old fire thieves

Chapter 24 No.20 Act Four. A Weekend Without Rest

Chen Chuchuan is leading people to investigate at the station.

The traffic of Jingjiang Railway Station is not large. As the provincial capital, there are only four trains going in and out a day. Perhaps in the old days, this was unimaginable.

But after the Great Crash, such a situation is the norm.

"...male construction workers, yes, specifically..."

Chen Chuchuan was still repeatedly emphasizing the characteristics of the suspect with the station staff when his cell phone rang.

10000.

It is the Abyssal Relic Affairs Department.

Did they find out?

When Chen Chuchuan connected to the phone, he heard the familiar female voice.

"We have captured the prisoner. If you find that man, remember to take him to the hospital to see a psychiatrist. Everything else is fine."

"?"

Chen Chuchuan was taken aback.

Got the culprit?

Wait, what does this mean, that man is not the real prisoner?

Who is that criminal?

What does psychiatrist mean?

His mind was in a mess, and he couldn't figure out the current situation.

"thanks for your cooperation."

After saying this, the other party hung up the phone directly.

"......what is this?"

Chen Chuchuan stared at the phone screen in a daze for a while, then suddenly remembered the situation in the mall.

He hurriedly called the colleague who was on standby nearby.

"...What, the teller is missing? There is a note on the table saying that the teller is the real culprit?"

Chen Chuchuan was shocked. Before that, he had considered whether the teller and outsiders might be accomplices, but after watching the surveillance, he overturned this idea.

I didn't expect the teller to commit the crime... But wait a minute, how did she do it...

He felt as if he had caught some clue, but he didn't seem to understand anything.

Most of the cases about ascenders ended like this.

It started inexplicably, and ended inexplicably, leaving only a bunch of suspense that he, an outsider, could not understand, and could never be solved.

"Boss, what shall we do next?"

The subordinate asked a question.

"Go ahead and find that man."

Chen Chuchuan sighed.

Another reminder came from the chat software, it was the message from my wife asking if I would go home for dinner tonight.

He looked at the message, was silent for a moment, and then sent the word "reply".

It's time to take a break.

...

...

"Eat more, there is nothing else in this store, but the portions are very generous."

While greeting Tian Hong, she served two dishes, one dish of beer fish and one dish of ghost horse beef, which happened to be five dishes.

Beer fish is made by adding beer instead of water when braised in red. Because it has been fried in advance, the skin is crispy, the meat is tender, and the juice is delicious.

As for the ghost horse beef, Baige also complained about the name of this dish when he first arrived in Jingjiang. The so-called ghost horse actually refers to fried dough sticks and horseshoes, so this dish is basically stir-fried beef with fried dough sticks and horseshoes.

The two dishes are served on large plates, which is different from the Western food with large plates and small portions in the upper class of the Panxihai Sea. Here, there are as many dishes as there are plates, which even makes Bai Ge wonder if the three of them can eat it over.

"good to eat."

Ai Lian picked up a large piece of fish and swallowed it without even bothering with the spines.

Oh, there is love, that's all right.

Maybe I still can't get enough to eat.

Bai Ge was holding the bowl, but he didn't dare to let it go, so he just looked around.

This restaurant located in the alley on the first floor is considered a new store. It is two o'clock in the afternoon and there are no customers. The boss watches TV and doesn't seem to care much about the business.

Probably relying on word of mouth to earn repeat customers.

It tastes really good.

Bai Ge put the beef into his mouth, and at the same time thought that there are not many restaurants of this size that can use real beef instead of synthetic spliced ​​meat.

"Where are you going next?"

Ai Lian asked Tian Hong while eating the white rice with a high hill in the bowl.

"After eating in the afternoon, I have to continue distributing leaflets. In the evening, I have to work in another restaurant. Well, that restaurant is in the commercial street near your school. I can ask for information by the way. Hehe, there are often handsome guys in the restaurant. patronizing."

