Chapter 103 Wanted Criminal Simulator (End)
At dawn the next morning, Ji Xu took a short nap in the carriage and felt sore in his waist and legs. He quickly got out and thought to himself that he would never do such tasks that require staying up all night next time. Then he sadly realized that as long as he continued to play the simulator, this ordinary wish of his would never come true in his lifetime.
He took out his homemade pistol and climbed back up into the shade of the tree last night. The muzzle of the gun naturally hung down to the ground, his fingers relaxed, and when a vehicle drove nearby, Ji Xu raised his hand and fired a shot.
The car, which had been modified to be explosion-proof, was blown away.
As expected, Ji Xu jumped down from the tree, moving like a nimble beast in nature, and landed lightly on the roof of the car. He took out the special dagger he brought from the previous simulators, inserted it into the iron sheet, and applied force to cut a gap.
The convoy was originally well-organized in the face of the attack. The driver tried to start and brake quickly to force him down. The co-pilot pulled out a pistol and shot upwards. Ji Xu, who should not have seen the actions in the car, seemed to have grown a pair of extra eyes. He bent down to avoid the bullet aimed at his head, bit the dagger, and tore open the crack on the iron sheet with force. He also threw a smoke bomb at the crowd in the convoy approaching not far away.
Suddenly, the surroundings became a mess.
He Xia and Yu Ke, who were hiding in the dark, felt their hearts in their throats and almost thought that Ji Xu really wanted to kill Deputy Director Fang.
But soon, the blurry figure sitting on the roof seemed to be stunned, as if he had not expected that Fang Jin, who was supposed to be sitting in the back seat, was not there, and was replaced by an unknown stranger. Instead, the bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat who reacted quickly and raised his gun to fight back at the beginning was actually Fang Jin himself.
Ji Xu quickly jumped down from the roof of the car.
Fang Jin followed closely behind, opened the car door that had lost its protection, still holding the wet wipes given to him by the driver in his hand, coughing in the thick smoke, and confronted Ji Xu with a gun, who had been prepared and put on a special mask in advance.
Anyway, the main purpose was to fake his death. Ji Xu didn't have many props on him. He felt the encirclement around him gradually closing in. After a brief panic, the well-trained team used the huge size of the vehicle to trap Ji Xu inside, and then took out the few gas masks they had prepared. One of them was handed to Fang Jin, and the rest were worn by the elite bodyguards.
"Hmm, what a luxurious treat."
Ji Xu's voice was muffled behind the mask and sounded unclear.
The next second, he fired his gun.
From the perspective of the parties involved, this round-up was a lucky victory that was difficult, full of twists and turns, and nearly failed several times. Only two insiders who were watching from a distance noticed that Ji Xu himself was actually in a low spirit and listless, as if he had not slept well but was forced to get up to go to work. His counterattack was no longer as neat and ruthless as when he killed He Xia.
Occasionally, when there were opportunities to kill Fang Jin, he would just stand there, fire a few shots at non-lethal locations, and then look up in confusion.
Yu Ke, who was peeping on the rooftop, subconsciously put down the telescope in his hand.
When the image of Ji Xu staring at him faded from his mind, Yu Ke realized that something was wrong! No matter how powerful Ji Xu was, he couldn't see her face from such a distance. At most, he could see the bright spot reflected by the telescope.
She set up the telescope again, and the smoke dispersed a lot. In the previous melee, many people's masks were shattered, and only Ji Xu took it off on his own initiative. Without the obstruction of thick smoke, many people regained their ability to move and staggered to the middle.
It seemed that Ji Xu, trapped in the middle of the vehicle, had no chance of escape.
Ji Xu himself probably thought so too. The next second, He Xia, who was ranked among the top in actual combat in the bureau, keenly discovered that this man's counterattacks were becoming more and more perfunctory, and in the end he even retreated to a scrapped and unmanned car. In the eyes of others, he used this method to futilely resist the hail of bullets.
The next second, as if it was a desperate situation, the car burst into violent flames.
The sound took a few seconds to reach He Xia's ears.
“BOOM—BOOM!”
Yu Ke's face changed, and she raised her binoculars to search for suspicious places on the nearby streets. He Xia turned around and saw her about to pounce, and asked in confusion: "Isn't it over? Why are you still so startled?"
The partner kept muttering, "No, no, no, no, ever since Ji Xu showed up, this street, even the sewers, have been blocked. There's no pool of water nearby to help him mitigate the damage from the explosion. How did Ji Xu escape?"
It can't be that I was really in the explosion.
With this thought in mind, Yu Ke returned to the Security Bureau with a heavy heart. Unexpectedly, there was someone sitting in the office which usually no one came to. The director, who usually didn't like to show up in public, was wearing a uniform and crossing her legs, holding the seasonal information she had sorted out. When she saw the two people coming, she looked up and smiled.
"You two, did you go to Linning Street?"
The question contained deep meaning, and the ending tone was slightly raised, which sounded very dangerous to people with ulterior motives.
"Yes." He Xia said. He knew he was not smart and his words would make people believe him more. So he just let his emotions run wild and said coldly, "I don't think he died so easily. Haha, he must be hiding in the dark, preparing to do something."
