Chapter 396 Raise Your Head, Let's Go Home

"Swish——"

The black car braked suddenly and stopped in the middle of the road. Mikael jumped out of the car neatly, but he could only see the arrogant signs on the roof of the ME Club from a distance.

Looking at the crowded street in front of him, Mikael sighed lightly. He could have come directly, but he was afraid of scaring some ME Club staff. Besides, he couldn't intervene in this matter. He couldn't do another "judgment robbery", right? So it's better to let Xiao Hei bring him here.

But he really underestimated the influence of the ME Club. Compared with the "Saint Freya Academy" of the Far East Branch of the Destiny, the ME Club's Far East Branch is too well-known. There is no way. The mission of Saint Freya Academy is just to train Valkyries quietly, while the ME Club is to solve the funding problem for the Anti-Entropy. It is difficult not to be high-profile.

Therefore, as soon as they heard the big news about ME Club President Lei Dian Long Ma, all the media in the Far East rushed to this street as quickly as possible, so that the place where Mikael parked was at least one kilometer away from the ME Club building.

The places closer were full of large and small cars parked randomly, and some were even parked horizontally in the middle of the road. The reporters stood by the car with a microphone in one hand and a selfie stick in the other, holding the car door for live broadcast. But at such a distance, Mikael didn't know what they could say.

The sound of ambulance sirens drifted from behind, probably someone in front was rear-ended and injured, but with the current congestion on this road, I'm afraid that the ambulance would not be able to get in.

Mikael shook his head. Although this is already a new era, and although humans have evolved again since 50,000 years ago, they have never exceeded Mikael's expectations.

Humans are humans. What humans were like 50,000 years ago, they are still the same 50,000 years later.

Mikael seemed to calmly blend into the traffic, and with the help of a van blocking him, his figure suddenly disappeared.

The driver of the van was smoking a cigarette irritably, and suddenly felt something flashing at him on the co-pilot mirror. He turned his head and leaned over to take a look, but there was nothing.

Mikael's figure appeared in the lobby on the first floor of the ME building. He was worried that his sudden appearance would scare many ordinary people, but until he arrived at the lobby on the first floor, he realized that he was just overthinking.

This place has long been in chaos. The girl in charge of reception at the front desk and several security guards squatted in the corner with their heads in their hands, like an ostrich burying its head in the sand. The entrance to the hall was blocked by a group of uniformed policemen, and outside were reporters carrying long guns and short guns. They were crowded together noisily, and continuously attacked the thin human wall formed by the police. Mikael also saw several familiar figures, not that he really knew them, but just when he was bored and watched the news, he would always see those well-known reporters and hosts.

They had already abandoned their usual upright and solemn postures. Many female reporters who looked unusually beautiful on TV were now disheveled, revealing skin covered with yellow spots, heavy dark circles and huge eye bags. It was obvious that they had rushed over without even putting on makeup when they got the news. Mikael blinked and watched them reach their hands straight into the hall through the human wall formed by the police. He felt that they were all like zombies in the movie, shouting incoherently.

In fact, Mikael could guess what they were shouting. It was nothing more than various clichés and questions. In fact, everyone knew that such behavior was meaningless, but the news that the ME Club was surrounded by the police was too exciting. Besides, everyone was shouting. If they didn't say anything, it would seem that they were not working hard. The voices of so many people mixed together and soon formed a meaningless roar. At first glance, they looked more like zombies.

He took a few steps towards the reporters. The reporters saw a man in a suit walking towards them and thought that ME was finally going to send someone to explain the situation, and they became even more crazy.

Mikael shook his head again. He really couldn't bear to see such an ugly scene. He also stopped walking, but it wasn't because he changed his mind, but because the elevator next to him opened, and he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in his peripheral vision——

"Everyone! I am Komatsu, the current head of the public relations department of ME."

Mikael recognized that it was Mei's former driver. As soon as he walked out of the elevator, he was so angry that he shouted loudly. His identity instantly attracted the attention of all reporters, and no one paid attention to Mikael who suddenly appeared.

