Chapter 20 Why?
Before the broadcast of the departure was finished, Shi Sanwen, Zhang San, and Lieba had already walked out of the small trailer.
In their opponents...... In the eyes of Newman, who has been tracking them all the way, this move is undoubtedly a sign of thoughtfulness and prudence: first, a surprise attack in a cramped trailer will limit his movements; Second, there must be a gap in the ability level of the three people in the car, and if they are attacked at the same time, it will be difficult to care about their companions; Third, the view from outside the car is wider, and there will be more time to react in the event of a long-range attack.
In short, with normal thinking analysis, it is a very correct and inevitable judgment to get out of the trailer, and Newman will make the same choice.
However, the idea on the other side is actually not so complicated - Shi Sanwen just doesn't want his trailer and fine soft to be destroyed.
As for Zhang San and Lieba, to be honest...... These two are really hanging, and it doesn't matter to Shi Sanwen; In Lao Shi's eyes, they were just two passers-by who had not appeared for a long time in his long life, and if Tianyi hadn't asked him for help, he wouldn't have walked with these two people.
This happens when a person lives too long.
He knows better than anyone else that the vast majority of people in this world will eventually leave him, so he doesn't put too much affection on these people; He chose to live in isolation because he didn't want to come into contact with people.
"The doors are closed, there is no abnormality in safety monitoring, and the train will start in ten seconds, ten, nine, eight ......"
A minute passed in a blink of an eye, and the countdown to the start sounded on the radio.
Due to the use of "quasi-transition engine" technology, when the Orient Express starts, the passengers inside will not have the feeling of "suddenly being pulled" when taking ordinary transportation, but instead will have a short-term and subtle discomfort (so the broadcast does not require passengers to sit firmly and pull the handrails when driving); When the initial discomfort passes, the environment inside the car will be as stable as in a rooted building, and passengers will not have the slightest feeling of being "in a moving vehicle".
Therefore, at this point in time when the train was about to depart, not only Shi San asked them, but many other car owners in this "parking compartment" also got off their cars.
After all, it is a seven-and-a-half-hour journey, and even if there are certain restrictions on the areas where passengers at all levels can move, the operator will certainly not stipulate that they can only stay in one car, such as a smoking car, a bar car, or a buffet car...... This Orient Express has everything on it, and the space of each carriage is not small; These "service cars" are generally divided into three levels, with the bottom floor being the aisle and staff area, and the top two floors being the service area.
Of course, this parking compartment does not provide other "services" except for the parking of passengers who drive up, so the upper and lower three floors are equivalent to a three-dimensional parking lot.
Shi San asked them at the bottom floor at the moment, and the people on the upper two floors, including the other carriages in front and behind, would pass by here, so there was a dense flow of people.
In this bustling crowd, anyone could be pretended to be a federal agent, as long as this person is not an ability or mutant, even Shi Sanwen has a hard time distinguishing the identity of the other party.
According to Zhang San's thoughts, if he was the pursuer, it would obviously be a good idea to find a few non-capable agents to blend into the crowd and use targeted weapons to carry out a surprise attack first.
Correct...... This is not the case with Newman's routine.
When the train began to move, he actually brazenly got out of his car and walked close to Shi Sanwen's parking space.
Shi Sanwen, Zhang San, and Lieba also sensed the existence of the other party in their own way, and they all turned their eyes to him.
In this way, with their eyes already met, Newman walked to the parking space of the three and stood still unhurriedly.
"You have two choices." Newman threw it straight to the point in his lifeless tone.
"I don't have a choice." But before Shi San could hear the options, he interrupted the other party and pointed at the hunter, "You talk to him about something, and the two of us don't participate." β
"Yes." Zhang San also continued, "There's no need to talk about it." β
"Okay." Unexpectedly, Newman listened to it and didn't even say half a word of redemption, just looked at the direction of Shi Sanwen and Zhang San, and followed with a recitation, "BACK......"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Sanwen and Zhang San suddenly disappeared in place.
