Embers Ad Infinitum

After walking a few steps down the stairs, Shang Jianyao suddenly let out an "ouch".

"What's wrong?" Jiang Baimian turned his head and asked, "You can speak now."

Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist with his left palm and said:

"We forgot we had another question to ask Esther!"

Being reminded like this, Jiang Baimian immediately remembered that Esther was involved in another matter:

Some of the goods that Smith's "Rootless" team sent to the ice and snow ruins came from Esther!

In other words, even if he is not the owner of the cargo who is suspected to be a collaborator of the Eighth Research Institute, he should have met him or got some clues.

The latter two situations are more likely. After all, Esther only provided part of the supplies and was easily discovered by Gitis, which is inconsistent with the caution of large-scale memory deletion.

Jiang Baimian immediately turned around and said to Sandro on the other side:

"Please take us up to see Mr. Esther again. We just forgot a crucial issue, which directly affects whether Mr. Esther's regret can be made up for."

The last half of her sentence was deliberately exaggerated to force the contact, so as not to be rejected by Sandro and have to go through extra trouble.

In fact, if we really dig into it, there is nothing wrong with what she said:

That batch of goods involves the Eighth Research Institute, and Cornimis is guarded by people from the Eighth Research Institute. Whether the former can be investigated clearly will indeed affect the exploration of the "Old Tune Team" in Cornimis, and the "Old Tune Team" The exploration of the "Group" in Cornimis is undoubtedly directly related to whether Aster's regret can be made up for.

The reason why Jiang Baimian forgot to ask about the goods just now was because he was deep in thought about the term "son of Zhi Sui".

Because it was Jiang Baimian who was speaking, not Shang Jianyao, Sandro thought about it for a few seconds and said:

"good."

He was always wary of the influence of Shang Jianyao's words.

Turning around, Sandro led Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao back to the fourth floor.

He did not go directly to the room where Esther was, but stayed at the last guard point, told the story, and asked his colleagues to report to the boss on his behalf.

The guard took a few steps to the outside of the tanning house, raised his finger and tapped three times.

No one responded.

He knocked three more times.

Still no one responded.

Boom, boom, boom!

He struck three more times, adding more force.

Finally, Esther's slightly tired and low voice came from the sunbathing room:

"What's up?"

Hearing Esther's response, Shang Jianyao breathed a sigh of relief and said happily to himself:

"Okay, okay, nothing happened.

"I thought it was a coincidence that the key witness died suddenly on the spot and was brutally silenced."

These words attracted the sideways glances of Sandro and several guards, some of whom were even a little angry.

If you can't speak, don't speak... Jiang Baimian muttered.

Frankly speaking, she was a little worried just now.

Similar situations often occur in old world entertainment materials - the protagonist team finally found clues and locked the key witness. However, due to some strange combination of circumstances, they were a step too late and the key witness was silenced by the murderer.

After the guard who knocked on the door repeated Sandro's words, Esther was silent for a while and said:

"Let them in."

The tiredness in his tone made Jiang Baimian feel that he was disturbing the patient.

In the sunbathing room, Esther seemed to have adjusted her posture. She was currently just leaning slightly against the back of the lounge chair, with her lower body covered with a quilt.

He looked at Jiang Baimian and said:

"It's still the same as before, you come and ask."

Jiang Baimian asked politely:

"Mr. Esther, have you recently provided a batch of goods to Smith's Far Traveler business group?"

Esther showed an expression of sudden realization:

"That batch of cargo that mysteriously disappeared in the ice field?"

"Yes." Jiang Baimian nodded, and Shang Jianyao also made the same move.

Esther smiled slightly and said:

"I did provide some supplies to the Far Traveler business group, but it only accounted for a very small part of that batch of goods."

"What kind of supplies are they? Who bought them? Who asked you to give them to the Far Traveler business group?" Jiang Baimian asked in one breath.

She deliberately showed that the "old tune team" had never suspected that Esther was the real owner of the goods, so that if Esther was the real owner, she would instead arouse the other party's vigilance, and maybe something unexpected would happen on the spot.

In short, get a certain answer first, then analyze the truth and falsehood, and finally consider whether to get angry and forcefully make friends.

Esther smiled and asked:

"Why should I answer these questions of yours?

"What kind of reward can you provide this time?"

He put an emphasis on the remuneration, saying it was not about the money.