"Mr. Komatsu, we all heard that the president of ME, Mr. Raiden Ryoma, was dismissed from his position as president by the board of directors for misappropriating funds. Is this true?"

"What? Isn't it an economic fraud of ME?"

Before Komatsu officially opened his mouth, the reporters started arguing because of different news. Probably everyone thought that the "rumors" they got were accurate.

Komatsu also saw Mikael standing in the hall. He walked quickly to Mikael and asked softly:

"Why are you here? Is Mei okay?"

Mikael shook his head meaninglessly.

"Don't worry, she is in school, where information transmission is slow, and she probably doesn't know what's going on here yet."

Komatsu looked at Mikael suspiciously, but now was not the time to discuss Mei, so he didn't ask again wisely, but quickly informed Mikael of the current situation:

"The president is in danger this time, I wonder if Mr. Mikael has any solution?"

As a driver, he is also a personal of Raiden Ryoma. Compared with the simple ME employees and anti-entropy members, he has a closer relationship with Raiden Ryoma. He may not know who Mikael is, or what he has done. He only knows two things - first, Mikael has little to do with ME, and is also a "personal" of Raiden Ryoma; second, Raiden Ryoma occasionally consults him on some things.

These two points are enough. When he saw Mikael for the first time, the idea of ​​"asking him for help" came to his mind.

Mikael shook his head again:

"It's too much to say in one or two sentences. You should finish what you have to do first."

Xiaosong was anxious when he heard this, but Mikael was right. Raiden Ryoma's matter was a bit complicated, and his task at this moment was to stabilize these reporters.

He took two steps forward, raised his hands above his head, and clapped twice, attracting the attention of reporters again.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

He was not used to being watched by so many people at once.

Especially, he actually felt guilty...

"Ahem! It's like this, first of all, thank you for your attention to ME. Today, some unpleasant things did happen in ME. Regarding this matter, please stay calm. Considering your situation, the logistics department of ME is preparing breakfast for you. After you finish your meal, our company will hold a press conference. Please calm down now and don't disrupt the normal social order."

After he finished this call, he didn't dare to stay any longer, and rushed back to the elevator in three or two steps.

Mikael watched coldly. After these words, the reporters' emotions calmed down a lot. After all, everyone came here to understand the truth of the incident and report it. Since ME has agreed to hold a press conference, there is no need to embarrass everyone. Besides, ME also thoughtfully prepared breakfast. Everyone got up early in the morning and stood in the cold wind for so long, tired, hungry and cold. Even those who have already eaten breakfast want to have a cup of hot milk to warm their hands later.

But they didn't expect that the truth of the matter was--

"You said all those words just now, right?"

Mikael rushed to the elevator at the last moment. The elevator door closed. He and Xiaosong looked at each other for a moment, and finally he spoke first.

"Yes... yes. Mr. Ryoma transferred me back to the security department, not the public relations director. I can't do this."

His body was still trembling, and it seemed that the previous tension had not passed.

"Mr. Ryoma has been restricted. He finally gave me a note and asked me to do this..."

Mikael nodded. The development of the matter was not beyond his expectations.

He just asked in a flat tone:

"Then what?"

Xiaosong raised his head, his face a little confused. Mikael knew that Thunder Ryoma only had time to write these down for a while. What to do next, maybe he was powerless, or maybe he believed that Mikael could handle things according to his wishes.

"Xiaosong, you go directly to the public relations department and tell them what happened just now, but don't bring yourself in, understand?"

As Mikael spoke, he pressed the button for the floor where the public relations department was located.

Xiaosong looked a little hesitant, not knowing whether he should listen to Mikael, but he couldn't think of any solution.

But there is a more important point:

"What about Mr. Ryoma?"

Looking at Xiaosong's anxious and uneasy face, Mikael's tongue rolled silently in his mouth.

What should Thunder Ryoma do? In fact, everything he asked Xiaosong to do has already shown his intention-he wants ME Company, or more precisely, the Far East Branch of Anti-Entropy, to continue to exist.

