Chapter 89 The Person in the Photo [VIP]
This boy looks almost exactly like Yuichi, except that the Yuichi he sees now is more mature than in the photos.
Cheng You remembered that Youyi had said he was captured and experimented on by Cecil when he was a child, and was trained to be Cecil's killing machine. Could it be that all three of these people were experimented on by Cecil and trained to be killing machines, but escaped like Youyi?
Cecil wants to recruit them to help him consolidate his power?
Cheng You would never help find someone, but if he didn't help, Cecil would go to someone else, and then Youyi might really get arrested.
He played hard to get: "This photo looks so old, it must be over ten years old, right? People have changed so much, how am I supposed to find it?"
Cecil just smiled and remained silent, while the bodyguards behind him raised their guns again.
Cecil said, "You are very capable, this shouldn't be difficult for you."
Cheng You: "I can't guarantee they're all in Beika Town."
Cecil: "They're all here. The institute and I are already infamous, and I guess they all want to kill me. But it doesn't matter, they can't kill me because I'm the creator of their abilities, and I know them well. I can still tame them even if they're captured."
Cheng suddenly realized that Yuichi and Conan were about to sneak in. If Cecil was very familiar with Yuichi, then he had to stop them from entering and prevent Cecil from seeing Yuichi! He had to leave as soon as possible and send a message to them.
"Are you going to let those people go?" he asked.
Cecil: "Who are you talking about? The people I invited? I can't let them go. But you can leave now." He pointed to one of the secret passages. "That path leads to the back door of the club, but it's a long one. By the time you get out, everyone here will probably be blown to bits."
Cheng gritted his teeth and walked towards the secret passage Cecil pointed out. After taking a few steps inside, his hands clenched involuntarily. Damn it, turning back now would arouse Cecil's suspicion, and then the other party might send someone else to search for the person in the photo.
If they continue like this, Cecil will detonate this place, and Takeda Ryosuke and his men will all die here. Yuichi and Conan will also be in danger. Even if there is a weak signal here, he doesn't know how long it will take for his message to load.
Cheng gritted his teeth, made up his mind, tore off his disguise, revealing his own face, and took off his black suit jacket, revealing a thin white shirt underneath. He took out a pistol; he still had enough bullets.
He sent messages to both Rei Furuya and Yuichi, leaving it to fate when the messages would be loaded and sent.
Cheng returned to the vast area, but Cecil and his bodyguards were gone. He tried to recall the map he had seen, and combined it with the secret passages he had just traversed and their intervals, he could roughly deduce where each passage led.
He chose a secret passage close to the meeting place in the center of the club, and by following this passage, he could soon reach the meeting room of the club.
After walking along the secret passage for a while, Cheng You suddenly heard a "beep beep beep" sound. This was—
He turned his head and saw a bomb stuck in an uneven spot on the stone wall of the secret passage.
Because the secret passage was pitch black and without any light, the red dots on the bombs looked particularly bright.
So it was hidden here all along?
Did Cecil hide all the bombs in the secret passage? Not necessarily, but destroying one would be better than nothing.
Cheng didn't know anything about bomb disposal, so he didn't dare to act rashly. He could only send a message to Furuya Rei, indicating that he roughly knew the location of the bomb and hoping they would go to the back of the clubhouse to see if they could find the secret passage at the back door.
After editing, I clicked send. A circle kept spinning in front of the dialog box, indicating that it was constantly loading.
Cheng ran through the various secret passages to find bombs and take photos to record their locations, while simultaneously raising his phone in each windy spot in the passage to try and find a signal.
He searched all eight secret passages and found about seventeen bombs. He edited the locations of the bombs onto the map with text and sent them all to Furuya Rei.
As long as there is a signal, all these messages will be sent out.
He couldn't wait there any longer; he had to go out and buy some time. Cheng You went through the secret passage to the end, where he saw rows of bricks. He randomly touched something, and the bricks loosened, allowing the door to slowly open.
Cheng gripped his pistol tightly, wondering what would happen when the door opened.
As soon as a sliver of light shone in, Cheng You heard the sound of bullets being chambered. He stood pressed tightly against the walls on both sides, and the instant the door opened, he raised his pistol and fired in rapid succession, hitting his target every time. He only shot their legs and hands, rendering them unable to move or hold their guns.
There was no sound outside, so Cheng You went out. Yes, it was a room near the conference room. He kicked the injured man on the floor: "Where's Cecil?"
The other person didn't speak, so Cheng You picked up the gun and pressed it against his temple: "Speak."
The other person remained silent. Cheng narrowed his eyes and aimed the gun at his groin: "Speak."
The other party then became frightened and stammered, "They may have already left."
They left? Cheng You immediately got up and followed the sound of the wheelchair. Sure enough, after turning the corner, he saw a group of people pushing Cecil, who was sitting in a wheelchair, towards the bar of the club. Cecil was playing with a bomb remote control in his hand.
Is that another passage? Cheng silently noted it down.
After Cecil opened or rotated something on the bar, the counter suddenly moved aside, revealing a staircase leading underground.
