Chapter 60: Drifter
It's easy to pronounce the word "think about it", but it's another thing to actually figure it out. Qian Jing has never dealt with the situation of hostage hijacking, and his only knowledge comes from various police and gangster movies. They are good in movies, good for humans, but in reality in the face of an alien - it seems that this is more magical than a police movie - can it be good?
In the movie, those master negotiators are thoughtful, observant, emotionally intelligent, and reflexive, who can always keep a close eye on each other, and will not let go of any details. He is the kind of person who laughs when he is happy, stares when he is angry, and can't hide his mental activity on his face. Therefore, he simply covered his face with his hands and lowered his head to avoid his thoughts from being seen by the other party through his expression. Regardless of anything else, try to use his brains - he can think as boldly as he can anyway, under the protection of the White Flag grocery store.
The magician smiled slightly, tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers, and said in a kind voice, "Water polo man, the matter of the sand star has nothing to do with you. In addition to making money, there is nothing here that you can't give up. So, isn't it good to keep your friends safe and stay out of it? The logic is simple......
"Store manager, how long have I been back?" Qian Jing suddenly raised his head, holding his hands over his face and asked Raisa.
"It's not been a day, what's wrong?"
"They won't let Feng Lingzhu and Liu Ming goβassuming they really arrest these two people. Qian Jing shook his head and said, "The same packages came one by one before, and I shipped them out together - they couldn't have expected this in advance." And you said that he could not enter the room I was in, so it was impossible to know the real transportation and storage of the goods. I thought about it just now, and even if I looked in from the open door, I couldn't see me, or the goods behind me. I didn't want them to see me sleeping, so I deliberately avoided what might be exposed. β
Raisa nodded, "That's right, I remember, you are indeed hiding in an invisible corner." And then what?"
"Originally, the goods came one by one, or no one knew when they would come, and there was no pattern. In this case, the receiver is more tolerant of freight delays. He estimated a time to arrive, and he knew very well that this time was not accurate at all, so he could accept it for a few hours or half a day and would not make any changes. After I came back, I was busy with shipping for a while, and I went to build a support frame, and then I started to accelerate, and it was only half a day. It took him half a day to find out that something was not quite right, and then he started to act, looking for information, setting traps, taking hostages, and then blackmailing them. β
The magician was still smiling, but his fingers were not tapping or he was talking.
"So there are two possibilities, first, he didn't catch Feng Lingzhu at all, and now he is cheating us, or they did catch Feng Lingzhu, but it is very likely that they were not prepared for us to detain the package, but had other plans. In this case, no matter what we do, he will not release the hostages! β
Raisa understood, and immediately glared at the magician: "Mr. Ethan, are you here to deceive?"
As soon as the words fell, a cloud of smoke rose from the ground, and Guan Erye stepped out of the cloud and suddenly appeared behind the magician. He held a knife in both hands, his clothes were fluttering, his long beard was rising, and his eyes were not angry and arrogant. Qian Jing couldn't wait for Master Guan to hack that annoying magician to death with a knife, but Feng Lingzhu might really be in his hands.
"Master Guan, you can't kill it. Raisa, make sure that Feng Lingzhu and them are safe first, okay?"
After listening to Qian Jing's words, Raisa nodded, and then said to the magician: "The rules of the White Flag: It's okay to talk about business, but the liar should be punished!" Qian Jing and I don't have the energy and ability to deal with all the people who deceive the White Flag grocery store, and the White Flag does this by itself." I now have very good reason to suspect that you are trading on impossible terms, which is an act of fraud. β
"So, what? You let this summon hack me to death? Don't scare people, it's not the first time the White Flag Grocery Store has come to Shaxing, what can and can't it do, do you think we'll not care? This is indeed the place where the wills of the two worlds meet, protected, but also restricted. The magician turned to Qian Jing and sat upright, crossed his fingers and put his two index fingers to his mouth, still smiling and said, "You are very smart. The arrest of Feng Lingzhu and Liu Ming is indeed not specifically for you, but a small part of the entire big plan. I can't guarantee that I'll let them go when I get the package, but I can guarantee that they're safe and sound. Don't forget the lives of more than 300 people......"
"I don't know those three hundred people, why don't you make a list for me?" Qian Jing kept covering his face and said: "You just take those three hundred people as hostages, and I don't care if you keep them." Give us back the people I know, and we won't take care of your business. β
Raisa frowned, she was the manager of the White Flag grocery store, and she should have made the final decision.
"It's fun, it's really fun. The magician said, "Those packages are of no use to you, and you think they are worth more than your friend's lifeβit's a strange culture." β
Qian Jing was about to speak, but was grabbed by Raisa - the slender nails left a painful sensation on his skin. Qian Jing looked at Lasha through her fingers, her expression still serious, the same as she had shown to Captain Chang when she first arrived at the fortress star.
