Hunter × Hunter: The Seven Deadly Sins

While talking, the four of them came to the end of the passage. At the end was a suspended triangular metal platform. A suspended metal bridge extended forward from the left and right corners of the platform. An independent device was installed in one corner of the front of the platform. Marty Yas came to the device and operated it to input the application for meeting between Illumi and others and the Archon.

"The interview application has been entered and is waiting for approval. Please wait patiently."

After Mathias finished typing, the device emits a neutral synthesized electronic sound.

"The meeting request will be approved by the administrative department staff, assistants, and consuls at one level. If it is not an important meeting request, it will usually be scheduled a week later, or even a month later, that is, an appointment."

"After all, as the leader of a country, Mr. Bastian is very busy at work."

"The person in charge of first-level approval is Administrative Staff Opal. I'll go get his approval. I will mark Mr. Axel's request for a meeting as a priority. I believe you will be able to meet Mr. Bastian soon."

"Mr. Axel can take the three of them to Mr. Bastian's office first."

Mathias pointed to the bridge on the left, and then walked to the bridge on the right, while Ilumi and others left in the direction he pointed.

The metal bridge is a hundred meters long, and the depth below is unfathomable. Only a faint wisp of current can be seen, and it is unknown what device is running.

After the metal bridge, there was another spacious passage. Some government employees were walking around in the passage. There were also many offices on both sides of the passage. When they came to a cross corner, the three of them didn't know which way the consul's office was, and they stopped for a moment. .

"Mr. Axel, your request for a meeting has been approved."

At this time, an electronic synthesized sound sounded in the ears of the three of them. When they looked back, they saw a one-meter-tall robot with cleaning tools on both arms standing behind them, with green fluorescent light flashing in its two round eyes.

The left arm of the cleaning robot is a vacuum pipe, the right arm is a cleaning tool similar to a water pipe, and the bottom of the body is a round traditional cleaner.

"His Excellency the Archon's office is located 500 meters in the west area. Please go there by yourself."

The cleaning robot's vacuum tube arm was raised, pointing to the passage to the left of the three people, and then turned around to clean.

"Very mature artificial intelligence technology." Envi looked at the back of the cleaning robot, his mouth twitching slightly, and said, "If it weren't for the Devil Fruit, Balkimoa might have already ruled the world."

"There is at least a hundred years' gap between the technology of this country and the technology of other countries in the world." Ilumi also said: "Even so, this world is still the world of Devil Fruit ability users."

"Let's go and see what the leader of a country whose development is severely restricted is like."

After Ilu finished his riddle, the three of them turned and walked towards the left passage.

"Three of you, are you Mr. Axel, Mr. Illumi, and Mr. Jin?"

As soon as the three people turned into the passage on the left, they heard someone calling their names. They turned around and saw a young man in office uniform trotting towards them.

"Hu~hu~"

The young man came to a stop in front of the three of them. He put his hands on his knees and panted. It took him a while to calm down.

"I'm Winden, the administrative clerk."

"Three of you, your request for a meeting has been approved. Please come with me to see His Excellency the Archon."

The young man introduced himself as an ordinary employee named Wenden.

"We all know that the meeting application was approved. A cleaning robot just informed us."

Envi said, while turning his gaze to the cleaning robot that was patrolling the passage.

"Eh? Cleaning robot?"

Hearing this, Wen Deng turned around with a surprised expression, just in time to see the cleaning robot turn a corner and disappear into the passage.

"Is it a new function developed by the Ministry of Science for the cleaning robot? But we were not notified."

Administrative clerk Wenden scratched his head. It seemed that he didn't know that the cleaning robot had a notification function.

"Uh, never mind that kind of thing."

"Please follow me. Your Majesty the Archon is waiting for the three of you in his office."

Wenden casually forgot about this small matter, and led the three of them towards the depths of the left passage.

The three of them followed the young administrative clerk for five hundred meters and came to a spacious room with an open door. It was filled with bookcases. In the center of the room were two desks put together. Very little documentation.

