Chapter 388 The Third Day
Today is the third day since I became Prince Alsiel.
Today is also the most important event on Prince Alsher's schedule, receiving the Sadis.
When Xiao Zhen - the wise and great Prince Alsiel walked into the banquet hall, everyone turned their eyes to him.
The attendant Conde and the captain of the guard, Liam, stood nervously not far behind him. Whenever he left the palace, these attendants of Prince Alsiel always seemed overly nervous. The prince could understand their love for him, but considering that the prince himself was still killed under the protection of this group of people, Xiao Zhen doubted that if Black Box wanted to do something to him, it would not make any difference whether they were there or not.
Speaking of the Black Box Club, Xiao Zhen's mind immediately came to the now-captured President Tashi. In the interrogation room last night, the president who had committed a heinous crime displayed an almost arrogant attitude.
Faced with the evidence listed by Director Daxi, he confessed with a smile. In response to the prince's questioning, he just laughed repeatedly and babbled that the White God was about to come and all the Xiyiqi people would be saved.
Director Daxi believes that President Tasi has fallen into an unreasonable madness. The prince once secretly used his tentacles to explore, but found nothing. President Tasi's brain consciousness has been processed in advance by the black box behind the scenes. His deep consciousness and thinking have been decomposed into a bunch of unreadable garbled codes, and even the heart-eating demon Xiaozhen cannot get a glimpse of it.
President Tasi is just a tool that the Black Box Society has pushed to the front, the prince thought to himself. Things are not as simple as they appear on the surface.
Since he issued the order to shut down the Common Happiness Society, everything had gone too smoothly. It was as if the other party had casually handed the evidence to him.
What exactly is the Black Box Society planning?
President Tashi had already hinted in his conversation that he knew the prince in front of him was just a fake controlled by the Heart Eater. He knew that the real prince was dead, but strangely, he did not take the initiative to expose him after he was caught.
Do you think that no one will believe you even if you shout to everyone that the prince is dead?
The prince remembered the last look of President Tasi, he didn't care. He didn't care at all whether I was the real prince or not.
What is certain is that the current development of the situation is probably still under the control of the Black Box Society.
"Your Highness, you look a little worried." A man walked up to him.
The prince looked up and saw a Sadie lady in front of him . She was the genetic expert Noa whom he had met in the rescue center not long ago. Compared with her in the rescue center, this killer whale was now wearing an elegant dress that fit her well. Noa's appearance was not surprising, because there were at least hundreds of Sadies in the banquet hall at this moment.
At the moment, it was a diplomatic event hosted by Prince Alsiel himself. In the huge and luxurious banquet hall, the exquisitely dressed Xiyiqi people and the black and white killer whale people gathered together, and the scene seemed to be full of joy, completely unlike the mutual hostility that the prince had felt in the past few days.
Although the Xiyiqi and Saidi people on the Internet wanted to strangle each other to death, at least in this diplomatic occasion where prominent people gathered, the representatives present included princes, political bureaucrats, diplomatic envoys, military representatives, experts and other leading figures, so naturally they had to put on a friendly gesture of goodwill between the two ethnic groups.
"I was only thinking of the sick people," replied the prince.
Ms. Noa of Sadie expressed her understanding. As a volunteer working in the shelter, she had a personal experience of the plight of the Xiyiqi mutant patients. "I hope this meeting will go smoothly." She glanced forward. On the other side of the banquet hall stood two Sadie people with upright dorsal fins. They were the two most important guests of the Sadie diplomatic mission - the Minister of Interstellar Trade . In the next meeting, they will have a new round of trade negotiations with Xiyiqi representatives.
According to the prince's intelligence, the Sedi home planet council is now extremely controversial about whether to expand the export of rejuvenation agents to Xiyiqi, and the Sedi delegation to this meeting is also under pressure from the home planet council. The rejuvenation agent is related to the survival time of tens of millions of Xiyiqi mutant patients, and for the Xiyiqi side, it is tantamount to using the lives of their compatriots as bargaining chips. Recently, the relationship between the Xiyiqi and Sedi people has been deteriorating. It is obvious that the subsequent negotiations will be a life-and-death struggle between the two races with words as swords.
