merit book

The empty studio was pitch black, except for the faint blue light from the computer screen, which blurred the expression of the man standing in front of him.

Zhou Yunze was silent for a long time, and finally tapped the keyboard lightly.

[In the process of deleting data... 1%, 3%, 7%, 13%...] The white data on the screen kept jumping, and soon changed to 100%. With a "ding", all the text and data disappeared , the screen turned blue again, he turned off the computer, all the light sources disappeared, and the room suddenly became completely dark.

Zhou Yunze closed his eyes and stood motionless for a long time.

The door squeaked, and a person walked in, against the light, his face could not be seen clearly, but they were so familiar with each other, they were in the same space, and they could recognize each other just by their breath.

"I heard that you rejected the promotion, why?" the person who came in asked after closing the door.He didn't turn on the light, and walked right behind Zhou Yunze in the dark.

"Boss..." Zhou Yunze whispered.

"You are not my subordinate now, so you don't need to call me that." Jin Nan asked, "What happened?"

He knew Zhou Yunze's personality very well, so he could tell at a glance that he was not in a normal state.

"I think I violated my duty, but what's more, I don't regret it until now." Zhou Yunze didn't look at Jin Nan, and on the black screen of his computer, he said, "I owe one person, and I owe a lot. So I wanted to protect him even though I knew it was against discipline."

He wanted to catch the crow, always wanted to, but it never occurred to him to hurt Jin Yang.He once failed to protect the child, deceived him, and used him, but he still enjoyed the trust and care given by the other party.He regarded himself as an elder brother, but he never fulfilled his responsibilities as an elder brother.At this moment, in front of his real brother, Zhou Yunze tried to hide him behind his back.

He knows Jin Nan's loyalty to the country and his ruthless and efficient execution, so although he knows that he cares about his family very much, he is absolutely unwilling to hand over Jin Yang's name.

Jin Nan was silent for a while, and asked, "Do you still remember the reason why you retired?"

Zhou Yunze looked pained, and said, "Of course."

At that time, they were on a mission in Li Country. They sneaked into the enemy's base camp. Jin Nan ordered everyone to be killed, but Zhou Yunze softened his heart to a woman holding a baby and let her go.When the muzzle of his gun gradually fell, the woman yelled "For Liguo!" and detonated the bomb hidden in her arms. A teammate died for this, and Zhou Yunze himself was seriously injured by the blast, almost unable to survive.Because of his encumbrance, Jin Nan and others were in crisis when they withdrew from Li Country all the way, and almost everyone saved their lives from the hail of bullets.

The teammate who died was once He Xin's lover in the team.

Afterwards, the reason for Zhou Yunze's mistake was understood by everyone. Jin Nan also said that this is a proof of his humanity, and he might make the same mistake himself.But Zhou Yunze himself couldn't let go of it. After a long period of psychological treatment, he finally chose to retire.

Bringing up the old story again, Jin Nan knew how painful the other party would be. He asked, "Would you pull the trigger now?"

"I will." Zhou Yunze said without hesitation, almost with a pleading tone of atonement.

"But what if you don't know anything about what's going to happen?" Jinnan asked again.

Zhou Yunze was stunned.

Jin Nan patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "No matter what you want to do, I'm your friend. Do what you think is right, Yunze, I believe you won't make a second mistake."

Zhou Yunze was speechless.

Jin Nan had already put down his hand, looked at the computer and said, "I heard that you told them that they were looking for a crow at the beginning, and it wasn't until the end that everyone knew that they were looking for a gambling boat?"

"Yes." Zhou Yunze said, "The boat gambling involves too many aspects, I'm worried..."

"Choose wisely, otherwise the news will leak out and you won't be able to catch those people. So the crow is your smoke bomb?" Jin Nan finished speaking for him, and the next question made Zhou Yunze even more nervous.

The hands beside his legs could not help but clenched tightly, Zhou Yunze said, "Yes."

"I also heard that you tracked down the location of the gambling boat with the help of an informant. In order to protect his safety, you didn't tell anyone his name... Presumably it's impossible to tell me?" Jin Nan ask.

