C35

"Miss Jiang, what exactly is going on? Why can't I directly cut off the Ms West's connection? Why can't you cut the picture from her house? " I can see that even though Jiang Xiaowei has a cold appearance, her relationship with Tomoko is actually quite close. Such a dangerous thing happened to Tomoko, she must have been at the scene as well.

Jiang Xiaowei's expression was still wooden, as if she no longer held any hope of saving Tomoko. "The scene of the kidnapper requesting to cut into her home, so you will soon see it …"

I could see that the Ms West was lying on top of the Access Chair safely. In order to prevent the human body from having any slight reaction when connected to it, the Access Chair would even automatically fasten the so-called safety belt on the Access Visitor.

However, beside the Access Chair stood an object that was around the size of the black box that I was carrying. It seemed to be a safe deposit box because the entire thing was square and the material outside should be some kind of metal.

However, it was connected to the Access Chair through a cable. Moloch's staff analyzed it meticulously using their apparatus, attempting to confirm what it was.

"Is the life of Miss Tomoko more important? Or yours, Miss West? " The Master repeated the kidnapper's words. "What do you mean?"

However, West turned towards Roy, as if the Master's mission was just to make some inference, "Mr. Roy, please proceed to the second round of balloting immediately, do you need me to repeat myself?"

"I'm afraid that we …"

"Please proceed immediately!" As a robot, she was obviously not tired from holding the gun, "Otherwise, in the next second you will see Princess Tomoko's death before you!"

"Alright, alright, let's vote immediately. We won't waste even a minute!" And at the same time, I also saw the Eloi Theater Group also showing the truth of the voting. There were two choices listed, as stated by the Ms West: Moro's life is more important, or Miss West's life is more important.

But why choose between the two? As if one of them would die!

"Miss West must have seen that the voting has already started according to your request …" But I think that even though the Miss Tomoko is in danger, the Access Rate brought to Moloch by this episode is also unprecedented, "Please … Can you tell me which one to remove... What about the code for the bomb? You know, it's about your own life! "

What? Bombs?

The Miss Jiang said, "That silver cube is filled with mixed liquid bombs. We don't know who gave her this... that we don't normally have access to. "

"Liquid bomb?"

"Yes, almost no one uses it now. But you can imagine its power, which is enough to blow up the Ms West lying on the side without leaving a trace! "

"This …" It was only now that I understood the horror of the incident.

As Tomoko is a Bionic Human, I don't really care about this kidnapping. Even if the kidnapper fired a gun, I would only sacrifice a robot … But now, the Ms West had actually tied him together with the explosives! What sort of hatred could have caused this man to vote so absurdly even at his own expense?

"Password? "Hehe." Ms West pretended not to know.

"Yes, there is a code entry area on the back of the explosives. You must have done some protection."

"Why don't you try the broken cable?"

"Access Chair s are linked to bombs, if the cables are cut off …"

"Of course, with a bang, the bomb will explode." The kidnapper's tone was calm, as if he felt that this was a very normal thing to do, "Let me remind you again, disconnect me from the virtual world in any form … I mean if my physical body is connected to the virtual world, then the same bomb will explode. "

Silence. No one had thought that the situation would develop in this direction.

"Can't you hear me? If you try to save Princess Tomoko by disconnecting me from this camera... I, Ms West, the person who kidnapped Miss Tomoko will be killed instantly! " She actually chuckled twice, "Hehe, of course you can send the robots to break the cables, or drag me out of the Access Chair. That way, your staff can leave in one piece."

This was of course impossible, because if he did this, the living being lying on the Access Chair would be smashed into pieces with a bang.

"I can give you an hour to think it over."

"An hour?"

"Ah no, not really. I just think most people will have voted in an hour. I just wanted to see what the vote was like. "

"And an hour later?"

"Does that even need to be said?" "She once again pointed her gun at Tomoko's neck." I will shoot her to death, since all of you think that she is not as important as humans. "

"Wait, did you say that you will kill Princess Tomoko in an hour?"

"That's right."

"What about bombs?"

"After an hour, the bomb will automatically go off."

"But if you want to remove the bomb within an hour, you have to enter the password?"

"That's right!"

"…"

"Of course, like I said, if you can't remove the bomb, you can directly detonate the bomb."

"…"

"In that case, the manipulated kidnapper standing in front of you will instantly lose consciousness."

"Ugh …"

"Then Princess Tomoko will be saved."

"Why are you …"

"Therefore, this matter is very simple: If you want to save Tomoko, then please let the bomb blast me to death. If you don't bomb me to death within an hour, then I will kill Tomoko. Do you hear me? "

"I …" Roy really did not know how to respond. This kind of situation was completely outside of his realm of intelligence.

"Ms West!" The olive branch in the master's hand started to tremble violently, "So you want to vote like this? Is your life more important or Tomoko's life more important? If everyone thought that your life is more important, would you still kill Tomoko? "

"The deadline was set for one hour just to wait for the result of the voting. It has nothing to do with whether or not I kill Tomoko, "she explained." But if I didn't kidnap Tomoko and cause this situation to happen, would Moloch have voted according to my wishes?

"But... What if everyone thinks that Tomoko's life is more important? "

"Hahaha!" The kidnapper laughed out loud, "That's easy. Since that's the case, why didn't you blow me to death? After all, I am not as important as an ironman. "

The scene was deathly silent once again.

This was a terrifying choice for Moloch Company. Should they choose to save the most popular celebrity in the company, or should they allow this kidnapper to kill her? The reason why it's hard to choose is because Tomoko doesn't have any life after all, and this kidnapper is a real person like you and me!

