Hunting Game [Interstellar]

A few days later, the imperial capital of the alliance, the imperial city of Seven Star Palace.

It was close to eleven o'clock at night, and the hall on the first floor of the Silver Head was brightly lit. The servants waiting to welcome His Highness the Crown Prince back to the palace were lined up on both sides of the gate. When the main gate opened, everyone bowed and saluted in unison.The two who finally returned walked into the hall one after another. Xifa raised his hand to show his excuses, and then briefly ordered: "Go down, you have nothing to do here."

Su Shichuan followed behind him without saying a word, but the smile in his eyes grew stronger, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this guy had a superior aura in front of outsiders.

After the people left, the gate was closed tightly, and the whole palace became quiet again.Su Shichuan and Xifa still did not communicate, but walked up the stairs to the third floor and went straight to the study at the end of the west corridor.

The sound of footsteps came from afar, and the two people who had been waiting in the study for a long time stood up straight and faced the entrance in a tacit understanding.

The door opened, and bright light poured in, slightly illuminating the originally dark study room.There are no outsiders here, so Su Shichuan and Xifa no longer need to deliberately maintain a sense of distance. After Xifa opened the study door, he naturally stepped aside, signaling Su Shichuan to go ahead, and then followed him in after he entered the door, and then closed the door with his hands back.

The curtains in the study room were drawn tightly, and as the light source in the corridor was blocked, the room fell into darkness again.

Xifa came to the desk with ease and turned on the desk lamp, adjusted the brightness to the lowest level, then turned and leaned against the edge of the desk.He didn't speak, he took out a cigarette and lit it, his eyes looked at Cang Xingyun and Shiqi in turn, and finally fell on Su Shichuan.

Su Shichuan pulled an armchair nearby and sat down, and said lightly, "Have you been waiting long?"

"I also arrived a few minutes ago, that fish may be earlier." Seventeen explained, got up and poured a cup of tea, took it and put it on the low table next to the owner, then mimicked professionally as a fox dog, lightly With a light leap, he jumped onto his master's lap and lay down obediently in a ball.

Su Shichuan is quite used to this little guy's acting like a baby, he touched the pair of pointed dog ears, and asked casually: "How is the situation during this time?" He looked up at Cang Xingyun, "Xing Xingyun Let me talk about it first, Brant is the executor, and it is easier for him to find problems."

With his back against the empty white wall, Cang Xingyun stood at the farthest position from the team members as always.After Su Xingchuan’s question was over, he pondered for a while longer, as if organizing his words, and then slowly said: “Actually, the Minister of Intelligence didn’t make any obvious moves. After we left the church that night, your dog and I were already friends. I rushed back to the imperial capital as soon as possible, and locked the position according to the signal of Brant's communicator on the way, so I followed him in the 'restricted area'."

"Restricted area?" Su Shichuan asked.

Xifa explained: "Because of the occasional assassination by imperial agents, a warning zone has been strictly demarcated near Rex's own residence. Both the ground and the ground are covered with defensive barriers. Those who do not have sufficient authority are not allowed to approach. Over time, that area It becomes a 'no-go zone'."

"It seems that he is more afraid of death than he imagined." Su Shichuan smirked, and then said to Cang Xingyun after a while, "You continue."

Cang Xingyun: "The defensive barrier protecting the 'Forbidden Zone' is equipped with the most advanced biometric system at present. Once the living body approaches, it will trigger an alarm and security fortifications. Therefore, after arriving at the outer periphery, I chose to act separately from the dog, and he entered directly. I hid at the exit and waited for Brant to come out."

"That is to say, the biometric system cannot detect the intelligent body?" Su Shichuan said.

"Yes." Seventeen answered, "Because the system was designed by Dr. Yunus himself, this loophole is deliberately left so that we can exploit it in the future."

Su Shichuan let out a "hmm" and stopped talking.

Seeing that he has no other questions for the time being, Cang Xingyun said again: "Rex seldom goes out, and the alliance's confidential meetings are held in the 'restricted area', so Brandt appeared there that day to attend a regular meeting. But what is abnormal is that he left a lot later than the others, and it is very likely that after the official meeting, Rex gave him something special."

"The driver who left the 'restricted area' directly sent Brandt to the military headquarters, and he has not left since then. The security system inside the military headquarters is a bit tricky. I can't monitor it 24 hours a day, but I can probably be sure. He mainly participated in the torture of prisoners of war on the space station, and several meetings were held during the interrogation, and the identities of all the participants were investigated, and they were all from the Ministry of Intelligence."

