Chapter 1196: Chapter 46 Humanity and Tea (Bonus chapter for monthly votes!)_2
“You’ve been incredibly secretive.”
As he gazed at Da Vinci, sitting silently on the little wooden chair by the fireplace, he smiled and said:
“You didn’t invest directly in Boston Dynamics. Your thods are far more ingenious than anyone could have imagined… In just ten years, this company has been on the brink of bankruptcy multiple tis.”
“But coincidentally, every ti the company was about to go under, there would be major capital tycoons stepping in to acquire it. In 2013, Google’s parent company acquired the firm; in 2017, Japan’s SoftBank bought it; in 2020, Stick Country’s Hyundai Motors saved it again by acquiring the company that was once more teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.”
“It looks like a ga of hot potato; it seems everyone loves this robot company that has no apparent comrcial prospects and only burns money recklessly. But… is that really the case?”
“If it weren’t for the question you raised at last month’s gathering, I might not have thought so deeply about this. But the field I can think of that most urgently needs energy solutions and miniature nuclear batteries happens to be robotics.”
“What happens after that… I suppose I don’t need to explain. Your capital manipulation tactics are incredibly sophisticated, and your identity is almost perfectly concealed. But just as every bird leaves a trail in flight, every action leaves traces. Therefore… not long after last month’s gathering, I figured out who you really are.”
…
“I see.”
Da Vinci’s gaze remained fixed as she stared at the white steam slowly erging from the kettle spout:
“So… that’s why you said those inexplicable words to during this month’s gathering.”
At the gathering two days ago.
Galileo first claid he had seen through her plans almost completely;
then said her plans were dood to fail;
and finally stated the most baffling question—
“If one day you uncover my true identity, would you kill ?”
At the ti, Da Vinci found the question utterly incomprehensible.
Yet unexpectedly.
It turned out…
Galileo had long foreseen this very scene.
Just as human nature and primal instincts separate into opposing realms, she sat by the fireplace while Galileo sat at the nearby table, the two of them within the sa living room yet divided by an insurmountable galaxy.
“Then why did you wait until today to co find ?”
Da Vinci asked:
“If you had uncovered my true identity last month and knew where I was, why choose today to approach ?”
“No…”
Galileo shook his head:
“I never intended to co to you.”
“I wasn’t prepared to et you in any way. Honestly, knowing my solitary nature, I preferred wearing masks and communicating with you, as well as chatting idly during gatherings with the Genius Club.”
“Even though we only et once a month, that was already enough for . Investigating your true identity indeed stemd from curiosity, but the mont I found out, I had no intention of confronting you.”
Da Vinci lifted her head:
“Then why did you co anyway?”
Galileo raised his head as well and locked his gaze with hers:
“Because of [Rhein].”
He said in a deep voice:
“Rhein spoke to you after the gathering, didn’t he… Surely, he told you sothing about ?”
Da Vinci said nothing.
She blinked, silently watching Galileo.
“Heh. Seems I guessed right.”
Galileo chuckled softly:
“[Rhein must have used my future plans as chips in exchange for information with you.]”
“Tell , Miss Da Vinci, what did Rhein talk to you about?”
Da Vinci remained silent for a few seconds:
“What we discussed is between Rhein and .”
Galileo pressed his lips together and exhaled sharply through his nose:
“Even if you don’t say, I can guess.”
“At this month’s gathering, you raised the question of when the next global disaster would occur, and Einstein refused to answer. Rhein… he knew the answer, didn’t he? He told you.”
Da Vinci remained unmoved, smiling briefly:
“How can you be sure Rhein knows?”
“I know.”
Galileo shifted his gaze to the increasingly scalding kettle:
“Rhein knows about space-ti particles; he likely even possesses them. If so… he would’ve understood what my earlier questions were scheming.”
“Even though he was the last person to join the Genius Club, he clearly knows a lot about us. At the very least, the fact that he spoke to you after the gathering shows he held chips you would be interested in.”
“In that case… the information he exchanged with you must be related to the global disaster.”
Upon hearing this.
Da Vinci lowered her head, chuckling softly.
[Wrong guess.]
Galileo guessed entirely wrong.
He assud Rhein used information about the “global disaster” to trade for Da Vinci’s question concerning Turing.
But in truth…
Rhein said nothing at all.
Even when Da Vinci directly asked whether the global disaster was linked to Galileo, Rhein had rely laughed it off, saying he didn’t know.
Thus.
The real reason Galileo hadn’t rushed to confront Da Vinci last month despite knowing her identity and location, yet ca in such haste after the gathering…
Was entirely because he believed his future plans had been exposed.
From Galileo’s perspective, this assumption was reasonable.
After all.
Who would expect Rhein’s chips for exchanging information to be his future plans?
It was sheer miscommunication, pure coincidence.
Galileo was simply too arrogant, too narrow-minded, too extre.
Nonetheless…
Now that Galileo openly admitted it in front of her, it ant…
He truly didn’t care anymore.
Not that he didn’t care about his future plans being exposed.
But rather…
He was confident that his future plans could no longer be used against him.
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