Chapter 62: Looming Danger
More than half an hour later, Julie and Bob's car approached the University of Ceylon. The cordon had long since been removed, but Julie parked her car on the village road, some distance from Angkesi Street, and walked with Bob to the school.
Bob's camera was in a sports bag, slung cross-body over his shoulder, and he walked a little slowly. Zhu Liying, who was empty-handed, walked like a fly, and kept urging Bob to hurry up. The two of them were on the other side of the road, moving under the cover of the house, looking towards the school from time to time.
They soon saw the south gate, with a dozen armed policemen with guns, patrolling the vicinity of the school gate. When Bob saw this situation, his legs immediately weakened, and he sat on the ground after not walking a few steps, and Julie Ying helped him up. The two hid behind a few trees to hide from the police.
"Senior, that's the armed police, let's go."
"Didn't you quit after a while? Get up and get the camera ready! β
"Cameras? What are you doing? β
"Of course it's filmed! Hurry up! β
Bob didn't know what to shoot in front of him, but for him, there was nothing more intimidating than Julie's scolding, so he obediently took out the camera, adjusted the focus, and the aperture. He tried to calm down as much as he could, trying to keep his hands as steady as he could. The picture in front of the door was taken, and Julie Ying led Bob and continued to move around the perimeter of the school.
The appearance of the armed police made Zhu Liying realize that things had escalated. It may not be much in other cities, but in Akiyama, it's a sign that something is wrong.
The Arctic Kingdom is divided into 34 administrative districts, and below them are cities. In addition, there are five base cities, and Akiyama City is one of them. The base city is a special administrative region under the direct jurisdiction of the government. Although they are cities, they have higher privileges than the average administrative district.
The armed police here are not ordinary armed police, they are part of the National Marine Army and have a high combat effectiveness. In times of emergency, such as when invaded by foreign enemies, they can immediately become the defenders of the city.
Perhaps, it's already an extraordinary time, Julie thought.
The two continued to wander around the perimeter. The south and east gates were guarded by soldiers, and they went around to the north wall, where there was only a small path, and it was quiet all around. The two crossed the path to get closer to the fence, but couldn't get too close yet - the wall was littered with cameras.
As she walked, Julie suddenly stood up and pressed Bob's head down hard.
"Squat!"
Bob, who had been short in stature, was suddenly pressed into the grass. "What's wrong, senior?"
"There's someone up ahead."
At the base of the wall, three policemen stood, and at their feet was the secret passage. Because the school has almost been investigated, and the secret passage is about to be filled, the task of the three police officers is to guard the place before the landfill begins. They were given orders to warn and expel anyone who approached anyone except the workers, and to arrest and, if necessary, to shoot them.
"It's strange, we didn't see anyone all the way just now, why are there three more?" Julie muttered to herself in confusion.
"What to do, Senpai?"
"I'll find a way to get closer, and you'll take a picture of it first."
"What? Does this work? β
"What do you care? If you want to shoot it, you can shoot it! β
"But if it's discovered......"
"Then you hide and don't move, I'll lure them away, and you run away."
Perhaps stupefied by Julie's bold plan, Bob nodded confusedly. Julie tiptoed and took steps, bending down as best she could to hide herself in the grass.
She approached cautiously, her eyes not taking off the three policemen for a moment. At this moment, the other party's gaze was constantly changing positions, sweeping around, and suddenly stopped.
"Seems to have something over there?" A police officer said.
"I seem to have seen it too, there was a bright light that flickered my eyes, is that direction?"
The other policeman pointed ahead, and Julie looked at it and said that it was not goodβthat was the direction in which Bob was hiding.
"I'll take a look."
Seeing that one of them was about to go to Bob's side, Julie Ying was in a hurry, and she vigorously stirred the weeds around her a few times, making a rustling sound. The sound was more appealing to the three policemen, who quickly turned in Julie's direction and raised their guns.
"Who's there? Come out! β
Zhu Liying got up without hesitation and ran away, which made the police even more suspicious.
