Chapter 74 Pop-up, Hanging Upside Down, Silent Answer: Fu Ze becomes... once again.
As soon as Fu Ze sat back in his seat and fastened his seatbelt again, the aircraft descended to a height of less than ten meters above the ground.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Jianxing immediately pressed a button on the control panel in front of him, and the landing gear that had been retracted inside was released.
The next second, a huge tremor came from under the fuselage.
The landing gear tires made official contact with the ground.
Following standard procedure, Yuan Jianxing pulled the control lever to flip up both wings, reducing the aircraft's speed to the maximum extent.
Everything seemed to be moving in the best possible direction.
However, before the two could breathe a sigh of relief, several sharp metallic snapping and breaking sounds pierced through the tire noise and the vibrations of the aircraft and stabbed into their ears.
Almost instantly, several pieces of the broken landing gear flew to both sides, hitting roadside trash cans and abandoned phone booths.
This turn of events came so suddenly and quickly that it gave Yuan Jianxing no chance to react.
Losing the support of its wheels, the originally horizontal machine tilted forward, first crashing into a wall on the left, and then being bounced back to the wall on the other side of the alley by the force of the impact.
The wings were broken off one after another, drooping down, and finally crashed onto the street.
The aircraft, having lost its wings and landing gear, glided forward on its belly like a seal.
At this point, Yuan Jianxing lost all means of control and could only watch helplessly as the aircraft crashed into the wall at the T-junction.
Just then, an empty sightseeing tram suddenly appeared from the intersection, blocking the aircraft's path and causing it to crash into another side road.
In a corner where Yuan Jianxing couldn't see, Fu Ze quietly put his phone away, thinking that he would have to burn some paper money for the hacker's predecessor later.
If we were to rank the looting results from all the deaths so far from highest to lowest, this hacker's legacy would undoubtedly be a strong contender for second place.
The aircraft, whose path had been forcibly altered, swung wildly, bumping and crashing along the way, before finally plunging into a shopping and leisure plaza at the end of the street that had just been renovated but was not yet open for business. It smashed through many glass doors and partitions made of light steel keel plasterboard.
During this process, once the aircraft's speed dropped below a certain value, Yuan Jianxing immediately instructed Fu Ze to prepare for the cockpit ejection.
Upon hearing this, Fu Ze's eyes widened: "If it can pop up, why is it only popping up now?"
What are the hardships and dangers those two people went through compared to this!
Yuan Jianxing answered logically and with evidence: "Because the inspection revealed that the recovery aircraft was not equipped with a parachute."
Fu Ze: ...
Just then, the aircraft suddenly stopped, and then, like a sinking ship, it veered into the basement and crashed into an inflatable castle that almost occupied the entire ground.
Fu Ze's eyes lit up.
This is a golden opportunity!
As expected, Hara Kensei thought so too.
So, while the aircraft was flipping and spinning, he pressed the "eject cockpit" button marked in red on the instrument panel at a certain angle.
Instantly, the hatch flipped open to the side, and Fu Ze, along with the seat beneath him, was thrown outwards.
Perhaps his previous use of the seatbelt as a securing tether exceeded the seatbelt's design threshold. The seatbelt, which should have been securely fastened to him, failed completely in mid-air, and he was separated from his seat.
Fortunately, the walls of the inflatable castle were very high. Fu Ze first crashed into the nearly two-meter-thick wall, and then fell into the ocean of bubbles below. Apart from feeling a little short of breath and chest tightness from the fall, he was not injured.
First, she emerged from the bubble ball like a mermaid. Fu Ze stood up somewhat awkwardly from the half-person-high "ocean," looking around and calling out.
"Yuan Jianxing?"
No one responded to him.
Fu Ze immediately tensed up.
"Yuan Jianxing!"
"Yuan Jianxing! Where are you?!"
His voice grew increasingly urgent as he used both hands and feet to push aside the "seawater" and walk toward the shore.
Although this inflatable castle is large, it is ultimately for children, and the various flowers, plants, and slides inside have been scaled down.
There's absolutely no way to hide a tall, long-legged adult man like Hara Mihoshi.
Therefore, there is only one answer—
Yuan Jianxing was still inside the spacecraft at this time!
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The inflatable castle area where the aircraft was located was torn open by the broken landing gear, and the once towering walls had collapsed due to the air leak, covering the wrecked aircraft.
Fu Ze had no choice but to lift up the thick rubber sheets, turn on his phone's flashlight, and laboriously walk inside.
After walking about ten steps in the dark, he finally saw a glimmer of light from the metallic paint.
"Yuan Jianxing?" Fu Ze called out tentatively.
First came a faint, indistinct response, followed by a series of rhythmic knocking sounds.
As Fu Ze had expected, Yuan Jianxing was indeed in the cockpit.
He strode over.
Although it was just a difference between front and back seats, Yuan Jianxing wasn't as lucky as Fu Ze.
Not only did he fail to eject, but he was also trapped in the upside-down cockpit.
Fortunately, the spacecraft had already come to a complete stop by then, so judging from the appearance, Yuan Jianxing was not seriously injured except for some discomfort in his posture.
Yuan Jianxing's eyes were bloodshot from being upside down. At this moment, when she saw Fu Ze walking over with his phone flashlight, it was as if she saw a firefly in the darkness that was determined and kept approaching.