"The prince who was talking to our Minister of Trade." Noa said, as if to make the topic more relaxed. "He is very popular among the women of Sadie."
She was referring to Prince Linaru who was talking passionately with the diplomatic representative of Sadie. The handsome prince was as gorgeous as ever. Even from a distance, Prince Alsiel could smell the rich fragrance coming from this peacock. This time he did not keep muttering in his heart that he was more beautiful than Prince Alsiel.
"Popular?" the prince thought, I thought you killer whales all hated the Xiyiqi bugs.
"Because of the adapter." Noa smiled. "In our eyes, Prince Linaru is a young male Sadie with beautiful lines and a broad and upright dorsal fin. He also looks a lot like one of our popular Sadie male stars."
I understand, in your eyes he is just a flamboyant young killer whale.
At this time, Prince Alsiel heard Noa's shallow consciousness, (Of course in my eyes, your grace is not inferior to his. I am from the Alsiel faction.)
I also have an adapter. In her eyes, I am also a fat killer whale. It seems that she is still my fan. Prince Alsiel tried to imagine what a graceful fat killer whale is and smiled slightly.
Noa gently used her front fins to push away a floating wine tray, "Your Highness, I have some good news to tell you."
"What?"
"Your Highness, I believe you already know this. The latest news is that the general election on our home planet will be held ahead of schedule." Noa said, "This means that the pressure that the parliament can put on the delegation will be extremely limited now. After all, a new round of parliament members will be replaced after the delegation finishes the talks, and everything will have to be redrafted. This is a big plus for this negotiation."
This was the push message that Prince Alsher had just received. A few seconds later, all the guests in the banquet hall received it. For a moment, both the Xiyiqi and the Saidi people breathed a sigh of relief. Very good, this was undoubtedly a good start for the negotiations that had not yet begun.
The Sadis exchanged their unique chirps in a low voice, and the Xiyiqi were even more delighted.
If I were the real Prince Alsiel, I would probably dance in the venue to celebrate. This is really the best news I have heard in the past three days.
A waiter came to their side with drinks, and the prince reached out and picked up a cup of glittering syrup, raised his head and took a sip. The syrup brewed by this group of insects tasted a bit like honey with a more complex taste. When drinking it, not only the liquid itself was shining, but also a slight glare appeared in the field of vision, which was unexpectedly exciting.
He glanced at Prince Linaru who was not far away. Someone among them must have told a joke. Prince Linaru and the two Sadie guests laughed at the same time. Linaru's cloak swayed slightly behind him, and one of his arms shook uncomfortably. His eyes met his and then quickly bounced away.
"Congratulations, Your Highness," Noa said.
Still, I felt something was wrong. Whether it was the successful closure of the Common Happiness Society or the sudden good news of diplomacy, I always felt a sticky and uncomfortable feeling of stepping into a muddy swamp. The prince asked, "Noa, did you come into contact with the Common Happiness Society when you were working at the rescue center?"
"Yes. I heard that the Happiness Society was closed down." Noa tilted her chubby head. "They often appeared in the shelter. I thought they were just an ordinary psychological treatment institution. Many patients trusted them very much and agreed with their ideas. Speaking of the Common Happiness Society..." She pondered for a moment, "Your Highness, do you still remember Qisina?"
Qisina? A familiar yet strange name. The prince searched for traces of the past in his dead brain. Finally, he remembered that in Prince Alshel's documents, it was shown that the prince had arranged multiple grants for Qisina's experimental projects. She was a scientist who had a close private relationship with the prince.
"It was because of Qisina that I decided to go to Xiyiqi for a field survey." Noa waved her fin. "To be honest, Qisina's research on crimson mutations was far ahead of mine. But her death was very strange."
