2. Merlin's disguise [34/100](1/2)
“It takes 6 hours to get to Mona Island from here.”
In the take-off cabin, Vivian Graham said to Merlin and Hill while delivering tea:
"Dr. Serizawa asked me to take advantage of this time to introduce the Imperial Organization and the Imperial Plan to you. We have been in contact with the NSA before, and a lot of information is kept confidential, so I hope you both will try not to spread these messages."
The beautiful lady said with some concern:
"There are many things that cannot be known to the outside world. Once the secrets we discover are spread to the people, they will easily cause fear and chaos."
“We can understand.”
Merlin pushed his glasses and said softly and gently:
"When we got this assessment mission from the World Security Council, SHIELD agents warned us that all the tasks we see should be kept secret. In fact, from the perspective of an alien biologist, I actually care more about the research goals of the Imperial Project, not your secrets."
He said sincerely:
"Please believe me, I'm not interested in those political and security secrets."
“That’s good.”
Vivian seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
But Merlin knew that it wasn't that simple.
An organization that has existed for almost 60 years will never trust two outsiders so easily.
Even if Merlin and Hill are under the authorization of the World Security Council, it is useless. If they think Merlin is not trustworthy, then Merlin will not be able to see something truly valuable when she evaluates this time.
Vivian handed several documents to Merlin and Hill, and then began to tell the information about the Imperial Organization.
Merlin took a look at the document and found that it was full of information from the Emperor Organization, but there was no new information in it, and it was even less information than Merlin got from Fury.
This made Merlin uninterested.
Hill beside him listened with relish, and I don’t know if Agent Hill has too strong disguise ability or if women are born interested in these things.
"What a group of scientists who know how to hide, just like an old fox."
Merlin commented on Vivian Graham in front of him like this.
These guys obviously don't trust Merlin and Hill. The reason why they are willing to be slandered with Merlin is nothing more than what Vivian said, and they hope to get more resources from the World Security Council to continue to advance their research.
The relationship between the Imperial Organization and the National Security Agency, and even the current World Security Council, is the simplest relationship between investors and researchers.
Although during the Cold War, the Imperial Organization was nominally incorporated by the National Security Agency. However, no matter how elite the agents of the National Security Agency can fight, they will not be able to intervene in this project that is related to obscure academic research.
In the past decade, the Imperial Organization was nominally a project under the National Security Agency, but in fact, this group of scientists still maintained a considerable independence.
Don't underestimate the vigilance of scientists. Whether from the perspective of their own existence or from the perspective of protecting dangerous secrets from being leaked, so as not to poison the world, they have enough reasons to conceal the truth of danger.
These scientists who specialize in biology research also have enough means to hide the truth. They only need to carefully fabricate some false research results, which is enough to fool most laymen.
Knowledge, obscure and valuable knowledge, is the real pass for the imperial organization and their best defensive disguise.
Merlin wanted to see the real research results of the Emperor's Project and complete the evaluation task given to him by Fury. He must first make these scientists who study ancient creatures trust him and integrate into this group.
This is very difficult for a senior agent who was forced to wander around the world after graduating from high school.
But Merlin has his own method.
He was ready before he set out.
More than ten minutes later, Vivian ended the story. Merlin and Hill thanked her very politely. The three of them started to talk about other things and gradually became familiar with each other.
Then Vivian looked at Merlin and asked:
"Speaking of this, Dr. Merlin, what institution did you do research before? Why have we hardly ever heard of your name in the biologist circle?"
Merlin's fingers moved, and he knew that the real test was coming.
He did not answer immediately, and the expression on his face seemed a little hesitant. As Vivian was gaze, he stretched out his fingers, pushed his glasses, and then looked at Vivian seriously.
He said:
"Can I trust you?"
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Vivian widened her eyes. She was indeed sent by her supervisor, Dr. Serizawa, to explore the details of the two assessors.
But the current situation is like the young Dr. Merlin in front of him, who seems to have some secrets that cannot be disclosed, just like them.
When Vivian was still a graduate student, she worked in the Imperial Organization. She has rich experience in confidentiality and investigation. So a few seconds later, she nodded and said to Merlin:
"You can certainly trust us, Dr."
"All right."
Merlin rubbed his forehead and snapped Hill's fingers:
"Doris, give me my research information."
