Chapter 37 Thirty-Seven Ghosts Behind
When Toru Amuro walked onto the deck, the broadcast slowly began to sound in his ears.
[This is Zi... Everyone please put on your life jackets quickly and assemble on the deck...] The voice on the radio was occasionally interrupted by the crackling sound of the electric current, but fortunately the most important part of the information was not blurred and the other party's meaning was clearly expressed.
The Linorea is indeed a product of the organization. It handled this unexpected incident quickly and appropriately. They probably felt that it would be detrimental to the concealment of the institute if it appeared in the social news.
In short, before Toru Amuro could relax for long, groups of tourists wearing life jackets were led out by the crew.
A group of people, seemingly in a panic but still in good order, boarded the orange lifeboat under command. Amuro Toru hid in the shadows of the corridor and spotted Date Kou outside the crowd, who was telling his girlfriend something.
Yi Dahang also saw him, his face straightened, and he immediately rushed towards him.
Afterwards, amid Akae Nazuki's undisguised laughter, the 28-year-old Mr. Amuro Toru was stared at with disapproval for half a minute by the passing squad leader because he "wandered around in a dangerous moment", and finally surrendered first.
If time was not urgent and the environment did not allow it, Toru Amuro was absolutely sure that he would be severely criticized by the other party.
Date Ko directly skipped the process of asking about Amuro Toru's whereabouts, and instead briefly recounted the murder of the woman in sunglasses and the disappearance of the man in the black sweater.
"I looked among the fleeing crowd just now, and I didn't find him among them." Yi Dahang frowned and said, "I thought you had already met him..."
However, looking left and right, Toru Amuro was the only one beside him, and there was no trace of the man in the black sweater - this means that the man in the black sweater is most likely still in the research institute on the three floors below!
"The people from the institute must have their own way to escape. It's impossible for them to come out and meet the tourists." Chi Jiang Na Yue sat cross-legged in the air and analyzed calmly, "But, they definitely won't take that guy with them when they escape."
Not to mention taking a stranger who had a grudge against them with him when escaping, if the man in the black sweater was found by the researchers, he would definitely be killed on the spot.
When Toru Amuro thought about this, he had already made a decision in his heart.
He also had the leisure to find out the changes in the way Chijiang Nayue addressed him - he would just call him 'Black Sweater' when he didn't like him as usual, but when he found that his plan was ruined and he was particularly unhappy, he would call him 'Tetris' and 'that guy'.
However, compared to dealing with a scheming person like Bermode, Toru Amuro had to admit that it was a very comfortable thing to talk to Akae Nazuki, who did not hide her emotions and thoughts in front of him.
"I know where he might be. I'll go find him!" Amuro Toru said this and turned around and ran back into the corridor before Date Kou could stop him.
There was no sign of anxiety on Chijiang Nayue's face, and she joked in a good mood: "I guess after everything is over, that police officer will use his fists to communicate with you about what happened tonight."
While running, Amuro Toru took the time to glare at the little devil who was enjoying the hustle and bustle: "Why do you think it's happening?"
The little devil whistled, and I pretended not to hear it as usual.
When they returned to the research institute through the escape passage, the place was just as Chijiang Nayue had judged. The ground was covered with research materials with footprints, and there was no one in the laboratory.
Surprisingly, when the researchers evacuated, they took with them the so-called experimental rabbits.
"That's normal." Akajinazuki said calmly, "This incident has caused such a big stir. If the police find the bodies of the missing people when they salvage the sunken ship, even Rum will have a headache for a long time."
When they passed by the archive room, they took a look and it seemed that no one had come here again. It seemed that the researchers were only concerned about escaping and no one remembered these papers that they usually valued more than anything else.
"Where do you think the black sweater is?" asked Toru Amuro.
After learning about the death of the woman in sunglasses and the destination of the man in the black sweater from Date Kou, Akae Nazuki quickly figured out the ins and outs of the case.
