Under the tight stares of his fellow officers, Delbo's face still wore a smile as he shrugged his shoulders without any semblance of nervousness and slowly said, "It's not much, I just heard that they executed an officer again last night over at the Sixth Base."
"What kind of news is executing an officer?"
Wenbor thought that the other party was going to reveal some earth-shattering secret, but he didn't expect it to be this kind of trivial matter that wasn't worth mentioning.
He mockingly glanced at Delbo, "I don't believe that you haven't executed any officers on your side who have violated military discipline?"
Lu Chuanxi also lowered his head as if he found the news from Delbo's side boring.
The trembling Cheng Di's pale face eased a lot. When he saw the rather unconcerned reaction of the border base marshals, he quietly sighed in relief again, no longer as fearful as he was just now.
It was Guwen, on the contrary, who frowned.
"But what I've heard is that the crime the other party touched off was assassinating the marshal." Delbo's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and his tone seemed somewhat meaningful.
"This is too interesting, isn't it? In recent months, only Marshal Qin would be unlucky enough to encounter such a thing."
"Aren't you guys curious why wave after wave of people are trying to assassinate Marshal Qin? I'm deathly curious."
"Alright, then Delbo, you can die in peace first. I'll remember to burn incense on your grave every New Year's holiday."
Without waiting for Delbo to finish, Wista hung back and walked in from outside.
Also walking in was Qin Qi himself, who was at the center of the conversation.
"That's outrageous."
Delbo didn't have the embarrassment and shame of being caught saying something bad. He smiled and pointed his finger at Wista through the air, turning his head to look at Qin Qi:
"However, Marshal Qin won't personally explain?"
Being assassinated one after another would have a great deal of negative impact on both Qin Qi's and the other marshals' reputation and prestige, and could easily cause panic among the populace if they weren't careful.
Marshal Guwen, the oldest, looked at Qin Qi and frowned, "Delbo is right. Marshal Qin, do you know what those assassins were after?"
"Is it because Marshal Qin did something wrong?"
Seeing that this matter was not simple, Marshal Cheng Di's voice trembled a little. His face turned pale again as he followed, his right hand covering half of his face in fear, his speech so fast that he could barely hear what he was saying:
"No way, how can the marshal do something wrong? Qin Qi, why don't you resign? Otherwise, you will be killed. The assassins are too scary. In order to live, before they come for you again, you quickly resign!"
Cheng Di's terrified and shrill voice echoed in the conference room.
The marshals of the border bases, Wenbor, Lu Chuanxi, and Wista, leaned heavily on their chairs, their expressions all slightly annoyed.
"Don't give me that useless crap!"
Wenbor slapped the table, his expression was unhappy as he looked at Cheng Di. He had disagreed with this kind of psychopath like Cheng Di being a marshal in the first place, annoying the hell out of him with his gibberish.
"How could Qin Qi know what purpose those assassins had? With this effort, why don't we talk about how to reduce the impact?" Wista snorted.
Lu Chuanxi followed closely, "That's right, those who dared to assassinate the marshal are crazy, who knows what they want?"
It was obvious that they had a united front to defend Qin Qi.
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The subject of the conversation, Qin Qi, however, did not make a sound.
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Qin Qi placed the document in his hand on the desktop, leaving it for the marshals to circulate.
"This is his blood test report."
"There's a problem with his blood test report?"
Wista, in a rare moment of seriousness, frowned and took the document.
The white blood cells were reduced, the red blood cell density was abnormally high, and all the values were so strange that with just one glance. Wista could tell that it was a blood report of a taboo who was on the verge of losing control.
"Sheng Cheng is just an ordinary officer, not a taboo."
"Impossible!"
These words were said by Wenbor. Their Fourth Base had many taboo persons, and he knew the various data indicators of a taboo person by heart.
But as soon as the words of the rebuttal fell, his face darkened. Wenbor knew that Qin Qi wouldn't lie to them with a lie that was so easy to puncture.
"Sheng Cheng's blood is not normal. After conducting the test, there was a rejection reaction. It is initially suspected that he has undergone a professional body modification." Qin Qi's voice was calm and steady, his face did not change as he narrated without being affected in the slightest.
Hearing the situation Qin Qi explained, the faces of all the marshals present were a bit ugly.
If it was just an assassin, that would be fine, but involving human body modification while also mastering a technology that they hadn't been involved in was clearly non-trivial.
Qin Qi's line of sight crossed each marshal's expression as he raised his hand and knocked on the desktop, his tone calm:
"I'll continue to investigate Sheng Cheng's side. As for his blood, I'll inform you all again when the research team's side has specific analysis results."
"Can we have a meeting now?"
The marshals present were all still caught up in the human body modification matter. There was no way around it, the demonic insects had not been restless during this period of time.
Now even more so, the unknown human body modification had popped up. If the group of assassins were only aiming at Qin Qi, that would have been fine.
However, they were afraid that the other party was targeting all the human bases.
"Yes, let's talk about this in private."
Wista nodded at Qin Qi.
The topic instigator Delbo also stopped talking. He took a sip of the nutrient solution, glancing at the shivering Cheng Di next to him. He grinned and comforted, "Little Cheng Di, don't be afraid. The assassin's target right now isn't you. If you're still scared, my embrace is super warm right now."
"Scram."
The one thing Cheng Di was most afraid of was Delbo. He tugged at the corner of his mouth in an attempt to shut Delbo up.
Delbo shrugged his shoulders with a somewhat pitying expression.