"What do you want?" Jiang Baimian didn't know much about Esther and couldn't analyze the weaknesses of his humanity.

If Esther had to tell the "Old Tune Team" herself, she planned to start with some medical medicines and biological agents invented by "Pangu Biology". After all, Esther was old and her health seemed not to be very good. Moreover, when Shang met Yao's father's team also obtained information in exchange for similar items.

Although the "White Knights" are also very strong in the corresponding fields, and Esther has money and a certain status, it is not difficult to obtain certain potions, but the things of "Pangu Creatures" still have their own characteristics. Sometimes, foreign monks He is indeed better at chanting sutras.

Of course, this will lead to the identity of the "old tune group" being exposed to a certain extent.

Aster seemed to be lost in his own thoughts, and his eyes were a little out of focus.

After a while, he said seriously:

"My request is that after you get the information you want on these two matters, you immediately leave Gerstburg, don't stay for a second longer, and don't get involved in anything.

"Of course, it would be better if you go to Cornimis after leaving Gerstburg."

This request... He couldn't have known that wherever our group went, it would cause a lot of things and lead to quite a storm. He wanted to send us gifts out of the country as soon as possible for safety, right? Jiang Baimian felt a little weird, but agreed nonchalantly:

"no problem."

The "old investigation team" came to Gerstburg to investigate the situation of Shang Jianyao's father's team and the hidden personnel of the Eighth Research Institute!

Before Esther could speak, Jiang Baimian added:

"But in the process of our investigation of these two incidents, if someone provokes us and something comes to us, we cannot sacrifice ourselves and just escape."

What she meant by this was that we would concentrate on our own investigation, stay out of other people's business, and leave as soon as the task was completed. Other than that, there was no guarantee of anything.

Esther was silent for a while, nodded and said:

"Can.

"I believe in your promise. At least so far, you have behaved quite trustworthy. In fact, the corresponding information has nothing to do with me. Telling you will have no impact."

He turned and said:

"Smith should have told you that in the case of the missing goods, the relevant personnel have lost their memories. Those of you who are awakened must know what this means.

"I'm not an exception. That part of my memory has also been erased."

Speaking of this, Esther showed a slight smile:

"However, this does not conflict with the fact that I still know the relevant details."

Did they find a way to circumvent the impact of "deleted memory", or was it indeed deleted at the time, but that part of the memory was later restored through some method? Jiang Baimian tried to understand the hidden meaning of Esther's words.

She felt that if Shang Jianyao could speak, he would definitely ask "why can" at this time, but the other party would undoubtedly not answer.

Esther continued:

"What I provided to the Far Traveler business group was some rare metals.

"The person who paid for the goods and entrusted me to do this is Moore."

"Moll? That intelligence dealer?" Jiang Baimian often chanted these names recently.

"Esther nodded:

"right.

"As for where he got the money and why he bought such a batch of goods, I don't know the answer, and I don't want to know. I'm just a businessman who provides the goods after I get a suitable offer and receive enough payment."

"Understood." Jiang Baimian nodded gently.

As far as Esther's answer is concerned, she has found no signs of lying so far.

However, she has always been somewhat distracted and will not believe it so easily. However, she does not intend to gain Esther's "friendship" now and let him have no reservations. After all, the other party is obviously wary of Shang Jianyao's "thinking". Implantation".

Moreover, Esther is mysterious and should have some trump cards. If she really wants to forcefully "make friends", it's hard to say what the outcome will be.

Being cautious, Jiang Baimian planned to "visit" the intelligence businessman Moore first, and then decide whether to return to Esther based on his feedback.

At that time, it should be a matter of sneaking in secretly and completing the control by surprise.

After bidding farewell to Esther for the second time, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao returned to their jeep under Sandro's supervision, and Bai Chen drove the vehicle out of the parking place.

"The son of Zhi Sui?" After listening to the team leader's narration, Long Yuehong frowned and repeated the term.

Shang Jianyao suddenly laughed:

"What's so strange about this?

"Some people have incarnations, and it's normal to have multiple human sons."

"It seems that the son of Zhi Sui really protected Cornimis and prevented it from suffering a devastating blow when the old world was destroyed..." Long Yuehong felt that the logic was relatively smooth.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him:

"'Zhuang Sheng's' hometown Linhe Village and Taicheng and Dajiang City where he studied were also destroyed?

"He is a genuine Zhi Sui, not just some Zhi Sui son."