In city S, in a residential building, a seventeen-year-old boy was gradually waking up from a coma.
After taking a few seconds to adjust to the light in the room, he saw the scene in front of him clearly.
The first thing that catches the eye is three figures...
They were three men wearing dark jackets, jeans, and ski masks on their faces. At this moment, they were sitting around a table smoking and playing cards.
Seeing the boy wake up, the three of them just glanced at him casually without much reaction.
But the young man... immediately fell into panic.
Because he immediately realized... that he was being tied to a chair behind his back. Not only his hands, but also his waist and feet were tightly tied to the chair, making him almost unable to move. In addition...
His mouth was also taped shut and he could not speak.
"Where am I? How did I get here?" The young man asked in shock, "Who are these people? Kidnapped?"
Soon, accompanied by a wave of dizziness, fragments of memories flashed through his mind...
"That's right! In that toilet!"
The name of this young man is Ma Junxiao. A year ago, he was an ordinary high school student with an average academic performance, a love for playing games, an average appearance, and an anxious height. But now, he is a star-level professional gamer, and
He is one of the top players in the largest studio in the industry, and his ID is [Tiantian Guixiao].
Recently, due to the competition, Gui Xiao has been working the "night shift" every day. Of course, he says he is "working", but in fact he spends most of his time sleeping in the game cabin.
During the day, he does not need to stay at the company, as long as he remains online for more than three hours a day (real time, non-sleep mode), he can also work from home.
But in the evening... he still had to check in at the order headquarters around ten o'clock, do some pre-game preparations, and then lie down in the company's equipment to compete.
At seven o'clock this morning, Gui Xiao left the company building as usual... bought some breakfast on the way, and took the subway home.
Although it is still the morning rush hour around seven o'clock, and it is well known that the subway in S City can squeeze people into juice, Gui Xiao does not "go to work" at this point, but "get off work". The line he takes is different from the crowded one.
On the contrary, there are only about seven or eight people in a carriage on average.
Therefore, there was an empty seat for him to sit in as soon as he got on the bus today.
However... after just two stops, Gui Xiao suddenly felt unwell. Maybe it was because the breakfast he bought today was not clean... A severe abdominal pain struck him without any warning.
Fortunately, it didn't take long to get through the subway station, and there was a toilet before leaving the station, so he rushed out of the car at the next stop and went straight to the public toilet in the subway station.
This trip... took nearly two hours.
Two hours later, Gui Xiao, whose legs were weak and almost exhausted, walked out of the toilet cubicle.
In fact, in the last twenty minutes... his diarrhea symptoms had basically eased, otherwise he might have called an ambulance. However... it took him another twenty minutes to massage his legs to help the numb legs recover.
The ability to stand.
After coming out, Gui Xiao went to the sink in the public toilet. He took a long breath, washed his hands, and then lowered his head to wash his face.
But as soon as he lowered his head...he lost consciousness.
He couldn't recall the last memory, but he wasn't stupid... Judging from the situation in front of him, he was either knocked unconscious from behind, or his mouth and nose were covered with anesthetic.
"I don't feel any pain in my neck or neck, but my head is a little dizzy..." After calming down for a while, Gui Xiao began to think, "It's probably because I was knocked unconscious by ether or something..." His eyes swept over that place again.
On the three of them. "These three... are obviously adults based on their size. It would be easy to carry me away."
Thinking of this, he looked around again.
The place he was in at the moment seemed to be a rough room. There was almost no furniture in the empty room, but thick curtains had been hung around the windows; the walls and ceiling were simply painted with white paint, and the concrete floor was beneath his feet.
.
As far as the eye can see, the only furniture that can be seen is a simple folding table, a few armchairs, and a fluorescent lamp in the corner of the ceiling. The lamp is on at this time, indicating that the house at least has electricity.
. According to Gui Xiao's reasoning... there should be water, otherwise these guys couldn't run outside to use the public toilet while taking hostages, right?
"It's not good...these people were as calm as ever after seeing me wake up..." After looking around, Gui Xiao said in his heart, "According to the movie...it's not desperadoes who would react like this.
