Returning from the abyss

Chapter 188 White Butterfly

Gu Tong felt that his situation couldn't get any worse.

I failed to fill out the website questionnaire several times, and finally failed to obtain a login qualification.The chain reaction brought about by the failure of the mandatory task is that all the task reminders are locked, and I can't get any information from the App of the distribution center at all, and there are no acquaintances in the whole scene, and the identity is an Internet cafe network manager, which is difficult to cut into the investigation role, so Going down the scene score must be negative.

He was attacked by unknown persons on the two occasions when he finally went out, which made him more cautious, but the more he understood the outside world, the more confused he became.

After finally waiting for a person suspected to be a crow this weekend, Gu Tong immediately acted.In any case, you have to get in touch with other tourists to know how far the scene is progressing, so that you don't get negative points.

"That... girl, my name is Gu Tong, what do you call me?" Gu Tong poured coffee for the other party, and his expression became a little more respectful, after all, he had something to ask for.

"My surname is Lu. What do you want from me?" Lu Ning was sure that she didn't know the other party, so she asked, "Could it be that there is no privacy in the room here?"

"Sorry, I'm also in a hurry... There is a communicator in the box here, I adjusted it a little bit, so... just wait for the rabbit." Gu Tong hurriedly apologized, afraid that the other party would have a bad temper.

"So you've been waiting here for a 'crow' to come? Why are you afraid to go out?"

"If I violate some taboo, I might die!" Gu Tong panicked, "You know that those who are hard to guard against in the scene will die immediately, especially in such a sinister urban scene, who knows who will come out and give me a hand? You stabbed me? Who knows if someone poisoned you?"

"Then how can you trust me?" Lu Ning smiled lightly, "What if I want to kill you?"

"No... no way? This shouldn't be a confrontation?" Gu Tong took a step back subconsciously.

"I really don't know how you survived to the second level. Forget it, I don't want to pursue the fact that you eavesdropped on me. You don't seem to have contact with other tourists? That's just right, you should still have a lot of clues , the life-threatening danger you encounter should have some investigation routes set up for you by the scene, you can check it a little bit. But don’t go too deep, there are supernatural forces behind the city.”

"oh oh."

"If you are really not at ease, there is a professor named Li Yanke in the university here, who is also a tourist. You can ask him for help. I... sorry, there is nothing I can do to help you." Lu Ning stood up, Opening the door of the box, "My suggestion is to find a way to improve your own strength first. It seems that some superpowers can be naturally produced here, but no one has found the way so far. If you have this talent, you might as well work hard."

"I know! I just don't know about that site..."

"Don't worry about it. It's the best choice to leave by yourself after fifteen days. I hope you have enough points." Lu Ning closed the door and walked to the front desk of the Internet cafe to pay.

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The Ninth District, known as a controlled residential area in the central area, most of the people who live here are repeat criminals who are not particularly free under the high-pressure management regulations.However, there are many places like pedestrian streets around District [-]. Small shops are lined up on both sides of the street, and there are always many people wandering around on weekends.

Lu Ning quickly found the convenience store.

As Sang Baiye said before, the boss has installed a lot of surveillance cameras in the store. This method of coverage without blind spots can capture a small area outside the store entrance.Lu Ning took a closer look. Looking back at the photos she saw, she found that the area covered by this lens was not particularly large, and it was even smaller compared to the width of the entire street.

There are many high school students in the area that will be filmed by the camera. In other words, what should these people have been attracted to this side before?
Lu Ning thought about those photos, and it seemed that all the marked people walked from right to left.

That direction was... a clothing store, then a post office, then a bookstore.

Compared with guessing like this, it is faster and faster to call me directly.Lu Ning dialed Han Qing's number, got her out of bed and asked her what she saw on the street that day.

"My God, did you really go to check that?"

"Well, tell me what you did that day?"

"What are you doing... I'm going to buy a record..."

"Did you encounter anything that attracted you when you passed the street? For example, which store held an event, or where did a fight happen?"

