Chapter 69: Testimony of the Dead (8)
The old man pushed the door in, sat down opposite Lu Xun, followed the executive department who came in to untie the latter's handcuffs, then turned to leave, closed the door of the confinement room with his backhand, and with a "click", the room fell silent.
The colonel didn't speak, he was still wearing the old gray military uniform without rank, ironed straight, probably in this old man's mind, he was always a soldier about to set foot on the battlefield.
The old man did not shy away from looking directly into the young man's eyes, and Lu Xun quietly looked away.
He was a little stunned in his heart, there was a feeling that the bad student had seen the head teacher, Lu Xun didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Maxwell Sean, he put his sore wrist under the table and rubbed it quietly, while secretly scolding the rough men in the executive department for not being light or heavy.
"I received a report from the Executive Department." Sean spoke up, "They said they caught that suspicious person, but I didn't expect it to be you...... Lu Xun, I remember that you should be lying in a hospital bed right now. ”
"I ...... I'm just out for a jog......"
The old man raised an eyebrow.
Lu Xun's voice slowly lowered, he couldn't make it up, he couldn't pull out a word of nonsense full of nonsense, he really sat in front of the colonel Lu Xun realized how ridiculous his previous thoughts were, he couldn't get away with it, he was as thin as a piece of paper in the eyes of this old man, and his little careful thinking could be seen through by the other party at a glance, Maxwell Xiu Shaun's experience and city government were not something he could imagine.
"The executive department said you were wearing a night suit and were masked." The Colonel smirked, "I didn't know you had such a hobby. ”
Lu Xun simply stopped talking, he was worried that if he continued to speak, he would reveal more flaws, and there was a faint sense of oppression from the colonel's body, and this pressure almost made him unable to raise his head.
"The executive department will not report false alarms." The old man took out a stack of black and white photos from his arms, spread them out on the table and pushed them to Lu Xun, the young man glanced at them, and his heart almost stopped beating in fright.
The photos are very blurry, the light is dim, similar quality Lu Xun has seen before, the infrared camera in the college is this scum quality, these photos are obviously screenshots selected from the video, the photo captures the silhouette of a young man, that person is passing under the outer wall of the school hospital, the camera is about ten meters away from him, and a side face of an Asian can be vaguely seen.
Lu Xun chuckled in his heart.
"This infrared camera was newly installed in the last few days, so he didn't notice it." The colonel said lightly, "The surveillance shows that he came out of the school hospital tonight...... You're the only one in the hospital. So, please tell me, Lu Xun, why did you help Zhao Gao escape from the execution department? ”
Lu Xun remained silent, he knew that it was most appropriate to grit his teeth and not say a word at this time.
"I know you trust Zhao Gao very much." The old man sighed, "But you don't necessarily know him." ”
Lu Xun was slightly stunned.
"I remember when you first entered the safe zone, I entrusted Zhao Gao to contact you, because at that time I thought he was the most suitable person, he has the same skin, language, hair color and eyes as you, I think this will reduce your rejection and vigilance." The Colonel continued, "I hope he will give you the necessary common sense to survive, and I am glad that he has done so, and it should be said that the results have far exceeded my expectations, and the abilities you have shown are astonishing." ”
Lu Xun did not speak.
"But the Land Patrol ...... You may not know Zhao Gao. The colonel narrowed his eyes and observed the look on Lu Xun's face, "No one in the safe zone knows what he's thinking, and the last person who knew what he wanted to do died four years ago." ”
"What do you mean?" Lu Xun was surprised, he didn't understand the colonel's words.
"That was four years ago, and the security zone was hit by one of the worst attacks since its inception, and we haven't been able to figure out the cause yet, because the night was so strange and sudden. Under the attack of hunters and infected people, more than half of the casualties in the safe zone were almost wiped out. Sean leaned back in his chair and slowly recalled, "Zhao Gao's sister died on that rainy night, and it was actually my responsibility to say it...... So to this day, Zhao Gao's kid is hating me. ”
"Zhao Gao's sister?" Lu Xun was stunned, he had never heard of such a person, Zhao Gao actually had a sister?
"What you took over is actually her position, her name is Zhao Mu, and she is a very lively little girl." "After her death, the Hummingbird team vacated the spot until three years later you entered the safe zone. ”
"I picked up Zhao Gao and Zhao Mu in the ruins of Shanghai, it was more than ten years ago, when Zhao Gao was not yet ten years old, Zhao Mu was only six years old, no one knows how those two children survived from the zombie-infested ruins, they were very smart, they avoided the territory of hunters, rummaged through the garbage heap for puffed food and compressed biscuits to eat, collected rainwater and stored it in jars, at that time I was still serving in the army, and was the leader of a search and rescue team." "One night when we were camping in a neighborhood, the boy sneaked in and stole our food, and we caught him, and my men shouted at me that Maxwell had a kid here!" I didn't expect there to be survivors in the exclusion zone, so I took them back to safety. ”
"Zhao Gao showed a talent far beyond ordinary people at a very young age, he was smarter and stronger than everyone his age, but he was like a lone wolf and didn't get close to anyone, and his eyes were very strange and vigilant." The colonel continued, "The only person who can be close to him is Zhao Mu, I sometimes think about ...... Zhao Gao has survived alone in the forbidden area for so long, how much effort should he have suffered? For that child, this dependent sister is probably the only warmth in this world, right? ”
Lu Xun looked at him blankly, he had already listened stupidly.
Lao Jia sighed secretly.
"But then Zhao Mu died, and Zhao Gao put the blame on me, as well as the entire security zone behind me." The old man's tone became serious, "If a person loses his spiritual support, it is very terrifying, Zhao Gao lost his sister on that rainy night four years ago, and since then he has turned into a ghost bent on revenge, in his eyes, I am probably no different from those infected outside, if there is a chance, he will not hesitate to shoot at my eyebrows." ”
"This ...... How is this ......?"
The old man waved his hand, "Don't underestimate a person's determination, the strongest desire in this world is revenge, a person can give up everything for revenge, Zhao Gao thinks that the world has taken everything from him, so he wants to take revenge on me, to this safe zone, to the whole world." In this case, anything he would do is conceivable. ”
Lu Xun understood that the colonel's words meant that Zhao Gao was naturally rebellious, so it was not surprising to kill Albert and hang John Jones on the main building.
"You don't really have to tell me that." Lu Xun opened his mouth and said the first complete sentence, "I don't know anything. ”
The old man smiled, leaned over and patted Lu Xun on the shoulder, "I'm just standing in the position of an elder and giving some advice to our young man, warning him not to trust anyone easily, and ......"
The colonel got up, walked around the table and stood behind Lu Xun, holding his shoulders with both hands, "I have to be responsible for everyone in the safe zone, so if I have to use certain means next...... Then I ask your forgiveness here first. ”
Lu Xun's heart sank, and I relied on ...... What are some means? Didn't you just talk about it, why did you start to coerce and intimidate as soon as you changed your words? Could it be that his stubbornness to die rather than speak has angered the colonel? If you really want to put your fingers in the bamboo stick, I can't bear it.
"I'll arrange for someone to bring food over on time, and Lu Xun will give you a good rest here first."
Maxwell Sean turned to leave, and the executive department locked the door, it seemed that he didn't plan to let Lu Xun out anytime soon.
Lu Xun sat down on the chair and sighed with his head up to the sky: "Damn millipede, I'm really benevolent and righteous this time......"