Life Copy Game

Chapter 1164: Cult Ruins (please vote for me)

Limen City·Office of the Director of the FBI

Bang bang bang——

There was a slight knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The black-haired man who was typing at his desk raised his head and looked at the closed door.

Click——

The door was opened, and a somewhat bald man pushed the door open and said with a smile, "Good afternoon, Director Stowe."

"Director?!"

The black-haired man looked at the figure who walked in through the door, and immediately stood up with a smile, "No, it should be the distinguished Senator Solin now. Why do you have time to come to my place?"

"You are the director now,"

Thorin smiled. He looked up at the familiar layout of the office and sat on the chair opposite the desk. He put his hand next to the phone on the desk and asked slowly, "The one that is popular on the Internet now." Have you checked out the rumors that the cult is active?”

"We've already sent people to look at it,"

Stowe bent over, reached out and picked up a stack of documents from the side, and handed it to Thorin, "That should be the site left by a certain cult sect. No one has been active in it for a long time, and there is only some residual pollution.

"We found traces of battle in the ruins. Trace scholars within the bureau believe that this cult sect once had a fierce battle with some kind of hostile organization. In the end, the cult sect was defeated, and the ruins were abandoned."

"Approximately how long did it take to be abandoned?"

Thorin took the file and asked softly.

"Judging from trace detection, it should be more than 30 years ago,"

Stowe replied slowly, "The evil gods believed in by this wave of evil sects seem to be relatively unpopular, and the damage to the ruins is also serious. We haven't found the corresponding god's name yet, but the pollution left by this evil god is very strong, and the pollution dissipates relatively quickly." slow.

“Even after so many years, even though the investigators we sent were fully armed and prepared with all kinds of precautions, they were still almost affected.

"We have cordoned off the surrounding area and put up warning signs."

"Who first discovered this site?"

Thorin asked softly as he flipped through the documents in his hand.

"The earliest report we received came from a caravan belonging to a small company,"

Stowe recalled, "They encountered snow and wind on the road, which delayed their time. In order to catch up with the goods, they deviated from the normal business route and chose to take a shortcut through the mountain road. They had taken this shortcut more than once before, and it was considered a safe one." path'.

"But this time I was attacked by a strange beast, so I had to swerve off the road and hit the ruins head-on.

"In the end, only two of the dozens of people in their caravan died, and they all had some mental problems. They met a wilderness hunter outside, and paid the wilderness hunter to take them back to Limen City and report the case to us."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly and said slowly, "However, the news circulating on the Internet was faster than us receiving the report. By the time we isolated those two people from the relevant people, there was already news on the Internet. "

"The Revenant is willing to sell any information for money,"

Thorin flipped through the information and said slowly, "Since the last Fountain of Youth incident, the people of Limen City have become more sensitive to the evil god incident. Any news about the evil god sect will increase the insecurity of the citizens."

"You mean,"

Stowe looked at Thorin, "Someone is deliberately spreading this news?"

He paused and then responded, "The senatorial election is about to begin. Is there anyone who doesn't want to see you re-elected?"

The normal election time for senators is six years, but Thorin was a senator who was elected after the death of the original Rimen City Senator Genos. He inherited the remaining term of Genos, and this term only left In less than two years.

Solin was able to become a senator because of his prestige established by investigating cult incidents such as the Fountain of Youth and Star Pharmaceuticals when he was the director of the FBI.

On the other hand, exaggerating the threat of the cult, exaggerating Sorin's incompetence, and allowing the cult to come back is an attempt to affect Sorin's prestige and support.

If the cult incident is not handled well, the prestige Thorin has established will also suffer backlash.

This is the reason why the former director came to visit unexpectedly today.

Stowe frowned slightly and thought, "Is it Star Pharmaceuticals? Or another consortium? Only they have the money to spread rumors on a large scale."

Then he raised his eyebrows slightly and said speechlessly, "But what's the use of them spreading this? This cult incident was just an accident. There was no one in that site more than 30 years ago. What's the point? So scary.”

“What matters is not what the facts are, what matters is what people believe the ‘facts’ are.”

Thorin flipped through the information and shook his head slightly. He looked at Stowe in front of him and said slowly, "I might have to trouble you to hold a press conference to briefly explain the situation of the site."

"certainly,"

Stowe nodded, "This is what I was meant to do."

"Um."

Thorin nodded slightly, then he stared at the map in his hand, lost in thought.

"What's wrong?"

Stowe looked at him with some confusion.

"The location of this ruins is a bit hidden."

