Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

On the second floor of the music restaurant, Lucy's office.

Zhuang Xuteng sat on the sofa, he shook his head, thanked Lucy for the hot tea, and said that he didn't come here for it.He knew very well that he did not have the ability to independently investigate the circumstances of his brother's death, so he had to rely on Lucy's intelligence network.This time, he not only wanted to hear about the progress of the investigation, but also told her about the coincidence of the collision between the armored vehicle and the chemical corrosive vehicle.

"I also discovered this situation." Lucy sighed, and she admitted that this matter was difficult to deal with. "Here is the preliminary investigation report, including the specific actions of the escort team and their explanation of the incident. Look at the penultimate page."

The penultimate page of the report describes the night of the crash.Zhuang Teng works overtime in the manufacturing plant. He not only has to worry about the scheduling of the production line, but also communicates with upstream and downstream manufacturers and customers.According to the report of the guard team, the boss of Pentium Automobile Factory—that is, Zhuang Teng’s former boss—didn’t care much about the production and operation of the factory. Zhuang Teng had actually taken over all the work of the factory and became the head of the factory. people.

It seems that the fact that the elder brother actually holds the shares has been discovered, and the transfer of power seems to have been completed—Zhuang Xuteng read on.

Zhuang Teng was on the phone in the office that night, and he was not ready to leave work until 11 o'clock.He originally said that he would spend the night in the factory, so the security team made a plan to test and debug the newly installed monitoring system at night.Zhuang Teng temporarily changed his plan and decided to go home. At this time, the system joint debugging had already started, and the guard team was immediately short of manpower.

"Either stick to the plan to keep him, or call for backup and send more people." Zhuang Xuteng said when he saw this.

Lucy nodded, signaling Zhuang Xuteng to continue looking down.

Since it was a temporary trip, the security team judged that the risk was small.In addition, they had tested the vehicle in advance and thought it was strong enough to protect Zhuang Teng, so they agreed to this action.Zhuang Teng said that he would only stay in his hometown for half an hour, and he would come back that night, so all he needed was a driver to follow him...

"He said there is only one driver?" Zhuang Xuteng frowned and shook his head. "My brother felt that the situation was not good, so he took the initiative to hire extra security. In this case, he would only ask for the driver, not even an extra bodyguard? I don't believe this passage, I doubt it is theirs A word of excuse."

Lucy made no comment, she sat as still as a statue.

Before departure, they briefly checked the vehicle, including accelerator, brake, steering and three start and stop.Their actions here are very cautious, but it is also possible that they did not actually make these actions, and "cautious" is only on paper.

"The time for the car to go out is [-]:[-] p.m., isn't it midnight? Why did he choose this time? Everyone in the family is asleep at this time, and he has to spend a lot of time on the road. Is there something that makes him have to Go back immediately?"

"You need to ask." Lucy said.

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said: "My parents said they didn't know that my brother was going back that day. They didn't say it in advance, and there were no missed calls or text messages. If there were, they would find out that my brother couldn't arrive early in the morning. Worrying and asking, instead of going to work in the field as normal."

"This is a suspicious point, but it is not the biggest doubtful point." Lucy said: "You turn to the last page, I recorded a few time points, and there is a section of the road that is not right."

Zhuang Xuteng immediately turned to the end, and he found the problem with just a glance: it was midnight when Zhuang Teng set off from the factory, and there were few cars on the street, so he should be unimpeded.Even if he encountered red lights at every intersection, it would take too long to leave the city and enter the highway.

"According to my calculations, the out of town should take 25 minutes to 10 minutes, not the actual hour. I am asking Meteor to pull up PCPD traffic surveillance video to see what they have been doing during this hour "Lucy said: "Because of the previous actions of the gardeners' organization, PCPD has upgraded their system, and the difficulty of obtaining information in the current investigation has increased. This work is progressing slowly and will take more time. However, the high-speed traffic system has not been upgraded. It has been found."

