Chapter 253 NO00fc: Never Drunk

Chapter 253 NO.00fc: Never Drunk

Hopes to join the Ikaros Liberation Front as an insider... So, is this her real purpose?

Jim looked at Hanel without saying a word, his expression changing.

At this moment, the topological structure of representation displayed by the other party showed full sincerity. But even so, Jim still couldn't be sure whether this was the other party's true thoughts.

Of course, this was because the other party's adjustment path was special, allowing her to hide her true thoughts in front of him.

But more importantly, Jim really couldn't connect her with the person twenty years ago - not because the other party didn't look like the person in the past, but because she was too similar to the person twenty years ago.

It was so similar that it was not real, as if these twenty years did not exist.

On the other hand, whether it was the person who personally released the goddess of the moon from the abyss dark web to the base reality; or the person who actually controlled the Ikaros Liberation Front... Jiang Zhou knew that it was actually himself.

Therefore, the claim that the Icarus Liberation Front was controlled by the Orphic Cult is pure nonsense.

Of course, the influence of Hecate must be taken into account... But what this goddess of the moon is currently pursuing is to analyze human emotions. There is really no reason for her to try to turn the entire human society into a dead world full of brainless zombies.

But even so...

"Okay, I promise you."

Jim nodded.

"Just as you said, I will help you dig out intelligence from the inside of the 'Icarus Liberation Front'..."

He paused here, and then continued:

"If the Orphic Cult is really related to them, I will also help you to find out all the masterminds behind the scenes."

His tone was undoubtedly serious.

[Hey, hey, hey... Are you serious? ]

At this time, Chen Wang, who had been silent beside him before, said so.

[Brother, even a guy like me can see that your old lover wants to use you.]

It seems that this otaku is more perceptive than he thought...

After hearing Chen Wang's reminder, Jim couldn't help but sigh - he really didn't expect that this guy could be sober once in a while on emotional issues.

But Jim didn't respond to Chen Wang's persuasion.

He didn't need Chen Wang's reminder, he knew that the other party was using him.

From the moment he saw the other party again, he felt a sense of disobedience...

The two met after 20 years, and Hanel's appearance - whether it was the tone or expression when talking, or even the small movements revealed inadvertently - was almost the same as the one he knew in the past. In addition to the maintenance of the developed medical beauty industry today, Jim could hardly see any trace of the passage of time on her except for the clothes.

But it shouldn't be like this...

As the saying goes, experience shapes personality, and 20 years is enough to subvert a person's personality several times. In fact, she did not choose to die quietly in that dry well, escaped the pursuit of the Eden resettlement area government afterwards, and joined the Human Intelligence Ethics Inspection Committee... After going through so much, she should never treat me with the same attitude as she did 20 years ago when she met me again.

She would not so easily pass over what happened in the past 20 years, and then talk about work directly as they did when they were partners in the past.

She still uses the nickname of the past, still maintains the speaking habits of the past, and even acts like a young person, jealous and angry because of her emotional experience over the years...

If you just look at the way she behaves, she is exactly the same person as Hanel 20 years ago - the person she dreams of meeting again, but she should never be able to meet again.

Can you imagine that your childhood playmate who peed and played with you in the mud when you were a child, after experiencing the ups and downs of life and meeting you 20 years later, the first thing he did was to pull you to pee and play with the mud again?

Jim shook his head in his heart.

No adult should have such childish thoughts.

So, why did the other party deliberately keep the past appearance?

Is there another reason or hardship, or is it simply to make better use of himself?

"No matter what your real purpose is..."

Jim continued, staring at Hanel.

"As long as what you are going to do does not violate my moral bottom line, I will help you to the end."

For this time only, he was willing to be used by the other party to make up for what he did in the past...

It's time to let himself walk out of the past and truly embrace a new life.

At this moment, in Jim's eyes, there are two images of Hanel-in addition to the Hanel in front of him wearing the uniform of the Human Intellectual Ethics Supervision Committee, there is also the Hanel whose limbs were bent and waiting to die in the dry well.

That is a ghost from the past, and it is also the nightmare that Jim has been unable to get rid of for so many years.

Like the mother and son who died at her hands, she often appears in flashbacks at the corners of the alley or in the dark corners of the room. They remind themselves of their incompetence over and over again, and then torture the vulnerable parts of their hearts.

The adjusters of the Orphic Path are "soul hackers" who can hack into the consciousness of others, but because of this, based on their special mental structure, when they develop mental illness, the symptoms of their outbreak will be more difficult than those of ordinary people.

And if you want to really get rid of those "ghosts" from the past, the best way is to solve those regrets.

The "ghosts" of the mother and son cannot be appeased by themselves-unless they can obtain the ability to destroy Apollo creatures or the Eden resettlement area government. But if you want to make Hanel's phantom disappear, this may be your last chance.

"From now on, there will be no more debts between us."

Jim finally said so.

Hanel also looked at Jim seriously, and after a long while, he whispered:

"It seems... these twenty years of experience are not as fruitless as you said, right?"

A look of desolation flashed across her face.

Jim did not answer her question, but continued:

"In addition, let's make it clear in advance that we are just a simple employment relationship... You entrusted me to investigate the matter of Orphism. You can scan the QR code on the business card for the specific fee."

After that, he threw a business card to the other party.

Hanel subconsciously caught it.

Looking at the business card, she opened her mouth, hesitated for a long time before speaking:

"It's not enough to just be friends... Do you really want to go to this extent?"

For a moment, Hanel's tone of voice seemed to have returned to the past - when they were still young and had beautiful fantasies about the world.

Jim recalled that he once made an excessive joke, making the other party mistakenly believe that he was seriously injured in the process of chasing a criminal. At that time, Hanel, who kept asking about her current status on the phone, had the same tone as now.

Jim wanted to ask her, why did you never tell the truth in front of him. But at this moment, the crack in his heart has now been filled,

so he did not reply, but just shook his head.

"Then... now you can apply through my contacts, right?"

Hanel's voice carried a hint of humility that she herself might not even notice.

Continuing to remain silent, Jim opened the [Contact] option in the brain-computer interface.

[New contact added: Little Spark]

[Confirm to modify the note to: Heloise Hanel]

[Confirm to modify the contact group to: Customer]

[Completed]

"Well, it's an honor to serve you, Miss Heloise."

After making the above changes, Jim walked over and stretched out his hand, gently shook hands with the person who was both familiar and unfamiliar to him, and then politely let go.

"It's getting late, please go back."

He said politely.

Heloise looked at him, and for a moment, Jim thought she wanted to say something to him.

Or maybe he was expecting her to say something to him.

He didn't understand.

But in the end, she whispered "goodbye", picked up the coat from the side and left in a hurry.

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After Heloise left, Jim opened a bottle of champagne for himself.

A great victory - he found two high-quality clients with money for the same case.

After taking out the champagne he had treasured for a long time, Jim told himself why he wanted to open it.

He could earn 150 ores a day, and with one invoice, he could get double reimbursement, which was a good job he had never dared to think of in the past.

He should have been happy.

Before getting drunk, Jim thought so.