Chapter 6 The end is coming (6)
Gao Chen locked his eyes on the man in the rearview mirror. He looked harmless with a smile on his face, as if what he just said was a joke.
But it was this smile that made Gao Chen's toes tighten and his whole body tense up. An invisible sense of oppression was eroding his sense of security.
He slowed down and said in confusion: "Sir, I don't understand what you mean."
"Oh, just think I'm joking."
Sakai said casually: "I am a more easy-going person. Young man, don't pay too much attention."
Gao Chen smiled. Then, he took the other party on a bicycle to buy a bottle of bulk liquor and returned to the restaurant.
"This guy is pretty good at drinking."
It was rare for people to come to the restaurant to dine in. Fatty Wang looked at the man who kept refilling his drink and whispered beside Gao Chen.
"Which craft liquor did you take him to buy? How do you feel that this guy doesn't blush no matter how much he drinks?"
Gao Chen lowered his head and was in no mood to pay attention to the fat man.
He stared at the space between the trousers and shoes. The thumb-width socks were exposed at the ankles. The fabric was white with red stripes. It was indeed recognizable here and there, but it was not very recognizable.
He couldn't figure out how that man noticed this place and remembered it so clearly.
Based on the less than half-length socks, I was able to identify him as a passerby I met on Yanjiang Road this morning.
But what are these two Sakura people doing here? Coming for him? Or are they here for the protozoa?
Gao Chen suddenly felt confused.
He glanced at the two people by the window and said to the fat man: "I'm going to see how Qing Mo is doing now. You keep an eye on them here."
"Ah? They have already paid, you can't let me watch them finish the food, right?"
As soon as Fatty Wang finished speaking, he saw Gao Chen walking out of the back door. He turned his head speechlessly, only to see that the two foreigners were missing from the seats by the window.
"Hey, it's true, why did you leave before you even finished the food?"
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Beiqiao Street, bungalow area.
Compared with other residential areas where the buildings are empty, the bungalow area does not seem to be affected by the protozoa crisis. Food processing plants are operating as usual, and people here are still going to and from get off work as usual.
Under the surface, there is an abandoned sewer pipe left over from the industrial period. The passage is deep, damp and dark, and there are waves of heavy footsteps and terrifying roars like those of trapped animals.
At the end of a passage, several sewers meet here, forming a wide space like a small underground square.
A group of huge figures wearing burqas formed a circular queue. They were several times thicker than ordinary people. They surrounded a boy in the center like a wall, and this person was Wan Liu!
The guys wearing burqas around them took off their hoods, and the faces they revealed were not human beings, but protozoa with strange shapes.
It has a green face and fangs, an extremely ugly shape, and its eyes are red.
But they all seemed to respect Wanliu, always keeping a certain distance from each other, and patiently listening to the boy's speech.
"We have been hiding for a lifetime, and we have been able to survive in human form."
Wan Liu said loudly to the protozoa present: "And now, humans have discovered our existence. They will soon try their best to kill us all. Are we going to admit defeat like this?"
"Should our tribe live like cowards? Hide in dirty sewers and be rats for the rest of their lives?"
"Then why can't the one hiding be humans? Our race is obviously stronger than them and can better adapt to the living environment on earth."
"We have smarter brains than them. Why do we have to become like them to survive in this world? Why can't we become the rulers of this earth?!"
The sonorous and powerful speech echoed in the sewers, and all the protozoa present roared loudly, with voices of approval pouring in.
"We are stronger than humans, we should be the masters of this world!"
"It's humans who should be hiding behind the wall, not us!"
"Wan Liu is right, we should bravely fight back against humans, and we should take back everything that belongs to the Zerg!"
Wan Liu, who was surrounded by people, heard the angry shouts of the protozoa outbreak, and he knew that this speech had an effect.
Looking at the protozoa that he inspired to fight, Wan Liu said proudly: "Sister, not everyone is willing to hide for a lifetime like you!"
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On the ground, in the bungalow area, Qing Mo could not find his brother anywhere.
She hasn't seen Wan Liu since last night.
I thought that my brother was just in a mood or having fun outside and would come back later, but I didn't see my brother coming back until this morning.
Then she hurriedly went to the store to borrow a phone and called Sister Luo to ask for leave. Afterwards, I spent the entire morning searching for Wan Liu’s whereabouts in the old house area.
However, the bungalow area was previously a residential area in an old industrial area, with complete facilities, including many warehouses and commercial streets, almost the size of a small town.
Qing Mo searched from morning to afternoon, but still couldn't find his brother's whereabouts.
Due to his status, he did not dare to call the police and let the police station handle the matter.
After searching around again to no avail, she returned home a little disappointed. Just as she was about to open the door and enter the house, she heard the sound of a motorcycle horn coming from behind.
