When the car was a few miles away from Green Town,
The water vapor in the air became thicker and thicker,
A little closer, it started to drizzle. From afar, the sky was already covered with dark clouds. The rain in this season was especially gloomy,
The rain that was getting denser and denser was not only gloomy, but also like a huge stage curtain hanging on the sky. It was too deliberate,
It was like a fake.
Jonathan put on his coat to protect himself from the cold and said in shock, "This is really a vision!"
Harrison was more direct. "There's something wrong with this place."
The Kowalski brothers seemed to have heard that there was a town called "Green" near New York City, but they didn't have time to check the town before they left.
So they chatted in the car and asked Hermione and Percy about Green Town,
But found that they didn't say anything in detail,
He couldn't help but wonder, "Aren't you locals?"
Hermione smiled bitterly and said, "We're British."
Jonathan realized that both of them spoke with British accents,
But from the looks on their faces,
This kind of ambiguous attitude might have nothing to do with nationality.
Percy, who was driving, was silent, while Hermione looked at the falling rain in a daze,
The originally harmonious atmosphere quieted down for a moment.
The weirder place was still to come,
To enter Green Town, they had to pass through a forest, and there was only one main road,
The Kowalski brothers clearly saw a sentry tower built where there should only be a sign,
Until Hermione and Percy showed their electronic passes,
The teenager guarding the sentry tower (no more than 15 years old) poked his head out the window and looked at the two strangers,
After he tapped his headset with his fingers,
The faint coldness in the woods on both sides disappeared,
There was a neat sound of metal hitting metal.
Jonathan's face was calm,
His back was already covered in a layer of cold sweat. He now regretted coming here with these two strangers who were obviously acting strangely out of curiosity. Harrison and his brother looked at each other. The two of them were in the same mood, but Harrison was more curious. Was this town making drugs or selling military ammunition? Thinking about the increasingly tense atmosphere in New York City over the past few days, the two of them began to imagine.
Jonathan noticed that when he passed through the sentry tower, he seemed to have passed through an invisible barrier. For a moment, he felt breathless. After that, he slowly regained his breath, but his chest still felt uncomfortable. However, after entering the small town, other than the fact that it was wet everywhere, there was nothing more surprising. Although there were fewer pedestrians on the streets, it was understandable that the weather was bad. Along the way, the convenience stores, bars, cinemas, and even hardware stores were all open for business.
On the way, someone stopped their car to greet Hermione. It was a respectable but fierce-looking man. "Where did you come from?"
"New York." Hermione also asked, "Is everyone back?"
"How would I know! By the way, Weisles, after you come back, if you have nothing to do, come to my office twice. Scott got a bunch of documents from somewhere for me to approve … "
Hermione quickly dealt with Logan. When they started again, Jonathan asked curiously, "Who is that man?"
"The current mayor."
On the other side of the main road that passed through the entire town, near the outskirts, was the current Academy X, or Château Xavier. It was obviously much livelier than the town. Moreover, whether it was an illusion brought about by the popularity or reality, the Kowalski brothers felt that the manor was particularly colorful in the rainy town. Compared to the other areas that seemed to have been soaked in the rain, Château Xavier seemed to have been washed clean by the rain. The people coming and going also looked much more comfortable. There were also some young students wearing raincoats playing football on the court.
However, Jonathan still noticed the tight security around the manor, and doubts arose in his heart.
Before Hermione returned, she had already contacted Natasha and Hank, so when they arrived at the manor, Hank came out to greet the guests. Behind him was Rolf Scarman.
"Welcome to Château Xavier, Mr. Kowalski." Hank's attitude was natural as he shook hands with Jonathan and Harrison. At the same time, he smiled and said, "Thank you both for supporting our work."
Jonathan instantly recognized that this was a second-in-command, so he smiled and said, "It would be even better if we could know what your job is."
Harrison noticed that the freckled teenager had been staring at the brothers, so he looked at him directly. In the end, just as Hank finished his polite greeting, the teenager came forward and called out shyly, "Big Cousin, Second Cousin."
The Kowalski brothers were speechless.
Hermione and Rolf saw that there was still a good show to be had, and they did not need to intervene for the time being, so they bid farewell to Hank first. Principal Xavier was still waiting for their news, and at the same time, he also wanted to inquire about the news brought back by the other teams during their stay in New York.
When they arrived at the office, Natasha had already told Charles in detail about the feedback they had received. Hermione did not waste time and only summarized her opinion. "… Because of the time loop, Harry can only leave us a message in the past, and it definitely can't be a magical message. Otherwise, it is very likely that it will be ineffective in 1993. As for operations such as leaving a letter every generation, it may be transmitted to us before he left … So this message is more complicated. At the very least, we have to wait until we have the consciousness to specifically look for it before we can receive it. " She knew that Kamia had sent a message through the Golden Snitch, so she roughly knew the rules of transmitting messages across the time loop.
