Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 351 Chapter 348 Hunting and Hunting
Suddenly hearing his name from someone else, Zhuang Xuteng immediately became alert.He pinched the fire door of the stairs with his hands, controlled its noise, opened it slowly, and slipped in lightly.There was another corner from the stairs to the corridor where the sound came from, and there was a small room with a garbage well in the middle of the road.Zhuang Xuteng avoided the sunlight coming in from the corridor window and quickly hid in the small room.

Who is checking me?Why check me?Zhuang Xuteng can only find clues from the other party's few words.They mentioned the murderer and the witnesses. Combined with the fact that they came to this old address to visit the neighbors, Zhuang Xuteng quickly thought of the night he met Master Lich and Ge Gongdao.

Until then, he had been an honest worker, had never caused trouble, hadn't been involved in any trouble.After that, his life changed a lot, and his previous self was almost only "honest".He remembers that day well, knowing that important characters died that night in an explosion caused by the Lich Master.Afterwards, the PCPD dealt with it in the usual way of lying. Are they still tracking down the real culprit?
Zhuang Xuteng leaned against the corner to hide his figure, and saw two people standing at the elevator door through the reflection of the glass in the corridor window.It was a middle-aged man with gray hair and a young guy with curly black hair.Both men were in civilian clothes, but they just changed their tops, and the trousers and shoes were exactly the same.Zhuang Xuteng took a closer look, and basically confirmed the identity of the two through the pants and shoes: PCPD.

It is indeed within the responsibility of the PCPD to investigate the case, but it has been a long time since that incident, why is it still being investigated?Zhuang Xuteng was a little uncertain whether the PCPD was negligent or conscientious.You can say that it is negligent, it is indeed investigating the case, it is not here to find trouble, and its investigation direction is correct.You say it is conscientious, how long has it been, and how did it find itself?He was arrested and taken to the detention center on the night of the incident, and has already recorded a record and completed a series of investigations.By the way, there were things like Veritaserum at that time, and people from the company also supervised the interrogation. Does the PCPD want to overturn these interrogation results?

Zhuang Xuteng really couldn't think of why PCPD would do this.People from the company died, and the company also intervened in the investigation. Obviously, the company was more anxious than PCPD. The PCPD has publicly announced the circumstances of the case, claiming that the perpetrators have been brought to trial and that it is under no pressure to solve the case.So what are the motives of these two PCPDs who are now coming to the apartment?
When the elevator came, the two of them frowned and looked inside, then squeezed in reluctantly.Zhuang Xuteng immediately turned around and entered the stairwell, jumping directly down from the zigzag stairs.Using martial arts to precisely control body posture to buffer, charge downstairs at a speed close to plummeting.

He reached the first floor faster than the elevator, then leaned against the wall, hid in the shadows and waited.He then continued to follow the pair as they circled the side of the apartment and got into their patrol car.When the two were changing clothes in the car, Zhuang Xuteng drove his car over and bit their tails again at a place far away from the intersection.

At the same time, he called Lucy and told her that the two PCPDs were investigating him.Lucy also found it very strange. She said that she had made arrangements for the previous "Zhuang Xuteng" to make him a quasi-missing person who went out to work.

"Are you going to track it down? Yes, I'll transfer you directly to the intelligence officer Meteor." Lucy said on the phone: "Nightingale and Chaffinch are not as capable of investigation as Meteor without prior preparation."

"I think so too, so I'll call you first." Since Zhuang Xuteng thought of the original case, he also reminded Lucy to pay attention to Ge Gongdao.That day, the two of them were arrested together.

"I will inquire about the situation through the PCPD channel, but I will give priority to your follow-up. Be careful, this matter is a bit weird."

It was indeed a bit weird, if it wasn't weird, Zhuang Xuteng wouldn't have to pay attention to it.The encrypted communication line was immediately transferred to Meteor, but before Zhuang Xuteng could speak, Meteor's sobbing came from the phone.

"You finally remembered me..."

Zhuang Xuteng was at a loss.What's wrong with Meteor, I don't seem to provoke her, right?Under normal circumstances, the intelligence officer needs to hide well, and any qualified mercenary should not bother her. It is reasonable and customary for Zhuang Xuteng not to take the initiative to contact her.Besides, Zhuang Xuteng never refused Meteor's legitimate request, as long as she put it forward.

