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By the time Pierre drove his Toyota to pick up Mark outside the "firmament", it was already late. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoThey first stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Wilshire in the heart of the city, and Mark rented the presidential suite on the top floor, which was very empty, and in a location where land was at a premium, it was so luxurious. Pierre first walked around the room where "The Sparrow Becomes the Phoenix" and experienced the romantic scenes in "Pretty Woman", one of his favorite Hollywood films.

Zhou Jia didn't have any leisure at all, she waited for Mark to tell her if she had gained anything.

Pushing open the floor-to-ceiling window, Zhou Jia glanced at Mark standing on the balcony.

Before dawn, a group of brightly lit buildings was in front of him, and the far end of the sky was slightly lit, and Mark looked into the distance, his posture like a work of art.

There is a table in the corner of the balcony, and on the wooden floor around the table are placed crystal jars, in which candles are lit, and tableware and wine glasses are placed on the table, creating a strong sense of tenderness and honey.

Mark turned to look at Zhou Jia, she looked anxious, he knew exactly what she was thinking. He walked to the table, sat down with Zhou Jia, and began to talk.

Mark combed through what DLo had told him and tried to retell it better.

In 2014, D'Angelo Russell played for the University as a freshman and quickly became the leader of the team. Costa Carlagio has been playing for the UCU wrestling team for three years, and although he is the star of the wrestling team, the limelight has been much dwarfed compared to the hot star players of the basketball team. However, DLo didn't want to be an arrogant and vain person who was indulged and bad, he wanted to make friends at the University of Russia, especially a white friend, so that he seemed to be able to flaunt something, and he didn't know what it was, he always acted on instinct.

So he found this huge, somewhat clumsy wrestling champion, after dating, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Costa is a big guy with no scheming and stupidity, Costa is very happy, DLo is a person who stands out from the crowd, he has an old-school style in his first year of college, he is sought after by all students, and he dates the hottest girl in the school, which is completely opposite to himself, since he was a child, he has been called a dead fat pig, Loser, the bereaved dog, was not originally a member of the world, but DLo was willing to be friends with him, and Costa was sincerely moved.

Everything was coordinated and normal until the end of the first semester.

With the obscure expression on Mark's face as he said this, he paused, and Pierre went out onto the balcony and sat down next to them.

"DLo was shocked when he met Costa at the summer camp," Mark said.

Pierre asked, "So DLo didn't know that his 'buddy BFF' would give up wrestling and join the football team?"

He said he had no idea and had a sense of betrayal. ”

Pierre sighed exaggeratedly: "Aha, I also said that I was not spoiled by the star, so I can't stand it." These sports stars have been held by the stars since they were young, and they are even harder to serve than Hollywood's big-name stars!"

Indeed, because they can achieve good results for the team and for the school, sports students always get enough indulgence on campus, and Hollywood stars, although they are full of aura in front of the stage and in front of people, are relatively easy to deal with in private. Some people say that actors entertain the audience through their performances, just like when we were children, in order to get noticed in the class, to please classmates, friends and teachers, in the final analysis, it is because of inferiority complex, but athletes are different, they have won the recognition of others through their skills early, and in the rest of their lives, they just need to continue to beat their opponents.

Of course, this is a general generalization, and don't forget that there are exceptions to everything.

Zhou Jia glared at Pierre, silently protesting that he interrupted Mark's train of thought with trivial matters.

Mark continued.

What made DLo feel betrayed was not only that Costa had made so many big decisions and didn't tell him beforehand, but that Costa had changed, and that he seemed to be a different person than before. Of course, he is still the sturdy and powerful Costa, although Costa studied American football basic training courses when he was a child, he is actually a person who is not proficient in football skills and knowledge at all, but all this does not prevent him from showing his skills at the trial venue, he is unstoppable on the defensive line, brave and brave, which surprised everyone, not only quickly won the trust of the coach and the love of his teammates, but after several summer intercollegiate friendly games, he became the focus of everyone's talk at the Russian University, and soon "Hulk" This nickname resounded throughout the arena, and he was not only proud of the court, but also began to indulge in love, and the cheerleading beauties sent him invitations one after another, and every woman who spent the night with him said that his performance in bed was also at the level of "Hulk", and this time he passed ten or ten hundreds, and damn he even had a fatal attraction to beautiful women.

The emotionally ill-spirited DLo was spurned by everyone for throwing in a few games, but in stark contrast to the upbeat Costa, the relationship between the two was at a freezing point. DLo didn't take the initiative to talk to Costa, he didn't want to be looked down upon by this former "follower", but after a long time, he himself almost couldn't stand this feeling of being left out, and when he was hesitating whether he should make a small concession, Costa teamed up with his classmates and secretly prepared a surprise party for him. When DLo opened the door to his room, all the guests shouted at him: "Surprise!" The beauties besieged, the beer poured violently, and Costa's initiative softened DLo's attitude, and the two took the opportunity to reconcile.

The two sat on the sofa in the middle of the room, drinking wine and chatting and judging the women present. DLo asked curiously, how did you get the school girl?Costa just smiled but didn't say anything. That night, DLo's long-cherished school girl finally threw himself into his arms, and Costa fought with two women, and now he saw the sexual prowess of the "Hulk" that women were rumored, but the entanglement and alcohol of the women under him made him quickly forget himself, and they had crazy sex all night in a room.

