Chapter 9 Chapter 8 The "Them" Problem

After listening to the tape, what made me stunned was not the treasure of Suleiman I, but the magical phenomenon: a halo with light shooting from it. This situation is the same as what Aoki described on the deck of the "Heavenly Kingdom"!Although the aura that appeared on the deck of the "Heavenly Country" was huge according to Aoki's account, it was definitely something of the same kind. What's even more mysterious is the questions Grandma Dante asked when she heard that voice. Those questions sounded, at first glance, completely meaningless.That voice seemed to be eagerly searching for the human soul, that's why he asked such a question.

This is really fantastic and unbelievable. Who is looking for the soul of man? I sat in a daze.Dante has been waiting for me to speak first, but I really don't know what to say, I just made a strange and vague sound. Dante said: "Mr. Wei, you are my chosen partner." I took a breath: "Thank you very much for looking up to me." Dante said, "You believe the whole thing my grandmother said?" I thought about it, if I hadn't heard Aoki mention the halo first, I might think that all this was all an old woman's fantasy, but now I don't think that way.

So I said, "There's no reason not to believe it." Dante looked very excited, stood up, and waved his hands: "You and I go to see my grandmother, we can go to that place and unearth treasures richer than King Solomon's treasure." I stood up too, anyway, it was interesting to meet an old woman who had such a strange experience back then.But now I really don't have time to go to Switzerland. I hesitated for a while, and Dante hurriedly said: "The treasure I carry with me now is what my grandmother grabbed a couple of times in that cave in the dark." I sighed : "Dante, I believe that you chose me to be your partner because you know that I am not someone that any jewelry can impress."

Dante blushed, and immediately said seriously: "Yes, Mr. Wei, I believe in your noble personality, please forgive me for what I said just now. But I am really anxious. Grandma is getting old and her health is not good. One she..." When he talked about this, he paused: "I care about gems very much. Or it's hard to explain. I don't care about their value, but I love them. I have a natural love for gems. In my mind, they Not just minerals, but alive!" I laughed and said, "Is the human soul in the gem?" After Dante heard it, he was stunned: "What do you mean?"

I waved my hand: "It's not interesting, just forget it. Dante, in New York, I have something to do..." Dante said: "What's the matter? Let's set off for Switzerland immediately!" I hurriedly said, "I have to deal with what happened first..." When I said this, I stopped abruptly.In an instant, a thought flashed across my mind like lightning. What I thought at that moment was that Dante's grandmother's story and Aoki's story have some similarities, assuming that there is some kind of connection between them.The reason why Aoki told me the story of "Heavenly Kingdom" was because of Qiao Sen's instruction.Gent once again linked Jonson's "spiritual distress" with the "Heavenly Kingdom", so is it possible that what is happening to Jonson now is also related to what Dante's grandmother narrated?

Event A is related to Event B, and Event B is related to Event C. It can be inferred according to the simplest geometric theorem.It can also be known that A and C are related. It seems that there are three things that are completely irrelevant, and they may be related! These three things, on the surface, are completely unrelated. The first one: the security director of an insurance company, for unknown reasons, acted strangely, spoke incoherently, and was obviously suffering from serious mental disturbance. The second one: a Japanese naval officer who claims to have served on a warship that has no records to track down and all officers and soldiers have died mysteriously.

The third is a story told by an old woman who was once a maid in the Turkish palace. Not only is the time different, but the location and characters are also different. What is the main connection between the three things? I felt that I had captured a beginning and desperately wanted to capture more, so I frowned and thought. Dante thought I was thinking about whether to agree to go or not, and looked very anxious.I also knew that it was impossible to have any results before I had further conversations with Qiao Sen, so I said: "Dante, I promised to go to Switzerland, but I can't leave the day after tomorrow, I'm not sure."

