Chapter 082 Killer Simulator
The banquet was held on time at 7 o'clock in the evening. It was held on the upper deck, which is the highest point of the cruise ship. The theme was gambling. Ji Xu took a look around and didn't understand any of the items except the size comparison. The target had not been chosen yet, so he just picked up a few foods to fill his stomach, and leaned against the fence with a glass of watermelon juice in a daze.
The waiters moving among the crowd obviously would not disturb a distracted guest.
When the casino owner walked up from the entrance with his bodyguards, Ji Xu's instinct locked onto him faster than his consciousness.
For safety reasons in case of falling at night, the sky was not dark now, with a slightly misty sunset. The man who had met him two hours ago was now sandwiched between bodyguards. The crowd struggled to make way for them. Ji Xu took a sip of juice and put it on the table, his eyes falling on his raised hand.
Well, as expected, this is still a substitute.
Ji Xu's movement through the crowd did not attract anyone's attention. When the stand-in finished speaking, he happened to be near the only way to go. The joyous dinner began again. The sounds of dice rolling and roulette starting were accompanied by cheers. The bodyguard shouted "Excuse me" at the top of his voice amid the deafening soundtrack. Ji Xu dodged in time before the other person's hand touched him, and he continued to stare at them with a serious look until they walked away.
Just now he was close enough to the target, so close that if it was a real person, he could take him down with one shot. Now he could naturally smell the subtle fragrance on the other person.
The twelfth floor is a performance hall, and the fourteenth floor is a sunbathing area. Compared to other places that are open 24 hours a day or for long periods of time, these two floors have the shortest opening hours listed in the guide. The former is only five hours from morning to noon, while the latter is simply decided by the organizers themselves, which makes it convenient for stand-ins to enter and exit while concealing their identities.
He put on a miniature headset, left the crowd, and said in an imperceptible voice: "Find something for Saimu. The target is on the fourteenth floor. I want you to promise that you will not be disturbed by any program during this time."
Number Eight: "I can't do anything about it."
"There is a company called Liujing Technology that is currently cooperating with Ultra Brain Research. The technology they are cooperating on was developed by the team led by Fan Nian, the target I killed before. Their cooperation is not smooth because the technology comes from Liujing Technology, and their investor is a casino. In view of these two aspects, Ultra Brain Research has to give some of its voice to this small company."
"I understand what you mean, but both companies value this cooperation very much. There is no way to stop it unless we sow discord."
"Yes, there is a breeder from the Citong Group in my mission that I have never dealt with. You transfer him to the forum at a high price. Because of C's name, many killers will be tempted to take action even if they think the mission is simple. At the same time, secretly tell the people of Super Brain Research that the breeder had secretly teamed up with Fan Nian before and wanted to use his own company to trap Super Brain Research. Although this plan has been destroyed and cannot be picked up, the breeder has a technical backup."
Number 8: "Wow...what a complicated relationship. Let me take it easy."
Ji Xu had a lot of tasks to do, and No. 8 had long forgotten who those people were. He called up the file, and after reading it, he was suddenly deeply impressed by Liujing Research, which was sandwiched between the three groups. As an inconspicuous small company, it was finally able to take the investors' money to cooperate with Super Brain Research, and it was about to leap up in class. However, after careful calculation, it turned out that the technology was given away for free by its own employees, and his subordinates were killing each other without knowing it, and they even gave the traitor's technology to the person who killed him for publicity.
Outsiders would feel sympathy for their bad luck all year round, while people in the know would probably curse their shitty luck every day. Even No. 8 found it a bit outrageous. Every time something bad happened, it was stopped by accident, and they even successfully reversed the public's impression of them.
Is this what they call ignorance is bliss?
Ji Xu's plan was not complicated. In general, he seized on the weakness that Saimu was a program rather than a human. When Super Brain Research received the private email, it was equivalent to Saimu receiving it as well. But the good thing was that the difficulty of protection was no different for Saimu. In comparison, the breeder might have it easier. Most killers gave up after weighing the pros and cons for a few minutes when they discovered the intervention of Super Brain Research's artificial intelligence, but the target targeted by Ji Xu would not be that simple.
In addition, the keeper did not dare to ask for too much, and he needed the protection of Super Brain Research after being posted on the forum. Saimu would probably give up the monitoring of the cruise ship without hesitation, especially since this email was only known to the insiders of Super Brain Research and the Gold Casino could not stop it. Saimu's departure was a foregone conclusion.
After No. 8 sorted out his thoughts, he sent the email. In order to prevent being caught by Saimu, he specially replaced the computer with a new one and destroyed it after use, while asking him: "Why didn't you use this method before?"
"Because I'm not sure if he has the real backup." Ji Xu is now on the fourteenth floor below the deck. The cruise ship is a trapezoidal building. About one-third of this floor is open-air, and the rest has all kinds of things. But now this floor is closed. Ji Xu avoided the staff who were cleaning and checking the facilities, paused and said: "If he doesn't have it, Saimu will understand that this message is to divert it, and my target is someone else."