The girl in sunglasses has a personality that can be instigated into adventure by just a few words. She would definitely not be content with simply sightseeing on the boat. So it is very likely that she accidentally discovered the bomb installed by the man in black sweater while she was carrying out the so-called adventure, so she was targeted by the man in black sweater to be silenced.
This is probably one of the reasons why the black jacket detonated the bomb prematurely.
At this moment, facing Amuro Toru's doubts, Akae Nazuki said honestly: "Looking at the situation here, he is either dead or knocked unconscious. He has not regained consciousness at all."
Since the man in black was able to plant bombs in the research institute, it means that he definitely has a way to get in here. And given that guy's mentality of wanting to die together with everyone, if he finds out that the research institute is empty, he will definitely detonate the remaining bombs before all the researchers evacuate.
Of course, if he was caught by the researchers and wanted to silence him, he would immediately detonate the bomb and go to hell with them.
Therefore, Chi Jiang Na Yue felt that the truth was most likely the latter.
It is easy to find a living person, but it is a bit difficult to find an unconscious person who is nowhere to be found.
But Amuro Toru thought for a moment and immediately asked, "Where is the power distribution room of the research institute? Do you remember?"
Akajinazuki raised his eyebrows. It was no surprise that Amuro Toru could think of this quickly. He immediately cheered with great interest: "I don't remember the internal structure of this place, but it is probably the same as outside - so, let's go!"
It was as if they were not going to the most dangerous place to rescue people, but to attend a garden party.
When the explosion occurred, the power of the entire ship was cut off. However, after leaving the laboratory, Toru Amuro found that the power in the laboratory was restored earlier than outside. This shows that there is another independent power generation system in the laboratory, which can restore power supply so promptly.
If the man in black wanted to trap the researchers, he would definitely know that the most important step was to blow up the power distribution room, so that the institute could not activate the backup power supply and the researchers could not leave.
Sure enough, a man and a ghost kicked open the tightly closed door of the distribution room and found the unconscious man in a black sweater on the ground.
"Oh." Chijiang Nayue sighed dryly.
"It's really hard to say about this guy's luck." The spirit behind the young man pointed at the dented cabinet door and asked hesitantly, "How did he manage to injure the enemy by 1,000 but only injure himself by 1,200?"
Obviously, just like Toru Amuro did not stand firmly when the explosion occurred, the black sweater was thrown away by the power of the bomb he detonated, and then hit his head on the cabinet door, dying before he could accomplish his mission successfully.
Chi Jiang Na Yue felt it was incredible from the bottom of his heart: "He detonated the bomb himself!"
The corner of Amuro Toru's mouth twitched, and he suppressed the urge to laugh, and lowered his head to move the unconscious murderer on the ground.
"It's just as I remembered. The research institute of the organization has always automatically switched to backup power." Chi Jiangna Yue poked his head to see the things in the distribution room that were not damaged by the black sweater in time. Even he felt pity for the black sweater. "After all the trouble, he didn't kill the enemy and almost killed himself... How unlucky."
The spirit behind him turned around nonchalantly, preparing to fly back to the keeper to continue being a pendant, but as soon as he turned his head, his body rushed over before he could say: "Get out of the way!!"
Akae Nazuki was just behind Amuro Toru and saw clearly that the unconscious black-haired man seemed to be awakened by the movement of himself being moved. Then, while Amuro Toru was not paying attention to herself (listening to Akae Nazuki's complaints), she pulled out a dagger from her sleeve and wanted to stab Amuro Toru in the back.
As expected, the subconscious action of the spirit behind him only made him pass through Amuro Toru, and the hands that wanted to stop the black sweater's action stopped stiffly in mid-air - he couldn't touch them.
The only thing to be thankful for was that Toru Amuro had long trusted Akae Nazuki, so after hearing the reminder, Toru Amuro reflexively threw away the black sweater he was carrying, which allowed the dagger to narrowly avoid his fatal parts and finally only penetrated his shoulder.
