Chapter 2 Interviews
Colonel Patton had already planned to release Ning Fei on bail in the name of the Coalition military's recruitment of special operations team technicians, because Ning Fei's illegal invasion cases were mainly related to the Coalition military, so this bail application was quickly approved by the coalition judicial department.
"You're really lucky, you can leave after signing this document," the prison guard asked Ning Fei to sign the "Decision of Bail", and then took him out of the prison gate.
Barton had already left first, leaving Ning Fei with an interview invitation in exchange for bail, Ning Fei needed to pass the interview of the alliance special operations team and become an alliance soldier. And Ning Fei, with the help of this identity, is more conducive to using the power of the alliance base to take revenge on hellfire.
Ning Fei looked at the address on the interview letter, 148 West 24th Street, New York City.
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"It should be here, that's right", No. 148, Ning Fei looked at the retro sign in front of him, Bob and Barbara's bar, because it was still daytime, the bar had not yet opened, but the door was not locked. Ning Fei pushed the door and entered, it was a small cheap bar, and the bar counter and table and chair facilities were a little outdated.
A man with a beard was sitting on a seat at the bar, his gray shirt rolled up his cuffs to reveal an old Rolex mechanical watch, drinking brewed beer, and the other was a woman, dressed very sexy, wiping wine glasses in the bar, looking like a waiter or bartender, the woman saw someone coming in, looked up and said, "Sir, we haven't opened yet, please come back after 8pm." ”
Ning Fei glanced at the electronic clock on the side of the bar counter, which was showing 7:05, and it was still early.
"Is this Ms. Barbara, is this Mr. Bob?" , Ning Fei stepped forward and said, "Hello, I'm here to apply, I need a job." ”
"I'm not called Barbara, we don't hire waiters here," the sexy woman said as she continued wiping her glass.
Ning Fei sat down on the high chair next to the scumbag man, took out the interview letter and put it on the bar, pushed it in front of the man with his fingers, and said, "I'm Ning Fei, Barton recommended me." ”
The scumbag man opened the interview letter, looked at Ning Fei and said, "You came too early, you have to wait another hour for the interview, and there are five other candidates who have not yet arrived, but it is better to come early than late, I like punctual people." I'm the lead interviewer, Kevin. ”
"I can wait here for a while", Ning Fei then turned to the woman and said, "Hey, sexy female agent, can you also give me a beer, it's too far here, I'm on the road for a day?" ”
The sexy woman didn't seem to care about this title, filled a large glass of beer, put it in front of Ning Fei, and said, "10 yuan, thank you!" ”
Ning Fei took out his pocket, it was empty, and said without embarrassment: "Owe it first, keep my account."
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Half an hour later, several other candidates came to the bar, a man named Chachai, a former boxer; a cop named Thomas with glasses; There are also two professional army soldiers, James and Harry.
Ning Fei looked at the clock, at 7:58, there were 2 minutes left, and only the last candidate had not yet arrived.
At the last minute, a man in a black hooded trench coat walked in, with a dagger pinned to his boots and a hat covering his forehead, took out an interview letter from his coat pocket, and said in a somewhat cold voice: "I'm Fengying, I'm here to participate in the interview of the special operations team."
Kevin looked at his watch, it was exactly 8 o'clock in the evening, and all six special interview candidates had already arrived, and said to the sexy woman, "Caitlin, the bar can close".
The sexy woman, whose real name is Caitlin, nodded to Kevin and put her finger in one of the compartments of the wine cabinet behind her.
"Di~", accompanied by a series of mechanical sounds, the wine cabinet moves from the middle to the sides, presenting an elevator.
Kevin then picked up the electronic clock on the side of the bar and said to the interviewers, "Come with me!" ”
Ning Fei and the other interviewers followed Kevin and Caitlin into the elevator, which led to the basement level, a larger space than the bar, with several rooms, most notably a control room with half-wrapped curved tempered glass walls, with public servants working in front of the screens and security personnel walking around and on duty inside.
Eventually, all the interviewees were taken to the door of a room with security guards on duty, and Kevin opened his mouth to nod to the security personnel.
"Please come in, Captain Kevin".
Security opened the door, a conference room with cameras in the corner, and six document bags and six bottles of drinking water without wrapping paper on the rectangular conference table.
