The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 230: Out-of-control Law Enforcer

Wu Chang pretended not to notice Raymond and searched for information step by step.

His method of gathering intelligence was neither to ask questions and look for suspicious information like Booker and Colton, nor to directly take action and force information in a rough manner like Veronica.

His method of finding the assassin was to sit back and wait.

First, find a manager of the Anthem Company active on Danube Street, follow him, use the target he chooses as bait, and wait for the assassin to show up.

The method of waiting for something to happen is inefficient and highly random, but it has one advantage, which is that it makes it easier for Raymond to contact him.

The target Wu Chang is targeting at this moment is named Martin, an old black man with dreadlocks and a big gold chain.

At the emergency security meeting this morning, Mok divided the city of Wildo into more than twenty areas according to the assassin's crime areas, range of activities, and time of the crime, and classified them into low, medium, and high danger levels.

Among them, Danube Street is a medium-risk area, and Martin is the head of the intelligence department responsible for investigating this area.

As a former secret agent, Martin is a professional in the field of intelligence and security.

He can be dressed in a suit and tie, transformed into a social elite, entering and exiting high-rise buildings, and making business reports in front of hundreds of people in standard old London accent; or he can be like what is happening in front of us, with dreadlocks, tattoos, a big gold chain, and two F**k's in every sentence.

Anyone who sees Martin now will think that he is a street bastard, especially one with three generations of pureblood ancestors. No one will associate him with the seventh-level manager of Anthem Company.

Unless someone has obtained his file in advance, knows his appearance and characteristics, and roughly knows his range of activities tonight based on the personnel distribution map.

For example, Wu Chang.

After he agreed to help the Security Department search for the assassin, as one of the persons in charge of the operation, he obtained a list of Security Department employees who were involved in the operation.

He locked onto Martin based on Martin's intelligence, and Raymond, who was following behind him, locked onto Martin through him.

But Martin himself didn't know all this.

He still played his role, took out two crumpled banknotes from his trouser pocket, and bought a small package of goods from a black brother in the alley.

He generously gave the other person half a pack, then waited for the other person to get excited and began to ask him questions intentionally or unintentionally.

Due to federal law requirements, in order to protect the privacy of citizens, even in large cities like Wildo, there are still a large number of areas that are not covered by surveillance cameras.

These drug dealers who live at the bottom of the alleys are living cameras.

Most of them grew up in this neighborhood and are extremely sensitive to strangers.

At the same time, life at the bottom of society has made them extremely adept at self-protection. When encountering danger, they have many ways to hide and avoid being discovered.

Their skin color is their protective color. As long as they squat in the shadows and don’t show their teeth, no one can find them hiding there.

In Martin's experience, these people often provide unexpected clues.

For example, now, the drunk Lao Hei in front of him revealed that three days ago his cousin drank too much, fell into a trash can, and fell asleep unconscious. He opened his eyes in the middle of the night and vaguely saw a mysterious man dragging a big shot and interrogating him about something.

During the interrogation, the name of the Anthem Company vaguely appeared.

Martin suppressed his excitement and asked tentatively, "Can you introduce your cousin to me? I heard that the people from the Anthem Company are looking for that guy, and the reward is quite high."

The drug dealer said disdainfully, "You want me to be a snitch? It wouldn't be too much to kill all those bastards from the Anthem Company."

Martin said: "I have a way. If you provide clues, you can get 60,000 federal coins."

The drug dealer immediately took out his cell phone and said, "Wait, I'll contact my cousin right away. The bonus is 28%, the minimum is 37%, and any amount less than this is out of the question!"

The drug dealer just took out his cell phone when suddenly a noose fell from the sky and was put around his neck. The next moment, a masked figure in black clothes pulled a rope and dropped from a great height, hanging the drug dealer in the air like a flag.

Martin sensed something was wrong and reached for the gun on his belt, but the masked man who landed on the ground kicked the gun away.

Martin was ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the masked man, but when he looked up, he met a pair of deep pupils. He seemed to be drowned in the deep sea in the other's pupils and lost control of his body.

The masked man searched Martin, who was standing there, and found two guns, a combat dagger, and a small high-energy smart grenade from Martin.

"You don't have to bother looking for me, because I will take the initiative to find each of you."

At this moment, Wu Changzhen, who had been following Martin, seemed to have just realized something was wrong and rushed into the alley and shouted to the masked man:
"stop!"

When the masked man saw my true self rushing into the alley, he did not stop. Instead, he put the gun to Martin's forehead and pulled the trigger.

boom!
Martin's head exploded on the spot.

