Trickster Hunter

Chapter 205 Harmony with light

Lizhou City, temporary command camp.

"Thank you for your support. If you two hadn't taken action in time and put yourself in danger, we really don't know how to deal with this situation!" Officials from the Lizhou City Management Committee surrounded Sun Hang and Zhulong. They took turns shaking hands with the two of them - but Sun Hang and Zhulong looked slightly embarrassed: only they knew that in fact they didn't do anything, and the fireball completely disappeared on its own.

But in the eyes of these other people, there is no doubt that this terrifying monster was destroyed by these two hunters. The words of an official with burn ointment on his face were even more shocking. The cheeks of the two people were slightly hot: "As expected of the hunters who came from Chunming City, they are really powerful. It’s unfathomable! The crusade was completed so quickly! I will arrange for all the media in Lizhou City to make this matter the headlines... No, Lizhou City alone is not enough, I will contact Tianfu City right away. Bian, we must let the people of Shuzhou know about your heroic deeds!"

"Uh, have the casualties of this emergency been calculated?" Sun Hang's words were like pouring cold water on this group of people. The originally noisy command center suddenly became quiet. , many people's faces suddenly became a little ugly, and a few people walked out of the tent silently.

"This... has not been calculated yet," said an official who was getting close to the two men just now. "The fire caused by the ultra-high temperature has not been completely extinguished, and the statistical work will not be started for a while."

"Many of the victims did not even leave complete skeletons...I am afraid that we will have to rely on household registration to determine who is missing..." another official said.

The missing people in his mouth are actually equated with death. Not only that, but there is also a problem in counting household registrations, that is, the floating population stranded in Lizhou City and some people without household registration cannot be counted. Got in.

For example, a businessman from Tianfu City came to Lizhou City to do business. Due to the suspension of flights during the night, he was stranded in Lizhou City. In desperation, the businessman had no choice but to rent a hotel in a hotel near the airport. The room stayed.

As a result, the businessman was unfortunately killed in this emergency... But because he was not a local resident of Lizhou City, he was not included in the statistics. There is a high probability that the businessman's relatives in Tianfu City would not receive him. news of death.

What's even worse is that since civil communications have not been restored, the businessman has been unable to contact his family - from the perspective of his family, it is as if he has disappeared from the world.

The businessman's wife and children could only wait at home in Tianfu City, waiting for the person who would never come back.

"It's hard, it's hard..." An official with white hair on his temples frowned and shook his head repeatedly. His dialect-accented whisper immediately spread the sad look on everyone's faces.

"You guys chat first, I have a stomachache and I need to go to the toilet." Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Hang immediately used the "Shit Escape" method, pushed away the group of officials who were crowded together, and walked out of the tent of the command center. Got out.

Sun Hang walked out of the tent and glanced in the direction of Panlong Airport. The fires in several blocks had not yet hit his face. The raging fires dyed the originally dark night sky a bright orange-red color, and the choking smell of smoke continued to float out. You can still smell it after traveling dozens of kilometers...

Sun Hang sighed imperceptibly and walked into the temporary toilet made of prefabricated houses.

After a while, Zhulong also walked into the toilet.

He knocked on the compartment door and asked, "Sun Hang, are you in there?"

"Here." Sun Hang's voice came from the cubicle.

"How do you plan to report this incident?" Zhulong asked.

"If I report it truthfully, what else can I do?"

"According to the signs at the scene, the fireball disappeared rather than escaped. You can completely take credit for eliminating the monster." Zhulong said in a low voice, "After all, there are only two of us at the scene. I can The report stated that you single-handedly eliminated the monsters that harmed Lizhou City. As for the specific details of the battle, you have to make up the details yourself. "

"Isn't this a lie?"

"Don't you think that all those officials firmly believe that we destroyed that weird thing?"

"What if?"