Turning around, Qing Mo saw the young man riding a motorcycle. He smiled at her and picked up the two bags of things in his hands and said, "You asked for sick leave today. Sister Luo asked me to come and see you. I also bought some things on the way. I bought some fruits and two pounds of chestnuts with sugar."
After saying that, Gao Chen got out of the car and handed over the two bags of things. He was afraid that she wouldn't accept them and said, "Don't worry, these will be reimbursed by the boss."
Qing Mo took the things. She didn't mention Wan Liu's disappearance, otherwise she wouldn't have asked for sick leave. She whispered her thanks: "Thank you."
"Do you feel better now? Have you gone to see a doctor?"
Gao Chen remembered that Luo Ning said that Qing Mo had taken sick leave and said he had a cold. But looking at her rosy complexion, she didn't look like she was sick.
"I've...been there." Qing Mo said, "The doctor said you should take medicine and rest for two days."
While the two were talking, two figures followed Gao Chen to the bungalow area, watching Gao Chen not far away.
"Senior, are you sure the guy we met on Yanjiang Road today is him?" Ayumi Miyazaki looked at the young man standing by the gate and said, "What a coincidence. Could it be that you are paranoid?"
"If you call me senpai, don't question me. Before I became a competent person, I worked as a private detective for several years. Mouri Kogoro had to call me senpai when he saw me."
Taoist Sakai said half-jokingly: "So, from now on, you must obey my arrangements honestly for all actions."
Ayumi Miyazaki said: "This has nothing to do with whether I respect you or not. Isn't it too far-fetched to conclude from a pair of socks that he is the person we met this morning? Besides, do you think he is the same as the person we met this morning?" Does our investigation have anything to do with it?”
"Oh? Haven't you heard that murderers have the habit of returning to the scene of the crime?" Taoist Sakai said seriously: "I suspected that there was something wrong with that guy this morning."
"Then why didn't you say anything then?" Ayumi Miyazaki asked puzzled.
Sakai said: "Because I was just suspicious at the time. But it is different now. If that person is the restaurant waiter in front of me, then I can basically be sure that this guy is the murderer who caused the assassination this morning."
"What evidence do you have?" Ayumi Miyazaki said.
"As I said, I never forget things I've seen. This guy's socks are exactly the same as the guy I met this morning."
Taoist Sakai took a sip of wine and continued: "A waiter from a restaurant appeared at the crime scene inexplicably. Do you think there is anything wrong with this guy?"
Ayumi Miyazaki was silent, and then he looked up at the two people talking not far away: "Senior, look, there are a few more people here, and there is a child."
Taoist Sakai looked over and saw several strong men walking out of the alley next to them.
These people had sinister faces and extremely unkind looks. The little boy walking in front of them stood vaguely in the middle.
Gao Chen saw several figures walking out of the alley next to him, and then noticed the boy walking in front: "Are these your brother's friends?"
Hearing this, Qing Mo frowned and turned around, and found that her brother Wan Liu, who disappeared last night, appeared behind her, accompanied by several unfamiliar men.
She pulled Wan Liu over.
Obviously, she didn't know many strangers. She held her brother in her arms, looked at the men, and asked with a wary look: "Who are you?"
Seeing this scene, Gao Chen was also puzzled. Don't these co-authors know each other?
Unexpectedly, the three men did not speak.
Wan Liu lay on his sister's shoulder and whispered in her ear: "Sister, if your friends knew you were a protozoa, would they still take care of you like this?"
Qing Mo was stunned.
Immediately, she did not understand the meaning of this sentence.
The expressions of the three men suddenly became ferocious, and their muscles suddenly swelled, bursting their clothes!
Seeing this scene, Gao Chen realized that something was wrong. He pulled the two siblings behind him and said, "You guys hurry up and go inside."
Immediately, the skin of the three men cracked and turned into hard fish scales. Several gaps appeared in their necks, revealing blood-red gills. Their arms grew sharp giant pincers, and they suddenly turned into protozoa!
"This is the protozoa?!"
Not far away, Ayumi Miyazaki couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this scene.
"Senior, where are you going?"
Then, Ayumi Miyazaki saw a figure running out.
"Help people."
"You have forgotten that we cannot transform or use force in the Dragon Kingdom!"
Ayumi Miyazaki grabbed him and said, "If our identity is exposed, we will be deported back to the country by the Dragon Kingdom authorities."
How could Taoist Sakai care so much: "Is it possible to watch them being eaten by bugs? Don't forget, even if he is a suspect, he is protected by the law."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ayumi Miyazaki suddenly let go of his hand and looked towards the direction of the insect disaster, with a light reflected in his eyes: "Senior, look over there -"
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