Chapter 223 The End of Aquarius
Chapter 223 The End of Aquarius
"Any questions?"
Seeing that someone actually paid attention to the thin copper sheet on the back of his head, Director Aquarius was immediately shocked. He then turned around and glanced at Leon, and said expressionlessly:
"You're suddenly bringing this up now. Are you trying to find a reason to put the blame for the malfunction of the Dream Furnace on me?"
"It's not really forced, it's just in case."
Seeing that Director Aquarius did not give a direct answer, and there was a hint that he was trying to get away with it, Lyon immediately knew what was going on.
That piece of metal must be very important to Director Aquarius. Even if it was not the reason why he was able to get away with the memory reading, it must have come from an illegitimate source.
As for the suddenly exposed piece of metal, could it be a flaw that Director Aquarius deliberately revealed...it's unlikely.
Apart from anything else, after being licked twice by the brain-eating demon and his brain was almost boiling, if he still had the brains to set a trap to trick people, I would accept it even if I fell into it!
After making up his mind, Leon immediately began to pursue the matter relentlessly, raising his voice and asking:
"Director Aquarius, you haven't answered my question yet. What exactly is that piece of metal? Why is it embedded in your head?"
"I know a little bit about this."
Before Director Aquarius could answer, the director of the Gemini branch stepped forward and answered without any fluctuation in his tone:
"That's the information piece of the Kingdom of Korok. It contains some basic information for identification. It's like an ID card for other kingdoms. You need to have an information piece of the corresponding level to use the facilities of the kingdom of the corresponding level... I have one of these too."
After slightly lifting the hair on the back of his head and showing everyone the copper sheet covering it, the director of the Gemini Branch continued to explain:
"The population of the Korok Kingdom is too small, and many facilities and instruments cannot be assigned to dedicated personnel for care. Therefore, we have considered not using manual labor and directly relying on information pieces to identify and allocate call permissions. If Director Aquarius is really the director of the Gemini Branch of the previous generation, he will indeed have this thing on him.
In addition, although the information piece was developed a long time ago, it has not been widely popularized because some citizens of the Kingdom of Korok are worried that this is a means for the kingdom to control them and have always resisted the implantation of the copper piece.
This thing has been abolished for decades. Young people in the Kingdom of Korok don't know about it, and people who have never been to the Kingdom of Korok have no way of knowing it. So it is completely normal to question it, and it is not deliberately targeting Director Aquarius. "
"..."
Wow... It's no wonder that this kingdom claims to be a hundred years ahead in technology, but it even has something this sci-fi?
Leon found out that the person who stood up to explain was the director of the Gemini Branch, and that this "insider" actually had a copper plate on his head. Leon, who thought he had discovered the blind spot, was immediately disappointed.
It would be fine if someone else had come forward, but the Gemini director, who has provided the most evidence, has also come forward to prove that there is nothing wrong with the copper piece, so this thing is probably indeed normal, and maybe I was just overthinking it.
The director of the Cleanup Bureau, after listening to the explanation of the director of the Gemini Branch, also glanced at Leon with disappointment, then turned around and urged:
"Go on, don't waste any more time."
"I'm not the one wasting time."
After replying with an indifferent look, Director Aquarius looked at Leon deeply, and then stood in front of the God-level Brain Eater again...
"and many more!"
The person who stood up this time was the red-haired chief.
After squinting his fox eyes and staring at the director of the Gemini Branch, the red-haired director stood up and made a request under the gaze of everyone:
"Director Aquarius, if this thing is really an obsolete information piece and has no effect, could you please repeat the action just now and press it a few more times?" "Olivia!"
After hearing what the red-haired director said, Director Aquarius seemed to have finally “had enough”. Driven by the pain in his brain, he angrily shouted with his eyebrows raised:
"Don't go too far!"
Fake! His anger is fake! That so-called information piece is really problematic!
Leon, whose right hand was tied with a bright red hair and pressed tightly on the horns, looked at the Aquarius director's soul that began to waver, which was obviously not angry but anxious, and he couldn't help but feel ecstatic!
I was almost fooled! He is indeed a director who doesn't drink. He is so damn reliable!
"Director Aquarius, may I ask why my request is excessive?"
After exchanging glances with Leon and receiving a “yes” answer, the red-haired chief’s lips finally curled up again, and he continued to ask with a smile:
"You've already pressed it a few times before I asked you to, so it shouldn't hurt you. In that case, why wouldn't it hurt to press it a few more times?"
Of course not!
Every time I press this thing, the current will double. If I press it a few more times, I'm afraid my brain will be damaged before the memory reading starts...
Although there is an answer, how can I say it out loud?
Seeing the gradually narrowing eyes of the Director of the Cleanup Bureau, Director Aquarius knew that the situation was hopeless, so he did not make any more unnecessary excuses, but sighed quietly.
There is no point in denying it now. Since it has been noticed, whether he presses the copper piece or not, this thing will be inspected in detail and turned upside down inside out.
Even if the people from the Cleanup Bureau did not understand the technology of the Korok Kingdom, as long as they lifted the copper sheet and saw the metal wire embedded in their brains, they would definitely realize that something was wrong. Because of this one day's difference, they were completely finished.
If the director hadn't come back, and the questioning hadn't started a day earlier, his new brain would have been completely synchronized with his body, and he would have been able to fool the God-level Brain Eater without having to rely on electric shocks to activate it, and the copper piece wouldn't have been noticed...
One day! Damn it! Just one day!
……
"It seems you are not ready to explain."
After waiting for a while and not hearing Director Aquarius's explanation, the Director of the Cleanup Bureau raised his hand silently and said:
"As the Director of the Cleanup Bureau, I now propose to remove Director Aquarius from his position as Director and temporarily close the Aquarius Star Palace... Let's vote."
As the director of the Cleanup Bureau spoke, the originally bright and transparent conference hall suddenly darkened. The one-kilometer-thick rock outer wall seemed to become transparent and instantly turned into an endless black night sky.
Then, eighty-seven patterns composed of countless large and small stars lit up one after another around the center of the venue, and began to slowly rotate according to a certain pattern. The only place without stars around it slowly emerged with a terrifyingly large cut, and then split up and down like an eye, revealing the real starry sky.
The sun, which was thousands of miles away just now, was forcibly pulled closer in an instant under the pull of some unknown force, and turned into an incomparably brilliant golden pupil in the "eye", staring at Director Aquarius. Surrounding this eye of the sun, four of the twelve seats belonging only to the directors were illuminated one after another.
"Four votes passed."
After announcing the voting results, the director of the Cleanup Bureau raised his hand and waved towards the seat that once belonged to Director Aquarius, dispersing the Aquarius Star Palace composed of 90 stars, completely cutting off the possibility of Director Aquarius escaping the headquarters, and then he pronounced the verdict expressionlessly:
"Creating abnormalities privately, injuring a large number of innocent people, and attempting to get involved in the Watchtower Palace... multiple crimes will be punished together!"
"As the Director of the Cleanup Bureau, I sentence the former Aquarius Director to...death!"
(End of this chapter)