Dante rubbed his hands vigorously, and said with a wry smile: "There is no other way, as soon as possible. How can I contact you?" I said, "I will always live here." Dante said: "Okay, I will contact you every day." He said, pointing to the belt around his waist: "Here are twelve outstanding gems, no matter what happens in the future, you can choose six gems first. As a souvenir." I am very grateful for his generosity, and those gems are indeed extremely attractive, so that after I heard it, I couldn't help it, and I wanted to swallow my saliva.

But I still said: "Thank you, really, thank you very much, I think I will not choose for the time being, after I enter that cave, just like your grandmother, just grab a few with your eyes closed!" Dante laughed, his expression was extremely satisfied, and he seemed to agree. Seeing his expression like this, I can't help but feel funny, because he seems to be the legal owner of the treasure in the cave. Dante said: "Okay, then I will take my leave." He walked towards the door, and stopped at the door: "Joseon hasn't come yet, he doesn't seem to be on time?"

I was already secretly anxious, and frowned: "Really, I don't know what happened." Dante didn't say anything more and walked out. After Dante left, I made a few more phone calls to inquire about Joson's whereabouts, but to no avail.I figured I'd at least go to Gent's once.After leaving the room, I went to the lobby to leave a message, asking the staff to tell Qiao Sen (if he came), I will go to Jinte's place, and I will be back soon, please be sure to wait for me at the hotel. As soon as I walked out of the hotel gate, I saw Aoki standing under a lamp post, looking shy.When Aoki left, he once told me that he would wait for Qiao Sen at the entrance of the hotel. I really didn't expect him to wait until now.

