Chapter 53: Tales of Trickery
In the middle of the night, three frightened SWAT officers drove back in a police car, two men and a woman, who had more or less marks on their bodies that resembled scratches from wild beasts.
"I'm really fed up with the incompetence of the federal officials, who knew it was going to get to this point, so why didn't they just bomb it with missiles? Why not send the army over? The life of a soldier is a life, isn't the life of our secret service a life? Among the three officers, the beautiful red-haired policewoman choked up and complained loudly.
"It doesn't seem that it doesn't want to, but it can't, on the one hand, the government needs to get the core of the power that causes the pollution in this area, and on the other hand, if it directly bombards the area, it may cause the pollution to spread to other areas on a large scale, in that case, it is better to temporarily block an area, at least not to make the situation worse." The male policeman who was driving replied.
"Oh, Wilkie, I finally know why you've been promoted so smoothly, you're always on top of it and thinking about things on the fly! Yes, you will be transferred to the top after a while, and you don't have to work the front line, of course, you can say whatever you want. ”
"Vasquez, Moreno is also my friend, and I am heartbroken that he is dead, but that's what we do."
"You fart!"
"Alright, alright, don't argue, Wilkie, concentrate on driving your car."
At this time, the police car suddenly hissed with a strange sound, and then began to slide out of control, and the three people in the car screamed for a while.
After the police car slid twice on the road, barely rolled over, stopped, and three special service officers got into the car and found that the tire had been punctured by something.
"Fuck, HQ, HQ, I'm 1334, I'm in trouble on my side and need help!" Wilkie took out his communicator and dialed twice in a row, but it couldn't get through.
"The signal is jammed again, and I need to find a wired phone." With Wilkie's words, the three policemen moved their eyes to the suburban hut next to them almost simultaneously.
"We're not a nuisance, are we?"
"Say what? We are police officers, we serve the people, and it's normal to ask for help once in a while. Despite some hesitation, the three wounded and tired policemen eventually walked towards the hut.
There was no electric bell, and after a knock on the door, it was a long time before a gray-haired old lady came inside and opened the door.
When she saw the three police officers outside the door, she was visibly startled.
"Mother-in-law, we are police, because the police car broke down and the communicator also failed, I want to borrow your phone to use it, if you can, we will leave as soon as the support arrives." At this time, it was the female policeman Vasquez who stood up to discuss, and the affinity of the female policeman was always better than that of the male policeman, especially a beautiful policewoman like Vasquez.
After some words, the old woman in the house finally opened the door hesitantly and let the three policemen in.
"Mother-in-law, is there a phone here? Home phone, the kind that is connected? Although wireless telephones and communicators have long been invented, these things are not as stable as wired equipment, especially at night, which will be interfered with and unable to get through, so these federal police officers who often perform tasks outside almost have the experience of borrowing telephones from nearby residents.
"In the downstairs living room, in the room with the last door on the left." Constable Thorpe went downstairs to the living room to find the phone, and now the most important thing is to contact the headquarters as soon as possible.
"Do you have bandages, wound medicine at home? We'll pay in cash, and my companion still has some injuries to deal with. Wilkie looked at the wounds on Vasquez's body, shook his head, and asked Old Bobo in front of him.
"Oh...... In the bedroom, I'll bring it to you. The bedroom was very close, and after a while the old woman came back with the medicine box, Wilkie took the medicine box, and found that the bandage medicine in it was quite complete, and it was all new, and thanked him repeatedly.
"You're welcome, you're welcome, I'll make you some tea, this big night, drink some hot tea to refresh yourself."
"Thanks, but don't bother."
"With, with." Although Wilkie and Vasquez both said that they didn't need to bother anymore, the silver-haired old woman walked to the basement step by step.
After a while, there was a faint sound of boiling hot water below.
Wilkie lowered her head and used the bandages to cover the wound on Vrax's palm, while Vrax had time to look around the room for a moment when she saw a painting depicting a number of warriors and knights working together to besiege a mantle and a demon.
Suddenly, the lights in the room went out.
"Maybe it's tripped, whew, it's really not going well tonight. Stasquez, stay here, I'll go down and take a look. ”
“…… Be careful, I'm a little uneasy. ”
By the moonlight, as he watched Wilkie walk down the basement floor, Vasquez suddenly said in his heart, "I'm sorry, Wilkie. Actually, I know none of this is your fault. ”
"Haha, it's nothing, if you're really sorry, then promise to date me when you go back?"
