latent syndrome.

Chapter 6 6. Testing
Industrial decor, exposed exhaust ducts and vintage brick make this tavern feel a bit gritty.

To Colin's surprise, Gray still chose to meet in this tavern this time.

It's just that the atmosphere is extremely strange, because there is no customer in the tavern, and the only waiter is a big man with a beard. The small shirt and vest doesn't match his physique at all, and the strong man will tear the waiter's uniform.

Ke Lin remembered that the previous waiter was not this big and round man, so he couldn't help feeling suspicious and began to speculate.

Because he didn't answer the phone, Gray became vigilant, evacuated the guests in advance, and assigned a combatant to prevent accidents.

But she didn't kill herself directly, presumably because she didn't withdraw the money and took the initiative to vote.

Maybe this is the so-called butterfly effect, some inconspicuous actions, or a little delay in timing, will lead to a big difference in the situation.

There are boring sports channels and replays of football games on the TV to prevent the atmosphere from being too depressing.

But whether it was Gray's cold gaze, or the big guy who glanced over here from time to time, Colin felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

"You haven't answered the phone for about an hour. What's the reason?"

There was a glass of juice in front of Gray, but she had no intention of drinking it.

"I'm having a massage, and the signal in the clubhouse is bad."

As a stockbroker, Ke Lin was able to tell lies easily without even moving his eyes. Before his left hand was deformed and his clothes were torn, he specially bought an unremarkable white T-shirt to wear on the way here.

"You are very calm. It doesn't seem like you have encountered that kind of horror. If a horrible female corpse stared at me through the hole for three days and three nights, I would definitely pee my pants."

Gray said that she was scared to pee her pants, but her tone was extremely stern. Judging from her hideous scar and the shape of the pirate hood that covered her one-eyed eye, with this terrifying aura, it was the female corpse who would pee her pants.

"Ask if you have any questions. You guys have called me to harass my social circle, making me feel that I have committed some crime. I hope you can clarify later."

Others don't care, the point is that Ke Lin doesn't want his ex-wife to know.

"Pay attention to your attitude. As a Los Angeles citizen, you have an obligation to cooperate with us."

Gray still had a paralyzed face that was not surprised before the landslide, and then repeated Jacqueline's routine.

The imaginary, the symbolic, the real.

And directly point out that Colin infected the fugitive female neighbor, he suffers from quite serious deep-sea disease, and he will be tested for controllability next.

Perhaps because of the ambush set up and the arrangement in place, Gray didn't point a gun at Colin's head this time, but the big guy at the bar no longer played the cup wiper, and kept staring at this side with his hands under the bar, I can't see what tricks he is doing, most of them are tinkering with weapons.

"Test? Let's start."

Ke Lin spoke very calmly. In fact, his heartbeat has already accelerated. I don’t know if the special training just now has any effect. If the test fails, are these two people going to be killed?
"Very well, I'm going to ask you some questions next."

"First, will you answer all the following questions truthfully?"

Gray took out the bound information sheet and began to explain the subject according to the script.

Colin was ashamed, was it so difficult at the beginning?
"Don't be nervous, this may include very private questions, including whether you like milfs or are young, there is no correct answer, you only need to answer yes or no."

Gray noticed Colin's confusion and said so.

"I will answer truthfully."

Colin is of course inclined to choose positive feedback answers, even if they are lies.

"About the first question, do you have any reservations?"

"No."

"Are you passionate about novelty hunting or mastering new concepts?"

"No."

"You will question the wisdom of the predecessors?"

"No."

"Do you often think about human beings and fate?"

"No, I'm not that bored."

"You don't need to add anything, you just need to answer yes or no. Are you considered a humorous person?"

"Do not."

"You're going to blur your own position by thinking in someone else's shoes."

"Correct."

"You can easily see the general principles behind specific events."

"When they were simpler."

"Incline to logic and you will choose the decision that is more in line with your heart."

"no……"

……

After about 100 questions, the question-and-answer test was finally over, and Gray drank two glasses of fruit juice in a row.

But Colin felt extremely irritable and had a nervous breakdown. Some of these questions were more difficult to pronounce than math problems. He ordered a glass of bourbon and drank the whiskey.

