Ancient Notebook Within, Truth Company's Decision
The Headquarters of the Truth Company is not actually the "Truth Tower" that stands almost to the sky in the City That Never Sleeps.
Although that thing is the most iconic building of the Truth Company, the "Truth Tower" is really just a symbol.
It serves as the Truth Company's business card within the City That Never Sleeps, the "palace" and reception area for the Truth Company's Decision-making Level, but it is not the Headquarters of the Truth Company.
How could the core of a new giant that started with "high-end Alchemy" possibly be a skyscraper?
Whether it's the "Fear" collection system in the Snow Mountain that created the monster "Chate," or the "Furnace" now placed on the Despair Train, both are enough to illustrate one thing...
These things are huge, so big that they can't fit in a single building.
Moreover, these are just finished products; the original prototypes and the testing grounds where they were stored would only be even more colossal.
This only considers volume, without taking into account factors such as raw material transportation and noise pollution.
So...
The Headquarters of the Truth Company has always been located in the northern part of the City That Never Sleeps, near the city's edge, or rather, part of it has even extended outside the city, right next to the Great Wilderness!
There, there is a huge park covering an area almost a quarter the size of the main urban area of the city that City That Never Sleeps, a place that can be called a city within a city.
That's the Headquarters of the Truth Company!
At this moment, Lin Yu and Baron Coleman were standing at the main entrance of the Headquarters.
Looking at the high-tech buildings and the crowds coming and going, Lin Yu stood in front of the tall, white, streamlined gate and sighed.
"This place is really grand... but why is it so big?"
"Where exactly did this 'Reed Christopher' you mentioned die?"
Lin Yu had imagined he would only be entering a locked room and encountering the dead and the murder scene!
He glanced at Baron Coleman beside him, only to find that the other man also had a look of utter disbelief on his face.
"Yes... why is it so big?!"
Baron Coleman spoke, and then his questioning tone confirmed Lin Yu's earlier statement.
"Logically, we should only go to the crime scene—my Memory from that period, plus that file, are simply not enough to construct such a large scene."
"No, even all my Memory... this place is far too vivid."
Baron Coleman said, scratching his head.
Lin Yu looked at the other person. "So why is this happening? Do you have any clues?"
Coleman for a moment and offered a reasonable analysis. "I think perhaps it's because this is the 'prototype'..."
"Actually, very few people within the entire Truth Company have ever come into contact with the [Ancient Notebook], especially since this thing has been 'lost' for a long time."
"However, the reason I know how to use this thing... is because the 'Universal Recording Paper,' which was developed and replicated based on the [Ancient Notebook], is quite common within the Truth Company."
"The 'Universal Recording Paper' has the function of storing and reproducing 'Memory 'Memory... However, both its storage and reproduction capabilities are 'limited'."
"Storing a few seconds of Memory fragments or recreating a scene in a room is already the limit."
"Even within limited time and space, severe distortion can occur."
Baron Coleman looked up and gazed once more at the entire Truth Company Headquarters before him.
"But it seems that the real [Ancient Notebook] is much more useful than the 'Universal Recording Paper'!"
Baron Coleman spoke, having fully recovered from his shock.
After all, he was a man who climbed to the top of Truth Company step by step on his own. Baron Coleman's mental fortitude and resilience were exceptionally strong, and his mindset was also exceptionally good.
He was not at all thrown off balance by this unexpectedly grand scene.
"Let's go, let's go to the 'room' where the crime scene is located now."
"Such a grand and realistic scene... I feel the possibility of uncovering the Truth is getting higher and higher!"
With that, Coleman led Lin Yu through the gate.
While Lin Yu and Coleman's consciousnesses explored the Truth Company Headquarters within the [Ancient Notebook], their bodies remained unharmed under the protection of Li Nian and the sentries.
The Despair Train sped along the tracks, circling the brightly lit City That Never Sleeps.
At the same time, on the north side of the Despair Train track, in reality, lies the Headquarters campus of the Truth Company.
It is a two-story building nestled in a quiet and peaceful garden at the deepest part of the park.
A refined man in a striking orange suit with slicked-back hair sat in his office, watching a projected screen opposite his desk.
The video playing above is a blurry image of the interior of carriage number one of the "Despair Train".
"Pankto von Valetti has returned to normal; Jerry Coleman Hunter has emerged from his hiding place in the 'Life Support Pod'; the 'Vill Valetti' Identity card and Ancient Notebook that had been missing for so long... all of these things have reappeared, and 'Dott's' legacy has fallen into the hands of a mysterious woman outside the company."
The man muttered to himself as he slowly picked up an orange from the fruit bowl on the table.
"And that mysterious, unidentified 'Detective' is involved too, and the remaining woman doesn't seem like a simple character either... Ha, how interesting."
He put the whole, round, unpeeled orange to his mouth and took a big bite, peel and all.
He tore off pieces of orange peel mixed with pulp, and the juice overflowed, filling his mouth.
Orange juice dripped from the corners of his mouth and wrists, but the man seemed oblivious. After a moment's thought, he pressed the bell on the table.
"Ding-dong!"
A crisp sound echoed in the office, and soon the office door opened.
Two armed men, dressed in full tactical gear, wearing helmets and covered in various weapons, walked in and stood still.
The man on the left stepped forward and said, "Today's routine Security Department is Group δ. Please issue your orders."
The man took another bite of the orange, raised his chin, and gestured for the other person to look at the Projection behind them.
The two armed men turned and glanced at it, then turned away.
"An unidentified person has been found violating regulations inside the Despair Train. Should we go to handle the situation, subdue the violator, and bring them back for questioning?"
The armed soldier on the left asked again.
"Of course we need to deal with it," the man said, swallowing an orange and wiping his mouth with the sleeve of his extremely expensive-looking suit. "But... there's no need to bring it back."
A cruel smile crept across his face.
"Execute him on the spot."
The two armed men received instructions and straightened up.
"Yes, Mr. Paris!"
The two then turned and left.