked, then took out a pair of glasses from his arms and put them on. This seemingly ordinary pair of glasses concealed a special design of double-layer lenses and a microcrystalline display screen. In addition, the mini chip integrated in the frame and temples was enough to use it as a special computer.
Of course, for Ai Yue, he only needs to connect to Prometheus through these glasses to directly utilize the power of supercomputers and artificial intelligence.
"First of all, Kalpas is not a prisoner. He was sent to the Deep Abyss on the grounds of 'needing long-term observation' because of the danger he showed during the review." Dr. Mei had obviously expected this. She refuted, "Now that so much time has passed, I believe Kalpas's performance in the Deep Abyss has proved himself. Moreover, we can now use Aponia's 'discipline' to restrain him to a certain extent, so this is not a reason for you to block this application."
"Kalpas's performance in the deepest place is indeed very quiet, but this proves that he has a very high IQ. I think he is paralyzing us through this performance, waiting for the opportunity to release us." Another projection said, "As for the 'Discipline' you mentioned, let's not talk about whether the effect of this ability is as strong as reported. Even if it really has such an effect, how can you guarantee that Aponia will not show mercy to Kalpas who is also from the Twilight Street Sanatorium?"
The two sides soon engaged in a fierce verbal battle, but Ai Yue had no chance to speak at all. He could only sit aside and began to doubt the meaning of his coming here.
But soon, he knew why he came here.
"It seems that the disagreement between us is very serious. It is necessary to have a more detailed discussion." After ignoring Ai Yue for a long time, the projection on the opposite side focused its attention on Ai Yue again. "I wonder what Dr. Ai Yue thinks about this? I heard that it was actually your idea to get Kalpas out of prison, right?"
"Yeah, what's the matter?" Ai Yue leaned back in his chair, "Could it be that the identity of the person who submitted this report has anything to do with your attitude?"
"You're joking. We treat every report with a fair and strict attitude." The other party laughed vaguely, but it sounded more like a distorted scream. "I'm just curious, what is your purpose? If you are just looking for a powerful subordinate, perhaps we can provide a better candidate?"
Really.
Ai Yue knew very well that the reason why he had to be present was because he had chosen to stand on Dr. Mei's side before, so that the people above him began to pay attention to his existence. This meeting must be a way to send him some kind of information.
Even if you have control over the secret forces and expanded your voice, what does it matter? It is still easy for them to target you.
"No need. Not everyone can gain my trust." Thinking of this, Ai Yue shook his head with a mocking smile on his face. "After talking so much, everyone should be annoyed. Let me use a simple method to resolve this meaningless argument."
"Speaking."
Although the other party was still using honorifics, his tone was full of frivolity and casualness. It was obvious that he did not think that Ai Yue could solve the problem that even Dr. Mei could not solve.
"'Honkai Energy Adsorption Device', I remember that its patent application has not been approved until now, right?" Ai Yue said casually, "I can sign a statement to transfer this patent to you in exchange for the opportunity for you to reconsider this report. What do you think?"
The conference room suddenly became quiet, and the projections on the opposite side all fluctuated to varying degrees, obviously weighing something.
But it is obvious that such unbalanced conditions do not require much consideration for the projections in front of us.
"It seems that Dr. Ai Yue really values this fellow countryman relationship. If so, we shouldn't dwell on it any more." After a moment, the leading projection said gently, "So, what about this statement?"
Hearing the obvious urgency in the other party's tone, Ai Yue couldn't help but laugh: "You draft it and I sign it, is that okay?"
At this moment, six lines of characters were displayed on his lenses.
The first five lines are different IP addresses, and the last line has only three simple words:
[Locked.]
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