Mikael didn't know what Cocolia was thinking. Perhaps she had some bad taste, so she didn't target Thunder Ryoma, but the entire ME Company. That is, the "economic fraud of ME Company" mentioned by the previous reporter.

To be precise, "ME Company defrauded about 3.4 billion US dollars in the name of financing the development of ultra-high frequency electromagnetic field constraints."

Cocolia is kind. She gave Raiden Ryoma a choice. He could share the responsibility with his subordinates and let the entire ME company take the blame, or he could take the blame himself and reduce the impact of this incident on ME company.

As for what Ryoma would choose, Mikael, Cocolia, and Ryoma himself knew it clearly.

"Cocolia is really a lunatic. When she takes over the Far East Branch of Anti-Entropy, won't she have to clean up the problems of ME company herself? Oh, ah... I see."

Mikael exclaimed in his heart twice and understood Cocolia's plan-the resources of the Far East Branch of Anti-Entropy have always been important, not ME company. Without the support of Anti-Entropy, it doesn't matter whether ME company exists or not. She can completely transfer the resources of ME company to other newly established companies that are completely controlled by Cocolia herself. After all, ME company is where Raiden Ryoma started. Even if Cocolia's infiltration is very thorough, she is still not at ease...

Of course, once Raiden Ryoma does not choose to take all the blame himself, this woman will definitely have corresponding arrangements.

Raiden Ryoma also understood this. Since he couldn't get away, he could only keep ME Club's hard work. In this way, although he left, the friends who had worked hard with him might still be able to take care of Mei.

Mikael didn't intend to explain these twists and turns to Xiaosong. He might not understand even if he told him, and the elevator was about to reach the floor where the public relations department was located, so there was no time to explain in detail.

He could only make a vague promise:

"Don't worry, I'm here. I came here to see Mr. Ryoma."

Xiaosong looked at Mikael doubtfully. Just at this moment, the elevator made a "ding" sound and the door slowly opened to both sides.

But he didn't go out immediately, but stared at Mikael doubtfully:

"Mr. Mikael, you must..."

Mikael patted his shoulder gently and asked back:

"If I promise you that Mr. Ryoma will not get into trouble, will you believe it?"

"Yes...no."

Xiaosong is not a fool, he is just desperate.

Mikael shook his head and pushed him out when the elevator door was about to close.

"Dong--"

The elevator slowly rose again, but Mikael chuckled in such a depressing atmosphere--he did have a thousand ways to keep Raiden Ryoma and kill Cocolia in return, but...

He also wanted Raiden Ryoma to go in.

"Ding!"

Mikael walked out of the elevator slowly, the uniformed police did not move, but the employees of ME were anxious and running around.

Mikael walked calmly in front of a policeman and asked bluntly:

"Where is Raiden Ryoma?"

The police looked at Mikael, and a trace of confusion immediately appeared on his face.

Mikael got the answer directly from his mind and left simply. But before he took two steps, his mobile phone trembled.

Mikael turned into the bathroom with an unchanged expression, and turned on his mobile phone after confirming that no one was there.

As expected, it was a text message from Raiden Ryoma. I really don't know how he did this when his personal freedom was restricted, but it is understandable. ME is his territory, and it would be abnormal if there were no backdoors.

The text message he sent was actually just a short sentence:

"Mr. Mikael, please remember the last words I said last night."

"..."

Without much effort, Mikael found the corresponding memory:

"Mikael, you promised to protect Mei."

Mikael suddenly clenched his phone, as if thinking of something more distant.

"Boom--"

The annoying thunder interrupted his reverie. Mikael looked through the toilet window at the gradually gloomy sky, then took a deep breath, walked out of the toilet, and nodded to the camera at the end of the corridor.

"At least, you are a good father... not like..."

…………

"Boom--"

Mei woke up in the thunder, she suddenly covered her chest, until little stars appeared in front of her eyes, she let out a long breath, and then panted rapidly.

She glanced around with her peripheral vision. The classmates around her were enjoying their lunch boxes while looking at her openly and secretly. She pretended to sleep on the table just to avoid such gazes. Unexpectedly, she slept for two classes and went straight to lunch break.

