Artifact Report

Chapter 60: Fu Tailan: The Relationship between This Matter and the Kai Family
…Should we say he was shocked at this moment?

Yes, he was indeed surprised; the person in the car who should have fallen into his hands at this moment was suddenly sent flying high into the sky along with the car - anyone would be surprised.

But Fu Tailan found that while he was surprised, he also felt a sense of calmness as if it was not unexpected: the surprise came over him, and as the cars in the distance crashed down, everything became a fact.

Because if you think about it, it was almost destined to happen, wasn't it?

But Fu Tailan didn't expect it to happen so quickly, so violently, and so recklessly.

It seemed as if the person who made the decision to murder was well aware that the laws and rules governing the city of Blackmore did not apply to him, and was unwilling to restrain him.

Fu Tailan had seen weapons that could overturn cars before.

A single bullet from the Bazook anti-tank rocket launcher caused the car to explode on the spot, like a steel firework blooming in the air; the flames flowed along with the gasoline, burning half of the road red and bright - after such a blow, the people in the car were doomed, and everything was too late.

The person who fired the shells from the building probably didn't notice the two cars on the road behind because of the limited vision caused by the angle of the road.

So the most important thing now is to evacuate the scene immediately...

He had just thought of this when he heard a series of "bang bang" gunshots from a small building under the night sky. The sound was much crisper and brighter than the Bazook's just now, and seemed to come from a rifle.

strangeness--

At that moment, Fu Tailan suddenly understood.

As he immediately turned around and rushed down the road, a dark shadow chased after him.

"...Is it Vesile?"

In the blink of an eye, Chai Si had already rushed to his side, even though he was half a street away from Fu Tailan just now; it sounded like he was still in control.

Sure enough, this person also reacted. Fu Tailan cursed in his heart, what a bastard he is.

Hit by the Bazook's artillery fire, the car and its driver were reduced to blazing ruins, and not even a god could escape; but the sniper still switched to a rifle and fired several bullets into the darkness. Naturally, there was only one explanation for this.

Before Bazuk flipped the car over, someone jumped out.

In other words, if he rushed over now, he might still be able to find someone alive, or at least find clues to the identity of the deceased - but running towards the place where the car rolled and fell was equivalent to actively running into the sniper's sight.

In order to prevent the sniper from leaving, the two men simultaneously looked for gaps and cover between nearby walls, warehouses and other artificial facilities, and crouched down to close the distance.

Fu Tailan considered himself to be quite skilled, but Chai Si's skills were almost inhuman. To prevent Chai Si from reaching him first, Fu Tailan had to squeeze out breaths while running and said, "...If it's not him, could it be you?"

"Interesting," Chai Si only responded briefly.

He crouched down and waited for two seconds behind a low wall. Seeing that the small building across the street was still silent, he suddenly jumped up and rushed forward.

Fu Tailan was not as tall as him and his strides were not as far as his, but running slower than him also had its advantages: as long as he followed Chai Si and followed his path, he could avoid the sight of the sniper on the opposite side of the road - a minute or two later, the two of them ran one after the other and approached the burning road.

The night was burned with an unpredictable face; the buildings around the dock were pulled out of the darkness by the fire and pushed back into the night, as if they were taking turns watching this scene.

Even the air was distorted by the high temperature. Fu Tailan stood behind the bunker, scanning the floating light and shadows again and again, and finally found a pair of limp human legs in the shadow cast by a roof. He just jumped up, but saw Chai Si rushing over at the same time.

The man fell on his back on the ground, his body covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell where he was shot.

In fact, it only takes one glance to tell that he doesn't have much time left and cannot be saved: tears are in his eyes, his mouth is half open, and when the shadows of the two men fall over his face, a wet sound of blood and bubbles gurgles in his throat.

"You just made a deal with Wei Xilai, didn't you?" Fu Tailan squatted down next to the man and whispered, "The ambulance is on the way. Hold on and answer me."

Chai Si raised his eyelids and glanced at him.

Fu Tailan lowered his head and called out to the injured man again: "Hey, listen to my voice and don't close your eyes. Did you just make a deal with Wei Xilai?"

