I have found out your real name

Chapter 129 Incoming Call

Just as the atmosphere of the cultural festival was gradually getting stronger on Inaba's campus, Li Wu received a call from Lilia for the first time since leaving the refuge of Azure Pharmaceuticals.

"Now you don't have to worry about leaks?"

The trivial matters of the day have been dealt with during the day, and nightfall is a good time to do some serious things, such as busting conspiracies.

"I'm in the communications room right now. I haven't been to the ground in Chiyo City for a while."

From the opposite side came the voice of the detective lady who was even more tired, "The interrogation of the president of Blue Dream Technology has taken a lot of effort recently."

"Does it matter to me?"

"It's better to say that I have something to ask of you."

Lilia said crisply, "We tortured Nemo's mind and found traces of being blocked and cleaned."

It is indeed an extraordinary organization, and the torture methods adopted are truly unique.

"You mean he responded in advance?"

Li Wu guessed, "Or is he just a puppet?"

Lilia was noncommittal: "We don't know which one may be closer to the truth, but my intuition tells me that the matter is not over yet. We also did not ask whether Blue Dream Technology is related to the achievements recently announced by the Unified Society - the actual Actually, there is nothing related to the development of superpowers in his memory."

"Memory is unreliable."

Li Wu recalled the zombies in the shelter whose memories had been tampered with and mistakenly believed that the outside world had become a wasteland.

Whether intentional or forced, the president of Blue Dream Technology can use this to hide his memory.

"Indeed, so I would like to ask you to go and take a look at the place where the experimental subject was last found."

The detective lady made a request.

"I'll be happy to help if it can help find Guiyi's trouble, but are you sure there are any valuable clues left there?"

Li Wu questioned.

According to the last information found in the shelter, the location of the escaped Experimental Subject 032 was finally found, and he was already dead when he was found, and even the body was recovered.

"I'm not sure, so I can't send others into the sewers for my own intuition during this period when manpower is tight."

Several wry smiles came from the phone, "I can only find help from people who are not within the jurisdiction of Section [-]. You know that my other superpower is super-sensory ability, so I think I should pay attention to my intuition."

Although the situation is completely different, Li Wu also highly trusts his intuition in battle, so he can indeed understand Lilia's seemingly surprised behavior.

"But even if we find information related to Experimental Subject 032, what does it mean?"

Although he was already preparing to leave, Li Wu still asked and received a reasonable and unexpected answer.

“I think the Anthem project is still a work in progress.”

The detective lady said decisively.

"Is this part of intuition?"

His rhetorical question made her laugh.

"Strictly speaking, there is a little bit of reasoning. You mentioned that there were a total of 666 experimental subjects, and you saw Christian-style decorations and books in that place, which made me have relevant associations."

"Because the number 666 is an extremely unknown number in the cultural system related to Christianity?"

Li Wu thought for a moment and guessed what she wanted to say.

They believe that 6 itself is already an imperfect number, and 666 is repeated imperfectly three times, symbolizing extreme shortcomings and often associated with enemy symbols such as demons.

"You're right, but don't forget there's another reason."

There was another reason - Li Wu had a flash of inspiration.

Perhaps he was deceived by the harmless appearance of that animal, and he actually ignored the possible connection between them.

"Nero."

He spit out a name that could represent both the hottest artificial intelligence virtual idol at the moment and a tyrant who had existed in history.

"Yes, convert the name of the ancient Roman emperor who was famous for persecuting Christians into Hebrew, and then add the numerical codes corresponding to the letters, and the result is exactly 666."

Lilia sighed, "I was originally bound by my own perspective. When I mentioned the development of superpowers, I thought of things like genetic engineering. In fact, according to our previous impressions of Guiyihui, what they are best at is It’s better to use different worldviews to stitch together a paradoxical effect.”

This evaluation is hit the nail on the head. If we follow this line of thinking, it is completely understandable to send that guy Abu Khattak to handle the development of super powers.

You may think that they are following the scientific approach, but in fact they may be engaging in occult rituals. In the end, they smeared a bunch of negative realm monsters, and then told you that I became a superpower after thinking about it.

Li Wu quickly remembered [Dragon Blood Cross]'s reaction to Nero's singing when he listened to his idol's concert before.

"If the Anthem Project is operating under a new guise, then isn't the most important thing to do now to stop the operation of that artificial intelligence immediately?"

After discovering that, he did not take the bus, but once again jumped between the reinforced concrete in the city like the time he caught the leprechaun. The howling wind passed by both sides of him, so that he had to hold the phone tightly to his ear. to maintain a normal conversation.

"This... is actually no longer possible. Nero's existence is already based on the Internet, and we have only temporarily blocked it within Chiyo City."

Li Wu resisted the urge to scold the Public Security Section [-].

It’s not without reason that this organization was criticized by Aoi Hoshikawa from the very beginning!

"And these are just guesses we made based only on the number of experimental subjects, but in any case, I think these 666 original experimental subjects played an important role in the Anthem Project, otherwise the original Weilan Pharmaceutical would not pursue it. After returning to 032, it will disintegrate and reorganize itself.”

The towering Blue Dream Technology Headquarters building once again caught Li Wu's eyes, with the rotating advertising lights on the top shining brightly.

The end of the information found in the shelter director's office recorded the location where they recovered 032's body, Uchiko Street in Hanayamachi.

Compared to Hanayamachi Ichiban Street, which I visited last time, it was a little deserted here, but Li Wu noticed that he was even more enthusiastic about Nero.

Even the unemployed homeless man lying on the street corner is holding his mobile phone with the earphone cable connected to it, listening to the singing of the virtual idol.

He turned into an alley and stopped in front of a billboard that continuously played "Nero, help realize our dreams". After observing that there were no pedestrians around, he pried open the manhole cover in the middle of the road.

"Let's see what's in there, I personally hope it's not four green turtles."

Li Wu muttered and hung up the call, jumping into the intricate sewer system.