Chapter 19: Race against Time
"Aren't you running away?" Amy came out of nowhere, without a trace of nervousness on her face, as if the explosion was expected by her, glanced at Clifford, who was smiling weirdly, and said in an extremely flat tone, "You are not an ordinary identity, be careful of dying in such a dangerous place."
"You kid, you're not big or small." Clifford laughed helplessly, picked up a goblet full of red wine from the dining table, shook the red liquid in the glass, and looked at its charming luster in the firelight, Clifford drank it all, and then said, "Tim, wait for her to go, the children's theater is over, and now it's the battlefield for adults." β
"You ......" Hearing Clifford say this, Amy suddenly became angry, and just wanted to rush forward to reason with Clifford, but was grabbed by Sheriff Tim's big hand on the shoulder, and couldn't move at all, so he had to sprinkle the fire on Sheriff Tim, "Let go of me, Tim, are you impatient!" β
"Princess, Prince Clifford is right, you are too big and too small." Sheriff Tim didn't pay attention to Amy at all, and said in a flat tone, "You just listen to him this time, he's all for your good, if you want to resist, then I'm sorry, the prince said to take you out, didn't say what method to use, that is to say, ......"
"Alright, Uncle Tim, I'm afraid you can't do it." Amy is not stupid, Sheriff Tim said this, if she doesn't understand again, I'm afraid Sheriff Tim didn't do it, Clifford will rush forward to give her a shock, in order to avoid these "flesh and skin pain", Amy had to compromise, but she was still unconvinced, and shouted at Clifford, "But I won't go back, the clues haven't been found yet, and it's impossible for me to give up." β
"Then come with me from a distance." Clifford understands Amy's temper, is it an adolescence, it is understandable to work against her family, she can compromise to such a point It is beyond Clifford's expectations, in order not to make her regret, Clifford naturally agreed to her request, and then he glanced at Nan Ruoxun and his party who were appeasing and looking for an exit, smiled faintly, and said to himself: "The matter of escaping will be handed over to them." β
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"It's almost to the attic, Inspector Zhou Zheng, hurry up!" Running two flights of stairs quickly, Ouyang Xiu couldn't bear it at all, fortunately, this building is not a residential building, the third floor can be said to be the highest, seeing that the place where the bomb was buried is getting closer and closer to him, Ouyang Xiu gritted his teeth, insisted on running down, and said to Zhou Zheng, who was a little slow on the side, and the speed increased again.
However, just after running a few steps, Ouyang Xiu suddenly felt a strong pulling force behind him, and before he could react to what was going on, his body retreated at a very fast speed, and then, a flower in front of his eyes, and a bang sounded in his ears, and then he realized that there was an extra person in front of him, staring at the two of them with a smile on his face.
It's dangerous. Seeing that the floor where he was standing just now was a little dented, a cold sweat broke out on Ouyang Xiu's forehead, although the speed was too fast, but Ouyang Xiu was sure that this dent was caused by the mysterious person in front of him, thinking that if Zhou Zheng hadn't pulled himself just now, he would probably have received that blow, and he would definitely be killed or injured at that time.
"Sure enough! Wolf, you did all this, no, I should say that your organization did it, right? Does Count Vader's disappearance have something to do with you? Looking at the familiar face, Zhou Zheng took a step forward and blocked Ouyang Xiu with his body, facing this kind of monster-level enemy, he was sure that this was not something that Ouyang Xiu could solve at all.
"Count Vader? Oh, you said that old man, right? He didn't disappear, but he won't be able to say for sure in a while. The wolf said to Zhou Zheng with a smile on his face, without the slightest intention of making a move, if it weren't for the dents on the floor and the smile on his face with a hint of cruelty, I'm afraid Ouyang Xiu would definitely think that the wolf and Zhou Zheng were a pair of old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
"Why do you want to do this?!" Hearing the wolf's admission, Zhou Zheng finally couldn't suppress the fire and yelled at him, "Why use bombs, those nobles who attended the banquet are innocent at all." β
"Aristocrats? Innocent? Hahahahaha! As if hearing some joke, the wolf looked up to the sky and laughed, the bold laughter was like a wild wolf looking up to the sky and roaring, Ouyang Xiu felt particularly harsh when he heard it, even Zhou Zheng felt that this kind of laughter was not very good, and looked at each other with frowns, but did not interrupt him in the slightest.