"I don't believe you, it's just..."

"Needless to say, I understand." Jin Nan interrupted his explanation and said, "No matter who the informant is or what he has done, we will protect him. Don't worry about that. But the computer you used to track Computer, I need to take it home to check something, is that okay?"

"Okay... okay." Zhou Yunze licked his lower lip and agreed with difficulty.He was sure that he had deleted everything, but he couldn't guarantee that it would be completely unrecoverable.Because he is not very good at computers, the software he used to delete was originally made by He Xin.

Jin Nan looked at Zhou Yunze, the room was very dark, the pressure caused by their gazes seemed to materialize in the darkness, even breathing seemed to stop, Zhou Yunze could only hear his heart beating faster and faster the sound of.

"That's good."

It seemed that after a long time, without waiting for anything else, Jin Nan finally spoke.He looked back, closed the computer and left.When the sound of the door being closed came, Zhou Yunze felt weak for a while. He sat on the sofa and buried his face in his hands, and did not get up for a long time.

After a long time, Zhou Yunze also left. In a corner of the room, something not much bigger than an ant suddenly grew bigger. A few seconds later, Rong Yuan appeared in an Ant-Man suit.He took off his helmet and said, "Noah?"

A radio in the corner made a "sizzling" sound, and after a while, Noah's voice came from inside: "I'm here, dear Rong Yuan."

"You heard it all." Rong Yuan said.

"Of course, I've been listening." The light blue volume bar on the radio's narrow screen jumped up and down, and Noah's voice was as brisk as ever, and it said, "Don't worry, I guarantee that no one will be able to recover from it." Even a single byte of data."

"That's good." Rong Yuan said: "Next time something like this happens, you should tell me in advance, don't wait until everything is over to tell me."

"Yes, yes." Noah argued slyly, "I thought you were busy! The situation was urgent, so I chose to shift the target."

"It's also my fault. I didn't expect them to track Jin Yang's phone now. When I call in the future, you locate the signal to the laboratory and remind Xiao A to cooperate." Rong Yuan ordered.

"Understood!" Noah responded bluntly.

This time of crisis, Rong Yuan suddenly felt a sense of frustration.What if Zhou Yunze had made a different choice before he arrived here?What if Jinnan or someone else found the problem too?From the scene just now, he knew that Jin Nan actually knew what Zhou Yunze was hiding, but he didn't know who his concealment was protecting.If Zhou Yunze can find out the problem, Jin Nan, who is more powerful than him, will also find out sooner or later.

"I'm conceited to be smart, but I always make all kinds of mistakes." Rong Yuan said softly, "Is it because I underestimate the wisdom of others, or am I too careless?"

"There are 70 billion human beings in the world. You can't do everything alone and never make mistakes. Mistakes will always exist, my master. That's why you need us." Noah's For the first time, the voice didn't make people feel noisy and frivolous, and there was a gentle tone.

Rong Yuan's frowning brows slightly eased.

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"Why did you call everyone all of a sudden? I'm going to catch that guy right away! In the end, I had to send him to the police, and it's cheaper for him!" Tan Ming complained while leaning on the sofa, turning his earrings to flicker under the light.

"A guy who embezzles public funds is worth all your efforts?" Shu Xin, who was wearing big curly hair, said lazily while grinding her nails: "What Zhou Dong and I are dealing with is a perverted ogre, and now he and him The beloved ingredients are already sleeping in the basement. Sweetheart, be efficient."

Zhou Dong felt nauseous for a while, thinking of that scene made him feel sick.Looking at the fearful and curious eyes of Gong Lan beside him, I felt that it was so right to insist on not letting her follow this action.

As everyone's understanding deepened and their cooperation became more and more skillful, these people who called themselves "New Crows" seldom acted together anymore.They are usually divided into groups of two or three according to the situation of the target, and it is more efficient to deal with those social garbage while controlling the risk.Zhou Dong's initial resistance to these dangerous companions and the mysterious boss has almost completely disappeared now. The more he understands what kind of people they killed, the more he feels a heavy sense of mission and a deep sense of gratitude—fortunate In this filthy era, people like them still exist, otherwise they would be desperate.

