25 The Faceless Man (twenty-two)
Xu Shengxing seemed to be in a strange mood. When Chloe (Adam) and I took away the police uniform and went to different places to change clothes, he just nodded indifferently, indicating that we would quietly wait for us to finish changing clothes. And if he was normal, 80% would laugh at me here, "It's fine for a woman, but you, a man, feel embarrassed to change clothes in front of me?"
But he did not do this, but stood silently in place, staring at the leaves swaying in the wind, as if the leaves were hiding the mysterious metaphor of nature in the movement, and he became a wizard from an ancient tribe, trying to find some answer from this irregularity like "cracks bursting out from the fire of tortoise shells."
It can be seen that he was confused. It seemed that during these two days, he found not only the location of Inoue Hito, but also some clues and evidence that did not meet his expectations.
When I returned from changing clothes, Chloe hadn't come back yet, Xu Shengxing looked at me, nodded casually and said, "It's pretty."
"Since that's the case, why not give me another broken grenade?" I patted the holster bound to the outside of my thigh. There was really a gun inside, but there were no bullets. "I remember when you police officially participated in the combat mission, in addition to the pistol, they would also bring that thing with you."
"It's only for monsters like the psychic and you." He corrected his words, and then he actually threw a broken grenade that had not been issued for insurance. Judging from his actions, it didn't look like throwing a grenade, but like throwing an apple.
I immediately reached out to catch it. Although I knew it would not explode easily, I could not help but feel that this dangerous object seemed to fall to the ground, and my heartstrings were inevitably tense.
"I actually gave it to me?" I asked very surprised.
I have seen this kind of explosion scene of fragmented grenades before, and the damage is really great. Thousands of small steel balls are embedded on the surface of the grenade, which will explode as the grenade explode, causing huge damage to enemies within a certain range. There are also the same weapons in my hometown world, but here, in order to deal with psychics more efficiently, the lethality and killing range have been strengthened, which is really not something that can be handed over to outsiders.
Having said that, when actually fighting high-level psychics, it actually does not play much role. At best, it can only deal with level 2 and 3 psychics. When dealing with level 1 psychics, it will appear to be stretched and does not have the power to make a final decision.
If it is used to deal with Xu Shengxing, it will be even more useless. Xu Shengxing himself can create far stronger lethality than this. The reason why he carries guns and grenades with him is probably because the deterrent power of these two weapons is easier to understand for ordinary people.
"It's a dud, and it can't be repaired well, and it's no different from a toy." He glanced at me coldly, "I knew you would want it, so I brought it here to mock it."
"That's really 'thank you'." I disagreed with this and said, "Did you ask us to change this outfit to disguise ourselves as 'fake policemen who are mixed into the police force' before we rob Inoue Hito from the escort?"
While I was talking, Chloe also changed her clothes and came to meet.
"I have this plan," said Xu Shengxing. "But if he reveals the fact that he is the real murderer when confronting me, then there is no need for you to rob him. I just need to take him into the bureau."
Chloe heard our conversation and interjected, "He wouldn't make that mistake."
"He can't help it." As he said that, Xu Shengxing lifted his cuffs and exposed his wrist, and saw an antique bracelet on his wrist. "This is the psychic item I applied to the bureau yesterday, which has the effect of 'lie detection'. If someone around him is lying, the item itself will automatically heat up to more than 45 degrees to let the wearer know. And it is completely different from the traditional lie detector. When targeting ordinary people, this psychic item can exert 100% lie detection effect either 'close' or 100% lie detection."
As he said that, he suddenly looked at me. Although he was just a sight, it made people feel like a "prepared and sudden" impression of a savage picking up a spear and suddenly stabbing the fish in the stream.
"For example," he stared at me tightly, "Facialless man, you are 'eighteen' now, right?"
My heart tightened, but my skills were still not broken, and I answered without changing my face: "No, I'm about forty-two years old in total."
