"It is now 11 o'clock at noon on May 19. According to the citizen alarm hotline, at 12 o'clock in the morning today, the police sirens below the Pearl Tower, a city landmark, blared all night long, and fire trucks, ambulances and other vehicles gathered at the same time. It is suspected that a serious fire broke out... However, during the investigation and interviews with surrounding residents, the reporter said that they did not see any fire or smoke... Here we have invited the general manager of the Pearl Tower to conduct an interview."
"Hello CCTV reporter... Yes, there was a fire in the Pearl Tower last night. It was most likely caused by aging wiring. Firefighters arrived in time and used high-pressure water cannons and fire-extinguishing bombs to put out the fire in time. As for the cause of the fire , firefighters said that they have not yet investigated clearly, but it is most likely caused by aging wiring."
"Last night, some people on the Pearl Tower said they saw strange black shadows moving on the outer glass curtain wall of the tower. It was suspected that someone was illegally organizing late-night bungee jumping activities. Regarding this, what does the management of the Pearl Tower have to say? Do you want an explanation?"
"Bungee jumping? The people are so imaginative. They were just the employees on the crane outside our tower who were responsible for cleaning the glass curtain wall. The person next to me was the employee who was responsible for the night cleaning of the Pearl Tower yesterday..."
"Mr. person in charge, your employee looks... quite handsome. He looks so cold. He has always been standing behind you, more like a bodyguard than a cleaner."
"Hahahaha... Miss reporter was joking. All in all, there were some small fires in the Pearl Tower last night, but they were not serious. We also have to thank the firefighters for the first time they felt the inside of the tower and laid it in time. Water pipes were used to extinguish the fire, and no casualties were caused. However, for the purpose of comprehensive overhaul and maintenance, we also emptied everyone in the tower immediately, so the Pearl Tower will be closed to the public for the next week."
"This is really not good news for tourists, but for fire control, the seven-day closure of the Pearl Tower is reasonable. We also hope that such accidents will not happen again in the future. Here This station also appeals to the general public to pay attention to electrical safety. In case of fire, call the fire alarm number 119 to contact the fire center as soon as possible. Fire is ruthless and fire prevention comes first. This station reports."
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In the dimly lit black room, even if the sound of the LCD TV hung in the corner was turned down to two or three bars, the sound could still be heard clearly by Su Xiaoqiang, who was sitting in front of the metal table. She was stunned with her hands on her knees. He looked up at the news on the TV, which showed many firefighters covered in pitch black running in front of the entrance of the Pearl Tower. The surrounding fire trucks were flashing red and blue lights, and ordinary citizens outside the cordon looked at their faces from a distance. There were expressions of curiosity all over.
The news mentioned that it is now May 19th, which means that this is a live news broadcast. Now this local news is being broadcast to the entire coastal city. Everyone knows that something serious happened at the top of the Pearl Tower last night. It was quite a fire accident, but what really happened that night was that a mysterious force gently pressed into the soil and smoothed it out.
Su Xiaoqiang was brought to this room in the morning. She didn't go home last night. Not only she... all the guests who appeared at the unique "press conference" in the Pearl Tower that night were leaving. The first time they arrived at the Pearl Tower, they were put into several black SUVs by a group of men and women wearing black windbreakers and looking like 007.
No one dared to resist, because there were a few people who tried to resist. When they were surrounded by the crowd, they rushed out like crazy. They ran faster than a wild dog, but they didn't look at it for less than three seconds. When they arrived at the beach along the coast, they followed them out. A boy who seemed to be a high-ranking person among the men in black had his legs broken and was brought back... He really had his legs broken. No one saw the white-knuckled boy. How dare the stubby broken leg have any other thoughts.
After being put into the SUV, Su Xiaoqiang only remembered that she was taken to a single room and told that she would rest there all night and remember not to try to escape or contact the outside world, otherwise they would take some special measures to make her more comfortable. Rest "safely" in the past.
Sitting in that room, Su Xiaoqiang didn't fall asleep almost the whole night. Instead, she kept sitting by the bed and waiting for someone to knock on the door or open the door and walk in. Unfortunately, she didn't wait for anything all night. When someone opened the door the next morning, she had already been summoned to this black, airtight cabin.
With a click, the door of the room was unlocked, and the door was opened from the outside. Su Xiaoqiang, who was in front of the metal table before seeing anyone, smelled a scent... Of course, it was not the familiar scent of shampoo, but beef noodles. A man familiar to Su Xiaoqiang walked in from the outside...a Japanese face, a white teacher's coat, and a gentle smile on his face.