Wu Chang seemed to be angered by the masked man's actions. He blocked the exit from the alley and said angrily:

"Assassin, you can't escape today."

Raymond, wearing a mask, looked at Wu Changzhen and said calmly, "Is this how you talk to your savior?"

Wu Chang frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Raymond said, "Do you need me to give you a hint? Two nights ago."

The night two days ago was the time when Wu Chang and others entered the copy dimension.

Seeing Wu Chang's expression change, Raymond knew that he had remembered something and continued:

"If I hadn't released Salted Fish in time, you wouldn't have been able to escape that night. That was the only finished product I brought out of the Anthem Laboratory. I spent a lot of money to save you."

When Fei Guang was chasing Booker and his men, Wu Chang had been hiding nearby. Just as Raymond said, if it weren't for the fish-shaped disqualified monster that stopped Fei Guang, Booker and his three companions would have been in great danger that night.

Wu Chang was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Raymond had seen the players from the very beginning.

And from what Raymond said, today's encounter was not because he fished for Raymond, but because the other party intentionally took the initiative to contact him.

interesting.

Wu Chang was silent for a moment, then looked at Raymond solemnly and said, "Did you see everything?"

Raymond shrugged and said, "To be honest, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought it was a crew filming a movie."

"You can control plants, turn your body into mist, move as fast as lightning, and kill disqualified monsters with your bare hands without relying on high-energy weapons. You outsiders all have special skills. The guys in the Anthem Company who have undergone psychic stimulation are far inferior to you."

Wu Chang didn't say anything, just looked at Raymond quietly, waiting for him to reveal his purpose.

Raymond continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you are two groups. The other group has an absolute advantage, and the four of you are being hunted by them."

Wu Chang nodded and said, "You can think so."

Raymond did not continue to extend the topic. He suddenly changed the subject and focused on Wu Changzhen.

"I'm very curious about you. Can you tell me how you cracked the automatic defense system of Anthem Company and sneaked into Sean's house?"

Wu Chang: "Just walk in as you can see."

Raymond: "So you guys are helping Sean now?"

Wu Chang nodded. Seeing that the conversation was heading in the intended direction, Raymond smiled brightly.

"Do you know that the guys who chased you that night also work for Sean? They have performed very well in the past two days and have secured a large order. They are the hottest newcomers in the Anthem Company recently."

Wu Chang frowned, as if he had heard it for the first time, "How is this possible? Are you sure?"

"The world is sometimes so small that two groups of people who are enemies of each other actually work under the same person." Raymond's tone became more and more calm, as if he had already controlled Wu Chang.

"But five fingers have different lengths and thicknesses. The person who is chasing you is very popular in the Anthem Company and is highly regarded by Sean. He is expected to be promoted soon. The rest of you can only hide in the streets and alleys, blindly searching for an assassin that the Anthem Company cannot find."

"If this continues, and one day you two meet, who will Sean help?"

On one side is the cash cow that can help Sean generate a lot of results, and on the other side is the ox and horse that specializes in doing the dirty work.

Even a fool knows who to choose.

Raymond activated his ability on Wu Chang, and at the same time approached Wu Chang, lowered his voice, and said in a bewitching tone:

"Your enemies are in the Anthem Company, and my enemies also happen to be in the Anthem Company. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Why don't we join forces to bring down the Anthem Company and get rid of your enemies at the same time?"

Raymond's hypnotic ability is always effective in the copy plane, but for Wu Chang, whose willpower has reached 154, it is not enough.

The power of hypnosis was so weak that it was not enough to form a judgment about him.

He was very tempted by Raymond's proposal of cooperation, and even brought Booker and others to lure Raymond out today with this in mind.

But Raymond's attitude at the moment did not satisfy him. It was time to let Raymond know who was the leader of this cooperation.

He imitated Raymond's tone and said, "Is there a possibility that I catch you and hand you over to Anthem Company? To Anthem Company, our value is higher than those people."

Raymond was surprised at the failure of his hypnosis. He was already two meters away from Wu Chang, but he slowly backed away.

"I advise you not to do this. I came here with good intentions. A conflict with me will only benefit the Anthem Company and the people who are chasing you."

Wu Chang: "It's too late to leave now."

A golden light flashed behind Wu Chang. He took out the golden throne and dragged Raymond directly into the golden kingdom.

Raymond felt a flash before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, he had already walked from the dark alley to a sea covered with heavy dark clouds and turbulent waves.

Under his feet was a three-meter-long life raft, which was his only foothold.

Not to mention escaping, if he moved a little too violently, he might be blown into the sea by the wind and waves.

