[Detroit] No Paradise

After bidding farewell to Joseph, Joshua took a taxi back to his broken house.

He stood in front of the mirror and admired the bruises on his face, then cursing contentedly while resisting the desire to smash the mirror, took a hot shower and fell asleep on the sofa.

In a daze, he felt that he had a dream.

In the dream, Hank brutally confiscated all his cigarettes and alcohol, euphemistically calling it "the police station confiscated contraband". Of course, Joshua refused to accept it, and robbed Hank on the spot, but Hank scolded him, "Where is the madman? Dare to attack the police", he finally snatched back a cigarette, and was woken up by Connor's slap before he could light it.

Joshua suddenly sat up from the sofa, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to roll off the sofa. He reached out and touched under the sofa to make sure that the two bottles of brandy he threw in before leaving that day were still there.

When he touched the cold body of the bottle, Joshua felt himself alive again.

In the next few days, Joshua stayed alone in the house and lived drunkenly. No one cared about him, and no androids broke into the door suddenly.It wasn't until a few days later that Joshua became aware of a problem.

He's been in Detroit too long.

In the past, it was almost impossible for Joshua to stay in one place for more than a month, but he has been stagnant in Detroit for nearly two months, and he has no intention of leaving.

Joshua looked at his empty house, and touched his chin with some stubble.

That does not work.

Since he wants to live for a long time, it is obviously not good to stay in such a closed and backward environment all the time. At least he has to buy something that can connect to the outside world, at least in terms of information, such as a TV or something.

For Joshua, although he doesn't like these electronic products, there is no psychological barrier to using them.Especially now that he is quite concerned about some information about the city of Detroit, such as bionic people and content related to model-controlled life.

After making up his mind, Joshua went out in the morning before the snow was too heavy.

There are still very few pedestrians on the street. At a glance, most of them are bionics working hard regardless of day and night, regardless of the weather.They cleaned the snow on the ground numbly and stiffly, or stood blankly at the android station waiting for the bus.

Joshua got on a bus casually, glanced at the android standing expressionlessly behind the carriage, and frowned.

Before, he didn't think there was anything wrong with these bionics standing behind the car and being isolated from humans, but now it seems that there is a weird sense of incongruity, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.

The bus drove smoothly and took him to a certain area in the city center.Joshua glanced at the commercial area on the side of the road, and thought that there should be an electrical appliance store, so he got out of the car.

He was walking by the side of the road. The snow was getting smaller and smaller. This area is a relatively prosperous commercial area. The streets are lined with towering office buildings and skyscrapers, and there are relatively more pedestrians.

Joshua wandered around for a while, but couldn't find a place that sold TVs, when a familiar figure caught his attention.

The man was standing in front of a building, wearing a thick uniform with the letters "SECURITY" written on the back, talking to an android.Joshua stared at his back for a long time, then slowly walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

The man turned around, with an impatient expression on his face, he suddenly let go when he saw Joshua's face, and then he hammered Joshua's chest in surprise: "Oh, isn't this Joshua? ? Why are you here?"

"Mike! It's really you!" Joshua was also a little surprised: "I mean, how does it look like, are you working part-time after retirement?"

Mike is Joshua's old colleague, but they are not in the same team. The relationship is not the strongest, but it is not bad.The two retired almost at the same time, and they lost contact after retiring.Joshua really didn't expect to run into an old acquaintance here.

"Hey, it's better to be the chief security guard in this place than to stay at home every day and look at the old man's face." Mike turned his head and waved to the bionic man, sent him away, and then took it out of his arms with a smile. Cigarette: "Come on one?"

"Come, come." Joshua took the cigarette from Mike without hesitation: "This is tobacco from the forces of capitalism, it's incredible."

"Fucking, still capitalist, don't you know what kind of bird I am?" Mike lit the cigarette in Joshua's hand, and then lit his own: "This job, to be honest, is boring as hell. Then The idiot who sits in the office is looking for trouble all day long, if it wasn’t for the huge amount of money I would have given up. What about you, why have you been here all these years? There is no news at all, I thought you were hiccupping.”

"Me? I went traveling around the world." Joshua's inscrutable smile attracted Mike's envious and jealous eyes: "You are so happy and happy, you never thought about settling down? Get married and have a daughter-in-law or something , after all, you at least have a pretty face, so you must be very popular with women."

Joshua laughed, why do both of them like to mention marriage these days?That's true for Hank, and it's true for Mike.

"The international situation is unstable, so I dare not start a family." Joshua took a deep breath and said seriously.

"No matter how unstable it is, it doesn't matter what happens to us." Mike shook his head with a wry smile. "However, with your skills, you can go to the FBI and try it out. I dare say that you can count the people there who can beat you with a single slap."

"Forget it, a person like me with a lot of criminal records may not be able to get out after entering." Joshua shook his head, and looked up at the tall buildings around him: "... Stratford Building, this is where you work place?"

"I wish it wasn't." Mike let out a smoke ring depressedly: "I work with a group of plastic dummies and idiots in suits and ties every day. I've been thinking of an excuse to resign recently, but I'm afraid my dad will beat me up. He's the one who got me the job, after all. Hey, do you have any good advice?"

Joshua’s eyes fell on the door of Stratford Building, and did not respond to Mike.

"Hello? Where are the beauties? I'm dumbfounded." Mike reached out and shook Joshua's eyes.

"Oh..." Joshua looked at Mike as if awakened from a dream: "What did you say?"

"..." Mike was speechless: "Your motherfucker's concentration is getting worse and worse. If it was a few years ago, you wouldn't know it if you cut it with a knife, and you would have exposed your dead body on the street early."

Joshua shrugged indifferently, and his eyes drifted to the direction he was looking at just now.