"Get out."
"Hey, no sincerity." Wilkie walked down the basement with a flashlight, leaving Wasquez in the first-floor living room.
"Thorpe? Thorpe? After shouting twice, no one responded, SWAT Will could basically feel a little dangerous, at this moment, a figure walked behind him, Wilkie suddenly turned around and drew his gun, but saw nothing.
(Now go back and take Vraskz with you now?) No, Thorpe hasn't found it yet. Following the sound of boiling water, Wilkie came to the kitchen and saw the low-honking kettle on the gas stove, and he cautiously walked over with a gun to turn off the gas stove, and the low sound dropped and then disappeared.
"Thorpe? Thorpe? According to his memory, Wilkie held a gun and a flashlight in both hands and searched for the downstairs living room, the room with the last door on the left, but what he saw through the flashlight was Thorpe, a police officer with a hand nailed to the wall and a throat cut!
Blood was dripping all over the floor, and until this time he was still holding the microphone in his hand.
Greatly shocked, Wilkie once again felt someone behind him, and he turned around suddenly, but what he saw was a silver-haired old woman who swung a water bottle and smashed it over, and the hot water bottle smashed on Wilkie's arm, directly smashing the gun in his hand away.
The next moment, the silver-haired old woman stabbed Wilkie in the lower abdomen, with incredible force, and the strong Wilkie kept retreating until it hit the wall hard.
"Was...... Hmm. Wanting to let Vasquez escape, he was pressed to his mouth by a bloody palm, and with the stirring of the knife, Wilkie only felt that the strength around him receded like a tide, and his vision gradually blurred.
After killing two police officers in succession, the emaciated silver-haired old woman pulled the electric switch, brightening the whole room, she knew that this would put the frightened fawn above at ease, closed the door to the room where the two dead police officers died, washed the blood-stained hands, and then the silver-haired old woman walked up with the brewed tea.
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Almost every of the more than 50 states of the Union has its own folklore, anecdotes or myths, but sometimes, the darker stories cannot be told explicitly, only whispered:
The golden arm of the ferocious spirit, the corpse ball that eats people, the ritual that can resurrect the dead, the story of the Grey Cloud family, the magic of eternal life...... The stories these old women tell to their little grandsons who refuse to sleep obediently are often the clues that the witchers tirelessly pursue.
Of course, there are some that are too outrageous.
There are also some artifacts that are famous even in history, which are also not accessible to ordinary demon hunters, those are the government, the Holy See, the Mage Guild, the Hunters' Guild, the targets of these super-large forces, and the demon hunters who commit crimes alone or just in small groups, once they are caught in this kind of event, they will soon be a dead word.
On the road to Missipon, a white RV is speeding along with rock music.
There are also a lot of strange patterns painted on the caravan, and if anyone who knows knows it is full of exorcism spells, even if the effect is not enough to suppress evil spirits and evil spirits, it can make them feel uncomfortable, which is already useful in battle.
The creatures of the dark world often rely on instinct and bestial warfare, and few of them are like the top human powerhouses who have cultivated passive abilities such as "resolute will and iron heart".
"Brother Yi, help me fry two eggs, please."
"Eat it yourself, fry it yourself, and if you don't cook, you'll be hungry."
"Woo, it's really ruthless, when I went out, Xiao Qing'er clearly told you to take care of me."
"My sister is asking you to take care of me!"
"What do you care so much about that kind of minutiae?" In the early morning, Shi Weiwei was wearing pajamas, stepping on the stool to reveal her white thighs, her underwear was faintly exposed, and her whole sleepy eyes were worried, lazy and sloppy.
Shi Weiwei saw that Shi Yi was not tempted by lust, nor did she eat and plead, this girl's eyes rolled, and finally decided to really make a point.
"Brother Yi, help me make a sandwich, I'll tell you a secret, a secret about the family mission!"
......Hearing this, Shi Yi glanced at Shi Weiwei, who was really speechless, so he made an extra sandwich. The sausages are cut and placed in a frying pan, and the fat is fried and the meat is fragrant.
Ten minutes later, Shi Weiwei finally got the breakfast she had always dreamed of.
"Thank you, Brother Yi, but you gave me breakfast so easily, aren't you afraid that I won't admit it?"
"Don't be afraid, anyway, the mission has just begun, and there will be more time for you to ask me next." Shi Yi poured himself a glass of milk and said bluntly.
"Cut!"
