Epilogue Mirror face
April 9, somewhere in Double Eagle County.
Black soil slope, in front of a lonely grave. The sunset is slanting, and the geese return to the Hong.
When the gambling snake came to the Master's grave, there was already a person standing there. Looking at the silhouette of the figure, tall and vigorous, it should be a man in the prime of life, he was dressed in a black cloak, the hood behind the collar was wrapped around his head, and he looked mysterious, like an alchemist of the nineteenth century.
The man did not bring flowers, but a bottle of spirits, which was Petrach's favorite liquor during his lifetime. At this moment, the wine bottles on the ground were empty, but the tombstones were mostly wet.
I guess he poured the wine on the tombstone in a very romantic way, but I can't rule out the possibility that he was in a hurry.
Well, just kidding, let's get down to business.
In the face of strangers, the gambling snake will not easily relax his vigilance, he slows down and approaches slowly, and he can't rule out the possibility that the other party will suddenly attack him.
"You're his disciple. The man spoke suddenly, without looking back, his voice hoarse, and a dull sensation like a sound coming out of a jar.
The gambling snake stopped moving forward, stayed less than two meters behind the other party, and replied: "You are a friend of the tutor?"
"The turn of the horns. He paused: "But since the day he joined the Immortal, we have no longer been in touch, decades later, when I heard about him again, the deceased had passed away, and the bones were cold, but I didn't have any special feelings, so I felt that we were just old friends, not friends." ”
"It's rare that you remember your teacher's favorite wine. "Gambling on the snake.
"Hmph...... It's just an empty grave, and I think the corpse has already been disposed of separately. Besides, even if the old ghost really lay down underneath, he wouldn't be able to taste the wine. He lamented: "If there is wine in life, you must be drunk, and a drop has never been to Jiuquan." You so-called assassins who shouted 'Die with you, but live on your spirit', and in the end, a few of you were able to escape this fate. ”
The gambling snake was speechless, and after taking revenge, he was indeed thinking about a similar question, where should a person like himself go in the future: "Since you don't believe in the memorial set, why do you need to come here to see this old man." ”
The man turned, his black cloak obscuring his entire body, and the only thing visible was the two-thirds of his face under the hood, but there was no one's face there, only a bright silver mirror mask.
The surface of the mask has a smooth arc and a semi-circular shape that slightly conves outward, so that the outline of the human face is not visible, and the part below the chin is hidden behind the high collar.
"I'm here to see you, Gambler. Mirror Face said.
"I don't know what the predecessors have to teach me. "The name of the gambling snake to him has changed, because basically as long as it is a person, after seeing this kind of horror style, he will decide that the other party is not an ordinary person.
"I'm not an assassin, I can't afford to be a senior, and as for the names given by my parents, people like you and me have naturally long since given up. You can just call me Mirror Face, and you don't have to talk about 'you', you are a little older, and it is not worth using as capital. Mirrorface said, stretching out a hand from his black cloak, which was also in a pitch-black costume and wearing long black gloves with leather textures, "You take a look at this video first." ”
The gambling snake took the portable player in the other party's hand, and clicked on the letter suspiciously, the scene displayed on the screen was a small room, the position of the camera was in the corner of the ceiling, there was a table in the middle of the room, and on one side sat two officers wearing HL uniforms, and on the other side, there was a familiar figure, the gambling snake quickly remembered who this person was, and he looked up at the mirror face: "When is this video?"
"On the night of the bank robbery, you were still on your way home, and the robber who survived was secretly taken away from the small police station in Winnipeg by the HL headquarters in Maple Leaf County. ”
The shouts of the bandit in the player drew the gambling snake's attention back.
"You have to believe me! I'm not the main culprit! I'm being coerced! It's a deal! Do you understand?!"
The two officers behaved very seriously: "You will answer whatever we ask, and say less nonsense." ”
"Why don't you understand?! I was forced! I had to grab 500,000 in cash! And send it to the designated place! I had to succeed! I should have completed the task a few hours ago! Why didn't you listen to me! Please! Let me go!" he was chained to a chair, which was fixed to the ground.