The monitoring head at the high-speed entrance and exit is very unclear, and Meteor uses video enhancement technology to improve the clarity. "She was able to confirm two pieces of information: the vehicle showed no signs of damage in the area captured by the camera, the driver and the passengers in the back row were acting normally, and the duty officer who collected their tolls was also acting normally. In other words, when entering the expressway , found no doubts."

Zhuang Xuteng stroked the hair on the top of his head, sighed, and said, "Lucy, this security team is not good. It didn't stay in the factory overnight as planned, it didn't report or ask for help; the car was on the road for too long, and it still didn't Reports don't ask for support. Are they a team? They put plant safety above client safety, do they have brains?"

Lucy clenched her fists and said: "You are right, this is a complete dereliction of duty! I am also investigating to see how their abnormal behavior is affected. Naike, these mercenaries have successfully I have completed more than a dozen protection tasks, and my professionalism has never been a problem. I assure you, I will investigate to the end and give you an answer that can stand the test."

"Okay, I'll wait for the answer, and..." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Sister Lucy, you didn't perfunctory me on this matter, I should thank you."

"Want to hear the truth? I really don't want to accept this thank you." Lucy said: "This is purely a bad thing, it will only have bad results, and it will never bring any benefits. If there is no such thing, we are sitting here The conversations here are all about pleasant topics, not...Nike, if I find out that there is something wrong with the security team, I will give you an explanation."

"Leave it to me." Zhuang Xuteng narrowed his eyes, full of murderous intent.

"I need to rectify discipline, so I must do it. I can only leave it to you to deal with the final part—assuming that he is not negligent, but deliberately murdered." Lucy paused, and said: "If he is just negligent , without subjective intent, you can’t kill him.”

"I will consider it as appropriate." Zhuang Xuteng stood up and was about to leave.

"Don't rush away, there is one more thing." Lucy said: "Liu Ke Shinra has already contacted, about the implant..."

"Sister Lucy, I don't have the heart to think about this right now. You can tell Brother Dao, and he can help me decide." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "I have to go to another place, maybe there will be clues. This matter If I don't check it out, I won't be able to settle down. By the way, can Meteor retrieve my brother's call records, maybe he can find out who is bad for him."

"I'm already doing it, but the intelligence analysis is very complicated, and I need time. Also, you can be careful... Don't run around like a chicken without a head, it's not like you usually are. I need you now Consider a situation: If he was killed, the murderer must be watching his family to see if the matter can be closed, or further action is needed. If there is such a person, he must be in the dark, you Extreme caution must be exercised, and you must at least return to your usual state of alertness."

Zhuang Xuteng stood where he was, then sat back on the chair, took a sip of the tea in front of him.He nodded slowly, asking to think here for a while.

Lucy's warning was very timely, allowing Zhuang Xuteng to break away from the emotionally driven behavior pattern.Zhuang Xuteng carefully recalled his behavior during this period, and he found that he had forgotten many details, which he never did when performing tasks.He needs to reflect, he has to get himself back in shape.

"The key to determining success lies in whether you can make the right behavior, never whether you are full of emotions." Lucy said: "The more difficult it is to maintain reason, the more you need reason. Anger can only give you a chance to work hard, and at the same time let you Behavior is better predicted. I know being human is going to be hard, but it’s through overcoming that people grow and become strong enough.”

Zhuang Xuteng frowned, and asked, "What do you mean by being strong enough... enough? Have you discovered anything?"

Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, tapped the table with her fingers, and said, "Okay! I finally recovered a little, not bad. I didn't find any direct or indirect evidence, I just had a feeling: If this incident was not an accident, then It can only be made by a top company. Your brother, after all, invented something amazing."

Gasoline-powered cars, a complete technical route, and advanced models that can be mass-produced are all very valuable, and it will be a matter of time before they attract companies.In fact, Zhuang Teng had been prepared for a long time. He didn't want to—and at the same time didn't dare—to eat alone. He took the initiative to adopt a cooperative attitude, prepared to share his technology, and then charged technology licensing fees.In his vision, the income from the licensing fee is the bulk of the income. The work of the automobile factory is complicated and tiring. As a technician, he is not in the business, so at the beginning of the plan, he did not want to be involved in too much energy.

