《Once Upon a Time in a Foreign Land》Chapter 164 : Ximen Yixiong
Advertisement
Ximen Yixiong could feel a frown on his forehead. He shook his head. He was so sure that there was a much simpler explanation for the phone call that had just come in.
"I agree with you." Qiuzhen spat out those words quickly.
"Let's first turn on our communication devices." While speaking, Yixiong got up from the couch. He walked over to the phone. He lit the two box-shaped Huaxiangs. After that, Yixiong put earphones into both his ears.
There was someone following him. Yixiong turned around. He saw Yiren standing right beside him. Yiren quickly put the earphones from the other Huaxiang into his ear.
"Good night. We are the police. Can you hear my voice?" There was a sound from the earphones they were wearing.
Turns out my guess is right. The police are trying to contact us.
"We can hear your voice very clearly." The sentence came out of Yixiong's mouth in such a steady tone. The voice of the policeman who was speaking differed from the voices of the policemen who had previously spoken to them.
They have deployed a lot of police officers to handle this case.
"We are the party that just called your house." The policeman repeated the words they had just said. "We've tried contacting Mr. Mingzhu's pager, but it looks like our message didn't get through."
"Jingkang, let's see what happened to Caihong's pager," Yixiong said. This afternoon, before going to the hospital, Caihong gave one of his pagers to Jingkang. The young man did have another pager. However, Yixiong suspected the pager number the police knew was the pager number that was in Jingkang's hand.
The police must have sent the message to the pager in this kid's hand.
Jingkang took out a pager from his pocket. He looked at it for a moment.
Advertisement
"Did any messages come in?" Yiren asked.
"This pager is off, Sir," said Jingkang
Caihong immediately said. "I'm sorry. It's possible the battery ran out. It's time to replace the battery."
"Sorry, Sir," said Yixiong. "Mr. Mingzhu's pager has run out of battery. Is there anything important that the police want to tell us?"
"That's true, Sir. We intend to inform you of the progress of our investigation."
What? Late at night like this, they want to report the course of the investigation? Isn't this a strange thing? So far, the police have never announced the course of the investigation. Now, suddenly he said something like this. How could they think we wouldn't find this kind of action somewhat suspicious?
Yixiong turned to Yiren. His friend frowned. It was clear that Yiren also smelled something strange.
"Please explain to us," said Yixiong.
"What happened in the park, at first glance, doesn't make much sense. But we suspect it's just a tactic the kidnappers used. We also think that from the start they didn't intend to use the park as a place for the handover of the ransom. "
"Then what about the person who met us, Sir?" Yixiong asked.
"Earlier, when we were still in the park, as soon as we listened to that person's explanation, we came to the conclusion that the man, the actor who met Mr. Ximen, was deliberately brought there in order to distract the police from their real plan."
Yixiong turned to Yiren. His friend grinned. The police also thought the same as them. The kidnappers, from the very beginning, had planned to use other means to contact them.
It turns out that the police in this city are not stupid!
"The kidnappers most likely used the actor to confuse the police. Earlier, we concluded the kidnappers would immediately contact you to inform you about when and how you should hand over the ransom. Therefore, we retreated from the location of the pond and its surroundings right away."
Advertisement
Very weird! They didn't explain it to us. What if we were so stupid that we immediately walked out of the park? How could the police be sure that we would come to the same conclusion?
"We're really sorry about that. We didn't explain it to all of you because we didn't want the kidnappers to realize that we could read their movements."
"It's all right, Sir," Yixiong said. "Totally, we can understand that."
"Our guess is not wrong. While you were looking for messages that your kidnappers might have left around the pond, we saw that someone was watching your movements. After you found the package in the cavity of one of the stone benches there, the person left the place straight away. We followed that person very carefully. We don't want to lose such a precious track."
Yiren raised his hand. He pointed at Qiuzhen. Qiuzhen quickly approached. Yiren removed an earphone from one ear. He then gave the earphone to Qiuzhen, who instantly put the earphone in his ears.
