Sinmonger Chapter 10: Cooperation

It may be morning, and the blood owl is staying in a room in the Reflection City, where it is really hard to feel the passage of time.

This place is now quite a residence. Although the lighting facilities are still the light channel overhead, some furniture and daily necessities make this room different from other square boxes. Of course, the overall layout is still very strange, because the space of this room is very large, and the distance between the furniture is too far and inconvenient, so the living area of ​​the blood owl only occupies about one-third of the area.

He is sitting on the sofa, opposite a flat-screen TV hanging on the wall. There are several messy wires on the back of the TV that connect to the back of a black rectangular flat box on the floor. This thing is legendary video recorder.

The blood owl put a videotape into the machine, then turned back to sit on his old sofa and pressed the play button on the remote control.

This is the fifth day since he fought the paper man. Since the day before yesterday, Zuo Dao has completed the delivery one after another. As a middleman, he has done a really good job, all kinds of equipment, chemicals, legal cash, and even Furniture of unknown origin is very satisfying.

After all the handovers are completed, they go their separate ways and become strangers. Until the next cooperation, it is best to be in a state of old age and death. This cooperation is perfect.

But unexpectedly, Zuo Dao also gave the blood owl a videotape.

Xue Xiao also asked Zuo Dao some questions, but the information he got was only two names that didn't sound like their real names at all, "Accountant" and "Tian Yi".

Zuo Dao thought that the other party would question him or simply punish him, but Xue Xiao did not. It seemed that he could tell when others were telling the truth.

The video starts playing, with a snowflake at the beginning, and a few seconds later, a strange beep sounds like some kind of electronic alarm clock. After another ten seconds, a scene appeared on the screen. It was a room full of bookshelves and piles of messy books. The camera seemed to be placed on a desk, but the chair in front of the desk seemed to be on a desk. nobody.

Then there was the sound of the toilet flushing outside the screen, and then a man in a black shirt and suit with a drooping neckline walked into the camera, he glanced at the camera, and said, "Oh, Mr. Blood Owl , hello."

Xue Xiao looked at the TV screen with a numb expression. When Tianyi in the picture asked that sentence, Xue Xiao directly pressed the stop button on the remote control and cursed: "Idiot."

As a result, the video did not stop, Tian Yi in the TV slowly walked to the sofa chair behind the desk and sat down, cleared his throat and said, "First of all, this is not some kind of trying to trick you into talking to yourself in front of the TV. I'm a prank film with slang words, so the conclusion of 'idiot' is obviously not correct, and even if I really want to make a film of that nature, it will definitely be a master class."

Xue Xiao thought he was misaligned when he pressed the remote control, so he pressed it a few more times, but the video continued.

"The video recorder was brought to you by Zuo Dao. A few days ago, he wanted to peek at the contents of the video tape, but he was scared to death. He seemed to think that I would crawl out of the screen, so he unplugged the power supply. "Tianyi picked up the coffee and said, "Mr. Xue Xiao, you don't need to press the remote control of the video recorder anymore. This is not an ordinary video tape, but a communication medium. As long as someone plays this video tape, it will be on my desk. Your computer will have a prompt tone, and then automatically connect to the TV screen on your side. So you are actually having a video call now." He showed an unpleasant expression: "It's a little different from my estimated time, blood. Mr. Xiao, I haven't slept well these past few days, for fear of missing communication due to jet lag."

"I've never heard that you can use 20th century audio and video products to cooperate with TV to make a video call with other people's computers." Although the blood owl said so, he still spoke to the screen after all.

"Ah, that's true, but you have to know that the person who made this tape can be said to be the best craftsman of this era. If he was born a hundred years earlier, he would definitely be leading the design work that day." One day back.

Xue Xiao sneered: "Are you referring to yourself?"

"Me? No, I don't know how this thing works, I'm only responsible for placing orders. And what I just said was not meant to be touted at all. The best craftsman of this era is a complete idiot. , if you have a chance to see him, don't forget to stab him a few times and chop it up for the pigs."

Xue Xiao said: "Then, I already know enough about this video, can you talk about it? What can you do to me? Mr. Tianyi."

Tian Yi also bluntly replied: "I want to cooperate with you."

Xue Xiao snorted coldly: "Why do I think this sentence sounds like 'I want you to be my subordinate' or 'I want to use you'."

Tian Yi smiled and said: "Cooperation, Mr. Xue Xiao, means to use each other until the other party is of no value, then break up. After that, if you think the collaborator is very annoying, just kill it."

"Oh, it seems that your views on things are quite insightful, but since you found me first..."

Before Xue Xiao could finish his words, Tian Yi already knew what the other party needed, so he replied directly: "No problem, I can tell you." After pouring half a cup of coffee, Tian Yi said: "Things have to be done from ten to ten. Speaking of the night of the St. Mark's massacre a year ago, you may not be aware of it. A month or so before that, a group of professional thieves hired me to provide them with a theft plan against St. Mark's Basilica. This group of thieves People with good hands and brains are not stupid, and some have military backgrounds. I thought this deal could be done, so I took it.

I made the plan in half a day, but intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, preparation, and training and exercises took up most of the time, so unfortunately, the night they started, they happened to meet you.

Communication with them was quickly cut off, and when I got to the scene, I saw a very interesting crime scene, no plan, no hesitation, no mercy, no... live.

Since then, I have been interested in you. "

The blood owl grabbed the snacks at hand: "Oh, speaking of it, there was indeed a group of strange people in the cathedral that night, and they didn't look like security guards."

Tian Yi continued: "I think there are two paths to a perfect crime, the first one is careful planning, precise execution, and proper aftermath; the second one, after it's done.