After a pause, Hermione reviewed their actions and was more confident in her guess. "But Harry has an advantage, and this advantage is relative to us: he knows what will happen in the time loop, such as the death of Mr. Jacob Kowalski and the opening of the Ebolen Museum. So, he can make sufficient arrangements: get to know Harry Houdini, entrust him to pass the box to Kowalski, set a time to open the box … and finally, wait for us to find this box. "
Charles had already thought about it when he listened to Natasha's report. At this time, he nodded in agreement with Hermione's idea, but there was still one thing that puzzled him. "If that's the case, why didn't Harry just pass the metal box to Jacob Kowalski?"
"Maybe it's to be foolproof." Percy had considered this problem before. "All the magical elements in the time loop have been eliminated, including the memory of the Kowalski family about the wizard. If Harry personally entrusted the task, the relevant traces may also be erased." That was why Houdini did it.
"I see … Then we'll know what happened when the laboratory analyzed the material of the box." Charles nodded and said, "But, it's probably as Granger guessed."
After Hermione went through everything in her mind, she asked Charles, "About the terrorist attack in New York … What's going on?" This incident had not happened in the previous time loop. Considering the uniqueness of this reboot, Hermione did not dare to treat it as a normal phenomenon.
Charles straightened his face and motioned to Natasha, who had personally experienced the attack and was in charge of investigating the incident, to explain to Hermione.
The female agent had been holding a thick folder in her hand. She was supposed to hand it over to Hermione, so she handed it to her. "It's in the document with the letter 'J'. The incident itself is very simple. A group of ex-convicts hijacked a total of three buses and drove into the downtown area. Judging from their style of not making any demands to the police, their purpose was purely to cause panic — and they achieved their goal. "
"I thought a hijacking incident shouldn't alarm the entire New York City?" Hermione and Natasha were busy investigating Jonathan Kowalski, so they did not know the inside story of the terrorist attack. When they turned to a page in the file, they were surprised. "N7 Liquid Explosive D?"
"The workmanship is a little rough, but there are at least 20 of them on each bus." Natasha still frowned when she thought of the situation at the time. If it was not so critical, she would not have been injured. "Other than that, the guns are very ordinary. They can be bought in the underground market."
"But the N7 … They shouldn't have been able to get their hands on it." Hermione saw that Percy seemed to be puzzled, so she added, "Although ordinary Liquid Explosive D is difficult to detect and destructive, it still needs to be detonated. The N7 is different. It doesn't need heat or flame to explode, only vibration." She picked out a picture from the file as a demonstration. "The most commonly used N7 looks like a copper ball from the outside, but once this button is pressed, the balance structure inside will be destroyed, causing high-frequency vibration …"
Percy looked at the N7 structure in the picture and hesitated for a moment. "I think I've seen this thing before."
"It's possible." Natasha said, "The Avengers Laboratory has been studying this type of Liquid Explosive D, from the initial extremely unstable chemical solvent to this copper ball. It's already the seventh generation of results. It can't be detected, it's light, and it's destructive … This is not an ordinary new gun type weapon. It's quite difficult to control, so the Avengers have never announced it to the public."
Percy was horrified. "Then it's impossible for these ex-convicts to get their hands on it."
"But the fact is that they got their hands on it, and they created a panic." Hermione had quickly browsed through the file. "By the way, these six prisoners didn't have any obvious contact records before the last time they were sent to prison. The crimes they committed were not the same, but they all came from the same prison."
Percy said, "Then the key is in this prison — have you found anything?"
"Not yet." Natasha shrugged. "They weren't locked in the same cell, and the police didn't make any progress in the interrogation — they all kept silent. And this attack caused martial law, and the professor recalled all the teams outside, so we didn't continue the investigation. "
Hermione looked at Charles, and the old man smiled. "It's not as convenient for us to act now as before, so we have to be careful. In addition, I think instead of focusing on the six prisoners, we should think about the attack itself. Naturally, the N7 is a key point … "
"The N7 is something that shouldn't have appeared." Under the wise gaze of the old professor, Hermione quickly put together the clues. "In addition, carrying such a large number of N7s for a terrorist attack, although it's not appropriate, the casualties may not match. In fact, the prisoners only used one N7 — Natasha recognized it because of this. But after all, it has caused enough panic … No, only half of this panic was caused by the terrorist attack, the other half … the other half was actually caused by the martial law! "
Hermione gradually felt that she had understood the essence of the matter. "This martial law is not entirely because of the three hijacked buses, but also because of the N7s." Since the Avengers and the Alliance couldn't intervene, the remaining N7s were naturally seized by the police. The Federation would soon discover the amazing power of these copper balls, enough to attract the attention of the military. The next step was to trace the source.
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