Overturned Tower

"Is such that……"

Russell had a reluctant, bitter smile on his face: "Not long ago, my mother passed away."

This bitterness and reluctance also comes from a kind of sincerity from the heart.

But it was not sadness, but a touch of self-loathing - as if the relationship between myself and my mother was used by me as some kind of verbal tool to allow me to be forgiven.

It is indeed not something dull or frivolous, but Russell's experience tells him that he should do this now.

This is indeed the best starting point. A window that can shock and pity people, break their previous thinking patterns, empathize with him, and lead him to redirect their thinking.

The conflict between morality and rationality deep in his heart did not move Russell's face at all.

He is like a public relations machine, trying to make himself as "likable" as possible and make people feel that he is sincere.

"ah!"

Xiao Liuli showed a surprised expression in response: "It's actually like this..."

"Although I am studying at Sogo University, compared to my classmates, I do not have as good a family background as them. My tuition is completely paid for by scholarships and student loans...I must thank my mentor 'Sally Ruth' ’, she helped me get my student loan approved.”

Russell's face showed a sincere expression of gratitude.

This is a sincere thank you that is eight points true and two points false...and the two points of falsehood are precisely because "Russell is actually the type who doesn't show his sincerity."

Therefore, his gratitude can be said to be genuine——

Russell's words spread in all directions along the large local area network spread across the entire Happy Island.

In the Tianen District of Happy Island, in the luxury villa area named after the group.

A middle-aged man who looked fat and had a gentle and lazy face was soaking in the hot spring with a glass of iced cocoa in his hand, looking at the young man reflected on the big screen above the hot spring in astonishment.

His hair color is closer to Russell's, and he has smaller cat ears and tail than Russell's, but the color is darker and more orange. However, his weight is at least twice that of Russell.

Although he had never seen his nephew's face, when he saw Russell's face, he immediately recognized his identity.

"...Is this, Russell?"

Mr. Orange Cat was a little stunned.

At the same time, the news of the birth of the "new hero" quickly spread throughout Happy Island——

It is sunset now, but the lights are still bright in the execution department of Tianen Group.

In this era where dozens of terabytes of data can be easily transferred, people are walking around holding paper documents and files, but no one will open the door of the [Special Enforcement Department] with office number B-002.

In the huge office inside, there was only a young girl sitting alone.

She has pure white long hair, fox-like dog ears, and a fluffy short tail.

There was only a box lunch and a cup of hot milk tea in front of her. She did not go to the Tianen Group employee canteen, which is free and of excellent quality, not because she thought it was too noisy, but because she did not want to participate in meaningless socializing and greetings.

That would be too much trouble.

While eating takeout, she watched the live video broadcast in her mind.

"Sally Ruth..."

After hearing the name, she murmured under her breath.

After casually checking the information, she realized why this sounded familiar to her.

"...a director of Sogo Group."

The girl sighed: "Although I'm not from a rich family, my relationship is very troublesome."

If nothing else, I should have one more colleague.

I hope the character of this "hero" can be a little better and not too weird.

"It's really troublesome."

She complained softly.

In Xiacheng District of Xingfu Island, a young man with antlers wearing a black windbreaker-like uniform of Tianen Group's executive department took off the chip with a flashing red warning light from his wrist and put on his white gloves again.

What fell in front of him was a group of tattered and completely unconscious mercenaries.

After hearing the news from his subordinates, the young man opened Xiao Liuli's live video and turned its transparency to 40%.

"hero……"

His gloomy gaze became even colder: "There are really more and more 'heroes' related to elves recently. I hope this time it is the real one...at least not so fake.

"The target has been captured. Let's close the team. And you. Watch the live broadcast during working hours. You will be fined for ten days."

"Wait, wait a minute, boss! I just opened it too—"

"It will only take half a month to quibble."

The public screens in Tianen Group’s employee canteen, the screens on subway station signs that were originally used to play advertisements, and even the transparent exterior walls of skyscrapers that were transformed into huge screens that broadcast various advertisements every day are all At the same time, Russell's face during the interview emerged.

His voice echoed over and over in the streets at sunset.

Those walking, driving, working overtime, eating...

Countless eyes looked through their respective screens, screens, and screens at the young man being interviewed on the apron.

At the origin of the signal, Russell was facing the camera and the crowd behind the camera and continued: "After I dealt with my mother's funeral, my only relative, my uncle, offered to take care of me. Although I I am already an adult, but he tried to persuade me again and again, saying that he could not just leave me alone.

“Therefore, I declined the invitation to stay and work at the Mentor Institute and flew to Happy Island.

"Because I had no money, my uncle bought me a first-class ticket from Sogo Island to Happy Island. But I looked at these things..."

As he spoke, Russell lowered his head in embarrassment and said in a low voice: "I don't even dare to use it. Because I don't know if the drinks, snacks, books and movies in the first class cabin cost money... "

He added emphatically: "I didn't even drink water! I didn't touch anything... I didn't even get involved in the LAN in the room. I think this is the only reason - after all, I didn't have any Feel the presence of that virus."

"Are you just sitting there?!"

Xiao Liuli exclaimed.

It seemed a little startled, but Russell had gradually realized that this kind of scream seemed to be her personal style.

Russell added: "It's not like I'm sitting there all the time. I actually have a paper to write, and I'm writing it in my room."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to press the prosthetic leg on his left hand and raised it in front of Xiao Liuli: "Look, I've written here..."

"Ah ah ah! There is no need to show this to Xiao Liuli. People have a disease that makes their heads hurt when they read papers——"

The pink-haired cat-eared idol waved his hands repeatedly and made a cute wailing sound.