"Now he doesn't know?"
Ji Xu in the headset seemed to smile, "It knows, but is it important? If the casino owner dies, you don't have to worry about Liujing Research complaining after being kicked out. It will acquiesce to this and even take the initiative to help you erase the source information of the email."
Number 8 clicked his tongue and said with disgust: "As expected of a data brain." His thoughts and ideas are completely different from those of humans.
Ji Xu did not bring a thermal imager, so he could not scan for living people hiding nearby. Of course, even if he did, this luxury cruise ship might have taken precautions when it was built. However, he could roughly infer that the open-air bathing area and changing rooms could be ruled out, as could shops selling yukatas and sunscreen. Considering all these factors, even if the stand-in told people around him in the middle of the night that he wanted to come over, it would not attract attention. Ji Xu's sight slowly fixed on a few of the rooms.
When he was about to push open the seventh door, he finally felt a slight obstruction.
"This is it." Ji Xu said softly and plugged in the data port on the watch.
Number 8: “Got it.”
Without Saimu as a firewall, the cracking speed was more than two or three times faster. No. 8 opened the security door without much effort. The difficulty was so simple that what Ji Xu had just said flashed through his mind. He almost suspected that Saimu was secretly helping him, but the response speed of Super Brain Research made him give up this idea. After the transfer post was sent out just now, it was accepted by many killers. As soon as this notice came down, they all said that they would not accept it.
The banquet on the deck was in full swing. From time to time, many people could be heard shouting in unison, "Open!" and "Hit!", covering up the sound of the door closing that no one downstairs knew about. Number 8 turned off his earphones and looked at the forum on his computer that was refreshing every second. The discussion here was also in full swing.
"No wonder C wants to change hands. I wanted to complain about this a long time ago. His work level is more like that of an employee than a killer. He works from 9 to 5 and rarely works overtime. He even has weekends off occasionally. Now, are we going to become part of his and Ultra Brain's scientific research play?"
"Can Saimu understand some privacy? It actually hacked into my computer and cancelled the mission for me!!"
"I suggest you change to a better firewall..."
"Let's get back to the topic. What the previous person said is correct. C seems to have a special liking for super brain research. Does he want the Saimu?"
"Didn't Saimu keep an eye on him? This thing is both stupid and smart. It realized the next second after the executive died that the person in charge of the casino was also at risk. You know, the boss of the Citong Group was still alive at the time. But it was constrained by the underlying logic and had to work hard to oppose C. It's hard to evaluate it. Let's just pray that C doesn't unplug its network cable one day."
After reading it, No. 8 fell into deep thought.
No, this forum is actually completely occupied by Ji Xu. He has only posted very few times, so why does it seem like everyone knows him so well?
He then remembered that he was the one who shared Ji Xu's action records on the forum, and he immediately calmed down. That was fine. It could only be said that although the killer was not there, his records were everywhere. Ji Xu had no idea about it. That post had long become a must-have learning book for newcomers to the industry. If it were not impossible to apply for external applications, it would definitely be a well-deserved cultural asset, the kind that could be included in textbooks.
But it seems to be okay now. At worst, it will become a negative example that all major organizations have strictly guarded against and painstakingly studied.
Ji Xu knew that the internal communication had been hung up by No. 8, but he did not take off his headphones because he could not tell when they would be needed. Although he had just sent a message to the rescue organization in advance, the cruise ship was nearly 300 tons and more than 400 meters long. Even after careful verification and consideration, the crew configuration was at least 6,000 people. Ordinary rescue ships and airplanes could not accommodate them at all... A few more large ships had to be prepared.
The sea tonight may be as lively as a vegetable market.
Ji Xu had just walked halfway inside when the door was suddenly pushed open. The person who opened the door's pupils suddenly shrank when he saw the stranger who shouldn't be here, and turned around and ran inside without asking. Ji Xu decisively turned back and pushed down the bookshelves and the round table benches piled at the door, turned around and chased inside, only to find that the other party had already pressed the alarm device he was carrying, and there were many footsteps outside the corridor running towards here.
Now it's blocked by the debris at the door, but at least it can delay some time.
Ji Xu narrowed his eyes. He found that the man only used an obstacle to block his head when he escaped, so he tried to pull the trigger casually, but as expected, he was bounced off by the bulletproof vest.
I fired another shot and found that even the opponent's gloves were bulletproof.
...After learning it, he did the same thing from then on.
Ji Xu fired a few more shots, but the other party would rather endure the severe pain than let go. The door behind him was slamming loudly and was about to be broken open, so he pulled out the dinner knife he had just taken from his pocket.
In order to ensure the flexibility of the fingers, the glove material must be soft fiber. The characteristic of soft fiber is that it is only bulletproof but not knifeproof. The dinner knife can penetrate with almost no hindrance. While the target's fingers are spasming and cannot be controlled to open, Ji Xu kicks away the obstacle in front of him and raises the gun in the opponent's desperate gaze.
He said politely, "Goodbye."
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