Returning from the abyss

Chapter 172 Investigation
Lu Ning took out the wooden box in the corner. Inside was a metal arm sleeve, which was about the same length as the forearm, but it was not constructed like a Hidden Sword. Instead, there was a row of narrow and sharp spikes piercing the hollowed-out arm. Arranged in a central ring.

"This thing is called a sword cart." The boss laughed lazily, "It was made by a friend of mine on a whim. Its principle is similar to that of an arm crossbow, but it can't be fired. I don't know how to use it. It's not easy to use anyway. ,How about it?"

"That's it." Lu Ning's demand for weapons is not particularly high, as long as it can be used, "Do you still have a utility knife here?"

This thing can be bought in many places, and the boss also has it here. He found a box of blades and threw it to Lu Ning, and then Lu Ning picked out some flash bombs and the like to check out.

"Well, I'd better pack up so many things and deliver them to your door. In case someone robs you along the way, you may want to experience it yourself. Thank you for your patronage." the Lord.

Lu Ning nodded, only took a bug and an electric shock baton, and put the sword chariot on her right arm - I don't know if this thing works well, but I can't tell there is anything inside when the sleeve is put down.

"Come again next time~"

When leaving, Lu Ning felt that the boss's voice was raised, after all, this business was worth tens of thousands.

After going downstairs, Lu Ning walked into the dining area on the third floor. There are many restaurants here, and the styles are very different from the south to the sea. Sip a pot of herbal tea and watch the people go by from the window seat.

On weekends, there are many people who go shopping in groups of three or four. Most of them are young people of the same age. On the contrary, families travel less and there are very few children.

The vanilla tea was served first, and Lu Ning poured a cup. Just as he smelled the aroma, he heard a roar from outside, and a commotion came from a restaurant opposite.

The people waiting in the restaurant also ran to the door to watch the excitement. Soon, some people in white coats ran to the opposite restaurant with medical equipment, and people began to talk about it.

"Food poisoning? Haha, maybe poisoning?"

"Didn't the cook in this restaurant come here because of poisoning?"

"Really? Such a person dare to use it?"

Soon, the medical staff quickly walked out of the restaurant carrying the person on a stretcher, followed by a group of chattering people, some of whom were friends of the poisoned person, and some of them were people from the restaurant.

"You have to give us an explanation! We've already concluded that it's poisoning. Who else could it be if it wasn't your Oriental cook?"

"Although there are no taboos here, if you let someone who can poison you be a chef, the people here are too big, right?"

"If you don't give an explanation, I will burn this place down tonight!"

The staff of the restaurant couldn’t argue with it, and the chef was at the center of the siege. He was wearing a white chef’s uniform, and he was very clean. When Lu Ning got close, he could smell the seafood smell and the faint The taste of rice is probably a sushi chef.

"Is there no forensics department here?" Lu Ning pretended to be casual and said.

"There isn't even a police station, so where can someone come to do the forensics? At most, a private detective is invited to handle it." Someone beside him sneered.

"What's going on?"

"The man ordered a piece of sushi. After eating, he clutched his throat and fell down. The doctor came and said it was poisoning, that means someone poisoned the sushi."

Lu Ning took a look inside the restaurant, the space inside was not very big, and all the tables and chairs could be seen at a glance.One of the tables had overturned dishes and smashed glasses. It was probably where the poisoned person ate. The three people who were shouting at the moment were probably his friends who came with him.

At this time, no one came into the shop to take a look in the chaos, so Lu Ning walked in, approached the table and took a look at the dishes on the table. Except for the sushi plate, the other three ordered noodles and rice bowls And fried rice, in addition to two cages of steamed buns and two dishes of dim sum, a few cans of beer were opened, and more than half of them had been drunk.

"The food in this restaurant is quite complicated..." Lu Ning looked up at the menus on the wall that lined up to the ordering counter, guessing that this is the kind of canteen where you can order all kinds of things, which can be regarded as a special feature .

