——District 10·Riverside Park——

Staring at the face that belonged to him but was not his own in the reflection of the river, Aaron always felt something strange. It felt like he was facing a blood brother who had never met before, and it was so familiar that it was terrifying.

"It's just a one-time nano-injection, you just get used to it." The sturdy and bodyguard-type terminal stood next to Aaron and said.

"To put it lightly, I feel like the muscles on my entire face are stuck with glue. How about you try it?" Aaron rolled his eyes at the terminal and said angrily.

"Tch, you make it sound like you're the only one who can do it. If there weren't too many things to do, I wouldn't be able to handle it... Wait, here we come." The terminal suddenly stopped after complaining, and its head turned on its shoulders strangely.

Look behind you from a wide angle.

In the direction of the terminal's gaze, a arrogant middle-aged man in a suit and leather tie was walking towards the two of them with an unattractive follower. He looked like a successful businessman and his inconspicuous secretary who had just come out for a walk to relieve stress after work.

The two sat on the bench opposite Aaron.

"Can't business be discussed online? In what age are we still having offline contacts?" Aaron glanced at the two of them and said to the follower with dissatisfaction in his voice.

"I can't trust people outside just like you can't trust me. You think the network that can leave data traces is the safest way. I think face-to-face conversation between people is the most basic sincerity." The follower doesn't seem to be because of his own.

I was surprised when my identity was discovered, and I spoke calmly.

"That's why everyone doesn't want to deal with you freaks, trouble!" Aaron pouted like all the "decent people" who look down on the residents of District 9, "I have followed your request, now we can be serious

Are you talking about business?"

"Of course, the sincerity is mutual." The attendant nodded, "What do you want?"

"An industrial-grade material printer, preferably a federal brand. General-purpose light alloy, military grade is best. If not, police grade will do. But I won't pay a high price. Give me fifty tons first.

If it's a good deal, there will be additional orders. I have a long-term and smooth flow of business here." Aaron made his request straightforwardly.

"This is the price." The attendant raised his hand and released an AR projection. Only then did Aaron realize that his arm was a mechanical prosthesis.

"It's quite reasonable. How can we deliver the goods?" Zhou Yuqing had informed Aaron of the price of the items before he came here. After comparing it with the data provided by Zhou Yuqing, the price given by the attendant was quite reasonable and could even be said to be high quality and low price. It was also right.

It's because it's cheap enough that some people keep taking risks. Of course, the prerequisite is that the items they get are consistent with the order requirements. If there is a trade dispute with the black market merchants in the 9th District, there is no way to complain to the consumer association.

"Pay the deposit first, and then we will start preparing the goods. Once everything is ready, we will contact you directly to inform you of the delivery location, and we will clear the money and goods on site." The attendant explained the transaction process expressionlessly, "But there are

One thing you must remember is that on-site settlement only accepts cash. Many partners who do business with us for the first time ignore this matter, causing unpleasantness for both parties."

"Apart from your backward places, where else can large amounts of cash be used these days? If I bring out a large amount of cash, wouldn't I be telling others that I want to do business with the Ninth District?" Aaron frowned, as if he was worried about this.

The additional request is quite unsatisfactory.

"That's your problem, not mine." The waiter said with an indifferent expression, "Either you pay in cash, or hire someone else, that's it. If the customer doesn't even have the ability to obtain cash stably, we will also have a headache.

ah."

"You won't ask me to pay cash for the deposit, right? There was no such statement beforehand." Aaron's face darkened, but he still seemed to have controlled his anger.

"You must abide by the rules of whose territory you are on. This is your territory, so of course you must follow your rules." The quotation floating in the hand of the attendant turned into a QR code.

"10% of the industry regulations have already been transferred."

"It's a pleasure to work with you." The attendant smiled slightly and stood up to leave, followed by the "successful businessman" who didn't speak a word from the beginning to the end.

"Is this the end?" Also silent was the terminal that seemed to be for Aaron's bodyguard. He didn't speak until he confirmed that the surroundings were safe.

"Apart from these, what else do you expect? Do we need to know the secret code beforehand like in the movie? I didn't say that the so-called undercover is not as interesting as you imagined. Now you believe it." Aaron sat in the same seat as the follower just now.

