United States, small town of Carmel, twelve o'clock in the morning.
In front of a small cinema on the street at night, today's plays and show times are written in chalk on a small blackboard. Couples are cuddling up and going in and out in pairs. Taxis run over the uneven stone pavement and splash on the street.
The water splashes and the raised car windows reflect the gentle light in the roadside restaurant.
The door of the taxi parked on the roadside was opened, and the woman got out of it, stuffed a banknote through the lowered window, and then waited patiently by the car until she found the change inside and accepted it.
He stuffed each coin and small bill into the small leather bag in his hand and waited for the taxi to pull away from the roadside, revealing the cinema across the street.
The woman flipped her hair and looked around. Apart from the street lights on the road, she only saw lovers and lovers. Occasionally, a drunken man in beach clothes was wandering by on the street carrying a bottle of wine and leaning on the wire.
Zhanzi was drunk like crazy, and the lovers sitting at the roadside table in the restaurant were pointing at him and laughing, drinking alcoholic drinks with the same forked stick in their mouths.
The woman stood for a while, watching the night scene for more than ten seconds, and finally smiled softly and walked to the cinema across the street.
She did not forget that she was going to watch a movie tonight.
This movie theater on the street is very small. It is as small as the roadside stalls that sold informal discs in the past era. Cinemas like this are usually squeezed out of the market by 3D and imax in big cities.
Yes, but it is different in this small town. The atmosphere of a small town that believes in the supremacy of art will always leave some space for these cultures that were once at their most glorious.
The theater in front of the woman is indeed in a retro style. Interested guests like her will even put on their own white fox fur and the hottest red lipstick, as if they have stepped out of a black and white Metropolis poster.
The girls also attract passers-by to turn their heads frequently.
She carried her purse and walked into the cinema. The waiter at the door saluted her. With a skillful smile, she took out a banknote from her purse and put it in the waiter's tray, then walked towards the ticket hall of the theater.
Under the warm yellow light. However, there were not many people in the lobby of the cinema at this time, and the movie had already started. Maybe it would be too late to come back at this time?
But women don’t care, after all, the real protagonist is never late to the scene.
The cinema is also decorated in line with the modern era of the last century, with shiny chandeliers, black and white movie posters, a ticket seller with a modern girl with big waves standing behind the retro counter, and the vinyl record in the lobby plays the old song "Two_Little_Girls_fr_Little_Rok"
”, still wearing lipstick on his mouth, looking at the woman approaching with a smile.
Cinemas do not prohibit buying tickets while watching a movie. In the past when transportation was not developed, there would always be people who were late. Because the era when the movie industry was booming was the era of economic crisis in the United States, it was not easy to spend your spare money to buy a movie ticket.
, so the theater’s rules are relatively tolerant.
This cinema is no exception. It allows mid-entry. Even knowledgeable people will find that there is a passage in the alley next to the cinema for children to step on the trash can. You can't buy movies from the passage.
Children with tickets can sneak around to the back lot and watch a movie for free, which is very period and humane. However, it is worth mentioning that this channel is locked when the above episodes are played.
The woman walked to the counter and glanced at the registration target on the small blackboard next to her. The conductor introduced the ceremonial audience kindly: "Do you need to buy a ticket? There are still many reserved seats for tonight's show.
But all the movies have already opened, and you need to enter from the back. I personally recommend watching "Roman Holiday" or "Gone with the Wind" tonight. These two movies only open for ten minutes. If you enter now, you can still get a relatively complete viewing.
Experience.”
Yes, that's right, this cinema also follows the retro style in arranging films. There are no popular movies of the season, no CG and special effects, and some are just film movies that make a subtle clicking sound when played.
Every line and every noise on the screen is full of the atmosphere of the era, and they are all classics.
The audience has often seen these movies, but the thought of nostalgia can make them put on their suits and hats and walk into the theater every time, and fly with the thoughts of everyone in the theater to the once golden movie.
era.
The blackboard next to the woman said that the plays in the cinema today were "Roman Holiday", "Gone with the Wind" and the older "Butterfly Dream" and "The Temptress", but the woman's eyes fell straight to the bottom.