"I don't remember it, it's attractive? There were some busking performances on the street that day, but I was in a hurry to buy and didn't go to see it..." Han Qing was thinking hard, "There are no celebrity posters or the like... By the way !"

"what?"

"That day, there seemed to be a small stall for free coffee tasting. Because it was free and the bottle was quite small, many people went there. It seems that you can get double servings with your student ID..."

"You went to get it too?"

"Anyway, I took it as soon as I took it, but there were only some trademarked ingredients on the bottle. I didn't plan to drink it at the time, and then I brought it home because I was afraid that my mother would throw it in the trash when she found out that I had gone out." Han Qing said.

"Can you still find it?"

"It's probably impossible. The uncle downstairs is very diligent in collecting garbage, and he collects it all in one day. Is there something wrong with the coffee?"

"The coffee may be fine, but the bottle may not be. Isn't the double student ID card a means to identify students? I'm afraid that's one of the methods used by the White Butterfly Killer to select targets."

After Lu Ning and Han Qing finished talking, they immediately called Sang Baiye and told the other party the information they found from here. Sang Baiye immediately yelled for her to wait here, and quickly found someone to investigate Has anyone else received coffee that day?

There was no rush for this matter, so Lu Ning walked into a nearby shop and asked the boss about the day's affairs.

Things like free coffee are not particularly uncommon here. Most of them are a marketing method for the opening of a store, and the bosses here are no strangers to it.But because of the close time, they all still remember what happened at that time.

"That kind of delivery method can only be delivered in more than an hour. I don't know what the meaning is when I leave after delivering it." The bookstore owner is an old antique, and he sneers at this kind of behavior.

"The business done at the entrance of my shop did attract some customers, but unfortunately they didn't come later. I'm afraid something happened." The lady in the clothing store was very happy about this.

The post office staff gave Lu Ning a little surprise.

"I also went to pick up a bottle recently. The coffee taste is average, but the bottle is just used as a decoration for flower arrangements, here."

The other party pointed to a small bottle on the window sill. The brown bottle had been washed and used as a vase. Lu Ning took a closer look at the logo on the bottle. It was quite unfamiliar, and of course it could not be the logo of a white butterfly.

Even so, Lu Ning still would not let go of this clue, took a picture of the trademark pattern and searched, and found that this pattern came from a certain plastic product company.

Now she was basically sure that this "coffee gift" event was arranged by Killer White Butterfly.

The time is short, and the number of dispatches is concentrated at school time, which can make the goals more unified.An average cup of coffee will not cause problems for subsequent customers, so that trademark will not be noticed.In the end, the problematic bottle should be on the "second bottle" obtained with the student ID card, so Lu Ning couldn't find much clues from the bottle here.

"Who was responsible for the coffee giving?" Lu Ning asked the person at the post office.

"I remember two young people, a man and a woman. They are young and enthusiastic. They are probably young people who have just started working."

Two people?That being said, it's unclear if Killer White Butterfly is among them, but this clue should have been locked.

Although the killer's targets were all minors, his actions were quite cautious.Judging from the thoughtfulness of this event, I am afraid that they did similar things, that is to say, the other party was "worried about being noticed."

In order to ensure that the staff of the post office were not accomplices, Lu Ning reconfirmed the on-site information with the other two shops, and after the comparison was correct, Sang Baiye also rushed here panting with a boy.

The boy was holding two bottles of coffee in his hand, and his color had already started to change after a few days. It was lucky that Sang Baiye could find him.

"I called and asked all the people in the photos. He is Zheng Long from Class [-]. He took two bottles of drinks and didn't drink them." Sang Baiye didn't care about what happened before and after, and cut directly to the topic, "I'll give you all the people and things. brought it, what did you find?"

Lu Ning took the two bottles of coffee from the bewildered Zheng Long.

"Are you conducting a private investigation by dressing up like this? Cool! Are we going to catch suspects?" Zheng Long is obviously not timid. Seeing Lu Ning's outfit, he immediately had a reasonable imagination, and then began to let his thoughts fly. .