The man seemed to be barely held back by the voice. From between his half-open lips, a breath escaped, which sounded like just one word: "Yes..."

"What did you sell him?"

Even if Chai Si was listening nearby, he had to keep this information in his hands - because the hunter who was dying at this moment was probably the only person in Blackmore City who knew about this transaction besides Vesile.

This was not the first time that Wesile had done business with a hunter, but it was the first time that he had killed someone to silence him after the transaction.

What kind of illusion made him attack the hunter?
Wesile also commissioned the Morgan family, but it was impossible for him to kill one of the largest families in Blackmore City afterwards, otherwise the shock would be too great, equivalent to a local war.

In other words, the illusion being traded tonight is fundamentally different from everything else that has been traded or is about to be traded - what is it?
Why is Vesile not afraid of people knowing that he has other pseudo-images, but does not allow people to know that he has the one tonight?
The dying hunter seemed to have lost consciousness, and Fu Tailan didn't know whether he understood or not.

His eyes remained fixed on Chai Si's face. With blood filling his throat, he whispered, "Kai...Kai's..."

Fu Tailan was startled and immediately looked at Chai Si.

Unexpectedly, Chai Si looked as if he had just been slapped in the face. Caught off guard and stunned, he subconsciously asked, "What?"

His shock made Fu Tailan also stunned.

Chai Si actually looked even more surprised than himself, as if he had not expected the words "Kai family" to come out of the dying hunter's mouth.

Things in the world are really strange, always twisting and turning, one thing after another - Fu Tailan originally thought that Chai Si's appearance here tonight was an upsetting incident. If he could turn back time, he would never make that call to Huangli Roslin again.

However, at this moment, it was precisely because Chai Si himself was present that Fu Tailan caught his true reaction, which he revealed at the first moment without having time to disguise, and turned it into a key clue.

"Kai...Kai's family..."

The dying hunter seemed to only want to release the last word in his heart back to the human world. He could not hear their surprise and doubt, and no longer had the energy to explain.

But how could this matter be related to the Kai family?
If there is a connection, how come even Chai Si doesn't know about it?

Wait, Kai—

Fu Tailan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and his mind suddenly became clear; he immediately bit his lips tightly and stared down at the dying man on the ground, so as not to let Chai Si see anything by accident.

He understood what the man meant.

The other party didn't say "Keys" but "key." However, because he was dying and the blood was rushing through his trachea, the voice was muffled and hissing, and it sounded almost indistinguishable from the two.

If Fu Tailan hadn't known full well that the Kai family shouldn't be involved in this matter, he would probably have been misled.

However, this has not yet been noticed by Chai Si.

As the saying goes, concern leads to confusion. He was in the Kai family, and suddenly heard the family name spoken by a dying man. Obviously, his thoughts were misled in another direction. He was urging, "What happened to the Kai family? What does this have to do with your deal?"

The hunter didn't answer.

He stared with his eyes wide open, ignoring the two of them, as if he had already passed them and saw the sky thousands of feet high.

Fu Tailan stood up.

He had delayed long enough. The people from Wesile would be here soon to clean up the mess. He had to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

But before leaving, he still had one thing to do: he couldn't let Chai Si think any further, and couldn't give the latter a chance to react.

After all, once the mystery is revealed, it is actually very simple. All he can rely on is a misunderstanding.

Therefore, Fu Tailan wanted to distract Chai Si and firmly implant the misunderstanding into his mind, so that he would be blinded by it and form a preconceived notion - in this way, even if he realized it later, she would have already gained the upper hand.

"As expected... I knew that what happened tonight was closely related to your Kai family. Why are you so surprised? Don't you know the inside story? That's right, after all, you are not his biological son."

He knew he was walking on a tightrope.

The best way to make someone's IQ drop is to provoke them. But after all, the other person is someone who completely dominates him in height, speed, and strength...

Fu Tailan clenched the chain in her hand and said with a smile: "Even if I had a dog, I wouldn't report every household matter to it one by one."

From the scorching red night, Chai Si's shadow slowly stood up and cut off the sea of ​​fire behind him.

Chai Si turned his head and his eyes fell on Fu Tailan.

