Andalas looked at the black hair woman whose head rested against her chest with mixed feelings. Between anger at being subtly tricked, amused at Akiko's persistent efforts to join her in hunting down the Chairman, and moved by the sight of the greatness and fidelity of his love, and horrified to imagine the consequences if he violated the law the multi-interpretation promises earlier. Geez!
Andalas kissed Akiko's head and whispered. The iceberg was crushed by the storm of the Land of the Rising Sun.
"Are you sure you want to accompany people who can never enjoy the peace of life because they are constantly being hunted and chasing death? Are you sure your whole life is just waiting for news that your lover is still alive or that his body has been buried somewhere in the world? Are you sure you want to be happy with someone one second and then lose it the next?"
Akiko looked up. His eyes seemed to harden like rocks in the middle of a fierce sea.
"I've been sure since I decided to fall in love with you! Don't ask too many questions!"
Andalas laughed. Akiko jumped in surprise. This was the first time he heard the laughter of someone he had known all along as a man born to a south polar mother. Cold and arrogant.
Akiko laughed too. Andalas laughter is like a contagious disease. The two of them burst out laughing in a gorge as lonely as a graveyard at the foot of the majestic and mysterious Kun Lun Mountains.
"Okay, Akiko. I will not break my promise to you even if you twist that promise erratically. I certainly don't want you to die harakiri. Even if we have to die, then we will live it as knights. And we die together!"
Their laughter stopped. The atmosphere turned magical and sacred. Andalas, who was still tightly gripping Akiko's hand, gently let go. They ended the romantic episode because from afar a cable car was seen approaching. They can see the silhouettes of Cecilia, Lian Xi, and 1 other person who knows.
Cecilia was the first to come out and immediately introduced her cousin to Andalas. Akiko had known Cathy first when she was at Pandora's Laboratory. Apparently, it was decided that Cathy would join because the KL Facility would soon be shut down by Young Huang. The team of scientists consisting of professors and doctors will be sent back to their respective places. They have been estranged from the bustle of the world and their families for a very long time.
Their return will be arranged in stages. Scientists will be escorted to their respective homes or destinations. All-important data is with Cathy and has also been stored on server The Kitchen secure and easy at any time if you want to retrieve it.
Young Huang has plans to buy a plot of land surrounding the Last Alamo and will build various facilities that will later be able to support the performance of The Kitchen which will continue the humanitarian mission that has long been initiated by Doctor Adli Aslan. Namely managing and processing climate change data that will be campaigned in every country in the world so that each government can make the right decisions and formulate policies that are environment friendly.
All the plans were submitted to Cecilia who was considered to represent all the MS-BA-30 teams. And Cecilia was now telling them on the way to Xining Airport.
The suitcase containing the fake sample seemed to be being carried by Lian Xi with care. They suspected that the Organization's eyes were watching the luggage's movement everywhere. The exchange would therefore take place on the plane where Young Huang's confidant who brought the original samples was already aboard.
A slight change of plans after assessing the latest situation, they will still board a Gulfstream B-2000 from Xining to Beijing. In Beijing, Cecilia and her friends will sneak out of the plane via the Aftur refueling truck and then fly on a commercial plane with the Beijing-Frankfurt route.
To provide confusing camouflage, Young Huang also plans to fly another Gulfstream belonging to Old Huang from Beijing to Geneva, while the Gulfstream B-2000 will fly the Beijing-Zurich route. Another camouflage flight was when a chartered Gulfstream flew from Beijing to Frankfurt.
Cecilia was amazed at Young Huang's highly tactical work. Perhaps it was because this Young Huang was indeed still young. At the age of about 45 years, already having a diverse business network with a turnover of billions of dollars, and even following the complexity of being the highest member of the Organization, of course the experience of this super-rich billionaire is very complete.
On the plane bound for Beijing, Cathy kept on telling stories of how scary it was to live for months in the super-cold Pandora Facility, experiencing how terrifying it was when an attack occurred on the facility that they had to traverse through thick ice and survive after a ship was dispatched. Doctor Adli Aslan picked them up in the frigid Arctic-sea.
Moving to the Gobi Facility which is also remote and hot for mercy and then occupies an underground facility equipped with sophisticated equipment but again they have to leave in a hurry when they hear news that the Organization is about to send a nuclear bomb to the Gobi. Cathy seemed to have tears in her eyes when she remembered the many victims who were buried under the buildings and the sea of sand at the Gobi Facility because not all of them had time to evacuate when the bombs had been dropped.
And they must return to the secret place again in the bowels of the Kun Lun mountains. A place far from anywhere even though in the end they were all very happy because the serum was successfully created.
Everyone listened to Cathy's extraordinary story in astonishment. It turned out that apart from the four of them, the adventures of Cathy and the team of scientists were no less thrilling and terrifying. Cecilia took Cathy's hand and gave her a cup of coffee as she said.
"We're nearing the end of it all Cat. Like a movie, then this is the declination point of the story. We are all grateful that these two serums have been found. SAVE has been mass-produced and has even been distributed to countries that are nearing the tipping point of humanity. Now SABATROP will also be in production soon thanks to this super valuable sample. We saved the world together and we are happy about it. Even if the world doesn't know we saved them, it doesn't matter. I just want to enjoy a cup of coffee quietly in the jungle without having to be afraid of being chased by people with red eyes, pale faces, and black foam coming out of their mouths."
Cathy hugged Cecilia. Feeling the tension slowly disappearing from the look in their eyes.
An incoming message from The Kitchen. Cecilia read it aloud for all to hear.
Cecilia, you guys have to be extra careful! The Kitchen manages to collect and sort the information we capture from email traffic, messages, and conversations around the world. The Organization and OWC are planning something big for the KL Facility, Nyon Factory, Bacharach Factory and all of you. Stay alert!
Everyone looked at each other. It's not yet declined but still in the inclination phase. The tension was creeping back into everyone's eyes.
Cecilia took a deep breath. There was a tinge of anger in each of her words.
"Andalas, you really have to hunt and burn the ROOT!"