"Forget it, I'll tell you, I was going to tell you. Brother Yi, do you know? After completing the family task, the family's reward is a complete career path, not a profession that we lack and does not even have a complete ability system, but a complete career system that can be promoted to at least the third order with a complete ability system. ”
Shi Weiwei's own bounty hunter profession is that she doesn't know where to turn it upside down, she is good at using throwing knives, controlling shadows, and has a certain strength and speed for the body, but on the whole she is an agile and extraordinary profession.
However, her competency system is incomplete, and her future career promotion path is also incomplete.
Like the natural shaman Abdullah: the heart of nature, the heart of the beast, the heart of the ancestral spirit, the ability system is complete, and the future promotion path is also clearly inherited, which is rare in this era. Of course, Abdullah himself knew this, so he rarely revealed his inheritance to outsiders.
Due to the replacement of ancient practices for thousands of years, coupled with the change of dynasties and the changes of the times, in addition to the inheritance of natural shamans like the Satsuma people, even ancient families like the Shi family have almost lost the knowledge of professional inheritance.
In fact, it is normal for useless knowledge to be lost in large quantities over time, such as the Satsuma nature shamans, but it is because the Satsuma people were slaughtered so fiercely by the invading Romans, and the unforgettable hatred prompted them to preserve the oldest lineage, which was not drowned by the flood of modern science.
The Shi family of the ancient clan was almost broken a few decades ago, the enemy family was oppressed, and the clansmen were scattered, it was the great elder Shi Hao who defeated the enemy family with the power of one person and reorganized the family, otherwise there would be no Shi family now.
"It is indeed tempting to be rewarded with a complete ability system and a complete promotion path, but does the family have the knowledge in this area now? Aren't everyone desperately trying to fill in the information? Shi Yi fed a piece of sausage to the poor Tuwang at his feet and asked.
"Then I don't know, I know the news that my uncle told me, you know, he works in family logistics and has some connections." Shi Weiwei munched on a delicious sandwich and drank milk, looking happy.
"Haven't you had a bad relationship with your uncle since you were a child?"
"Yes, but now that I'm older and professional, people are willing to post it and send me some free news that doesn't cost anything."
"It's realistic." When Shi Yi heard this, he tilted his head and smiled. Back then, Shi Weiwei, like herself and her sister, was also an orphan, and at that time, her uncle regarded her as a drag, but he was very repulsive to Shi Weiwei.
In fact, the family was responsible for most of Shi Weiwei's growth and education expenses, and it didn't cost her uncle much money, but even so, Shi Weiwei was driven to the nursing home by her uncle when she was twelve years old.
Now that the girl had grown up and achieved something, her uncle had suddenly become enthusiastic about her again. Shi Weiwei is bored and bored, but she doesn't tear her face with him, anyway, when he gets old, what the other party does to him, he will treat the other party well, there is no need to waste too much emotion for this.
At this time, someone entered the kitchen.
Shi Weiwei heard the sound and put down the leg that had been stepping on the stool, and the people who came in were Rafa and Serek, and the two didn't say a word after seeing Shi Yi and Shi Weiwei, and after coming to the refrigerator and getting a few bottles of cold beer, they went out.
"What's going on?" Shi Yi felt their faint rejection, and asked Shi Weiwei softly after Rafa and Serek left.
"It's not that you eat more and occupy more, although the leader of the Scarlet Lily Regiment is Lydia, but it's not just the current few people, there are also deputy heads, a total of more than ten and nearly twenty people, you have to account for thirty percent of this mission, then the extra one you occupy will either be deducted from Lydia or deducted from the group, Lydia took the initiative to reduce her income to one percent, she is a second-order crusader!"
"Anyway, be careful, although Rafa and Serek will not be able to shadow you, you had better take care of yourself when you fight, and they will not deliberately protect you. Speaking of cold beer, what kind of milk do I drink if I have beer? Licking her upper and lower lips, Shi Weiwei trotted to the refrigerator and took out two bottles of beer.
"Or?" Turning around, Shi Weiwei held the wine bottle and gestured to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi shook his head, still drinking his cup of warm milk. Originally, he smoked and drank at the same time, but after cultivating Baguazhang, he began to consciously quit smoking and limit alcohol.
Tobacco and alcohol still have a limited impact on a soldier, but for a warrior who is "as protective as jade", it is too devastating for the body.
