Gunfire, Punk and Necromancer

Zhuang Xuteng thanked Detective Shandar and hurried home with the surveillance video. Although he focused on exercise and meditation, he had little entertainment at home, but he did buy a TV and accompanying video player. The player had never been used before, so he found the manual and slowly followed the instructions before playing the video.

Based on the tips given by Lo Xandar in his notes, he adjusted the video to the time of the incident. In the video, Oriana Song walked from the edge of the screen, carrying a bag on her arm and a net bag in her other hand. Inside seemed to be bread, packaged fast food and a few bottles of drinks. She walked at a normal pace, looking calm, as if this was an extremely normal day in her life.

A red pickup truck rushed over from the other side of the screen and hit Sister Song with lightning speed - she only had time to panic and no time to dodge. In the surveillance footage, you can see that she first hit the wall of a nearby building, then bounced back and fell heavily to the ground. The red pickup truck bumped a few times on the sidewalk, drove up and down, and soon stopped next to Sister Song.

The car door opened, and two people got out. They both wore mosaic hats. Zhuang Xuteng gritted his teeth, hating the mosaic hat for the first time. He could only keep in mind the clothes and general figures of the three people, and then analyze their gaits, which was the only way to identify them.

The three people had a clear division of labor. One walked back and forth at the scene twice, obviously checking for omissions and avoiding leaving clues; the second took away Oriana Song’s things, including the net bags scattered on the ground after the impact. Picked it up and took it away; the third person first checked the injury on Sister Song's head, then took out a knife and stabbed her heart.

Zhuang Xuteng stared at this man, trying to remember every detail of his movements. After he took out the knife, he touched Sister Song's neck and waited for more than 20 seconds before letting go. Afterwards, he wiped the blade of the knife with Sister Song's clothes, and hurriedly got into the car with the other two people and left.

The surveillance footage is in black and white, and colors can only be discerned in grayscale, something that Lo Sandal has already accomplished. In his notes, he described the assassin as "blue coat, black shirt, dark brown pants, black leather shoes..."

The other two people also had corresponding descriptions, but Shandar's focus was still on this killer. He first listed the information that was certain, and then followed up with an impression of this guy: male, between thirty-five and forty years old, calm and determined, very clear about what he wants to do and how to act, maybe He had some medical knowledge, and he may also be very familiar with the knowledge of the body structure used in assassination - his knife movement was clean and neat, seeming to avoid the ribs and hit the heart.

Amazing, he was able to catch this detail just by observing the video without knowing the autopsy report. Luo Xandar was indeed a master of two tricks. Zhuang Xuteng continued to read and later analyzed that this person was probably a professional killer. Since his skin is not exposed in the video, and there is mosaic above the neck, the possibility that he is a gang member cannot be ruled out. But judging from the actions alone, it is more likely that he is a mercenary.

Mercenary... Zhuang Xuteng repeatedly watched the mosaic head on the surveillance camera and felt that this analysis was probably closer to the truth. Gangs rarely use things like mosaic hats. Their actions should highlight the impression of the individual or the gang, thereby enhancing the intimidation effect and serving the long-term interests of the gang.

After watching the live video, apart from the three mosaic heads, the most valuable clue left to follow is the red pickup truck. The video clearly left its number. If you find it, you may be able to find those three guys.

It was more expensive to call Lucy, so Zhuang Xuteng chose to call Nightingale and Yanque. The two of them happened to be free, pretending to be police officers and accessing PCPD's information network to query a car number. This was not difficult for them at all. Five minutes later, the call came back: This license plate number was fake and did not exist at all.

"Nike, we have checked and ruled out the possibility of deliberately deleting the license plate information. That license plate has never been issued at all and is completely fabricated." Yanque asked curiously: "What are you doing? Are you secretly receiving the license plate information? A private job?"

"If the concept of private work is to work for others and make money, then I am just the opposite. I just spent 100,000 euros, which is not the state of taking private work." Zhuang Xuteng said: "I am investigating a car accident case, Quan should be a practitioner Practice your skills. If you need further help, I will never leave you idle."

