November 15, 11 a.m.

In S City, in a residential building, a seventeen-year-old boy is gradually waking up from a coma.

After taking a few seconds to adjust to the light in the room, he saw what was in front of him.

The first thing that catches your eye is the three figures......

It was three men in dark jackets, jeans, and ski masks, who were smoking and playing cards around a table.

Seeing the boy wake up, the three of them just glanced at him very casually, and did not react much.

And the teenager ...... But he immediately fell into a panic.

Because he realized it right away...... I was tied to a chair behind my back, and not only my hands, but also my waist and feet were firmly tied to the chair, and I was almost unable to move...... His mouth was also sealed with duct tape, and he couldn't speak.

"Where am I? How did I get here? The young man exclaimed, "Who are these people?" Kidnapping? ”

Soon, with a bout of dizziness, sporadic fragments of memories flashed through his mind......

"That's right! In that toilet! ”

This young man's name is Ma Junxiao. A year ago, he was an ordinary high school student with average learning, love to play games, mediocre appearance, and a quick height. But now, he is a star-level professional gamer, and one of the top players in the industry's largest studio, with the ID of [Heaven Swallowing Ghost].

Recently, due to the competition, Ghost Xiao has been working the "night shift" every day. Of course, when it comes to "going to work", I actually spend most of my time sleeping in the game pod.

During the day, he can work from home instead of being at the office, as long as he is online for more than three hours a day (real time, non-sleep mode).

But at night...... He still had to go to the order headquarters around 10 o'clock to check in and do some pre-game preparations. Then lie down in the company's equipment and go to the game.

At seven o'clock this morning, Ghost Xiao was the same as usual...... Leaving the company building, I bought some breakfast on the way and took the subway home.

Although around seven o'clock is still the morning rush hour, and the subway in S City is also known to be able to squeeze people into juice, but Ghost Xiao is not "working" at this point, but "getting off work", and the line he takes is just the opposite of the crowded one, with an average of about seven or eight people in a carriage.

Therefore, today he also has an empty seat to sit in as soon as he gets in the car.

However...... Only two stops. Ghost Xiao suddenly felt unwell. It may be that the breakfast I bought today was not clean...... A sharp abdominal pain hit without warning.

Fortunately, the subway did not take a long time, and there was a toilet without leaving the station, so he hurriedly rushed out of the car at the next station and went straight to the public toilet in the subway station.

This is gone...... That's nearly two hours.

Two hours later, the ghost, whose legs were weak and almost collapsed, came out of the toilet cubicle.

Actually, those last twenty minutes...... His diarrhoea has largely subsided, otherwise he might have called an ambulance. Merely...... It took him another twenty minutes to massage his legs before he was able to regain the ability to stand on his numb legs.

After coming out, Ghost Xiao came to the sink of the public toilet. He took a long breath, washed his hands, and lowered his head to wash his face.

But this one bows ...... And he lost consciousness.

He couldn't remember the last memory, but he wasn't stupid...... Judging by the situation at hand. Either he was knocked unconscious from behind, or he was covered with numbing medicine to cover his mouth and nose.

"I didn't feel any pain in my neck and neck, but my head was a little dizzy...... "After calming down a little, Ghost Xiao began to think, "Bacheng was stunned by ether or something...... his gaze swept to the three people again. "These three ...... Looking at the body type, they are obviously adults, and it is easy to carry me away. ”

With this in mind, he looked around again.

Where he is at the moment. It seems to be a rough room. There was almost no furniture in the empty room, but thick curtains were hung by the windows; The walls and ceilings are simply painted with white paint, and the concrete floors are underfoot.

As far as the eye can see, the only furniture you can see is a simple folding table, a few chairs with backrests, and fluorescent lamps in the corners of the ceiling. The fact that the light was on at this time meant that there was at least electricity in the house. According to the reasoning of the ghost...... There should be water too, otherwise these people can't go outside to go to the public toilet while taking hostages, right?

"Isn't that good...... When these people saw that I woke up, they were as calm as before......" After looking around, the ghost said in his heart, "According to the movie ...... It's either outlaws, career criminals, or both...... "His cold sweat broke out," he said...... What are they kidnapping me for? I'm not a young girl, so it's unlikely......"