On the bench passing by, he reached out and pinched his face that was distorted by the nano-implant. The skin on his face had lost all feeling, indicating that the effect of the implant was about to expire.

"I'm just curious about what the people in District 9 are like..." The voice of the terminal was a little aggrieved and a little entangled. This time, it was not Ling Chong or Zhou Yuqing who served as Aaron's bodyguard, but Lan Tian, ​​the nominal supervisor.

.

"What else could it be? It's just two eyes and one mouth." Aaron was amused, "Is District 9 so mysterious to you?"

"What do you think the Intelligent Management Bureau is in charge of? Everything in the Ninth District has nothing to do with artificial intelligence, so the Management Bureau has no excuse to interfere in the Ninth District. In addition, the police are watching the entry and exit.

, there are far more rumors about this kind of place on the Internet than reality, and it has almost become a legendary secret place." Lan Tian said depressedly.

"If you really want to understand District 9 and the people living there, I advise you not to treat them like wild protected animals. They are also human beings and have their own dignity, just because outsiders use similar terms to you.

Looking at them through such eyes will make them hostile to the outside world." Recalling his feelings when he first entered District 9 not long ago, Aaron shared his thoughts as a person who has experienced it.

"Hmph, it sounds like you already understand them." Lan Tian knew that Aaron had not been to the Ninth District a few times, so he naturally sneered at his words.

"I'm not them, of course I don't understand them. At least I'm closer to them than guys like you who live in a castle built with science and technology and regard the outside as a wilderness. Speaking of which, I've never seen the real you.

What do you look like? Every time I see you, you have a different terminal. Are you so afraid of contact with barbarians like us? We won't eat you alive." Aaron is not Zhou Yuqing, and he won't coax Lan Tian, ​​so come and have

He said it bluntly and retorted on the spot.

Surprisingly, Lan Tian didn't offer any rebuttal this time, but just stood there silently with a depressed expression on his face, as if he had been given a sap.

"Hey, did you get to the point?" Aaron, who was speechless when he saw Lan Tian, ​​sneered, left the other person behind and walked towards the car.

There was no conversation all the way back, until the two of them returned to the office, the atmosphere was awkward. Zhou Yuqing, who was tracking the deposit that Aaron had just paid in the office, keenly noticed the situation between the two, but she immediately realized

The best answer to this embarrassment is not yourself but time.

"Sister Zhou, has the capital flow moved?" Not wanting to talk to Aaron, Lan Tian could only talk to Zhou Yuqing.

"The broker was very cautious when he contacted you. He asked a money launderer who cooperated with him to exchange cash instead of going to the bank to withdraw money directly." Zhou Yuqing replied, "But he certainly didn't expect that the guy who laundered money for him was a tainted informant of the police station. The money he received was already

They were manipulated by us."

"Didn't the other party find that the radio was hidden in the money?" Aaron asked.

"I didn't find it because we didn't put a radio in it at all." Zhou Yuqing said with a smile.

"Ah?" How can we track it without putting the radio in?

"It seems that the police station uses micro-transmitters hidden in money for tracking, right? You have used the same method too many times and it has alerted the people in the 9th District, so this time the Bureau is used

Method." Zhou Yuqing said, switching the image on the screen to a suspected infrared detection mode, "We smeared a special radioactive isotope on certain banknotes. This type of isotope has low radiation intensity but penetrates through.

It is so powerful that as long as it is observed at a specific frequency, it can be accurately positioned by a high-altitude drone even deep underground. Moreover, this kind of artificially synthesized isotope that lacks large-scale use basically does not exist in the daily environment, and it is also

There will be no confusion of information.”

"Is there such a thing?" Aaron had never heard of such a tracking method, and couldn't help but sigh that the Bureau could really come up with some new tricks.

"The informant network accumulated by the police over the years and the advanced technology of the bureau that keeps up with the times could have the effect of one plus one greater than two. Unfortunately, the two sides dislike each other. Many cases that could have been solved are because of these meaningless

The departmental barriers have become unresolved, which makes people feel regretful just thinking about it." Zhou Yuqing sighed.
Chapter completed!