He is a professional criminal, or both..." He broke out in a cold sweat, "Speaking of which... what did they want to do by kidnapping me? I'm not a young girl, so it's unlikely..."
It is indeed impossible... because if the other party really wants to rob him, he will probably not "wake up naturally", but wake up in another situation.
"It's not right to rob wealth..." Gui Xiao then thought, "My parents are ordinary working-class people. Although my current annual salary is not bad, it is not enough to be kidnapped.
That's the point..."
Yes, the "in exchange for ransom" inference... is also unreasonable.
In terms of difficulty, kidnapping a child is obviously much easier than kidnapping a high school student like him; and in terms of profit, if you really want to kidnap an adult... you should at least choose someone whose family is relatively wealthy, such as Jin Fugui...
No matter how you think about it, kidnapping Gui Xiao is a difficult and low-paying job; obviously, the three people who attacked Gui Xiao... had other motives.
"Wait... Could it be..." A few seconds later, a more reliable thought flashed through Gui Xiao's mind, "Is it related to my early morning game?"
He finally thought of something.
But...even if he knew this, he still didn't have the ability to escape.
At this time, there are still... twelve hours and fifty-three minutes until the game at midnight on the 16th.
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At the same time, Order Studio, Headquarters Office Building.
"Hmm... Still can't get through..." Meng Jingchan looked suspicious on his face as he heard the sentence "The user you dialed cannot be reached" came from the phone.
Brother Chan is a person who doesn't like to take his work home, so instead of leaving the company in the morning like the rest of the first team, he switched to non-sleep mode and completed today's online requirements before getting ready to get off work.
"This is troublesome..." This was already the fifth time Meng Jingchan called Gui Xiao in forty minutes, but he couldn't get through.
It's a coincidence that when Gui Xiao came to the company last night, he forgot to bring the key to his locker, so he borrowed Brother Chan's locker to use. As a result, when he came home this morning, he forgot to leave the key at the front desk.
, was taken away in a daze...
As for Brother Zen... car keys, house keys, wallet and other trivial items are all placed in the coat, and the coat is placed in the locker...
Of course, there must be backup keys for lockers in the company, but because it involves personal privacy and other issues, the administrative process for applying for this thing is very troublesome (there was a period when it was very casual, but then there were several thefts and infringements)
Strict changes were made after the personal privacy incident), it may take half a day.
At this moment... Brother Chan has nothing but a mobile phone around him. Naturally, he wants to call Guixiao... to ask this kid.
But... I just can't get through.
"Hmm... How about asking the team leader what the phone number is at this guy's home..." Brother Chan hadn't thought about the worst yet. The first thing he thought about was whether the other party would throw his phone away where the signal was not there.
Good place, or lost.
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In the afternoon, four forty-nine.
There are still...seven hours and eleven minutes until the game at midnight on the 16th.
Woo woo
After hearing the vibrating sound, Feng Bujue, who was browsing the web, glanced at the phone screen on the table and saw an unfamiliar number.
"Is this some kind of promotion or fraud again..." Brother Jue muttered, picked up the phone and answered it.
Although he thinks this is probably a harassing call, he will still answer it. Basically... Feng Bujue answers this kind of call. He only listens to the other party for five seconds to know the general nature, and then he will
Hang up without saying a word and add the number to the blocked list.
"Hello, who's there?" Brother Jue said after picking up the phone.
"Uh... hello, is this Feng Bujue?" A familiar voice came from the other side of the phone.
Brother Jue quickly searched for the source of the sound in his mind: "Is it hot?"
"Hey...even if you don't know my name, you can still call me by my game nickname..." Brother Chan wasn't angry at all. He just felt a little sore, "What the hell is smoking and drinking hot?"
"How did you find out my number?" Feng Bujue did not answer the other party's complaint, but directly asked a question that he was more interested in.
"I'm at the Public Security Bureau now. The police told me." Meng Jingchan's answer was quite surprising.
"Oh..." Feng Bujue responded casually and continued, "You have been caught soliciting prostitution and you want me to protect you?"
