Steel steam and flame

"Although everything now points to Ye Jielin,..." Welch didn't finish his words. He handed the photo to Adelaide, walked to the counter next to him, and took an empty When I opened the cupboard door below, I found that there was no bottle of wine inside. Smacking his lips, he poured himself a glass of cold water and drank half of it in one gulp.

Adelaide read each photo carefully, pondered for a moment, and asked, "How is the investigation going on in Puno? You should have sent someone to make a special trip there."

"The result is like a mist." Welch shook his head and looked around the wine bottles on the table, as if trying to find some remaining wine. "We found it in that industrial city. The communication machine used by Miss Ovelia was analyzed by professional technicians and the few stored contents in it were retrieved. Since Delin lost contact, that is, died, there has been no communication record from Puno. ”

"Almost all the contact between us is with Delin. The time is very short, and mutual trust has not been well established at all. Perhaps from the beginning, Delin only wanted to temporarily use our power to use It was just to achieve the purpose of cleaning up Ye Jielin. There is no way to investigate there, and it is not known whether Puno is alive now. But he should be dead. According to information obtained from insiders of the Webley family, after the mission ended, Puno He did not return to the military school, nor did he return to his family. However, Ieta is still alive and well, and the two are equally powerful. However, due to family reasons and without other feelings, I still think Ieta is stronger. .”

"Is that so..." Adelaide murmured, "In other words, Hai has not completed the agreement between us?"

"Looking at it now, it is indeed the case. But according to the intelligence, Iyeta was indeed seriously injured. After returning to the military school, he underwent treatment and surgery, and it took more than a week to recover. As for whether it was caused by a hacker Yes, we don’t know now.”

"How likely is it that you think there is cooperation between Hack and Ietta?" Adelaide asked Welch for his judgment at this time.

Shaking his head, Welch drank the rest of the cold water. The crisp sound of the cup being put down broke the extremely brief silence between the two.

He looked into Adelaide's eyes, trying to get some kind of information from them. Those eyes are very deep, hiding everything, so that no light is exposed. Inside, Welch saw only his own shadow.

"Whether he cooperates with Ieta or not, he is not someone we should have too much contact with. That is the case now and it will be the same in the future. The nature of the Hill family is a monster, and I don't think either of us will. Have a good impression of him."

When Adelaide nodded, Welch continued his words.

"But in this incident, I didn't find any evidence that Hao was too involved. His people did go to that industrial city, but it was already three days after we started searching for information. Combined with Iyeta Everything can be matched up with the time of returning to the military school. And..." Welch paused and thought of other factors, "Although there has not been a formal party yet, Adelaide, you know,... He can also be regarded as Miss Ovelia's fiancé. People from the two major families also attach great importance to this matter. According to my understanding, Hai should be in a neutral position. He will not do anything to Miss Ovelia, but In the matter of Iyeta, I will also not do my best."

"Both sides have expressed their opinions." Adelaide said conclusively.

"That's it, both sides have expressed their opinions." Welch repeated, "But from now on, it is good news for us to use Miss Ovelia's incident to distance ourselves from the relationship with Hai." Ye Jie Lin needs to deal with it with all his strength, he is also an extremely talented person in the family, but after recent events, our side is still lagging behind."

With a sigh on his face, Welch recalled what he saw when he rushed to the armored body that night, and a depressing aura emanated from his body.

"The family technicians should have already extracted the things captured by the camera left in the storage mechanism of the War Armor Difference Machine, right?" Welch remembered another thing and asked at this moment.

"It was extracted. Ye Jielin also suffered serious casualties and retreated in a hurry. Perhaps he thought Ovelia could still control the armor at that time, so he used sniping from a distance after seeing us rushing over. The gun carried out the final attack. The difference machine is still intact, and the stored information has not been destroyed." Adelaide's words became a little depressed at this moment, "But there may be something else important in it. The top family officials are completely The extracted information was blocked. I was not qualified to view it, and all applications were rejected."

"Something important?" Welch couldn't think of what the important thing could be.

Silence fell between the two of them again, as if they were both thinking about what the "important thing" would be. The hall also fell into silence at the same time. The sound of rain outside came in, and the faint sound of "swirling" was mixed with one or two insects from time to time.

At this time, Adelaide looked at his mechanical watch, the time pointed to 8:30 pm. He raised his head and said to Welch: "Let's go, there is still some time."

Welch stood up, took the umbrella by the door with Adelaide, walked out of the hall, and entered the dark night rendered by lights. The rain wasn't heavy, but there was still an obvious dripping sound on the umbrella, wrapping them around them.

The two of them walked slowly inside the Astus family, not enjoying the first rain of summer. Under the mixed lights, the entire Astus family headquarters revealed a lifeless atmosphere. The building was silent under the gray rain curtain, and the whole building was soaked in it, as if it was absorbing enough water.

But after the rain stops, will Astus be able to break through it and regain its vitality, or will it be like the dead leaves buried under the ground, completely rotting and becoming nutrients for other plants? Everything is unknown. As the former royal family of the empire, Astus has experienced many more things and has a much longer history than the other four forces.

"Like a pale corpse." Adelaide said suddenly.

The depressed mood was probably affected by the weather and Adelaide's words, Will thought. He looked at Adelaide aside, exhaled, and asked with a sigh: "Adelaide, what do you think about Miss Ovelia..."

Welch seemed to have a habit of not finishing his words.

"Is it the result?" Adelaide answered Welch's words, "I don't know, everything depends on the senior members of the family who are about to become tombstones. Maybe the influence of the Rose and the Knights of the Rose can give a little help. , but I don’t know what will happen in the end.”

"It still depends on Ovelia herself. With her character, I think she will never be willing to soak in the nutrient solution forever and become a test subject for the group of scientific researchers in the family!" Adelaide said. Very cold, "You haven't forgotten the agreement we made a few years ago and when we were deciding where to go."

Welch shook his head, then smiled: "Of course, it's only a few years." He said, "You and I entered the outer reaches of the extreme area, increased our strength, and became something like a sword and a warhead in the future. And Ovili Yaze stayed in the empire and entered the seminary as a commander."

"Even though it's only been a few years since we decided on something, I don't think it can be changed."

"It can't be changed." Welch repeated. "We were cultivated by the family. We decided to devote all our efforts to this family a long time ago. Not only to return Astus to the status and glory when the empire was founded, but also Let the titles that the king's family should have have their proper meaning. Miss Ovelia should have been the princess of this empire, and she should be the queen of this empire in the future!"