It's really unlikely...... Because, if the other party really wants to rob the sex, he is likely not to "wake up naturally", but to wake up in another situation.

"If you rob money...... That's not right......" Ghost Xiao then thought, "My parents are ordinary salarymen, although my current annual salary is not bad, but it is not to the point where people want to kidnap them......"

That's right, the corollary of "for ransom...... It doesn't make sense either.

In terms of difficulty, it is obviously much easier to kidnap a child than to kidnap him, a high school student; And in terms of profits, I really want to kidnap adults...... At least you should pick someone who has more money in the family, such as Jin Fugui......

No matter how you think about it, kidnapping ghosts is a difficult and low-income job; Obviously, the three people who shot at the ghost ...... There is another purpose.

"Wait...... Could it be ......" After a few seconds, a more reliable thought flashed through Ghost Xiao's mind, "Could it be related to my early morning game?" ”

He finally came up with an idea.

But...... Even if he knew this, he didn't have the ability to escape.

At this time, there is still ...... before the game at 0:00 on the 16th Twelve hours, fifty-three minutes.

…………

At the same time, the Order Studio, the headquarters office building.

"Hmm...... Still can't get through......" Meng Jingzen listened to the sentence from his mobile phone, "The user you dialed can't be reached", and his face showed a suspicious look.

Brother Chan is a person who doesn't like to take work home, so instead of leaving the company in the morning like the rest of the team, he switched to non-sleep mode and completed today's online requirements before getting ready to leave work.

"That's troublesome......" This is the fifth time that Dream Horror Zen has called Ghost Xiao in forty minutes, but he can't get through.

Coincidentally, when Ghost Xiao came to the company last night. I forgot to bring the key to my locker, so I borrowed Brother Zen's locker, but this morning when the kid came home, he forgot to put the key at the front desk, and he took it away in a daze......

What about Brother Chan...... Car keys, house keys, wallets, and other trivial items are all in the coat, and the coat is in the locker......

Of course, there must be backup keys for lockers in the company, but due to privacy and other issues, the administrative process of applying for this thing is very cumbersome (there used to be a very casual period, but then it was tightened after a few incidents of theft and invasion of personal privacy), and it can take half a day.

Now...... Brother Chan has nothing by his side except for a mobile phone. Naturally, he wanted to make a ghost call...... Take this kid is to ask.

But...... It just doesn't get through.

"Hmm...... Or ask the team leader, what is the phone number of this kid's house......" Brother Chan didn't think about the bad side at this time, and the first thing he thought about was whether the other party would throw the phone into a place with a bad signal or lose it.

…………

Afternoon, 4:49 p.m.

There is still ...... until the game at 0:00 on the 16th Seven hours, eleven minutes.

Woo-woo-woo

After hearing the vibration sound, Feng Bujue, who was browsing the web, glanced at the mobile phone screen on the table and saw an unfamiliar number.

"Is it some kind of sales pitch or fraud......" Brother Jue muttered, picking up his phone and picking it up.

Although he felt that it was most likely a harassing call. But he'll still take it. Basically...... Feng unconsciously answered this kind of call, only listened to the other party for five seconds, and then he knew the general nature, and then he would hang up without saying a word. and add the number to the block list.

"Hello, who?" Brother Jue picked up the phone and said.

"Uh...... Hello, are you unaware? A familiar voice came from across the phone.

Brother Jue quickly searched for the source of this voice in his mind: "Smoke hot? ”

"Hey...... Even if you don't know my name, you can call me the nickname of the game......" Brother Chan was not angry. It's just a little painful, "What the hell is smoking?" ”

"How did you get my number?" Feng Bujue didn't answer the other party's complaints, but directly threw out a question that he was more interested in.

"I'm in the Public Security Bureau now. It was the police who told me. Dream Zen's answer was quite surprising.

