I'm not a cyberpsycho

So Director Akagi started to perform.

"It is impossible for powerful people to do everything personally. After all, people's energy is limited. The stall is too big and there are too many enemies. There will be troubles in all aspects. Sooner or later, power will have to be delegated.

But power is also an addictive drug. Once you finally get it, you won't be able to hand it over easily.

The Kusanagi sword was the Oda family's solution.

A total of five keys were finally made and distributed to the five elders under his command, asking them to take care of Gao Tianyuan. But you also know that Mr. Oda is not a fool and will not design a pass-through safe that can take away all his assets and hang a noose around his neck.

Therefore, in order to prevent the five elders from seizing power, in addition to keys, Gao Tianyuan also designed passwords and key locks, and also added multiple insurances with various conditions for the use of genetic permissions.

For example, only a key can access and control the core of Gao Tianyuan, but the password also needs to be updated to unlock the lock. For example, the authority of the five keys is set under the head of the Oda family and the first heir. It is impossible for anyone to resist the supreme order of Lord Oda. Another example is that the Oda family secretly hides a key with a higher priority, which only the direct line can hold, as an emergency back-up for the family when the head and heir are away, but now it has disappeared.

So to put it bluntly, the power is still in Oda's hands. The Kusanagi sword is just a master key for the butler. At most, it can be regarded as a symbol of Takamagahara's power, a military order, a tiger charm, a scepter, and a toy like a jade seal.

The Oda Lords of the past dynasties could change the 'door lock' and 'password' at any time, and they could also redistribute the keys after succeeding to the throne, giving them to more trusted subordinates, ensuring that no subordinates could rebel. Therefore, the title of the Five Elders quickly became empty titles. Only when they were required to officially represent the Oda family and represent Takamagahara on an mission, would they be allowed to take those keys with them to update the code lock and gain command authority.

Later, when Hashiba seized power, Shibata's key fell into Maeda's hands, and the Tokugawa family's whereabouts were unknown due to the sudden genocide. Of the remaining three, except for the one held by the head of the Hashiba family, two were given to the successor Hashiba Nobuyoshi and the adopted son Ukita respectively.

As far as I know, after the head of the Hashiba family took power through the shareholders' meeting, he immediately changed the system code and door locks of the entire Takamagahara, and all four collected keys were re-authorized.

Therefore, the one with the highest authority now is actually the one in the hands of the head of the Hashiba family. Hashiba Nobuyoshi and Maeda are both lower in the ranking. Ukita's simply does not have the authority to update the password and is just a spare key.

Now that the head of the Yushiba family has definitely lost power, all his cronies have been killed. In order to protect himself, it is absolutely impossible for him to hand over his own key, and the new leaders of Gao Tianyuan will never let him use the key again. A chance to make a comeback.

And Hashiba Nobuyoshi has also been betrayed. With his unexpected death, the key has disappeared. Even if it is found, it may not be unlocked and used for the time being.

And now, the spare key kept by Ukita has also been stolen. Now the Takamagahara General Staff Headquarters actually only has one from Maeda Etsuchu!

In other words, at this time, if other people who hold the key step forward, there will be a chance!

You can fight with the General Staff Division and divide the entire Takamagahara equally! "

Director Akagi stared at Li Pan through his electronic eyes.

"But be quick. Essentially, the authority code key is just an electronic product, a digital code. As long as there is enough time and enough computing power, it can be deciphered!

And the General Staff Headquarters is not stupid. They have already seized power through the conference and will change the key lock as soon as possible, so the so-called opportunity also has a window period!

Manager Li, I can even tell you clearly that the time it takes to replace an entire system is forty-eight hours!

Yes, this is the real purpose of their satellite operation! It’s to attract our attention! And they are already halfway there!

Counting from the time when the head of the Yushiba family lost power at the shareholders' meeting, there may be less than twenty-four hours left!

I also said it bluntly, I have the latest password for the door lock, I just lack a key to access the core!

It depends on you whether you can quickly end this turmoil within twenty-four hours!

The key to saving the world! It's in your hands now!

As long as we join forces! There is a chance to completely conquer Takamagahara! "

"Wow...interesting..."

Li Pan watched him perform,

"But Director, what do you mean by coming to me alone? With this kind of information, why didn't you report it directly to the committee at yesterday's managers' meeting? The destruction of Takamagahara is a huge feat, right?