Noticing the line of sight from Qin Qi's side, Delbo slowly turned his head and smiled at him, as if asking the other party what he was looking at.
Qin Qi withdrew his line of sight as usual as if it was just a casual glance just now.
On the contrary, it was Wenbor sitting next to Qin Qi who noticed the other party's line of sight. He was most impatient with Delbo blinking those amorous peach blossom eyes and looking around.
After flirting with Cheng Di, now he wanted to look for a target in their border bases?
That was ridiculous.
Wenbor combed his blonde back hair while opening his mouth without morals to mock:
"Look at shit, damn gay."
The smile on Delbo's face froze.
Meanwhile, Ya Xiao, who was attending the butler meeting, tilted his head slightly sideways.
Ariel seemed to be a bit uncomfortable, looking a bit distracted since she came over during the day. Every now and then, she would also drift a glance towards him.
"Ya Xiao, one of your officers over there has been arrested, yes?"
Taking advantage of the break, Ariel finally found an opportunity to pull Ya Xiao to an unoccupied corner, which of course wasn't exactly unoccupied.
Not far away, Emily stood guard with a rather irritated expression, staring at them with unblinking eyes.
At the moment, she had no orders to arrest Ariel and could only watch as the clueless Ya Xiao mingled with the assassin woman with bad intentions.
"Yes."
Remembering that the villain wasn't going to hide this, Ya Xiao nodded truthfully and asked back in a seemingly puzzled manner, "Ariel, do you know Sheng Cheng as well?"
"No."
Ariel shook her head with a forced smile as she pushed the hair on the side of her face behind her ear and casually found a reason, "I just heard the people from the base talk about this matter during the day, so I was curious."
"Oh." Ya Xiao didn't seem to be skeptical as he nodded his head and said affirmatively, "Don't listen to other people's nonsense. Our base is exceptionally good, and Sheng Cheng was locked up this time for violating military discipline."
"I hope the adjutants can correct his bad habits this time."
Ariel nodded, showing a look of curiosity being satisfied. She smiled and pushed Ya Xiao's arm, saying familiarly, "Alright, I'm just asking casually, now hurry back, the meeting is about to continue."
The two walked out side by side.
Emily couldn't help but stand up straight as she watched Ya Xiao and the woman walk over.
Ya Xiao seemed like he didn't notice anything.
He flicked his tail, which was hidden inside his pants, and spoke to the system:
[Fourth Uncle, Ariel already knows about Sheng Cheng's matter. Can you guess what the organization's side's reaction should be now?]
[It's not clear.]
Now, it was not within the scope of the plot. In the original plot, Sheng Cheng had directly fled, completely different from today's situation. Even the system could not predict what would happen next.
Ya Xiao also could not guess what the organization would do. The news spread so quickly, which should be Qin Qi's handiwork. The demon was really looking forward to how it would develop after the incident.
However, regardless of whether the organization wanted to press on or quickly escape, Ya Xiao felt that he, as a member of the organization, had to participate in it.
This was the sense of responsibility that belonged to the members of the organization!
Thinking so, Ya Xiao suddenly thought of something and requested, [Fourth Uncle, please help me again!]
[What?]
The system was a bit confused.
Nightfall.
The basement was dark.
Sheng Cheng's entire body seemed as if he had just been fished out of the water, his body was dripping wet. He was cowering in a corner of the basement, gritting his teeth, his eyes grim.
The Sixth Base's tactics were more than what he even thought.
Mist looked polite and gentle but actually had a heart even more ruthless than anyone else. If anyone else had gone through the torture just now, even if they didn't die, they would have been skinned alive.
Fortunately, he was different.
After the lord's favor, as long as his blood does not run dry, he will always be able to regenerate.
Sheng Cheng cowered in the corner with his arms wrapped around his knees, laughing nervously in a low voice. His eyes stared wildly at his palms, using his tongue to gently lick over the dirty palms.
He was expressing fervent and sincere love for the god who forged him.
[Sheng Cheng.]
The voice in his ear was low and magnetic as if calling out to his beloved lover with the same tenderness.
He had come to find himself!
Sheng Cheng's body suddenly stiffened before trembling uncontrollably. He half-kneeled on the ground, and as if he thought of something, he staggered up, biting his palm. As if he had observed it long ago, his sharp fingernails elongated, and in a swift movement, he destroyed all the surveillance in the basement.
"My lord, I am now being..."
Without waiting for Sheng Cheng to finish, that person had already interrupted him ahead of time and said compassionately, [I know, no need to say anything. Don't worry, I will save you.]
Sheng Cheng didn't have the slightest doubt in the words. Gratitude and guilt gushed out of his chest in a steady stream. His throat was sore and his eyes were a little red as he guiltily said, "I, I'm really sorry."
[No need to say more.]
The voice in his ear responded gently, [But before I save you, Sheng Cheng, I need you to do one thing for me.]
"I will definitely fulfill your order to the death!"
Sheng Cheng hurriedly responded.
[Everything you did was instructed by First Base Marshal Delbo.]
[Reveal this matter secretly.]
"Delbo? But...but, that's not ......"
Sheng Cheng panicked for a moment and suddenly realized something, he firmly nodded his head, "Yes, my lord. Everything I did was instructed by Marshal Delbo."
Asked by the host to come back and monitor Sheng Cheng again, who would have thought to see Sheng Cheng acting like he's gone mad, licking his palm without caring about getting dirty one moment, crying and laughing the next moment, and occasionally muttering to himself: .....
Well, fortunately, it recorded everything quickly.
The retired system's reaction has not diminished!