I remembered what Gente had mentioned about the "Heavenly Country", and my heart moved: "Aoki, I want to meet someone who knows about the 'Heavenly Country'." Aoki shook, and stared at me with wide eyes.I said again: "This man's name is Jin Te, and he is very mysterious. Do you want to go to see him with me?" At this time, a taxi happened to pass by, I stopped the car, opened the door, and let Aoki get in the car first.Aoki didn't hesitate any longer, got into the car, and I sat with him. Aoki was thinking, in the car, he didn't speak until the car stopped, he said: "No, no one will know about the 'Tianguo'." I ignored his soliloquy and got out of the car with him. The two drivers still recognized me and hurriedly opened the door. The elevator stopped, and Aoki and I walked out. Aoki was standing in front of the Buddha statue in Chuantang, with his hands folded and his lips trembling. I walked towards the two oak doors, the same as the first time I came, and I came to the door Before, the door opened.Naturally, Si Yan notified Jin Te that he had a guest.Gent opened the power control door. Aoki and I walked in, the door of the study opened, and Jin Te turned around from a swivel chair. When he just turned around, the expression on his face was that he would never welcome someone to disturb him, but when he saw Aoki, his expression immediately became extremely surprised, and he even stood up from the chair all of a sudden. I don't know why Aoki is treated so kindly by this weird guy like Gent.Because I have seen him several times, he has never been so polite to me. As soon as he stood up, he pointed to Aoki: "You..." He doesn't like to talk, so he just said "you" and stopped, waiting for others to continue. Aoki stared blankly, not knowing what to do, I was both angry and funny. Since Aoki was brought by me, I naturally want to introduce him. I pointed to Aoki and said, "This is Mr. Aoki Kiichi, a former Japanese naval officer." Jin Te swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stared at Aoki, the brilliance in his eyes seemed frightening, and Aoki could clearly feel it, so he couldn't help but took a step back. Jin Te kept staring at Kenmu for a long time before he said, "Heavenly?" (Here, I want to make an explanation. Gent really doesn’t like to talk. What he said are extremely simple words. If you don’t have the experience of talking with him many times, you can’t understand him at all. Like this time, when he asked Aoki what he said, in fact, he only said the three words "Tian Guo Hao", and the ending sound was slightly prolonged, indicating that this was a question. In the future, when he spoke, I would add a few simple words to make his words intelligible, instead of repeating the simpler terms he originally said.) Jin Te's voice was not too loud, but this sentence gave Aoki Guiyi an incomparable shock. He suddenly lost the strength to support his body upright, swayed, opened his mouth wide, and his face was pale.Before I had time to rush over to help him, he had slumped on a chair. Aoki fell down on the chair, gasping for breath, and then, within less than three seconds, suddenly let out a cry, stood upright again, pointed at Jin Te: "You... how do you know? " Gent's lips moved a bit, wanting to say something, but he didn't say it, looking away, as if he didn't want to discuss this issue any more. Seeing that he didn't answer, Aoki's expression became very excited, even his voice was hoarse, and he called, "How do you know?" Jin Te frowned, as if he felt disgusted by Aoki's questioning without even the least courtesy, he still remained silent. Aoki's face turned from white to red, and it seemed that he was going to have further questioning with Jin Te.I hurriedly made a gesture to him, and turned to Jin Te: "Mr. Aoki's experience in the past was very weird, so he was surprised that you knew that he had served on the Heavenly Kingdom, and wondered where you came from?" learned." Gent waved his hand and said, "Someone told me." Aoki asked angrily: "Who? Who told you?" Jin Te looked at Aoki again, suddenly showed deep sympathy, and shook his head.Aoki seemed extremely impatient, originally Aoki was always very polite, but now he lost his normal state of anxiety. Gent said: "You don't know, they told me everything." Aoki and I said in unison: "They? Who are they?" Gent took a deep breath and pursed his lips tightly.In the next few minutes, Aoki and I kept asking him questions, but Gent always insisted on this attitude.As if he had made up his mind, even if someone pried his mouth open, he would not say anything more. Aoki became more and more anxious, I made a gesture to Aoki, signaling him to deal with everything by me.Then, I said to Jin Te: "Okay, let's not discuss the Tianguo anymore, although in fact, there are still many things about the Tianguo that you don't know..." When I got to this point, I pointed my hand at Gent: "They didn't tell you everything as you imagined." When I say this, it is entirely a trick. I have no idea who told Gent about the Celestial, or how much he told Gent. Logically speaking, Aoki was the only survivor on the Heavenly Kingdom. He experienced all the weird