After a few minutes, the wolf stopped laughing, covered his face with his hands, and sneered: "Zhou Zheng, should I say that you are naΓ―ve? Or should you say you're stupid? You reason with a killer, and you treat the nobles as innocents, and you don't want us to hurt them, funny, what does the life of those people have to do with me, if you want to prevent them from dying, you will stop us, catch us, and say that these useless people are useless at all. β
"Ah, I do know it's useless, I just want to catch you scum!" Zhou Zheng's voice suddenly sounded in the wolf's ears, his hands were removed, and the first thing the wolf saw was a fist approaching him quickly, and then, a strong pain pierced his brain nerves, and he also heard the crisp sound of bones shattering.
"Good, good." Covering his bleeding nose, the wolf did not cry out in pain, but let out a grim smile, "Zhou Zheng, you are finally ruthless, come, let me see how much progress you have made this week." β
"Maniac." Shaking off the blood standing on his hand, Zhou Zheng knew that as long as the wolf appeared, it would not be solved at all for a while, so he glanced at Ouyang Xiu beside him, and said lightly, "Little Ouyang, this place will be handed over to me, you hurry to the attic to avoid the bomb exploding, this time, we must not only stop their conspiracy, but also make them lose their vitality." β
Ouyang Xiu nodded, his eyes gradually narrowed, and suddenly, Ouyang Xiu burst out at his usual speed of one hundred and three percent, passing by the wolf, but the wolf didn't seem to notice Ouyang Xiu who had already run past him, or that he didn't stop Ouyang Xiu at all, now he was only interested in Zhou Zheng in front of him, and in his eyes, only Zhou Zheng was the opponent who could make him pay attention.
"Here we are." Slowly spit out two words from his mouth, the wolf turned into a phantom, and instantly appeared in front of Zhou Zheng, followed by a series of hand-to-hand combat, the huge fist rushed towards Zhou Zheng in the form of a storm, and the attack point was not blind, all concentrated on Zhou Zheng's face, it seemed that he wanted to avenge the punch just now.
For this kind of offensive, Zhou Zheng could only retreat, and his body retreated quickly, but how could the wolf follow quickly as he wished, so he started a chase battle in the narrow corridor.
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"It's finally here!" Opening the door of the attic, Ouyang Xiu finally took a breath, but he knew very well that now was not the time to rest, and after looking at the environment, Ouyang Xiu suddenly found that this place was not so much an attic as a warehouse, there was everything, useless wooden items, large iron buckets, anyway, there were a lot of things, and it would take a while to find out where the bomb was.
This is...... Just as Ouyang Xiu was about to hurry up and find the bomb, a figure in the corner attracted his attention, walked up and looked, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but be surprised, this person he was very familiar with, it was Count Vader who held this banquet, at this moment his state could not be described as bad, but bad, his whole body was tied with a rope, and a white towel was stuffed in his mouth, and the exhaustion on his face was very clear at a glance.
"Count Vader, hold on." Although Ouyang Xiu was very curious about why Count Vader was here, he knew that it was important to save people, and he was just about to squat down to untie the rope for Count Vader, when the hairs on his whole body suddenly rose, and a cold attack hit his back.
Although Ouyang Xiu didn't know what was going on, Ouyang Xiu believed in this feeling, picked up an iron rod beside him, and struck it hard behind him, and with a bang, the iron root in his hand turned into two halves, and another familiar face appeared in front of him.
"Is that you? It seems that Inspector Zhou Zheng is right, this explosion was caused by your organization. Throwing away the iron rod that was only half cut in his hand, Ouyang Xiu looked at Jigokubana, who had taught his hands and cut off the baton with one blow, without the slightest nervousness, "But I don't understand, what is your purpose?" If you want to kill someone at the party, you can just use a sniper, why use a bomb and challenge me with some simple code? β
"I don't know." Jigokubana held his weapon in both hands and said with a cold face, "My mission is to stay here. β
"Where's the bomb?" Facing this person, Ouyang Xiu knew that it was best to talk to him in simple and clear words, which would save time and allow the other party to answer, and now he was in a race against time.
Jigokubana pointed behind him, and looked in the direction he pointed, Ouyang Xiu saw the bomb quietly placed on a wooden shelf, and the time on the screen told Ouyang Xiu that it was a time bomb, and he didn't have much time left, if he didn't dismantle it again, then he couldn't stop anything at all, and he could only flee with the dying Count Vader.
And all this depends on him being able to defeat the jigokubana who is blocking his way!