Chapter 859: Liquidated Damages
George held the big beaker in his arms like a baby, and every time he walked a distance, he would move the finger that blocked the small hole and release a part of the gas, and in this way, a pale purple red trail gradually appeared in front of Qi Lin's eyes.
"This ...... It's a bit powerful...... "Although Qi Lin has a lot of prejudice against this guy George, I have to say that this guy really has some skills that ordinary people don't have, and using this trace, the difficulty of finding Song Xiaodie is simply plummeting.
As Qi Lin guessed correctly at the beginning, the purple-red trail began to move in the direction of the slum after lingering in the station for a while, and the direction of the middle area did not show the same purple-red trace.
"In a place like an underground shelter with less air flow, the traces left by the blood clan can last for about a week, and the traces of the ancestor blood clan can survive for more than half a month, and if no trace is found in this direction, it means that she has not been to the middle area."
"That's in the slums!" Qi Lin said with some excitement.
"It's pretty much certain." George nodded, and the purple-red trail appeared at the entrance of many tunnels, which meant that Song Xiaodie had stayed at the entrances of these tunnels for a while, but the purple-red trail at the entrance of the second pit on the left was the strongest, and it was obvious that this was her last choice.
Qi Lin suddenly remembered that when she first met Song Xiaodie, she was also evading the pursuit of the executors, and at that time, when there was no breathing equipment, she plunged headlong into the tunnel in the slum, and chose the second tunnel from the left.
Many people may think that this is just a coincidence, but Qi Lin doesn't think so, in people's subconscious, there are many preferences that are difficult to perceive, such as for a certain number or a certain color, there seems to be no difference in the options, in front of this subconscious preference, there will be different weights.
For example, when there is a fork in the road in front of her, if every fork in the road looks the same, she will subconsciously choose the second fork in the left, unless she consciously avoids this option, otherwise the odds of choosing this fork in the road will be much greater than the others.
And now Song Xiaodie's consciousness should be in a semi-lucid state, in this state, her various behaviors are basically supported by instinct, and the dominant role of the subconscious will be magnified many times at this time - Qi Lin can basically be sure that Song Xiaodie must be hiding somewhere in this tunnel at this moment.
"Let's go...... Wait, I guess...... We might be in trouble......" George was about to walk towards the tunnel, when suddenly his face changed suddenly, and his arms subconsciously protected the large beaker in his arms.
They were surrounded by a group of soldiers in white uniforms with research armbands, apparently the "search party" sent by Able to Vault 209.
The effect of the developer is indeed very significant, but it is also too "conspicuous", and the purple-red traces that diffuse in the air can be seen as long as you are not blind, and it is completely expected that it will attract people from the search team.
"We're on official business, a very dangerous fugitive may be hiding in the depths of this tunnel, we need to go in and investigate, I hope you can get out of the way." A man with the rank of warrant officer said, Qi Lin noticed that the submachine gun safety in the other party's hand was already in a state of opening and could be fired at any time.
"We also have important things to do, I'm afraid we can't cooperate with you." Qi Lin took a step forward and said-for-tat.
"We are a subordinate unit of the Organization Research Institute, and we have an order document issued by the Institute and the Parliament, and according to the content of the order document, if there is an obstruction, we can shoot and kill without reporting." The warrant officer said coldly, the meaning of the threat in his words was already very clear.
"I'm an agent of the Council's shadow force, and I have the power to kill you first." Qi Lin said that at this time, there was no need for him to hide the identity of the shadow troops, "If you haven't heard of this unit, you'd better call and ask your immediate boss." ”
"Shadow troops?!" There was a hint of jealousy in the warrant officer's eyes, it was obvious that he knew about this secret agent unit under the direct control of the council, and as for the other search and arrest team, their faces were rather dazed.
"Very well, it seems that you know, so you should also know what kind of privileges I have, right?" Qi Lin continued to persecute.
"I know......" said the warrant officer, gritting his teeth, but soon he turned his gaze to George, "if I'm not mistaken, this is Mr. George van Helsing?" ”
"It's me, what do you want?" George took a step back, but he didn't deny the other party's inquiry, and of course, denial was useless.
"I remember Mr. George, you should be our partner, why are you here?" The warrant officer asked, narrowing his eyes and looking George up and down.
"Didn't the employment agreement say I could act independently? You can't handle it that wide, right? ”
"Yes, the agreement does give you the freedom to act independently, but as you say it yourself, you act independently - you can't cooperate with anyone but us, including this Shadow Force agent. You have now violated the agreement, do you know what the consequences are? ”
"It's a big deal, I'll return the deposit to you, I won't do this one!" George was also very crisp.
"It's not enough to just return the deposit, according to the agreement, you need a deposit of fifty times the liquidated damages, and you need to pay it within thirty minutes after the scope agreement."
"Fifty times? So much?! George was stunned for a moment, and then lost his voice.
When he signed the employment agreement, his attention was completely focused on the reward, and he didn't care about the liquidated damages at all, anyway, even if the mission failed and the blood clan could not be found, it was not considered a breach of contract, and in George's opinion at that time, it was absolutely impossible for him to voluntarily give up this fatty task.
"George, how much deposit did you take?" Qi Lin turned his head to George and asked.
“…… One...... One million points. ”
"Fifty times, that's 50 million, I hope Mr. George can pay this liquidated damages immediately, otherwise, we will have to take coercive measures." The warrant officer said word for word.