"What happened?" Zhuang Xuteng asked hastily.Although he was very anxious to investigate the PCPD matter, he was more concerned about the status of his friends around him.

"It's okay!" Meteor was embarrassed to say that she already knew what Zhuang Xuteng and Morgana did upstairs. This sour feeling can only be digested by herself. If she said it, it would probably cause a chain reaction. "I said you can come to visit, but you haven't been here once!"

"If you are bored or have a headache and need me to go, then call me and I will be there." Zhuang Xuteng frowned slightly, he felt that it was unprofessional for Meteor to mention this matter at this time. "Meteor, now I..."

"I know, you're investigating two PCPDs who are investigating you. Any identifying information? Name, badge number or something?"

Hey, Meteor immediately entered the state?Zhuang Xuteng was slightly surprised, but immediately understood this incident as the fact that he owed Meteor a favor by letting Meteor do the work; it was reasonable for her to take the opportunity to ask for a little favor from Zhuang Xuteng.

"There are their license plate numbers," Zhuang Xuteng kept talking while driving to keep up: "Thank you for your help with this matter, I know you can be absolutely reliable at critical moments."

"No need to flatter, just remember me no matter what happens. I'm not satisfied with the fact that your team has hired two front-line intelligence officers. Why don't you want me? I'm better than the two of them combined!"

"Uh... Are you an option?" Zhuang Xuteng was taken aback for a moment. Was it because of this that she was angry just now? "Can Miss Lucy let you go? Or have you overcome your phobia now and can go outside?"

"When I'm with you, I'm not afraid of empty spaces and crowds."

That's the credit of the Wraith's absorption, without that, you'd still be trembling with fear.Zhuang Xuteng rolled his eyes and could only complain in his heart.Using wraith magic to absorb other people's negative emotions, on the surface, seems to be a kind of treatment, but it will actually weaken that person's emotional ability. After a long time, it may gradually turn the person into an emotionless corpse.

"I can't always take you by my side when I'm performing tasks. Your current position can not only display your strength, but also better protect yourself, so..."

"Needless to say. What you said always makes sense. I'm just not reconciled and complaining." Meteor sighed softly. Her reluctance and complaints were not because of not being able to join Zhuang Xuteng's team. "I found out, two detectives, the grade is not high, the older one is a deputy detective, can investigate the case independently, but it can only investigate the case independently. The younger one has only joined the PCPD for two and a half years, just from the traffic police department Transferred here, don't have much detective experience. These two people... don't seem to be a threat."

Zhuang Xuteng frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Was the deputy detective responsible for the 623 bombing two years ago?"

"I'll run a search. Wait a minute. After all, it was almost three years ago. The search will take a while. Also, I'll see if I can take over their vehicle communication and eavesdrop on what the two of them are saying."

"Can you still do this?" Zhuang Xuteng felt amazing.

"Yes. The car radios are on when PCPD is on duty, but they are in the answering state by default. You can only speak when you pick up the phone and press the button. Except for some special models, most of the car radios are always receiving, but they are not sent to Just on public channels. Most of the PCPD don't know this. Well, neither do they, they... wait, what is this?"

Suddenly there was no sound from Meteor, Zhuang Xuteng was anxious but could only wait.After a while, Meteor said: "I found something suspicious: the cars of those two people are being followed."

"Being followed by me?" Zhuang Xuteng immediately slowed down the speed of the car and opened up a distance to reduce the risk of being discovered.

"It's not you. Their car radio keeps sending their location information on a secret frequency, or through the PCPD's own communication channel. Look around, is there anyone following them?"

"I didn't find it." Zhuang Xuteng had been paying attention to the surrounding situation vigilantly before, and now he hastened to confirm again. "Still haven't found it. I'll distance myself a bit. Is their location information accurate?"

"I'm not sure, the address information is not the street number." Meteor thought for a while and said, "Nike, do you know that there is an emergency positioning signal transmitter on the PCPD patrol walkie-talkie?"

"I know." Zhuang Xuteng also sold that walkie-talkie and made some money.

