Soul Patch

Chapter 216 What incident did you get involved in?

After hearing this, Zhang Zhipeng breathed a sigh of relief: "What personal grudges are there? I don't know the specifics; Liu Qingqing didn't tell me."

After saying that, he lazily stretched and stood up, saying, "Is there anything else? I..."

Wenjie stared at Zhang Zhipeng for a moment, feeling a little angry:
This guy really won't admit defeat until he's faced with the truth, so he said in a deep voice, "They killed Liu Qingqing, aren't you afraid they'll kill you too?"

"In the real world, you can't discuss things related to systems; whoever brings it up will die."

After saying that, Zhang Zhipeng gave a playful smile: "So, I think you're more dangerous than me."

After finishing his sentence, Zhang Zhipeng walked into the house, leaned against the bed, and took out his phone to fiddle with it.

Upon hearing this, Wenjie laughed and followed, then lay down on the bed without a care, saying nonchalantly, "If it's going to be cleaved, it should kill both of us at once, saving the system trouble."

Zhang Zhipeng suddenly jumped up from the bedside, about to speak, but stared blankly at the air in front of him.

He received a system warning:

[WARNING: Conversations between patch carriers must not touch upon any system-related content.]

Wenjie received the same system message. He looked at Zhang Zhipeng, who was standing there in a daze, and smiled faintly.

The network system even has a warning function, which is good; it's better than being struck dead for no reason.

It seems we won't get anything out of Zhang Zhipeng, especially with the system monitoring it in real time.

He frowned and asked, "Do you know how to undo this binding?"

[Second Warning: Communication between patch carriers must not involve any system-related content.]

Zhang Zhipeng had just opened his mouth, about to say something, when he saw the system's second warning and immediately shut his mouth.

Seriously, I've never heard of a system issuing a third warning.

He glanced at Wenjie lying on the bed, noticing that Wenjie's long legs were dangling over the edge of the bed, swinging back and forth, showing no fear of the system.

Still a newbie, unaware of the system's terrifying capabilities!
He glanced timidly at Wenjie, then cautiously pointed towards the door, implying that Wenjie should go back to where he came from... and not make things difficult for him here!

Wenjie understood Zhang Zhipeng's meaning, and forced a smile onto his gloomy face: "Contact me if you need anything!"

After saying that, he strode towards the door.

As he approached the door, Wenjie seemed to remember something. He stopped, took out his leather wallet, pulled out a few red bills, and placed them on the shoe rack by the door: "...Change the door."

After saying that, he went out the door and waited for the elevator in the corridor.

The elevator came up from the first floor and stopped at the 16th floor. Wenjie waited for a while, and the elevator went up to the 17th floor. After the doors opened, he stepped into the elevator.

After the elevator doors closed, he suddenly smelled a familiar scent. He took a closer look and realized it was the scent of lilies.

He took out his phone and secretly observed the security camera in the elevator through the reflection on the screen.

Seeing what appeared to be flashing light in the camera footage, he deduced that the cameras in the elevators of this residential complex were not just for show.

He casually pressed the button for the first floor, and after the elevator passed the 16th floor, he casually pressed the buttons for the 14th and 12th floors.

The elevator stopped on the 14th floor. He quietly got off the elevator and went around to the stairwell.

He tiptoed back to the 17th floor via the stairs and heard a knock on the door.

Immediately following was the sound of a door opening and Zhang Zhipeng's grumbling: "Why are you back again? I've warned you twice already, and you still dare to..."

Zhang Zhipeng's voice stopped abruptly. Wenjie sensed something was wrong and, who had originally wanted to observe the situation further, rushed out through the fire door in a panic.

The elevator doors slowly closed, and in the instant they shut, Wenjie saw a man dressed in all black.

The man was of medium build, wearing a baseball cap pulled low over his shoulders, and his ghostly eyes gleamed with a cold light.

The moment he saw Wenjie rush out of the staircase, he pulled a dagger from his waist, bent his wrist 180 degrees to the inside of his body, and pushed hard with his thumb in the palm.

"buzz"

The sharp dagger flew through the air toward Wenjie.

Wenjie abruptly retreated behind the fire door, then slammed the heavy metal door shut behind him.

The dagger struck the metal door with a crisp, chilling sound. Wenjie turned and opened the fire door a crack, watching the numbers on the elevator rapidly scrolling down without stopping, going straight to the first floor.

It seems the man in black has left.

Wenjie took two deep breaths, pushed open the fire door, and glanced at Zhang Zhipeng lying down at the doorway.

He walked over quietly and raised his hand to check Zhang Zhipeng's breath.

His breath was very faint.

Wenjie took out his phone and dialed 120, explaining his address.

After glancing at the elevators, Wenjie chose the one the man in black had just taken.

Since the men in black could openly come up, kill people, and then leave, it means that this elevator is very safe.

While waiting for the elevator, he picked up the dagger from the ground and put it in his pocket.

After leaving the residential compound, he went straight to his car parked there.

When he got to the car, he carefully checked its condition before getting into the driver's seat and starting the car.

After turning onto the highway, it took about ten minutes. At an intersection, he encountered a red light and slowly brought the car to a stop.

I glanced at it; the red light countdown was 30, 29, 28...

He took the dagger out of his pocket and toyed with it in his hand:

He recognized the dagger.

Last night, in a normal system scenario, a man in black rushed out of the men's restroom on the first floor of Huahai Group and tried to kill him.

This is the kind of dagger that was thrown over.

There was a line of English engraved on the hilt of the dagger, which he hadn't had time to look at in the system last night.

At this moment, he reached out and touched the engraved English word: soul.

It has the same logo as the quill pen!
There must be an organization behind this; they are killing the patch carriers.

Yes, Wenjie remembered that when the man in black jumped out in the system scene, his eyes were filled with deep killing intent.

Thinking of this, Wenjie was stunned.

In other words, this organization not only kills patch carriers in the system, but also in the real world... without exception?

"Beep, beep, beep!"

While Wenjie was still in a daze, the traffic light at the intersection had already turned green.

He didn't start the car in time, which caused the drivers behind him to honk their horns.

Wenjie tossed the dagger onto the passenger seat, shook his head to temporarily set aside his various speculations about the terrorist organization, stepped on the gas, and the car slowly accelerated.

Just then, his phone rang.

A strange number.

Wenjie pressed the speakerphone button: "Hello, who is this?"

"It's me, Zhang Meng!" Zhang Meng on the other end of the phone was breathing heavily.

Zhang Meng? How did she get my phone number? Wenjie was a little confused.

"What is it, Attorney Zhang?"

"Zhang Zhipeng, the guy you asked me to investigate, has gotten into trouble." Zhang Meng paused mid-sentence.

On Wenjie's first day at Huahai, Li Shiman was murdered, Liu Qingqing, whom he happened to know, "committed suicide out of guilt," and Zhang Zhipeng, whom he had just investigated, also got into trouble...

Zhang Meng pondered for a moment and said, "Wenjie... are you involved in some kind of incident?"

(End of this chapter)