CHAPTER XX: Ready to Move Section I.: The Murderer
"What was the outcome of my uncle's conversation with ZERO?" Seeing that Lake had returned, Lightson stepped forward to inquire.
"Well, he promised me to think about it." Lake said.
"Report!" A soldier in charge of the guard hurriedly ran in.
"What's the matter?" Lake asked.
"ZERO AND HIS COMPANION ARE GONE......"
"How did they escape?" Lightson asked.
"Well, they didn't leave through the door, they disappeared suddenly......" The soldier who came to report was also full of doubts.
"Suddenly gone? Can it still disappear into thin air? You didn't watch it, right? Or did someone let them go? Lightson asked.
"It's not! All of our caretakers are guaranteed! After Mr. Lake left, we locked the door, and Mr. told him to give them something to eat, and when the man who took the food came back to deliver food inside, he found that the people in the house were gone, the door was intact, and the man who left the door did not see when the two had left. ”
"A bunch of rubbish! Uncle, that's what you said about consideration? People are not thinking about it! ”
"Letterson, I'm the head of this Fifth District and your uncle, don't forget who you are! Pay attention to the way you speak! Lake scolded Lightson. From the tone of his voice, it sounded like he suspected that he had let ZERO go.
"I'm sorry uncle, that room is a temporary resting place for uncle, I want to ask, that room doesn't have a secret door or something, right? I would like to ask my uncle to come with me to see what is going on. ”
"Is there a secret door in that room, you don't know?"
"It's me who talks too much." Lightson glanced at Lightwin behind him, and the three of them walked to the back room together.
"Mayor Lake!" The soldiers guarding the gate hurriedly saluted when they saw the arrival of the three men.
"What about them?" Lake asked.
"We don't know, after you left, we wanted to see how the two of them were doing, but when we found that there was no one in the house, we asked someone to report to you."
"Are you the only ones here?" Lightson asked.
"Yes, there were four of us, but none of us saw ZERO and his companions leave."
"Open the door."
"Yes."
"I'll go in with you." LIGHTSON FOLLOWED LAKE INTO THE ROOM WHERE ZERO WAS CLOSED. Before entering, Lightson glanced at Lightwen.
"There are no signs of destruction here...... Xiaowen, what do you do! When Lake turned around, he saw that Lightwin had killed all four of the guards outside the door.
"Uncle, you said you were the mayor of the fifth district, but you've been the mayor long enough, it's time to rest......" Lightson stared at Lake grimly.
Letven ...... You! Lake clutched his chest and collapsed in a pool of blood.
Lightwin's mechanical arm was in the shape of a gun, and the muzzle of the gun was silently flashing with electric light. "Brother, what should I do next?"
"Handle your arm." Then, Lightson held the dead Lake and yelled outside. "Someone! Come on! ”
"What's going on?" Soldiers who heard the shouts came to the room one after another, and some of them ran to inform Man, who was in charge of the security of this level, when they saw this.
"It's ZERO, he killed Uncle Lake and ran away with his companions! Block all exits at once and be sure to catch ZERO and his companions! With tears in his eyes, Lightson said to the soldiers who rushed over.
"What's wrong? Yes! Uncle Lake! What happened? At this time, Man, who rushed over with Wen Xun, saw that Lightson was holding Ryker's body, and there was a bloody hole in Ryker's chest that had been burned by electricity and penetrated the back of his chest, and the person was already ......
"I saw that my uncle didn't come back for a long time, so I came over to see the situation, and that's it when I rushed over, it should be that Uncle Lake couldn't negotiate with ZERO, so ZERO killed my uncle, Man, you quickly inform Will, let him block all the exits, don't let ZERO escape!" Lightson couldn't contain his grief and anger, and yelled at Manr with red eyes.
"DAMN ZERO! I'LL LET WILL KNOW RIGHT AWAY." Manr used the communicator on his ear to contact Will, who was in charge of the entrance.
"I'll lift my uncle to the front first, and I'll be sure to catch ZERO!"
"Will, ZERO killed Lake and is on the run, you inform all the administrators of District 5 and arrest Zero and his accomplices as soon as they find out." Manr commands his men.