Su Shichuan listened carefully, and finally thought about the content several times before sighing, "There is really nothing to doubt. Brandt is really rigorous in his work. No wonder even Rex thinks highly of him." After closing the words, he lifted the fox dog's pointed chin lightly with a finger, and asked with a half-smile, "Where are you?"

"Rex has been staying in the 'restricted area' for the past few days, has never left the house, and has not held any more confidential meetings." Seventeen replied truthfully, "However, I have monitored his communicator, and I can confirm that he will attend the princess meeting. birthday dinner."

After he finished speaking, Su Shichuan couldn't help frowning, and said with some hesitation, "Strange."

Hearing this, the other three present were startled at the same time, and Xifa asked, "What's wrong?"

"There is no movement at all," Su Shichuan's voice was very low, as if he was talking to himself, and he slowly shook his head while talking, "Could it be that he really didn't plan to do anything, and I was thinking too much?"

Is this possible?He questioned in his heart.

"It's not impossible." Seventeen said, "Rex is not an ordinary person, he can see what the master's ability is, and for the alliance, there can be one more person in a high position in the empire as a role." Nei Ying, this kind of good thing is always something he can't ask for, and he has to weigh the interests first if he wants to do it."

"It is precisely because of this reason, because he is not an ordinary person, that he may find that although this matter seems to be beneficial to the alliance on the surface, in fact, the few remaining disadvantages are the most fatal, and it is the most fatal to him. My life." Su Shichuan said softly, "Whether I have the ability is not the point, the point is whether he dares to use it?"

Xifa said: "Your analysis is correct, but the facts are also in front of you. Even if the other party was prepared, they did not reveal anything. The current situation is that both sides are in the dark, and no one wants to go first. In front of the stage, unless we strike first, we can only wait patiently for him to make a move." He paused, then spoke again after a long while, "But you know in your heart that we will all face corresponding risks whether we are active or passive."

Su Shichuan's mind was in a mess, and for the first time in his life, he felt that there was no way to see through this situation no matter what.He raised his wrist and pressed the communicator, and the digital time displayed on the light screen was still close to midnight: "What are the arrangements for tomorrow?"

Xifa was stunned when he heard the words. He didn't expect Su Shichuan to ask such a question for no reason. After a few seconds, he replied: "The party system in the alliance is special. Most people come with Rex and don't pay attention to the birthday of the imperial concubine, so Tomorrow's dinner is equivalent to a family dinner."

"Is there anything else?" Su Shichuan asked again.

"Oh, that's right." Xifa suddenly remembered something, "According to the usual practice, I will go to the bedroom to greet my mother tomorrow morning, and take her back here by the way."

Su Shichuan reached out and pressed his forehead, rubbing it as if he had a headache.

It's been a long time since I felt this way. Tonight's meeting seems meaningless. All the known information seems to be mediocre, without even a trace of conspiracy. It seems that tomorrow's birthday will really only be an ordinary family dinner. He was the only one who had conspired from beginning to end.

But is it really possible?He asked again in his heart.

Before you know it, the time has passed zero o'clock, and the last day of the plan has arrived.

Su Shichuan breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had finally made up his mind, he put Shiqi on the ground, got up and told the others: "I can't figure out what Rex's thoughts are, so, you first Continue to go back and talk to your respective targets. You must be very careful when you start everything after dawn, and any unreasonable changes must be conveyed to me as soon as possible. If Rex is really not prepared, then follow the pre-determined plan. If there is an accident..." He paused, "We can only adapt to the situation."

At the end of the meeting, Cang Xingyun and Shi Qi left the Palace of the Head of Silver.

Su Xingchuan asked Xifa to go back to rest first, while he stayed in the study, turned off the desk lamp, and sat in the dark smoking one cigarette after another—all the information seemed simple and clear, but the opponent was obviously not a simple person, In this case, the more comfortable it is, the more disturbing it is.

At seven o'clock in the morning, someone knocked on the door of the study room. Su Shichuan pressed out the remaining cigarette butts in his hand, then turned to look at the door. At the same time, the other party opened the door without waiting for a reply.

The room was smoky, eyes met, Xifa noticed that Su Xingchuan was standing in front of the window and looked at him, and he couldn't help being stunned, then quickly came over to open the window, so that the nicotine accumulated all night could escape.It was raining outside, and the sky was very gloomy. Humid water vapor poured in from the window, bringing an unseasonably cool feeling, but it smelled very refreshing.