No matter how well the newcomer Hill trained, this was the first time she performed a mission. She didn't react for a while and Daoris was actually calling her, but the dullness in this second made Merlin glar at her fiercely.
Only then did Hill realize that she knew she had made a mistake.
She hurriedly lowered her head, picked up the suitcase at her feet, opened it, and handed one of the thick notes to Merlin.
Merlin took the notes and stroked them with his fingers a little sadly, as if it was the most important thing. A few seconds later, he handed the notes to Vivian, a genuine doctor of biology.
The latter took it in his hand, looked at it for a moment, and then raised his head with a strange expression.
"No way? Dr. Merlin, you are studying vampires?"
"It's not just a vampire."
Meilin picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and he said:
"It is all the fantasy creatures in our human legends, vampires, werewolfs, elves, fairies, and those lost legends Ye Qi, phoenixes and even giant dragons."
Merlin's remarks not only surprised Vivian, but even Hill's eyes widened.
My superiors are really good at bragging. This is all too much.
But can this fool these real biologists?
Merlin didn't care about the strange gazes of the two women. He leaned against the sofa and raised his hand to Vivian:
"I know, you would think I'm a liar, but the research results will not lie, Ms. Vivian. Your imperial organization has discovered at least three truly existing ancient titans. Since these creatures that are impossible to appear live on the earth, why can't the legendary aliens exist?"
Merlin smiled and said:
"Let's read it. We real researchers don't pretend to be like a fool, so the best way to tell whether I am a liar is to use your rich biological knowledge to judge whether my research results are credible."
Vivian did not answer because she was attracted by the content recorded in her notes.
"Vampire - This is a creature born in the legend. But according to my research, the birth of vampire is not as magical as the legendary rumors. It can be explained in a scientific way."
"The phenomenon of vampires is a special 'hemothyroidism'. They are most likely a special case in the long evolution of humans. Because of some unexpected factors, they themselves cannot produce heme anymore, so they have to replenish this essential element by sucking other people's blood."
"And the years of blood hunting caused the vampires to mutation in genes again. After my observation, their DNA fragments and human DNA fragments were only about 3%. This mutation greatly increased their strength, had obvious canine teeth, and their movement speed was agile."
"According to my research on experimental subjects 1-3, I found that vampires' pupils have also mutated, which gives them a dynamic vision like a frog. The legendary reason why vampires hate sunlight is precisely because of their frequent haemothyosis, which has been verified by modern science."
“The following are the racial characteristics and rank classifications of vampires I have collected:”
Merlin's notes, in a very rigorous tone, almost 4,000 words, outlined a more direct and credible vampire social system and the reasons for their mutations, for Vivian, a real biologist.
Vivian soon became fascinated by it.
With her true biology doctoral vision, she knew that the notes of Dr. Merlin were truly concluded through tedious research.
Although her reason told her that this thing was not credible, the facts were right in front of her.
She could not overturn these conclusions. The facts they described were self-consistent. If there were indeed vampires, their secrets must be the contents of this note.
This is a very mature, self-consistent theory with internal logic, so mature that Vivian could not find any rebuttal points.
This is normal because this is what Merlin learned from the book "Where Are the Magical Creatures".
This is the knowledge of wizards, and for example, the Wizard Newt, who wrote this book, his understanding and research on magical creatures, even in human society, is enough to win several Nobel Prizes.
After reading the content of the vampire, Vivian turned another page and found something even more amazing, which was Dr. Merlin's research on Norwegian spine dragon.
She wanted to keep watching, but she restrained her desire.
She raised her head and politely handed the study notes to Merlin, and she said with apologies:
"Sorry, Dr. Merlin. I apologize to you for my shallow insights. If those aliens really exist, then you"
"They really exist!"
Merlin was like a real researcher at this moment. When he encountered other people's doubts about his research results, he showed "anger" just right.
He put away his notebook with a cold look on his face and said to Vivian in front of him:
"Of course you can't believe it, but they're there!"
"London, New York, Paris, Romania, where you don't know, they exist in the disguise of darkness. In fact, I doubt you now, Vivian Graham, and your mentor, Dr. Serizawa."
"I suspect you are not studying super giant creatures at all. This is just a scam to cheat funds! I have seen it a lot!"
Merlin stared at Vivian and said in a cold tone:
To be continued...