"Oh......" Feng Bujue replied casually, and continued, "The prostitute was arrested and asked me to protect you?" ”

"Big brother...... I'm really going to call you big brother......" Dream said, "How did you come to that conclusion?" ”

"It's very simple, from the style of your smoking, it gives me the feeling of frequenting low-end Fengyue places." Feng Bujue replied in a lazy tone, "And then you said that you called me at the Public Security Bureau, so the eight achievements are a little bit back to catch up with the anti-pornography?" What about you...... Inform the family, basically there is no way to live; Ask the unit leader to pick up someone, or ask a friend to protect it...... Not to mention that you can't hold your head up in front of people in the future, the news will leak sooner or later; So, you thought of me. ”

Hearing this, the Dream Zen on the other end of the phone was silent for a full thirty seconds.

"Brother Feng...... The reasoning is okay, but your prejudice against me is too serious......" Brother Chan held back for a long time and held back such a sentence.

"Okay, so tell me, what's going on?" Feng Bujue said.

"Hmm...... It's like this...... "Dream Horror Zen Dao," the ghost Xiao ...... It seems to have been kidnapped. ”

"Huh?" Feng Bujue heard this, and was stunned for a second, "Did you call the police?" ”

"I'll report it at noon." "At first, I thought it was a disappearance, and since he was a young man, the police didn't take it very seriously...... But as you know, we have a big game tonight...... So, the leaders of our company took a little relationship and 'pushed' the progress of the investigation...... An hour ago, the police had already ...... from the surveillance they had retrieved."

"Stop~ Thank you!" Feng Bujue interrupted the other party, "You just answer me and say 'call the police', it's fine...... Don't tell me that much. ”

"Brother Feng......" Brother Chan continued, "I'll call you...... I just wanted you to help. ”

"Looking for my help?" Feng Bujue sneered, "Huh...... How can I help? He immediately uttered a very shameless sentence, "Although I, a great writer, also have the ability to be a famous detective...... But it is obviously more appropriate for the police to intervene in this kind of case. He paused, "You can rest assured~ China's public security officers are very powerful if they are serious, and their investigation ability and execution are ......."

"Brother Feng." At this time, Meng Jingzen suddenly lowered his voice and said to Brother Jue in a very serious tone, "I'm not worried about their abilities...... But there's something going on here. ”

"Oh?" Feng Bujue keenly caught something from the other party's tone, "How do you say this?" ”

"It was inconvenient on the phone...... Can you come to the Public Security Bureau? Dream Zen replied.

"Hmm......" Feng thought for a few seconds, "Can you ......" Before the other party could respond, he continued to ask, "Give me the address." ”

…………

Thirty minutes later, a silver Porsche stopped at the door of a public security bureau in S City.

Two men got out of the car, one was Feng Bujue and the other was Wang Sizhi.

Because they had been contacted by phone beforehand, Dream Zen was waiting for them outside the door of the reception hall at this time.

I said...... Two, come to the police station, drive a Porsche or something......" As soon as the three of them finished greeting, Brother Chan complained about the matter.

"You don't have to say it, I know, we've always kept a low profile." Feng Bujue responded calmly.

In a sense, he's right...... Compared with other cars in Xiao Si's family, this one is very low-key in terms of color and price......

"Huh...... Good...... Okay......" Brother Chan really didn't know how to answer this, so he simply changed the topic and said, "By the way, time is limited, let's get down to business first......"

After saying this, he mysteriously pulled Brother Jue and Xiao Si aside and stood outside in a corner where there were no people.

"That...... I'll just tell you......" Meng Jingzen is obviously also a smart person, he knows that what he wants to say at this moment must not reach the ears of the ghost Xiao's family or any policeman, "Actually, I also believed in the police very much, but ...... Just before I called you, I overheard the deputy director here talking on the phone in the toilet......" He said this, and looked around cautiously, and lowered his voice, "The sound in the toilet is relatively muffled, I can hear the sound of talking on the mobile phone......" He paused for half a second, stared at the eyes of the two and said, "I don't know who the person on the other end of the phone is, but...... I heard it clearly, and he instructed the deputy director to try to delay the investigation...... It was also said that it would be delayed until at least after two o'clock in the morning. (To be continued......)