"Is the test over?"

Colin resisted the pungentness of the whiskey, slandering that this bitch was unusually ruthless, and this kind of thing could also make a mouthful of boredom.

Gray looked at the information blankly, pondered for a while, and then spoke after about half a minute, his tone even colder.

"It seems that you are far more dangerous than I thought, you are a gambler."

"This test is also regarded as a game by you. Your answer is mixed with hostility. It is a strategic raise, as if you are worried about the result of failure."

"It's as if..."

"You already know your dire situation."

Grey's sight is as cold as winter. Through that eye, it seems that one of the people she killed can be seen, and they confessed desperately over and over again before they died.

"is there a problem?"

Ke Lin's heart was shocked, this woman was too sensitive, her sharp gaze seemed to reveal all the secrets under her gaze.

If he can't pass the test this time, he won't have much chance next time. What awaits him is a complete sudden death, or he has to make the craziest decision. He will find some hostages, although he won't hurt them.

"So far nothing."

click.

The crisp sound of the bolt being pulled.

"However, most of the time the written test is meaningless. Its real function is not whether the answer is correct or not, but some of the self-contradictory questions in it will drive the low-control deep-rooted patients to go crazy."

Gray put her exaggerated caliber pistol on Colin's head.

"Damn."

Colin's eyelids twitched wildly, and he knew it would not be so simple. If so, there was only a showdown.

On it!

Going up!
Gray pulled the trigger, at the same time.

cack cack...

Ke Lin's left hand turned into a bone knife in an instant. After the previous training, the conversion was quite smooth. Almost instantly, the flesh and blood reorganized and turned into a sharp sickle, which was blocked in front of him.

He believed in the hardness of the bone knife. This enamel-like structure could cut even concrete stone pillars with ease.

But after all, it is a modern thermal weapon, and it is still a large-caliber weapon. Colin is not entirely sure that he can block it.

It was too late to say, but it was so fast, everything happened in a blink of an eye.

His mind was tense, his attention was highly concentrated, and time seemed to slow down.

But a full three seconds passed.

Still without the pain and blood splashes as imagined, Colin panted heavily and didn't understand what happened. It must have been too long.

"Captain! He is an infected person who can skillfully manipulate visions!"

The big man dressed as a waiter couldn't wait for Grey's order. Grey's situation is very dangerous now. It's not the time to play intimidation games. When Colin reacts, he might violently kill people. He set up a large gun and aimed it at Colin. Prepare to give him a fatal blow.

Colin's scalp was numb, and he wanted to kill. This gun was like his nightmare. He had been hit twice, and he never wanted to experience the flame produced by the special bullet.

"Wait, this level is still stable. According to the regulations, he passed the test."

Gray's fingers were on his chin. There was an urgent shortage of combat personnel, and there were very few infected people with high controllability. Colin was the best candidate no matter from his resume or background check.

Colin put down the bone knife with a dazed expression on his face, only to realize that Gray hadn't loaded the gun at all, but pulled the trigger just to scare him.

"I love you just to scare me."

Colin made a false alarm. He has been able to manipulate the deformation of his body proficiently, but he himself cannot explain this matter, but his body seems to be connected to a strange space, and he can withdraw from that space by issuing natural commands. Power, for your own use.

At Gray's order, the big man calmed down and lowered his gun.

"Since I'm qualified, should I be let go?"

Ke Lin was extremely upset, but it was not easy to have an attack. He let his left hand return to a normal arm. Because he was wearing a T-shirt, it did not damage the clothes. It may be an illusion. His ability to resist cold seems to be stronger. The weather is only about ten degrees Celsius. Los Angeles doesn't feel cold either.

That being said, Colin thought that Gray would not simply let him go. It is not the style of an official to let a monster hang around outside. He was just trying to find out what Grey said.

This thought made Colin himself a little surprised. Did he actually accept the identity of a monster?
In addition, what happened to the vision that the big guy said?

"In fact, as a citizen of Los Angeles, you have an obligation to contribute to public order."

Gray spoke in an official tone, and while talking to Colin, secretly took out a metallic syringe, which was filled with a mercury-like silver liquid, and she pressed down on the plunger handle of the syringe to expel the air inside.

