"There is news about the commission you gave me when you came to the bar that day."
"How about it?"
"As you might think, someone went to Lu Chang Auto Repair Shop to apply for a job in the morning before your departure, and then left the job on the third day after you left."
"has resigned?"
Ryan sat on the sofa, listening to the slightly hoarse voice coming from the phone, frowning and asked:
"Where did he go?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment.
"I have no idea.
The city hall of the Old Port did not record his information, his name did not appear on the port entry and exit records, and no one around him knew him.
He suddenly appeared and disappeared again, no one knew who he was.
In addition, the guy and the boss of Lu Chang Auto Repair Shop were both killed last night.
Two people, one was strangled on the bed at home, the other had his throat cut. "
The person on the other end of the phone sighed.
"Ryan, what kind of job did you take?"
"Hall, what do you mean?"
“You have to understand that there is basically nothing in the Old Port that I can’t find.
Logically speaking, for a small character, it should be easy for me to look it up. unless--
Unless the person behind this incident comes from a higher level. "
Hall didn't say any more, but Ryan already understood what he meant.
"Who do you think did it?"
"I don't know, there are too few clues. Judging from the modus operandi, this rough approach is very similar to that of the 'Shadow of Caesar' of the Roman Legion, but it may also be a deliberate imitation by others.
Lone Star's intelligence department? Adventist Salvation Society? The Jose family that sells du in the south? Or other forces? It's possible.
Even the companies in Old Port cannot rule out suspicion. "
After Old Hold paused for a moment, he continued:
"Ryan, as a friend, I sincerely advise you to give up this mission."
Ryan said nothing.
"This is what the investigation has revealed. If you need it, I will continue to investigate, but don't hold out too much hope."
"Well, I will transfer the money to you later. Also, please continue to check. Thank you very much."
"Oh. Forget it, I can't stop you even if you die."
Old Hall said helplessly and was silent for a moment, then the topic changed:
"How's Rock doing?"
"Him? Not bad."
Ryan said as he saw Rock pushing the door into the living room and asked Hall with a smile:
"He is next to me now. Do you want to say a few words to him?"
"..."
There was no sound on the other end of the phone.
After a long time, Ryan heard Hall's wry smile.
"Forget it, he probably doesn't want to pay attention to me."
He said and hung up the phone.
"The old guy called here?"
"Rock..."
Ryan put down the phone, looked at Rock who came to him, and said helplessly:
"Be respectful to Hall, he is still your uncle no matter what."
Rock snorted and said nothing.
These uncles and nephews really have the same temperament.
Seeing that his efforts to mend the rift between the two were in vain, Ryan no longer dwelled on the matter. He suddenly remembered something, and then asked Rock:
"By the way, I've been so busy these past two days that I forgot to ask you. How much did it cost you to take Yang Jie that day?"
"You just remembered to ask me?"
Rock sat next to Ryan and complained:
"I thought you weren't going to reimburse me.
Let me do the math..."
Rock recalled while clasping his fingers:
"The gun shop spent 4,000 on equipment and 700 on customized car glass."
Oh, right.
Yang Jie also bought a scrapped drone, saying that he could repair it himself, and it cost more than 900 including some parts.
In addition, he also bought some random steel materials, which cost about a hundred yuan.
The total is almost five thousand eighty. "
Ryan counted fifty-eight silver coins from the purse and handed them to Rock, then he noticed something was wrong.
“Wait a minute, you spent four thousand to go to the gun store?
You didn't test the gun? "
"I tried, but the staff paid for it out of their own pockets."
Rock explained:
“This guy was tricked by the staff into shooting random targets, and guess what?
Not only did he complete the challenge, he also broke the record! "
"New record?"
Ryan knew very well how difficult the random target challenge was. When Rock said this, his face suddenly darkened.
"Yang Jie is not a newbie?"
"He is, those subconscious habitual actions cannot fool people.
Boss, you have been working for so many years, you should know that Yang Jie doesn't smell like that.
The smell of killing someone. "
Ryan felt a little relieved.
Although Rock is very out-of-the-box and a little unreliable at times, he is very smart and he can't go wrong with this kind of thing.
So Ryan trusted his judgment.
"Then how did he do it?"
After putting aside his doubts, Ryan became curious about how Yang Jie accomplished this feat.
"Hey, talking about this."
Roque thought of Yang Jie's magical performance yesterday and suddenly became interested. This strange reaction made Ryan feel even more strange.
"Talk about it.
Boss, have you heard of the 'Book of Changes'? "
"What the hell?"
Rock hesitated for a moment, looked around, and after making sure there was no one, whispered in Ryan's ear:
"I'm only telling you this, boss, don't tell anyone else."
"Why should things be so mysterious?"
Ryan leaned away and looked at Rock, feeling that he seemed to be sick.
Rock didn't care too much and quietly told Ryan the whole story of Yang Jie's target shooting yesterday.
After listening, the expression on Ryan's face became even weirder.
"You mean, Yang Jie used a witchcraft that can predict the future and guessed every target?"
"Really! I didn't lie to you, I was right next to him at the time!"
Seeing that Ryan still didn't believe it, Rock waved his hand.
“Oh, forget it, you don’t understand even if I tell you.
It cannot be said, it cannot be said. "
Ryan looked at the nagging Rock and felt that Yang Jie was just joking with Rock.
"Then what has he been doing these two days?"
“I went to the shooting range in the morning to practice shooting, and when I came back in the afternoon, I stayed in the garage, saying that I wanted to build something, but I didn’t really understand.
Anyway, every time he came out of the garage, he was dirty.
Both Elena and Ivan went to see it twice, but they didn't understand it either. "
"Elena has been there too?"
This surprised Ryan a little.
It was normal for Ivan to go. After all, he was the driver. Before Yang Jie came, he was the one who cared most about the off-road vehicles in the team.
But Elena is different.
This little girl has always looked cold, not curious about anything, and didn't care about anything. Why did she suddenly become interested in Yang Jie's work?
Just as Ryan was thinking this, he glanced at the corner, and then stared at the empty corner for a moment.
"Where are the nitroglycerin tablets I just bought yesterday? Where did my big box of nitroglycerin tablets go?"
"Yang Jie is leaving. Elena helped him move there yesterday."
Before he finished speaking, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from the garage, followed by Yang Jie's excited cheers.
The two looked at each other, and Ryan stood up and said:
"Go and have a look."