Or is your ambition not satisfied with this? Then why do you want to join forces with me? Why don't you just send your henchmen to seize the key and keep it for yourself? Gao Tianyuan, will you take the initiative to share with me? "

Director Akagi sneered,

"The Security Bureau has been infiltrated and no one can be trusted. And the reward I want is something the committee cannot give me.

Although Gao Tianyuan is not a top company, it is still a huge mountain of gold, money, technology, assets, or peace.

Everything you need is enough to respond to a mortal's lifelong desires and expectations.

Please consider it, but be quick, our chance is only twenty-four hours.

If you are interested, get the key and contact me. "

After saying this, he nodded to Li Pan and said goodbye. Then the prosthetic man destroyed himself on the spot, and the circuit system and biological brain were completely burned.

Okay, let’s seize the key to Takamagahara...

To be honest, it is no longer a question of ‘can’, but a question of ‘should I’. After all, now he has at least two keys and is surrounded by his people...

So do we want to cooperate?

Usurping the company?

Destroy Takamagahara?

Or, save the world?

Li Pan pondered, stepped over the self-destructed wreckage in front of him, walked out of the bank, and sat in the sports car waiting for him at the door.

VK Group’s HOHENHEIM system is launched,

"Good day sir, please enter your destination."

"Let's just take a few laps and play some songs."

"Payment failed, GE has shut down the local server, and the new song ranking function is unavailable."

"Tsk, search the deep web for free if the copyright has expired for hundreds of years!"

"As you wish."

So the AA-RS7 turned on its optical invisibility and took Li Pan around the city, playing various short live news videos on the Internet while matching the plot and playing old songs.

“This is my land, this land was given to me by God.

This ancient and brave country is mine..."

"Assault! Assault! Assault!"

In the satellite live broadcast, rows of eight-legged infantry fighting vehicles were carrying heavy shields and resisting the rain of smart bullets. They were climbing up the outer wall of the elevator ropeway like ants climbing a tree. Click, click, click, point-to-point fire cannons sprayed wildly, cluster lasers fired indiscriminately, intercepting the barrage splashed in the sky by the orbital defense system, and empty shells were thrown into space like hail.

Takamagahara's cannon fodder engineering infantrymen wearing heavy SBS space combat armor, full of stimulants, their eyes red, and their mouths and noses spurting blood, followed the giant iron spider to climb the ropeway, braved the hail of bullets, and physically released the engineering controller of the elevator. Insert those octopus-like electronic ghost helmet link contacts into the control panel to forcibly seize access and cut off the signal from the security system. Fight for control of the elevator section by section.

“…The morning light shone across the valleys and plains, and I saw children running and playing freely.

Come, hold my hand and walk with me through this beautiful land.

Oh, we are walking together in this lovely and beautiful home. "

"Oh my God! The space station has disintegrated!" "Help! The oxygen in our shelter is leaking!" "Does anyone hear it! Please save us!" "Mom!"

Three-type mechas, Muramasa Ghosts, company fleets, security mercenaries, large and small war weapons are fighting on the LEOPORT orbital space station. Various jump jammers and jump blockers open large and small bubbles. Like hunting grounds,

The soldiers of the two armies were like trapped animals thrown into a spherical colosseum. SMS's eyes were shining with evil light, neutron ray cannons swept across, ion swords and wave knives fought in chaos, colliding and strangling together.

All the fleets, ships, space stations, and rescue capsules on the radar in front of them, whether they were military or civilian, manned or unmanned, and all targets that could not be identified by the enemy or ourselves were exploded and chopped to pieces.

"Although I am just a mortal, when I know you are by my side,

My Lord will protect me and I know I will be incredibly strong.

I know I will protect my home! "

Probably after finally getting the approval of the Security Committee, the LEOPORT orbital defense system began to be activated on a large scale. The defense satellites hidden in the deep space bloomed with death light. High-energy lasers swept across the LEOPORT Hong Kong, and rows and rows of SMS assault troops were mopped up in Takamagahara. .

The eight-legged chariot in front was destroyed by the high-energy laser shot that tore through the interception barrage. It was annihilated in the bright light. It exploded like a blooming firework. Tons of iron filings scattered into space, and splashes of molten iron and bombs Pearl, instantly cut the row of engineers behind them into two pieces. Through the electronic ghost anti-hacker helmets, the drone operators who controlled the tanks by wires were also dragged by the link wires. Half of their bodies were torn apart from the fixed noose of the SBS, and they fell to the earth with silent screams.