The reason why he was in a daze was actually because he saw a familiar figure.But he couldn't remember where he had seen this person for a moment.

It took some time to find the relevant memories from his brain, and when Joshua finally remembered, the figure had already walked into the building.

——That was the bionic man who was saved by Joshua in the square on the day he met Hank.

Whether it is the sharp appearance, the resolute and forbearing expression, the tall and straight body, or the walking posture, they are all the same. The only difference is that he is not wearing a life-controlling uniform, but a windbreaker.The right side of his face was facing Joshua, but Joshua couldn't see the LED light on his forehead.

If Joshua hadn't seen his bionic appearance, he would never be able to tell the difference between him and a human being.He looks like a real human being, with natural movements, well-dressed clothes, and a unique temperament in every move.

"Who are the people working in your building?" Joshua asked suddenly.

Mike didn't know why, but he still answered this question: "The TV station people, their logos are painted everywhere on the wall. To be honest, I kinda want to hijack these people, and then go to the top floor to occupy their control room, put My face was broadcast around the world, and Warren was scolded."

"You don't like Warren?" Joshua raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Mike to care about politics.

"It's not that I don't like it, but if I occupy this kind of TV station that will be broadcast all over the world, it would be a big loss if I don't say something shocking." Mike laughed heartlessly.

Hearing Mike's last words, Joshua was thoughtful, and he said, "I really want to visit the TV station."

Mike waved his hand: "It's a bit difficult, it's not possible without a pass."

"I don't have a pass, but I have you." Joshua slapped Mike on the shoulder: "He who has been working as a security chief for so many years doesn't have any power?"

"Tch, then I'm a fool!" Mike put the cigarette in his mouth and drank it, took it out of his pocket for a while, then took out a card and handed it to Joshua: "Here, take Come on, remember to return it to me! Go up and don’t run around, or you will be kicked out, and you will be ashamed if you lose your face.”

Joshua took Mike's pass and raised his eyebrows: "Are you so relieved to give it to me?"

"Of course you and I can rest assured." Mike spit out eye circles, and said with a smile: "It's best if you go inside and beat up a few people, let them find out that I borrowed your pass, and they will have a reason to fire me. "

"In order not to do this job, you'd rather let me drink tea in the bureau." Joshua snorted, "I really made a bad friend by mistake."

"Fuck your mother, then give me back the pass!" Mike was furious.

"No, bro, you're my brother, okay?" Joshua held his passport tightly and gave in instantly.

"That's about the same." Mike muttered, "Then I'll go to the bar to play for a while. If there are thieves or something in the building, you can help me solve it."

"Success." Joshua snapped his fingers and walked into the Stratford Building with a smile.

Most of the building was filled with professionals in suits and leather shoes and bionics in life-controlling uniforms. Joshua walked in wearing a casual jacket, and the style of the painting was seriously inconsistent.

However, the person concerned himself was not conscious at all. After entering the building, he took a glance and quickly found Marcus's location.

Joshua stood in an unobtrusive corner, watching as Marcus transformed the assistant android at the front desk into an anomalous android whose LED lights on his forehead changed color dramatically.Afterwards, the bionic assistant gave Marcus the right to pass, and successfully allowed Marcus to enter the building.

Joshua witnessed the whole process of the bionic man at the front desk helping Marcus, and he frowned with some doubts. Could it be that the bionic man he had rescued had some wonderful superpower?Can he turn all the people who come into contact with him into abnormal bionics?

If he really had this ability, maybe he could ask this bionic man to help him turn Connor abnormal, which would save a lot of effort.

Thinking of this, Joshua followed him calmly, and passed the security check directly with Mike's pass.When he got to the elevator, Marcus had disappeared.Joshua glanced at the elevators. He didn't know which elevator Marcus got on, or which floor he went to.

Joshua thought for a while, did the bionic man want to go to the control room?

An abnormal bionic person took such a big risk to come to the TV station, if not to seize the control room, Joshua couldn't think of any other purpose.It can't be for sightseeing, right?You must know that once the abnormal bionic person is discovered, there will be absolutely no good end.

He still remembers the gaze of Marcus in the square at that time, it is not like the gaze that an ordinary soul can have.

But the alarm system of this building is not a joke, and I don't know if this daring bionic has any accomplices. It may be difficult for him to infiltrate it alone.

Perhaps, he can help this bionic man.

Joshua stepped into another elevator and pressed the button for the top floor.

……

On Marcus' side, the bionic people in Jericho were successfully implementing their pre-planned plan.

After knocking out the two security guards at the door of the control room, the bionics walked into the control room and quickly controlled the situation with their guns.

A staff member quickly ran out of the control room while they were not paying attention.Marcus drew his gun and pointed it at the staff member's back, but hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should shoot or not.In the end he put down the gun anyway, avoiding bloodshed.

"...I hope we won't be killed by you." North looked at the back of the staff who escaped from the control room, and said coldly.

Before Marcus could respond, there was a scream outside the control room.

This terrifying scream made the entire control room quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on the door of the control room. In the silent environment, there was only a burst of unhurried footsteps coming from outside the door.

North raised his pistol vigilantly and pointed it at the door.

Joshua dragged the kicked staff members into the control room. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that everyone's eyes were on him, and the work he dragged on the ground as a mop personnel.

The dangerous aura on his body made North subconsciously want to pull the trigger, but Marcus stopped her in time: "Wait, don't shoot. I know him."

"What?" North looked at Marcus in surprise.

Hearing what Marcus said, Joshua smiled at him, and threw the semi-conscious staff member on his hand to the ground.

"Don't shoot," he said to North. "I'm here to help you."

After speaking, he pointed to the staff on the ground: "This... is a small gift to show my sincerity."

The author has something to say:

Officially stand in the camp of abnormal bionics

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