November 21, 15:10, Linyi, Sunshine Youth Behavior Modification Center.

After a twenty-minute period of "initial treatment", Zilin said goodbye to his "parents" "with tears in his eyes", and then was carried by two strong men and thrown into a single room, which was probably a confinement room.

The room was empty, with not a single light bulb and no external window except for a squatting toilet in the corner and a roll of paper on the floor; The only source of light in the room was a small window above the door, through which some light could be seen in the hallway.

Zilin was imprisoned for hours in this private room, and no one cared for him; He had undoubtedly missed dinner, and it would be difficult to say if he had missed supper.

In short, it wasn't until that night, when the lights in the corridor outside the door were automatically turned to "glow-in-the-dark mode", that a well-fed and somewhat alcoholic "warden" opened the door to the room.

It was a burly man, dressed in a white uniform with the name of the center on it; Without knocking or saying hello, he opened the electronic door with his fingerprints and swaggered in.

His demeanor and deeds are proclaiming...... He brought neither courtesy nor respect.

Still, he brought something with him.

"Put it on." As he spoke, the wardenman threw a camouflage suit to the ground.

His words were undoubtedly an order, not a consultation.

Zilin didn't say anything after listening to it, because he currently wanted to give others the impression that he was an ordinary teenager who had been "taken by electricity during the day", so when the words fell, he honestly picked up the clothes on the ground and began to change without saying a word.

As I said, the room was empty, and naturally there was no privacy to speak of; Zilin could only take off only a pair of pants in front of the housekeeper, and then put on the clothes and pants given by the other party.

And the warden, too, did not shy away from staring at Zilin, watching him finish changing his clothes; There was still a bit of disgust and impatience in his eyes.

Obviously, the housemaster wasn't very interested in watching the boys change their clothes, and it would be a different story if it was a girl...... That's not the point, though; The point is that even if he doesn't want to watch, he still has to stare at it, because there have been more than one incident here where "someone attacked the warden from behind while he turned around", and for his own safety, he didn't dare to take it lightly in this "one-on-one" situation.

"Give me your clothes, and you come out and stand up." After Zilin changed into a camouflage uniform, the housekeeper gave the next order.

When Zilin heard this, he still didn't make a sound, just lowered his head slightly, handed the clothes he had changed to the other party, and then stepped out of the door and came to the corridor.

At this point, the warden's vigilance was slightly lowered; The warden, while not thinking about the more fanciful assumptions that he hid something inside his body, or that he hid a bunch of information on his body through tattoos, did that he had a sharp object such as a blade hidden in his clothes...... They will still be wary, the reason, of course, is because there have been similar situations before.

"Your clothes will be with your belongings and will be returned to you when you are discharged." After Zilin stood still, the warden's supervisor stood behind him and said in a routine tone. As he said this, he also shook the clothes and pants in his hand a few times to confirm whether there was anything hidden inside.

To be honest, Zilin is the one who is impatient with these trivial matters; Such "details that can be controlled in advance" must have been arranged seamlessly before the action was made.

The belongings he had taken away when he was "admitted to the hospital" in the afternoon, including the outfit he had just taken, were the ones he had prepared two weeks ago: low-quality clothes and wallets bought at affordable online stores, new smartphones, low-spec I-PEN, and so on......

Not only did he buy these things in advance, but he also deliberately made them look like they were "used"; And through hacking methods, they invaded the database of the e-commerce platform and modified the "purchase date" and "consignee" information of those goods.

Even the apps in that phone are carefully selected, loaded with a bunch of popular apps and games that are most popular among teenagers nowadays, and each app has forged detailed traces of use, even if someone cracks the password to view, there is nothing abnormal.

As for the pair of "parents" he hired, after sending him to this center, he immediately boarded a flight from Dragon County to Southern Cross County, and they were still useful in another "bureau" of Zilin.

Let's put it this way, even if the dormitory supervisor in front of him is replaced with a prison guard, and the environment is replaced with a high-security federal prison, Zilin's lurking this time will not be exposed...... At least not in the short term.

"Oh." A second later, Zilin responded softly to the warden's words, in case his silence would anger the other party or arouse suspicion.

After shaking off his clothes, the wardenman raised his hand and motioned for Zilin to walk in front of him: "Go ahead." ”

"Where are you going?" Zilin knew the other party's workflow, but he had to pretend not to know.

"Just go ahead, I'll tell you to stop when you get there." The wardener said coldly.

This is one of the rules of the house, where only one warden is present and the movement of the "sick" is not restricted, the warden walks behind the sick.

In this way, Zilin walked through the hallway, went up the stairs, passed through two electronic doors that had to be opened by the warden, and finally came to the door of a dormitory.