There is only one scene in the column, a movie called "Bloodline".
It was a niche film shot in 1980. Even at that time, the number of films scheduled was very small. However, the owner of this theater got the first edition of the tape released at that time out of interest, so this film can probably only be released in theaters.
Saw this little place.
“Blood Town at 8 o’clock, thank you.” The woman handed over a banknote.
“But this movie has been playing for an hour, and it’s almost halfway through.” The conductor took the note and hesitated to remind him.
“The second time.” The woman smiled and said, “There aren’t many people inside, right?”
“Not many, only three or four spectators.” The ticket seller immediately showed a knowing smile, no longer worried, and placed the movie tickets on the counter.
The woman took the change and the movie ticket and walked into the venue. The waiter put down the red rope in front of the movie hall B door for her and gently opened the door. From behind the door came the original sound and dim sound of the movie.
In the bright light, she lowered her head and walked in, and the door behind her was closed.
The cinema is not big, it can even be said to be very small. It is reminiscent of a VIP theater in a big city. It is dark inside and the only light source is the light projected onto the white screen by the movie projector.
The picture above the curtain is of a highway with wilderness on both sides. A red old-fashioned convertible sports car is speeding on the road, passing through one piece of scenery after another.
The woman found her seat in the dim light and sat down. She specially bought a seat in the back row, but judging from today's show.
There seemed to be only four people in this unpopular movie. One of them was still asleep in his seat, looking at the ceiling and not snoring at all. The other few people were watching the movie quietly, and their side faces were slightly illuminated by the white light, and they seemed to be very involved.
, completely unaware of the woman who entered the scene later.
No one noticed her, and she didn’t go to see anyone. The movie in the cinema was always playing, and the red convertible was running on the road. There were mountains in the distance, the blue sky behind the mountains, and the white town under the blue sky.
They are all empty shots with no focus, as if the director is expressing his desolate emotion that no one can understand. Only the sound of tires rolling across the road can be heard. The man and woman sitting in the convertible don't even have faces, only two faces.
The back of the head.
The man driving the car leaned on the side of the car with his left hand, holding the steering wheel with one hand and looking into the distance, while the woman was minding her own business with her head down, not knowing what she was doing. The strong wind blew on their bodies, raising their hair as they passed by.
Mountains and wilderness, white clouds and blue sky, there are no lines in the whole process, only refreshing scenery.
The name of the movie is "Blood Town", as its name suggests, it is a thriller, but now it seems that it is completely a promotional film and a tourism film, but their audience did not complain at all, they just kept silent
I looked at these empty shots and looked at the backs of the men and women on the red convertible.
The same goes for women.
After finishing her makeup, she held the bag in front of her with both hands and stared at the sports car and highway in the movie without saying a word. The light on her face showed no expression.
In the flickering light, looking from behind, the woman's hands are not holding the small bag, but are reaching into the small bag that is turned sideways, and she is gently holding a black hand in her nail polish-covered hands.
of handles.
That's a pistol.
She was watching old movies with a ladylike smile on her face, but she was holding a life-threatening weapon in her hand.
There are four people in a cinema, one is sleeping and three are watching the movie intently. If a woman takes out a pistol from her bag, who will she hit?
At the next moment, the woman gave the answer.
No one could have predicted her violent outburst. From the perspective of others, this woman came in to watch a movie for a while and then suddenly stood up. She naturally took out the pistol from her bag and aimed it from high to low.
The spectator lying on his back in the corner with his hat on his face and asleep pulled the trigger of the pistol in his hand.
Three gunshots were fired. In the fierce gunshots, scarlet bullets shot down diagonally and exploded on the chest of the spectator!
The other three spectators watching the movie in the cinema suddenly shrank their necks. For the first time, they had the reaction they should have when watching a thriller. They turned around in horror to find the modern girl who had fired the gun. There was no smile on her beautiful face.
There is only cold seriousness and heaviness.