He looked down at the bracelet, and his brows frowned again. It seemed that the bracelet was unresponsive.
"How could the Faceless Man be eighteen?" Chloe smiled. "If this is true, wouldn't he have been hunting psychic criminals with the body of ordinary people since he was fifteen? Even if he started practicing martial arts from his mother's womb, he would definitely not be able to do this."
As she said that, she looked at me again and was amazed, "But, you are forty-two years old this year. I really didn't expect that. Looking at this disguised face, I thought I was only twenty-four years old."
It's just "psychological age forty-two years old". I said to myself.
"As it is, I was just talking nonsense just now. Faceless people can't be that young." Xu Shengxing nodded, "Anyway, I will use this psychic item to test Inoue Renta later. If he is the real murderer, I can ask the bureau for more investigation resources while detaining him and collecting evidence of his crime."
"Can't he be convicted directly?" Chloe asked.
"No." Xu Shengxing said, "The lie detection conclusion of psychic objects cannot be used as evidence legally."
"Even if the lie detection effect reaches 100%?" Chloe asked.
"This involves many academic issues such as politics, society, ethics, psychology, history, and psychiatry. In the academic community, there are often debates about 'whether it should be included in the legal system', which is quite complicated..." Xu Shengxing said, "But in a way that can be understood by fools, it is... Some people who regard lying as breathing are not happy to see that this kind of thing can have legal effect."
"Okay, I understand." Chloe nodded suddenly.
Xu Shengxing continued: "But this thing is still of great value as a reference. Even if I lynch him, no one in the bureau will say anything."
"Is it illegal for the police to lynch his body?" I asked.
Xu Shengxing made a decisive move: "As long as it is not exposed, it is not considered illegal."
"So you are really a people's policeman?" Chloe seemed to refresh his understanding of Xu Shengxing again, "Do your son know that this is how you work outside?"
"Don't let me repeat it again, of course he won't know."
I glanced at him.
*
An hour later, we took a bus to the pharmaceutical factory located in the suburbs.
From the outside, this pharmaceutical factory looks like a huge white box placed on the ground. As a building, it has no personality and is just a big big. Of course, as a factory that produces drugs, there is no need to pursue the artistic nature of the building. This place is considered to be a few years. The exterior walls are hit by wind and rain, and paint has fallen off in many places, and gray marks are everywhere.
When we reached the entrance, someone like an employee came out to greet us.
In terms of name, Xu Shengxing's trip was for business and wanted to ask Inoue Renta who was here; while Chloe and I were followers, wearing helmets, and even showed our faces. Although it was a bit like an uninvited guest, it was definitely not unexpected.
Although it seemed that there were only three of us, according to Xu Shengxing, he was ambushing a police force outside in case of emergency.
"Please go here." The staff took us forward in the corridor.
There are floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides of the corridor, and you can directly see the scene in the room. The place we pass by does not look like a production line, but more like a place to study drugs. Researchers fiddled with experimental equipment and computers in the room, and didn't know what they were studying. According to the employees who led the way, this pharmaceutical factory also has the link of researching drugs, not just mass-producing drugs.
Chloe looked left, right, then leaned to my ear and whispered: "I feel like I'm entering the 'final level'."
If Inoue Hito is the "boss" of the mysterious organization and we want to defeat him here, then this is indeed the final level.
However, I have never forgotten my purpose. I was not here to defeat Inoue Hito, of course, if I had the chance, it would be fine. But in the final analysis, my purpose is to thoroughly investigate the mysterious organization and find clues that are useful for becoming a psychic from their research plan on the "Psychic Awakening Medicine".
If Chloe is a "counterattacker" determined to fight against the mysterious organization, then I am the "investigator" who acts to explore the secrets.
"Can you take us around to visit?" Xu Shengxing was very polite when talking to the staff.
"This probably won't work." The employee was a little embarrassed, "mainly because of some commercial secrets. In some places, they have to be scanned by iris before entering. I can't get in."