Not far from him, a golden throne floated on the sea. Wu Changzhen and I sat on the throne, watching him frantically operating the life raft.

Raymond was numb. He knew he was hallucinating, but this hallucination was too real.

Whether it was the sea breeze blowing on his face, the cold sea water around him, or the slap he slapped on his face, they were all so real.

He was professionally trained and an expert in hypnosis, and he always believed that no one understood hallucinations better than him.

It wasn't until today that he realized that the illusions he had played before were child's play.

In the illusion created by Wu Chang, he tried thirty ways to break free from the illusion, including but not limited to self-hypnosis, cognitive anchoring, interference with illusions and self-harm, but these practices were useless.

After trying all methods to no avail, he could only choose the last way to break free from the illusion.

That is death.

No matter what kind of illusion it is, it is based on deceiving the consciousness. If the deceived consciousness dies, no matter how real the illusion is, it will collapse.

Seeing Raymond pull out a pistol and put it against his forehead, Wu Chang couldn't hold it anymore. Without caring about posing, he teleported in front of Raymond and slapped his pistol away.

"I brought you here not because I really want to take you to the Anthem Company, but because I want to tell you not to play those little tricks on me. The most important point of cooperation is equality and honesty between each other."

Raymond understood what Wu Chang meant. He tried to stabilize his body and said:
"You mean, you're willing to cooperate with me?"

Wu Chang said: "Of course, as you said, we have the same enemies."

In fact, after learning that Raymond saw the player descending into the dungeon that night, he had the idea of ​​getting rid of Raymond and throwing the body to the main body in exchange for the authority of Anthem Company.

But when Raymond proposed cooperation, he dismissed the idea.

Because his title "Perfectionism" reacted, the hidden side quest was triggered.

Wu Chang said, "There are only you and me here. Don't worry about being overheard by others. We can have a good chat. What is your real purpose in dealing with Shengge Company?"

Raymond hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to trust Wu Chang.

The main reason is that the force is stronger than the person. The hypnosis ability that he was most proud of was crushed by Wu Chang without leaving any residue. Moreover, the bodies of Wu Chang and others were extremely strong. Even if he relied on suicide to get rid of the hallucination, he would find it difficult to escape today.

He could only choose to believe Wu Chang.

He took a deep breath and took off his mask to express his honesty.

"My name is Raymond. I am a dual agent of the CIA and the IRS. My current public identity is the assistant of the wealthy Moretz."

Wu Chang frowned, "So you are here to investigate the tax issues of Shengge Company?"

Raymond nodded first, then shook his head and said:

"Yes and no. In recent years, a large number of weapons produced by Anthem have appeared all over the world, including in many countries that have been isolated from the Federation's trade. Among them are many expensive high-energy weapons. These weapons are smuggled and tax-free. Moreover, the quantity of weapons is very large, which is definitely not something that ordinary middlemen can get."

"The IRS suspected that the Anthem Company had seriously evaded taxes, so they asked me to come to Weld City to investigate everything."

"But I have another identity. I am actually a CIA agent assigned to the IRS. You know, although they are all federal agencies, they are not on the same page. It is normal for them to plant spies on each other."

"The CIA took this opportunity to ask me to investigate the progress of the primordial weapons manufactured by Anthem Company. If possible, they also want me to steal some of the confidential technology."

"So I have the support of both the CIA and the IRS behind me."

Wu Chang roughly understood what Raymond meant, but this did not solve his problem. He asked:
"If your only purpose was to investigate taxes and steal technology, then why did you frequently assassinate Anthem executives?"

Raymond smiled carefreely and said, "Because I am now an out-of-control agent."

Wu Chang asked, "What do you mean?"

Raymond said: "With the support of the IRS and the CIA, and with my abilities, the situation is going more smoothly than I thought. Not long after I arrived in Wildo City, I found a way to sneak into the important laboratory of Anthem Company."

"There, I saw an employee of Anthem Company who was transformed into a disqualified monster. It was not until then that I realized that the conspiracy theory that had been going on all along was true. The disqualified monster was really created by Anthem Company."

"Do you know what this discovery means to the residents of the small town of Sid?"

"As long as I can expose the true face of the Anthem Company and make them pay the price, I can abandon everything I have, trample on all the rules, and give up any bottom line!"

A line of prompts popped up in front of Wu Chang:
"Hidden side quest: Help Raymond complete his revenge, uncover the truth about the Sid Town tragedy, and stop the real conspiracy of the Anthem Company. There is no penalty for failure. Do you want to accept the quest?"

(End of this chapter)