"Stop! Don't stand still and shoot again! β
The policemen raised their guns, and Zhu Liying had no intention of slowing down at all, and ran as fast as the wind under her feet. A policeman aimed at Julie's leg and fired several shots. But Zhu Liying seemed to have eyes behind her back, a spring under her feet, and jumped a few times to dodge all the bullets.
"Quick, don't let her run!"
The police decided that Julie was a suspicious person and chased after her. These well-trained armed police officers did not suffer from their speed even when running knee-high in the grass. But Julie is better at escaping, and she gradually distances herself, and the bullets fired by the police during the chase miss at all. Julie had already calculated that the path through the grass was the path, and not far beyond was the woods and villages, and as long as she fled there, she would be able to escape from her pursuers.
"Wow!!"
Zhu Liying, who rushed out of the grass, was about to cross the path, and was caught off guard, when a car rushed from the side. The wheels made a sharp braking sound, and the body tilted to stop, but the distance of 20 meters was simply not enough to brake. Seeing that they were about to collide, Julie jumped up nimblely, stomped heavily on the front hood with both feet, supported her inclined body with both hands, and rolled out of the car to continue running.
The sedan also stopped, blocking the three policemen. They scolded the driver twice and went around the car to continue chasing.
At this time, Julie had already fled into the woods, she saw a tree more than three stories high, took a slight breath, and a pair of white wings like pigeons quickly grew on her back, shining brightly. Zhu Liying flapped her wings and flew to the top of the tree, from which she flew more than 500 meters in the air with the help of her wings before lowering her altitude. As soon as it landed, the wings retracted and disappeared.
When she got to this place, she was sure that the police had lost it, and she let out a sigh of relief and touched her back again. She had this beautiful white short-sleeved dress on her body, which she had bought only a few days ago. Now there are two openings in the place where the wings are broken, and Zhu Liying looks helpless.
"This is a very expensive ......"
She muttered, making out the direction to go, making phone calls as she went.
"Are you alright, Bob?"
Bob didn't answer right away, and he gasped over the phone.
"Scared, scared, scared me to death......"
"Where are you?"
"I went out and walked ...... at the school gate"
"Go back to the car, I'll look for you later."
*****
Andora, who came out of Rolov's office, couldn't calm down, and Rolov's words tied a knot in him. He drove home, trying to clean up his mood, but he had nothing to do, so he sat in front of the computer and casually looked at the web page, and the more he read, the more annoying he became. After an hour, he couldn't stay still and drove out again.
This time, he went to school.
The south gate was guarded by armed police, who impatiently refused Andora's request to enter the school. Andora could only stand outside the school gate, looking at the bombed-out buildings on campus.
If it weren't for these things, without that group of people, there would be more students on campus today than usual.
"Professor, you're here too?"
It was Leia who spoke behind Andora. Carrying a backpack and holding a book to her chest in both hands, Andora turned to greet her.
"yes, come and see, what about you, Leia?"
"I stayed in a hotel with a few classmates, but everyone felt more at ease in school, after all, their home was out of town. Everyone is here today to see if the school will be open......"
"What about them?"
"I'm going to the east gate. But I really wish it was over sooner, and I don't even have a cell phone signal here. β
"No signal?" Andora took out her phone.
"There seems to be a shield near the school last night, and before I could say a few words, the signal was cut off, you see."
As she spoke, Lea called Andora on her phone, and Andora's phone rang, then there was another noise, and then there was no movement.
"Really, I didn't notice."
"I didn't even notice...... Speaking of which, Professor, you're not hurt, are you? Everyone didn't see you yesterday, and they were so worried. β
"Well, I ...... Something. β
Thinking of what Rolov said, Andora couldn't help but be wary in her heart, and her words were not very crisp. Naturally, this detail could not escape LΓ©a's eyes, and she leaned closer and stared at Andora's face.
"You seem to have something on your mind, Professor?"
