Abyssal Wanderer

After putting away the gun, it took Jim ten seconds to open the mechanical locks. During this period, he had been paying attention to the changes in the expression on Hanel's face.

Her first three seconds were of surprise, and the next three seconds turned into a cute expression of annoyance.

And in the last four seconds, she was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, looking like she might start a fight at any time.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Jim spoke up - he had no intention of disappointing the other person.

"I wanted to come over and see how my old friend is doing. Do you have any questions?"

Hanel said this, and then her eyes were attracted by a pair of women's Martin boots on the shoe cabinet - those were Donata's shoes.

"It seems like you're doing well. Your luck with women is still so good."

She snorted softly after speaking.

"So, are you relieved?"

Not bothering to explain more - since the other party can find his safe house, there is no way he doesn't know who the woman in the room is - Jim replied with a straight face, as if he wanted to drive the person away.

"Ha, I feel relieved again."

Hanel said, and walked in gracefully like the hostess of the room, took off the black coat on her body and hung it on the porch.

She walked straight to the sofa, and after sitting down, she looked at Jim with a gloomy face and asked with a smile:

"Aren't you surprised to see me again after twenty years?"

"I was so surprised that a devout Catholic saw Jesus return to earth on Judgment Day."

Jim replied a little irritably.

As he spoke, he took out a pack of Camel cigarettes from his nightgown. He knocked out one and held it in his mouth, then whispered a little:

"By the way, there are still three months left until twenty years...so how did you survive back then? I saw you break your neck with my own eyes."

"We haven't seen each other for twenty years. Are you sure you want to ask this question when we first meet?"

Watching Jim light the cigarette, Hanel frowned without leaving a trace, then she smiled and said:

"In the past, you would have commented on my new coat first."

When Jim heard this, his eyes turned to the black coat hanging on the porch. After looking at it carefully for a while, he said:

"The committee is still willing to spend money on a hacker's tactical suit covered with smart connection paint. This technology must be at least depth 3... How about it? Are you still getting used to it under the new boss?"

"It's okay, although there is no free coffee and donuts in the office, and there is no administrative leave. But other than that, the salary is much higher than at Skyfire, and even the business is correspondingly much more difficult. "

Hanel answered truthfully.

"Let me ask, are they giving more than thirty silver coins?"

Jim said, blowing two puffs of smoke from his nose like a bull.

"Still so mean, Jimmy."

Regarding Jim's sarcasm, the other party first sneered, and then said:

"Should I be like you, living in such a small place, wasting all my talents, and helping a resentful rich young woman handle cheating cases all day long?"

"I never take divorce cases."

Jim subconsciously retorted.

"Is there any difference? What happened to Ms. Oriel of Outlet Jewelry? After you helped her find the necklace, in addition to the reward of three thousand Orei, she also gave you something extra. Bar?"

Hanel's eyes were serious, and he directly mentioned a name that made Jim tremble.

In this way, the initiative in this confrontation instantly returned to this woman's hands.

"And Sheriff Wang Ying from the ninth-floor security bureau of the resettlement area... Same thing. It's hard to refuse the love of a dead comrade, right? But can you explain why the daughter of the Yidao Quanxinhui Yuri Eui It’s not related to you either? That’s how you accepted his father’s protection entrustment, right?”

Feeling a slight sweat on his forehead, Jim quickly turned around and walked to the wine cabinet, pouring himself a glass of chilled Irish whiskey.

It had been less than ten hours since the two reunited. Where did she dig up so much information?

Ignoring Jim's embarrassed reaction, Hanel continued:

"So this time it's the gang princess Donata Guzman in trouble, right? Have you ever thought that you are old enough to be her father..."

"No, don't talk nonsense!"

Jim subconsciously retorted, then turned his head sharply to look at Hanel.

At this time, the other party was looking at him with a look of hatred on his face, and it took him a while to squeeze out a voice from between his teeth:

"In other words, are the ones I mentioned earlier really available?"

Jim did not speak, but silently took a few sips of wine - he really wanted to say that those people were either just playing along, or they fell in love with him on their own initiative, or they simply owed something to them...

But at this time, nothing he could say would be as useful as simply shutting up.

[Is this the so-called Shura Field? Senior, it’s so scary]

Chen Wan on the side sighed inappropriately.

[If you don’t speak, no one will think you are mute]

Jim replied.

"Ah……"

On the other side, Hanel sneered again and continued:

"Actually, you don't need to be so nervous. It's been almost twenty years, and I've long since let go of things that should be let go. I didn't come to see you this time just to reminisce about our old relationship with you... Go and pour me a drink too. "

With that said, she sent a document to Jim.

"I have a case here that I might need your help with."

While Jim opened the document titled "Response to the Threat of the Type II Human Intelligence Collapse Scenario: The Fourth Revised Edition of the 50th New Year", Jim mixed a glass of whiskey for Hanel.

“What is the second category of human intelligence collapse scenario?”

Jim asked as he handed over the whiskey stick.

"Simply put, it is a weapon of mass destruction targeting personality. It causes most humans to lose their self-awareness and turn into zombies driven by instinct."

Hanel replied, and Jim did not continue to ask because he knew that the other party would continue to explain.

"Based on the paths of Theseus, Orpheus, Pygmalion and Narcissus, human self-awareness is actually an extremely fragile structure. And on these four paths of advancement, there are a large number of technologies that can be used Make doomsday weapons. Create hundreds of millions of zombies by destroying human self-consciousness."

She took a sip of the hi-stick and continued:

"Apollo creatures have come up with it before - it is something they internally jokingly call 'intelligence light'. Continuously irradiating a native for ten minutes will cause irreversible intelligence decay, and after five hours it will It will cause the person being exposed to completely lose their self-awareness and become a walking zombie."

"I suspect the light bulbs in those politicians' homes are made of this."

Jim said.

"Under the constraints of the Olympus Agreement, Apollo creatures would not dare to make any big noise with this thing... unless they want to suffer a 'big thunder'. The key is that they are outside the order of Olympus , those lawless thugs.”

"The Dionysians, right?"

Seeing that the information sent by the other party contained dozens of religious graffiti paintings with the theme of "Death of Orpheus", Jim said:

"Weapons capable of erasing human self-awareness will be spread in the form of memetic viruses... So, is this their purpose, to zombify all humans?"

"It was confirmed that it was the Dionysus sect so quickly. You are also very well-informed. It seems that besides picking up women, you have done some serious things over the years."

Hanel first said "Oh" in surprise, and then said sarcastically.

In response to this sarcasm, Jim once again chose to play dumb.

Seeing that the other party was silent, Hanel continued:

"But one thing needs to be corrected: it is not the Dionysian sect - since they merged with the Holy Trinity in the past and were annihilated by the God King, the Dionysian sect has been completely destroyed. The terrorists who are still active today, It is the remnant among the remnants.

"They have new doctrines, new names, and of course, new craziness... By the way, I think you will definitely like their new names now."

Hanel had a smirk on his lips. Therefore, Jim had a hunch that this name would make him feel very uncomfortable.

"What is it?"

Although he knew it would be uncomfortable, he still asked.

"The Esoteric Cult of Orps." (End of Chapter)