"Master Ethan, do you know that concession and non-concession are the difference between trading and blackmailing? By the way, the weapon behind your head is famous, called the Blue Dragon Glaive. β
"But you can't say 'cut him down,' I'm still safe. Ethan said, "We really can't help the other shops, but who called White Flag came many years ago, and the old man talked a lot about trying to convince us to do business with himβwe knew a lot." I won't blackmail you, if you can't talk about it, I'll just leave. What is that phrase called...... Is it not a matter of buying and selling?"
What a cunning guy!,Qian Jing thought hatefully. It was clear that the magician had come prepared, knew the White Flag grocery store very well, and took advantage of the information asymmetry to overwhelm them. By the way, isn't one of the most important jobs of the negotiators in the movie to observe the enemy and gather information? The more detailed the situation, the better the countermeasures.
Qian Jing lowered his hand and looked directly at the magician who was still smiling. What did this Stronghold Star Man want to do, kidnap people from Earth, and threaten more people's lives, just for the sake of those eight packages from the Dragon Underworld? Qian Jing immediately ordered the stickman to act and check what was inside without opening the package. He couldn't trust the information registered by the system anymore, maybe the package had been disguised when it came from the Dragon Netherworld, and there were signs of individual things pasted on it. It's even possible that they are not dragons in the underworld!
Packages are transported from Earth to Fortress Star and are subject to many inspections. The Earth's Origin Force did not see it as a threat, and the authorities did not see it. The will of the world of the fortress star gives the release, and here the last check of the magician...... Forget it, this level belongs to the guards and steals, and it is purely for decoration. But why does the stickman feel that the things in it are dangerous? It can't be said that the stickman is stronger than the world will of the two planets and the power of the relevant departments, right?
Qian Jing is not so arrogant, but he does need more information from the stickman. Fortunately, the stickman and the ghost are still next door, and the stickman still has pen and paper by his side. "Hell see what's inside, stay safe. A crooked line of words was written by three stickmen. At the same time, the stickman takes advantage of the fact that he is essentially a two-dimensional creature, sticks it to the outer packaging of the package, and then penetrates inward.
Usually ghosts like to have fun, but they are never ambiguous when they encounter serious things. When she saw the words on the paper, she immediately knew that something was wrong outside, but she didn't come out in the first place. She burrowed into the package and examined it closely, and the thick, opaque box contained a box full of scale powder, exactly the same as on the registration form, and nothing out of the ordinary.
To be on the safe side, she took advantage of the ability of her virtual body to penetrate entities, took a mouthful of scale powder in her mouth, and shipped it out through the box. The movement immediately made her extremely weak, and she fell to the ground and gasped for breath. The scale powder then fell to the ground, and the stickman swept them onto the paper and collected them.
At the same time, the two-dimensional stickman that had infiltrated the package returned, holding a lump of green toothpaste-like gooey in his hand. The other stickmen were very nervous, and cautiously leaned over, tore off a little of the outer layer of the package, and folded it into a bowl. The Pathfinder stickman walks into the bowl and dissolves into a puff of black smoke. The green toothpaste substance is left inside.
"What is this? Why didn't I find it?" the ghost froze. As she penetrated the entity, she was able to "see" all of the parts in between, as if she had done a tomography. She once complained to Qian Jing about the smell of dust, because she also had the ability to "taste and remember" all the substances that had passed through. "How is this green thing hidden?"
The stickman trembled and wrote the words "you are fat" on the paper. The ghost gritted her teeth in anger, but she also had to admit that she was not a two-dimensional creature, and that she was indeed fatter than a stickman. She suddenly understood that there was a problem with the outer packaging of this goods, and there was a space mezzanine inside. This interlayer is to compress high-dimensional matter into two dimensions as much as possible to avoid conventional detection methods on Earth and fortress stars. However, in the eyes of a two-dimensional stickman, this mezzanine is as obvious as the Grand Canyon in the eyes of a human eye.
"Don't look at me, I don't know what it is, I want to ask you......" The ghost winked at the stickman, and then forced himself to get up. "I've got to find a way to tell Little Money and Raisa. You can't help it, right?"
The stickman shook his head. They receive commands from the money mirror in one direction. So the ghost penetrated the ground and lurked underground, sneaking under Qian Jing and Laisha. She glanced out with one eye exposed, pinpointed her position, exhaled hard to get smaller, and then drilled into the sole of Qian Jing's foot.
