Night Hacker

   Chapter 168 Vic's Gift

  Vic Sterling, twenty-seven, overdrive, blood eater.

   Elizabeth's biggest impression of her half-brother was that he was quiet.

   She hadn't seen him many times. Vic didn't grow up in the Eden Lake District, and in the Garden District, the Acropolis Mountains, and the Central District, he was rarely seen. Like an invisible man, he exists but is not seen and mentioned.

   Bloodline, a problem that cannot be avoided in Vic.

  In the consortium, bloodline also means the forces behind it, bloodline is a natural best interest.

   Both of Elizabeth's parents are from Seth's main family. No matter how they each have illegitimate children or how, the offspring of their union will have a higher status.

   And Vic Stirling, for a long time, was just a wild species.

  If he wasn't overdrive, he probably wouldn't even get the surname Sterling.

   Elizabeth did not think that her father would care about an ordinary person or a **** with low supernatural talent.

   But because Vic was a highly gifted kid, and even more determined to be an overdrive as an adult, he was accepted, and he started showing up at some seasons of family gatherings, but still didn't seem like an official Sterling.

   Overdrive children have high programmer educators as their personal teachers, but Vic does not. In the eyes of the old lady who belongs to her mother's side, Vic seems to be non-existent.

   Later, Vic was sent to Angel City, leaving Streamer City was like leaving the center of the world, it was a distribution.

  The news of Liuguang City will always spread to all Free States, but the news of other Free States seldom makes Liuguang City care.

   So much so that Elizabeth sometimes forgets this older brother, and many people forget it.

   But at the same time, Vic fights the wilderness and slays the alien species in Angel City, creating great benefits for both Seth and the bank.

   Now, Vic is back.

   The morning after her latest contact with the master, Elizabeth learns that Vic has been sent to Hexiang by the bank.

  The United District asked her to conduct experiments in Kabukicho, and she has connections in the Boxing District and the Castle District. Kabukicho is adjacent to the garden area, not too far from the central area, and it is connected to the subway.

   But in Hexiang District, there is a big river called "North Arakawa" from Sanjiao District.

Hexiang District is not as long and influential as Kabukicho. It is a remote place to the northeast of Liuguang City, and because it is too close to the eastern industrial area, it has become a dumping ground for industrial waste, and the criss-crossing rivers have become Heihe. .

   There are local gangs "Kappa Gang", and the attacks on the eastern industrial area are rampant day by day.

  Three days ago, a group of suspected Kappa gang members intercepted a group of trucks and stole the goods like a wilderness.

   Seth and the bank decided to take a hard line against the momentum in Hexiang, and Vic was dispatched with a team to deal with it.

   And Elizabeth is still active in Kabukicho.

   But she did not expect that in the cafe of Ono Hotel, she would meet a gifted person so quickly.

"Miss Sterling, my name is Ghost Girl, and the doll is a gifted doll. Now appointed by the United District, I am a member of your brother Mr. Vic Sterling's team, and the gift he gave you is brought by me, He has no time to come in person."

  This small café is simple and elegant, with a mix of traditional and modern decor, with roll-up bamboo shutters on the street-facing windows and a dazzling coloured light at the bar.

   At this time, the other guests were cleared away, leaving only the two groups of people who belonged to Sterling.

  Beside the long U-shaped bar, Elizabeth looked at the "ghost girl" in front of her. She was about the same age in her early twenties. She looked like a shadow, as if she lacked vitality.

  Why, the ghost girl is dressed in a light green main color wide-shouldered coat and blue jeans. She is stylish and has a beautiful face.

   But she just faintly felt from the other party, an inexplicable strangeness that was indescribable.

   The gifted, this is the gifted.

  Senior Steven is a doll-type extraordinary person—that may have been some kind of guidance from the master, and the ghost girl is a gifted counter-doll, and now she has become the bank’s clear card so quickly...

  If Senior Steven was indeed assassinated by a genius as rumored, the killer is probably the person in front of him.

  River village, river, water source, water of life.

  The Kappa Gang has a side door occupation system, which is thought to be the side door of the first doll.

   The ghost girl is a weapon equipped with Vic Stirling in the joint area. It seems that the gifted person can even counter the corresponding side door.

   Around Elizabeth, whether it was Ayako or Judy Dickinson, there was also an instinctive chill.

   I don’t know if it’s the same for all gifted people, or just for doll-type gifted people. This ghost girl makes them programmers feel like they are facing a human-shaped ice cube.

   As if in the opponent's body, not even blood would flow.

   "Well, thank him." Elizabeth had already seen the gift, but didn't know what it was.

  The ghost girl walked into the cafe with the ghost girl before, and several other entourages came together with a large rectangular box. The box was placed on the side of the bar and wrapped with a layer of gift colored paper with delicate patterns.

"Mr. Sterling, I hope you will like it." The ghost girl waved her hand, and two people in the entourage moved their hands and took apart the layer of colored paper, which turned out to be a large refrigerated iron box, which looked like a …coffin.

   Elizabeth frowned slightly, having a very bad feeling.