That gaze had a texture, like settled sand, withered wind, as if it were shining through an old black-and-white photograph, lifeless; whether it was the person looking or the person being looked at, it seemed as if they were not from this world.

The moment Fu Tailan knew that he had successfully angered Chai Si, a piece of his left chest was suddenly swallowed by some ferocious beast - for a moment, he lost feeling, as if a black hole had opened up right next to his heart.

Was a piece of flesh torn off?

He had doubts, but he didn't dare to look down, because Chai Si would not give him the chance to raise his head again.

If Fu Tailan had not turned sideways in time, the place where he was in so much pain that he was almost numb, and the black hole that opened to let out cold wind, would have been his heart.

"In addition to selling you for money, Fu Han should also give you some tutoring."

It was not until this moment that Fu Tailan saw clearly that what had hit his chest was the T-shaped bar that had been dropped from Chai Si's hand at some point.

If I had known I would have brought a gun with me tonight——

Fu Tailan leaped to the side, swinging the iron chain in his hand towards Chai Si's waist. The air clanged like a whip made of strong bones. Chai Si didn't dodge or evade, but instead leaned forward slightly and raised his arm to block. When the iron chain "snap" hit his back and arm, he grabbed the chain and rolled it with his backhand. The chain wrapped around him in circles, like an obedient snake.

Oops.

As soon as these two words came out, before Fu Tailan could loosen the chain, Chai Si pulled him horizontally and dragged him off the ground.

"You didn't bring a decent weapon tonight?"

Chai Si grabbed his chest and threw him to the ground, looking down at Fu Tailan and cracking a smile. "Don't worry, if you die, I will send some condolence money to your father."

Fu Tailan's head hit the ground hard, and he was knocked unconscious. He still managed to support his knuckles and punched Chai Si in the eyes. However, before he could hit Chai Si, the latter grabbed him and lifted him up, as if he was lifting a quilt, and threw Fu Tailan out.

Fu Tailan rolled a few steps and tried to get up with his arms, but his hands were wet and soft. Looking back, he found that he was supporting himself on the corpse.

The moment he realized that he shouldn't look back, he also knew that unless he rolled over the corpse, he would probably not be able to avoid the blow coming from behind his head.

Fu Tailan's judgment was timely - when he climbed up from the ground gasping for breath, his body was covered with the blood of the dead, but at least it was not his own; the back of his skull was still intact.

In the distant sky, a huge noise was heard, swirling and twisting the night sky. In a few breaths, it had come from far away and pressed down on their heads; sand and stones were flying, and the wind was rolling.

"In terms of strength, I can't compare to you,"

He stared at Chai Si who stepped over the corpse and slowly backed away, smiling, "...That's normal. How can a human beat an ape? But you see, you don't have time to kill me tonight."

The bright beam of light from the helicopter swept back and forth over the two of them several times; the fuselage door opened, and someone vaguely shouted something below amid the deafening sound of the helicopter's propellers.

There was no need to hear what the person said specifically, nor to look at the gun in her hand. Just from the tone and severity of her voice, it was enough to make people understand her warning - Chai Si looked back at the helicopter, raised one hand, and gathered her black hair that was blown by the wind back behind her head.

"So you're asking an adult to pick you up so soon?" He said calmly, "Let's go. Next time you go out, don't forget to bring a babysitter."

Chai Si didn't seem worried that the people in the helicopter would shoot him as he turned to leave - although Fu Tailan did find it difficult to resist the temptation.

But in the end he didn't ask Long Zhen to take action: too many unexpected events had already happened tonight, and Weisilai must have discovered the helicopter, so he couldn't create any more trouble.

"I heard the sound of artillery shells and knew something was wrong, but luckily I arrived not too late."

Long Zhen closed the helicopter door again. As they gained altitude and left the scene, she looked at Fu Tailan and asked, "What happened? Are you hurt?"

"Sister Longzhen, I'm dying of pain."

Fu Tailan pointed at his chest and said with a sad face, "I got hit with a stick, hit my head, and rolled around in blood. But it wasn't all bad."

As he spoke, he pulled a blood-soaked wallet from his hoodie pocket.

"Look, that fellow who made the deal with Vesile was quite considerate and left me a wallet."

(End of this chapter)