Chapter 499 Morning Glory

Is the Gemini branch still operating normally?

After hearing what the middle-aged young man said, Leon couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Nicole and I had imagined many scenarios about the fate of the Gemini Branch, but they were nothing more than some of them escaping, all of them being caught, or even completely wiped out. The only thing we had never imagined was that the Gemini Branch could still operate normally.

After all, Atifi 01 has directly "attacked" the Gemini Branch, and is suspected of controlling the royal family of the Kingdom of Korok. This is almost equivalent to going against the Cleanup Bureau. Why keep those cleaners?
"Have the people in the Gemini Branch been controlled?"

After frowning and thinking for a while, he only thought of this possibility, so Leon asked tentatively:
"For example, some strange things were inserted into their brains, or their wills were affected by some abnormal objects, or their relatives and family members who they care about are residents of the Kingdom of Korok and were directly captured?"

"I don't know."

The two young men shook their heads when they heard this, and then the older one spoke:

"Director Edward once thought about arresting someone from the Gemini Branch to question him, but the people we sent this time are not good at this, and they don't have the ability to erase their memories afterwards. If we do this, it will definitely alert the other party.

Considering that the situation of the royal family is still unclear, Director Edward temporarily gave up this plan and decided to first determine the situation of the royal family and the location of Atifi 01. "

"So what results have you achieved? Have you confirmed the situation of the royal family?"

"Um... not yet..."

The two young men looked at each other and said helplessly:
"The terrain of the Korok Kingdom is too complicated. There are more than 800 blocks, and they change frequently. Mona's abilities are greatly consumed. The director and his team spent several days and only checked more than 30 blocks.

What’s even worse is that the Kingdom of Korok will hold a celebration in a few days, and by then most of the blocks will be relocated and rearranged. If the thirty or so blocks we have checked are moved, it will probably be all in vain.”

"..."

So you guys found out that you were alone, right?

After shaking his head in extreme silence, Leon carefully asked Director Scorpio about the progress, then frowned and said:

"Seniors, Director Edward is taking too long to investigate. Whether it will succeed in the end depends on luck. If you are unlucky, it may be delayed forever."

"Director Edward also said something similar."

The middle-aged young man nodded, and then said helplessly:

"But after we discussed it, we found that there was really no better solution. Considering that the royal family members of the Kingdom of Korok might have been controlled by Atifi 01, in order to avoid irritating it and causing injuries to the royal family members, we had to do it slowly for now."

But forget it, with your investigation method that depends entirely on luck, if you really want to find out something, you'll have to keep investigating until the day the Watchtower falls into disrepair.

"Seniors, my words may sound a little harsh."

As the two young men looked a little nervous, Leon frowned and said:

"But it will be a failure for you to continue investigating like this. I even have reason to suspect that the other party has already discovered you and is just using this method to delay time.

So I hope you can help me contact Chief Edward. I want to discuss with him and see if I can try my method first."

"This... is also possible."

After looking at each other, the middle-aged flower boy stretched out his hands to support the petals on both sides, crawled out of the onion-sized bulb of the green plant, then dug a small hole in the flowerpot and stuffed a tiny seed into it.

Then he covered the dug soil back, and then took out a small pocket-sized watering can from somewhere and poured a little water on the place where the seeds were buried.

"puff"

There was only an audible sound, and the plant with short soft hairs on the tender stems of the tree roots gently and quietly pushed away the soil above its head. Then, in front of Leon's surprised gaze, it circled twice along the outer edge of the flowerpot and sprouted flower buds in his direction.

Is this... morning glory?

Seeing the plant that completed the entire growth and germination process in less than two seconds and blossomed with more than a dozen pink, red, and purple trumpet-like gorgeous flowers, Leon couldn't help but blink in surprise. Then, at the signal of the middle-aged flower man, he leaned over and tentatively asked, "Sir Edward?"

"..."

After a "delay" of about several seconds, Director Scorpio's somewhat surprised voice actually came from the morning glory closest to Leon.

"Leon?"

Wow, not only can it become small and hide directly in a flower, but it can even plant a morning glory and use it as a trumpet. This ability is really interesting.

After looking at the middle-aged flower boy in a grass-leaf outfit in surprise, Leon responded:

"it's me."

"Of course I know it's you."

Director Scorpio on the other side of the morning glory said in confusion:
"But shouldn't you have just gotten off the airship and are arguing with the Foreign Minister? Why did you contact me all of a sudden?"

"I tricked the Foreign Secretary away, and I was talking to ..."

When he said this, Leon glanced at the two young men, and then continued:

"After communicating with the two seniors, I felt that something was not right, so I wanted to discuss it with you to see if we could change the way of investigation."

Want to change the way you investigate?

After listening to Leon's words, Director Scorpio on the other side of the morning glory was silent for a few seconds, and then said:

"Give me a reason."

"As for the reason...we are likely to have been exposed."

After recalling some common sense about the Korok Kingdom that he had heard from the female reporter, Leon frowned slightly and said:

"Just now, the two seniors told me that because the streets of the Kingdom of Korok change frequently, your investigation progress is unusually slow. But in fact, although the streets of the Kingdom of Korok do change frequently, it shouldn't be so frequent."

"Tell me more about it."

"To be more specific, among the six types of blocks in the Kingdom of Korok, the four types of blocks, namely living, residential, administrative, and scientific research, have relatively stable personnel flows. There is usually no need to move, so there is generally little movement.

Only the production and military industry blocks, because they involve the entry and exit of a large number of raw materials and finished products, need to frequently connect with blocks such as airports, and therefore often need to change locations. "

Except for production and military blocks, other blocks do not move frequently?
After listening to Leon's words, Chief Scorpio on the other side of the morning glory briefly recalled the situation of the neighborhood he had investigated in the past few days, and his brows suddenly frowned unconsciously.

If those blocks that usually do not move frequently suddenly start to change positions frequently recently, there is naturally only one reason, that is, it slows down one's own investigation speed. Therefore, the investigation that one originally thought was covert enough may have been seen by others a long time ago.

"I understand what you mean."

After judging from the information provided by Leon that he had most likely been exposed, Director Scorpio hesitated for a moment, then spoke decisively:

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to take a 'guaranteed' first."

Leon thought for a moment and then said:

“You also know that the most unacceptable situation in the bureau is the annihilation of the royal family of the Kingdom of Korok, which leads to the reduction of the effectiveness of the Watch Palace.

And it just so happens that we now have the status of an envoy, and can legitimately contact the royal family members of the Kingdom of Korok, so why not avoid the worst outcome first, catch some princes and princesses, and take the opportunity to capture ten or eight of them first!"

(End of this chapter)

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