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Zhu Shijiu was right. When he and Apple Pie no longer concealed their tracks and moved deeper into the atrium, they met other black soldiers on the way. The other black soldiers were only slightly stunned when they saw the two of them, and then pretended not to see them and automatically bypassed them.

When they approached the building where the underground command room was located, a black soldier appeared from nowhere and appeared in front of the two.

"Please follow me, Master Da Vinci has been waiting in the command room for a long time."

Zhu Shijiu nodded, followed the black soldier into the building, and was then taken to the familiar door of the underground command room.

Returning to the old place, it was a different mood.

Apple Pie looked at the closed door with some emotion. Her entanglement with Zhu Shijiu and Da Vinci started from here. If she had known that it would fall to this point, she would have refused the mission at all.

Zhu Shijiu did not have any extra emotions. The black soldier knocked on the door rhythmically, as if he had agreed on some secret code with Da Vinci inside. After a while, a cough was heard in the command room. The black soldier leading the way nodded and pushed open the door.

Zhu Shijiu smiled and walked in first: "Da Vinci, is it necessary to make it so complicated?"

Da Vinci shook his head and replied: "This is a necessary matter. Before the door is opened, I can't confirm the situation outside. It is reasonable to adopt different plans to deal with the actual situation, especially... When facing some major problems, you must be extra cautious."

Listening to Da Vinci's meaningful words, Zhu Shijiu smiled and looked back. The black soldier behind him had already left the room and closed the door very tactfully.

Zhu Shijiu turned his head to look at Da Vinci: "Then, let's talk."

Da Vinci didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He sat calmly on the chair, posing a comfortable posture and leaning back on the chair: "Prophet, I heard from the black soldiers under my command that you are the real murderer who kidnapped Commander Xu. It's really scary. This can't be true?"

First, Da Vinci wanted to confirm Zhu Shijiu's "degree of knowledge".

Although Commander Xu was indeed missing and left a letter for himself, Commander Xu did not tell Da Vinci the identity of the kidnapper, so he was not sure whether Commander Xu was in Zhu Shijiu's hands.

So now facing Zhu Shijiu who came to his door, he was not sure what role Zhu Shijiu played in it. It needs to be determined whether he is a chess piece or a chess player.

However, in the face of Da Vinci's temptation, Zhu Shijiu said bluntly: "Don't play dumb with me. Before I came, your men have made it clear to you, right? Xu Feng is in my hands."

Da Vinci narrowed his eyes.

Zhu Shijiu continued: "If you don't understand, you can ask me, but I can't guarantee that I will answer truthfully."

Da Vinci tapped the table with his finger: "I need proof."

Zhu Shijiu took out his mobile phone from his pocket and played the recording.

Although it is technically easy to fake recordings nowadays, after listening to the recording, Da Vinci no longer doubted it. The long-missing genius suddenly returned when Commander Xu disappeared, holding a recording of Commander Xu's orders. It can be basically confirmed that Commander Xu is indeed in Zhu Shijiu's hands.

There is nothing strange about Commander Xu's recording. It's just that the current situation is difficult to explain, and he has to cooperate with Zhu Shijiu's actions and obey Zhu Shijiu's command.

After listening to the recording, Da Vinci asked, "Is all this Commander Xu's plan?"

Zhu Shijiu: "Yes."

"When did it start?"

"Since I came to New York."

"So early? All your actions in New York were instructed by Commander Xu?"

"Yes."

"Including your disappearance, and stirring up trouble between the Black Soldier Organization and the US military in New York, was it Commander Xu who asked you to do this?"

"Yes."

"What's the reason?"

"For the smooth implementation of the Zerg Plan."

"Explain it more clearly."

"Da Vinci, you don't have enough authority."

"How deep is your understanding of the Zerg Plan?"

"The Zerg Plan is to turn all Americans into Zergs, use the huge pheromone bait of all Zergs to attract alien Zergs from all over the world, and finally activate the continental annihilation weapon to eliminate the Zergs in one fell swoop. Before that, in order to eliminate all unstable factors, the rat eradication operation was carried out in the United States."

"Why did Commander Xu ask you to..."

"Because I..."

Quick questions and quick answers. In just a few tens of seconds, Da Vinci started with simple questions and threw out several questions in succession, without giving Zhu Shijiu any time to think. From simple to complex, the questions became more and more tricky. Under normal circumstances, such continuous questioning would inevitably lead to flaws and logical loopholes.

But Zhu Shijiu, who was well prepared, was not the first time to encounter this situation. Facing Da Vinci's various questions, he answered fluently and did not look like he was lying at all.

Although Apple Pie, who was watching from the side, also knew part of the inside story, the more she listened, the more she was shaken. In the end, even she could not figure out whether Zhu Shijiu was telling the truth or lying, and she was half-believing and half-doubting.

"... So that's it. In the end, you are the chess piece chosen by Commander Xu, disrupting the situation to eliminate the traitors in the Black Soldier Organization, and the agent of unifying the thoughts of the Black Soldier Organization. Is that right?"

--In the end, it became like this.

After Da Vinci finished summarizing, he showed a weird expression to Zhu Shijiu: "Prophet, Zhu Shijiu, are you... treating me as a fool?"

"In fact, you do act like a fool when you lack sufficient intelligence." Zhu Shijiu said frankly, "You don't even know how easy it was for me to plan attacks on the manor and disrupt the situation in New York several times. If Xu Feng hadn't selected you, You have no ability or qualifications to participate in our plan."

"You...!" Da Vinci was speechless and began to doubt his own judgment.

"If you want me to show you more evidence, then I can only say that you do not have enough authority. So doubting each other is just a waste of time. Leonardo, all you can do now is follow my lead. ”

Zhu Shijiu said and turned on the communicator.

A woman's voice came from the communicator: [Hello? Are the negotiations over? 】

"This is not a negotiation, but a unilateral declaration. Let Xu Feng speak."

[Uh...Okay. 】Rustling.

Da Vinci heard the clear sound of rain, and then the familiar voice of Commander Xu came from the communicator.

[Wish Shijiu long...]

"Okay, it's okay." Zhu Shijiu ended the communication without waiting for Xu Feng to say anything, and then looked at Da Vinci, "Da Vinci, you seem to have misunderstood something. Our current relationship is not equal. The collaborator, but the coercer and the coerced. Xu Feng is in my hands. If you don't care or don't agree with my arrangement, I will remotely command my men to kill that bastard Xu Feng."

Da Vinci looked at Zhu Shijiu without any emotion in his eyes.

"Do you know what a big deal you're doing?"

Zhu Shijiu smiled: "Do you know how big a thing I am doing?"

Apple Pie looked at the two people looking at each other in fear.

Although her position was on Zhu Shijiu's side, she couldn't help but tremble when she thought about the possibility that Zhu Shijiu might actually kill Commander Xu if Da Vinci refused to compromise. Zhu Shijiu seemed to her to be getting more and more crazy.

Anyway, she couldn't understand Zhu Shijiu. She also believed that Zhu Shijiu would really do it.

Da Vinci, please don't be stupid.

But Prophet, you don’t know how to come up with a decent excuse? You should also pretend to be more like it, right? What I just said was no different from a showdown.

As the three people fell silent, the air in the command room became deathly silent. Apple Pie could only hear his own heartbeat, and the scene became more and more serious.