Hunting Game [Interstellar]

After all the tossing, the time has passed midnight, and the search outside is still going on. This lounge seems to be isolated from reality, with an inexplicable loneliness and silence that should not be entered by strangers.

Su Shichuan was really tired, he didn't want to think anymore, and he didn't want to explain too much.He stared at Sifa for a moment, trying to see his face clearly in the vision that was increasingly blurred by the blood loss symptoms. There were thousands of words stuck in his throat, but what he said could only become meaningless "do not worry".

what's the point?

If the position is changed, let him stand in the perspective of Western law, facing the suspect who has disappeared for two hours and cannot explain the whereabouts in detail, and Su Shichuan asks himself, it must be no matter how the other party makes excuses, he will not believe a word, Not to mention the kind of ambiguous answers.

The hands that the two held were covered by their coats, Su Shichuan sighed in his heart, rubbed and scratched the back of Xifa's hand with his fingertips, and said after a long silence: "You should understand that as a teacher, there is Many things have to be kept secret. They may never have a chance to be told, and in the end, those secrets will follow the teacher and be forgotten by everyone—from ancient times to the present, this has been the fate of agents.”

His voice was very low, and his tone was as gentle as if he was raving, with a unique tenderness mixed with the ups and downs of his tone.Xifa is very familiar with this feeling and likes it very much. Every time he hears Su Shichuan speak like this, he will feel at ease, because those words contain that person's kindness to him, and he can feel it.

After experiencing this level, Xifa's heart suddenly became clear, and he temporarily put aside the part that could not be answered.He looked up at Su Shichuan, and he had seen this person's calmness a lot, but now he suddenly felt that his pale and tired appearance was more real and more distressing.

"I understand." Xifa smiled softly, "But Shi Chuan, you also need to know that what I believe is not what you say, but who you are."

Su Shichuan was stunned when he heard the words.

Xifa took his icy palm and rubbed it, feeling that he couldn't warm it up, so he stood up again, turned around and looked around in the lounge.Su Shichuan watched him busy and didn't speak. When he saw that he couldn't open his eyes at last, he simply turned his head to the side and rested with his eyes closed on the back of the sofa.

After the hot water was boiled, Xifa made a pot of very weak black tea with the prepared tea leaves, added two more pieces of sugar, poured it into a teacup and served it himself.He sat down next to Su Shichuan, stirred the hot tea with a teaspoon to make the sugar melt evenly, then lightly touched Su Shichuan's cheek, and when he woke up, he put the teacup into his hand.

"Be careful of being hot." Xifa warned intimately.

Su Shichuan lowered his head and took a sip of the water in the teacup. He felt that it was too sweet, but he was weak now, and adding sugar would also help to restore his strength.Su Shichuan blew on the tea and drank most of it in one gulp, Xifa got up again and brought the teapot over to refill it for him.

"You are a prince, I didn't expect you to be good at taking care of people." Su Shichuan said.

"Besides having such a title, do you think there is anything else about me that looks like a prince?" Xifa smiled indifferently, "The White Queen is not my biological mother, and my concubine mother passed away three years ago. Everyone in the Double Moon Hall, including Father, actually treated me with a nonchalant attitude, otherwise I would not have had the chance to meet you."

Su Shichuan smiled so much that his eyes curled up, and he was about to speak, when there were three knocks on the door of the room.

Because he didn't know who it was, in order to avoid suspicion, Xifa stood up consciously, and then said: "Please come in."

After getting the answer, the door of the lounge was pulled open from the outside, and Feng Chen, who had left not long ago, went back, with an extra shirt and a uniform jacket in his hand.After entering the door, he greeted His Highness with a nod of his head, then quickly walked through the living room to the side of the sofa, put down his clothes, and said, "The shirt is new and never worn, and the coat is an air combat uniform. Mine, you can make do with it." .”

"Why did you bring it yourself?" Putting the tea cup aside, Su Zhanchuan lifted Xifa's clothes and got up, and said casually, "Is the search over? Is there any result?"

It was inconvenient for him to move around, Feng Chen unpacked the shirt and helped him put on the two sleeves from the back, Su Shichuan buttoned it himself, turned to look at Feng Chen.