I've been peddling planned crime for a living for many years, and I'm pretty familiar with the first way. But you, Mr. Blood Owl, created what appeared to be an impulsive crime scene. Step into the church, pack the art, take it out, kill everyone who tries to stop you until there's no one to kill, then leave quickly, no matter how many times it replays in my mind, no matter how many traces it seems And flaws, in fact, it is perfect.

Countless detective novelists focus on cracking the ingenious layout, but they will never touch the second way, which is the simplest and most direct crime, such as hit-and-run, armed robbery at night, and robbery on the bus. Pickpockets, if these criminals can escape for a while and never commit again, they can often get away with impunity, and even the shrewd person can't find out. "

Xue Xiao said: "Are you indirectly showing off that you have a way to contact me?"

Tian Yi curled his lips: "No, there's nothing to show off, I haven't been able to find your whereabouts for ten years, it's really a failure, until you killed people in the copper parrot bar, I have no clue. Come down and talk about the part you want to hear the most, how I found you." He drank the coffee and pointed to the bookshelf behind him: "In this bookstore of mine, there is a kind of heartache. Each book represents a person, I can see the voices of all ordinary people below the paper level, this is my source of intelligence.”

The blood owl had a look of disdain on his face, as if he didn't believe the other party's words at all: "You mean there are more than ten billion books in your bookstore?"

Tian Yi replied: "Mr. Xue Xiao, why are you like those vulgar people, whose mind is limited by space and quantity? Just now you thought that what you put into the video recorder was a kind of video record of the 20th century. Carrier, you're talking to me now, aren't you." He glanced back at the books on the shelves: "From the outside, these books are no different, they are all wrapped in black book covers." Ben said: "So, when I opened the book, the name in it could be Zhang San or Li Si. When you turn your attention to me, do you have any questions? Notice that the place where I just removed a book is now full, with no gaps."

The blood owl seemed to understand, he said: "Is this your ability?"

Tian Yi Dao: "Oh, oh, bro, this question crosses the line."

"Hmph...it doesn't matter, I don't want to ask too much."

"The next thing should be easier to explain." Tian Yi filled himself with a glass: "Naturally, it is impossible for all HL people to be able or transformed, ordinary people without supernatural powers. It is also very difficult to train the body to above the paper level.

But your file is very special. It has hardly passed the hands of a few mortals since ten years ago. Even if they have, they are not qualified to read it, so I even know your code name in HL only recently. . There is a vast sea of ​​people, and it is impossible for me to spy on all of them. Of course, after I have confirmed your appearance and identity, I can put some information in the seat and know some things that may have been done by you in the past.

Ashamed of what I said before, I don't know anything other than what you did in St. Mark's Square. Fortunately, the policeman named Paper Man linked the murder case a few days ago with you. Some civilians in the Northern Second Division of Crown County HL handled your case, so I have a target and clues. , and then began to investigate the voices of some people in Venice. In fact, it didn't take too long. I tangled the messy clues like braids and pieced together what was going on in the city. "

Blood Owl asked: "So, Steel Commandment, Zuo Dao, HL, and that Paper Man, you have all the whereabouts of everyone."

Tian Yiyi: "Ah... actually, it's not too much trouble. In this world, you always have to come into contact with people. There are countless passers-by on the street, ordinary members of the Steel Commandment, police officers in the police station, every one of them. They can all provide me with information, they can all be my eyes and ears, and they will never lie. With such an intelligence network, combined with some simple reasoning, it is not difficult to guess how things are going.

Judging from your whereabouts in the past few years, I guess your habit is to use art as currency, which is the most intelligent method. Cheques need to be exchanged at the bank, and cash cannot be carried in large quantities between regions. And those paintings, which can easily pass through airport security, can be exchanged for money without the need for a bank, and one exchange can provide you with enough money to splurge for a while. Ten years ago you would go grab a museum for that very reason. "

Xue Xiao took over the conversation: "So you learned through all kinds of information that if you find Zuo Dao, the middleman, you can contact me."

"That's right, revealing the above information is my sincerity for cooperation~IndoMTL.com~ Hehehe..." The blood owl's smile revealed bursts of murderous intent: "Why do I think you said so casually. Horrible things come, with a considerable element of intimidation."

Tian Yi also smiled and replied: "Oh? This kind of statement is quite novel. After hearing this, most people would never use horror to describe my ability to handle affairs. Mr. Xue Xiao, your understanding is far from the norm. It's far beyond my expectations."

Xue Xiao suddenly changed the conversation and said with a grin: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Only Tianyi knows how to answer this inexplicable question: "It's not yet time to say what I want to do, but Mr. Xue Xiao, you are a very important part of it."

"How important is it?"

"I have selected some collaborators, some have reached an agreement with me, some have not. Some of them have the same ability as Mr. Paper Man, and some have special talents like Zuo Dao Of course, some of them are just plain perverted lunatics. And you, blood owl..." Tianyi's expression seemed to be savoring an unpalatable side dish: "You are more important than any of them, because you are so far, I The most perverted madman I've ever seen is unprecedented, and it's hard to come by in the future."

"Hahahahaha..." Xue Xiao laughed upside down, laughed for a while, stood up, and walked towards the TV screen.

"Do you want to smash the TV?" Tian Yi asked.

The blood owl has already clenched his fist and is ready to swing it down.

Tian Yi shrugged helplessly and said, "Okay, okay, let's just pretend the negotiation broke down... Oh, out of good intentions, I'll provide you with a free piece of information, just a word..."

The blood owl punched the TV screen. The last five words Tian Yi said were: "You are already in the game..."