Perhaps, the teachers of those two classes were kind and didn't have the heart to wake her up at this time.

"What are you thinking? Maybe they don't pay attention to the news at all, don't know what happened to ME Club, and still treat you as a young lady. Or they don't even bother to care about you."

"Who! Who is talking!"

Mei's scream successfully attracted everyone's attention, but it was originally like this, but those who had concealed it better now looked at her with burning eyes.

Mei's back suddenly became cold, and the whole classroom was immersed in silence.

After a while, Mei apologized first:

"Yes... I'm sorry, I may have heard it wrong."

How could I have heard it wrong? She just heard a voice exactly like her own in her ears... No, she must be hallucinating. Who can imitate a voice exactly like her own?

But the classmates didn't seem to want to buy it. Soon someone shouted exaggeratedly:

"Oh my dear! Don't come to trouble us if you are in a bad mood. You are going to have a heart attack. The school is not run by your family. Can you consider other people's feelings?"

Mei looked over aggrievedly. The one who spoke was the girl who took the lead in arguing with her this morning. It's just that not long ago, she could make the other party bow her head without saying a word, but now she doesn't know how to resist.

Soon someone else took over:

"Oh, don't be so harsh on Mei! After all, she is a big girl, so what if she has a little temper? Be careful that Mei will really let Uncle Ryoma buy out Chiyu Academy when she returns home... Hey, Mei, why don't you ask your dad to really buy out our school? Then we can be awesome by following you."

This immediately attracted a lot of laughter. Everyone knew that ME Club had a big problem, and this was purely a case of bringing up something irrelevant.

Of course, some people didn't laugh, but this kind of silent resistance was not resistance, but rather an indulgence of violence.

Mei lowered her head silently. She didn't know how to refute, let alone how to resist.

If she were the former Queen of Thunder, perhaps she should have slammed the table and loudly and clearly fought back against those who mocked her.

Or, to be more extreme, let them see the strength of Beichen Ittoryu Menkyo Kaiden.

Yes, these were all thoughts that popped up in her mind, and they were perfectly normal thoughts. But in the end, she gave up all.

after all……

"I've never been a thunder queen, I just... relied on having a good father..."

Mei Yi curled her body inward unconsciously, as if she was about to lie back on the table.

Suddenly, as if something sounded, she suddenly pulled out a huge lunch box from her school bag.

"Bang!"

"Everyone...do you want to try my bento?"

She stood up excitedly and hugged the lunch box tightly from the table, as if grasping the last straw.

"They said that if I give them lunch, they will also eat it, because if they don't eat, they will get nothing..."

And once you eat her lunch, you will be embarrassed to target her...

It has to be said that the bento is still very attractive to everyone. After all, everyone is still in high school. Many people are not deliberately targeting Mei. It’s just that someone has taken the initiative and they just follow the crowd.

At this time, Mei Yi looked pitiful while holding the lunch box, which actually inspired many boys to be protective.

But just as they were about to step forward, they recalled in their minds the scene when Mei Yi rejected their confession with a cold face, so their steps could not help but slow down.

During this moment of hesitation, the girl who took the lead in gossiping about Mei Yi in the morning spoke again:

"What are you doing? I told you I have a bad heart, but you just like to scare people, don't you? You just want me to die, right? Why don't you take a lunch box and take a picture of the table? Does it make you look awesome?"

She said this, but walked up to Mei Yi in a few steps, reaching out to grab the lunch box in Mei Yi's arms. Mei Yi hugged the lunch box tightly, shook her head and stepped back. The girl directly pushed Mei Yi on the shoulder. , and took out the lunch box with the other hand.

"ah!"

Meiyi's waist hit the corner of the cabinet in the last row of the classroom. She groaned in pain, and tears flew out of the corners of her eyes.

"What's your name again!"

The girl stepped on Mei's seat, opened the lunch box, picked up a piece of sushi and put it in her mouth, and kept saying:

"Well, it's delicious. The chef at home made it, right?"

"Um……"

When the girl saw that the former "Thunder Queen" was so humble in front of her, unable to even speak clearly, a sick sense of pride arose spontaneously, and she shouted even louder:

"Louder! I didn't hear you! Did your chef make this!"