In this regard, the hunter was not surprised, but looked at Newman coldly, and asked in a weak tone: "I might as well ask...... Are they dead? β
"I'm not 100 percent sure, but I can tell you that the probability of them dying is very high." Newman replied.
"Won't you...... Could it be that you have the ability to teleport people to hell with a single word? Hunter asked again.
"I am not obligated to respond to your temptations." Newman didn't answer the Hunter's question further, but said, "Capture them or die with them, give me an answer." β
"Heh......" Hunter laughed, "Brother, if you don't tell me what you're capable of, how can I be sure those two guys are dead?" If you're not sure...... Who is willing to surrender? What if you lie to me? β
"Then I'll be a liar." But Newman showed no signs of letting up, "BA......"
"Heyβ" Seeing that the other party was about to make another move, the hunter quickly shouted out at the top of his voice, his throat hoarse because of the severe lack of water...... If you want to describe it, it's sandpaper grinding cactus, and just listening to it makes me feel like it can hiss, "Don't! Let's discuss it again! β
Newman originally just wanted to scare the other party, because after observing the past few days, he also knew that the hunter was extremely weak without eating, drinking, or sleeping, and there was a high chance that he could be captured alive.
Before Shi Sanwen and Zhang San expressed their positions just now, Newman originally planned to "send Shi Sanwen away" alone, but since two people said that they didn't have to talk, he didn't care about killing one more.
"Do you surrender as soon as I prove they're dead?" Newman feigned hesitation for a few seconds before asking.
"Hmm." Hunter nodded.
Newman touched his chin and pretended to think about it again, then continued, "Although I can get a federal agent in another place to immediately prove through a video call that those two people are dead, I guess...... You won't believe me, and even if there's a video to prove it, you'll suspect that it's a fake video I made beforehand. β
"Hmm." Hunter nodded again, it wasn't that he didn't want to reply to words other than "um", but his throat still hurt at this moment.
"It seems...... I do have to explain to you what I'm capable of. Newman continued.
In fact, Newman didn't mind revealing his abilities from the beginning, and so far he has told many of his captors what his abilities are, but none of those who have heard about them have managed to escape after learning about them.
"Uh-huh." Hunter continued to nod, waiting for the bleeding from his vocal cords to moisten his throat.
Newman didn't sell it anymore, and he immediately said: "I can let others go back to 'a day ago'." β
"Huh?" Hunter changed his tone, but still didn't open his mouth.
That is to say...... Let people's physical state, geographical location, etc. (the 'etc' here naturally include the person's belongings and clothing) go back to 24 hours ago. Newman continued, "This ability does not involve the memory of the target, nor does it have anything to do with the absolute coordinates of man in the universe (the rotation of the earth, the expansion of the universe, etc.)...... In short, it's a great ability that can be easily handled by even the strongest opponents, as long as I have the right time and the resources at my disposal. β
He paused, then continued, "Like your fellow who can manipulate...... I was also surprised when I saw the surveillance video of Jiang Ying being killed by him in seconds, I was shocked that there was still such a super-powerful person in this world that was not known to the Federation; But it's not hard for me to come up with a plan to deal with such people......
"I've been following you for several days, and through analyzing your travel routes, it's easy to guess that you want to come to Istanbul to take the Orient Express through the Black Sea theater to the west, so I sent someone to keep an eye on the train's passenger list early on and strictly check the whereabouts of each ticket.
"As expected, last night, one of you got three tickets and three fake documents through a local illegal middleman, and when I learned about the train schedule you were taking, my plan was ready to go......
"The departure time of the Orient Express is 5:40 p.m., and 24 hours ago, at 5:40 p.m., you just stopped at a small restaurant in the suburbs to eat, which can be said to be God help me...... IF THE THREE OF YOU WERE IN THE CAR AND THE CAR WAS MOVING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARDER TO CALCULATE THE EXACT COORDINATES OF YOUR 'BACK', BUT NOW ......"
At this point, Newman reached into the pocket of his jacket and pulled out a cell phone.