things at that time, and he must know more than anyone else. I say this will arouse Gent's curiosity.Sure enough, after I said this, Jin Te was taken aback, wanting to ask something but didn't know how to ask. I rejoiced in my heart and pretended not to discuss the Tianguo incident anymore: "I'm really sorry, I came to see you because of Qiao Sen." Jin Te raised his eyebrows, instead of asking, I said, "I have an appointment with him, but he has never shown up. Do you know where I can find him?" Gent took a breath and seemed to be thinking, but after a while he shook his head. Aoki still had an anxious look on his face.As soon as I saw Jin Te shaking his head, I said: "Then, please forgive me for disturbing me, and I will leave." As I said that, I pulled Aoki and walked towards the door.Boss Aoki refused and was forced to be dragged away by me.At the door, Jin Te finally opened his mouth: "Wait!" I breathed a sigh of relief, stood still, and without turning around, I just blinked at Aoki twice. After a while, I heard Jin Te say again: "Tell me." As soon as I heard what he said, I was angry and funny, and turned around quickly: "It's better that you are the emperor. If people ask you, you just shake your head. If you want to ask others, I will tell you." Jin Te blinked, and I said: "You need to know the whole detailed process, Mr. Aoki can tell you, but you must first tell us, who told you about the Tianguo?" Gent thought about it, nodded, and agreed. Without waiting for me to speak, Aoki asked impatiently: "Who is it?" Gent said: "They." Aoki and I were stunned for a moment, what kind of answer is this?Even if this guy doesn't like to talk, he can't count on answering like this. Aoki and I said in unison: "Who are they?" Jin Te showed a very embarrassed look, not knowing what to say.After a while, he finally spoke again: "They, they are." I held back my anger, went straight to him, and pointed my finger at his chest: "Listen, if you want to know more details, just tell me." Gent actually became angry: "They, they are." When he said this, he made a weird gesture with his hands that I couldn't understand.At this time, he made this gesture, obviously to explain who "they" are.But I couldn't understand what he meant by making such a gesture. His hands are raised high, in a circle shape, big and small.What is this? I stared, the circle he was comparing with his hands was getting bigger and bigger until his arms were fully opened, and then it shrunk until his fingers could touch each other. At this time, he said again: "They." I really wanted to punch him hard, because I couldn't understand what he meant by "they" in this way. But at this moment, I suddenly heard Aoki moaning beside me, I quickly turned my head to look at Aoki, and couldn't help being stunned. Aoki raised his head and also raised his hands, making the gesture with Jinte.He also compares the circle with both hands, the difference is that the circle he compares is the maximum limit that his arms can stretch. At the same time, Aoki also asked: "They?" I was really angry in my heart. It was not enough for Jinte alone to be inexplicable, and Aoki was added. I was about to scold them, but at that moment, a flash of lightning seemed to remind me of something.I couldn't help it, imitating Aoki, raised my arms high, and compared my hands to the circle: "They?" I imitated them because I suddenly thought of Aoki's narration, and I also thought of Dante's grandmother's narration. In the narratives of the two of them, a "halo" was mentioned. Although the size was different, it was always a circular halo. Aoki understood Gint's gesture one step ahead of me. Gint's hands were compared, and in Aoki's view, it was a halo.So he followed suit.And the halo he had seen was very huge, so his arms were also stretched as far as possible. When I understood this, I naturally made the same gesture, and asked: "Them you are talking about is a halo?" Gent breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. At this time, the doubts in my heart also reached their peak.In Dante's grandmother's account, the old woman said that she had heard a very soft voice emanating from the aura.Then, if the halo also "said" something to Gent, "told" him something, although it was weird, it was not absolutely unimaginable. However, Gent refers to the halo as "them", which is really weird. I'm still gesturing: "That aura, why do you call them them? What's that?" Gent still stubbornly replied: "They." Aoki was panting rapidly, and I asked again: "They? Are they human? They can talk. Did they tell you about the Tianguo?" Gent shook his head: "They, they are." I snorted and put my hands down: "What did they tell you?" Gent said: "I didn't find it." I got really angry: "What wasn't found? What were they looking for?" Gent's voice became very low: "Find what they are looking for." Aoki suddenly said: "They are them! I understand!" I tried my best not to get angry: "Mr. Aoki, the same thing, I don't understand, but you understand, it means that in your experience, there are some things that you have hidden from me." In the same situation, what Aoki understands, but I don't, there are