"Strange?"
"Yes. She died due to genetic purification. Well, most patients with severe mutations will reach this point. But we talked two days before Qisina was executed. She was in good spirits at that time, and her mutation was not serious enough to be executed. She told me that she had made some discoveries. After her sudden death, I received her data board, but unfortunately most of the experimental information had been deleted." Noa said, "Later, I investigated and found that one of her assistants was a member of the Happiness Society."
"You mean that Qisina's death is related to common happiness."
"Yes. Now it seems that it should be the Common Happiness Society..."
Before Noa could finish her words, a scream exploded in the center of the banquet hall.
Prince Alsiel's first reaction was to pull Noa beside him and take a few steps back.
Afterwards, the banquet hall was filled with screams. The Xiyiqi people were panicking and emitting all kinds of acidic gases of fear, while the Saidi people expressed their feelings with chirps so high that they could almost pierce the wall. It turned out that when a life-threatening terrorist incident occurred, whether it was the Xiyiqi bugs or the fat killer whale people, their first reaction was to use an unformed cry (smell) to express their feelings of being alive, and then some people collapsed on the ground and continued to howl, while others ran away like headless flies.
To match it, glittering liquid and various delicious snacks were thrown in the air and on the ground in all kinds of unimaginable ways. The waiter who had just served wine to the prince stood there trembling, staring at the front in amazement.
On the floor not far away, there was a meat ball that had been blown to pieces and was no longer in human shape (orca). Basically, no one would think that they could reconnect its heart. The prince took a look and saw from the clothes on the orca meat that this was the distinguished guest who had a warm conversation with Prince Linaru not long ago - the Minister of Interstellar Trade of the Sadifon, the core figure of the Sadifon in this meeting.
Well, he really looks deader than dead.
Noa, the Sadie lady beside the prince, also screamed after seeing the scene clearly. He could understand her. No one could remain calm after witnessing their compatriots die tragically on the spot.
Then more Sadis roared. "Our trade minister was killed!!" "It was done by the Xiyiqi people!!!" "This is tearing up the agreement!!!" "You are killing our allies!"
"Go to hell, Xiyiqi people! You murderers!!"
The emotions of the Saidi people became more and more uncontrollable. This group of killer whales began to roar at the nearest Xiyi people, venting their panic and anger. The prince was only thankful for one thing at this moment, that is, most of the Xiyi people attending the meeting were upper class with adapters, and in the eyes of the Saidi people, they all looked like killer whales, and these Saidi people could not shoot indiscriminately for a while.
But the current situation is on the verge of breaking out. As long as any killer whale loses his mind and launches an attack, the security personnel in the banquet hall will take action. However, facing such an excited group of Sadis, if they are not careful, it will lead to a real bloody incident committed by the Xiyiqi people.
What should I do now?
The angry Sadis gathered around the meat-sautéed body of their trade minister and shouted loudly. Other Siyiqi were running towards the hallway, shouting and screaming.
Right now, he should—
The prince stepped forward, walked up to Conde, pulled out the pistol his attendant was carrying, and fired three shots at the ceiling.
Amid the deafening gunfire, the banquet hall finally fell silent.
All eyes turned to him.
"From now on, no one is allowed to leave here." said the prince. He looked in the direction of the body of the Minister of Trade, where several senior bureaucrats from the Sadie delegation were standing.
"Prince Alsiel." The killer whale standing next to the corpse said, she is the finance minister of Sadie's home planet. Her expression is sad and her tone is stiff.
"They killed our Minister of Trade! Why are they pretending now?" a Saddi shouted excitedly.
The Saddi Finance Minister sent out a short high-frequency sound wave to order the Saddi to be quiet. She turned to look at the prince, "Do you have anything to say?"
"Did any of you see how he was killed?"
"He said earlier that he wanted to take a break, and then he drank a cup of flash liquid. By the time I realized what was happening, he had exploded," the finance minister said. "Someone handed him the glass of liquid."