But what she found interesting was the overturned plate. The rice bowl was served on an iron plate, so it was just rice spilled all over the floor, and a paper towel was also pressed underneath. .

Seeing this, Lu Ning felt that it was almost the same.

"That... can I go into the kitchen and have a look?"

She asked an old chef who was standing at the kitchen door frowning, and the mood was not very good now, so he glanced at her and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"You didn't see the chef poisoning, did you? What if someone uses the paper towels here to poison? There is no one here to do forensics. I can probably come to a conclusion by confirming whether there is anything suspicious in the kitchen..."

The old chef's eyes lit up: "Really?"

"Well... You go out and tell them like this... It's not convenient for me to say this as an outsider."

Lu Ning said a few words to the old chef in a low voice, and after hearing that, he ran to the door quickly, while Lu Ning went into the kitchen and opened the cabinets to check one by one.

When she came out, just as the old chef found a crumpled tissue from a person's pocket, everyone around him understood what was going on when they saw that person's panicked expression.And the restaurant is not silent when it suffers. There is no law in this place. The two helpers directly held the man down and stuffed the tissue into his mouth. After less than a minute, the man died immediately. He began to clutch his throat and struggle painfully.

"Why do you hate yourself? No one cares about you in this place. Don't even try to blame the uncle's restaurant! Get out!" The restaurant owner kicked him aside, and then patted him with a warm expression. The sushi chef: "Mr. Kobayakawa, I really surprised you this time. Don't worry, it's no problem for me to cover a few people in this land, hahaha..."

The medical staff came back and pulled the other person away without mentioning it, and the crowd gradually dispersed. When the old chef turned his head to look for Lu Ning, he found that she was nowhere to be found.

After Lu Ning returned to the restaurant where she ate, she changed to a seat on the inside, asked the clerk to pack the dishes she ordered, and quickly left the third floor.

After walking outside, she took out her mobile phone, swiped and pulled it twice, connected the listening device, plugged in the earphones and started listening to the recording. After a while, she switched to the photo album, and soon found the photo of the chef's cabinet.

"Yuichi Kobayakawa, 32 years old, sushi chef."

This is a very well-mannered person.

Lu Ning could feel from a long distance away that this person was suppressing the violent killing intent, maintaining that innocent expression until the end.She didn't doubt that Xiaobayakawa could kill all the people present if he really did it - not a dark method like poisoning, but a real massacre.

If he is really a person from Vice City, there is no need to be patient to such an extent, and there is no need to hide his personality.

"Tourist? This identity...um."

Lu Ning put away her mobile phone, threw the wiretapping device wrapped in paper in her pocket into the trash can, then chose a fast food restaurant with few people on the side of the road, walked in, entered the small toilet inside, and locked it. Door.

Then she began to take off her coat, carefully inspecting every corner of her body, and sure enough, she found three more small black balls on the tip of her hair, the inner side of the heel, and the back waist.

"This is the end of the experience, and if you want to continue, you will be charged."

After a while, her cell phone rang, and Lu Ning picked it up to connect, and Jiang Shanluo's voice came from the cell phone, which had become much colder.

"Tell me, how do you want to trade?"

"Secret scenes, I don't want to explore your own identities and backgrounds, but I want to share the information technology in your hands, as well as the cover when necessary. I will find out those who hide their identities. What do you mean..."

"Kill if necessary."

"Okay, but I'm only in charge of the survey part, you guys do it. And what about your questionnaire?"

"I'm doing it, don't use this as a test. I confirmed with my friends, everyone should have the first mandatory task." Jiang Shanluo sighed, "I didn't expect to meet someone like you in the first goal Refined."

"To each other, then we will contact each other in the future, but my own position is not ready to be exposed at any time, so these three little guys will not be kept."

"Hey!"

Lu Ning hung up the phone, flushed the three bugs into the toilet, and then marked the phone number with Jiang Shanlu's name, left the bathroom and continued to stroll further down the street.

Having experienced such a scene once, plus this time, Lu Ning feels that these encounters are not coincidences.

