Time: June 24, 135 AD, 1:00 p.m.

Manny's team returned to Elub, but what was different this time was that their trip was not for some research, but for a stone that mysteriously disappeared and suddenly appeared.

When we arrived at the park, the preliminary investigation had ended, but nothing was found. No one could explain what happened, including Zou Shilin, the leader of the Mysterious Affairs Division investigation team with more than 20 years of investigative experience.

Seeing the special aircraft of the Supreme Academy of Sciences from a distance, Zou Shilin looked a little unhappy. Although he had known that this matter was beyond his ability, he still felt a little unwilling.

So after the people from the Supreme Academy of Sciences arrived, Zou Shilin took the initiative to apply to his superiors to assist the Supreme Academy of Sciences in continuing the investigation.

As the person in charge of the investigation of this incident, Li Boan naturally would not refuse, but he had a vague feeling that the cause of the incident might not be in the park.

…

The door to the talking room was opened.

Oakham raised his head and saw that a tall and handsome middle-aged man came in. Although he was wearing very casual clothes, his aura was much stronger than those of the patrolling arbiters. He must be one of the people in charge.

Category.

Oakham, who was detained at the Arbiter headquarters for more than a hundred days, is now in a much worse mental state.

The main reason was because he knew what happened in the camp... and also knew that Firim, who was imprisoned here with him, mysteriously disappeared...

He was not originally going to tell him these two things, but after his lawyer came forward many times, he finally got a "satisfactory" result.

…

"I've said everything I need to say, what else do you want to ask?" Oakham didn't care who the people were. In short, they were all the same. They just came in and asked endless questions.

Li Bo'an sat down opposite him and smiled: "Actually, I'm not here to ask questions today, but to apologize for some of the inhumane punishments meted out to you in recent times."

"Humanity? Ha...forget it, everyone in the world knows that there is no need to mention humanity when dealing with your arbiters." Oakham was very disgusted with Li Boan's hypocritical manner. He continued: "Besides, I have nothing now.

, I don’t care anymore, so... just say it if you have something to say, and let it go if you want to, I don’t care anymore.”

Li Bo'an was not angry at Oakham's rude words. He said calmly: "Indeed, as a 'free citizen', all your actions are based on the individual or family as the primary premise. Now that the camp is gone, you will have

I can understand this idea."

Oakham smiled coldly and did not answer. In his heart, whatever Li Boan said now was nonsense to him.

"But... as a man, your wife and children disappeared inexplicably, don't you want to find someone to take revenge?"

After hearing this, Oakham sat upright and looked at Li Boan and said: "Yes, of course I have thought about it, but so what? Being an enemy of your arbiter, isn't that a mantis trying to do something?"

Li Bo'an smiled slightly: "I think... you must have misunderstood... You will be detained here because you illegally sold prohibited goods to the disciples, and the disappearance of the camp is related to another thing that you 'free people' concealed.

, behind these two things are the evil consequences you planted yourself. If you insist that all this is other people's fault, then there is no need to continue our dialogue."

Oakham snorted coldly, then stood up and said: "You are right, we 'free people' are the ones who brought it upon ourselves. Compared with fair judges like you, we are nothing."

As he spoke, Oakham walked out of the talking room.

But Li Bo'an stopped him and said, "There's no need to go back."

Oakham was shocked when he heard this, and then said coldly: "What? Have you finally figured out how to deal with me?"

Li Bo'an stood up and said: "Yes, after research, we decided... to let you go free."

"What?" Oakham couldn't believe his ears, but he quickly calmed down.

"Oh? Let me go free... I think letting me go free is a lie. You want to find some additional clues through me, right?"

Li Bo'an laughed when he heard this: "It doesn't matter what you think, in short, from this moment on, you have restored your status as a 'free citizen', so you cannot continue to stay in the inner living area of ​​​​Elub, but don't worry,

We will send someone to take you out, and as for where you want to go next...what you want to do...it's up to you."

As he spoke, a door opened on the other side of the conversation room, and there were three people standing outside the door, one man and two women. They were all smiling, as if they were saying goodbye to Oakham.

Ockham, who was wearing orange clothes, certainly didn't feel that Li Bo had good intentions in letting him go, but as he said before, using his own strength to fight against the Arbiter was just a trick.

Here, it is not up to him to decide whether to stay or go, he can only follow the arrangements.

"Okay, then I should say thank you." Oakham turned around and smiled at Li Bo'an.

Li Boan stepped aside: "You're welcome."

…

Oakham suddenly regained his freedom.

So is it true, as he said, to let him go and to look for additional clues?

certainly.