A silver-haired man in black uniform was sitting at the desk, discussing something with a staff member, and did not notice the three people from Ilumi who came in.

The three of them, led by Wenden, came to the desk and saw that there were three people in black uniforms in the room, two men and one woman.

Two male staff were looking through the information in front of the bookcase.

The woman stood in front of the window with her back to them, wondering what she was thinking.

"Mr. Axel, long time no see." Suddenly, the silver-haired man who was communicating with the staff raised his head, looked at Envi, and pointed to the chair opposite, "Please sit down."

Enwei sat down unceremoniously, while Ilumi and Kim Bradley stood on both sides. Apart from the two chairs in front of the desk, there was not even a single sofa in this office.

"These two are Mr. Axel's friends, Mr. Ilumi and Mr. Jin, right?" Bastian waved to the clerk in front of him. The clerk left, stood up, looked at Ilumi and the two, and said: " Nice to meet you two, I am Bastian, Archon of Balkimoa."

"Mr. Axel's application for meeting stated that the two of them have the intention to cooperate with Balkimoa."

"Although I don't know where the two of them are from and which country they represent, I will be grateful if we can finally reach a cooperation."

After all, Balkimoa has poor relations with its neighboring countries, and countries further away will not come to Balkimoa to seek cooperation.

Bastian looks to be only about thirty years old, but he has an approachable temperament and a very kind attitude, which makes people like him.

Bastian's black uniform is different from that of ordinary employees. It is more solemn and layered, and he also has a gold medal on his chest.

"The interview application did not fill in the identity of the two of them. Can you tell me where they are from and what the cooperation is?"

Bastian asked kindly as he sat down again.

"We wish to speak privately with His Excellency the Archon."

Kim Bradley took a step forward, glanced at the other government employees in the office, and spoke.

Hearing this, the three staff members in the office, including Wenden, all focused their attention on Consul Bastian. As Bastian nodded, the four turned around and left the office, closing the door.

"Is there another person?"

Ilumi looked at the window. The woman slowly turned around. She had black bangs, delicate facial features, a flawless face, and a tall figure. The most important thing was that she also had a gold medal on her chest.

"I am Fiscal Sasha, is there anything I can't hear?"

The tall woman looked at Ilumi and the two with keen eyes, and finally locked her eyes on Enwei. Her narrow eyes were slightly narrowed, and an oppressive aura was exuding.

"Mr. Axel, we have met more than once. Why can't you even recognize my back?"

Finance Officer Sasha strode over with two straight long legs, stopped in front of the desk, and looked at Envi condescendingly, with an imposing manner.

If she were an ordinary person, she would have been frightened by the other party, but Enwei's face remained normal and showed no reaction. He even raised the corners of his mouth slightly and looked at her with an "interesting" look.

Ilumi also raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that two of the three leaders of Balkimoa were present, and they were exposed in an instant.

"Sasha, you will scare Mr. Axel. Mr. Axel may have just forgotten."

Bastian said, looking like a good old man.

But the financial officer Sasha ignored him at all. He crossed his arms across his chest, a pair of big breasts were ready to come out, and his eyes were like daggers scanning the Ilumi trio.

Yilumi and the other three were also staring at her. The four of them faced off, and the atmosphere in the office suddenly became extremely heavy.

"With my order, this office will be turned into a weapons arsenal and the three of you will be blown to pieces."

Financial Officer Sasha saw that the three people were still unwilling to explain their identities and purposes, so he threatened them.

At the same time, the three people in Yilumi felt like they were being watched all over their bodies. The three of them glanced at the office, where a large number of weapons were secretly aimed at them.

"Hey, this is the first time that my disguise has been seen through so easily. What a failure." Envi scratched his head with an unhappy look on his face. A burst of white light lit up his body, and he returned to his original appearance. He looked up at Sasha, " But it was only because of the haste and lack of intelligence that this operation was discovered by you.”