"The PCPD's vehicle also has a positioning function. It communicates with the car radio, and that is what works now. But this time, the feature code of the positioning message sent by the device is different from the normal one. The surrounding PCPDs will not receive this distress positioning. Only Those who know the signature code in advance can only track it with a special positioning device."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "If you want to do such a thing, can you use the information network?"

"No, we have to tamper with the equipment, so it is very likely that this matter was done by PCPD internal personnel." Meteor immediately understood what Zhuang Xuteng wanted to know, and she said: "Modification is very troublesome, and the best opportunity to use the mobile phone is to take advantage of it." Vehicle warranty. I just checked and their car was repaired yesterday due to a crash with another PCPD at the parking lot entrance and exit the day before."

"Huh..." Zhuang Xuteng had already smelled the smell of a huge conspiracy.

"I connected it, and I can hear them talking, but the background noise is a bit loud, so it may not be completely accurate." Meteor frowned, and said: "They... They seem to want to go to Gray Worm City, the town of the Seventh Alliance."

"Are you sure?" Zhuang Xuteng heard the basically certain answer, and knew that the two PCPDs in front were very likely to go to find his parents.He asked Meteor to wait for a while, then called his parents and explained a little.

When he told his family that he was looking for food with the mercenary party, he had already arranged for his identity information. He was just afraid that his parents would forget about it and accidentally let it slip.Once the mercenary officially enters the industry, the middleman—especially a responsible middleman like Lucy—will cover up information and let the mercenary go to other places to "work" in their original identity. With the identity of "Zhuang Xuteng", he joined the cargo fleet and worked odd jobs on merchant ships on the Pei River and other rivers.

If you insist on checking, you will definitely be able to find the news of "Zhuang Xuteng" boarding the ship, because Lucy indeed sent a real person to board the ship under that name, worked for a few days, and then disembarked and disappeared after getting paid.Generally, the clues will be lost after tracing here. If you insist on tracing down, there is a high probability that you will touch the middleman's intelligence alarm network and attract attention.The real information of the mercenary is not only the responsibility of the intermediary he belongs to, but also a secret that the industry needs to jointly maintain.

In addition to "traveling by boat", there are dozens of other possibilities, which will not be listed here.

Zhuang Xuteng's parents will definitely cooperate to answer the questions. At the same time, they are also worried that Zhuang Xuteng has gotten into some trouble.

"I'm not sure yet." Zhuang Xuteng said honestly.His parents knew him too well, if he lied, he might be heard right away. "These things I'm doing now are to avoid trouble first, and wait until I figure out what the PCPD wants to do. If the purpose is good, then I can cooperate with them, but I'm afraid that the PCPD sometimes doesn't do anything."

"Well, you really have to be careful." Father agreed.

"I'm going to continue to investigate, so I won't say much. Don't worry, if something happens, I will take Zhuang Feifei away for protection first, and at the same time let you slip away quickly, aren't you right?"

"Yes, you should do that. Well, pay attention to your own safety, and we will deal with it as you said."

Zhuang Xuteng hung up the phone, and before he dialed Meteor's number again, he saw a black truck coming from behind in the mirror.It was a bit fast, but what made Zhuang Xuteng alert was the way it drove.On the closed road of the expressway out of the city, the truck changed its position left and right, constantly overtaking the vehicles in front of it.

It cares more about driving progress than (potentially) cargo safety.While making a phone call, Zhuang Xuteng secretly glanced at the truck's driving route, and when it approached, he swayed slightly, making a move to block the road.He didn't really block the way, he just flicked around, enough to scare people.Under normal circumstances, the van would definitely honk its horn in anger and brake to slow down to ensure safety.But the truck immediately evaded, and the speed hardly slowed down. It directly bypassed Zhuang Xuteng with its driving skills and continued to move forward.

Zhuang Xuteng's car wobbled, returned to normal after briefly pressing the line, and then continued to hold the steering wheel in one hand and the phone in the other.He's putting on a show, deducing the "legitimate" reasons for dangerous driving for a truck driver who might be looking in his rearview mirror.At the same time, he sneaked a glance at the rearview mirror of the van.

The truck uses one-way glass, both on the front and side of the cab.Zhuang Xuteng remained calm, he already had a premonition that something was about to happen.

(End of this chapter)