Xifa turned his head to look at Su Shichuan, his eyes stayed on his face for a moment, and noticed that the other person seemed to be in good spirits, so he said, "Have you been resting?"

"I'm thinking about something, I can't sleep." Su Shichuan looked up at him, "Aren't you going to see the princess, it's getting late, why don't you hurry up?"

"You may not believe it when you tell me," Xifa said, "She wants to see you."

Su Shichuan was stunned, his eyes fixed on Xifa, and Xifa continued: "It was also a word passed on not long ago, tell me to take you there with me, saying that I want to meet you in person." He raised the corner of his mouth , the voice was full of ridicule, "How could she have her own thoughts? It seems that it's not that you think too much, but that Rex is very calm and waited until the last moment to use the puppet's mouth to attack her. Send a message, so that you don't even have a chance to refuse."

"Indeed." The questions that had been pent up all night finally came to light, and Su Shichuan's heart was clear, but he couldn't relax anyway, "However, he didn't expect that the fake 'crow' that had disguised me for ten years was also intelligent. Body, I didn't expect you to know about Princess Anna's situation, he is already cautious enough..." He suddenly smiled, "The doctor really helped me a lot, but it's a pity that I don't have the chance to thank him properly."

Xifa couldn't understand, and was about to speak.

Su Shichuan didn't give him a chance to ask questions, and walked quickly towards the door while taking off his coat, without looking back, he said: "Rex is more cunning than me, he didn't want to wait until the dinner party, but took the time It's early this morning." He threw his coat away, pulled off his tie, and began to unbutton his shirt again, "If Shi Qi hadn't noticed that the princess had been transformed into an intelligent body, we wouldn't have had the chance to notice it."

Seeing helplessly as the other party took off less and less clothes, Xifa was stunned for two seconds and then hurriedly followed.

When he returned to the guest room, Su Shichuan had already stripped himself naked, kicked off his military boots, and went directly to the bathroom to take a shower.Xifa followed behind to pick up clothes all the way, and after following through the door, he realized that this guy really planned to pack himself up and take advantage of the trap set by the other party.

The bathroom door was left open, and there was only a semi-transparent shower curtain between the two of them.

After the shock, Xifa finally calmed down completely, and took a dress for him from the closet, and said, "You know he's going to plot against you, or do you have to go?"

"I have no choice." Su Shichuan's voice came from behind the shower curtain, "Even if we know that the princess is no longer human, we can only commit the crime knowingly, otherwise what else can we do? Find a reason to refuse, put Shall we hide from the meeting?"

The sound of the water stopped, Su Shichuan opened the shower curtain, and walked out naked.Xifa was noncommittal and did not speak. He knew in his heart that Su Xingchuan was right, but he couldn't accept the practice of "knowingly committing a crime and going to die".Su Xingchuan dried his body, then quickly put on the uniform and military boots, and finally started to adjust the hidden weapons hidden everywhere on his body.

"You are such a lunatic." Xifa sighed helplessly, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be the one who succeeds in the end?"

"I'm not afraid of death." Su Shichuan said calmly, "You are the one who is afraid of something happening to me."

The voice fell, and the communicator vibrated. Su Shichuan raised his wrist to check the message, and repeated: "Xingyun said that Brant made a move, and the direction is to go to the princess." Then he started to reply, and turned to face Xifa, "This way The plan to come to Rex is very clear. He wants me to die with the princess, and then announces to the public that I, the agent sent by the empire, has confused His Royal Highness and used the opportunity to assassinate the princess. At that time, there will be no living people in the palace of the princess. , there is no proof, what he said is naturally what he said, and it is impossible for anyone to question it."

When the two left the guest room, Xifa lowered his voice and said, "But he is still in the 'restricted area', so he must know the situation here in real time. If he finds out that the plan has failed, then it will be too difficult for you to change the way to assassinate. !"

"Seventeen." Su Shichuan said.

Cifer: "Are you sure he's Rex's opponent?"

"At least you can delay the time." Su Shichuan said very calmly and methodically, "When I have time to go to the 'forbidden area', it means that my identity has been exposed. It's not assassination—" He put on his tactical gloves, pinching the edges with his fingers and gently smoothing them out, "it's massacre."

Xifa frowned, and stared at him in disbelief: "This is too different from your original plan."

"That's why I said the night before that I should adapt to the situation." Su Shichuan said, "After all, the opponent is Rex, and we can't expect him to follow us step by step. The prototype of the plan is just a reference, and everything is based on reality, no matter how much extra effort is required. The price, in principle, as long as he dies, my plan will be completed."