  Vic, her brother, doesn't seem to have any good intentions.

  The ghost girl went up in person, pulled the lid of the refrigerator open, and a cold mist suddenly floated out.

  Elizabeth saw the body of a young woman lying flat in the box. She was wearing a black trench coat uniform of the Mobile Task Force in the Wilderness. The clothes were brand new and straight, but her dead face was bloodless, and her eyes were still slightly open.

   It was a pair of light brown eyes, without the slightest hint of expression, like a prosthetic, looking straight up into the sky.

   If it wasn't for the coldness of the refrigerator, this body would have been decomposed for a long time.

   "This!" Elizabeth's blue eyes stared, her heart tightened suddenly, who is this, what does Vic mean...

"This is Julie Dickinson." The ghost girl said, her flat voice seemed to come from the underworld: "As a member of the death row walking team, she was injured in the battle against the wilderness, and she dropped from fifth-speed to second-speed. .

"She asked for compulsory treatment. Unfortunately, the treatment was not successful. Instead, her nerves collapsed and she died. Originally, as an offset for the cost of treatment, her body was to be sent to the Superhuman Research Association as scientific research materials, but Mr. Sterling knew she had a good relationship with one of your security guards, Judy Dickinson, and went to great lengths to leave her body behind and give it to you, and you'll take care of it."

   Over there, Judy has been stunned, looking at the corpse, the expressionless face that has been expressionless for a long time is shaking...

   "Judy..." Elizabeth was also at a loss, "Judy, go take a look."

   It was only a few steps away, but when Judy walked over, she realized how heavy and slow her footsteps were.

  Juliet-Dickinson, Julie. The children in the nursery are all her siblings, but none of them can compare to Julie's deep relationship with her, her family, and her sister.

   When standing beside this gorgeously packaged refrigerated coffin, Judy couldn't control her trembling.

Gift? Gifts that can be given to each other…

  No, Julie, you made the last contribution to Bank Mother, you did not disappoint Bank Mother…

  But, how could it be you? It doesn't make sense, why would you ask for mandatory treatment?

  Judy knew that her younger sister had a dream of a streamer, and Julie never really wanted to join the Mobile Task Force in the Wild, because she followed her, and probably because she had no choice...

   With what she knows about Julie, if Julie needs to retire due to an injury, Julie will not ask for compulsory treatment.

  Julie is not like she is devoted to the bank. Julie has many other things she wants to do. Julie has thought about getting married and starting a family.

   "No, no..." Judy leaned down, stroked the corpse in the refrigerator, and closed Julie's eyes.

   Her hands were shaking and her heart was shaking.

She is a three-programmer exorcist. Even if the nerve damage is reduced to the third-speed gear and cannot perform the K-level program, she can still have a kind of perception and experience, whether it is called the soul or residual personality data, the corpse will touch her.

   But now, she feels nothing.

   is empty inside, Julie's body is empty inside!

  Judy raised her head involuntarily, and stared at the gifted person with grief and indignation, "Julie's death was not due to forced treatment, she has not received treatment, and any treatment has residual data, it will not be like this... no..."

  When Elizabeth heard the words, her face changed suddenly, looking at the ghostly face, wanting to get an answer.

"I don't know your question." The ghost girl just said plainly, "My task is to bring this gift and Mr. Sterling's words. Miss Judy Dickinson, he has something to say. you say."

   At this time, the rest of the entourage left the cafe, leaving only the ghost girl.

   Then she said to Judy and Elizabeth:

   "Judy, Bank Mother and God are no different, both are a man-made religious cult.

"But who told you that God likes good men and order and virtue? If so, why is the world always the wicked? Why is it that the people who always win the war keep their blood? Those who die under the knife If there is no good person, why is it that only those who practice evil, corruption, darkness and chaos can enjoy happiness?

   "And who told you that the bank mother likes you? What are you? In this system, you are neither a master nor a child. You are just a humble servant, not even an illegitimate child."

   Judy stood up abruptly, gritted her teeth, and the face that never smiled was crying.

   She got it, she got it, she knew how Julie died, at the hands of the Blood Eaters.

  Julie had just retreated from the wilderness battlefield and was dropped to the second gear when she was detected...

   Helan's words suddenly appeared in Judy's mind: Street dogs are some bullshit, but they're right.

   "You don't represent the bank!" She almost yelled at the ghost girl.

  What is the bank, who represents the bank... Are they nurtured children, they haven't even set foot on the island of the Union District, but they have always obeyed the orders issued there.

  Who exactly represents the bank…

   The ghost girl ignored the person who was about to collapse, turned to look at Elizabeth, and continued:

   "Mr. Stirling has something to say to you, too. The exact words are as follows: 'Elizabeth, either destroy the weak or destroy the blood-eaters, any expedient is in vain.'"

   Elizabeth was silent, as if there was a wall in her heart, dragging her soul down and besieging it.

   She had an urge to riot, like that night on the streets of Kabukicho.

   She doesn't want to be Elizabeth Sterling anymore, she wants to be Liz the redhead, she wants to burn...