Was it a chemical bomb placed in the flash slurry ? It should explode violently once it hits the gastric juice after drinking it. The prince shuddered.
After hearing what the Finance Minister said, many guests who had drunk the glittering liquid in the venue could not help but lie on the ground and vomit violently.
"Are there any other witnesses?" The prince cut off the communication and ordered Conde to go and check the banquet hall surveillance immediately.
The Sadis began to whisper, but no one came forward to say that they had seen the whole thing. A few Sadis did tell of the Minister of Trade being blasted into a pulp, but no one could say who had put the chemical poison in the flash slurry.
A few minutes later, Conte sent a report saying that the surveillance in the banquet hall suddenly failed and it was impossible to find out who handed the glitter paste to the Minister of Trade. Haha, is this some kind of murder case in a closed room?
The Sadis began chattering again, and the most excited Sadis, who was the secretary of the Minister of Trade, loudly denounced that this was all a conspiracy by the Xiyiqi to tear up the agreement and humiliate the Sadis.
"We Xiyiqi have no reason to do such a thing," said the prince.
"This terrible diplomatic terrorist attack is happening right before our eyes," the finance minister said. "The murderer must be among you Xiyiqi people."
Prince Linaru came over and said anxiously, "We will investigate thoroughly. The Xiyiqi people will never harm their allies."
"A thorough investigation?" The Minister of Finance shook his head. "We have already lost a heavyweight minister. This happened on your territory. It was your negligence that led to..."
Prince Linaru twitched unnaturally. "No! We will definitely find the murderer. This will not affect the subsequent talks."
Secretary Sadie shouted, "No impact? Are you dreaming?"
The prince stared at the finance minister in silence, then at Secretary Sadie, and then he turned his gaze to Prince Linaru. Linaru's breath was full of anxiety, and his rich fragrance was not much different from last time. But, but - I should have noticed it from the moment I walked into the banquet hall.
If I were to judge, that's it.
He had to try.
The prince walked forward and placed his hand on Linaru's shoulder. Linaru, who was talking intensely with Sadie's secretary, turned his head in surprise, "What's wrong?"
He suddenly pulled out the force-field sword hidden in his clothes and pressed the button.
The moment the force field sword pierced through Linaru's body, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence. The prince thought, the next step is the key.
He thrust his sword upward.
Linaru's body was split in half.
Both the Sadis and the Xiyiqi people in the banquet hall finally reacted and let out screams of fear one after another.
The outer shell of Linaru was blown open, revealing a grayish-white inorganic cable duct inside, which was definitely not the internal structure of a Xiyiqi insect. He staggered and gave him a harsh roar.
The prince was not polite. The sword in his hand was like a lightning silver snake, cutting him into pieces in an instant.
The broken cable disguised as Linaru sprayed out some foul-smelling brown liquid, and foam and fragments were scattered on the floor.
"What, what is this?!" the Finance Minister and the secretary asked in panic.
"The Black Box Society's self-disciplined puppet replaced Linaru before he entered the banquet hall." The real Linaru would never have any competitive thoughts when he saw me, the prince thought to himself.
"This, so it was the Black Box that did it?" the secretary yelled.
"Yes, there is one more." The prince turned and fired several shots at the Sadie secretary.
The secretary screamed and stepped back, then jumped at high speed and pounced on the prince, but he was soon shot by Conte and Captain Liam who reacted and turned into a pile of steaming inorganic cable fragments.
Seeing the secretary turned into a pile of broken inorganic matter, the Minister of Finance stood stiffly and looked around in horror.
The hall was eerily quiet.
None of the guests dared to speak.
The prince threw the gun back to Conde.
There were no more self-disciplined puppets in the hall. He glanced at everyone in the hall and announced in a cold tone that everything that happened here must not be leaked.
Is this the official start of the Black Box Club? He wondered.