"We followed the man with the utmost care. He left the place in a car which turned out to be heading straight for Pingyuan."
Hah! Are they headed this way?
Did that person's car really stop at a location near here?" Yixiong asked.
"Right, Sir. The man we followed entered into a fairly large house. The location of the house is approximately three kilometers from our current location. Until this moment, the person is still inside the house. We haven't taken any action yet because this time we have to be sure that the person we're tailing is not just a distraction."
This is really significant progress!
"Thank you for your notice," said Yixiong. "Now, what do the police want from us? What should we do?"
"We want you to tell us in detail what is in the package that you found in Chingjoong Park earlier. If the contents of the package are too difficult for you to describe, perhaps you should just send it to us."
The policeman stopped talking for a moment.
But we haven't unwrapped it yet!
Advertisement
NPC
Ever thought about how an NPC would do things? Welcome to the advanced world of Gaia, where the implementation of the NPC system means that Players will not be the only ones that are able to rise to the top.Follow Michael as he lives his life and has his adventure; while he interacts with these intruding 'Otherworlders' and struggles to understand their oddities.Will Michael be able to go through with his built-in task of becoming a Hero? Will the numerous players help him on his way? Or hinder him? And what about the mysterious Villain Programs that follow after...Main story will mainly be from the NPC perspective. Side Stories will be by the POVs of the Players.Original.http://www.royalroadl.com/fiction/479
8 83Reverse Isekai
An immortal jellyfish is ripped from her home in the sea to a world where her body gets saturated with magic and she gains sentience, a humanoid body, and an army. now on a quest to find the man who brought her to this world she arrived stranded on a world with no magic where she will have to slowly build her strength back up, to find the man who brought her out of her ordinary monotonous life and gave her a new life of fun and excitement. [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
8 73Eternal Rest
The novel follows the chronicles of a soul mage and his utmost desire not to die. In his most desperate time, nearing the end, his attempt to evade the inevitable went awry and he found himself in quite the peculiar situation. His wish, granted but at what cost? What path would he follow given a second chance? He didn’t know, nor did the author, but they would make sure to get the most out of it!
8 185Silence
After her return from St.Petersburg, the daugter of a small church priest keeps an eerie silence. The priest goes down to his personal hell of loneliness and remorse in the desperate search for an answer. A chilling Russian gothic from Leonid Andreyev (1905), the master of psychological drama and suspense. The translation is mine. The original book is in the public domain.
8 193Another Naruto Fanfic (Not For Fun)
A remake for a novel I wrote half a year ago called Another Naruto Fanfic ( just for fun ):- https://www.webnovel.com/book/13414708506788005/Another-Naruto-Fanfic-(-just-for-fun-) The story begins with Voidne, who hadn’t socialized for a long time, getting desperate to socialize and become a functional member of the society. What Voidne didn’t know is that, the people in society are always led by benefits. In this cruel world, there is no friendship, there is no love, only they seek is benefits. After a long fight against desperation, and an ever increasing pressure from his family, Voidne, against all his believes, gathers the will to commit suicide to end all of his suffering. Not sure if hell is awaiting him as mentioned in his religion or not, Voidne anticipates that his journey will only be get harder from now on... Just to find that he was now being conceived by his new mother... How will Voidne’s adventure carry out in the new world? It is all up to fate~~ (AKA ME) I do not own Naruto, nor do I own the cover picture. Cover picture link: - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/464644886535751958/
8 191Lost Fantasy-Life After Reincarnation (Arc 1)
"I am not the hero."That is the conclusion that Loganel Ainzloft came up. He was originally a young man who woke up one day in a fantasy world in the body of a child. However, as time went by, he slowly lost his memories of his previous life and slowly became Loganel Ainzloft. However, one day, as another boy is teleported to this world to defeat the Demon King, Loganel began to remember."I should've been the hero..."#72 in Fantasy 02/14/18
8 175