"Excuse me, public order?"

Colin didn't know what kind of plane Gray was doing again, and he didn't notice Gray's little tricks.

"As I said before, patients with submerged disease are very dangerous existences. Most of them will choose to commit crimes after gaining extraordinary power, and some of these large-scale infected organizations can be said to be cancerous to the world. No, this That description is far from enough, they are the cancer of civilization."

After all, Gray took advantage of Colin's distraction, plunged the syringe into Colin's arm, and pressed down the piston handle completely.

"You fucking..."

Colin was furious.

"This is a new type of locator, I can know where you are at any time."

Gray ignored Colin's breath, pulled out the syringe, and put it in a storage bag to prevent contamination.

Ke Lin only felt a kind of cold liquid enter the heart along the blood circulation, and then spread to the whole body through the blood pump of the heart, and then merged into the body. The other party's purpose was to completely control himself.

This kind of style made Colin hate Gray even more.

"Let's get to know each other again. I'm the head of the No. 11 Section of the Countermeasures Bureau, Gray."

"You understand from the bottom of your heart, I can't just let you go away like this. People infected with submerged abyssalism are extremely dangerous. Most of them will violently kill people unconsciously, and they deviate from the symbolic world, making them even more uncontrollable. You like this are exceptions.”

"My approach may be a bit straightforward. I hope you will forgive me. There will be related compensation in the future. Your financial pressure should be great."

"Now, on behalf of Section 11 of the Countermeasures Bureau, I announce that you have been incorporated into the special operations team. The world is in dire need of people like you."

Gray's tone was as cold as winter.

"What if I refuse?"

Ke Lin thinks he is not a hero who worries about the country and the people.

"I didn't refuse this option. In the words of the East, under the cover of the nest, there are no eggs. You don't understand other patients with submerged disease."

"Even radical anarchism is only... rational compared to them."

"They will only deliberately turn the world into hell."

Speaking of this, Rao Grey's poker face also changed a little, and his brows frowned a little.

"Wow, you fooled me."

Colin was not very convinced, and now he took everything Gray said with reservations.

Gray took out a photo from the interlayer pocket of the jacket and put it on the table, which moved Colin a little. The things she could carry close to her body must be very important.

"This is a key member of the infected organization SCT, and has a deep influence in the underground world."

"I received a tip that he received an order from the organization to carry out criminal activities in Los Angeles."

"Section No.11 was established to deal with this man, and he is somewhere in the city right now."

"The recent bombing that caused a sensation in Los Angeles has a lot to do with him."

"And he himself is ready to occupy the headlines and create panic anytime, anywhere."

Gray moved the photo to Colin's face.

Ke Lin was stunned when he heard it. He was deeply impressed by the bombing, because he had heard the cashier of the convenience store play the news three times.

When he took the photo and picked it up to look at, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he hesitated to speak, as if there was a lump in his throat. Is it really such a coincidence?
He noticed that Colin's expression was not right.

"You know this man?"

There was a hint of urgency in Gray's tone.

Ke Lin didn't know how to describe this feeling, not only did he know him, he would recognize it even if it was turned into ashes, this guy was really impressive.

In the photo is a very handsome man, the shooting angle should be a candid shot, only a side face and a tall back in a khaki windbreaker were photographed, his cold emerald green pupils are as chilling as poisonous snakes.

"Two hours ago, I met him at the convenience store, and he... was stealing."

Ke Lin truthfully said that there is nothing to keep. Now that he is in a passive situation, he doesn’t know what will happen if he uses time retrospective again. Even if he doesn’t die, he becomes weaker every time, and he may not even be able to stand up next time.Although you don't know what tricks the other party is going to play, it's better to cooperate first, and then find another method when the time is ripe.

But Gray and the big guy at the bar were all dumbfounded, dumbfounded.

"Tell me all the details."

Gray was finally completely moved, and her breath was a little heavy. Rao did not expect that while integrating combat forces, she could actually obtain clues to breakthrough progress.

Colin was speechless, and couldn't connect the funny freak with the dangerous people in the underground world.

(End of this chapter)