Kevin placed the electronic clock on the conference table, motioned for everyone to find a place to sit down, and said to the interviewers: "Everyone here is from a variety of fields, and we invite everyone to come because we need to screen out the best people, and only the best will be qualified to join the special combat team and be competent for this job." Now, do you know what you're here for? ”
The two professional soldiers, James and Harry, said passionately: "We are the best of the best, we are the best fighters, and we are here for the honor of the league!" ”
"Well, I still don't know anything", Ning Fei pouted.
"Alright, from now on, I'll explain the rules first", Kevin continued, "In this room, there are no laws, there are no military regulations, you need to follow my rules completely, or you will be eliminated." First, there are 6 document bags containing test papers, which need to be answered after 45 minutes, and it is not allowed to leave the conference room in advance; Second, you are not allowed to communicate with the interviewer or any non-interviewer for 45 minutes. Do you understand? ”
"It's as simple as that?" , the boxer asked suspiciously.
"In my professional experience, the simpler it seems, the trickier it can be," Officer Thomas thought.
Kevin and Caitlin left the room, exactly 8:15 p.m., and at 9 p.m., the test ended.
The interviewers didn't waste any more time and each picked up the file bag on the table.
Ning Fei also opened his file bag, as a genius college student, although he dropped out, he should not be able to overcome himself in the written exam, and he thought about drawing out the test paper.
Hey? A blank sheet of paper.
There is no text, no questions.
Ning Fei looked up at the others, Officer Thomas's gaze also swept towards him suspiciously, followed by boxer Chachai and army soldier Harry looking at everyone, and the man in the black trench coat also raised his head.
James was the last to open the folder, pulled out the blank paper, and exclaimed in wonder: "What is the situation, a blank piece of paper, is the printing press of the special combat team short of ink?" ”
Ning Fei breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that there should not be a situation where the problem was only written on someone's test paper, so he spread out the blank test paper on the table and asked, "Are your test papers also blank?" ”
"Yes."
"Mine too, nothing."
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Everyone unfolds the blank test paper on the table, so what exactly is the test question, according to the rules, you can't leave the meeting room to ask the interviewer, which means that the question can only be found in this room.
"So, as it stands," said Harry, a steady Army soldier, "no one knows the test questions and can't give answers, and we need to work together to have the best chance of passing the test together." ”
"You're right, so what do we need to do next?" , the man in the black trench coat raised a realistic question.
Officer Thomas picked up one of the blank sheets of paper and examined it over the spotlight embedded in the ceiling of the conference room.
"There are no words or patterns, nothing," Thomas confirmed.
"Try wetting with water, I read a lot of suspense novels, and they all use invisible paint pens to write on paper, and when they dry, the handwriting disappears, and when they get wet, they show clues", suggested James, who had already opened a bottle of drinking water on the table and poured it on the nearest piece of white paper, before anyone else could speak.
"James~", Harry picked up the white paper on the other tables, and said helplessly: "You can't pour a little less water, or wet a corner first, if you wet all the test papers, we won't be able to write on them!" ”
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry", James put down the almost empty bottle and wiped some of the water that was running rampant on the table.
A whole bottle of drinking water soaked the entire white paper, and I looked at it carefully several times, but no invisible ink appeared. Still a little unwilling, James tried to carefully flip the soaked white paper over.
Broken......
Not even a sound came out.
"I swear I didn't mean to", James was a little embarrassed.
"Eliminated one in advance," Ning Fei quipped.
"Do you want to try burning it again?" , James asked cautiously.
"Shut up, James, bad idea", Harry subconsciously denied.
In fact, with the current situation, there is no very clear way, just like a scientific experiment, you need to find clues in the groping, thinking of this, Ning Fei opened his mouth and said: "Eh...... I think we can try it, just be careful, and it won't break if you're careful."
"I think you're right", Chachai, a boxer who didn't talk much, responded to Ning Fei.
"Thank you", Ning Fei then asked, "Did anyone bring the lighter?" ”
"That's not what I meant", Chachai interrupted: "It was your last sentence, you said that one was eliminated, in this room without law, this test without problems, if there is one person who solves the others, then it doesn't matter what the bullshit problem is, this person will win and answer everything by force".
After Chachai's words were spoken, the atmosphere became tense in just a few minutes, everyone became cautious, Harry carefully put the blank test paper back on the table, and Officer Thomas carefully distanced himself from the people around him to have time to react in case of emergency.
Ning Fei also became vigilant, although he was agile, but in this limited space, he would never have an advantage, James and Harry were strength army soldiers, boxer Chachai should have excellent fighting skills, and the blade with a cold weapon was not good at first glance, only the slightly older Officer Thomas was relatively weak.
"So, who is the most threatening among us?"