Upon arriving at his destination, the warden scanned his fingerprints on the touchscreen, opened the door to the room, and motioned for him to enter. When the latter entered the house, the warden's refuge said, "This is your room, get up at six o'clock every morning, and finish washing and preparing for the assembly in half an hour." Then he closed the door and left.

There was a light in this room, but because it was past the lights-out time, the lights were turned off, and there was no switch in the room.

Fortunately, there are external windows in this room, and although the inside and outside of the window panes are separated by a layer of intertwined iron mesh, this does not prevent the moonlight from entering.

In the moonlight, faint outlines outlined the scene in this room.

It was a double room, not bunk beds, with two beds parallel to each other on either side of the room; When Zilin came in, there was already someone in one of the beds; Judging by the man's posture, he should have fallen asleep before Zilin entered the house, but when he came in just now, he woke the other party up.

"New here...... the man muttered to Zilin in the dark, and before Zilin could reply, he sighed and continued, "Alas...... Hurry up and go to sleep, if you have anything to say, I'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

With that, he turned over, covered himself with the quilt, and went back to sleep.

And Zilin, who was in the dark, showed a hint of a smile, but he instantly restrained it.

Two seconds later, Zilin moved his neck left and right twice, walked to the empty bed, and lay down.

Then, I started thinking......

He won't sleep.

Not tonight, not tomorrow night.

For as long as he could remember, he had never slept.

He doesn't need to sleep, and he can't sleep.

It may be a terrifying experience that can drive people crazy for ordinary people, but Zilin thinks it's good—he prefers to spend that time thinking than spending a third or more of his life sleeping.

While others are finishing their day's work and life and giving their brains a moderate rest, Zilin is sorting out memories, reviewing details, classifying various information, and making assumptions and assumptions about everything that will or may happen in the future.

It's like a meditation training for athletes in a confrontational sport, except that Zilin's meditation is not aimed at "a certain game", but a bigger game.

"There are six people in the hospital who have seen them during the day, and the one who sent me here just now is also among them, plus this BOY next to me...... The seven people I have seen so far are recorded in all known sources.

"And yet...... That doesn't prove anything......

"'Faceless' can be disguised as anyone, not only facial features, but also height, body shape, voice, gender, and fingerprints, and it is impossible to distinguish them in a short period of contact.

"But since the 'man' intelligence shows that he is here, he must be there, and as long as he and I stay in the same place, I can find him out, and all I need now is patience, acting, and ...... A little luck. ”

Zilin infiltrated this online ring center this time, there are "two things" to complete, looking for "faceless" is only one of them, and the other plan will also be carried out simultaneously, but to talk about variables and difficulty, it is still more troublesome to do this first thing.

He just closed his eyes, pretending to sleep, and thinking about it, and before he knew it, an hour had passed.

An hour later, at midnight sharp, to be exact...... Suddenly! Zilin opened his eyes through a slit.

At this moment, he knew very well that there was a figure standing beside his bed, and ...... staring at him.

"No......" Since Zilin was lying sideways facing the wall, even if he opened his eyes at this moment, he didn't have to worry about seeing it from the other party's angle, "Even if you don't use your eyes to see, I can still know immediately if there is anything within a radius of ten meters...... But this ...... Can you come to me quietly? ”

As he pondered, the figure had already made a move.

But see, the shadow slowly bent down, leaned down, and pressed his face to the side of Zilin's head.

At this moment, the black clouds outside the window obscured the moon, and the room was suddenly so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.

In the darkness, there was a voice, a woman's voice, in a voice so small that only Zilin could hear it, and said in his ear: "He is my prey, and I found it first, if you still know some rules, leave tomorrow, otherwise...... I'll change the time, the way...... I'll come back to you. ”

When the last word "you" reached Zilin's ears, the figure disappeared.

Immediately after, the moonlight came through the window again.

Zilin turned over and looked back...... The boy on the opposite bunk was still asleep, and there was no one else in the room but him and himself.

In the night sky outside the window, there are a few cold stars hanging in the sky, a bend of the oblique moon, look around, where are there any black clouds that can cover the moon?

All of Fang Cai's affairs seem to be just a short-lived nightmare.

But, Zilin never dreams.

"Uh-huh......" Two seconds later, Zilin groaned, and then lifted his nose and inhaled sharply, and successfully ...... in the air Capturing a faint scent of hair, he couldn't help but chuckle out loud at the moment of "...... huh", "That's interesting...... I thought I was here to eat a hot pot, but I didn't expect that as soon as I sat down, the 'dessert' would be automatically delivered to the door......" He licked his lips and read, "'That guy' must have known about this, but he deliberately didn't tell me...... Well...... Isn't there at least 'four' of 'two things' to say? ”