Outlander’s Journey

In the cool night breeze, only two people stood on the huge top platform.

Standing at the top of the stairs, Heather narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the man standing in the center of the platform.

It was a young man of well-proportioned figure. He is between 23 and 24 years old, wearing a double-breasted white coat, full of blond hair and partial hair, handsome appearance and calm temperament.

Seeing Heather stepping on the top platform, he smiled slightly: "I knew that those special forces couldn't stop you, Heather."

"It's an honor for the vice president of Dignified Shinra Corporation to know my name."

Heather put his hands in Kabuto, his tone sarcastically.

The young man’s smile remained unchanged: "[Monsters of Qifan Street], [Underground Emperor], [Bone Fragmented Heather], there have been many legends about you in Midgar over the years. I thought I would waste time doing it. A self-introduction seems unnecessary now. Sure enough, you have your own intelligence channel."

Heather interrupted him impatiently: "If you praise each other, please save yourself, Rufas Shinra. You just appeared in front of me in such a grandiose manner. Aren't you afraid that I would kill you directly?"

The person in front of him is the illegitimate son of the president of Shinra Corporation, Lufas Shinra. With superb means, he continued to climb up and squeezed out his two nominal elder brothers Lazard and Ivan, and became the vice president of Shinra Corporation with one person under 10,000. This person was born with great ambitions. Isshin wanted to overthrow his father and become the new president of Shinra Corporation, and secretly attracted a large group of loyal subordinates within the company.

The president of Shinra naturally also knows the danger of this son. Out of scruples about Rufas, President Shinra sends Rufas out to deal with the affairs of Shinra's branch all the year round, and constantly plays down the influence of Rufas within the company. In recent years, few people from high-level non-Shenluo people know the name of Rufas.

Heather has played games and naturally knows how proud and ambitious Rufas is. What is he doing at the top of the steel pillar at this time?

"No, no, you won't kill me."

Rufas snapped his fingers with a smile, and the screen at the back of the platform suddenly lit up, and a man with long black hair and a mole on his eyebrow appeared on it. It was Tux’s supervisor [Zeng].

"Zeng, did you find it?" Rufas asked without looking back.

[Takes has found Alice's trace, but unfortunately, she has been captured by the science department first. On the screen, Zeng leaned slightly and replied in a respectful voice.

Rufas looked at Heather with the same smile on his face: "Didn't you find that your precious apprentice is missing? What an irresponsible master."

Alice? Heather took the risk of being hit by the planet's will to expand [Circle] and [Seeing and Hearing Color] with all his strength, but did not find any trace of Alice.

"Blond, like nonsense, you are very similar to some nasty guy I've met before. I guess you don't want to know his final ending." Heather narrowed his eyes, hands naturally hanging down beside him.

Rufas was not frightened by Heather’s surging murderous aura. He kept his face unchanged and said in an extremely sincere tone: “I’m not here to be your enemy, Heather. On the contrary, I want it with absolute sincerity. Work with you."

"Catch my apprentice, and then talk to me sincerely? I think it seems more sincere to hold your head to find Mr. President."

Heather slightly exposed Sen White Fang's teeth, and his hand was already pinching the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Rufas spread out his hands and signaled that he did not have any weapons or hostility at all: "I did not bring any subordinates, guards, nor any weapons, just to have a good talk with you face to face, why can't I give me a minute to explain What? If you are not satisfied then, it will not be too late to kill me."

As soon as the voice fell, Rufas found that Heather's figure in the distance had disappeared. Immediately afterwards, there was severe pain in the joints of his limbs and a series of dense dull noises, and all his joints were removed.

Heather, wearing glasses, appeared behind Rufas, looking at Rufas who fell heavily on the ground, with a sharp tone: "Interesting, then I'll give you one minute. But I don't like your high attitude, so I just lie down. Talk to me on the ground."

[Master Rufas! Heather, you...] Zeng was furious on the screen.

"It's okay, as long as you are willing to talk, that's a good start." Rufas felt a little sweat on his forehead with pain, but he stopped Zeng with a calm tone, and then reluctantly raised his head to look at Heather:

"It was not us who wanted to capture Alice. In fact, all Tucks members were secretly loyal to me. I ordered them not to capture Alice after the start of the [Seven Pillar Collapse Plan]. Instead, I sent Renault and Lu De went to protect her, but was misunderstood by Alice and her bodyguards."

"……continue."

"The order to capture Alice was personally issued by my father. A large part of this was because the treasure of the science department was behind my father's back. They wanted to use Alice to find the legendary [Promised Land]. , That is the place of infinite happiness known only by the awakened ancient species."

Rufas took a hard breath and continued:

"The monsters near Midgar have been over-extracted, and this land is on the verge of death. My father wanted to build a brand new Midgar in the [Promised Land] with endless energy, and that's why he didn't hesitate to do so. Approval of the collapse plan for Pillar 7, because the city and civilians here are completely'useless' that can be discarded in his opinion."

"Speaking of the point, what's the matter with Alice?" Heather was a little impatient.

"Hojo doesn't trust Tucks. Ordinary special forces and soldiers will not be opponents of you and the bodyguard, so he used a secret unit codenamed [Abyss]. I don't know much about this unit, only them. It’s the trump card in Hojo’s hand. Tucks can’t fight against the Shinra company on the face, so I dispatched Tucks to follow the Abyss troops all the way and try to find Alice in advance to protect her. But unfortunately, the other party has already taken advantage of you. The great opportunity of not being around with the bodyguard caught Alice first."

The Abyss Force...This is the villain that appeared in another FF7 derivative game "Elegy of Hellhound". It is the secret combat force of the Shinra Company. They come and go without a trace, and their fighting style is strange and powerful. If Alice was really taken away by them, it would be difficult to find them in a short time. In addition, Tucks did not appear in the entire No. 7 pillar blasting operation, which is totally inconsistent with the situation in the game.

Thinking of this, Heather stretched out his foot and kicked Rufas a few times. With a few clicks, Rufas felt he could move again.

"...So, what can you help me?"

Heather looked at Rufas who stood up gracefully, and asked indifferently.

Rufas took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat oozing from the pain on his forehead, with a smile on his face: "Even if you are, it is impossible for you to break into the Shinra Company to rescue Alice. The internal structure of Shinra Company is intricate everywhere. It is the mechanism and the alarm. Once triggered, the elite troops of the Shinra will be waiting for you. Especially in the depths of the science department, where the treasure has been turned into a horrible monster lair. Cooperate, Heather, I can help you."

"For example?"

"I can help you and your companions get into the Shinra company, and send professionals to secretly assist you until you rescue Alice."

"Sounds great, so... what kind of payment do you want?" Heather looked at Rufas playfully.

"In exchange, I hope you can let my father step down from the throne of the president of Shinra Corporation."

Rufas smiled very implicitly:

"...In a more respectable way."

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