Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Zhuang Xuteng thanked Detective Shandar and hurried home with the surveillance video.While focused on exercising and meditating, he had little entertainment at home, but bought a TV and accompanying VCR.The player has never been used before, so he found out the instruction manual and followed the operation slowly before playing the video.

According to the hint given by Roxandar in his notes, he adjusted the video to the time of the accident.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 a perfectly normal day in her life.

A red pickup truck rushed over from the other side of the screen, and slammed into Sister Song with lightning speed—she only had time to panic, and there was no time to dodge.In the surveillance footage, it can be seen 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 foundation, drove up and down, and soon stopped beside Sister Song.

The car door opened, and two people got out, both wearing mosaic hats.Zhuang Xuteng gritted his teeth, and hated 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 gait. At this time, the only way to identify them was left.

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 drew the knife, he touched Sister Song's neck, and it took more than 20 seconds for him to let go.Afterwards, he wiped the knife blade with Sister Song's clothes, and hurried into the car with the other two to leave.

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 have corresponding descriptions, but the focus of Shandar's attention is still this killer.He first listed the certain information, and then followed up with the profile of this guy: male, aged between 35 and [-], with a calm and determined personality, very clear about what he wants to do and how to act, there may be some He is also very familiar with the knowledge of the body structure used in the assassination—his knife moves cleanly, as if avoiding the ribs and hitting the heart.

Amazing, this detail can be captured by video observation alone without knowing the autopsy report. Roxandar really has a few tricks.Zhuang Xuteng continued to read, and later analysis concluded that this person is likely to be a professional killer.Since his skin is not exposed in the video, and the mosaic is above the neck, the possibility that he is a gang member cannot be ruled out.But judging from his actions alone, it is more likely that he is a mercenary.

Mercenaries... Zhuang Xuteng watched the mosaic head repeatedly, and felt that this analysis might be closer to the truth.Gangs rarely use things like mosaic hats. Their actions should highlight personal or gang impressions, 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 worthwhile clue left is the red pickup truck.The video clearly left its number. If you find it, you may be able to find the three guys.

It was more expensive to call Lucy, so Zhuang Xuteng chose to call the two sisters Nightingale and Chaffinch.The two of them happened to be free, so they pretended to be police officers to access the PCPD's information network to inquire about a car number, which was not difficult for them at all. After 5 minutes, the call came back: this license plate number is fake and does 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 [-] 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! Let's talk about it!" Listening to the voice, I feel that the rock sparrow is very happy. "It just so happens that our sisters are resting these few days, and we have time to play with you. It's a pity that Brother Dao can't come."

In the past two days, Ge Gongdao has been quite busy. After all, it is not easy to be a senior director. "Moat Security Support Co., Ltd." has been listed and established, and he needs to fill in the empty shelf and turn it into a whole with flesh and blood, which involves a lot of tedious and complicated specific work.

At this time, there was a sound of playfulness on the phone, and then Nightingale snatched the phone away from the chipmunk.She said to Zhuang Xuteng: "Nike, don't listen to the rock sparrow's nonsense, her words will delay things!"

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"The two of us are not free these few days. In fact, there are only three days from today to the day after tomorrow. Lucy didn't arrange specific tasks for us, but she also asked us to be on call at any time. Brother Dao set up a company there, 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, and it will probably be stationed for a week...Nike, have you encountered something? ?”

"I won't hide it from you, lest you guess and worry. An acquaintance in the family died. The method looks like murder. I'm investigating 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 away."

Neighbors upstairs and downstairs are very convenient at this time.Only 10 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 inherent information, we can know that we are all under the same base station, and this building has strengthened the signal to further narrow the range." Nightingale said : "Anyway, you are at Brother Dao's house if you are not at your own house, and he is not at home now, you can't be alone with Prince, right?"

Zhuang Xuteng pointed at Nightingale, and said, "Don't imply that you will kill someone!" Then he scratched his head and said, "Brother Dao is not here, and I didn't ask. What should mercenaries do if they encounter such a thing? Are you looking for 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. Now there is basically no fixed partner team like ours, so few people can use it." Nightingale said: "The two of us knew this rule when we followed Steyer - he was going to mediate A conflict between two old mercenaries."

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while, and said: "If there are rules, let's follow them, but I just thought of a problem: Since there are rules, it seems that it is not good to hide it from Brother Dao. I want to call him, at least Inform him, lest that guy find out afterwards and blame me for not looking for him."

"No problem." Nightingale nodded and said, "I see that your video is still on. Is it related to what's in it?"

"Look, just go back 7 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 squeezed in after 5 minutes.Ge Gongdao became angry when he heard Zhuang Xuteng's voice, and said, "If you have something to ask me, don't call this number, just use the one that works! What's the matter?"

"It's nothing urgent..."

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

"A friend of my family was killed on the street. It looked like murder. I asked my sisters to help analyze and analyze, and they told me the rule of 'your business is mine'. I thought, since there is this Rules, then at least I have to tell you..."

"Huh? Why is that old-fashioned rule being turned out again? It's okay, it's not impossible, all rules are dead, and talents are the most important thing."

"Is there a problem with that rule?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"This question is not important." Ge Gongdao sniffed, and said: "I know the matter, it's not easy to talk about details on the phone, and you don't have to open your mouth. I'll arrange the schedule. It's seven o'clock now, and I'll be ten o'clock... At most 10:30 to find you. Are you at home?"

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

"I'm definitely going to get involved, to hear what's going on, and at least I can give you some advice. Okay, I have to meet someone next time, so I won't say much. We'll talk about it tonight! This job is very bad Dry, I almost can't drink the water..."

Although the content of the phone call was simple, it contained Ge Gongdao's concern.Zhuang Xuteng looked at the current time. He believed that if he didn't see the 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 in his hands and rush back in the shortest time.

When Zhuang Xuteng called, the two sisters had already finished watching the video.The two of them leaned closer and chatted, it was a language that was spoken very fast, like raindrops falling on the window.Zhuang Xuteng was curious and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"You don't understand, and it would take too much time to translate it for you." Rock Sparrow still roughly explained: "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 language not only expresses meaning, but also expresses emotion... Uh, I'm talking nonsense..."

"We are discussing this video, mainly discussing the details of this woman's attack." Nightingale summed it up, and then asked, "What is the relationship between this person and you? 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. It seems that you have some ideas in your mind." Nightingale said, "The two of us are not detectives, and we don't know how to do autopsies. We are only good at technical work. The three of us used mosaic hats , we can use technical means to reduce the blur of the mosaic. Don’t get excited, it’s impossible to see the face clearly, at most you can know whether it’s round or pointed, bald or bearded.”

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

"It seems that you attach great importance to this matter..." Rock Sparrow sighed, and said, "Sister, I'm cuter, let me say something ugly...Nike, most of the users of mosaic hats are mercenaries .If the mercenaries did this and you decide to take revenge, neither of us will help you. Neither of us will kill the mercenaries."

Nightingale nodded, and said: "We sisters are information spies, and we still want to leave this business one day. Due to the side effects of the implant, we have almost no potential for upgrading, and our combat effectiveness is just like this. retaliation. 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 for you to deal with 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.