"Okay! We've agreed!" Listening to the voice, I felt that Yanque was quite happy. "It just so happens that we sisters have a few days off, so we have time to play with you. It's just a pity that Brother Dao can't come."

Ge Gongdao has been very busy in the past two days. After all, being a senior director is not that easy. "Moat Security Support Co., Ltd." has been established, and he needs to work hard to fill in the empty shelves and turn it into a flesh-and-blood whole. This involves a lot of tedious and complicated specific work.

At this time, a burst of playful sounds came from the phone, and then Nightingale snatched the phone away from Yanque. She said to Zhuang Xuteng: "Naike, don't listen to Yanque's nonsense. What she said will delay things!"

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"The two of us are not free these days. In fact, we only have three days from today to the day after tomorrow. Lucy did not arrange specific tasks for us, but also asked us to be on call at any time. Brother Dao has set up a company in case someone makes trouble. , the two of us are the reserve team for information network warfare." Nightingale further said: "In three days, it will be our turn to go to the security company to check the information security. We will probably stay there for a week...Nike, are you in trouble? ?”

"I won't hide it from you, so that you don't have to guess and worry. An acquaintance at home has died. The method is very similar to murder. I am trying to find out who did it."

"Ah? This kind of thing..." The phone was quiet for a while, and then Nightingale said, "We'll go find you right now."

Neighbors upstairs and downstairs are very convenient at this time. Only ten minutes later, the nightingale and the rock bird came. The two of them just wore a coat over their pajamas and slippers. Each of them knocked on Zhuang Xuteng's door carrying a small box. "Come in quickly, I'm sorry to bother you two. But how did you know I was at home?"

"The two of us are not only in the physical space, but also in the information space. Through the feedback speed of the inherent information, we can know that we are both under the same base station, and the signal has been strengthened in this building, further narrowing the range." Nightingale said : "Anyway, if you're not at your own home, you're at Brother Dao's home, and he's not at home now. You can't be alone with Prince, right?"

Zhuang Xuteng pointed at Nightingale and said, "Don't make random hints, someone will be killed!" He then scratched his head and said, "Brother Dao is not here, and I didn't ask him. What should the mercenaries do if they encounter such a thing? How about finding a partner?”

Nightingale smiled and replied: "If it is an ordinary mercenary, there are two ways to deal with it, one is to owe a favor, and the other is to spend money to complete the task. But as a partner in the same team, especially one who can entrust the safety of his life to the other party , then there is a third way: just treat it as your own business."

Yanque then added: "Your business is my business. This should be looked at from two aspects. If you encounter trouble, let's discuss and solve it together. It does not involve human relations or entrusted tasks. It is purely from a professional perspective. This is the first meaning. The second meaning is that your business is also my business, which refers to the right to refuse. If I feel that the method of handling is not good and the risk is too high, then I will refuse you as well. According to my own affairs, I will stop doing my affairs, as a matter of course, so I don't owe you anything, and you can't use favors or entrusted tasks to force, threaten, or induce. Naike, do you understand? ?”

"Although it's a bit confusing, I understand the meaning." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head and said, "Strange, I never heard Brother Dao say..."

"This is an old rule. Nowadays, there are basically no fixed partner teams like ours, so few people can use it." Nightingale said: "The two of us knew this rule when we were following Steyer - he wanted to mediate at that time The conflict between two old mercenaries."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said: "If there are rules, we will follow the rules, but I just thought of a question: Since there are rules, it seems not good to hide it from Brother Dao. I want to call him, at least Let him know so that the guy doesn’t know about it later and complains that I didn’t find him.”

"No problem." Nightingale nodded and said, "I see your video is still on. Is it related to the content inside?"

"Look, just go back seven minutes." Zhuang Xuteng pointed the remote control to them, then picked up the phone and called Ge Gongdao.

The line was always busy at first, and it took five minutes to get in. When Ge Gongdao heard Zhuang Xuteng's voice, he became angry and said, "If you need anything to call me, don't call this number. Just use the one who does the work! What's the matter?"

"Nothing urgent..."