"Top companies are very strong in execution, and what they want to do, they will always do it-this is their scariest thing." Lucy said: "In contrast, whether it's the PCPD, the riot squad or The Constitutional Defense Forces are two levels behind overall in terms of execution. As for the Constitutional Government, it is just the opposite: chaotic and self-restricted." Lucy said: "I always think: this situation is the most beneficial to the four major companies, Maybe they did it on purpose."

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "My brother is open to licensing gasoline engines, and everyone can earn money together. He is not greedy, and has always aimed to negotiate a cooperation..."

"Nike, listen to me: if the four major companies are reasonable, there will be no corporate war. If this matter is only suspected in the end and there is no evidence, then it is likely to be done by the four major companies. Really In that case, you have to make a choice: do you stop and accept that it was an accident, or risk the death of the whole family and continue to investigate."

"I don't know." Zhuang Xuteng thought about it carefully, and said, "There is something wrong with what you said: If I knew that the matter had something to do with the four major companies, I wouldn't need to continue the investigation, I just need to think about accumulating strength and finding opportunities for revenge. So the investigation will not go on indefinitely."

Lucy nodded and said, "Okay! You are indeed back to normal now-I'm just testing you. This matter is most likely a problem with the security team, so you don't have to worry too much. All right, I'll contact you if I have any news, you Pay more attention to rest and don't get too tired."

Coming out of Lucy, Zhuang Xuteng drove around the city road a few times to make sure that no one was following him, and then drove towards the black market.He kept thinking about Lucy's words while driving. In fact, he also thought about the murder of business competition as a possibility, but thinking without evidence is essentially called speculation.

What he finds most unbelievable is that this incident seems so coincidental.They had just completed the task of stealing the treasure house carriage. Such an operation involved all aspects, and the entire operation process required many links to be executed in perfect harmony to achieve the final success, but at least the plan could still be conceived.

As for Zhuang Teng's car accident, if it was not an accident, how was it arranged and executed?Zhuang Xuteng thought he was good at planning, but this time he had no clue.If he was asked to arrange for the assassination, he would choose to wait for Zhuang Teng to return home and leave the car to do it.

"If this matter can be arranged, then the time and direction of Zhuang Teng's departure are certain. At this time, as long as he moves faster than the car and prepares an ambush at the destination in advance, then he can easily succeed. On the contrary, If you are on the road, you need to coordinate the dangerous goods tanker and control when, where and how the accident happens..."

Raising the difficulty is tantamount to finding trouble for himself, and Zhuang Xuteng can't see any additional benefits from adding extra difficulty.The more he thought about it, the more rationally he decided it was an accident, caused by incompetence, unprofessionalism, and insensitivity at best.

But his feelings don't want to accept the answers that reason offers.

In addition to Lucy's line, Zhuang Xuteng has another direction of investigation, which is the Baiqi grocery store on the black market.Boss Qian has business cooperation with both of them, especially he also knows about equity transactions and the operation of automobile factories.If this matter is done by a top company, it must be related to interests, and clues can often be found from daily business activities.

When I came to the black market, I found that the PCPD had cordoned off the place, and no one was allowed to enter or exit.After questioning, it was found that the place accidentally burned three days ago, and the blue crystals hidden in one of the shops were ignited. The rising smoke caused the residents on the floor to be poisoned to varying degrees.The local gangs have been unable to cover up the accident, and the PCPD has no choice but to make a gesture and conduct an in-depth investigation here.

Zhuang Xuteng went around the original black market and wanted to ask about the situation of the original merchants.People here are impatient, either say they don't know, or tell him he's a nasty reporter and tell him to go away.Zhuang Xuteng sighed, he felt that the fire happened too coincidentally, just like his brother's car accident.Just when he took out his mobile phone and tried to dial Boss Qian's number, he received a text message.

"I see you. Enter the fire stairs behind you, ignore the closed for maintenance notice. Go up the 81 steps, then reach out and touch the wall with your left hand, and you will be able to touch the secret door entrance. I'll wait for you inside, money. "