Chapter 19: Subversion
When Yang Wenbin came back to his senses, he found that he was already standing in the center of City C, and he was still a few steps away from walking in front of the police station in City C.
The only remaining perceptual system under Yang Wenbin's numb nerves felt a hint of amusement, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled like a madman.
His brain was chaotic, but his body remembered the most familiar path and brought him here. It's a joke in today's circumstances.
He just stopped where he was, letting countless traffic and people whizz past his body. Until a small car braked hard behind him and almost knocked him out.
"Do you want to fucking die!" The driver poked his head out of the window in a rage, waving his fist and scolding.
Yang Wenbin staggered a few steps and turned his head indifferently, his eyes full of despair and coldness, "Oh, kill me." β
The driver seemed to be frightened, quickly retracted his head, scolded the "madman" and drove away.
Yang Wenbin shrugged his shoulders, dragged his heavy body across the road, and then walked forward on the sidewalk in a trance. Although he also had no idea where he wanted to go, or where he should go.
At this moment, there was a regular ringing of bells in my ears. Yang Wenbin raised his head, and it was the public phone booth on the side of the road that rang. He ignored the sound and continued to walk aimlessly.
But not long after, when Yang Wenbin passed by a public phone booth again, the phone on the other side rang again. This time, Yang Wenbin stopped and looked at it for a while, and after a while, a staff member came over and hung up the phone.
Yang Wenbin didn't think too much, just continued to move forward. But the third time, the phone booth he happened to pass by rang again.
This time, Yang Wenbin did not ignore it, but chose to walk in and carefully close the door of the phone booth. The old payphones rang in front of him, and if it weren't for the deliberate attention of these phone booths this time, Yang Wenbin would have thought that these telephones would have been out of use for a long time.
Yang Wenbin took down the telephone and put it to his ear, and said calmly, "Hey? β
Unexpectedly, Xia Baiyan's voice came from the other end of the phone. The difference is that this time he didn't use that funny voice change, but it was his true voice that made people want to tear him apart completely.
"Hey, Dr. Yang, long time no see. Have you eaten it? β
At that moment, Yang Wenbin felt that all the blood rushed to his brain, and the force he used in his hand almost crushed the microphone. He lowered his voice and tried his best to control his emotions, "Xia Baiyan, I want to make you regret being born in this world!" You bastard, brute! β
"Wow, don't get so excited." But Xia Baiyan on the other end of the phone looked very tidy, and seemed to have expected Yang Wenbin's reaction, "I told you a long time ago, this is the final level." It's you who overestimated your IQ and thought you could win me. Oh poor little thing, who told you can win over the great Joker? β
"You demon! You treat human life as a game! Yang Wenbin roared, "So many people have died, so many people have ...... Isn't it even a fart to you! β
Xia Baiyan let out a burst of "tsk" smacking lips, and even couldn't help but laugh a few times, "Oh, my Doctor Yang, I know you're naΓ―ve, but I really didn't expect you to be so naΓ―ve." Look at you, now putting on a righteous face to denounce me? Think about who took my challenge and participated in my game in the first place. Admit it, you're just like me, you like these things, you like to see corpses appear in front of you, so you have a reason to stand up and be a hero, and you can rely on reasoning to prove that you're not just a cripple who can't do anything, don't you? β
"What the are you talking about? How could I beβ" Yang Wenbin yelled angrily, but was quickly interrupted by Xia Baiyan.
"Ahh Xia Baiyan was still graceful, and said calmly, "Think about it, ask yourself, am I really wrong?" You have lower self-esteem than anyone else, which is why you want to prove yourself more than anyone else. You are a weak chicken and a cripple who can't do anything, and you can only get your partner to identify with you by reasoning about the murder. That's why when you received my battle letter, you didn't panic or fear, but deduced the location of the corpse in just a dozen seconds. You're excited, aren't you? β
Yang Wenbin squeezed the phone tightly, but he couldn't say a word.
"You're excited about the challenge I've given you, you love the bloody murders and corpses that are the drugs of your brain. Stop being hypocritical, dear. Whether it's Yan Junli or Li Hong, or that beautiful agent sister, they won't understand you. Only I can understand you, and only I can provide you with such a wonderful game, right? β
"I will never be with you! Stop talking nonsense! You're just a brute who treats life as a mustard! Yang Wenbin's eyes were red, "And you...... You also killed my only family member in this world, I will never spare you, even if I chase you to the end of the cape, I will break you into pieces! β
"Hahahaha...... Come on. Did I really kill your family? The voice on the other side was full of playfulness, "Yang Wenbin, think about it again." Who the hell is putting all the time into my game? Who only thought about winning this game with all their hearts? With your IQ, you really can't deduce that the young man Tao Mingliang wants to kill is yourself? Huaxi Street, Red Maple Garden, Police Station...... Which of those places is not inextricably linked to you, Yang Wenbin? It is you yourself who get carried away by competitiveness and neglect what matters most. β
"Dr. Yang." Xia Baiyan's voice was full of smiles, and he said word by word, "You failed to save that old man." It was you who murdered your own only family with your own hands. β
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Yang Wenbin roared almost madly, "I want to find you, and I will dig three feet into the ground to find you!" I'm going to kill you, you inhuman demon! No matter how mysterious you are, you are just an ordinary human being, and a bullet can send you back to the West! β
But Xia Baiyan laughed as if he had heard some of the funniest jokes, "Doctor Yang, do you really think that I can organize such a meticulous and complicated game by myself? Now, turn around and look around you. β
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