Tai Chi, Bagua, Xingyi, among these boxing martial arts, there are many high-level technical playing methods that damage their own stimulation potential, or fighting with people, violently urging qi and blood, it will inevitably hurt the body to a certain extent, which needs to pay attention to the warmth and maintenance on weekdays, "raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while" This sentence is very mysterious, focusing on a nourishment word, rather than using words.
After driving in shifts for several days, the group of six arrived in Missibonne, near the former site of Alkena County.
Alkena County, where the legend of the golden arm is circulated, is now completely deserted, and the claims to the outside world are of course that it is because of economic problems and that the residents migrate naturally, but the people of the dark world, of course, know what is going on in their hearts.
Many evil spirits and monsters need professionals and professional means to deal with them, and if they blindly use heavy firepower and missile bombardment, most of the problems can indeed be solved, but a considerable part of them will not only not be solved, but will make the situation worse, and finally become completely uncontrollable.
Before the Demon Tide rose, this situation would not have occurred, but after the Demon Tide surged, the supernatural events became more and more unable to be solved blindly and violently.
The federal government only realized this after suffering a lot, and it was the most cost-effective way to deal with it by locking down the area and moving the residents out.
Late at night, the RV stopped in front of a hotel called "Cara's House" in the town, and Lydia and Shi Yi walked out of the car with a salute, ready to have a good rest tonight, and then go to the destination tomorrow to really start completing the task.
Lydia was the first to walk into Casa Cara, came to the front desk, took out a document and handed it to the front desk, and said, "We have reserved three rooms, please give us the key." ”
"Okay, please wait."
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While Lydia was taking the key, the others came in, and Shi Yi was looking around at the hotel.
The sound and vibration of rock music could be faintly heard underfoot, and at the same time, the stairs on the side could see men and women in arms walking upstairs and downstairs.
Shi Yi has traveled to all parts of the world when he went to sea on a mission, and it is not uncommon to see such a situation, and he instantly understands the nature of Kara's House: a multi-functional and part-time "hotel".
But there's nothing to say, glancing at the eager appearance of Rafa and Serek behind them, you know that they are almost unable to hold back, the relaxation of the body is relaxation, and so is the relaxation of the mind.
"There is no choice, this is the closest hotel to the old site in Alkena County, this mission may not be completed in a day or two, we need a point where we can rest and replenish. You two can hang out, but remember, don't get me in trouble. The first paragraph was said by Shi Yi, and the latter was said by Rafa and Serek, and it was obvious that Lydia had already considered everything.
Six people, three rooms, of course, one for Lydia and Connor, one for Serek and Shi Weiwei, one for Shi Yi and Rafa, not to save money, but to take care of each other when going out, and the three rooms are connected, in the event of an accident, the six people who break the wall can be connected immediately.
Rafa went to the bar below to drink and relax, Shi Yi has escaped into the mountains for half a year, practicing martial arts wholeheartedly, the more he trains his waist and kidneys, and his energy is getting stronger and stronger...... On the contrary, he is full of spirit and does not want to think, and his concentration is getting deeper and deeper.
He couldn't help but be jealous of women, but he didn't want to get close to women when he was on a mission, and in the countless lessons of the witchers, many high-level witchers did not die in the bloody frontal battles, but died in the gentle incense, ten zhang soft red.
Therefore, although Rafa invited Shi Yi, but Shi Yi shook his head and refused, for this, Rafa pouted disdainfully, Lydia saw it, but a flash of appreciation flashed in her eyes, she is a very devout believer, not to mention premarital behavior, even post-marital behavior advocates moderation, although it is ancient and old-fashioned, but because of this, Lydia's strength has improved by leaps and bounds after she became a crusader, far surpassing others.
Before going upstairs, Shi Yi thought of something, he took two slow steps, then stepped back and walked to the front desk, handing over two large bills to the young lady at the front desk.
"Trouble, if something happens to my companion, or if something messes happen, please let me know as much as you can."
"Uh, yes, sir." The hostess blushed and took the coin and nodded.
In this way, Shi Yi took the dog to salute and came to his room, room 218 on the second floor, after entering the room, he took the salute, put all his guns on the bed, and then dismantled them one by one to inspect and maintain.
If there is a problem with the gun, it is meaningless for the gunner to aim accurately, or the more accurate the aim, the more the shot will not hit, and the more powerful and outstanding the firearm, the more sophisticated the construction, even if one part is wrong, it will lead to a series of chain reactions.
The mission is about to be executed, and Shi Yi needs to show enough strength to prove that he is worthy of the thirty percent of the team's benefits.