Feng Chen unfolded his uniform jacket in the same manner, waiting for Su Shichuan to put it on, and said, "We found two more hidden assassins, but unfortunately neither of them escaped, but if someone is interrogated, he can ask questions and get answers." Just a matter of time."

Su Shichuan gave a faint "hmm" and didn't say any more.

Both of them are tall and straight, but Fengchen is taller, and their frame is bigger than Su Shichuan's. It doesn't matter if the shirt can be tucked into boots and trousers, but the jacket doesn't fit well.Su Shichuan felt that it was not a good idea to go to see Cisse, so he simply took off his coat again, leaving only the neat white shirt inside.

At this time, there was another knock on the door, and Feng Chen let the person in in response.

The person who came was an imperial guard, and looked very hurried. After entering the door, he bowed to the three of them and said, "Report to the Third Highness, General Feng, Major General Su, we found several corpses when we searched the lounge on the first floor. And a dinner guest who was knocked out, the injured are now being treated, and the person in charge of visitor registration has also been contacted to determine the identity of the body."

As soon as these words came out, Feng Chen couldn't help showing a strange expression.

Su Shichuan naturally knew what was going on with those corpses, after a long silence, he said to Feng Chen: "If you are busy, go first, don't worry about me."

"I can't leave you alone. It's His Highness the Crown Prince's order. Let me take good care of you. I'll send you to his palace when the time comes." Feng Chen opened his cuffs to check the communicator while speaking, and said, "There is still time before the summoning. Time, how is your health, if you can walk, are you interested in going to see it? Save me from having to run up again in a while."

Su Shichuan was taken aback, quickly glanced at Xifa who was not far away, and said hesitantly: "I haven't formally organized it yet, isn't it suitable?"

"It will be after tonight," Feng Chen said, "Let's go together."

After finishing speaking, he raised his chin towards the imperial guards, motioned to lead the way, and then walked out first.

Su Shichuan really wanted to take a look, but because of his identity, it was inconvenient to speak up, and Feng Chen had already regarded him as a "Crown Prince's person", so he took the initiative to mention it.

When he hijacked Dr. Yunus, he happened to have no chance to escape, and he was handed over to Shi Qi and Cang Xingyun independently.Naturally, there is nothing to say about their own abilities, but because there are too many uncertain factors in actual actions, many details have not been discussed in advance, but completely rely on the two people's on-site performance. Up to now, Su Shichuan is ignorant state.

Now that Feng Chen intends to open this back door, he pretended to doubt and corrected his posture, so the next one will definitely not really resign.

Xifa came over and picked up the coat on the sofa, shook it off and put it on Su Zhanchuan's shoulders, and said, "I will take it off when I see my second brother, the glass below is all broken, you are injured, don't catch the cold again. "

Su Shichuan said "hmm": "Are you going too?"

"You've already gone, can I go?" Xifa said it as a matter of course, then lowered his voice, and muttered again, "Besides, your little boy is here, so I have to go."

Why is it like a little wolf dog protecting food?

Su Shichuan was directly amused by him and laughed dumbly, but his shoulders shook, and the sutures in the wound were pulled, causing severe pain immediately.He didn't say any more, so as not to make the two people outside wait for a long time, he pressed Sifa's back with his good hand, and left the lounge with him.

A few minutes later, the imperial guards led them into the first floor of the hall and its hidden rest area.

The entrance to the hallway has been sealed off, and forensic robots are scanning the floors and walls for signs of possible attackers.

As soon as the three of them appeared, a young officer wearing the uniform of the air combat team immediately came up to him. He first saluted the Third Highness and Su Shichuan, then handed a tablet optical computer to Feng Chen, and respectfully said: "The identity of the deceased has been checked. Clearly, they are all staff members of the military department, professional bodyguards, who are usually responsible for protecting the personal safety of the experts of the Academy of Sciences, and this time they will only attend the National Day dinner as an accompanying party."

Feng Chen quickly browsed the content on the optical brain, then handed it to Su Shichuan.Su Shichuan raised his hand to take it, but Xifa cut off the optical brain, and showed it to him after he straightened it.