"Brother... I really want to call you big brother..." Meng Jingchan said, "How did you come to that conclusion?"
"It's very simple. Judging from your style of smoking and drinking, it gives me the feeling of frequenting low-end erotic places." Feng Bujue replied in a lazy tone, "Then you said that you were in
The public security bureau called me, so maybe it’s just a case of catching up with the crackdown on pornography? What about your situation? Notifying the family members basically means there is no way to survive; asking the leaders of the work unit to pick up the person, or asking a friend to protect him…
Not to mention that you will not be able to hold your head up in front of others in the future, the news will leak out sooner or later; so, you thought of me."
Hearing this, Meng Jingchan on the other end of the phone was silent for a full thirty seconds.
"Brother Feng...the reasoning is okay, but your prejudice against me is too serious..." Brother Chan held it in for a long time before he said this.
"Okay, then tell me, what's going on?" Feng Bujue said.
"Well... that's it..." Meng Jingchan said, "Guixiao... seems to have been kidnapped."
"Huh?" Feng Bujue heard this and was stunned for a second, "Did you call the police?"
"I reported it at noon." Meng Jingchan said, "At first I thought it was a missing incident, and since he is a young man, the police didn't take it very seriously... But you also know that we have an important game tonight.
... So, our company leader made some connections and 'pushed' the progress of the investigation... An hour ago, the police had already obtained the surveillance..."
"Stop~ thank you!" Feng Bujue interrupted, "Just answer me 'call the police' and that's it... you don't have to tell me so much."
"Brother Feng..." Brother Chan continued, "I'm calling you... just to ask for your help."
"Looking for my help?" Feng Bujue sneered, "Ha... How can I help?" He then said a very shameless statement, "Although I, a great writer, also have the ability of a famous detective...
But it is obviously more appropriate for the police to take action in this kind of case." He paused, "Don't worry~ Our country's public security officers are very powerful if they take it seriously, both in their investigative capabilities and execution capabilities..."
"Brother Feng." At this time, Meng Jingchan suddenly lowered his voice and said to Brother Jue in a very serious tone, "It's not that I don't worry about their abilities... but there is something going on here."
"Oh?" Feng Bujue keenly caught something from the other party's tone, "How do you say this?"
"I told you on the phone that it's inconvenient...can you come to the public security bureau?" Meng Jingchan replied.
"Hmm..." Feng Bujue thought about it for a few seconds, "Okay..." Before the other party could respond, he continued, "Give me the address."
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Thirty minutes later, a silver Porsche parked at the door of a public security bureau in City S.
Two men got out of the car, one was Feng Bujue and the other was Wang Tanzhi.
Because they had contacted them by phone in advance, Meng Jingchan was waiting for them outside the reception hall.
"I said... you two, come to the police station, drive a Porsche or something..." As soon as the three of them finished greeting, Brother Zen complained about this matter.
"You don't need to say anything, I understand, we have always been so low-key." Feng Bujue responded calmly.
In a sense, he is right... Compared with other cars in Xiaotan's family, this one is very low-key in terms of color and price...
"Haha... Okay... Okay..." Brother Chan really didn't know how to answer this, so he simply changed the subject and said, "By the way, time is limited, let's get down to business first..."
After saying this, he mysteriously pulled Brother Jue and Xiao Tan aside and stood in a corner outside where there was no one around.
"I'm only telling you this..." Meng Jingchan is obviously a smart man. He knows that what he wants to say at this moment must not reach the ears of Guixiao's family or any police officer.
"Actually, I also believed in the police, but...just before I called you, I accidentally heard the deputy director here talking to someone on the phone in the toilet..." He said this, and then
He cautiously looked around and lowered his voice, "The sound in the toilet is relatively muffled. I can hear the voices on the phone..." He paused for half a second, stared into the eyes of the two of them and said, "I don't
I know who the person on the other end of the phone is, but... I heard clearly that he instructed the deputy director to try to delay the investigation... and said that it would be delayed until at least two o'clock in the morning." (To be continued...)
