Chapter 699: Night has come, no regrets (please vote for the super large chapter)
Night has fallen, and the brilliant lights stretch along the spacious streets to the end of the stars.
The melodious music passes through the glass curtain wall of the bar, along the night and streets, and along the traffic flow and crowds.
This is Chenxi City, the largest city in the Federation, with tens of millions of people living and thriving in this city.
Around this city, there are dozens of small cities that have joined the trade network led by Chenxi City.
Most of the federation revolves around this city, and every move in this city will sweep across the entire federation like a storm.
The man in a silver suit held a tablet in his hand and stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the brightly lit city.
"What's wrong?"
A silver-haired man with a ponytail came over, also stood in front of the window, and glanced beside him.
The man in a silver suit standing next to him at this moment is the current mayor of Morningside City, Christos, one of the most powerful people in the entire federation.
"Seer, look at this."
Christos handed the tablet in his hand to the silver-haired man.
"This is,"
Seer took the tablet and looked down at the screen, "K?"
The first thing that caught his eye was a figure wearing a cloak and a black and white mask.
This was a short preview video. He quickly watched the video, then raised his head and looked at Christos, "Is this the original one? If there is a substitution, and it is detected by then, it may be less convincing.
Not as strong anymore.”
"I've had someone check it using technical means. It's the original one, and it's not a video synthesized by artificial intelligence."
Christos looked at the city outside the window and answered.
"In other words, the first one..."
Seer was stunned for a moment.
He had actually seen the person who first put on this mask.
When Christos was talking to the other party, he was not far away.
That was also the first time they came into contact with someone who called himself ‘K’ in the strict sense.
But after the first 'K' video was sent out, they were never able to contact each other again.
They know exactly what that means.
But the truth doesn't seem that bad.
"Yes, he is still alive."
Christos turned his head and looked at the deputy mayor beside him with a smile.
Seer calmly stared at his 'best friend' in front of him.
He hadn't seen Christos smile like this for a long time.
The corners of Christos's lips were not raised very high, but Seer could feel the soothing and heartfelt joy of his best friend in front of him from the slight tilt.
Seer glanced at his best friend, put away the tablet in his hand, and looked out the window at the bustling city.
The torrent of traffic and lights extends to the end of the sky and stars.
He slowly smiled and said, "That's great."
Thousands of sails have passed, and when I look back, my old friends are still there.
——
city of st john
The moon sets and the sun rises, and when the morning light shines on the spacious hotel room, the people in the room who were supposed to be resting have already gotten up early.
They put on neat mercenary uniforms, sat on the bed, and watched the TV hanging on the wall.
At this moment, the huge hotel TV is playing a projection screen. In the screen, a rather elegant old man is calmly looking at the camera.
"······
"Everyone, we have now reached such an era, an era of chaos, turmoil, and no restrictions.
"Chaos fills the streets, homeless people are everywhere, and every winter that passes takes away countless lives.
"The crematorium's furnace never stops, and the corpse collection truck's display never goes out.
"Different people in this world have different destinies, but not everyone should be born with only one destiny.
"Everyone, you all come from homeless wanderers, from wilderness hunters, from the chaotic and turbulent streets. You have all experienced a life of hunger and have seen the cruel and terrifying demon of hunger.
"Now you are gathered here, under the banner of the Kjet Mercenary Group.
"I won't promise you bread, wealth, or status. I know you know the difference between having these things temporarily and having them forever.
"Hold your rifles and pack your daggers. Today is the time to change your destiny.
"The pages of history are in your hands. Open it and you will be the writers of new history.
"A future that never hungers lies at our feet.
"Fate will take care of us."
As the old man finished his last words, the mercenary who was sitting on the bed immediately stood up and the TV screen went out.
On the other side, in the grand hall, the man in uniform was turned off the camera in front of him.
"Is everything arranged?"
The old man sitting in front of the camera slowly stood up.
"arranged,"
The man in the officer's uniform nodded quickly and looked at the old man,
"Before noon today, each combat team will arrive at the designated place, and the people from the FBI will be restrained by the people from the Contamination Cleanup Department and the Evolution today.
"Dahn's banquet is scheduled for noon. I have selected beauties for him. Among them is a 'Talent Sequence 129: Whisperer'. He will definitely like it."
"The Whisperer is good at seducing and catalyzing desire, allowing him to have the ultimate experience, which is very suitable for his taste."
The old man adjusted his collar and looked at the officer subduing the man, "Are you from the Witch Church?"
"no,"
The man in officer uniform shook his head quickly, "I recruited him from the black market, a wild transcendent."
The old man lowered his head and glanced at the chessboard beside him, "Where's the mayor's side?"
"The mayor has a street show today. He will visit the orphans in the orphanage and randomly interact with citizens on the street,"
The man in the officer's uniform said slowly, "He doesn't have extraordinary abilities, but he has a 'Knight of Glory' by his side. He is the confidant he recruited and stays with him every step of the way."
Having said this, he paused and continued, "There are still seven fused C-class monsters left in the Evolutionary Sect and the Pollution Cleanup Department. I have arranged them into those three key points respectively."