"Last night, I sent someone to evacuate the small restaurant and all unrelated people within a one-kilometer radius." Newman said as he began to flip through the phone's address book, "A team of more than 100 engineers leveled the restaurant overnight and assembled a special net alloy room in its place; The room is divided into two layers, large and small, both layers are six-sided sealed design, the inner layer is equipped with intelligent monitoring probes, as well as pressure, infrared and other sensing devices, once a target enters it, within 0.2 seconds, the pulse bomb on the top of the room will detonate, and the explosion of the pulse bomb will trigger nitroglycerin and miniature nuclear bombs in the eight corners of the room, after these rounds of explosion, the walls of the inner room are bound to crack, at this time, the outer room is full of strong sulfuric acid will pour into the inner layer through those gaps... β¦β
After saying this, Newman stopped scrolling through the address book and selected a number to dial the video communication.
"Now...... I think I've explained it clearly enough. Newman said, turning the screen of his phone directly to the hunter, and continued, "You can talk to the agent in charge over there yourself, and ask him to show you the situation at the scene, so you can know that what I said is true." β
Just as Newman finished speaking, the mobile phone video was successfully connected. Hunter looked at the screen and was silent for three seconds, then he looked up at Newman, raised his hand, stretched out his index finger, and lowered it vertically, gently swung it a few times, and made a "circle" gesture.
At this moment, Newman first felt a trace of doubt, followed by a sharp expansion of unease.
He turned the phone screen back and looked at the screen according to the other party's meaning.
Later, he found out that the person who was holding the mobile phone of the person in charge of the scene and his video at the moment was not a federal agent, but a ...... Shi San asked.
When Shi Sanwen saw Newman's face, he didn't say anything else, and said directly: "I have removed your box for setting off fireworks, if you send the hunter over now, he will only come to a clearing, so ...... Then you look at it. β
With that, he hung up the video call.
Newman's face was as dead as ash (because his face was like this, so there was no change in his expression alone), his eyes flickered and he thought for a few seconds, and finally shook his head and squeezed out six words from between his teeth: "How can this be ......?"
Seeing this, Hunter laughed, and used a shrug to convey his mockery to the other party.
"Forget it......" Newman ignored the hunter's provocation and continued, "Since that companion of yours has become so strong, then I have nothing to say." He paused for half a second, and then changed his words, "But you also heard it, just now, he betrayed you through the video without disguise...... ALTHOUGH I HAD ALREADY SPECULATED SO, BUT ON THE PREMISE THAT HE PERSONALLY TOLD ME THAT 'THE NET ALLOY ROOM IS DESTROYED', IT IS NATURALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO USE 'BACK' ON YOU TO MAKE YOU ESCAPE, AND HE IS TANTAMOUNT TO PUTTING YOU IN MY HANDS. β
At this time, Hunter's voice finally eased up a little, and he responded, "Not necessarily...... We're one-on-one now, and your abilities have been exposed, and while you can use it as a last resort to send me away when you're about to lose, why do you think you're going to win against me until then? β
"Hmph......" Newman sneered when he heard this, "That's a good question." β
As soon as the word "good" came out, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
In the next second, all the passengers in the entire parking compartment except Newman and Hunter ...... They all stopped.
These "pedestrians" who hadn't even glanced at this side not long ago turned around and pulled out their guns almost at the same moment, and the upper and lower three layers, hundreds of muzzles, all locked on the hunter's body within two seconds.
"ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY IS VERY SMALL, I STILL CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PERSON SENT AWAY BY THE BACK WILL SURVIVE OR SEND SOME KIND OF MESSAGE BEFORE AND AFTER DEATH, SO ...... That's why I chose to do it on a moving train. When the surrounding agents collectively fired their guns, Newman continued, "On a mobile vehicle with a speed of nearly 400 kilometers at this time, even if you and other accomplices receive a distress message, they will not be able to come to your aid; In addition, in order to ensure that today's train will not be delayed, and in order to give themselves more advantages in possible battles, today's car is ...... All of them were plainclothes agents I had arranged in advance. β
At this point, Newman took a few steps back, away from the area where he would be set on fire, and said, "Why do I think I'm going to win you?" Scold...... That's probably why. β