The director nodded and said nothing. Instead, he pointed to a line in the data and said, "Ji Xu, code name C, where did you find this out?"
Yu Ke clenched his fist, then quickly unclenched it, swallowed his saliva, and said nonchalantly, "He said it himself. After taking the computer away, he found some of the information I was sorting out and pointed out the mistakes I made about the tree branch graphics."
The director said nothing.
Yu Ke guessed that what he was thinking at the moment was indeed Ji Xu's character.
When I saw the director in the office, all the scattered clues seemed like strings strung together on a string of beads, and all the problems that I didn't understand before were solved, such as the third party in secret, the strange ups and downs of the pursuit intensity, and why Ji Xu wanted to leave but had to prepare a hidden arrow that he didn't know whether he would use it or not.
"Wanted criminal Ji Xu, codename C," the director threw the file down without any regrets, "It will be useless in the future. The medical examiner just sent a message confirming the death. Seal it up."
He pushed the door open and was about to step over the threshold when the familiar default ringtone suddenly rang.
The three of them reached for their phones at the same time, but none of them dared to answer the incoming phone messages. A strange atmosphere spread in the room. The office three meters away was clapping and celebrating the death of the wanted criminal, but the lively atmosphere could not reach here, and there was only deathly silence beside them.
Finally, all three cell phones stopped ringing, and the landline inside the office started ringing instead. Unexpectedly, the call was answered automatically.
"Good afternoon." The familiar voice brought his familiar opening remarks, as if it was a normal conversation between old friends. He neither chatted with the director nor revealed his secret plan with Yu Ke.
He was like a real and ordinary wanted criminal, challenging the pursuit department.
"To prevent the Security Bureau from really thinking I'm dead," Ji Xu said, "look at the window and raise your head."
A familiar figure was standing on a tall building. Only a blurry block of color could be seen with the naked eye, but the posture was easy to identify. The man had one hand in his pocket and held a mobile phone in the other, which he waved in their direction perfunctorily.
"Anyway, that's it. I won't do anything to the Security Bureau, and you guys don't bother me. I'm going to retire and cause trouble somewhere else. I'm done."
The intruding communication was cut off the next second.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
The director turned back, his expression showing no emotion. Yu Ke and He Xia were terrified as they watched him pick up the information he had just thrown on the table, then raise his hand and expressionlessly tear off the page with the seasonal photo.
"From today."
He turned to look at the two men with alert eyes, and a smile suddenly broke out on his face. "There has never been any wanted criminal named Ji Xu in the Security Bureau. Do you understand?"
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Ji Xu, who was actually seriously injured but proved that he was still alive, quickly exited the simulator after making the call. He sat on the chair, exhaled lightly, and was dazed for a short while, but still couldn't recover from the explosion and excitement.
Fortunately, he entered the simulator three days in advance, otherwise what should he do for the defense? Although the tutor doesn't care, there are other teachers there, and those little guys will also come. If he really gets stuck, it will be a shame to lose face in the game.
He calmed down for two days, and was still a little dazed when he was pulled to the front of the stage wearing a formal suit that he didn't like. However, he managed his facial expressions well after practicing in the simulator, and was so serious that no one suspected that his mind was on the game. In the video recorder, Ji Xu was turning the pages of the PPT while answering each question in a clear and organized manner.
Finally it was Ji Xu's tutor's turn. She was an older lady who knew her students quite well. She was very kind and her questions were more like curiosity than asking.
"The topic is quite standard. The debate between the heart and deeds has been almost settled since ancient times. Except for special circumstances where one's heart is not enough, society generally believes that actions are always more important than thoughts. Good deeds are not judged by reason, and bad deeds are judged by pain. Even the Qin law, which has always been known to be harsh, once had a rule that the heart should not be punished. But from your answer, it seems that you have had similar experiences of finding a balance between consciousness and behavior, and have gained insights into this. Can you talk about the source?"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Ji Xu opened his mouth, he heard a few replies that only he could perceive.
Saimu: “Because I’m a player.”
Narrator: "Because of the simulator."
Shudong: "Because it's because of being a villain."
The three of them paused for half a second, awkwardly realizing that their answers were completely different from the others. After summarizing the answers, they said in unison: "Because Ji Xu is a player of the Villain Simulator!"
Seeing that he didn't reply, the instructor said gently, "Just say whatever you want. If it involves privacy, I don't mind you providing a second reason to convince me."
Ji Xu smiled and said, "There is no source, actually. I was just playing games in the dormitory one day and realized that life is very long. For various reasons, you will walk into a path that you once tried hard to avoid. This path is full of trivial little stones and important obstacles. Because of my family reasons, this contradiction has existed for a long time. When I realized this, I wrote it down."
"That's a very philosophy student's answer." The teacher smiled, not seeming to care at all whether Ji Xu was telling the truth or not. While no one was paying attention, she secretly blinked and said, "Please go back and rest first."
Ji Xu turned off the device, nodded politely and left, with a group of invisible creatures chattering around him.
"Has it passed?"
"So this is how the order of seasons works in reality."
"Is it over? Is it over? Is it over?"
"The news will be released tomorrow, but the result is almost certain." Ji Xu shook his phone and said with a smile, invitingly, "As for now, do you want to play a new game?"
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