Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 177 Confidentiality Agreement
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Except for the troops who stayed behind to guard Leviathan's bones and the scientific researchers who accompanied the fleet, the remaining ships of the First Fleet embarked on the return journey after confirming that the "emergency 000" had been lifted, and Ke Lan and the others as The only survivor in this incident returned to the ark with the First Fleet.

As soon as they landed, they were escorted by a group of elite soldiers to a rather exquisitely decorated reception room, and the person who received them in the reception room was Lieutenant General Magino, who had dealt with Ke Lan once before.

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"All in all, the general situation is like this... Although you have made great contributions to this matter, apart from verbal awards, I have no way to award you even a medal." Magino spread his hands, He said with a full face of regret, "I'm really sorry, but considering the current situation, this matter must be kept secret... Several other consortiums have also received the same notice."

"Secret? Can it be kept? The gap in crystallization output is really there. As long as the market fluctuates, someone will always guess the truth. I'm afraid it will be counterproductive to blindly block the news." Hound squinted Focusing, said in a slightly mocking tone.

"But at least the news cannot be announced now..." Magino looked straight into the eyes of the hound and said, "Nick, the key point of this matter is not that we lost a crystal mine with rich reserves... but that Levy Tan itself, the resurrection of the primordial species... as long as this kind of news is used by those who are interested, it will easily cause panic among the people, and then turmoil..."

Magino took out a silver cigar box from his pocket, opened it, took out a dark brown cigar from it, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it vigorously, but instead of lighting it, he took it back into the cigar again. inside the box.

"20 years, the Ark has not had an emergency with serial number 20 for 000 years... Do you know what this means?"

Magino stuffed the cigar box back into his pocket, and continued: "People are used to living a stable life. Now is not the era when the Ark just landed."

"You are deceiving yourself and others." The hound snorted coldly, not giving Machino a good face at all, but the latter didn't seem to care at all.

"I also know that this kind of stability is actually an illusion created, but at least this illusion can prevent the vast majority of people from living in fear."

"But sooner or later they will have to face fear, won't they?" Ke Lan, who hadn't spoken much, said.

"But not now, at least not." Machino made a downward movement with his hand, "This is also what the above said. In short, no one can spread this matter before getting permission to lift the ban... As for the crystallization The government will find a way to make up for the gap in production.”

"Hmph, I see how they will make up for such a big gap." The hound sneered, this is one of the main sources of his unhappiness at the moment - if the official takes action to maintain stability, the market price crystallized in a short period of time will not If there are too many changes, as for using the information gap to speculate in crystal futures, it becomes completely empty talk.

"Although I can't get you medals, if you have other requirements, you can tell them, and I will respond to the above."

"May I ask for money?" the Hound asked, giving Maginot a blank look.

"Yes, but the maximum is only 3 million. If it is higher, it will be difficult to pass the application." Machino said, "If you think it is too small, I can transfer you another 2 million from your personal account."

"Just 5 million, how about sending the beggar?" The hound said with a look of disgust, "To be honest, the Soma Consortium is even more generous than you."

"The army and the consortium are different... Nick, you don't know that those soldiers worked hard to earn first-class merit, and the rewards are only 500,000 credit points and a medal. 3 million is already the highest standard... "

"Stop it, I don't want to hear your theory, I'm not a soldier anymore..." The hound raised his hand, "How about this, change the conditions."

"What conditions?"

"I want to buy the right." The hound seemed to have already thought about what he wanted, and he said it without hesitation as soon as Magino asked.

"The right to buy what?"

"The right to purchase new products from the Military Equipment Research Institute, as you know, even the best ones that can be bought on the market are second-hand goods that have been scoured out. Those really good ones have nothing to do with it. Even if I want to see it, I can't see it... Although I have some connections in this regard, it is definitely not as easy to use as the purchase right approved by the military."

"...How dare you mention it..." Magino looked at the hound speechlessly.

"Just tell me whether to give it or not. To tell you the truth, even if you don't want to give it, I still have a way to get those things. The reason why I ask you for this permission is just because I don't want to bother those old friends every time. Besides, doesn’t this just give you a step to step down? Otherwise, if you take out the 5 million, no one here will really appreciate it.”

"Okay, if you want the right to buy, I will give you the right to buy, but as I said before, it is limited to equipment below the battalion level. If you go to the equipment research institute to buy tactical nuclear warheads, it is none of my business to be arrested." Ma Chino said.

"Let's talk about it first. It must be the battalion-level standard of the field troops. I don't want the garbage of the garrison troops."

"All right, all right, you have a lot to do." Machino waved his hand, and immediately sent a bronze card with a guard. The hound took the card, glanced at it, and put it away with satisfaction. Put it in the inside pocket of the clothes.

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After everyone signed the confidentiality agreement, the spying was over, but when they were about to leave, Machino stopped Ke Lan in front of other people.

"What's the matter, what's the matter? Lieutenant General Maginot?" Ke Lan asked a little puzzled.

What made Ke Lan feel puzzled was not that Lieutenant General Magino stopped him, but that he didn't seem to shy away from other people watching them from the sidelines... From this point of view, Magino's search for him should be the same as that of the seabed. It has nothing to do with the city and the secret sect.

"It's not me, it's the people from the Soma Consortium who are looking for you, oh, and that Mr. Manstein... They hope that you will go back to the headquarters of the consortium immediately after you are here. I don't quite know."

After hearing this sentence, Ke Lan's performance was quite calm. On the contrary, Manstein, who had always been dispensable, let out a weak groan—originally he expected to rely on helping Ke Lan They speculated on crystalline futures to make up for that huge loophole in public funds, but obviously there is no such opportunity now. If there is another internal liquidation at this time, I am afraid that the former executive of the Soma Consortium will drag his family with him tonight. Moved to the ghetto...

(End of this chapter)