Chapter 9: Metamorphosis
"Why? Why! I don't know you at all...... No! No! Please! Ahh
With a terrible scream, another "prey" died at the hands of the "Most High".
Already covered in bruises and unable to resist, he was cut off by a man wearing a bull mask with a pair of large scissors.
Note that it was the head, not the neck, that was broken...... Imagine cutting walnuts with scissors, which is roughly what it means; It's just that the walnut kernels that come out after the walnuts are broken, and the heads are cut out, but it's not just the brains......
In short, the death of this "prey" also announced: in tonight's "killing carnival", only the last "prey" of Hull remains, and if Hull successfully escapes from the hunting area at this moment, he will "win".
It's just that Hull is now ...... The matter of "escape" is no longer considered.
"I'm a bull, we've got it done here, what's going on over there?" When the communicator was turned on, the masked man with scissors in hand seemed to be nonchalant, and although he had just completed a brutal murder, his reaction was nothing more than a few breaths.
"Damn it! You've got news, bull, come back quickly! Let the lizards and jackals come back too! Be quick! ”
"Hey, hey, calm down, man, what the hell is going on?" Since the "bull" temporarily turned off the communicator when they were killing just now, they don't know what happened on the other side.
"Lions and rhinos, they were killed! Six people...... They're all killed! ”
"What do you mean? What does it mean to be killed? ”
"If it's done, it's done!" The man on the other side of the communication seemed very excited, and his voice also revealed obvious panic, "Listen...... Man, this is no joke, the guy removed the camera and got where we couldn't see...... I don't know how he did it, but he's now driving a motorbike and heading towards our base camp with what he's scavenged from rhinoceros...... Night vision devices, electronic maps, weapons and equipment...... He has everything now, and the three of us may not be able to stop him, so you have to come back and support him quickly! ”
"What the hell...... How could such a thing happen? When the bull heard this, he cursed and immediately looked back at the two companions beside him.
The two also shrugged their shoulders and spread their hands, not knowing what to say.
But no matter what, the live stream goes on and must continue......
Thankfully, viewers couldn't hear their conversation on the communication channel, nor did they see Hull taking out the six "Most High", so there was room for redemption; Because the "Supreme One" is wearing masks, even if the lion is really dead, someone else can be found to replace it in the next issue, anyway, the audience can't see the difference, and when the time comes, they will forcibly say that they are not dead, but just have their equipment stolen.
The most pressing issue at hand is Hull.
It seems that this "prey" has no intention of escaping at all, and is just rushing to "counter-kill".
The matter has come to this, and the "supreme" naturally have no choice, they can't do things like turning off the live broadcast or running away, if they do, their show will become a laughing stock or second...... The point is that many of the big names and underworld forces who bet here will not let them go; The efficiency of those guys is much higher than that of the federal police, and if they really violate their interests, these guys who engage in a "killing spree" will disappear from the world in minutes.
Therefore, today is either Hull dies or the "killing spree" is over, and there is no third possibility.
Fortunately...... Although Hull has basically equaled the "supreme" in terms of information and weapons and equipment under his control, the latter still has the advantage of numbers and geography; The six people who were attacked before were ambushed and attacked because they entered the jungle without cameras...... But the remaining six people, as long as they stick to the command post and act in a group, there is really no reason for them to be broken by this one person.
Thinking so, the bull and the other three set off.
The trio rode two motorcycles and hurried to their base camp, an underground base in the middle of the hunting area.
It's a place they stumbled upon and looks like a military bunker left over from the Second World War; Although it has been abandoned for many years, because of its remote location and hidden entrances and exits, it has been sealed here for hundreds of years.
The "Most High" initially used the bunker as a meeting place, but when someone came up with the idea of a "killing spree", they decided to use it as their base camp.
So, they successively brought in some of the equipment and supplies they needed, fueled the diesel engine in the bunker that had been stopped for hundreds of years, and were surprised to find that this thing actually worked (as is the case with German-made machinery); They then connected various lines to the base camp, arranged the jungle within a radius of several miles into so-called "hunting zones", divided the areas with camera numbers, and laid various traps.
The "killing spree" worked like this; But his operators never thought of it...... They who singled out ordinary people would encounter such a crisis today......
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It was nearly midnight, and the air in the jungle was getting hotter and hotter.
The potion given to Hull by the judge had almost worn off, and although Hull had retreated the wound with the spray and bandages he had scavenged, the pain inevitably began to return.
Of course, this kind of pain is not unbearable, it is just pain.