The spectator who was hit by a bullet in the venue didn't even have a chance to wake up. His chest was stained with blood and he was lying quietly on his seat. The hat on his face slowly slipped off, revealing the face of a young man.
With stunnedness and shock.
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“Confirm hit!” The woman pointed the gun at the man and said calmly.
She lifted up her wavy blond hair with one hand, hiding a black headset underneath.
The door of the cinema was instantly knocked open, and various crowds rushed into the small cinema. These people included couples in couple's costumes, waiters in restaurants, uncles in beach clothes and taxi drivers, from women to women.
Walking through the aisle in the back row, everyone is a character that can be seen everywhere on the road, holding a submachine gun and aiming at everyone in the venue.
Outside the door, the conductor behind the ticket counter lay on the ground in fear with his hands on the back of his head, all the waiters squatted in the corner and held their heads in their hands, and the originally lively street scene outside the cinema door fell into dead silence at some point.
The chef, who was originally a passerby on the street, now had a uniform seriousness and indifference on his face. He was hiding behind the railings and the overturned table, wearing a headset in his ear, holding a standard firearm in his hand and aiming at the door of the street cinema.
Even the taxi drivers in a row of taxis on the roadside were armed with weapons to respond to the situation at any time.
Helicopters roared across the sky, and every roof along the road was filled with men and women in black trench coats, holding infrared binoculars and sniper rifles to control the scene. The warning bells to block the road could only be heard three blocks away.
The neighborhoods behind the blockade were strictly guarded.
The whole process is all about the changes that occur after the woman walks into the cinema, and the woman's shooting is the signal for the beginning and end of the action.
The instructor of the Kassel College's Special Tasks Executive Department quickly walked into the cinema. The silver Beretta he held in his hand was neatly unloaded. He passed directly by the woman in the aisle and put the gun against the scene.
The young man next to him who was shot in the cheek looked closely at the details of the man's face.
“It is confirmed that he is a fugitive mixed race, basically the same as the suspect captured in the surveillance video.” Ten seconds later, the instructor held down the headset and said coldly, “The operation was successful. Now we will immediately start collecting the body and clearing away the irrelevant personnel at the scene.”
Just as the other three spectators in the movie were about to say something, the modern girl holding a pistol immediately opened fire. Three bullets accurately hit the chests of the three spectators, and the three fell to the ground as blood began to bloom.
“Take them to the psychology department and follow the normal procedures,” the instructor said.
The uncle in beach clothes led a few people into the aisle, carried a few spectators who had been hit by Frigga's bullets and fell into coma, and walked out, while everyone else pointed their guns at the chairs and looked up.
Young man on the ceiling.
"Are you sure it's him?" The woman who started everything and ended everything couldn't help but say. Even if she shot the man, she couldn't help but look at him a few more times. It seemed that the man would wake up from his deep sleep immediately.
come over.
"It's definitely him. The Enforcement Department has recorded an 'A'-class mixed-race fugitive. He is related to dozens of mysterious power cases. He especially likes to commit crimes in movie theaters. In the past six months, the Enforcement Department has been chasing him in big cities, but nothing happened.
Harvest, there was intelligence recently that he appeared in the town of Carmel, and now it seems that the intelligence is true, we have caught him." The instructor said coldly, looking at the sleeping young man in front of him.
“Is it that simple?” The woman couldn’t help but look at the man one more time.
"Mandy Gonzalez, you are indeed an excellent intern. I guess no one among the interns I have taken is better than you in lurking and undercover. You played your role perfectly, and it is you who
It’s your acting skills that allowed us to complete this operation so smoothly." The instructor turned to look at the woman above and nodded.
"Thank you for the compliment." Mandy put down the gun and scratched her curly blond hair, "It just feels that it is too easy. I had to fight to the death to complete the last mission."
"Not every task is that difficult." The instructor raised his finger and twirled it. Immediately, three specialists came over carrying boxes. After inserting a powerful sedative into the sleeping young man's neck, they handcuffed and restrained him.
They wrapped him tightly in clothes and carried him on a stretcher to the outside of the cinema. There was already a security truck embedded with steel plates waiting at the door.