only two possibilities.One possibility is my accusation against Aoki, and the other possibility is that I am stupid than Aoki. Of course I choose the former possibility. Aoki showed a very ashamed expression, lowered his head, and said nothing.This proved my accusation, and I immediately became confident and said loudly: "I thought you told me everything." Aoki's expression was extremely guilty: "...I only kept a little bit... Really just a little bit, I didn't even tell Mr. Qiao Sen, please forgive me, please forgive me." I hummed: "So, tell me now, what are you hiding?" Aoki looked hesitant, and I stared at him with stern eyes: "If we don't tell, we'll pretend we didn't know each other before." Aoki opened his mouth wide. Seeing his expression, I knew he was going to say something, but at this moment, Jin Te, who usually couldn't get a dull fart with three punches, opened his mouth: "You don't need to say anything." When Aoki heard this, he opened his mouth wide and closed it immediately. I was really annoyed, but it seemed that adding more pressure was useless.I was annoyed, and I sneered repeatedly: "The aura, in fact, is not mysterious, but it emits a kind of light to kill people, and it can also talk." I say this purely to show that I know no less than they do.Unexpectedly, as soon as I said the words, Aoki and Jinte exclaimed "Ah". They must have been extremely surprised, so their reactions were out of normal. Aoki, who was supposed to speak, was so shocked that he couldn't make a sound.Jin Te, who should not have spoken, actually asked immediately: "Have you encountered it?" I cursed "Damn" in my heart, I have never encountered such a halo, but I have heard the old woman describe the situation when she encountered the halo. At this time, I also knew that they would not hide anything from me only if I said that I had met them and made them feel that I had the same experience as them.So I immediately said, "Of course." Gent took a breath: "Lie." I was a little embarrassed and turned into anger, and said: "Why are you lying? The halo, hanging in the air, can be big and small, make a sound, and spin rapidly. The sound it makes is very soft!" Aoki groaned again, put his head in his hands, and sat down.Gent stared at me.I have already brought out all the situations that Dante's grandmother said, and of course I feel safe in my heart, but Jinte still shook his head: "Lie." I said angrily, "What's so great about meeting such an aura?" Gent said: "If you have met them, they are them, and you will understand." I really couldn't laugh or cry, "They are them", I really have no way to understand this sentence, but I will never surrender, I said: "Of course I understand, I just want to make it clear." Gent wouldn't let me go at all: "What questions did they ask you?" I haven't seen that aura. But since I pretended, I had to pretend. I remembered Dante's grandmother's account, and I didn't even think about it: "What question? Huh, it's so boring. They asked about the soul and where it is." Jin Te's complexion changed, and he took a step back. His expression was still full of doubts, but at least he couldn't accuse me of lying.At this time, Aoki suddenly called out: "Yes, the same problem, I don't know where the soul is, maybe I, we, don't have a soul at all." I looked at Aoki, Aoki stood up, turned around, turned around ten times, and then stopped. He looked at me: "I... did hide some things and didn't say anything." I made a gesture of "please tell me now", and Aoki said: "That's... That's what happened to me on the lifeboat after the explosion on the Tianguo ship." I remained silent so as not to interrupt his narrative. Aoki's expression was very bitter: "At that time, I was in the midst of the turbulent waves, and the surprise in my heart was extremely extreme. At that moment, my eyes lit up, and the halo suddenly appeared again, right in front of me. It seemed that although Much smaller, but I know it's the same aura, they're the same." As he spoke, he compared the size of the halo that appeared in front of him with his hands, which was about fifty centimeters in diameter. Aoki said: "When the halo appeared, it seemed that there was a strange force that stabilized the lifeboat that was about to capsize in the waves. The magical power of this halo saved me. Otherwise, I would have died in the sea Among them." I snorted: "You told me that your experience was that after you boarded the lifeboat, you watched the sinking of the Tianguo, and then you drifted to a small island to find some supplies left by the US military." Aoki blushed: "I did drift for two days, and when I got to that small island, I would rather that halo didn't save me." I was a little surprised: "Why?" Aoki's expression became more bitter: "During the two days of drifting at sea, that aura followed me all the time." I just wanted to say that there is nothing wrong with that. Since this halo has such a strange power, it can guarantee that you will not be in danger when you are drifting in the sea. It will follow you all the time, isn't it great? But before I could say anything, I heard Gent moaning from the sidelines. I turned my head to look