The tourists in the scene will naturally intersect... as if something attracts everyone to meet.Although not all of them, Lu Ning can feel that she can meet at least half of the tourists in these two days, and it is not certain whether she can distinguish the identity of the other party.

The secret scene added a lot of difficulty to this goal. At least if Jiang Shanluo didn't put a bug on her, she wouldn't be able to identify the other party's identity at all, and the last sentence to contact the other party was also deceiving the other party.

At this moment, Lu Ning felt a person slowly approaching her.

This is already a sidewalk that crosses a street, and there are many fewer pedestrians on the road, so there is no need to walk so close together.

She stood still and turned her head to look, but the other party also stopped when she saw her movement.

This is a well-proportioned and well-proportioned man, carrying a black briefcase in his hand, wearing a dark blue striped shirt with the top button unbuttoned, and a snowflake tied with a thin red thread The badge dangled from his neck, adding a touch of life to his meticulous attire.

"Lu Ning."

The man directly called out Lu Ning's name.

"You are……"

"Don't panic, I'm just here to see what you look like after Xiang Yi and Mi Li yelled at you until my ears hurt." The man pursed his lips, raised his hand, took out a business card from his pocket, and handed it to you. her.

Lu Ning already knew the man's identity, but she didn't quite understand his behavior, so she didn't reach out.

"My name is Shangchi, don't worry, I came to see you just out of personal interest... Our assassination department has not received an order to get rid of you, and the boys and girls who are playing with you now are also personal interests That’s all. It’s okay to join forces in this scene.”

"Fairy Tale Paradise?"

"We are not those cheap tricks, you know our superiors."

Shang Chi flicked his hand, and the business card twirled and fell into Lu Ning's pocket.

"I'll give you a piece of advice...it's none of our business for those little fellows with no positions. Life and death are all the result of your own struggles. But don't control our regular operations with an excessive sense of justice...we But it is an organization that can compete with four large organizations for a long time and still survive."

After speaking, he turned and left.From the beginning to the end, Lu Ning didn't feel any killing intent from him, and he didn't even feel oppressed at all. He was really just like an ordinary office worker, except for what he said, there was nothing unusual.

She drew the business card from her pocket.

【Shang Chi, Xingtiandi Office】

Behind it is the title, phone number, email address, and the website of the firm.

An ordinary business card, no poison, no tracer, and no mechanism.

"It's really nerve-wracking..."

Lu Ning turned around and continued on her own way.

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On the top of a tall building in the distance is a roof garden, which has gradually taken shape under careful care, and some flowers are gradually blooming.

However, the owner here turned a blind eye to this. He sat on the edge, facing a picture frame in front of him, and couldn't make a single stroke for a long time.

His name is Zhang Yufeng, a well-known painter in Sin City, and his paintings are called "Hell Paintings", even outside the city, he still has a high reputation.But in fact, he just showed a corner of the city.

Now, with the improvement of his status, he moved into a safe apartment-style house, and at the same time stayed away from the places that allowed him to see "hell".The depletion of inspiration made this somewhat neurotic painter constantly looking for a place that would bring him closer to "hell".

This is the current identity of tourist Zhang Yufeng.

Playing a neurotic artist is not a particularly troublesome thing. For those who can advance to the second level, some basic acting courses have been practiced even if they have not learned it. It is not this kind of problem that makes Zhang Yufeng a headache.

The reason why he participated in this test field was to avoid the kill order of the puppet party. Generally speaking, as long as you don't get together when you come up, it is not particularly difficult to hide your identity, except that you will be named by your name when you come up. assigned a particularly well-known status.

This time, he was unlucky enough to meet the identity of a well-known painter.

Zhang Yufeng doesn't know if there are people from the puppet party mixed in this time. As far as he knows, it is usually the assassination department that handles the killing order, but occasionally there will be a kid who has just been promoted who likes to try it. If it is the latter If so, he doesn't mind killing the people a few more times.

After staring at the canvas for a long time, he finally stood up, planning to finish the damned mandatory task first.

(End of this chapter)