There was no time to check the wound. Without saying a word, Amuro Toru rushed over and grabbed the man in the black sweater who was trying to escape, and pressed his hands to the ground.
"You'd better not act rashly." Amuro revealed Bourbon's aura to scare people, "Otherwise, I can't guarantee that you will not die here."
The man in the black sweater didn't look afraid of him at all. He sneered and asked, "Do you think I'm still afraid of death now that I'm here?"
Toru Amuro opened and closed his eyes, the aura around him receded, and what was released again was a strong murderous aura. He stared at the back of the black sweater with an extremely cold look.
"Really?" Amuro Toru said calmly, "Then what if there is no one left in the institute?"
The man in the black sweatshirt froze, and then began to struggle frantically: "What did you say?!"
The hands holding him were as still as a mountain, as if the dagger stuck in his shoulder didn't exist. The man in the black sweater heard the blond Bourbon cruelly tell him: "Your revenge has failed. The institute has already retreated. Even if you die here, you won't take any of your enemies with you."
With the help of Toru Amuro, Akae Nayue broke through the psychological defense of the man in black sweater with just a few words.
He said that the man in the black sweater was similar to the him who received the news of his parents' death eight years ago in some ways - they were both avengers.
As a fellow avenger, Chi Jiang Na Yue knows very well how to make such a person collapse.
The palm clasped on the wrist of the man in the black sweater clearly felt the strength of his men's struggle gradually weakening until it calmed down. The man who was obsessed with revenge finally collapsed to the ground.
They are all the same, willing to sacrifice their own lives for revenge, but they are also different.
At the very least, Akae Nazuki would not collapse and lose the courage to die after learning that revenge was hopeless... Otherwise, if he had not successfully killed Karasuma Renya at the age of eighteen, he would not have been able to lie in wait for many years and finally succeed in revenge.
The perspective changed again, and the person who was controlling this body became Toru Amuro again.
He looked at the man on the ground who had lost the will to live. The anger in his heart after being attacked inexplicably dissipated, and he began to feel pity: The nickname of little devil is not given for nothing. He didn't know what it felt like to have his heart attacked, and he didn't know if this guy would have the courage to take revenge again after experiencing this.
"If you leave alive now, you may still have a chance," Amuro said solemnly, "and a chance to see your enemies go to jail."
The man in the black sweater shuddered and asked in disbelief: "You...you are not in the same group with them? No, are you mocking me?"
Toru Amuro didn't dare to pull out the dagger from his shoulder at this time. He could only use his uninjured arm to pull the person on the ground up as much as possible, and push the person out by holding his hand.
"I never said I was 'in the same group with them,'" the public security elite sighed helplessly. "Someone will come to pick you up after you leave here. Follow them and you will see the scene I described."
The man in the black sweatshirt shuddered a little, and asked involuntarily, as if he was trying to grasp the last straw.
"Can you promise?"
Amuro Toru's words fell to the ground loudly: "I promise."
As a public security officer.
When leaving the cabin and returning to the deck, Amuro Toru laughed off Ida Kou's more serious gaze. He did not dare to look at the ghost behind him, who had been facing him with the back of his head after venting his anger, and was holding his breath without saying a word. He could only obediently allow the ship's doctor who had not yet evacuated to help him simply treat his wounds.
Just as he was about to follow the crowd and board the lifeboat, the man in the black sweater who was being held down by Date Ko suddenly spoke again.
"...There are still bombs." He murmured, "Timer, there are still twenty minutes."
Toru Amuro and Kou Date instantly fixed their gazes on his face.
"It's too late." The man in the black sweater said with a smile that sounded like crying, "There are only 20 minutes left. If it's not dismantled, it will explode. By then, the ship will sink faster and we won't be able to escape."
Toru Amuro closed his eyes, and for once he had the urge to curse.
Then he looked up and exchanged glances with his good friend.
"Tell me the location." Amuro Toru said calmly, "I'll go find it."