Chapter Twenty-Three: The Murderer Who Can't Be Caught
"I'm serious, what are you two kidding?" Poppy's good-looking face pulled down, "It's a serious matter. ”
"Then you can tell us seriously, why can't you arrest Xiao Jingrong?" Yan Junli folded his arms and looked directly at the poppy.
"I can't tell you, it's a state secret." Poppy shook his head.
"You don't tell us, and you tell us not to arrest her, you can't treat us like monkeys?" Yan Junli immediately rolled his eyes, turned his head and was about to leave.
"Hey! Wait, wait! Seeing this, Poppy hurriedly stepped forward a few steps forward and grabbed Yan Junli's wrist, and his attitude softened a lot, "Okay, I can tell you a little bit, but you must know that this is a secret, and you must not tell unrelated personnel." ”
"Or else?" Yan Junli asked rhetorically.
"Otherwise, I can't guarantee that your head will stay on your neck intact." Poppy shrugged.
Yan Junli spread his hands speechlessly and looked at Yang Wenbin. The latter nodded, letting Poppy continue, "So, who the hell is she?" ”
"She's a ghost, from the past." Poppy sighed, "She's our man." Or rather, once ours. ”
"I can see that she uses the same model of gun as yours." Yang Wenbin said, but at the same time showed a puzzled look, "But what is 'you'?" International Intelligence Security Agency? Or is it some other agent? ”
"Yes and no." Poppy thought for a moment and said, "Let me tell you that." The NSA is an official term, a very vague concept, and the name is only used to deal with official inspections. In fact, I have never seen such a so-called department at all. ”
Yan Junli and Yang Wenbin exchanged a surprised look at each other.
"The place I worked for, or the organization, was a team of only a dozen people, called the 'Sand Eagle Squad'. We never ask why, we never ask about the identity of our colleagues, we only do the tasks assigned by our superiors. Sometimes it's investigating, sometimes it's sneaking in, sometimes it's ...... You know, it's killing. Poppy shrugged, "Anyway, about five years ago, Xiao Jingrong and I received a mission to assassinate an information thief, he is a hacker, specializing in hacking into the network to steal confidential information and then take it out and resell it." It was supposed to be a very simple task, not difficult. But just as we were about to catch him, the hackers suddenly took a hostage, Xiao Jingrong's husband. ”
"And then? How do you do that? Yang Wenbin asked.
"I'll kill him." Poppy replied succinctly, "But he also killed the hostages." ”
"Oh......" Yang Wenbin was a little overwhelmed for a moment, "I'm not, I mean...... I'm sorry. ”
Poppy waved her hand to show that she didn't mind, "That's when she started to get wrong." She started drinking heavily, staying up late, smoking, and even taking drugs, and made several mistakes in her mission, which nearly killed me several times. When my boss found out, he had to separate me from her, and I didn't hear from her for a long time. Soon after, I heard that she was dead. ”
"Dead? How so? ”
"You know, that's just too normal for people in our business. It's normal to die in an accident, die in a mission, or be cleaned up by the organization. So I didn't ask her about it at the time, and it wasn't until you started looking into the case that I started noticing her, and now I'm finally sure she's the 'dead' former partner of mine. Poppy explained.
"So we can't arrest her? Is it because she's a former NSA agent, or is it because she's 'dead'? Yan Junli was inexplicable, his brows were tightly knit and he showed a very unhappy expression, "Who stipulated it?" Murder is a matter of life! Are you going to let us watch this murderer who killed seven people get away with it as you have some inexplicable organization? ”
"No, it's not, absolutely not." Poppy sighed, "Calm down and listen to me, what you say is the exact opposite of the truth." If 'Sand Eagle' finds out that she is still alive, he will definitely kill her by any means, and he will not let her have a chance to be tried at all. ”
Yan Junli was silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "She killed so many people, and the verdict is estimated to be either death penalty or life sentence." ”
"But I'm sure you know the difference." Poppy's tone was a little anxious, "No one can decide the life or death of another person casually, only the law can." Do you really want to watch her die? ”
"Poppy." Yang Wenbin spoke at this time, "When did you care so much about the life and death of others?" ”
"What?" Poppy was a little annoyed, but Yang Wenbin didn't give up.
"Why the hell are you on the run?" He asked calmly.
The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and Poppy finally took the lead in defeat, let out a deep sigh, waved his hand in frustration, and sat down on the public seat next to him.
"I knew I couldn't hide anything from you. You're you, after all. Poppy rubbed his swollen temples and said, "Okay, I'll tell you the truth." I fled because I refused a mission. ”
"What task?"
"Spying on you." Poppy whispered.
"What?" Yang Wenbin was surprised, and Yan Junli also looked at the poppy in surprise.
"Spying on Yang Wenbin? Why? Yan Junli became more and more confused, "What does he have to monitor, he is not a ****, he is not a criminal, and he is not a policeman, why do you want to spy on him?" ”
"Didn't I say that before? We just take on the task and never ask why. Even if I asked, my boss wouldn't tell me. Poppy waved his hand irritably, "So I don't know why, but I vaguely felt that something was wrong with this, so I protested." I didn't expect that as soon as the words came out, the boss looked at me differently. I could feel his hostility towards me for a moment, and sure enough, as soon as I stepped out of the junction with my front foot, a killer caught up with me on my back foot. It took me a great deal of effort to escape from them, and I came to you to warn you that it was not very peaceful out there, and it was clear that there were bad intentions against you. ”
Yang Wenbin nodded hesitantly, "Then Xiao Jingrong ......"
"If my boss catches her, I'll be sure to ask her questions about me first. Don't look at the fact that I've only been her partner for half a year, but she still has a lot of my handles. Poppy closed her eyes, "If she says one of them, I don't think I'll be able to stand in front of you anymore and gasp like I do now." ”
After listening, Yan Junli and Yang Wenbin fell silent. After a long time, Yan Junli spoke again.
"So, what do you want us to do now?"
"You can arrest her, but as far as I know, there are people in the police, the jury, and the prison." Poppy said, "We've got to keep her out of my boss's reach, so I need you, Doctor Yang." In exchange, I'll give you where she is now. ”