I saw the robber struggling and roaring as if he were crazy. Even though his wrists were bloodied by the handcuffs, he didn't care. Although the right leg that was blown off by the gambling snake during the day has been treated by HL's special medical treatment, a large amount of blood is oozing under the gauze at this moment, and the ground under the table is wet.
The two officers seemed to lose patience and whispered a few words into the communicator, after which several men came in, injected the robber with anesthetic, and dragged him out, where the footage was interrupted.
Gambling Snake handed the player back to Mirror Face and asked, "How did you get this video?"
"It's a useless video, a piece of junk data that has been deleted, so I can get it. Mirror Face explained: "HL's system is very difficult to break, and there are no more than ten people in the world who can hack into the HL-level network, of course, I am not among them, but ...... I know of a vulnerability in their system, and every record they delete will leave a brief afterimage on the BIOS, which can be extracted before the information disappears completely, as long as it is fast. ”
"So, why did you happen to steal that piece of information? You keep a 24-hour watch on HL's Maple Leaf County headquarters?" and how could HL be interested in this kind of bank robbery, if it's for my reasons, then it's more practical to catch me first than to interrogate the robber." ”
After a sneer, Mirror Face replied, "The reason they would move so quickly is because that robber gave up a name." ”
Gambling Snake thought about the content of this video, and continued: "You mean, the main culprit in his mouth?"
Mirror Face said: "Yes, any case, once it is related to that name, it will immediately not be under the jurisdiction of the ordinary police." The case is escalated directly to the highest danger level of HL. With all due respect, in terms of your strength, what do you think is your danger level? two, or three? Hmph...... That's not enough to get HL's local headquarters to stir up the crowd. ”
"Do you want to say that the person who instructed the robber to rob the bank is the mad Grand Master and Pope of the Iron Commandment?" he just asked casually, as far as he knew, there were very few people in the world who could reach the danger level five.
Mirror Face just replied coldly, "Do you think the fifth level is the most dangerous level?"
This sentence didn't seem like a joke, so the gambling snake didn't laugh either, he was already mentally prepared, because he felt that what he was about to hear would subvert his worldview.
But instead of saying the highest title, Mirror Face said, "There is only one person in the list of that level. I will be as I am today, and it is thanks to Him. So, once I get a rumor about that person, not only HL, but I naturally pay close attention to it, and that's why, I get this video. ”
Mirror Face paused for a few seconds, then continued, "At first, I wasn't sure, or even sure, if this was really related to 'that person'. If he was behind the scenes, the matter would never be over, and the bank robbery must have been just the beginning, an opportunity to create for the next thing to develop according to his will.
Then, some unusual people came to Winnipeg, and my attention gradually became drawn to you, and then you fought all the way until the moment you killed Gilson II five days ago, and I understood that the bank robbery directed by 'that man' was to expose your identity and 'lead' you to revenge and get back out of the woods. ”
The gambling snake said, "Who are you talking about?"
"Have you ever heard of a name, it's called Tianyi. ”
The words of the mirror face made the gambling snake dumbfounded, but the inexplicable fragments of memory seemed to be connected together in an unbelievable but logical posture at this moment, becoming a complete chain.
The gambling snake recalled...... Tom Stoll goes to the bank on the same day every month, and the time he gets off work on March 10 and the moment he drives past the bank can be calculated. Because of the bank robbery, this always low-key man will be on the front page of the news, there will be enemies coming to the door, and there will be a series of revenge trips after him.
Thinking of this, the gambling snake couldn't help but wonder, even if he was in the news of some of the media, could it be that Gilson II happened to see the relevant reports......? He immediately sneered, thinking that with the ability of that "Tianyi", it would not be difficult to try to make Gilson II see the report without leaving a trace.
Seeing that the gambling snake was not a superficial person, his expression also changed, and he thought he understood, so he said again: "In the past month, you have done a good job, and you are a disciple of the old man, I think I can trust you." For years, I have been looking for Tianyi, for revenge ......"
The mirror on his face reflected the face of the gambling snake, and that face returned to coldness and calmness, "...... Would you like to go and meet him together?"
Almost without thinking, the gambling snake replied, "I can't ask for it." ”