In the vote requested by the Ms West, there was a hidden question: Can one choose to kill someone who is truly alive for the sake of an inanimate good?

Did he choose to kill the kidnapper to save Tomoko?

Or did he choose to be indifferent to Tomoko and protect the life of this kidnapper?

Of course, from the perspective of the Moloch Company, it was clear that Tomoko was much more important than the Ms West. But don't forget that this is a live broadcast, where people would be happy to see Moloch sacrificing her own race — — Human, just to protect the safety of an Iron Man?

Wasn't this Tin Man able to duplicate thousands of copies?

No matter if Ms West was extremely wrong or not, she only had one life!

If I were Moloch, I would also definitely be unable to determine what exactly to do. It seems that no matter what you choose to do, it will lead to the worst possible outcome.

If she sacrificed Tomoko … People would scold Moloch for agreeing to the kidnapper's request even though she was a super company.

If the kidnapper is sacrificed... People would curse Moloch for thinking that her life was not as important as Tomoko's, even though this situation was caused by the kidnapper himself.

What should he do?

I was stunned on the spot. What exactly is the background of this Ms West? I don't believe she's an ordinary person, because mixing liquid bombs... It's too far from our daily life, there must be something behind her... Maybe the entire kidnapping was a huge conspiracy against Moloch!

"That's why I came to the Mr Latimer to seek help," Jiang Xiaowei once again grabbed my arm, and pleaded. "This matter can only be blamed on me, if I didn't propose to turn the Robot Theater into a live broadcast program … If it wasn't for my proposal to involve the audience in the theater... If it weren't for my suggestion that the theater be a little more intense and exciting... The kidnapper won't find a loophole... and would not put the life of Miss Tomoko in danger either. "

"Me?"

"Yes, half an hour has already passed. We really don't have much time left!"

However, I noticed that Eloi isn't in a rush, and even specially played a review of events that happened over twenty minutes ago: "What can I help you with?"

"The Time Capsule!" She pointed to the black box I was carrying, "Only Time Capsule can save Miss Tomoko!"

Ah!" I instantly felt a glimmer of hope. "Are you talking about changing the flow of time?

"Mmm, I just came up with this method, but I don't know how to proceed." She looked at Master Number Six, "We can't negotiate any further with the kidnappers, so Master Number Six is back on set. Roy is in charge of stabilizing the kidnappers."

"Yes, I heard the Miss Jiang's idea. I didn't know that such a magical thing still exists in this world." The Master Number Six obviously never paid attention to our programs, but that's also true. When he helped Moloch locate West's position before, he even claimed that this was the first time he had accessed the program in the past ten years. "But I think that if it really can change the flow of time, it can definitely solve this difficult problem."

"How?" I couldn't react for a moment.

"It's very simple, form the Time Field around the bomb."

"But Time Field... The border membrane of the Time Field will directly cut off the cable. "

"Right, it's separation, not severance."

"So that the cable is half in and half out of the field, and the speed of the current inside the cable will be inconsistent."

"Obviously it's no different from cutting the cable."

"The bomb will explode in an instant!"

"However, the bomb itself entered an extremely slow Time Field."

"Ah …" Right. The flow of time can be adjusted to an extremely slow speed. "

"According to Miss Jiang, the time shield could not stop the energy from being released."

"It can be said that it is not a completely enclosed space."

"Then although the energy from the explosion of the bomb will rush out of the Time Field … But like I said, the main body of the bomb is inside an extremely slow Time Field. "

"Mn, then after forming the Time Field, forcefully disconnect the Ms West from the virtual world, and let everyone leave that house … "When the energy from the bomb leaves the Time Field and it eventually affects our normal world, it will take a long time!" I said excitedly.

"That's right!" Jiang Xiaowei continued to pull at my arm, "This way, we can disconnect the kidnappers, and we won't need to sacrifice Ms West's life!"

So that's how it was! After such a long preparation, I finally understood the reason why Master Number Six and I were here. They had come to me to rescue Miss Tomoko so they could ask me for the Time Capsule.

"Of course, of course, life and death are at stake!" I tightly gripped onto the black box containing the Time Capsule. At this moment, I was really eager to rush to Ms West's house and use this Divine Equipment to save both parties from the intense battle. Regardless of whether they voted or not, life was the most important thing!

"This is my mistake, I hope Mr Latimer can help me make it up!" I saw the tears shining in Jiang Xiaowei's eyes. She seemed to be suppressing it and did not let it fall. Maybe in her heart, she had long since treated the Miss Tomoko as her own kin.

"I've lost … I don't want to lose my Miss Tomoko again! " She continued to plead with me, and I think she began by saying that she had lost her pet dog, QQ. It seemed that as a strong woman, her emotional life wasn't going to be as good as it sounded. Her usual emotional support would be her dog love.

"No problem, I …" I wanted to ask if I could rush to the scene immediately, but suddenly I heard the director's orders. He didn't mention if I could lend the Time Capsule to Moloch, instead, he asked me …

I really didn't have any other choice. I looked at the time prompt on the world chat, according to Miss Jiang, there were at most 25 minutes left before the kidnappers could kill Miss Tomoko. But now, not only does Eloi prevent me from playing the role of a hero saving the beauty, I even allowed me to continue asking, "Ah, I want to ask Miss Jiang if you found out why she kidnapped Miss Tomoko after finding out the true identity of the kidnapper. And why would there be such a bizarre vote? In short, why does she hate Moro so much? "

I felt that Jiang Xiaowei had instantly lost her previous gentleness and her gaze became extremely sharp, causing me to shiver. "Mr Latimer, do you want to watch Miss Tomoko die or that Ms West die without your eyes?"