   She chose to destroy the blood eaters, she had already made that choice.

   However, it was this mood that made Elizabeth's remaining calmness aware of the danger, and Vic was pushing her forward, making her stagger.

  Yosuke Hara Fuji just wanted to provoke her and make her say something she shouldn't say; but Vic, wanted her to do something.

  Once she takes a wrong step and takes a step forward, she will now violate the core interests of the blood eaters, and she will stop singing immediately.

   And Julie Dickinson, was burning her, she wanted to burn.

   How can she be silent, how can she explain to Julie, how can she explain to Judy, how can she explain to herself...

   "That's all, my mission has been completed." After the ghost girl said, she walked outside without stopping.

   Elizabeth stood without speaking for a long time, then gradually came back to her senses and went to close the refrigerator coffin.

   At the same time, Judy has become expressionless again, with her wet eyes closed, she only said: "Miss Sterling, I beg you to bury Julie, don't let her be any more material."

   "Of course, it's up to you to arrange the burial." Elizabeth took a deep breath and sighed again, "I will find out the truth of this matter and try my best to give Julie justice. This is my promise.

"It's not something that can be done today, tomorrow, but I'm definitely going to do it. Judy, if you're not stupid for that, you know my brother wants me to miss this opportunity. As for you Judy Dee He doesn't care what a **** like Jinsen thinks."

   Elizabeth didn't say everything, there were several Seth security guards around, and it wasn't entirely reliable.

   She asked Judy to follow her alone, and no one else should follow.

   The two walked to the balcony of the cafe. Elizabeth looked at the lively street a few floors below and said softly:

   "What should I do, what can I do? Was Julie killed by my brother, or someone else? Judy, if so, do you still think Julie is contributing?"

   Elizabeth did not comment on any bank mothers, but she felt that Judy now has a new comment.

  If that doesn't melt away Judy's stiffness, what's the use of her talking too much.

   "This system..." Judy said something in her heart, but she was speechless.

   For a while, Judy couldn't tell the difference, whether she didn't know how to speak, didn't want to speak, or didn't dare to speak.

   "The system is wrong." But in the end, Judy looked at the street and said, "Something went wrong."

   "Judy, maybe we don't understand it the same, but we all think it needs reform, right?"

   Elizabeth did not discuss with Judy how the banking system was. The master said that the more friends the better, everyone can have their own ideas, as long as there is a common goal that can be united, that is to change the status quo.

   "Maybe..." Judy's voice was hoarse, "but I don't understand this, I haven't learned it."

   "You have what you are good at. The bank gave me a list before and asked me to pick some security guards. The list is full of ex-Wilderness Mobile Task Force personnel. That's how I picked you."

   Elizabeth said, and took out a printed list from her satchel. She was ready to ask Judy early, "Judy, I hope you can give me some advice, who is a friend."

   Judy took over the list and looked at it, and immediately knew that Miss Sterling had a difficult side.

  Vic Sterling, got the gifted; and on this list, just some half-crippled people with damaged nerves.

  Judy doesn't know everyone, but she does know some of the people above.

   "Takamura Ryota, Kleiman-Daller, Erin Lester, Yoshimoto Kyoko, Meng Hong."

   She uttered the five names above, "They all love Bank Mothers, and they're all...friends."

   Judy thought again, "I also know a fierce general named Helan, but unfortunately, he died in this conflict."

   Elizabeth took back the list and looked at the list of names and information, feeling slightly excited.

   She doesn't know the names and the stories behind them, so she can only trust Judy at the moment.

   Also because the United District knows who she is and what she wants to reform, she just makes a long bet and is safe. It's easy for the bank to take care of her Elizabeth Sterling, a genius is enough, there's no need to play with her too much.

   However, after this security team is formed, it must continue to investigate.

   Elizabeth doesn't care whether the nerve is damaged or not. The master seems to have a way. She has only these people to choose from. What she needs is people who can do things, those friends.

  When the time comes, we can unite with the forces of the Wilderness Mobile Task Force and the Nurturing Institute.

  Perhaps, this kind of plot and this kind of breakthrough of hers is what Vic is pushing, pushing her to speed up on a road.

   There must be a destruction at the end of the road, either the weak or the blood eaters.

   But Elizabeth knew that she was following the path guided by the master, not the weak and the blood eater, but a friend and an enemy.

  Vic-Sterling doesn't know at all, behind her, there is a powerful organization called Sharers.

  Vic's gift, she accepted.

   "Does Julie have any last wishes?" Elizabeth asked.

   "Julie wants to get out of the city and look around."

Judy watched the people coming and going on Caoyuan Street, and whispered: "Julie has only told me that she sometimes envy the free people of the Wilderness can burn to ashes...Miss Sterling, cremate Julie Well, scatter her ashes to the sea."

   "Okay." Elizabeth nodded and looked at the sky in the distance, but was blocked by buildings and neon signs.

  [Redemption, program level: Advanced 98%, ↑4%]

   "Judy, may Julie in heaven rest in peace, and may Julie in our hearts rest in peace too."

   (end of this chapter)