"I'll do it," Xifa said in a low voice, "Don't move around, or it will hurt again."

The Major General, who was taken care of in every detail, raised his eyes subconsciously to look at Feng Chen, and Feng Chen happened to look over.The eyes of the two met, Su Shichuan smiled inconspicuously, Feng Chen also squinted at the Third Highness next to him from the corner of his eye, and raised his eyebrows again, meaning, what's the situation?

Su Shichuan cleared his throat, did not make any hints, and returned his attention to the light brain.

There are detailed information on the eight bodyguards who were killed temporarily. Su Shichuan just looked at it and looked away, and said lightly: "Have the identity and number of attackers been confirmed? What are the characteristics of the murder method? Is it the same as the one who assassinated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" The same gang?"

The officer was slightly stunned, but did not answer, but looked at Feng Chen as if asking.

"This is Su Shichuan from the Intelligence Department, Major General Su, and he is also the instructor directly under the Third Highness." After the introduction, Feng Chen looked at his subordinate, and added, "He is my friend."

The subordinate understood, smiled politely at Su Shichuan, and said, "Back to Major General Su, the person who attacked the bodyguard was very cautious. The forensics robot has not found any footprints or fingerprints left by the other party, so the number of people cannot be determined. But the people who were killed here There are a total of eight bodyguards, and we conservatively estimate that two or three people should act at the same time, otherwise it is unlikely that no sound was made."

"There are mainly three kinds of wounds on the body of the deceased. The first type is cut wounds caused by tiny hidden weapons. This type of wound is not deep and cannot directly cause death. Therefore, the medical soldiers extracted the blood of the corpses with related wounds and found that they had A kind of poison that can cause heart paralysis for a short time, but also has a certain degree of corrosiveness, it is preliminarily inferred to be shark blood."

Feng Chen narrowed his eyes: "The half-shark assassin?"

"Not necessarily." Su Shichuan said, "Shark blood is not a rare thing. It is easy to obtain on the black market. It may also be a gimmick for Bansha's escape from prison and take the opportunity to blame him."

"That's true. After all, he is a lone assassin, and he is unlikely to participate in such a large-scale assassination." Feng Chen nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the subordinate, and ordered, " You go on."

The subordinate stretched out his hand to say "Please", and the three of them understood, and walked with him deep into the corridor.The subordinate said again: "The second type is piercing wounds caused by sharp weapons. Judging from the depth, it should be a tactical dagger with a blade length of about [-] centimeters. The above two types of wounds appeared on the bodies of the six victims killed in the corridor, while the restroom Two of them died from electromagnetic guns worn on their bodies."

The technicians who came to inspect the scene released a lot of light emitters, and the dazzling white light illuminated the entire corridor transparently, and the distribution of the corpses was clear at a glance.

Su Shichuan could more or less guess the scene where the two men fought at that time, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was only slightly dissatisfied with the fact that Cang Xingyun didn't avoid suspicion of Shark Blood, but considering his " With the attitude of parting ways after finishing this vote, everything will make sense.

"As for whether they are the same group as the assassins of His Royal Highness the Assassin Crown Prince outside, there are several doubts about this that can be used as reference." The subordinate stopped beside a corpse, and gently touched the corpse that was obviously showing signs of poisoning. Turning his head to reveal the cut on his throat, he said, "The death of this person is very similar to that of His Highness's substitute in the hall. The medical soldiers suspect that it is the same shark blood, but the specific ingredients are still being tested and need to be tested again." It will take a while to get the results of the spectrum analysis."

"The other point is that someone stuck a piece of white cardboard in the wound of this corpse." The subordinate stood up, picked up the optical brain, turned to the next page, and showed it to the three.

It was a partial photo of the corpse, facing the neck, and as he said, there was indeed a piece of white cardboard tied in a wicked way.The subordinates gave enough time and waited until almost the end before turning to the next page. The Chapter 2 photo is a close-up of the cardboard in a sealed bag, with the words written in dark brown on it——

[This is just the beginning.

From: Your Unnamed Enemy]

"What does this sentence refer to?" Xifa frowned slightly, "Could it be to assassinate the second brother? But why did you stay in such a place?"

