Chapter 218 Game Theory
Countless familiar faces who once worked with Xin Que now stand on the opposite side of Xin Que.
"Xin Que, you can't escape." The man in the cadre uniform slowly emerged from the shadows and led his men to surround Xin Que. His voice was cold. "You know better than anyone what the consequences of betraying the Huo family are."
"A desperate struggle will only make you feel worse."
The oxidized and discolored bloodstains on Xin Que's body were particularly glaring, and several corpses dressed in Huo family uniforms lay at her feet.
"Is this the final verdict on me?" Xin Que stared intently at the leader of her pursuers. "I have Huo..."
"Bang!"
A spark flew from the gun in the captain's hand as it fired.
"Don't drag unimportant people into this." The captain laughed. "Xin Que, you still don't understand. You're just too serious about things, and you've sent yourself to your death."
Relying on her body's conditioned reflexes honed over many years, Xin Que barely dodged the captain's bullet. She turned back to look at the captain who had promoted her, and gripped the gun in her hand tightly.
"Accept your fate." The captain gestured for the others to step forward and subdue Xin Que. "The Huo family has completely sealed off the upper city, just to find you, the traitor."
"Your auxiliary system was forcibly taken back by the Huo family long ago. You're a fugitive with only a gun, where can you escape to?"
Just when everyone present thought Xin Que had nowhere to escape, she flicked her wrist and fired directly at the vice-captain next to the captain.
This time, the vice-captain wasn't as lucky as her. He dodged the fatal wound but not the bullet. He groaned and collapsed onto a teammate beside him, clutching his shoulder.
Xin Que seized the opportunity and immediately shot the surrounding team members in the head. Then, the sound of a metal clip being pulled open was heard.
The portable smoke grenade detonated instantly, and the choking smoke quickly enveloped the entire alley, making it impossible to see anything.
When the smoke cleared, only the fallen team members and the seriously injured vice-captain remained in the alley.
"Immediately increase manpower to monitor all entrances and exits of the upper city."
"In addition, report to the Huo family that Xin Que may have other weapons on him, which would make the pursuit more difficult. Request medium-range weapons to assist in the pursuit."
The captain spoke rapidly, leading the surviving armed personnel away from the area.
Luo Huayi followed beside her, watching Xin Que hide in the corners of the city, like a rat that couldn't stand the light, scurrying around, just to fight for her own chance to survive.
"Xin Que!!!" Luo Huayi's eyes widened in horror as she saw Xin Que holding a short dagger and slashing at her neck.
Ignoring the fact that Xin Que was still experiencing a replay of her memories, he suddenly grabbed the dagger in Xin Que's hand. "Are you crazy?!"
Xin Que glanced at him.
Luo Huayi knew she was hindering her again, and slowly loosened her grip on the blade.
He watched as Xin Que's breathing became steady, her hand gripping the dagger, slowly and steadily plunging the blade into the skin of her neck, tearing off the number [13] amidst the dripping blood.
Luo Huayi retrieved hemostatic medicine and bandages from his world and carefully stopped Xin Que's bleeding.
This was her first attempt to evade the Huo family's pursuit.
It was this experience that made Xin Que realize that the mark used by the upper class to control the lower class was not just a number engraved on the skin.
Simply cutting off a piece of flesh wouldn't make her escape the Huo family's notice.
Before Luo Huayi wrapped the bandage around her neck, she saw that the number 13 in the bloody, mangled flesh that had been gouged out of her neck had only dimmed its luster.
He fell silent.
In this world, the magpie is a spiritual entity.
This shows that the number is an imprint engraved into the spiritual body.
Unless she dies completely, the Huo family will always be able to keep track of her whereabouts.
"Don't move," Luo Huayi said, pulling her hand away as she tried to touch her newly bandaged neck. "It was so hard to stop the bleeding."
"You see now?" Xin Que grabbed Luo Huayi's wrist. "My situation in the real world is not as wonderful as you imagine."
"If you run away with me, you'll end up wasting your whole life on the run."
Luo Huayi sat beside her, wanting to hug her but afraid of aggravating her wound. He stared intently at Xin Que's features shrouded in the night, and spoke after a long while.
"I've thought it through very clearly."
“Moreover…” Luo Huayi leaned closer, “there is more to life than no way out in reality.”
"Although there seems to be no way out in your world's hierarchy, judging from this memory of yours, the Huo family is not an impenetrable fortress. The two brothers fought to the death for the right of succession, and there were also Huo Tinghua's brothers..."
"Perhaps, after we escape, we can throw the Huo family into chaos once again."
Xin Que smiled.
Luo Huayi's views on certain matters are highly similar to Xin Que's thinking.
Seeing the smile on Xin Que's lips, he immediately understood what he had just said. Given Xin Que's thoroughness, it was impossible for her not to have considered it.
...
"Young Master, Xin Que's memories are almost back to the Huo family bombing case."
Feng Caijun stared at the screen and reported to Huo Fenglin via communications, "Are you coming over?"
There was silence on the other end of the communicator for a long time.
Huo Fenglin's muscles tensed up when he heard the words "bombing case".
The psychological trauma inflicted on him by Xin Que's crazy actions at the time has not yet dissipated to this day.
"I'll be right there," Huo Fenglin finally said.
The will and the family head's order could only have been stolen by Xin Que when the bombing occurred.
No matter how scared he was, he had to look at Xin Que's memory.
...
Xin Que's self-harm only bought her one day.
However, on this day, Xin Que did not try to escape through the exit of the city. Instead, she went back to the club where Huo Fenglin and Lu Wei had imprisoned her.
After quietly dealing with a waiter, Xin Que changed into his clothes and headed straight for the private room.
"Surround the entire clubhouse!!!"
While the captain and his men completely surrounded the private room, Xin Que was sitting calmly on the sofa with his legs crossed.
"Alright, Xin Que, I'm not in the mood for playing cat and mouse with you anymore." The captain pointed his gun at Xin Que once again.
“Captain,” Xin Que said with a smile, “have you ever wondered why I chose to be caught by you here?”
The captain was taken aback.
Why?
Isn't it because they think they'll focus their arrest efforts on city defenses, rather than on the place where Xin Que was once imprisoned?
The sound of metal hitting the ground and tear gas exploding rang out, and the captain and his men immediately put on their gas masks.
In less than half a minute, they located the spot where Xin Que had escaped.
Ventilation ducts?
The captain chuckled.
Thinking you're so clever.
Then, just as the group was blocking the exit, ready to capture Xin Que in one fell swoop, they were met not only by the wanted criminal Xin Que.
There were also bombs.
The pipe outlet is located on the outside of the clubhouse building.
Explosions rang out one after another as the bombs Xin Que had planted in different locations on this floor were detonated like dominoes. Glass panes shattered one after another, and soon screams erupted from the street outside the clubhouse.
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