It's just that Li Bo'an is not eager to gain anything from this line, but he always feels that something must be done, and no matter whether there is a secret behind Oakham, this person cannot let him continue to stay within the Arbiter, because

Li Boan received Han Kongwen's warning as early as a month ago.

At that time, Han Kongwen said this to Li Boan:

"The balance has been broken. If you continue to pursue it, some people will inevitably be forced to choose to fight to the death. So... you have to make up your mind as soon as possible how to grasp it."

The meaning of this sentence is obvious.

The matter pursued by Jin Yuan and Zhang Yu was already too involved. Now that the key figures are imprisoned within the Arbiter, there has been no new action. Some people related to the incident may have been unable to sit still. Fortunately, during this period, Lin Xue discovered

After Lin Xue left, the precarious balance situation was temporarily stabilized, but if the arbiter did not express its position, the problem might continue to worsen.

Therefore, the main purpose of letting Oakmu go is to reassure some people, or at least to express an attitude.

…

Oakham, who regained his "freedom", was sent to the outer living area of ​​Erub.

But here, Ockham feels that he is surrounded by dangers, and it seems that his life will be in danger anytime and anywhere... But Ockham is not an ordinary person who is at the mercy of others. He has already worked for the line from the camp to Erub over the years.

I have prepared many escape routes.

One of them is placed in this commercial street called "Lilac" adjacent to the inner area.

This commercial street is about one kilometer long. It is a valley-shaped street with one end high and one low in the middle. It was originally a trading area for lower-class residents. After the Glorious Republic took over Alub and demarcated the inner and outer areas, it became "

A paradise for freedmen” and C-class temporary residents.

Oakham is somewhat famous here, but things are different now. Oakham, who used to make noise even before entering the neighborhood, is extremely low-key today, as if he is afraid of being recognized.

However, there are decamouflaged pulse devices at both entrance areas of this street. This is a rule in "Lilac", mainly to prevent those arbiters.

Oakham knew this, so he bought a hooded windbreaker before coming.

Although dressing up like this is quite arousing suspicion, it is better than being recognized directly.

After successfully entering the block, Oakham found that the originally bustling "Lilac" was particularly deserted today. Not only was the scene of people coming and going on the street gone, but the remaining passers-by also had gloomy expressions on their faces, as if

Something bad happened.

Oakham was worried that the Arbiter might have already cleaned up the street and quickened his pace.

But as soon as he moved a little faster, he was stopped by someone.

"Hey, friend in front of you, you are leaving in such a hurry, where are you going?"

You can tell by the sound of his voice that the other person is not a good person.

Oakham didn't want to talk to him, but the road ahead was also blocked.

So Ockham took off his hood and said, "I'm here to find my mother-in-law."

The people behind him could tell Oakham's identity at a glance, mainly because of the tattoo on the back of his head.

But just because you recognize it doesn't mean you're welcome.

Those people who were originally just wary of Oakham saw that this person was Oakham, and immediately showed a fierce look on their faces. The man who had spoken before walked closer and said coldly: "Occam? Huh? You actually have this guy?"

Are you looking for your mother-in-law?"

Seeing that these people did not relax because they recognized him, Oakham roughly understood the situation here, but he did not expect that those people could find out.

Oakham said coldly: "Zandi, I don't want to cause trouble. You'd better get your people out of the way. If there is any misunderstanding, I will explain it directly to my mother-in-law."

The entire head of the big guy called Zandi is made of mechanical prosthetics. His burly upper body is covered with scars and he looks very fierce.

But Oakham was not afraid of him at all.

Zandi seemed to know this, but he did not get out of the way. Instead, he called his men to gather around and said: "Occam, I think I am no match for you, but no matter how strong you are, with the number of us here, you can't."

There’s no benefit to be gained!”

Oakham was already a little impatient. He turned around and looked at Zandi and said, "Then you can try it!"

As soon as the words fell, Oakham moved.

Although compared with Oakham, his figure is like a motorcycle facing a heavy truck.

But when it broke out in an instant, Zandi's heavy truck was knocked out by Oakham's blow.

Oakham's body is a genetically enhanced semi-mechanical prosthetic body. Even without the exoskeleton, its combat effectiveness is far greater than that of a partially prosthetic servant like Zandi.

The moment Zandi was knocked down, several other people were not scared away, but instead attacked Oakham at the same time.

They did not use energy weapons, because even though this is a peripheral area, the casual use of energy weapons inside Erub is absolutely prohibited.

But titanium steel weapons reinforced by energy vibrators also have extremely strong lethality.
To be continued...