Qian Xian's legs twitched, his hair stood on end, and goosebumps sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Ghosts and ghosts have passed through him before, and he has inhaled yang energy more than once, but it is not as "terrifying" as this time. Qian Jing's upper and lower teeth were clucking, obviously feeling very cold, and his head was sweating.
The ghost hid himself in Qian Jing's body, and then spoke in his head: "Xiao Qian Qian, the goods in the package should be fine, but there is a space interlayer in the outer package, and after the stickman becomes two-dimensional, he takes out some unknown substances from it, like green toothpaste." I hid a little with the stickman. What's going on on your side? There's the big bad guy on the other side, right?"
The ghost's voice vibrated inside his head, like a bell had been struck inside. Qian Jing heard a buzzing sound, and his brain felt a tingling feeling, but he couldn't scratch or scratch it, it was too awkward. He kept as calm as he could, his trembling hands trying to pinch his jaw so that his teeth didn't fight. The ghost also realized that Qian Jing couldn't bear such a state, and no longer waited for him to reply, and quickly slipped away along the soles of his feet, hiding and eavesdropping on the other side.
"What's wrong, why are you ...... all of a sudden" Raisa sat down next to Qian Jing, grabbing his arm at this time.
"It's okay, I find that I don't have enough brains to think of a good solution. Qian Jing patted the back of Laisha's hand and comforted her: "But don't worry, I just thought that I actually have experience in dealing with this situation." β
When Raisa was still stunned by these words, Qian Jing turned to the magician Ethan and said, "That shipment didn't belong to our White Flag Grocery Store, and we shouldn't have asked about it." But they clearly have a problem, and they came out of our store. It's not impossible for you to take the goods, but you have to cooperate with us to remove our suspicions. β
"I propose, you return Feng Lingzhu to us intact and safely, and I will be your hostage. You still have to keep the hostages safe so you can take your goods. Those packages from the dragon underworld, we will give you the contents as they are. Even if you had the White Flag contract in hand, weren't you worried that we would leak it? Now, I can solve this problem by holding you hostage. β
Laisha was just about to speak, Qian Jing waved her hand, and then hurriedly said: "Don't forget, I have always been under the protection of the white flag, there is no danger to my life, they may be able to trap me, but nothing else can be done." I'll bring some more food and drink, go chat with Liu Ming, and deal with this matter. What has become of the Stronghold Star has nothing to do with me, I just want the people I care about to be safe. β
"Would you like to be a hostage?!" the magician stood up and laughed twice, "It's better!"
"No!" Raisa said: "Qian Jing, their affairs with the fortress star and the relevant departments have nothing to do with the white flag, I don't allow you to ......"
"I don't know. Qian Jing said: "Do you remember what I told you before? In their eyes, Bai Qi and Captain Chang are both from the earth, how can it be okay? We got rid of Feng Lingzhu this time, and next time we will be left behind by everyone." Don't forget, I went with food and drink, and I was supposed to be a holiday. No, it's a job, and I still need a protective circle, so don't fire me!"
"Wait a minute, you can be a hostage, but the person you exchange has to change. That man, Liu Ming will exchange it for you. β
What Qian Jing wants is to liberate Feng Lingzhu, who is more intelligent and able to solve problems, and let her return to the White Flag grocery store and contact Captain Chang to settle the current trouble. His cognition of Liu Ming is only limited to the word "correspondent", and he doesn't know anything else, so he can only be sorry for Liu Ming.
So he snorted: "On the earth, it's called heroes saving beauty." I'm definitely going to change to a beautiful woman, otherwise it's not interesting. β
"You can get along with that woman in prison, isn't that good?"
"Don't you see that there is a beautiful woman next to me? Wouldn't it be a bad thing for me to get along with another woman? No, in order to show my innocence, let a man accompany me. β
"That makes sense. The magician said, "If you are willing to be a hostage, I can rest assured that your White Flag will keep the agreement." You should be grateful to the protective circle of the will of the world, with which you are qualified to speak on the table. Well, I agree with your conditions. β
"Then we'll give you the contents of the package. But I'm going to go with you after I see Feng Lingzhu. β
The magician nodded, then looked at Raisa, "You're the store manager, and you must agree to this contract." β
Qian Jing grabbed Raisa's hand: "Don't worry, I have experience, and there are circles under my feet, so I will be fine." β
Only then did Raisa understand what the experience Qian Jing was talking about. On the day of the opening of the White Flag, wasn't it also Qian Jing who squeezed past Boss Xu's strong bodyguards, ignoring threats and dangers like a fool, and resolutely stood by his side to help?
"You're stupid. β
"No, I'm a bit of a wave at best. Qian Jing said with a grin, and at the same time ordered the stickman to get out as much green toothpaste as possible from those packages!
The contents of the package were given to him as they were, no problem. Wrapping leather doesn't count!