"Yes...yes!"

Mei Yi answered with her face covered.

"Ho ho! Did you hear that? It was made by her chef, the chef hired by her dad with money... Huh? Then where did your dad's money come from?"

"Earned..."

"It's a lie! Who doesn't know that your dad used the name of ME Agency to defraud the whole world of billions of dollars (don't ask me why it's dollars, ask the screenwriter)!"

The girl shouted, and flipped the lunch box toward Mei Yi, causing rice and vegetables to spread all over Mei Yi in an instant.

But she was still not satisfied and actually rushed to Meiyi again:

"I see not only this lunch box, but also the clothes you are wearing were bought with money your father cheated from you!"

She grabbed the woolen sweater of Mei Yi's school uniform jacket and tried to tear it off. Mei Yi held her hand hard and just kept shaking her head.

"You still dare to resist?"

The girl took out her hand and raised her palm high...

"stop!"

The next moment, a hand stretched out from the thorn and pinched the girl's wrist.

"Click——"

"ah!"

The girl covered her wrist and backed away. When she raised her head, she saw that it was the idiot from the next class standing in front of Mei Yi.

"You just watch like this? People from the next class are riding on us!"

The classmates who were watching the show with their hands folded instantly became commotion. If they were asked to bully Mei Yi, they would not dare to do anything. However, it is really inappropriate for people from the next class to come and take care of their own class's affairs.

So several boys squeezed over in an instant and were about to drag Kiana away. During the tug and pull, Kiana gradually fell into a disadvantage. She was a girl after all, no, she was actually...

A flash of light flashed in Kiana's eyes, but it quickly dissipated - if she used all her strength, she wouldn't be afraid of people in this class, but would this make Mei even more isolated?

Having no other choice, she turned her head and shouted with a bit of hatred:

"What are you still doing here? Run!"

"run?"

Mei Yi raised her head and smiled sadly.

"Where can I run to?"

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Kiana seemed to see a flash of blood red in Mei's pupils.

Then, her whole body felt as if she had been electrocuted. Thousands of hairs floated clearly. At the same time, energy fluctuations that were somewhat familiar to Kiana were also transmitted from the surrounding space.

“Rumble, rumble, rumble——”

The thunder that had just stopped outside the window rang again, and the whole world was soaked in pale thunder.

"Mei!"

Kiana shouted in fear, but her body was dragged away by several boys.

"don't want--"

Her voice stopped suddenly, because a tall figure appeared out of thin air, and in the blink of an eye, all the boys who were pulling her were captured.

Then, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the top of Mei Yi's head without fear. As he moved, for some unknown reason, the thunder outside the window gradually subsided, and Mei Yi's raised hair quickly calmed down, and everything returned to its original state.

After that, the man slowly turned his head and glanced at the girl who was leading the trouble. The girl's eyes suddenly widened. Then she pinched her neck hard and vomited all the contents in her stomach. When he came out, he finally rolled his eyes and fainted in a puddle of stains.

A group of "innocent" high school students were directly frightened by this strange situation. They backed away one after another. Some even fled the classroom directly, not knowing whether they would go to the teacher or principal.

Mikael didn't say anything else. He turned to look at Mei Yi, who was bowing her head in silence, and gently held her hand. His voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone in the classroom to hear:

"Keep your head up, let's go home."

It seems that everyone wants to make Mei Yi become a Herrscher in this chapter/Khan, actually I want to, but I can’t, because becoming a Herrscher at this time is equivalent to Mei Yi directly turning into a black man, and the conditions are not met— —A qualified body implanted with gems cannot become a Herrscher at will, because strictly speaking, the rights of a Herrscher Energy has been given to them, the gems in their bodies, and Honkai Will can't interfere with what happens next. Therefore, any suitable body with the Silin Gem implanted needs to input a large amount of Honkai Energy to activate it. Mei is like this, X- 10 This was the case for Seele in the experiment, and the same was true for Kiana, with only Wendy being the semi-exception.