"You can explain it." Lu Ning threw the person directly to Sang Baiye, picked up the coffee and walked to a nearby drain, unscrewed the bottle cap and poured out the coffee that had started to smell disgusting, carefully observed After looking at the bottles and caps, it was soon discovered that there was an interlayer in the cap of one of the bottles.

Lu Ning popped out a sword tip and cut through the interlayer, exposing the signaling device inside. It was a flat and small metal piece. She threw away all the remaining things and walked out with the bottle cap.

"How is it?" Sang Baiye finally persuaded Zheng Long, and when he saw Lu Ning coming out, he immediately ran to him.

"I found the transmitter, but I don't know if it is still working. We need someone who can crack this and carry out anti-tracking."

"This... cracking can be found in an electrical store, anti-tracking..." Sang Baiye also had a difficult time.

Lu Ning knew at a glance that this step would probably be difficult for her, and it was expected.She hung up the phone to Si Fangle and asked a little about it, the other party thought for a while and replied:

"The person who is best at this kind of thing in this scene should be Wei Wenyang of Jiang Shanhao's team. He was responsible for the previous bank incident. If you can ask them for help..."

"Understood. Where did Cheng Yurun go today?"

"Then I can't tell you, after all, we are the teammates who have spent so many games together." Si Fangle laughed, "Just ask him, if you trade him for his sister's information, he will probably Very happy."

"I will consider it." Lu Ning nodded and hung up the phone, then contacted Tan Xiao.

"Hey, glad to hear you're all right."

Tan Xiao was still so excited.

"I'm fine. Now I need to crack a transmitter to track down a clue here. I wonder if that person in your team can help with this?"

"What? Old Wei, he's a bit of a quirk...I'll give you a contact information and you can talk to him yourself?"

How come these people are all virtuous?
Lu Ning didn't care about making an extra detour, so she took a number from Tan Xiao and continued to call.

This time the phone call took a little longer.

"Who--"

After connecting, there was an obviously processed, slightly harsh voice change from the receiver, and Lu Ning had to hold the phone a little farther away.

"Hello, I'm Lu Ning. You should have heard of me from Tan Xiao. I have something to ask for your help."

"--What's up--"

"I have a transmitter that I want to crack and anti-track. Can you do it?"

"Sender--device--why--why--help--"

"I can help you with anything you want me to do. I'm not always idle these days. In addition, we are still in a cooperative relationship. Jiangshan Luo and Jiangshan Hao and I have also talked through the phone."

"-then-you put-things at the-address-"

The voice on the other side suddenly fell silent, and then turned into the standard artificial voice.

[No. 15, Colt Road, District 209, Box No. [-], [-]st Floor, No. [-] Cabin Building. 】

Then, it changed back to Wei Wenyang's piercing electronic voice: "—put—over there—wait—I'll—take—"

"Then how will I know the result after that?" Lu Ning frowned.

"—Tan Xiao———"

After finishing speaking, the other party hung up the phone, and seemed rather unwilling to continue to prolong the call.

Lu Ning had no choice but to ask Sang Baiye for her opinion, and then went to District [-] with her. As for Zheng Long, Sang Baiye tried to send him home.

Sitting in the car, Sang Baiye blushed a little with excitement.

"Calm down, it will take some time to trace this road." Lu Ning reminded her when she saw that she was a little too emotional.

"Yes... you're right. I need to... be quiet."

Sang Baiye looked out the window.

"But I want to thank you, Lu Ning. I know that even if I find out, my friends may all be dead, and even we will be involved in danger. Even so, you are still willing to help...Thank you."

"It's not necessary, I just caught up with this matter." Lu Ning knew that she was not that great, and she went after the white butterfly purely because the clues had already been handed over to her, and it was not a tourist's style to give up.

"No, not everyone will be willing to help when they hear about this." Sang Baiye squeezed his fingers, "If you can kill the white butterfly killer this time, you will be my best friend for a lifetime."

There was an indomitable determination in her tone.

(End of this chapter)