"What do you say? ZERO KILLED DISTRICT CHIEF RYKE? Will was afraid he had misheard.
"Yes. Just now, it was Lightson and Lightwyn who first discovered it, anyway, you notify the other layers first, don't let ZERO escape. I'll explain the specifics to you later. ”
"Okay. I know. After Will received the line, he returned to his office, used a special communicator, and turned on the 'Lake Family' channel, informing the family members who worked on the other floors of what Manr said. Although he did this, Will still wondered in his heart, this matter should not be so simple...... It seems that we have to go over and see the situation for ourselves.
The members of the Lake family who received the news explained their work separately, and then rushed to the top floor of the Lake office.
"Everyone is here, what the hell is going on? Who found out that his father was dead? The last to enter the door was Lake's second son, Lowton, who was also the manager of the other layers of security.
"Letson, I heard you were the first to find out that my father was killed?" Lake's eldest son, who is also responsible for the safety of the groundwater source, asked.
"Yes." Lightson was still very sad.
"Can you explain?" It was Ryker's youngest daughter, Lomia, who was also the manager in charge of food in District 5.
"That's right, after sending off the 'Executor', the now wanted criminal ZERO, came to us, and Will and Mann knew it. Because he is now wanted by the World Government, my uncle and I want to woo him so that our Fifth District will be safer. If he promises to help us, it will be a good thing for us in District 5, if he doesn't promise to help us, then hand him over to the Hunters Association, and we will also get some relative benefits, and at the same time, it can also make the Hunters Association trust us more, and it can also make the lives of the people in District 5 better. I, my brother Xiaowen, and my uncles Lake and Maner all knew about this proposal and agreed to it, and then after ZERO and his companions arrived, my uncle and I tried to negotiate with ZERO, and finally he agreed to consider it, but the fact that he killed Uncle Lake shows that he agreed to consider it at that time. Lightson looked at Mann to the side.
"Yes, Uncle Lake is trying to win over ZERO, and the matter is what Lightson said, and I was there during the negotiation." Manr proves it to everyone.
"So who made this proposal? With my father's character, he wouldn't have made such a proposal, would he? Loko asked.
"It's me. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT ZERO CAN DO, AND HATITT IN DISTRICT 2 VALUES HIM A LOT, SO I THOUGHT IF WE COULD MAKE HIM OUR COMPANION. Leterson said.
"THEN THE RESULT OF THE FIRST NEGOTIATION WAS THAT ZERO SAID THAT HE WOULD THINK ABOUT IT, AND WE GAVE HIM TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT HE WAS A DANGEROUS PERSON AFTER ALL, SO MY UNCLE ASKED HIM TO TAKE ZERO AND HIS COMPANIONS TO THE BACK ROOM FIRST. This is also a failure, the room in the back is the room where my uncle usually rests, it is quieter and there is no monitoring equipment, because I want to just temporarily put ZERO under house arrest, if we can win it over, we won't let him pick our reason in the future, if it doesn't work, it's also good for us to attack him.
Then my uncle said that he wanted to talk to ZERO alone, and I agreed, and let my uncle go to see ZERO alone, because there were also people guarding the door of ZERO's room, so I didn't think about it so much, and Manr also had his own affairs, so only Xiaowen and I were waiting for the outcome of the uncle's talk.
But a long time has passed, and I haven't seen my uncle come back, I'm afraid that something will happen, that ZERO is a wanted criminal, so I went with Xiaowen to check on the situation, but when I got to the place where they were held, I saw that the guards were all dead, and my uncle was also ......" Lightson looked back at Lake's body.
Several others stepped forward to check on Lake's body.
"Sith, what do you think?" Loko asked the Sith, who was in charge of weapons development and management in the Fifth District.
"Judging from my uncle's wounds, he was wounded by a weapon with an electric current." Sith glanced at Letwyn, who was standing to the side. "Can I take a look at your robotic arm?"
Lightwin glanced at Lightson, who nodded.
"Brother Sith, what's wrong with my arm?" Letwin asked the Sith who was examining his arm.