In hindsight, DLo began to think about it, he didn't believe in the theory of "buried genius", this was not the Costa he was familiar with, it was completely different. After repeated questioning, Costa finally confided the truth to him. Costa tells DLo that he's using something that changes his own magic. DLo is horrified and warns Costa that his career is over if the drug is found out. Costa smiled mysteriously and said that he would never be found out. Anyway, everyone is an adult, and seeing that Costa is convinced, DLo didn't continue to persuade him. After that, they often went to nightclubs together, and a few times Costa took DLo to another nightclub, and he saw several tattooed men talking to Costa, for some reason he vaguely felt that Costa had an unusual relationship with them, but he wouldn't be stupid enough to interfere in such a thing. It was instinct that played a role, he suddenly lost interest in why Costa turned into the "Hulk", and he didn't pursue anything anymore, because there is nothing wrong with Costa now, but it makes him have a longer face, and their days at the University are more beautiful.

"Drugs?" chimed Pierre, "drugs may improve the body's functions, but they won't change people's temperament!"

This is true, and it is in Pierre's field of expertise, and he has a lot of say, and the genetic test project he is responsible for is precisely through genetic modification to improve the body's functions. Despite daily protests outside UCLA against this immoral attempt to imitate the "Creator," Pierre remained unmoved, often calling them stupid idiots as he passed by them. In some areas, the French are very avant-garde, believing that it is the so-called "morality" that is holding back the development of science and technology now.

Zhou Jia agreed with Pierre's words, saying: "It's really suspicious. ”

Mark nodded, "I pressed him to ask him about the night of the incident and what happened after that picture." ”

"What did he say?"

"This matter may be more complicated than we thought!" Mark recounted as he remembered DLo who was about to pee his pants in fright, and continued with a shuddering recount, and at the end of the embarrassment of crying bitterly, "He said that there was a party in his apartment that night, and Costa came after the "jumping in the lake", and brought a girl, who was a young prostitute in the nightclub he frequented, blonde hair, blue-eyed, fourteen or fifteen years old, and DLo's original words were like a Barbie doll in his hand compared to Costa. ’”

Pierre said angrily: "Underage...... What scum......"

"DLo's female companion is a black girl, he has fun as usual, and when he gets up to pee, he sees the door of Costa's room open, and the room is quiet, he is very strange, usually Costa fights until dawn, and there is a lot of movement. He walked in and saw Costa lying on the bed with his head down, but the girl was gone, and he stepped forward and pushed Costa, but he saw something that made him unbelievable. ”

"What?"

"Costa's head glowed with a faint green glow, and he was going to joke 'man, did you really turn into the Hulk', but unfortunately he didn't speak, Costa's head cracked like a broken container, and the brains flowed out of it, green!"

Zhou Jia and Pierre couldn't help but sigh, each guessing in their hearts.

He cried to me, he threw up when he saw that scene, he didn't know what was going on, and when he came to his senses and understood that something was wrong, he was very frightened, and he gave the money and sent the black girl away, although he didn't know exactly what to do, but he knew that he couldn't let Costa die in his apartment bed. He wrapped Costa's body in sheets and blankets, and with great effort dragged the body into the garage, threw it into the back compartment, and drove all the way back to Costa's apartment. He went into Costa's apartment alone to look for the gun. ”

Pierre said: "I also said that I didn't know what to do, and I was obviously going to blow up my guy's head with a gun, although the person was already dead." ”

"He wanted to do it, but it didn't work!" Mark said, "because there was someone in the room, and as DLo was rummaging through the cabinets, the man was pointing the gun he was looking for at him, an elderly man. ”

Zhou Jia and Pierre were shocked.

DLo was quick to explain, and the old man forced him to the car with a gun, and lifted the sheets, Costa's head was not human-shaped, but it was no longer glowing green. The old man opened his mouth and said, 'It's too late!', and he asked DLo to help carry the body into the dumpster outside the apartment, and then he let DLo go, and told him to forget everything that happened and be his star, and nothing would happen. Accident', DLo crawled back into the car, didn't dare to stay for a second longer, when he got home, he remembered, and quickly deleted the photo taken with Costa, you all know the next thing, he listened to the old man's instructions to continue playing, playing harder, and then quickly signed a contract to LA, became a big star, and forgot what happened in the past......"

"Old man......" asked Pierre, "is it really what I guessed - Red Swift?"

Mark nodded, and said, "I showed DLo a picture of Rhett Swift, and he said it was the guy who pointed the gun at him that night, and he was sure he said he recognized those eyes." ”

For a moment, everyone was silent.

Zhou Jia said: "Maybe we should go to Columbus City in person." ”

"It's going to take it one step at a time, but if you need to, you should make a trip. With that, Mark pulled out a tissue from his trouser pocket and placed it on the table, on which he scribbled patterns and letters with a pencil.

Zhou Jia's eyes widened and he looked at it: "What is this?"

"I asked DLo to remember the tattoos on the nightclub men who spoke to Costa!" Mark pointed to another pattern, "And this is the tattoo on the inside of the girl's forearm, Leslie is an expert in tattoos, I'm going to ask him, the tattoo artist has a record of the tattoos for the client, I think I should be able to find out something." ”

"I can help too!" Pierre took a tissue, took out his phone and took a picture, "I send the photo back to the tank, and it will search the Internet for similar pictures." ”

Mark nodded.

Mark shared some of his other thoughts and next steps, and the other two agreed. He went back to the house, started to call, made an appointment with Resley, and prepared to go over the next morning to talk to him. Zhou Jia and Pierre, what are you talking about, obviously the two people who usually sit in the laboratory, under the intensive activities of the whole day, they are not tired, Mark is a little admired. By this time, it was already dark, and he didn't want to go back to sleep.

He came out of the house, another glass of whiskey in his hand, and he smiled and asked, "Aren't you hungry?" ”

Pierre and Zhou Jia thought about it, but they were actually tired and hungry, but they didn't notice it.

After a while, room service came, and the table on the balcony was full of food, cheese, raw ham, baguette, coffee......

Once they have enough to meet the challenges of the new day, they begin to munch on them.