He raised his head and glanced at the old man, "But the three points are unevenly distributed among the seven people. Sir, which point is more important? One of the seven people is emotionally unstable and has signs of madness. He can be sent nearby.
Be a human shield.”
After saying this, he immediately realized something was wrong and said quickly, "I didn't mean to find out the core of the final ceremony."
"fine,"
The old man said slowly, "I trust you, but there is no need to add manpower to one location alone. These three key points are not close to each other. If you go to one, you will not be able to rush to the other points in a short time. It is itself a suspicious formation."
, the agency is still arranging the matter of Yin Xiya's 'going out of the city', so the extra person should arrange it there."
"Sir, do you suspect that Sito may have a back-up plan?"
The officer subdued the man and gave him a meal.
"Be prepared,"
The old man shook his head and looked at the silent city outside the window, "Tonight, everything will be known."
"Fate will take care of us."
The man in officer uniform also looked out the window at the city.
"I hope so."
The old man nodded slightly.
——
The scorching red sun gradually sinks to the edge of the city, and the gorgeous sunset seems to indicate that tomorrow will still be a sunny day.
In the corner of the street, homeless people huddled on the sidewalk, lying on the crumpled quilts randomly spread on the ground, watching the sunset through the gaps between the factory buildings.
Expensive low-riding sports cars drive through the streets, kicking up dust.
The wanderers seem to have become accustomed to this. They don't care about the dust falling on their dirty cheeks. They just want to lie on the ground and enjoy the rare beauty in the gap.
On the other side of the street, Yin Xiya watched all this through the glass wall, stirring the coffee in the cup.
This is the junction of Nancheng and Dongcheng.
Time flew by like a whirlpool of coffee in a cup, barely noticeable, and two days passed like this.
Today is the last day for the members of the Kjet mercenary group to "legally stay" in St. John City. It is also the last day for the mercenary group to have a holiday in theory.
If the old gentleman is right, tonight is the last moment.
Yin Xiya could no longer think about other things in her mind. Even when she was sitting by the window, her muscles were slightly tense.
The most terrifying thing about this incident is that everything seemed to be legal and compliant until the person behind the scenes took the final step.
Moreover, Yin Xiya cannot report this matter to any person or organization. Before the incident occurs, the Kejit Group can make any "report" she makes disappear quietly.
And once she alerts the enemy, the other party is likely to give up immediately and wait for the next opportunity.
Then she really became a 'false accusation'.
And if the other party once acted, she didn't know how to stop him in this city filled with the power of the Kjet Group.
Yin Xiya knew very well that with her power, she could not think of any way to break the situation. In fact, she could not even leave the city now.
She stared out the window, staring at the huge factories.
She didn't know why, but she suddenly had a feeling.
This huge city is like a huge chessboard, and the two chess players hiding in the dark compete on this huge chessboard.
Everyone on this chessboard, perhaps including the chess player himself, is a chess piece on the chessboard.
The outcome of this chess game determines the fate of this city.
Yin Xiya's eyes stayed outside the window.
The evening breeze blew through the streets, picking up dust and mixing it into the flow of people moving forward.
Mayor Crowe's speech on improving the welfare of orphans was being broadcast on the TV in the coffee shop.
Yin Xiya lowered her head and stared at the vortex in the cup.
According to Crotter's schedule, he should visit the orphanage only two streets away from this cafe at this moment and contact the citizens on the roadside.
Yin Xiya came here just to wait for Crote.
This is the last chance, and Croat will make his final choice this evening.
If Crot came after his performance, then their cooperation was achieved, but if Crot returned directly to the mayor's office after his performance, it would be equivalent to rejecting the cooperation.
Yin Xiya raised her bracelet and glanced at the time.
Six ten in the evening.
The sunset in the sky had dimmed, and according to the original plan, Crote's 'trip' should have ended twenty minutes ago.
It seems that guy finally chose the Kjet Group.
Yin Xiya sighed softly and stood up slowly.
Next, she has to hurry up.
boom--
At this moment, the door of the coffee shop was suddenly knocked open.
A burly man with blood stains on his clothes and bleeding from the wound on his shoulder appeared in the coffee shop. He glanced at the empty coffee shop and instantly locked his eyes on Yin Xiya in the corner.
Then he rushed directly in front of Yin Xiya and slapped a bloody black key card on the table.
Then he said almost without stopping before Yin Xiya spoke,
"The mayor has been assassinated."
"ah?"
Yin Xiya's eyes widened.
——
The night is getting darker and the lanterns are starting to turn on.
As dim lights came on, a small truck drove along the dark street.
"Miss Yin Xiya,"
A man wearing a gray vest and tattoos on his arms glanced at the beautiful woman next to him while driving a vehicle.
The woman's appearance matched the photo, but he didn't know whether it was because of the dim street lights, but he always felt that this 'Miss Yin Xiya' had a somewhat gloomy face.
Yes, he didn't care about so much at this moment, but said slowly, "We are going out in a caravan tonight, and when we get near the caravan later, we may check it out..."
He glanced at the vehicle screen. At this moment, the screen was showing a long box similar to a coffin contained in the truck compartment. "Check your 'box'. We want to make sure there is no one alive in it, okay?"