"If you want to fight, I will fight! I will turn this land into my home!

Unless I die!

This land belongs to me! "

At the same time, the mines fired from the space-based orbital defense system suddenly broke through the defenses, crossed the low-Earth orbit battlefield, and dropped thousands of metal nitrogen warheads towards the Takamagahara Legion assembled at the entrance of the ground elevator. They used hypersonic terminal maneuvering intelligent guidance to break through. The air defense system instantly covers military camps, the land, and city-states.

High-concentration metal nitrogen fuses, releasing energy a hundred times the power of TNT. At the same time, it releases neutron radiation, instantly igniting everything and blowing it away. The armor is shattered and exploded. The human body is instantly turned into carbon, which is driven into the wall and the ground. Finally, Wan Lai It was all silent, nothing was left, only the scorch marks like burnt firewood remained.

"Unless I die!

This land!

All belong to me! "

The passionate singing stopped, thousands of corpses, mechas and ship wreckage were left behind, and another wave of probing attacks by Takamagahara was temporarily repelled.

Li Pan was stunned,

"...Where the hell did you get so much hell material? And you even cut the MV for me live??"

HOHENHEIM system,

"The video footage and audio and video are taken from our company's prosthetic eye and hearing system, and extracted from the local cloud archives of citizens who were confirmed dead. In order to repair the damaged data, video and audio automatically generated based on algorithms are mixed in. This belongs to this As part of the content optimization services provided by our company to our supreme customers, would you like to listen to one more song?”

"Okay, okay, turn off the live broadcast and let me be quiet."

Mu De was so upset that he gave the car a violent operation, which even interrupted his train of thought...

Okay, let’s get it straight. In short, although the whole world is now in a state of chaos, and although Director Akagi’s words are better than his singing, Li Pan still doubts that world peace can be achieved with just one key.

Isn't this obvious? The war machines of both sides have already started. How can they be stopped so easily?

Gao Tianyuan, let's not mention him. These Tsukiyo heads are really stubborn and will not shed tears until they see the coffin. If they were willing to accept peace, peace would have come twenty years ago. Even if Li Pan now uses the key to forcibly stop the Gao Tianyuan system, disarm and interrupt their attack, it still cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Besides, is the Security Committee willing to cease fire?

The Europa Star City on Europa is basically gone, and the problems of voting, division of interests, and competition for orders have also disappeared.

The current lunar city is the only remaining military production base of Zhutian Company in 0791.

The war has broken out, and regardless of who will pay the bills and reimbursement in the end, Zhutian Company's purchase orders have already been thrown at their faces.

Now the production lines of orbital factories of all sizes on the moon are running at full capacity. Batches of ships, naval guns, missiles, bombs, drones, and intelligent people are being taken offline one after another, and entire brigades are being pulled out for reorganization. All reserve officers were called up, reported to the nearest location and received their ships and regiments. Even Li Pan received an email asking him, as an engineer commander, to go to the nearest military station to report for service!

Oh, the orders have been taken, the production has been scheduled, the bullets have been loaded, and the army has been assembled and ready to go. At this time, you can tell everyone that you can fight for twenty-four hours. We can disperse after the armistice. Already?

Who are you kidding? Are you having fun?

Is war a game that you can unilaterally declare to start and unilaterally declare to stop?

Even if the corporate wars these days are really a game played by certain major shareholders, there is no winner or loser in this game. If one party wins to the extreme, it will never end until it feels good!

Li Pan thought for a while and finally let the sports car drive to the Samsara Bar.

This place was originally a gray area in the Night City, and the information trading center was naturally open for business.

Li Pan also found a middleman, opened a secret communication room for intelligence transactions, and ordered hundreds of kilograms of steak, roast chicken, and hamburger to supplement his protein.

Then, while eating and drinking to satisfy his hunger, he flipped through his contact list and sent a meeting invitation to General Maeda Etsuchu, the boss behind the Black Oil Refinery and one of the trusted elders of Takamagahara Staff Headquarters.

Well, Director Akagi has issued a mission. But he didn't say that he would definitely accept it, so he had to listen to the offer from the other side. Alas, who knows how powerful his connections are? He can make a phone call directly to the leader of the opposite camp!

After waiting a full ten minutes for the link dialing, the other party finally determined the security of the line and connected the conversation.

Li Pan didn't mind either, gnawing on the chicken legs with one hand and flipping the barbecue with the other.