"What a pity," said Xu Shengxing.
"Are you here to investigate the thief?" the employee asked curiously. "It seemed like a thief had entered the morning, but the security guard failed to catch it and ran away."
Thieves? This is an opportunity? I couldn't help but pay attention, but according to the "setting", I am now Xu Shengxing's follower, so it's hard to ask casually.
"Is that?" Xu Shengxing was a little surprised, "We came for something else."
The employee said oh, but he didn't care much about what other things were.
Soon, he took us to the living room and opened the door for us.
Xu Shengxing walked into it, and Chloe and I followed in.
The living room has all kinds of decorations, including sofas and low tables, bookcases and potted plants.
There were two people inside, one of whom was a man in his forties who looked quite handsome. Although he was middle-aged, he was still called a handsome man; the other was serious, with sharp eyes, wearing a black uniform, standing upright behind the sofa, as if he was a bodyguard from a military family.
The former should be Hito Inoue. This is the first time I have seen his true appearance so close.
But at this moment, the latter man who looked like a bodyguard attracted my attention even more.
I couldn't tell at the moment where he was worth noting. What he insisted on was "intuition".
This statement seems to be more common in psychics, but most people also have intuition, but it is different from the intuition of psychics based on inspiration. The intuition of ordinary people is based on unconscious thinking. If the human brain is compared to a computer, then many of the programs work in the background, such as processing light information into pictures, processing air vibration into sound, etc. These are all programs working in the background. Occasionally, the human background program will combine some seemingly unrelated information together, draw conclusions, and push them to the foreground.
If the front desk (supervised thinking) cannot see the work process of the backend, it will treat it as some unreasonable intuition.
My current intuition tells me that this bodyguard standing behind Inoue Hito is probably a rare "special psychic".
Xu Shengxing also immediately turned his eyes to the bodyguard, looked at him for two seconds, then looked at Inoue Ina and said, "Long time no see."
Inoue Ren had already stood up too early, and took the initiative to greet Xu Shengxing and said enthusiastically: "Yes, I haven't seen each other for about half a year, right? We have each other's own careers and families, and we can't just gather like we did when we were in a student." As he said that, he showed a look of sighing, as if he was sighing that time was not forgiving people.
Xu Shengxing nodded silently and sat down on the sofa, while Chloe and I stood behind him without saying a word, like the bodyguard.
Inoue Inoue personally poured a cup of hot tea for him and himself, and then sat opposite Xu Shengxing. Just as Xu Shengxing once mentioned, Inoue Inoue Inoue seemed to have some kind of compulsive mentality for neatness. After sitting down, he first paid attention to whether there were any extra wrinkles in his clothes, and specially pulled his boxer and trouser legs, and then adjusted his sitting posture so that he could show a straight impression.
"So, what's the matter with you?" he asked enthusiastically, "I heard it's business?"
"That's it." Xu Shengxing nodded.
"Why talk about other things first?" Inoue Hito said, "It's rare to meet an old friend. If you only talk about business, it will inevitably be boring."
"No need." Xu Shengxing said, "Today I will only talk about business."
Inoue Hito looked surprised, "Why, are you very busy?"
"It's almost over here for the greetings." Xu Shengxing picked up the porcelain cup containing hot tea, looked at it, put it down, and then said, "I will only ask you one question, and leave after asking."
Upon hearing this, Inoue Hito frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Are you the one who is leading the recent disappearance of Beaver City?" Xu Shengxing asked with a stern look.
"How is it possible? This is the first time I heard of it." Inoue Renta showed a surprised expression, as if he could not understand why he was asked such a question.
Xu Shengxing touched his wrist.
The bodyguard behind Inoue Renta felt something, and the iris in his eyes suddenly turned dark yellow. He carefully examined Xu Shengxing's movements, then recovered, and sneered at the corner of his mouth, saying, "Inoue, don't install it anymore. This policeman brought psychic items and has already measured your lie."
Chapter completed!