"It is true that some people think so... But for more people, it is not important who eliminated the monsters, but it is important to have a merit that can be reported to the federal government, even if this merit does not belong to them. ”

"you mean……?"

"Being like light and dust is also a way to behave in the world." Zhulong continued, "Do you still remember the guy with the ointment on his face just now?"

"Yes, what happened to him?"

"The injuries on his face were not burned on the front line, but he burned them with boiling water himself. I 'accidentally' passed by his tent earlier and saw it with my own eyes." Zhulong sighed, "This is also It was a helpless act... The appearance of the fireball was a force majeure, and no one should be responsible for it... But their position meant that even if they did nothing wrong, they must bear the responsibility corresponding to their own power. "

"You want to help them?"

"For you, this is a big credit." Zhulong said, "And all they want is for us to take over the credit."

"I still want to report it truthfully." Sun Hang thought for a moment and said, "What if the fireball appears again?"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

"Huh..." Sun Hang vaguely heard Zhulong let out a long breath, "Your choice did not disappoint me... Compared with me, you are a more qualified hunter."

"Hey, are you here to test my feelings?"

"No, it's not a test. No matter which choice you make, I will agree." Zhulong said, "I don't have to give face to the officials of the Lizhou City Management Committee... For them, Fireball The occurrence of the disaster is an unreasonable disaster; but who should the people who lost their lives in the disaster go to for explanation?”

"Well, I have to clarify something." Sun Hang said.

"What?"

"You'd better not think of me as so noble. I just think it's troublesome to cheat... I have no interest in being a hero, and I don't care about the so-called credit at all." Sun Hang said.

This sentence is really the truth - after all, in the transaction with Pei Zongjun, the other party had already allowed Sun Hang to impose conditions... The credit for eliminating the fireball was indeed negligible to Sun Hang.

"You..." Zhulong was silent for a few seconds before continuing, "You are more interesting than I imagined."

"Hey, haven't you left yet?" Sun Hang suddenly asked.

"Is there anything else?"

"Do you have any paper? Damn it, I think I forgot to bring any paper."

As soon as he finished speaking, a small pack of tissues was stuffed through the gap under the cubicle door.

"It's not enough."

"Enough, enough... By the way, you came to the toilet to smell the stench just to tell me this?" Sun Hang asked doubtfully, "Don't you go to the toilet yourself?"

"Otherwise? The two of us have to agree on the report we submit. Otherwise, if we contradict each other, wouldn't it be embarrassing?" Zhulong said with a smile.

"Yes." Sun Hang nodded, but after nodding, he realized that Zhulong outside could not see his nodding action at all, "Speaking of which, where are Zhong Ling and Yang Qi, where did they go?"

"The puppet master is assisting the Lizhou City fire brigade in extinguishing the remaining fire with the skeleton. As for Researcher Yang, he should be with her."

"Can I trouble you to follow them?" Sun Hang said, "What if a few more strange things appear in the ruins..."

"Well, even if you don't tell me, I am planning to go there." Zhulong replied, "If it is used to put out fires, I can still be of great use."

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away. Sun Hang glanced at his phone and found that the local media in Lizhou City had promoted himself and Zhulong as heroes who saved the entire city. The news headline was that he and Zhulong fell into the sea of ​​fire. The back figure among them.

"The photo was taken quite well." Sun Hang commented.

The civilian communication network has not been fully restored, but in order to stabilize public sentiment, the federal government has opened a part of the portal news website that is completely controlled by the government, specifically used to publish various notices, reminders and positive news... I think it won't take long, this group The photos will appear on the homepages of various portal news websites.

Sun Hang suddenly realized something... With the federal government's behavior, even if he reported that the fireball disappeared on its own and he and Zhulong did nothing, the federal government would most likely forcibly deduct the credit from the two of them. On the head.

Just like Yang Qi once said to Sun Hang - the federation needs heroes, and the people also need heroes.

Zhulong must also know that no matter what choice the two of them make, there will be no difference in the final result.