"Um."
The beautiful woman sitting in the passenger seat nodded.
She stretched out her hand and hugged the cute little girl in her arms.
The young man felt that both of them were a bit silent, but he didn't care. He just wanted to complete his task.
The truck turned several corners and finally stopped in a small abandoned square.
Except for an outdoor screen protruding from the building next to it that is still playing advertisements and is still a little bit alive, the rest of the square has been abandoned for who knows how long.
Several large trucks are parked in the square at the moment.
A young man who looked quite young and did not look like a gang member got out of the car and patted the door of the pickup truck.
The gangster driving the car immediately got out of the car. He glanced at the beautiful woman in the passenger seat and said, "Miss Yin Xiya, let's inspect the goods. Do you want to come with us?"
"Need not."
The beautiful woman shook her head slowly, "Just check it out, don't move around."
The gangster youth glanced at Yin Xiya and said, "Then if we break something, don't blame us."
Then he opened the car door directly and got out of the car.
The woman in the car saw him get out of the car, took out a bracelet and a data cable from his arms, and connected them to the car computer.
At this time, the two young men had already walked behind the truck. They looked at each other, opened the door, and climbed into the truck.
The two of them opened the lid of the long box in the carriage without hesitation, and a corpse wearing an iron mask and covered in blood appeared in their sight.
"Damn, what a corpse."
The gang youth spat and turned away.
The other young man who had been waiting here had a completely different reaction. He was startled at first and subconsciously stepped back, as if he saw something that shouldn't be here.
But he soon realized that it was just a corpse.
So he boldly reached out and lifted off the iron mask.
A pale, wrinkled old man's face appeared in his field of vision.
His movements instantly became excited.
He quickly raised the life detector in his hand and checked the vital signs of the corpse. After confirming that it was indeed a corpse, he immediately raised the bracelet and sent a message,
"It's the corpse of Sito. He is wearing the iron mask of Nighthawk and wants to mislead us."
As he spoke, he raised his bracelet, took several photos of the body and sent them.
Then he sent a message to a 'new friend'.
Soon, a figure slowly walked out from between the trucks in the corner and approached the small truck step by step.
Wriggling tentacles separated from his back.
"Brother, I've helped you with the matter. It will be solved later..."
At that moment, in the truck compartment, the gangster youth squatted down, glanced at the body in the box, and then at the young man.
"Here's an urgent news break,"
The young man taking the photo was about to answer when he was interrupted by the screen in the square.
"At around six o'clock this afternoon, Mayor Mr. Crotter was assassinated while communicating with citizens on the street. The bullet hit his brain. After the hospital's efforts to rescue him, he eventually died of excessive blood loss. This
It was a very serious terrorist attack.
"Mr. Deputy Mayor has temporarily taken over the management authority of St. Jon City."
Immediately afterwards, a somewhat thin brown-haired middle-aged man appeared on the screen. He was the deputy mayor of St. John City.
"Citizens of St. John, just today, we encountered the most heinous assassination since the founding of St. Jon, in which our beloved Mayor Crotter was killed in the line of duty.
"And that dangerous criminal is still lurking among us.
"Now, I announce that the four city gates will be closed immediately, all entry and exit routes will be blocked, and a large-scale manhunt will be launched throughout the city.
"Here, we would like to express our special thanks to Mr. Valente of the Kjet Group. After he heard about this incident, he was very angry and filled with righteous indignation, and was willing to temporarily summon all the mercenaries in the city to help us in the search.
"If you see mercenaries with guns on the street, please don't panic, they are our friends.
"Please cooperate with the search as much as possible. For your own safety, do not go to any cheap places and go home as much as possible. When the search is over, all activities will resume."
"What?"
The gangster youth was stunned. He stood up and looked outside, "The mayor is dead?"
At this moment, the other young man taking the photo realized something. He pulled the gangster youth out of the car and rushed towards the front of the car. "It is impossible to trick them until they reach the west gate and then kill them. Kill these two people immediately."
At this time, the figure had already walked near the front of the car, and its terrifying tentacles directly grabbed the passenger door.
boom--
At this moment, the truck started suddenly and rushed out at maximum speed. The door itself, which was not very strong, was directly torn off.
The pickup truck made a circle and rushed out along the way it came.
"Hurry up, you idiot, you can't do this well. No wonder everyone doesn't want you. The director doesn't like you, and the group leader doesn't like you either. I sent you here to take my credit.
"
The young man who had just jumped out of the car and took the photo looked at the figure that had turned into a monster and then at the truck running away. He couldn't help but cursed, "If you can't complete the task, I will tell the leader..."
"
Zhi——
Before he could finish speaking, a sharp tentacle pierced his body.
"how dare you······"
Blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.
"Monsters are killing people..."
The gangster youth realized something was wrong and immediately turned around and ran away.
The next second, his body was also pierced.
The monster directly gathered their bodies in front of it, bit them into pieces and devoured them, and then rushed towards the flying pickup truck without hesitation.
In the dark night sky, there seemed to be some kind of twisted purple lines flickering.