"However, we had no intention of playing any conspiracy with you." Enwei stood up from his chair, stood next to Ilumi, and grinned: "Actually, we have always been very strong."

Under the gazes of Bastian and Sasha, Ilumi bent down slightly and sat on the chair, indicating that he was the one who really made the decision.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Yilumi. I am an unknown person for the time being."

"The purpose of my coming to Balkimoa is actually to support Balkimoa to become a superpower, a superpower that can compete with the world government."

Ilumi went straight to the point and explained his purpose.

"Sorry, I refuse."

Consul Bastian refused without thinking. Treasurer Sasha did not speak, and it was not known whether she supported or opposed it.

"Well, an expected rejection."

"But you rejected it too quickly, which made me a little disappointed. Can you tell me the reason?"

Illumi rubbed her chin with her right hand and asked with a smile on her face.

"First, I found out that you did not go through the immigration formalities, so you entered the country illegally."

"Second, you secretly replaced Mr. Axel, our country's shipping giant, with your Devil Fruit abilities. This is a felony."

"Third, Balkimoa will rely on its own strength to grow and will never let outsiders interfere."

"Fourth, if you are just little bastards who have acquired devil fruit abilities and don't know the world, then you will spend the rest of your life in the winter hell of Balkimoa."

Bastian's expression became serious, and he said three reasons and a warm warning.

"Yeah?"

"But as far as I know, Balkimoa is short of resources, has bad relations with its neighbors, and has extremely scarce energy. Your development has been stuck in place for many years."

This is just information that everyone knows. Bastian's expression remained unchanged, but Ilumi's lips raised slightly.

"When did it start? Ten years ago? Twenty years ago? Or did it start from the year when MADS was destroyed by the World Government and Vegapunk was arrested by the World Government?"

As soon as these words came out, Consul Bastian and Treasurer Sasha were shocked at the same time, and their eyes changed when they looked at Ilumi.

[MDAS] It was the scientific research team that originally had Vegapunk and Vinsmoke Gaji, and it was Balkimoa who provided funding for this scientific research team.

Otherwise, how could a scientific research team without funds discover the [bloodline factor] known as the "design map of life"?

It is precisely because the [MDAS] team discovered the "blood factor", which can be called the realm of gods, that they were destroyed and arrested by the world government.

"Although I don't know where you learned this secret, [MADS] is an illegal research team that conducts dangerous research. The world government destroyed them to maintain peace."

"As for Dr. Vegapunk, he voluntarily serves the World Government."

"Both of these have nothing to do with current Balkimoa."

Bastian regained his composure and directly separated [MADS] from Vegapunk and Balkimoa in his words.

"Humph, it seems that you have been trained well by the World Government." Ilumi mocked, "But the World Government is keeping an eye on you all the time."

"The naval base at the port is at least twice the size of the bases I have seen elsewhere, and its military strength is several times that of other naval bases. The person stationed here is Vice Admiral Cha Dou of the Navy Headquarters."

"That guy, although he looks wretched, is powerful and is also a candidate for the navy's general."

"You can imagine how much the world government values ​​you."

"In this case, even if you make any breakthrough in technology, you will be usurped by the world government, just like [MDAS] and Vegapunk years ago."

"What do you think?"

The corners of Yilumi's lips curled up. He compiled and analyzed the information Envi had investigated, and combined it with the conclusions he drew based on his understanding of the original work. He clearly understood the current difficult situation of Balkimoa.

In this environment, let alone development, even if there is a technological breakthrough, it will be severely sanctioned by the world government.

"These are Balkimoa's internal affairs, and Balkimoa will solve them itself."

"Besides, just the three of you want to rival the World Government?"

"It's too whimsical."

"You have no idea how vast the world is and how vast the sky is."

"And how powerful can humans be..." Bastian said here, paused for a moment, his face trembled slightly, his voice was low, and he said: "Just a few people can rival a civilization."