The Sith examined Lightwin's mechanical palm. After checking it, he said to the others behind him: "There's nothing wrong with Lightwin's arm, Lightson, Lightwin, to be honest, we don't really trust you two brothers, but your uncle's death should have nothing to do with you, and that ZERO will have an electric current is also a recognized thing, so this matter should be like Letson said, my uncle wants to negotiate with ZERO so that he can help us, but the negotiation failed, and ZERO killed my uncle in anger." That's just my opinion. ”
"I knew there were no good things for the people in the Hunters' Guild! Will, why are you letting ZERO in! Lomia thrashed Will.
"Ya, calm down." Lorton hugged his sister.
"Did you find anything about the two who escaped?" Loko asks Will and Man.
"Not yet." Will hadn't heard from the entrance yet.
"I don't have it on my side, and there's no surveillance where they're locked up, so I don't know where they're fleeing now, and they need the help of other layers." As he spoke, Manr looked at Lorton.
"When I was notified, I had people investigating ZERO's whereabouts. In addition, there is no need to notify the two aunts and uncles of the death of the father? Lorton asked.
"Of course, it will be notified, because it is about who will run this Fifth District next." Sith said.
"Sisge, my father just died, and you want to be in power!" Lomia yelled. "And even if you have to decide the next manager, it's one of my two brothers, and it's not your turn!"
"Mia, you don't have to pretend to talk about me, don't you think so too? The person is dead, but we still have to continue to live in the fifth district, explain to the Hunters Association that it was Uncle Zero who killed him, so that the Hunters Association can also help us, and now we have not received the whereabouts of ZERO, with his ability, he should have escaped, can you still catch him? Oh, and I'd like to explain it to the boss of the second district, Hatit. "The Sith's words, everyone didn't object, and now everyone actually thinks so in their hearts." Also, you say I only think about being in power? Aren't you? Your father just died, and you are thinking about it, and your daughter is really filial. ”
"Sith, what do you mean! Don't think we don't know that you were beating the administrators before my father died! And Lettson and Letwin, who mixed up with you as soon as they came to the Fifth District, maybe it was my father who you killed together, and then blamed ZERO, and whose death was not related to the two brothers! ”
"Okay, Xiaoya, my father just died, I'll talk about this later, but the next manager of the fifth district is not so easy to decide, at least it has to be approved by Hattith's grandfather." Loko stops the little sister from continuing the argument.
"Xiao Sen and Xiao Wen, you go back to your room first, and wait for the two aunts and uncles to come over and explain the situation to them. LORTON RETURNED TO HIS OFFICE AND CONTINUED TO SEARCH FOR ZERO AND HIS COMPANIONS IN DISTRICT 5. Xiaoya, you go and tell your aunt and uncle to come over. Will and Mann return to their place of work first, and work with Lorton to search for ZERO's whereabouts, while Will mobilizes the drone on standby to search for the two on the ground. Loko said to everyone.
"Okay." Everyone heard that Loko's arrangement was also carried out, and now the first thing is to catch ZERO first.
"Sith, you stay for a moment."
"Hmm." The Sith heard the roll call and did not leave the house.
After everyone else had left the house, Loko sat down across from the Sith. "Xiaoya is not sensible, don't you mind."
"Hmph."
"What was the real cause of my father's death?"
Sith looked up at Loko. "I didn't lie about the cause of my uncle's death, but ...... Who is the murderer, I am not sure yet. ”
"That's exactly ......"
"There is no evidence now. Although we in the Lake family don't like each other, we are a family, and the brothers are outsiders. ”
"Is it possible to identify the murderer only by catching ZERO?"
"Hmph, with that ZERO's ability, I guess I've escaped now."
"Can you find evidence about Xiaowen?"
"Unless you tear him down...... Although it was my uncle who asked me to assist Lightson to help Lightwin transform his body, they didn't let me get involved, and Xiaowen's robot unit only listened to the two of them, and now there are only about 50 troops on my level, and most of the others have been transferred by his brothers to other places, at least not in the fifth district, which means that they still have a stronghold elsewhere, which is really troublesome, so the new manager has to be chosen...... AND WHY DON'T YOU DIE AT THE HANDS OF ZERO......"
"Your arsenal must be guarded."
"Of course I do. Nothing else, I went back. ”
"Hmm."
"By the way, Loko, be careful."
"Thank you."