Russell also seemed to be amused by her and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

He seemed to be much closer to Xiao Liuli, and took the initiative to answer in a more relaxed tone: "At that time, the man didn't seem to have expected that I didn't fall asleep... He called at the door unpreparedly. .”

"Telephone? Radio?"

"Well, an old model of wireless prosthetic body. This should be an illegal prosthetic body that has been seized a long time ago."

Russell nodded and his tone became much lower: "Then, I discovered...he had a gun."

"--gun?!"

Xiao Liuli exclaimed in cooperation.

Russell has become accustomed to her somewhat artificial, but pleasant and cute exclamations.

"A shotgun... the moment I saw it, I knew this could be something bad."

He said seriously: "So, I took action... from behind, and beheaded him with one knife."

"Don't be afraid," Xiao Liuli comforted Russell, perhaps because of her fondness for Russell's words and appearance, but there was a hint of sincerity in this comfort, "You took action for the safety of the passengers and to save so many people. Kill the person. I believe the audience friends will support you..."

"No. I didn't take action to protect the passengers on the airship..."

Russell lowered his head and said softly: "Actually, I was just doing it for my own safety. I was so scared that I didn't think anything about it. When I saw the gun, I exploded."

——There is no doubt that this is a lie.

Russell was indeed fighting for the lives of his passengers, not his own safety.

But the irony is that he said so many lies, but he couldn't tell the truest truth.

the reason is simple.

Because people won't believe that someone can be so noble--when their own life is threatened, they will risk everything to fight for the lives of others.

If Russell told the truth, people might think he was flattering himself and feel disgusted with him. You may even doubt the content of what he said before.

So Russell skillfully discredited himself, downgrading his motives to a level that could be understood and resonated by ordinary people: "My mind went blank, but the swordsmanship I practiced and the psychic weapons I illegally brought onto the airship helped. Me. Before I even realized it, I cut his head off.

"His accomplices heard the sound and came over quickly. As soon as they entered my room, they started shooting at my room - luckily I hid under the table, avoided the first wave of shooting, and rushed out to kill them. I was a little injured at that point, but I still tried my best to kill them.

"I wonder...am I actually quite strong? I'm even a little proud of myself."

When Russell said this, he shrank back with embarrassment and fear: "But I'm worried that if they have any accomplices, they might attack Mr. Captain if they realize that I have killed their other accomplices. If he breaks the can and falls, I think we will die together - that's what I thought, so I rushed to the captain's cabin to see if there was anyone else."

At this moment, the captain who was rescued by Russell couldn't help but defend Russell:

"Brother is right! Those people are absolutely crazy. If brother comes later, we will be in trouble!

"Those bastards asked me to go in a circle to Happy Island, but after I made a big arc, I almost ran out of fuel!"

This is to prevent someone from hijacking the airship and escaping to other air islands.

Therefore, the airship will not prepare too much fuel, just enough to reach the adjacent air island.

"——But I told them so, and they still didn't let me land! I couldn't reach the lever, so I couldn't make the airship hover stably above the apron. I could only slowly rotate around the apron, leaving no room for me to land. The extra fuel will burn further...but they ignored me and never let me loose!

"I was so anxious at the time! If the fuel runs out, the airship will fall naturally - the inertia will make it fall into a nearby residential area. In that case, not only the passengers of the airship will have an accident, but also the people picking up the plane on the ground , and nearby buildings may suffer!”

The captain said, and moved his body to reveal the fuel: "Look here! After I was loosened, just in case, I immediately issued a 'fuel exhaustion' warning to the ground. Let the crowd begin to evacuate, and then start landing. If you go to the ground unit to check, you should also be able to find my alarm record at that time."

"I'll show you my room."

At this moment, without waiting for Xiao Liuli to say anything, Russell took the initiative to speak.

This is exactly what Xiao Liuli and the countless viewers hidden behind her want to see.

In this way, she would naturally not raise any objections.

By this stage, Russell had quietly controlled the pace of the interview.

He took Xiao Liuli, the captain, Amirus, who had been smiling silently beside him, and the camera crew to his room.

Listening to his interview, the tourists who were very curious about all this also craned their necks to take a look - but the men in black intimidated them, making them unable to stand up, let alone break into the interview environment.

The moment the door is opened.

Russell's heart lifted slightly.

But after opening the door, he felt relieved.

The ground was messy, with blood stains all over the ceiling and floor. The window glass was broken by bullets, and the room was in a mess due to the difference in air pressure.

Three headless corpses were placed on the ground, and one head even flew up and stuck on the glass. They even had guns in their hands.

--fine.

Fortunately, Bad Day was not in the room.

Sure enough, he used some method unknown to Russell to leave before landing.

When the cameraman saw this bloody and curious scene, not only did he not avoid the camera or block the scene, but he scanned the scene carefully. There were also several close-ups of the heads penetrated by broken glass, the wounds on the headless bodies on the ground, and the firearms they held.

"...Why don't you use a gun to fight that gangster in the captain's room?"

Xiao Liuli couldn't help but ask.

This was her doubt from the bottom of her heart.

There are obviously at least three guns here, but this child insists on using a sword to fight against the vicious gangsters...

And Russell, just wait.

He has been inducing Xiao Liuli's thinking in this direction.

As long as these words are spoken, it will be a decisive statement that ends this crisis public relations and establishes an indestructible moral character for oneself——

"...because I've never used a gun."

Russell said softly: "I'm afraid of accidentally injuring Mr. Captain, who must be in the same direction as the gangster."

The moment Russell said these words naturally.

He already had a clear understanding in his heart.

The interview is over.

——The first difficulty after Russell's memory awakened... was finally passed.

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