The subordinate put away the optical brain, bowed to Xifa, and replied: "We also deduced this way at first, but it didn't take long to find a third strange place."

He moved back to open the door of the lounge, and the three of them filed in.

There were also two corpses lying on the floor. Su Shichuan walked around the one at the entrance, and noticed at a glance that there were two cups of half-drunk tea on the coffee table.

Sure enough, the subordinate continued: "The bodyguards assigned by the military to experts from the Academy of Sciences are usually four people. After checking the identities of these eight people, we found that their protection objects are Dr. Yunus and Dr. Klein. Among them Dr. Klein is in a coma and is receiving treatment, and Dr. Yunus' whereabouts are unknown. In summary, the phrase 'this is just the beginning' is also very likely referring to the abduction of the doctor."

After the report was over, the subordinate consciously calmed down, waiting for the arrangement of his immediate superior.

In fact, this part should have nothing to do with the air team. Feng Chen was only ordered to come back to encircle and suppress the assassins. As for the motives and reasons for the twists and turns, the relevant analysis work can be left to the special investigation department.

In the military system, the mech air station team is the pride of the Luo Yin Empire. It has star destroyers and high-level mechas with cutting-edge technology, and is responsible for the charge and emergency support of the air part.Feng Chen was used to the unsheathed sword, so he was naturally not interested in these details. He came here in person just to go through the routine process. Seeing that his subordinates had nothing more to report, he raised his wrist to check the time for the second time. , ordered: "Hurry up and get a report out, so that you can hand it over to the person in charge who will take over later."

"Yes."

"and also--"

The subordinate who was ready to start work came back again: "Mr. Feng, tell me."

Feng Chen said: "Put all the assassins captured alive into Prison No. 1, and after I finish meeting with the Crown Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince will personally go there for interrogation."

"Yes." The subordinate bowed deeply towards him, waited patiently for a while, and then retreated silently after seeing that there were indeed no other orders.

Su Shichuan had no desire to speak, his eyelashes drooped, and his eyes lightly fell on the corpse closest to him, thinking, this is the beginning.

Xifa stood beside him, stared sideways at his face, remained silent for a few seconds, and said, "Shi Chuan, what do you think?"

"Your teacher, my expertise is not here. The matter is very important, and I can't guess casually." Su Shichuan wrote lightly.

"They hijacked the Ph.D. from the Central Academy of Sciences." Xifa looked at Su Shichuan intently. "If it's just an ordinary assassination organization, they shouldn't need such technological talents."

"Indeed." Feng Chen agreed, "We still have to pay attention to whether he is a member of the alliance."

Hearing this, Su Shichuan raised his eyes and looked at the two of them in turn: "You mean that Crow and his unknown people were sent by the alliance to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince and kidnap the target person?"

This hat is really too big. In order to make Cang Xingyun obedient, he accidentally put on a false identity that is enough to be chased and killed by the entire army... Su Shichuan thought calmly, this If you don't have enough money, it's really a big loss!

"The investigation and qualitative work will be handed over to the department in charge, but because it may be related to the alliance, we should be more careful." Feng Chen said, "The time is almost up, I will send you to the palace of His Royal Highness, and then return to the palace. A trip to Prison No. 1 will stop the delay."

When his voice fell, Xifa spoke at the right time and said, "Otherwise, Admiral Feng will be busy with your work, and I can also take Shi Chuan to the second brother's palace."

Feng Chen was startled, hesitated for a moment, and said lightly: "Why bother Your Highness..."

"No trouble," Xifa interrupted him directly, "Anyway, he has a shoulder injury and is not suitable for driving. I can send him back later."

His Highness insisted that Feng Chen, as a minister, is naturally not easy to refuse repeatedly. He glanced at Su Xingchuan inexplicably, and always felt that the relationship between these two people was far more than a simple teacher-student relationship.How long have these two known each other?According to what he knew about Shi Chuan, how could he have taken a liking to that cynical Third Highness?

It's unbelievable...