"Hey, General, what do you want to do? You've had enough of life, right? You want to commit suicide, right? Do you want me to be the wrong person for you?"

General Maeda laughed through a synthesized voice,

"President Li, long time no see, I can personally assure you that the attack you suffered has nothing to do with us.

The military service system of the Citizen Fleet has long since not allowed us locals to get involved, and we know nothing about your whereabouts.

This is definitely the fault of a hostile company. I believe that with your intelligence, you will be able to make the right judgment. "

"Hey! Okay, it turns out that everyone trusts my judgment so much. So what does it mean for our employees to be left hanging in the hotel? How much does it cost me to redeem them? Do I have to come to the door in person?"

"Haha, you misunderstood. This is just a necessary safety measure during the war. No one will harm your company's members.

They can leave at any time. Within my sphere of influence, Gao Tianyuan, no one will ever disturb the normal operations of your company.

Not only TheM Company, but also all the assets under your name, including the refinery, I can guarantee the safety of them.

In addition, our contract continues, black oil can continue to be supplied as long as you need it, and the trade routes between your ships and the moon will not be disturbed by any actions. "

"What? You only have one ton of black oil every month and you want to buy my neutrality?"

Maeda smiled and said,

"If you still think it's not enough, can we increase production? Now Yuchai Financial is indeed subject to some transaction restrictions, and it may not be convenient to pay directly.

However, if you are willing to do some more radical trade, then we can discuss not only black oil, prosthetics, arms, equipment, and medicines. After all, the war is so fierce now and the entire earth-lunar supply chain has been interrupted. Does everyone have normal needs? "

Good guy, what did this old guy say? While fighting with Takamagahara, smuggling with Takamagahara? ?

Li Pan was also a little confused.

"No, do you still remember that this is a war? Doing business with the enemy while fighting?"

Maeda burst out laughing.

"What's wrong with that? Isn't the enemy's money money?

Whether it is war, peace, doctrine, or ideals, in the final analysis they are all for profit.

I, Hokuriku Heavy Industries, am not shipping goods during the war, so when will it be my turn to make money?

To put it more offensively, you are so poor and have nothing. Didn’t you get rich by riding on this east wind?

If you can make war fortune now and take advantage of the chaos to make more money, where will there be such an opportunity to get ahead in the future?

Can everyone be more realistic? "

Li Pan almost choked on this old thing.

"...So what are your plans? Just keep fighting like this, shipping goods while fighting, until the winner of the Spice War is decided?"

Maeda chuckled,

"President Li, there are two kinds of people in Gao Tianyuan, one is a businessman and the other is a warrior.

A samurai can really die for the 'righteousness' he firmly believes in. But businessmen don’t.

Because what businessmen believe in is money. After people die, what's the use of having more money? "

Li Pan sucked the steak,

"The general said he is a businessman?"

Maeda laughed and said,

"Wrong, I am just a samurai. I have lived in the 'righteousness' since I was a child. I can die for the righteousness, and I can also let others die for my righteousness at any time. And money is just a means to achieve the goal. Just tools.

But you, Li Pan, you are a businessman at heart. I have seen people like you climb up from the bottom many times. You are trying every means to continue living. Except for money, no one has helped you, that's why you want money so much, so you don't believe in any 'righteousness'.

So we can have space for cooperation.

Because we can't agree on 'righteousness', but we can talk about money. "

Li Pan was silent for a while.

"I have received your offer, so General, what is your righteousness?"

Maeda chuckled and said,

"Haha, don't worry, you will see it this time tomorrow."

Then communication broke down.

"The ones who fuck you are all Riddlers..."

Li Pan was also speechless.

However, the mission issuers from both sides have met so far, and they probably know a lot about them.

As Maeda said, this time tomorrow, that is, twenty-four hours from now, will be exactly what Director Akagi calls, the ‘final window period’.

Based on the information provided by Shiba, by then Takamagahara's Yamata no Orochi system will have completed a set of internal logical replacements, making the password in Director Akagi's hand invalid, and nothing can be changed even with the 'key'.

By that time, the samurai will have complete control over the entire Takamagahara to realize the great justice in their hearts.

So, twenty-four hours.

Cooperate with Director Akagi to make decisions as quickly as possible, end the battle, defeat Takamagahara within 24 hours, and divide the inheritance.

Cooperate with General Maeda and try to continue the war as much as possible. The longer it is delayed, the more money you will make. It must be delayed for at least twenty-four hours.

...how to choose?