Thorin's eyes fell on the ruins marks between the mountains and he whispered.

"These cultists are like foxes, they find their nests in very remote places,"

Stowe smiled, "Otherwise they would have been caught by us long ago."

"No one has discovered this cult site for over thirty years,"

Thorin put his hand on the map and slowly traced it along the caravan route marked on it, "But it was suddenly discovered in the past two days."

"Are you worried that there is a scam behind this?"

Stowe pondered.

"Caution comes first,"

Thorin put down the information in his hand and said slowly, "When you hold a press conference, don't talk about death, just say that the investigation is still ongoing and in-depth. Those two people who 'survived' had better be closely monitored. , don’t lift the quarantine easily.”

"good."

Stowe nodded slightly.

After figuring out the whole story, Thorin breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up the information on the table and said, "Then I'll take this information with me."

Jingle bell——

At this moment, the desk phone next to Thorin rang.

Bang--

He subconsciously reached out and pressed the receiver of the phone.

It was at this moment that he realized something. He looked up and saw Stowe's hand stretched out in the air.

He was a little embarrassed and was about to take his hand back when he heard Stowe laugh and say, "You can take it. As long as you don't give your name, it will be the same for anyone who takes it."

While speaking, Stowe had already retracted his hand and sat back on his seat.

Thorin looked at his actions and smiled, "Then I will be an operator for once, Director Stowe."

He didn't show any pretense, he looked up at the phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

But not everyone knows the phone number of the FBI Director's office, and the person who can call this number is probably not an ordinary person.

He directly pressed the speakerphone, selected voice connection, and said, "This is the FBI in Limen City. Who are you?"

There was some silence on the other end of the phone, but soon, a calm voice sounded throughout the office, "Thorin, it's me."

Hearing this voice, Thorin was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly widened, "Captain?"

Then he glanced at Stowe, who was sitting behind the desk, and asked in confusion, "How did you know I was here?"

"I have no idea,"

There was a slight smile on the other side, and he said dumbly, "I'm not God. I just called to ask some questions from the Limen City FBI."

"Then why did you call me by my name...?"

Thorin was stunned for a moment, then realized he had asked a stupid question.

"You can hear my voice, but I can't hear yours, so didn't I serve you as captain for a few years in vain?"

There was a hoarse smile over there.

At this time, Stowe, who was listening on the sidelines, also vaguely came back to his senses. He looked at Thorin, whose calm expression changed, and there was a little excitement in his eyebrows.

I heard that Director Solin had an ‘old boss’ in Irons, who recommended him as Director Solin, and he also contributed to Solin’s Senate campaign.

Is this the big shot ‘old boss’?

"Ahem."

At this time, Thorin coughed twice and glanced at Stowe, who was in a daze.

He regretted having pressed the speakerphone just now to stop Stowe from thinking too much.

"Captain, what's wrong with you?"

Thorin quickly changed the subject.

"Are you in the FBI now? Is the current Limen City Director next to you?"

The other person seemed to understand something, and his tone became a little more serious, and he said softly, "I just wanted to ask, is there anything unusual in the wilderness near Limen City recently?"

"He's here."

Thorin was stunned for a moment, and then he looked up at Stowe.

Stowe was a little confused after hearing the complete question.

"What kind of abnormal movement is it? Captain?"

Thorin lowered his head and asked in detail.

"What attracts attention, or is sneaky, may come from the consortium's changes."

The other side of the phone said softly.

Hearing this question, Stowe shook his head blankly, and then he suddenly realized something, lowered his head and pointed in front of Thorin.

"There doesn't seem to be anything unusual here,"

Thorin glanced at the documents in front of him and said slowly, "Except for a cult site that was more than thirty years old in the wilderness and was suddenly encountered by someone, the area around Limen City is relatively peaceful."

"The ruins of a cult more than thirty years ago?"

There was some confusion on the phone.

"Yes, we haven't found out which cult it belongs to yet. It should be a small and unknown sect with little information,"

Thorin looked at the document and quickly explained, "This sect seems to have suffered some kind of attack more than thirty years ago, and then abandoned its base. Now there is only one ruin left where the pollution has not been completely dissipated."

"Which direction in Limen City is this ruins located?"

Asked quickly over there.

"Let me see,"

This question made Thorin stunned. He opened the information and looked at the map in the information. "In the west, near the direction due west, there is a mountain range there, right in that mountain range."

"Send me a copy of the information about this cult site,"

The other end of the phone said quickly, "Don't use the FBI's intranet."

There is another update at noon.