"Hello, I am Toyama Masashi, the counselor of this psychological counseling session." The Japanese man walked in with beef noodles. Someone silently closed the door behind him. Su Xiaoqiang watched him sit on the opposite side of the metal table and put the The bowl of hot beef noodles was put down and pushed in front of her, "You must be starving if you haven't eaten anything today. Why don't you eat something before the tutoring starts?"
Su Xiaoqiang lowered her head and looked at the tempting noodles in front of her. The oily light of the refracted light reflected the black evening dress she was still wearing, reminding her of those memorable things. She raised her head and looked at Masashi Toyama, and she probably knew this. The scene this time should be the same as the last time. He shook his head slightly and refused the suggestion of eating.
"Miss Su... right?" Toyama Masashi looked at Su Xiaoqiang who refused to eat and nodded, pushed the beef noodles aside, put his hands on the table and kneaded them gently, looking at the girl in front of him and smiling. He said, "Maybe it's an illusion. I think you're quite kind, Miss Su. Have we met somewhere before?"
Of course they have met before. The last time after he and Lu Mingfei were attacked in an alley, the Japanese man in front of him named Toyama Masashi personally received him for the same "psychological counseling" as now. Su Xiaoqiang still remembered the other party's words. With her frightening golden pupils and extremely hypnotic lines, if she hadn't reacted quickly enough to guess what the other party wanted to do, it would have been difficult for her to get away from that time if she had responded immediately.
But now facing Toyama Masashi's tentative inquiry, Su Xiaoqiang looked at the man carefully for a few times and then nodded lightly and said, "It looks familiar... I feel like I have seen it in a TV series. You should be considered Japanese among you." Popular face, right?”
"Is that so?" Toyama Masashi smiled awkwardly, but his eyes relaxed a little, "But I can't say that Miss Su is a popular face..."
"You can say that if you want. After all, you have the final say now."
"You can't say that..." Toyama Masashi scratched his brow slightly at such offensive words.
"Were everyone in the tower here yesterday?" Su Xiaoqiang suddenly asked.
Toyama Masashi nodded slowly, and Su Xiaoqiang asked again, "Have you seen each of them like this?"
"No, most of the people are gathered together for psychological counseling, including the companion who was with you yesterday...that classmate Lu, don't worry, he is fine, he is just a little frightened."
"Then why treat me alone?"
"This... there are always some reasons." Masashi Toyama stared into Su Xiaoqiang's eyes and smiled slightly as he spoke, "If there are no other problems, we can start this psychological counseling. I will serve as the counselor. As usual, the committee will ask you about some things you encountered last night. During this period, I will ask you some questions. Please cooperate with the answers."
"Answer what? The answer is to admit that what we saw in the tower yesterday was actually an illusion. In fact, we just experienced a fire and the collective lack of oxygen caused hallucinations?" Su Xiaoqiang looked at the still closed door of the room and pursed his lips slightly. The lower lip turned to look at the Japanese man with an unusually annoying smile in front of him and said coldly.
Masashi Toyama was stunned, raised his hand and touched his chin lightly... He was actually robbed of his lines, which made him look a little embarrassed, but this accident made his eyes look at Su Xiaoqiang strangely, and he narrowed his eyes slightly. He rolled his eyes and asked politely, "Miss Su...are you really sure that the two of us have never met?"
"No." Su Xiaoqiang said.
Masashi Toyama fell silent, and after observing Su Xiaoqiang for a while, he suddenly said, "Ms. Su looks... very unhappy? Is it a problem with the accommodation last night? Or is it just that she had a nightmare and didn't sleep well?"
Su Xiaoqiang sat silently. Toyama Masashi was silent for a moment and decided to get down to the topic, "Ms. Su, you also saw the news on TV before. In fact, there was a fire above the Pearl Tower last night. As the Pearl Tower at night Tourists, you are trapped..."
Halfway through the words, just when Toyama Masashi's words and spirit were already urging him to almost expand the territory, the door of the room was suddenly knocked, and the door was pushed open from the outside. Toyama Masashi was stunned for a moment and turned around to see someone trying to stop the intruder. The back view of the incoming commissioner.
But it's a pity that the commissioner could only "try". His hands that were opened to block him were cut back by the person who came directly, and he was lightly thrown into the corridor by a huge force. Before Masashi Toyama could stand up, he shouted angrily. He scolded, and immediately froze and stood up when he saw the face of the intruder.
Also standing up was the little goddess across from the metal table. She almost knocked over the beef noodles on the table. She looked at the boy in a black windbreaker who walked in with a silver half-decayed World Tree pinned to his face.
"Teacher Masashi Toyama." Lin Nian walked into the room and looked at Masashi Toyama in the room and nodded lightly, "If it's convenient, can you let me take over next?"
