Soul Patch

Chapter 289 Stunned, utterly stunned!
After Wenjie's wound was bandaged, his teammates reported his injury to headquarters.

Zheng Tuan arranged for Wenjie to cooperate with the police station's criminal investigation team in taking statements from the female rioters, meaning he wanted to remove him from the front line.

Wenjie remained silent for a long time after hearing his superior's words on the walkie-talkie.

The threat posed by V for Vendetta has not been eliminated. At this point, it would be unwise to lower our guard and allow everyone to return to the controlled area...

“Zheng Tuan, let me stay. There are special police officers watching the interrogation at the police station, and they also have a specially hired translator. They shouldn't need me... I don't understand Japanese anyway.” Wenjie pursed his lips.

Hearing Wenjie's words, Yang Shanshan rolled her eyes in dissatisfaction: "Is this guy stupid? It's so dangerous to stay here, with explosives and sniper rifles. Besides..."

Thinking of this, she leaned close to Wenjie's ear and whispered, "We still have a mission to complete, so let's follow the leader's instructions."

Her plan was to keep an eye on things here until the entire event ended tomorrow. The interrogation, on the other hand, was expected to be over in a few hours.

If we finish early, we can get to work sooner.

Of course, security is also important, but Wenjie is injured, so the situation is different for patients.

If you really encounter thugs and fight them to the death, your teammates will not only have to deal with the thugs, but also protect them, which will not only cause trouble for everyone, but also put everyone in danger... Yes, that's exactly what it's like.

Yang Shanshan kept working on her own mindset, constantly trying to hypnotize herself:

I'm not selfish, nor am I unpatriotic. I just feel this is the right choice.

Okay! I admit I was just worried about Wenjie getting into trouble!
Wenjie stared at Yang Shanshan in surprise. A voice came from the walkie-talkie, "Hello, hello, hello." He mumbled a reply: "Oh, I see, Commander Zheng."

After saying that, he hung up the line.

He turned to look at Yang Shanshan, wondering what she meant by "mission." Wasn't the system's mission to protect her?
I glanced down at the time: 21:40.

More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Maybe the bandaging of the wound took some time... No, that's not the point.

The key point is that Yang Shanshan escaped being murdered.

Yes, that's the key point.

This means that Yang Shanshan's murder was successfully prevented.

Wenjie had a thought:

[Refactoring Patch Released]

The system light suddenly flashed

A line of text scrolled out
[Patch delivery failed]

As the patch carrier, Yang Shanshan saw the same text appear before her eyes.

Her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she gently pushed Wenjie: "What are you doing? Our mission isn't finished yet!"

Indeed, the mission was not completed; it only temporarily prevented a female thug from shooting Yang Shanshan, but did not rectify the cause of Yang Shanshan's murder.

As long as the motive for murder exists, murder is inevitable... Thinking of this, he nodded silently.

This can be seen as an expression of agreement with Yang Shanshan's words.

So, it seems I really have to participate in the interrogation of that female thug?

Amidst her flurry of thoughts, Yang Shanshan gently comforted her, "It's alright. Once you find Li Shiman, you'll know what the secret of Soul really is."

what?
Wenjie wondered if he had misheard. What soul?

That anti-soul patching system alliance?
As soon as this thought crossed Wenjie's mind, he realized that the mission he had mentioned to Yang Shanshan was not the same as what she had mentioned, and hurriedly asked, "What mission are you talking about?"

"Find Li Shiman, find Soul!"

Wait… Wenjie waved his hand: “What is Soul?” Yang Shanshan looked at him like he was an idiot: “Are you kidding me? You don’t know what Soul is? You were the one who told me about Soul!”

She took a deep breath, feeling her mouth was a little dry. She licked it with her tongue and asked cautiously, "Wenjie, have you lost your memory?"

Immediately, she tilted her head and frowned slightly: "That's not right, you remember me, you haven't lost your memory!"

"Stop, stop, stop..." Wenjie was confused by Yang Shanshan's words, so he stepped forward and covered Yang Shanshan's mouth.

We can't let her keep talking; the more she talks, the more confusing it gets!

"Waaah, waaah, waaah..." Yang Shanshan struggled a couple of times, then lay limply in Wenjie's arms.

Okay, this time they won't chatter and fight over who gets to speak... Wenjie was a little smug.

He straightened Yang Shanshan in his arms and stared into her eyes: "Now I'm going to ask you questions, so listen to me. I'll let you speak, so speak!"

"Mmm-hmm!" Yang Shanshan nodded vigorously.

"Why are you looking for Li Shiman? Is she here too? I mean, was she also in Beijing in 2009?"

"That would be best. We always found her here before, asking her to help us decipher the mysteries contained within the soul."

Well! It's not exactly a mystery, it's just that we don't know how to do it, while Li Shiman had encountered something similar when she was in the United States.

She said the magnetic field vibrations in China were stronger than in the United States, which is why she returned to China.

"What? I've never heard Li Shiman mention any of this. Has she been involved in any paranormal events?"

Wenjie had just thought of Li Shiman's childhood. Could it be that she suffered from hysteria as a child and was tormented by it for a year... making her body susceptible to some kind of unclear thing?

Just as Wenjie was about to say something more, he suddenly shut his mouth tightly.

The note on his desk, the word "soul" engraved on the quill pen, and the phrase "Come save me quickly - Li Shiman" flashed through his mind.

Soon, the image that flashed through his mind was of Li Shiman being stabbed in the chest by a vase, blood splattering everywhere...

He opened his eyes wide and looked at Yang Shanshan in a panic.

"What's wrong? Why the sudden expression?" Yang Shanshan asked, puzzled.

His lips trembled, and his voice shook slightly: "Li Shiman... is dead!"

"What? When did this happen!" Yang Shanshan exclaimed anxiously, her voice turning shrill again.

“就是……”文杰回忆了一下，笃定地说：“2019年7月7日16:23 华海国际科技有限公司，死在她自己的办公室。”

After saying that, he added in a deep voice: "The murderer is Liu Qingqing, that girl from your company's administrative department."

Yang Shanshan gave him a strange look and asked, "What do you mean, 'our unit'? Do you remember which unit I work for?"

This question left Wenjie a little confused. Did his memories become unreliable?

Yang Shanshan clearly works in the registration group of the business hall of the Second Branch Bureau!

He pondered for a moment, then instead of answering Yang Shanshan, he asked, "Shanshan? Do you remember when we met?"

Yang Shanshan gave him a reproachful look and said, "I should answer this question like this: we actually met on September 25, 2020, during a system task."

However, the timeframe for the mission we were carrying out was set for 2009.

So, I think we should say we met in 2020, right? After all, you and I were just kids in 2009, and our lives hadn't intersected at all.

(End of this chapter)