Chapter 128 Top Alpha: He was once a crippled Omega. 38. Qi...
"Brother?"
Outside the dark room, Qi Mingzhao froze in his tracks. "How did you get here..."
Zhou Gan swallowed subconsciously, countless thoughts flashing through his mind, but what came out of his mouth was a dry, hoarse sentence: "Ming...Mingzhao, I didn't hear anything, and I didn't see anything..."
Upon hearing this, Qi Mingzhao's previously wide, innocent eyes instantly drooped, and a cool smirk appeared on his lips. "Brother, you're still so naive. I can believe such words, but would the police, the military, or the intelligence agency believe them?"
"so……"
Before Qi Mingzhao could finish speaking, Zhou Gan suddenly raised his hand from behind his back. But Qi Mingzhao's gun was even faster.
It was already aimed at him.
Zhou Gan's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively paused. The next second, the self-defense smart device in his palm was kicked away by Qi Mingzhao.
Even though there is a natural physical difference between Omega and Alpha, one is a special agent trained by the intelligence department, and the other is a young master who sits in an office all year round. No matter how bad Qi Mingzhao is, he is still better than Zhou Gan.
“Brother Gan, I advise you not to try any tricks,” Qi Mingzhao approached, pressing the muzzle of his gun against Zhou Gan’s forehead. “I don’t want to kill you, but if you do something that displeases me, I will have no choice but to kill you.”
As he spoke, Qi Mingzhao pulled out a syringe from somewhere and was about to inject it into Zhou Gan's neck.
"What...what is this?"
Zhou Gan looked surprised and suspicious. He wanted to get away, but he didn't dare.
Qi Mingzhao's gun barrel remained firmly planted on him, and his finger on the trigger never loosened its grip. What he vaguely heard and saw made him have no doubt that Qi Mingzhao would shoot him.
“It’s a biological toxin, but there’s an antidote,” Qi Mingzhao smiled gently at Zhou Gan. “Brother Gan, as long as you behave, I won’t hurt you, and I’ll give you the antidote on time. Once we get back to Central Star, we’ll get married, and everything will be alright. I love you very much, and you have to believe me.”
like?
Zhou Gan's face twitched, and he shivered.
The last person Qi Mingzhao confessed his love to must have been engulfed by the fire in the dark room, right?
"Mingzhao, I..."
“Brother, I know you don’t want to die,” Qi Mingzhao said.
Zhou Gan's mouth, which had just opened, froze and suddenly closed.
The injection was administered.
The cold, sharp metal pierced the body, causing spasms and pain.
Zhou Gan felt numb all over, but he could vaguely smell the pine and cypress fragrance emanating from Qi Mingzhao.
This extremely familiar pheromone scent, for some reason, felt strangely unfamiliar to Zhou Gan at this moment.
"Alright, brother, let's go."
When Zhou Gan came to his senses, he saw that Qi Mingzhao had already put away the syringes and gun and was smiling as she took his arm.
“Let’s change our clothes, make some preparations, and then leave,” Qi Mingzhao said. “Remember, brother, we’re here today because I haven’t had a good appetite lately, and my pheromones are unstable. You were worried that I might be pregnant, so you accompanied me to this famous obstetrics hospital in Yuanhang Star for a checkup.”
"There's nothing else going on, and we have no idea what happened in the VIP area at the higher levels, understand?"
As Zhou Gan felt Qi Mingzhao's soft, clinging arms, the tenderness and affection of the past were gone. He felt as if he were being entangled by a cold, slippery snake, and goosebumps rose all over his body.
"……clear."
Zhou Gan replied.
The stinging pain from the sty on his neck reminded him of what he should do at that moment.
"Do I need to handle the surveillance footage?" he asked proactively.
"No need, it's all taken care of," Qi Mingzhao glanced at him, seemingly quite pleased with his gesture of loyalty. "Don't worry, sworn brother, as long as you don't tell, no one will know my secret. I'm safe, so you're safe too. It's a win-win situation, right?"
"……right."
Zhou Gan agreed and walked out with him.
As Qi Mingzhao passed the corner, he activated the fire alarm, but failed to send an accurate location.
Amidst the piercing alarm, chaos erupted outside as medical staff and VIP patients rushed about, shouting and running. Qi Mingzhao, dragging Zhou Gan along, quickly blended in and squeezed their way downstairs.