Tian Hong's bowl was also full of rice. In contrast, Bai Ge was a little ashamed as a boy.

"So busy... No, isn't this completely out of business?"

Bai Ge thought Tian Hong was really not easy at first, but after thinking about it, this guy seems to have been working part-time. What about the civil servant who promised to serve the people?

"Wake up, today is Saturday, civil servants also have weekends off."

Ai Lian glanced at Bai Ge, and while he was not paying attention, snatched a large piece of fish from the plate in front of Bai Ge.

"...you make a lot of sense."

From this point of view, Tian Hong really worked hard.

"I can't help it. My younger brother is a freshman this year, my younger sister is in her third year of junior high school, and a younger sister is in her first grade. The tuition fees for the three of them will cost a lot of money."

Tian Hong sighed with emotion, but it was just emotion.

Bai Ge couldn't hear any resentment or sorrow in it, it was just like an ordinary discussion about the weather.

"It was really in August and September. The tuition fee and accommodation fee came together, plus the rent, so bad, I almost wanted to go to sea."

Go to sea?

What sea?

There were question marks in Bai Ge's eyes.

Is this topic a little too big?

Halfway through the meal, Ai Lian's cell phone rang.

"...well, I'm with them, yeah, okay, I get it."

After listening to the other party for about 5 minutes, she hung up the phone.

"Old Tao?"

Tian Hong asked, she seemed to be very afraid of Tao Xuanran.

After they subdued the suspect He Ling just now, they called Tao Xuanran who was driving, tied up He Ling, and threw him into the car through the window of the manager's office. The whole process seemed rough and full of loopholes, making Bai Ge complain Again and again, but for some reason, they were not discovered.

This is equivalent to stealing someone directly in a bustling shopping mall in the downtown area.

Could it be that there is also some extraordinary ability in effect?

Since it is possible to hypnotize a person, make him act according to his own will, and directly frighten him into immobility, it seems that it is not so unacceptable to let other people's consciousness temporarily ignore this area.

"Well, he checked the teller, and it is indeed not an ascender."

Ai Lian glanced at the boss who was watching the TV drama where mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were arguing, and said softly.

She checked the other party's iris, and there was no sign of discoloration. Although the ascenders of the fourth rank and above have more or less ways to hide themselves, for the ascenders of the third rank and below, the color of the iris is the most intuitive .

That's why the police and they didn't immediately think of the teller committing the crime himself.

"But she obviously used her extraordinary ability, and she can hypnotize others and herself, at least at the second level."

Tian Hong picked up a piece of deep-fried dough sticks covered in soup, but felt that the taste was not strong enough, so he wrapped it in the spicy beer fish soup before eating it.

"This is where the problem lies."

Ai Lian picked up the glass of Coke and took a sip.

"Although that guy is not an ascender, she has mastered the extraordinary ability of an ascender. According to Tao Lao's investigation, apart from being able to use the basic abilities of [Jester] such as [Hypnosis] and [Disruption], she has no historical attack. No name, no corresponding star grid, just an ordinary person."

"Is it a relic from the abyss?"

Tian Hong made a guess, but immediately changed his mind.

"wrong."

"Can't the relic of the abyss work?"

Bai Ge blurted out that for him, the more information about the ascended person, the better he knew.

"Well, the relics of the abyss can only be used by those who have ascended. How well they can be used depends on the corresponding prototype and personality. Hey, don't you know, brother temporary worker?"

Tian Hong asked with some surprise.

"do not know."

Bai Ge answered honestly.

"It wasn't the influence of the relics from the abyss, and there was no sign of interference from other ascenders. Elder Tao found some residual potions in the opponent's body."

Ai Lian sighed, picked up another piece of beef and put it into the bowl.

"Those potions have similar ingredients to the ascending rainbow, but they are not standard ascending rainbows. We will have to wait for some time for specific laboratory analysis results, but Mr. Tao said that this potion may allow ordinary people to temporarily have the extraordinary ability of ascending people." .”

(End of this chapter)