Latent Syndrome

Chapter 25 25. The Imitation Game

Los Angeles, St. George District.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching sunshine was obscured by clouds, revealing some suitable light.

There are no vehicles on the pedestrian street, and the roads are paved with a mixture of red and beige bricks.

The store buildings on both sides have a medieval Baroque architectural style. The exquisite plaster reliefs and flying ribs are not exaggerated, but are in harmony with the style of the entire building complex. The door signs do not use LED light boxes and are all made of traditional wood or metal. production.

The wrought iron street lamps and exquisite sculptural fountains are a feast for the eyes.

A high-end sports brand clothing store.

There are no clothing display racks or any price tags. There are only black doll models wearing clothing for display, and an exaggeratedly large laser screen introducing the brand history and brand culture.

As well as two female shopping guides with stiff facial expressions, dressed in professional clothes and with figures comparable to those of graphic models.

After becoming official agents, Colin and Eugene have many restrictions on their actions. The 200,000 operational funds must be used to purchase clothing or other legitimate purposes, such as renting high-end cars and yachts, and negotiating and dining, etc. If you have insufficient funds, you can continue to apply and it will be processed quickly within ten minutes.

Colin couldn't help but sigh at the Countermeasures Bureau's handiwork. Perhaps as Eugene said, the money allocated by Shangfeng could buy a city with an outlet to the sea.

But the money belongs to the countermeasures bureau's account and is earmarked for a special purpose. Every consumption of the two people will be recorded. If it is used for unnecessary consumption, such as soliciting prostitutes or purchasing contraband, they will be punished.

Although Colin did not believe the so-called punishment was serious, he believed there was no need to add to the matter.

According to the advice provided by the Countermeasures Bureau, as a film investor, you are usually the stronger of the two partners. You don’t need to wear a custom-made suit that is too formal. You only need some bargains that are pocket money for the rich, some sports brands, It adds up to about tens of thousands of clothing.

Colin has always scorned these high-end brands. When buying these goods, what he is buying is not the clothing itself, but the brand premium. He is just taking advantage of them, their high rent for store equipment, designers who are pretentious and empty-headed, and those who have no idea. Paying for meaningless huge publicity expenses and flashy event planning.

Perhaps the biggest meaning is just to show one's identity, and it is a kind of mutual support in the upper class circle. Colin suddenly thought of this, maybe the fundamental reason is to show that they are on the same side, which is really wonderful.

Colin finished changing his clothes and stood in front of the full-length mirror. He wore very ordinary gray sportswear. The most expensive thing was a sports bracelet that could detect heart rate and the like.

This whole thing costs 60,000 yuan.

Although it was money from the Countermeasures Bureau, Colin didn't want to pay this kind of IQ tax at all. He felt that as long as he paid it, some important persistence would disappear. That was not his style.

Although the white suit at home is quite expensive, it is worth the money and is not a so-called trendy brand with empty connotations and brainwashed by consumerism.

"Sir, is there anything inappropriate?"

The female shopping guide saw Colin standing in front of the mirror for a long time. Since Colin was wearing a low-quality brown woolen coat when he entered the door, she had to be a little suspicious.

And Colin was just thinking about how to deal with the matter. There is no such thing as bargaining in this kind of place, and the sales method of this shopping guide is the so-called follow-up type, which means that he does not take the initiative to introduce products to customers, but just walks two meters away. They follow quietly and wait for customers to answer questions when they have questions. There are also some so-called enthusiastic and honest types.

Thinking that he had to pay for these people's sales training fees, Colin became even more determined.

The female shopping guide's suspicion was correct.

He drew strength from the alien space and peeled off part of the flesh and blood of his left forearm, revealing the horrifying white bones and veins.

"Damn, there's something wrong with your stuff."

Colin rolled up his sleeves and took a look. His face was "shocked" and he shouted: "There are bugs, there are bugs eating my flesh."

Ta-ta-ta...

Colin's left arm was bleeding like a column, and it poured frantically onto the marble floor to form a pool of blood, like a murder scene.

This movement frightened the two female shopping guides, gasping for air, and one of them even screamed,

"I have to go to the hospital quickly..."

Colin threw five hundred dollars on the counter. He felt that this outfit was worth that price, and the bracelet might be worth another three hundred dollars.

After doing this, he left the store while bleeding, and bought the clothes at a price of one hundred and twenty.

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after an hour.

Colin was sitting on a public bench smoking with an expressionless expression. In the past, when pedestrians saw him, they would only see him as a backdrop. Now, occasionally, someone will scan him up and down.

This made Colin feel a little uncomfortable.

According to the arrangements of the Countermeasures Bureau, there will be a banquet at 7 o'clock tonight. Many celebrities from Hollywood will be present. Mainly, some directors will bring scripts and part of the cast lineup to find people to invest. The Countermeasures Bureau will then make the final decision. Later, the industry giants will introduce Colin and Eugene. They are real estate businessmen from Western Europe and are preparing to enter the film industry.

Colin began to think that since SCT would enter Hollywood as a puppet company, it meant that there was no need to find so-called sponsors, and SCT was the largest investor.

Then the method of action cannot be to approach SCT in the name of investors, but more to get to know some special effects teams and some stars. What SCT needs is not money, but some good photography teams, directors, and top stars to attract people. Watch their movies.

Perhaps more than that, Colin couldn't help but think in a worse direction. Changing the symbolic world was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

Even if large-scale panic is created, civilization will not be so fragile that it collapses instantly.

The worst situation is that SCT has had a tug-of-war mentality from the beginning. It wants to slowly penetrate the entire industry. This situation is the worst. Having the right to speak is equal to having control of everything.

He exhaled a long puff of smoke, feeling that this fact was extremely fucked up. He was afraid that criminals were educated and he was not the material to imitate the upper class at all.

What the hell happens every day.

Since there was no trash can next to the bench and there were already more than a dozen cigarette butts on the ground, Colin had been waiting here for a long time. He originally made an appointment to meet here and rent a car to go to the banquet, but Eugene was already late for a long time.

Colin couldn't help but call Eugene.

"Where are you? I've been waiting at the appointed place for almost an hour."

As soon as the call was connected, Colin began to complain that the most uncomfortable thing was always the boring time waiting.

"Just wait a little longer. I'm exfoliating. The beauty service here is 3,000 yuan an hour, and I don't want to waste it."

Eugene's voice on the phone sounded a little lazy, as if he was enjoying the feeling.

“The world is going to end, and you’re fucking exfoliating.”

It's not that Colin really cares about this matter, it's just that he feels that if he doesn't do something, this ability...

Back in time.

Colin always had a bad premonition. He asked Irina, a researcher at the Headquarters of Section 11, what the special abilities of most patients with latent syndrome were.

Her answer was nothing more than the ability to control elements, or the ability to strengthen the power and transform into some animals. There are all kinds of things, but some very powerful abilities often have limitations. Of course, the most common ones are of no use at all. His ability is not as good as his own vision.

Colin just vaguely felt that this ability meant something, it meant something extremely crucial.

It is closely related to the outbreak and origin of latent disease.

"You go rent a car first. I'll send you my location later and you can pick me up. This is compensation for the many times you used my car."

Eugene groaned in comfort, the beauty service was quite useful to her.

"Hold……"

Colin put out his cigarette butt, hung up the phone, and was about to go to the car dealership to rent a car.