Su Xingchuan intentionally dodged and did not meet the other party's line of sight. As the food who had been guarded all night, he knew the meaning of the wolf with a big tail grinding its paws and chasing people away best.Thinking of this, the major general smiled in his heart, then looked up at Feng Chen, and said: "It's important to interrogate the assassins, so we can quickly find out why they came, Dust, you can go get busy."

Xifa: "..."

His Highness the Third Highness frowned sensitively, feeling that calling out "Achen" was a hundred times more deadly than the other one calling "Shi Chuan"!

"That's fine," Feng Chen came down the steps, and said to Su Shichuan, "Rest more after I go back, and I'll see you when I'm done."

Xifa: "..."

The Third Highness began to seriously consider how to live in the Commander's Mansion from today onwards.

Su Shichuan smiled and said no more.

Feng Chen respectfully bowed to the Third Highness, then left the lounge while contacting his subordinates.

Right now there are eight corpses inside and outside the place, as well as technicians who are constantly coming in and out. Although Su Shichuan and Xifa are of sufficient rank, they are personnel outside the establishment after all, and it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so they followed Feng Chen and left. Golden Hall.

After midnight, the imperial court of the Double Moon Hall was unusually quiet. It could be seen that there were several times more guards than usual. The search was not over yet. Su Shichuan followed Xifa all the way unimpeded, and went out of the quarantine without any inspection. district.

The crow flew away, and the commotion involving many parties on the night of National Day can finally come to an end.

The nerves that had been tense for several hours finally relaxed. Su Shichuan pressed his hands on his sore temples, and pushed and kneaded them vigorously with his fingertips—he had experienced countless actual battles in his previous life. The rear commander, but every time I am not as tired as I am now.

Sure enough, the most difficult thing to grasp in this world is psychological warfare. Whether it is a battle of wits or courage, or pretending to be sincere and explaining and deceiving, the degree of exhaustion always makes people feel physically and mentally exhausted. Fortunately, it ended without any danger.

Su Shichuan took a deep breath, and when he looked up, he suddenly noticed that the little prince who always liked to pick up some topics when he was alone was very quiet today.He carefully recalled the scene before this guy became abnormal, couldn't help but smiled, hurriedly walked two steps to Xifa's side, and took the initiative to hold his arm.

However, the Major General temporarily forgot that there was an injury on his shoulder, and the stretching of the muscles touched the wound, causing him to falter in pain.

Xifa turned his head to look at Su Zhanchuan who was frowning slightly, holding back the pain and waiting for the pain to pass. After a few seconds of silence, he turned around and stood in front of him, wrapping his arms around his side and gently pressing his back. back, and then bowed his head to his ear: "Shi Chuan," his voice trembled slightly, "I really want to hurt for you."

Su Shichuan was startled when he heard the words, a soft smile slowly floated in his eyes, and he joked, "Why, it's only been one night, and the teacher didn't even call me?"

"From now on, you won't be called unless it's a formal occasion," Xifa said. "Other people can call you by your name, why can't I?"

"Of course you can," Su Shichuan hugged the other person's waist back, "You can call him whatever you want, the teacher is up to you."

Xifa didn't say a word, he was still brooding over the so-called good friend of his teacher, but he had to admit that he was flattered by this wanton whisper.He really likes Su Shichuan's unique light and gentle voice, not affectionate, but very serious, very much like him.

Whenever he used this voice to whisper in his ear, he would have a feeling of being treated tenderly by that man, which was so comfortable and intoxicating.

"I wish I had met you a few years ago." Xifa said.

Su Shichuan smiled: "A few years earlier, I'm afraid you are not sensible yet."

"Oh." Xifa was a little bit shocked, "Then I wish I were a few years older than you, so that you won't always treat me like a child."

Su Shichuan stretched out his hand to caress the side of Shang Xifa's face, raised his head slightly to look at that unforgettable face, his eyes calmed down, entered the deep water, and a little light slowly floated from the dark pupils: "I didn't treat you like a child Look, I just want to be nice to you."

"Besides, what's wrong with being younger than me?"

"I can watch you grow up, and you can grow old with me, how nice it is."

At that moment, Xifa's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, he felt that he was spoiled by him as if he was in the sky, and at the next moment, he stumbled and fell into the vast sea in his eyes, and sank down.