"yes, it would be bad if school didn't go before the holidays were over, and I haven't told you about the outcome of the last tomb expedition. Alas, this story has begun, and I want to finish it. β
"Hehe," Leia smiled, covering her mouth, "Well, you can tell us about it when you have time." β
"By all means, will you go back to the hotel? I'll send you. β
"No need, I'll go back with my classmates. Goodbye Professor. β
Seeing off Leia, Andora stood in front of the school gate for a while and drove away. The time was almost up, and he had to rush to the main police station to assemble.
Andora drove back to Anxy Street, and after driving far, he suddenly became interested, and wanted to see what was going on with the secret passage, so he drove along the road west of the school into the path to the north.
Not long after driving on the path, a series of gunshots were heard in front of her, and Andora couldn't help but shudder, and the car shook with it.
"Gunshots?"
Andora, who thought something was wrong, sped up and glanced at the school wall from time to time, but forgot to look at the road. A woman suddenly rushes out of the grass on the side of the road, Andora screams and slams on the brakes and turns the steering wheel, but it is completely useless. The tilting car headed straight for the woman.
"Oops!"
Andorra gritted her teeth and stopped the car, hitting her head on the steering wheel and bouncing back. Ignoring the pain in her forehead, Andora looked up, and fortunately, there were no bloodied people lying in front of the car, only a few complaining policemen.
"Fuck off! Get out of the way! β
The policemen cursed and crossed the path, as if they were chasing the woman, and they must have fired the gun. Andora looked in the direction the police had left, and then at the pit on the front hood that had been stepped on by the woman, and the original thoughts dissipated in her mind. At this time, it was too late to repair the car, so he continued on his way.
*****
At 9:40 a.m., Leo, Andora and Akeya, together with a large number of armed police, set off in a car towards the town of Langeta. It didn't take them an hour to reach their destination, the Langeta Epidemiological Research Center.
The whizzing police car surrounded the research center. Some of the police were under martial law at the gate and around the perimeter, and some followed the trio to the research center.
The researchers inside had been waiting for a long time, and they led the trio to open a heavily locked room, and the aluminum alloy box containing the core was quietly placed inside.
"That's it." The researcher picked up the box.
"Let me take this." Andora said. "I didn't grab the last one, I want to bring this back with my own hands."
"Okay." Leo said.
The core handover is complete. According to the plan, the police divided into two groups and returned to the city first. The trio remained at the research center, waiting for news.
At this time, Akeya found the off-road vehicle prepared by the researchers in the garage of the research center, and sat in the car to inspect it. Andora sat in the back seat holding the box, and the contents were similar to what Trikoff had handed over, a glass sphere with a green glow from the center.
Andora stared at the core. At that time, the moment when the teacher desperately saved them resurfaced. The thought of the teacher's death because of such a thing filled his mind with incomprehension and doubts.
"What is the value of this thing?"
The two of them were busy and worried, and Leo slipped out of the hospital. Unable to play with his phone inside, he plans to go outside and relax.
Breathing in the fresh country air, Leo stretched as hard as he could. The eyes are full of flowers and plants, and the trees are shady, which is pleasing to the eye. He looked around and felt much better.
"Huh?"
Leo was greeted by a figure of a man about his height, dressed in long brown clothes, with messy green hair, a black blindfold covering his right eye, and a photograph in his hand. He looked at the building of the research institute and looked down from time to time to look at the comparison of photos. Although he stood still, his whole body exuded an aura that was inaccessible.
When the police came just now, they dispersed all the passers-by. This man was clearly not a police officer or a researcher, and it appeared that he was playing the idea of the institute.
"You're not from around here, are you?" Leo spoke first.
"No," replied the man, "but I don't think you look like it." β
was robbed back, and Leo couldn't help but feel a little intimidated in his heart. But I came here by order, and I still have to do what I need to do.
"If not, stay away from here."
"Oh, yes, I know what I should know anyway."
After saying that, the man walked away, Leo did not move, and let the other party disappear from sight. If Akeya had been here, he would have held the man down and interrogated him. Such a suspicious person, appearing at this moment, no matter how you think about it, there is a problem.
But Leo's instinct told him that it was right not to chase him.
Because of that person, it's dangerous.