At this moment, Hull was already unable to care so much under the stimulation of adrenaline, and as a person who had just experienced the first killing in his life, his performance was quite extraordinary.
The first to die at his hands were the two unlucky bastards codenamed "Rhinoceros" and "Lion...... Using a long pole removed from a nearby trap, Hull hid in the shadows and stabbed the wheels of the men's motorcycle, causing a tragic traffic accident.
When the car accident happened, the "rhinoceros" and the "lion" were both bounced out like stones in a slingshot...... "rhinoceros" hit his head on the rock and killed him on the spot, while the "lion" broke several bones and accidentally cut the carotid artery by his own weapon when he rolled down.
The wounded "lion" to the first person who appeared in his sight...... That is, Hull called for help, but Hull just watched him bleed indifferently.
Soon, the "lion" also died there from excessive blood loss.
That's when Hull stepped forward and examined the bodies of the two, removing their masks and taking what he thought would be useful.
Hull found that the two men under the mask were even younger than he had imagined, and they looked to be in their twenties, and their faces still looked like childish students.
Just as Hull lamented that the young people of the day were becoming more and more unreasonable, the other four "supreme ones" who were chasing him were gradually approaching...... The sound of the motorcycle revealed their location, and Hel heard the sound, quickly lurked back into the shadows, and began to circle with the other party; He took advantage of the night vision device he had just obtained, as well as the advantage of the enemy in the light and in the dark, and had a "first blood" jungle hunt with the other party.
Hull, who has already "killed people", has no psychological burden, and he does not have the slightest mercy for these young people who make fun and profit by killing innocent people.
With a machete he had scavenged from the dead, he raided the four of them one by one, and, the whole thing...... Surprisingly easy.
After killing the first man, Hull realized that the young men had no advantage over him; This group of people who rely on traps, equipment, and numbers, and are accustomed to killing people by "easy methods" are just the level of ordinary people in terms of relatively fair fighting conditions.
It's like having a butcher fight a bull, or an executioner fighting a criminal who has unchained him—how much blood he has on his hands, and whether he's good at fighting...... Sometimes there is no direct relationship.
Compared to Hull, who has adapted to being "hunted down", these "Supremes" seem ridiculous when attacked, even though they have been cautious enough to discard the camera in their hands and use their hands to fight with weapons, but they have not survived Hull's men.
In this way, Hull had single-handedly killed the six "supreme beings" who had come to hunt him down, and he was extremely excited when he first tasted the karma of killing, and just as the effect of the calming drug in his body had faded, he ...... With the idea of "I can kill them all", and a rush of blood, he confidently rushed to the enemy's base camp.
Objectively speaking, he ...... It is certain death.
It's one thing to raid someone in a jungle without cameras, it's another to storm an enemy home that is monitored everywhere.
When the other party is prepared, let alone fight all the way into the bunker...... As soon as he stepped into the entrance of the bunker, Hull was immediately surrounded in a narrow hallway, and then torn to shreds by several chainsaws that forced him back and forth.
However, Hull did not take this into account.
He rushed into the bunker with a weapon, and with the stolen electronic map, he touched the "monitoring room" located on the second basement floor, but he saw it......
"You're finally here."
Inside the room, the judge sat on a sofa chair, supported his cheek with one hand, and crossed Erlang's legs, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Behind him, there were four more people standing, four people in black robes who also wore Peking Opera masks.
In addition to them, there were five men and women in the room, to be precise...... four men and one woman; All five were unmasked, and were tied hand and foot, gagged, and kneeling on the ground. They all looked young, about the same age as the six people Hull had killed before.
When Hull walked into the room, he immediately recognized the woman among the four men and one woman as the beautiful woman who had been "hitchhiking" on the side of the road during the day, and one of the four men was dressed in the same clothes as the one he had seen on the monitor on the rooftop.
"...... you" After a moment of surprise, Hull calmed down a lot, he looked at the judge, and replied in a deep voice, "I've caught 'them'......"
The "they" in his mouth naturally refer to the "Most High" who are kneeling on the ground at this moment; Even if they don't wear beast masks, their identities are already revealed.
"I didn't catch it, I caught it by the people behind me." The judge raised his hand and gestured with his finger to the four black-robed men behind him, "I did meet one myself, but it's a pity that ...... I'm not in the mood to catch that imp alive tonight. ”
Before the judge's words came out, Hull was still secretly saying: "There are a total of twelve 'Supreme Ones', except for the six I killed and the five here, where is the other?" ”
But as soon as he heard this, he immediately understood...... There is also a fear that the corpse will be gone after eating the bento.
