Chapter 876: Negotiations
There was a windowless building in the center of the seventh district. This building not only had no windows, but also no entrances.
It was completely bricked up.
The official name of this structure is the "Windowless Building", and it was the main base of the creator of Academy City, Aleister Crowley.
The foundation of this building went 15 meters into the ground, and the surrounding 3 kilometers of land around this building was actually its foundation. Thanks to the large pillars that went deep into the ground, this building could not collapse or topple over.
The entire building was covered with special slabs of shock-diffusion composite. Even if a nuclear bomb were to fall on this building, not to mention conventional missiles, he would not be harmed — even the first protective layer of this building would not be damaged.
And such a completely sealed and incredibly protected building was Aleister Crowley's hideout. He never left it, because if he went out into the world, he obviously immediately fell into very unpleasant problems..
When Su Xiao saw such a solid building, the first thing he thought about was how much Aleister Crowley was afraid of death. After nearly dying once before, the fear of death became so strong that it eventually forced him to create a similar shelter.?
That's right, Aleister Crowley has already "died" once».
In the past, Aleister Crowley was the greatest magician, at least there were those who claimed it and those who rejected it.
But Su Xiao hadn't heard many stories where people used their loved ones, such as their wives, to get some answers. Alistair was a ruthless man. He used his wife as a medium and summoned Aiwass, an angel-like creature, into her body, and received answers to his questions, as well as the date of his only daughter's death..
In the end, Alistair was at the pinnacle of magic mastery, but in the end, he decided to give up magic and switch to science and technology.
At that time, science and technology were like the teachings of heretics who wanted to challenge the powers of a God, and Alistair's statement seemed like a slap in the face of all magicians and a recognition that it was flawed in comparison to science and technology.
All the mages were angered by this statement from the strongest mage on the planet. As a result, Alistair was "killed" in a remote British village. In fact, he really almost died, but the Divine Surgeon snatched him out of the clutches of death.
Without this doctor's help, Alistair would have died long ago.
His savior had created a special life-support device that kept Alistair alive to this day, even though it had been improved countless times..
It was safe to say that Alistair was no longer human. His abilities were questionable, his strength was unknown, his life span depended on the machine, his personality was greatly changed, and his ultimate goal was to destroy magic as a phenomenon.
Su Xiao was wary of strong people who were practically unknown.
Although he himself was getting stronger faster and faster, he never thought that he was invincible.
Before reaching a certain consensus with Alistair, Su Xiao couldn't safely complete his mission to advance to the third rank. His opponent was a nuclear time bomb, and the entire Academy City was under the control of this nuclear bomb.
Su Xiao stood in front of the windowless building for a while, pondering the arguments in his mind. Such a creature, which not only existed for many years, but also completely relied on the machine to maintain its life, while giving orders for the sake of fulfilling its goals, obviously had to be played very carefully.
— Get ready, we're teleporting now, " Awaki Musujime said, a little nervous.
In order to avoid accidents, she had to enter the building together with the "guests".».
— Humph, " Su Xiao chuckled, grabbing Awaki Musujime's shoulder with one hand.
— Don't touch me, I'll sue you for indecent behavior.
— This will be my second spatial transfer, and I'm not interested in you, " Su Xiao replied. Yes, he was often teleported back and forth by Paradise, but each teleport was accompanied by a good blow to the head.
The space began to fluctuate, and Su Xiao along with Bubtni subconsciously felt a chill on the back of their necks.
Light and shadow flickered. A moment later, Su Xiao found himself in the middle of a vast dark space.
He subconsciously touched the back of his head...
— Looks like I'm not the only one who doesn't like it, " Awaki Musujime said, gasping for air.
That unfortunate incident had left a shadow on her heart. The thought of him made her feel sick.
— ... — Su Xiao didn't say anything and only looked around.
In this dark room, various pipes could be seen everywhere.
What was inside this room was part of one huge life-sustaining device.
In the center of the room was a glass flask that was three meters thick and more than ten meters high. It was filled with a special solution. A man with long white hair and green eyes, with fair skin, just like a baby's, was immersed in this solution head down.
Alistair was completely submerged in a special solution and floated two meters above the ground.
After a moment, his eyes opened and their gazes met.
— I think you knew I existed, " Alistair said. His voice was a little hollow.
It wasn't Alistair's own voice, but the voice of the machine that kept him alive. Even when he spoke, it was the machine that played the sound, not him.
In the past, Su Xiao clearly remembered that Alistair was described something like this: "Alistair looks like a man and a woman, an adult and a child, a saint and a sinner».
And now, after meeting him in person, Su Xiao felt that this description wasn't very accurate. Alistair was a white-haired man floating in a special solution, head down. His only distinguishing feature was his very long hair. If he were to stand on his two legs, his hair would definitely reach his ankles.
— I felt the tentacles in the air and thought that someone was watching me, so here I am, as I wanted to find out who exactly was watching me, " Su Xiao said and walked over to the tall flask.
Negotiations were about to begin.
— Really? there was a muffled question, and the room immediately fell into a deathly silence.
Not far from the two of them, Awaki Musujime used her ability and teleported away. She was smart enough to know that there were some things she was better off not knowing.
— Of course, it was rude to enter your territory without permission, but I'm looking for something, " Su Xiao broke the silence first. Alistair didn't feel the passage of time as such, and Su Xiao didn't have much time to waste.
— What are you looking for? Alistair's voice changed slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.
— The grimoire. I only have a few hints. There's someone in Academy City who has the right information. All I was told to do was find him and take him away. This is the order of my organization. If you don't like something about it, you can destroy it if necessary..
Alistair couldn't be deceived by ordinary lies, but when the truth was mixed with the lies, even such a person could be deceived.
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