As the counter slowly moved, Cheng You immediately rushed out and shot at the remote control in Cecil's hand. The remote control was hit by the bullet, slipped from Cecil's hand, and shattered.
The bodyguards reacted quickly, raising their guns and firing at Cheng You. Cheng You dodged while aiming at Cecil, but unfortunately, Cecil was quickly pushed down the stairs by the bodyguards, and the bullet grazed Cecil's shoulder.
Just before the stairwell doors closed, he heard Cecil say, "Heh, I know you, Cheng You. I don't know how you got in, but did you think I didn't have a spare remote?"
Cecil left seven bodyguards to hold him off, and Cheng You couldn't just keep hiding; he had to find a way to catch up with Cecil. He stepped forward and "bang bang bang—" knocked down three bodyguards in a row, but his arm was also pierced by a bullet, and blood instantly soaked through his white shirt.
Now he can only shoot with his left hand, so he can no longer guarantee a 100% hit rate.
Just as he was preparing to fight back, Conan's voice suddenly came from behind: "Get down!"
Cheng reacted immediately and dodged, only to see a sparking soccer ball suddenly rush over and hit several bodyguards.
Cheng asked, "Where's Youyi?"
Conan: "Yuichi received your message that Mr. Amuro is with you. Go back now—"
Before he could finish speaking, Cheng You remembered Cecil turning the bar to open the staircase leading to the basement. He picked up the gun the bodyguard had dropped and immediately ran inside.
Conan tried to catch up, but by the time he reached the top of the stairs, the door had already closed: "Damn it!"
Cheng covered his injured arm with one hand. The bleeding had stopped, but his arm was still a little weak. However, one hand was enough.
He quickly followed and soon spotted a man pushing a wheelchair ahead. He fired directly, this time without hesitation, shooting the man straight through the chest.
Cecil was startled by the gunshot. When he turned around, he saw Cheng You and said fiercely, "I have no grudge against you. Enough is enough."
Cheng watched in horror as he stood up. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the wounded leg was now supported by a mechanical leg. It seemed that Cecil had wasted all his time installing the mechanical leg.
The two began firing at each other, but Cecil's robotic legs were so agile that their bullets only grazed each other.
Finally, when they were almost out of bullets, Cheng You took out the dagger hidden in his calf and rushed forward. Cecil picked up the bayonet that was on the wheelchair.
The bayonet was longer, and Cecil wielded it in a twirl, completely restricting Cheng You's attack. But Cheng You would rather have his arm pierced by the bayonet than not get close to Cecil.
Cheng knew Cecil was wearing a bulletproof vest, so the dagger couldn't hurt him. He then used the dagger to slash directly at Cecil's face.
Cecil's bayonet immediately fell to the ground. He clutched his face and cried out in pain. Cheng You pulled the bayonet out of his own arm and charged forward. The dagger was only millimeters away from Cecil's neck, but something pierced Cheng You's chest from behind. With a "thud," a huge pain swept over him, and blood flowed freely.
Cheng turned his head stiffly and found that the knife that had pierced him was protruding from the wall.
Cecil: "Hahahaha, this is my secret base! I can control it all! Hahahaha!"
His laughter abruptly stopped, and he stared wide-eyed at the man who wanted to take him down with him.
Ignoring the pain from the bayonet, Cheng You cleared all obstacles with his bare hands and rushed to him, slashing his neck with a knife: "You... are too arrogant..." His voice was extremely weak. Then, he swung his knife fiercely, cutting a huge wound into Cecil's arm.
Cecil clutched his neck and staggered backward, his eyes seemingly bulging out of their sockets.
When Cheng saw Cecil fall, his limbs were weak and his mind was blank. He felt that he could not breathe.
He collapsed.
Am I going to die...? This is really tough; my preparations are still incomplete. I wonder if Cecil is dead... If I die, who will come to collect my body...?
Outside, Gin saw the police and FBI had entered the club. He waited anxiously, but there was no sound from the bugging device. Vodka asked, "Will Porter be able to get out?"
Gin said impatiently, "Tsk, troublesome." He naturally didn't want his hard-won subordinate to die, but the scene was already surrounded by the police and the FBI, and everyone inside would probably be arrested.
But at least, the research institute didn't gain anything this time either.
Fifteen minutes earlier, Furuya Rei had received a message from Cheng Youfa that he had sent people to defuse the bomb. He also found Yuichi and forced Yuichi to stay by his side or he would tell Cheng Youfa.
After Yuichi was left behind, Conan secretly slipped back in.
Rei Furuya, along with Yuichi and the police, came inside to arrest the criminals. They saw Ryosuke Takeda, and Yuichi told Rei that he was from the Cheng You Dongfang Bubai Pavilion. Rei then let them leave.
Before leaving, Takeda Ryosuke asked, "Have you seen our boss?"
"Isn't your boss with you?" Furuya Rei had a bad feeling.
Yuichi's heart pounded. He remembered that Cheng You had sent him a message saying that Cecil was looking for the three boys he had experimented on. Cheng You must be in danger!
Just as he was about to run off to find Cheng You, Furuya Rei lifted him up with one hand: "Don't run around, I'll take you to find him in a bit."
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