"How humorous."

Sun Hang cleaned the squatting pit, rubbed his numb knees, opened the door and walked out.

The camp was still very busy - medical staff, city defense troops, people from the Bureau of Investigation, police officers and firefighters, all kinds of people were rushing between the tents. Phones were ringing one after another, and from time to time, police sirens could be heard. Sheriff's Department vehicles raced past the camp.

Standing in the middle of the busy crowd, Sun Hang had an illusion that he was like an alien, incompatible with this world.

News has come from Tianfu City, asking Sun Hang and the others to stay in Lizhou City temporarily, and then return to Tianfu City when the aftermath work is almost completed. Lizhou City has also provided a five-star hotel. It serves as a place for Sun Hang and others to stay.

There was no point in staying in the command camp. Sun Hang sent a message to Zhulong and Yang Qi respectively, then opened the navigation APP and entered the name of the hotel.

The hotel is not far from the command camp, less than 500 meters away... However, when Sun Hang arrived in front of the hotel, he found that there was a heavy chain lock hanging on the door of the hotel, and the notice board beside it also said "Special Period" , suspension of business" announcement.

Just when Sun Hang was thinking about whether to go back and ask, the door of a black car parked nearby opened, and a young man in a black suit and tie ran towards Sun Hang in small steps.

"Hello, you are the special guest arranged by the management committee to stay in our hotel, right?" The young man said to Sun Hang very politely, "I am the lobby manager of this hotel, and I am here to wait for you."

"Uh...isn't your hotel closed?" Sun Hang pointed at the locked door and asked.

"It's not just us. All hotels in Lizhou City have stopped operating." The lobby manager said, "But we have packed up the rooms you need. Where are the others?"

"They are still busy. I came here alone."

"Okay, please follow me."

The lobby manager took Sun Hang around to the back of the hotel and walked in through a small door with "Employee Passage" printed on it. The two walked through the utility room and the employee locker room, and then through a warehouse full of various materials, and finally arrived at the dark lobby with only two small lights on at the front desk.

The lobby manager ran to the back of the front desk, took out a room card and a set of toiletries from the cabinet, put a business card on top, and handed them to Sun Hang, saying: "All the service staff in the hotel have gone home. Now the only ones who are still maintaining the operation of the hotel are me, two security personnel, two cleaners and a chef in the kitchen. If you need room service, just call the number on this business card directly from the internal phone."

"By the way, why don't you go home?" Sun Hang took the things and asked curiously, "Do you get overtime pay for working at this time?"

"Ah..." The lobby manager sighed, "To be honest, it's not that we don't want to go home, but we can't go back. Those who stay are not local to Lizhou. We usually eat and live in the hotel. For us, this is our home in Lizhou."

"Oh, so..." Sun Hang didn't ask any more questions, took the things and walked towards the elevator.

In order to save energy, the entire hotel building only maintains the minimum lighting. As Sun Hang walked, his shadow on the corridor wall became longer and shorter, looking like some kind of weird creature lurking in the shadows.

"It's a bit like the snake in the cup in a horror movie." Sun Hang smiled self-deprecatingly and walked into the elevator.

The light in the elevator was sufficient. Through the smooth mirror-like inner wall of the elevator, Sun Hang looked at himself carefully.

"What on earth are you?" Sun Hang asked his shadow.

The shadow also asked Sun Hang.

Sun Hang did not answer.

The shadow did not answer either.

With a "ding", the elevator stopped on the 22nd floor.

The room card given to Sun Hang by the lobby manager said "2201". The first room he saw when he walked out of the elevator was his room.

After opening the door, Sun Hang was too lazy to take off his clothes and threw himself on the bed directly.

A feeling of sleepiness came over him... If he counted carefully, he hadn't had a proper sleep for almost 48 hours.

But the moment he closed his eyes, the figure of the white-haired girl suddenly appeared in his mind.