at Jin Te, and I saw this strange man, very distressed, and at the same time, looked at Aoki with some sympathy; it seemed that he knew very well the pain that Aoki suffered during those two days of drifting at sea. When I saw this situation, my heart moved, and I looked at Aoki again.Aoki breathed a sigh of relief: "Actually, there is nothing important. When I told Mr. Qiao Sen and you about the past, I omitted it because those...the events were not important." I sneered and said, "You say it's not important, but from my point of view, you always take it to heart, and you feel very troubled." Aoki lowered his head again and let out a long sigh: "Yes, you're right, I'm really troubled. I could have been a very good engineer, but after I returned to Japan, I kind of gave up on myself, because, because……" When Aoki spoke up to this point, he didn't know how to go on, his face was full of confusion.This kind of expression is definitely not fake, which proves that there is really an unsolvable problem in his heart. Aoki's lips trembled, but no sound came out.At this time, Jin Te suddenly said: "Because you know that you don't have a soul at all." Aoki shook abruptly, and I also shook abruptly. What came to my mind instantly was: Jinte and Aoki just met for the first time, how did he know that Aoki was deeply hidden in his heart, even Qiao Sen refused to talk about the trouble? For a moment, he didn't know what to say, but Aoki reacted immediately, he looked very embarrassed, it was as if he had an ulterior secret and was suddenly exposed. In the embarrassment, Aoki became angry from embarrassment, blushed, and said loudly: "Yes, I don't have one, do you have one?" All of this, from Jinte's sudden opening to Aoki's angrily reacting, happened one after another without a break.After hearing Aoki's questioning, I felt even more shocked. Aoki's questioning of Jin Te sounded familiar to me. Qiao Sen's "dream talk" was the same two sentences. In an instant, in the chaos, I have found a clue, but my thoughts are still very messy, and I keep asking myself: What's going on?What is going on? I quickly changed my mind, and my attention was highly concentrated, so the voice beside me felt like it was coming from far away. Still, intermittently, I could hear their conversations. Gent was saying, "Yeah, neither have I, none of us." Aoki's voice was a bit close to mourning: "Why is there no? There should be, we are all human, people have souls, there must be, there must be!" Gent was saying, "Yes? Where?" Aoki's voice was closer to mourning: "If I knew, I would have told them." Gent said: "If there is, you must know." Aoki is very stubborn: "There must be, but I don't know where." Jinte didn't say anything more, but Aoki kept talking, and I didn't pay attention to what he said next, and I probably just repeated those few words.When they were talking, I thought quickly and had a certain result. I waved my hand and said loudly: "Listen to me." After I yelled, Aoki also stopped talking, and looked towards me together with Jin Te. I already have a certain concept, and I will ask questions based on the conclusions I have obtained. I start by asking, "Who is looking for the soul of man?" From Aoki's narration, Aoki's words, Qiao Sen's words, and even Dante's grandmother's narration, I can already be sure of one thing, that is: someone is doing everything possible to search for human souls. Soul seekers seem to have asked many people: "Where is your soul", or "Do you have a soul".Aoki has been asked, Dante's grandmother has been asked, Gent may have been asked, Jossen has been asked. So, I want to ask Jinte and Aoki, who is the soul searcher, they have all met, and they should be able to answer. When my question came out of my mouth, Jinte showed a dull look, and Aoki smiled bitterly: "It's them." I asked, "Who are they? Is that the halo? It's the halo all along?" Aoki nodded.I sneered and said, "Think about it yourself, is that plausible? The halo is just a halo, not a living thing. How could it come to search for human souls?" Aoki murmured: "It's just a halo, a wonderful halo with mysterious power." I still want to ask further, because I think Aoki probably has other things that he has kept secret.But at this time, Gent said: "How much do you know about creatures?" I was stunned for a while. Gent's words were clearly aimed at "Halos are not creatures". For a while, I really couldn't answer this question.How much do I know about biology?I have common sense of biology. I can boast that I know a lot about the creatures on the earth, but what about the creatures outside the earth? What is the life form of alien creatures?What is the shape?I can't answer at all. Even though I am very dissatisfied, I have to admit that I was overwhelmed by Gent's question.So, after being dazed for a while, I said, "A biological form is a halo, no matter what, it's too weird." Jin Te let out a long sigh: "Why must it be a creature?" I was stunned again, not understanding what Gent meant.However, I also faintly feel that there is an extremely profound truth in Gent's question. Gent's question, at first glance, is illogical. "Why must it be a creature?"