"Fart! You definitely know that I am busy with the security company right now. If there is no emergency, you will definitely not call me! Don't lie to me, I know your expression right now through the phone!" Ge Gongdao paused for a moment. , said: "Okay, I got the secretary out, I'm the only one in the office, don't worry!"

"A friend of mine was killed in the street. It looked like murder. I called my sisters to help analyze it, and they told me the rule of 'your business is my business.' I thought, since there is this As a rule, I must at least tell you..."

"Ah? Why has that old rule been brought up again? It's okay, it's not impossible. All rules are dead. Talent is the most important."

"Is there something wrong with that rule?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"This question is not important." Ge Gongdao sniffed and said, "I know the matter. It's hard to tell the details on the phone, and you don't have to ask. I'll arrange the schedule. It's seven o'clock now, I'm ten o'clock... I’ll look for you at 10:30 at most. Are you at home?”

"Yes, I'm at home. You don't have to..."

"I'm definitely going to join in and listen to the specifics. I can at least give you some advice. Okay, I have to meet someone next, so I won't say more. We'll talk about it in the evening! This job is not good. So dry, I can barely drink any water..."

Although the content of the phone call was simple, it was full of Ge Gongdao's concern. Zhuang Xuteng looked at the current time. He believed that if he didn't have to see guests soon, it would be difficult to drive away the guests who had already arrived next door. Ge Gongdao would definitely put down all the work he was doing and rush back in the shortest possible time.

When Zhuang Xuteng called, the two sisters had already finished watching the video. The two of them came close and chatted, a language that was spoken very fast, like raindrops hitting a window. Zhuang Xuteng was curious and asked, "What did you say?"

"You don't understand. It would be too time-consuming to translate it for you." Yanque gave a rough explanation: "This is our auxiliary language, which can add tone and emotion to the information directly communicated by the brain. The transmission speed of pure text is very fast, but in addition to expressing meaning, language also expresses emotions... Uh, I'm talking nonsense..."

"We are discussing this video, mainly to discuss the details of this woman's attack." Nightingale summarized, and then asked: "What is the relationship between this person and you? Is it a member of your family?"

"If my brother is alive, she will be my sister-in-law." Zhuang Xuteng didn't want to hide it, and said: "There are some problems with my brother's death, so when I heard about the car accident, I kept a close eye on it and asked someone to look at the body. I would look for it after I found any abnormalities. People look at the scene and find this surveillance video.”

"It turns out that you have done so much work, and it seems that you already have some ideas in your mind." Nightingale said: "The two of us are not detectives, nor can we do autopsies. We are only good at technical work. These three people used mosaic hats , we can use technical means to reduce the blurring of the mosaic. Don’t get excited, it’s impossible to see the face clearly. At most, you can know whether it is round or pointed, bald or bearded.”

"That's okay!" Zhuang Xuteng said immediately.

"It seems that you attach great importance to this matter..." Yanque sighed and said: "Sister, I'm more cute, so it's better for me to say ugly things... Naike, most of the users of Mosaic Hats are mercenaries. . If this thing was done by mercenaries, and you decide to take revenge, the two of us will not help you. The two of us will not kill the mercenaries."

Nightingale nodded and said: "We sisters are information espionage types, and we still want to leave this industry one day. Due to the serious side effects of the implant, we have almost no potential to upgrade, and our combat effectiveness is only like this, which is very scary. retaliated against. Therefore, we do not conflict with mercenaries except for entrusted tasks."

"Oh..." Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said, "I understand, but you may have a misunderstanding. After finding this person, I mainly asked him who ordered him to do it. If he is a mercenary, then he is just a knife. , I want to find the person holding the knife. If he refuses to tell whether he is alive or dead... Since he refuses to tell whether he is alive or dead, there is no need for me to deal with him with death. As long as he is instructed by others, I will not kill him. "

Nightingale's eyes lit up and she said, "It's best if you handle it this way, but the question is, can you bear it?"

"I can only say that it's not the time to endure it anymore." Zhuang Xuteng thought about it later and felt that his words were not accurate. It should be the time when he didn't need to be patient yet.