The elevator was out of service, and there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in the emergency exit.
As Qi Mingzhao ran, he changed his disguise to remove his distinctive features. However, just as he was halfway through changing, a hand suddenly reached out from a safety door near the passage, grabbed his throat, and pulled him inside.
The other person moved with lightning speed, and no one around them noticed as they ran with their heads down. Qi Mingzhao had no time to react either, and could only instinctively grab Zhou Gan's arm. But the other person was so strong that Zhou Gan was also pulled over.
Safety door closed.
Zhou Gan stumbled and almost fell. He thought Qi Mingzhao was up to some trick again. Just as he was about to speak after regaining his balance, he suddenly felt a chill on his forehead.
It's another gun.
It feels so familiar.
But what was unfamiliar was the face of the man behind the gun.
Who is this?
Zhou Gan looked at Qi Mingzhao. Even if he was stupid, he could tell that this was clearly someone Qi Mingzhao had provoked.
Qi Mingzhao received Zhou Gan's gaze, but with his throat being squeezed, his face flushed, and his eyes bulging slightly, like a dying fish, he couldn't utter a single word. He could only shake his head vigorously to show that he knew nothing and didn't recognize this person at all.
Zhou Gan didn't know if Qi Mingzhao could still be trusted, but at this point, he had no choice but to believe him.
“Sir, have you got the wrong person? We don’t know you.” Zhou Gan asked cautiously.
Within minutes, having a gun pointed at his head twice would make anyone furious and frustrated. But the man in front of him had a bandit-like air about him, cold eyes, and didn't look like a good guy. Zhou Gan really didn't dare to mess with him.
"I still prefer your unruly and foolish self." Qi Pingye glanced at him.
"……What?"
Zhou Gan was taken aback, then realized that the man's voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.
Qi Pingye didn't change his voice again, but he also didn't remove his disguise for the two men. He scoffed, flicked his fingers, and with a speed Zhou Gan couldn't even see, put away his gun and attached a smart device to his arm.
Almost instantly, the intelligent machine unfolded, locking Zhou Gan's hands and feet, binding him tightly.
"you!"
Zhou Gan was shocked and furious, but secretly he breathed a sigh of relief and put away his gun. This must mean they didn't want to kill him, right?
“Scream all you want,” Qi Pingye said calmly, while pinching Qi Mingzhao and pressing the second identical AI device to bind Qi Mingzhao. “Once you reach a certain decibel level, the AI device will automatically snap your neck.”
Zhou Gan's expression changed drastically, and he immediately shut his mouth.
But after only two seconds, he spoke again, his voice extremely low: "Who...who are you? What do you want to do to Mingzhao? I've been injected with a biological toxin, and only Mingzhao has the antidote. He can't die!"
When Qi Mingzhao heard the first half of Zhou Gan's sentence, he was still moved, but when the second half came out, his heart turned completely cold.
This is her fiancé, a completely unreliable good-for-nothing! Not only does he not know how to protect her, but he's also stupid enough to reveal their secret directly. What good will that do except give the enemy something to use? Will they release her or him because of this?
Qi Mingzhao almost laughed.
He opened his mouth wide, straining to squeeze out a sound from within the machine's confinement, trying to negotiate with the strange man who had suddenly appeared.
He already knows what this person wants, and everything is negotiable!
"Life, biological...information..."
Qi Pingye paused, raised an eyebrow slightly, and released his grip on Qi Mingzhao's throat. "What do you want to say?"
Qi Mingzhao regained his breath, coughing violently, gasping for air, tears and snot streaming down his face. It took him a long time to stop, his head slamming against the floor. He managed to squeeze out a voice, "You...you were sent by the Citizens' Alliance...right? You got the map, you wanted to unlock it, go to the lab...use me, fish, lock onto the people with those three biometric data..."
"Don't kill me, I can help you... I know many secrets of the Light Party, you will definitely need them..."
Zhou Gan, bound to the other end of the narrow passage, was stunned: "You...you want to betray the Light Party? You're insane, Qi Mingzhao!"
Qi Mingzhao said, "This is called abandoning darkness and turning to the light!"
Zhou Gan was stunned when he saw Qi Mingzhao's righteous and indignant demeanor. Was this how the agents of the Intelligence Bureau were trained?