He knew that their situation was becoming more and more dangerous. Just from the mysterious boss who frequently contacted them in the middle of the night to change their location or change their clothes, he knew that the police had been chasing them closely, and their bite was getting tighter and tighter. their temporary base.But Zhou Dong was not afraid, on the contrary, he felt more and more excited in this stimulation, and he even had a sense of glory of self-sacrifice.Being able to bring so many wicked people to hell together, even if he died in the next second, he didn't feel regretful.

However, seeing other people's eyes brighten instantly, he didn't want to discuss cannibalism in front of Gong Lan, so he asked Bai Ruomu, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, "Where is Xiaobai? What is your goal?" guy?"

The unknown is always more interesting, everyone's attention immediately shifted to the guy with panda eyes all day long.

"Don't call me Xiaobai, just call me Bai Ruomu." Bai Ruomu protested habitually, but even so, he didn't take his eyes off the laptop screen, and said weakly, "Well, the one who takes all other people's donations to The man whose wife and son immigrated, who bought a villa and a luxury car. The rich man, the security is good, and the boss went with Deng Qiu."

When Cao Cao arrives, Shi Xingchen and Deng Qiu come in together, Shi Xingchen is carrying a suitcase, Deng Qiu still has a face of ice, and there is a faint smell of blood on his body, as soon as he enters the door, it seems that the temperature of the whole house is lower. It dropped several degrees.

"It seems that we are the last batch, everyone has arrived, very good." Shi Xingchen took off his glasses and wiped the moisture from them, and said.

Lu Xiong, who occupied the entire sofa with his arms and legs spread out, exhaled smoke and said, "Tell me, why did you gather suddenly? The boss has an emergency?"

"There is an emergency, but it's not the boss, it's us." Shi Xingchen put on his glasses again, glanced at everyone's faces, and said, "New instructions. The current situation is too dangerous, the boss told us to stay in hibernation temporarily." .”

"Hidden?" Everyone was stunned, even Bai Ruomu finally raised his head.Everyone looked at each other in blank amazement.

"Wow, it's a long holiday!" Tan Ming cheered, looking extraordinarily relaxed, but there was no smile on his face.

"That's right. On the way back, I took the boss's gift." Shi Xingchen put the box in his hand on the coffee table, opened it, and turned it towards everyone.Inside was half a box of brand new green nut coins, which seemed to still smell like ink, and inside the other half of the box was a file bag with everyone's name written on it.

Shi Xingchen handed out the document bags to everyone one by one, saying: "Identity cards, passports, driver's licenses, air tickets, credit cards, and new identity information are all in there. Go abroad to avoid the limelight, and come back when it is called again. But if anyone disobeys orders or re-offends while hiding, you all know the boss's methods, so I don't need to say more."

Even Gong Lan had a new identity. She took the file bag and said thank you blankly, then looked at Zhou Dong in bewilderment.

Zhou Dong frowned, but didn't take his part, saying, "We're leaving, what about the rest of the list? How many more victims will there be?"

"No one in the world will stop, Zhou Dong! We can only do what we can, and we can't play God." Shi Xingchen stuffed the file bag into his arms, and said: "No one can follow The whole country is fighting, if you want to stay, fine, if you want to die with Gong Lan."

Zhou Dong's face froze, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Gong Lan who had been by his side since he came in. Seeing the girl's confused and trusting eyes like a little white rabbit, his heart trembled, and he grabbed the bag in his hand Did not push away.

Shi Xingchen looked at the others, they didn't say anything like Zhou Dong did, but obviously, most of them had the same thought.

The crows are either forced or tempted to gather together, and then find the value and meaning of existence from what they are doing now.They do feel that they are finally making a difference, protecting or helping someone every day—albeit by hurting someone else.Although those gratitude and admiration were not accepted face to face, they all knew exactly what they had changed, and they also knew that these things had changed them.

Shi Xingchen sighed and said, "Think about it, guys, do an arithmetic problem. Would you rather kill one or two guys on the list now and be shot dead by the police, or endure it for a year or so, and then regroup and solve the problem?" villains?"