At the same time, the collapsed inflatable rubber tent isolated them from everything else, and for a moment, it seemed as if the whole world consisted of only the two of them.
Yuan Jianxing suddenly thought, "If only the real world were this simple."
There were no executives, and no murderers.
Without a scale to weigh merits and demerits, there is naturally no so-called principle of conduct.
Unfortunately, by the time the executive officer's rescue team arrived, it was all over.
When Fu Ze reached the cockpit, Yuan Jianxing spoke first: "The hatch is stuck. The box containing the gun is underneath. You can pry it open with the butt of the gun, or you can just use the box to smash the acrylic on top."
As for those thoughts he had just had, he'll probably just keep them to himself.
Since Fu Ze has already left an indelible stain on his undefeated record, he can't let his last line of defense—his own mind—be dragged down with him.
Those vague feelings of affection or fleeting liking are not enough to shake Yuan Jianxing's pride as the chief.
Fu Ze didn't act immediately. He just stood there teasingly, like a groom lifting his veil on his wedding night, saying, "Sir, it's quite a rare sight to see you in such a disheveled state."
He then breathed on the acrylic and drew two small mustaches on the spot where Yuan Jianxing's face was facing with his fingertips.
Hara Mihoshi: ...
"I remember there was a similar upside-down training exercise at the Executive Academy. What was your longest record back then?"
After surviving a disaster, being able to joke around means everything is alright.
So Yuan Jianxing went with Fu Ze.
"I haven't measured the longest, because I can only last ten seconds longer than the second to last person who couldn't hold on."
"Such blatant slacking off, didn't the instructor beat you up?"
"I was already in first place and they still beat me up, so they're definitely in the wrong."
Yuan Jianxing chatted idly with Fu Ze in this way.
The executive's main force will arrive soon, and even if the other side does nothing, I won't be trapped for too long.
Once he's free, Fu Ze will just have to wait...
Just then, a calm yet slightly sour voice echoed through the hall, reaching the ears of the two people like a gentle breeze.
"No wonder you became the CEO."
"The fire didn't reach you, the buildings along your flight path didn't stop you, and even at the final emergency landing, there were all sorts of small objects that served as a buffer to prevent you from crashing to your death."
Judging from his voice and tone, this person is indeed Badger Tooth!
This explains the previously meticulous and terrifying plans.
“Truly a chosen one.” Badger’s voice drew closer. “Then it is my great honor to end this unfair duel, as a mere mortal.”
Immediately following was the sound of a bolt being pulled back.
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Although Badger Tooth made those harsh words and the overall atmosphere and momentum were very effective, Fu Ze paid no attention to them.
Just by observing the other party's clumsy and even slightly sluggish bolt-action movements, he had already gotten a pretty good idea of Badger Tooth's capabilities.
At the same time, he noticed a detail.
From his words, Badger Tooth seemed to think that Hara Mikiho was the only person in the spacecraft?
This is an excellent information gap!
Just as Fu Ze was excitedly about to share this discovery with Yuan Jianxing, he saw Yuan Jianxing gently purse her somewhat withered lips.
Fu Ze was stunned.
Hara Mihoshi... are you tired?
That's true. Even an Iron Man wouldn't suffer like this, right?
Fu Ze felt as if his heart had been gently pricked by an extremely fine needle, a subtle and unfamiliar pain emanating from it.
He knocked on the cockpit almost unconsciously, asking in a voice so soft it was as if afraid of disturbing a fragile candlelight: "Is this kind of life hard?"
This time, it was Yuan Jianxing's turn to be stunned.
Is it hard work?
Definitely.
But the fact that Fu Ze could ask such a question at this time meant that he was definitely not concerned about his work.
Sure enough, Fu Ze then asked with a slight hesitation, "By the way, is it possible for you to completely forgive someone who carries original sin? Even if he has tried his best to make amends."
Clearly, the "person burdened with original sin" in the Fu Ze issue refers to himself.
And the questions that need to be forgiven have naturally come to light.
Although Yuan Jianxing had pondered this question for a long time, he had not come to a conclusion, so he could not answer Fu Ze.
He never makes promises lightly.
Because he wants to ensure that his promises are self-consistent and complete.
Only in this way can he ensure that he can steadfastly fulfill this promise.
Although that's what Yuan Jianxing thought, his silence was the answer Fu Ze gave.
Fu Ze nodded knowingly and gave a slightly dry laugh.
The next second, he raised his hand and exerted force, tightly locking the cockpit, which was currently only slightly open, back into place.
Yuan Jianxing asked incredulously, "Fu Ze! What are you doing?!"
However, the heavy acrylic rejected his voice.
Fu Ze squatted down and picked up the metal box that had been thrown aside, one corner of which was dented.
Open.
Using muscle memory, he skillfully reassembled the pile of parts into a Hercules MXR.
I also loaded two bullets into its chamber.
And so, Fu Ze once again became the familiar yet unfamiliar figure that Yuan Jianxing least wanted to see.
His actions clearly told Hara Mihoshi—
He's about to fire again.
He... is going to kill someone again.
The only difference from last time is that—
Before officially setting off, Fu Ze mouthed to Yuan Jianxing:
"sorry."
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Author's Note: [Heartbroken]
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