"You're here, do you mean ......?" two seconds later, Hull tentatively spoke again.
"Where I want to appear, what I want to express, it's not your turn to speculate." The judge interrupted him, "But your presence here can basically show ...... You're an idiot, stupid enough to think you can kill them all on your own. He put his hands in front of him, made a "pyramid gesture," and said in his poisonous tongue, "If I hadn't brought people here in advance to get them done quickly, you would have been chopped into pieces of meat by now." ”
When Hull heard this, he was not at all angry that he was called a fool, but replied tremblingly, "Thank you...... Thank you. ”
"Alright, stop talking nonsense." The judge continued, "First go back to recuperate and rest for a few days, and then come to me in three days to start work." ”
With that, he got up to leave.
"Huh?" When Hull heard this, he stood on the spot, and after a few seconds, he suddenly slid the sentence that had already slipped to his lips, "Didn't you just say that I was stupid?" Why did you let me join again? He held back and asked, "That...... Time and address ......"
"I made a puzzle, divided it into five parts, put it in five capsules that could not be broken down by stomach acid, and fed them five separately." The judge replied without thinking.
After hearing this, Hull thought for a moment: "Understood, just ...... if you vomit them all"
"Vomited?" The judge repeated these three words, and then sneered, "Huh...... When they caught you, they didn't just think about spitting you, did they? ”
The determined look on Hull's face vanished, replaced by a hint of fear and surprise.
"See the camera on the table." The judge looked at his expression and said with a smile, "I have disposed of all the other monitoring equipment here, and I specially left the one for you to use, please take a picture of the process of 'getting them', and bring the video tape to me in a few days." ”
When the judge said this, he snapped his fingers and hooked his index finger. Seeing this, the four black-robed men immediately understood and followed him towards the exit.
At this moment, Hull's face was covered with cold sweat, but the killing intent in his eyes was gradually becoming clear; He knew that the five people in front of him were the last hurdles he needed to pass to join the "Xuduluo Mountain", and they were his Hull Schneider's "vote for the name...... But killing six people who are chasing you is different from killing five people who are no longer able to fight back.
"Yes...... To be more specific? Before the judge walked away, Hull couldn't hold back, shouting the question.
The meaning of the question is - please tell me, how to kill.
Hull's motive for asking this question is obvious, to ease his own psychological burden; Let the judge tell the specific method of killing, no matter how cruel the method is, he is just an "executor...... Thinking in this way, his conscience can be somewhat better.
"Huh...... Hehehe......" When the words fell, the judge laughed.
It was a joke, a mocking laugh, a malicious laugh......
"So you want to be a good person, don't you?" The judge laughed, turned abruptly, and suddenly turned back from the hallway like a ghost, and flashed into the room; In two seconds, he had wrenched the necks of the four hostages, "That's good...... I'll do the work for these four. ”
As he spoke, he grabbed the hair of the last "Most High" with one hand; At that moment, the woman's gagged mouth let out a series of muffled "hmm" sounds, and tears flowed from her frightened face, and anyone could see that she was begging for mercy.
"As for this woman...... She's like a mirror, the stupid you you were hours ago reflected in the mirror. The judge said to Herr, "Since that fool thinks ...... As long as I be specific, he can feel a little less guilty, then I'll be specific......" He paused for a second, then said three words, "Kill her." ”
Hull's body trembled as the judge made him shudder; He couldn't guess or comprehend the Judge's thoughts and actions, and now Hull was far more afraid of the urban legend in front of him than he had originally hoped.
"I ...... I don't understand. Hull replied with a slurrel.
"What's not to understand?" The judge said, "Literally." At this point, he turned his head and gestured to the next room, "You have to feel that you can't do it on your own, there are still many tools in the room over there that can help you; If you don't know how to use it, the computer on the desk has live recordings of the previous 'Killing Carnival'...... Hehe...... They once demonstrated how to kill women and even men in the live broadcast. ”
The judge said this in a relaxed, pleasant tone, and let go of the woman, shaking his hand in disgust.
"Don't worry, Hull, no one will bother you......" The judge walked towards the door again, and patted Hull on the shoulder as he passed by, "take_your_time......"
Every word that came out of the judge's mouth was like a whisper of the devil, seeping into Hull's ears and even into his soul; Even after he was gone, the aftermath still lingered in Hull's mind......