All the gun specialists escorted the prisoner to the custody vehicle, and only Mandy and the instructor were left in the cinema.
"Even if he is an 'A'-level hybrid, he is just one person. We are the entire team. He never dreamed that we would clear out the entire block and replace it with our people. He stepped in from the beginning
This neighborhood has fallen into our trap since then, and what we are doing next is just to minimize the difficulty and loss of arrest." The instructor ejected the bullet from the Beretta and put it back into the magazine.
"Damn it, I thought it was going to be another tough battle today, but I didn't expect him to lose his car so easily. It's such an embarrassment to an 'A' class hybrid!" Mandy sat on the chair and brushed her chest.
Take a breath.
"It seems that letting you fulfill the role of special agent is the right choice. No wonder the 'S' class praised you for your calmness and decisiveness in actual combat in the last mission report." The instructor looked at Mandy and nodded with satisfaction.
"I will give you full marks for your internship. When you return to school, your credits will probably be enough to graduate, right? Are you interested in continuing to work in the execution department?"
"No, no, I just performed better on the spot." Mandy grimaced. She never thought that she was fooled by her past performance. Originally, she thought that the executive department would only give her a senior intern.
Assigned a logistics task, but I didn't expect to be so valued and put into the most dangerous secret service position in the task!
Fortunately, the dangerous hybrid this time was a pig. She pretended to be sleeping there and was waiting for someone to attack. She stood up and hit him with three bullets, ending the mission.
"Don't think too much. Afterwards, the torture department will ask him to tell you exactly what crime he committed. The more serious his crime, the better your evaluation will be. You are the biggest hero this time."
When the instructor passed by Mandy, he smiled and patted her on the shoulder, "Sit down for a while and calm down before you come out. It's normal to be a little nervous. After all, you have been in such a small space with a dangerous hybrid for a long time, and you have psychological pressure.
That’s understandable.”
After saying that, the instructor left the theater, leaving Mandy sitting alone. The hall was filled with the footsteps of the commissioners and the sound of guns repelling bullets.
Mandy sat in her seat for a while, scratched her blond hair that was specially permed into wavy curls, and stood up to leave. When she walked to the aisle, she turned her head and took another look at the curtain. The movie on it was still playing, and it was still a convertible.
, the scene of the men and women’s backs and the blue sky in the wilderness has been playing for at least a few minutes, and the movie has not progressed at all! Was it the same scene for the previous hour?
“If you think about it, this movie is really scary.” Mandy muttered and prepared to leave.
But at this time, a song suddenly sounded in the theater. Mandy paused and looked back at the curtain strangely. She saw that the man and woman in the convertible started to make new movements for the first time, no longer carrying their backs.
Facing the audience.
“The weather is great today!” The woman with golden waves lying in the convertible suddenly raised her hand, stretched her body, and spoke, and English lines also appeared under the curtain.
The first line after driving for such a long time was to say that the weather is great? Are the director and screenwriter out of their minds? No wonder this kind of movie can only be shown in such a small cinema.
Mandy rolled her eyes, but inexplicably she felt that this woman's voice was very familiar. She didn't know where she had heard it before. This made her couldn't help but stand for a while longer, looking at the movie with her hands folded and wondering how long they had been running.
The car will only go to a small town in the distance. If the movie has a small town in the title, the story must take place in a small town, right? The acting in these movies usually starts off before reaching the small town.
“Mandy, prepare to retreat, the local police are taking over the scene.” The instructor shouted from outside the theater.
“Coming, coming!” Mandy shouted.
But at this moment, she suddenly stopped, because she suddenly heard the voice of the blond woman in the movie, why was it so familiar?
It seemed to be my own voice.
It was at this moment that she caught a glimpse of the scene in the movie jumping.
She couldn't help but take another look, and with just this glance, she was completely convinced that this movie was a thriller just as it was introduced.
In the convertible, the woman with wavy blond hair raised her hands to cover the sun and looked up in the direction of the camera. Under the camera's shooting, the face shown on the curtain was exactly the same as Mandy's, looking at the camera with a smile on her face.