Chapter 535 The Terrible Truth
Elbert came to Alvin's side. "How are you doing?"
Alvin grinned weakly. "Dying."
Elbert didn't hesitate.
He hoisted Alvin up. With the Hell Leather Armor 2.0 reducing strength requirements by 60%, his body became like a blur as he rushed straight toward Oceanview District!
On the way, he made a call in his mind.
"Officer Reed, I'm reporting something - this is huge good news."
Leonard, who had just picked up his thermos in his office, immediately set it back down. "What good news?"
Elbert said, "I found a pile of gold in an alley under the Wavehaven Ring 2 overpass. You should send someone to collect it right away."
"Gold?"
Leonard frowned, sensing something was off. "Since when are you this generous?"
Elbert said earnestly, "Officer Reed, I'm absolutely certain - there's a pile of gold here. You won't regret coming!"
He hung up.
Leonard hesitated for a moment.
Then dismissed the idea of sending someone else!
He grabbed his thermos and headed out himself!
A pile of gold?
I'd sooner believe in ghosts!
...
Three minutes later.
At Gary's free clinic.
Gary stroked his chin. "Isn't this Alvin? The guy who used to come mooch drinks with you?"
Elbert nodded. "Gary, his injuries?"
Gary waved his hand. "No problem. As long as he's not dead yet, I can save him!"
With that.
Gary pulled out a scalpel and wiped it on his sleeve. "Prepare for surgery!"
Elbert stepped outside the operating room.
Calling it an operating room was generous - it was just a small space Gary had enclosed with a few white sheets!
Gary's clinic was nothing like before - it was now frequented by important people!
As for funding, Elbert had thrown several hundred million dollars Gary's way!
But Gary completely ignored it. The free clinic still looked like a haunted house!
However.
Elbert knew in his heart that no matter the conditions, there was no injury Gary couldn't heal!
He heard Alvin's weak voice. "Gary, aren't you going to give me any anesthesia?"
Gary replied, "What anesthesia? That stuff's expensive! You're a cyborg now, just tough it out!"
Alvin: "Alright then."
Elbert shook his head with a bitter smile.
Then he heard Gary's voice coming through the 'operating room': "Elbert, you're doing well for yourself now. You're pretty strong yourself, but it's easy to drag your friends and family into trouble."
"Alvin's heart was almost pierced through. If he'd died, wouldn't you regret it for half your life?"
Elbert frowned. "You're right, Gary."
Gary's voice grew somewhat somber. "The reason I ended up like this is because I didn't save the people I should have saved, and didn't kill the people I should have killed."
"The reason was simple - I was a Veridiania military doctor, bound by morality, by duty, by rules."
Gary paused, then continued: "But you're different. You look like you follow the rules, but you're wilder than anyone! If I were you, I'd be thinking about making a statement of power!"
Elbert's eyes flickered as he nodded. "Gary, I understand."
Then Elbert looked into the void, his voice growing quiet.
In his field of vision.
Was the information about Fero from earlier!
'38 years old, born in Southland Mistral Plateau, surprisingly of the very rare Inkara bloodline, now known as the Wenting people!'
'The Inkara Empire was one of the three great civilizations of the South Continent from the 11th to 16th centuries, creators of the Inkara civilization!'
'The Wenting people are a Western minority group similar to Native Americans.'
'Due to his backward origins, there's very little information about Fero's background!'
'What can be found is that he currently belongs to a company called Hels International Investments!'
'The same investment group that previously acquired the 8 major internet companies!'
Robert's voice came through. "Elbert, this Hels Investments is very strange. Apart from equity in the 8 major internet companies, they have nothing else!"
"They've been registered for less than six months, with no previous revenue!"
"Yet they suddenly had huge funds to acquire international companies!"
"And their corporate structure is extremely unusual - the CEO is named Hobbes Dal, and he alone owns 100% of Hels's equity!"
Elbert's eyes narrowed. "What about their source of funds?"
Robert: "That's even stranger - there's no record of any transfers online!"
"There's only one possibility!"
"Their transactions used the most stable currency in human society!"
Elbert's eyes gleamed. "Gold."
Robert continued: "Elbert, Fero told Alvin that his family has 480 years of history and was repeatedly plundered during wars."
"He's both from the Rothschild Family and a descendant of the Inkara civilization, and he has unimaginable amounts of gold."
Elbert frowned. "What does that mean?"
Robert pondered for a moment. "Remember the Golden Kingdom that Rachel was searching for in the desert?"
This reminder.
Made everything click for Elbert!
All of this could be connected to form a bold hypothesis!
The Inkara civilization's most famous mystery in ancient history was the Golden Kingdom!
488 years ago, it was an extremely wealthy civilization, said to possess special abilities for finding gold!
So much so that even their city walls were made of gold!
Later discovered by Avalonian explorers who, coveting the gold, brutally destroyed the civilization!
And this mysterious family had also been mentioned by the old man on Vast Mountain!
"Could it be..."
Elbert's eyes flickered. "The Golden Kingdom never actually perished, and their descendants are the Rothschild Family, who claim to control the world's economic lifeline?"
"No wonder they could stand firm through wars and rebuild their economic empire multiple times!"
Robert said, "You have the ability to control liquid metal, the Magician has the ability to control silicon, and the ancestors of the Golden Kingdom very likely were genetic evolvers from 500 years ago with the ability to control the element gold!"
"Gold is highly concentrated gold element!"
Robert appeared!
His brow furrowed deeply. "Putting it all together, I've discovered a terrifying truth!"
"That is..."
"The Type I nanobots have found their food!"
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