"You...you're insane, you're insane...The Intelligence Bureau won't let you get away with this. Their treatment of traitors is beyond your imagination. I've heard that. You're dead..."
Qi Mingzhao seemed not to hear, staring intently at Qi Pingye, "If I join you, you'll protect me, right? You must know my value; I was exceptionally recruited by the Intelligence Bureau and have carried out many classified missions..."
While enjoying the performance of the engaged couple, Qi Pingye took out his data collection equipment and began collecting various biological information from Qi Mingzhao's body.
"I haven't done anything yet, and you've already betrayed the Light Party. It's hard for me to believe."
He said casually.
“Because I have long harbored resentment towards the Light Party,” Qi Mingzhao said immediately, “I truly want to abandon darkness and embrace the light…”
Since the person has already been arrested and the mission is in such a mess, I might as well become a double agent or something. Whether I go back to the Light Party or join the Citizens' Alliance, I'll still have benefits. If I do well politically, the position of head of the Qi family will naturally be within my grasp.
Qi Mingzhao's mind raced with various plans.
He also noticed that the man in front of him was probably an Alpha, and perhaps he could even...
Before Qi Mingzhao could form a thought, the man had already stood up, put the collected biological information into the collection box, and then, without warning and with swift and decisive action, pierced his gland with a knife.
Qi Mingzhao froze, momentarily stunned, as if she didn't understand what the man was doing at all.
But then, excruciating pain struck, like a red-hot iron bar that instantly pierced through his entire consciousness.
His tears streamed down his face, his whole body trembled, his mouth was wide open as he tried to scream but couldn't make a sound, and he tried to raise his hand to cover his mouth but couldn't move a single finger.
He could only lie on the ground, struggling and groaning, like a chicken whose neck had been snapped.
A small amount of crimson blood splattered out, but more of it flowed down his convulsing neck, staining his clothes and the ground red.
"You, you..."
Zhou Gan was stunned by this unexpected scene.
Qi Pingye ignored him, only lowering his eyes to carefully observe Qi Mingzhao's expression and reaction.
No one knows how long he had been waiting for this moment.
Those days and nights lying in the garbage dump, feeling the wounds slowly fester; those days and nights huddled in the tin shack, tormented by the pain of disordered pheromones; those days and nights squatting in the desert, gazing at the blurry starry sky, recovering, training, and picking everything up again—not a single second was not for this moment.
Last time, on the public spaceship, in front of the isolation chamber, was his first chance, but he didn't strike; the timing wasn't right, and the consequences would be too severe. But now, everything is just right.
Qi Mingzhao, Qi Yousheng, the Qi family...
He's back.
"Back then, I probably looked more presentable than you."
Qi Pingye's voice was calm, but in an instant, it made Qi Mingzhao's eyes widen as if struck by lightning.
"You...you are..."
Qi Pingye met Qi Mingzhao's bloodshot eyes.
Two years ago, the one looking down coldly was Qi Mingzhao, and the one crawling on the ground was him. But now, everything has changed.
“Yes,” Qi Pingye said, “I am Qi Pingye.”
"Qi Pingye! It really is you..." Qi Mingzhao's face was filled with disbelief. "How could it be you... No, my gland... Qi Pingye, you can't do this to me, harming an Omega's gland is a serious crime! You can't..."
"You know this is a serious crime?" Qi Pingye raised an eyebrow and curled his lips. "I thought you didn't. Otherwise, how could you have smashed that vase so accurately, hitting my gland right away?"
"I didn't mean to, Qi Pingye, I really didn't mean to..."
Qi Mingzhao choked back tears, her body trembling, but she dared not move her neck. "That really was an accident. What happened afterward was decided by my older brother and parents, you know... I had no choice. I didn't really want to hurt you..."
"Looks like you really are Qi Yousheng's good brother, and the Qi family's good son. But it's alright, don't worry, Qi Yousheng will be with you, and so will the Qi family. None of you will escape." Qi Pingye glanced at the face that was desperately trying to look pitiful, and decisively slashed with the blade in his hand.
With a hiss, blood splattered everywhere.
A clump of flesh slid off the blade and fell to the ground.
Across from him, Zhou Gan's face turned deathly pale, and he immediately swallowed back the words he was about to say.
He dared not utter a sound.
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Author's Note: The moment of revenge!
[Please] I've spent two days revising this chapter, yesterday and today (so sad).
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